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WASHINGTON — TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change or Russia's invasion of Ukraine is likely to encounter misleading information, according to a research report published Wednesday.
Researchers at NewsGuard searched for content about prominent news topics on TikTok and say they found that nearly 1 in 5 of the videos automatically suggested by the platform contained misinformation.
Searches for information about “mRNA vaccine," for instance, yielded five videos (out of the first 10) that contained misinformation, including baseless claims that the COVID-19 vaccine causes “permanent damage in children's critical organs.”
Researchers looking for information about abortion, the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, climate change or Russia's invasion of Ukraine on TikTok found similarly misleading videos scattered among more accurate clips.
The amount of misinformation — and the ease with which it can be found — is especially troubling given TikTok's popularity with young people, according to Steven Brill, founder of NewsGuard, a firm that monitors misinformation.
TikTok is the second most popular domain in the world, according to online performance and security company Cloudflare, exceeded only by Google.
Brill questioned whether ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, is doing enough to stop misinformation or whether it deliberately allows misinformation to proliferate as a way to sow confusion in the U.S. and other Western democracies.
“It's either incompetence or it's something worse,” Brill told The Associated Press.
TikTok released a statement in response to NewsGuard's report noting that its community guidelines prohibit harmful misinformation and that it works to promote authoritative content about important topics like COVID-19.
“We do not allow harmful misinformation, including medical misinformation, and we will remove it from the platform,” the company said.
TikTok has taken other steps that it says are intended to direct users to trustworthy sources. This year, for example, the company created an election center to help U.S. voters find voting places or information about candidates.
The platform removed more than 102 million videos that violated its rules in the first quarter of 2022. Yet only a tiny percentage of those ran afoul of TikTok's rules against misinformation.
Researchers found that TikTok's own search tool seems designed to steer users to false claims in some cases. When researchers typed the words “COVID vaccine" into the search tool, for instance, the tool suggested searches on key words including “COVID vaccine exposed" and "COVID vaccine injury."
When the same search was run on Google, however, that search engine suggested searches relating to more accurate information about vaccine clinics, the different types of vaccines and booster shots.
TikTok's rise in popularity has caught the attention of state officials and federal lawmakers, some of whom have expressed concerns about its data privacy and security.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on social media's impact on the nation's security. TikTok's chief operating officer, Vanessa Pappas, is set to testify alongside representatives from YouTube, Twitter and Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook.
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Russia's Yandex launches food delivery service in Armenia
MOSCOW, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Russian tech giant Yandex on Wednesday said it had launched food delivery service Yandex Eats in Armenia, delivering on a promise to develop its e-commerce offering after selling some other business lines to rival VK.
Yandex last month agreed to sell its news aggregator, content platform Zen and homepage yandex.ru to state-controlled VK in a move that is expected to tighten the government's grip on the internet.
That deal, which closed on Monday after receiving regulatory approval, saw Yandex acquire VK's Delivery Club food delivery service, complementing its e-grocery and food delivery Yandex Eda offering, which includes Yandex Eats.
"Entering foreign markets is one of the priorities of Yandex's foodtech-business," Roman Maresov, head of Yandex Eda, said in a statement. "Yandex Eda already operates in Kazakhstan and Belarus.
"Thanks to closing the deal on purchasing Delivery Club, we will be able to allocate more resources on localising the service, which is needed to launch in new countries," he said.
Yandex Eats has launched in Armenia in test mode, with 100 restaurants connected.
Like many Russian business, Yandex, which dominates Russia's internet search and ride-hailing sectors, has faced significant hurdles since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Yandex was not directly sanctioned by the West, but some top managers were.
Yandex in August estimated the size of Russia's food delivery market at 650 billion roubles ($11 billion) in 2021 and sees annual growth of 20%. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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Rory McIlroy will tee it up on the DP World Tour for the second consecutive week at the DS Automobiles Italian Open.
The second-ranked player in the world has played in Italy just once, at the 2006 European Amateur Championship, which he won.
“I've got 100 percent record in this country, and I'd like to keep that going,” McIlroy quipped Wednesday in his press conference.
While the Italian Open is front and center this week, much of the conversation Wednesday revolved around next year's Ryder Cup.
McIlroy is joined at Marco Simone Golf Club by the likes of Matthew Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland and Tyrrell Hatton, as a handful of the best Europeans in the game look to get a preview of the 2023 Ryder Cup venue.
“This was a good opportunity. I was already in Europe playing at Wentworth, and it was a good opportunity to see the course,” McIlroy said. “But I've had discussions with [European captain] Luke [Donald] and you know, actually a few of us are meeting for dinner tonight for a little bit of team bonding but also to have a talk about the course and how we think it should be set up to favor the European team.”
The Europeans have certainly had some favorable course setups across the pond, winning each of the last six Ryder Cups played on home turf. The last time the U.S. won a Ryder Cup on foreign soil was 1993, when Tom Watson captained a team that included rookie Davis Love III to a 15-13 victory.
That being said, momentum certainly favors the Americans after the 19-9 drubbing Steve Stricker’s squad delivered last fall at Whistling Straits.
Factor in the possibility that Europe could be without several of its key contributors over the last two decades due to the uncertainty surrounding players who have defected to LIV Golf, and one could make a case that the future looks bleak for the Europeans.
McIlroy, however, doesn’t see it that way.
“I think we were in need of a rebuild, anyway,” McIlroy said. “It was sort of, we did well with the same guys for a very long time, but everything comes to an end at some point. I think Whistling Straits is a good sort of demarcation, I guess. That's all behind us. We have got a core group of guys, but let's build on that again, and instead of filling those three or four spots with older veterans, let's blood some rookies and let's get them in and build toward the future. I think that's important.”
Just to avoid any confusion, McIlroy reiterated his stance on whether players who have joined the Saudi-backed series should be a part of the Ryder Cup moving forward.
"I have said it once, I've said it a hundred times," McIlroy said. "I don't think any of those guys should be on the Ryder Cup team."
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a way for female officers to use the restroom without having to remove their pants and utility belts," said one of two inventors, from Rancho Cucamongo, Calif., "so we invented the K- GAR TACTICAL PANT. Our design could provide added convenience and safety for wearers."
The invention provides an improved design for uniform pants. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower the pants to relieve themselves. As a result, it saves time and effort and it eliminates the need to remove a utility belt, radio, etc. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for law enforcement officers, members of the military, first responders, fire fighters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSJ-121, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Increasing Service Capabilities for Rail Shippers Across the Country
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Rail Company LLC today completed the acquisition from BRX Transportation Holdings of Denver-based Pioneer Lines, Inc., a railroad holding company including 15 short line railroads. The transaction closed following regulatory authorization.
The acquisition advances Patriot Rail's growth strategy, increasing the Jacksonville, Florida, company's short line operations from 16 to 31 railroads. Patriot now serves customers with operations in 23 states.
"We are pleased to bring Pioneer Lines railroads into Patriot Rail," said John E. Fenton, Patriot Rail's chief executive officer. "Doubling our footprint across the U.S. furthers our commitment to exceed customer expectations as a best-in-class rail partner. Patriot Rail takes great pride in delivering value to our customers with safety always as our core foundation, and our expansion will drive deeper commercial and logistics relationships."
"Patriot Rail's accelerating growth opens more opportunities for innovative and sustainable freight transport solutions," said John Ma, Patriot board member and co-head of North America for Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Patriot's majority investor. "Igneo continues to see strong potential for long-term returns through our investment in the Patriot Rail platform."
Patriot Rail board chair Deb Butler added, "Patriot Rail has the growth mindset and financial capacity to invest in profitable initiatives benefitting rail shippers and our long-term investors. We welcome our new Patriot team members to our employee-first leadership culture, and the future is bright for the customers, stakeholders, and communities we serve."
About Patriot Rail
Patriot Rail operates 31 regional and freight short line railroads, a scenic rail excursion train, and rail-related services companies with operations in 23 states. Service capabilities include railcar storage, contract switching, transloading, railcar cleaning, engineering services, excursion railroads, real estate, and track access. Patriot Rail is also a direct partner in providing railcar repair and maintenance, railcar dismantling, and environmental services including centralized wastewater treatment. For more information, visit patriotrail.com.
About Igneo Infrastructure Partners
Igneo Infrastructure Partners is an autonomous investment team in the First Sentier Investors Group. It invests in high-quality, mature, mid-market infrastructure companies in the utilities and transport sectors in the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Operating since 1994, the team works closely with portfolio companies to create long-term sustainable value through innovation and proactive asset management. Igneo manages more than US$15 billion in assets as of June 30, 2022 on behalf of more than 120 institutional investors around the world. For more information, visit igneoip.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
0-1-4-3, FIREBALL: 1
(zero, one, four, three; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Morning" game were:
0-1-4-3, FIREBALL: 1
(zero, one, four, three; FIREBALL: one)
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
1-8-2, FIREBALL: 9
(one, eight, two; FIREBALL: nine)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
1-8-2, FIREBALL: 9
(one, eight, two; FIREBALL: nine)
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Steinberg is best known for his work building athletes into stand-alone brands. He is the real-life inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Jerry Maguire.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leigh Steinberg has represented many of the most successful athletes and coaches in sports including the number one overall pick in the NFL draft for an unprecedented eight times. In 1996, the famous catchphrase "Show me the money" from the Cameron Crow film Jerry Maguire took on a painful meaning when Steinberg was forced to file for bankruptcy in 2012. His downward spiral was fueled by alcoholism, bad investments, and unethical actions by one of his partners.
Leigh Steinberg
"Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown."
Steinberg shares his comeback and his most recent book, The Agent: My 40-Year Career of Making Deals and Changing the Game. He details his decades of dominance in the sports industry and sheds light on overcoming his personal struggles.
https://steinbergsports.com/en/
Post-Traumatic Thriving is a podcast that addresses the toughest issues around trauma and recovery. Unresolved trauma is the #1 problem facing humanity, with 66% to 85% of all college-age people having experienced at least one traumatic event.
Unresolved trauma fuels self-medication, depression, and violent crime. Unprocessed, trauma can lead to suicide, the leading cause of death in the United States according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
Post-Traumatic Thriving host, Dr. Randall Bell is a sociologist specializing in disaster recovery projects. "We can tap into trauma and make it the fuel to thrive," says Dr. Randall Bell, author of the bestselling book, POST-TRAUMATIC THRIVING.
Post-Traumatic Thriving co-host, Ms. Tanya Brown, MA, author of FINDING PEACE AMID THE CHAOS. The 1994 death of Tanya's sister Nicole Brown Simpson generated a media frenzy around O.J. Simpson. Today, she is a celebrity author, and a motivational speaker and life coach. When facing trauma Tanya said, "You need to ask for help."
Core IQ https://www.coreiq.com/ is a non-profit organization that produces the podcast.
Post-Traumatic Thriving is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Links:
https://www.tiktok.com/@posttraumaticthrivingpod
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ZeUuGqzsYdJmhr2JHD2ag
https://www.instagram.com/coreiq/
https://www.facebook.com/coreiqskills
https://www.linkedin.com/company/coreiqinc/about/?viewAsMember=true
https://twitter.com/coreiq
Mel Levy mel@coreiq.com 949-497-7600
Reviews, photos, and interviews available upon request.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.
Cruz’s attorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witnesses but rested at the beginning of Wednesday’s court session after calling only about 25. There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother’s heavy use of alcohol during pregnancy might have affected his brain’s development.
The sudden announcement by lead attorney Melisa McNeill led to a heated exchange between her and Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution “the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case.”
The 12-member jury and 10 alternates were not present but were lining up outside the courtroom to enter. The sudden announcement also meant that prosecutors were not ready to begin their rebuttal case.
Mike Satz threw his hands up when Scherer asked if they could begin and, with a nervous laugh, said “no.”
“We’re waiting for 40 more (defense) witnesses,” Satz said.
Scherer then accused Cruz’s attorneys of being inconsiderate to all involved, but especially the jurors for wasting their trip to court.
“To have 22 people march into court and be waiting as if it is some kind of game. I have never experienced such a level of unprofessionalism in my career,” Scherer said, raising her voice.
McNeill countered angrily, “You are insulting me on the record in front of my client,” before Scherer told her to stop. Scherer then laid into McNeill, with whom she has had a testy relationship since pretrial hearings began three years ago.
“You’ve been insulting me the entire trial,” Scherer barked at McNeill. “Blatantly taking your headphones off, arguing with me, storming out, coming late intentionally if you don’t like my rulings. So, quite frankly, this has been long overdue. So please be seated.”
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to murdering 14 students and three staff members on Feb. 14, 2018, at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. His trial, now ending its second month, is only to determine whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole.
After his attorneys rested, he told Scherer under oath that he agreed with the decision.
His attorneys’ theme throughout their case has been to show how his birth mother’s alcohol abuse during pregnancy put Cruz onto a lifelong path of erratic, bizarre and often violent behavior that culminated in the shootings. They also tried to show that his adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, became overwhelmed after her husband died when Cruz was 5 and never got him the proper treatment.
They are trying to overcome the prosecution’s case, which focused on Cruz’s massacre as he stalked a three-story classroom building for seven minutes with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. Lead prosecutor Mike Satz played security videos of the shooting and showed the rifle Cruz used. Teachers and students testified about watching others die.
Satz showed graphic autopsy and crime scene photos and took jurors to the fenced-off building, which remains blood-stained and bullet-pocked. Parents and spouses gave tearful and angry statements about their loss.
Prosecutors said they will need more than a week to prepare their rebuttal case. The trial is tentatively scheduled to resume Sept. 27.
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(NewsNation) —An American teacher behind bars in Russia has broken her silence.
In a letter from a Russian prison, 46-year-old Sarah Krivanek says “the road has been very hard” since she landed in legal trouble nearly a year ago.
She says her health has gotten worse and she has no medical care.
“I want to come home to you all. And when I get home, I will tell you everything. I can’t do that in a letter,” the letter reads.
She’s currently serving a year and three-month sentence in connection to assault charges from a domestic dispute. Krivanek was arrested last fall after she reportedly scratched her Russian partner’s nose with a knife.
However, her friends believe she is the one who was abused and was defending herself. According to relatives, Krivvanek suffers from a kidney disease that can be deadly if not treated.
“I’m just so worried about her because she’s not able to tell us exactly how severe her health is,” Krivanek’s close friend Anita Martinez said Tuesday night on NewsNation’s “Banfield.” “I was happy that she’s alive because I didn’t even know that. I didn’t know what was happening with her.”
According to Martinez, the prisoners rely heavily on outside sources to provide basic supplies.
“It’s my understanding that they give them a uniform and basic food. That’s it. Everything else they depend on family and friends. But the problem is that with the sanctions that are in place in Russia right now, we’re not able to send anything because they can’t have any currency or anything from outside countries,” Martinez said.
Martinez believes that a human rights organization will visit Krivvanek soon, but she’s worried that if they don’t, her situation could be dire as winter conditions worsen.
“I’m just hoping they (the U.S. embassy) do something to help get her home before it’s too late. I know she just has a few months left on her sentence, but depending on the severity of what she’s dealing with right now, I don’t know if she has a few months left, period,” Martinez said.
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HEFEI, China, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iFLYTEK was included as a constituent of the Hang Seng (China A) Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index (HSSUSB) for its outstanding performance in making environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies central to the company's advancement. iFLYTEK is committed to fostering systemic innovations to ensure the highest standard of corporate environmental accountability and the greatest societal impact.
Selection for the index includes a thorough sustainability assessment undertaken by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA). The assessment measures seven core indicators: corporate governance, human rights, labor practices, environment, equitable operations, consumer issues, community engagement and development.
iFLYTEK has sought to meet the climate challenges of our times by fostering innovative technology applications for mitigating industrial and individual impacts on the environment. This approach earned many honors for iFLYTEK, including an "Outstanding Practice Case" from the China Association for Public Companies, a AAA rating in the China Securities Index ESG Evaluation, and the Best ESG Information Disclosure Award from New Fortune.
iFLYTEK takes pride in the company's continued efforts to provide environmental solutions that address society's most pressing needs using advanced artificial intelligence technology.
About iFLYTEK – iFLYTEK is one of the world's leading artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technology companies. For more information, please visit https://www.iflytek.com/en/.
About the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series – The Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series provides benchmark for sustainability investments. It composes of five indexes, including the HSSUSB, recognizing companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that perform well with respect to corporate sustainability.
Constituent selection is based on a robust process that includes consideration of the results from a sustainability assessment undertaken by Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA), an independent and professional assessment body, using its proprietary sustainability assessment and rating framework. The process ensures that indexes in the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series are objective, reliable and of high investability, making them excellent benchmarks for index funds that adopt a corporate sustainability theme.
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USPA members participated in over 100 meetings with members of Congress and their staff to stop the ongoing clinical labor and EM cuts to office-based specialists in the 2023 MPFS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday, the United Specialists for Patient Access (USPA) organized a virtual lobby day to meet with over 100 members of Congress and staff to discuss the proposed cuts to clinical labor and EM in the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (CMS-1770-P).
USPA members shared with lawmakers and their staff the vital role office-based specialists play in our healthcare system and the patients who rely on their care. If the cuts proposed in the 2023 PFS are finalized as written, office-based specialists would have no choice but to close their doors or reduce services. This round of closures would further accelerate widespread health system consolidation, limit patient options, and, as a result, undermine the Biden administration's efforts to address health equity issues.
Click here to read USPA's comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Dr. Mark Garcia, USPA board member and CMO for American Vascular Associates, said, "Right now, our priority is to do all we can to stop the proposed cuts to office-based specialists in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. We need lawmakers to see that our nation's specialists cannot endure another round of drastic cuts. It's not sustainable and the outlook is bleak if nothing is done. Office-based centers are already closing in record numbers. Further Medicare cuts will only accelerate this trend, limit patient access to care, worsen health equity issues nationwide, and ironically lead to higher healthcare costs, negating the purpose of the proposed legislation."
Dr. Garcia continued, "Congress and CMS must stop these cuts to office-based specialists!"
Click here to watch USPA's explainer video on the ongoing clinical labor and EM cuts to office-based specialists.
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Guesty integrates YieldPlanet's synergetic technology directly into the Guesty platform to offer enhanced capabilities for hospitality distribution, revenue management and additional short-term rental and hotel OTA connections on the Guesty Distribution Hub
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guesty, the leading property management platform for the short-term rental and hospitality industry, today announced the acquisition of hotel-focused revenue and distribution platform, YieldPlanet. The acquisition expands Guesty's offerings and capabilities for traditional hotels, with YieldPlanet's technology integrated within the Guesty platform. Unveiling a new Guesty Distribution Hub, the platform will add direct OTA connections with Hopper, Trip.com, Marriott Homes & Villas and Google's Hotel & Vacation Rental Search Products, and will allow hospitality operators to manage a classic hotel repertoire, revenue and vacation rental offerings from one dashboard.
The YieldPlanet acquisition and launch of Guesty Distribution Hub comes upon the heels of Guesty's recent $170 million funding round, from top-tier investors Apax Digital Funds, MSD Partners and Sixth Street Growth, with existing investors Viola Growth and Flashpoint also participating. The capital signals investor confidence in the continued growth of the travel and alternative accommodation industry, and is an endorsement of Guesty's pioneering technology, long-term strategy and position as market leader in the hospitality and property management software sector.
"With PMCs competing for diverse consumers and travel personas seeking every accommodation under the sun, we are thrilled to offer additional distribution for our Guesty users through direct integration of YieldPlanet and the formation of the Guesty Distribution Hub," says Yair Holtzer, VP of Strategy at Guesty. "Guesty will offer direct integration with Hopper, Trip.com, Marriott Homes & Villas and Google's suite of Travel Search products, joining our already impressive OTA integration with Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Agoda, and misterb&b. We will also maintain additional integrations through our valued partnerships. The product enhancements solidify Guesty's status as the leading flexible Property Management Platform."
Guesty Distribution Hub is the first ever fully holistic hospitality distribution solution. Guesty customers will now access hundreds of hotel and short-term rental distribution channels (Booking Engine, Metasearch, OTA, and GDS), along with integrated financial tools from one dashboard.
"Joining forces with Guesty marks an exciting new chapter for YieldPlanet, allowing us to strengthen and scale our revenue and channel management solutions," says Claudio Limacher, CEO of YieldPlanet. "We will continue to grow YieldPlanet and will now offer direct distribution from within Guesty's platform, offering their clients exciting new opportunities to grow and expand their businesses."
"YieldPlanet's technology, expertise, R&D team, and hotel-focus were a natural fit to join the Guesty family and continue our long-term goal to become the one-stop shop for the hospitality and short-term rental ecosystem," says Amiad Soto, CEO & Co-Founder of Guesty. "YieldPlanet's technology within the Guesty platform, offers best-in-class revenue management, along with its price optimizer product for hotels. Our customers now have access to the widest distribution options on the market from one single dashboard."
About Guesty:
Guesty is the world's leading property management platform for the short-term, vacation rental and hospitality industry. Serving everyone from hosts to hotel brands, customers utilize Guesty's platform and solutions to centralize their reservations, guest communication, operational tasks, cleaning management and more across all the major booking OTA channels, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Tripadvisor, Expedia, Agoda, direct booking websites and more. With 14 offices serving customers worldwide, Guesty empowers hospitality operators to save time and resources so that they can focus on maximizing occupancy, ensuring a great guest experience, and growing their business.
About YieldPlanet:
YieldPlanet is a SaaS provider delivering travel technology solutions for revenue and distribution management. The company's easy-to-use solutions synchronize with property management software to provide a single point of control for channels, reducing labor time, administrative cost and increasing distribution. The company services more than 4,000 clients in over 85 countries around the world, with offices in Spain, Switzerland and Poland.
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Optoma launches new premium IFPDs with Creative Board for enhanced learning experiences and remote collaboration in education and corporate markets
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Optoma, a world-leading manufacturer of large display solutions and the #1 4K UHD brand and the #1 DLP® brand worldwide and in the Americas,* today launched its new Creative Touch Interactive Flat Panel Displays (IFPDs) for education and corporate environments. Offering intuitive and easy to use software, the new 5-Series Interactive Flat Panel Displays feature Creative Board, an enhanced whiteboard with a floating toolbar and several annotation tools, bringing collaborative thinking and idea-sharing to life. With new tools and added functionality, Optoma's IFPDs are the perfect cornerstones for educators and professionals to create and connect their way, enhancing learning and remote collaboration in classrooms, lecture halls, boardrooms and other professional environments.
Optoma's range of Creative Touch IFPDs are perfectly suited to accommodate the ever-changing needs of educational environments. Designed to support distance learning, the IFPDs allow students to work together in real time from home, in the classroom, or anywhere, maximizing engagement in remote and hybrid learning environments. With the ability to connect to webcams along with Optoma's unique software, the Creative Touch 5-Series IFPDs provide the ultimate collaboration solution.
Customization is front and center with the new IFPDs, which feature several intuitive tools that allow users to modify and tailor the display to their specific needs. The quick-launch pen features a dual-tip, enabling teachers to switch between note taking and highlighting in nearly any color – ensuring lessons flow with ease. Simply take the pen from the holder, and the Creative Board app or annotation mode will launch automatically.
The new Creative Board provides users with greater flexibility by expanding their writing canvas via the infinity canvas feature, spurring creativity and boundless collaboration. The tool also provides users with the ability to move annotations across the screen, allowing teachers, for example, to hide answers to quizzes and then share at a later time. Additionally, users can embed browser pages to the screen, allowing them to pull information such as images and other content directly into the workflow for better productivity.
"The new IFPDs were carefully designed based on customer feedback and the needs of the education and corporate markets, giving educators and business professionals even more customization options and innovative remote tools that foster collaborative classroom, hybrid learning and working environments where lessons and ideas can come to life," said Gordon Healis, business manager, IFPD and LED at Optoma.
Known for their bright, fingerprint resistant panel, ultra-slim bezel, anti-glare glass, and up to 30-point multi-touch capabilities, the new IFPDs deliver incredible interactive features for dynamic lessons, presentations, and creative brainstorm sessions.
Optoma Creative Touch 5-Series Interactive Flat Panel features:
- Creative Board with improved floating toolbar, customization tools, and infinity canvas feature for added writing space
- Built-in Android system and compatible with popular operating systems, including Windows, Mac and Chrome
- Creative Cast™ Pro app enables simultaneous image, document and screen sharing from up to four devices on the same network
- Single sign-on via Google account for easy access to Google Workspace, Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, and other connected cloud applications
- Customizable, dual-tipped quick launch pen that provides a realistic writing experience and automatically activates the whiteboard application or annotation mode when in use
A value-added solution, Optoma Management Suite Cloud (OMS)™ is available on the 5-Series IFPDs, offering IT administrators and technicians a real time remote platform to monitor, manage, and diagnose multiple displays simultaneously that are either on the same network or connected through the cloud server. OMS enables technicians to check the status and make configurations to optimize performance and broadcast emergency messages, alerts, or announcements across displays worldwide.
To further support our customers in the U.S., Optoma is offering a five-year product warranty, including onsite service, for purchases made on the Creative Touch 5-Series models 5652RK, 5752RK, 5862RK from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, 2022.
To learn more about the line-up, please visit: https://www.optomausa.com/products/interactive-flat-panel-displays/education
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Optoma combines cutting-edge technology and innovation to deliver remarkable visual display products designed to connect audiences with engaging video experiences. From the company's ProScene projectors and Creative Touch interactive flat panel displays, to LED displays, Optoma's suite of products can meet the demands of nearly any professional environment, including conference rooms and classrooms, digital signage, corporate, houses of worship, retail, simulation environments and control rooms. Optoma Technology is the U.S. headquarters for The Optoma Group, with continental headquarters also in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit optoma.com.
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“Kids want to share”: Schools work to help students overcome mental health issues in the classroom
The U.S. Department of Education wants to support teachers and lessons on emotional well-being
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - With a few simple strings, a cup, and a ping pong ball, teacher David Fox has crafted a lesson for his students on teamwork inside Francis C. Hammond Middle School.
“What’s the goal of a team? Like, what’s the objective?” he asks before launching into the interactive game that challenges his students to strategize. The goal is to lift the ball into the cup using only the strings, but the lesson goes further than that.
“I don’t know how often they do share their deepest personal issues with you, but occasionally they do. They do open up sometimes,” says Mr. Fox about his advisory period that focuses on mental health.
Social-emotional learning periods like his are designed to be a daily opportunity for teachers to check in on their students while educating kids on skills to understand and manage emotions, set positive goals, and establish positive relationships.
“A lot of what we’ve sort of set up is this whole system where, like, we’re trying to build success and build comfort that way. Then, when we can check in and like see like we know our kids really well and we can say, hey, like it seems like you’re sort of off today,” said Fox.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is encouraged by what he’s seeing happen inside many school districts nationwide. He is urging school leaders to use American Rescue Plan dollars to fund more mental health support.
“I’m really excited about what I’m seeing in many districts where they’re looking at mental health supports and emotional well-being as a core function. You know if kids are... not feeling well, if they’re anxious or if they have some other mental health needs, it’s going to be more difficult to learn. So, what I’m seeing and I’m excited about is additional social workers, additional liaison between the school and the families, so that we can get parent voice a little bit more in the education system,” Cardona said.
Last year the CDC found 37% percent of high school students had poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and 44% said they felt persistent sadness or hopelessness during that time. The survey also found that students who felt connected to their school, adults, and peers were less likely to feel that way.
“Kids want to share when stuff’s going on. People need to get it out,” said Mr. Fox. “So, asking questions, talking to kids, bringing up subjects, it’s more likely they’re going to share and say things. So, just not being too scared to ask questions of kids is usually a good way to get them to talk.”
Cardona supports the message of addressing mental health issues with a proactive approach.
“Schools are looking at this differently. In the past, it was when kids had an outburst or when they had an episode of need, of crisis, then we would kick in the supports. Now, we’re seeing better proactive strategies. And, we’re seeing districts invest in additional staff to make sure that student’s needs are being met,” he said.
Elisa Villanueva-Beard of Teach for America discussed the types of issues she believes teachers and students are facing.
“At Teach for America, we predominately work with children growing up in low income communities and children of color. There were already cracks on the in the system pre-COVID that our children were faced with and there was trauma and that our kids were bringing into classrooms already. Those cracks though have really become these gaping holes. Our kids have experienced loss, loss of life, loss of jobs, a lot of stress in their homes. You know, families have had to navigate the pandemic,” she said.
She emphasized the need to foster conditions for students to learn and for districts to also invest in counselors. She discussed the need to support the mental health of teachers as well.
“We can’t expect our educators to hold and create those conditions we’re talking about unless they themselves are feeling like their needs are met. Our teachers are overwhelmed. They’ve been through a lot. They’re overstretched and they are trying to, you know, meet the moment. They keep showing up. So, let’s make sure that our teachers get those basic needs,” she said.
She added Teach for America provides counseling for their teachers.
“Everyone should be doing that for our teachers and then investing in our teachers to ensure that they have trauma informed practices. Things like being able to build relationships with kids, knowing how to manage an emotional trigger and productively,” she said.
Villanueva-Beard said anyone who is influencing kids needs to understand tools of managing stress because they can influence of children respond.
Meanwhile, teachers like Mr. Fox plan to continue working to support his students in the classroom.
“I mean, personally, I want them to come to school and have fun. I want them to, like, be comfortable with their classmates. I want them to feel free to, like, be a kid and have a reason to look forward to school, especially if school is hard or challenging, or like some classes are boring. Because, we are all boring at some point. Like, that’s how we are. But - there’s a reason to get up and go to school, to see your friends, to play games, to like share something fun about yourself... To be willing to open up and share is sort of the end goal.”
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Airborne shark lands on teen fishing in boat
ST. GEORGE, Maine (WGME) - It’s a fish tale you must see to believe: A mako shark jumped onto a fishing boat off the coast of Maine, and it was caught on camera.
David Sinclair runs Sea Ventures charters out of Saint George, taking clients out to fish for sharks that they then get to see up close and help tag.
His 16-year-old grandson, Cameron Sinclair, is his first mate.
“I believe I caught my first shark when I was 4 years old,” Cameron said.
They mostly encounter blue sharks, but 15 to 20 miles out to sea on one August day, it was a 7-foot mako.
“All of a sudden something took the bait,” Cameron said. “Really big, really fast, and he jumped. We knew he was a mako instantly.”
“It’s on a fishing line with a young man, 16-year-old guy, turning the rod, having fun fighting it,” David Sinclair said. “And it jumped four times before it got to the boat, and the next thing we knew he fell out of the sky and landed in the boat.”
The moment was captured by the angler’s dad, who was up on the bridge with his camera.
“All of a sudden here he is right here in my face, and he hits me with his tail right on my left cheek and lands maybe three feet from my left foot.” Cameron said.
David Sinclair says makos are fast fish with big teeth.
“Everybody scrambled, and I just held my breath,” he said. “I thought, ‘Boy, injuries are a high possibility.’ Not a scratch on anybody; the shark was not injured.”
With everyone all right, he says they took some measurements, tagged the shark then released it through the transom door.
“Just awe inspiring to see the power of a fish like that and be able handle it safely and kick him out,” David Sinclair said.
A rather routine ending to an unforgettable fishing trip.
“Seeing one right here in my face falling out of the sky was pretty impressive,” Cameron said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown from July yet still a painfully high level that suggests prices will keep spiking for months to come.
Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that on a month-to-month basis, the producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — declined 0.1% from July to August, the second straight monthly decline.
Yet the better readings mostly reflect plunging gas prices and don’t necessarily point to a broader slowdown in inflation. A measure that excludes the volatile food and energy categories — so-called core prices — rose 0.4% from July to August and 7.3% in August compared with a year ago.
The cost of services — which are increasingly driving consumer inflation — rose 0.4% in August, driven by higher prices for public transportation, car rentals and some financial services.
Still, there were a few encouraging signs in Wednesday’s report: Wholesale food costs were flat from July to August, after a 1.3% spike the previous month. And wholesale goods prices overall fell 1.2%, suggesting that goods prices for consumers could soon decline.
On Tuesday, the government reported that consumer inflation was rampant across much of the economy in August. Apart from cheaper gas, consumer prices for everything from food and rents to furniture, medical care and new cars got pricier last month. The worse-than-expected consumer price spikes sent the stock market tumbling to its worst day in more than two years on fears that the Federal Reserve will turn even more aggressive in raising interest rates to fight inflation.
Wednesday’s producer price data captures inflation at an earlier stage of production and can often signal where consumer prices are headed. It also feeds into the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, which is called the personal consumption expenditures price index.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets are sticking with Joe Flacco as their starting quarterback against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Coach Robert Saleh announced the decision Wednesday to stay with Flacco this week despite a less than inspired performance by the 37-year-old quarterback and the rest of the offense in a 24-9 loss to Baltimore in the regular-season opener.
Flacco, starting for the injured Zach Wilson, was 37 of 59 for 307 yards and one touchdown — in the game's final minute — with one interception while facing constant pressure from the Ravens. Flacco was sacked three times and hit 11 times behind a shuffled offensive line, and his lack of mobility didn't help.
“There were a lot of things that we as a team could have done to help out a lot during the game, too," Saleh said. "We’ll give it another run and I think Joe will be a lot better.”
Many fans chanted for Mike White to replace Flacco last Sunday at MetLife Stadium — and took to social media and sports talk radio this week for the backup to play at Cleveland.
Saleh left the possibility open Monday when he said all positions were being evaluated, including quarterback, but couched it by saying Flacco would “likely” get a second start. Saleh said the Jets never considered making a change from Flacco.
“Joe's our quarterback,” Saleh said, adding that the team is focused on preparing for the Browns.
Wilson had arthroscopic knee surgery last month and also is recovering from a bone bruise in his right knee after being injured in the preseason opener at Philadelphia on Aug. 12. He's expected to be sidelined at least two more games, with a possible return at Pittsburgh on Oct. 2.
Wilson is scheduled to participate in light drills during practice this week, but not team drills yet.
The Jets' struggles against the Ravens were far from just on Flacco, who was hurt by multiple dropped passes, fumbles and poor protection — “a comedy of errors,” Saleh said. Flacco's interception occurred when tight end Lawrence Cager slipped on the rain-soaked turf.
“When you look back at the game, when he had a clean pocket, he was very, very efficient,” Saleh said of Flacco. “Part of the clean pocket is the offensive line's responsibility to give it to him and for him to just deliver the ball where it needs to and get off of certain reads. So it was a bunch of different things.”
New York also abandoned the run early, running 62 pass plays out of 79 behind a line that had George Fant flipping from right tackle to left during the week when Duane Brown injured a shoulder and was placed on injured reserve. Rookie Max Mitchell also was forced into starting on the right side in his NFL debut.
The line will have its hands full again this week while facing the Browns and edge rusher Myles Garrett, who had two sacks in Cleveland's season-opening win at Carolina.
Flacco, who spent 11 seasons in the AFC North with Baltimore, has some history of success against Cleveland. His last start against the Browns came in 2018 while with the Ravens — a loss — but his 17-3 career regular-season mark against them is most wins vs. any NFL team.
Meanwhile, Flacco remains winless as a starter for the Jets having lost his first six starts with New York dating to the 2020 season.
“It wasn't his best performance,” Saleh said of Flacco's game Sunday. “But it wasn't as bad as people think it was.”
NOTES: Saleh said Fant (veteran rest day), S Jordan Whitehead (ankle), DE John Franklin-Myers (toe), WR Braxton Berrios (heel) and P Braden Mann (back) wouldn't practice Wednesday. Saleh added Whitehead is “definitely questionable” to play Sunday. S Will Parks was signed to the active roster as possible insurance for Whitehead. ... The Jets also signed P/K Ty Long and CB Jimmy Moreland to the practice squad, and released WR Diontae Spencer from the practice squad.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It’s difficult to truly gauge the Southeastern Conference’s tight-end talent through two weeks of the season.
There’s little chance the same will be said after two months.
The powerhouse league has arguably its deepest and most skilled tight-end group in years. The collection includes big-time playmakers and is sure to produce NFL first-round draft picks such as Kyle Pitts (Florida), Hayden Hurst (South Carolina), Evan Engram (Ole Miss) and O.J. Howard (Alabama).
South Carolina’s Jaheim Bell, Georgia’s Brock Bowers and Mississippi’s Michael Trigg top the list. They’re big. They’re fast. They’re versatile. And they’re hardly alone.
Here’s a look at the best of the SEC’s current crop, five of whom will share a field when South Carolina (1-1) hosts top-ranked and defending national champion Georgia (2-0) on Saturday:
BELL, SOUTH CAROLINA
Bell might be the most multifaceted tight end in the SEC, possibly in the country. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound junior from Lake City, Florida, lines up all over the field. He has four catches for 18 yards to go with 11 carries for 44 more. He also owns the top two receiving games by a tight end in school history: 136 yards against Vanderbilt and 159 against North Carolina.
“He’s a freak athlete,” teammate and fellow tight end Austin Stogner said. “You can really put him anywhere.”
BOWERS, GEORGIA
Anyone who watched the eventual champs play last season should remember Bowers. The 6-4, 230-pound native of Napa, California, burst onto the scene as a freshman, finishing with 56 receptions for 882 yards and 13 touchdowns. He has five catches for 95 yards this year, getting plenty of time off during Georgia’s back-to-back blowouts.
ARIK GILBERT, GEORGIA
Arik Gilbert appears to be the odd man out in Georgia’s ultra-deep position group. The former LSU starter and the No. 1 tight end prospect in the 2020 recruiting class doesn’t have a reception while playing behind Bowers and Darnell Washington. He caught 35 passes for 368 yards and two TDs as a freshman with the Tigers before entering the transfer portal.
He was briefly committed to Florida but ended up in Athens, about 80 miles from his home in Marietta, Georgia. Coach Kirby Smart said Gilbert’s lack of playing time has more to do with his practice habits than the depth chart.
“It’s really based on Arik’s performance,” Smart said. “It’s not really based on those guys ... That’s all based on how he practices and how he carries over to game day.”
STOGNER, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Oklahoma transfer landed at South Carolina along with quarterback Spencer Rattler. They already have chemistry, although Stogner has just six catches for 75 yards through two games. The 6-6, 251-pound senior from Plano, Texas, had 47 receptions for 654 yards and eight scores with the Sooners. And he enjoys blocking as much as anything else he does.
“It’s amazing; it’s an extra O-lineman on the field,” Gamecocks running back Marshawn Lloyd said.
MASON TAYLOR, LSU
First-year LSU coach Brian Kelly called the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Jason Taylor “the No. 1 surprise of camp.” Mason Taylor has five catches for 47 yards, including a 17-yarder that set up a late touchdown against Florida State.
“He’s been outstanding,” Kelly said, adding that Taylor has added 20 pounds. “I’ve been blessed. I’ve had some great tight ends. I’ve got seven of them right now who are active in the NFL. And Mason Taylor is as good as any freshman tight end that I’ve had.”
TRIGG, OLE MISS
The Southern Cal transfer had three TD receptions in last week’s 59-3 romp over Central Arkansas, all from inside the 10-yard line. The 6-3, 240-pound sophomore from Tampa, Florida, has nine receptions for 61 yards. He caught seven balls for 109 yards and a score in six games with the Trojans in 2021. He landed in Oxford as part of the package deal with quarterback Jaxson Dart.
Rebels coach Lane Kiffin likes what he’s seen from Trigg but wants more.
“There’s some inconsistency there because he’s a young player,” Kiffin said. “He needs to play more consistent because you can see the big-play potential.”
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA
No one his size is supposed to move like that. But Washington has rare traits. The 6-7, 260-pound junior is a blocking beast as well as a threat to run by linebackers and post up –- or leap over — defensive backs. He has four catches for 66 yards, well on his way to surpass his two-year totals of 17 receptions for 320 yards and a score.
He already created a career highlight when he hurdled Oregon cornerback Bryan Addison in the team’s opener.
“Darnell Washington is in the best shape he’s been in,” Smart said recently, adding the big man can play “harder for longer.”
The SEC appears poised for talent at the position for years to come, too.
Texas A&M signed three of the top six tight-end prospects in its ballyhooed 2022 class: Jake Johnson, Donovan Green and Theo Melin Öhrström. Georgia landed the No. 2 guy on the list, Oscar Delp.
Tennessee and Georgia have commitments from the second- and third-rated tight-end recruits for 2023. The Vols ave a pledge from Ethan Davis of Suwanee, while the Dawgs are in line to land Pearce Spurlin of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.
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MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it could strengthen to a tropical storm.
Tropical Depression Seven was located about 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) east of the Leeward Islands, and tropical storm watches could be issued later Wednesday, forecasters said.
“Interests in the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico should monitor the progress of this system," the agency said.
At 11 a.m. EDT, the depression was moving at 14 mph (22 kph) with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph (55 kph), forecasters said.
“On the forecast track, the center of the system is forecast to move through the Leeward Islands on Friday or Friday night and be near the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend," the hurricane center advisory said.
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Honda’s electrification push won’t be limited to cars. The company on Tuesday announced that it will launch 10 electric motorcycles globally by 2025, and make its motorcycle lineup carbon neutral by 2040.
Honda already sells a line of small scooters aimed at fleet operators, and that are already used by the Japanese and Vietnamese postal services. The company plans to expand availability of these models to other markets, and introduce two personal-use derivatives for the European and Asian markets between 2024 and 2025.
Between 2022 and 2024, Honda plans to introduce five larger electric moped models, again in European and Asian markets. Those will be followed by three even larger models for Japan, Europe, and the United States between 2024 and 2025.
Finally, Honda plans to launch an electric motorcycle for kids. This model is also slated for 2024 or 2025, and also appears destined for the U.S.
Honda said it will equip future electric motorcycles with solid-state batteries, utilizing technology the company is also eyeing for cars. Battery swapping is also part of the company’s plans; Honda in 2021 joined fellow Japanese motorcycle manufacturers Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha in a consortium to develop battery-swapping standards for motorcycles.
In addition to electric models, Honda said it will continue to improve the fuel efficiency of its internal-combustion bikes, and investigate alternative fuels to reach its carbon neutrality goal.
There was at least one false start for these efforts. Honda originally said in 2008 that it would launch an electric motorcycle in 2010. That left room for companies like Zero and Energica to focus on electric bikes.
BMW Motorrad said in 2018 that it saw electric powertrains as the future for motorcycles. And even some traditional motorcycle makers like Harley-Davidson beat Honda to market with a fully fleshed-out electric bike.
Honda has stepped up its electric vehicle investment too. It now plans 30 EVs by 2030, globally, with two electric sports cars in development.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Remaining parts of a building that collapsed in May killing 41 people in southwestern Iran have imploded during demolition work, according to Iranian state media.
A local official with the Red Crescent Society, Vahid Shabani said there were injuries after “another part of the structure” fell, IRNA reported.
The official did not give the number of injured or further information on casualties.
IRNA said that the collapse happened as workers were taking down parts of the tower that had survived the initial collapse in May.
The May 23 collapse at the Metropol Building in the city of Abadan killed 41 people and dredged up painful memories of past national disasters in Iran. Police met with clubs and tear gas street protests that followed the incident.
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(KTLA) – Officials are asking for the public’s help identifying a man with distinctive tattoos who has been hospitalized for three days at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.
The man has “LGS” tattooed on his right eyebrow, “Fuente” on his right cheek, “SNR” or possibly “SUR” across his chest, “El Mike” on his right arm and “Robin” on his right hand.
He is described as being between 55 and 60 years old, 6 feet tall, and weighing 144 pounds, officials said.
The mystery patient has a slim build, gray hair, a beard, a mustache and a receding hairline. His eyes were described as being brown or hazel.
No further details about the man have been released.
Anyone with information about the patient is asked to contact Cristol Perez, a licensed clinical social worker at the hospital.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Israeli troops near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank Wednesday, killing an Israeli army officer, the Israeli military said. Palestinian officials said that troops killed the gunmen.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that two Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army, without providing additional details.
The military said soldiers spotted two individuals approaching the separation barrier in the northern West Bank and that it dispatched soldiers to the area. It said the two suspects were armed with automatic weapons and began shooting at troops, who returned fire.
The Israeli army confirmed that Maj. Bar Falah, 30, was killed by the gunmen in the shootout.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the Israeli army was holding the bodies of the two men. It identified them as Ahmad Abed, 23, and Abd al-Rahman Abed, 22, both from a village near the city of Jenin.
The Israeli military confirmed that Ahmad Abed was a member of the Palestinian Authority security services.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas praised the attack, hailing the two gunmen as “heroic martyrs.”
Wednesday’s violence was the latest in a long string of incidents involving deadly confrontations between soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank in recent months, particularly around the city of Jenin, which has become a bastion for armed struggle against Israel.
Israel has been carrying out nightly arrest raids in West Bank cities, towns and villages since a spate of attacks against Israelis in the spring killed 19 people.
Israeli fire has killed scores of Palestinians during that time, making it the deadliest year in the occupied territory since 2016.
The Israeli military says the vast majority of those killed were militants or stone-throwers who endangered the soldiers. But several civilians have also been killed during Israel’s monthslong operation, including a veteran journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly into a battle zone. Some local youths who took to the streets in response to the invasion of their neighborhoods have also been killed.
Israel says the arrest raids are meant to dismantle militant networks that have embedded themselves. The Palestinians say the operations are aimed at maintaining Israel’s 55-year military occupation of territories they want for an independent state.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians seek those territories for a future state.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City residents were on edge after a big, bad wolf was sighted Tuesday. OK, big and bad may be a tall tale.
“The dog was very timid and was not able to be caught,” said Bruce Stone, city manager for The Village, which is part of the Oklahoma City metro area.
The animal was reported wandering across the metro Tuesday morning.
The Oklahoma City Police tweeted that they were “just responding to a bunch of folks crying wolf” as they tried to get “the pup safely home.”
The animal — a female — didn’t look like she would huff and puff or blow your house down, like the wolf of “Little Red Riding Hood” fame. Stone told KFOR she didn’t make a sound.
“The dog was just sitting there quietly,” said Stone. “[It] just kind of seemed like it was lost and needed help.”
The animal had a collar, so officials knew someone owned her and were probably looking for their pet.
The animal is a hybrid: “85% wolf & 15% Alaskan Malamute pet,” according to the Oklahoma City Police. And she calmly accepted rescue from police, who called her a “cordial canine.”
“Obviously, it is a little unusual that it is a mixed breed,” said Stone.
While it is against the law in The Village to harbor a wolf, there is no mention of mixed breeds.
“I don’t think the public has anything to be concerned about,” said Stone. “Just another loose animal that needs to be captured and taken back to the owner.”
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz suddenly and surprisingly rested their case Wednesday, leading to a shouting match after the judge accused them of a lack of professionalism.
Cruz’s attorneys had told the judge and prosecutors they would be calling 80 witnesses but rested at the beginning of Wednesday’s court session after calling only about 25. There were 11 days of defense testimony overall, the last two spotlighting experts about how his birth mother’s heavy use of alcohol during pregnancy might have affected his brain’s development.
The sudden announcement by lead attorney Melisa McNeill led to a heated exchange between her and Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer, who called the decision without warning to her or the prosecution “the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case.”
The 12-member jury and 10 alternates were not present but were lining up outside the courtroom to enter. The sudden announcement also meant that prosecutors were not ready to begin their rebuttal case.
Mike Satz threw his hands up when Scherer asked if they could begin and, with a nervous laugh, said “no.”
“We’re waiting for 40 more (defense) witnesses,” Satz said.
Scherer then accused Cruz’s attorneys of being inconsiderate to all involved, but especially the jurors for wasting their trip to court.
“To have 22 people march into court and be waiting as if it is some kind of game. I have never experienced such a level of unprofessionalism in my career,” Scherer said, raising her voice.
McNeill countered angrily, “You are insulting me on the record in front of my client,” before Scherer told her to stop. Scherer then laid into McNeill, with whom she has had a testy relationship since pretrial hearings began three years ago.
“You’ve been insulting me the entire trial,” Scherer barked at McNeill. “Blatantly taking your headphones off, arguing with me, storming out, coming late intentionally if you don’t like my rulings. So, quite frankly, this has been long overdue. So please be seated.”
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to murdering 14 students and three staff members on Feb. 14, 2018, at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. His trial, now ending its second month, is only to determine whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole.
After his attorneys rested, he told Scherer under oath that he agreed with the decision.
His attorneys’ theme throughout their case has been to show how his birth mother’s alcohol abuse during pregnancy put Cruz onto a lifelong path of erratic, bizarre and often violent behavior that culminated in the shootings. They also tried to show that his adoptive mother, Lynda Cruz, became overwhelmed after her husband died when Cruz was 5 and never got him the proper treatment.
They are trying to overcome the prosecution’s case, which focused on Cruz’s massacre as he stalked a three-story classroom building for seven minutes with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle. Lead prosecutor Mike Satz played security videos of the shooting and showed the rifle Cruz used. Teachers and students testified about watching others die.
Satz showed graphic autopsy and crime scene photos and took jurors to the fenced-off building, which remains blood-stained and bullet-pocked. Parents and spouses gave tearful and angry statements about their loss.
Prosecutors said they will need more than a week to prepare their rebuttal case. The trial is tentatively scheduled to resume Sept. 27.
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BOSTON (AP)It’s a rare thing for a Red Sox fan to cheer for a member of the New York Yankees.
Aaron Judge caused some of Boston’s faithful to make an exception on his latest visit to Fenway Park
Judge hit his major league-leading 56th and 57th home runs, Gleyber Torres had a go-ahead three-run double in the 10th inning and the Yankees held on to beat the Red Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night.
Playing in New York’s 142nd game, the Yankees slugger’s second drive of the night brought fans from both sides of the rivalry to their feet in applause as he moved four from tying the American League home run record Roger Maris set with the Yankees in 1961.
”(Red Sox fans) were wearing me out on deck, I don’t know if they were cheering or not,” Judge said. ”They were wearing me out. But nah, it’s all of baseball fans. Just fans all over. Red Sox, Yankees – it doesn’t matter. They came here to see a good game and to see a show. Both teams I think put on a good show for them.”
After going homerless in five games, Judge had a pair of of tying solo homers, off Nick Pivetta in the sixth and Garrett Whitlock in the eighth.
”I’m out of adjectives,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. ”Just really impressive what he did.”
Judge has 10 multi-homer games this season, one shy of the AL record Hank Greenberg set in 1938, and 26 in his career. Judge’s three hits raised his average to .310, and he leads the major leagues in home runs and with 123 RBIs. Judge has a 1.105 OPS this season and 32 RBIs in his last 38 games.
Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber is second in the major leagues with 37 homers, making this the first time a player finished a day with a 20-homer lead since the final day of the 1928 season, when Babe Ruth was 23 ahead of Jim Bottomley and Hack Wilson, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
New York, which came from behind three times, reopened a six-game AL East lead, its largest since Sept. 1.
Torres broke a 4-4 tie in the 10th against Jeurys Familia (2-3). He has eight RBIs in his last three games after getting just three in his previous 14.
”I was telling myself: `Just be simple. Hit the ball the other way because I know second base is in the shift,”’ Torres said. ”Don’t try to do too much, just put the ball in play.”
Clay Holmes (6-3) hit Reese McGuire with a pitch and got one out in the 10th, and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single that put runners at the corners.
Xander Bogaerts popped out to shallow left, and Peralta bounced a fastball for a run-scoring wild pitch. Wandy Peralta struck out Devers on the seventh pitch of the at-bat, his first slider of the night, for his fourth save.
”It’s been like that the whole season, you know? The guys are putting in effort, putting good at-bats but we haven’t been able to put them away,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.
Rookie Triston Casas, McGuire and Bogaerts homered for Boston, which has lost eight of 14 to the Yankees this season.
Marwin Gonzalez hit the first of three tying homers for New York, a two-run drive in the third.
Pivetta allowed three runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out five.
New York’s Gerrit Cole struck out 10 over six innings, but was tagged for all three of Boston’s home runs over six innings.
Casas hit his first home run at Fenway Park, and McGuire hit his first home run this season.
Cole called what everyone is getting to witness with Judge ”special.”
”I feel very fortunate to be able to play on the same team with him,” Cole said. ”It’s one of the most historic offensive seasons of all-time. … I’m humbled to be a part of it.”
BACK IN
Aaron Hicks pinch hit for Jose Trevino to open the 10th and drew a walk in Hicks’ first appearance since he was pulled midgame of the the Yankees loss Friday to Tampa Bay.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Anthony Rizzo (headaches from epidural injection) took some swings during batting practice and could return for New York’s next series at Milwaukee, or at home next week when the Yankees host Pittsburgh. . LHP Aroldis Chapman (infected wound) pitched an inning in a rehab appearance for Double-A Somerset, giving up a hit, with two strikeouts and a walk. CF Harrison Bader (planter fasciitis in right foot) went hitless in three at bats and struck out twice.
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (right shoulder inflammation) threw batting practice. He has been on the injured list since Aug. 19.
MAKING MOVES
Yankees IF/OF Tyler Wade was at Fenway on Tuesday as part of the taxi squad. . … OF Jasson Dominguez was promoted to Double-A Somerset and went 0 for 5. He hit .306 with six homers, 22 RBIs and 17 steals in 40 games at High-A Hudson Valley. The 19-year-old started the season at Class A Tampa.
UP NEXT
Yankees LHP Nestor Cortes (9-4, 7.73 ERA) will make his 25th start of the season. He is 4-3 with a 3.72 ERA over his last 14 starts. Red Sox rookie RHP Bryan Bello (1-5-5.79) will make his first career appearance against New York. He has a 3.55 ERA in his last six outings, including four starts.
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ATLANTA (AP)A new fan-controlled basketball league is expected to begin play in February.
Plans for a venture called Fan Controlled Hoops were unveiled Wednesday by the creators of a similar league – Fan Controlled Football – which is entering its third season.
There initially will be four teams in the new Atlanta-based basketball league, with two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis as a co-owner of one of the clubs. The venture also brought in former National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts as a strategic advisor.
The format will be 4-on-4, full-court, with real-time fan interactivity. It will be similar to the fan-controlled football venture, where fans can call offensive plays and vote on rules.
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Amazon faces yet another union vote this year, this time at a facility outside Albany, N.Y., months after workers on Staten Island formed the company's first unionized U.S. warehouse.
While Amazon pursues legal challenges to that historic union win, federal labor officials on Wednesday approved the election at the warehouse known as ALB1.
In mid-October, 400 workers there will vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, the same independent group that unionized more than 8,000 at the massive Staten Island warehouse. It's run by current and former Amazon workers, and led by a man whom Amazon fired after he led a pandemic-era walkout.
Other unionization efforts have not been successful. In the spring, workers at a smaller Staten Island warehouse voted against joining the ALU. And unionization efforts have failed so far at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.
At the Albany-area warehouse, Amazon workers will vote on Oct. 12, 13, 15 and 17 in a tent in the facility's parking lot. The NLRB will tally the ballots on Oct. 18. Amazon did not immediately comment.
Amazon earlier this month lost a key battle in its attempt to reverse the union's victory in Staten Island. A National Labor Relations Board official recommended that Amazon's objections be rejected in full and that the union be certified.
A formal NLRB decision on the matter is expected in the coming days, potentially requiring Amazon to begin contract negotiations with the union.
Editor's note: Amazon is among NPR's recent financial supporters.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Posted by The Bay Tour Guide - Mike Wynn June,705 on Dec\nThough not often featured on TheBlogThe, here goes a couple of snippets concerning a day I can well remmeberry.\nFirst is just in case its unfamile I suppose that the Royal Ackheap Caves aren'st on that many tourists must see'st when visitint he island beceas that thay dont open, I never asked for LEBANON, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tracy Parsons is always on the lookout for a worthy opponent in chess.
"You gettin' pretty good," he said while playing a game with his 11-year-old grandson, Corbin Smith. "I see some thinking going on in that head."
"Ever since he was a one-year-old, he's been my best buddy," Parsons said. "When he was three, I think it was, I thought it'd be great for him to learn how to play chess. He took to it very well."
"He'd teach me how to play," Corbin remembered. "He'd teach me new moves every morning."
Corbin has never beaten his grandfather.
"I've gotten close, but I haven't done it," he said.
"The past couple weeks, he's pushed me to play a game, and I've kinda pushed him off 'cause I'm afraid he's gonna beat me," Parsons added.
The truth is, it's gotten harder for Parsons to play ever since his diagnosis in 2020.
"It's ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," he said. "I've lost the ability to walk. Losing my hands — it's hard to talk about."
Two of Parsons' brothers died from ALS, and he doesn't know how long he has left. It's been hard for Corbin.
"I was scared," he said.
Parsons has some work he wants to see get done before he dies.
"It's a 1973 Ford F-100," he said.
Several years ago, Parsons bought the truck. He planned on restoring it and giving it to Corbin when he turned 16.
"When Corbin gets his license, I'm not going to be here," Tracy said. "I'm not gonna be here to see that. I'd like to be able to see him and his face and his reaction to the truck before I die. That's what I'd like to see."
"I can tell he's putting all of his power into it," Corbin said.
The staff at VZ Customs heard about the truck and wanted to help out.
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It was just one of those things that we felt led that we had to do," said Seth Penhollow.
The staff restored the truck. A crowd of dozens of friends and family members gathered at Parson'shome to watch Corbin's truck be revealed.
"I love you, buddy," Parsons told his grandson.
"I love you too," Corbin said after seeing his new truck.
This story was originally reported by Forrest Sanders on newschannel5.com.
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“Kids want to share”: Schools work to help students overcome mental health issues in the classroom
The U.S. Department of Education wants to support teachers and lessons on emotional well-being
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - With a few simple strings, a cup, and a ping pong ball, teacher David Fox has crafted a lesson for his students on teamwork inside Francis C. Hammond Middle School.
“What’s the goal of a team? Like, what’s the objective?” he asks before launching into the interactive game that challenges his students to strategize. The goal is to lift the ball into the cup using only the strings, but the lesson goes further than that.
“I don’t know how often they do share their deepest personal issues with you, but occasionally they do. They do open up sometimes,” says Mr. Fox about his advisory period that focuses on mental health.
Social-emotional learning periods like his are designed to be a daily opportunity for teachers to check in on their students while educating kids on skills to understand and manage emotions, set positive goals, and establish positive relationships.
“A lot of what we’ve sort of set up is this whole system where, like, we’re trying to build success and build comfort that way. Then, when we can check in and like see like we know our kids really well and we can say, hey, like it seems like you’re sort of off today,” said Fox.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is encouraged by what he’s seeing happen inside many school districts nationwide. He is urging school leaders to use American Rescue Plan dollars to fund more mental health support.
“I’m really excited about what I’m seeing in many districts where they’re looking at mental health supports and emotional well-being as a core function. You know if kids are... not feeling well, if they’re anxious or if they have some other mental health needs, it’s going to be more difficult to learn. So, what I’m seeing and I’m excited about is additional social workers, additional liaison between the school and the families, so that we can get parent voice a little bit more in the education system,” Cardona said.
Last year the CDC found 37% percent of high school students had poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and 44% said they felt persistent sadness or hopelessness during that time. The survey also found that students who felt connected to their school, adults, and peers were less likely to feel that way.
“Kids want to share when stuff’s going on. People need to get it out,” said Mr. Fox. “So, asking questions, talking to kids, bringing up subjects, it’s more likely they’re going to share and say things. So, just not being too scared to ask questions of kids is usually a good way to get them to talk.”
Cardona supports the message of addressing mental health issues with a proactive approach.
“Schools are looking at this differently. In the past, it was when kids had an outburst or when they had an episode of need, of crisis, then we would kick in the supports. Now, we’re seeing better proactive strategies. And, we’re seeing districts invest in additional staff to make sure that student’s needs are being met,” he said.
Elisa Villanueva-Beard of Teach for America discussed the types of issues she believes teachers and students are facing.
“At Teach for America, we predominately work with children growing up in low income communities and children of color. There were already cracks on the in the system pre-COVID that our children were faced with and there was trauma and that our kids were bringing into classrooms already. Those cracks though have really become these gaping holes. Our kids have experienced loss, loss of life, loss of jobs, a lot of stress in their homes. You know, families have had to navigate the pandemic,” she said.
She emphasized the need to foster conditions for students to learn and for districts to also invest in counselors. She discussed the need to support the mental health of teachers as well.
“We can’t expect our educators to hold and create those conditions we’re talking about unless they themselves are feeling like their needs are met. Our teachers are overwhelmed. They’ve been through a lot. They’re overstretched and they are trying to, you know, meet the moment. They keep showing up. So, let’s make sure that our teachers get those basic needs,” she said.
She added Teach for America provides counseling for their teachers.
“Everyone should be doing that for our teachers and then investing in our teachers to ensure that they have trauma informed practices. Things like being able to build relationships with kids, knowing how to manage an emotional trigger and productively,” she said.
Villanueva-Beard said anyone who is influencing kids needs to understand tools of managing stress because they can influence of children respond.
Meanwhile, teachers like Mr. Fox plan to continue working to support his students in the classroom.
“I mean, personally, I want them to come to school and have fun. I want them to, like, be comfortable with their classmates. I want them to feel free to, like, be a kid and have a reason to look forward to school, especially if school is hard or challenging, or like some classes are boring. Because, we are all boring at some point. Like, that’s how we are. But - there’s a reason to get up and go to school, to see your friends, to play games, to like share something fun about yourself... To be willing to open up and share is sort of the end goal.”
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WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest since March 2020
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak.
At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.
“We are not there yet, but the end is in sight,” he said, comparing the effort to that made by a marathon runner nearing the finish line. “Now is the worst time to stop running,” he said. “Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work.”
In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. There were 3.1 million new cases, a drop of 28%, continuing a weeks-long decline in the disease in every part of the world.
Still, the WHO warned that relaxed COVID testing and surveillance in many countries means that many cases are going unnoticed. The agency issued a set of policy briefs for governments to strengthen their efforts against the coronavirus ahead of the expected winter surge of COVID-19, warning that new variants could yet undo the progress made to date.
“If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption, and more uncertainty,” Tedros said.
The WHO reported that the omicron subvariant BA.5 continues to dominate globally and comprised nearly 90% of virus samples shared with the world’s biggest public database. In recent weeks, regulatory authorities in Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere have cleared tweaked vaccines that target both the original coronavirus and later variants including BA.5.
Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, said the organization expected future waves of the disease, but was hopeful those would not cause many deaths.
Meanwhile in China, residents of a city in the country’s far western Xinjiang region have said they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a lockdown prompted by COVID-19.
Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty refrigerators, feverish children and people shouting from their windows.
On Monday, local police announced the arrests of six people for “spreading rumors” about the lockdown, including posts about a dead child and an alleged suicide, which they said “incited opposition” and “disrupted social order.”
Leaked directives from government offices show that workers are being ordered to avoid negative information and spread “positive energy” instead. One directed state media to film “smiling seniors” and “children having fun” in neighborhoods emerging from the lockdown.
The government has ordered mass testing and district lockdowns in cities across China in recent weeks, from Sanya on tropical Hainan island to southwest Chengdu, to the northern port city of Dalian.
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Man arrested for setting abandoned Raymond home on fire
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man they believe intentionally set an abandoned home on fire in Raymond last month.
According to Sheriff Terry Wagner, on Aug. 17 deputies were detailed to a fire near NW 40th Street and Raymond Road, at an abandoned home. Deputies said the home has been vacant and abandoned for some time.
Sheriff Wagner said the State Fire Marshal’s Office investigated the incident and determined the fire to be arson.
Tuesday night, deputies were again detailed to NW 40th and W Raymond Road for a disturbance between two men.
Deputies said a witness called LSO after seeing a man outside the burned home.
According to Sheriff Wagner, the witness explained that the man matched the description of the suspect from the night of the fire and the man’s car also matched the suspect vehicle description. Sheriff Wagner said the witness and man argued.
Sheriff Wagner added that the man, who is 24-years-old and from Lincoln, was interviewed and cited for 2nd degree arson. According to Sheriff Wagner the man was lodged on that charge.
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OMAHA, Neb. — Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute before Friday's looming strike deadline.
The pressure stems from concerns that halting railroad deliveries of raw materials and finished products that so many companies rely on would be, in the words of the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an “economic disaster.”
A White House official said President Joe Biden and members of his cabinet were in touch with the unions and railroads Monday as part of their efforts to avert a strike. And for the second time in the past week, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh sat down at the negotiating table Sunday to urge the parties to reach a deal. Another meeting is set for Wednesday, union and Labor Department officials told CNN.
Walsh postponed a planned to trip to Ireland this week to remain close to the talks.
A Labor Department spokesperson said Monday that it’s crucial that the parties remain at the negotiating table and come to an agreement because “a shutdown of our freight rail system is an unacceptable outcome for our economy and the American people.”
Suzanne Clark, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said Monday that “a national rail strike would be an economic disaster — freezing the flow of goods, emptying shelves, shuttering workplaces and raising prices for families and businesses alike.”
The chamber joined a number of other business groups, including a coalition of 31 agricultural shipping trade groups, in sending letters to Congress urging lawmakers to be prepared to step in and block a strike if the two sides can't reach an agreement by the end of the week. The chamber said if it comes to that, Congress should impose the terms recommended by a Presidential Emergency Board that Biden appointed this summer.
The Association of American Railroads trade group put out a report last week estimating that shutting down the railroads would cost the economy $2 billion a day.
As of Monday, the coalition negotiating on behalf of the nation's biggest freight railroads — including Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF and Kansas City Southern — had announced eight of the 13 tentative agreements needed to avert a strike by some 115,000 rail workers.
The deals that have been announced so far have closely followed the Presidential Emergency Board’s recommendations that called for 24% raises over five years, $5,000 in bonuses and one additional paid leave day a year. But the two biggest unions representing conductors and engineers have been holding out because they want the railroads to go beyond those recommendations and address some of their concerns about strict attendance policies and working conditions.
The railroads have said they would begin curtailing shipments of hazardous materials and some other goods Monday in advance of a possible work stoppage at the end of the week. That would ensure that containers of those dangerous goods aren't left stranded along the tracks.
The heads of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division union that represents conductors, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union that represents engineers, criticized that decision as a move to increase pressure on shippers and Congress to intervene.
The federal law governing railroad contract talks won't allow a strike or lockout before Friday.
TEGNA's Val Lick and Associated Press reporter Josh Boak contributed to this report.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a way for female officers to use the restroom without having to remove their pants and utility belts," said one of two inventors, from Rancho Cucamongo, Calif., "so we invented the K- GAR TACTICAL PANT. Our design could provide added convenience and safety for wearers."
The invention provides an improved design for uniform pants. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower the pants to relieve themselves. As a result, it saves time and effort and it eliminates the need to remove a utility belt, radio, etc. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for law enforcement officers, members of the military, first responders, fire fighters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSJ-121, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Morse was endorsed by Gov. Chris Sununu and helped by $4.5 million from national Republicans, who were worried that a victory by Bolduc would forfeit what they saw as a winnable seat in the quest for Senate control this fall.
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But it was New Hampshire that held the focus nationally. Besides Bolduc, Republicans in the state also chose a hard-right nominee for the House, Karoline Leavitt, a former staff member in President Donald Trump’s White House press office, who echoed the former president’s inflammatory language and provocations. She beat Matt Mowers, who had the backing of House Republican leaders, and will face Rep. Chris Pappas, a two-term Democrat.
Bolduc’s and Leavitt’s success adds New Hampshire to the list of battleground states where Republicans this year chose candidates firmly in the Trumpian mold to compete in general elections that Republicans have historically won by reaching out to independents and conservative Democrats. Other examples include Massachusetts, Maryland, Arizona and Pennsylvania (in its governor’s race).
It is both a clear sign of Trump’s iron grip on his party’s base and a major gamble on whether candidates with extreme views — principally, embracing Trump’s lie that he won in 2020 — can prevail in purple states. November will test if voter malaise about the economy and Democratic leadership in Washington is strong enough to blot out candidates’ hard-right views.
Bolduc led wire-to-wire in polling during his race. He amassed grassroots support by traveling widely for two years and holding town hall-style events, where attendees fumed over President Joe Biden and Democratic governance in Washington.
His supporters were less animated by bread-and-butter issues such as inflation — which is soon expected to affect the cost of the home heating oil that is widely used in New Hampshire — than by immigration, the 2020 election and cultural issues.
“I signed a letter with 120 other generals and admirals saying that Donald Trump won the election and, damn it, I stand by” it, Bolduc said at a debate last month.
He has also said he was open to abolishing the FBI after agents searched Trump’s residence in Florida seeking classified documents.
Sununu, a moderate and popular Republican in the state, was outspoken in calling Bolduc a “conspiracy-theory extremist” whom most voters did not take seriously.
Morse, 61, acknowledged that Biden won in 2020 and said he would have certified the election if he had been in Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. In debates, Morse rarely turned his fire on Bolduc, instead attacking Hassan. He highlighted how he had led the Legislature to override a budget that Hassan had vetoed as governor because it included business tax cuts. Hassan’s campaign has positioned her as breaking with her party on issues of concern to New Hampshirites — pushing for a federal gasoline tax holiday, for example — and standing up to Big Pharma to lower prescription drug costs.
Other candidates in the Republican primary included Kevin Smith, a former Londonderry town manager, and Bruce Fenton, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur whose libertarianism — he favored legalizing all drugs — enlivened debates but also drew boos.
Bolduc’s poor fundraising meant he wasn’t able to run a single ad on television. A super PAC with ties to national Republicans spent millions of dollars on ads opposing him and boosting Morse.
A Democratic group also tried to shape the race: The Senate Majority PAC, which is aligned with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, attacked Morse in ads as “sleazy” in an effort to drive voters toward Bolduc, gambling that he would be easier to defeat in November.
For the general election, super PACs tied to Republican leaders in the Senate have reserved $29 million for ads in New Hampshire, which could boost Bolduc and tarnish Hassan. But it is unclear whether those commitments will hold with Bolduc on the ballot.
Left on his own, Bolduc would enter the contest with Hassan at a severe disadvantage: He had just $84,000 in his campaign account as of late August, according to federal records. Hassan had $7.3 million. She has already spent millions on ads this year to boost her image, including one claiming that she is “ranked the most bipartisan senator,” but her approval has stalled in polls around 45%.
Still, facing Bolduc would bump Hassan, 64, down Democrats’ list of the incumbents they most need to defend to keep control of the Senate and assure that Biden is not hamstrung in the remainder of his term. With New Hampshire’s primary elections so late in the year, Bolduc has just eight weeks before the general election to move beyond appeals to the Republican base and reach out to independents and conservative Democrats, voters who traditionally add to the coalition that Republican candidates need to win statewide in New Hampshire.
Mainstream Republicans in the state have been skeptical that Bolduc will be able to modulate his image after two years of appealing to the Trump-centric party base.
One reason he led in polls from the outset is that he had a yearlong head start over his rivals. The race was effectively frozen as Sununu, a top recruiting target of national Republicans to face Hassan, weighed joining in. It was November by the time he decided to forgo a Senate bid and seek reelection as governor.
One shoe that never dropped was an endorsement from Trump. Morse and his supporters waged a campaign to win the former president’s approval, including a visit by Morse to Trump at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Sept. 2.
Although the conversations were cordial, according to aides to both men, no endorsement ensued. After their meeting, Trump invited Morse and his team to have dinner at his club, but Trump did not join them.
On the eve of the election, Sununu — whom Bolduc once accused of being “a Chinese communist sympathizer” — suggested that if Bolduc became the nominee, he would endorse him.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "This is a new product that would be used to secure any extension ladder to a pole, tree, wall, or roof surface for stability of the ladder" said the inventor from Norco, CA "The idea for this invention for TRE HUGGER came to me a summer that I was trimming trees. "
This innovative invention provides an easy way of securing the upper portion of any ladder to a surface such as a pole or roof. Would also offer an attachment and hold to a number of different materials. This would allow a worker to perform tasks at different heights without concern over shifting of the upper end of a ladder from the object. Would be useful to contractors, building construction workers, roofers, tree trimmers, drywall installation personnel, home improvement specialists, maintenance workers, handymen, homeowners, or do-it-yourself enthusiasts.
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Ollie Pope says he now feels like England's No 3 after coach Brendon McCullum encouraged him to 'stop fearing getting out in Test cricket'... as batsman sets his sights on playing 100 Tests after successful summer
- Pope had never previously batted at No 3 at first-class level before this summer
- But he rose to the challenge in Test series against New Zealand and South Africa
- England coach McCullum helped Pope remove the fear of losing his wicket
Ollie Pope says he now feels like England's No 3 after a summer in which coach Brendon McCullum helped him remove the fear of losing his wicket. And he has set his sights on playing 100 Tests.
Pope, who at the age of 24 has won 30 caps already, had never previously batted in that position at first-class level. But he responded to a challenge many feared would prove beyond him with 456 runs at 38, including 145 against New Zealand at Trent Bridge and a pair of skilful half-centuries in tough conditions against South Africa.
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Ollie Pope feels like England's No 3 after impressing against New Zealand and South Africa
'I've enjoyed that position this summer,' he said. 'It's been new, but hopefully I'll be backed to do it in the future as well.'
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'I was almost putting myself under too much pressure, and that fear of getting out was probably getting a bit too much. I tried to get rid of that. Rather than think "if I cut this, I might nick it", I think "if I cut it and I nick it then it might go over the slips for four". That is the mindset change I've tried to go by.'
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'It's always going to be positive, but it will probably look slightly different depending on the game and the conditions.'
England coach Brendon McCullum (C) helped Pope (R) remove the fear of losing his wicket
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Office Depot is the presenting sponsor of National PTA's Back-to-School Week. Additional support for the week comes from BAND, a free group communication app. The companies are Proud National PTA Sponsors. Xplora, a smartwatch designed to provide kids with a safe onboarding to the digital world, is also a supporting sponsor of the week.
National PTA® comprises millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders devoted to the educational success of children and the promotion of family engagement in schools. PTA is a registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit association that prides itself on being a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education. Membership in PTA is open to anyone who wants to be involved and make a difference for the education, health and welfare of children and youth. For more information, visit PTA.org.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen®, the world's leading breast cancer organization, will hold an in-person Race for the Cure to raise critical funds that support breast cancer patients by breaking down barriers to timely, quality care that create poor breast health outcomes. The Race will be held on October 2 at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
"We look forward to creating a community for anyone impacted by breast cancer as we gather, in person, for this year's Race. Funds raised from the Race for the Cure will further Komen's ability to meet the needs of patients and advance our health equity revolution, so everyone gets the care they need," said Stacie Spitzkoff, State Executive Director of New York at Susan G. Komen.
John Dias, reporter for CBS New York, and Natalie Duddridge, anchor/reporter for CBS New York, will serve as Emcees of the event.
Participants can expect to enjoy the following at the Race:
- Hope Village, a place for survivors and those living with metastatic breast cancer to gather
- We Remember Area where attendees can hang a photo or message about the person they're remembering
- Pillar Tents where attendees can learn more about Komen's four pillars – Research, Care, Community and Action
- Moving program featuring the Pathway of Hope followed by a 5K Race/Walk through Prospect Park
Komen Race for the Cure
Prospect Park
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sunday, October 2, 2022
7:30 AM EVENT OPENS
8:45 AM OPENING CEREMONY
9 AM RACE
Register Online
https://www.komen.org/greaternycrace
Susan G. Komen® is the world's leading nonprofit breast cancer organization, working to save lives and end breast cancer forever. Komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting this disease across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the U.S. and in countries worldwide. We advocate for patients, drive research breakthroughs, improve access to high-quality care, offer direct patient support and empower people with trustworthy information. Founded by Nancy G. Brinker, who promised her sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would end the disease that claimed Suzy's life, Komen remains committed to supporting those affected by breast cancer today, while tirelessly searching for tomorrow's cures. Visit komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN. Connect with us on social at www.komen.org/contact-us/follow-us/.
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WATCH: Sheriff’s office uses drone to find dog missing for 3 months
FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – A companion dog is back home in Colorado after having been missing for nearly three months.
The owner is now thanking the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and their high tech drone video for finding her.
Taylor Salazar said hearing Farrah’s bark was a gift. After all, she was a gift to begin with.
Salazar’s husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2019.
“We needed something to brighten up our household, and she did just that,” she said. “He was in love with her the minute he saw her.”
Farrah was a companion dog for Salazar’s husband. When he died less than three months later, the dog was still a light in darkness.
“She is a classic goldie,” Salazar said.
But one day, Farrah was gone.
Salazar said her dad had a seizure while he was driving. When he crashed, Salazar said Farrah ran from the crash scene.
Three months went by, and Farrah was still out on her own.
Salazar, however, believed the dog was alive.
People told her they saw the dog. They had proof too, like a surveillance video showing her drinking water near some farmland.
“And if they got too close she’d run away and she knew where to go,” Salazar said. “She was hiding.”
A dispatcher from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office knew what was going on and had an idea. They had a high-tech infrared drone and were doing a training mission with it. They were going to fly it in an area where Farrah was last seen.
Finally, they spotted her.
Salazar and the members of the sheriff’s office went to the location.
“She stuck her head through the barbed wire fence and then, the next minute, she’s laying in my lap, and I was like, ‘I got her,’” Salazar said.
Farrah is now back home. She weighs half of her previous body weight and needs one of her legs amputated.
But Salazar has her best friend back and a message to give the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
“We wouldn’t have got her back just because she wasn’t willing to come to anyone,” Salazar said. “I guess they’re part of our family.”
Salazar said she believes her late husband had a hand in bringing Farrah home.
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MT. PLEASANT, S.C., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An addiction to Instagram caused a young Virginia woman to attempt to take her life three times as a child, a lawsuit filed by Motley Rice LLC alleges. Filed in California's Superior Court against Instagram and Meta Platforms, the case is one of multiple filed by the firm for victims who allege social media companies exploited the insecurities of children to maximize profits and user growth.
Plaintiff Laura Ashman, 21, began using Instagram when she was roughly 12 years old, according to the lawsuit, which also alleges she quickly grew addicted, scrolling the social media site for up to 10 hours a day. Laura's addictive use of Instagram eroded her self-esteem and caused her to develop a severe eating disorder and depression, she alleges. Sadly, she also began to self-harm and attempted to take her life for the first time as a freshman in high school.
"We are so proud of Laura for finding the courage to tell her story of the dark side of social media, self-harm and depression," said Laura's father, Scott Ashman. "We are forever grateful for the efforts and vigilance of the school system, county, Inova and family who helped guide her to where she is today. We applaud our daughter for recognizing that not all are afforded the same safety net and that many suffer in silence. We as a family hope Laura's voice will help upset the status quo and bring further awareness to depression and meaningful change to social media's cold grip on our children."
The complaint alleges Instagram created a mental health crisis through its use of algorithms that were designed to addict children and teens to the product. Documents revealed by a whistleblower indicate that the defendants have known for years that Instagram has a toxic effect on the mental health of children, and in particular teen girls, the complaint states.
"We believe Meta has known for years that the Instagram algorithm addicts children and leads many down a dark spiral of body dysmorphia and depression. Hopefully, this lawsuit can begin to right the wrongs we believe the defendants caused," stated attorney Previn Warren.
Motley Rice LLC is one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' litigation firms and is headquartered in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and has additional offices in Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; and West Virginia. For more information, contact Motley Rice attorney Previn Warren (DC) at 1.800.768.4026 or visit www.motleyrice.com. Motley Rice LLC, a South Carolina Limited Liability Company, is engaged in the New Jersey practice of law through Motley Rice New Jersey LLC. Esther Berezofsky is the attorney responsible for New Jersey practice.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a way for female officers to use the restroom without having to remove their pants and utility belts," said one of two inventors, from Rancho Cucamongo, Calif., "so we invented the K- GAR TACTICAL PANT. Our design could provide added convenience and safety for wearers."
The invention provides an improved design for uniform pants. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower the pants to relieve themselves. As a result, it saves time and effort and it eliminates the need to remove a utility belt, radio, etc. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for law enforcement officers, members of the military, first responders, fire fighters, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Riverside sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-RSJ-121, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global igaming affiliate giants, Leadstar Media have expanded their presence in the Nigerian market with the launch of Betting Bonus Nigeria, a bonus comparison site for Nigerian players
The Sweden-based company now has two products in the country, following the launch of MyBettingSites.com in 2020. Over the last ten years, Leadstar Media has become one of the biggest betting affiliate brands in the world, covering over 30 countries across the globe.
Betting Bonus Nigeria is the latest in the series of bonus comparing sites in the bonus vertical of the company, joining sister sites in the United States, India and the Netherlands.
The new website is focused on comparing betting bonuses offered by betting sites operating in the Nigerian online sports betting market, with a view to simplifying the process of choosing a bonus offer.
Additionally, users will have information such as the terms and conditions, wagering requirements, bonus validity period and how to claim the various betting bonuses at their fingertips.
With the number of bookmakers offering different types of bonuses increasing consistently, Leadstar Media deemed it fit to introduce a free betting bonus comparison site dedicated to the Nigerian market.
Jacob Ljunggren, Leadstar Media Product Director, is confident that the website will provide immense value to Nigerian players.
"We are excited about the launch of Betting Bonus Nigeria. The idea of the website was conceived with Nigerian punters in mind," Ljunggren said.
"There has been a consistent surge in the number of sports betting sites offering welcome bonuses to players in Nigeria and we feel the need to provide a high quality bonus comparison site to assist players in choosing a betting bonus that suits their needs."
"By using the website, our users will enjoy unbiased review of welcome bonus offers and promotions of bookies in one of Africa's largest igaming markets," Ljunggren added.
Editor-In-Chief of Betting Bonus Nigeria, Ayo Adesanya, spoke of his excitement at the launch of the site, and assured Nigerian bettors that they can count on the site for the very best bonus offers in the Nigerian market.
"We are going to provide helpful content to help our users choose the best bonus available in the market."
Adesanya, who has over a decade of betting experience in Nigeria, explained that the site will put the needs of Nigerians on the front-burner, helping to provide answers to every query they may have about betting bonuses in Nigeria.
The editor assured that Betting Bonus Nigeria will be updated regularly with up to date information about offers and promotions, as well as changes in the already existing offers.
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Accelerating Growth and Innovation in Additive Manufacturing
TOKYO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Corporation (Nikon) today announced an investment in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. (HMT), an award-winning industry leader in additive manufacturing (AM), successfully created an approach that enables users to integrate additive tools onto any platform. This groundbreaking technology allows users to take full advantage of the manufacturing process by unifying multiple complementary technologies in one set up.
Parts manufacturers will often use AM processing and machining in tandem, depending upon their specific production goals and tolerances. HMT enabled a game-changing leap forward by unlocking the freedoms of additive while retaining the precision and surface finish capabilities of CNC, all in a single system. When using their patented AMBIT™ deposition heads only a simple tool change is required to switch from cutting to adding metal, giving users unprecedented flexibility. HMT's tool changeable heads are not limited to laser processes but are also compatible with numerous materials and a vast array of deployment methods. HMT can upgrade existing vertical platforms to enable both additive and subtractive machining capabilities in one system or create bespoke solutions with customized heads to meet the user's objectives.
Nikon manufactures some of the most precise equipment in the world, with its products being used in applications ranging from semiconductor manufacturing and mass production of panels for televisions and smart devices, to medical systems, automotive and satellites. Nikon established the Next Generation Project Division to accelerate the launch of new growth businesses, including advanced materials processing technologies, through synergies resulting from strategic investments and alliances with industry-leading companies worldwide.
This latest investment will enable HMT and Nikon to leverage their combined expertise to accelerate innovation and expand the hybrid manufacturing landscape. Yuichi Shibazaki, Nikon Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Next Generation Project Division said, "This investment in HMT is the latest component of our Next Generation Project program to further industrialization of digital manufacturing. As an industry leader with demonstrated collaborative capabilities, HMT and its AMBIT™ portfolio are well-matched with Nikon technologies. We look forward to working with them as part of our commitment to creating value and advancing society through novel industries like hybrid manufacturing."
Dr. Jason B. Jones, HMT Co-founder and CEO, said, "We are honored to receive investment from such a longstanding technology leader as Nikon. Together we will more fully deliver on the promise of additive and digital manufacturing. We expect the results of this technology will touch the lives of virtually all people on earth in the coming decades."
"Hybrid is all about synergy," Peter Coates, HMT Co-founder and CTO added. "For the better part of ten years in this industry we have taken pride in the strategic nature of our collaborations and our partnership with Nikon takes this to a whole new level by adding value to advanced manufacture."
Nikon has been a pioneer in optical technology markets worldwide since its inception in 1917. Today, utilizing advanced technologies, Nikon offers a wide range of products and solutions from digital cameras and binoculars to industrial precision equipment such as FPD and semiconductor lithography systems, microscopes, measuring instruments and products for the healthcare industry. Nikon aims to take advantage of its technologies to generate new core pillars of growth including material processing while continuing to be a leading company in precision and optics fields resulting in sustainable long-term increase in enterprise value.
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, LLC which is the US-based operating company of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. has been a global industry leader in hybrid and additive manufacturing since 2012. Pioneering a solution to marry the freedoms of additive with the precision of CNC machining, Hybrid has developed an unprecedented line of compact interchangeable deposition and inspection heads with elegant integration methods. This extends the capabilities of the everyday CNCs and robots without compromise, accelerating the adoption of the next wave of digital manufacturing.
Contact: Lisa Block, lisab@hybridmanutech.com
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Iowa abortion providers say no basis to enact near ban
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for Iowa’s largest abortion provider argued in court documents Tuesday that there’s no precedent or legal support for bringing back a law banning most abortions, which a judge had permanently blocked in 2019.
Planned Parenthood’s lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa were responding in state court filings to arguments made by lawyers for Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds last month.
Reynolds contends that recent decisions by both the Iowa and U.S. Supreme Court have changed the legal landscape, and states must individually decide whether abortion is legal. The governor says these changes justify reversing a state court judge’s decision that the abortion ban law was unconstitutional — and therefore unenforceable. Reynolds did not appeal the decision at the time.
The judge based his opinion on U.S. Supreme Court precedent, as well as an Iowa Supreme Court decision in 2018 that declared abortion a fundamental right under the Iowa Constitution.
The 2018 law would block abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant. The law contains exceptions for medical emergencies including threats to the mother’s life, rape, incest, and fetal abnormality.
Current Iowa law bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Abortions up to that point remain legal in the state.
ACLU lawyers argue there is no precedent to reverse a case finalized years ago. They said that in Iowa, even though the state Supreme Court removed the fundamental abortion protections in its June decision, abortion remains legal under earlier court decisions that have not been reversed.
ACLU of Iowa Legal Director Rita Bettis Austen said the governor’s recourse should be to go back to the legislature and pass a new law instead of trying to resurrect one declared void years ago.
She said in court documents that if the state wants to ban abortion at six weeks “and believes it has the authority to do so consistent with the Constitution, it may instead petition the current Iowa Legislature to pass such a law now, rather than attempting to revive a law that was clearly unconstitutional and void at the time it was passed by an earlier legislature.”
The judge in the case has given Reynolds lawyers until Sept. 26 to file a response and has set a court hearing for Dec. 28.
Reynolds, who has made clear her intentions to end most abortion in Iowa, decided to turn to the courts to impose stricter abortion limits instead of calling a special session of the legislature to pass a new law.
The strategy was likely to avoid a noisy political debate weeks before the November election where she and GOP legislative leaders are seeking reelection. And abortion may not be a winning political issue for Republicans, since 60% of Iowans support keeping abortion legal in most or all cases, according to a Des Moines Register Iowa poll from July. The poll results indicated 34% favored making abortion illegal in most or all cases.
A statewide vote in traditionally conservative Kansas last month came down decisively in favor of abortion rights.
Laws such as Iowa’s ban abortion when a “fetal heartbeat” can be detected, though that does not easily translate to medical science. That’s because at the point where advanced technology can detect that first visual flutter, the embryo isn’t yet a fetus, and it doesn’t have a heart. An embryo is termed a fetus eight weeks after fertilization.
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Andrew Morton bio of Queen Elizabeth II due in November
NEW YORK (AP) — The British author known in part for his news-making bestseller on Princess Diana has a biography of Queen Elizabeth II coming out Nov. 15. Andrew Morton’s “The Queen” was supposed to be published in 2023, but it was moved to this fall after the queen died last week at age 96.
“During her long and storied reign Queen Elizabeth II devoted herself to her family and the wider family of nations. During times of national celebration and concern, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, she was the glue who kept the nation together,” Morton said in a statement released Wednesday by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group.
“Teasing out the character of the woman behind the impassive mask has been one of the challenges and fascinations of this biography,” he said.
According to Grand Central, Morton will draw upon archival research and his long relationships with palace insiders, including private secretaries and bodyguards. He has written unauthorized books on William, Prince of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex among others. But he had the cooperation of his subject for the 1992 release “Diana: Her True Story — in Her Own Words,” in which Diana acknowledged marital troubles with Prince Charles, now King Charles III.
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Several small game hunting seasons open this week, making it a great time to get outdoors.
Michigan’s abundant small game hunting opportunities can be enjoyed this fall using a base license from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Fox and gray squirrel, rabbit, hare, ruffed grouse, woodcock and turkey hunting all open Thursday, Sept. 15.
Purchase your base license here, through the new DNR app (available to download for both Apple and Android products) or anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
Here are the basics on each season:
Cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare
Cottontail rabbit and snowshoe hare hunting seasons are open statewide Sept. 15 to March 31. The daily bag limit is five, and the possession limit is 10.
Squirrel, fox and gray
Fox and gray squirrel (black phase included) season is open statewide Sept. 15 to March 31. The daily bag limit is five, and the possession limit is 10.
Ruffed grouse
Statewide ruffed grouse season dates are Sept. 15 to Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 to Jan. 1. In zones 1 and 2, the daily bag limit is five, and the possession limit is 10. In Zone 3, the daily bag limit is three, and the possession limit is six.
Woodcock
The woodcock season is Sept. 15 to Oct. 29 statewide. The daily bag limit is three, and the possession limit is nine.
All woodcock hunters must have a base license and a free woodcock stamp, which includes registration with the federal Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP). Shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than three shells.
Turkey
The fall turkey season is Sept. 15 to Nov. 14 statewide.
Even if you didn’t enter the drawing for a limited-quota license, you still could snag a turkey tag. Leftover fall turkey licenses will be sold until quotas are met, and hunters may purchase up to one license a day. Hunters may harvest one turkey per license.
Check leftover turkey license availability and find additional fall turkey hunting information here.
Pheasant
Pheasant (male only) seasons begin in October. The daily bag limit is two, and the possession limit is four.
- Zone 1: Oct. 10-31 (see the Hunting Digest for Zone 1 pheasant management unit boundaries.).
- Zones 2 and 3: Oct. 20 - Nov. 14.
A $25 pheasant license is required for all hunters 18 and older to hunt pheasants on any public land in the Lower Peninsula or on lands enrolled in the Hunting Access Program.
Not sure where to go?
Michigan’s grouse enhanced management sites, or GEMS, are great for grouse and other small game hunting. Find them here.
For more places to hunt, check out the Mi-HUNT interactive map that shows public hunting land throughout the state along with nearby amenities and features.
More information on small game hunting opportunities in Michigan can be found here. Check the 2022 Hunting Digest for season dates, bag limits and other regulations.
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GRAND BLANC, MI — An $11-million, mixed-use building is slated for downtown Grand Blanc.
Garden Building of Grand Blanc, LLC received a Real Estate Rehabilitation Award of $4.95 million on Sept. 7 to construct “The Garden Building” at 210 Reid Road, adjacent to Physicians Park.
The 30,000-square-building will include space for retail, a full-service restaurant, entertainment and events on the first floor. The second floor will feature office space, meeting rooms and five residential units.
The project is funded in part by a grant from the Michigan Strategic Fund.
The focal point of the development will be a four-season, European-style biergarten located directly adjacent to Physicians Park.
The single structure will have the appearance of three different buildings connected to provide an old world feel and serve as an emotional anchor of downtown Grand Blanc’s development, said developer Erik Perkins.
“To create a destination required us to ask a lot of questions of business owners, residents and of government leadership. We invested in the time it takes to ask these questions, listen and make changes,” Perkins said. “We deeply explored questions like ‘Why would people want to visit or spend more time in Grand Blanc?’ So today, I believe the excitement we feel around a new development in Grand Blanc is the byproduct of a dynamic public and private partnership.
“We repeatedly heard the combination of live, work and play can work here in Grand Blanc. So, the development is designed to recruit the types of tenants that provide or function under one or more of these principles. In doing so, our development can fulfill its purpose of fostering connection with each other. At the root, this means a sense of love and belonging, which ultimately creates community.”
The Garden Building aims to bring about 75 jobs to the downtown once it’s constructed over the next 24 months.
The state funding for the project is part of the of $83.8 million awarded across 22 statewide community development projects around Michigan through the Revitalization And Placemaking (RAP) program.
The RAP program is intended to spur investments that will address the inventory of vacant, underutilized office, commercial, and community spaces due to the pandemic by supporting efforts to repurpose them for the community to enjoy. Projects can also include the development of permanent place-based infrastructure associated with traditional downtowns, social-zones, outdoor dining and placed-based public spaces.
Tyler Rossmaessler, executive director of the Flint & Genesee Economic Alliance, said the Garden Building is an exciting addition to the city.
He said having great places to live is critical for advancing the prosperity of our communities and our residents in the Flint and Genesee County.
“These types of developments are key for the work of communities to build great places to live,” Rossmaessler said.
Construction on the project is slated to begin this winter.
Grand Blanc City Manager Wendy Jean-Buhrer said the Garden Building of Grand Blanc is a development that will draw tourists and connoisseurs alike.
“The unique nature of every element of this building, being a Biergarten with adjacent retail spaces, co-working spaces, offices, a basement beer brewing operation, and residences, has been what the Grand Blanc community has been yearning for,” Jean-Buhrer said. “The development team has incorporated eclectic elements in this building and on the grounds like a stage, ice skate rental and a fountain.
“The Garden Building of Grand Blanc project will be an amazing, unique development in Genesee County and will place the city on the destination map for in the area and out of the area visitors. Most definitely, we look forward to breaking ground!”
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Work Leads to New Theory on Cause of Alzheimer's disease
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An emerging field explores how groups of molecules condense together inside cells, the way oil droplets assemble and separate from water in a vinaigrette.
In human cells, "liquid-liquid phase separation" occurs because similar, large molecules glom together into dense droplets separated from the more diluted parts of the fluid cell interior. Past work had suggested that evolution harnessed the natural formation of these "condensates" to organize cells, providing, for instance, isolated spaces for the building of cellular machines.
Furthermore, abnormal, condensed – also called "tangled" – groups of molecules in droplets are nearly always present in the cells of patients with neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease. While no one knows why such condensates form, one new theory argues that the biophysical properties of cell interiors change as people age – driven in part by "molecular crowding" that packs more molecules into the same spaces to affect phase separation.
Researchers compare condensates to microprocessors, computers built into circuits, because both recognize and calculate responses based on incoming information. Despite the suspected impact of physical changes on liquid processors, the field has struggled to clarify the mechanisms connecting phase separation, condensate formation, and computation based on chemical signals, which occur at much smaller scale, researchers say. This is because natural condensates have so many functions that experiments struggle to delineate them.
To address this challenge, researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases built an artificial system that revealed how the formation of condensates changes the action at the molecular level of enzymes called kinases, an example of chemical computation. Kinases are protein switches that influence cellular processes by phosphorylating – attaching a molecule called a phosphate group – to target molecules.
The new analysis, published online September 14 in Molecular Cell, found that the formation of engineered condensates during phase separation offered more "sticky" regions where medically important kinases and their targets could interact and trigger phosphorylation signals.
"Our study results show that physical changes like crowding can drive condensate formation that is converted into biochemical signals, as if condensates were squishy computers," says lead study author Liam Holt, PhD, associate professor in the Institute for Systems Genetics at NYU Langone Health.
Among the study kinases seen to be more active in a crowded, condensed environment was Cyclin Dependent Kinase 2, known to phosphorylate the microtubule-binding protein Tau. Tangled condensates of Tau are found frequently in the brain cells of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
"Our experiments suggest that formation of more Tau condensates drives more Tau phosphorylation," adds Holt, also faculty in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology. "Whether these mechanisms lead to more brain cell death, and whether reversing them could be a new treatment approach, will be important questions in our upcoming work."
Specifically, the study found that when Tau and Cyclin Dependent kinase condensed together into dense droplets, there was a three-fold acceleration of a phosphorylation at a group of sites on Tau (the AT8 epitope) linked to Alzheimer's disease.
Engineering a Biosensor
In seeking to engineer useful versions of these computers, the research team tested several artificial condensates, synthesizing different scaffold molecules to see which best pulled sample kinases – MAPK3, Fus3, and Cyclin-dependent Kinase 1 (Cdk1) – together with their targets to increase signaling. Condensates form as scaffold molecules mesh together within droplets. The team found that, in their model, the gathering of large biomolecules into droplets inside one-celled living organisms called yeast made phosphorylation reactions hundreds of times faster.
The study also found that condensate formation let the included kinases phosphorylate more kinds of molecules, and without the presence of the molecular shapes usually required. This suggests that condensates in crowded cells create altered computation types, some potentially disease-related.
Moving forward, the research team seeks to build on a past study in Holt's lab, which found that a protein complex called mTORC1 controls molecular crowding by determining the number of ribosomes, "machines" that build other large proteins in cells. The team plans to study whether compounds known to inhibit mTORC1 can reduce crowding and Tau phosphorylation.
Finally, the researchers also hope that their findings advance the design of other cellular computers that react to physical forces. This could include the introduction of engineered processors into immune cells that – to attack cancer cells – would be turned on as they sought to squeeze into tissue made dense by growing tumors.
Along with Holt, authors of the study from the Institute of Systems Genetics at NYU Langone Health were Dajun Sang and Tong Shu. Also study authors were Christian Pantoja, Alain Ibanez de Opakua, and Markus Zweckstetter of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany. Zweckstetter is also faculty at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of NMR-based Structural Biology.
The study was funded by National Institutes of Health grants R01 GM132447, R37 CA240765, and TR01 NS127186. Also supporting the work were the American Cancer Society, the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Award, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) competition, the Deutsche Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), and the European Research Council.
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UTICA, N.Y. – A new charity competition will test the skills of local bartenders and raise money to help local veterans in need.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians came up with the Best Guinness Pour of Central New York competition, which will be held on Sept. 24 at the Five Points Public House at the Irish Cultural Center on Columbia Street in Utica.
During the inaugural event, 32 contestants from area bars will compete in three categories. The overall winner will receive $500 and the runner-up will get $100. The winning bartender’s pub will also receive a check for $250 to donate to a chosen charity.
The public is welcome to attend the event and the first 100 people will get a pint glass and one beverage. Admission is $15.
Doors open at 4 p.m. and judging begins at 7 p.m.
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Texas Health Care at Home begins on Sept. 14
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Health Resources is introducing Texas Health Care at Home, an innovative new model that brings acute-level care directly into a patient's home. By expanding its virtual care offerings, Texas Health is meeting patients' demands, responding to changing consumer preferences and offering increasingly personalized care.
"Texas Health is embracing innovation and meeting consumers where and when they need us," said Barclay Berdan, FACHE, CEO of Texas Health Resources. "Texas Health Care at Home is the latest example of how we are working to improve the care and well-being of all of our patients, on their terms. As advancements in technology transform the healthcare industry, we are evolving to care for North Texans today and in the future."
Texas Health Care at Home is being launched as the health system leverages technology that delivers care to patients in a new yet familiar venue – their own home. Receiving healthcare services in the home is a growing option for patients across the spectrum of care. Texas Health Care at Home, focused on a specific subset of acutely ill patients, allows participants to be in the comfort of a familiar setting, surrounded by loved ones, while receiving constant monitoring from a medical command center supplemented by in-person healthcare services.
The home setting addresses the social and emotional components of healing and helps reduce readmissions into emergency departments. Nationwide, patients who have received treatment in similar home delivery formats tout the advantages of comfort, convenience and companionship as benefits that help promote healing.
Continuous patient monitoring working in unison with hands-on care is the hallmark of Texas Health Care at Home. In this new format, the patient's home becomes part of a virtual hub that provides care 24/7 from a medical command center. Texas Health Care at Home will equip homes with the necessary technology needed to connect patients with healthcare professionals while also supplying needed in-person services.
This new option is being launched as Texas Health integrates advanced technology amid changing consumer demands and in response to COVID-19's impact on the healthcare industry. It builds on Texas Health's technical infrastructure, allowing the system to position itself for future medical industry trends.
"We are partnering with consumers to provide a lifetime of health and well-being, and that means thinking beyond traditional healthcare models," said Kathi Cox, Ambulatory and Virtual Channel chief operating officer for Texas Health. "We are adapting to new models of care to support patients wherever they are."
The Texas Health Care at Home command center, key to the model, is staffed by physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and service coordinators. These healthcare professionals will visit with and assess the needs of patients virtually numerous times a day. Healthcare professionals will deliver hands-on treatments during in-person visits.
Texas Health Care at Home is available for patients diagnosed with diseases such as heart failure, COPD, asthma, pneumonia, cellulitis/soft tissue infections, complicated urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis/dehydration and COVID-19. In-home visits are based on patient needs that address certain focus areas – for example, administration of IV antibiotics or wound care.
The program, which will expand to more hospitals and eligible patients over time, launches with emergency department patients at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.
This type of healthcare delivery format, which was developed by Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, is gaining popularity across the nation. John Hopkins states that it has been found to reduce hospital readmissions while helping lower healthcare costs.
About Texas Health Resources:
Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. With a service area that consists of 16 counties and more than 7 million people, the system is committed to providing quality, coordinated care through its Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. Texas Health access points and services, ranging from acute-care hospitals and trauma centers to outpatient facilities and home health and preventive services, provide the full continuum of care for all stages of life. The system has more than 4,100 licensed hospital beds, 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges and more than 26,000 employees. For more information about Texas Health, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit www.TexasHealth.org.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch will move to Richard Childress Racing next season, ending a 15-year career with Joe Gibbs Racing because the team could not come to terms with NASCAR’s only active multiple Cup champion.
Busch will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet for Childress in an announcement made Tuesday at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He wore the two Cup championship rings he won driving for Gibbs on his middle fingers.
“I’ll be taking my talents to Welcome, North Carolina to drive the No. 8 car starting in 2023,” Busch said of moving to the team based about an hour north of Charlotte.
Tyler Reddick, who is currently competing for the Cup championship in the No. 8 Chevrolet, will remain under contract at RCR and drive for the team next season. Reddick in July told Childress he was moving to 23XI Racing in 2024.
Richard Childress said he informed Reddick he’d be out of the No. 8 next season one hour before Busch’s announcement. Childress said he’d obtain a third charter for Reddick’s car, but gave no other details except that Reddick’s current crew chief will be paired with Busch next season.
When Childress joined Busch at the announcement, the Hall of Fame team owner presented Busch’s 7-year-old son, Brexton, with a contract option to someday drive for RCR. But before that, Childress handed Busch his “signing bonus,” which was a boxed watch.
Childress in 2011 tussled with Busch after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. The car owner removed his watch and handed it to someone, saying ‘Hold my watch’ before the altercation. Childress was fined $150,000 by NASCAR afterward.
Childress and Busch, now 37 years old, long ago made amends, which helped make RCR a landing spot for Busch during his excruciatingly long free agency period. JGR learned longtime partner Mars Wrigley was leaving the sport at the end of 2022, and Gibbs had been searching for a deep-pocketed sponsor to keep Busch in the No. 18 Toyota.
Busch even said he’d drive for below his market value to get a deal done.
But as the year went on and no progress was made on Busch’s 2023 plans, he was forced to look elsewhere for both his own Cup seat and a landing spot for Kyle Busch Motorsports, his Truck Series team. KBM will now be a Chevrolet organization, but Busch said all details on KBM and how many trucks it fields next year is still being decided.
“Kyle has been a major part of our history and success here at Joe Gibbs Racing. We are thankful for all his contributions to our organization over the years,” Joe Gibbs said in a statement. “When you look at all that he has accomplished already, it is truly remarkable, and we know someday we will be celebrating his Hall of Fame induction.”
The move to RCR and rival Chevrolet is a tremendous blow to Toyota, which has been with Busch since he joined JGR and powered him to all but four of his 60 career Cup wins. Busch is also the winningest driver in the lower-level Xfinity Series and Truck Series, and his KBM truck team is a massive part of Toyota’s dominance in that series.
But Toyota could do nothing to find Busch a slot in its small fleet — JGR and 23XI combine for a Cup Series low six full-time entries — and Busch was able to move to Chevrolet. The manufacturer lauded the driver it considers a future Hall of Famer for all that “one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history” has accomplished for Toyota.
“We’re disappointed and saddened that his future won’t continue to be with Team Toyota,” the manufacturer said in a statement. “Kyle has been an ambassador for Toyota since joining the program in 2008. He’s gone on to accumulate some of the most prestigious milestones possible for the Toyota brand. He will undoubtedly hold the record for the most wins in a Toyota across all three Championship Series for decades to come.
“But more than that, Kyle has been a friend, part of our family and has played a key role in the development of many of our drivers through his ownership of Kyle Busch Motorsports. We wish nothing but the best for Kyle and his entire family as he moves into the next chapter of his Hall of Fame career. We’re thankful to have been along for the ride.”
Childress said the atmosphere at his shop in Welcome has been electric since rumors started that Busch might move to the organization. He also said when he looks in Busch’s eyes, he sees the same fiery look of competition he once saw in the late Dale Earnhardt.
Earnhardt won six of his seven Cup championships driving for Childress. RCR has not won a Cup title since Earnhardt, but has both Reddick and Austin Dillon, Childress’ grandson, in this year’s playoff field.
But RCR has not won a title since Earnhardt’s final championship in 1994. Reddick, a two-race winner this season, is currently 11th in the playoff standings. Austin Dillon, who won the regular-season finale to snag the final playoff spot, is 14th in the standings as the Cup Series heads into Saturday night’s elimination race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
It was Dillon, Childress said, who encouraged his grandfather to speak to Busch after Reddick blindsided RCR with his plans to leave in 2024. Busch goes into Bristol ranked 13th in the standings.
The move to RCR returns Busch to Chevrolet, the manufacturer he began with when he signed a development driver contract with Hendrick Motorsports when Busch was a teenager. He made his Cup debut as a 19-year-old for Hendrick and won four races over three seasons driving the No. 5 Chevrolet — the number currently used by champion Kyle Larson.
Busch was released from Hendrick at the end of 2007 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. became available and Hendrick could no longer tolerate Busch’s volatile behavior. Gibbs gave Busch a longer leash — Gibbs won three Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins and also employed Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart — and Busch thanked Gibbs on Tuesday for “being patient with me.”
“You guys took a chance at a kid 15 years ago to let me drive a race car, and we hit the ground running,” Busch said of Gibbs, who allowed “me to be a kid and grow into a man, most days.”
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(KTLA) — Quick-thinking San Bernardino police officers came to the rescue of a mother and her two children after flash flood waters stormed through a residential neighborhood Sunday.
Body camera footage shared by the San Bernardino Police Department showed several officers brave the gushing water to rescue the family, who was being swept away by the fast-moving current.
The rescue happened around 6 p.m. Sunday. At the time of the rescue, the area was under a flash flood warning from the remnants of Tropical Storm Kay.
Video shows the officers grab hold of at least one young child who was being swept away by flood waters. Police also created a human chain to safely get a younger child and their mother to the other side of the raging water.
The mother and her two children were uninjured.
“Our officers do not encounter swift water floods often, however, it doesn’t stop them from jumping into action and saving lives,” the Police Department said on Twitter.
Flash floods are the No. 1 weather-related killer in America, according to the National Weather Service.
Six inches of “fast-moving flood water can knock you off your feet, and a depth of 2 feet will float your car,” NWS says.
You should never try to walk, swim or drive through swift water, and if you come upon flood waters, you are urged to turn around and go another way.
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It’s the second week of the NFL season, and some of the top players in fantasy are already off to a fast start.
DALVIN COOK, Vikings
The Eagles, Cooks’ opponent this week, are middling in defending some offensive positions, but they’re our sixth-best matchup for opposing RBs in Week 2. They’ve already given up the most points to RBs this season, as both D’Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams scored against them in Week 1. Cooks has favorable -125 odds to score this week, after playing 77% of snaps last in Week 1, third-best rate in the league for a RB.
JOSH JACOBS, Raiders
Jacobs was kept out of the end zone in Week 1 against the Chargers, but his Week 2 matchup against the Cardinals leans more in his favor. Arizona is our third-best matchup for opposing RBs going into Week 2, and Jacobs has -125 odds to score a TD. Jacobs is a strong bet to come through this week.
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STEFON DIGGS, Bills
Having already scored in Week 1, Diggs has -105 odds to reach the end zone this week against the Titans, our third-best matchup for WRs going into Week 2. We’ve seen already that both Diggs and Gabe Davis can thrive in the same week, and Week 2 should be no different. No. 6 in WR TDs in 2021 (10), Diggs is off to another fast start this season.
JA’MARR CHASE, Bengals
With 129 yards and a TD to show for his Week 1 matchup with the Steelers, Chase goes up against the Cowboys this week. Dallas is in the middle of the pack in most defensive categories, but after Tampa Bay exposed them on Sunday night, Vegas loves Chase’s odds to score (-105). With the third-highest TD total (13) for a WR in 2021, Chase is likely to continue his successful ways in Week 2.
DAVANTE ADAMS, Raiders
Adams showed everyone in Week 1 that he doesn’t need Aaron Rodgers to thrive on the field, putting up 141 yards and a score with his college QB Derek Carr. Playing 95% of snaps, Adams rarely left the field, and his outlook is similar for his Week 2 game with the Cardinals, our absolute best matchup for WRs going in. With -135 odds to find the end zone, Adams is a prime candidate to score in Week 2.
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Ling Ma's 2018 debut novel, Severance, imagined a world ravaged by the sudden onset of something called "Shen Fever" — a fictitious infection that originated in Southern China. By early spring of 2020, Ling Ma was being hailed as an oracle of the pandemic.
But the prophetic quality of Severance only enhanced its power. The novel was already disturbing in and of itself because of its sardonic tone and its mundane imagery that smoothly morphed into the macabre. Ma's writing, in short, stays with you whether you want it to or not. And, so, I felt reluctant, but compelled to pick up her new book, a collection of short stories called Bliss Montage.
In one of those short stories, "Office Hours," a film professor declares to his class: "It is in the most surreal situations that a person feels the most present, the closest to reality." That pronouncement could serve as an epigram for this entire collection, an apt way to characterize its distinctive aura. Take the opening story, called "Los Angeles." Here's how our narrator introduces herself and her world:
The house in which we live has three wings. The west wing is where the Husband and I live. The east wing is where the children and their attending au pairs live. And lastly, the largest but ugliest wing, extending behind the house like a gnarled, broken arm, is where my 100 ex-boyfriends live. We live in L.A.
The deadpan tone of that narrator's voice implicitly urges readers to "just roll with it" and so we do. The Husband, who our narrator tells us she met on LoweredExpectations.com, only speaks in "$$$," not words, which is very funny on the page.
But nothing is just one thing in Ma's writing: Satire swirls into savagery; a gimmicky premise into poignancy. What does this story mean? Maybe something about the truth of most of us living with memories of people — old lovers and others — populating our headspace, except here the memories and the space are made literal. But beware: Another story, called "Peking Duck" explicitly warns against asking of any story, "What's the lesson here supposed to be?"
"Peking Duck" is a dazzling box-within-box story that reads like auto-fiction. In it an unnamed female narrator recalls moving to the U.S. from China as a child and living with her parents in Utah, as Ma herself did. There, the narrator's father goes to graduate school and her mother works as a nanny. Years later, when the narrator is a student in an MFA program, she writes a short story about an incident she witnessed when a creepy salesman came to the door and fixated on her mother. When she workshops the story, the narrator hears criticism from a fellow Asian student that: "it's just a tired Asian American subject, these stories about immigrant hardships and ... intergenerational woes."
That critic may be right about the subject, but not about the technique: In Ma's hands this story is a rough tug-of-war between daughter and mother who vie with each other for control. The answer to the vexed question of "Who does a story belong to?" seems to be: "Whoever is left holding onto it at the bitter end."
Every one of these eight stories ventures out of familiar situations into the weird. In "Tomorrow," a story set in the near future, a pregnant woman discovers her unborn baby's arm protruding out of her and waving. "It's not ideal [a doctor assures her], but I've seen worse." In "G," two women take a recreational drug that frees them from, among other things, "the male gaze" by making them disappear; and in the aforementioned "Office Hours," another professor discovers a portal to a different dimension in her office closet.
All of the stories in Bliss Montage are haunting; none are didactic. Ling Ma writes with such authority that we readers are simply swept along, like that professor, through the portal. If sometimes we wonder where we've ended up, maybe that sense of dislocation is the desired final effect.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, is pleased to announce that it has received an award from Deutsche Telekom (DT) at Digital X 2022 for Enterprise Technology of the Year, Connected Workforce. Vuzix was honored as a key partner for their role extending DT's vision for reaching new markets and driving digital transformation across all industries.
DT's plan for a more connected workforce hinges on integrating workers around the DACH region who presently lack access to high-speed internet at their job site, with Zoom X. Vuzix AR smart glasses provide the optimal hardware complement for DT customers to leverage their 5G network for expanded enterprise use. Combined with Zoom X, a highly secure video software solution specially configured for DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) users, DT and Vuzix create a perfectly balanced platform for accessing new networking opportunities. This easy to use and highly accessible combination of connectivity, software and hardware will bring previously unrealized benefits to connected workers in industries including retail and logistics, manufacturing, field services, healthcare, transportation and energy. Such a solution allows connected workers to significantly enhance their productivity, improve response times, reduce equipment downtime, and work safer.
"DT is dedicated to providing a complete set of end-to-end telecom services for the connected worker. Vuzix hardware and consultative approach to customer use cases, along with Zoom X's reach and extensive capabilities, now set the stage for a new era of innovation," said Thomas Novotny, CTO of Innovation at Deutsche Telekom Business Solution.
"We are honored to support DT with our extensive industry experience and customer-focused AR smart glasses solutions. We're proud to be part of this powerful trio of companies along with Zoom, to deliver a connected digital ecosystem to enterprise customers in DACH and around the world," said Paul Travers, President and CEO of Vuzix. "We look forward to continuous innovation together as we empower a new generation of connected workers."
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 252 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2022 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.
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The Justice Department has charged three Iranian nationals for a global computer hacking campaign that allegedly targeted hundreds of victims for extortion, including local U.S. governments, power companies and a domestic violence shelter.
According to an indictment unsealed in New Jersey, Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi and Amir Hossein Nickaein began their hacking conspiracy in October of 2020, and took aim at companies and institutions in the United States, Britain, Israel, Russia and Iran.
"By charging them in this indictment, by publicly naming them, we are stripping their anonymity away," said the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger in announcing the charges. "They cannot operate anonymously from the shadows anymore. We have put a spotlight on them as wanted criminals."
The indictment says the defendants exploited known vulnerabilities in network devices and software to steal data from their victims' computer systems. In some instances, they allegedly encrypted data on a victim's system and demanded ransom to decrypt it, while in others they threatened to release the stolen data unless a victim paid them not to do so.
The ransom demands, prosecutors say, were either sent to a victim's printer or via email. Payment was to be made in cryptocurrency.
One note, for example, that was sent to an accounting firm in Illinois read: "Hi! If you are reading this, it means your data is encrypted and your private sensitive information is stolen! Read carefully the whole instructions to avoid any problems. You have to contact us immediately to resolve this issue and make a deal!"
The targets of the ransom and extortion campaign varied.
There was a municipality in Union County, N.J., and a county government in Wyoming; a public housing corporation in Washington state; a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania; accounting firms in New Jersey and Illinois; and regional power companies in Mississippi and Indiana.
While officials say the victims appeared to be targets of opportunity, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey noted a through line among many of them.
"A common feature of the victims was that they provided essential services—local government, housing power, a domestic violence shelter," Sellinger said. "Services people depend upon every day. Services that, if taken away, hurt the public."
The indictment does not allege that the defendants were working at the behest of the Iranian government.
None of the defendants is in U.S. custody. Justice Department officials say all three of them are believed to be in Iran.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Text messages link Favre, welfare money, volleyball facility
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was "on board" with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text messages between Favre and the director of the nonprofit.
Court documents filed Monday by an attorney for the Mississippi Community Education Center contain text messages between Favre and the center's executive director, Nancy New, that include references to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant, who left office in 2020.
Nancy New and her son, Zachary New, who helped run the nonprofit, pleaded guilty in April to charges of misspending welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation. They await sentencing and have agreed to testify against others in Mississippi's largest public corruption case in decades.
In May, the Mississippi Department of Human Services filed a civil lawsuit against Favre, three former pro wrestlers and several other people and businesses to try to recover millions of misspent welfare dollars. The lawsuit said the defendants "squandered" more than $20 million from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program.
In pleading guilty, Nancy and Zachary New acknowledged taking part in spending $4 million of welfare money for a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The mother and son also acknowledged directing welfare money to Prevacus Inc., a Florida-based company that was trying to develop a concussion drug. Favre has said in interviews that he supported Prevacus.
FILE - Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was "on board" with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text messages between Favre and the director of the nonprofit in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
The filing in a Mississippi state court included text message exchanges between Favre and Nancy New about arranging payment from the Mississippi Department of Human Services through the nonprofit to Favre for speaking engagements, with Favre then saying he would direct the money to the volleyball facility.
Favre played football at the University of Southern Mississippi before going to the NFL in 1991, and his daughter started playing on the volleyball team there in 2017.
According to court documents, Favre texted Nancy New on Aug. 3, 2017: "If you were to pay me is there anyway the media can find out where it came from and how much?"
Nancy New responded: "No, we never have had that information publicized. I understand you being uneasy about that though. Let´s see what happens on Monday with the conversation with some of the folks at Southern. Maybe it will click with them. Hopefully."
Favre responded: "Ok thanks."
The next day, Nancy New texted Favre: "Wow, just got off the phone with Phil Bryant! He is on board with us! We will get this done!"
Favre responded: "Awesome I needed to hear that for sure."
Bryant, a Republican, served two terms and governor and could not run again in 2019 because of term limits. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.
In a July 11 court filing, Nancy New's attorney wrote that Bryant directed her to pay $1.1 million in welfare money to Favre through the Mississippi Community Education Center for "speaking at events, keynote speaking, radio and promotional events, and business partner development." A Bryant spokesperson said in July that the allegations against the former governor are false and that Bryant had asked the state auditor to investigate possible welfare fraud.
Favre has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing. Mississippi Auditor Shad White said Favre was paid for speeches but did not show up. Favre has repaid the money, but White said in October that Favre still owed $228,000 in interest.
In a Facebook post when he repaid the first $500,000, Favre said he didn´t know the money he received came from welfare funds. He also said his charity had provided millions of dollars to poor children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.
FILE - Nancy New, who with her son, Zachary, ran a private education company in Mississippi, pleads guilty to state charges of misusing public money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the nation, at Hinds County Circuit Court on April 26, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. New court documents Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, show the Mississippi governor in 2017 knew of a plan for New's nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a volleyball facility. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LEONID, a Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, is pleased to announce the closing of its latest Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), LEONID Capital Management SPV 2, with the funds raised to be exclusively used for originations under the Company's unique Government Contract Financing model.
Raised from both existing investors and new, strategic investors, the SPV closed within four weeks of launch, and is already 100% deployed or committed to immediate-term pipeline.
"Our ability to raise and deploy capital in a rapid fashion is becoming the hallmark of our growing organization," said LEONID Founder, Christopher Lay. "The new investors coming in are wonderful to have, but the real feather in our cap was the roster of our existing investors that came back for a second and larger bite."
The projected portfolio yield on the SPV holdings is well above target, includes six different US Government Prime Contracting clients, ten individual contracts, and eight different Federal payors.
"To be able to achieve such a wide diversification, while maintaining yields and capital deployment targets is a defining goal of our strategy," added LEONID Co-founder James Parker. "We love the headline of 'Federal Government as loan security', but it is important to realize there are thousands of different Government departments and offices, and hundreds of thousands of contractors in our target niche."
LEONID offers true government contract financing in the form of term loans and revolving lines of credit, based on the full, future value of contracts. With this successful close and deployment, LEONID has begun raising into its third SPV with a targeted close of Oct 31st, 2022.
LEONID is the leading financial services platform supporting U.S. Federal Government contractors. As an official Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, LEONID offers advance financing on all government contracts, including SBIR and STTRs, up to $25MM. The firm can help companies improve their working capital position to help finance growth strategies and manage operating expenses. LEONID contributes 50% of net profits to mission-oriented charitable causes that are committed to veterans' causes and warfighter support. Learn more at leonidfinance.io.
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Giants CB Aaron Robinson has appendix removed, out Sunday
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Giants starting cornerback Aaron Robinson had his appendix removed on Wednesday and he will miss New York's home opener this weekend against the Carolina Panthers.
Giants coach Brian Daboll informed reporters of the surgery before practice. He would not say who will start for Robinson, noting there will be a competition at practice this week and a decision will be made Friday.
The most likely candidates are rookie Cor'Dale Flott, Darnay Holmes and practice squad player Zyon Gilbert.
Robinson had four tackles and defended a pass in the season-opening 21-20 win over the Tennessee Titans. The second-year pro moved into the starting lineup this season after New York cut James Bradberry in a spring salary cap move.
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Giants' Barkley, Bills' Diggs among best bets to score
It´s the second week of the NFL season, and some of the top players in fantasy are already off to a fast start.
These players are my best bets to continue the trend at the RB and WR positions in Week 2.
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SAQUON BARKLEY, Giants
Barkley was fantasy´s highest-scoring RB in Week 1, picking up 194 all-purpose yards, in addition to finding the end zone and adding a 2-point conversion. He faces the Panthers this week, our seventh-best matchup for RBs going into Week 2. Barkley is certain to get plenty of run in this one, largely because Carolina´s ability to stifle the pass, as they´re only our 27th-best matchup for opposing WRs. Playing more snaps (83%) than any other RB in Week 1, Barkley is going to be the beneficiary of any and all goal-line chances the Giants get this week.
New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) celebrates after making a touchdown run against the Tennessee Titans during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
DALVIN COOK, Vikings
The Eagles, Cooks´ opponent this week, are middling in defending some offensive positions, but they´re our sixth-best matchup for opposing RBs in Week 2. They´ve already given up the most points to RBs this season, as both D´Andre Swift and Jamaal Williams scored against them in Week 1. Cooks has favorable -125 odds to score this week, after playing 77% of snaps last in Week 1, third-best rate in the league for a RB.
JOSH JACOBS, Raiders
Jacobs was kept out of the end zone in Week 1 against the Chargers, but his Week 2 matchup against the Cardinals leans more in his favor. Arizona is our third-best matchup for opposing RBs going into Week 2, and Jacobs has -125 odds to score a TD. Jacobs is a strong bet to come through this week.
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Wide Receiver
STEFON DIGGS, Bills
Having already scored in Week 1, Diggs has -105 odds to reach the end zone this week against the Titans, our third-best matchup for WRs going into Week 2. We´ve seen already that both Diggs and Gabe Davis can thrive in the same week, and Week 2 should be no different. No. 6 in WR TDs in 2021 (10), Diggs is off to another fast start this season.
JA´MARR CHASE, Bengals
With 129 yards and a TD to show for his Week 1 matchup with the Steelers, Chase goes up against the Cowboys this week. Dallas is in the middle of the pack in most defensive categories, but after Tampa Bay exposed them on Sunday night, Vegas loves Chase´s odds to score (-105). With the third-highest TD total (13) for a WR in 2021, Chase is likely to continue his successful ways in Week 2.
DAVANTE ADAMS, Raiders
Adams showed everyone in Week 1 that he doesn´t need Aaron Rodgers to thrive on the field, putting up 141 yards and a score with his college QB Derek Carr. Playing 95% of snaps, Adams rarely left the field, and his outlook is similar for his Week 2 game with the Cardinals, our absolute best matchup for WRs going in. With -135 odds to find the end zone, Adams is a prime candidate to score in Week 2.
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This column was provided to The Associated Press by RosterWatch, www.rosterwatch.com.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) runs past Los Angeles Rams linebacker Leonard Floyd (54) during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Jan. 1, 1972 - Sept. 12, 2022
MORTON — Francis L. "Frank" Bundy, 50, of Morton, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2022, at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, IL.
Frank was born on January 1, 1972, in Peoria, IL, to Robert and Francis (Messer) Bundy.
Surviving are his half-brother, Robert (Theresa) Bundy of Morton; two uncles, Jim Messer of Lexington and John (Beverley) Messer of Towanda; and several cousins.
He was preceded in death by both of his parents.
Cremation rites will be accorded and burial of cremated remains will be in Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, IL.
Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Morton is handling arrangements.
To leave an online condolence for the family, visit www.knappjohnson.com.
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The Justice Department has charged three Iranian nationals for a global computer hacking campaign that allegedly targeted hundreds of victims for extortion, including local U.S. governments, power companies and a domestic violence shelter.
According to an indictment unsealed in New Jersey, Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi and Amir Hossein Nickaein began their hacking conspiracy in October of 2020, and took aim at companies and institutions in the United States, Britain, Israel, Russia and Iran.
"By charging them in this indictment, by publicly naming them, we are stripping their anonymity away," said the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip Sellinger in announcing the charges. "They cannot operate anonymously from the shadows anymore. We have put a spotlight on them as wanted criminals."
The indictment says the defendants exploited known vulnerabilities in network devices and software to steal data from their victims' computer systems. In some instances, they allegedly encrypted data on a victim's system and demanded ransom to decrypt it, while in others they threatened to release the stolen data unless a victim paid them not to do so.
The ransom demands, prosecutors say, were either sent to a victim's printer or via email. Payment was to be made in cryptocurrency.
One note, for example, that was sent to an accounting firm in Illinois read: "Hi! If you are reading this, it means your data is encrypted and your private sensitive information is stolen! Read carefully the whole instructions to avoid any problems. You have to contact us immediately to resolve this issue and make a deal!"
The targets of the ransom and extortion campaign varied.
There was a municipality in Union County, N.J., and a county government in Wyoming; a public housing corporation in Washington state; a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania; accounting firms in New Jersey and Illinois; and regional power companies in Mississippi and Indiana.
While officials say the victims appeared to be targets of opportunity, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey noted a through line among many of them.
"A common feature of the victims was that they provided essential services—local government, housing power, a domestic violence shelter," Sellinger said. "Services people depend upon every day. Services that, if taken away, hurt the public."
The indictment does not allege that the defendants were working at the behest of the Iranian government.
None of the defendants is in U.S. custody. Justice Department officials say all three of them are believed to be in Iran.
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The teen vampire genre has had its fair share of memorable couples—from Twilight's Edward and Bella to The Vampire Diaries' Stefan, Damon and Elena—so it's no surprise that the cast of Peacock's Vampire Academy is already gearing up for the many ships to come.
"I'm super excited for all the ships," actress Daniela Nieves—who plays Royal vampire Lissa Dragomir—exclusively told E! News. "Just seeing what the fans think and who they want who to end up with and what they would like to see, it's really fun."
Portraying Lisa's BFF and half-vampire protector Rose Hathaway is Sisi Stringer, who echoed her co-star's words. "I really hope that we embody those relationships," she said, "because they're so crucial in the books and they're so important to the fans."
Though a wide array of ships are sure to surface as Vampire Academy progresses, fans can expect sparks to fly between Lissa and Royal vampire Christian Ozera (André Dae Kim). Rose, on the other hand, will get caught up in a love triangle with her fellow half-vampires (a.k.a. Dhampirs) Dimitri (Kieron Moore) and Mason (Andrew Liner).
Speaking to that dynamic, Liner teased how the show's love triangle differs from others like it. "Mason and Dimitri have an utmost respect for one another," the actor told E! News. "And with that comes this shared love for one woman and comradery, and they're both struggling as Dhampirs. So, I think it's kind of this shared live-in experience completely, which is fascinating."
Those relationships are central to the book series of the same name by Richelle Mead. And while co-creator Julie Plec may have tweaked a thing or two—namely fixing Rose and Dimitri's almost 8-year age gap—she wanted to keep the relationships as close to the books as possible.
"Dimitri and Rose, Lissa and Christian, they are book canon," the Vampire Diaries co-creator told E! News. "We're not going to try to rewrite canon early on because that would be disrespectful to the source material."
The showrunner is open to change down the line, though—and there's one couple the show's leading ladies know fans would love to see.
"I know people are gonna be like, 'Oh my god, Rose and Lissa," Nieves joked. Stringer even has the perfect ship name for the two besties: "Rolissa."
Watch Nieves and Stringer break down the show's many different kinds of vampires in their exclusive interview with E! News above.
Vampire Academy premieres Thursday, Sept. 15 on Peacock.
(E! and Peacock are both part of the NBCUniversal family.)
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LEONID, a Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, is pleased to announce the closing of its latest Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), LEONID Capital Management SPV 2, with the funds raised to be exclusively used for originations under the Company's unique Government Contract Financing model.
Raised from both existing investors and new, strategic investors, the SPV closed within four weeks of launch, and is already 100% deployed or committed to immediate-term pipeline.
"Our ability to raise and deploy capital in a rapid fashion is becoming the hallmark of our growing organization," said LEONID Founder, Christopher Lay. "The new investors coming in are wonderful to have, but the real feather in our cap was the roster of our existing investors that came back for a second and larger bite."
The projected portfolio yield on the SPV holdings is well above target, includes six different US Government Prime Contracting clients, ten individual contracts, and eight different Federal payors.
"To be able to achieve such a wide diversification, while maintaining yields and capital deployment targets is a defining goal of our strategy," added LEONID Co-founder James Parker. "We love the headline of 'Federal Government as loan security', but it is important to realize there are thousands of different Government departments and offices, and hundreds of thousands of contractors in our target niche."
LEONID offers true government contract financing in the form of term loans and revolving lines of credit, based on the full, future value of contracts. With this successful close and deployment, LEONID has begun raising into its third SPV with a targeted close of Oct 31st, 2022.
LEONID is the leading financial services platform supporting U.S. Federal Government contractors. As an official Department of Defense Trusted Capital Provider, LEONID offers advance financing on all government contracts, including SBIR and STTRs, up to $25MM. The firm can help companies improve their working capital position to help finance growth strategies and manage operating expenses. LEONID contributes 50% of net profits to mission-oriented charitable causes that are committed to veterans' causes and warfighter support. Learn more at leonidfinance.io.
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A week after getting a true punch to the face in their home matchup with Covenant, the Blessed Sacrament Huguenot Knights came back to their home turf with a purpose.
Hosting the Rappahannock County Panthers, BSH took control early in its convincing 32-8 victory on Friday, Sept. 9.
The pads were cracking, Knights were flying all over the field and every big play accentuated what makes this team’s identity of gritty, run-heavy football work so well.
“Our defense rose up a couple times tonight and did a great job for us and that was the primary focus for us to bounce back,” head coach Gary Brock said. “What happened last week, that’s over with, that’s in the past, let’s go on and focus on what’s ahead.”
Led by thrilling performances from junior Hunter Case, who killed Rappahannock on the ground all night, and senior edge rusher David Mann, the Knights set the tone in the first quarter after going down 8-0 thanks to a Mann interception that he nearly returned for a touchdown but was stopped at the 10-yard-line.
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After getting the defensive stop, Case took the ball into the end zone as a ball carrier, scoring his first of three rushing touchdowns with a four-yard score with 2:50 left in the opening quarter. Case also finished with 121 rushing yards, 10 tackles, an interception and a safety.
On the next Rappahannock drive, Blessed Sacrament forced yet another fumble, this time coming from a Mann strip on the ball carrier that was recovered by junior Parker Gill to put the offense at their 25-yard-line.
After driving down the field with play after play picking up big yardage, the Knights faced a second-and-long at the 25 after a penalty, but they weren’t aiming for just the first down.
On a screen pass down the left side from quarterback Afton Harrow, running back Will Fichter found blockers down the field and displayed his blazing foot speed to tightrope the sideline for the team’s second touchdown of the half.
After an unsuccessful 2-point conversion, the Knights took a 14-8 lead with 4:46 left in the half.
On the ensuing drive, the Knights forced yet another turnover, this one a fumble recovered by Harrow at the opposing 35-yard-line. Case didn’t let that third turnover go to waste, taking in a 15-yard touchdown run on a direct snap that found multiple defenders bouncing off the power running back, who seemed to get stronger after contact.
“I always like to play physical,” Case said.
Up 22-8 with just 13 seconds left in the half, the Knights nearly added one more big play to their highlight reel when Harrow took a shoot deep down the right side that was completed by Fichter, but a Rappahannock defender made a touchdown-saving tackle that caused the Knights running back to fumble inches from the goal line.
It was a tough break for sure, but the Knights didn’t let that kill their confidence.
After another goal line fumble from Case that would have resulted in another Knights score, the turnovers cleaned up, while the defense continued to halt their opponent of any chance at momentum.
Backed up to their 1-yard-line, the Panthers had no space to breathe and were ultimately stopped in their end zone for a Knights safety that was attributed to who else but Case.
With a 24-8 lead and a kickoff going their way after the safety, a great return put the Knights directly back into the red zone, where Case earned a 2-yard touchdown run. Harrow’s run for the 2-point conversion made the score 32-8 with a little over six minutes to play in the third quarter.
From there, it was all about grinding out the clock, with the Knights defense continuing to get stops and runners like Case and Fichter picking up yards, staying inbounds and draining the clock until Harrow was able to line up in victory formation to finish a convincing performance from the Knights.
The Knights will look to win consecutive games when they travel to Chesapeake to take on Greenbrier Christian Academy on Friday, Sept. 16. That game kicks off at 7 p.m.
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Digital Health Veteran to Bring Strategic Vision and Long-Term Growth Focus
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Remedy Health Media ("Remedy" or "the Company"), a leading digital health platform serving patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers through a family of trusted digital brands, today announced the appointment of Steve Zatz, M.D., as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company will conduct a process within the coming year to identify an individual who will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer while Dr. Zatz continues in his role as Chairman of the Board.
Dr. Zatz succeeds Mike Cunnion, who has led the company for 14 years, during which Remedy has become one of the leading digital health and content platforms in the industry. Mr. Cunnion will continue to provide strategic guidance through his role on the Board of Directors.
"It has been a privilege to lead Remedy for the last 14 years, and I could not be prouder of the growth we have achieved, the team we have built and the countless patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals we have positively impacted, supported and empowered," said Mr. Cunnion. "Steve is a pioneer in the digital healthcare space, and I know that he will bring a unique perspective and tireless drive to expanding our audience and growing our commercial business."
Dr. Zatz is a long-time industry leader in the digital health sector. He spent more than 20 years at WebMD and held various senior positions, including President and CEO. Under his leadership, WebMD became the leading source of online information for consumers and healthcare professionals. Before joining WebMD, Dr. Zatz founded and ran US Quality Algorithms (USQA), a subsidiary of US Healthcare (now Aetna), and earlier served as CEO of Physicians' Online. He currently serves as a Director of Prognos Health.
"I've spent my career helping inform the decisions patients and healthcare professionals make in order to enhance patients' quality of life and outcomes. I greatly admire the impressive work that Mike has done to position Remedy for long-term success and am very excited to join a company that shares my mission and values," said Dr. Zatz. "Remedy has a unique portfolio of highly engaging brands that provide current, informative and inspiring content, and there are many exciting opportunities for continued growth across the business in today's digital health economy."
Dr. Zatz continued, "I look forward to working with the talented team at Remedy as we continue to expand the reach and impact of Remedy's leading digital brands."
Remedy Health Media board member Nick Amigone added, "Mike's efforts have provided the business with a remarkable foundation and numerous opportunities for continued growth, and I look forward to working with our Board of industry veterans and the Remedy leadership team to position the company to enter a new phase of growth."
About Remedy Health Media
Remedy Health Media is a leading digital platform that serves communities of patients, care partners and healthcare professionals through a family of trusted health brands that exist to remove barriers and inspire action towards better health. Remedy Health Media owns and operates HealthCentral, Patient Power, TheBody, PsyCom, EndocrineWeb, Practical Pain Management, Spine Universe, TheBodyPro, EndocrineWebPro, Oncology Business Review, PsycomPro, and SpineUniversePro.
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Texas Health Care at Home begins on Sept. 14
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Health Resources is introducing Texas Health Care at Home, an innovative new model that brings acute-level care directly into a patient's home. By expanding its virtual care offerings, Texas Health is meeting patients' demands, responding to changing consumer preferences and offering increasingly personalized care.
"Texas Health is embracing innovation and meeting consumers where and when they need us," said Barclay Berdan, FACHE, CEO of Texas Health Resources. "Texas Health Care at Home is the latest example of how we are working to improve the care and well-being of all of our patients, on their terms. As advancements in technology transform the healthcare industry, we are evolving to care for North Texans today and in the future."
Texas Health Care at Home is being launched as the health system leverages technology that delivers care to patients in a new yet familiar venue – their own home. Receiving healthcare services in the home is a growing option for patients across the spectrum of care. Texas Health Care at Home, focused on a specific subset of acutely ill patients, allows participants to be in the comfort of a familiar setting, surrounded by loved ones, while receiving constant monitoring from a medical command center supplemented by in-person healthcare services.
The home setting addresses the social and emotional components of healing and helps reduce readmissions into emergency departments. Nationwide, patients who have received treatment in similar home delivery formats tout the advantages of comfort, convenience and companionship as benefits that help promote healing.
Continuous patient monitoring working in unison with hands-on care is the hallmark of Texas Health Care at Home. In this new format, the patient's home becomes part of a virtual hub that provides care 24/7 from a medical command center. Texas Health Care at Home will equip homes with the necessary technology needed to connect patients with healthcare professionals while also supplying needed in-person services.
This new option is being launched as Texas Health integrates advanced technology amid changing consumer demands and in response to COVID-19's impact on the healthcare industry. It builds on Texas Health's technical infrastructure, allowing the system to position itself for future medical industry trends.
"We are partnering with consumers to provide a lifetime of health and well-being, and that means thinking beyond traditional healthcare models," said Kathi Cox, Ambulatory and Virtual Channel chief operating officer for Texas Health. "We are adapting to new models of care to support patients wherever they are."
The Texas Health Care at Home command center, key to the model, is staffed by physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and service coordinators. These healthcare professionals will visit with and assess the needs of patients virtually numerous times a day. Healthcare professionals will deliver hands-on treatments during in-person visits.
Texas Health Care at Home is available for patients diagnosed with diseases such as heart failure, COPD, asthma, pneumonia, cellulitis/soft tissue infections, complicated urinary tract infections, gastroenteritis/dehydration and COVID-19. In-home visits are based on patient needs that address certain focus areas – for example, administration of IV antibiotics or wound care.
The program, which will expand to more hospitals and eligible patients over time, launches with emergency department patients at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.
This type of healthcare delivery format, which was developed by Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, is gaining popularity across the nation. John Hopkins states that it has been found to reduce hospital readmissions while helping lower healthcare costs.
About Texas Health Resources:
Texas Health Resources is a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider. With a service area that consists of 16 counties and more than 7 million people, the system is committed to providing quality, coordinated care through its Texas Health Physicians Group and 29 hospital locations under the banners of Texas Health Presbyterian, Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Texas Health Harris Methodist and Texas Health Huguley. Texas Health access points and services, ranging from acute-care hospitals and trauma centers to outpatient facilities and home health and preventive services, provide the full continuum of care for all stages of life. The system has more than 4,100 licensed hospital beds, 6,400 physicians with active staff privileges and more than 26,000 employees. For more information about Texas Health, call 1-877-THR-WELL, or visit www.TexasHealth.org.
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Among the most highly anticipated restocks of the season (next to the Dyson Airwrap and lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag) is the Stanley Quencher Tumbler. And now, the drinkware that broke the internet is back on Stanley’s virtual shelves with new spill-resistant features, fresh colorways, and a revamped design.
The original Stanley Quencher, which has been sold out since July, amassed a cult following on social media for its double-walled insulation, generous 40-ounce capacity, dishwasher-safe design and chic hues. Between its TikTok virality and New York Fashion week sponsorships, The Quencher’s popularity continues to grow with a 275% increase in sales year over year and a waitlist of more than 150K fans.
"The Quencher has become an internet sensation over the last two years," said Terence Reilly, Global President, Stanley brand in a statement. "As it has quickly risen in popularity – with restocks selling out in mere minutes and videos quickly going viral on social media – we wanted to continue to provide innovative products and solutions for our consumers. With the new Quencher H2.0 FlowState™ Tumbler, we ensured it was still everything consumers love about the Quencher, plus new features that meet a variety of activity and hydration needs and fit into a more sustainable, less disposable lifestyle."
The Quencher 2.0 still promises to keep drinks hot for seven hours, cold for 11 hours and iced for up to two days with its vacuum-sealed insulation, but is now constructed of 90% recycled stainless steel for sustainability. It’s designed to fit in most car cup holders as before, but has been updated with a thinner base for an more universal fit measuring 3.1 inches in diameter.
Most notably is the upgraded lid, reworked based on customer complaints that the older model wasn’t spill proof. The new lid utilizes a rotating design, has a silicone seal around the base of the straw to prevent splashes, and offers a full-cover closure. While the brand makes no promises of The Quencher 2.0 being completely leak-proof, the updates give it more portability and reduce the risk of any liquids escaping on the go. The new tumbler also features comfort grips on the interior and exterior of the handle, making it even easier to carry around.
The Quencher is now available in four sizes ranging from 14 ounces ($20) to 40 ounces ($40). The expanded color options include nine nature-inspired shades: Cream, Rose Quartz, Fog, Charcoal, Black, Yarrow, Chambray, Eucalyptus and Flint. Grab one from Stanley’s website while supplies last – this new and improved cup will likely sell out just as fast.
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Workforce well-being program offers coaching and guidance for chronic pain management
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As more than one in five Americans struggle with chronic pain, WebMD Health Services today announced a new partnership with Fern Health, a leading digital platform giving employees and health plan members the guidance and tools they need to address the underlying causes of persistent pain.
The new offering, available through WebMD ONE, features programs for chronic pain conditions such as musculoskeletal pain, migraines, and fibromyalgia. The Fern Health program, developed in partnership with leading pain physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital, supports participants in identifying how pain impacts their life and helps them set goals related to exercise therapy, emotional health, movement, sleep, and nutrition.
Uniquely combined with WebMD Health Services certified pain coaches, individuals are supported through a self-paced digital journey via mobile and web browser-enabled applications, chats and telephone check-ins.
Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. and impacts mental health and overall quality of life for more than 50 million Americans. The economic impact is estimated at more than $500 billion annually, more than any other chronic health condition.
"Millions of people live with chronic pain, and most do not have access to true multidisciplinary pain management," said Bruce Foyt, WebMD Health Services Vice President, Partnerships. "With Fern Health, we can offer employers and health plans evidence-based programs to fill this enormous gap, while helping to reduce the social and economic impact of chronic pain both in and out of the workplace."
"Chronic pain is developed by both psychological and physical factors. Our clinically validated, holistic pain programs deliver meaningful and life-enhancing results for chronic pain sufferers," said Brad Lawson, Chief Executive Officer at Fern Health. "Partnering with WebMD Health Services gives us an opportunity to extend the work we do -- offering employers and health plans the opportunity to help their employees and plan members live better, more functioning lives, while potentially reducing health costs. We look forward to making a difference with WebMD Health Services, their health coaches, and their customers."
About WebMD Health Services
WebMD Health Services, a part of WebMD Health Corp., has over 20 years of experience driving positive behavior changes. Consumers trust WebMD for reliable, accurate, and clear answers to their most pressing health-related questions. At WebMD Health Services, we tap into these valuable consumer insights to design and implement successful, engaging solutions to help individuals meet their well-being needs. We understand that there are numerous paths to reach well-being goals. Our expertise, combined with a variety of third-party partner integrations, enables us to deliver unique and personalized experiences across a wide range of industries. See how we support these diverse populations at webmdhealthservices.com.
About WebMD Health Corp.
WebMD, an Internet Brands company, is at the heart of the digital health revolution that is transforming the healthcare experience for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers, health plans and health systems. Through public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers leading-edge content and digital services that enable and improve decision-making, support and motivate health actions, streamline and simplify the healthcare journey, and improve patient care.
The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, Jobson Healthcare Information, MediQuality, Frontline, Vitals Consumer Services, Aptus Health, Krames, PulsePoint, The Wellness Network, SanovaWorks, MedicineNet, eMedicineHealth, RxList, OnHealth, Medscape Education, and other owned WebMD sites. WebMD®, Medscape®, CME Circle®, Medpulse®, eMedicine®, MedicineNet®, theheart.org® and RxList® are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries.
About Fern Health:
Available through employers and health plans, Fern Health's digital pain platform addresses the underlying causes of persistent pain, not just the symptoms. Guided programs deliver exercise therapy, interventions for sleep, nutrition, daily movement, and emotional health. Every member is supported through pain-focused 1:1 clinical coaching and pain neuroscience education to improve function, reduce pain, and avoid unnecessary healthcare costs. Fern Health is majority owned by German life science company Grünenthal International, with other minority investors. Learn more at www.fernhealth.com.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s sometimes difficult to believe that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, for all that he’s accomplished during his young but brilliant NFL career, would carry such a considerable chip on his shoulder.
He thrives on the doubters. The naysayers. The critics who try to diminish everything he’s done.
It was that way when he was coming out of high school, and Texas Tech was among the only schools that gave the baseball player a football scholarship. And coming out of Texas Tech, when so many NFL teams pegged him as a system quarterback who would flounder like so many other “Air Raid” products as a professional.
It was that way this past offseason, too, when detractors tried to argue that Mahomes would take a step back without the game-breaking ability of Tyreek Hill, who was shipped to the Dolphins for a package of draft picks.
So much for that.
Mahomes merely responded by throwing for 360 yards and five touchdowns without an interception on Sunday in Arizona, a performance that was so nearly flawless that the Chiefs built a big enough lead that he could ride the bench at the end.
“That’s just Pat. That’s just who he is,” Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy said this week, after they had turned their attention from the 44-21 blitz of the Cardinals to a Thursday night showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers.
There was one point during the game when Mahomes, after throwing his fourth touchdown pass, put up four fingers at a woebegone defender, as if to say: “How ‘bout that?” It was done in the heat of the moment, and Mahomes said Tuesday that he didn’t even remember doing it. But it spoke volumes about his competitive fire.
“There’s always that behind-the-scenes moment he’s going to create that keeps him fired up and energized,” Bieniemy said. “The kid is a tremendous football player. I love the energy and excitement he brings. And he’s the ultimate competitor.”
It’s something that Chiefs coach Andy Reid identified a half-decade ago, when they traded up in the first round to make Mahomes their quarterback of the future. They were traits similar to those Reid saw while coaching Brett Favre in Green Bay, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick in Philadelphia, and Alex Smith in Kansas City.
“The way he approaches football is important,” Reid said. “If you ask him, family and football are right at the top of the things he does. Whether he does a commercial or whatever, he’s going to put football at the front. It’s not going to disrupt what he’s doing. And as you know, he’s extremely smart. His recall is exceptional. His attention goes with that.
“You tell him something once,” Reid said, “and he’s got it.”
The same goes if you slight him once. He’s going to remember it.
“I mean, you always feel like you have more to prove,” Mahomes said. “I promise, Tom Brady’s feeling like he has more to prove, and I think that just comes with any sport, any competitor. If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse. And they build you up to tear you down, and you got to kind of know that. For me, it’s all about, ‘How can I make myself better?’ Not what other people say. ‘How can I make myself better so we can go out there and win football games?’”
That’s rapidly becoming a difficult question to answer.
Mahomes is coming off his sixth career game with at least five TD passes, joining a club that includes Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino and Ben Roethlisberger. Each of them played at least 240 games; Mahomes has played 64.
He’s also closing on 20,000 yards for his career — he needs 649 more — a number that Mahomes could reasonably achieve in two games. That would mean reaching the threshold in 66 games, five fewer than the NFL record.
“I’m glad that he’s on our side,” Bieniemy said, “and just looking forward to watching him do work from here on out.”
NOTES: CB Trent McDuffie was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, meaning he will be out at least four weeks. … K Harrison Butker (ankle sprain) did not practice Tuesday and appear unlikely to play Thursday night. The Chiefs signed former Jets K Matt Ammendola to their practice squad to provide insurance. “We’ve got the Plan B. We’re working on it,” Reid said. “We’ll see if that’s where we go with it.” … OL Trey Smith (ankle) and WR Justin Watson (chest) are expected to play. … The Chiefs activated practice squad LBs Jack Cochrane and Elijah Lee. They also signed CB Dicaprio Bootle and WR Corey Coleman to the practice squad and released FS James Wiggins.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors at R. Kelly’s federal trial are deliberating for a second day in Chicago Wednesday, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on 13 charges accusing the R&B singer of producing child pornography, enticing minors for sex and rigging his 2008 child porn trial.
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday after Judge Harry Leinenweber gave them instructions, including explicit descriptions of what constitutes sexual abuse.
Early Wednesday, jurors wrote several questions to the judge, at least one indicating the panelists may be grappling with some of the case’s legal complexities.
One asked if they had to find Kelly both enticed and coerced minors, or that he either enticed or coerced them. Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one.
In closing arguments Tuesday, Kelly attorney Jennifer Bonjean likened the government’s testimony and evidence to a cockroach and its case to a bowl of soup.
If a cockroach falls into soup, she said, “you don’t just pull out the cockroach and eat the rest of the soup. You throw out the whole soup,” said told jurors
“There are just too many cockroaches,” she said.
In her rebuttal Tuesday, prosecutor Jeannice Appenteng told jurors to remember the girls and women who have accused Kelly of abuse.
“When you are in the quiet of the jury room, consider the evidence in light of who is at the center of this case. Kelly’s victims: Jane, Nia, Pauline, Tracy and Brittany,” Appenteng said, referring to five Kelly accusers named in charging documents by pseudonyms or their first names.
As Kelly’s fame boomed in the mid-1990s, Appenteng said, his inner circle increasingly focused on doing what the performer born Robert Sylvester Kelly wanted.
“And ladies and gentlemen, what R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls,” she said.
Kelly, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York in June and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Bonjean described Kelly as a flawed genius who has been functionally illiterate since childhood and was ill-equipped to navigate his celebrity and growing wealth. She said that he was abused as a child also deeply affected him.
Known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and for sex-infused songs such as “Bump n’ Grind,” Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations of sexual misconduct circulated in the 1990s. Widespread outrage emerged after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Kelly and co-defendant Derrell McDavid, Kelly’s ex-business manager, are accused of fixing Kelly’s 2008 trial on state child porn charges by intimidating and paying off witnesses.
Kelly faces four counts of producing child pornography, one of conspiring to obstruct justice by fixing the 2008 trial, one of conspiring to receive child porn, two of actually receiving it and five of enticing minors for sex.
McDavid is charged with four counts — two for receiving child porn, one for conspiring to do so and one for conspiring to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, at which Kelly was acquitted.
Co-defendant Milton Brown, a former Kelly associate, faces a single count of conspiring to receive child pornography.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Residents in Oklahoma City were on edge after a big, bad wolf was spotted running through town Tuesday morning.
OK, “big” and “bad” may be a tall tale, but this curious-looking animal certainly caught the attention of residents throughout the community.
“The dog was very timid,” said Bruce Stone, The Village City Manager.
Turns out, this wolf is a she, and she doesn’t look like she’ll huff and puff or blow your house down…
Stone told Nexstar’s KFOR she didn’t make a sound.
“The dog was just sitting there quietly. [It] just kind of seemed like it was lost and needed help.”
The animal had a collar, so officials knew someone owned it and were probably looking everywhere to find it.
“Obviously it is a little unusual that it is a mixed breed,” Stone said.
It turns out the wolf is actually a hybrid breed. She is 85% wolf and 15% Alaskan Malamute, according to Oklahoma City Police, who gave the animal a ride back to her owner.
“The Big Bad Wolf?” the police department questioned in a social media post. “Nah, a cuddly puppy.”
“I don’t think the public has anything to be concerned about,” Stone added. “Just another loose animal that needs to be captured and taken back to the owner.”
While it is against the law in The Village to harbor a wolf, there is no mention of “mixed breed”. So this wolf-hybrid may be free to stay… just as long as she stays in her own yard.
A happy ending, indeed.
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Former Trump aide Peter Navarro disparaged the ex-president’s top staffers and officials — from his “Motley Crue of Chiefs” to his “Cabinet of Clowns” — in his new book, The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday.
Navarro remained loyal to Trump, even as he laid into the former president’s choices for chief of staff in his upcoming book, titled “Taking Back Trump’s America.”
In an excerpt obtained by The Daily Beast, Navarro described Mark Meadows, Mick Mulvaney and John Kelly, who all served as chief of staff to Trump, as being in a “dead heat” for the title of worst chief of staff in history.
However, Navarro added that Meadows, who was named the worst chief of staff in history by historian Chris Whipple, earned that “distinction.”
Navarro also criticized Kelly for being “brutally and simply incapable of messaging anything to the press.”
“From a media perspective, this was like recruiting a trucker to drive a Formula One car,” Navarro wrote. “Or maybe like using a chainsaw for open heart surgery.”
Trump’s first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, received the tamest review from Navarro.
While Navarro described him as “the wrong, small, and inexperienced man for a very big job,” he also said Priebus could “have turned out to be the best of the bunch if the Boss had only given you a bit more time to prove yourself.”
Navarro was indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress in June for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Navarro’s attempt to compel documents from the Justice Department over claims that his prosecution was politically motivated.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a convenient accessory to prevent sunlight from entering side vehicle windows while parked," said an inventor, from Lake Havasu City, Ariz., "so I invented the SIDE SHADE. My design would eliminate the need to return to a hot and uncomfortable vehicle interior."
The invention provides an effective sunshade for the side windows of a parked vehicle. In doing so, it protects the interior of the vehicle against heat buildup and sun damage. It also enhances comfort when returning to the vehicle. The invention features a simple and lightweight design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for vehicle owners. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Phoenix sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-PBT-178, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - McLean & Company, the globally trusted partner of HR and business leaders, has published the research-backed resource, titled Uncover the Employee Value Proposition. The up-to-date blueprint offers HR leaders key considerations when addressing current labor market challenges to help them strategically highlight organizational strengths in a compelling and realistic way to both attract and retain the right talent.
"Talent attraction and retention challenges exist for all organizations, whether onsite, remote, or hybrid," says Laura Ribadeneira, director, HR Research & Advisory Services at McLean & Company. "In an effort to combat these obstacles, a realistic and compelling employee value proposition (EVP) should be created."
McLean & Company's blueprint explains that an up-to-date EVP provides a holistic view of the organization's strengths and offerings. It also uncovers the lived experience and organizational offerings that employees highly value, allowing potential and current employees to both assess organizational fit and support acquisition and retention efforts.
With only 5% of organizations offering potential candidates an up-to-date EVP that accurately reflects the current employee experience, HR departments' overall effectiveness at enabling recruiting decreased by 22% between 2021 and 2022, according to McLean & Company's 2022 HR Trends Report. However, 43% of organizations have no plans to revisit their EVP despite the drastic changes to the work environment and the employee experience throughout the pandemic.
"A strong EVP supports recruiting efficiency, performance, retention, and productivity while diminishing turnover and recruitment costs," continues Ribadeneira. "Organizations electing to forego updating and prioritizing their EVPs are doing their recruiting efforts a disservice."
To support organizational and HR leaders in improving their talent attraction and retention strategies, the blueprint from the HR research and advisory firm features a four-step process to develop an up-to-date, organizationally aligned EVP below:
- Build a plan to develop the EVP – Identify the goals and success metrics for the EVP, select a project team and determine roles and responsibilities, and create a detailed project plan outlining key activities and timelines.
- Uncover the EVP – Collect and analyze data from focus groups and existing internal data sources, draft the EVP statements, and develop tailored EVP statements for key employee segments.
- Evaluate and refine the EVP – Evaluate the uniqueness of the EVP to ensure competitor differentiation, assess the alignment of the EVP with HR programs and policies, collect and integrate employee and candidate feedback into the EVP, and create a short elevator pitch.
- Implement and sustain the EVP – Create a communications plan to share the EVP internally, plan how to transition into the employer branding project that will promote the EVP, and establish guidelines around the sustainment of the EVP.
To learn more about developing and implementing an up-to-date EVP to improve talent attraction and retention for organizational and HR leaders, download the Uncover the Employee Value Proposition blueprint from McLean & Company.
For more information about McLean & Company or to download the latest research, visit hr.mcleanco.com and connect via LinkedIn and Twitter.
Through data-driven insights and proven best-practice methodologies, McLean & Company offers comprehensive resources and full-service assessments, action plans, and training to position organizations to meet today's needs and prepare for the future.
McLean & Company is a division of Info-Tech Research Group.
Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and over 200 IT and Industry analysts through the ITRG Media Insiders Program. To gain access, contact pr@mcleanco.com.
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Panthers withdraw city, county deal over abandoned facility
Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company wants to revoke a bankruptcy settlement it negotiated with the city and county where its abandoned South Carolina practice facility was supposed to be built because it says the governments are making exorbitant and unreasonable demands.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company wants to revoke a bankruptcy settlement it negotiated with the city and county where its abandoned South Carolina practice facility was supposed to be built because it says the governments are making exorbitant and unreasonable demands.
GT Real Estate Holdings had offered $21 million to York County. It suggested giving the proceeds from selling part of its site in Rock Hill so the city would get at least $20 million.
But the county and city have filed separate lawsuits and court papers. York County said it is entitled to more than $80 million in part to get back money from a special penny sales tax that was supposed to expand a road but Tepper’s company used for the proposed practice facility.
Rock Hill sued for $20 million it spent on the project and has asked the bankruptcy case be heard in South Carolina, where most of the people who lost money are located, instead of Delaware, where GT Real Estate Holdings is incorporated.
Tepper announced plans to build an $800-million practice facility in Rock Hill in 2019 to much fanfare, saying it would rival the NFL’s best — such as the Dallas Cowboys. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and state and local officials aggressively pursued the NFL owner to move the Panthers headquarters across the state line from North Carolina, where they would continue to play games in Charlotte.
Less than two years later, Tepper’s company halted work, saying Rock Hill and York County didn't fulfill financing and other obligations. Both the city and county have denied the allegations.
York County’s lawyer didn't respond Wednesday to the latest bankruptcy filings. Rock Hill officials said the city is looking forward to the dispute being heard in court.
The latest proposal from Tepper’s company would lump the city and county in with most other contractors. GT Real Estate Holdings said that would allow those contractors to begin to make claims for their share of $60 million set aside for them in the bankruptcy settlement as soon as possible.
“Unfortunately, the City and County have instead chosen to pursue a flawed litigation strategy, making exorbitant and unreasonable demands well in excess of their entitlements,” GT Real Estate Holdings said in a statement.
Tax breaks from the state for the Panthers were based on the number of jobs created by the team, so South Carolina didn’t directly lose money on the project. The state did provide about $35 million to build an interchange on Interstate 77 near the facility and state officials said Tepper’s company continues to pay its share for that work.
But state Sen. Dick Harpootlian, who has been a critic of the project since 2019, said last week on the Senate floor that the state “got suckered in by the lure of a football team and a billionaire.”
The Democrat asked McMaster to sue Tepper so he can’t make as much money off the land he still owns near the new interchange.
“He got hoodooed by this guy. He’s worth $16 billion. He’s obviously hoodooed a few people here and there. He took our governor for a ride,” Harpootlian said.
McMaster’s office didn’t immediately respond to Harpootlian’s remarks.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Sema4 Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SMFR, SMFRW) between March 14, 2022 and August 15, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 7, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Sema4 securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Sema4 class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=8672 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than November 7, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there was a significant risk that Sema4 would reverse a material amount of previously recognized revenue that it could not recoup from third party payors; (2) the Company was experiencing declining selling prices for its reproductive health segment; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Sema4's financial results would be adversely affected; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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Community meeting with chosen designer of U.S. Colored Troops monument set for Oct. 4
Published 12:12 pm Wednesday, September 14, 2022
By ROSCOE BARNES
Special to The Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ – The Natchez U.S. Colored Troops Monument Committee will host a public meeting to discuss the design of its proposed USCT monument at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Natchez Convention Center at 211 Main St.
Thomas J. Warren of Warren Studios Inc., who was approved in August as the designer for the monument, will be present to talk about the project and receive questions and comments from the public, according to Committee Chairman Robert Pernell.
“As we have said from the beginning, we want to be transparent, but even more, we want to hear from the public,” Pernell said. “We have reached an important milestone with this project, but we still have a ways to go.”
Pernell said it is important for the community to be informed, and because it is a community endeavor, the project needs community support, he said.
The monument will honor more than 3,000 African American men who served at Fort McPherson during the Civil War. It will be located on the Natchez Bluff, at the corner of Madison and Broadway streets, contingent upon approval of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Natchez Preservation Commission.
Warren, who is based in Oregon, is a native of Rolling Fork. He was selected to create a conceptual and schematic design for the monument, said Lance Harris, chairman of the Monument Design Subcommittee.
“At the end of the project, we will have a conceptual design and schematic design, as well as cost estimation that can be used for fundraising efforts as we get ready for the next phase,” Harris said.
Warren has 36 years of experience working on sculptures and monument designs. A graduate of Mississippi College, he has created 53 public art works in 20 states and Canada. His past works have included monuments of Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, John Lewis, among other historic figures.
For more information on the Natchez USCT Monument Project, visit NatchezUSCTMonument.com. The works of Warren Studios can be viewed at warrensculpture.com.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
0-1-4-6, SB: 6
(zero, one, four, six; SB: six)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
0-1-4-6, SB: 6
(zero, one, four, six; SB: six)
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Ryan Reynolds showed millions of fans the importance of getting a colonoscopy.
The actor said he lost a bet and agreed to record his experience getting the procedure. The 45-year-old posted the video on Instagram.
After the procedure, Reynolds' doctor informed him that a polyp was found.
"This was potentially lifesaving for you," Dr. Jonathan LaPook said. "I'm not kidding. I'm not being overly dramatic."
LaPook said he removed the polyp, which could have led to colon cancer.
"This saves lives pure and simple," he said.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that adults aged 45 to 75 be screened for colorectal cancer.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
5-3-7-9, WB:
(five, three, seven, nine; WB: zero)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
5-3-7-9, WB:
(five, three, seven, nine; WB: zero)
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-2-5
(seven, two, five)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
7-2-5
(seven, two, five)
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Lara Trump, 'Outnumbered' hosts torch Biden for 'insulting' celebration of Inflation Reduction Act
White House slammed for celebration on heels of inflation rising
Fox News contributor Lara Trump slammed the "infuriating" actions of the White House to host an Inflation Reduction Act celebration and "gaslight" Americans about inflation numbers. On "Outnumbered" Wednesday, Trump highlighted the new inflation numbers, arguing the White House's refusal to change policy or messaging is "insulting."
BIDEN CELEBRATES ‘INFLATION REDUCTION ACT’ AFTER INFLATION RISES IN AUGUST
LARA TRUMP: All of it is so infuriating … with the press secretary - the fact that we have a press secretary, a White House, a government who feel it's totally acceptable just to lie to the American people and gaslight us and constantly just tell us whatever it is they think they can do to cover up the problem of the day. That is infuriating to the American people because there are no solutions on the horizon. We have seen with the numbers that came out yesterday, with the drop in the Dow, we have seen that obviously the Fed raising rates doesn't fix inflation, that dumping $1.9 trillion into an economy does not fix inflation. You have to change policy, and they are not willing to do that. And so I think all of this yesterday was so insulting.
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Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow called “so extreme” a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks, proposed this week by South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
“I don’t want a bunch of politicians making decisions for me and my health care,” Stabenow told reporters Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Detroit Auto Show, toured by media and politicians, including President Joe Biden, in advance of Saturday’s public opening.
“I think that if Sen. Graham wanted to make it clear where the Republican party is, he certainly has made it clear.”
Graham, a Republican, on Tuesday introduced a bill that would set a federal “minimum protection for unborn children” by prohibiting abortion after 15 weeks, when children, he contends, can feel pain. It makes exceptions for people pregnant through rape or incest and to protect the life and physical health of mothers. With a Democratic majority in Congress, the bill is almost certain to fail.
Most women want freedom to make their own decisions about health care, Stabenow said.
She noted Michigan’s Reproductive Freedom for All proposal, which would amend the state constitution to guarantee abortion and other rights related to childbirth, garnered record signatures, far more than required to earn a spot on the November ballot. It will be put to voters this fall.
“It is about the energy around the women saying, ‘No, no, no, this is personal,’” Stabenow said.
Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as she campaigns for reelection, are using the Supreme Court’s June decision overruling Roe v. Wade to galvanize voters on abortion rights.
RELATED: Taxes, water, abortion: Dems clamor for legislative action as GOP stays mum on priorities
“If it helps us, I say thank you, Sen. Graham. Thank you,” Stabenow said in response to a question about whether the bill could further those efforts.
Abortion remains legal in Michigan because Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher deemed unconstitutional Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban, which criminalizes the procedure except to save a mother’s life.
Gleicher sided this month with Planned Parenthood of Michigan in its lawsuit against the state attorney general.
This is expected to be appealed to a higher court.
Whitmer also has a pending lawsuit against 13 county prosecutors in counties with abortion providers.
These court outcomes would be made moot if voters in November decide to amend the constitution to expressly protect abortion rights.
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The U.S. men's national team is set to play in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, opening with a match against Wales on Nov. 21. But before they do, they'll have a final tune-up with a pair of friendlies against Japan (Sept. 23 in Dusseldorf, Germany) and Saudi Arabia (Sept. 27 in Murcia, Spain) in late September.
Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic, Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie and the Leeds United duo of Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams are among those chosen for the United States men's national team's 26-player roster that U.S. Soccer unveiled on Wednesday.
“As we approach the World Cup, this is another opportunity for us to take a step forward as a group,” USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter said.
“We have a strong roster and can use these games as a measuring stick against World Cup opponents as we continue to gain valuable experience ahead of going to Qatar.” Berhalter is expected to reveal his World Cup team on Nov. 9. during an event in New York.
Here's a look at the full roster for the upcoming friendlies below:
Goalkeepers:
Ethan Horvath, Luton Town
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Sean Johnson, New York City FC
Matt Turner, Arsenal
Defenders:
Reggie Cannon, Boavista
Cameron Carter-Vickers, Celtic
Sergiño Dest, AC Milan
Aaron Long, New York Red Bulls
Chris Richards, Crystal Palace
Joe Scally, Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sam Vines, Royal Antwerp
DeAndre Yedlin, Inter Miami
Walker Zimmerman, Nashville SC
Midfielders:
Kellyn Acosta, LAFC
Tyler Adams, Leeds United
Luca de la Torre, Celta Vigo
Weston McKennie, Juventus
Yunus Musah, Valencia
Malik Tillman, Rangers
Forwards:
Brenden Aaronson, Leeds United
Paul Arriola, FC Dallas
Jesús Ferreira, FC Dallas
Jordan Morris, Seattle Sounders
Ricardo Pepi, Groningen
Christian Pulisic, Chelsea
Gio Reyna, Borussia Dortmund
Josh Sargent, Norwich City
The USMNT is the youngest team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
How can I watch the September friendlies?
USA vs Japan will kick off on Sept. 23 at 8:25 a.m. ET and will be broadcasted and streamed on ESPN2, ESPN+, UniMás, TUDN, fubo TV, DirecTV Stream, Sling Orange and Vidgo.
Four days later, they will face Saudi Arabia on Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. ET and that match will be broadcasted and streamed on FS1, Univision, fubo TV, DirecTV Stream, Sling Blue and Vidgo.
Fans will also be able to follow all the September friendlies matches on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the official U.S. Soccer App.
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Josh Duhamel is lucky he was able to make it down the aisle.
The actor's wife, Audra Mari, 28, shared that he had to take a trip to the emergency room, hours before they were set to wed on Sept. 10.
In an interview with Vogue, the former Miss World America winner stated that Josh, 49, threw his back out the night before the nuptials, "pulling some wild dance moves on the party bus."
While Audra did not reveal the moves in question, she joked about how the couple felt the morning of their wedding while they were in the hospital, saying, "Cue the cortisone shot and let's get married!"
The meds clearly worked because Josh was able to watch his beautiful bride walk down the aisle during their lavish wedding, which took place in their home state of North Dakota.
For the ceremony, the Jupiter's Legacy star wore a traditional black tuxedo by Ralph Lauren, complete with a white bowtie and old-school coattail, while the bride looked stunning in a white gown created by Leah Da Gloria, which Audra told Vogue she found while scrolling through Pinterest.
"The second I saw it," she said of the dress, "I knew it was it."
An eyewitness told E! News that the newlyweds—who got engaged in January—got ready at the Jasper Hotel in downtown Fargo before exchanging vows at Olivet Lutheran Church in front of "close family and friends."
"At the end, Audra and Josh walked out with huge smiles and hopped in the back of a vintage red convertible," the onlooker continued. "It seemed like a fun weekend had by all."
Audra and Josh's Fargo wedding proved to be a memorable night for everyone. The model shared how vital it was for their friends and family to be present and have a good time.
"It was really important to us to have the day anchored around our families, good music, good food, and good drinks," she said. "So as important as the style was, it really all came down to making sure our friends and family had the best time and felt the love."
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DNA leads to an arrest in 2014 killing of Texas family
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say newly tested DNA evidence helped them make an arrest in the killings more than eight years ago of a family, including two boys, who were shot in their suburban Houston home.
Feng Lu, 58, who had long been considered a suspect in the case, was arrested on Sunday by police in San Francisco after his arrival from China, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
Lu has been charged with capital murder in the deaths of Maoye Sun and his wife Mei Xie and the couple’s two sons, 7-year-old Titus and 9-year-old Timothy, the sheriff said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Lu was being held Wednesday at a jail in San Mateo County, California, pending extradition to Texas. Court records did not list an attorney for Lu who could speak on his behalf.
The bodies of all four family members were found on Jan. 30, 2014, in their home in the Houston suburb of Cypress. All had been shot in the head. Investigators said Sun was last seen alive leaving work on Jan. 24.
Lu was linked to the killings after new forensic testing done in January on samples that previously were not able to be identified showed that Lu’s DNA was found on a purse that belonged to Xie, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The DNA testing contradicted statements Lu had made previously to investigators in which he had said he did not know Xie or her children and didn’t know where the family lived, according to the affidavit.
Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the killings, but according to the affidavit, Lu had unsuccessfully tried to get Sun’s help with a promotion at work. Both had worked at Cameron International, which provides products and services to oil and gas companies.
Lu “stated he believed that (Sun) made derogatory comments about him to fellow co-workers ... which may have been the reason he did not get the promotion,” according to the affidavit.
Investigators say Lu had bought a handgun a week before the killings and then returned it five days after the killings without the weapon’s barrel. Authorities allege Lu gave inconsistent stories about what happened to the gun’s barrel. Investigators also allege that bullets Lu had bought with the gun had likely been manufactured on the same machine as the bullet that killed one of the boys, Titus.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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AP Sports Writer
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — For Rory McIlroy, it’s a flat-out “no.”
U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is open to having LIV Golf players on Europe’s team at next year’s Ryder Cup, because, as he said, “I just want to make sure that we win.”
Europe captain Luke Donald, meanwhile, is toeing the official tour line when he says he’s in “limbo” waiting for the conflict to be decided in the courts.
As several of Europe’s top players prepare to play this week’s Italian Open on the Marco Simone course outside Rome that will host next year’s Ryder Cup, the pre-tournament discussion has been about who should and who should not be included on the 2023 team.
“I have said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: I don’t think any of those guys should be on the Ryder Cup team,” McIlroy said Wednesday of the players who have joined the Saudi-backed breakaway series.
Litigation is ongoing on both sides of the Atlantic involving the PGA and European tours after LIV golfers were excluded from events, and the divide between the players sticking to the traditional tours and those who have joined the lucrative breakaway series is growing.
But Fitzpatrick, who won his first major title in June, is taking a more neutral stance.
“I just want to win the Ryder Cup. … I want the 11 best guys we can get,” said the Englishman, who lost all three of his matches when the U.S. romped to a record rout in Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, last year. “I’m not really too bothered about where they are going to come from.”
Fitzpatrick even went so far as to reach out to a LIV player at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last week.
“I told him I’d happily have him on the team,” Fitzpatrick said, without naming the player.
Donald was named captain last month after Henrik Stenson was stripped of the title because he joined LIV.
“Nothing that’s really changed since I was appointed,” Donald said. “We’re still a little bit in limbo. We don’t know what’s going to happen with the lawsuit so I’m trying to not really put too much energy into it. Once we get a clearer picture, I can give you better answers.”
While European Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter were among the contingent of LIV golfers competing at Wentworth, none of those high-profile names came to Italy.
“I had already committed to playing in this event before Luke was the captain and it was someone else,” McIlroy said, refusing to mention Stenson by name again.
“I’ve had discussions with Luke and actually a few of us are meeting for dinner tonight for a little bit of team bonding but also to have a talk about the course and how we think it should be set up to favor the European team.”
Located a half-hour drive from the center of Rome — without traffic — the course owned and run by fashion designer Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna features hilly terrain which should lend itself to a stadium-like setting suited for the Ryder Cup.
“You’ve got two drivable par 4s (Nos. 11 and 16), you’ve got a few holes with water and you’ve got that wonderful closing hole which could be really exciting,” McIlroy said of the back nine.
The only time McIlroy previously played in Italy came when he won the European amateur championship in 2006 in the northern town of Biella.
“So I’ve got a 100% record in this country and I’d like to keep that going,” he said.
McIlroy has been enjoying strolling around Rome with family, especially since his wife once studied in the city for seven months “and she knows her way around.”
McIlroy and his teammates’ main order of business, however, is strategizing how to reduce the gap from that 19-9 whipping by the U.S. in Wisconsin.
“The European team has a core of six or seven guys that I think we all know are pretty much going to be on that team, and then it’s up to some of the younger guys to maybe step up,” McIlroy said. “I think we were in need of a rebuild anyway. We did well with the same guys for a very long time but everything comes to an end at some point. I think Whistling Straits is a good sort of demarcation.”
Donald is paired with rising Italian Guido Migliozzi and Adrian Meronk, the Polish player who won the Irish Open in July, for the opening two rounds this week.
Then there’s Nicolai Højgaard, the 21-year-old Dane who won at Marco Simone last year a week after his identical twin brother, Rasmus, won the European Masters in Switzerland .
Vice captain Thomas Bjørn is in a group with the 24-year-old Norwegian Viktor Hovland, who is No. 11 in the world golf rankings.
“I’m excited to see their games,” Donald said. “I’ll be keeping my eye on some of the younger, exciting talent to try to make this team.”
Then there’s Francesco Molinari, the hero of Europe’s victory in 2018, who’s looking to return to the team after missing 2021 because of back issues. He’s coming off a top-10 finish at Wentworth.
“Having an Italian on the team would be huge,” McIlroy said.
Molinari said the issues with LIV will take a back seat come the Sept. 29-Oct. 1 event next year.
“The Ryder Cup is such a big, important and fantastic event that I don’t think it will be damaged at all by the conflict,” Molinari said. “Even if the situation isn’t resolved, I think that for that week everyone’s attention will be on the Ryder Cup.”
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California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust law violations
NEW YORK (AP) — California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites.
The 84-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court mirrors another complaint filed last year by the District of Columbia, which was dismissed by a district judge earlier this year and is now going through an appeals process.
But officials in California believe they won’t encounter a similar fate, partly due to information collected during a more than two-year investigation that involved subpoenas and interviews with sellers, Amazon’s competitors as well as current and former employees at the company.
In the lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said Amazon used contract provisions to effectively bar sellers from offering lower prices for products on non-Amazon sites, including on the sellers’ own websites. That, in turn, harms the ability of other retailers to compete.
The suit maintains merchants that do not comply with the policy could have their products stripped from prominent listings on Amazon and face other sanctions such as suspensions or terminations of their accounts. It alleges Amazon’s policy essentially forces merchants to list higher prices on other sites, helping the retail giant maintain its e-commerce dominance.
Among other things, the California lawsuit seeks to stop Amazon from entering into contracts with sellers that harm price competition. It also seeks a court order to compel Amazon to pay damages to the state for increased prices. State officials did not say how much money they are seeking.
Seattle-based Amazon controls roughly 38% of online sales in the U.S., more than that of Walmart, eBay, Apple, Best Buy and Target combined, according to the research firm Insider Intelligence. About 2 million sellers list their products on Amazon’s third-party marketplace, accounting for 58% of the company’s retail sales.
“Amazon coerces merchants into agreements that keep prices artificially high, knowing full-well that they can’t afford to say no,” Bonta said in a statement.
Amazon has said in the past that sellers set their own prices on the platform. It has also said it has the right to avoid highlighting products that are not priced competitively.
Despite that defense, Amazon’s market power has been a subject of scrutiny from lawmakers and advocacy groups calling for stricter antitrust regulations. Earlier this year, congressional lawmakers urged the Justice Department to investigate if the company collects data on sellers to develop competing products and offer them more prominently on its site. Critics have also lambasted increasing fees imposed on sellers, which makes it more difficult for merchants to enter the market.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been pushing bipartisan legislation aiming to limit Amazon and other Big Tech companies, including Apple, Meta and Google, from favoring their own products and services over rivals. The bill has cleared key committees but has languished in Congress for months amid intense pushback from the companies.
Meanwhile, regulators have also been looking into Amazon’s business practices and deals. In July, the company offered concessions to settle two antitrust investigations in the European Union, including a promise to apply equal treatment to all sellers when ranking product offers on the site’s “buy box,” a coveted spot that makes items more visible to shoppers.
In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical as well as the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime, the company’s paid subscription service that offers deals and faster shipping.
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By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA
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LONDON (AP) — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall. There, Britain’s longest-serving monarch will lie in state for the world to mourn.
Her son, King Charles III, and his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pillow.
The queen will lie in state for four days until her funeral Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past. Eight pall bearers carried the oak and lead-lined coffin into Westminster Hall, placing it on a raised platform known as a catafalque.
Shortly after 5 p.m., the first members of the public were allowed to file past the coffin. They moved in two lines, one on either side of the coffin.
One woman looked close to tears as she paused, faced the coffin and bowed her head.
The military procession from Buckingham Palace was designed to underscore the queen’s seven decades as head of state as the national mourning process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital.
Thousands who had waited for hours along The Mall outside the palace and other locations along the route held up phones and cameras, and some wiped away tears, as the procession passed. Applause broke out as the coffin passed through Horse Guards Parade. Thousands more sat in nearby Hyde Park watching on large screens.
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown — encrusted with almost 3,000 diamonds — and a bouquet of flowers and plants, including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96.
Two officers and 32 troops from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in red uniforms and bearskin hats walked on either side of the gun carriage. The 38-minute procession ended at Westminster Hall, where Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service attended by Charles and other royals.
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you,” Welby read from the Book of John.
After a short service, the captain of The Queen’s Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, assisted by a senior sergeant, laid the royal standard of the regiment on the steps of the catafalque.
Four officers from the Household Cavalry – two from the Life Guards and two from the Blues Royals – began the first vigil around the coffin, taking their places at the corner and bowing their heads.
Thousands had queued up along the banks of the River Thames, waiting their turn to enter the hall and pay their respects.
The crowds are the latest manifestation of the nationwide outpouring of grief and respect for the only monarch most Britons have ever known after her 70 years on the throne.
Judth Nix, left her home in Leicestershire, central England, at 4:30 a.m. to stake out a place with a good view of the procession.
“We weren’t sure what to expect because we’ve seen clapping, we’ve seen ‘God save the King,’ we’ve seen ‘God save the Queen,’ so we didn’t know. But the silence was just unbelievable,” she said.
Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, of the Household division, who organized the ceremonial aspects of the queen’s funeral, said it was “our last opportunity to do our duty for the queen, and it’s our first opportunity to do it for the king, and that makes us all very proud.”
Troops involved in the procession had been preparing since the queen died. So had the horses of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Sgt. Tom Jenks, from the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, said the horses were specially trained, including how to handle weeping mourners, as well as flowers and flags being tossed in front of the procession.
Heathrow Airport temporarily halted flights, saying it would “ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.”
President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with Charles to offer his condolences, the White House said.
Biden recalled “the Queen’s kindness and hospitality” she hosted them and the first lady at Windsor Castle in June, the statement said. “He also conveyed the great admiration of the American people for the Queen, whose dignity and constancy deepened the enduring friendship and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.”
Crowds have lined the route of the queen’s coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the hearse, with interior lights illuminating the casket, drove slowly from an air base to Buckingham Palace.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, some 33,000 people filed in silent respect past her coffin as it lay for 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to visit the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest building in Parliament, for four days before her state funeral on Monday. By Wednesday afternoon, the line snaking along the banks of the River Thames was 2 1/2 miles long, according to a government tracker.
The hall is where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where ceremonial addresses were presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her silver, golden and diamond jubilees.
Chris Bond, from Truro in southwest England, was among those waiting to see the queen’s coffin. He also attended the lying in state of the queen’s mother in 2002.
“Obviously, it’s quite difficult queuing all day long, but when you walk through those doors into Westminster Hall, that marvelous, historic building, there was a great sense of hush and one was told you take as much time as you like, and it’s just amazing,” he said.
“We know the queen was a good age and she served the country a long time, but we hoped this day would never come,” he added.
Chris Imafidon, secured the sixth place in the queue.
“I have 1,001 emotions when I see her,” he said. “I want to say, God, she was an angel, because she touched many good people and did so many good things.”
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Associated Press writer Sylvia Hui contributed.
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The Justice Department has charged three Iranian nationals for a global computer hacking campaign that allegedly targeted hundreds of victims for extortion, including local U.S. governments, power companies and a domestic violence shelter.
According to an indictment unsealed in New Jersey, Mansour Ahmadi, Ahmad Khatibi and Amir Hossein Nickaein began their hacking conspiracy in October of 2020, and took aim at companies and institutions in the United States, Britain, Israel, Russia and Iran.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said the three defendants "engaged in a pattern of hacking, cyber-theft, and extortion largely for personal gain."
"They were looking to steal information, encrypt networks, and sell private data, all in the hopes of persuading victims to pay sizeable ransoms," Wray said in a video statement.
The indictment says the defendants exploited known vulnerabilities in network devices and software to steal data from their victims' computer systems. In some instances, they allegedly encrypted data on a victim's system and demanded ransom to decrypt it, while in others they threatened to release the stolen data unless a victim paid them not to do so.
The ransom demands, prosecutors say, were either sent to a victim's printer or via email. Payment was to be made in cryptocurrency.
One note, for example, that was sent to an accounting firm in Illinois read: "Hi! If you are reading this, it means your data is encrypted and your private sensitive information is stolen! Read carefully the whole instructions to avoid any problems. You have to contact us immediately to resolve this issue and make a deal!"
The targets of the ransom and extortion campaign varied.
There was a municipality in Union County, N.J., and a county government in Wyoming; a public housing corporation in Washington state; a domestic violence shelter in Pennsylvania; accounting firms in New Jersey and Illinois; and regional power companies in Mississippi and Indiana.
While officials say the victims appeared to be targets of opportunity, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Philip Sellinger, noted a through line among many of them.
"A common feature of the victims was that they provided essential services—local government, housing power, a domestic violence shelter," Sellinger said. "Services people depend upon every day. Services that, if taken away, hurt the public."
The indictment does not allege that the defendants were working at the behest of the Iranian government.
None of the defendants is in U.S. custody. Justice Department officials say all three of them are believed to be in Iran.
Still, American officials say that bringing this case can have a deterrent effect.
"By charging them in this indictment, by publicly naming them, we are stripping their anonymity away," Sellinger said. "They cannot operate anonymously from the shadows anymore. We have put a spotlight on them as wanted criminals."
In his statement, Wray also announced a joint cybersecurity advisory from the FBI and its partners in the U.S. and some close allies.
The advisory highlights the broader threat that posed by cyber actors linked to the Iranian government, he said.
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