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LISLE, Ill., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) announced that its Board of Directors approved an increased cash dividend of $0.08 per share of the Company's common stock, representing a 33% increase over the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share. The announced dividend is payable on September 1, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 18, 2022.
ABOUT SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) supplies high-quality coke to domestic and international customers. Our coke is used in the blast furnace production of steel as well as the foundry production of casted iron, with the majority of sales under long-term, take-or-pay contracts. We also export coke to overseas customers seeking high-quality product for their blast furnaces. Our process utilizes an innovative heat-recovery technology that captures excess heat for steam or electrical power generation and draws upon more than 60 years of cokemaking experience to operate our facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia and Brazil. Our logistics business provides export and domestic material handling services to coke, coal, steel, power and other bulk customers. The logistics terminals have the collective capacity to mix and transload more than 40 million tons of material each year and are strategically located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and international ports. To learn more about SunCoke Energy, Inc., visit our website at www.suncoke.com.
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LAS VEGAS (AP)William Carrier scored his third goal in two games and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-1 on Wednesday night.
Mark Stone, William Karlsson and Jack Eichel also scored for the Golden Knights. Logan Thompson stopped 38 shots to earn his 11th win, second-most in the NHL.
Jake Sanderson got his first career goal for Ottawa with his father in attendance, and Cam Talbot made 32 saves.
Carrier scored his seventh of the season – his career high is nine – when he skated through the neutral zone, dangled his way past two Senators in the offensive zone and fired an off-balance wrist shot far side to give Vegas a 2-1 lead at 16:23 of the second period.
Not that the seventh-year veteran could remember any of it, though.
”A little bit of a blackout. I have to recheck it,” Carrier said with a smile. ”But I’ve been hot right now so confidence is high and we’re playing pretty well. … But Karly had to steal my highlight there with his own highlight one, so I might not make it to the clips here tonight.”
To Carrier’s point, Karlsson made it 3-1 when he lasered a beautiful backhand with his back to Talbot off a spin move from the left dot for his fifth of the season at 2:39 of the third.
”I think I’ve seen Karly do special things like that. But Will, he’s playing awesome,” Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb said. ”He’s been a rock star for us. He’s so hard to play against, even in practice, and now he’s showing it in games. I couldn’t be happier for him.”
Eichel’s backhand from the red line into an empty net with 1:41 left provided the final margin.
The Golden Knights solidified their place atop the Western Conference standings with 33 points heading into Thanksgiving, generally a benchmark for NHL teams. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, 76% of teams in playoff position on Thanksgiving went on to reach the postseason from 2005-06 through 2018-19, the last season not affected by the pandemic.
”It’s relevant, otherwise they wouldn’t bring it up every year,” Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said. ”Still think we’ve got a lot of things we’ve got to do better. But again tonight, one of the things we’ve done well is find ways to win.”
Vegas is looking to return to the playoffs after missing out for the first time last season.
Stone opened the scoring on a power play when he took Eichel’s no-look pass and fired a shot into the net. It was his ninth goal of the season and Eichel’s 15th assist.
Ottawa also got on the board with a man advantage, when Sanderson’s drive from the blue line deflected slightly off Vegas defenseman Alec Martinez’s stick and past Thompson to tie it.
”It felt nice,” Sanderson said. ”Took a while, but I’m happy I got it and I’m grateful my dad could be there to watch it, so it’s pretty cool.”
NOTES: Eichel has at least one point in 16 of Vegas’ first 21 games. … Playing in his 900th career game, Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo got his team-high 18th assist of the season. … Sanderson became the first Montana-born skater in NHL history to score a goal. … With his assist on Sanderson’s goal, Tim Stutzle became Ottawa’s franchise leader in points before the age of 21 with 106.
UP NEXT
Senators: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday.
Golden Knights: Host the Seattle Kraken on Friday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings.
Ultimax Digital - New York, 3.8 million shares, priced $4-$5, managed by WestPark Capital. Proposed Nasdaq symbol NFTX. Business: Operates a video game development and publishing studio and an NFT.
SONDORS - Malibu, Calif., 2.5 million shares, priced $8-$10, managed by Lake Street Capital Markets/Joseph Gunnar. Proposed Nasdaq symbol SODR. Business: Makes electric bikes and motorcycles.
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Which budget gift for your sister is best?
Buying your sister a great present doesn’t have to take forever, and it doesn’t have to cost a ton of money either. There are thoughtful and loving things you can find at a decent price point, some of which look much more expensive than they actually are. So whether you want something personalized so it’s one of a kind, funny because you and your sister have that sort of relationship or even just something nice that she’ll get a lot of use from, here are the best gifts to get your sister when you’re on a budget.
Personalized gift
Afuly Rustic Double Picture Frame (Grey)
This grey-edged double frame comes with two picture slots, so you could customize it with a picture of you and your sister as kids on one side and you and your sister now on the other. The frame is constructed from engineered wood and available in two sizes. Photos are not included.
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Whimsical gifts
Cool TV Props Parks and Recreation Leslie Knope Compliments Checklist
Whether your sister loves the show “Parks and Rec” or just loves lifting up her friends and family, this notepad features a checklist of fun compliments from the series so your sister can call you “a poetic, noble land mermaid” or “a beautiful, rule-breaking moth” whenever she pleases.
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M MOOHAM 925 Sterling Silver Morse Code Bracelet – U GOT THIS
This cord bracelet is outfitted with sterling silver beads positioned to spell out “U GOT THIS” in Morse Code. It’s sweet, unique and adjustable.
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Sam And Lori Inspirational Cuff Bracelet Bangle Motivational Mantra – You’re Awesome
This stainless steel cuff bracelet has a lovely sun, moon and star pattern on the outside with the phrase “Sometimes you forget you’re awesome so this is your reminder” stamped on the inside. It’s also adjustable, so just squeeze or pull a little for the right fit.
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Practical gifts
Philips Water GoZero Active Bottle with One Fitness Filter
This 20-ounce plastic water bottle comes with a filter so your sister can fill up anywhere and still get a refreshing, filtered drink. There’s a built-in indicator that flags when the filter should be replaced, and every part of the bottle is dishwasher-safe except for the filter.
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Eat What You Watch: A Cookbook for Movie Lovers by Andrew Rea
This cookbook features recipes inspired by over 40 movies from early Charlie Chaplin films to contemporary cult classics. It’s a great way to eat dishes that pair perfectly with movie night.
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Dosmix Wireless Stereo Retro Speaker
This bluetooth speaker is available in four retro colors with gold accents and is compatible with both smartphones and tablets. It’s stylish, small and portable, so your sister can listen anywhere.
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These sleep headphones are great for side-sleepers. They will allow your sister to cover her eyes and listen to some music quietly in bed or on the go when traveling. The headphones are wireless and have auto timers, so they can be set to turn off even if the wearer has fallen asleep.
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Earnest Living White Ceramic Essential Oil Diffuser
This attractive essential oil diffuser is quiet, fragrant and has timers that can be set to turn the diffuser on and off. It also has several colorful light features, so it can be used as a nightlight in the dark.
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Qusleep Diamond Weighted Blanket
This grey weighted blanket is 48 inches by 72 inches in size and weighs 15 pounds. It has a diamond quilted pattern and provides comfortable, reassuring pressure in times of stress or anxiety.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GET Cities DC and tech diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) advocate April Christina Curley today announce the GET Hired: Virtual Career Fair as part of GET Cities' efforts to accelerate the representation of marginalized genders and races in the DC region's tech industry.
At the career fair, attendees will have the opportunity to attend company information sessions, learn more about open roles, submit their resumes for consideration by recruiters, and may be invited to participate in one-on-one interviews with tech employers from across the industry, including Mozilla and Somo Global.
"At Mozilla, we know how crucial it is that the gender and racial make-up of our internal teams reflects the diversity of the populations we serve. That's why we're very intentional about seeking out talent from historically underrepresented groups," says Matt Koidin, VP at Mozilla. "I'm glad we have the opportunity to attend this career fair, and look forward to meeting emerging and experienced tech professionals who are eager to take the next step in their career journey."
The GET Hired: Virtual Career Fair is free to attend and will be held on Monday, September 26th from 9am to 4pm EST. Women, transgender, and non-binary people, especially people of color, who are based out of the DC region are strongly encouraged to attend. Employers will be hiring for a mixture of remote, hybrid, and in-person opportunities.
Participants should come prepared with the most recent version of their resume and a brief description of the job they're hoping to land. Registration at the link below is required to attend.
"If tech employers are serious about increasing diversity in tech, they must commit to actively seeking diverse talent and show up to do the work in hiring them. We are giving companies a chance to put their money where their mouth is and tap into the incredible talent pool that GET Cities is offering and prove their commitment to tech equity," says April Christina Curley. "We want to make sure underrepresented groups have access to opportunities such as our hiring fair and look forward to having tech job seekers from historically marginalized gender identities, especially people of color, join us on Monday."
April worked as a DEI recruiter for Google for 6 years until she was terminated after speaking out about the company's discriminatory practices. But during her tenure at Google, she single-handedly recruited more Black and Latino/a talent than they had in their history. April has joined forces with GET Cities to help increase the number of women, trans, and non-binary people, and people of color recruited by tech employers.
This career fair is an essential component of GET Cities DC's ongoing GET Champions program, an nine-month initiative designed for forward-thinking tech leaders seeking to hire, retain, and deepen their support for women, transgender, and non-binary employees. The 2022 cohort consists of 13 Champions who hold executive leadership positions at their respective companies. As part of the program, participants are provided with virtual training on gender equity and impact measurement, one-on-one executive coaching, and invites to multiple hiring events where they are able to source underrepresented tech talent for their teams.
"The DC region is home to some of the most influential and innovative tech companies and sectors," says GET Cities DC Managing Director Ayanna Smith. "But if we continue to leave large segments of the population on the sidelines, our growth will inevitably be stalled. My hope is that this career fair will extend new opportunities to groups of people that have often been underestimated and underrepresented in the tech industry, moving us closer to a more equitable and diverse ecosystem in DC."
Registration is required to participate in this career fair. Attendees can register at https://www.getcities.org/gethired/.
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Visage is working with AWS to streamline and further accelerate access to imaging data with Amazon HealthLake Imaging
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visage Imaging, Inc. ("Visage"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX: PME), has announced it will offer an adapter to Amazon HealthLake Imaging, a new HIPAA-eligible capability from Amazon Web Services (AWS), now available in preview. Visage will be showcasing the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform, purpose-built and engineered for CloudPACS (cloudpacs.com™), at RSNA 2022 in Chicago, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, in its booth (#4319) in McCormick Place South Hall from Sunday, November 27 – Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
Visage already has a proven track record of successfully designing and deploying enterprise-scale cloud PACS solutions on AWS, to the most demanding academic institutions, integrated delivery networks, and outpatient imaging organizations. This move will further strengthen Visage's portfolio of Visage 7 cloud-based solutions to help healthcare institutions accelerate enterprise access to medical imaging.
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"With Amazon HealthLake Imaging, healthcare providers and their software partners can run medical imaging applications in the cloud, enabling easier access for clinicians, data sharing for AI/ML, and storage at lower cost," said Ashutosh Dhar, Medical Imaging Lead, World Wide Public Sector, AWS. "We are thrilled to continue working with Visage to further accelerate adoption of cloud-native solutions, advancing better patient outcomes through innovation in clinical workflows, research, and AI/ML model development."
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Giving hope and healing through community-based treatment
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FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Cancer Specialists is proud to announce that David Weintritt, MD, FACS, one of the nation's most innovative breast surgeons, is joining their community-based cancer treatment team.
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Weintritt says Virginia Cancer Specialists offers him the opportunity to practice in a holistic environment where all the needs of patients can be met through the resources Virginia Cancer Specialists has to offer.
"Nothing with cancer happens in a silo," Weintritt says. "Virginia Cancer Specialists offers the staff and resources to collaborate and develop surgical plans within a network of collaborative care. So, when there's a discussion about a patient, there's a widespread joint discussion of patient care."
"Dr. David Weintritt shares our vision of providing state-of-the-art multidisciplinary cancer care, and we are delighted to have him join our growing practice" said Elise Powers, Executive Director, Virginia Cancer Specialists. "With his focus on promising new surgical advancements in breast cancer treatment, Dr. Weintritt is a welcome addition to our breast cancer team as we seek to deliver the very best in integrated care to our breast patients."
Weintritt joins an accomplished and experienced team of physicians and medical professionals at Virginia Cancer Specialists.
Virginia Cancer Specialists recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of community-based cancer treatment, comprehensive and compassionate care.
Dr. Weintritt is a board-certified breast surgeon and completed his undergraduate and medical education at the University of Florida and surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in North Carolina. He then served in the United States Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base and worked with surgical oncologists at Walter Reed Army and Bethesda Naval Hospitals in offering sentinel node biopsy, a procedure that reduces breast cancer surgery risk, and is now standard of care. From there, he entered into private practice in Annapolis, MD, and as part of the hospital's comprehensive breast program, he gained experience in breast ultrasound and minimally invasive approaches for managing breast disease. In 2003, Dr. Weintritt moved his practice to Alexandria, VA, bringing new programs and breast surgery techniques to Northern Virginia. Dr. Weintritt has also been a faculty member of George Washington University Department of Surgery. In 2014 Dr. Weintritt founded the National Breast Center Foundation that continues supporting women by funding breast cancer screening and treatment for women in the DC region. Dr. Weintritt is a perineal Washingtonian Top Doctor chosen by his peers and continues to focus on clinical research and development of new breast cancer procedures.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) _ DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (DBRG) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter. The results met Wall Street expectations.
The Boca Raton, Florida-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $7.6 million, or 1 cent per share, in the period.
The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 1 cent per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $37.3 million, or 6 cents per share.
The provider of asset management services to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. posted revenue of $289.4 million in the period.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — San Diego Padres dynamo Fernando Tatis Jr., one of the brightest, freshest stars in all of Major League Baseball, was suspended 80 games on Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance and won’t play this season.
MLB said Tatis tested positive for Clostebol, an anabolic steroid. Tatis said he accidentally took a medication to treat ringworm that contained the banned substance.
The penalty imposed by MLB was effective immediately, meaning the All-Star shortstop — who had been out the entire season because of a broken wrist but was expected to return to the playoff contenders next week — cannot play in the majors until next year.
Tatis will miss the remaining 48 regular-season games this year. Any postseason games the Padres play would count toward the 80 that Tatis must sit out, and he’ll serve the rest of the suspension at the start of next season.
“Shocked everybody,” Padres star Manny Machado said after a 10-5 win over Washington.
The 23-year-old Tatis, who signed a $340 million, 14-year contract before the 2021 season, became one of the most prominent players ever penalized for performance-enhancing drugs, along with Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez. The penalty will cost Tatis about $2.9 million.
MLB said the suspension also will prevent Tatis from playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic next March.
“Obviously, everybody’s very disappointed. Somebody that from the organization’s standpoint we invested time and money into,” Padres general manager A.J. Preller said at Nationals Park, where San Diego played Washington.
Flashy at the plate and in the field, Tatis was an All-Star last season when he led the National League with 42 home runs. He was set to soon rejoin the Padres to boost a lineup that added star outfielder Juan Soto this month right before the trade deadline.
In a statement released by the players’ union, Tatis said he was “completely devastated” and apologized to Padres management, his teammates, MLB and “and fans everywhere for my mistake.”
“It turns out that I inadvertently took a medication to treat ringworm that contained Clostebol,” he said. “I should have used the resources available to me in order to ensure that no banned substances were in what I took. I failed to do so.”
“I have no excuse for my error, and I would never do anything to cheat or disrespect this game I love,” he said.
Tatis added that “after initially appealing the suspension, I have realized that my mistake was the cause of this result, and for that reason I have decided to start serving my suspension immediately. I look forward to rejoining my teammates on the field in 2023.”
Freddy Galvis and Dee Strange-Gordon are among the major leaguers previously suspended for using Clostebol, which can be used for ophthalmological and dermatological use. It is also banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and Olympic gold medal winning cross-country skier Therese Johaug was suspended in 2016 after testing positive for it.
Tatis was seventh player suspended this year under the major league drug program. Thirty-three have been suspended under the minor league drug program.
Players who test positive for PEDs are ineligible for the postseason that year.
Preller said he found out about the suspension late Friday afternoon. He said he hadn’t spoken yet to Tatis, but had seen his player’s statement.
“Again, that’s his story. I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about it yet. Ultimately that’s his explanation,” Preller said. “I think the biggest thing just from our standpoint, from a baseball standpoint, there’s a drug policy in place. He failed a drug screen. For whatever reason.”
“Ultimately, he’s suspended and can’t play. That’s the biggest thing. That’s a player’s responsibility to make sure he’s within compliance of that. He wasn’t. Ultimately supportive of that and want to make sure he understands that,” he said.
The son of a former big leaguer, Tatis made his MLB debut in 2019 and quickly became a smash hit on the field and with the fans. He has a career .965 OPS and has played shortstop and in the outfield.
Tatis became one of the biggest MLB players suspended for PEDs since testing with penalties started in 2004, joining Rodriguez (2014 season), Ramirez (50 games in 2009 and 100 games in 2011), Robinson Canó (80 games in 2018 and 2020 season) and Miguel Tejada (105 games in 2013).
Tatis had been on the injured list this season after breaking his left wrist — the accident is believed to have been in December in a motorcycle accident in the Domincan Republic. He had surgery in mid-March.
“I think we’re hoping that from the offseason to now there would be some maturity. Obviously with the news today it’s more of a pattern and something we’ve got to dig a little more into,” Preller said.
“I’m sure he’s very disappointed. At the end of the day, it’s one thing to say. You’ve got to start showing it with your actions,” he said.
Preller added: “I think what we need to get to is a point in time we trust (him). Over the course of the last six or seven months, that’s been something that we haven’t been really able to have there.”
“I think from our standpoint, obviously he’s a great talent, he’s a guy we have a lot of history with and do believe in, but these things only work when there’s trust both ways.”
On Aug. 6, Tatis began a minor rehabilitation assignment with Double-A San Antonio. He was 2 for 9 with a double and a triple in four games.
The Padres traded for Soto in hopes of making a run deep into October. They figured a roster that included Soto, Tatis and Machado could give them a better chance at the first World Series championship in team history — now, they’ll have to make that try without one of those key pieces.
“Hearing that he’s going to get suspended for 80 games and not be a part of what we’re trying to accomplish here is something you don’t want to hear before a game and don’t want to hear overall. It’s just a terrible thing,” Machado said.
“We were waiting to get him back and for him to be a sparkplug,” he said.
Added manager Bob Melvin: “This is a blow for us. … I’m glad we made the moves we did over the deadline.”
Tatis won’t be able to play in the WBC early next year. Dominican fans had been salivating at the prospect of seeing a bruising lineup that included Tatis, Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Rafael Devers and José Ramírez.
Tatis will forfeit $1,510,989 of his $5 million salary this year, covering the final 55 days and 48 games of the season. He will lose approximately $1.39 million of his $7 million salary for the first 32 games of next season, with the exact number to be determined by how many days he misses.
“There is nowhere else in the world I would rather be than on the field competing with my teammates,” Tatis said.
“I have taken countless drug tests throughout my professional career, including on March 29, 2022, all of which have returned negative results until this test,” he said.
The penalty was announced shortly before the Padres played Washington. San Diego began the day at 63-51 and holding the final of the three NL wild-card spots.
Preller said the team had about 15 minutes to talk about Tatis’ suspension before taking the field.
“We haven’t had (Tatis) for this season, so it’s not like we’ve had him in the lineup and now we won’t,” Preller said. “I think to a man all the guys in that clubhouse believe we can win. They know we can win. Never been about one player.”
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SYRACUSE, N.Y., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) invites you to participate in a conference call to discuss the Company's financial and operating performance during its second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Event: Earnings Conference Call – Second Quarter 2023
When: Monday, July 31, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
How: By conference call or from a simultaneous web cast
Access: Conference Call Dial-In: 1-833-630-0464
1-412-317-1809 – Outside the U.S. & Canada
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Mark E. Tryniski, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph E. Sutaris, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will provide an overview of second quarter 2023 results. They will be joined by Dimitar Karaivanov, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, for the question-and-answer session. The management presentation is typically approximately 15 minutes, followed by investor questions and discussion.
The company's results for the quarter will be released before the market opens on July 31, 2023 and will also be available in the "Investor Relations" section of the company's website at www.cbna.com.
The call will also be archived on the company's website for one year and can be accessed at any time and at no cost during this period.
About Community Bank System, Inc.
Community Bank System, Inc. operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Western Massachusetts through its banking subsidiary, Community Bank, N.A. With assets of over $15.2 billion, the DeWitt, N.Y. headquartered company is among the country's 125 largest banking institutions. In addition to a full range of retail, business, and municipal banking services, the Company offers comprehensive financial planning, insurance and wealth management services through its Community Bank Wealth Management Group and OneGroup NY, Inc. operating units. The Company's Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc. subsidiary is a leading provider of employee benefits administration, trust services, collective investment fund administration and actuarial consulting services to customers on a national scale. Community Bank System, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Company's stock trades under the symbol CBU. For more information about Community Bank visit www.cbna.com or https://ir.communitybanksystem.com.
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The average American spends about $1,300 a year on prescription medicines. The good news is that generic prescriptions can help your family to save a good deal of money, anywhere from 20% to 80%. In the last 10 years, generic and biosimilar medications have saved patients, employers and taxpayers over $2.6 trillion.
Now, Amazon has announced a new add-on for Prime members that will let them get unlimited generic prescriptions delivered for $5 a month. The retail giant’s RxPass has a prescription list that includes more than 50 common medications for allergies, high blood pressure, allergies, depression and other conditions. The service became available to Prime members in most states on Jan. 24.
John Love, vice president of Amazon Pharmacy, told Fierce Healthcare that RxPass will save the average consumer about $100 a year when compared to paying with cash or your insurance copay at your usual pharmacy.
“We think this is going to be super valuable for Americans who have a chronic condition or those who might be taking two to three medications,” he said. “With this specific offering, any eligible medications would all be for the single low flat fee of $5, and it’ll be delivered to their door.”
There are a few caveats. While 42 states currently permit the use of RxPass, states including California, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington currently restrict Amazon’s RXPass and similar programs — but you can still use Amazon’s Pharmacy services.
With Amazon Pharmacy, you can use your Prime account to get up to 80% off generic and 40% off brand-name medications. Pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, Costco, Meijer and Duane Reade accept Prime Rx savings. Click here to find a participating pharmacy near you.
RxPass is also not available to people who currently have Medicare or Medicaid, or other government benefits.
If you sign up for the RxPass mid-month or near the end of the month, your monthly payment will be prorated so you don’t have to worry about signing up exactly on the first of the month to get the most for your money.
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LAS VEGAS — It was drawn up as the feel-good homecoming. A kid from Brooklyn. Grew up rooting for the Knicks. On the day Obi Toppin was drafted, he posted a picture of himself as a child wearing a Latrell Sprewell jersey.
“Meant to be,” he captioned the photo.
Except, it wasn’t. If anything, Toppin’s tenure in New York was doomed from the start. And on Sunday, the power forward reflected on the disappointing stint while fixed on the better fit in Indiana.
“All I can do is just do whatever the coach is asking me to do,” Toppin said when asked if either side could’ve done anything differently to make it work. “Whether that’s being out on the floor, having great energy, doing whatever I need to do to help the team win. I didn’t get the minutes I wanted. But now it’s a fresh start. I’m here in Indy. I got to work for everything I want. And I’m super excited to start.”
As he did during his three seasons with the Knicks, Toppin took the high road on contentious topics. His comment of “I didn’t get the minutes I wanted” was only noteworthy because it wasn’t something he’d ever previously acknowledged publicly.
So was he frustrated?
“I’m not going to say it’s super frustrating. Things happen for a reason,” he responded Sunday.
What about the heated argument with coach Tom Thibodeau in the locker room after a Game 4 loss against Miami?
“I’m not worried about the past anymore,” Toppin said. “Or worrying about that.”
What about alleged audio of the incident leaking months later online?
“I ain’t really see anything,” he said. “I ain’t on social media like that.”
Toppin pivoted all these answers to his excitement about the Pacers, which is sound logic for a few reasons: In Indiana, unlike New York, he won’t be playing behind Julius Randle so there’s more opportunities for playing time; In Indiana, unlike New York, the team is built on Toppin’s strengths of playing fast; And in Indiana, unlike New York, there’s a chance to land a big contract as he approaches free agency in 2024.
“It’s no secret, everybody knows what I do best on the court,” Toppin said. “Run the floor, energy guy, and this is a young group who likes to run. One of the fastest, if not the fastest, teams in the league last year. And so yeah I’m super excited to get some leak out dunks. You know Tyrese [Haliburton] is going to pass it.”
The Knicks essentially salary-dumped Toppin in the trade while taking back second-round picks in 2028 and 2029. So it was a favor to Toppin to send him to Indiana, where a “fresh start” felt necessary.
“This is a fresh start for me,” he said. “It’s going to be great, just because it’s something new I’m going into.”
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Thanksgiving often serves up a feast of new family movies at the box office, but the Walt Disney Co.’s animated offering “ Strange World ” fizzled with audiences out of the gates. The production, which carried a reported $180 million budget, grossed just $18.6 million in ticket sales in its first five days and $11.9 million over the weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The top spot for the holiday corridor, which runs from Wednesday through Sunday, instead went to another Disney movie, Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which raked in an additional $64 million over the last five days, $45.9 million of which was from the weekend. The superhero sequel has reigned over the charts for three weekends now and has grossed $675.6 million worldwide.
It was a muted weekend despite a buffet of well-reviewed options, including the Korean War aviation drama “ Devotion,” the nationwide expansion of the Timothée Chalamet cannibal romance “ Bones and All ” and Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” also opened in 600 theaters nationwide for a weeklong limited run. It marks the first time a Netflix film has played in the nation’s major theater chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark, but neither Netflix nor the exhibitors provided sales estimates for the film, which won’t hit the streaming service until Dec. 23. The first “Knives Out,” which was released by Lionsgate, opened to $41.4 million over Thanksgiving weekend in 2019.
Between the “Glass Onion” mystery and the “Strange World” miss, it was a reminder that the exhibition business is still far from normal.
“This was not pre-destined to be a blockbuster Thanksgiving weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. He noted that the marketplace is still being impacted by the pandemic’s effects on Hollywood production and release schedules.
Disney has historically “owned” the Thanksgiving weekend. Walt Disney Studios and Pixar animated titles account for the top six Thanksgiving openings of all time, including films such as “Frozen,” which made $93.6 million in 2013, “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” which pulled in $84.8 million in 2018 and “Moana,” which earned $82.1 million when it opened in 2016. But it’s also been a difficult two years at the company, which last week stunned the industry when it announced that Bob Iger was returning to the company as CEO, replacing his handpicked successor Bob Chapek
“Strange World” opened in 4,714 locations on Wednesday, but it was clear from early preview showings that it was going to be slow going. On Friday, it earned only $5.2 million. “Wakanda Forever,” by contrast, made $18.2 million on Friday in 4,258 theaters and has been out for three weeks.
The animated adventure film’s debut is one of the bigger bombs in the modern history of the Disney Animation studio, similar to the $16 million 2002 Thanksgiving opening of “Treasure Planet.” “Strange World” was directed by Don Hall and Qui Nguyen and follows a family of explorers and features the voices of Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Gabrielle Union and Lucy Liu. Reviews have been mostly positive, with a 73% Rotten Tomatoes score.
A lack of new family oriented films over the past several weeks may have resulted in “muted” awareness for “Strange World,” according to Dergarabedian.
Third place went to “Devotion,” directed by JD Dillard and starring Jonathan Majors and Glenn Powel, which made $9 million in its first five days and $6 million over the weekend from 3,405 locations. The film was made by Black Label Media and distributed by Columbia Pictures in 3,405 locations. The war epic is based on the true story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in the history of the U.S. Navy, who along with his friend Tom Hudner were pivotal in turning the tide in one of the most brutal battles of the Korean War.
“ The Menu,” the satirical fine-dining thriller starring Ralph Feinnes and Anya Taylor-Joy, landed in fourth in its second weekend, with $7.4 million over the past five days and $5.2 million over the weekend. Fifth place went to “Black Adam.”
In sixth place for the weekend was Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” which is based on the filmmaker’s own family and teenage years. The Universal release expanded to 638 theaters, where it earned $3.1 million over five days and $2.2 million over the weekend.
United Artists Releasing rolled “Bones and All” out to 2,727 theaters, where it made an estimated $3.6 million over the five-day opening, with $2.2 million of that coming from the weekend. According to exit polls, some 74% of the audience was between the ages of 18 and 34. The R-rated film from Luca Guadagnino stars Chalamet and Taylor Russell as young cannibals on a road trip through the American Midwest.
In more limited releases, Elegance Bratton’s “The Inspection ” expanded to 32 screens and earned $103,033 over five days.
Overall ticket sales are expected to net out around $125 million. That would be down about 12% from last year, which boasted releases such as “Encanto,” which opened to $40.6 million even with a spiking COVID-19 variant. For movie theater owners, it places even more pressure on “Avatar: The Way of Water,” to deliver a big windfall to close out the year. It launches on Dec. 16.
“Usually Thanksgiving weekend is all about kids and families going to the theater. This year, it’s a heavy mix of films aimed at adults and that’s not a recipe for a box office feast in theaters,” Dergarabedian said. “But it’ll come back in a big way when Avatar opens.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore, with five-day Wednesday through Sunday in parentheses. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. ”Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” $45.9 million ($64 million).
2. “Strange World,” $11.9 million ($18.6 million).
3. “Devotion,” $6 million ($9 million).
4. “The Menu,” $5.2 million ($7.4 million).
5. “Black Adam,” $3.4 million.
6. “The Fabelmans,” $2.2 million ($3.1 million).
7. “Bones and All,” $2.2 million ($3.6 million).
8. “Ticket to Paradise,”$1.9 million ($2.6 million).
9. “The Chosen Season 3: Episode 1 &2,” $1.6 million.
10. “She Said,” $1.1 million ($1.5 million).
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READING, Pa. – The Berks County coroner has identified the 24-year-old man killed after a fire at a home on the 200 block of Schuylkill Avenue in Reading early Saturday morning.
Friends and family of Joshua Morganti, 24, say they are heartbroken and shocked after his death. They recall the moments after the fire broke out shortly after 4 a.m.
"I know for a fact that the reason he didn't make it out was because he was too busy trying to fight the fire," explained Julia Hettrick of Muhlenberg Township. "I'm numb."
Hettrick says Morganti is her youngest half-brother. She describes him as blunt, genuine and caring.
"He would have done anything to try to help anybody," Hettrick said.
Hettrick has a lot of questions about the cause of the fire: Were there working smoke detectors? Was the stove left on? Or was it something else entirely?
"Stories are everywhere," she said, "so I have no idea what is the truth and what's not."
At this time, officials have said firefighters pulled Morganti from the home, that flames threatened neighboring buildings and that the apartment home is currently unlivable.
"It's very devastating," said Aeolus Rivera of Reading. "I mean, I've been in this house before."
With tears in his eyes, Rivera saw the aftermath of the fire for the first time Tuesday afternoon. He says he and Morganti were best friends; they were so close they even planned to get matching tattoos.
"He was not just like a friend but like family of mine," explained Rivera.
Rivera described what he was told by the woman who lived in the apartment with Morganti: He said the second story filled with heavy smoke and the woman could not see Morganti. Rivera says the smoke inside the second story apartment got so bad the woman living inside had to escape. One window would not open. However, Rivera says she managed to get out of the other window and clung to the Dish.
"Physically, she is ok," explained Hettrick. "Mentally, she's just not there."
Friends and family say they are trying to heal.
"My heart is broken knowing I lost my best friend and a brother," Rivera added.
The fire marshal says fire remains under investigation.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Starting in July, a self-driving shuttle system will be a transportation option in some regions of metro Atlanta as the Cumberland Community Improvement District (CID) launches a new transportation project.
"We are always looking at innovative projects to help people move around the district," Executive Director at Cumberland CID Kim Menefee explained. "One of the major mobility projects we're working on right now is called the Cumberland Sweep."
The Cumberland Sweep is a three-mile, multi-mobile path designed to connect all major locations within the Cumberland area. The path will include a walking, cycling trail and the autonomous self-driving shuttle system.
The multi-mobile path will connect passengers to nine key destinations in Cumberland, such as The Battery Atlanta, Truist Park and Cumberland Mall.
Photos | Self-driving shuttles
The shuttle system is an eight-month pilot program, which is part of the Sweep project. It's meant to transport passengers short distances and will launch in late July, Menefee added.
The shuttles will have two routes: one route will be located on the I-285 pedestrian bridge connecting Cobb Galleria Center to The Battery and the other will offer transportation within the Galleria Office Park.
Members of the community who use the routes during the pilot period will be surveyed, Menefee pointed out. She said the shuttles are a way for the city to learn.
"Our goal with the pilot is really to learn, learn as much as we can about autonomous technology-- to build awareness of the Cumberland Sweep project," she said.
The pilot program will include one 10-passenger shuttle. An ambassador from the district will ride with passengers when the shuttle is in use.
The shuttle schedule will be based on when the area's services are the busiest and will be posted on Cumberland CID's website closer to the launch date.
"We hope people will come out and help us test this technology and give us their feedback. We'll be learning and we hope they will as well," Menefee said.
At this time, Menefee added the first segment of the Cumberland Sweep is fully funded. Cumberland CID expects to begin construction on the three-mile path in 2026.
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(KRON) — Save a senior Dog this holiday season! San Francisco animal rescue, Muttville, introduces us to some lovable pups waiting for their forever home. The Howl-o-Ween Adopt-a-thon kicks off October 29-30, 11AM to 3PM at 255 Alabama Street.
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NEW YORK (AP) —
Home Depot workers in Philadelphia have filed a petition with the federal labor board to form what could be the first store-wide union at the world’s largest home improvement retailer.
The petition, filed with the National Labor Relations Board this week, seeks to form a collective bargaining unit for 274 employees who work in merchandising, specialty and operations. The federal agency’s database shows no other attempts to form a store-wide union at the company, though a group of Home Depot drivers successfully unionized with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 2019.
Sara Gorman, a Home Depot spokesperson, said the company is aware of the filing and “we look forward to talking to our associates about their concerns.”
“While we will of course work through the NLRB process, we do not believe unionization is the best solution for our associates,” Gorman said in an email.
Vincent Quiles, a store employee who is leading the petition, said he delivered the petition with 103 workers’ signatures to the federal labor board Tuesday.
He said discontent with compensation and working conditions rose as employees felt strained during the pandemic.
Quiles, who makes $19.25 an hour in the receiving department, said he and other workers felt they could have benefited more from the record profits Home Depot made during the pandemic, as demand grew for home improvement projects. He pointed to two bonuses he received last year that amounted to less than $400.
Meanwhile, Quiles said his store felt perpetually understaffed, and employees were routinely asked to work in other departments with little training, sometimes angering customers when they could not provide the expertise expected of them.
“I would see corporate visits. They would say you’re doing a great job, you are so essential. You have to walk the walk. You can’t just come in here and say a bunch of nice things,” Quiles said. “This is a long shot but I think we can do this. This is just the beginning.”
Home Depot, based in Atlanta, employs about 500,000 people at its 2,316 stores in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Worker discontent has galvanized labor movements at several major companies in the U.S. in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sparked tensions over sick leave policies, scheduling, safety and other issues.
In a surprise victory, Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted in favor of unionizing in April, though similar efforts at other warehouses so far have been unsuccessful. At least 238 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize over the past year, according to the NLRB. Last week, rail workers won key concessions in a tentative agreement with rail companies that averted a potentially devastating shutdown of the nation’s freight trains.
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Jansen, Guerrero homer, Blue Jays beat Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Danny Jansen hit a three-run homer and a solo shot, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 on Tuesday night.
Kevin Gausman (4-3) threw six scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. He allowed four hits and beat the Cardinals for the first time in eight appearances.
Toronto split the two-game series and ended the Cardinals’ winning streak at four.
Jordan Hicks (1-4) pitched three-plus innings in his first career start against the Blue Jays. He allowed four runs on four hits with five walks.
Alejandro Kirk led off the fourth with a single and Matt Chapman walked before Jansen hit a 3-2 slider from Hicks off the foul pole in left to make it 4-0.
Jansen led off the seventh with a blast estimated at 427 feet for his fifth homer this season and third multi-homer game of his career.
The Blue Jays added three runs in the sixth. George Springer hit a sinking line drive to right field for a triple to score Raimel Tapia and chase reliever Nick Wittgren. A sacrifice fly drove home Springer.
Guerrero then greeted reliever Drew VerHagen with a homer to left. He had singled in the first inning to snap an 0-for-14 drought.
Rookie Brendan Donovan had an RBI single in the seventh for the Cardinals.
FACES IN THE CROWD
NHL great Wayne Gretzky sat with Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III in the owner’s box by the side of the St. Louis dugout. ... Hall of Famer Ted Simmons was at the game and was given a replica of the the bronze statue erected outside the stadium in 2021. The item will be given away as a promotion for Sunday’s game against Milwaukee.
GETTING ON BASE
Paul Goldschmidt walked in the first inning and has reached base safely in 30 consecutive games, the longest streak in the majors this season. It’s the longest on-base streak by a Cardinal since Matt Carpenter reached in 35 games from July 8-Aug. 17, 2018. Goldschmidt singled in the third to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: Open a four-game series at the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night with Hyun Jin Ryu (1-0, 6.00) likely to start.
Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (5-3, 2.87) starts the opener of a home series against Milwaukee on Thursday night. He is 20-13 against the Brewers, his second-most wins against any opponent, trailing Pittsburgh (23).
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Strong flu season causing medication supply problems for local pharmacies
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The flu season is in full swing, combining with COVID-19 and RSV for a winter season filled with climbing respiratory disease numbers, sweeping the United States, as the Center for Disease Control reports over six million reported cases of influenza. In Wisconsin, DHS is tracking a rising trend in flu cases across the state.
“Right now, we’re seeing a lot of concern about that triple threat of viruses that are going around,” said the communications coordinator for Public Health Madison and Dane County, Morgan Finke. “The encouraging news from the CDC is that the influenza vaccine this season is a very good match for the flu strains going around.”
Finke says one of the best defenses against the high number of respiratory illnesses is getting updated vaccines. But demand for not just shots but various medical needs keeps area pharmacies busy.
“We’ve been booked out probably two or three weeks out for vaccines right now,” said Mount Horeb Family Pharmacy co-owner Jennifer Weiland.
According to DHS’ weekly respiratory virus surveillance report, influenza PCR test results topped 5,000 positive tests at the end of November, starkly contrasting to the under 1,000 positive case number reported at the end of October. The demand means places like Mount Horeb Family Pharmacy is now seeing roughly 300 people a day for shots and prescriptions, a number Weiland says is triple what the pharmacy has seen in prior winters.
“We’ve definitely seen an uptick. There’s a lot of supply chain issues, a lot of things out of stock,” said Weiland.
Weiland adds the need for medicine is exacerbating supply chain issues, causing back orders and delays for crucial medication.
“If you look at a pharmacy and talk about the top 200 drugs, use that as just your baseline; these are the very popular, common things that people need,” said Weiland. “Out of those top 200 drugs, there are about 25 on backorder right now, which means it may be weeks or months before I can get that in things as common as amoxicillin.”
Another thing putting strain on a supply chain under duress the past few years is staffing shortages at other pharmacies. When other pharmacies cannot keep their doors open consistently due to staffing, Weiland says people go elsewhere, putting more strain on the resources at places like Mount Horeb Family Pharmacy.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that state courts can keep juror identities secret, rejecting a challenge from a southern Arizona journalist who argued that the right to observe trials included access to the names of jurors who decide the fate of people charged with crimes.
The unanimous ruling written by Vice Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer turned away arguments made by attorneys for the publisher of the Cochise County Record that withholding identities during the jury selection process without a compelling reason violated the First Amendment.
The decision continues an ongoing movement in some American courts toward allowing the identities of jurors who have traditionally been named to be kept secret. A media group that filed a friend of the court brief said that routinely keeping juror identities secret would undermine the media's ability to play its watchdog role.
But Timmer wrote that while the First Amendment implicitly guarantees the right of the public and press to view criminal trials, it does not extend to all “confidential” information.
Weighing whether that right attaches to media access to the names of individual jurors requires a review of whether they have historically been available, Timmer wrote, and “whether public access plays a significant positive role in the functioning of the particular process in question."
Timmer concluded that while juror names have generally been public across the nation, providing them would not create a more fair process, and might even imperil jury integrity.
“Accessing jurors’ names would not significantly add to the public’s ability to assure itself that voir dire is fairly conducted or to check the courts in disregarding established standards for jury selection,” Timmer wrote.
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press had urged the high court to require juror names be made available except in unusual cases, saying that doing otherwise would limit the ability of the public and press to scrutinize the judicial process.
“The benefits of an open and transparent court system — guarding against the miscarriage of justice, assuring that proceedings are fair and discouraging decisions based on bias — are undermined when the public cannot tell who exercises the jury power,” the committee's filing said.
Attorneys with the Arizona Attorney General's office argued that revealing juror names would not help the selection process and that disclosing them would expose jurors to the risk of danger and embarrassment.
The Supreme Court case was brought by David Morgan, who runs the Cochise County Record, a website focused on public documents from local police and the courts. He and a second journalist appealed after a judge sealed jury names in two cases without giving any explanation, but only Morgan pursued the case all the way to the Arizona's highest court.
Morgan said he expected the loss, given questions from the seven justices during argument in April. But he noted that the court did not say juror names could never be released and that jurors themselves can identify themselves.
“This was focused on voir dire,” Morgan said. “This didn't say forever.”
Timmer noted that judges have the discretion to release juror names, and that if a court denies access, “a best practice would be to explain its reasoning on the record.”
Cochise County courts use secret juries in all criminal trials, and Arizona law says that lists of juror names or other juror information shall not be released unless specifically required by law or ordered by the court.
Justice Clint Bolick wrote a brief concurring opinion noting that the privacy provision in Arizona’s constitution provides “a compelling interest in enforcing (the juror secrecy law) to protect juror privacy.”
Juror names across the U.S. were generally open until the late 1970s, when courts began seating anonymous juries in selected cases involving drug kingpins and mafia bosses, and the list has grown steadily to include many high profile cases.
Last year, a judge in Minnesota said he would keep the names of jurors who convicted former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin of George Floyd's murder secret until he deemed it safe to release their names.
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Court reinstates Indiana’s abortion burial, cremation law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated an Indiana law adopted in 2016 that requires abortion clinics to either bury or cremate fetal remains.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling released Monday overturns an Indiana judge’s decision in September that the law infringed upon the religious and free speech rights of people who do not believe aborted fetuses deserve the same treatment as deceased people.
The appeals court cited a 2019 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the fetal remains provisions of the law signed by then-Gov. Mike Pence and that the state had a legitimate interest in how those remains are disposed.
“Indiana does not require any woman who has obtained an abortion to violate any belief, religious or secular,” the appeals court ruling said. “The cremate-or-bury directive applies only to hospitals and clinics.”
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved an abortion ban law over the summer, but abortions have been allowed to continue after a judge sided with abortion clinic operators who argue the ban violates the state constitution. The state Supreme Court is scheduled in January to hear arguments in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit against the fetal remains law was filed in 2020 on behalf of the Women’s Med Group abortion clinic in Indianapolis, its owner, two nurse practitioners who work at the clinic and three women.
Attorneys for the group didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment Tuesday.
The group’s lawsuit argued Indiana’s requirements caused both abortion and miscarriage patients “shame, stigma, anguish, and anger” because they “send the unmistakable message that someone who has had an abortion or miscarriage is responsible for the death of a person.”
Republican state Attorney General Todd Rokita praised the court’s ruling as recognizing the fetal remains as more than medical waste.
“They are human beings who deserve the dignity of cremation or burial,” Rokita said in a statement. “The appellate court’s decision is a win for basic decency.”
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California is these days taking into account a ban on the sale and production of meals merchandise containing 5 not unusual components, together with titanium dioxide, crimson dye No. 3, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, and propylparaben. The proposed regulation, referred to as California Assembly Bill 418, would make it unlawful for somebody or entity to fabricate or promote any meals product containing those chemicals. Violators would face fines of as much as $5,000 for his or her first offense and $10,000 for any next offenses. The invoice, which was once presented by way of California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, has handed two meeting committees as of April 28, however it isn’t but regulation. If the invoice passes, it could make California the primary U.S. state to ban those 5 meals components, with the ban set to take impact on Jan. 1, 2025.
While some well being mavens have categorised titanium dioxide as a possible carcinogen, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains that it’s secure to be used in meals or meals coloring so long as it does now not exceed 1% of the entire weight of the meals. Red dye No. 3 is FDA-approved to be used in meals however was once banned from cosmetics and other restricted makes use of in the U.S. since 1990 based totally on a possible link to most cancers in animals. Brominated vegetable oil is permitted in small quantities by way of the FDA however has been related to well being issues equivalent to pores and skin inflammation and reminiscence loss when fed on in over the top quantities. Likewise, whilst potassium bromate is FDA-regulated as a meals additive, it’s been proven to reason most cancers in rodents when fed on in important doses, resulting in issues about its protection in people. Propylparaben, a not unusual preservative used in cosmetics, prescribed drugs, and meals and drinks, has been discovered in the breast tissue of a few breast most cancers sufferers, however its results on human well being are nonetheless being studied.
The VERIFY staff confirms that California Assembly Bill 418 would certainly ban those 5 meals components, together with the ones discovered in in style foods like Skittles and low creamer. However, the invoice has now not but change into regulation and would want to move via a number of extra committees ahead of being signed into regulation by way of Governor Gavin Newsom.
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The Supreme Court has left in place, for now, access to an abortion pill. A new NPR study shows the original lower court decision to ban mifepristone, is far out of step with American public opinion.
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The Supreme Court has left in place, for now, access to an abortion pill. A new NPR study shows the original lower court decision to ban mifepristone, is far out of step with American public opinion.
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JFD wants inclusion in CCID Funding amid expansion talks
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A bill to expand the Capitol Complex Improvement District is circulating in the House. It is prompting other Jackson agencies in the district who say they are being left out to request funding allocations.
The talks of expanding the Capitol Complex Improvement District are urging Jackson’s Fire Chief to request that his department be included in the resources of public safety in the district. But some lawmakers say it’s unlikely with the current climate at the Capitol.
JFD Chief Willie Owens wants his department to be included in the Capitol Complex Improvement District funding because he says his agency responds to fires in the district.
House Bill 1020 would expand the CCID to more than 26 square miles. According to Owens, that would take in more fire stations that need equipment and manpower.
“The funding should come for public safety, and it’s my understanding that the police officers have gotten some of the funding from the CCI District, and firefighters haven’t gotten anything,” said the department chief.
Senator John Horhn (D), one of the lawmakers in talks with Owens, opposes the expansion. He’s not optimistic that the fire department would see any funding.
“Right now, we’re in probably what I think is the most toxic environment I’ve ever seen as it relates to the Mississippi legislature and their relationship with the City of Jackson,” said Hohrn. “They’re eligible for expenditures. The question is whether their resources are enough that they can get a piece of the pie along with everything CCID is doing.”
While lawmakers are also discussing a separate judicial district within the CCID and a size increase, Owens said firefighters are not limited to working in the district but are dispatched across the city as needed.
About six percent of funding is diverted from the General Fund and allocated to the CCID. Public Safety is included in the eligible expenditure items.
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Fisker Inc., the second EV startup from renowned automotive designer Henrik Fisker, started production of its first model in November, the 2023 Ocean compact crossover. The company has more products in the pipeline, though, one of which will be a high-performance convertible Fisker claims will exist in a segment of its own.
The convertible, called the Ronin, will be a grand tourer with four seats and four doors. The concept is similar to the G4 convertible shown in 2016 by Japanese EV startup Green Lord Motors. That car hasn’t entered production.
Teaser sketches posted to Fisker’s website hint at a design inspired by the lines of the Ocean crossover, as well as Fisker’s EMotion sedan concept from a few years ago.
Fisker previously hinted at a range of more than 550 miles and a price tag starting below $200,000 for the Ronin.
The convertible is one of at least two limited-production models being worked on at the U.K.-based Fisker Magic Works special projects division established in 2021. The other is rumored to be a high-end SUV.
Fisker previously said a concept for the Ronin will be rolled out in August 2023. Production is slated to begin the following year, though delays are a real possibility in the current environment.
Before the arrival of the Ronin, Fisker will launch a mass-market vehicle dubbed the Pear. It will be a compact model blending crossover and hatchback cues, and Fisker plans to build it in the U.S. Production will be outsourced to contract manufacturer Foxconn, which earlier this year acquired a former GM plant in Ohio from EV startup Lordstown. Foxconn is already building Endurance pickup trucks for Lordstown at the plant.
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing at least nine policemen and wounding seven, officials said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place on a bridge in the district of Sibi in Baluchistan province, but Baluch separatists and local militants have been blamed for previous such attacks.
Mahmood Notenzai, a local police chief, said the officers were on a routine patrol when the attack happened. The casualties have been taken to a nearby hospital, he added. Sibi is located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) east of Quetta, the provincial capital.
Baluchistan has long struggled with a low-level insurgency by the Baluchistan Liberation Army and other small separatist groups demanding independence from the central government in Islamabad.
Authorities claim to have quelled the insurgency but violence has persisted. The province has also seen attacks by militants from both the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State group.
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HEFEI, China, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungrow, the global leading inverter, and energy storage system solution supplier, announced the Company's initiative of the Sungrow Volunteer Week during its 25th-anniversary ceremony last week. Hundreds of volunteers joined this initiative with diverse activities, showing volunteerism and contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact.
The Volunteer Week took place from November 29th to December 5th this year, attracting volunteers from three countries and six cities worldwide -- Munich, San Francisco, Phoenix, and China's Hefei, Beijing, and Shanghai. Focusing on the ecological landscape, the activities included park clean-up, vegan nutrition, community renovation, canvas shoe painting, etc.
These seemingly small activities mean a lot for the greater outcome. For instance, the volunteer's hand-painted shoes specifically provide for children from poverty-stricken families in the rural area; cleaning the park with families and friends to make the planet a better place to live; promoting a vegan diet to reduce carbon emissions caused by meat.
"Eating a vegan diet means 2.5 times fewer carbon emissions than a meat diet. I'm glad to participate in vegan week, and learn a new way to go green with plant-based diets," said Robert, a volunteer who joined the campaign from Munich, Germany.
"It's a nice journey to join the park cleaning volunteer campaign," said Naveed, a volunteer from San Fransico, the USA. "I'm proud to keep our trails cleaner, our parks cleaner and safer so that parkgoers can have a more enjoyable experience," commented Mark, another volunteer from Phoenix.
As a dedicated member of the UN Global Compact, Sungrow is poised to carry out more activities to be in line with SDGs. Sungrow Volunteer Week is expected to be a long-term activity to be organized from November 29th to December 5th every year, bringing together volunteers from around the world to drive changes in communities and societies.
About Sungrow
Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. ("Sungrow") is the world's most bankable inverter brand with over 269 GW installed worldwide as of June 2022. Founded in 1997 by Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow is a leader in the research and development of solar inverters with the largest dedicated R&D team in the industry and a broad product portfolio offering PV inverter solutions and energy storage systems for utility-scale, commercial & industrial, and residential applications, as well as internationally recognized floating PV plant solutions, NEV driving solutions, EV charging solutions and renewable hydrogen production systems. With a strong 25-year track record in the PV space, Sungrow products power over 150 countries worldwide. Learn more about Sungrow by visiting www.sungrowpower.com.
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Single father Billy Price was already struggling to make ends meet before someone broke into his Michigan storage unit, stole his identity and ruined his credit.
Price filed a police report, and then tweeted about it to Bill Pulte, a multimillionaire who he’d heard uses Twitter to give money to those in need.
“They took nearly everything, including everything that my grandpa gave me before he passed,” Price tweeted last month, only to be met with silence. “On top of that we’re about to be homeless, it’s like the weight of the world. Please help us.”
Price, 35, recently moved from Illinois to Michigan to maintain joint custody of his 5-year-old son Maddox. Price is living at an extended stay Kalamazoo hotel while he searches for a place to live, but he’s worried that between his bad credit, his dwindling savings and his lack of employment he won’t qualify for anywhere that isn’t a “slum.”
“I really don’t want that for my son,” said Price, who lost his landscaping job during the pandemic and has relied on odd construction jobs and day-trading cryptocurrency to make money over the past year.
Practically every minute of every hour, someone sends a tweet to Pulte, a 33-year-old private-equity investor and heir to the mammoth PulteGroup homebuilding company.
A grieving mother needs $800 to retrieve her young daughter’s ashes. A Texas man needs help paying off more than $60,000 in credit card debt. A family of four is about to lose its house.
People send photos of their eviction notices, tearful videos of their empty refrigerators, screenshots of the paltry sums they have in their bank accounts.
And, nearly every day, Pulte responds. He gave $500 to a man who sent a video of his missing teeth. He gave $125 for a woman to pay for gas so she could make the long drive to her brother’s funeral.
It’s all part of what Pulte calls “Twitter philanthropy” – a concept of direct giving in which Pulte and others offer immediate financial support to a tiny percentage of the thousands who reach out every day over social media.
“I call them hand-ups, not handouts,” said Pulte, who has grand visions of disrupting the traditional philanthropy model by using social media to help form an online army of donors to help people in crisis.
For Timi Gerson, vice president and chief content officer at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Pulte’s generosity is laudable, but she said it’s turned into a “grotesque Hunger Games” in which desperate people compete to get noticed while struggling to survive in a “broken system” that has “deeply unequal access to health care and housing and services.”
Online direct giving is nothing new – for years, people have used sites like GoFundMe to get money for medical expenses, funeral costs and other unforeseen bills.
But Pulte’s approach is nearly instantaneous. Within seconds, on a whim, he can send a follower life-changing money: his largest single donation so far is $50,000, according to his records of the more than $1.2 million he has spread among more than 2,200 followers over the past three years. In that time, his follower count has skyrocketed from around 35,000 to 3.2 million.
Gerson appreciates the “immediacy and the transparency” of Pulte’s approach but she said it’s ultimately far too little to achieve meaningful change, comparing the situation to the old tale of the Dutch boy who kept his finger in a leaking dike to try to prevent his town from flooding.
“Endless fingers in the dike aren’t going to solve anything if the dam wall is crumbling. You’ve got to fix the structure,” Gerson said. “If you want to effectively solve the deeper problem, you’ve got to fund groups and organizations that are looking at things systemically.”
Pulte agrees that systemic change is needed, but bristles at the notion that government and giving to large philanthropic organizations is the answer, saying such approaches come with large overheard costs, as well as “corruption, fraud and abuse.” The very fact that so many people are reaching out to him is proof that not enough action is being taken, he said.
“Government should be doing it,” Pulte told the Associated Press. “But in the absence of government, we have to step up and help people who are dying of cancer, who can’t afford their diabetes insulin pump, who don’t have teeth.”
And it isn’t always Pulte who is fronting all the money. He also works with TeamGiving.com to promote causes – often medical procedures – that his own followers, members of #TeamPulte, can rally behind and chip in to help.
In the long term, Pulte said he is trying to build a huge network of donors in which the TeamGiving community can vote on where to aim funds.
“I think that that in many ways could be just as good, if not better than Social Security or Medicaid,” Pulte said, although he admits, “I haven’t figured that out yet.”
“The biggest thing I want to solve is how do I make it a movement that’s sustainable beyond me? Because I’m just one person. I’m just one millionaire. I’m not able to solve all the issues.”
One person Pulte has helped is Callie Coppage, a 32-year-old single mother who tweeted a photo of herself and her infant son to Pulte on Feb. 27, saying she had just left an abusive relationship and needed support for her two kids.
The next day, as she was braiding hair inside her home, $7,000 suddenly arrived from Pulte via Cash App.
“It felt like I had a godparent who had just swooped in and helped my life get back on track, saying, ‘Here, I’m going to look out for you,’” she told the AP.
Coppage said she immediately put the $7,000 to use, paying off insurance bills, buying a better car – she said her ex took her old one – as well as new car seats and shoes for her kids.
But as overjoyed as she was to receive the money, Coppage said she also was greeted by the dark side of Twitter philanthropy. Her Cash App was immediately inundated with messages from strangers requesting money — an experience that Coppage said made her empathize with Pulte.
“There was a point where I kind of felt a little bit greedy because I wanted to help, but, knowing my circumstance, $7,000 was just the perfect amount that I needed – it wasn’t as if I’d won $1 million. And then how do you even choose?”
Pulte said a few volunteers help him sort through the countless requests he gets each day.
He admits that some of the recipients are probably scammers, but says he and his team work to try to ensure that he’s sending money to people who really need it.
“We’ve gotten a lot better at understanding who is for real and who is not,” said Pulte, who said a traditional charity might spend 20% or 30% on overhead. “If we help 90% of people and 10% of them are scams, I’ll take those odds any day.”
For Price, he continues to regularly tweet his story to Pulte, even though the only responses he ever receives are from scammers trying to trick him into revealing his bank information. He’s also applied for various government housing loans — he says there’s a huge waiting list — and started a GoFundMe page, though that too has yet to gain traction.
“My focus has been on getting out of this struggle,” Price said. “And when all of your focus goes to that, you know, how can you enjoy your life? That’s not a life you want to live.”
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SAN DIEGO, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION
TO: ALL PERSONS WHO PURCHASED CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. ("CPI" OR THE "COMPANY") COMMON STOCK DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 22, 2018 THROUGH FEBRUARY 14, 2020, INCLUSIVE, INCLUDING PURCHASERS OF CPI COMMON STOCK PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO CPI'S OFFERING CONDUCTED ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 17, 2018 ("CLASS" OR "CLASS MEMBERS")
THIS NOTICE WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE COURT. IT IS NOT A LAWYER SOLICITATION. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a hearing will be held via teleconference on September 9, 2022 at 11:15 a.m., before the Honorable Cheryl L. Pollak, to determine whether: (1) the proposed settlement (the "Settlement") of the above-captioned actions as set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement ("Stipulation")1 for $3,600,000 in cash should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (2) the Judgment as provided under the Stipulation should be entered dismissing the Litigation with prejudice; (3) to award Lead Counsel attorneys' fees and expenses out of the Settlement Fund (as defined in the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action ("Notice"), which is discussed below) and, if so, in what amount; and (4) the Plan of Allocation should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate.
In order to determine whether the date and time of the Settlement Hearing have changed, it is important that you monitor the Court's docket and the Settlement website, www.CPIAerostructuresSecuritiesSettlement.com, before making any plans to attend the Settlement Hearing. Any and all updates regarding the Settlement Hearing, including any changes to the date or time of the hearing, will be posted to the Settlement website, www.CPIAeroStructuresSecuritiesSettlement.com. Also, the information for accessing the conference is posted to the Settlement website, www.CPIAeroStructuresSecuritiesSettlement.com.
IF YOU PURCHASED CPI COMMON STOCK BETWEEN MARCH 22, 2018 THROUGH FEBRUARY 14, 2020, INCLUSIVE, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS LITIGATION.
To share in the distribution of the Settlement Fund, you must establish your rights by submitting a Proof of Claim and Release form ("Proof of Claim") by mail (postmarked no later than September 26, 2022) or electronically (no later than September 26, 2022). Your failure to submit your Proof of Claim by September 26, 2022, will subject your claim to rejection and preclude your receiving any of the recovery in connection with the Settlement of this Litigation. If you purchased CPI common stock between March 22, 2018 through February 14, 2020, inclusive, and do not request exclusion from the Class, you will be bound by the Settlement and any judgment and release entered in the Litigation, including, but not limited to, the Judgment, whether or not you submit a Proof of Claim.
If you have not received a copy of the Notice, which more completely describes the Settlement and your rights thereunder (including your right to object to the Settlement), and a Proof of Claim, you may obtain these documents, as well as a copy of the Stipulation (which, among other things, contains definitions for the defined terms used in this Summary Notice) and other Settlement documents, online at www.CPIAeroStructuresSecuritiesSettlement.com, or by writing to:
CPI AeroStructures Securities Settlement
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 173056
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Inquiries should NOT be directed to Defendants, the Court, or the Clerk of the Court.
Inquiries, other than requests for the Notice or for a Proof of Claim, may be made to Lead Counsel:
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A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S.
Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at the small religious grade school about Kenya, where she works on missions, when she drove out of the parking lot looking for a Starbucks. Moments later, the shooter entered the school and opened fire, killing three children and three adults.
After she received a text alerting her to the attack, Grayson took to Facebook to post about what she experienced, writing, “WHY ARE OUR CHILDREN BEING MASSACRED IN THEIR SCHOOLS?!”
If a mass shooting is defined as resulting in the death of four or more people, not including the perpetrator, 175 people have died in 15 such events connected to U.S. schools and colleges since 1999.
The horror of what happened had Grayson rattled hours later.
“It’s a weird feeling, knowing that just if it had happened just moments earlier, one, we might have been victims ourselves, and two, maybe I would have been there to offer immediate care,” she said.
In her post, Grayson wrote that she has operated on a school shooting victim. But, she says, she has never felt as close to the violence as she did this time.
“It’s different when you receive a patient at the hospital. I’m on my turf. I have all my skills and or tools with me and all of the team and everything,” she said. “That is definitely different than what we experienced today.”
Grayson notes that even those who survived Monday's violence will be forever changed. She says the U.S. is laying the burden of gun violence at the feet of children.
“Physically in the children that died, but also all of the children that were there today," she said. ”The counseling that’s going to be required and the way that this is going to affect their lives forever."
Grayson wrote on Facebook that the kids were great and learned about Kenya, some Swahili words and what it means to be a missionary.
Later, when an initial death toll came out, she posted an update: “3 children are confirmed dead. 3 children who learned the word ‘Jambo’ this morning from us in chapel,” she wrote, using the Swahili greeting. “3 children who didn’t have to die. Lord be with us. Lord, be with us.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors called their first witness to the stand Tuesday and began building their case that former Trump adviser Steve Bannon willfully ignored a congressional subpoena in open defiance of the U.S. government.
Bannon, a longtime adviser and strategist for former President Donald Trump, was brought to trial on a pair of federal charges for criminal contempt of Congress after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Under questioning Tuesday from Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Vaughn, Kristin Amerling, the chief counsel for the Jan. 6 committee, went through a detailed explanation of the committee’s role, the Bannon subpoena and why the panel felt it was important to compel his testimony. Amerling said Bannon’s public statements leading up to the riot “suggested he might have some advanced knowledge of the events of Jan. 6.”
Amerling said there were multiple indications that Bannon “might have had some discussions with individuals in the White House, including the president.” The day’s session ended with Amerling being questioned by the prosecution. The trial was scheduled to resume Wednesday morning.
In her opening statement, Vaughn told jurors that the subpoena issued to Bannon by the committee investigating the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the events leading up to the Capitol insurrection “wasn’t optional. It wasn’t a request, and it wasn’t an invitation. It was mandatory.” She added: “The defendant’s failure to comply was deliberate. It wasn’t an accident, it wasn’t a mistake. It was a choice.”
Bannon’s lawyers argued that the charges against him were politically motivated and that Bannon was engaged in good-faith negotiations with the congressional committee when he was charged.
“No one ignored the subpoena,” defense lawyer Evan Corcoran told the jury.
In reality, Corcoran said, one of Bannon’s previous lawyers, Robert Costello, contacted an attorney for the House committee to express some of Bannon’s concerns about testifying.
“They did what two lawyers do. They negotiated,” Corcoran said, adding that Bannon and his legal team believed “the dates of the subpoena were not fixed; they were flexible.”
An unofficial adviser to Trump at the time of the Capitol attack, Bannon was charged with defying a subpoena that sought his records and testimony. He was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received a congressional referral. Upon conviction, each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, had previously ruled that major elements of Bannon’s planned defense were irrelevant and could not be introduced in court. He ruled last week that Bannon could not claim he believed he was covered by executive privilege or that he was acting on the advice of his lawyers.
Outside the courthouse, Bannon launched into an extended rant against the committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, and the committee hearing, calling it “a show trial.” He also repeated the discredited claim that Trump won the 2020 election and called President Joe Biden illegitimate. But he did not criticize his trial or Nichols.
Bannon, 68, was one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts refusing to testify before the committee. He had argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch.
Trump has repeatedly asserted executive privilege — even though he’s not a current president — to try to block witness testimony and the release of White House documents. The Supreme Court in January ruled against Trump’s efforts to stop the National Archives from cooperating with the committee after a lower court judge — Tanya S. Chutkan — noted, in part, “Presidents are not kings.”
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Storms could spawn major tornadoes, floods in several states
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters warned of the potential for strong tornadoes that could stay on the ground for long distances in parts of the South on Tuesday, as well as flooding rains and hail the size of tennis balls.
More than 25 million people will be at risk as Tuesday’s potent storm system moves across a region stretching from east Texas to Indiana and Georgia. The national Storm Prediction Center said in its latest storm outlook that affected cities could include New Orleans; Memphis and Nashville in Tennessee; and Birmingham, Alabama.
Parts of Louisiana and Mississippi will be at the highest risk for strong storms Tuesday afternoon and evening, with the possibility of severe weather continuing into Wednesday and moving into Alabama.
It’s rare that federal forecasters warn of major tornadoes with the potential for carving damages across long distances, but they are doing so in Tuesday’s forecasts.
“Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms -- some capable of long-tracked tornadoes with EF3+ damage potential -- will be possible this afternoon into tonight over parts of the lower Mississippi Valley region and Mid-South,” the Norman, Oklahoma-based Storm Prediction Center said.
Tornadoes with an EF3 rating on the Enhanced Fujita tornado scale can produce wind gusts of up to 165 mph (266 kph).
Flood watches were issued Tuesday for parts of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama, where 3 to 5 inches of rain (8 to 13 centimeters) could lead to flash flooding, the National Weather Service said.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urged residents to have multiple ways of receiving weather alerts and know in advance where to go to stay safe. The agency also urged people to take pictures of their homes before severe weather strikes. “These photos can be used for insurance purposes and/or possible assistance if your home is damaged in the storm,” the agency said on Twitter.
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In the seven years that it has been around, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature bankruptcy reform has failed to live up to its billing.
It shouldn’t be. Creditors’ recovery rates on soured advances have been low for the past couple of years — and they’re falling. Liquidations are the most common result of the bankruptcy tribunal’s proceedings, which are taking more than twice as long as the 270 days envisaged originally. When the credit cycle turns, state-run lenders may once again run crying back to taxpayers for capital. The court won’t give them back much.
In a country where savings are in short supply, the priority was always to prevent productive capital from going to waste in unviable projects. Some high-profile resolutions of defaulted steel-plant loans raised creditors’ hopes, but rampant gaming of the legal process by vested interests is dashing them.
Which is why the bankruptcy protection sought by Go Airlines India Ltd., a cash-strapped carrier controlled by the Mumbai-based Wadia Group, is so crucial. The franchise temporarily shut down earlier this month. If the court can’t quickly revive Go First, as the brand is now known, the risk is that it will be grounded forever, like Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. in 2012 and Jet Airways India Ltd. in 2019. The domestic aviation market will become even more of a duopoly than it already is.
But rescuing Go First could be seen as bailing out the billionaire Nusli Wadia by inflicting losses on SMBC Aviation Capital, ACG Aircraft Leasing Ireland Ltd., and other aircraft lessors. SMBC, which claims to have ended its lease before Go First’s filing, wants to take its jets away. The bankruptcy protection, the lessors have alleged, is a “fraudulent exercise.” On Monday, the appellate authority rejected their challenge: They need to approach the tribunal to repossess the planes with expired leases, or go to the apex court.
It’s a complicated bankruptcy. About half of Go First’s Airbus fleet has been incapacitated by failures of Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney engines. The airline has claimed 74 billion rupees ($894 million) in compensation. A Singapore-based arbitration panel has asked Pratt & Whitney to “immediately begin making reasonable efforts” to locate suitable spares. The engine-maker has said that it will honor the award. But since it hasn’t supplied the first batch of 10 engines that the tribunal asked it to try to deliver by April 27, Go First filed for bankruptcy. Or that’s the Indian company’s version of events, according to its May 2 filing.
But those nuances are irrelevant for Go First creditors: Regardless of whether the airline was incompetent, undercapitalized or unlucky, its shareholders must pay a price before the lenders and lessors are asked to make sacrifices.
That’s where India has been a disappointment. In only 6% of instances, debtors trigger bankruptcies. And the recovery rate for creditors in such cases that ultimately do get resolved is just 18%. Lenders are far more comfortable when they themselves drag firms to the insolvency tribunal. Although still low by global standards, the recovery rate in resolutions initiated by financial creditors is almost twice at high at 34%, according to India Ratings & Research, a unit of Fitch Group. Two years ago, this figure was 45%.
What will be the fate of Go First? Air travel has come back as suddenly as it was halted by Covid-19, and Pratt & Whitney has a queue of customers to service. But assuming that the engine-maker would eventually get around to delivering 10 spares a month to Go First until December, as it has been directed to do by the Singapore arbitrator, this airline can fly again.
But it should return as an operation that can sustain its debt, leases, salaries — and delays in fleet repair. One solution may be to leave the corporate structure of Go Airlines behind with a chunk of the 115 billion rupees owed to financial and operations creditors that is now unsustainable, and all of its equity. This is the part that can die. After that, the creditors can invite bids from anyone who wants to inject fresh capital into a new avatar of Go First. If the next owner happens to be Wadia, that’s fine. If it’s not, that’s good, too.
Go First has so far been current with repayments to banks, and has only recently defaulted to lessors and operational creditors. Had any of its debt been nonperforming for a year before the resolution plan kicked in, the Wadia Group would have been ruled out as a prospective bidder.
That is just faux puritanism. A practical bankruptcy code will be agnostic about “promoters,” as the controlling shareholders are known in India. Give them back their insolvent firms if they so badly want them, but close out the options for gaming the outcomes, such as by forcing lenders to accept lowball out-of-court settlements: Let them take haircuts, stand in line with everyone else and bid.
Leaving planes with a borrower that isn’t selling flight tickets isn’t ideal. It will jack up leasing rates even for those that are. Still, the tribunal’s intervention may be worth it. Consumers will pay a lot more if InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.’s Indigo and the three Tata airlines end up as the only viable options for domestic air travel. After all, Go First isn’t the only one in trouble. SpiceJet Ltd., a carrier with a similar market share, has seen its stock lose half its value over the past year. The lessor Aircastle (Ireland) Ltd. is trying to push it into insolvency. That case will be heard May 25.
The promoters have been the driving force of Indian capitalism for far too long to just walk away because of a bankruptcy law. (HMS Minden, on which the Star-Spangled Banner was composed, was made in a Wadia shipyard for the British navy.) Yet, the exceptionalism that business families take as their right must end.
There is a difference between protecting the capital in a business, and saving the capitalist behind it. After some initial successes, Modi’s bankruptcy reform has often been unable to find that fine line. It’s up to the court to show that this time will be different.
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The ruling Taliban in Afghanistan took another step on Tuesday toward limiting the place of women by banning them from working for United Nations agencies in Afghan society. Two days earlier, the government in neighboring Iran decreed that all state universities must bar female students from their classrooms if they are not wearing traditional headscarves known as hijabs.
There was a time when measures denying women equal rights would hardly have raised an eyebrow in Central Asia – a region where women face persistent domestic violence, and a “high prevalence of restrictive gender norms” undermines female participation in education and economic activity, according to the World Bank.
Yet there are signs that those norms are cracking. Across the region, civil society groups devoted to gender equality are growing more numerous and vocal. And in one sign that the Taliban’s violent reversal of rights for girls and women in Afghanistan is resonating poorly, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have opened their schools to Afghan girls under a scholarship program funded by the European Union.
“All Central Asian countries face similar problems in the field of gender equality,” said Madina Jarbussynova, a former Kazakh diplomat now serving as consultant to the U.N. on women’s issues. She told The Astana Times that “there is a need to deepen processes of removing obstacles to the full involvement of women in economic, social, and political spheres of development.”
Her country is setting the pace. In 2020, Kazakhstan adopted quotas requiring that at least 30% of any political party’s candidates for Parliament or local assemblies had to be female. The new rule had two motives: to boost the country’s credibility in international economic blocs and to ensure that more politicians understood the needs of women and youth.
Since then, the country has joined international campaigns against gender-based violence, eliminated an official list limiting women to certain jobs, opened entrepreneurship development centers for women across the country, and created the region’s first ministry for women’s economic development. More than 30% of Kazakhstan’s tech students are now female. So are 45% of small-business owners in the country. The country rose 15 places in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report.
Elsewhere in the region, Uzbekistan has created programs and scholarships to boost education for girls in science and engineering. Last month, Kyrgyzstan hosted an international conference including governments, civil society groups, and educators on harnessing digital data to promote gender equality in education and employment.
Initiatives like these reflect a region attempting to bridge its traditional social norms with a more modern recognition that women are essential to economic development – a process that one Uzbek teacher argued should result in “all the conditions for the full support of women ... to reveal their talents and aspirations.” That message may be getting harder for the Taliban to ignore.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Payton Thorne capped three straight drives with touchdown passes in the first half and threw for a fourth score in the final quarter to help No. 15 Michigan State pull away and beat Western Michigan 35-13 on Friday night.
The Spartans played well in spurts, but also struggled for long stretches against the Broncos in the opener. After taking a 21-3 lead early in the second quarter, they allowed an average Mid-American Conference team to pull within eight points late in the third quarter.
Michigan State was fortunate Thorne's uneven performance included four touchdowns to match his career high. He finished 12 of 24 for 233 yards with an interception.
Wisconsin transfer Jalen Berger ran for a career-high 120 yards and a touchdown that gave the Spartans a 28-13 lead with 6:28 remaining. Thorne's fourth touchdown, a 43-yard pass to Tre Mosley, on the next drive ended any doubt about the outcome.
After a slow start, Thorne threw a short pass to freshman Germie Bernard, whose speed turned the play into a 44-yard touchdown late in the first quarter. Illinois transfer Daniel Barker used only his right hand to catch a 13-yard pass for a score and Keon Coleman ran under a 41-yard pass to put Michigan State ahead 21-3 early in the second quarter.
Western Michigan pulled within 11 points midway through the third quarter, when it converted a fourth-and-1 at its 42 and Sean Tyler ran for a 4-yard touchdown a snap after picking up 45 yards on the ground.
The Broncos made it 21-13 late in the third when Palmer Domschke made a 42-yard kick, but they couldn't make enough plays on both sides of the ball in the fourth quarter and fell to 1-30 against ranked teams.
INJURY REPORT
Michigan State’s defense took a hit in the first half, losing linebacker Darius Snow and safety Xavier Henderson after both appeared to have injured their right legs.
THE TAKEAWAY
Western Michigan: Jack Salopek had an encouraging first start, completing 21 of 36 passes for 193 yards and running for 61 yards on a draw.
Michigan State: If Snow and Henderson are injured significantly, that will hurt the team's chances to improve a defense that ranked last against the pass in FBS in 2021.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Spartans likely will slip a little in the poll after a lackluster performance in a game they were favored to win by three touchdowns.
UP NEXT
Western Michigan: Plays at Ball State on Sept. 10 and hosts No. 17 Pittsburgh the following week.
Michigan State: Hosts Akron on Sept. 10 and goes on the road to play Washington in a night game on Sept. 17.
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BACKGROUND:
The majority of Americans are introduced to the workforce through frontline jobs—whether waiting tables, stocking store shelves or folding clothes. Roughly 112 million Americans are frontline employees, and more than 70% of Black and Hispanic Americans in the U.S. are considered frontline workers. Lack of advancement opportunity and sub quality experience on the frontline is hindering the American dream, and research shows that corporate DEI efforts in recent years drastically overlook the largest and most diverse part of the workforce: the frontline employees who face challenges related to opportunity, advancement, and experience. This latest research from McKinsey & Company highlights the outsized impact companies can have on job quality and economic mobility for employees of color by extending DEI efforts to frontline workers.
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- Frontline hourly workers are nearly 20% less likely than corporate employees to believe that DEI policies are effective.
- 50% of frontline workers in this group make less than $30k a year
- 3 of 4 frontline workers want to be promoted but less than 1 in 4 achieves it
- Over a lifetime, only 30% of all frontline workers move to a higher income quintile
- On average, Black and Latino frontline workers make 20 percent less than White frontline workers.
- Black and Hispanic frontline workers report the lowest levels of sponsorship—nearly six in ten have no sponsor at all
Now is an important time for companies to reevaluate their relationships with employees on the frontline and ensure that investing in them is an integral part of their overall strategy. On August 29th, Lareina Yee and Monne Williams, partners at McKinsey and Company, discussed the experiences of frontline workers of color, the pathways from the front line to the middle class and what companies could do to improve job quality and better support workers' development.
For more information please visit: www.mckinsey.com
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Lareina is a senior partner and helps lead McKinsey's work with technology disruptors. An expert on digital sales transformations, sales excellence, go-to-market strategies, and culture change, Lareina brings 20 years of experience to companies across the value chain. She previously served as McKinsey's first chief diversity and inclusion officer. Lareina frequently speaks about women in business, including, most recently, Aspen Ideas Festival, Women Deliver, and a collaboration between McKinsey and The Wall Street Journal on a report titled, "Women in the workplace." She writes and speaks widely on diversity and inclusion topics including appearances in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, CBS News, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Additionally, Lareina was chosen Working Mother of the Year in 2016 by Working Mother magazine.
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Monne is a part of the leadership team for McKinsey Academy, our center of excellence for capability building. She recently developed and codified a suite of enterprise-wide behavior change programs for Ability to Execute, a cutting-edge platform within McKinsey Academy designed to build individual capabilities to drive and sustain transformational change at scale. Since joining McKinsey, Monne has advised companies across multiple sectors looking to make step changes in performance. She works with clients to apply culture, change management, executive team development, and capability building as levers to expand and sustain their performance gains. In her consulting work, Monne has led more than ten transformations across industries and geographies. Monne serves as faculty for the Change Leaders Forum and several McKinsey Academy programs, and drives some of the firm's diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungary’s government will be asked to provide explanations and details about its role in the transfer to the country of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war freed by Russia, the European Union’s executive arm said Wednesday.
The liberation of the POWs has created further tensions between Ukraine and Hungary’s government, which is led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and is one of the most friendly toward Moscow of the EU’s 27 nations. Budapest has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the bloc’s sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine has blamed Hungary for barring access to the prisoners, and the country’s foreign ministry said it wasn’t informed about the negotiations leading to their liberation.
“It is very important that the relevant Hungarian authorities involved in this case, and active in this case, explain to their Ukrainian counterparts what happened, how it happened, what was the role of Hungary, who was involved, who was not involved, how this was managed,” European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said earlier this week that its attempts to establish direct contact with the prisoners have failed, and that they were kept in isolation.
“This, as well as the information received from the relatives of some of them, shows that the assurances of the Hungarian authorities about the allegedly free status of Ukrainian defenders in Hungary are not true,” it said.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said the prisoners can move freely and communicate with whomever they want. According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, three of them have been brought back to Ukraine on Tuesday,
Zoltán Kovács, Hungary’s state secretary for international communication, said that the Hungarian government had nothing to do with the liberation of the prisoners, who are ethnic Hungarians from the western Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia.
“The cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta had led to the release of 11 prisoners of war, without the involvement of the Hungarian government,” he said.
Budapest has vocally opposed sanctions against Moscow, arguing they have done more damage to EU countries than to Russia, and has refused to provide Ukraine with weapons or allow their transfer across its border with Ukraine.
Earlier this year, Szijjártó called on Ukraine’s government to respect the rights of the Hungarian ethnic minority in Transcarpathia, where he said ethnic Hungarians had recently been victims of “concentrated attacks” by local authorities.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two Republican U.S. House incumbents in South Carolina who have drawn the ire of former President Donald Trump now find themselves facing tough primary challenges on Tuesday from candidates he has endorsed.
In Nevada, Democratic Rep. Dina Titus is being opposed by a progressive, while Republican Rep. Mark Amodei drew a challenge from a son of one of the state’s most famous sports figures. In Maine, a former Republican congressman is looking to reclaim his old seat.
In Texas, a special primary election is being held to serve the remaining months of former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's term.
Key congressional races to follow in Tuesday’s primary elections in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Texas:
CROSSING TRUMP: SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS FACE CHALLENGERS
Rep. Tom Rice, a five-term congressman, attracted a half-dozen GOP challengers after his vote to impeach Trump. All have cited the vote as a mark of disloyalty to both the former president and Rice’s constituents in the 7th Congressional District, which heavily supported Trump in his two campaigns. Trump has endorsed state Rep. Russell Fry in the race.
Rice, an otherwise consistent supporter of Trump’s policies, has stood by his vote, acknowledging it may lead to his ouster but saying he followed his conscience.
With a field of seven Republicans, it’s likely no candidate will capture more than 50% of the vote and the primary will head to a June 28 runoff. Rice’s district includes the tourist hotspot of Myrtle Beach and a number of inland, rural areas.
Taking a somewhat different approach, Rep. Nancy Mace has sought to make amends for angering Trump, filming a video in New York this year outside Trump Tower to remind her constituents that she was one of the former president’s “earliest supporters.” She worked for his 2016 campaign and had his backing in her 2020 run.
Besides criticizing Trump for the Jan. 6 insurrection, Mace went against the former president’s wishes by voting to certify President Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 election and to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the Capitol insurrection.
Trump is supporting Mace’s opponent, former state Rep. Katie Arrington, who won the GOP nomination for the seat in 2018 by defeating incumbent Mark Sanford. She went on to lose the seat to Joe Cunningham in the general election in Democrats’ first flip of a South Carolina seat in decades.
Mace, who narrowly defeated Cunningham in 2020, has spent one term representing the politically diverse 1st Congressional District, which includes Charleston and stretches south to other coastal areas including Hilton Head Island.
PRIMARY CHALLENGE IN NEVADA’S SAFEST GOP HOUSE SEAT
Rep. Mark Amodei is facing a primary challenge from a perennial candidate with a famous last name.
Danny Tarkanian, son of legendary University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, is trying to knock off the six-term incumbent in the sprawling, rural northern district that no Democrat has won in its 40 years.
Over the years, Tarkanian has launched two Senate campaigns and lost numerous congressional bids in two other districts. But he created enough of a stir in 2018 in a primary challenge to Sen. Dean Heller that Trump intervened to persuade him to drop out and run again for the House.
Amodei won a special election for the seat in 2011 after Heller was appointed to fill an unexpired Senate term. A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Amodei has easily turned back previous primary challenges in the past.
NEVADA DEMOCRAT FACES PRIMARY IN STATE’S BLUEST DISTRICT
Democratic Rep. Dina Titus, the dean of Nevada’s congressional delegation, is facing a progressive challenge from Amy Vilela in the state’s most liberal district.
Vilela, who lost a primary bid in a neighboring district to Rep. Steven Horsford in 2018, was the Nevada co-chair of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. She has been endorsed by Sanders and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, a progressive activist who scored a primary upset in 2020 against a 20-year Democratic incumbent.
Titus was a leading advocate for Biden during his 2020 presidential campaign. She has served six House terms and chairs a transportation subcommittee.
With one of the most liberal voting records in Congress, Titus has steamrolled her way through primary opponents over the years. But she has complained about how Nevada redrew its congressional districts after the 2020 census, turning her safely Democratic district into one where the party’s registered voters have only a single-digit margin.
FORMER MAINE CONGRESSMAN BIDS FOR HOUSE RETURN
A former congressman wants his old seat back in Maine, but he must first hold off a challenge from a fellow Republican in the largely rural, politically mixed district.
Bruce Poliquin represented Maine’s 2nd Congressional District from 2015 to 2019 until losing to Democratic Rep. Jared Golden. Golden’s victory over Poliquin was the first congressional election decided by ranked-choice voting in U.S. history.
This year, Poliquin is hoping to win a rematch over Golden in one of the most closely watched races of the 2022 midterms. To get there, he must stave off a primary challenge from Liz Caruso, the first selectwoman of the tiny town of Caratunk.
TEXAS SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION TO FINISH CONGRESSMAN’S TERM
Whether Republicans can continue making gains with Hispanic voters — a top goal for the party in 2022 — is getting an early test in a South Texas special election.
Four candidates are running to finish the term of former Rep. Filemon Vela, a five-term Democrat who left Congress earlier this year to take a job in the private sector. They include Republican Mayra Flores, who won the GOP nomination for the seat in March and hopes that a short-term victory Tuesday will give her momentum toward flipping the seat in November.
Big gains by Trump along the border with Mexico in 2020 have put Democrats on the defensive after decades of one-party control in South Texas. Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez switched from a neighboring district because of redistricting to run for Vela’s seat and is the party’s nominee for November. But he isn’t running to finish Vela’s term, and party leaders have rallied in the special election behind Democrat Dan Sanchez.
The first-place finisher would need more than 50% of the vote Tuesday to win outright. Otherwise, the top two finishers will go on to an August runoff.
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Associated Press writers Scott Sonner in Reno, Nev., Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, and Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.
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Meg Kinnard can be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP.
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Collaboration Delivers Robust eLearning Curriculum to Healthcare Schools and Hospitals to Elevate the Standard of Peripheral IV Access and Care
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun), a leader in smart infusion therapy and pain management, together with the Association for Vascular Access (AVA), announced the launch of The Fundamentals of Peripheral IV Access eLearning Program©. This robust eLearning curriculum consists of multiple comprehensive certificate courses focusing on the basic, intermediate and advanced concepts in vascular access and improving patient outcomes. The curriculum also includes a course focused specifically on pediatric and neonatal peripheral intravenous insertion and care.
In national surveys of healthcare schools and hospitals, it was identified that foundational education focused on the insertion and care of peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs) was inconsistent and deficient.[1],[2] In 2020, AVA and B. Braun formed a long-term collaboration to address the gap in education and help deliver a better patient experience. Together the organizations have developed a comprehensive eLearning curriculum available free of charge to universities and healthcare schools in the U.S. and internationally.
"AVA is committed to providing comprehensive education and training on vascular access to improve patient safety and outcomes," said Judy Thompson, MSNEd, RN, VA-BC™, AVA Director of Clinical Education. "We've been proud to partner with B. Braun in the development of this innovative eLearning curriculum and to make it available to students, faculty and clinicians in keeping with AVA's mission to protect patients and improve lives by creating evidence-based innovations in vascular access."
"As a leader in infusion therapy, we are committed to raising the bar for PIVC care across the healthcare spectrum," said Dr. Stephanie Pitts, DNP, RN, CPN, VA-BC™, NEA-BC, Director, Strategy, Therapy Solutions and Programs at B. Braun. "We're proud of the collaboration with AVA to advance vascular access education and training to help healthcare providers improve the standard of vascular access care for patients."
Peripheral Vascular Access Most Common Invasive Procedure Performed in Healthcare
Peripheral vascular access is the most common invasive procedure performed in healthcare.[3] It is estimated that 380 million PIVCs are sold in the United States annually.[4] However, between 33 and 69 percent of PIVCs fail before the completion of treatment, and more than 50 percent of adults describe insertion as moderately painful or worse.[5] Collectively, this can lead to serious implications for patients in areas such as length of stay and cost.5 Peripheral vascular harm was named to ECRI's top 10 patient safety concerns in 2021.[6] ECRI is an independent non-profit organization focused on healthcare quality, patient safety and evidence-based healthcare guidance.
"The failure rate of PIVC insertions is not acceptable," said David Banko, Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, B. Braun. "Something that is unacceptable should be preventable, and B. Braun is committed to doing its part to elevate the standard of IV access care," he added.
Developing the Fundamentals of Peripheral IV Access eLearning Program© was a collaborative effort involving AVA, B. Braun and many subject matter experts who are part of the broader vascular access community. Healthcare professionals, educators and the broader industry worked diligently to create a curriculum to advance the standard of IV access care. In addition, the program production was led by The Clinician Exchange, an organization that brings together a robust community of clinicians and their expertise to support innovation and education.
As part of B. Braun's commitment to infusion therapy leadership, the company recently acquired the innovative Clik-FIX® catheter securement device portfolio from Starboard Medical, Inc. The acquisition provides B. Braun with an industry-leading portfolio of catheter securement solutions. The AVA partnership and Clik-FIX acquisition support B. Braun's Peripheral Advantage® program designed to optimize clinical skills, product performance, clinical outcomes and improve the patient's overall experience with peripheral IV care in hospitals.
The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) is the dominant thought leader in the vascular access specialty and has a long-standing commitment to educating clinicians and pre-licensure students who represent a broad spectrum of healthcare professions around the globe. Founded in 1985, AVA is at the forefront of protecting and saving lives by establishing best practices and promoting patient advocacy. AVA's multidisciplinary membership advances research, provides professional and public education to shape practice and enhance patient outcomes, and partners with the device manufacturing community to bring evidence-based innovations in vascular access. To learn more about AVA and the Fundamentals of Peripheral Intravenous Vascular Access, visit avainfo.org.
B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) is a leader in smart infusion therapy and safe and effective pharmacy products, patient and provider safety, and sustainable health solutions. Our purpose is to help providers constantly improve patient satisfaction and outcomes. With products and services created to help healthcare professionals focus on what matters most—their patients—we're uniquely positioned to help health systems succeed now and in the future. B. Braun is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and is part of the B. Braun Group of Companies in the U.S., which includes B. Braun Interventional Systems, Aesculap® and CAPS®. The company employs 8,500 people at over 30 locations across North America.
Globally, the B. Braun Group of Companies employs more than 64,000 employees in 64 countries. Guided by its Sharing Expertise® philosophy, B. Braun continuously exchanges knowledge with customers, partners and clinicians to address the critical issues of improving care and lowering costs. To learn more about B. Braun Medical, explore our website.
- Hunter, M., Vandenhouten, C., Raynak, A., Owens, A., Thompson, J. Addressing the Silence: a Need for Peripheral Intravenous Education in North America. JAVA Vol 23 No 3. 2018.
- Vandenhouten, C., Owens, A., Hunter, M., Raynak, A. Peripheral Intravenous Education in North American Nursing Schools: A Call to Action. Journal of Nursing Education. Vol 59 No 9. 2020.
- Tripathi S, Gladfelter T. Peripheral intravenous catheters in hospitalized patients: Practice, Dwell times, and factors impacting the dwell times: A single center retrospective study. J Vasc Access. 2021 Mar 30:11297298211000874. doi: 10.1177/11297298211000874. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33784876.
- iData Research. (2020). US Market Report Suite for Vascular Access Devices and Accessories.
- Cooke, M., Ullman, A., Ray-Barruel, G., Wallis, M., Corley, A., Rickard, C. (2018). Not "just" an intravenous line: Consumer perspectives on peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIVC). An international cross-sectional survey of 25 countries. Plos One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193436
- ECRI https://www.ecri.org/press/racial-ethnic-health-disparities-top-patient-safety-concern-for-2021
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“Honeybees and Distant Thunder” by Riku Onda (Pegasus Books)
The Yoshigae music competition will never be the same after this year’s pianists push the boundaries of the art form, leaving judges to wonder if a particular contestant is a gift from the music gods or a ticking bomb.
Riku Onda’s “Honeybees and Distant Thunder” is a meandering ode to music, to the artists who create it and the nature that inspires it. The novel pops between a slew of characters as they witness breathtaking performances and nervously wait for results at the end of each round, from a preliminary trial in Paris to the finals in Japan.
Onda's passion for music is immense and infectious, bursting out of each of her characters with their unique views of the craft.
Competition judge Mieko has an anti-establishment rebellious streak in her. Juilliard student Masaru sees athleticism in piano playing. Former child prodigy Aya cherishes the musicality of nature. Akashi wants to prove that musical performance is for everyone, even a working-class father like himself. And Jin, the son of a beekeeper, is on a totally different level that challenges the conventions of stuffy classical piano competitions.
“Honeybees” soared to success as a bestseller in Japan and won the Japan Booksellers Prize and the Naoki Prize in 2017. Translated by Philip Gabriel, whom readers will recognize from his work with Haruki Murakami novels, the book's international release in English comes with high expectations.
But it falls short of the hype.
Half-formed thoughts dust the pages, sometimes over-explaining as the narrator explores an idea, sometimes not really explaining at all. Onda returns again and again to a disjointed sort of poeticism that circles around the core idea by firing off questions and trying out slightly augmented versions of the same sentence, akin to stream-of-consciousness.
Then, by bouncing around different characters, the author has the opportunity to repeat the same ideas and sentences again — sometimes verbatim.
Hence how a single music competition can take up over 400 pages.
It’s verbose, repetitive, meditative. It basks in its own metaphor, taking inspiration from itself to fuel even more endless yet endearing droning as it meanders through the field of its own story.
But, once you get used to the style and surrender to it, “Honeybees” is a lovely book to get lost in because it forces you to be in the moment with the story. Something clicks — you hit a stride and suddenly realize pages have passed since you said “I’ll stop at the end of this paragraph.”
You don’t have to be a pianist, or even a musician, to follow the characters' internal struggles through the twists and turns of each round of competition. But it is helpful to have some musical background — to understand the hair-raising quality of playing a harmony that’s just a half-step up from the melody, or follow along when spectators start commenting on a performer’s glissando, tremolo or fortissimo. Still, Onda describes the music in ethereal, pastoral scenes that rely more on emotion than on technical know-how.
While its quirks don't all translate nicely, “Honeybees” is deeply moving. The now-ness of Onda's writing left me more than once with a big, goofy grin on my face or tears on my cheeks before I could break her musical spell to stop them.
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Lauren Redniss is a writer and illustrator whose work has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In her new, stunning visual biography, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, she describes the marriage and discoveries of the famous scientific couple. She spoke to Melissa Block about the book, the Curies' fairy tale love story and the sensation caused by their introduction of radium to the world.
Before starting the book, Redniss spoke to the Curies' grandaughter in Paris, who had several warnings for the author.
"She warned me about two things," Redniss says. "She said the first danger of writing about the Curies is to turn their story into a fairy tale. And the second danger is to forget Pierre. So while I very deliberately did fall into the first trap and emphasized very deliberately the fairy tale aspects of their story, I tried to highlight Pierre's work."
Indeed, Redniss does use fairy tale language to describe the Curies' life: Marie Curie is a young scientist from Poland; she comes to Paris; she meets Pierre Curie, and they become inseparable.
She says, "It was really important to me to not separate the human element from the scientific developments."
It was also clear to Redniss that the Curies' story was a highly visual one, albeit one that proved challenging for the illustrator.
"It is largely about invisible forces," she says. "Love and radioactivity, these things that we can't see. To make a visual book about that was an intriguing challenge."
The book's look and feel -- it is luminous and vibrating with color -- comes from a process Redniss used called "cyanotype printing." In the process, one takes paper, coats it with a light-sensitive chemical solution, and then exposes it to sunlight to reveal a negative image. The sunlight often turns the paper blue.
"That blue has sort of a twilight quality," says Redniss. "And because you are getting a negative of the drawings, you often get a white line. That to me had this sort of glow that reflected what Marie Curie called radium's spontaneous luminosity."
Among the facts about the couple Redniss includes in the book are that Marie Curie kept a tube of radium next to her pillow, and that Pierre Curie strapped radium onto his arm and saw a lesion develop. She notes that the couple were more fascinated with than horrified by the results.
"I think they saw these effects with a scientific detachment," Redniss says. "When Pierre put that vial of radium against his arm ... they understood that if radium could destroy healthy tissue, it may also be able to destroy disease tissue, and they began to develop cancer treatments."
After the Curies discovered radium, the element became an instant commercial hit. People began calling it a wonder drug and developing products out of it, a concept that Redniss explores in her book to humorous effect.
"There was toothpaste; there were pillows; there were chocolates and all kinds of medicines and household products and anything you could imagine to give your body a healthy glow," she says, laughing. "In some cases, there was radium in the product and in other cases it was more along the lines of an American Express gold card -- there isn't really gold in the card, but radium was used as a branding and selling point."
And why all of the pandemonium surrounding radium to begin with?
"It was a sort of panacea," she says. "It was promised to impart longevity, virility, and general all-over health."
It was even thought that radium paint could be used on walls, and the whole room would be lighted from within, with a greenish-turquoise gold glow.
"There was a chemist who formulated radium paint that he called 'undark paint,' " Redniss says. "He said if you were to paint your house with this paint it would be as if there was moonlight. I think it would be heavenly [to have]. That is part of the quality that I try to capture ... this kind of twilight softness. If radium wasn't toxic, you can't beat it."
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KIMBERLY — It’s billed as 48 minutes of fun.
When Simon Olsen steps onto the floor with a bunch of students from Stricker Elementary in Kimberly, it won’t be to teach math or history, but to instill in students, even at their young age, the importance of getting plenty of exercise and staying physically fit.
But this physical education teacher is not there to have them spend large amounts of time doing sit ups and pushups, but to have fun.
“We are here to be the fun teachers and give the kids one more reason to come to school,” Olsen said.
Plus, it gives them a break from the regular studies of reading, writing and arithmetic.
In Kimberly Elementary School, Kayla Hutcheson, has some of the same philosophies.
“I love to see them laughing, having a good time, and socializing,” Hutcheson said. “That is my favorite part of the job.”
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The pair of PE teachers instruct students from kindergarten through the fifth grade, with older students having one 48-minute class per week, and the younger ones having two classes of 25 minutes each per week.
But that by itself, including the 50 minutes of recess time, is not enough to guarantee that students will stay physically fit, Hutcheson said.
“I think it takes a team effort, from parents, teachers and friends — even the lunch ladies,” she said.
The point Olsen tries to make to his students is to find something physical you enjoy doing, and do it.
“You don’t have to go to a gym,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how you exercise, but you can have fun.”
He teaches students lots of games that get their hearts pumping. Those games can also be used outside of class.
Olsen’s classes begin with a warmup, often to a YouTube video. It might involve a crazy video where students pretend to be Minions running down a street, avoiding obstacles.
Once warmup is complete, they might play tag.
“The kids play a lot of tag,” Olsen said. “It gets cardio in and teaches other skills as well.”
One favorite activity of Hutcheson’s students is dodgeball, played with foam balls, not the hard rubber balls of years past.
“They are always asking, ‘Is it dodgeball day?’” she said.
Olsen said one challenge he deals with centers around kids wanting to play video games or watch TV for extended amounts of time.
“It’s easy to waste a few hours just watching a screen,” he said.
But for the most part, Hutcheson said students in Kimberly stay active through the many opportunities available to them.
In addition to emphasizing physical fitness, she also talks to students about healthy eating and about being a good person.
“Sportsmanship and good citizenship are big in my book,” she said.
Bridget Tilton, district secretary, said she was impressed by the efforts of Olsen and Hutcheson.
“Both of these PE teachers are outstanding and are able to help students learn how to increase health through movement and play,” she said, “as well as the importance of teamwork.”
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CoinDesk and CRADL unite creatives & developers to address pressing social problems
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CoinDesk and CRADL announce the winners of the Web3athon: Hyperlocal, People-First Crypto Hackathon. The Web3athon is a multi-blockchain, 2-stage, virtual hackathon powered by HackerEarth that brought creatives and developers together to address some of the most pressing hyperlocal problems facing communities. The driving goal of Web3athon: build better, scalable products that use Web3 that provide tangible solutions for everyday utility. Launched on June 9, 2022 at CoinDesks's flagship conference, Consensus, Web3athon concluded after 14 weeks of building with 32 winners and 15 standouts announced at CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S Conference on October 19, 2022. The winners split over $800,000 in prizes.
Web3athon took a radical departure from typical hackathons. Instead of submitting a technical problem for a single-chain, participants kicked off stage 1 by focusing on one of the five hyperlocal hackathon challenges areas: Generational Wealth Building, Financial Health, Sustainable Communities and Culture, Disaster Relief and Response, and Environmental Well-Being. Sponsors approved of 163 projects for Stage 2 building an MVP on-chain.
The event recruited Web3 developers and people new to Web3 such as Web2 coders, designers, community organizers, policymakers, economists, urban planners and artists. The multi-chain effort led to 17 protocols joining as sponsors to create a prize pool of $800,000: Filecoin, Stellar, Celo, Circle, Avalanche, Polkadot, Prasaga, Polygon, Ripple, Accumulate, Aleo, Qtum, Provenance, Acala, Hedera, Boba Network, Blockdaemon (API). Featured judges included; Erikan Obotetukudo; Founder & CEO of Audacity, Akin Sawyerr; MD, Feleman Ventures, Akihisa Shiozaki; Member of the House of Representatives, Japanese Government, Sheila Warren; CEO of Crypto Council for Innovation, Michael Casey; Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk, Daniel Culotta; Chief Innovation Officer, City of Austin, Texas.
Tricia Wang, Director and Co-founder of CRADL said, "Web3athon sets a precedent by proving that we can create a Web3 that has real-world utility by focusing on 3 things: prioritizing solving human problems over technical problems, hosting multi-chain not single-chain hackathons, and aggressively welcoming domain experts as builders. By creating an environment where non-technical experts feel comfortable contributing, the Web3athon winners and standouts are proof that we can create a high quality funnel of teams ready for pre-seed investment."
About Web3athon: Top Line Statistics
Web3athon Winners: Out of the 32 winning teams and 15 standouts, here are three winners that exemplify the best of Web3athon, including the chain and prize level the project team placed, along with a project description. These projects also won the title of Web3athon Standout.
- EVOLVE, 1st place Polygon, is a Learn-To-Earn & community pooling platform to strengthen financial literacy and mental health; supporting women of color globally to build generational wealth. Users will learn and invest $EVOLVE tokens in a community pool for staking and building interest for their contributions to tackle a perennial financial inequity issue: the median net worth of Black and Latina women is $1k compared to $80k for White women.
- Peace DeFi Wealth Protocol, 3rd place on Polkadot, is a protocol that combines DeFi with a non-custodial solution for the new generations, to manage and grow their on-chain assets, while also keeping them safe in case of emergency, error, or death. Based out of Mexico, the Peace DeFi Wealth team, co-founded by Juan Espejel, was inpired to create a solution for generational wealth when they discovered that $4 billion in crypto assets have been lost due to death or loss of access.
- Black History DAO, 1st place on Polkadot, is an NFT-based cultural museum and anthropology organization on-chain. The team and community, led by Theresa Kennedy, are dedicated to the preservation of Black history using blockchain technology and decentralized systems like IPFS and Substrate.
- realCashFlow, 1st place on Circle, is a Web3 native payroll product offering a solution to inflation's harmful effects on workers by paying them daily in inflation-adjusted dollars. The co-founders, Kunal Kewalramani and Michael Jones, are a student and professor team at University of Cincinnati's Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab.
Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, said, "The world is on the precipice of a humanitarian catastrophe. As Web3 technologies barrel forward, it is imperative that we figure out how to use them in ways that advance the human experience. The crypto community has an opportunity to change the world. Hackathons are a vital building block for that effort, a means of collectively creating world-changing tools. But they need to be humanity-centered if they are to shift crypto culture and work practices in a lasting, meaningful way. And that's precisely what we got with hundreds of tremendous submissions to this hackathon, now whittled down to 32 highly worthy winners. They are all very different but each, in their own special way, captures the ethos of Web3athon's human-centric, hyperlocal approach. Congratulations to all who participated."
For more information, the Web3athon Messaging Kit contains the list of winners and standouts, additional stats, and testimonials from attendees, organizers, and judges.
CoinDesk and Consensus: CoinDesk is the most influential, trusted information platform for a global community engaged in the transformation of the financial system and the emerging crypto economy. CoinDesk's annual festival, Consensus, is the most influential crypto and blockchain experience of the year since 2015. coindesk.com | @coindesk
CRADL: The Crypto Research and Design Lab (CRADL)'s vision is to put people at the center of Web3. Its mission is to use evidence-based thought leadership to accelerate the crypto industry toward its goal of creating a more equitable, inclusive society. Their research on hackathons led to the partnership with CoinDesk to design Web3athon.
HackerEarth: HackerEarth is the global leader in Hackathons. They have hosted over ten thousand Hackathons around the world and coordinate with developer relations managers globally and are the turnkey partner to execute Web3athon. Hackerearth.com | @hackerearth
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Public Library is responding to library scrutiny in Tennessee with a goal to distribute 5,000 “I read banned books” library cards this month.
“I want Nashvillians to know: Nashville Public Library will always respect your Freedom to Read — to independently determine what you read, and don’t read, and to exercise your role in determining what your children read,” library Director Kent Oliver said in a news release.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said this week he plans to sign a bill that would let a politically appointed panel remove books from public school libraries statewide through a new veto power over local school board decisions.
The library’s online catalog offers the American Library Association’s top 25 books that have been banned or challenged for potential banning across the country recently, with electronic versions available for people who can’t reach the physical library. The list includes the seven books in the Harry Potter series and “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The Nashville library card is free. The campaign ends May 26.
Book banning put Tennessee in the national spotlight recently after a rural school board in McMinn County voted unanimously to remove “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, from the district’s curriculum. Meanwhile, in Williamson County, an affluent region just south of Nashville, school board members agreed to remove “Walk Two Moons” — a book that depicts an American Indian girl’s search for her mother — after parents complained about it.
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: THMO) (the "Company"), a market leader in automated cell processing and point-of-care, autologous cell-based therapies, today announced the pricing of its public offering of 11,783,572 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Common Shares") (or pre-funded warrants to purchase Common Shares in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 11,783,572 Common Shares at an offering price to the public of $0.14 per share (or pre-funded warrant to purchase Common Shares in lieu thereof) and associated warrant.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as exclusive placement agent for the offering.
Each Common Share (or pre-funded warrant to purchase Common Shares in lieu thereof) was sold in a unit together with one warrant to purchase one Common Share (the "Warrants") in this offering, but will be issued separately. The Warrants will be exercisable at an exercise price of $0.14 per share beginning on the effective date of stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Warrant Stockholder Approval") and will expire on the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the Warrant Stockholder Approval. The offering is expected to close on or about October 28, 2022, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The gross proceeds to the Company before deducting the placement agent fees and offering expenses are expected to be approximately $2.05 million, excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the Warrants. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to acquire various equipment, hire personnel, and to fund other expenses, all in furtherance of its planned Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (or CDMO) for cell and cell-based gene therapies business, and for other general corporate purposes, including working capital.
A registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-264242), relating to these securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on October 25, 2022. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. A preliminary prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus, and when available, copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained for free by visiting the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, by email at placements@hcwco.com or by telephone at (212) 856-5711.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc.
ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. develops, commercializes, and markets a range of automated technologies for CAR-T and other cell-based therapies. The Company currently markets a full suite of solutions for automated clinical biobanking, point-of-care applications, and automation for immuno-oncology, including its semi-automated, functionally closed CAR-TXpress™ platform, which streamlines the manufacturing process for the emerging CAR-T immunotherapy market. For more information about ThermoGenesis, please visit: www.thermogenesis.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. When used in this press release, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect" and similar expressions as they relate to the Company, or its management are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. Readers should be aware of important factors that, in some cases, have affected, and in the future could affect, actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These factors include without limitation, market and other conditions, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the offering, the expected closing of the offering, the expected use of the net proceeds from the offering, the ability to obtain capital and other financing in the amounts and at the times needed to launch new products, market acceptance of new products, the nature and timing of regulatory approvals for both new products and existing products for which the Company proposes new claims, realization of forecasted revenues, expenses and income, initiatives by competitors, price pressures, failure to meet FDA regulated requirements governing the Company's products and operations (including the potential for product recalls associated with such regulations), risks associated with initiating manufacturing for new products, failure to meet Foreign Corrupt Practice Act regulations, legal proceedings, uncertainty associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and other risk factors listed from time to time in our reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, in particular, those set forth in ThermoGenesis Holdings' Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Company Contact:
Wendy Samford
916-858-5191
ir@thermogenesis.com
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Rx Communications
Paula Schwartz
917-322-2216
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A Russian warplane accidentally fired on a city near the border with Ukraine, wounding at least three people, according to state-run media.
A discharge of ordinance occurred Thursday evening as a Sukhoi Su-34 plane flew over the city of Belgorod, the Tass news service reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. The ensuing explosion left a 20-meter-wide (66-feet) crater on a residential street in the city center.
Three people were injured in the incident with one woman hospitalized, Tass said, citing Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. One residential building was evacuated and bomb disposal units are working at the site, according to the news service.
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Nearly 200 Teamsters Demand End to Lockout and Mandatory Overtime
CINCINNATI, Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, members of Teamsters Local 135 at MonoSol protested outside Procter & Gamble headquarters in Cincinnati, calling on the company to demand its key supplier MonoSol end forced overtime for workers and bargain a fair contract.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) obtains water-soluble packaging for products like Tide laundry detergent pods and Cascade dishwasher detergent pods from MonoSol, a division of Kuraray Co. Ltd. Last week, MonoSol locked nearly 200 Teamsters out of its LaPorte. Ind., plant after workers voted to reject the company's contract offer and to authorize a strike.
Today's demonstration was the latest effort by members of Teamsters Local 135 to call out MonoSol and P&G and demand MonoSol bargain a contract that does not include mandatory overtime. They were joined in support by Teamster trucks from Indiana, Minnesota, Kentucky, Chicago, and Missouri.
"MonoSol is forcing our members to work up to 22 mandatory extra hours every single week, under threat of dismissal," said Dustin Roach, President-Elect of Local 135 in Indianapolis. "Procter & Gamble has a Responsible Sourcing Policy that says suppliers must avoid any form of forced labor and respect their employees' right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. We're here today to call on P&G to demand that its supplier, MonoSol, stop its forced labor practices and stop the lockout. MonoSol is trying to bully our members into accepting a substandard contract with forced overtime and we're not going to stand for it."
"The support of other Teamster locals has been amazing," said Roach. "In less than 24 hours, we've received over $50,000 in pledges to support our members who've been locked out with no paychecks."
"MonoSol needs to bargain a fair contract and call off this lockout now," said Eric Hoffman, a MonoSol worker and Local 135 member. "MonoSol's management can hire enough people to staff all of this work, but chooses not to. It's abusive and exploitative to force overtime on us. We're going to stand strong together until we get the contract we deserve."
In 2020, the Kuraray Co. became a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which includes a pledge to uphold freedom of association in the workplace, recognize the right to collective bargaining, and eliminate all forms of forced and compulsory labor, including forced overtime. Last week, Local 135 sent Procter & Gamble a letter asking the corporation to investigate MonoSol's labor practices throughout the United States.
Founded in 1940, Teamsters Local 135 represents workers over 10,000 workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Indiana. For more information, go to local135.com.
Contact:
Sean Nesmith, (202) 560-5990
sean.nesmith@berlinrosen.com
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WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) _ Onto Innovation Inc. (ONTO) on Tuesday reported second-quarter profit of $51.6 million.
On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of $1.03. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.28 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.26 per share.
The maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment posted revenue of $256.3 million in the period.
For the current quarter ending in October, Onto Innovation expects its per-share earnings to range from $1.21 to $1.42.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $242 million to $258 million for the fiscal third quarter.
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More victims recovered from Cambodia casino hotel fire
POIPET, Cambodia (AP) — The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in western Cambodia rose to 25 on Friday as the search resumed for victims, officials said.
The blaze at the Grand Diamond City casino and hotel in the town of Poipet on the Thai border started around midnight Wednesday and was extinguished more than 12 hours later on Thursday afternoon.
By Friday morning, 25 bodies had been recovered from the site, according to Sek Sokhom, head of Banteay Meanchey province’s information department. He said six bodies were found Friday morning, some in their rooms and others on stairways.
More than 60 people were injured, he said, and the death toll was expected to rise once rescuers are able to access victims who are believed to be under debris or in locked rooms.
The Grand Diamond City casino complex has 500 employees, and it had 1,000 customers Wednesday, according to a report from Soth Kimkolmony, a spokesperson for Cambodia’s National Committee for Disaster Management. It was unclear how many were present when the fire broke out, and how many managed to flee to safety.
An accurate toll of the casualties has been hard to obtain due to the chaotic rescue efforts and since many of those saved were rushed across the border for treatment in neighboring Thailand, which has better medical facilities.
Thai and Cambodian rescue teams have been working side-by-side in searching the 17-story complex, but paused their efforts overnight at the dangerously damaged site.
Many of those inside, both customers and staff, were from neighboring Thailand, which sent firetrucks and emergency workers to help.
Thailand’s Sa Kaeo Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office has counted 11 dead — all Thai — and 109 injured, including 57 in hospitals.
An initial investigation found that the fire may have been caused by New Year’s holiday decorations that drew too much electricity, causing wires to overheat and burn, local authorities said.
Khmer Times, a Cambodian English-language news website, quoted Poipet city governor Keat Hul describing the chaos when the fire broke out.
“Hotel and casino workers used fire extinguishers to stop the fire but to no avail. People were panicking and rushing about everywhere but mainly for the nearest exit,” he said. “I was told that there was a stampede out at the main entrance when black smoke was billowing through the building.”
He was quoted saying he believed many of the deaths came from smoke inhalation and some people died when they leapt from high stories to escape the flames.
Poipet in western Cambodia is a site of busy cross-border trade and tourism opposite the city of Aranyaprathet in more affluent Thailand.
Casinos are illegal in Thailand. Many Thais visit neighboring countries such as Cambodia — a popular tourist destination with convenient international connections — to gamble. Poipet has more than a dozen casinos.
The Grand Diamond City casino is just a short walk from the border checkpoint with Thailand and popular with customers who make the four-hour drive from the Thai capital, Bangkok.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen made his first public comments on the tragedy in remarks to villagers Friday morning at a road repair ceremony in the southern province of Kampot.
He expressed his condolences and said the incident showed that all tall buildings in the country must have sufficient equipment to fight fires. He also gave thanks to all the people who worked in the rescue effort, including those from Thailand.
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Associated Press writer Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul in Bangkok contributed to this report. Sopheng Cheang reported from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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CANNES, France (AP) — Martin Scorsese unveiled “Killers of the Flower Moon” at Cannes on Saturday, debuting a sweeping American epic about greed and exploitation on the bloody plains of an Osage Nation reservation in 1920s Oklahoma.
Scorsese's latest — starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro — is one of his most ambitious. Adapting David Grann's nonfiction bestseller, it stretches nearly three and a half hours and cost Apple $200 million to make.
Nothing has been more anticipated at this year’s Cannes Film Festival than “Killers of the Flower Moon” — a historical epic, a bitter crime film and a Great Plains Western — which appeared to meet those expectations. It drew a lengthy standing ovation and repeated cheers for Scorsese, 80, who premiered his first film at Cannes since 1985's “After Hours."
“We shot this a couple of years ago in Oklahoma. It’s taken its time to come around but Apple did so great by us,” Scorsese said, addressing the crowd after the screening. “There was lots of grass. I’m a New Yorker.”
The red carpet drew a wide spectrum of stars. Along with the film's expansive cast, attendees included Apple CEO Tim Cook, as well as actors Cate Blanchett, Salma Hayek, Paul Dano and Isabelle Huppert.
Though Grann's book affords many possible inroads to the story, Scorsese and co-writer Eric Roth center their story on Ernest Burkhart (DiCaprio, in his seventh collaboration with Scorsese), a WWI veteran who falls for Mollie Brown (Gladstone), the member of a wealthy Osage family.
Since finding oil reserves on their land, the Osage were then the richest people per capita in the country. But that wealth is closely controlled by appointed white guardians. A series of murders prompts increased panic among the Osage, who are preyed on by a host of greedy killers.
Though Grann's book devoted many pages to the connections between the cases and the birth of the FBI, less time is spent in Scorsese's film on the murder investigations. (Jesse Plemons plays an agent from the just-formed Bureau.) Instead, “Killers of the Flower Moon” captures the manipulation and murders of Native American people through the dynamics in Ernest and Mollie's relationship.
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” which is playing out of competition in Cannes, opens in U.S. theaters on Oct. 6.
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NEW YORK — Georgia moved up to No. 2 in the first Associated Press college football poll of the regular season, passing Ohio State, after the defending national champions dominated their opener.
Alabama remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank released Tuesday, receiving 44 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel and 1,552 points.
The Bulldogs narrowed the gap on the Crimson Tide after beating Oregon 49-3 on Saturday. Georgia received 17 first-place votes.
Ohio State slipped to No. 3 and received two first-place votes. Michigan moved up four spots to No. 4.
Clemson dropped a spot to No. 5.
Florida debuted at No. 12 after its thrilling victory at home against Utah on Saturday night. The Utes slipped six spots to No. 13 after the loss.
The rest of the top 10 was Texas A&M at No. 6, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Baylor and Southern California.
USC is in the top 10 for the first time since the final regular-season poll of 2017, when the Trojans were eighth.
The eighth-ranked Fighting Irish dropped three spots out of the top five after losing 21-10 at Ohio State.
FULL POLL
1-Alabama
2-Georgia
3-Ohio State
4-Michigan
5-Clemson
6-Texas A&M
7-Oklahoma
8-Notre Dame
9-Baylor
10-USC
11-Oklahoma State
12-Florida
13-Utah
14-Michigan State
15-Miami
16-Arkansas
17-Pittsburgh
18-NC State
19-Wisconsin
20-Kentucky
21-BYU
22-Ole Miss
23-Wake Forest
24-Tennessee
25-Houston
POLL POINTS
Georgia has been ranked No. 1 or 2 in 15 of the last 17 polls, with the other two weeks at No. 3.
Since 2017, Georgia has been ranked No. 2 in the country 13 times and No. 1 nine times, all last season.
From 1981 — the season after Georgia won the national title — to 2016, the Bulldogs were ranked in the top two a total of 10 times.
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— Florida's jump from unranked to No. 12 is the biggest for an unranked team since the first regular-season poll of 2016, when Texas landed at No. 11 and Wisconsin at No. 10 after Week 1 victories.
— No. 24 Tennessee is ranked for the first time under second-year coach Josh Heupel.
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— Oregon's humbling loss to Georgia sent the Ducks all the way out of the rankings. It's the first time Oregon has been unranked in a poll for which it was eligible since the last regular-season AP Top 25 of 2020.
— Cincinnati dropped out after losing at Arkansas by a touchdown, its first regular-season loss since late in the 2019 season.
For the Bearcats, who made the College Football Playoff last year, it snapped a run of 45 consecutive poll appearances, which was the fifth-longest active streak in the country.
CONFERENCE CALL
Florida and Tennessee moving into the rankings gives the SEC eight ranked teams, the most for a conference since the SEC had eight three times in 2020.
The record for ranked teams from one conference is 10 by the SEC early in the 2018 season. From 2011-18, the SEC had eight teams ranked in a AP Top 25 a total of 14 times.
SEC — 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 6, 12, 16, 20, 22, 24).
ACC — 5 (Nos. 5, 15, 17, 18, 23).
Big Ten — 4 (Nos. 3, 4, 14, 19).
Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 7, 9, 11).
Pac-12 — 2 (Nos. 10, 13).
Independents — 2 (Nos. 8, 21).
American — 1 (No. 25).
RANKED vs. RANKED
No. 9 Baylor at No. 21 BYU. Future Big 12 matchup.
No. 20 Kentucky at No. 12 Florida. The first time both will be ranked when they play since 2007.
No. 24 Tennessee at No. 17 Pitt. First SEC/ACC ranked nonconference matchup of the season.
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Fintech is eligible to win up to $250K from global bank's 2022 Innovation Challenge
DETROIT, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pocketnest, the female-founded financial wellness platform, today announces that it has been selected by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as one of its 2022 Innovation Challenge finalists.
"We launched our Innovation Challenge to find solutions like Pocketnest that will help make banking easier and safer for our customers and the financial services industry at large," said Madhu Narasimhan, Wells Fargo's head of Innovation. "The goal is to collaborate with partners across the fintech ecosystem and leverage one another's strengths to solve specific customer pain points and push the whole industry forward."
Pocketnest earned its finalist position in Wells Fargo's Designing the Multi-X Future: 2022 Innovation Challenge for its promising ability to create a more dynamic environment for Wells Fargo customers. The fintech platform also aligns with the bank's vision of building more interconnected and approachable banking experiences.
"Showcasing our technology to innovative banks like Wells Fargo helps take our mission to an incredible scale, where we can help millions of people achieve financial wellness through more authentic and valuable connections with their financial institution," said Jessica Willis, CEO and founder, Pocketnest.
Wells Fargo Innovation Challenge judges selected Pocketnest from more than 100 applicants to create a proof of concept for consideration in the bank's digital environment, plus a chance to present at the Wells Fargo Innovation Summit on November 8, 2022, and win $250K.
Pocketnest, Inc.™ is a Google-accelerated financial wellness app that coaches users through 10 themes of financial wellness. The platform helps users identify and fill gaps in their plans, while identifying cross-sell opportunities for the financial institutions they license to like banks, credit unions, investment advisors, 401k plan sponsors; and employee wellness programs. Launched in 2019, the fintech has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative startups.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Brittney Griner’s absence is weighing on the minds of her USA Basketball teammates, who are trying to fill the void created by her absence as they prepare for the FIBA World Cup.
The Americans are expected to win without the 6-foot-8 Griner, but replacing her spirit and impact on and off the court is a challenging task.
Griner starred for the U.S. in the past two Olympics, but she is not with the team in Australia. The 31-year-old center is 9,000 miles away in a Russian jail after being sentenced last month to nine years in prison for drug possession.
“I think we’re missing the fun-loving person that she was,” U.S. star Breanna Stewart said. “Someone who could bring a group together and was able to hold a conversation with anybody and that shows how grounded she is. The way she cared about people is something you don’t see all the time, especially in superstars. We miss her and we hope she’ll be home soon.”
U.S. players are keeping Griner in their thoughts by having no one wear her No. 15. For years, the Americans wore jersey numbers 4-15. In the World Cup, they will use 4-14 and No. 16 — which Brionna Jones will wear.
“The best way to honor her was to not give her number out,” USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley told The Associated Press. “I put it to our staff and they liked the idea. Our numbering system is very sacred to us and we’ve only used four to 15 in the history of our organization. Now we’re giving out 16 because we don’t want to give away Brittney’s 15 since she would have been here. It’s a small way to pay homage to her and that we’re thinking of her.”
Tooley said he sent an email to Griner through her lawyers a short while ago to let her know what USA Basketball was doing. He has known Griner since 2013 when she first came to a U.S. training camp and feels she would have been great with this young team that the Americans have.
“She enjoys every moment and makes everyone around her better,” Tooley said. “From the time she came into the program in 2013, she was just such a great presence on and off the court. … She’s just a good person.”
Griner was one of the team’s leading scorers at the Tokyo Olympics, and her 6-foot-8 presence looms large over the U.S. players even without her in Sydney.
“It’s on their minds every day. It’s heavy,” USA coach Cheryl Reeve said. “It’s really, really heavy, especially as we participate in this USA Basketball competition. She’s such a big part of many of our lives. And so it’s challenging.”
Stewart echoed Reeve’s thoughts, saying it will be difficult when the Americans play Belgium to open the tournament.
“I think what’s going be the hardest part about it is … that first game, “Stewart said. ”When we’re getting ready to go, when we’re getting our names called out for introductions, and she’s not there.”
It’s not just the Americans who are missing Griner in Australia. Kia Nurse, Griner’s teammate with the Phoenix Mercury and a member of Team Canada for the World Cup, was brought to tears when discussing Griner in a media availability this week.
“BG is the best of the best when it comes to human beings,” she said of the eight-time All-Star. “It was a lot this season to not have her on the court, To not have her spirit, her energy around … and the fact that she’s not home yet is disheartening.”
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Border Patrol agents responded to the scene at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and helped take down the gunman who shot and killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24, authorities say.
Law enforcement in Uvalde have faced extensive criticism for their delayed response to the shooting. Officers took more than one hour to kill the gunman, and that lapse in time will likely be a key part of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation, the Associated Press reported.
A Facebook post shared more than 90,000 times claims Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado, who was off-duty and about to get a haircut when the shooting occurred, “went into the school despite the police chief who ordered all to stand down.” The post goes on to claim that Albarado rescued his daughter, wife and other children at the elementary school, and shot and killed the gunman along with another off-duty agent.
Another tweet claims that Albarado killed the shooter. VERIFY reader Julie sent the Facebook post to the team and asked: “Is this true?”
THE QUESTION
Did off-duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado shoot and kill the Uvalde school shooter?
THE SOURCES
- Comments from Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw during May 25 press conference
- Marsha Espinosa, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs for the Department of Homeland Security
- CBS News interview with Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado
- TODAY show interview with Albarado
THE ANSWER
No, off-duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado didn’t shoot and kill the Uvalde school shooter. He did rush to Robb Elementary School and helped law enforcement evacuate children.
WHAT WE FOUND
Off-duty Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado didn’t shoot and kill the 18-year-old gunman inside Robb Elementary School. A tactical team made up of Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement officers ultimately “breached the classroom door” and killed the gunman at the scene, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said during a press conference on May 25.
Albarado confirmed during an interview with CBS News that he did not shoot the gunman at Robb Elementary School, though he did help evacuate students from the building.
“I didn’t shoot the guy. I wasn’t in the room with him, shooting the guy. I never said I shot him, so I’d like to clarify that as well,” he said.
In an earlier interview with TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie, Alabarado clarified that he did not confront the gunman in the elementary school, either.
“At one point…I was there at the door, fixing to go in. But, once again, I didn’t have any of my gear. It wouldn’t have been a smart move for me,” he told Guthrie. “All those guys had their gear and stuff so, like I said, I pulled back.”
Border Patrol agents and other officers faced gunfire from the shooter when they entered the school building, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said in a tweet on the day of the shooting.
“At least one Border Patrol agent was wounded by the shooter during the exchange of gunfire,” Espinosa wrote. “On-and-off duty Border Patrol agents arrived on the scene to assist with transferring students safely to their families and providing medical support.”
The authorities who shot and killed the gunman have not been named.
Though Facebook has flagged the widely shared post as “missing context,” other details included in it are accurate, according to Albarado’s account of the day.
Albarado was off-duty and about to get a haircut when he and his barber received text messages about the shooting, he told CBS News. He said his wife, who teaches fourth grade at Robb Elementary, texted him, “Active shooter. Help. I love you.” Alabarado’s daughter also attends the school, he said.
Though he was off-duty, Albarado asked the barber if he had a gun, which he did, and both of them rushed to the elementary school – where his daughter was locked in a restroom, he said.
Once he made it to the scene, Albarado said he let police know he was there and helped to evacuate students. His wife made it to safety before he arrived.
“I said, ‘We need to get the kids out here,’” Albarado told CBS News. “The shooter’s over there. We need to get the kids out. This is our time.”
Officers began opening classroom doors, and Albarado continued helping students to safety, he said.
“First classroom, second classroom, third classroom, saw my daughter. Relief. Big relief,” he added.
While he was evacuating students, Albarado didn’t know where the shooter was, he told Guthrie.
VERIFY also reached out to the Texas Department of Safety and Border Patrol’s sector in Del Rio, Texas for comment but has not received a response at the time of publishing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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GRAPHIC: Louisiana worker terminated after relieving himself in water supply
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - A Louisiana government employee has been terminated and arrested after allegedly relieving himself in the water supply at a Donaldsonville water plant.
WAFB reports Michael Mastin, 57, of Baton Rouge, is charged with two counts of contaminating water supplies, and two counts of criminal damage to a critical infrastructure after he urinated inside of the water supply.
Officials say they were first informed of the incident on Wednesday and after a further investigation, it was determined that the information was credible.
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Mastin was arrested by the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office and was booked into the parish jail.
“At no time was the public in danger. All water samples taken to date are in good standing and meet all safe water drinking requirements,” said Ascension Parish President Clint Coinment.
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A Texas woman who was set to be executed this week has been granted a stay of execution.
Melissa Lucio was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in the South Texas town of Harlingen.
Lucio was sentenced to death in 2007, but the sentencing received pushback.
Five jurors asked the state and the governor to stop her execution and for her to get a new trial, saying they were not aware of all the facts when they convicted Lucio.
Lucio’s lawyers have also filed various legal appeals seeking to stop her execution.
They say evidence shows her daughter Mariah’s injuries were caused by a fall down a steep staircase.
Lucio was set to be executed Wednesday, but Texas Representative Jeff Leach said the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted the 52-year-old a stay of execution.
A lower court will now review Lucio’s claims that new evidence in her case would exonerate her. It was not immediately known when the lower court begin reviewing her case.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Juwan Gary scored 17 points, Blaise Keita had a double-double, and Nebraska rallied in the second half to defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 82-58 on Sunday.
The Cornhuskers trailed 39-36 at halftime then shot 57% in the second half, outscoring the Golden Lions 46-19. Keita scored 13 of his 14 points after intermission and finished with 10 rebounds.
C.J. Wilcher had 15 points and Wilhelm Breidenbach 10 off the bench for Nebraska (3-1). Gary had seven rebounds.
Freshman guard Zach Reinhart led UAPB (1-6) with 17 points in 30 minutes of play off the bench. Shaun Doss Jr. scored 12 points, eight below his average.
The Cornhuskers fell behind by eight points in the second half before their 8-0 run tied it at 44 with 15:49 to go. Doss responded with a 3-pointer on the Golden Lions' next possession, but that would be their final lead of the game.
UAPB scored four points in a 9 1/2-minute stretch while Nebraska built a 77-53 lead.
The Cornhuskers were coming off a 70-50 loss at St. John's three days earlier. UAPB was playing its sixth game in 13 days.
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Beatriz Haddad Maia 2023 French Open Odds
The French Open is nearing its end in Paris, France, as Beatriz Haddad Maia plays in a quarterfinal versus Ons Jabeur. Haddad Maia currently is +2800 to win it all at Stade Roland Garros.
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Haddad Maia at the 2023 French Open
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: May 21 - June 10
- TV Channel: Tennis Channel (Watch on Fubo)
- Venue: Stade Roland Garros
- Location: Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
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Haddad Maia's Next Match
Haddad Maia has reached the quarterfinals, where she will meet Jabeur on Wednesday, June 7 at 6:00 AM ET (after getting past Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-7, 6-3, 7-5).
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Beatriz Haddad Maia Grand Slam Odds
- Wimbeldon odds to win: +2500
- US Open odds to win: +2500
- French Open odds to win: +2800
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Haddad Maia Stats
- In the Round of 16 on Monday, Haddad Maia defeated No. 132-ranked Sorribes Tormo, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5.
- In 22 tournaments over the past 12 months, Haddad Maia has gone 37-20 and has won two titles.
- Haddad Maia is 5-3 on clay over the past 12 months, with zero tournament wins.
- Haddad Maia has played 21.9 games per match in her 57 matches over the past 12 months across all court types.
- On clay, Haddad Maia has played eight matches over the past 12 months, and she has totaled 19.3 games per match while winning 53.2% of games.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages over the past 12 months, Haddad Maia has won 73.4% of her games on serve, and 31.2% on return.
- When it comes to serve/return winning percentages on clay over the past 12 months, Haddad Maia has won 70.1% of her games on serve, and 36.4% on return.
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Israeli settlers set cars, homes on fire after Palestinian gunman kills 2
Jerusalem – Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded in what appeared to be the worst outburst of settler violence in decades.
The deadly shooting, followed by the late-night rampage, immediately raised doubts about Jordan's declaration that Israeli and Palestinian officials had pledged to calm a year-long wave of violence.
Palestinian media said some 30 homes and cars were torched. Photos and video on social media showed large fires burning throughout the town of Hawara – scene of the deadly shooting earlier in the day – and lighting up the sky.
In one video, crowds of Jewish settlers could be heard reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead as they stared at a building in flames. And earlier, a prominent Israeli Cabinet minister and settler leader had called for Israel to strike “without mercy.”
Late Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 37-year-old man was shot and killed by Israeli fire. The Palestinian Red Crescent medical service said two other people were shot and wounded, a third person was stabbed and a fourth was beaten with an iron bar. Some 95 others were being treated for tear gas inhalation.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned what he called “the terrorist acts carried out by settlers under the protection of the occupation forces tonight.”
“We hold the Israeli government fully responsible,” he added.
As videos of the violence appeared on evening news shows, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for calm and urged against vigilante violence. “I ask that when blood is boiling and the spirit is hot, don’t take the law into your hands,” Netanyahu said in a video statement.
The Israeli military said its chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Herzl Halevi, was rushing to the scene and that forces were trying to restore order. Israel's army radio station, citing an anonymous official, said 15 houses and 25 cars had been torched, and that the army evacuated nine Palestinian families from their burning homes.
The rampage occurred shortly after the Jordanian government, which hosted Sunday’s talks at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, said the sides had agreed to take steps to de-escalate tensions and would meet again next month ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
“They reaffirmed the necessity of committing to de-escalation on the ground and to prevent further violence,” the Jordanian Foreign Ministry announced.
After nearly a year of fighting that has killed over 200 Palestinians and more than 40 Israelis in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, the Jordanian announcement marked a small sign of progress. But the situation on the ground immediately cast those commitments into doubt.
The Palestinians claim the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip – areas captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war – for a future state. Some 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The international community overwhelmingly considers the settlements as illegal and obstacles to peace.
The West Bank is home to a number of hard-line settlements whose residents frequently vandalize Palestinians land and property. But rarely is the violence so widespread.
Prominent members of Israel's far-right government called for tough action against the Palestinians.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a settler leader who lives in the area and has been put in charge of much of Israel’s West Bank policy, called for “striking the cities of terror and its instigators without mercy, with tanks and helicopters."
Using a phrase that calls for a more heavy-handed response, he said Israel should act "in a way that conveys that the master of the house has gone crazy.”
An Israeli ministerial committee gave initial approval to a bill that would impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted in deadly attacks. The measure was sent to lawmakers for further debate.
There were also differing interpretations of what exactly was agreed to in Aqaba between the Palestinians and Israelis.
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said the representatives agreed to work toward a “just and lasting peace” and had committed to preserving the status quo at Jerusalem's contested holy site.
Tensions at the site revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif have often spilled over into violence, and two years ago sparked an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group during Ramadan.
Officials with Israel's government played down Sunday's meeting.
A senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity under government guidelines, said only that the sides in Jordan agreed to set up a committee to work at renewing security ties with the Palestinians. The Palestinians cut off ties last month after a deadly Israeli military raid in the West Bank.
Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, who led the Israeli delegation said there were “no changes” in Israeli policies and that plans to build thousands of new settlement homes approved last week would not be affected.
He said “there is no settlement freeze” and “there is no restriction on army activity.”
The Jordanian announcement had said Israel pledged not to legalize any more outposts for six months or to approve any new construction in existing settlements for four months.
The Palestinians, meanwhile, said they had presented a long list of grievances, including an end to Israeli settlement construction on occupied lands and a halt to Israeli military raids on Palestinian towns.
Sunday’s shooting in Hawara came days after an Israeli military raid killed 10 Palestinians in the nearby city of Nablus. The shooting occurred on a major highway that serves both Palestinians and Israeli settlers. The two men who were killed were identified as brothers, ages 21 and 19, from the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha.
Hanegbi was joined by the head of Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency who attended the talks in neighboring Jordan. The head of the Palestinian intelligence services as well as advisers to President Mahmoud Abbas also joined.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who has close ties with the Palestinians, led the discussions, while Egypt, another mediator, and the United States also participated.
In Washington, the U.S. national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, welcomed the meeting. “We recognize that this meeting was a starting point,” he said, adding that iImplementation will be critical.”
It was a rare high-level meeting between the sides, illustrating the severity of the crisis and the concerns of increased violence as Ramadan approaches in late March.
In Gaza, Hamas, an Islamic militant group that seeks Israel’s destruction, criticized Sunday’s meeting and called the shooting a “natural reaction” to Israeli incursions in the West Bank.
Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. The Hamas militant group subsequently took control of the territory, and Israel and Egypt maintain a blockade over the territory.
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Inventor of GrowPods aims to raise awareness about farming methods in the United States
CORONA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GP Solutions, Inc (Ticker: GWPD), announced that company founder, Shannon Illingworth, is speaking out about the tomato industry in America. His new organization, "Know the Grow," is dedicated to educating the public about where and how food is grown in America.
In his book Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, author Barry Estabrook examined the issue.
"For the last 50 or more years, tomato breeders have concentrated essentially on one thing and that is yield," Estabrook told NPR. "They also want those fruits to be able to stand up to being harvested, packed, artificially turned orange [with ethylene gas] and then shipped away and still be holding together in the supermarket a week or 10 days later."
According to Science Magazine, modern production methods favor production over flavor. Commercial tomatoes contain "significantly lower amounts of many important flavor chemicals than older varieties," they report.
And lack of flavor isn't the only problem.
Nutritional values have plummeted in recent decades. According to Estabrook, tomatoes grown in the 1960's had 30 to 40 percent more vitamin C, and more niacin and calcium.
Harmful chemicals also are endemic to today's corporate-grown tomato crops. A recent study found that pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides are frequently used for the protection of plants. "Those active substances can absorb from the treated surface and act systemically, and thus can accumulate in the plant posing a higher risk to consumers," according to study authors.
Shannon Illingworth, Founder of GP Solutions, and the inventor of GrowPods, said most people don't even know what a normal tomato is supposed to look like.
"Today, there are a few so-called 'ugly' tomatoes at some stores, but for the most part, tomatoes are bred for uniform shape and coloration, and ability to withstand disease and distribution, not for flavor or nutritional value," Illingworth said.
"My hope is that people understand how their food was grown," Illingworth added. "It's still possible to get fruits and vegetables the way nature intended, but you have to be a knowledgeable and careful consumer."
For more information on Know the Grow, visit: www.knowthegrow.org.
To contact GP Solutions, visit: www.growpodsolutions, or call: (951) 549-9490.
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(KRON) — One student suffered minor injuries in an altercation between a small group of students involving a knife Friday morning at San Mateo High School, according to the San Mateo Police Department. The altercation took place at around 9:45 a.m. and involved a group of students attending the San Mateo High Summer School Program.
San Mateo PD officers arrived on campus and secured the scene for medics to treat the victim. The victim suffered only minor injuries, police said. They were treated by school wellness staff prior to the arrival of medics.
Student Brooke Weaver was in the hallway when the altercation occurred and said she saw a sharp object in the hands of a person involved.
“Yeah! I saw two older seniors probably, they were in white, trying to attack a guy who was a graduate from this school. He was walking by with a teacher who was trying to break it up. But there were knives that were pulled out. yeah,” Brooke said.
All students are safe and there are no other injuries or ongoing threats, police said. The campus was temporarily locked down but that lockdown was lifted around 12:10 p.m.
In the aftermath of the incident, Friday was a nervous time for parents like Michelle Weaver. Although school district officials say notifications were sent out to parents, Weaver said she didn’t receive one.
“I’m scared! This is the first day of summer school. We’re not familiar with this school. We go to a different high school. This is where they sent us. We didn’t get any notification. I found out through the police report,” Michelle said.
One student was taken into custody in connection to the incident. Class on Friday let out at the normal time of 12:50 p.m.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualytics, the leading active data quality platform for enterprises, today announced it has raised $2.5 million led by venture capital firm Tech Square Ventures, with participation from Engage, Knoll Ventures, SaaS Ventures and GRI Ventures. This adds to the existing investor group including Inner Loop Capital, Propel Baltimore Fund, The LegalTech Fund, Maryland Momentum Fund, Gaingels and prominent angel investors such as Jake Stein, Bill Murphy, Avi Rubin, Dwight Raum, Patrick McKenna among others. The funding will be used to scale the company to meet growing demand from Fortune 500 enterprises deploying Qualytics as their data quality platform and brings the total raised to date by the company to over $5 million.
"Most companies don't know the quality of their data. In a world of data-driven decisions, insights and innovations, managing the quality of enterprise data at scale is an ever-growing need. Our novel approach applies ML-generated record-level data quality rules to identify anomalies as close to the source as possible and enables our customers to proactively address their data quality." said Gorkem Sevinc, co-founder and CEO. "We are excited to partner with Tech Square Ventures, Engage, Knoll Ventures and GRI Ventures in addition to our existing list of impressive investors. As we continue to cater to the needs of enterprise customers, this funding will fuel the growth of Qualytics on our exciting journey."
Bill Nussey, Partner at Tech Square Ventures, said: "We are excited to invest in Qualytics to address major issues in enterprise data quality. The Qualytics team has built an amazing product to help data teams and subject matter experts manage and collaborate on data quality at scale. As part of Engage Cohort 10, Qualytics received overwhelming interest from our corporate partners in solving the long-standing and growing issue of bad data in enterprise data ecosystems; we are looking forward to being part of Qualytics' journey." Andrew Dorman of Knoll Ventures added: "Qualytics is a rare early-stage company launched by veteran founders with startup and enterprise experience, working on a large and growing problem. We're excited to partner with the company as they scale its solution to meet the evolving needs of customers looking to make data-driven decisions."
Bill Murphy, former CTO of Blackstone and founding CTO of Capital IQ and a member of the Qualytics Board of Directors added "We are thrilled with the backing from new and existing investors in our journey. Data quality is a consistently growing problem for enterprises of all shapes and sizes, and Qualytics' ML-first approach to managing rules and workflows associated with quality of data within the ever-growing complexity of the enterprise data ecosystem is already showing great impact with early customers".
Qualytics is the leading data quality platform for enterprises.
Data quality is the top concern for most data teams. KPIs and large data operations obfuscate the quality of the underlying data, increasing the risk of making wrong operational and qualitative decisions along with potential risk of reputation concerns.
Managing data quality without automation is notoriously hard to scale. Qualytics provides a scalable solution for the entire data quality lifecycle, enabling Subject Matter Experts and Data Engineers to collaborate on data quality at scale through advanced automation and intelligent workflows.
For more information, please visit https://qualytics.co or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter @QualyticsData.
Tech Square Ventures is an Atlanta-based early-stage venture capital firm that partners with visionary entrepreneurs to help them with what they need most – access to markets and customers. For more information, visit http://www.techsquareventures.com or follow Tech Square Ventures on LinkedIn or Twitter @techsquarevc.
Engage is a first-of-its-kind innovation platform comprising category-leading corporations in the Southeast that have joined forces to support startups building the future of enterprise. Engage is designed to promote innovation through a network of connections between startups, corporations, university researchers, and the venture community.
Engage's corporate partners include Chick-fil-A, The Coca-Cola Company, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, Georgia Power Foundation, Georgia Tech, Goldman Sachs, The Home Depot, Honeywell Connected Enterprise, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Inspire Brands, Invesco, Invest Georgia, UPS, and Wellstar Health System. These corporate partners, along with the Georgia Institute of Technology's Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) and Tech Square Ventures, provide tools, hands-on support and resources that help startups develop go-to-market strategies, open doors faster and transform strategies into action. For more information, visit engage.vc.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette resigned on Friday, saying he was leaving with a “heavy heart” three months into his 11th consecutive term in office after he watched the office be stripped of its power over the past 50 years.
Gov. Tony Evers appointed former Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who ran for U.S. Senate last year but lost in the primary, to fill out the four-year term. Wisconsin’s secretary of state has not been in charge of elections since 1974 and has almost no official duties.
“It is with a heavy heart that I submit my resignation,” the 82-year-old La Follette said in his resignation letter. “After many years of frustration, I’ve decided that I don’t want to spend the next three and a half years trying to run an office without adequate resources and staffing levels.”
He did not immediately return a telephone message left seeking comment. In his resignation letter, La Follette said “I must now focus on my personal needs.”
La Follette won reelection in November over a Republican who wanted to shift election duties to the office.
Evers, also a Democrat, thanked La Follette for his decades of service and named Godlewski to replace him.
“In a critical position that has seen no turnover in decades, maintaining continuity with a leader who’s prepared and committed to fulfilling this office’s constitutional obligations could not be more important—and there’s no one more uniquely qualified or better suited for the job than Sarah,” Evers said in a statement.
Godlewski, 41, was 1-year-old when La Follette began his current consecutive run as secretary of state.
Godlewski said she was humbled by the appointment. She becomes the third woman to hold the position in state history. She served one term as treasurer, from 2018 to 2022. She lost the Senate primary to Mandela Barnes, who went on to lose to Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
“To become just the third woman in our state’s history to hold this office is the honor of a lifetime,” Godlewski said. “I know how important this role is and my responsibilities are, and I’m looking forward to getting to work.”
La Follette — a distant relative of “Fighting” Bob La Follette, a progressive governor and 1924 presidential candidate — was first elected secretary of state in 1974. After a failed try for lieutenant governor in 1978, he won the office in 1982 and has won reelection 10 times.
Republicans have gradually stripped the office of almost all its duties and staff and relegated La Follette to a cramped office in the Capitol basement. However, since the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have been mulling shifting oversight of elections to the secretary of state.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
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Goodbye hot dogs, hello Cajun! Acclaimed Knoxville beer bar launching downtown restaurant
Before Zack Roskop could drive a car − and long before opening one of the best beer bars in the South − he was a 10 year old rolling silverware at his parents' restaurants, chatting with customers as they walked in the door.
Though he gravitated toward the front of the house (his brother, toward the back), cooking is still more love than labor for the Knoxville beer entrepreneur.
"When I'm stressed, I cook," he told Knox News. "When I'm relaxed, I cook. When I want to show people I love them, I invite them over and cook for them."
Roskop soon will be inviting everyone with an appetite and a thirst for local beer to Knox Brew Hub to try Fred Beans & Rice, his new restaurant opening next month in his quaint Union Avenue bar just off Market Square.
What type of food is on the Fred Beans & Rice menu?
This new downtown Knoxville restaurant will operate as a "Cajun kitchen" with grilled po'boys, salads, rice bowls and hot peel-and-eat shrimp − in terms of temperature, plus a little spice.
Fred Beans & Rice blends the name of its signature dish with the name of Roskop's father, Fred, who regularly cooked it for his family.
"If I was on death row and they said to me, 'What do you want your last meal to be?', there is no doubt in my mind it would be my dad's red beans and rice," Roskop said. "I also feel a real deep connection to red beans and rice because it reminds me a lot of beer. And what I mean by that is that it's very humble, but it's not simple."
It's a "common dish for the common folks," he said, and Roskop feels it's important to keep an affordable food and drink item on the menu. There's always a $5 beer on draft, and it's always local.
Are hot dogs going away as Knox Brew Hub evolves?
The local focus is part of what recently earned Knox Brew Hub recognition from Garden & Gun magazine as one of the best beer bars in the South.
Since opening three years ago, the business has evolved alongside some of its sister concepts: Knox Brew Tours and Knox Brew Stories, which includes a weekly podcast hosted at The Hub.
If it has to do with local beer, there's a good chance Roskop has a hand in it.
This latest evolution, which will replace The Hub's limited hot dog menu with the more robust Cajun concept, was partially driven by customer behavior.
"People walk into The Hub and we're like, 'We got hot dogs and dips,'" Roskop said. "And sometimes that's not substantial enough for them, so they left. To expand the kitchen at The Hub feels a little bit like a way to explore the food side of a business and also improve The Hub."
Think of it like Hong's Kitchen at Pretentious Beer Company, he said.
When and where to try Fred Beans & Rice in downtown Knoxville
In this transition, Roskop will become the back-of-house manager and the primary chef at first. His new wife, Amy Roskop, will be leaving her career in retail to become front-of-house manager.
Hiring will happen soon, as the business is shooting for an Aug. 15 launch. Knox Brew Hub, located at 421 Union Ave., will not be affected during the transition.
But once the restaurant is ready, the business will open 30 minutes earlier − except on Mondays − to better accommodate a growing lunch crowd as people continue returning downtown following the height of COVID-19.
Knox Brew Hub hours would operate like this, with no food served Sunday evenings or Mondays:
- Sunday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m.
- Monday: 4-11 p.m.
- Tuesday through Thursday: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
- Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m.-midnight
The restaurant will close an hour before the bar, Roskop said.
Ignoring family restaurant advice for the sake of 'community'
Roskop's parents, who previously owned Shrimp Shack in Knoxville and Riverview Grill in Clinton, always told their sons they could do anything − just don't open a restaurant.
But Roskop obviously couldn't resist.
"I grew up in the restaurant business, and that's a very comfortable place for me," he said. "I love the impact it has on the community."
Ryan Wilusz is a downtown growth and development reporter. Phone 865-317-5138. Email ryan.wilusz@knoxnews.com. Instagram @knoxscruff.
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General Daily Insight for April 6, 2023
Emotional tests are ahead. The Full Moon in Libra at 12:34 am EDT bursts in and highlights any imbalances in our lives, asking us to find our centers as well as our limits. Setting boundaries can be uncomfortable as the Moon struggles with offbeat Uranus, making change seem scary. Luna then stands off against expansive Jupiter, avoiding growth and new horizons. Finally, the Moon fusses with her current ruler, perfectionist Venus, pushing us to stick to the status quo. Look for balance in the chaos.
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Aries
March 21-April 19
The balance between you and someone else may need restructuring. You might have settled comfortably into a role with a person else in your life, but on closer examination, you could realize that this role is not as well-fit as you once thought it was. You might be letting your friend do the lion's share of the emotional work, or you may be exhausting yourself to keep a loved one happy. Find a happy medium, or it could be time to move on.
Taurus
April 20-May 20
Rest and relaxation may now be out of balance with blood, sweat, and tears. You have to work to see progress toward your goals, but you also must rest so that you're able to act without burning yourself out. When you're allowing yourself to do too much of one type of activity, then you're not moving towards your goals in a meaningful way. Sticking to one side of the pendulum would be doing yourself a disservice. Keep both equal to continue moving forward.
Gemini
May 21-June 20
What you're dreaming up might not be in line with what you can actually create today. You could have a dream for how you want your life to turn out or the lifestyle you want to achieve for yourself, but you may end up spending too much time planning and not enough time doing. Alternatively, you might be producing a lot, but have no direction, so you circle around to right back where you started. Look for the right blend of forethought and action.
Cancer
June 21-July 22
Peer pressure may be affecting your recent goals. We all have our own vision, and while you can share a vision with others, perhaps a lack of personal contribution is making you feel a bit unsatisfied when you think about the eventual final results. Alternatively, if you're making the vision all your own, you may be met with resentment from any others who feel that they aren't represented. Finding a compromise that represents everyone can be tricky, but it is vital.
Leo
July 23-August 22
It might be difficult to stick to your guns today. An authority figure with strong opinions could vocalize them, and while you respect their ideas, you may have another idea for how a situation should be approached. You might not know as much as this person in some areas, leading them to discredit you, but at least attempt to speak up before you silence yourself. Your creativity might really make a difference, and if they won't hear you out, it's their loss.
Virgo
August 23-September 22
New knowledge may catch you off guard without warning. Someone might let you in on some hot information that you weren't expecting -- and it may be something that should stay private, adding to the uncertainty that this brings. You might feel conflicted, unsure of what to do or how to process any secrets, but remember that you don't have to act on what you've learned. Especially if it was clandestine, it might not be your place to step in. Tread carefully.
Libra
September 23-October 22
Expect your current personal relationships to be examined. The Full Moon rises in your sign this month, and the focus is on how you treat yourself versus how you treat others -- or how you allow yourself to be treated by them. You might find that you've been giving a lot, or that you've entered into partnerships with people that you're not really aligned with. Ask yourself if you're in sync with those who are purportedly close to you, or if you're overly idealizing them.
Scorpio
October 23-November 21
Your routine may become something else at any moment. You could be letting your to-do list run your life to the point where your daily actions are entirely rigid -- on the other hand, you might have no routine and are letting your emotions run rampant. Such different issues can both cause you to miss out on positive additions to your life. You're human and you're allowed to make mistakes, but the Full Moon is illuminating a mistake you can fix.
Sagittarius
November 22-December 21
Drama could get in the way of current friendships. You might have strong feelings about actions taken by someone in your community or in a friend group, and the way you're reacting may not be proportional to what happened. Perhaps it doesn't even directly involve you, and you're accidentally making a molehill into a mountain. Alternatively, you could be too apathetic when you should be paying attention, and your friends might not feel cared for. See what you can do to be a better friend.
Capricorn
December 22-January 19
Your daily dosages of responsibility and fun may need to be reevaluated. Your work/life balance could leave a lot to be desired, and remaining so unbalanced won't be good for your mental state in the long run. It might seem easy to get into the flow of work and just keep trucking until you're practically asleep on your feet, or you may feel paralyzed by responsibilities and try to indulge in escapism instead. All work and no play is no good -- and vice versa!
Aquarius
January 20-February 18
What you think and what your family thinks may not align. Whether you're arguing about deep serious questions or fighting over where to eat dinner, it's not a good idea to try and be controlling. You're likely to be met with a lot of pushback, maybe more than advocating for your agenda would have normally received. You know how to talk to others, so consider setting up a survey or just asking around to figure out what everyone wants and find a compromise.
Pisces
February 19-March 20
Experimenting with a new path and sticking with what's tried and true might both sound like good options. Today, you may find yourself at a crossroads, unsure whether a fresh take or a time-tested classic will better serve your goals. Let the Full Moon in adaptable Libra inspire you to try combining the best of both worlds. Learning to evolve is highlighted for you now, so blending the new with the old is wiser than choosing just one. Think outside the box.
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Five states held referendums on abortion rights, with three states looking to codify abortion rights while two states sought to curtail abortions.
In all five states, voters sided with abortion rights.
Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont approved measures that are backed by supporters of abortion rights while a bill in Kentucky supported by proponents of abortion restrictions lost.
Another bill pushed by abortion opponents in Montana was projected on Thursday to lose.
Abortion rights advocates celebrated the victories.
"And, of course, everywhere I went, we brought together people fighting for reproductive freedom people everywhere from every background," Vice President Kamala Harris said. "Because here's the thing one does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body."
Those against abortion rights vowed to try again.
Voters in California approved Proposition 1. It asked whether they want to include existing rights to reproductive freedom—such as the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion and use contraceptives in the state's constitution.
Voters in Vermont approved Article 22. Similar to the California proposal, voters decided to protect the right to an abortion.
The following sentence will be added to the Vermont constitution:
"That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means."
Michigan voters accepted Proposal 3, which gives individuals the right to have an abortion. It also prevents the state from taking action against someone who sought an abortion. Someone who assisted that person will also be protected.
While those three measures won by wide margins, two bills supported by abortion opponents lost.
Voters in Kentucky voted against adding a line to the constitution that states abortions are not protected in the state. "To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion," the amendment says.
LR-131 in Montana would have imposed criminal penalties on healthcare providers who do not provide "appropriate" medical care to infants "born alive" after abortion. Medical providers would have reportedly faced up to $50,000 in fines and 20 years in prison for violating the law.
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The Supreme Court made big decisions this week and more are coming. Here’s what you need to know
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to announce major decisions Friday on President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and a case that impacts gay rights. It’s the court’s final day before the justices go on their summer break.
Already this week the justices have released important decisions on other issues including affirmative action, voting rights and religious rights. The court’s final opinions tend to be on some of the most contentious issues because writing those decisions often takes the longest.
Here’s a look at the decisions the justices issued this week and those left to come:
STUDENT LOANS
The justices have yet to decide the fate of President Joe Biden’s plan to wipe away or reduce student loans held by millions of Americans. When the court heard arguments in the case in February, the plan didn’t seem likely to survive, though it’s possible the justices could decide the challengers lacked the right to sue and the plan can still go forward.
Biden had proposed erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He also wanted to cancel an additional $10,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college. The administration has said millions of borrowers would benefit from the program.
Regardless of what happens at the high court, loan payments that have been on hold since the start of the coronavirus pandemic three years ago will resume this summer.
GAY RIGHTS
A clash of gay rights and religious rights is also still to be decided by the court. The case involves a Christian graphic artist from Colorado who wants to begin designing wedding websites but objects to making wedding websites for same-sex couples.
State law requires businesses that are open to the public to provide services to all customers, but the designer, Lorie Smith, says the law violates her free speech rights. She says ruling against her would force artists — from painters and photographers to writers and musicians — to do work that is against their beliefs. Her opponents, meanwhile, say that if she wins, a range of businesses will be able to discriminate, refusing to serve Black, Jewish or Muslim customers, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants.
During arguments in the case in December, the court’s conservative majority sounded sympathetic to Smith’s arguments, and religious plaintiffs have in recent years won a series of victories at the high court.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
The justices on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.
Previously, the Supreme Court had allowed the use of race in admissions in decisions reaching back to 1978. And it had had twice upheld race-conscious college admissions programs in the past 20 years, including as recently as 2016.
Now, however, with a six-justice conservative majority, the justices overturned admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation’s oldest private and public colleges, respectively.
Chief Justice John Roberts said that for too long universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
The Supreme Court on Thursday used the case of a Christian mail carrier who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations.
In a unanimous decision, the justices made clear that workers who ask for accommodations, such as taking the Sabbath off, should get them unless their employers show doing so would result in “substantial increased costs” to the business.
The court made clear that businesses must cite more than minor costs — so-called “de minimis” costs — to reject requests for religious accommodations at work. Unlike most cases before the court, both sides in the case had agreed businesses needed to show more.
The justices didn’t say whether the mail carrier should win his case, however. Instead, they sent the case back to lower courts for further review based on their decision.
VOTING
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the justices ruled that state courts can act as a check on their legislatures in redistricting and other issues affecting federal elections, rejecting arguments by North Carolina Republicans that could have transformed contests for Congress and president.
The justices by a 6-3 vote upheld a decision by North Carolina’s top court that struck down a congressional districting plan as excessively partisan under state law.
Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, stating that “state courts retain the authority to apply state constitutional restraints when legislatures act under the power conferred upon them by the Elections Clause. But federal courts must not abandon their own duty to exercise judicial review.”
The high court did, though, suggest there could be limits on state court efforts to police elections for Congress and president.
The practical effect of the decision in North Carolina is minimal in that the North Carolina Supreme Court, under a new Republican majority, already has undone its redistricting ruling.
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TX Brownsville TX Zone Forecast for Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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National Weather Service Brownsville TX
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
TXZ253-092100-
Southern Hidalgo-
Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission,
and Weslaco
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Heat index values up to
105 early in the evening.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the upper 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the upper 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
$$
TXZ255-092100-
Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming south around 10 mph after midnight. Heat index
values up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs in the lower 90s.
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TXZ355-092100-
Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Port Isabel and Laguna Vista
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east around 15 mph this afternoon. Heat
index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs in the lower 90s. South winds 15 to
20 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
70s. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 90.
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TXZ455-092100-
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows around 80. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
70s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 80. Highs in
the mid 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 80.
Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ252-092100-
Starr-
Including the cities of Rio Grande City and Roma
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 101. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 109 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 106 early in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the upper 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
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TXZ254-092100-
Inland Willacy-
Including the city of Raymondville
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 109.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming south around 10 mph after midnight. Heat index
values up to 106 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Heat index values up to 109 in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
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TXZ354-092100-
Coastal Willacy-
Including the city of Port Mansfield
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny with highs in the mid
90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 109 in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
70s. Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s.
Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows
in the upper 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values up to
105.
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TXZ248-092100-
Zapata-
Including the city of Zapata
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat
index values up to 105 early in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 110 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107 early in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 105. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs 100 to 105. Heat index values up to 110.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the
upper 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
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TXZ249-092100-
Jim Hogg-
Including the city of Hebbronville
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 101. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 105 early in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 103. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s.
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TXZ250-092100-
Brooks-
Including the city of Falfurrias
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Patchy fog
this morning. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Hot with highs
around 100. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to
109 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat
index values up to 107 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 110 in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to
110 early in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100. Heat index
values up to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in
the mid 70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
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TXZ353-092100-
Northern Hidalgo-
Including the city of San Manuel
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 108 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat
index values up to 106 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the
mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
90s. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
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TXZ251-092100-
Inland Kenedy-
Including the city of Sarita
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 108.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly sunny. Humid with
highs in the upper 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index
values up to 111 in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Heat index
values up to 108 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 112 in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Hot. Lows in the mid
70s. Highs around 100. Heat index values up to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up
to 110.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 90s.
Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105.
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Coastal Kenedy-
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph. Heat index values up to 107.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Patchy fog in the morning. Sunny with highs in the
lower 90s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to
108.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph. Heat index values up to 110 in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
Highs in the mid 90s. Heat index values up to 110.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy.
Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the lower 90s. Heat index values up
to 105.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
90s. Lows in the upper 70s.
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Willacy Island-
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs around 90. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
70s. Highs around 90.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows around
80. Highs in the upper 80s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows
in the upper 70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
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TXZ451-092100-
Kenedy Island-
357 AM CDT Thu Jun 9 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Sunny with highs in the upper 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in
the upper 70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy.
Lows in the upper 70s. Highs in the upper 80s.
.TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy and breezy. Highs in
the upper 80s. Lows in the upper 70s.
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ROME (AP) — The fatal beating of a hospital psychiatrist, allegedly by a former patient, has sparked calls in Italy to improve mental health care.
Police on Sunday arrested a 35-year old Italian man for investigation in the attack on Dr. Barbara Capovani. The psychiatrist, 55, was beaten repeatedly with a metal bar on the head Friday when she left work at a hospital in Pisa, northern Italy. On Sunday, doctors at the same hospital declared her brain-dead, and her organs were being donated.
Investigators said her attacker was a former patient who later insulted her on social media, and who had had numerous brushes with the law, including beating a doctor in another northern town.
The attack on the psychiatrist was the latest in a series of violent assaults on hospital staff in Italy in recent months.
Citing her slaying, Italy’s health minister on Monday called a huddle later in the week to move ahead with reforming mental health care.
Over the last months, the health ministry already began work on how to reform mental health care procedures, Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said in a written statement. "We must work so what happened to Barbara Capovani doesn't happen again,'' Schillaci said.
Under a 1978 law, Italy closed down psychiatric hospitals and made all psychiatric treatment voluntary, with very few exceptions. Critics say the legislation envisioned a network of neighborhood public health facilities to deliver mental health care, but that never fully developed.
According to police, citing surveillance video footage, the alleged attacker waited for the doctor to leave the hospital, but when he didn't see her, returned the next day. When she left and was leaning down to unlock her bicycle to ride home, the man beat her head bloody, inflicting fatal injuries.
Health ministry officials thanked her family for allowing her organs to be donated. Colleagues at the Pisa hospital described Capovani, the mother of three children, as very open, sweet, serious and willing take on new patients.
Among incidents in the last year or so was a machete attack on a doctor leaving a Milan area hospital; a psychiatrist in the northern city of Mantua who was beaten with a stick after she deemed a woman didn't need hospital admission; and a doctor at a Naples area hospital who was kicked and punched by relatives of a patient demanding a medical certificate.
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Spacewalking astronauts to install final solar arrays completing ISS power upgrade
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will install the sixth and final rollout solar array outside the International Space Station. The power upgrade work first began in 2021.
Astronauts will finish a process Thursday that started more than two years ago to upgrade the International Space Station's power grid with the final installation of two solar arrays that arrive at the station rolled up like yoga mats.
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg will begin their spacewalk outside the ISS at 9 a.m. EDT. The pair will install the final ISS rollout solar array or iROSA made by Redwire Space.
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates will be inside the station maneuvering the Canadaarm2 robotic arm to help Bowen and Hoburg get the solar array onto the ISS starboard truss.
NASA will livestream the spacewalk on NASA TV and at NASA.gov beginning at 8 a.m. EDT.
Solar power but make it flexible
SpaceX has been launching two iROSAs at a time in the trunk of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft. The first two of six iROSAs were installed in 2021, and Bowen and Hoburg installed the most recent array on June 9.
The solar arrays are rolled up like carpets and, with the help of astronauts, unfurl in space. The arrays are much smaller and more flexible than the original solar panels installed on the ISS more than 20 years ago. The new arrays with Boeing solar cells provide 28 kilowatts of power. According to Redwire Space, the six arrays can produce 120 kilowatts over 10 years, increasing the ISS's capacity by about 30% and will help power the International Space Station through 2030.
The flexible solar technology is producing power across other spacecraft and NASA programs.
Under the Artemis program, the space agency plans to use them on the Lunar Gateway, an orbiting station around the moon. Another pair of rollout solar arrays was used on NASA's DART spacecraft that intentionally rammed into an asteroid last year.
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Train derailment prompts water utility to take precautions
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio.
West Virginia American Water said Sunday that it’s also going to install a secondary intake on the Guyandotte River in case there’s a need to switch to an alternate water source. The utility noted that there hasn’t been any change in raw water at its Ohio River intake.
“The health and safety of our customers is a priority, and there are currently no drinking water advisories in place for customers,” the company said in a statement.
About 50 cars, including 10 carrying hazardous materials, derailed in a fiery crash Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. Vinyl chloride was later released into the air from five of those cars before crews ignited it to get rid of the highly flammable, toxic chemicals in a controlled environment, creating a dark plume of smoke.
Residents from nearby neighborhoods in Ohio and Pennsylvania were evacuated because of health risks from the fumes, but have since been allowed to return.
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Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people from the rubble four days after a catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed more than 23,000 in Turkey and Syria. Temperatures remain below freezing across the large region, and many people have no place to shelter. The Turkish government has distributed millions of hot meals, as well as tents and blankets, but is still struggling to reach many people in need.
The Latest on the earthquake:
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LATAKIA, Syria — Syria’s state news agency SANA says paramedics have succeeded in pulling a mother and her two adult children from under the rubble of a building in the coastal town of Jableh.
SANA says the three survivors are Duha Nurallah, 60, her son Ibrahim Zakariya, 22, and her daughter Rawiya 24.
The three were immediately rushed away in ambulances late Friday, the fifth day after the earthquake that hit Turkey and northern Syria, killing more than 23,000 people.
Although experts say trapped people can live for a week or more, the chances of finding survivors are dimming. The rescues Friday in Syria and Turkey have provided fleeting moments of joy and relief amid the misery gripping the shattered region, where morgues and cemeteries are overwhelmed.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
— Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in quake aftermath
— Powerful quakes link Turkey, Syria and Japan in suffering
— Turkey’s lax policing of building codes flagged before quake
— Syrian orphans taken in by overwhelmed relatives
— A glance at the world’s deadliest quakes in the past 25 years
— Find more AP coverage at https:// apnews.com/hub/earthquakes
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – Funeral services have been held in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus for some of the 10 people whose bodies were repatriated from the earthquake-devasted Turkish city of Adiyaman.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said the bodies of seven children who were members of their school’s volleyball team, two teachers and a parent were brought back Friday after being pulled out of the rubble of the collapsed Isias Hotel.
Tatar expressed “heartfelt condolences and sympathies” to the families and friends of the deceased.
A group of 39 people, including members of the girls and boys volleyball teams, were staying in the hotel when it collapsed Feb. 6. Search efforts are continuing to try to locate all of them.
Turkish Cypriot authorities have already sent a team of rescuers including 17 riot police and 10 firefighters to the Kahramanmaraş area. Another 200 rescue workers and eight vehicles are expected to arrive later to Turkey.
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GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency estimates as many as 5.3 million people may have been left homeless in Syria because of the earthquake.
Sivanka Dhanapala, the country representative in Syria for UNHCR, told reporters Friday that the agency is focusing on shelter and relief items such as tents, plastic sheeting, thermal blankets, sleeping mats and winter clothing for people in need.
Even before the Feb. 6 temblor, around 6.8 million people had been displaced within Syria because of the war that erupted in 2011 — some of those driven from their homes multiple times.
Dhanapala says some supplies had been delivered from government-controlled areas to the rebel-held northwest of Syria prior to the quake, and those “pre-positioned” supplies have already been distributed from warehouses.
UNHCR hopes an agreement with the Damascus government will pave the way for faster, more regular access to the northwest.
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DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government has decided to allow earthquake aid to reach all parts of the country, including areas held by insurgent groups in the northwest.
Syrian state TV reported that the government announced during a meeting Friday that all aid deliveries would be made under the supervision of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to guarantee that they reach people in need.
The government also decided to set up a national fund to help areas hit by Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
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JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says its aid mission to Turkey has recovered the body of Antakya’s Jewish community leader and that of his wife.
It took members of “The Olive Branches” team 48 hours to locate and recover the bodies of Saul and Fortuna Cenudioğlu, the military said.
The couple were trapped under the rubble of their demolished house. They were buried afterward.
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BEIRUT — A Syrian opposition official says more than 700 Syrians who died in Turkey in this week’s earthquake have been brought home for burial through a border crossing with Syria.
Mazen Alloush, an official on the Syrian side of the border, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 720 more bodies have been brought back home for burial since Monday.
Turkey is home to some 3.6 million Syrian refugees who fled the civil war in their country that broke out 12 years ago.
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ADIYAMAN, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the powerful earthquake that ravaged parts of southeast Turkey as “one of the greatest disasters our nation has faced in its history.”
Touring the province of Adiyaman on Friday, Erdogan said search-and-rescue efforts would continue until no one is left trapped beneath the rubble.
He renewed a promise to rebuild the area within the year, and also said the government would subsidize rents for one year for people unwilling to stay in tents.
The president, who faces tough elections in May, again acknowledged a slow government response in the initial stages of the quake. He said the fact that many first responders were caught up in the disaster was one of the reasons for the slow start.
Addressing reports of looting in the region, Erdogan said a state of emergency declared in the 10 affected province would allow authorities to prevent such incidents.
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ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad has accused western countries of politicizing Syria’s humanitarian crisis following the Feb. 6 earthquake.
Assad spoke briefly to reporters Friday in the demolished Masharqa neighborhood of Aleppo during his first visit to the quake zone following the 7.8-magnitude temblor.
He said: “The West has no humanitarianism, therefore politicizing the situation in Syria is something they would naturally do.”
The devastating damage to Aleppo, Syria’s second and largest city, compounds the woes of the war-scarred city that faced years of bombardment in the 12-year conflict, much of it by Assad’s forces and those of his ally, Russia.
During his visit to Aleppo on Friday, Assad visited Aleppo University Hospital and then met with rescuers in Masharqua, where paramedics on Thursday removed the bodies of 44 people and seven others alive from one building.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO’s head of emergencies, were also arriving in Aleppo on Friday to help coordinate and support the delivery of aid.
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BAB AL-HAWA, Syria — The United Nations says the first earthquake-related aid convoy of 14 trucks has crossed from Turkey into rebel-held northwestern Syria.
The road to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing was obstructed for days following the quake due to road damage and debris from collapsed buildings.
The U.N. International Organization for Migration said in a statement that Friday’s convoy carried “essential relief items.”
A first convoy of six trucks into Syria’s rebel-held enclave had crossed the border on Thursday, but those trucks carried aid that had already been scheduled to be sent before the devastating quake.
The United Nations is not authorized to deliver aid into Syria through other border crossings under a U.N. Security Council resolution.
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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party has declared a cease-fire in its conflict with Turkey to facilitate rescue operations following the devastating earthquake.
According to a spokesperson for the group, Zagros Hiwa, the cease-fire comes on the orders of PKK leader Cemil Bayik “to allow rescue operations and reduce pain of affected people in disaster zone.” Hiwa added Friday that it is an “open cease-fire” but “depends also on Turkey’s response,” meaning “if they attack us, we will respond.”
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984 with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in southeast Turkey, which has since morphed into a campaign for autonomy. The conflict between militants and state forces has killed tens of thousands of people.
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Supreme Court Justice Stevens’ private papers open to public
WASHINGTON (AP) — A wide-ranging selection of papers that belonged to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is opening to researchers Tuesday at the Library of Congress, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the justices’ deliberations in important cases including Bush v. Gore, the 2000 decision that essentially decided the presidential election.
Stevens, who died in 2019, served on the Supreme Court for nearly 35 years. In that time, the court decided cases on issues including abortion, affirmative action, presidential power, gun rights and the rights of prisoners held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center. The papers being made public contain Stevens’ notes from the justices’ private conferences about cases, drafts of opinions and communications between the justices.
The collection’s opening comes as the current court has recently ruled or is weighing some of the same major issues. Last year, the court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade, giving states the ability to ban abortion after nearly 50 years. Now, the justices are deciding whether to do away with affirmative action, which has been upheld under Supreme Court decisions reaching back to 1978. An affirmative action decision is expected before the end of June, when the court traditionally finishes its work before taking a summer break.
Stevens was appointed to the court in 1975 by Republican President Gerald Ford and at first was considered a centrist, but he came to be seen as the court’s leading liberal. Stevens said that he hadn’t changed but that the court had grown more conservative around him. He did change his views on some issues, however. He morphed from a critic of affirmative action to a supporter, and he came to believe the death penalty is wrong.
The court has only become more conservative since Stevens’ departure. Six of the court’s nine members are conservatives, and the other three are liberals.
In Bush v. Gore, the case that ended Florida’s presidential recount and sent Republican George W. Bush to the White House over Democrat Al Gore, Stevens wrote a scathing dissent.
“Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear,” he wrote. “It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
The Library of Congress says two or three boxes of papers in the collection relate to the case. Another case included in the newly available material is the court’s 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which had reaffirmed the right to abortion and was thrown out last year along with Roe v. Wade. Also of interest: Stevens’ records in the Grutter v. Bollinger case from 2003, in which the court upheld affirmative action, and his records in several cases involving the rights of gay people.
Before joining the court, the Chicago-born Stevens served in the Navy during World War II. He became a judge on a federal court of appeals before becoming a justice. He retired in 2010 and was replaced by Justice Elena Kagan.
The Library of Congress first made a selection of Stevens’ papers available in 2020. Those papers largely covered 1975 to 1984. The new selection opening Tuesday includes the years 1984 through 2004.
The justices’ papers are considered personal property, and nothing dictates the justices must keep any records or make them public. Stevens is among several justices, along with Harry Blackmun and Thurgood Marshall, whose papers became public while at least one colleague still was on the bench.
Stevens’ most recent files covering the period of 2005 to 2010, when the court ruled in two major gun rights cases, will not be open until 2030. That most recent period is when Stevens served with several current members of the court: Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The only current justice represented in the papers now opening to the public is Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Library of Congress holds the papers of 38 Supreme Court justices.
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Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The Aug. 5 demonstrations by India’s main opposition Congress party against soaring food prices and unemployment began like any other recent protest — an electorally weak opposition taking to the New Delhi streets against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massively popular government.
The protests, however, quickly took a turn when key Congress lawmakers led by Rahul Gandhi — Modi’s main opponent in the last two general elections — trooped to the Parliament, leading to fierce standoffs with police.
“Democracy is a memory (in India),” Gandhi later tweeted, describing the dramatic photographs that showed him and his party leaders being briefly detained by police.
Gandhi’s statement was largely seen as yet another frantic effort by a crisis-ridden opposition party to shore up its relevance and was dismissed by the government. But it resonated amid growing sentiment that India’s democracy — the world’s largest with nearly 1.4 billion people — is in retreat and its democratic foundations are floundering.
Experts and critics say trust in the judiciary as a check on executive power is eroding. Assaults on the press and free speech have grown brazen. Religious minorities are facing increasing attacks by Hindu nationalists. And largely peaceful protests, sometimes against provocative policies, have been stamped out by internet clampdowns and the jailing of activists.
“Most former colonies have struggled to put a lasting democratic process in place. India was more successful than most in doing that,” said Booker Prize-winning novelist and activist Arundhati Roy. “And now, 75 years on, to witness it being dismantled systematically and in shockingly violent ways is traumatic.”
Modi’s ministers say India’s democratic principles are robust, even thriving.
“If today there is a sense in the world that democracy is, in some form, the future, then a large part of it is due to India,” External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in April. “There was a time when, in this part of the world, we were the only democracy."
History is on Jaishankar's side.
At midnight on August 15, 1947, the red sandstone parliamentary building in the heart of India's capital echoed with the high-pitched voice of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom," Nehru famously spoke, words that were heard over live radio by millions of Indians. Then he promised: “To the nations and peoples of the world, we send greetings and pledge ourselves to cooperate with them in furthering peace, freedom and democracy.”
It marked India’s transition from a British colony to a democracy — the first in South Asia — that has since transformed from a poverty-stricken nation into one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, earning itself a seat at the global high table and becoming a democratic counterweight to its authoritarian neighbor, China.
Apart from a brief interruption in 1975 when a formal emergency was declared under the Congress party rule that saw outright censorship, India clung doggedly to its democratic convictions — largely due to free elections, an independent judiciary that confronted the executive, a thriving media, strong opposition and peaceful transitions of power.
But experts and critics say the country has been gradually departing from some commitments and argue the backsliding has accelerated since Modi came to power in 2014. They accuse his populist government of using unbridled political power to undermine democratic freedoms and preoccupying itself with pursuing a Hindu nationalist agenda.
“The decline seems to continue across several core formal democratic institutions... such as the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information, and freedom of association," said Staffan I. Lindberg, political scientist and director of the V-Dem Institute, a Sweden-based research center that rates the health of democracies.
Modi's party denies this. A spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla, said India has been a “thriving democracy” under Modi's rule and has witnessed “reclamation of the republic.”
Most democracies are hardly immune to strains.
The number of countries experiencing democratic backsliding “has never been as high” as in the past decade, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance said last year, adding the U.S. to the list along with India and Brazil.
Still, the descent appears to be striking in India.
Earlier this year, the U.S.-based non-profit Freedom House downgraded India from a free democracy to "partially free.” The V-Dem Institute classified it as an “electoral autocracy” on par with Russia. And the Democracy Index published by The Economist Intelligence Unit called India a “flawed democracy.”
India’s Foreign Ministry has called the downgrades “inaccurate" and “distorted.” Many Indian leaders have said such reports are an intrusion in “internal matters," with India’s Parliament disallowing debates on them.
Globally, India strongly advocates democracy. During the inaugural Summit for Democracy organized by the U.S. in December, Modi asserted the “democratic spirit” is integral to India’s “civilization ethos.”
At home, however, his government is seen bucking that very spirit, with independent institutions coming under increasing scrutiny.
Experts point to long pending cases with India’s Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of key decisions taken by Modi's government as major concerns.
They include cases related to a controversial citizenship review process that has already left nearly 2 million people in Assam state potentially stateless, the now revoked semi-autonomous powers pertaining to disputed Kashmir, the opaque campaign finance laws that are seen disproportionately favoring Modi’s party, and its alleged use of military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents and journalists.
India's judiciary, which is independent of the executive, has faced criticism in the past but the intensity has increased, said Deepak Gupta, a former Supreme Court judge.
Gupta said India’s democracy appears to be “on the downswing” due to the court’s inability to uphold civil liberties in some cases by denying people bail and the misuse of sedition and anti-terror laws by police, tactics that were also used by earlier governments.
“When it comes to adjudication of disputes... the courts have done a good job. But when it comes to their role as protectors of the rights of the people, I wish the courts had done more,” he said.
The country’s democratic health has also taken a hit due to the status of minorities.
The largely Hindu nation has been proud of its multiculturalism and has about 200 million Muslims. It also has a history of bloody sectarian violence, but hate speech and violence against Muslims have increased recently. Some states ruled by Modi’s party have used bulldozers to demolish the homes and shops of alleged Muslim protesters, a move critics say is a form of collective punishment.
The government has sought to downplay these attacks, but the incidents have left the minority community reeling under fear.
“Sometimes you need extra protection for the minorities so that they don’t feel that they are second-rate citizens,” said Gupta.
That the rising tide of Hindu nationalism has helped buoy the fortunes of Modi’s party is evident in its electoral successes. It has also coincided with a rather glaring fact: the ruling party has no Muslim lawmaker in the Parliament, a first in the history of India.
The inability to fully eliminate discrimination and attacks against other minorities like Christians, tribals and Dalits — who form the lowest rung of India’s Hindu caste hierarchy — has exacerbated these concerns. Even though the government sees the ascent of an indigenous woman as India's ceremonial president as a significant step toward equal representation, critics have cast their doubts calling it political optics.
Under Modi, India’s Parliament has also come under scrutiny for passing important laws with little debate, including a religious-driven citizenship law and controversial agricultural reform that led to massive protests. In a rare retreat, his government withdrew the farm laws and some saw it as a triumph of democracy, but that sentiment faded quickly with increased attacks on free speech and the press.
The country fell eight places, to 150, out of 180 countries in this year’s Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, which said “Indian journalists who are too critical of the government are subjected to all-out harassment and attack campaigns.”
Shrinking press freedoms in India date to previous governments but the last few years have been worse.
Journalists have been arrested. Some are stopped from traveling abroad. Dozens are facing criminal prosecution, including sedition. At the same time, the government has introduced sweeping regulatory laws for social media companies that give it more power to police online content.
“One has only to look around to see that the media has certainly shriveled up during Mr. Modi’s regime,” said Coomi Kapoor, journalist and author of “The Emergency: A Personal History,” which chronicles India’s only period of emergency.
“What happened in the emergency was upfront and there was no pretense. What is happening now is more gradual and sinister,” she said.
Still, optimists like Kapoor say not everything is lost “if India strengthens its democratic institutions" and "pins its hopes on the judiciary.”
“If the independence of the judiciary goes, then I’m afraid nothing will survive,” she said.
Others, however, insist India’s democracy has taken so many body blows that the future looks increasingly bleak.
“The damage is too structural, too fundamental," said Roy, the novelist and activist.
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On World Stroke Day (29th Oct), the World Stroke Organization has announced the launch of a new program that aims to drive access to quality acute stroke care and save lives around the world.
The WSO Stroke Certification initiative is a strategic response to the results of a WHO-WSO survey which found that less than half (49%) of countries could provide comprehensive evidence-based acute stroke care. The survey also identified a huge gap in provision of care between high- and low- and middle-income countries. While 91% of high-income countries were able to provide access to specialist stroke unit care, the number was just 8% in low-income countries.
Two of the fundamental markers of quality acute stroke care are the provision of thrombolysis (the removal of blood clots using intravenous medication) and thrombectomy (the removal of blood clots by keyhole surgery). Research published by WSO found global rates of access to these treatments stand at 46% and 30% respectively.
'One in four of us will have a stroke in our lifetime, yet the majority of people globally lack access to effective treatment and stroke center care. On top of this, a lack of effective global prevention strategies has led us to a place where stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide, with a soaring human and economic cost,' said WSO President Professor Marc Fisher. Incoming WSO President and leading Brazilian neurologist, Professor Sheila Martins added: 'We have the knowledge and tools that could save millions of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars. Delivering quality stroke care is not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do.'
WSO's Global Stroke Guidelines and Action Plan aim to help institutions and governments implement evidence-based criteria and standards for care developed by WSO. Initially targeting hospitals in middle-income countries, the program will be launched on Nov 1st with the primary aim of growing the global network of accredited stroke care providers.
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. On World Stroke Day the public, health care professionals, stroke survivors, politicians and industry leaders will come together to raise awareness of stroke symptoms and the importance of timely treatment.
The public can follow the campaign on social media using #Precioustime and help raise awareness by sharing a clock selfie or participating in the strokespotter.org online game challenge.
Notes to Editors
I. The World Stroke Organization is the only global body solely focused on stroke. With around 3000 individual and 100 society members, spanning every global region, we represent over 55,000 stroke specialists in clinical research and support services. WSO is in official relations with WHO and has UN consultative status.
II. The WSO Stroke Certification program builds on the WSO-SIEVC Certification program in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.world-stroke.org/news-and-blog/news/wso-siecv-certification-of-stroke-centers-in-latin-america-and-caribbean
III. State of stroke services across the globe https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17474930211019568
IV. WSO Global Stoke Factsheet https://www.world-stroke.org/publications-and-resources/resources/global-stroke-fact-sheet
V. World Stroke Day website www.worldstrokecampaign.org
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Published: Aug. 3, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF) announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Q2'22 reported net income of $785 million decreased 13% and underlying net income(1) of $892 million increased 1% from Q2'21.
Q2'22 reported EPS(2) was $1.34 and underlying EPS(1)(2) was $1.52.
Q2'22 reported ROE(1) was 13.1% and underlying ROE(1) was 14.9%.
"Sun Life's second quarter results reflect the strength and resilience of our diversified business mix in the face of market volatility and a challenging external environment," said Kevin Strain, President and CEO of Sun Life.
"We're helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives through several strategic initiatives. In the U.S., we completed our acquisition of DentaQuest, a values-driven industry leader. In Canada and Malaysia, we announced new Shariah-based products that provide our Clients with more choice when it comes to their wealth-solution needs. We also renewed our bancassurance partnership with RCBC in the Philippines for an additional 10 years. And capital raising of $5.7 billion at SLC Management during the quarter reflects strong demand for our alternative investment capabilities."
Financial and Operational Highlights - Quarterly Comparison (Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2021)
Our strategy is focused on key business segments, where we aim to be a leader in the markets in which we operate.
Reported net income of $785 million decreased $115 million or 13% from prior year, reflecting unfavourable market-related impacts and DentaQuest acquisition costs, partially offset by fair value changes on MFS' share-based payment awards(1) and a gain on the sale-leaseback of our Wellesley office in the U.S. Underlying net income of $892 million(2) was up slightly, driven by business growth, new business gains, contribution from the DentaQuest acquisition, and lower incentive compensation expenses. This was largely offset by Asset Management results reflecting a decline in global equity markets driving lower average net assets ("ANA"), lower available-for-sale ("AFS") gains and morbidity experience in the U.S.
Canada: A leader in insurance and asset management
Canada reported net income of $160 million decreased $244 million or 60% from prior year, reflecting lower equity markets and rising interest rates, partially offset by an increase in underlying net income of $54 million. Underlying net income of $344 million increased 19%, driven by business growth, higher new business gains and experience-related items. Experience in the quarter included favourable credit, investment gains and morbidity. Sun Life Health morbidity reflected improved disability experience in the quarter, driven by lower claims volumes and shorter claims durations.
Canada insurance sales were $218 million, up 11% year-over-year, driven by large case group benefits sales in Sun Life Health. Canada wealth sales were $4 billion, up 16%, driven by defined contribution(3) and defined benefit solutions sales in Group Retirement Services ("GRS"), partially offset by lower individual wealth sales.
We continue to innovate and provide Clients with wealth solutions that are tailored to their personal needs. This quarter, SLGI Asset Management announced the launch of the Sun Life Crescent Specialty Credit Private Pool fund, providing Clients access to an alternative yield source. Group Retirement Services also launched its first Shariah-based pool fund(4), which gives Canadian plan members an option that reflects Islamic principles while providing diversified access to equity markets.
U.S.: A leader in health and benefits
U.S. reported net income of $213 million increased $56 million or 36% from prior year, driven by a gain on the sale-leaseback of our Wellesley office and favourable market-related impacts, partially offset by DentaQuest acquisition costs. Underlying net income of $154 million decreased $11 million or 7%, reflecting experience-related items and lower AFS gains, partially offset by business growth including contribution from the DentaQuest acquisition. Experience in the quarter included favourable medical stop-loss margins, investment gains and favourable credit, partially offset by long-term disability claims. Mortality experience in Group Benefits improved driven by lower COVID-19-related claims.
Foreign exchange translation led to an increase of $8 million and $6 million in reported net income and underlying net income, respectively.
U.S. insurance sales were $213 million, up 12% year-over-year, driven by higher dental(5) and medical stop-loss sales.
On June 1, we completed our acquisition of DentaQuest, the second-largest dental benefits provider in the U.S(6). The transaction advances our strategy of being a leader in health and benefits in the U.S. With this acquisition, Sun Life U.S now serves more than 50 million Americans, and is expected to generate more than US$7 billion in total annual benefits revenues(7).
This quarter, we released our 10th annual medical stop-loss research report on high-cost medical claims. As the largest independent stop-loss provider in the U.S., we leveraged our extensive data, analytics, and health expertise to highlight current medical trends. The findings in the report help employers make better health plan decisions for their employees, leading to improved outcomes.
Asset Management: A global leader in both public and alternative asset classes through MFS and SLC Management
Asset Management reported net income of $296 million increased $75 million or 34% from prior year, driven by fair value changes on MFS' share-based payment awards. Underlying net income of $270 million decreased $41 million or 13%, due to lower results in MFS reflecting a decline in global equity markets driving lower ANA.
Foreign exchange translation led to an increase of $10 million in reported net income and $9 million in underlying net income.
Asset Management ended Q2'22 with $905 billion in AUM, consisting of $712 billion (US$553 billion) in MFS and $194 billion in SLC Management. Total Asset Management net inflows of $0.3 billion in Q2'22 reflected SLC Management net inflows of approximately $7.3 billion, largely offset by MFS net outflows of approximately $7.0 billion (US$5.5 billion).
In the second quarter of 2022, 98%, 71% and 49% of MFS' U.S. retail mutual fund assets ranked in the top half of their Morningstar categories based on ten-, five- and three-year performance, respectively. The MFS pre-tax net operating profit margin(1) was 36% for Q2'22, compared to 39% in the prior year, driven by the decline in ANA. The SLC Management fee-related earnings margin(1)(2) was 23%, down from 25%.
Our Asset Management businesses built on their commitment to integrating climate strategies as we continue our sustainability journey. In July 2022, MFS set an interim target to align 90% of in-scope assets(3) with the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative(4). During the second quarter, BentallGreenOak ("BGO") was also awarded the 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") for the 12th consecutive year, and received Gold Recognition in the 2022 Green Lease Leaders program organized by the Institute for Market Transformation and the DOE's Better Buildings Alliance.
Asia: A regional leader focused on fast-growing markets
Asia reported net income of $131 million decreased $12 million or 8% from prior year. Underlying net income of $148 million decreased $4 million or 3% from prior year, reflecting policyholder behaviour experience primarily in Vietnam, and new business strain in Hong Kong as COVID-19 restrictions drove lower sales, partially offset by new business gains in International.
Foreign exchange translation led to a decline of $1 million in reported net income and underlying net income.
Asia insurance sales were $305 million, down 6% year-over-year, reflecting lower sales in International and Hong Kong, partially offset by sales growth in all other markets. Asia wealth sales were $3 billion, down 18%, reflecting lower sales in India and Hong Kong, partially offset by higher sales in the Philippines.
We continue to leverage Sun Life's global asset management capabilities and execute on our growth strategy through strategic partnerships. In India, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited ("ABSLAMC") partnered with BGO, a subsidiary of SLC Management, to form a real estate-focused investment vehicle. This collaboration brings together two leading investment managers with extensive track records in both the domestic and international markets, to create new investment opportunities for Clients.
In the Philippines, our joint venture, Sun Life Grepa Financial, renewed its bancassurance partnership with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation ("RCBC"), one of the country's leading commercial banks. The 10-year renewal, through to 2033, allows more Filipinos to access financial protection products, leveraging the strength of RCBC's extensive sales network of over 430 branches and almost 2 million customers.
Corporate
Corporate reported net loss of $15 million improved $10 million from prior year. Underlying net loss of $24 million improved by $11 million, driven by lower expenses, partially offset by losses on seed investments and AFS assets.
IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts ("IFRS 17") and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments ("IFRS 9") to be Adopted in 2023
For periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, we will be adopting IFRS 17, which replaces IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts. IFRS 17 establishes the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of insurance contracts. Effective January 1, 2023, we will also be adopting IFRS 9, which replaces IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement.
The adoption of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 has no material implication on our business strategies, however, upon transition at January 1, 2022, the changes in measurement of insurance contract liabilities and timing of recognition of earnings would have resulted in the following impacts:
A net transfer of approximately $4.5 billion from shareholders' equity, primarily driven by the establishment of the contractual service margin ("CSM") on the balance sheet, among other items.
As we restate the comparative year on an IFRS 17 basis, we expect a mid-single digit decrease in our 2022 underlying net income.
The CSM balance will qualify as Tier 1 available capital. On July 21, 2022, OSFI finalized the LICAT guidelines to reflect the IFRS 17 adoption, effective January 1, 2023. We expect our LICAT ratio to improve on adoption and we also expect capital generation and capital volatility to be relatively unchanged under the new regime.
Our medium-term financial objectives following the adoption of IFRS 17 and 9 will be:
Underlying EPS growth: 8-10%
Underlying ROE: 18%+ (an increase from 16%+ prior to transition)
Underlying Dividend payout ratio: 40-50%
We continue to assess the impact that the adoption of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and estimates of the financial impacts are subject to change as we continue to assess the implications of adopting both standards. For additional details, refer to Note 2 in the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
Earnings Conference Call The Company's Q2'22 financial results will be reviewed at a conference call on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET. To listen to the call via live audio webcast and to view the presentation slides, as well as related information, please visit www.sunlife.com and click on the link to Quarterly reports under Investors – Financial results & reports 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. Individuals participating in the call in a listen-only mode are encouraged to connect via our webcast. Following the call, the webcast and presentation will be archived and made available on the Company's website, www.sunlife.com, until the Q2 2023 period end. The conference call can also be accessed by phone by dialing 412-902-4130 (International) or 1-833-634-2605 (toll–free within North America) and referencing the Sun Life Q2 earnings call. A replay of the conference call will be available from Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET until 1:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, August 18, 2022 by calling 412-317-0088 or 1-877-344-7529 (toll–free within North America) using access code: 2586651.
Forward-looking Statements From time to time, the Company makes written or oral forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws, including the "safe harbour" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements contained in this document include statements (i) relating to our strategies; (ii) relating to our growth initiatives and other business objectives; (iii) relating to our targets and commitments (including with respect to net zero emissions); (iv) relating to the plans we have implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic conditions and their impact on the Company, (v) that are predictive in nature or that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and (vi) that include words such as "achieve", "aim", "ambition", "anticipate", "aspiration", "assumption", "believe", "could", "estimate", "expect", "goal", "initiatives", "intend", "may", "objective", "outlook", "plan", "project", "seek", "should", "strategy", "strive", "target", "will", and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations. These statements represent our current expectations, estimates, and projections regarding future events and are not historical facts, and remain subject to change, particularly in light of the ongoing and developing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global economy and its uncertain impact on our business.
Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Future results and shareholder value may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, among other factors, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic conditions on our operations, liquidity, financial conditions or results and the matters set out in the Q2'22 MD&A under the headings C - Profitability - 5 - Income taxes, E - Financial Strength and H - Risk Management and in SLF Inc.'s 2021 AIF under the heading Risk Factors, and the factors detailed in SLF Inc.'s other filings with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators, which are available for review at www.sedar.comandwww.sec.gov, respectively.
Important risk factors that could cause our assumptions and estimates, and expectations and projections to be inaccurate and our actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this document, are set out below. The realization of our forward-looking statements, essentially depends on our business performance which, in turn, is subject to many risks, which have been further heightened with the current COVID-19 pandemic given the uncertainty of its duration and impact. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to: market risks - related to the performance of equity markets; changes or volatility in interest rates or credit spreads or swap spreads; real estate investments; and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; insurance risks - related to policyholder behaviour; mortality experience, morbidity experience and longevity; product design and pricing; the impact of higher-than-expected future expenses; and the availability, cost and effectiveness of reinsurance; credit risks - related to issuers of securities held in our investment portfolio, debtors, structured securities, reinsurers, counterparties, other financial institutions and other entities; business and strategic risks - related to global economic and political conditions; the design and implementation of business strategies; changes in distribution channels or Client behaviour including risks relating to market conduct by intermediaries and agents; the impact of competition; the performance of our investments and investment portfolios managed for Clients such as segregated and mutual funds; shifts in investing trends and Client preference towards products that differ from our investment products and strategies; changes in the legal or regulatory environment, including capital requirements and tax laws; the environment, environmental laws and regulations; operational risks - related to breaches or failure of information system security and privacy, including cyber-attacks; our ability to attract and retain employees; legal, regulatory compliance and market conduct, including the impact of regulatory inquiries and investigations; the execution and integration of mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments and divestitures; our information technology infrastructure; a failure of information systems and Internet-enabled technology; dependence on third-party relationships, including outsourcing arrangements; business continuity; model errors; information management; liquidity risks - the possibility that we will not be able to fund all cash outflow commitments as they fall due; and other risks - COVID-19 matters, including the severity, duration and spread of COVID-19; its impact on the global economy, and its impact on Sun Life's business, financial condition and or results; risks associated with IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments; our international operations, including our joint ventures; market conditions that affect our capital position or ability to raise capital; downgrades in financial strength or credit ratings; and tax matters, including estimates and judgements used in calculating taxes.
The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
About Sun Life Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and institutional Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of June 30, 2022, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.26 trillion. For more information, please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
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TORONTO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Smartlink, a decentralized marketplace and escrow platform for Web3 applications, has announced the final countdown for the launch of its flagship product, a decentralized facebook-like marketplace for crypto users. The web3 solutions provider has made significant progress throughout the year, releasing two products in as many quarters.
With a decentralized marketplace for Web3 users, Smartlink addresses the problems of trust deficiency and transactional risk in online marketplaces. Most digital marketplaces, like Facebook Marketplace, provide sellers with a platform to list and sell their products, acting as a technology enabler. However, when it comes to handling transactional disputes or fraudulent transactions, these platforms offer limited to no protection.
Smartlink Marketplace utilizes a decentralized escrow protocol to safeguard funds throughout the transaction.
- Sellers can list their products through a simple web-based interface.
- Interested buyers can contact the seller to get more information and confirm the item is still available.
- The buyer can secure the item using any of the supported cryptocurrencies. The buyer must send sufficient funds to cover the platform fees (1% of the transaction amount or 0.5% using SMAK token, the native token of the Smartlink platform), blockchain fees, and the cost of the product. These funds are deposited in the escrow smart contract.
- The buyer can then go pick up the item, inspect the product, and approve the transaction if the item suits their expectations.
- Once the buyer approves the transaction, the smart contract automatically transfers escrow payment to the seller's wallet.
The initial release of Smartlink Marketplace provides complete support for physical products. Smartlink will introduce third-party tracking and logistics abilities in its future releases.
Olivier Audino, co-founder of Smartlink said "We are really excited to go live with the first Web3 facebook-like marketplace for people to use their digital assets in the real world. We're also confident that the product will make the blockchain space more intelligible to regular users and help foster its adoption."
Smartlink is developing a sustainable ecosystem of decentralized and scalable applications on top of the Tezos network, including a marketplace for crypto users and a decentralized escrow service.
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis briefly went to Rome’s main hospital on Tuesday for tests and returned to the Vatican, two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis.
The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said the pontiff underwent “some clinical examinations and returned to the Vatican before noon” from the Gemelli hospital.
Witnesses at the Vatican’s Perugino gate, one of the main entrances to the city state, told The Associated Press that Francis greeted guards as he usually does before returning to his residence.
Francis, 86, spent three days at the Gemelli hospital in late March. Initially, the Vatican said he had gone in for scheduled tests, but the pontiff later revealed he had felt pain in his chest and was rushed to the hospital where bronchitis was diagnosed. He was put on intravenous antibiotics and was released April 1, quipping that he was “still alive.”
The Argentine pope had part of one lung removed when he was a young man. He also suffers from sciatica nerve pain and has been using a wheelchair and walker for more than a year because of strained ligaments in his knee.
Francis has had a packed schedule of late, with multiple audiences each day. The Vatican has recently confirmed a travel-filled August, when the Holy See and Italy are usually on vacation, with a four-day visit to Portugal the first week of August and a similarly long trip to Mongolia starting Aug. 31.
In a sign that the trips were very much on, the Vatican on Tuesday released the planned itinerary for Francis’ visit to Portugal for World Youth Day events from Aug. 2-6. The itinerary confirms a typically busy schedule that includes all the protocol meetings of an official state visit plus multiple events with young people and a day trip to the Marian shrine at Fatima.
Francis’ next public appointment, if confirmed, would be his weekly general audience on Wednesday in St. Peter’s Square.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus sought to strengthen its ties with India Thursday, signing agreements aimed to tighten military cooperation, expand the use of solar energy technology and stem illegal migration.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said after a meeting with India’s visiting foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, that an initial agreement would act as a springboard for talks on ways to strengthen cooperation on military and defense matters.
Another agreement involves Cyprus joining the International Solar Alliance, an organization made up of 90 countries that aims to develop and ease access to solar energy technology as part of the global transition to renewable energy sources.
“I welcome very much the signing of the Framework Agreement on International Solar Alliance by Cyprus, and I believe that our cooperation in the field of renewable energy will gain as a result,” said Jaishankar.
The two ministers also signed an agreement initiating formal discussions on facilitating the swift repatriation of Indians who have had their asylum applications rejected and allowing business professionals and academics to more easily travel and work in both countries.
Cyprus’ Interior Ministry said in a statement that a formal agreement is expected to be signed in February next year.
Applications for asylum in the Mediterranean island nation rose to 18,345 between January and October of this year. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said earlier this month that the number of people with pending asylum claims and those who have already been granted a more limited protection status is equal to more than 6% of Cyprus’ population.
According to Cyprus Asylum Service figures, Indians made up 7% of all new asylum applicants last year and 16% in 2020.
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Texas senators on Wednesday unanimously approved Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s agenda on property tax cuts this legislative session, which would pump billions of state dollars into public schools and give bigger tax breaks for homeowners and business owners.
“This is off-the-charts, incredible property tax relief for millions of Texas homeowners,” said state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican and Patrick’s point person on property taxes.
Before the session started, Republican leaders made it clear they wanted the Legislature to use part of a historic state surplus of nearly $33 billion to bring down property taxes. Patrick’s $16.5 billion package — contained in three separate priority bills — is the Senate’s proposal on how to do it.
The package’s most popular component among senators is Senate Bill 3, a proposal to raise the state’s homestead exemption for school districts. That bill — carried by Bettencourt — would raise the amount of a home’s value that can’t be taxed from $40,000 to $70,000, with an additional $20,000 bump for seniors. The proposal would save a homeowner who pays the state’s average school tax rate an additional $341 on their annual tax bill — and save seniors another $227 each year.
Democrats joined Republicans to pass all three bills.
“It is a great testament to Republicans and Democrats working together for all of their constituents,” Patrick said after all three bills passed.
Senators also passed — but were less sure about — Senate Bill 4. That bill would require the state to funnel at least $5.38 billion into public schools, which make up the biggest chunk of Texans’ property tax bills. That’s on top of $5.3 billion that Senate budget writers have separately proposed for property tax cuts over the next two years.
In exchange, the bill, which amends a 2019 landmark school finance law, would cut school property tax rates by 7 cents per every $100 in property value. For the owner of a $300,000 home paying the state’s average school district tax rate, that would mean $210 shaved off their annual property tax bill.
The measure drew some skepticism from Senate Democrats who warned that, in the future, Texas won’t have the glut of federal stimulus dollars that have flowed in during the COVID-19 pandemic to cushion the state should the economy hit a rough patch. If that were to happen, it’s possible the state would have to raise sales taxes to make up for any shortfall for schools, said state Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Dallas Democrat.
“We’re doing something that’s popular, we’re doing something that provides genuine tax relief for people,” Johnson said. “And it could require us to make some difficult decisions in the future.”
State Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, an Austin Democrat, seconded that notion.
“If for any reason the state is unable or unwilling to pay … it will be a starvation for our public education system,” Eckhardt said.
Bettencourt tried to tamp down that skepticism, noting that Texas’ economy is booming and that voters will ultimately decide the measure, which will go to the ballot box as a proposed constitutional amendment.
“I can’t disagree that someday there will be a crisis, but we made this commitment,” Bettencourt said. “We have to stand by it.”
But despite the skepticism, no Democrat voted against the bill.
SB 4 is also an effort to lower property-wealthy districts’ payments through the recapture program, informally known as “Robin Hood.” The program requires those districts to give any tax surplus it collects to the state so it can go to “property-poor” districts that can’t raise all the money they need through taxes.
Some school districts’ recapture payments have ballooned in recent years, with some like the Austin Independent School District paying the state close to $800 million in the last fiscal year.
Ed Ramos, chief financial officer at Austin ISD, said Austin’s property values are expected to grow beyond the state’s average growth rate. If SB 4 were to become law, that would mean the district would have to lower the rate it uses to tax property owners for its maintenance and operations.
In turn, the state would cover the district’s shortfall and, because the tax rate would go down, so would the district’s Robin Hood payments, Ramos said.
But a lower tax rate would also mean that Austin ISD would see no new money.
“It’s basically a flat effect for school districts,” Ramos said. “There’s no new money for us with this bill. But what it does is ... lower property taxes throughout the state.”
Ramos said the only concern he has is that if the state is spending so much money to cover the shortfall created by the bill, it may leave lawmakers with little left from the surplus to actually increase the state funds districts receive — a raise they say is desperately needed after the COVID-19 pandemic and amid ballooning inflation.
The basic allotment — or the base amount the state gives schools per student, which currently sits at $6,160 — has not increased since 2019, when lawmakers overhauled the school finance system.
“When the state is looking at its $32 billion surplus, if about half of that is going to be taken because of property tax compression, what is left for other needs of the state?” he said.
Chandra Villanueva, director of policy and advocacy for the progressive think tank Every Texan, said the bill will expand school district inequities by benefiting businesses and the highest-earning Texans while providing no new dollars for school districts.
“It’s just a tax break that costs a lot of money,” she said.
She also thinks it’s an unsustainable model for the state to take. If the bill goes through, the state will commit to pay districts’ shortfall. But while it can cover the difference now, the state’s share will continue to increase with no guarantee of a future surplus to help it pay the bill.
“The only reason we have a lot of this revenue right now is because of inflation and its impact on tax collections,” she said. “It’s not something that we can be guaranteed to grow and be sustainable. What we’re doing is setting up our schools for future cuts.”
Senators also passed Senate Bill 5, a separate measure by state Sen. Tan Parker, a Flower Mound Republican, which would cut $1.5 billion in business property taxes.
Ultimately, the Senate tax proposals to raise the homestead exemption and cut business property taxes would go before voters — who are highly likely to favor cutting their own taxes.
The Senate proposals now head to the House, where legislators have taken a different approach to reducing property owners’ tax burdens.
Just like in the Senate, budget writers in the House want to use at least $5.3 billion from the state’s surplus to lower property taxes.
The House’s chief tax cut proposal contains an additional $12 billion in school property tax cuts. But the proposal’s most controversial element would tighten a cap on how much the value of a homeowner’s main residence taxed by school districts can rise each year — a proposal that has drawn opposition from Patrick and Bettencourt as well as tax cut advocates and business lobbying groups.
The bill would lower the state’s “appraisal cap” from 10% to 5% and expand the benefit to owners of business properties such as grocery stores, apartment complexes and restaurants. Tax experts argue doing so would make the property tax system more unfair by giving bigger breaks to owners who have held their property for a longer period. It also wouldn’t bring tax bills down, experts say, because local governments such as cities and school districts could just raise their tax rates to make up for funds lost from lowering the appraisal cap.
The bill cleared the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday by a 10-1 vote with state Rep. Chris Turner, a Grand Prairie Democrat, casting the lone “no” vote.
This story was first published at www.texastribune.org by The Texas Tribune. This story has been edited for length. The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
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2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Schedule: Saturday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
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Following two rounds of play at the 2023 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Leona Maguire is in the lead (-5). Watch the third round unfold from Baltusrol GC in Springfield, New Jersey.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Silvergate Capital Corporation ("Silvergate" or the "Company") (NYSE: SI) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Silvergate investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between November 9, 2021 and November 17, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SI investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) the Company's platform lacked sufficient controls and procedures to detect instances of money laundering; (2) Silvergate's customers had engaged in money laundering in amounts exceeding $425 million; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was reasonably likely to receive regulatory scrutiny and face damages, including penalties and reputational harm; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Silvergate during the relevant time frame, you have until February 6, 2023 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is heading toward presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics over the past two decades, has never appeared more vulnerable to an opposition challenge.
Erdogan has tightened his grip on power and steered the country toward increasingly authoritarian rule. But he is trailing behind Kemal Kilicdaroglu — the joint candidate of a united opposition that has vowed to restore democracy — according to opinion polls.
The elections are being held amid a crippling economic downturn and high inflation as well as a catastrophic earthquake in February.
Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu are the front-runners in the presidential race. One candidate dropped out on Thursday, making the election a three-way race.
If none of the candidates win more than 50% of the votes in the presidential election on Sunday, a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest votes will be held on May 28. Here’s a look at the candidates seeking election in the presidential race:
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
The 69-year-old strongman politician, who has been in office for the past two decades as prime minister and president having easily won five elections, is seeking a third consecutive presidential term.
Sunday’s elections, however, are his toughest electoral challenge yet. The incumbent, who has concentrated a vast amount of power in his hands during his 20-years in office, has seen a drop in his popularity ratings amid economic turmoil and skyrocketing inflation that has been blamed on his mismanagement of the economy.
A powerful earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkey, leaving more than 50,000 people dead, has exposed his government’s failure to prepare the earthquake-prone country to such a large-scale disaster, shaking his image as a powerful leader.
The president has vowed to rebuild the quake-devastated region within the year, emphasizing his government’s record on building infrastructure.
Erdogan, who leads the ruling conservative and religious Justice and Development Party, has formed an alliance with two nationalist parties, a small left-wing party and an Islamist party. He also has the outside backing of a controversial Kurdish-Islamist party with alleged links to a now-defunct organization that was linked to a series of gruesome killings in the 1990s.
KEMAL KILICDAROGLU
The 74-year-old politician has led Turkey’s center-left and pro-secular main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, since 2010. The soft-mannered former bureaucrat has managed to unite Turkey’s fragmented and diverse opposition.
His Nation Alliance includes a center-right party, a nationalist party, an Islamist party and two parties that broke away from Erdogan’s ruling party.
It seeks to unseat Erdogan and return Turkey to a “strong parliamentary system” with strong checks and balances by scrapping the presidential system that the Turkish leader introduced by referendum in 2017. The alliance has also promised increased rights and freedoms and a return to more conventional economic policies.
Kilicdaroglu’s candidacy is backed by the leaders of the five other parties in the alliance — known as the Nation Alliance — who would serve as vice presidents in the event of a Kilicdaroglu victory. The popular mayors of Istanbul and Ankara, who have been campaigning on his behalf, are also likely to receive vice presidential posts. Kilicdaroglu also has the support of a pro-Kurdish party, currently Turkey’s second-largest opposition party.
SINAN OGAN
The 55-year-old nationalist politician, considered an outsider in the presidential race, is a former academician and expert on Russia and the Caucasus region.
His candidacy is backed by small right-wing parties, including the anti-migration Victory Party which seeks the repatriation of Syrian refugees. Ogan himself has said in a television interview that if elected, he would consider sending Syrians back “by force if necessary.”
He was a member of parliament from Turkey’s main nationalist party and waged an unsuccessful bid for its leadership. He was fired from the party but managed to rejoin before breaking away from the movement over policy differences, including the nationalists’ decision to join an alliance with Erdogan’s party.
MUHARREM INCE
The 58-year-old leader of the center-left, pro-secular and nationalist Homeland Party, dropped out of the race on Thursday, hours after a respected polling organization showed a significant drop in his popularity.
Ince will still feature on the ballot paper, and the votes that he received in the overseas balloting that ended this week will still be counted.
The firebrand politician has come under criticism for splintering the votes of the anti-Erdogan Nation Alliance and of possibly forcing the presidential race into a second-round runoff.
Ince previously ran against Erdogan in presidential elections in 2018 under the CHP ticket, garnering around 30% of the votes but later broke away from the party. The former physics teacher was criticized for disappearing on the night of the election and conceding defeat in a WhatsApp message to a journalist.
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BOSTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:STAG), today announced its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
"Our record internal growth in the third quarter drove strong earnings growth despite volatility in the capital markets," said Bill Crooker, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. "The Company's sustainable internal growth and a defensive balance sheet will allow us to be opportunistic through year end and in 2023."
- Reported $0.35 of net income per basic and diluted common share for the third quarter of 2022, compared to $0.30 of net income per basic and diluted common share for the third quarter of 2021. Reported $63.3 million of net income attributable to common stockholders for the third quarter of 2022, compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $48.4 million for the third quarter of 2021.
- Achieved $0.57 of Core FFO per diluted share for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 7.5% compared to third quarter 2021 Core FFO per diluted share of $0.53.
- Produced Cash NOI of $131.8 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 18.6% compared to the third quarter of 2021 of $111.1 million.
- Produced Same Store Cash NOI of $106.2 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 5.6% compared to the third quarter of 2021 of $100.5 million.
- Produced Cash Available for Distribution of $87.0 million for the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 20.2% compared to the third quarter of 2021 of $72.4 million.
- Acquired eight buildings in the third quarter of 2022, consisting of 1.4 million square feet, for $127.3 million, with a Cash Capitalization Rate of 5.4% and a Straight-Line Capitalization Rate of 5.8%.
- Sold four buildings in the third quarter of 2022, consisting of 1.3 million square feet, for $93.7 million, with a Capitalization Rate of 5.4%, resulting in a net gain of $33.2 million.
- Achieved an Occupancy Rate of 98.2% on the total portfolio and 98.8% on the Operating Portfolio as of September 30, 2022.
- Commenced Operating Portfolio leases of 2.8 million square feet for the third quarter of 2022, resulting in a Cash Rent Change and Straight-Line Rent Change of 13.6% and 25.1%, respectively.
- On July 26, 2022, the Company refinanced $150 million Term Loan D and $175 million Term Loan E with two term loans totaling $375 million, and upsized its revolving credit facility capacity to $1 billion.
- Achieved a GRESB Public Disclosure Level of "A" for 2022. The improved score triggers a Sustainability Rate Adjustment for three of the Company's unsecured term loans and the revolving credit facility beginning October 17, 2022, resulting in an interest rate reduction of 0.02% for each instrument.
Please refer to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Definitions section at the end of this release for definitions of capitalized terms used in this release.
The Company will host a conference call tomorrow, Friday, October 28, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), to discuss the quarter's results and provide information about acquisitions, operations, capital markets and corporate activities. Details of the call can be found at the end of this release.
Definitions of the above-mentioned non-GAAP financial measures, together with reconciliations to net income (loss) in accordance with GAAP, appear at the end of this release. Please also see the Company's supplemental information package for additional disclosure.
For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company acquired eight buildings for $127.3 million with an Occupancy Rate of 58.5% upon acquisition. The chart below details the acquisition activity for the quarter:
The chart below details the 2022 acquisition activity and Pipeline through October 27, 2022:
The chart below details the disposition activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022:
The chart below details the leasing activity for leases commenced during the three months ended September 30, 2022:
The chart below details the leasing activity for leases commenced during the nine months ended September 30, 2022:
Additionally, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, leases commenced totaling 60,875 and 809,234 square feet, respectively, related to Value Add assets and first generation leasing. These are excluded from the Operating Portfolio statistics above.
As of October 27, 2022, 45% of expected 2023 leasing has been addressed, achieving cash rent change of 27%.
On July 26, 2022, the Company refinanced its $150 million Term Loan D, which was scheduled to mature in January 2023, and its $175 million Term Loan E, which was scheduled to mature in January 2024, with two term loans totaling $375 million. The term loans now mature January 25, 2028 at an aggregate fixed interest rate, inclusive of interest rate swaps, of 3.32% as of September 30, 2022.
On July 26, 2022, the Company upsized its revolving credit facility by $250 million to a notional of $1 billion.
These debt transactions increased the Company's liquidity by $300 million.
On September 1, 2022, the Company paid off its $45.6 million CMBS loan.
As of September 30, 2022, net debt to Annualized Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre was 5.0x and Liquidity was $873.8 million.
The Company will host a conference call tomorrow, Friday, October 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the quarter's results. The call can be accessed live over the phone toll-free by dialing (877) 407-4018, or for international callers, (201) 689-8471. A replay will be available shortly after the call and can be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921, or for international callers, (412) 317-6671. The passcode for the replay is 13733022.
Interested parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by visiting the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.stagindustrial.com, or by clicking on the following link:
The Company has provided a supplemental information package with additional disclosure and financial information on its website (www.stagindustrial.com) under the "Quarterly Results" tab in the Investor Relations section.
Acquisition Capital Expenditures: We define Acquisition Capital Expenditures as capital expenditures identified at the time of acquisition. Acquisition Capital Expenditures also include new lease commissions and tenant improvements for space that was not occupied under the Company's ownership.
Cash Available for Distribution: Cash Available for Distribution represents Core FFO, excluding non-rental property depreciation and amortization, straight-line rent adjustments, non-cash portion of interest expense, non-cash compensation expense, and deducts capital expenditures reimbursed by tenants, capital expenditures, leasing commissions and tenant improvements, and severance costs.
Cash Available for Distribution should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of our performance, and we believe that to understand our performance further, these measurements should be compared with our reported net income or net loss in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements.
Cash Available for Distribution excludes, among other items, depreciation and amortization and capture neither the changes in the value of our buildings that result from use or market conditions of our buildings, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of these measures as measures of our performance is limited. In addition, our calculation of Cash Available for Distribution may not be comparable to similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs.
Cash Capitalization Rate: We define Cash Capitalization Rate as calculated by dividing (i) the Company's estimate of year one cash net operating income from the applicable property's operations stabilized for occupancy (post-lease-up for vacant properties), which does not include termination income, solar income, miscellaneous other income, capital expenditures, general and administrative costs, reserves, tenant improvements and leasing commissions, credit loss, or vacancy loss, by (ii) the GAAP purchase price plus estimated Acquisition Capital Expenditures. These Capitalization Rate estimates are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control, including those risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Cash Rent Change: We define Cash Rent Change as the percentage change in the base rent of the lease commenced during the period compared to the base rent of the Comparable Lease for assets included in the Operating Portfolio. The calculation compares the first base rent payment due after the lease commencement date compared to the base rent of the last monthly payment due prior to the termination of the lease, excluding holdover rent. Rent under gross or similar type leases are converted to a net rent based on an estimate of the applicable recoverable expenses.
Comparable Lease: We define a Comparable Lease as a lease in the same space with a similar lease structure as compared to the previous in-place lease, excluding new leases for space that was not occupied under our ownership.
Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization for Real Estate (EBITDAre), Adjusted EBITDAre, Annualized Adjusted EBITDAre, Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre, and Annualized Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre: We define EBITDAre in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). EBITDAre represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) before interest expense, interest and other income, tax, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on the sale of rental property, and loss on impairments. Adjusted EBITDAre further excludes straight-line rent adjustments, non-cash compensation expense, amortization of above and below market leases, net, gain (loss) on involuntary conversion, debt extinguishment and modification expenses, and other non-recurring items.
We define Annualized Adjusted EBITDAre as Adjusted EBITDAre multiplied by four.
We define Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre as Adjusted EBITDAre plus incremental Adjusted EBITDAre adjusted for a full period of acquisitions and dispositions. Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre does not reflect the Company's historical results and does not predict future results, which may be substantially different.
We define Annualized Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre as Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre excluding allowable one-time items multiplied by four plus allowable one-time items.
EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, and Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of our performance, and we believe that to understand our performance further, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, and Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre should be compared with our reported net income or net loss in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements. We believe that EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, and Run Rate Adjusted EBITDAre are helpful to investors as supplemental measures of the operating performance of a real estate company because they are direct measures of the actual operating results of our properties. We also use these measures in ratios to compare our performance to that of our industry peers.
Funds from Operations (FFO) and Core FFO: We define FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, gains (losses) from sales of land, impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, rental property depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs and fair market value of debt adjustment) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Core FFO excludes amortization of above and below market leases, net, debt extinguishment and modification expenses, gain (loss) on involuntary conversion, gain (loss) on swap ineffectiveness, and non-recurring other expenses.
None of FFO or Core FFO should be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of our performance, and we believe that to understand our performance further, these measurements should be compared with our reported net income or net loss in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements. We use FFO as a supplemental performance measure because it is a widely recognized measure of the performance of REITs. FFO may be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. We and investors may use Core FFO similarly as FFO.
However, because FFO and Core FFO exclude, among other items, depreciation and amortization and capture neither the changes in the value of our buildings that result from use or market conditions of our buildings, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of these measures as measures of our performance is limited. In addition, other REITs may not calculate FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition as we do, and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' FFO. Similarly, our calculation of Core FFO may not be comparable to similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs.
GAAP: We define GAAP as generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Liquidity: We define Liquidity as the amount of aggregate undrawn nominal commitments the Company could immediately borrow under the Company's unsecured debt instruments, consistent with the financial covenants, plus unrestricted cash balances.
Market: We define Market as the market defined by CoStar based on the building address. If the building is located outside of a CoStar defined market, the city and state is reflected.
Net operating income (NOI), Cash NOI, and Run Rate Cash NOI: We define NOI as rental income, including reimbursements, less property expenses, which excludes depreciation, amortization, loss on impairments, general and administrative expenses, interest expense, interest income, gain (loss) on involuntary conversion, debt extinguishment and modification expenses, gain on sales of rental property, and other expenses.
We define Cash NOI as NOI less rental property straight-line rent adjustments and less amortization of above and below market leases, net.
We define Run Rate Cash NOI as Cash NOI plus Cash NOI adjusted for a full period of acquisitions and dispositions, less cash termination income, solar income and revenue associated with one-time tenant reimbursements of capital expenditures. Run Rate Cash NOI does not reflect the Company's historical results and does not predict future results, which may be substantially different.
We consider NOI, Cash NOI and Run Rate Cash NOI to be appropriate supplemental performance measures to net income because we believe they help us, and investors understand the core operations of our buildings. None of these measures should be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP) as an indication of our performance, and we believe that to understand our performance further, these measurements should be compared with our reported net income or net loss in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our consolidated financial statements. Further, our calculations of NOI, Cash NOI and Run Rate NOI may not be comparable to similarly titled measures disclosed by other REITs.
Occupancy Rate: We define Occupancy Rate as the percentage of total leasable square footage for which either revenue recognition has commenced in accordance with GAAP or the lease term has commenced as of the close of the reporting period, whichever occurs earlier.
Operating Portfolio: We define the Operating Portfolio as all warehouse and light manufacturing assets that were acquired stabilized or have achieved Stabilization. The Operating Portfolio excludes non-core flex/office assets, assets contained in the Value Add Portfolio, and assets classified as held for sale.
Pipeline: We define Pipeline as a point in time measure that includes all of the transactions under consideration by the Company's acquisitions group that have passed the initial screening process. The pipeline also includes transactions under contract and transactions with non-binding LOIs.
Renewal Lease: We define a Renewal Lease as a lease signed by an existing tenant to extend the term for 12 months or more, including (i) a renewal of the same space as the current lease at lease expiration, (ii) a renewal of only a portion of the current space at lease expiration, or (iii) an early renewal or workout, which ultimately does extend the original term for 12 months or more.
Retention: We define Retention as the percentage determined by taking Renewal Lease square footage commencing in the period divided by square footage of leases expiring in the period for assets included in the Operating Portfolio.
Same Store: We define Same Store properties as properties that were in the Operating Portfolio for the entirety of the comparative periods presented. Same Store GAAP NOI and Same Store Cash NOI exclude termination fees, solar income, and revenue associated with one-time tenant reimbursements of capital expenditures.
Stabilization: We define Stabilization for assets under development or redevelopment to occur as the earlier of achieving 90% occupancy or 12 months after completion. Stabilization for assets that were acquired and immediately added to the Value Add Portfolio occurs under the following:
- if acquired with less than 75% occupancy as of the acquisition date, Stabilization will occur upon the earlier of achieving 90% occupancy or 12 months from the acquisition date;
- if acquired and will be less than 75% occupied due to known move-outs within two years of the acquisition date, Stabilization will occur upon the earlier of achieving 90% occupancy after the known move-outs have occurred or 12 months after the known move-outs have occurred.
Straight-Line Capitalization Rate: We define Straight-Line Capitalization Rate as calculated by dividing (i) the Company's estimate of average annual net operating income from the applicable property's operations stabilized for occupancy (post-lease-up for vacant properties), which does not include termination income, solar income, miscellaneous other income, capital expenditures, general and administrative costs, reserves, tenant improvements and leasing commissions, credit loss, or vacancy loss, by (ii) the GAAP purchase price plus estimated Acquisition Capital Expenditures. These Capitalization Rate estimates are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance, which may be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties, and factors that are beyond our control, including those risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Straight-Line Rent Change (SL Rent Change): We define SL Rent Change as the percentage change in the average monthly base rent over the term of the lease that commenced during the period compared to the Comparable Lease for assets included in the Operating Portfolio. Rent under gross or similar type leases are converted to a net rent based on an estimate of the applicable recoverable expenses, and this calculation excludes the impact of any holdover rent.
Value Add Portfolio: We define the Value Add Portfolio as properties that meet any of the following criteria:
- less than 75% occupied as of the acquisition date
- will be less than 75% occupied due to known move-outs within two years of the acquisition date;
- out of service with significant physical renovation of the asset;
- development.
Weighted Average Lease Term: We define Weighted Average Lease Term as the contractual lease term in years as of the lease start date weighted by square footage. Weighted Average Lease Term related to acquired assets reflects the remaining lease term in years as of the acquisition date weighted by square footage.
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Sudan updates: China, France fly and ferry more people out
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Beijing said it deployed its navy to rescue Chinese citizens, and Paris said it was evacuating more foreign nationals. Meanwhile, the UK warned such missions could be halted after a fragile truce ends. DW has the latest.
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France's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that more people were evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan as a patchy cease-fire expires. Paris said it has so far flown or shipped out a total of 936 people, many of them French nationals but also including Americans, Britons, Ethiopians, Dutch, Italians and Swedes.
Separately, China's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it deployed its navy to fetch Chinese citizens from Sudan.
Tan Kefei, the ministry's spokesperson, said the navy was deployed Wednesday "to protect the lives and property of Chinese people in Sudan." The number of Chinese vessels involved was not immediately clear.
Beijing says that most Chinese citizens have been safely moved in groups to other countries in the region. Between Tuesday and Thursday, around 800 were transferred by sea and 300 were evacuated to neighboring countries by land, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
With over 130 Chinese companies investing in Sudan as of 2022, Beijing says it is the African nation's largest trading partner.
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called on UK citizens and their relatives in Sudan to use flights out on Thursday while they were still available.
"We cannot predict exactly what will happen when that cease-fire ends but what we do know is it will be much, much harder, potentially impossible," Cleverly told broadcaster Sky News.
Here are other key headlines about the crisis in Sudan for Thursday, April 27:
The US State Department said on Wednesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat discussed working toward a sustainable end to the fighting in Sudan.
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who leads the military, gave initial approval for the extension of the cease-fire late on Wednesday for another 72 hours, the army said in a statement.
An army envoy is also to be sent to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, for talks after the presidents of South Sudan, Kenya and Djibouti worked on a proposal for the truce extensions, the statement added.
But the RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, more commonly known as "Hemedti," accused the army of attacking its forces on Thursday.
The French AFP news agency reported that the army launched air strikes in the capital Khartoum on Thursday, targetting the RSF, while deadly fighting also flared up in Darfur.
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Make your road trip comfortable and stress-free with these must-have items
When gas prices seemed to increase by the hour earlier this summer, a getaway in the car was too big a splurge for most people. Now that prices are finally starting to come down, it’s the perfect time to hit the road.
But you need more than a suitcase and a full gas tank for a successful road trip. If you want to make sure that everyone is comfortable and entertained during those long hours in the car, you’ll need to have a few key essentials for your vacation.
Here are some last-minute road trip must-haves you’ll definitely want in your car when you hit the highway this summer.
Road trip essentials
Car organization items
Lusso Gear Front Seat Car Organizer
Prevent the backseat of your car from getting messy with this convenient organizer that attaches to the back of the front seat. It can fit nearly any vehicle and offers pockets for a laptop, tablet, phone, water bottle and more. It also has a security flap that hides the items inside to discourage theft.
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WixGear Universal Air Vent Magnetic Phone Holder
Use your phone hands-free on your road trip with this magnetic phone holder. It easily attaches to most vents and swivels, so your phone’s display is easier to see. It’s compatible with most smartphones, too.
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This sturdy trash bag keeps your car neat and clean, even on long rides. It offers a 2.5-gallon capacity and is waterproof and leakproof. The adjustable strap can fit around multiple areas in your car, including the headrest or gearshift.
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FOVAL 200W Car Power Converter with USB Charging Ports
Make sure your smartphone, tablet and other devices stay charged on your trip with this handy car converter. It’s as small as a credit card and offers two standard AC outlets and four USB charging ports. The cigarette lighter adapter works in most cars, too.
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Car comfort items
Everlasting Comfort Car and Truck Seat Cushion
Made of premium memory foam, this car seat cushion can keep you comfortable no matter how long your road trip is. The support it offers can even help alleviate pain in your back, hips and legs. It also has a non-slip bottom to keep it from shifting around.
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Your car will stay smelling fresh even after hours on the road with this car essential oil diffuser. It’s lightweight and compact, fitting in most car cup holders. The control buttons are also positioned on top to make operation easier. Best of all, it offers both a continuous and an intermittent mist and can double as a humidifier.
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Safety items
Top Gear Premium Roadside Assistance Kit
This roadside assistance kit can give you peace of mind if you have car issues on your road trip. It comes in a convenient carrying bag and features items you might need on the side of the road like an LED flashlight, reflective safety vest and battery booster cables. It fits easily in most trunks, too.
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Coleman All Purpose Basic First Aid Kit for Minor Emergencies
Be prepared for minor accidents and injuries on your road trip with this first aid kit. It contains over 200 pieces, including bandages, antibiotic ointment, medical tape and a cold pack. The kit is also compact and lightweight, so it’s easy to pack in your car.
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Food and drink items
Stay stocked with fresh food and cold drinks on your road trip with this generously-sized hard cooler. With extra-thick walls and PermaFrost insulation, it can hold ice for four to five days. It also has a heavy-duty rubber latch to keep the items inside secure and offers excellent durability for camping or picnicking off-road.
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Klean Kanteen Classic Stainless Steel Water Bottle
This durable stainless steel water bottle ensures you stay hydrated on your car trip. It has a slim, lightweight design that fits most car cup holders. Its wide mouth also allows you to add ice, while the spill-proof lid prevents leaks. It’s available in several fun colors, too.
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Rubbermaid 14-Piece Brilliance Food Storage Containers with Lids
With this food storage container set, you can protect all your road trip snacks and meals. The containers are made of BPA-free plastic and entirely clear to let you see the contents. The included lids are air-tight, too, so they keep your food fresh.
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Stasher Silicone Reusable Storage Bag, 4-Pack
For food items that aren’t too delicate, these reusable silicone bags are an ideal way to pack snacks for your road trip. The bags are BPA-, PVC- and latex-free and dishwasher- and microwave-safe. This set includes bags in various sizes, too.
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AeroPress Go Portable Travel Coffee Press
If you’re not a fan of drive-thru or gas station coffee, you can enjoy a flavorful cup every morning on your road trip with this travel coffee press. It makes up to three cups at a time and can brew hot coffee or espresso in just a minute. It can also make cold brew and has 350 micro-filters to keep grounds out of your coffee.
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Kids’ items
Tryone Car Headrest Tablet Mount
Make sure the kids are entertained in the backseat with this tablet mount. It connects to the front seat’s headrest, positioning it right where passengers can watch their favorite movies and TV shows. It takes only seconds to install and adjusts to work with most tablets and smartphones.
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This foldable travel tray makes it easy for kids to color, draw, do puzzles and more in the backseat. The surface has a dry erase board that kids can write on, and the built-in tablet holder has a touch-sensitive cover to protect the screen from damage.
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Highlights Hidden Pictures 20220 Special Edition Activity Books
This set of four activity books can keep kids ages 6 and up busy in the backseat on your road trip. Each book contains 32 pages of Highlights’ famous hidden picture puzzles, but the pages are black-and-white, so kids also can color them in.
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Briarpatch I SPY Travel Card Game for Kids
Keep children busy on your road trip with this game that helps them appreciate the scenery. It calls for kids to identify items with a certain shape or color and find specific words or letters. It can be played by one or more players and is perfect for kids ages 4 and up.
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Pet items
This seat belt tether keeps your dog safe and secure on road trips. It connects to existing seat belts and prevents pets who can’t stay still from moving around too much. It even works well for large breed dogs.
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This travel pet bag is made of durable polyester material and EPE foam, so it’s tear- and abrasion-resistant. It can hold up to 30 pounds and is available in several colors. It even comes with two collapsible pet bowls and pet food storage containers.
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Chicago's premier brokerage deepening investment in future growth and evolution of its innovative model for risk management services
CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, JMB Insurance Agency, Inc. (JMBI) announced Kimberly Goldstein will serve as the firm's inaugural president for strategic growth, helping to manage day-to-day operations of the firm while partnering with the executive team to secure and advance JMBI's position as a leader in risk management services.
Goldstein brings nearly three decades of exceptional experience and leadership in risk management to her new role, and since 2014, has overseen JMBI's Commercial Property & Casualty practice. In 2020, she assumed leadership of JMBI's Mortgage Banking and Surety & Claims portfolios, and has helped to grow the firm's business by 40 percent over the past five years.
In her new role, Goldstein will join JMBI's executive management team and work alongside the firm's co-CEOs to focus on the brokerage's strategic footprint across its three core practices: Commercial Property & Casualty, Benefits Solutions and Private Client. She also will work with leadership to deepen the firm's commitments to high-priority business verticals where JMBI has differentiated itself as a leader in the risk management field: Real Estate, Hospitality, Mortgage Banking, Private Equity/Alternative Asset Classes, Owners Representative Construction, Technology, Financial Lines and Manufacturing.
"This is a great day for JMB Insurance Agency's 2000 clients. Kimberly's promotion into this innovative new role marks a strategic investment in our clients' business and our best-in-class team," said co-Chief Executive Officer Matthew Horwitch. "JMBI's 50-year track record of executional excellence, unique platform and strategic focus on our clients' own business needs positions us to continue to be at the vanguard of risk management. We are growing our dynamic approach to client service and setting the industry standard for partnership with the world's most important companies."
In her previous position as vice president of JMBI, Goldstein managed many of the firm's most complex accounts, helping clients navigate the risk management challenges presented by an increasingly interconnected and unpredictable business landscape. Her deep expertise, innovative strategic counsel and integrity gives global clients across industries confidence both in JMBI's client service and also in the security of their own business. Before joining JMBI, Goldstein was an executive at a private risk management and insurance and consulting firm, where she was named one of Risk and Insurance Magazine's Power Brokers in one of her areas of specialization, Aviation.
Goldstein spearheads JMBI's internal efforts to train and promote future leaders within the risk management industry, ensuring that every client regardless of size or industry is served by an account team that reflects the diverse, modern and evolving needs of their business. Her promotion reflects JMBI's foundational approach to business, prioritizing the cultivation of employees as core to its strategic growth in client service across sectors and business units.
"We believe our unique client-service model and platform — our ability to adapt and support client's business strategies, combined with our collective, deep expertise in risk management — is a model we can continue to scale to grow our business and serve clients globally," said co-Chief Executive Officer Ken Sacks. "We understand that our offerings and services must continue to be at the vanguard of our industry to meet the changing needs of clients a rapidly evolving world, and we are investing in doing just that."
JMB Insurance Agency, Inc. is one of Chicago's premier and largest privately held insurance brokerages. Serving a global roster of more than 2000 clients, JMBI is a leader in Commercial Property & Casualty, Employee Benefits and Private Client solutions. JMBI's strong business perspective delivers risk management plans to support clients' business strategies while meeting the challenges of an evolving, increasingly complex world. Driven by insight, action, and results, JMBI provides high quality coverage and dedicated service to clients across business sectors, size and scope . www.jmbins.com
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Mitch Garver and Kole Calhoun each had two hits, two runs and two RBIs, leading the Texas Rangers to a 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.
Garver’s two RBIs came on his eighth homer of the season in the fifth inning.
Martin Perez (6-2) was shaky early but settled in, allowing four runs on seven hits in the win. He walked two and struck out six.
Kris Bubic (1-5) took the loss. He allowed seven runs, five earned, in 4 2/3 innings.
Bobby Witt Jr. drove in Whit Merrifield on a fielder’s choice to give the Royals the lead in the first inning. Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi reached on infield singles to open the inning.
The Rangers answered with four in the second, with one of the runs unearned. The Rangers saw their first six batters reach safely. A walk to Nathaniel Lowe forced in the first run, followed by a two-run single by Leody Taveras. The final run scored on a groundout.
The lead didn’t last long as the Royals scored three with two outs in the bottom of the second, tying the score at 4, on Merrifield’s two-run double and Benintendi’s single.
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The Rangers got another unearned run in the fourth. Taveras rolled a single up the line and Bubic threw it over Hunter Dozier’s head at first, sending Taveras to second. He went to third on a wild pitch and scored an unearned run on a sacrifice fly.
Garver put the Rangers up by three runs again with a two-run blast in the fifth. He launched a 3-0 pitch into the bullpen in left field.
The Rangers blew it open in the sixth, adding three more runs. Adolis Garcia doubled home one run and Calhoun singled home two more to make it 10-4.
TRANSACTIONS
The Royals traded 1B Carlos Santana and cash considerations to the Seattle Mariners for two pitching prospects. The Royals received RHP Wyatt Mills and RHP William Fleming. Mills was placed on the 40-man roster and was optioned to Triple-A Omaha. Fleming was assigned to High-A Quad Cities. The Royals selected 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from Omaha, who will make his major league debut when he sees his first action. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Royals designated RHP Ronald Bolanos for assignment.
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The Rangers and Royals play the second game of a three-game series Tuesday. The Rangers will start RHP Jon Gray (3-3, 4.18 ERA) against Royals RHP Jonathan Heasley (1-3, 4.14 ERA).
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Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 13-year-old teen in connection to the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old from Southfield, in the Detroit area.
The 13-year-old juvenile has been charged with second-degree murder.
Detroit police officers responded to an emergency call on July 25 at approximately 9:16 p.m. local time after they received reports of a stabbing.
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When officers arrived at the scene they found a 14-year-old victim lying in the street, suffering from a stab wound to the neck.
The victim was transported to a local hospital by ambulance. The victim died at the hospital from injuries sustained in the stabbing.
The victim's mothersaid she had just spoken to her sonover the phone earlier that evening. She said her son told her that he loved her, and that he was just calling to check in on her.
Terronda Henderson said, "I don't know what is wrong with these kids these days. You win some, and you lose some, and you go home. You fight some more, another day, or go back and toughen yourself up."
Police say the stabbing came after a physical altercation between the two during a basketball game the 13-year-old and the victim were playing. As tensions between the two escalated, the 13-year-old pulled out the weapon and stabbed the victim, according to police.
The juvenile suspect was expected in court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing.
This story was originally published by Alisha Dixon at Scripps News Detroit.
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NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIVO)'s sale to SD Biosensor, Inc. and SJL Partners LLC for $34.00 per share in cash. If you are a Meridian shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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Market for EV charging equipment is driven by expectations that PEVs are going to replace the ICE in decarbonization efforts
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights provides an overview of the technologies and applications that make up the global EV charging market.
Electrification of the transport sector is a cornerstone of the energy transition. Driven by policy-maker imperatives and the public's growing climate-consciousness, the availability of EV charging technology is key to electrifying transport. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, total charge-point revenue across all applications is expected to more than double, with the market now expected to reach more than $380.5 billion by 2031.
"An unexpectedly resilient PEV market, despite the disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic, combined with strong EV adoption rates and continued policy support, have led to an especially strong EV market overall," says Serkan Birgel, research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "The US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides nearly $5 billion to support establishing a 500,000-station EV charging infrastructure along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors and the Inflation Reduction Act will provide tax credits for the purchase of EVs, and the purchase and installation of related charging infrastructure."
A growing number of government targets for internal combustion engine (ICE) bans and corporate targets for supply chain decarbonization have prompted fleets and automakers to announce that they will abandon the ICE within the next 5 to 15 years. Whilst none of these initiatives are in and of themselves new, there is certainly a growing cross-sectoral momentum in the drive towards the electrification of the transportations sector across numerous geographies.
Furthermore, the European Union's Green Deal, announced in December 2019, targets one million charging points by 2025 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90% compared to 1990 levels. The UK and various countries on the European continent have introduced national, regional, and city level incentive schemes, targeting the uptake of EVs and other alternative fuel vehicles, as well as a charging infrastructure.
The report, Market Data: EV Charging Technologies, provides an overview of the technologies and applications that make up the global EV charging market, identifies forces driving and challenging the market, and provides Guidehouse Insights' market analyses to 2031. It focuses on five technology groups (AC, DC, pantograph, wireless, and battery swapping) and five charging applications (residential, destination, fast charging services, fleet, and heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) fast charging services). An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has approximately 16,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Market Data: EV Charging Technologies, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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Delaware County community holds vigil for woman missing 10 years
COLLINGDALE, Pa. - A Delaware County mom disappeared without a trace a decade ago. Her community gathered in the hope that after all this time, Melissa Ortiz-Rodriguez’s disappearance will be solved.
Her loved ones held a candlelight vigil where she lived 10 years ago in Collingdale. She was last seen April 19, 2013.
"Melissa and I were very close. I was one of her favorite uncles," said Edwin Ortiz.
Ortiz says his niece was a devoted mother to two young girls. "My niece loved her children and I know that she would never abandon her kids."
Police say her husband, Jose Rodriguez was the last to see her and made the missing person report. He eventually stopped cooperating with police.
The last development in her disappearance, FOX 29 has learned, was from more than a year ago, when an unrelated federal investigation launched against Melissa’s husband. Police say they obtained a search warrant for his work office in New Jersey and a couple items were taken into evidence.
"What would be helpful to the police department and the investigation 10 years later?" FOX 29’s Jennifer Lee asked.
"Anything. Somebody remembers something. Somebody saw something. Any piece of evidence can jumpstart the investigation and, you know, hopefully locate her," replied Collingdale Police Chief, Kenneth Felker.
Three years ago, Melissa’s mother, Olga, died of a heart attack, never getting closure on her daughter’s disappearance.
"The stress of her daughter missing, not knowing where she’s at, took her to her grave," Ortiz added.
Her neighbor, Cathy Bauer, is also waiting to learn what happened to Melissa. "I look out and see how fast, how they grew and she’s missing that long."
Bauer remembers their conversations on her back porch and now thinks about her every time she looks out her window. "I remember the day. Those trees over there. Two big trees in her yard. She planted them as two little stubs. So, look how fast they grew in 10 years."
Officials urge anyone with any information to contact Corporal Pat Crozier, with Collingdale Police, at 610-586-0502.
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Corporate Finance (HCF), a boutique investment bank, is accelerating its growth by re-imagining corporate finance advisory for the middle market. Over the past 12 months, HCF has doubled its size and expanded its geographic presence – first with the opening of a New York City office to complement its Chicago-area team. And, more recently, it has added to its rapidly growing special situations and restructuring practice by adding Teri Stratton, a nationally prominent special situations banker in Los Angeles.
With a seasoned team of professionals, HCF provides advisory services to its middle market clients, including small and medium cap public companies, private equity groups, family offices, and entrepreneurs. Over the last twelve months, HCF has redefined its strategy by hiring key industry leaders and has strengthened the breadth and depth of its investment banking services to provide unique creativity to its clients' needs.
"Over the last year, we've spent considerable time expanding our business by re-imagining how capital advisory services can best be provided to middle-market clients," said Geoffrey Frankel, HCF's Chief Executive Officer and Senior Managing Director. "We are building our practice from the client's point of view – focusing on a solutions-oriented, not just transactional, approach. We are taking time to listen closely to our clients, shaping our growth to better match their needs. We are also building our investment banking business so our clients can take full advantage of Hilco Global's amazing platform."
HCF's senior professionals have successfully completed hundreds of value-maximizing transactions across a broad range of industries – particularly diversified industrials/manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, metals/mining, plastics, building products, packaging, retail/consumer, technology, business services, telecom/media, and energy. Our professionals actively maintain relationships with capital providers and counter-parties in each of these sectors.
Hilco Corporate Finance, LLC is a registered broker/dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of FINRA (www.finra.com) and SIPC (www.sipc.org). Hilco Corporate Finance specializes in merger and acquisition advisory service, private capital markets, special situations and restructuring advisory. Hilco Corporate Finance is the investment banking affiliate of Hilco Global.
Hilco Global operates as a holding company comprised of over twenty specialized business and has almost 4 decades of successfully acting as an advisor, agent, investor and/or principal in any transaction.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge held Baltimore’s top prosecutor in contempt of court on Friday, finding that she willfully violated a gag order with an Instagram comment about a high-profile murder case involving a defendant set to be tried a fifth time.
Circuit Judge John Nugent fined city State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby $1,500, but ruled that she can avoid paying the fine by following an even more restrictive gag order about the case for the next 90 days, The Daily Record reported.
The case involves the 2015 shooting death of Kevin Jones, a security guard at Pimlico race track. Prosecutors have unsuccessfully tried Keith Davis Jr., 31, for murder four times. Two of Davis’ trials ended in mistrials. He was convicted in two other trials, but both convictions were overturned. Davis’ case has been the focus of social justice advocates who fault Mosby for continuing to prosecute Davis. He maintains his innocence.
After an Instagram account posted a video asserting Davis’s innocence and a user commented that Mosby had lost her vote in the July 19 Democratic primary for Baltimore state’s attorney, Mosby responded: “You really shouldn’t believe everything you read.”
In commenting on the post, Nugent said, “I cannot see the social media comments on Instagram as anything but a willful violation of this court’s gag order.”
Mosby was present for the hearing, but wasn’t required to testify. Chief Counsel Erin Murphy, who represented the State’s Attorney’s Office, acknowledged that the comment was “an unwise choice” saying it was intended as a response to the user saying Mosby had lost her vote.
Mosby was defeated in a Democratic primary by defense attorney Ivan Bates. Baltimore is heavily Democratic, and no Republican is running in November though one unaffiliated candidate filed for the upcoming general election.
Bates has said he believes the charges against Davis should be dismissed. If elected, Bates would be in office by the time Davis’ fifth trial is scheduled to begin.
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By The Associated Press
Russia will take control of French car manufacturer Renault’s operations in the country and resurrect a Soviet-era auto brand, officials said Monday, marking the first major nationalization of a foreign business since the war in Ukraine began.
Renault said it would sell its majority stake in Avtovaz, a Russian car company best known for its Lada brand, to a state-run research institute known as NAMI.
Renault’s other Russia operations, primarily a factory in Moscow, will be sold to the Moscow city government. The mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said the city would bring back the Moskvich brand for cars made at the factory. Moskvich was a major auto brand in the Soviet Union but went into steep decline in the 1990s and vanished from the market in the early 2000s.
“Today, we have taken a difficult but necessary decision,” Renault CEO Luca de Meo said in a statement, “and we are making a responsible choice towards our 45,000 employees in Russia, while preserving the Group’s performance and our ability to return to the country in the future, in a different context.”
Renault didn’t give any financial details of its sales but said the deal included an option to buy back the Avtovaz stake in the next six years. Trade and Industry Minister Denis Manturov indicated last month to Russian media that the Avtovaz deal could be conducted for a symbolic one ruble.
Ministry official Denis Pak told state TV that the deal allows Avtovaz to keep making Renault’s Duster passenger car design, now badged as a Lada, and that the new Moskvich operation was likely to produce cars this year.
Selling gets Renault out of a bind that Western companies are facing as they determine whether to pull out of Russia and weather the hit to their income. But continuing to work in Russia after the invasion could risk damaging corporations’ reputations with customers. With an eye on avoiding unemployment, the Russian government has been urging reluctant foreign investors to either resume operations or sell to someone who will.
Renault’s announcement came the same day McDonald’s said it is moving to sell its Russian business, which includes 850 restaurants that employ 62,000 people. The fast food giant did not name a prospective Russian buyer but said it would seek one that will hire its workers and pay them until the sale closes.
The new Russian owners taking over Renault’s operations will have to grapple with a shortage of imported components for cars, especially electronics. The Russian auto-making sector is heavily dependent on international supply chains that have been disrupted by sanctions over the war, while getting deliveries from abroad has become more difficult and expensive.
The NAMI research institute has some experience developing luxury cars used by Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin, but on a much smaller scale than the sprawling Soviet-era Avtovaz plant, where Russian and foreign investors have for decades struggled to make mass-market cars profitably.
Nearly half a million vehicles were sold in Russia last year under Renault and Avtovaz brands.
Sobyanin, the Moscow mayor, outlined ambitious plans for the resurrected Moskvich brand on his blog, saying it would start with traditional engines but produce “in the future, electric cars,” in a partnership with Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz.
Sobyanin said the city was motivated by keeping jobs but stopped short of ruling out staff cuts, saying only that “we will try to keep the majority of the personnel working directly at the plant and for its subcontractors.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Troy Nehls wins reelection to U.S. House in Texas' 22nd Congressional District.
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