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This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team, about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
In many relationships, there's one person with an exceptional sense of direction, while the other struggles to stay oriented. That was the case for Julie Cadwallader Staub and her husband, Warren. On road trips, Warren navigated them safely to their destination without a hitch.
"We could get all turned around and he would just think for a minute, get reoriented in a way that always eluded me, and would tell me the right direction to drive," Cadwallader Staub recalled.
But in 2003, at the age of 49, Warren died of cancer. A few months after he passed away, a friend invited Cadwallader Staub to come to Boston for a ceremony celebrating her recently completed PhD. This was a time before most people had cell phones or navigation systems in their cars. But Cadwallader Staub wasn't deterred.
"I've driven to Boston many times for my husband's chemo treatment ... so I had plenty of false confidence about being able to make the trip," she said.
Cadwallader Staub carefully followed directions her friend had given her, and safely arrived in Boston. After the ceremony, she walked back to her car, planning on following the same directions in reverse order. What she didn't account for was being forced to leave the parking lot directly onto a one-way street. She told herself not to panic: she'd just take the first left and another left and then head out of the city.
"So I did that and it took me deeper into Boston," she said. "'No problem,' I thought, 'I'll stop and ask directions.' I did. I followed those directions. I became seriously lost. I had absolutely no idea where I was."
At this point, she was fighting panic. She hadn't had to deal with being lost without the safety net of Warren in years. Feeling shaky and scared, she stopped at a gas station and asked an attendant for directions.
"He looked at me blankly, shook his head kindly, and said just a few words in Spanish that meant, 'I don't speak English,'" Cadwallader Staub remembers. "I was stuck. No map, no idea which way to go ... no husband to turn to. I was panicking. I couldn't think straight. I couldn't even think at all."
As the fear gripped her, a woman at the next pump turned to Cadwallader Staub and empathized, telling her it was overly complicated to get out of Boston. She advised Cadwallader Staub to follow her out of the gas station – she would help get her back on track.
"And I followed her and she did," Cadwallader Staub said. "The last thing I saw was her hand out the car window waving to me and pointing to the highway sign. I was waving to thank her with every ounce of my being as I zipped off onto the highway and headed towards home."
Cadwallader Staub now lives in South Burlington, Vermont. She's a poet, and enjoys spending time with her grandson, also named Warren. Now, 20 years later, she still remembers her unsung hero.
"I have not forgotten your kindness over all these years, and I'm so happy to send this out to you," she said.
My Unsung Hero is also a podcast — new episodes are released every Tuesday. To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.
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LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia (AP) — A picturesque tourist destination will host crisis-weary Southeast Asian leaders with sun-splashed tropical islands, turquoise waters brimming with corals and manta rays, seafood feasts, and a hillside savannah crawling with Komodo dragons.
The sunshiny setting is a stark contrast to the seriousness of their agenda.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo picked the far-flung, rustic harbor town of Labuan Bajo as a laidback venue to discuss an agenda rife with contentious issues. These include the continuing bloody civil strife in Myanmar and the escalating territorial conflicts in the South China Sea between fellow leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The 10-nation regional bloc and its member states will meet for three days starting Tuesday, with the growing rivalry between the United States and China as a backdrop.
U.S. President Joe Biden has been reinforcing an arc of alliances in the Indo-Pacific region to better counter China over Taiwan and the long-seething territorial conflicts in the strategic South China Sea which involve four ASEAN members: Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Indonesia, this year’s ASEAN chair, has also confronted Chinese fishing fleets and coast guard that have strayed into what Jakarta says was its internationally recognized exclusive economic zone in the gas-rich Natuna Sea.
Widodo, who’s in his final year on the world stage as he reaches the end of his two-term limit, said ASEAN aims to collaborate with any country to solve problems through dialogue.
That includes Myanmar where, two years after the military power grab that forced out Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration and sparked a bloody civil strife, ASEAN has failed to rein in the violence in its member state. A five-point peace plan by ASEAN leaders and the top Myanmar general, which calls for an immediate stop to killings and other violence and the start of a national dialogue, has been disregarded by Myanmar’s ruling military.
ASEAN stopped inviting Myanmar’s military leaders to its semiannual summits and would only allow non-political representatives to attend. Myanmar has protested the move.
In an additional concern involving Myanmar, Indonesian officials said Sunday that 20 of their nationals, who were trafficked into Myanmar and forced to perform cyber scams, had been freed from Myanmar’s Myawaddy township and brought to the Thai border over the weekend. During the summit, ASEAN leaders planned to express their concern over such human trafficking schemes in a joint statement, a draft copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said her country, as ASEAN chair, has tackled the Myanmar crisis in a non-adversarial way.
“Colleagues certainly know that in the early stages of its leadership, Indonesia decided to take a non-megaphone diplomacy approach,” Marsudi said. “The aim is to provide space for the parties to build trust and for the parties to be more open in communicating.”
Widodo’s choice of a seaside venue with stunning sunrises and sunsets and the sound of birds chirping all day complements that approach.
The Indonesian leader also hoped the high-profile ASEAN summit would put Labuan Bajo and outlying islands, dotted with white-sand beaches and even a rare pink-sand beach, under the global tourism spotlight.
“This is a very good moment for us to host the ASEAN summit and showcase Labuan Bajo to the world,” said Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who flew in Sunday with his wife to a red-carpet welcome flanked by military honor guards and dancing villagers with flower-filled headwear.
But there are a few hitches.
The far-flung fishing town with only three traffic lights and about 6,000 residents is acutely short of hotels for ASEAN’s swarm of diplomats, delegates and journalists. Many had to arrange to share rooms.
Unlike the more popular Bali resort island or the bustling concrete jungle of a capital Jakarta, which has hosted international conclaves in upscale hotels and convention centers, Labuan Bajo is a far smaller town that a visitor could cross from end to end with a brisk two-hour walk. There are no public buses, and villagers mostly move around by walking, riding scooters or driving private cars.
A small team of local technicians with hard hats were flown in to lay cables and expand internet connections at the venues on short notice.
On Sunday, Labuan Bajo’s small airport was jampacked with visitors. Teams of diplomats and journalists arrived to welcome streamers announcing the upbeat summit motto, “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.”
Outside the airport named after the Komodo dragons, traffic quickly built up under the brutal noontime sun.
When the sun rose Monday morning, workers were still cementing some roadsides around the venues — a day before the summit opening.
Andre Kurniawan, who works at a dive center in Labuan Bajo, said the infrastructure developments would be a boon for Labuan Bajo villagers. “We were isolated from some areas before and now they are open and the areas are getting better. I hope that Labuan Bajo can be a better tourist town in the future,” he said.
Azril Azahari, chair of an association of Indonesian academic experts on tourism, told the AP that Labuan Bajo was not ready and apparently was chosen to host the summit on short notice. “The hotel facilities and the lodging have become a problem. There is a ship being used for accommodation and it’s not a lodging ship,” he said.
Welcoming visitors to her coffee shop ahead of the summit, Suti Ana said even though it wasn’t the best time for Labuan Bajo to host, ASEAN would boost local businesses. “But we cannot wait, so this is the time,” she said.
Choosing the small port town was not a bad idea, Azril said, if it came with adequate planning and government investments in infrastructure.
Located on the western tip of Flores island in southern Indonesia, Labuan Bajo, aside from its beaches and diving and snorkeling spots, has been better known as the gateway to the Komodo National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage site and the only place in the world where Komodo dragons, the world’s largest lizards, are found in the wild.
Environmentalists and tourism analysts fear that a wider public interest could put further stress on the already endangered Komodo dragons. Only about 3,300 were known to exist as of 2022.
“If more people come, sooner or later the Komodo dragons cannot breed in peace, this can be a problem,” Azahari said, citing longstanding fears that the Komodos could face extinction without full protection.
Despite the odds, Indonesian officials said they would do everything to successfully and safely host the ASEAN summit in Labuan Bajo.
“If there’s any commotion along the way, that will be a big stain on the nation’s dignity,” Edistasius Endi, the regent of Labuan Najo’s West Manggarai district, said in a statement.
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Associated Press journalists Jim Gomez and Achmad Ibrahim contributed to this report.
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Homeowner shoots, kills woman burglarizing property, police say
HOUSTON (Gray News) – A homeowner in Houston shot and killed a suspected burglar, according to police.
Houston police said they are investigating the fatal shooting that happened around 3:45 a.m. Monday.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting, where they found an unresponsive woman in a ditch next to the roadway. Paramedics pronounced her dead on the scene.
According to witnesses, the 26-year-old deceased woman and an unidentified man were seen burglarizing vehicles in the area. One resident shot and killed the woman, and the man fled the area on foot.
Police said no charges have been filed at this time as the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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New research will build on findings of study recently published by npj Digital Medicine and policy insights on telehealth access resulting from the first round of funding
COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Health has received a nearly $2 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to expand its research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare focused on telehealth access, safety, and equity. The grant will allow researchers to establish a patient safety learning laboratory over a four-year funding period to apply a cross-disciplinary, human factors and systems engineering approach to connected care enhancements, especially among patients with chronic conditions and other vulnerable populations.
This award comes after npj Digital Medicine's recent publication of the team's study, "The impact of expanded telehealth availability on primary care utilization," which resulted from research conducted under the initial grant award. The study found the unprecedented availability of telehealth during the pandemic did not lead to an increase in unnecessary primary care sessions.
"Our initial research demonstrates that telehealth is delivering on its promise to provide accessible and effective care," said Raj Ratwani, PhD, co-principal investigator for both grants, vice president of scientific affairs for the MedStar Health Research Institute, and director of the MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare. "Thanks to the continued support of AHRQ, we will advance patient safety nationally by studying and scaling telehealth as a proactive safety tool while also enhancing its safe use within the diverse communities served by connected care."
Recently published research on telehealth access provides policy insights
For the team's new study in npj Digital Medicine, researchers analyzed more than 4.1 million completed in-person and telehealth (video or phone) adult primary care encounters for nearly 940,000 unique patients at MedStar Health, Stanford Health Care, and Intermountain Healthcare from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021, as well as each patient's payor type (commercial, Medicaid, Medicare, and other). They determined the mean number of encounters for all these patients, as well as the subset who had at least one encounter every year. For both groups, the mean number of encounters showed little change from year to year, and those patients who had more than one encounter per year tended to use telehealth more than those with only one encounter per year.
"While we expected to see variability in telehealth use in primary care, we were interested to learn that those patients with chronic illness and frequent primary care needs consistently replaced one to two visits per year with a telehealth visit," said Ethan Booker, MD, study co-author, co-principal investigator for both grants, and chief medical officer of telehealth for MedStar Health. "This finding underscores our entry into a new era of chronic care, as telehealth helps providers increase access and care continuity for patients who need it most. Given the evidence that telehealth has expanded our care capabilities, we believe federal and state legislation and regulations should continue to protect telehealth access."
Goals of new grant activity
Through the new grant, the team will continue work under the name Connected CARE—Care Access, Research, Equity—& Safety Consortium and expand beyond their initial focus on primary care. They will study the care continuum tied to outpatient settings more holistically, with special attention to chronic care and health equity. To consider safety solution design, development, and implementation, they will also collaborate with experts at Microsoft Research and virtual care platform-as-a-service provider Bluestream Health, and with health equity and patient and family advisors.
Drawing upon their insights from the first grant and telehealth and human factors expertise, the co-principal investigators have identified four areas of possible impact to explore:
- Proactive opportunities to advance safety and health through telehealth are powerful.
- Process optimization remains as essential to safety as technology enhancements.
- Personalization of telehealth technology use serves as a key to both safety and health equity.
- Provider wellbeing is an urgent priority for patient safety as care becomes more connected.
This AHRQ grant is a prestigious U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' R18 award and is the second such effort led by MedStar Health. For more information about these efforts, research partners, and principal investigators representing each organization, visit www.ConnectedCAREandSafety.org.
About MedStar Health
At MedStar Health, we use the best of our minds and the best of our hearts to serve our patients, those who care for them, and our communities. Our 30,000 associates and 4,700 affiliated physicians are committed to living this promise through our core SPIRIT values—Service, Patient first, Integrity, Respect, Innovation, and Teamwork—across our more than 300 locations including 10 hospitals, ambulatory, and urgent care centers. As the medical education and clinical partner of Georgetown University, MedStar Health is training future physician leaders to care for the whole person and is advancing care through the MedStar Health Research Institute. From our telemedicine and urgent care services to the region's largest home health agency, we're committed to providing high-quality health care that's also easy and convenient for our patients. At MedStar Health—It's how we treat people. Learn more at MedStarHealth.org.
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Lake Hallie Police Department seeking help in identifying woman in robbery investigation
Published: Nov. 29, 2022 at 3:59 PM CST|Updated: 30 minutes ago
LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Lake Hallie Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman in regard to an alleged strong armed robbery investigation.
According to a social post via the Lake Hallie Police Department’s Facebook Page, if you have any information on the woman or know who the suspect is, you are asked to contact the Lake Hallie Police Department at 715-726-2666 or email tbowman@lakehallie.us. You can also contact Chippewa County Crime Stoppers at 715-944-3949 or download the P3 Tips App. You will remain anonymous.
You are asked to not text 715-944-3949 as the phone line does not have that capability.
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Ask a man about gender equality, and you’re likely to hear the U.S. has made great strides in the 50 years since the landmark anti-discrimination law Title IX was passed. Ask a woman, and the answer probably will be quite different.
According to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the National Women’s History Museum, most U.S. adults believe the country has made at least some progress toward equality for women since 1972. That's the year Congress passed Title IX, a one-sentence law that forbids discrimination based on sex in education. But there are sharp differences in opinion over just how much headway has been made and in what facets of life.
Some of the widest divisions are, perhaps unsurprisingly, between men and women: 61% of men say the country has made a great deal or a lot of progress toward gender equality, while 37% of women said the same, according to the poll.
Women were more likely to point to only some progress — 50% held that view — while 13% said the country has made just a little or no progress.
“We’ve fought a lot, we’ve gained a little bit, but we haven’t really gained equality,” said Brenda Theiss, 68, a retired optician in Vinemont, Alabama. Progress that started in the ’70s seems to have stalled, she said, with continued wage gaps and battles over women's reproductive rights.
Passed in the wake of other seminal civil rights laws, Title IX was intended to expand protections for women into the sphere of education. Today it's often known for its impact on women's sports and the fight against sexual harassment and assault.
As the nation approaches the law's 50th anniversary, most Americans have positive views about it. Sixty-three percent said they approve of the law, including majorities of men and women. Only 5% did not approve of it, while the rest said they were neutral or not sure.
But Americans are split along several faults when it comes to assessing advancements.
Along with men, Republicans are also more likely to see a great deal or a lot of progress, with 65% holding that view. Among Democrats, 39% said the same.
Among women, those 50 and older are more likely than their younger peers to see a great deal or a lot of progress in specific facets of life, such as in leadership, employment and education opportunities.
Milan Ramsey, 29, said it’s “remarkable how far we have come considering how unequal it still feels.”
She says sexism is hard to avoid in today's society, whether it's in unequal access to health care or in everyday slights like getting catcalled. But she knows it has been worse. Once, looking at her mom's childhood photos, her mom pointed out a pair of pants that she said was her first pair ever.
“She remembers that because they weren’t allowed to wear pants until she was like 7 in public school," said Ramsey, of Santa Monica, California.
As a young girl growing up in the ’70s, Karen Dunlap says she benefited from Title IX right away. Soccer leagues for girls started springing up for the first time, she said. Her mom rushed to sign her up.
“I really felt the immediate difference as a kid,” said Dunlap, of Vancouver, Washington. “But at the same time, it didn’t stay that way.”
Dunlap went on to compete in swimming and water polo at Pomona College in California, and she credits Title IX for the opportunity. It also ensured the school gave enough money for racing swimsuits and a team van, she said. But in the classroom, some male professors referred to her as a “coed,” and some seemed to look down on female students, she said.
Later, when her daughters went to college, Dunlap was disappointed to see them fighting familiar battles. When one of her daughters applied for a job at a campus dorm, she was told she was too much of a “typical cheery girl” for the position. She ended up leaving the school and graduating elsewhere.
“The push for equality has been around long enough that it should have worked,” Dunlap said. “There should be some difference.”
According to the poll, Americans think the impact of Title IX has been stronger in some areas than others. More than half said it has had a positive impact on female students’ opportunities in sports, and about as many said that about opportunities in education overall.
But just 36% said it had a positive impact on addressing sexual harassment in schools, and 31% said it had a positive impact on protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination.
At the same time, there’s evidence that not all Americans clearly understand the law. About a third said they were unsure whether Title IX has had an impact on them personally, and about a quarter or more were unsure of its impact in other areas.
The law is commonly misunderstood in part because its application is so broad, said Shiwali Patel, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. In addition to its role in sports, it also has been used to protect against discrimination and harassment in college admissions, financial aid, campus housing and employment, among other areas.
“I don’t think people really understand the full breadth and scope of Title IX,” she said. “It’s only 37 words long, but it’s extremely broad. It covers so much.”
Patel said it’s important to acknowledge Title IX has brought meaningful advancements. More women are getting scholarships, participating in college sports and landing faculty jobs. But there has also been resistance to continued improvement, especially in the fight against sexual harassment and violence, she said.
“We are at a moment of real challenge, and we still haven’t gone far enough,” Patel said.
The law's anniversary approaches as the Biden administration prepares new rules detailing how schools and colleges must respond to sexual harassment. The regulation, which would serve as an extension of the 1972 law, is expected to roll back a set of Trump-era rules and expand the rights of victims of sexual harassment and assault.
Among other findings, the poll also revealed Americans don't think all women have felt progress equally. About half of respondents said white women have seen a great deal of progress, but only about a third said the same for women of color or LGBTQ women. Only about a quarter said there's been great progress for low-income women.
Still, to 67-year-old David Picatti, it feels like the push for gender equality has largely succeeded. When he was an engineering student in college, he remembers his program “clamoring” to recruit women, who are underrepresented in many science fields. More recently, he has had female cousins receive full scholarships to play college sports.
“I think there have been a lot of strides and it’s a fairly equal playing field,” said Picatti, of Yakima, Washington.
Sarah Brown says it’s far from equal. The 70-year-old in New Orleans acknowledged some progress — her daughter earned a master’s in business from Harvard University in the 1980s as the program was recruiting more women — but she still sees discrimination.
A retired accountant, Brown has been discouraged by recent battles over abortion rights, and she has been appalled by sexual assault scandals at Louisiana State University and other colleges across the country. It seems like progress made in the past is being eroded, she said.
Still, Brown isn’t surprised that men see it differently.
“Of course not,” she said. “Women know how it really is to be a woman and men don’t. Men think that women have it better than they truly do.”
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The poll of 1,172 adults was conducted May 12-16 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The holidays are still many months away, but the Most Magical Place on Earth is unveiling what’s in store for this season.
Jollywood Nights, a new holiday party, is scheduled to take place at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios on select nights in November and December.
The separately ticketed event will feature singalongs, a jazz lounge and even a “soiree,” according to Disney.
Disney confirmed that Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, along with some of their friends, will be special guests at Theater of the Stars during its Jollywood Nights celebration. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and the rest of the gang will be doing meet-and-greets, as well. Visitors can also meet Powerline Max, Phineas and Ferb, and Edna Mode at the event.
A number of specialty foods will be available, including funnel cake topped with spicy Korean chicken and a “cookie stack” made to look like a Christmas tree.
The evening will wrap up with the return of the “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!” show, which features fireworks and projections.
Tickets for the event will range from $159 to $179 per person.
Disney’s Jollywood Nights will take place between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. on the following dates:
- November: 11 ,18, 20, 27, 29
- December: 4, 6, 16, 18, 20
Disney also announced that Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will return to Magic Kingdom on select nights from Nov. 9 to Dec. 22.
Disney said festive favorites like the Christmas extravaganza stage show, “Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration,” the sparkling spectacular “Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks” and the “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade” will return.
Tickets for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will range from $159 to $199 per person.
The party dates are:
- November: 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30
- December: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22
Additional details concerning Disney’s upcoming holiday events are said to be coming via the Disney Parks Blog and its social media channels, the company said.
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BEIRUT (AP) — A European Union official visiting Lebanon said Friday that the international body will increase its humanitarian assistance to the crisis-struck country, but that more significant long-term aid depends on reforms and a deal with the International Monetary Fund.
EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič said at a press conference following his two-day visit that the EU will provide 60 million euros (more than $65 million) in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon in 2023, a 20% increase from last year.
But he warned that such aid is “not a sustainable long-term solution” to the massive financial crisis that has left three-quarters of Lebanon’s population of 6 million in poverty.
To get out of the crisis, he said, Lebanon needs to elect a president — which would resolve a presidential vacuum that has dragged on for five months – and to ink a deal with the IMF, which he said “would unlock substantial financial support also from the European Union that should help Lebanon recover from the collapse.”
Progress towards finalizing a $3 billion IMF bailout package for Lebanon has largely stalled.
Since reaching a preliminary agreement with the IMF nearly a year ago, Lebanese officials have made limited progress on reforms required to clinch the deal, which include restructuring the country’s debts and its ailing banking system, reforming its barely functioning public electricity system and making governance reforms.
IMF officials said continued inaction would leave the nation in a “never-ending crisis” in which it could spiral into hyperinflation.
Lenarčič also responded to increasing angst over the presence of more than 1 million Syrian refugees in the tiny country and calls for their return. He acknowledged that the large refugee presence is a challenge but said that it “does not absolve” Lebanon and its leaders of their responsibility for providing basic services.
“The current crisis in which Lebanon finds itself … was not created by the Syrian refugees,” he said.
Lenarčič added that, while refugees who want to return are free to do so, the EU’s position is that “the conditions are still not right in Syria for safe and voluntary return.”
At the same time, he said the EU is not ready to consider lifting sanctions or funding major reconstruction in Syria. Oil-rich Gulf Arab countries that had previously cut ties with Damascus over the Syrian government’s brutal crackdown on protesters and later on civilians during the war, have been stepping up efforts to normalize ties with President Bashar Assad’s government in Damascus since last month’s devastating earthquake.
While the US and EU have offered temporary sanctions released in the aftermath of the earthquake, Lenarčič said major reconstruction funding is not on the table until there is “tangible progress toward a political resolution” to the uprising-turned-civil-war that has now entered its 13th year.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday floated replacing Advancement Placement (AP) classes in his state amid his escalating fight with the College Board over its African American studies course.
“This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything. They’re just kind of there, and they’re providing service. So you can either utilize those services or not. And they’ve provided these AP courses for a long time, but, you know, there are probably some other vendors who may be able to do that job as good or maybe even a lot better,” DeSantis said at a press conference.
The governor said he has already talked to some officials about the idea of replacing College Board AP classes.
The feud began when DeSantis’s administration said last month that Florida would not accept the College Board’s new African American studies course pilot program, with its objections including parts of the curriculum such as queer studies and intersectionality.
Florida said the course “lacks educational value.”
The College Board released changes to the course at the beginning of this month, saying the adjustments to the pilot courts had been in the works for months.
The changes, however, largely aligned with Florida’s objections, and DeSantis claimed victory in the fight, though he has not said if the state will accept the revamped course.
The College Board has repeatedly denied DeSantis had any influence on the changes and apologized this past weekend for “not immediately denouncing the Florida Department of Education’s slander, magnified by the DeSantis administration’s subsequent comments, that African American Studies ‘lacks educational value.’”
“Our failure to raise our voice betrayed Black scholars everywhere and those who have long toiled to build this remarkable field,” the company stated.
DeSantis, who has increasingly leaned into educational issues as he grows his national profile ahead of a possible White House bid, hit back on Monday, saying the controversy is ultimately the firm’s fault.
“The College Board was the one that in a Black studies course, put queer theory in. Not us,” he said. “They were the ones that put in intersectionality, other types of neo-Marxism into the proposed syllabus, and this was the proposed course. So our Department of Education looked at that and said, ‘In Florida, we do education, not indoctrination,’ and so that runs afoul of our standards.”
The governor also suggested other states had similar concerns but did not want to speak up.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Two law firms and the Greater Grand Rapids NAACP are partnering to help people, particularly lower-income people of color, with expunging their criminal records.
“The shadows from old criminal records can loom for far too long over people who have earned the right to move on,” said Pam Hoekwater, executive director of nonprofit law firm Legal Aid of Western Michigan.
“Expungement can change the lives of thousands of our neighbors, coworkers and family members, with those benefits rippling out to strengthen West Michigan as a whole.
“We are delighted to work with two great partners toward such an important goal.”
On Tuesday, June 14, Legal Aid, NAACP and law firm Warner Norcross & Judd announced they were partnering on Legal Aid’s Clean Slate Pathway project.
That project is about building awareness of Michigan’s new expungement laws, giving free legal help to people who can’t afford a lawyer and empowering people to seize new opportunities previously closed to them by criminal records.
Officials say the partnership work will focus on lower-income communities of color that have been disproportionately impacted within the criminal justice system.
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“It is no secret that historically Black and other underserved communities make up a disproportionate amount of convictions and also have been subject to mass incarceration at rates much higher than other communities,” said Cle Jackson, president of the Grand Rapids NAACP.
“For those individuals who have reformed their lives, they deserve the opportunity to get a ‘Clean Slate’ in order to obtain gainful employment, live a productive life and be a contributing member of society.”
Attorneys from Legal Aid and Warner Norcross & Judd will provide free legal help to eligible people in all aspects of their expungement case, including assessing whether the criminal record is expungeable, writing and filing expungement applications with the courts and attending hearings with clients.
“We are honored to partner with Legal Aid and the NAACP on this critically important initiative,” said Christian Meyer, pro bono co-coordinator at Warner Norcross & Judd.
“From providing opportunities for career advancement to opening doors to travel, expungement delivers the kind of practical, real-world results we all want to obtain for clients.”
People can learn more about the program and how to get help expunging their records at cleanslatepathway.org.
Clean Slate is the name of the expungement overhaul legislation state lawmakers passed in fall 2020.
Generally, most violent crimes, sex crimes, alcohol-related driving offenses, human trafficking and child abuse are not eligible for expungement.
Up to three felonies can be expunged in a lifetime, and there is no expungement limit on misdemeanors and lesser traffic offenses.
The wait period before a person can begin the expungement process for an eligible conviction varies. The clock on the wait period starts on the date of whichever happened last: sentencing, completed probation, discharged from parole or released from prison.
For one felony, the waiting period is five years. For multiple felonies, it’s seven years. For one or more “serious” misdemeanors, it’s five years. For one or more misdemeanors that aren’t categorized as serious and didn’t involve an assault, the wait period is three years.
Misdemeanor marijuana convictions that wouldn’t have been a crime following state legalization don’t have a wait period to be eligible for expungement.
The clean slate legislation also enacts automatic expungement in 2023, but there is still a wait period for the process.
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More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
AP Medical Writer
A new breast cancer study finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed. The research is being discussed Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Experts say it’s an important finding because more sensitive imaging techniques are revealing tiny, once-hidden cancers. That means more patients are being diagnosed with multiple cancer sites in the same breast. The researchers followed nearly 200 women with two or three tumors in one breast who had lumpectomies followed by radiation. Just 3% saw cancer come back after five years.
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After initially receiving a sentence of time served, a Baltimore man was sentenced this week to 22 years in prison for setting fire to his girlfriend’s rowhouse while she and others were inside.
Luther Moody Trent, 22, had admitted to pouring gasoline on his ex-girlfriend’s house in the 1900 block of Linden Avenue on May 21, 2021, and lighting it on fire. On Tuesday, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge sentenced Trent to 40 years with all but 22 years suspended, said his attorney, Allan Rombro.
In June, Trent, 22, pleaded guilty to one federal count of malicious destruction and was sentenced last month to 12 years in federal prison. Trent will serve the sentences concurrently, his attorney said.
Rombro said his client is currently in federal custody, and is still awaiting a permanent placement to serve his federal sentence. After his federal sentence is completed, he will then complete his sentence from Baltimore Circuit Court at a state facility.
It’s unusual for defendants to face local and federal prosecutions. Typically, once federal prosecutors take a state case, local prosecutors dismiss their charges.
“This is the first time in my 33 years that the state has kept a case after the feds indicted,” Rombro said.
“He is a sacrificial lamb,” Rombro said of his client.
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He argued that the case was used by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s opponents to hurt her reputation as she ran for reelection. Mosby lost the July primary.
”Everyone was using [the case] to try to point to a failing in her office and she decided to come back strong,” Rombro said.
Initially, when the case went forward in Baltimore Circuit Court in December, Trent and prosecutors from the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office agreed upon a plea with a sentence of time served, which was then accepted by Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn.
Later, Thiru Vignarajah, an attorney for the victims and who ran unsuccessfully for State’s Attorney, filed a motion arguing the judge erred in accepting the plea before hearing from two victims who were inside the house the night it caught fire and without the third victim having a fair opportunity to give a victim-impact statement.
Phinn vacated the plea in February and reinstated the indictment, and Trent was taken back into state custody and later charged federally.
“The story of Luther Trent reflects the best and worst of Baltimore,” Vignarajah said in a statement this week. “It should remain a cause for alarm that a man charged with attempted murder and arson was sent home over the objection of victims who had the courage to stand up to him.”
He said the case, however, also “shows it is possible to deliver justice in Baltimore. For us, this brings a measure of closure to what has been a traumatic nightmare. From the night of the attack last summer to city prosecutors cutting [Trent] loose last winter to the defendant telling the world he should never have been let out, this prosecution was a case study in the failures of the city justice system.”
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President Joe Biden signed a bill today into law that could help small businesses called the CHIPs Act.
Experts say supply chain issues have really impacted small businesses. They don't always have the money to make large, up-front purchases.
“I think that these sorts of investments that we’ll see under the CHIP Act will help alleviate some of those things for small and medium-sized players who work in and around these industries,” said business policy expert Rhett Buttle. “Because it will allow additional investment in the community, but it will also allow them to free up capital to be able to make some of those strategic decisions that will allow their small businesses to grow and be more sustainable.”
He said smaller businesses that rely on microchips are just some that will benefit.
“I think a lot of us when we think about manufacturing we think about the big folks who are doing the work, but the reality is is small and medium-sized manufacturers power our country and it's all across the country and there's a lot of important jobs that are created,” said Buttle.
He said there are small businesses that contribute to the microchip supply chain that will see gains once more manufacturing is brought back to the U.S.
When those facilities open, places like nearby mom-and-pop restaurants will see more customers too.
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STAR, Idaho — In September of 2017, Nathan Ogden's wheelchair was stolen while he was enjoying a Boise State Football game. It made news all over the community! The wheelchair was eventually found abandoned near the stadium a few days later. But, Ogden says he got a taste of what living without a wheelchair was really like.
Ogden and his wife came up with an idea. A nonprofit that would provide wheelchairs to those in need. It's now a reality. It's called Chair the Hope.
"It wasn't until my chair was stolen four years ago that we truly decided we have to do something about this," said Ogden. "It was actually my wife's idea, and it was for our family to do something big to help other people, and it's something that we understand and get."
The Meridian man was paralyzed twenty years ago in a ski accident. He was 26.
"I came off a ski jump wrong, I landed on my neck and was paralyzed, and then a year later I fell off an x-ray table and I was injured worse," said Ogden. "So, what we do at Chair the Hope is so important to me. We take thousands of wheelchairs all over the world to different countries to people who don't have the opportunity to get them."
But, Chair the Hope's work is not just for those who are in other countries. The nonprofit does outreach right here in Idaho.
"We do a lot of local projects, from getting families vehicles, to helping transform their backyards so that families can get out with their kids or adult and live the life they want to live," Ogden told KTVB. " We don't want them to be stuck indoors and not feel like they can't accomplish things."
Ogden heard about the Yascovitch family in Star. They have a disabled 9-year-old son named Jase, and they needed a van to be able to get around as a family. Ogden wanted to help. Chair the Hope fixed up a used wheelchair adaptable van, and gifted it to the family.
"It opens up a whole other chapter for us," said Jase's mom, Tanelle Yascovitch in disbelief. The van is something the family could only dream of.
Tanelle and Matthew Yascovitch said their son was born with many medical complexities.
"At five weeks old he was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and craniosynostosis. At six months old he had his first major brain and cranial repair, he was then later diagnosed with chiari malformation, scoliosis, hypertension and ROHHAD syndrome. He also has a fluid filled mass in his brain which is inoperable at this time due to the high risk. To date, he has roughly had about 16 major surgeries, and a year ago he suffered his second stroke which left him with limited mobility on his right side. From that point on, his health started to rapidly decline and he was not able to go to school. This past January, he suffered from a cardiac arrest and was in the hospital for four months. He is now homebound. Jase now is on a ventilator 24/7," said Tanelle Yascovitch.
But, despite all his setbacks, Jase continues to push forward and inspire all of those around him, including his medical team.
"This child has beat more odds, even his doctors are amazed at how much he overcomes, he has a long way to go, but he still amazes them," said Jase's proud mom. "He is definitely a fighter! We really want him to have as much normalcy as possible. We love going out as a family to eat and things like that, that wasn't going to be possible so this van will change that. Also, it's such a gift because financially, we weren't prepared for that kind of payment!"
Ogden says Access Vans and Blazek Diagnostics helped them outfit the used van for the family. It costs between $3,000 and $15,000 to modify a van and make it wheelchair accessible. The modifications can include widening the doors, adding a ramp, raising the roof, removing some seats, lowering the floors, or adding other custom specialized modifications like hand controls.
"This will allow their family to go play! To go travel to go camping, fishing, go to sporting events," said Ogden. "It means everything to me to be able to help families like this. I think too many times we look at someone with a disability, and think that they can't do things and we put limits on them. In reality, you just have to give people the opportunity to succeed and they will."
The Yascovitch family is so very grateful.
"Thank you isn't enough, the generosity is just overwhelming and it's an absolute blessing," said Tanelle Yascovitch. "I just feel like thank you isn't enough, but sincerely, thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Jase's family wanted to reiterate how thankful they are to the Star community and Chair the Hope for all the love and support. Jase is 9, and plans to go back to Star Elementary this fall remotely as he continues to recover.
If you want to be a part of the amazing work that Chair the Hope is a part of, click here.
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CHICAGO, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Van Lines, one of the largest moving companies in the world, has named the top five cities where Illinois residents are moving recently. Every year, Allied Van Lines produces a Migration Map report based on their data to show relocation rates across the United States. According to this data and 2020 estimates, the population of Illinois has decreased by 141,000 (1.1%) between April 2020 and July 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Illinois was one of the hardest-hit states during these troubling times. As an expert in relocation, Allied Van Lines has used their data and research to compile a list of the top 5 cities that Illinois residents are moving to. The data was also used to analyze the reasoning behind the mass relocation.
The top five relocation cities for Illinois residents that were named by Allied Van Lines are as follows:
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Dallas, Texas
- Los Angeles, California
- Denver, Colorado
- Atlanta, Georgia
In addition to naming the top five cities that Illinois residents are relocating to, the article released by Allied Van Lines breaks down the potential reasons behind why these residents are relocating in such high numbers. The article also discusses what each destination city has to offer, along with reasons that Illinois residents may be choosing these cities as a new place to call home. According to the data, many Illinois residents relocated to states with similar characteristics. However, most of the people who relocated away from Illinois chose to move to states with warmer weather patterns. The Allied Van Lines article provides statistics, facts, and figures behind why Illinois residents are choosing to relocate to different states.
"Similar to many other states within the United States, Illinois has seen a population decline after facing business shutdowns and supply shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic," stated Steve McKenna, Vice President and General Manager, Allied Van Lines. "However, unlike patterns seen with other states, many people leaving Illinois appear to be migrating to states with a similar quality of life. The main difference between the new destinations and Illinois appears to be weather—it seems that many Illinois residents have moved in search of a home in a warmer location."
Allied Van Lines has been named a leader in providing relocation services to corporations, consumers, government agencies, and non-profit organizations worldwide, with over 400 agent locations in North America. The moving company has been voted as America's Most Recommended Moving Company by Women's Choice Awards for five consecutive years and is an established global brand of SIRVA, Inc. As one of the leaders in the moving van industry, Allied Van Lines has the data and research tools required to analyze relocation patterns in the United States. The company's recently released article, "Where are Illinois Residents Moving?" can be viewed by visiting https://www.allied.com/migration-map/2021/illinois.
For more information about Allied Van Lines, go to www.allied.com.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are marking their 77th wedding anniversary with a quiet Friday at their south Georgia home, extending their record as the longest-married first couple ever as both nonagenarians face significant health challenges.
The 39th president is 98 and has been in home hospice care since February. The former first lady is 95 and has dementia. The Carter family has not offered details of either Jimmy or Rosalynn Carter’s condition but has said they both have enjoyed time with each other and a stream of family members, along with occasional visits from close friends, in recent months.
“As we have looked back at their legacy, it has been really wonderful to see the outpouring of support and respect and love,” grandson Jason Carter said recently. “That word love is really the one that defines certainly their personal relationship, but also the way they approach this world.”
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been on the American and international stage together for a half-century. What they described as “full partnership” began years earlier in the Carter family farm business before his political career and their decades of global humanitarian work since leaving the White House in 1981 and establishing The Carter Center the following year.
Through the center, Jimmy Carter conducted multiple diplomatic missions, working with the blessings of his Oval Office successors, even as he sometimes rankled them. The former president and center employees have monitored at least 114 elections across Asia, Africa and the Americas since 1989. They have recently turned their efforts to U.S. elections.
Among their public health outreach, the center’s Guinea worm eradication program has nearly conquered the water-born parasite once prevalent in the developing world. Known cases measured in the millions in the mid-1980s when Jimmy Carter set a goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease. There were fewer than two dozen cases in 2022 and, as of earlier this spring, the center had yet to document a case in 2023.
Rosalynn Carter, meanwhile, took her signature policy issue — mental health treatment and advocacy — beyond the White House and established an annual fellowship for journalists to concentrate on mental health reporting. She also advocated widely for better services for caregivers, a focus the Carter family highlighted earlier this year when they announced the former first lady had dementia.
Beyond the Carter Center, the couple became the most famous volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, the international outfit that builds, repairs and renovates homes for low-income people. The Carters first volunteered for Habitat in 1984, taking a bus from Georgia to the New York City worksite along with other volunteers. They would soon begin hosting annual builds bearing the former president’s name, donning hardhats with volunteers into their late 80s and early 90s.
“Everything they’ve done is really just an extension of what they started and who they were in the White House,” said Donna Brazile, a former Democratic Party chairwoman who got her start in politics on Carter’s presidential campaigns. “Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are just good, decent people.”
The Carters married July 7, 1946, in their hometown of Plains. But their relationship extends to the cradle.
Jimmy Carter’s parents were friends of Rosalynn’s parents. The future president’s mother was the nurse who delivered Eleanor Rosalynn Smith at the Smith family home in 1927. “Miss Lillian” returned to the Smith home a few days later with her eldest son, preschooler Jimmy, to meet the new baby. The Carters moved to a farm in nearby Archery, just outside of Plains, not long after, though the Carter children and Smith children would continue to see each other at school in Plains.
Rosalynn would become a close friend of Jimmy’s sister Ruth, who played the part of matchmaker during one of her elder brother’s visits back home from the U.S. Naval Academy. Jimmy and Rosalynn married soon after he graduated. They left Plains with no intention of returning other than as visitors. But in 1953, James Earl Carter Sr. died, leaving behind the family’s farming and warehouse enterprise. Without consulting Rosalynn, the young lieutenant decided to leave the Navy and move his young family back to Georgia.
The future president, who became an advocate for women’s rights and nominated more women and non-white people to federal posts than any of his predecessors, later called it inconceivable that he did not consult his wife. Yet over the ensuing years, Rosalynn Carter became a key partner in the family business.
“I knew more on paper about the business than he did. He would take my advice about things,” she told The Associated Press in a joint interview with her husband ahead of their 75th anniversary in 2021.
That continued in politics, as Rosalynn Carter proved herself a skillful campaigner and forceful policy advocate in her own right, overcoming her youthful shyness that the former president has depicted in his writing and painting.
“My wife is much more political,” he said in the interview.
Beyond their longevity, both Carters credit their long marriage to open communication and their shared Christian faith.
“Every day there needs to be reconciliation,” the former president said in 2021. “We don’t go to sleep with some remaining differences between us.”
The pair also have enjoyed hobbies together for years — sometimes even competitively. Before they became frail, they enjoyed playing tennis, hiking and cycling together. Both prolific writers, they sometimes raced to finish drafts of books. Fishing often involved competition, too, and they continued to fish into their 90s on their property in Plains. They added bird watching in recent decades as they slowed down physically.
For all their common joys, Rosalynn Carter added another component of a successful marriage. “Each should have some space,” she said. “That’s really important.”
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Tacoma father considering lawsuit after daughter attacked by student at Baker Middle School
A male student was caught on camera beating a teenage classmate inside a school hallway. Now the victim’s father is calling for action.
The assault happened eight days ago in the hallway at Baker Middle School.
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Jamar Pollard says Tacoma school officials took too long to stop the beating and didn’t provide adequate medical care for his daughter.
He ended up taking her to the hospital.
Pollard said all the school did was to have the school nurse look at his daughter, but what happened at Baker Middle School warranted calling for medics and police.
“She had a concussion; she had deep bruising all on the left side of her face. Her eye was half swollen shut,” said Pollard.
Pollard says his 14-year-old daughter was left battered and bruised by a vicious attack at the school, allegedly instigated by a teenager more than twice her size.
Despite that, he says, no outside authorities were called.
“You can’t see in that partial video,” he said, “but she was slammed against the wall multiple times, and slammed on the ground, kicked in the head. With that kind of head trauma, I would think that an ambulance would be called, too. It wasn’t.”
Neither were the Tacoma police.
“No, they didn’t call the police,” he said. “I had to do that.”
More troubling still, he says the district knew the teen was a danger.
“Other school faculty here have told me that the boy has had other encounters, violent encounters, encounters with females,” Pollard said. “And he’s still attending the school.”
Tacoma School officials said in a statement they can say little to respect both teens’ privacy but that violence is not tolerated.
“Staff responded immediately to intervene, within seconds of the incident,” the statement added, “The student involved quickly received medical attention and steps were taken to deescalate.”
“So, within seconds is two, three, four, five seconds,” said Pollard. “The video you see is 15 seconds and the assault lasted longer than that video.”
Pollard says the district’s response all round has been inadequate.
“I don’t know what they’re thinking with that statement,” said Pollard, shaking his head. “That’s crazy.”
Pollard says school officials did finally tell him that the student has been expelled and is no longer in the school.
He doesn’t believe they would have acted if he hadn’t spoken up.
Now he is considering suing.
Tacoma police are investigating this as an assault case.
And they could recommend charges against that teen.
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King County Metro will reduce weekday service on nearly 60 bus routes this fall because of staff shortages and reliability concerns.
The change, beginning Sept. 17, will be more subtly felt on some routes than others: The No. 24 bus, for example, between downtown Seattle and Magnolia, will lose just one trip per weekday, while the commuter-friendly 218 from Sammamish to downtown will lose nine.
A full list of service changes can be found at st.news/metro-changes. For information about specific routes, users may call 206-553-3000.
The reductions represent Metro’s effort to improve reliability. While most planned trips are still being delivered, “we’ve seen a significant uptick in cancellations,” said Graydon Newman, senior transportation planner with King County Metro. The schedule changes will, to an extent, formalize what may already be happening on some routes, and the hope is that riders can count on the remaining trips to show up on time.
It’s a playbook being repeated across transportation agencies in the state. The Washington State Ferries has run on “alternative schedules” for well over a year, eliminating sailings in advance rather than at the last minute — an acknowledgment of its lacking staff.
Other bus agencies in the region have taken a similar approach. Community Transit in Snohomish County began reducing weekday service last spring as it struggled to retain and recruit staff. Sound Transit eliminated trips on some of its buses as well.
Difficulty recruiting and retaining staff is affecting 90% of bus agencies across the country, according to a recent report on operator shortages from the pro-transit foundation Transit Center. Among 117 agencies surveyed by the American Public Transportation Association, 71% reported reducing or delaying service in response to lack of staff.
Newman said Metro strove to correlate the trip reductions with pandemic-era shifts in ridership. Routes that have seen big drops in peak travel volumes, such as those coming into Seattle from the suburbs during work hours, will lose more trips than those moving through the city.
Newman said the agency also sought to keep equity in mind.
Ridership on Metro has increased steadily over the summer, to about 200,000 average daily riders in July. But volume is still hovering around 50% of 2019’s ridership.
To fill its staff roster, Metro must compete with every other transit agency in the region. Its training classes are filling, said Newman, and they’re looking to add more cohorts next year. Whether recruitment is robust enough to fill additional classes is still an open question.
Newman couldn’t hazard a guess when service might return to normal.
“We have to acknowledge that there is so much uncertainty in the labor market now,” he said. “I’d be hesitant to put any timeline on this one.”
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Crowd gathers downtown to protest overturning of Roe v. Wade
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GERMANTOWN, Tenn., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: MAA) ("MAA" or the "Company"), today announced that Chairman and CEO, Eric Bolton, as well as other members of MAA's senior management team, will present at Nareit REIT Week: 2022 Investor Conference on Tuesday, June 7, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. ET to 10:00 a.m. ET.
The Company's presentation will be webcast live. A link to the webcast as well as presentation materials are available under "Corporate Profile" on the "For Investors" page of the Company's website at www.maac.com.
About MAA
MAA is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) and member of the S&P 500. MAA owns or has ownership interest in apartment communities primarily throughout the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. focused on delivering strong, full-cycle investment performance. For further details, please refer to the "For Investors" page at www.maac.com or contact Investor Relations at investor.relations@maac.com.
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Dettelbach becomes head of ATF, 1st confirmed chief in years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Steve Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor, to run the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, making him the agency’s first confirmed director since 2015.
Dettelbach takes the reins of the agency as the Biden administration and the Justice Department are fighting to combat a surge in violent crime, gun violence and mass shootings that has touched both big cities and small rural communities across the nation.
Dettelbach was confirmed by the Senate in a 48-46 vote. He’s racked up endorsements from law enforcement officials, former Justice Department officials who worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations and victims of violence. Two Republican lawmakers, Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Rob Portman of Ohio, voted to confirm Dettelbach.
President Joe Biden hailed Dettelbach’s confirmation and said Dettelbach “will play a leading role in ensuring robust implementation” of the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades and other action to drive down violent crime.
“We have so much more to do,” Biden said in a statement. “I will continue to call on Congress to build on this momentum and ban assault weapons, expand background checks, and pass safe storage laws.”
Biden called Dettelbach an “extraordinarily qualified and decorated career prosecutor with strong support across the law enforcement community.”
Dettelbach is a former federal prosecutor who served as U.S. attorney in Ohio from 2009 to 2016 and has run in the past for attorney general of Ohio. He worked in several other positions in the Justice Department and was involved in the prosecution of a man who firebombed an Ohio courthouse. He also served as the chairman of the civil rights subcommittee as part of the attorney general’s advisory committee under former attorneys general Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch.
Biden had to withdraw the nomination of his first ATF nominee, gun control advocate David Chipman, after it stalled for months because of opposition from Republicans and some Democrats in the Senate.
Both Republican and Democratic administrations had long failed to get nominees for the ATF position through the politically fraught process since the director’s position was made confirmable in 2006. Since then, only one nominee, former U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, has been confirmed. Jones made it through the Senate in 2013 but only after a six-month struggle. Jones was acting director when President Barack Obama nominated him in January 2013 and left the role in 2015.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration removed the agency’s acting director, Marvin Richardson, from his position and replaced him with the U.S. attorney in Arizona, Gary Restaino. Restaino has juggled both jobs as Dettelbach’s nomination waded its way through the Senate. Richardson has been the agency’s deputy director.
Dettelbach’s confirmation was immediately hailed by advocates who highlighted his experience as a prosecutor and his work with law enforcement.
“Steve Dettelbach’s bipartisan confirmation vote is a watershed victory for the gun safety movement and further proof that the Senate logjam around this life-or-death issue is finally breaking,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.
His nomination had been staunchly opposed by gun rights groups, including Gun Owners of America, which wrote a letter Tuesday to Senate leaders urging them to vote against him.
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Earnings Call Scheduled for 7:30 a.m. ET on November 23, 2022
GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viomi Technology Co., Ltd ("Viomi" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VIOT), a leading IoT @ Home technology company in China, today announced that it will report its third quarter 2022 unaudited financial results on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, before the open of the U.S. markets.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 7:30 AM U.S. Eastern Time on November 23, 2022 (8:30 PM Beijing/Hong Kong time on November 23, 2022).
Dial-in details for the earnings conference call are as follows:
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.viomi.com.
A replay of the conference call will be accessible by phone one hour after the conclusion of the live call at the following numbers, until November 30, 2022:
About Viomi Technology
Viomi's mission is to redefine the future home via the concept of IoT @ Home.
Viomi has developed a unique IoT @ Home platform consisting of an ecosystem of innovative IoT-enabled smart home products, together with a suite of complementary consumable products and value-added businesses. This platform provides an attractive entry point into the consumer home, enabling consumers to intelligently interact with a broad portfolio of IoT products in an intuitive and human-like manner to make daily life more convenient, efficient and enjoyable, while allowing Viomi to grow its household user base and capture various additional scenario-driven consumption events in the home environment.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.viomi.com.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
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E-mail: viomi@tpg-ir.com
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The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
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E-mail: viomi@tpg-ir.com
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BOGALUSA, La. (AP) — Firefighters from departments across southeast Louisiana and nearby areas of Mississippi worked for hours before extinguishing the flames from a massive fire at a sawmill on Lake Pontchartrain's north shore early Monday.
The fire at the site of Hood Industries, north of Bogalusa, started about 10 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported.
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Pearl River County firefighters said in a post on Facebook that the “large and dangerous” blaze was under control around 3:30 a.m. Monday.
It is still unclear how much damage was caused by the fire or what had started it.
The sawmill on Highway 21 is one of the largest employers in Washington Parish with additional locations in Mississippi and Georgia.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avid Technology Inc. (NASD:AVID) will replace Plantronics Inc. (NYSE:POLY) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Thursday, September 1. S&P 500 constituent HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) acquired Plantronics in a deal that closed today.
Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:
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Is your computer freezing up? Here's what could be happening
Question: My computer has begun to freeze on an intermittent basis; what should I do?
Answer: One of the most annoying situations in computing is when the computer freezes up in the middle of an important task, seemingly out of nowhere.
The reality is that when this happens, it’s a sign that you have a significant issue that needs to be addressed.
Ignoring the freeze-up and rebooting every time can lead to a variety of additional problems, like filling your hard drive up with junk files.
It’s also one of the more complicated issues to troubleshoot because it’s intermittent, which can get frustrating.
What to do if your browser freezes
Since we all spend so much time on the internet, your browser could be the only problem. To determine this, the next time your web browser freezes, switch to your word processor or another browser to see if they are functioning properly.
If other programs function properly, you’ll want to spend time looking into various browser-related causes and if nothing else works, your problem likely resided with the operating system or faulty hardware.
Common causes for browser freezes include malware, too many tabs opened, third-party add-ons that are conflicting with one another, or a corrupted cache.
Running a full security scan of your computer can check for malware in all areas of your computer. Opening your browser in Safe Mode (https://bit.ly/3NIDuex) will disable third-party add-ons or extensions to see if things run smoothly without them.If you are a "taboholic" who tends to surf with a large number of tabs open, you may be running into a memory issue that can be resolved by closing unneeded tabs or adding RAM (random access memory) to your computer.
Clearing your cache can help
To test for corruption in your browser’s cache (a local copy of commonly used websites), try bypassing it (https://bit.ly/44wvrYh) which forces everything to be downloaded from scratch.
If the freezing goes away, it’s time to clear your cache (https://bit.ly/415MugN), and if it doesn’t, try uninstalling and reinstalling the browser, especially if another browser works without freezing.
Computer hardware might be faulty
This one can get a little tricky to diagnose unless you are comfortable opening your computer and have spare parts to test with.
One of the first things we do in our service process for freezing computers is to check for obvious signs of blown capacitors on the motherboard (https://bit.ly/3M1clT0).
A faulty memory module can also cause freezing issues, so swapping out the memory as a test is another approach.
If your hard drive is old or completely full, it may be time to replace it with something larger and faster.
Operating system, software issues a common problem
Software and OS issues are one of the most common causes of computers with intermittent freezing problems.
If you recently installed a new software program, try uninstalling it to see if the problem goes away.
If your computer hasn’t been maintained in a while, a cleanup of the OS or a complete reinstall may be what’s needed.
Asking for help with freezing? Make sure to point out these issues
If you’re going to ask someone for help, it’s helpful to share a few things with them, such as when it started happening, if it’s intermittent or always happens with specific programs, and if you’ve started noticing any strange noises or excessive heat.
Ken Colburn is founder and CEO of Data Doctors Computer Services, datadoctors.com. Ask any tech question at facebook.com/DataDoctors or on Twitter @TheDataDoc.
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China's leader is poised to become the first 3-term president in Chinese history By John Ruwitch Published October 13, 2022 at 5:09 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email China's President Xi Jinping has been in power for a decade. What's been the impact of his policies? Copyright 2022 NPR
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WACO, Texas and SAN ANTONIO, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Baylor University and Evidence In Motion (EIM) announce that the two organizations have entered a licensing agreement where Baylor may continue to use the innovative blended learning methods and structured clinical education model developed collaboratively by Baylor and EIM to support the university's entry-level and post-professional doctorate programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy.
Baylor University has partnered with EIM since 2016 on innovative, career-focused education that develops skilled, empathetic care providers in professions where doctorate programs are struggling to keep pace with demand. The partnership resulted in the successful launch, accreditation and growth of three programs: Doctor of Physical Therapy, Doctor of Occupational Therapy, and Post-Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy.
"Together, Baylor and EIM truly pushed graduate health care education into the future by creating the first truly hybrid, accelerated doctorate programs in physical and occupational therapy. We are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish through our partnership," said Pradeep Khandelwal, CEO of Evidence In Motion. "These cutting-edge programs not only make the educational offerings more accessible in every community, but they successfully prepare students to fill critical shortages in vital health professions."
Throughout the length of the partnership, EIM contributed its expertise in accreditation, course curricula, clinical education, and marketing and admissions for the degree programs. This collaboration led to historic accomplishments in health care education outcomes and paved the way for many other higher education institutions to embrace the hybrid accelerated model and innovative approach that Baylor and EIM pioneered.
"Hybrid education done right is here to stay," said Jason Carter, dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, noting that the Baylor-EIM partnership was established prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Baylor University is committed to providing aspiring physical and occupational therapists with a rigorous educational experience that includes high-impact immersive experiences on campus. We need to meet students where they are at in life."
ABOUT EVIDENCE IN MOTION (EIM)
Evidence In Motion (EIM) provides accessible, lifelong education to health care professionals transforming their communities. They offer specialty certifications, post-professional programs and continuing education courses. EIM also partners with leading universities to provide accelerated graduate programs in health care, including physical therapy, occupational therapy and others.
EIM is reimagining health care education through hybrid learning, which integrates evidence-based practice, top faculty from across the country, and a leading curriculum that combines online learning and collaboration with intensive hands-on lab experiences. Their reimagined health care education model increases access, reduces student debt, and improves outcomes. Learn more about Evidence In Motion at www.eimpartnerships.com
ABOUT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked Research 1 institution. The University provides a vibrant campus community for more than 20,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 12 nationally recognized academic divisions.
ABOUT THE ROBBINS COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES
The Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University seeks to prepare leaders in health and quality of life through science, scholarship and innovation. Together, the departments housed within the Robbins College – Communication Sciences and Disorders; Health, Human Performance and Recreation; Human Sciences and Design; Occupational Therapy; Physical Therapy; Public Health; and a number of Army-Baylor graduate programs – promote a team-based approach to transformational education and research, establishing interdisciplinary research collaborations to advance solutions for improving quality of life for individuals, families and communities. For more information, visit robbins.baylor.edu.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A watchdog investigation initiated after the tax returns of two former FBI directors were subjected to intensive audits during the Trump administration has concluded that the reviews from those years were conducted at random.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said Thursday that its review had determined that the Internal Revenue Service had selected tax returns at random for its National Research Program audits in 2017 and 2019.
The watchdog said in its report that it had “confirmed that the processes and computer programs worked as designed, which reduces the ability to select specific taxpayers for an NRP audit.”
The NRP program is designed to select tax returns at random for an intrusive audit as a way to measure “compliance for different types of taxes and various sets of taxpayers,” according to the inspector general report.
The inspector general review was begun after a New York Times report in July that former FBI Director James Comey’s 2017 tax return was subjected to an audit under the NRP program, as was the 2019 return of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI acting director. The report released Thursday did not cite either of them by name.
Both FBI officials drew the ire of President Donald Trump over the FBI’s investigation into ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump fired Comey in May 2017, months after the Russia probe had been initiated. McCabe, then his deputy, replaced Comey on an acting basis but was fired the following year by the Justice Department.
Comey declined to comment, and a lawyer who has represented McCabe did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
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CLIFTON, N.J., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Passaic Valley Water Commission (PVWC) has great news for its customers who are eligible to participate in the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). The program will continue taking applications until all funds are disbursed, according to the Department of Community Affairs. As of now, there is no anticipated end date because there are still funds available.
The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program is a federally funded program designed to help low-income households reduce the balances they have on their residential water bills. To be eligible for LIHWAP benefits, the applicant must be responsible for their own water bill and have a gross income that falls at or below 60% of the NJ State Median Income Level. Funds will be provided directly to PVWC on behalf of the residential customer.
"For our eligible customers, participation in the program will make their water utility bill one less thing they will have to worry about during this holiday season. Checking eligibility and enrollment is easy and convenient." said Jim Mueller, the commission's executive director.
- In order to apply for assistance, please visit: DCAid website
- Allow at least 60 days for application processing; additional information may be required. Allow an additional 30 days for payment processing to be applied at the utility company.
- Once you submit your application, you can check your application status on the DCAid website by clicking "returning applicants", and following the prompts.
It's important to note that LIHWAP is not available for business accounts, estates, or property management companies. Customers with questions should contact the Department of Community Affairs directly.
For more information about this release please contact Bryan Frierson at 973-931-4512 or bfrierson@pvwc.com.
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UPS employees accused of trafficking cocaine in packages
MCALLEN, Texas (Gray News) - Two UPS employees are accused of transporting cocaine inside packages.
U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced that Orlando Candelario Almanza, 49, and Fidencio Salinas Jr., 51, have been arrested in Texas on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Authorities said three others have also been taken into custody related to the case: Javier Enrique Mendoza, 48, Jose Felipe Lozano, 58, and Enrique Bernardo Gamez, 45.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, UPS employees, Almanza and Salinas, knowingly transported packages of cocaine that were being provided.
Authorities said Mendoza gave packages of cocaine to the workers while Lozano provided fraudulent labels for the packages and Gamez stored the cocaine at his residence prior to transport.
In 2022, the five of them conspired to transport cocaine through UPS packages multiple times from March to October, the indictment stated.
Authorities said they seized about 60 kilograms of cocaine the group trafficked.
If convicted, the men face up to life in prison and a possible $10 million fine, according to authorities.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Hidalgo County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and the FBI assisted in the investigation.
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Mindfulness is mainstream. There are mindfulness retreats that will set you back thousands of dollars. Entire sections of libraries and bookstores are devoted to the subject.
My kids learn mindfulness and meditation techniques in their public elementary school. Before my weekly yoga class starts, the teacher says a bunch of stuff about mindfulness, and setting intentions for our downward dogs and plank poses.
On the whole, I think mindfulness showing up in our culture in new ways is a good thing.
However, I do think there's something off-putting about the "mindfulness industrial complex" - the expensive getaways and self-proclaimed gurus, who make promises about personal transformation they can't necessarily keep.
And I've been looking for something different. I wanted to understand the theology that birthed the modern mindfulness movement. I wanted to understand how, by training your mind, you could actually create some kind of divine connection to yourself, to other people in your life, or even to a higher power.
In all this spiritual seeking I'm doing these days, it was time to go deep on Buddhism.
My mom was a lifelong Presbyterian who served as a church deacon, and hung artisan-made crosses around her house. But I also have clear memories of her sitting on her black meditation pillow in front of the window in her bedroom, eyes shut, breathing deep and audibly.
She had books by the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh on her bedside table. Like a lot of Americans, she didn't see Buddhism and Christianity as contrary to one another — they could be complements.
I wanted to understand what that could look like. My mom died 14 years ago and I can't ask her, so I have to figure it out for myself. That means doing my own research and having my own experience with Buddhism. And what better way to do that than spending time at an actual monastery?
Now, I do not want to suggest that showing up at a Buddhist monastery for three days taught me everything I need to know about Buddhism or mindfulness. Obviously not.
But it did help me understand why more and more Americans are converting to Buddhism, or even, if they don't go all in that way, they are finding elements of that tradition that they can incorporate into their own spiritual life and identity.
So where do you go to learn about the ancient wisdom and revelation of the Buddha? New Jersey of course. And a monastery called Empty Cloud, which seemed perfectly on brand.
Yes, I, too, want to be like an empty cloud! So my producer Lee Hale and I drove five or so hours from Washington, D.C. to West Orange, N.J.
Two Buddhist monks run Empty Cloud. Their names are Ayyā Somā and Bhante Suddhāso. Ayyā Somā is Italian, and before she shaved her head and put on the robes, she was a fashion journalist.
Bhante is a soft-spoken guy from Colorado with small, round glasses. He grew up in a conservative evangelical family and found Buddhism after college.
They welcome us with tea and give us the basic instructions for staying there: No makeup or any other physical adornments. No fancy clothes. Monks always eat before the lay people like us who stay there, and, even when it's not an official silent meditation time, everyone needs to walk around sort of quietly and keep conversation at a moderate volume.
I spent most of my time with the Empty Cloud monks inside the monastery for meals, meditation, and dharma talks — which are like sermons or spiritual lessons.
But we did take one field trip — just a few miles away — to the campus of Rutgers University, where five of the monks walked into a frat house. Yes, it sounds like the beginning of a problematic joke. Even the monks recognized how surreal the scene was.
They went to campus to do something called "almsgiving." Meaning they hold a bowl and wait for people walking by to offer them some food, since monks of this Buddhist tradition can't make or buy themselves meals.
They've all got shaved heads and they're wearing traditional orange robes with sandals. Tevas seem to be the preferred brand in this group.
They situated themselves in a line in front of a shopping mall full of retail shops and casual dining options. They definitely stood out, and at one point the mall manager came out to see if they were staging some kind of protest.
She let them be, but the monks weren't having a lot of luck. People walked by and smiled, but they didn't really get what was happening.
So a young woman who's staying at the monastery called up a friend of hers who is a student at Rutgers. He rallied his frat brothers, and they showed up a couple minutes later to escort the monks a couple blocks away to their frat house, for takeout tacos.
A handful of college guys, mostly wearing pajama pants and hoodies, show the monks into the main living room — and yes, it is a SCENE. Red solo cups lying in one corner. A box of Franzia wine and random hot sauce on one table. A bong on another. The whole place smells like weed. Ayyā Somā makes small talk with the young men, and asks what a fraternity is really about. Just to be clear — she doesn't understand what a fraternity is because she's Italian, not because she's a monk.
One of the guys responds. His name is Michael Porucznik. "It's like a social group, mostly, I would say."
To be honest, all this feels sort of awkward. I'm a little worried these guys might be messing with the monks. But, they're respectful and they're asking legitimate, thoughtful questions. The mom in me is sort of proud of them – even though it's clear that some of them are ditching class.
Ayyā Somā asks the students what inspired them to make offerings.
Michael sits up on a worn-out red couch and sort of stutters into his answer. "I very much admire people who discipline themselves to like a specific aspect of life. And I feel like it's also good karma." Everyone laughs. "We also think it's good karma," Ayyā Somā replies.
Chatting with a bunch of monks for a half an hour isn't likely to turn these guys into Buddhists. But who knows what seeds the conversation has planted in their 20-year-old brains?
And that's sort of the deal with Buddhism. There's no proselytizing. In the car on the way back to the monastery, Bhante Suddhāso tells me it's just the opposite. "Buddhists play hard to get," he says.
Which is maybe why it's appealing to a lot of people: Buddhist monks might end up at your frat house for tacos, but they're not going to knock on the door to try and convert you.
In fact, most of the time, they're at their monastery doing their own individual spiritual work.
Just before the pandemic, they moved their home base from Queens to this center in West Orange.
They got a great deal on the place from the Augustinian monks who had lived there before. The Catholics were downsizing and moving west, and Ayyā Somā and Bhante Suddhāso, the co-founders of Empty Cloud Monastery, needed more space.
"They were just really overjoyed that another group of monks wanted to take over the monastery," Bhante Suddhāso told me.
The building itself has a medieval castle vibe. There's a stained glass window in the meditation room with an image of Noah's Ark on it, and there's a cross on the roof.
For now, the monks jokingly say the cross stands for the four noble truths — which Ayyā Somā says can be distilled to this from the Buddha's teachings:
"All he ever taught was suffering, the cause of suffering, the end of suffering, and the way out of suffering. So that's all we are practicing is that, um, for the cessation of suffering."
Which sounds great, right? No one wants to suffer. I don't want to suffer. But I needed to understand why pulling away from modern life, the way monks do, alleviates suffering.
Because it's no joke what they have to give up. They pledge to live in celibacy. No meals after midday. No intoxicants of any kind. No pop culture. No money.
"The word renunciation for some people has a negative connotation," Bhante says. "But for us, renunciation means recognizing that we don't need something in order to be happy."
For example, he explains, "When I was a lay person, which was a very long time ago now — 15 plus years ago – I needed to always have music playing."
If it wasn't music in the car, he was listening to headphones. "Like, it was just constant. And so, then getting into this life, it's like, well, one of our rules is that we don't listen to music. So, clearly, I thought I needed that, but I don't need it."
"Do you miss music, though?" I ask. "No," he replies with a laugh.
Ayyā Somā chimes in: "Essentially, from the fear of missing out from FOMO, we go to JOMO, the joy of missing out."
They point out that this level of renunciation only represents about 1 percent of Buddhists worldwide.
I still don't understand exactly what these two get out of this really restrictive life. What is Buddhism freeing them from personally?
And I really want to know what they make of the fact that when I Googled "Buddhist retreat," a whole slew of places popped up where I could probably also get a hot stone massage and a facial peel.
As I was about to ask this question, we hear a bell ring and Bhante Suddhāso tells me we can take up the matter in the dharma hall.
Turns out, monks are highly scheduled people. It's time to move to a different room, where we join the other residents — the lay people who stay at the monastery for days or weeks at a time. We're all situated on individual meditation pillows, with the monks facing the rest of us at the front of the room. Everyone sips tea and eats small pieces of cheese and dark chocolate ... the only approved evening snacks.
There's a big golden statue of the Buddha on the mantle above the fireplace. Bhante Suddhāso pets Teddy, the black monastery cat, and I get another swing at my question.
I ask him what he makes of how mindfulness has made its way into the mainstream of American culture. Like, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
"I think it's mixed," he tells me.
"The Buddha does identify mindfulness as being a wholesome characteristic of mind, so wholesome in the sense that it's, it's beneficial that it brings happiness, it leads towards awakening," he explains. "But it's still only one factor of the eightfold path. So, if one is only practicing mindfulness, then at best you're practicing, uh, 12.5% of Buddhism. Which is not a complete path to awakening. So it's kind of like if you're making a cake and a cake calls for eight ingredients, and you're like, well, I'm just going to leave out seven of those ingredients. Well, that's not a cake, that's a bowl of raw eggs."
Here at the monastery they're interested in the whole cake. Which involves rising before sunrise, chores in the house and the yard, and finishing your meals before noon. Being on this path also means letting go of the big things you can't change, and focusing on what's happening in your own consciousness.
I've dabbled in meditation over the years. I started as a way to deal with my own grief after my mom died from kidney cancer.
But the longest I'd ever sat and tried to meditate was, maybe, 15 minutes. So, when it was time to go down to the meditation hall for an hour of silent sitting, I was a bit freaked out.
I situated myself on my meditation pillow, my eyes closed, and took in some deep breaths, like everyone else was doing.
This wasn't a guided meditation for beginners. There were a few monks in the room with about six other residents, and it was clear they knew what they were doing.
Me, not so much. Bhante Suddhāso had told me to come up with a mantra and just say that over and over. He suggested the words "loving kindness," so I went with that.
Breathe in, breathe out. Loving kindness. "Yes," I thought, "I am killing this meditation."
Then it started to unravel: "Are they seriously not going to feed us dinner? Did my kids get a ride to baseball tonight? How am I going to sleep here? Wait, no ... Loving kindness. Loving kindness. Kindness. Do the monks get to pick out their own robes? Does Ayyā Somā miss make-up? It's really hard to do a smokey eye."
Needless to say, I didn't reach any higher level of consciousness. But there were people who seemed to have.
When I snuck a peek during the meditation, I caught a glimpse of this young woman named Katie McKenna. She's not a monk, but she was sitting perfectly still, no fidgeting. And she was always smiling. She had definitely figured something out.
I caught up with her later and we chatted for a bit. She said she's been a Buddhist for about 10 years. She was laid off from her tech job earlier this year, and after that happened, she hightailed it to her happy place - the monastery.
She tries to visit monasteries whenever she can. She used to suffer from a lot of anxiety, but she says Buddhism has changed that: "I hardly ever have anxiety anymore. I just feel a lot of joy."
"I grew up in Indiana," she continued. "So, there's a lot of Christianity around around me. And I feel like people would just proselytize and tell me, like, this is the way. So I feel like I've just had this innate trust with Buddhism because there was this teaching – to come and see for yourself."
I asked if there was any part of her that wanted to go all in and become a monk?
"Yeah. That does come up for me from time to time. It's come up for my boyfriend, too, actually. We broke up for a little bit in September, briefly, 'cuz we were both struggling with, like fully giving ourselves to the relationship because we both had this inclination in our mind towards monasticism."
They stopped watching TV and movies. No music. No dinner. They meditate for long periods of time every day.
"The cool thing about this path," she says, "is, it just starts happening to you."
It definitely wasn't just happening to me. I mean, I'd only been at this for a few days, but I was more interested in a form of Buddhism that let me live in my actual life. I needed to talk to someone who wasn't about to shave her head and move into the monastery.
I found Sudha Ram.
Sudha wasn't staying at the monastery like the others, but she lives in the neighborhood and comes over a lot.
Within a few minutes of talking with her, it becomes clear that she has endured a lot of disappointments in life. And right now, she is working through problems in her marriage. She tells me that Buddhism has taught her things that her Hindu faith never did.
"If you don't love yourself and put yourself in front of others, who're not gonna give you love, you're not gonna be successful. So I give loving kindness to myself. I give loving kindness to the other people who need to be given loving kindness. That helps a lot because the anger, the rejection, and, you know, the ill feeling, come often."
I think she's about to share more about her relationship with her husband, or her kids, or something about work. But she starts telling me about her dog. A golden retriever named Simba who died not long ago. The dog came to her in her dreams.
"He came to me and he said, 'mom, what did you learn from me?' I had to think, what did I learn from him? I know he was very loving. He was a golden retriever. He loves people, he loves pets, he loves everybody."
"So I said, 'yeah, you are very loving.' And he said, 'Mom, you are very loving, too. But you still have judgment. You still judge. I'm not. I love everybody. So that's the difference.' "
I know how bizarre this sounds. I'm sitting in the basement of this Buddhist monastery, talking with this woman I barely know, about her dead dog who talks to her in her dreams. And tears are welling up in her eyes and then in mine.
And I get that her grief and loneliness are bigger than this story. And we hold hands briefly across a table. And I share my own losses with her. And none of it is healed, but there is a comfort in that shared intimacy between strangers.
Letting go may be the Buddhist precept for ending suffering. But I think, just as important as the letting go is the letting in. Letting monks into the frat house. Letting a journalist into your monastery. Letting a stranger into your grief.
Yes, the ultimate enlightenment happens internally — when you free your mind from attachment and longing. But awakening also happens when you are willing to step into the breach with someone else. To be present in their pain and have them witness yours.
Pali is the ancient language of Buddhism, and Ayyā Somā told me that her favorite Pali word is "kampa".
"Which literally means 'trembling together.' Sometimes we focus a lot on our trembling, or the trembling of the other person. But we don't realize that it's actually the same trembling, and we're all trembling together."
Buddhism may teach that the individual has the power to ease their own suffering, but true contentment requires us all to care about each other. It's not just about being alone in our mind on the mat. Buddhist monks still have to engage with the rest of the world. And the world has to engage back. We share our stories with strangers and absorb one another's grief.
We tremble, together.
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) condemned what he described as “revenge politics” as many Republicans have resisted his efforts to speed up the approval process for energy projects.
“It’s like the revenge politics, basically revenge towards one person: me. And I’m thinking, ‘this is not about me,’” he told reporters on Tuesday.
“I’m hearing that the Republican leadership is upset and they’re saying ‘we’re not going to give a victory to Joe Manchin’ — Joe Manchin’s not looking for a victory,” he added. “We’ve got a good piece of legislation that’s extremely balanced and I think it’ll prove itself in time. The bottom line is, how much suffering and how much pain do you want to inflict on the American people for the time.”
Republicans, along with Manchin, have long complained that the approval process for energy and infrastructure projects — known as permitting — has been too lengthy and stalled important projects.
When he agreed to pass the Democrats’ climate and tax bill, Manchin struck a deal with Democratic leadership to also pass permitting reforms.
But, as he has tried to push a package of changes through, Manchin has met Republican obstacles, as some members feel slighted over the West Virginia Democrat’s passage of the climate bill.
Republicans have felt spurned after Manchin announced his support for the Democratic bill hours after a bipartisan chips and science bill passed the Senate. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had previously threatened that bill’s passage if Democrats pursued their bill.
The GOP has also complained that Manchin’s changes may not go far enough.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, a coalition of liberal Democrats has also come together to resist the effort, arguing that it will undercut the environmental inspections that often draw out the permitting process.
But Manchin said on Tuesday that “we do not bypass any of the environmental reviews,” which he said was the main difference between his package and a separate proposal from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).
The senator also told reporters that the text of his proposal would be released on Wednesday, and that it would explicitly speed up the approval process for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is a controversial proposed project that would carry natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are preparing for tough times after lawmakers approved tax increases that are even unpopular with supporters of the president who once vowed to reduce the cost of living.
The doubling of the tax on petroleum products, from 8% to 16%, is expected to have a ripple effect on East Africa’s economic hub, with the prices of goods and services expected to increase.
The administration of President William Ruto, who was elected last year, has only made things harder, one supporter said.
“He said he was going to make life easier for us hustlers. We are now unable to afford food. Prices are higher than they were before elections,” hairdresser Evelyne Adhiambo said.
People earning above 500,000 shillings ($3,500) now will pay 32.5% in taxes, and those making above 800,000 shillings will pay 35%. Combined with a new housing tax of 1.5% and a medical insurance tax of 2.5%, the new burden will see some Kenyans part with about 40% of their income.
Teresia Kathina, a civil servant for 26 years, said it will be the highest employees have ever paid in taxes.
“This feels cruel because of the inflation rates,” she said.
Economist Aly Khan Satchu said the new law “represents the highest tax rate across every segment.”
Small businesses are also being hit, with a tax on their total sales increasing from 1% to 3%. Businesspeople said this will kill the already struggling small enterprises that have been reporting losses since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
“They are essentially telling us to shut down, because we will not take loans to pay taxes,” said Moses Munyao, a wholesale shop owner in the capital, Nairobi.
Ruto campaigned on a platform of reducing the cost of living. While seeking election, he accused former President Uhuru Kenyatta of letting food costs “skyrocket because he has never slept without food in his life, as he was born in a wealthy family.”
Ruto’s election win was largely attributed to his appeal to voters as a fellow “hustler” who rose from a humble background to senior roles in government, including as Kenyatta’s vice president.
Ruto has sought to justify the increased taxes as the only way to reduce borrowing for a government struggling with a public debt of 9.4 trillion shillings ($67 billion) and is classified by the World Bank as being at high risk of debt distress.
The president, who is in Paris this week for a summit on improving the global financial response to climate change and poverty, is expected to sign the new bill into law before the start of the government’s financial year on July 1. A hearing for a court case challenging the new tax package is yet to be determined.
The higher tax on petroleum products has been especially controversial. The previous administration avoided raising it by introducing subsidies to cushion consumers.
Satchu, the economist, said the petrol tax is a reform that the International Monetary Fund has been championing for some time and may have been a “soft precondition” for the $1.1 billion IMF package recently announced for Kenya.
“It’s a relatively frictionless tax for the government to collect. However, clearly it will create pronounced ripple effects through the economy in that it will raise prices across the economy and further crimp and reduce incomes, which have already been under downside pressure,” Satchu said.
He said the tax on small businesses is meant to increase the number of taxpayers but will hurt loss-making businesses. Some in Kenya believe that this area “has largely escaped the tax net, and therefore 3% remains sufficiently low for it to make more sense to pay the tax than take evasion measures,” he said.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MomMed, a leading online baby and maternity supply store, has launched a new portable and wearable breast pump ergonomically designed for working mothers who are unable to take care of their children to bring a more convenient, affordable and dignifying experience. The perfectly fitted breast pump has functional upgrades that make it more invisible to use in office, cars and lounges, making breastfeeding more comfortable for every mother.
"We are not just helping women who want to become mothers, more importantly we care the new mother's wellbeing and everyday life, especially mothers in lactation, so they can enjoy life better," said Alex Lee, CEO of MomMed.
Users are raving about their experiences with the new product, with Samantha Carling saying, "I always pump the most between 7 and 9 AM, which is also when I'm getting my kids ready for school. It's so hard trying to find the time between it all since school has started. I told my husband this morning that with this pump, I can pump while helping them or even walking them to school. I feel so excited! The pump is fairly quiet & discreet. It fits very nicely in my bra & the flanges are so comfortable."
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Mexican man fatally shot at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Texas had grabbed an “edged weapon” and was advancing toward agents when they opened fire, the FBI said Thursday.
Manuel Gonzalez-Moran, 33, died at an El Paso hospital Tuesday after he was shot by Border Patrol agents. The FBI said Moran was taken into custody at the Ysleta Border Patrol Station for reentering the country illegally.
Agents first used a stun gun on Moran after he charged out of a holding cell, the FBI said, and eventually opened fire.
Moran was released on parole earlier this year and deported to Mexico after serving 11 years in prison in Colorado, the FBI said. He had been convicted in 2011 in Pueblo, Colorado, of assault with a deadly weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, according to the FBI.
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From staff reports
Spirit Airlines has added a nonstop flight to Las Vegas from Richmond International Airport in May.
Spirit is offering a limited-time fare of $109 one-way for travel from May 5 to June 8 in celebration of the new route. The fare is only available on weekdays.
“Spirit Airlines has played an important role in giving consumers choices to affordably fly to destinations like Fort Lauderdale and Orlando over the last five years,” said Perry J. Miller, president and CEO of the Capital Region Airport Commission. “We’re pleased to welcome the new nonstop service to Las Vegas, an important leisure and conference market for Richmond region travelers.”
Spirit also celebrated its fifth anniversary at RIC this week on March 15.
Spirit will join Breeze Airways, which has been offering Las Vegas service since June 2022, in offering RIC to LAS service.
Top five weekend events: St. Patrick's Day at The Answer, Hardywood, O'Toole's and more
St. Patrick's Day Weekend at O’Toole’s
Thursday-Saturday
O'Toole's kicks off St. Patrick's Day festivities with an Irish wake starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, a tradition begun in order to allow Catholics fasting for Lent to drink alcohol. On Friday and Saturday, there will be bagpipers, Irish bands and food specials, such as corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie, and fish and chips, all day long. Music starts at 11 a.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday at 4800 Forest Hill Ave. (804) 233-1781 or https://otoolesrestaurant.com
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Virginia Opera "La Traviata"
Friday and Sunday
"La Traviata" — a timeless love story about Violetta, a famed Parisian courtesan who abandons her past to pursue true love with Alfredo, only to have their relationship threatened by the shame of his family — is headed to Dominion Energy Center. 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 600 E. Grace St. Tickets start at $25. (804) 592-3330 or www.dominionenergycenter.com
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The Answer Brewpub St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Saturday
The Answer Brewpub throws its outdoor St. Patrick's Day Celebration with three food trucks, including Eat My Eggroll and Noah's Rockin' Buns, and a beer trailer pouring a wide range of brews, including special releases created exclusively for the event. Noon-6 p.m. 6008 W. Broad St. Free entry; pay as you go. (804) 282-1248 or theanswerbrewpub.com
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The Acrobats of Cirque-tacular
Saturday
The circus is coming to town as The Acrobats of Cirque-tacular take over The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen for a night of mind-bending acrobatics, artistry and illusion featuring a cast of aerialists, contortionists, fire artists and more in a performance fit for the whole family. 7-9 p.m. 2880 Mountain Road, Glen Allen. $40. (804) 261-2787 or www.artsglenallen.com
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St. Patrick's Day Celebration at Hardywood West Creek
Saturday
Head to Hardywood West Creek to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a full day of festive live music, Irish dancing, food trucks serving up Irish fare, plenty of Irish red ale to cheers to, and more. Noon-8 p.m. at 820 Sanctuary Trail Drive. Free to attend; pay as you go. (804) 420-2420 or www.hardywood.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to step into a legal fight over state laws that require contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel.
The justices rejected an appeal on behalf of an alternative weekly newspaper in Little Rock, Arkansas, that objected to a state law that reduces fees paid to contractors that refuse to sign the pledge.
The full federal appeals court in St. Louis upheld the law, overturning a three-judge panel's finding that it violated constitutional free speech rights.
Similar measures in Arizona, Kansas and Texas were initially blocked by courts, prompting lawmakers to focus only on larger contracts. Arkansas’ law applies to contracts worth $1,000 or more.
Republican legislators in Arkansas who drafted the 2017 law have said it wasn’t prompted by a specific incident in the state. It followed similar restrictions enacted by other states in response to a movement promoting boycotts, divestment and sanctions of Israeli institutions and businesses over the country’s treatment of Palestinians. Israeli officials said the campaign masked a deeper goal of delegitimizing and even destroying their country.
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AUSTIN, Texas — On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his belief that the U.S. Supreme Court wrongly decided the 2015 case that legalized same-sex marriage.
His comments come as some speculate the basis behind the opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade could impact other rights, including gay marriage and contraception.
The 5-4 June 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges made it illegal to deny same-sex couples a marriage certificate in the U.S., citing the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
In the Supreme Court’s 6 to 3 decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization last month to overturn abortion rights as establish by Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas argued the judicial body should also “correct the error” of the Obergefell decision.
Cruz made his comments during a conversation with conservative political commentator Liz Wheeler on Saturday on his “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast.
"Obergefell, like Roe v. Wade, ignored two centuries of our nation's history," Cruz said in his podcast. "Marriage was always an issue that was left to the states. We saw states before Obergefell – some states were moving to allow gay marriage; other states were moving to allow civil partnerships. There were different standards that the states were adopting."
"I think that decision was clearly wrong when it was decided. It was the court overreaching," he said.
Cruz said he was not sure the court would revisit the Obergefell precedent, agreeing with the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, who said Roe was unique because it concerned “potential life.”
Cruz said he thought the current state of marriages in the U.S. would "counsel restraint" on the court.
"You've got a ton of people who have entered into gay marriages and it would be more than a little chaotic for the court to do something that somehow disrupted those marriages that have been entered into in accordance with the law," Cruz said. "I think that would be a factor that would counsel restraint, that the court would be concerned about. But to be honest, I don't think this court has any appetite for overturning any of these decisions."
But Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs said the Supreme Court “should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence and Obergefell,” saying those precedents were “demonstrably erroneous.”
Griswold v. Connecticut was a 1965 decision that established the right of married couples to purchase and use contraception without government interference. Lawrence v. Texas was a 2003 decision that ruled criminal penalties are unconstitutional for sodomy or private, consensual sexual acts.
“After overruling these demonstrably erroneous decisions, the question would remain whether other constitutional provisions guarantee the myriad rights that our substantive due process cases have generated,” Thomas wrote.
Cruz has long expressed opposition to same-sex marriage and criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell.
In an NPR interview in 2015, Cruz said he would make opposition to same-sex marriage “front and center” of his GOP presidential primary campaign.
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WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — Ten years ago, after her father died following a short stay in a local nursing home, Betty Sue Unger, along with relatives and friends, decided to do something to bring a little Christmas cheer to 60 of the facility’s residents with no family members.
“It was supposed to be a one-time thing,” Unger said recently.
But when she saw the residents of Evergreen Health & Rehab Center open their gifts — a box of tissues, their favorite snack, little things — they were so grateful and touched that somebody thought about them that she knew “there was no way it was going to end there.”
A decade later, Unger is still delivering holiday happiness to residents of area nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, with help from an army of volunteers.
Operation Remember “has become a mission,” Unger said. “It’s not going anywhere.”
Last year, the group went so far as to attain its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.
“Before, it was just a bunch of people doing a good thing at Christmas,” Unger said. “Now, we do it year-round.”
In 2021, more than 600 people at seven nursing homes — four in Winchester/Frederick County, two in Front Royal and one in Clarke County — received personalized holiday gift bags from Operation Remember. Unlike the first year, everyone gets presents, not just those without family members.
“Our only goal is to bring smiles to their faces,” she said. “This makes a difference. We can’t fix their whole year, but we can fix Christmas.”
The first year, Unger remembers hearing a nursing home resident exclaim “I’m eating good tonight!” after he received chips and salsa, his favorite snack.
Another man, whose gifts were delivered to his room, “kept peeking out of his door,” she recalled. “He wanted to know where the gifts had come from. He said, ’Well, it’s too much.” And we said, ‘No, it’s all for you.’ Five minutes later he had gotten dressed and was walking down the hallway. The staff couldn’t believe it. He said, ‘That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me.’”
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when nursing homes were on lockdown, Operation Remember delivered puzzle books, crafts, snacks, sodas and other items to the residents.
“Operation Remember continues to grow,” Unger said. “Christmas will always be the biggest thing. But now we’re spreading it throughout the year. In a couple of weeks we’re doing our first Halloween party.”
Ten months out of the year, Operation Remember is “basically me,” Unger said. “But in November and December, a lot of people are involved.”
Gifts bags are personalized for each resident based on his or her wish list.
“It’s specific to that person, so when they open it, it’s all about them,” Unger said. “It’s not a generic bag.”
One of the recipients is Dennis “Buzzy” Braithwaite, who has been a resident at Evergreen Health & Rehab Center for seven years.
Even though he has a large family, “The first time he got a bag, he was like, ‘Wow,’” said his wife, Michelle Braithwaite. “He was like a kid at Christmas. He was very excited and thankful. He loves it. It’s a lot of fun for him to open things.”
She said her husband’s wish list includes items such as candy, snacks and socks.
“What they do is wonderful,” Michelle Braithwaite said about Operation Remember.
Volunteer help comes from churches, businesses, civic groups, “any kind of group,” Unger said. “Some groups collect certain items, some groups fill wish lists.”
Wrapping parties are held to assemble the gift bags.
“It’s such an incredible program,” Unger said, adding that Operation Remember also makes a difference in the lives of the volunteers and donors. “People are used to seeing wish lists for little kids. When they see wish lists for the elderly, they just love it. This impacts people on every side.”
Unger said Operation Remember will grow “as we bring more people in.”
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Present Creative to Provide New Innovative iLottery content to Michigan with partner EQL Games
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran game development studio Present Creative has teamed up with partner EQL Games and entered into an agreement to offer next-generation iLottery content to the Michigan Lottery, the longest running lottery in the U.S. The agreement supports Present Creative's entry into the iLottery market by combining EQL Games' extensive lottery network and RGS technology with Present Creative's years of developing real money gaming and casual gaming experiences. Together the companies can bring a portfolio of high quality creative new content to the innovation hungry US iLottery market.
"This is an exciting time to be in the iLottery market and we appreciate EQL Games and Michigan Lottery's recognition that we can deliver a balanced portfolio of classic game mechanics as well as some truly original ideas," said Present Creative's CEO Ben Sutherland. "iLottery is one of the most exciting sectors in online gaming because of its growth but more importantly because of its appetite for innovation. This opportunity is a perfect storm leveraging our decades of experience in making mobile-first games for various markets and demographics."
Present Creative will work with the Michigan Lottery to help attract and retain customers through offerings of original online Instant Game content. "Working together with EQL Games, we know that we can provide Michigan with new exciting games, helping drive their customer acquisition and revenue growth."
Present Creative is based in San Francisco with offices in Portland, Oregon, and Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been developing casino and iGaming products for blue chip content distributors such as AGS, IGT, Green Jade Games, and Greentube. Previously, Present Creative built casual gaming products for industry leaders such as BigFish, Disney Interactive, EA, GSN, Jam City, and Zynga. It is this combination of experience in casual gaming and iGaming development that makes Present Creative's games relevant in a constantly evolving gaming market.
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FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) -- A century of being a community hub in Flint.
The Historic Berston Field House is celebrating a milestone.
Thursday morning members of the community came together at Mott Community College event center to commemorate the facilities' 100th anniversary and to look forward to Berston's next 100 years.
It was built in 1923 on Saginaw Street near Pasadena Avenue in Flint and that is where Berston Field House remains 100 years later. .
"Berston is very important. It is in the community and it is a community hub," said Valorie Horton, Interim Executive Director of Berston.
She reflected on the early days of the facility.
"Of course most people remember it for the pool," she said.
"So, there is a lot of people that talk about their experience with the pool."
Aside from the pool Berston was also hope to a fire department and a community police department. Sports has always been a part of the programming at Berston.
"Basketball, lots and lots of basketball," said Horton.
Paige Merritt is fund development director for the organization and she stressed that Berston is much more than athletics.
"We have a success center where we work on literacy, during the pandemic and during the water crisis we were giving out water. We were giving out food during COVID. So, we try to meet the needs of the community all across the board," said Merritt.
Former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling was one of the speakers at the Berston Next 100 event.
He paid tribute to former Executive Director Bryant BB Nolden who died suddenly in 2022. The two men met in politics and bonded over Berston.
"What a gift he gave our community to really remind us of what Berston could be," said Walling.
The facility is kicking off their next 100 years with a near $30 million state-of-the-art renovation.
They are hoping to break ground later this summer.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues.
The justices are expected to issue an order on Wednesday in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone.
The drug first won FDA approval in 2000, and conditions on its use have been loosened in recent years, including making it available by mail in states that allow access.
The Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, the maker of the drug, want the nation’s highest court to reject limits on mifepristone’s use imposed by lower courts, at least as long as the legal case makes it way through the courts. They say women who want the drug and providers who dispense it will face chaos if limits on the drug take effect. Depending on what the justices decide, that could include requiring women to take a higher dosage of the drug than the FDA says is necessary.
Alliance Defending Freedom, representing anti-abortion doctors and medical groups in a challenge to the drug, is defending the rulings in calling on the Supreme Court to let the restrictions take effect now.
The legal fight over abortion comes less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
Even as the abortion landscape changed dramatically in several states, abortion opponents set their sights on medication abortions, which make up more than half of all abortions in the United States.
The abortion opponents filed suit in November in Amarillo, Texas. The legal challenge quickly reached the Supreme Court after a federal judge issued a ruling on April 7 that would revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions.
Less than a week later, a federal appeals court modified the ruling so that mifepristone would remain available while the case continues, but with limits. The appeals court said that the drug can’t be mailed or dispensed as a generic and that patients who seek it need to make three in-person visits with a doctor, among other things.
The generic version of mifepristone makes up two-thirds of the supply in the United States, its manufacturer, Las Vegas-based GenBioPro Inc., wrote in a court filing that underscored the perils of allowing the restrictions to be put into effect.
The court also said the drug should only be approved through seven weeks of pregnancy for now, even though the FDA since 2016 has endorsed its use through 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Complicating the situation, a federal judge in Washington has ordered the FDA to preserve access to mifepristone under the current rules in 17 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia that filed a separate lawsuit.
The Biden administration has said the rulings conflict and create an untenable situation for the FDA.
In an order issued last Friday by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put the restrictions on hold through Wednesday to give the court time to consider the emergency appeal.
If the justices aren’t inclined to block the ruling from taking effect for now, the Democratic administration and Danco have a fallback argument, asking the court to take up the challenge to mifepristone, hear arguments and decide the case by early summer.
The court only rarely takes such a step before at least one appeals court has thoroughly examined the legal issues involved.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans already has ordered an accelerated schedule for hearing the case, with arguments set for May 17.
Mifepristone has been available for use in medication abortions in the United States since the FDA granted approval in 2000. Since then, more than 5 million women have used it, along with another drug, misoprostol, to induce abortions.
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SEATTLE (AP) _ Washington Federal Inc. (WAFD) on Wednesday reported net income of $63.3 million in its fiscal third quarter.
The bank, based in Seattle, said it had earnings of 91 cents per share.
The holding company for Washington Federal Savings Bank posted revenue of $184.7 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $169.3 million, which beat Street forecasts.
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When Kristin Martin found out her husband was being transferred to Naval Base San Diego, securing housing for their family of five quickly took over her life.
On-base housing wasn’t an option — the waitlist for a four-bedroom home in the neighborhoods they qualified for was 14 to 16 months.
Neither were the military-only hotels near base where new arrivals can pay low rates as they get their bearings — those were full, too.
So Martin cast a wide net across San Diego and started applying for rental homes, all sight unseen.
“I was waking up and the first thing I was doing was looking at properties," Martin said. "I was looking at it midday, before I went to bed. I had alerts set. It became a full-time job.”
More than 30 rental applications later and hundreds of dollars in application fees down the drain, the Martins finally found a home.
But there were caveats. They’d have to start paying rent a month before they actually moved. And, at $4,200 per month, their rent was nearly $700 more than the monthly basic allowance for housing, known as the BAH, that her husband, a lieutenant, receives.
“We’ll probably be here two or three years, so that could be $20,000 that we’re paying out of pocket above BAH just for rent,” Martin said after completing her family's fourth move in 15 years last month.
“It's affecting us personally but then I think about how we were a junior enlisted family at one point. I cannot imagine the struggles (they) are going through.”
Housing has long been a major benefit for service members, a subsidy to salaries that trail the private sector. But, amid record-breaking spikes in rent, the Department of Defense has neglected its commitment to help military families find affordable places to live, service members and housing activists say.
That's forced many to settle for substandard homes, deal with extremely long commutes or pay thousands out of pocket they hadn't budgeted for.
“We have families coming to us that are on exorbitantly lengthy waiting lists and sitting in homes that they can’t afford, like an Airbnb rental, or they’re at a hotel or camping in tents or living in RVs," said Kate Needham, a veteran who co-founded the nonprofit Armed Forces Housing Advocates in May 2021.
“I don’t think civilians really understand — they might think we’re living in free housing and just having a great time, making lots of money. And that’s not the case at all.”
Needham's group supplies microgrants to military families in need, some of whom have resorted to food banks because their salaries do not cover such basics.
Reports of the housing squeeze military families face has alarmed members of Congress, who are pushing legislation that would force the Department of Defense to rethink how it handles housing.
A common complaint is that with rents soaring nationwide, the housing allowances, which vary by rank and are recalculated annually, haven’t kept pace with rental markets, even though they're supposed to cover 95% of rental costs for the approximately two-thirds of active-duty personnel who, like the Martins, have to live off base.
According to a data analysis by The Associated Press of five of the most populous military bases in the U.S., housing allowances across all ranks have risen an average of 18.7% since January 2018. In that span, according to real estate company Zillow, rents have skyrocketed 43.9% in those markets: Carlsbad, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; El Paso, Texas; Killeen, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington.
And because of how tough off-base markets are, on-base housing has become a hot commodity, with many bases having long waitlists.
Needham argues that the discrepancy between military housing allowances and the current market should alarm officials who are already struggling to recruit the next generation.
“If you can’t afford your job, why the hell would you stay in the job?” Needham said. “People are feeling abused by the military in so many different areas — the sexual assault issues, the lack of attention to medical care, the lack of attention to mental health. This is just another tick in the box that’s like, ‘Why would I join the military?’ And if you don’t have enough numbers, that’s a long-term national security problem.”
The Department of Defense did not comment on whether housing issues have become a retention concern. But defense officials said military housing offices monitor markets and offer tools to assist families, including referral services to help find “suitable, affordable housing, whether on or off-base.”
“The Department of Defense is committed to ensuring that service members and their families have access to affordable, quality housing within a reasonable commute of their assigned duty station,” it said.
At MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, housing allowances used to be in line with the local market. In January 2020, a senior airman without dependents received a monthly housing stipend of $1,560, compared to the typical Tampa-area rent price of $1,457, according to Zillow. But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647.
With such a discrepancy and those living off-base facing notoriously long commutes, it's no wonder that nearly all of MacDill's 572 homes are full. As of last week, the base was at 95% capacity with a waitlist of 548 families, according to 2nd Lt. Kristin Nielsen, a MacDill public affairs officer.
“We are woefully underhoused,” said Stephanie Poynor, a Tampa property manager and wife of a retired serviceman. “The DoD needs to recognize how much our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coasties are really suffering in this market.”
Tampa real estate agent Renee Thompson, a relocation specialist, said it's common for service members to rent homes that are an hour's drive away from base.
“No homes in today’s market will even come close to the service member’s BAH,” said Thompson, who served in the Army. “It's really disheartening."
Nielsen said the annual housing allowance calculation takes six to nine months, making it a “lagging indicator of the current dynamic housing market.”
Officials are looking into adding on-base and off-base housing for MacDill, which has about 18,500 active-duty service members, she said. But because of the need for congressional budgetary approval, such long-term solutions are years away.
Even at rural Idaho's Mountain Home Air Force Base, housing is extremely hard to come by, hampered by its location about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside of Boise, one of the country's hottest markets.
Col. Jamaal Mays, the 366th Fighter Wing commander for support, said housing allowances have increased, but not enough to keep pace with the spiking prices.
Brand new airmen are normally housed in dorms on base for about 36 months, but because demand for on-base housing is so high, they often only spend 18 to 20 months.
“They're being pushed out on the local economy before they’re ready,” Mays said.
With few options, Mays said some airmen have started living in RV parks or moving much further away, including to Twin Falls, where they face commutes of up to two hours on sometimes snowy roads, hardly ideal if they have to respond to a base emergency, not to mention the fuel costs, he said.
Last fall, defense officials issued temporary BAH increases for October to December 2021 in 56 housing markets — including Mountain Home and Tampa. Yet even though rents have continued to rise, there's no indication a similar bump is coming this fall.
Even if housing allowances do see a bump in January, that could end up taking away food-stamp eligibility for some military families who are struggling with food insecurity. That's because the Agriculture Department counts BAH as income when determining a family's eligibility for the SNAP government assistance program.
Frustrated by what she called the Defense Department's lack of transparency into housing allowance calculations, U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash., has introduced a measure that would give the department one year to reexamine its process and report on how accurate the current system is.
BAH is like an “algorithm that needs updating on a regular basis,” said Strickland, whose district includes the massive Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, where many military families struggle to find affordable homes. Her proposal is part of the national defense bill that passed the House in July and is awaiting Senate approval.
“The vast majority of people live off post, so this is incredibly urgent,” she said.
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Scientists have identified a drug that appears to produce the antidepressant effects of LSD without the psychedelic side effects — at least in mice.
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Scientists have identified a drug that appears to produce the antidepressant effects of LSD without the psychedelic side effects — at least in mice.
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Grocery delivery service powered by high-tech center begins fulfilling customer orders in Central Ohio
CINCINNATI, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) America's largest grocery retailer, today announced it will offer more Americans delivery through the addition of a spoke facility in Central Ohio powered by the Ocado Group (LSE: OCDO). The addition of a delivery "spoke" brings innovation and modern e-commerce to the Central Ohio area, including Columbus, and will extend the grocer's reach and ability to provide fresh and friendly services to its customers.
"We're proud to expand the Kroger fulfillment network in our home state," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. "The new service is an innovative addition to the expanding digital shopping experience available to Kroger customers. Our delivery business continues to accelerate with the growth of fulfillment and spoke facilities. This expansion will further our commitment to create career opportunities and serve shoppers fresh food fast through interconnected, automated, and last-mile solutions across America."
The 61,000-square-foot facility located on Shook Rd in Lockbourne will collaborate with the fulfillment hub in Monroe, Ohio and serve as a last-mile cross-dock location that efficiently extends the fulfillment network reach to customers up to 200 miles away from the hub. At full capacity, customers in more than 250 Central Ohio ZIP codes can experience Kroger Delivery. The facility will employ up to 200 associates.
"When our customers think of food, they think of Kroger, continued Arreaga. "The addition of a spoke facility in the Columbus division is one more state-of-the-art example of how Kroger is fulfilling its commitment to providing our customers anything, anywhere, anytime."
The opening of the Columbus area fulfillment center follows another e-commerce achievement for the grocer in the area, the recent launch of the Boost by Kroger Plus annual membership program. For either $59 or $99 per year, Boost provides customers access to benefits like free delivery and 2 Fuel Points for every $1 spent on groceries and general merchandise purchases through Delivery, Pickup and In-Store at your local Kroger.
"We are proud that the nation's largest grocery retailer is headquartered in Ohio, where Kroger continues to evolve its national growth strategy," said J.P. Nauseef, Jobs Ohio president and CEO. "This new, cutting-edge spoke facility in the Columbus region will connect more people to fresh food, create hundreds of jobs, and bolster efficiencies for Kroger customers in Ohio."
Kroger Delivery Explained
The expansion in Central Ohio represents an extension of a partnership between Kroger and Ocado, a world leader in technology for grocery e-commerce. In 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to establish a delivery network that combines artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and automation in a bold new way, bringing first-of-its-kind technology to America. Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said Kroger Delivery "underpins the permanent shift in grocery consumer behavior and elevates our position as one of America's leading e-commerce companies." Through the delivery network, the company now serves customers in Florida, as an example, without traditional brick-and-mortar stores.
The delivery network relies on highly automated fulfillment centers. At the "hub" sites, more than 1,000 bots whizz around giant 3D grids, orchestrated by proprietary air-traffic control systems in the unlicensed spectrum. The grid, known as The Hive, contains totes with products and ready-to-deliver customer orders.
As customers' orders near their delivery times, the bots retrieve products from The Hive and are presented at pick stations for items to be sorted for delivery, a process governed by algorithms that ensures items are intelligently packed. For example, fragile items are placed on top, bags are evenly weighted, and each order is optimized to fit into the lowest number of bags, reducing plastic use.
After being packed, groceries are loaded into a refrigerated delivery van, which can store up to 20 orders. Powerful machine learning algorithms optimize delivery routes, considering factors such as road conditions and optimal fuel efficiency. Vans may travel up to 90 miles with orders from the hub and spoke facilities to make deliveries. Associates at the spoke facility will deliver orders within their service area, adding ZIP codes as demand grows.
Kroger currently operates customer fulfillment centers in Monroe, OH, Groveland, FL, Forest Park, GA (Atlanta) and Dallas, TX with additional customer fulfillment centers slated for California, Frederick, MD, Phoenix, AZ, Pleasant Prairie, WI, Romulus, MI (Detroit), Cleveland, OH, Charlotte, NC as well as South Florida and the Northeast.
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About Kroger
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are, across our family of companies, nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site.
About Ocado Group
Ocado Group is a UK based technology company admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker OCDO). It provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions to some of the world's largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. Ocado has spent two decades innovating for grocery online, investing in a wide technology estate that includes robotics, AI & machine learning, simulation, forecasting, and edge intelligence.
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Datametica Solutions, a Google Cloud Partner, will share cloud migration best practices in a session at Google Cloud Next '22
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Datametica, a global leader in data warehouse migration and modernization, will participate at Google Cloud Next '22, on October 11–14. Google Cloud Next brings valuable perspectives and insights from industry leaders and partners with engaging keynotes, panel discussion, and breakout sessions.
As a signature sponsor, Datametica will host an on-demand session titled "How Datametica Automates Modernization of EDW, ETL, BI to GCP" delivered by Dr. Phil Shelley, Co-founder & President, Datametica along with Rajesh Rai, Vice President, Strategy & Solutions Engineering, Datametica. This session highlights cloud migration challenges and best practices and includes a discussion on how to make the transition to the cloud faster, with fewer risks and at lower cost.
Dr. Shelley says, "The world is in a cloud-first model. Datametica leads best practices for data warehouse migration to Google Cloud, and we are excited to showcase our automation tools that accelerate and simplify the modernization process at a significantly lower cost and with higher accuracy."
Rajesh Rai states, "Google Cloud Next is a great platform to demonstrate aligned commitments of both Datametica and Google Cloud. Digital transformation and automation have become the center of every business discussion, and we aim to showcase our capabilities and success stories. Together, we can build a better cloud-first digital world."
About Our Speakers:
Dr. Phil Shelley, Co-Founder and President at Datametica Solutions
Dr. Phil Shelley is a seasoned executive and co-founded Datametica in 2013. His experience of more than three decades in the big data and technology fields includes being EVP, CIO, CEO, and CTO with international experience, having worked in the USA, Germany, and the UK. Through his visionary leadership, Dr. Shelley has led Datametica in its continuous journey of innovation and technology advancement and established it as a leader in the cloud technology domain.
Rajesh Rai, Vice President, Strategy & Solutions Engineering at Datametica Solutions
Rajesh Rai is an innovative and entrepreneurial technology leader with over three decades of experience in big data and analytics. He is passionate about enhancing customers' digital transformation journeys. He enables companies to effectively, efficiently, and responsibly leverage massive amounts of data to drive innovation and growth through analytics, models, and algorithms.
Catch this on-demand session and complete the event live by registering for Google Cloud Next. You can also watch the on-demand session of our speakers on Datametica's YouTube channel.
About Datametica Solutions:
Datametica is a Google Cloud migration partner for enterprises moving their Data warehouses to the Google Cloud. Datametica brings automation and expertise in transforming legacy Teradata, Oracle, Hadoop, Netezza, DataStage, Informatica, and repointing BI solutions, to a Google Cloud-based data warehouse, data engineering, and advanced analytics solutions. Using Eagle – Automated Data warehouse Assessment & Google Cloud migration planning Product, Raven – Automated Workload (SQL, ETL & Script) Conversion Product, Pelican – Automated Data Validation Product.
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Nintex's annual customer awards program recognizes public and private-sector organizations across the globe for transforming the way people work with process intelligence and automation
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nintex, the global standard for process intelligence and automation, today announced the finalists for its 2022 Nintex Solution Innovation Awards program across five categories. The annual awards program recognizes organizations in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and Africa regions that have successfully used Nintex solutions to transform the way people work.
- Learn more about the 2022 Nintex Solution Innovation Awards and the 2022 finalists by visiting https://www.nintex.com/using-nintex/customer-and-partner-awards/2022-nintex-solution-innovation-awards/.
"We are excited to recognize the Nintex Solution Innovation Awards finalists for their success in leveraging the Nintex Process Platform," said Nintex President Global Go to Market, Ben Brewer. "These finalists across industries and continents are driving impactful and meaningful results for their employees, customers, and partners. Our Nintex community has never been stronger."
Organizations leveraging any combination of capabilities from Nintex—Nintex Promapp®, Nintex Workflow, Nintex Forms, Nintex DocGen®, Nintex RPA and Kyron RPA, Nintex Mobile and App Studio, Nintex Drawloop® for Salesforce, Nintex AssureSign®, Nintex Analytics, Nintex K2 Five, and more—were eligible to enter the Nintex Solution Innovation Awards program. Finalists in the 2022 program were chosen based on nominations that were submitted directly by Nintex customers or by Nintex partners, on behalf of one of its customers, for process improvements or automated solutions they built and successfully deployed.
Finalists by award category for the 2022 Nintex Solution Innovation Awards include:
Regional Transformation Leaders
- Americas: GM Financial, Quaker Houghton, and Williams Engineering
- Asia Pacific: Austral Construction, DHL Express Malaysia, and Pan Pacific Hotels Group
- Europe: DuPont De Nemours, Fidelity International, and Twinings
- Middle East & Africa: First Quantum Minerals, Oman Arab Bank, Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia
Game Changing Solution-Specific Deployments
- Process Excellence with Nintex Promapp®: Austral Construction, EverAbility Group, and Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Operational Performance with Nintex DocGen®: 360 Mortgage Management Systems, Consilio, and Dubai South
- Breakthrough Use Cases with Nintex RPA: BGL Group, IQumulate, Johnson & Johnson
- Cloud-Based Success with Nintex Workflow Cloud: Newson Health, UVA Health, Waverton Investment Management, and Yancoal Australia
Industry Breakthroughs
- Financial Services, Americas: Banco Internacional de Costa Rica, Capital Farm Credit, and GM Financial
- Financial Services, Asia Pacific: 360 Mortgage Management Services, Auswide Bank, and IQumulate
- Financial Services, Europe: BGL Group, Fidelity International, and Waverton Investment Management
- Financial Services Middle East & Africa: Oman Arab Bank and Wema Bank
- Health & Life Sciences: Johnson & Johnson, Newson Health, Sivantos, and UVA Health
- Manufacturing & Construction, Americas: Draeger, Quaker Houghton, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Williams Engineering
- Manufacturing & Construction, Asia Pacific: Austral Construction and Harrison Group
- Manufacturing & Construction, EMEA: Al Naboodah Group, DuPont De Nemours, Pikolin, and Trelleborg
- Metals & Mining: Enaex Africa, First Quantum Minerals, and Yancoal Australia
Public Sector Excellence
- Public Sector, Americas: City and County of Denver and Delaware Department of Transportation (Division of Motor Vehicles)
- Public Sector, Asia Pacific: AgriFutures, Light Regional Council, and Tote Board
- Public Sector, Middle East & Africa: Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON), Saudi Arabia Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia
Education & Non-Profit Success
- Education: Auburn University, Busy Bees Asia, Khalifa University, and Trinity Grammar School
- Non-Profit: EverAbility Group, Heartland Alliance, and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Nintex will announce all winners of the Nintex Solution Innovation Awards 2022 on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 along with one organization named the 2022 Nintex Champion for its overall success with the Nintex Process Platform.
To learn how more organizations across every industry are going digital faster and transforming the way people work with the Nintex Process Platform, visit https://www.nintex.com/why-nintex/case-studies/.
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Prominent European competition economist forms partnership with Keystone to create a new combined economic, technology, and strategy approach to antitrust in Europe
LONDON and BRUSSELS, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Keystone, a consultancy to top technology companies, government agencies and global law firms on matters of strategy, economics, technology, and competition, today announced it is entering Europe through a partnership with Cristina Caffarra.
Dr. Caffarra, a leading European expert in antitrust and competition economics, who headed the competition practice of Charles River Associates in Europe for over 10 years, will become a managing partner at Keystone and will lead the firm's European operations, with a team of competition economists working out of offices in London, Brussels, and Rome.
Keystone was founded by Greg Richards and Professor Marco Iansiti in 2003 and is one of the world's most prominent advisors to the technology sector, building deep expertise by handling high-profile cases with specific focus on the digital economy. Keystone's affiliates are all top academic experts on digital transformation, innovation, platform economics, computer science, strategic management, and ecosystems, supported by 150 professionals across its US offices.
The partnership with Dr. Caffarra has antitrust as the core offering in Europe, supported by Keystone's existing capabilities and experience of technology platforms and the digital economy.
Greg Richards, CEO and Co-Founder of Keystone, said of the new partnership: "For two decades Keystone has served global clients including the largest technology companies with counsel on matters involving litigation, regulation, and public policy. Now, with Europe and the UK becoming a leading force in antitrust and regulation of the digital sector, it is time to expand and bring the expertise we've built over the years to this important region. Cristina's exceptional performance and track record as an institution builder, straight-talking advisor and policy commentator are key to this."
Marco Iansiti, Keystone's Chairman of the Board and the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, added: "Cristina is an outstanding individual and one of the leading minds in the competition space in Europe. She is a distinctive voice in enforcement and policy, with progressive views and an active participant in the global antitrust and regulatory discourse. The combination of her antitrust focus and Keystone's global economic, strategy and technology expertise, are going to be a powerful proposition and we are incredibly excited at what we can achieve together at such an interesting time for digital transformation and regulation in Europe."
Dr. Caffarra brings over two decades of competition economics experience. As top advisor and expert before the European Commission, the courts and competition agencies across Europe and beyond, she has provided guidance to multiple companies and agencies on mergers, conduct cases and regulatory controversies. Her experience includes landmark cases on the economics of platforms and the digital economy, for and adverse to companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Newscorp, Uber, as well as extensive experience in telecoms, television, and media.
Cristina Caffarra said: "The reality of enforcement and regulation in digital markets means it is no longer possible to be active in this space with traditional antitrust skills alone. Agencies themselves (like the CMA in the UK) are combining legal and economic expertise with technology, data, computer science, and strategy capabilities. It is increasingly essential to combine deep antitrust economics expertise, theory, and empirics, with insights into computer and data science, and an understanding of how firms' strategies are evolving. Business schools and computer scientists are working extensively on digital ecosystems in ways that dovetail with antitrust economics. Keystone provides the key capabilities to deepen and extend my core antitrust expertise, and I very much like the idea of a true partnership with like-minded, dynamic, and collaborative colleagues in a broader tent, to build something more curated, new, and unique in Europe."
The new Keystone office in London will serve as the European headquarters for the firm. Although Keystone has served major technology clients in the European region for the last decade, establishing a physical presence in the market will help the firm play a key role in future competition legislative, regulatory, and litigation matters while also attracting more talent to the business.
Keystone Strategy, LLC ("Keystone") is a leading innovative strategy, economic, and technology consulting firm dedicated to delivering transformative ideas and cutting-edge solutions to Fortune Global 500 companies, top law firms, and government agencies. It possesses unique expertise in competition, IP, litigation, and tax and transfer pricing matters, as well as technology-driven strategy and product development, across all sectors. This allows the firm to create bold strategies with far-reaching implications for business, consumers, and public policy. Keystone was founded by Mr. Richards and Professor Marco Iansiti, Keystone's Chairman of the Board and the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Keystone now boasts a roster of hundreds of top academic experts on the digital economy and innovation sectors, supported by over 150 professionals. In addition to London, the firm has offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Seattle. Learn more about Keystone at www.keystone.ai.
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By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA
Associated Press
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of the many of the young victims whose lives were snuffed out in last week’s massacre at a day care center in rural northeastern Thailand were dressed Tuesday as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were to be cremated in the evening at Buddhist temples.
The gun and knife attack carried out by a former policeman Thursday on the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan killed 36 people, including 24 children.
Families of the victims gathered for the start of a shared cremation ceremony that marks an end to three days of funeral rites. Mourners also placed children’s toys, candles, and incense sticks in front of portraits of the victims at Rat Samakee temple, just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the scene of the bloodshed.
Volunteer rescue worker Attarith Muangmangkang said his organization arranged for the costumes and assisted the families with changing the victims’ outfits.
“The more we talked (to the families), we realized that these children also had dreams of becoming doctors, soldiers, astronauts, or police officers,” Attarith said. “We provided those uniforms for them.”
Petchrung Sriphirom, 73, was one of many local residents who traveled to the temple to offer condolences to the families and make a small donation to help with funeral costs, which is a common Thai tradition.
“I just want to help our friends and share our thoughts with them,” said Petchrung. “We are not talking about money or anything but rather sharing our thoughts and feelings as a fellow human being,”
Rat Samakee temple will cremate 19 bodies in a simultaneous cremation ceremony Tuesday evening along with two other nearby temples that account for the other victims.
The temples have installed makeshift pyres to deal with the high number of bodies from last week’s massacre, which was the biggest mass killing by an individual in the country’s history.
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Blake Shelton is finally delivering a long-awaited congratulations to fellow The Voice coach Niall Horan.
After the One Direction alum's mentee Gina Miles was crowned the NBC competition's season 23 winner on May 23—beating Shelton, Kelly Clarkson and Chance the Rapper's teams—the country singer sent a video message for Niall via Today ahead of his performance on the morning news program.
"Hey, Niall. It's your old hero, Blake Shelton here," the 46-year-old said on the June 9 episode. "Just wanted to say good luck today on your Today show performance. I miss you buddy."
Blake went on to joke he had a hand in rigging the season 23 competition in Niall's favor.
"Now that it's over with, I can finally tell you that I wrote it into the script that you were going to win The Voice," he added. "Congrats buddy. Good luck on the tour. Good luck on all the new music. I'll see you down the road."
After reacting with a laugh, Niall revealed this is actually the first time Blake has congratulated him on his win since they filmed the finale last month.
"Good ol' pops," the 29-year-old cracked, adding, "When I won The Voice, the only thing he said to me was, 'I taught you everything you know.'"
Blake—the most winning coach in Voice history with nine titles under his belt—announced last October that season 23 would be his last after appearing on every season for the past 12 years. But his decision to exit the singing competition wasn't a rash one.
"I think I was close to calling it a day right when COVID hit," Blake explained during a February Today interview. "And then, because of COVID, I didn't want to walk away from the show and leave everybody in a bind. I mean, this show changed my life. I'll stay here until the world kind of gets back to normal again."
The "God's Country" artist, who met wife Gwen Stefani on the show, also acknowledged how the series has changed his life.
"When I came on as a coach on this show, I mean, everything in my life was turned upside down," he continued. "And in a good way, you know? This has been incredible, but it's time, you know. It's time for what's next. A little bit of nothing would be nice."
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Multiple County Schools Receive Bomb Threat
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) -Threats have been made against multiple Maine schools Tuesday.
According to Shannon Moss, the spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety; schools in the towns of Limestone, Fort Fairfield, Madawaska, and Van Buren received Bomb threats on Tuesday Morning.
“As some of you may know we had a bomb threat called into our school system today,” Limestone police Chief Joey Smith wrote in a Facebook post. “We checked the school over top to bottom and was unable to find anything suspicious in our school.”
“We were notified that many other schools have been getting bomb threats this morning,” Smith added. “These have been addressed as well and we are working to figure out who is making these vicious threats.”
Fort Fairfield police Chief Matthew Cummings said his department responded to a similar threat at Fort Fairfield Middle High School.
“The same threat was delivered to multiple schools in Aroostook County and throughout the state,” Cummings wrote in a Facebook post.
According to Cummings, the school was evacuated while officials searched the school for suspicious devices or bags, and they determined there was no credible threat to students and staff.
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ANDOVER, Kans. (KSNW)–More than a year after the 2022 Andover Tornado, the United Way of the Plains has collected $902,062 from 1,618 donors in 33 states.
United Way’s Director of Community Services, Mark Stump, says the Long-term Recovery Committee meets once every two weeks to determine how more of that money should be used—an endeavor he calls far from over.
“We’ve assisted 73 of the 197 total cases that we have,” Stump said.
According to Stump, roughly $256,000 of the total $902,062 has been distributed to those impacted by the tornado. Of that amount, $145,233.51 has gone to home and auto deductibles.
“Shelter, a primary vehicle that they would need to drive to work … we’re trying to get those lower cost these things,” City of Andover Public Information Officer Megan Schapaugh said.
Andover resident Mick Lowderman says he filed with his insurance hours after the tornado struck.
“Our roof was ripped off,” Lowderman said. “Around 100,000 was the final amount [for insurance claims].”
Lowderman says he first heard about the Long-term Recovery Fund roughly six months after the tornado.
“We were actually contacted by phone by them, saying, ‘Hey did you know this was out there?’, and we didn’t, so we went ahead and applied for it,” Lowderman said.
Within weeks, Lowderman received at least $3,000 to cover his home deductible.
But for many others, the relief cannot come soon enough.
However, Stump says a long wait time is not unusual. He says after the Greensburg Tornado disaster, it took roughly two-and-a-half years to split $1.1M amongst impacted residents.
“I am going through and getting all the insurance claim summaries and both autos and homes, we’re getting detailed receipts…we want to be accountable for all of these dollars,” Stump said.
Another part of the problem: both Stump and Schapaugh say the committee hasn’t been able to keep in contact with the parties involved in 50 cases.
“You know, like, a specific deadline of, ‘okay, we’re done with these 50 cases that we haven’t heard from, we’re going to move on’, we haven’t said that, so maybe that is, you know, something we need to talk about,” Schapaugh said.
Stump says as long as there’s money available, those impacted by the tornado can still apply. If you’re interested in learning more (or in donating to the fund), call 211 to get in contact with a United Way representative.
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Largest US gay rights group issues Florida travel advisory for what it says are anti-LGBTQ+ laws
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The largest LGBTQ+ rights organization in the U.S. joined other civil rights organizations Tuesday in issuing a travel advisory for Florida, warning that newly passed laws and policies may pose risks to minorities, immigrants and gay travelers.
The Human Rights Campaign joined the NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Florida Immigrant Coalition and Equality Florida in issuing travel or relocation warnings for the Sunshine State, one of the most popular states for tourists to visit in the U.S.
While the LGBTQ+ advocacy group said it wasn’t calling for a boycott or making a blanket recommendation against visiting Florida, it said it wanted to highlight new laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature that they said are hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, restrict abortion access and allow Floridians to carry concealed weapons without a permit.
“Those who visit must join us in their vocal opposition to these dangerous policies,” Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement. “Those who pick another place to work, to go to school or to spend their vacation should make clear why they’re not heading to Florida.”
Last weekend, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, issued its advisory warning that recent laws and policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”
More than 137.5 million tourists visited Florida last year, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, according to Visit Florida, the state’s tourism promotion agency. Tourism supports 1.6 million full-time and part-time jobs, and visitors spent $98.8 billion in Florida in 2019, according to last year’s figures.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
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NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) _ Aspen Aerogels Inc. (ASPN) on Wednesday reported a loss of $19.5 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Northborough, Massachusetts-based company said it had a loss of 59 cents.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 47 cents per share.
The maker of insulation products posted revenue of $38.4 million in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $32.5 million.
Aspen Aerogels expects full-year earnings to be $1.88 to $1.99 per share, with revenue in the range of $145 million to $155 million.
Aspen Aerogels shares have dropped 54% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $23.02, a climb of 16% in the last 12 months.
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Back in the early 1980s, when Idahoans in the Coeur d’Alene area were confronted with a growing number of dangerous hatemongers at the Aryan Nations compound near Hayden, the community swung into action. Father Bill Wassmuth, Tony Stewart, Norm Gissel and many other good people formed the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations to counter the hate group and protect local citizens. The task force was able to rid Idaho of the hate group after a contentious struggle lasting more than a decade.
The key to success was getting a wide range of government and business leaders to speak out strongly against the Aryans and their odious activities. State leaders joined the effort early on, including a Democratic governor and a Republican attorney general. Many local Republicans initially resisted getting involved because of political uncertainty but joined when the chorus against the haters grew loud. When it became clear that the white supremacists were doing serious damage to Idaho businesses, industry leaders across the state found their voices, helping to doom the racists.
Idaho is now facing a new type of extremist problem. The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights reports that a “new generation of extremists is settling in Idaho, which ranks among the top states in the nation for far-right activity.” About two dozen hate and anti-government groups are now operating in the state. They include the Patriot Front, Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Network and the Panhandle Patriots.
Bundy’s group reportedly has more than 5,000 members in the state.
We have heard for a number of years how realtors were peddling real estate in north Idaho as a place for white people to make a last stand. There has been a large inflow of people from other states wanting to locate in a place where others “think like them.” The inflow intensified with the onset of the pandemic, bringing coastal political zealots to Idaho to escape pandemic controls. One such new resident, Kyle Chapman, encouraged white nationalists to move to Idaho, touting it as an “ethnic enclave.” He was convicted last year for assaulting a health care worker who was caring for him.
Unlike the Aryans, the new groups do not claim to be white supremacists, but when you judge them by their words and actions, there are marked similarities. While the Aryans were located in or near their compound outside of Hayden, the new crop of extremists is scattered around the state. With differing agendas and locations, it is difficult to apply a one-size-fits-all strategy for countering the present-day extremists.
So, what can Idahoans do to quell this new extremist threat? Even though the threat differs in some respects from the Aryan experience, the answer is basically the same. That is, Idaho’s government, business and community leaders must join together, find their voices, and disavow the ugly words and deeds of the extremists. The Kootenai County Task Force is still hard at work, but many other groups and individuals that have significant influence in the state are simply failing to do their part.
Idaho’s United States attorney, Josh Hurwit, has demonstrated strong leadership by speaking out across the state and organizing a United Against Hate initiative. He needs lots of help from state leaders. Gov. Little has spoken out about hate groups, but he needs to substantially up his game and take a much more prominent role in countering the hatemongers. The attorney general should wake up and actively engage his friends in the Bundy group and the other extremist groups, letting them know that hate is not the Idaho way.
Members of the Legislature, including the more than 24 who have joined far-right Facebook groups, should disavow the extremists or answer to the voters. Business leaders throughout the state must add their voices and make it known that they will finance the campaigns of those who will stand up for decency and run against the extremists. Every reasonable Idahoan should demand action from these leaders.
A clear message must go out from all sectors of our society that Idaho is too great for hate. When the extremists learn that their actions and words are not acceptable in Idaho, it will make a difference. Leadership matters.
Jim Jones is a Vietnam combat veteran who served eight years as Idaho attorney general (1983-1991) and 12 years as a justice on the Idaho Supreme Court (2005-2017). He is a regular contributor to The Hill online news. He blogs at JJCommonTater.com
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Latest on the United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
A group of climate activists gathered at the U.N. climate summit's main venue to protest against fuel fossil companies and other polluters.
The activists chanted slogans like, “kick polluters out, let people in” and sang and danced at the venue's entrance.
Speakers at the protests blamed big polluters for destructive weather events, like flooding drought and rising see levels.
“We stand here today to think of our people, to think of our planet,” one of the speakers said. “We have to reclaim our rights now.”
Cansin Leylim, an activist from the 350.org climate group, criticized soft drink giant Coca Cola’s sponsorship of the event as it is a major contributor to plastic pollution.
“The fact that Coca Cola is sponsoring the climate talks is, frankly, a joke,” she said, adding that fossil fuel lobbyists at the summit have surpassed “the combined delegations of the small island states, the developing countries.”
Protests at COP27 are rare and small and all have taken place inside the venue's Blue Zone, which is considered a U.N. territory.
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A few dozen activists held a silent protest early Thursday at the U.N. climate conference venue to highlight human rights violations globally, particularly in Egypt, the host country.
The protesters held signs that read, “No climate justice without human rights.”
Most of them wore white T-shirts and had their hands tied or a piece of cloth in their mouths, to highlight the plight of jailed activists especially in Egypt where many pro-democracy activists have been behind bars for years.
“We’re in solidarity with Egyptian prisoners of conscience right now,” said Dipiti Bhatnagar, an activist with the Friends of the Earth International, a network of environmental organizations. “All human rights of everyone must be respected in order to achieve the dream of climate justice.”
Another environmental activist from Tanzania, Shamim Navil Nyanda, said human rights should be prioritized at the climate talks.
“We need to put human rights first. We need to look after humanity, and together we can protect the planet,” she said.
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— Fed up young climate activists: ‘Adults aren’t listening’
— US to climate summit: American big steps won’t be repealed
— Climate Migration: Açai growers flee salty Amazon water
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Seven Asian countries have saved approximately $34 billion this year by using solar energy instead of fossil fuels, a report by three Asia-based climate think tanks said Thursday. The report comes as officials discuss how to drastically slash emissions at the U.N. climate talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
The report found that the majority of the estimated savings are in China, where solar met 5% of the total electricity demand and avoided approximately $21 billion in additional coal and gas imports in the first half of this year.
Japan saw the second-highest impact, with $5.6 billion in avoided fuel costs thanks to solar power generation alone. In India, solar power saved $4.2 billion in fuel costs in the first half of the year.
“Asian countries need to tap into their massive solar potential to rapidly transition away from costly and highly-polluting fossil fuels,” said Isabella Suarez, one of the report’s authors and energy analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. “While ambitious targets are important, follow through will be the key thing to watch moving forward.”
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A report released Thursday says deforestation in the expansive Congo Basin rainforest increased by 5% in 2021.
The Forest Declaration Assessment said only two of the six Congo Basin countries who signed a 2021 commitment on halting and reversing deforestation by 2030 — Congo and Gabon — are on track with the goal. The report comes as officials and negotiators meet in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for U.N. climate talks.
“The Congo Basin Forest is at a crossroads,” said Marion Ferrat, senior the lead author of the report. “Deforestation has been low compared to other tropical regions, but we are seeing an upward trend.”
“If this trend continues, we risk losing the largest remaining intact forest in the tropics along with its immense and irreplaceable value for biodiversity, climate, and people.”
It’s estimated that $100 billion is needed to preserve the Amazon Basin each year, said Lawrence Nsoyuni of the Geospatial Technology Group, who urged greater financial pledges.
“If world leaders are serious about their commitments to stop forest loss, they must step up financial support for the Congo Basin,” he said.
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LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. ("Innovative Industrial Properties" or the "Company") (NYSE: IIPR).
Class Period: May 7, 2020 – April 13, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 24, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that the Company's focus is to be a cannabis company lender rather than a real estate investment trust; (2) that the true values of the Company's properties are significantly lower than Innovative Industrial Properties represents; (3) existential issues in its top customers; (4) that as a result, its top customers may not be able to continue making payments to the Company, which would face significant issues replacing these customers; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Charlotte, N.C., July 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (NYSE: JELD), a leading global manufacturer of building products, announced today that it will release second quarter 2022 results before the market opens on Monday, August 1, 2022. The company will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 8 a.m. ET that same day.
Interested investors and other parties can access the call either via webcast by visiting the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://investors.jeld-wen.com, or by dialing (888) 330-2446 and using conference ID 1285715.
For those unable to listen to the live event, a replay will be available on the company's website approximately two hours following completion of the call.
To learn more about JELD-WEN, please visit the company's website at www.jeld-wen.com.
About JELD-WEN
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., JELD-WEN is a leading global manufacturer of high-performance interior and exterior building products, offering one of the broadest selections of windows, interior and exterior doors, and wall systems. JELD-WEN delivers a differentiated customer experience, providing construction professionals with durable, energy-efficient products and labor-saving services that help them maximize productivity and create beautiful, secure spaces for all to enjoy. The JELD-WEN team is driven by innovation and committed to creating safe, sustainable environments for customers, associates, and local communities. The JELD-WEN family of brands includes JELD-WEN® worldwide; LaCantina™ and VPI™ in North America; Swedoor® and DANA® in Europe; and Corinthian®, Stegbar®, and Breezway® in Australia.
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LONDON (AP) — The names of the 72 people who died in a London high-rise tower blaze were read out Tuesday at a memorial service to mark five years since the tragedy, the worst domestic fire on British soil since World War II.
Former Prime Minister Theresa May and London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined Grenfell Tower survivors and the bereaved at the Westminster Abbey service to remember those who died in the June 14, 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.
Opening the multi-faith service, Rev. David Hoyle, the dean of Westminster, said the loss and anguish was “still vivid and sharp.” As religious leaders read out the names of those who perished, the congregation said in unison: “Forever in our hearts.”
Prince William and his wife, Kate, joined hundreds of people for a separate service later Tuesday in the shadow of the tower.
The inferno at Grenfell Tower, a public housing building set in Britain’s richest borough of Kensington and Chelsea, horrified the nation and prompted many questions about lax safety regulations and other failings by officials and businesses that contributed to so many deaths.
The fire broke out in the middle of the night in a kitchen on the fourth floor of the tower and spread rapidly up the outside of the 25-story building like a lit fuse. Flammable cladding panels installed on the tower’s exterior walls have been blamed for how the fire raced out of control.
Firefighters from across the country formed an honor guard as local residents held a silent walk starting from the base of the tower.
A public inquiry has been conducting a years-long investigation into the disaster, and a large police investigation is also ongoing. No one has been charged, and police have said there will be no prosecutions until the public inquiry is completed.
That has frustrated many survivors and bereaved families. The Rev. Graham Tomlin, bishop of Kensington, said many families cannot move on until they find justice.
“They can’t find any sense of acceptance or integration of what’s happened in their lives,” he told Times Radio. “They can’t rebuild their lives until there’s a sense of justice, because people feel that something deeply wrong went on at Grenfell and yet no one has been held responsible for it.”
Last month the British government banned metal composite cladding panels for all new buildings.
Officials have also issued new safety regulations requiring similar dangerous cladding to be removed from tower blocks across the country. But it’s an expensive job and the work hasn’t been carried out on some apartment buildings because of wrangling over who should pay.
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A plane flying from New Orleans to Wisconsin crashed Tuesday morning just outside Milwaukee. In it were 53 rescue dogs.
The twin engine turboprop airplane crashed onto the green of the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, Wis., just west of the city. It was a "catastrophic" landing that severed the plane's wings, Matthew Haerter, assistant chief at Lake Country Fire and Rescue, said at a press conference Tuesday.
"They came to rest several hundred feet after where they originally tried to place the aircraft," he said.
All three people and 53 dogs on the plane survived, though the three people and some pups suffered minor injuries. Staff veterinarians sent 21 of the dogs to Humane Animal Welfare Society for further treatment, and the rest to other shelters in the area, according to The Washington Post.
Maggie Tate-Techtmann, a director for the Humane Animal Welfare Society, said at the press conference that all the dogs will be available for adoption in the coming days as soon as they are ready.
"It's just a lot of comforting them and caring for them," Tate-Techtmann said. "Every animal is different just like we are so we are all going to react a little bit differently, but between our behavioral care as well as our medical care, I'm very confident we can make all of them comfortable."
Tony Wasielewski, the deputy fire chief who was part of the team of responders to the wreckage, has already taken home one of the pups, naming her CeeCee.
HAWS raised $7,000 in three days to help cover "unforeseen medical and other costs" from the crash.
This was one of HAWS's regular trips transporting at-risk adoptable dogs from Southern states to shelters in Waukesha, Wis., the Washington Post reported. These trips serve to make room for other animals in overcrowded shelters in the South, HAWS Communications & Media Specialist Jennifer Smieja said. Spay and neuter programs, which remove animals' reproductive organs, are more common in Waukesha and lead to less overpopulation of pets in this region, she said.
"We have lots of adoptive homes waiting for animals here, and we also have room to house the animals comfortably in our shelter, so it makes sense for us to work together and welcome those in need, with the end result of much less euthanasia," Smieja said.
These trips usually occur twice a month, and most are done by van.
"While van transports are more common, we receive flight transports on average about every 6 weeks, depending on need and if the flight organizers have sponsorship," she said.
About 300 gallons of jet fuel spilled onto the golf course and into a marsh, as most of the plane's fuel was stored in the wings of the aircraft.
Jet fuel is highly flammable when exposed to a source of ignition, but because "the vast majority" of the fuel evaporated during the crash, Haerter said the current situation is "more of an environmental issue than a fire issue."
"We are taking steps down there to keep the fuel and to keep any run-off from the marsh," Haerter said.
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Hill scores 28 in Fresno State’s 76-63 win against UNLV
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Isaiah Hill had 28 points in Fresno State’s 76-63 victory against UNLV on Saturday night.
Hill had five assists for the Bulldogs (7-11, 3-4 Mountain West Conference). Eduardo Andre scored 16 points while going 6 of 11 and 4 of 4 from the free throw line, and added 13 rebounds and four blocks. Jordan Campbell went 4 of 4 from the field to finish with nine points.
Elijah Harkless finished with 15 points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals for the Rebels (12-7, 1-6). Keshon Gilbert added 11 points for UNLV. Keyshawn Hall also put up 10 points.
Fresno State took the lead with 19:21 left in the first half and never looked back. Hill led his team in scoring with 13 points in the first half to help put them up 37-33 at the break. Hill scored 15 points in the second half as Fresno State went on to secure the victory.
Both teams next play Tuesday. Fresno State visits Boise State while UNLV hosts Wyoming.
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It took less than a week for FTX to go from the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world to bankruptcy court.
The embattled cryptocurrency exchange, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection after the exchange experienced the crypto equivalent of a bank run. FTX, the hedge fund Alameda Research, and dozens of other affiliated companies filed a bankruptcy petition in Delaware on Friday morning.
CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried has resigned, the company said. Bankman-Fried was recently estimated to be worth $23 billion and has been a prominent political donor to Democrats. His net worth has all but evaporated, according to Forbes and Bloomberg, which closely track the net worth of the world’s richest people.
“I was shocked to see things unravel the way they did earlier in the week,” Bankman-Fried wrote in a series of posts on Twitter.
FTX’s unraveling is causing ripple effects. Already companies that backed FTX are writing down their investments. Politicians and regulators are ramping up calls for stricter oversight of the crypto industry. And this latest crisis has put pressure on the prices of bitcoin and other digital currencies. The total market value of all digital currencies dropped by about $150 billion in the last week, according to CoinMarketCap.com.
Bankman-Fried has other problems as well. On Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission were looking into FTX to determine whether any criminal activity or securities offenses were committed. The person could not discuss details of the investigations publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The investigation is centered on the possibility that FTX may have used customers’ deposits to fund bets at Alameda Research. In traditional markets, brokers are expected to separate client funds from other company assets. Violations can be punished by regulators.
In its bankruptcy filing, FTX listed more than 130 affiliated companies circled around the globe. The company valued its assets between $10 billion to $50 billion, with a similar estimate for its liabilities. The company appointed as its new CEO John Ray III, a long-time bankruptcy litigator who is best known for having to clean up the mess made after the collapse of Enron.
The crypto world had hoped that Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, might be able to rescue FTX and its depositors. However, after Binance took a look at FTX’s books, it concluded that the smaller exchange’s problems were too big to solve and backed out of the deal.
FTX is the latest in a series of cascading disasters that have shaken the crypto sector, now under intense pressure from collapsing prices and circling financial regulators. Its failure is already being felt throughout the crypto universe.
On Thursday, the venture capital fund Sequoia Capital said Thursday it is writing down its total investment of nearly $215 million in FTX.
The cryptocurrency lender BlockFi announced on Twitter late Thursday that it is “not able to do business as usual” and pausing client withdrawals as a result of FTX’s implosion.
In a letter posted to its Twitter profile late Thursday, BlockFi — which was bailed out by Bankman-Fried’s FTX early last summer — said it was “shocked and dismayed by the news regarding FTX and Alameda.”
Bitcoin tumbled immediately after the letter was posted and is trading below $17,000. The original cryptocurrency, bitcoin had been hovering around $20,000 for months before FTX’s problems became public this week, sending it down briefly to around $15,500.
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‘Cheers’ bar, ‘Tonight Show’ set among TV history at auction
DALLAS (AP) — When Johnny Carson retired from “The Tonight Show” after 30 years, one man was determined to make the iconic set part of his burgeoning collection of television memorabilia.
“I would love to say that I convinced him that I was the best guy for the job, but really, if I’m being honest, I had to convince him to save the set at all,” James Comisar said. “He told me he had the tackiest set in Hollywood and who would ever want to see it?”
That set is among a dizzying number of items from Comisar’s collection of props, sets and costumes from beloved television shows that will be sold in early June by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions — from the bar where Sam Malone greeted customers on “Cheers” to the pink confection Barbara Eden wore in “I Dream of Jeannie” to the set from Archie and Edith Bunker’s timeworn living room from “All in the Family.”
Other items on the block when online bidding starts Monday are a tunic worn by Superman in the 1950s TV series, barware from “Mad Men,” tools used to cook meth on “Breaking Bad,” costumes from “Star Trek,” and costumes and props from the 1960s TV series “Batman.” The auction, which features about 1,000 lots, wraps up with live bidding from June 2 to 4 in Dallas.
Comisar — who has been tracking down and preserving television memorabilia since 1989 — had dreamed of creating a museum to house his collection, but when that failed to come together, he decided it was time the items leave the temperature-controlled warehouses where he’s been caring for them.
“I just decided these pieces should go back to the fans and let them enjoy them and then when that good day comes when a TV museum is effectuated, these pieces will be well cared for in the hands of passionate fans and collectors,” said Comisar, 58.
Comisar, who grew up in Los Angeles, said that after school each day he “grabbed my Pop-Tarts and I sat down in front of the TV set” to watch characters who “felt almost like after-school friends.”
After graduating from high school, Comisar became a comedy writer and began spending time on studio lots, where he realized that items from the TV shows he loved were languishing, with no system in place to save or archive them. He said that when shows went off the air, props would be sold or thrown away, or end up back in the costume department for rent.
He said the bar from “Cheers,” complete with the names of the show’s stars carved into it, was in studio storage with a dead skunk in it when he acquired it.
The collection that Comisar has curated includes so many different shows that there’s something there to appeal to everyone, said Joshua Benesh, Heritage’s chief strategy officer.
The collection, he said, also stands out for the way Comisar put it together. “James was out there in the field, in the wild, piecing properties together and discovering things that didn’t have value at the time,” he said.
Benesh said though that in recent years, the entertainment memorabilia market “has come alive.”
“We now understand just how rare some of these things are and how fundamental to our collective popular culture they are,” Benesh said. “These characters are iconic. They’ve become part of the fabric of who we are.”
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Police Department should “offer a sincere, public apology” for its violent response to people demonstrating after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a panel of officers, citizens and accountability experts concluded in a report released Tuesday.
In its fourth and final review of the Seattle police response to the months of racial justice protests in 2020, the city’s Office of Inspector review panel found officers and commanders repeatedly failed to recognize the difference between the throngs of protesters exercising their First Amendment rights and the few troublemakers, The Seattle Times reported.
Panelists — who included community members, police accountability proponents, and police officers and commanders — also acknowledged the “longstanding trauma and fear” many have of law enforcement as a result of racism and discrimination within the department.
The police actions that caused the protests, as well as the inability of the police department and the city “to immediately craft particularized responses to the needs of peaceful protesters while addressing threats to public order and safety,” have had “deep and lasting” effects, Seattle Inspector General Lisa Judge said.
A public apology from the police department would be a significant step in building trust between police and Seattle communities, the report said.
In response, the department referred to a 2021 public letter from Chief Adrian Diaz, who said he was “deeply sorry” to those who had lost trust in police or were hurting. He also apologized “to members of the community and the department alike who bear the physical and emotional scars” of the 2020 protests.
“Reform means that we accept the responsibility that is ours to bear, we learn from our experience, and we consistently strive to do better,” Diaz wrote.
As for the panel’s fourth round of recommendations on tactics, accountability, communication, leadership and rebuilding community trust, the department said it has already adopted many of them. Officials did not provide any specific examples.
The department also wrote that they’re looking forward to discussions with city partners to be better prepared to facilitate these types of events in the future.
The final review focused on Seattle police response to one protest in July and two in September 2020.
On July 25, “panelists identified what appeared to be a ‘wholesale use of force’ against the crowd, despite the protest being largely peaceful,” the report concluded. The protest, involving more than 5,000 people, was over then-President Donald Trump’s announcement that he intended to send federal agents to Seattle.
At a Sept. 7 march and protest outside the Seattle Police Officers Guild headquarters, officers charged at protesters, using their bicycles, pepper spray and “blast balls” to shove protesters back onto themselves, creating a crush.
During a Sept. 23 march of about 200 people — sparked by a Kentucky grand jury’s decision not to indict officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor — one officer was struck with a bat while another officer rolled his bicycle over a protester’s head.
The panel acknowledged that after weeks of protests, officers were exhausted, stressed and on the defensive, all of which added to tension on the streets, the report said.
Police were receiving some inaccurate or overblown intelligence reports from sources ranging from undercover officers to the Department of Homeland Security that emphasized the existence of so-called black bloc protesters intent on violence, according to the panel.
The panel also criticized officers’ apparently intentional targeting of journalists and civil rights observers during some of the protests.
In all, the panel made 139 recommendations to the department and city officials “intended to prevent such events from happening again.”
“SPD must truly protect and serve the community in ways that are just, fair and supportive,” the report concludes.
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Which white Christmas tree is best?
White Christmas trees are perfect for both those looking to stick to a specific holiday color scheme and those who want to spruce up their Christmas decor. While traditional evergreens are still the most popular option, white Christmas trees are becoming increasingly common.
Before deciding on the perfect Christmas tree, you’ll want to understand the benefits of an artificial tree and choose the correct size for your home. As one of the top white Christmas trees available, the National Tree Company Winchester White Pine offers long-lasting durability and style.
What to know before you buy a white Christmas tree
Benefits of an artificial tree
If you’ve never owned an artificial Christmas tree before, you may be wondering how they differ from live trees. Most people choose artificial trees because they save you money in the long run since you won’t need to purchase a new tree every year.
Many people also enjoy artificial trees because of their relatively mess-free setup, because their needles won’t dry up and drop. While real Christmas trees need to be placed in water to extend their life span, artificial trees require no water, which leads to fewer spills. And while this isn’t an exhaustive list of benefits, artificial trees are also ideal for anyone who deals with allergies associated with a live tree.
Though you won’t get the fresh pine scent, you can always add scented ornaments or other fragrances to your tree.
Size
White Christmas trees are available in a variety of sizes, so you can choose the model that best fits your home’s interior space. Small tabletop Christmas trees can be as small as 2 feet, while the largest options can measure 12 feet or more in height. Most people will opt for a tree between 6 to 8 feet.
If you’re searching for a small centerpiece or decorative accent, small white ceramic Christmas trees are another creative option.
What to look for in a quality white Christmas tree
Lights
Some people prefer to add their own lights to their tree, while others enjoy the convenience of purchasing a white pre-lit Christmas tree. White Christmas trees that come equipped with built-in lighting will save you time and energy; however, you won’t have as much control over lighting colors or placement.
Fiber optics
Aside from LED or traditional bulb lighting, some trees may even be designed using fiber optics to add color and style to the branches. Fiber-optic trees will have a more modern appearance, giving the user the ability to change the color to suit their preference.
Durability
When you buy an artificial white Christmas tree, you’ll likely want it to last for years to come. Look for models with high-quality branches and needles that won’t shed. You’ll also want to make sure the branches themselves are sturdy and able to properly hold ornaments without bending or breaking.
Decorative accents
While more common on evergreen models, some white Christmas trees may come with decorative accents built-in, which can provide a more realistic appearance. Pine cones and berries are common additions to artificial trees, while a flocked evergreen tree (one that is dusted in fake snow) can be a good alternative option for those who are unsure whether they want a solely white Christmas tree or one with white accents.
How much you can expect to spend on a white Christmas tree
The least expensive white Christmas trees can cost as little as $20, though larger pre-lit models with included decorations can cost up to $700 or more. Expect to spend around $100 for a quality model.
White Christmas tree FAQ
Do artificial Christmas trees come with a stand?
A. Almost all artificial Christmas trees will come with a stand, so there is no need to purchase one separately unless you need a replacement or are looking for a specific design or color. Be sure the stand is stable before setting up the tree.
How long can I expect to keep my white Christmas tree?
A. On average, artificial Christmas trees will provide a decade of reliable use and decoration. Depending on the overall quality, construction and care, your tree could end up lasting for a significantly longer or slightly shorter amount of time.
What’s the best white Christmas tree to buy?
Top white Christmas tree
National Tree Company Winchester White Pine
What you need to know: Though it comes at a higher price, this Winchester Pine tree is great for those who want a Christmas tree that will last.
What you’ll love: The highly durable and lifelike branches can easily support any ornament without losing their shape, while the pre-strung lights make setup quick and easy. This company also includes a 5-year warranty so you’ll be covered in the event of any faulty designs or components.
What you should consider: Some buyers reported that the lights burned out quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top white Christmas tree for the money
Perfect Holiday Crystal White Christmas tree
What you need to know: This affordable white Christmas tree is a durable and appealing value option.
What you’ll love: The 7-foot height is impressive for the price, and the beautiful white branches will add a festive atmosphere to any home. The featured hinged branches allow for easy assembly and storage, while the metal stand will provide ample support.
What you should consider: The branches do not appear as full as some other models.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
National Tree Company Pre-Lit Slim Kingswood Fir Christmas Tree
What you need to know: This slim model is great for tight spaces or those who want a unique tree design.
What you’ll love: Made by a reliable and trusted company, this Kingswood Fir white Christmas tree comes equipped with 300 lights that won’t fail due to a single bulb malfunction. Complete with fire-resistant needles and branches that look full and realistic, this tree is a perfect addition to a holiday setup.
What you should consider: The slim design may be too thin for some people.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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CA Eureka CA Zone Forecast for Saturday, December 31, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for California
National Weather Service Eureka CA
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
This is an average forecast over a large and geographically diverse
area. For a specific forecast for your location...please refer to
the point and click forecast on our webpage at:
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Monday.
CAZ101-020400-
Coastal Del Norte-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 49 to 59. North wind around
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Lows 34 to
44. Southeast wind around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 47 to 57. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 34 to 44.
Southeast wind around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy, rain. Highs 47 to 57. Southeast wind 5 to
15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 49 to 62. Lows 39 to
49.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 37 to 47. Highs
49 to 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Rain likely. Highs 50 to 60.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Crescent City 52 40 50 / 0 10 100
Klamath 56 37 53 / 0 10 100
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CAZ102-020400-
Del Norte Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 41 to 55.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 2500 feet. Lows 29 to 39. Southeast wind around 20 mph
overnight.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow
level 2500 to 3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.
Southeast wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet
rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 37 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
35 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Highs 42 to 57.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 36 to 46.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 39 to 54.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
34 to 44. Highs 40 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gasquet 54 36 49 / 0 10 90
$$
CAZ103-020400-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 48 to 58. North wind up to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Lows 34 to
44. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 35 to 45.
Southeast wind around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 61. Lows 39 to
49.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 37 to 47. Highs
48 to 59.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 38 to 48.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 52 38 51 / 0 10 100
Arcata 53 39 51 / 0 10 100
Eureka 52 39 51 / 0 10 100
Fortuna 52 40 49 / 0 10 100
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CAZ104-020400-
Southwestern Humboldt-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Patchy fog in the morning. Highs 45 to 55. North wind 5 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain overnight. Near steady
temperature around 40. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. East wind
around 5 mph increasing to southeast 10 to 20 mph overnight.
.MONDAY...Rain, windy. Snow level 3000 feet in the morning. Highs
41 to 51. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph in the valleys and southeast
10 to 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 35 to 45.
Southeast wind around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 40 to 50.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Highs 47 to 58.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows 40 to 50.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 38 to 48. Highs
46 to 57.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 46 to 57.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 52 38 46 / 0 10 100
$$
CAZ105-020400-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 2500 feet. Lows 30 to 40.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow
level 2500 feet. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Southeast
wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 2500 to 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2000 feet
rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 37 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
34 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain. Highs 41 to 56.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
34 to 44. Highs 41 to 56.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 54 36 47 / 0 0 90
Hoopa 51 36 45 / 0 0 100
Willow Creek 53 35 46 / 0 0 100
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CAZ106-020400-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 44 to 57.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain in the morning. Snow through the day. Chance of
rain in the afternoon. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level 2500 to
3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 5 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 3000 feet rising to
4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 38 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 40 to 55. Lows 36 to
46.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows 33 to 43.
.FRIDAY...Rain likely. Highs 40 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 34 to 44.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 53 36 46 / 0 10 100
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CAZ107-020400-
Northern Trinity-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 2000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Patchy valley fog in the morning. Highs 40 to 55.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of snow overnight. Snow level 2000 feet. Lows 22 to 32.
.MONDAY...Snow in the morning, then chance of snow in the
afternoon. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level 2000 feet. Snow
accumulations of 3 to 5 inches. Highs 31 to 46. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Snow level
2000 feet. Lows 22 to 32.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Snow level
2000 feet rising to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 33 to 48.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Highs 36 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Lows 30 to 40.
Highs 36 to 51.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
28 to 38. Highs 36 to 51.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Trinity Center 49 30 41 / 0 0 90
Weaverville 48 28 38 / 0 0 90
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CAZ108-020400-
Southern Trinity-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of snow overnight. Snow level 2500 feet. Lows
27 to 37.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times. Snow level
2000 to 2500 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches. Highs
33 to 47. Southeast wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Snow level
2500 feet. Lows 25 to 35.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet
rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Highs 34 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
30 to 40.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52. Lows
31 to 41.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows
30 to 40. Highs 37 to 52.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 50 27 40 / 0 0 90
Ruth 51 27 42 / 0 0 100
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CAZ109-020400-
Mendocino Coast-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny until early afternoon then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs 50 to 60. North wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog through the night. Chance of
rain overnight. Lows 34 to 44. North wind around 5 mph shifting
to the southeast overnight.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55. Southeast wind 10 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 34 to 44.
East wind around 10 mph.
.TUESDAY...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 41 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs 50 to 60. Lows 40 to 50.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 38 to 48. Highs
48 to 58.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 48 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 54 41 51 / 0 10 100
Point Arena 53 43 51 / 0 0 100
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CAZ110-020400-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 47 to 59.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Snow accumulations of
1 to 3 inches. Highs 39 to 49. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 29 to 39.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 3000 feet in
the morning. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows
35 to 45.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 44 to 54.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 33 to 43. Highs
44 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 34 to 44. Highs 44 to 54.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 53 35 46 / 0 10 100
Laytonville 52 33 43 / 0 10 100
Willits 53 33 44 / 0 0 100
$$
CAZ111-020400-
Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 41 to 56.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 to
3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 5 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 26 to 36.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet
rising to 4000 feet in the afternoon. Highs 34 to 49.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
31 to 41.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 38 to 52. Lows
32 to 42.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow likely. Lows
32 to 42. Highs 38 to 52.
.SATURDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 52 31 43 / 0 0 100
$$
CAZ112-020400-
Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 50 to 60.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy valley fog through the night.
Chance of rain overnight. Lows 34 to 44.
.MONDAY...Rain. Highs 43 to 53. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 34 to 44.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Highs 46 to 56.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Lows 41 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Highs 49 to 59. Lows 41 to 51.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Rain likely. Lows 37 to 47. Highs
48 to 58.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Rain. Lows 39 to 49. Highs 48 to 58.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 54 38 46 / 0 0 100
$$
CAZ113-020400-
Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 48 to 58.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of rain overnight. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows
32 to 42.
.MONDAY...Snow in the morning. Rain through the day. Snow level
3000 to 3500 feet. Snow accumulations up to 2 inches. Highs 40 to
50. Southeast wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 33 to 43.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Snow level 3000 feet in
the morning. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 39 to 49.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Highs 46 to 56. Lows 39 to
49.
.THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows 37 to
47. Highs 45 to 55.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 56 36 46 / 0 0 100
$$
CAZ114-020400-
Northern Lake-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 10 PM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy. Highs 42 to 57. North wind 20 to 25 mph
in the morning.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet.
Lows 28 to 38.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Near steady temperature in the mid 30s.
Snow may be heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 to
3000 feet. Snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Southeast wind
around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 27 to 37.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Snow level
3000 feet in the morning. Highs 34 to 47.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
32 to 42.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow. Highs 40 to 51.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows 33 to 43.
.THURSDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 39 to 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain and snow likely. Lows
32 to 42. Highs 37 to 52.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 55 28 44 / 0 0 100
$$
CAZ115-020400-
Southern Lake-
454 AM PST Sun Jan 1 2023
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs 49 to 59. Northwest wind around 20 mph in
the morning.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming cloudy.
Chance of rain and snow overnight. Snow level 3000 feet. Lows
31 to 41.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Snow may be heavy at times in the
afternoon. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Snow accumulations of
1 to 3 inches. Highs 39 to 49. Southeast wind around 20 mph at
higher elevation.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Snow level 3000 to
3500 feet. Lows 31 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain likely. Highs 42 to 52.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 37 to 47.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Rain. Highs 45 to 56. Lows 38 to
48.
.THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...Rain likely. Lows 36 to 46.
Highs 44 to 55.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 54 35 43 / 0 0 100
Middletown 59 33 47 / 0 0 100
Clearlake 56 34 44 / 0 0 90
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Valley parents, doctors react to possible COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
A COVID-19 vaccine for kids under five could be just days away.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are set to review data from Moderna and Pfizer.
State and local health officials are optimistic the vaccines will be approved and a Brownsville pediatrician has already preordered doses.
RELATED: US: Pfizer COVID-19 shot appears effective for kids under 5
Dr. Asim Zamir, chief of pediatrics at Valley Baptist Brownsville, said the Texas Department of Health and Human Services reached out to him last week urging him to pre-order the vaccines. Dr. Zamir says he secured 1,000 doses of both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for kids under 5, and is looking to see what the demand will be.
“We'll see how many patients are coming in," Dr. Zamir said. "There’s a certain quantity in every vial and so we’re trying to gather the patients for that vial so we cannot waste too many vaccines.”
If the FDA and CDC sign off on the vaccine, vaccinations can start soon after.
Pfizer’s clinical trial data shows its three-dose vaccine is safe and effective. Moderna’s clinical trial data for its two-dose regimen shows the same.
Melissa Romero is a mother of a two-year-old and six-month-old. Romero says she’s been waiting to get both of her kids vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Yes, we’ve been waiting since we’ve been able to get a vaccine and we’ve been wanting them to get vaccinated to feel more comfortable going out in public,” Romero said.
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New MRIdian A3i features will enable the Henry Ford team to streamline on-table workflow, reduce treatment times, and expand clinical utility to brain treatments
CLEVELAND, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is the first MRIdian center in the world to complete a full course of patient treatments using the new MRIdian A3i System. This is another first for Henry Ford Health as they continue to be at the forefront of clinical innovation in magnetic resonance (MR)-guided radiation therapy. In 2017, they became the first center in the world to treat patients with the MRIdian Linac, the first commercially available system to combine real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with linear accelerator radiation delivery, at Henry Ford Medical Center – Cottage in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. In 2021, Henry Ford became the first institution in the United States with two MRIdian Linac systems when their second system was installed in Henry Ford's Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion in Detroit.
The new MRIdian A3i features enable Henry Ford clinicians to collaborate simultaneously and connect remotely during patient treatment. The new automated workflow steps and contouring tools are designed to minimize clinician time and increase patient throughput. MRIdian A3i also expands existing real-time tissue tracking and automated beam gating functionalities to include multiplanar tracking and gating in up to three planes. Henry Ford plans to pioneer brain treatment with MRIdian A3i utilizing the new brain treatment package including the dedicated brain coil and integrated immobilization system.
"People worldwide travel to Henry Ford Health for advanced cancer treatment, and our MRIdian systems have allowed us to deliver expedited treatment courses often completed in one to two weeks," said Parag Parikh, M.D., Director of MR-guided Radiation and GI Radiation at Henry Ford Health Cancer. "As the first cancer center in the world to treat patients with the MRIdian A3i, we have observed the improved accuracy of a liver tumor treatment using its two-plane imaging, and the technology has already assisted with treatment planning and evaluation for a patient with recurrent meningioma."
"With MRIdian A3i now at Henry Ford, we look forward to further advancing our cancer care, reducing treatment times, and expanding our clinical offering to include brain treatments with outstanding precision and accuracy," said Jennifer Dolan, Ph.D., Lead Physicist for the MR-guided Radiation program at Henry Ford.
"Henry Ford Health has been a leader in the field of MR-guided radiation therapy, not only for their clinical firsts but also for their leadership in training and innovative research," said Scott Drake, President and CEO, ViewRay. "As the first center to treat patients with MRIdian A3i, Henry Ford Health continues to pioneer MR-guided radiation therapy to the next level. We look forward to Henry Ford's continued leadership and expanding the use of MRIdian A3i to brain treatment."
MRIdian A3i allows clinicians to auto-contour, auto-adapt, and auto-gate intelligently and efficiently. Now providers have the flexibility to select up to three different tracking targets in any combination of coronal, sagittal, or axial planes to automatically stop the beam when any single target exceeds the clinician-defined treatment boundaries. Finally, to enhance the patient experience and allow the patient to participate in their treatment, MRIdian A3i includes an integrated patient breath-hold display. This visual feedback system helps the patient keep the tumor in an optimal treatment position to maximize the efficiency of radiation dose delivery.
The Henry Ford Health Cancer is one of the largest cancer programs in Michigan, providing care at five hospitals, 11 outpatient facilities and hundreds of aligned doctor's offices throughout southeast and southcentral Michigan. Cancer experts at Henry Ford communicate seamlessly across the organization's multiple cancer treatment locations, offering patients access to the most advanced treatment options and expertise, close to home. Treatment for the most complex or rare cancers and Henry Ford's extensive cancer research program is anchored at its Detroit location. For more information, visit henryford.com/cancer.
To date, over 21,000 patients have been treated with MRIdian. Currently, 50 MRIdian systems are installed at hospitals around the world where they are used to treat a wide variety of solid tumors and are the focus of numerous ongoing research efforts. MRIdian has been the subject of hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, scientific meeting abstracts, and presentations. For a list of treatment centers, please visit: https://viewray.com/find-mridian-mri-guided-radiation-therapy/
The opinions and clinical experiences discussed herein are specific to the featured physicians and are for information purposes only. Nothing in this material is intended to provide specific medical advice or to take the place of written law or regulations. Results of treatment presented in this press release are not indicative of typical or future results.
The MRIdian Linac System is not appropriate for all patients, including those who are not candidates for magnetic resonance imaging. Radiation treatments may cause side effects that can vary depending on the part of the body being treated. The most frequent ones are typically temporary and may include, but are not limited to, irritation to the respiratory, digestive, urinary or reproductive systems; fatigue; nausea; skin irritation; and hair loss. In some patients, side effects can be severe. Treatment sessions may vary in complexity and duration. Radiation treatment is not appropriate for all cancers. You should discuss the potential for side effects and their severity as well as the benefits of radiation and magnetic resonance imaging with your doctor to make sure radiation treatment is right for you.
ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) designs, manufactures, and markets the MRIdian® MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy System. MRIdian is built upon a proprietary high-definition MR imaging system designed from the ground up to address the unique challenges and clinical workflow for advanced radiation oncology. Unlike MR systems used in diagnostic radiology, MRIdian's high-definition MR was purpose-built to address specific challenges, including beam distortion, skin toxicity, and other concerns that potentially may arise when high magnetic fields interact with radiation beams. ViewRay and MRIdian are registered trademarks of ViewRay, Inc.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, ViewRay's financial guidance for the full year 2022, anticipated future orders, anticipated future operating and financial performance, treatment results, therapy adoption, innovation, and the performance of the MRIdian systems. Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the ability to commercialize the MRIdian Linac System, demand for ViewRay's products, the ability to convert backlog into revenue, the timing of delivery of ViewRay's products, the timing, length, and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its impacts across our businesses on demand, our operations and global supply chains, disruptions in the supply or changes in costs of raw materials, labor, product components or transportation services as a result of inflation, the results and other uncertainties associated with clinical trials, the ability to raise the additional funding needed to continue to pursue ViewRay's business and product development plans, the inherent uncertainties associated with developing new products or technologies, competition in the industry in which ViewRay operates, and overall market conditions. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to ViewRay's business in general, see ViewRay's current and future reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as updated periodically with the Company's other filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and ViewRay assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
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Nursing home operator American Senior Communities to pay $5.5 million over Medicare fraud
A private company that operates dozens of nursing homes owned by Health & Hospital Corp. of Marion County has agreed to pay more than $5.5 million in a settlement over allegations it submitted false claims to the federal Medicare program.
The settlement was announced Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Indiana. It comes just over five years after a health care executive aided the federal government in filing a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, American Senior Communities LLC, in 2017.
IndyStar has called and left a voicemail requesting comment from an ASC spokesperson. The company is the largest nursing home operator in Indiana.
IndyStar also reached out to Health & Hospital Corp. President and CEO Paul Babcock, but a spokesperson said he was unavailable.
Whistleblower Joseph Lingenfelter, who was an executive at a hospice care company that contracted with ASC, alleged that ASC charged Medicare for therapy services provided to hospice care patients after those services should have already been covered by the patients' Medicare hospice coverage.
Careless:Indiana nursing home patients suffer as Medicaid cash is diverted
According to the lawsuit, Lingenfelter flagged the fraudulent behavior to colleagues in 2015. Some of his colleagues met with ASC corporate employees at the company's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis to discuss the issue. Lingenfelter said he was later told by a colleague who attended that meeting that ASC was going to continue the Medicare billing practice.
The lawsuit, which was originally filed under seal, states that Lingenfelter knew of similar fraudulent activity that took place "many times at many different ASC facilities over a lengthy period of time (more than 5 years)."
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, the estimated loss to the Medicare program totals more than $2.7 million. ASC does not admit any liability as part of the settlement.
IndyStar has asked for more information on where in Indiana the fraudulent claims originated and how much was associated with Health & Hospital Corp., which contracts ASC to run its 78 nursing homes.
As a whistleblower Lingenfelter is entitled to between 15% to 25% of the amount recovered by the federal government.
More coverage:IndyStar sues 8 hospitals for obscuring public spending data on nursing homes
“Health care providers that submit inappropriate claims to Medicare to boost their own profits compromise the integrity of this important federal health care program,” Mario M. Pinto, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said in a prepared statement Wednesday.
Not the first allegation of fraud
The whistleblower complaint is not the first allegation of fraud at ASC.
In 2016, federal authorities accused former ASC CEO Jim Burkhart and four associates of operating a $19 million fraud scheme involving shell companies, inflated invoices and kickbacks. The scheme resulted in Health & Hospital Corp. being overcharged on everything from medical supplies to American flags. Prosecutors say the men used proceeds from the fraud to fund luxurious lifestyles that included vacation homes, private planes, golf junkets and Rolex watches. All five pleaded guilty.
Health & Hospital Corp. recovered most of the money, but an IndyStar investigation in 2020 found that the suspected losses were actually much greater.
A secret report commissioned by ASC claimed 25 people participated in nearly two dozen fraud schemes during Burkhart’s tenure, resulting in fraud losses of at least $35 million. Health & Hospital Corp. took no steps to recover the additional suspected losses. The agency told IndyStar the $35 million figure was inflated because not every claim could be substantiated.
Related: Indiana nursing home fraud claims more extensive than previously known
The fraud raised questions about Health & Hospital Corp.’s oversight of the nursing homes. Health & Hospital Corp.
s leader at the time, Matthew Gutwein, resigned under pressure shortly after IndyStar published its investigation.
Babcock, his successor, told IndyStar last year that steps had been taken to stamp out fraud in the nursing home system.
“That all happened before I got here,” he said. “There's been a whole host of work from 2015 on both the (Health & Hospital Corp.) side and on the ASC side to ensure that kind of fraud doesn't happen again, or is less likely to happen.”
Contact IndyStar reporter Tony Cook at 317-444-6081 or tony.cook@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter: @IndyStarTony.
Call IndyStar courts reporter Johnny Magdaleno at 317-273-3188 or email him at jmagdaleno@indystar.com. Follow him on Twitter @IndyStarJohnny
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NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Coupang, Inc. (NYSE: CPNG) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of Coupang Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement issued in connection with Coupang's March 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 25, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Coupang, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) Coupang was engaged in improper anti-competitive practices with its suppliers and other third parties in violation of applicable regulations, including: (i) pressuring suppliers to raise prices of products on competing e-commerce platforms to ensure Coupang's prices would be more competitive; (ii) coercing suppliers into purchasing advertisements that would benefit Coupang financially; (iii) forcing suppliers to shoulder all expenses from sales promotions; and (iv) requesting wholesale rebates from suppliers without specifying any terms relating to rebate programs, all of which served to artificially maintain Coupang's lower prices and artificially inflate Coupang's historical revenues and market share; (b) Coupang had improperly adjusted search algorithms and manipulated product reviews on its marketplace platform to prioritize its own private-label branded products over those of other sellers and merchants, to the detriment of consumers, merchants, and suppliers; (c) unbeknownst to its Rocket WOW members, Coupang was selling products to non-member customers at lower prices than those offered to its Rocket WOW members; (d) Coupang subjected its workforce to extreme, unsafe, and unhealthy working conditions; (e) all of the above illicit practices exposed Coupang to a heightened, but undisclosed, risk of reputational and regulatory scrutiny that would harm Coupang's critical relationships with consumers, merchants, suppliers, and the workforce; and (f) Coupang's lower prices, historical revenues, competitive advantages, and growing market share were the result of systemic, improper, unethical, and/or illegal practices, and, thus, unsustainable.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Coupang you have until October 25, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Coupang securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CPNG lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/coupang-inc-lawsuit-submission-form?id=32327&from=4.
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South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
Columbia, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court struck down Thursday a ban on abortion after cardiac activity is detected — typically around six weeks — ruling the restriction violates the state constitution's right to privacy.
The decision comes nearly two years after Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law. The ban, which included exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest or pregnancies that endangered the patient’s life, drew lawsuits almost immediately. Since then, legal challenges have made their way through both state and federal courts.
“The State unquestionably has the authority to limit the right of privacy that protects women from state interference with her decision, but any such limitation must be reasonable and it must be meaningful in that the time frames imposed must afford a woman sufficient time to determine she is pregnant and to take reasonable steps to terminate that pregnancy. Six weeks is, quite simply, not a reasonable period of time for these two things to occur, and therefore the Act violates our state Constitution's prohibition against unreasonable invasions of privacy," Justice Kaye Hearn wrote in the majority opinion.
Currently, South Carolina bars most abortions at 20 weeks.
Varying orders have given the law’s supporters and opponents both cause for celebration and dismay. Those seeking abortions in the state have seen the legal window expand to the previous limit of 20 weeks before returning to latest restrictions and back again.
Federal courts had previously suspended the law. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade allowed the restrictions to take place — for just a brief period. The state Supreme Court temporarily blocked it this past August as the justices considered a new challenge.
The high court's momentous decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization set off a flurry of activity at the state level. Republican-dominated states moved forward with new restrictions while abortion rights' advocates sought additional safeguards. With federal abortion protections gone, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic sued in July under the South Carolina constitution’s right to privacy. Meanwhile, other states have seen challenges to restrictions as a matter of religious freedom.
In South Carolina, lawyers representing the state Legislature have argued that the right to privacy should be interpreted narrowly. During oral arguments this past October, they argued historical context suggests lawmakers intended to protect against searches and seizures when they ratified the right in 1971. Planned Parenthood attorneys representing the challengers have said the right to privacy encompasses abortion. They argued previous state Supreme Court decisions already extended the right to bodily autonomy.
The justices’ limited ruling left the door open for future changes. The state House and Senate failed to agree on additional restrictions during this past summer’s special session on abortion. Still, a small but growing group of conservative lawmakers have vowed to push that envelope once more this legislative session — despite some Republican leaders’ insistence no agreement is possible.
In a statement to The Associated Press, South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson applauded the ruling Thursday, which he said amounted to “a voice of reason and sanity to temper the Republicans' legislative actions to strip rights away from women and doctors.”
Republican South Carolina House Speaker G. Murrell Smith, Jr., wrote in a series of tweets that the state justices “followed the path of the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade by creating a constitutional right to an abortion where none exists.” Smith added the decision failed to respect the separation of powers.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an attractive way to keep sandals in place on the feet while walking," said an inventor, from Lake Mary, Fla., "so I invented ZANDALINS. My design allows you to walk in your normal stride without fear of your foot sliding from your sandal."
The patent-pending invention provides a stylish way to secure a pair of sandals or flip flops. In doing so, it ensures that the foot covering remains in place. As a result, it enhances safety and comfort and it helps to prevent sliding and tripping hazards. The invention features an eye-catching design, with many colors to choose from, that is easy to position and use so it is ideal for individuals who wear sandals or flip flops. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Orlando sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-ORC-105, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAC Health, the nation's largest specialty-based and teaching Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), received Inland Empire Health Plan's (IEHP) Mission INSPIRE Award this month at the health plan's second Annual Mission Conference. The award recognized SAC Health's ongoing support and service to residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
SAC Health's roots reach back as far as the 1960s, which have led to 35 specialties offered today at 10 locations, including a mobile unit that supports more than 144,000 patient visits each year. SAC Health is also one of IEHP's most prominent partners, providing care to more than 50,000 of the Inland Empire's most vulnerable residents and educating future physicians in the region.
In collaboration with SAC Health, new health care clinics were developed in brand new service areas, supporting thousands of residents in Blythe and Barstow. "You can't do this kind of work and truly impact the community and those that need the care without really strong partnerships. It takes a whole community to do that," said Dr. Jason Lohr, CEO of SAC Health. "We are overwhelmed with gratitude and humility to be honored with this award."
SAC Health is one of the first recipients of the IEHP Mission INSPIRE Award. The award honors providers, community organizations and partners for their commitment to the health plan's mission to "heal and inspire the human spirit."
"We are thrilled to honor SAC Health's dedication and determination to consistently do the right thing for our communities and Members," said Jarrod McNaughton, IEHP Chief Executive Officer.
To learn more about the IEHP Mission Conference and how the health plan is charting a collaborative path forward, visit iehp.org.
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 2,500 Team Members. Through dynamic partnerships with Providers and Community Organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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Talk about tilting at windmills.
The Dallas Cowboys could use a quarterback following Dak Prescott’s injury. The Philadelphia Eagles have one to spare in Gardner Minshew. So is there a deal to be made by the bitter NFC East rivals? Jim Nagy, executive director of the Senior Bowl, pitched this idea Monday on Twitter:
Probably isn’t greater trade leverage scenario than Cowboys needing half-season starting QB & dealing w/ GM who’s also owner. Howie Roseman only gave up 6th for Gardner Minshew. If Howie could get 2nd/3rd for Minshew it would be impressive flip. Jalen Hurts is incredibly durable.
Yes, Hurts is durable. Yes, Minshew makes a nice trade chip. And yes, Roseman loves to wheel and deal for draft picks. But given Hurts’ tendency to leave the pocket and take chances in the open field, it makes sense for the Eagles to hold on to a quality backup like Minshew.
And then there’s this: why on Earth would the Eagles ever contemplate helping the Cowboys? After all, Philadelphia has the most to gain if Dallas struggles without Prescott.
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Prescott had surgery Monday to repair a broken right thumb suffered in Sunday’s 19-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On Tuesday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero said Prescott could return in 4-to-6 weeks.
The 4- to 6-week timeline would have Dak Prescott back before the Week 9 bye, perhaps even as soon as an NFC East showdown on Oct. 16 at Philadelphia. For now, the plan is to roll with Cooper Rush starting Sunday against the #Bengals.
Rush came off the bench Sunday and contributed 64 passing yards, completing 7 of 13 attempts. The 28-year-old made his only career start last season with Prescott sidelined by a calf strain. Rush threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score to Amari Cooper in the final minute of a 20-16 victory at Minnesota, giving Dallas a sixth consecutive victory.
Rush got first-team reps with the Cowboys last week after Prescott experienced some discomfort in his surgically repaired right ankle. Rush spent part of the 2020 season on the New York Giants practice squad.
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Rush most likely will face the Giants in Week 3, when New York hosts Dallas on Monday Night Football.
If Prescott is taking longer than expected to recover, the Eagles could get a look at Rush in Week 6, when they host the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.
But ESPN reports Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he won’t place Prescott on injured reserve because he thinks the quarterback “has a real chance” to return within four games.
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Two days after the 2022 midterm elections, control of Congress still remains on the balance as ballot counting continues in a handful of key races, with two Senate seats heading to a runoff.
Control of the Senate hangs on three races in Arizona, Nevada and Georgia. Republicans are inching closer to seizing the House but aren't there yet. Neither party has reached the 218 seats necessary to win in the House.
Here's where things stand in the most contested races that will decided whether Republicans regain control of the House and Senate:
ARIZONA SENATE RACE
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly holds a small lead over his Republican challenger, venture capitalist Blake Masters. As of Thursday morning, Kelly had 979,509 votes to Masters' 884,191, with 76% of votes counted.
Kelly drew support from urban voters while small town and rural voters were more likely to favor Masters. Suburban men clearly favored Masters, suburban women Kelly, according to exit polling.
NEVADA SENATE RACE
The nail-biting race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt remained too early to call Thursday morning as officials in Nevada continue to tally votes, including mail-in ballots.
Cortez Masto, the incumbent, is trailing behind Laxalt by just over 15,000 votes with an estimated over 165,000 ballots left to count.
The outcome of the Senate race between Laxalt and Cortez Masto could illustrate the potency of the Democratic Party’s focus on abortion against the economic woes frequently cited by the GOP.
COLORADO, HOUSE SEAT 3
Republican Lauren Boebert is in a tight race in her bid for reelection to a U.S. House seat in Colorado against Democrat Adam Frisch, a businessman and former city councilman from the posh, mostly liberal ski town of Aspen.
Frisch was leading by less than 70 votes Thursday morning before Boebert took the lead by early afternoon. The close race will likely trigger a recount.
Boebert’s contest in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District is being watched nationally as Republicans try to flip control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections.
GEORGE AND ALASKA RUNOFFS
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law.
That sets up a four-week blitz that again will test whether voters are more concerned about inflation under Democratic control of Washington or the Republican candidate’s rocky past. Warnock styles himself as a pragmatist in a partisan era. Walker has tried to make the choice a referendum on national Democrats, caricaturing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for President Joe Biden amid sustained inflation.
In Alaska, the only thing that's for certain is that a Republican will hold the U.S. Senate seat after the state's ranked choice selection, with Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, leading in early returns. Tshibaka held an edge over Murkowski in early first-choice votes released late Tuesday. The race also included Democrat Pat Chesbro.
Under ranked voting, ballots are counted in rounds. A candidate can win outright with more than 50% of the vote in the first round. If no one hits that threshold, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, knocking Chesbro out of the race.
Rounds continue until two candidates remain, and whoever has the most votes wins. Tabulation rounds are expected to take place Nov. 23.
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE
In the House, Republicans on Thursday were within a dozen seats of the 218 needed to take control. Races were outstanding in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington.
Republicans had hoped for a red wave, but Democrats did better than history suggested they would. The party in power almost always suffers losses in the president’s first midterm elections, though even if the GOP ultimately wins the House, it won't be by a margin as large as during other midterm cycles. Democrats gained a net of 41 House seats under then-President Donald Trump in 2018, President Barack Obama saw the GOP gain 63 in 2010 and Republicans gained 54 seats during President Bill Clinton's first midterm.
A small majority in the House would pose a great challenge for the GOP and especially California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who is in line to be House speaker and would have little room for error in navigating a chamber of members eager to leverage their votes to advance their own agenda.
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A passenger on a flight from New York to Salt Lake City, Utah, is accused of holding a straight-edge razor to a woman's throat.
Authorities say the man was sitting next to the woman on the flight Monday and told her to pause the movie she was watching. The woman reportedly said that's when she noticed the man was holding the blade inches from her neck.
The woman lunged for the aisle to escape and her husband sought assistance from a flight attendant.
Authorities said the weapon was secured, and later identified as a wood-handled straight-edge razor with a one-to-two-inch blade.
The suspect was arrested and charged with carrying a weapon onto an aircraft and assault with a dangerous weapon.
It's unclear how the man was able to get the razor past security. The New York Times reports that the Transportation Security Administration is assisting in the investigation.
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PITTSBURGH, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) appointed Renu Khator, Ph.D., chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of University of Houston, to its board of directors, effective today. She has also been appointed to the board's nominating and governance and audit committees.
Khator currently holds the dual titles of chancellor of the University of Houston System, and president of the University of Houston (UH). As chancellor of the UH system, she oversees a four-university organization that serves more than 76,000 students. She was the first female chancellor in the state of Texas, and the first Indian immigrant to lead a comprehensive research university in the United States. As president of the University of Houston, Khator has guided the university's transformation into a top-tier institution that has a $6.4 billion economic impact on the Greater Houston area each year.
"We are thrilled to welcome Renu as a new independent director and leverage her significant expertise in leadership, economic development, and funding research for community programs, as we continue to invest for growth," said William S. Demchak, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PNC. "Adding Renu to our board is another step in our commitment to building diverse, high-performing teams at all levels that reflect our core value of diversity and inclusion - and make our company stronger."
During Khator's tenure as president, she has led record-breaking research funding, enrollment, and private support for UH. As part of an ongoing $1 billion campus construction program, UH launched its 75-acre Technology Bridge, which is now home to several start-up companies, research enterprises and academic programs. In addition, in 2011, UH earned 'Tier One' status, with the Carnegie Foundation elevating it to the top category of research universities. Following this significant success, she led several similar achievements, including the opening of Houston's first medical school in more than 40 years, being awarded a Phi Beta Kappa honor society chapter and more than tripling the number of National Academy members on the faculty.
"Under Renu's leadership, UH has transformed into an institution recognized for its unique blend of academic accomplishment, research innovation, athletic achievement and dedication to the success of a significantly diverse, determined student body," said Tilman J. Fertitta, chairman of the UH System Board of Regents. "Each UH System university has become a change-agent in the Greater Houston region and across Texas."
Prior to her appointment at UH, Khator was provost and senior vice president at the University of South Florida. Over the course of her 22-year career at USF, she held roles of increasing importance, beginning with the position of visiting professor.
In addition to her significant academic background, Khator is on the board of the Camden Property Trust, a public real estate investment trust with over $16 billion in market cap.
She was also a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Empowered Expert Committee, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Academic Advisory Council and 11th District Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She is also a member of the Association of Governing Board of Colleges and Universities Council of Presidents.
She has been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, named Houstonian of the year, inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame and, in 2014, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee presented her with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest distinction bestowed upon a non-resident Indian.
Khator holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree from Kanpur University, India, as well as a master's degree and PhD in Political Science from Purdue University.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
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MADRID (AP) — Heavy rain caused by a tropical storm hit several regions in Spain, leaving one person dead and widespread damage, authorities and national media said Monday.
A 62-year-old man was found dead in the southeastern Murcia region after a sudden downpour flooded his house late Sunday, local authorities said.
The Canary Islands off northwest Africa have endured three days of heavy rain, making it the wettest September on record there, the Spanish weather agency AEMET said Monday. Schools in the Atlantic Ocean archipelago were closed as a precaution, while airports canceled over 600 flights over the weekend.
Tropical Storm Hermine was blamed for dumping the huge amounts of rain.
Schools and airports in the Canary Islands are expected to return to normal on Tuesday, when the worst part of the storm moves away.
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Orlando Weather Forecast: Toasty temperatures, dry skies continues across Central Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. - Today's high: 92 degrees
Tonight's low: 69 degrees
Main weather concerns: Expect another hot afternoon on this Tuesday across Central Florida. Highs will reach the low-90s inland, mixed 80s along the beaches. A few afternoon showers are possible today at 10% coverage or less. Skies remain mostly sunny with a high UV Index.
BEACHES: The beaches look great today with a lot of sunshine expected. Afternoon highs will be in the 80s with a breeze out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. Surf is in the 1-2' range with a moderate rip current risk.
THEME PARKS: More toasty weather expected at the parks with highs soaring to the low-90s. Mostly sunny skies are expected with a 10% chance for an isolated shower after 3 pm. Stay hydrated!
OUTLOOK: Dry weather continues with hot temps in the 90s for the rest of the week. Next best rain chance arrives Easter weekend with chances at 20-30%.
Depend on the FOX 35 Storm Team for the latest updates.
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North Korea sustains high defense spending with new budget
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament has passed a budget that sustains a high level of defense spending despite economic troubles as leader Kim Jong Un pushes for an aggressive expansion of his nuclear arsenal amid stalled diplomacy.
State media reports indicated Kim didn’t attend the Supreme People’s Assembly’s two-day session that ended Wednesday. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency didn’t mention any comments by assembly members toward the United States or South Korea in its report of the meetings on Thursday.
The assembly convened weeks after Kim called for an “exponential increase” of nuclear warheads, mass production of battlefield tactical nuclear weapons targeting “enemy” South Korea and the development of more advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to reach the U.S. mainland.
His statements during a major political conference in December underscored an intensifying nuclear standoff with the United States and its allies in Asia after he pushed North Korea’s weapons tests to a record pace in 2022.
The North fired more than 70 missiles last year, including multiple ICBM launches, and conducted a series of tests it described as simulated nuclear attacks on South Korean and U.S. targets.
Analysts say Kim’s aggressive arms expansion and escalatory nuclear doctrine are aimed at forcing the United States to accept the idea of North Korea as a nuclear power and to negotiate economic and security concessions from a position of strength.
KCNA said the assembly’s members projected overall state spending would increase by 1.7% this year but made no mention of the actual size of the budget.
The assembly’s members devoted 15.9% of this year’s national budget to defense spending, the same proportion as last year, to support efforts on “further bolstering up the war deterrence both in quality and quantity” and “defending the dignity and security of the country and the people,” KCNA said.
It’s difficult to gauge how much money North Korea would be spending on its military capabilities, considering the poor quality of the limited statistics it discloses.
According to the U.S. State Department’s 2021 World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers report, North Korea possibly spent around $4 billion on defense in 2019, which would have amounted to 26% of its estimated gross domestic product, the highest proportion among 170 countries it reviewed.
KCNA’s report on the assembly meetings hinted that North Korea was struggling to revive a moribund economy battered by mismanagement, U.S.-led sanctions over Kim’s nuclear ambitions, and COVID-19-related border closures.
Finance Minister Ko Jong Bom lamented unspecified shortcomings in raising tax revenues from state companies. He called for economic workers to strengthen their “ideological resolve” and put broader national interests before the interests of their specific units, KCNA said.
The assembly’s members also passed a new law aimed at protecting the “cultured” dialect specific to the capital Pyongyang region, apparently the country’s latest step to stem South Korean and other foreign cultural influences.
They also discussed strengthening the surveillance activities of the Central Public Prosecutors Office to establish “revolutionary law-abiding spirit,” underscoring how Kim’s government continues to strengthen its control of its people in face of the deepening economic challenges.
Kim last appeared at the assembly in September, when he defiantly stated his country would never abandon the nuclear weapons he clearly sees as his strongest guarantee of survival.
The assembly’s members then passed legislation that authorized preemptive nuclear attacks in a broad range of scenarios where it may perceive its leadership as under threat, which included conventional clashes or conflicts that wouldn’t necessarily amount to war.
Alarmed by the growing North Korean nuclear threat, South Korea and Japan are scrambling to strengthen their defense postures in conjunction with their alliances with the United States.
In an interview with The Associated Press last week, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government was engaged in discussions with the Biden administration over joint military planning potentially involving U.S. nuclear assets.
The allies are planning to hold a tabletop exercise next month aimed at sharpening their response to where North Korea uses a nuclear weapon. Yoon’s government has also said it would call for Washington to deploy strategic military assets near the Korean Peninsula more frequently.
In December, Japan made a major break from its strictly self-defense-only postwar principle by adopting a new national security strategy that includes goals to acquire preemptive strike capabilities and cruise missiles in face of growing threats from North Korea, China and Russia.
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Parkland parents go on bus tour in honor of slain son’s 23rd birthday
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFOR) - Two parkland parents are taking their fight against gun violence on the road driving their so-called activism school bus to cities all across the country.
Manny and Patricia Oliver’s son Joaquin was one of the 17 killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago.
The trip is in celebration of what would have been Joaquin’s 23rd birthday.
With a kiss and a fistbump, The Olivers boarded their yellow school bus for a trip across the country to raise awareness about gun violence.
“I lost my son here, right here,” said Manny Oliver, pointing to the high school. “He was shot four times with an AR-15 five years ago. And five years later, things got worse. Joaquin was shot 250,000 victims ago.”
“This is a project full of love, and it really means love,” said Patricia Oliver.
The Olivers will drive their bus to Orlando, scene of the Pulse massacre, and Uvalde, Texas, where schoolchildren were gunned down in their classroom.
They’ll also travel to Columbine, Colorado; Nashville, Tennessee; and Sandy Hook, Connecticut, some of the 23 stops to spread the word about gun violence and to honor their son Joaquin.
“Joaquin should have turned 23 years old,” Manny Oliver said. “You know what, I like to celebrate Joaquin’s life. I spend all year fighting because my son was shot. Today I celebrate because my son was born.”
Before leaving, the Olivers and other gun violence activists gathered outside the school, where a garden honors their son and the other victims of the mass shooting.
“We have become complacent. We have become desensitized,” said Cameron Kasky, a Parkland shooting survivor. “We see this all the time, and therefore it isn’t the same tragedy that we once knew it as because we have taught ourselves that it’s normal. It’s not normal. Nothing about this is normal. The fact that any of us is standing here is not normal. There should be marching band practice going on behind us. Instead we are standing here talking about mass shootings. It’s because we live in America, which is where you do that.”
Each tour stop will include events, rallies and gatherings.
Manny Oliver said he believes if more people speak out the activism will make a difference, but not overnight.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Rodriguez was standing near his courtside seat, oblivious to a few fans who were snapping a quick photo of the baseball great as they walked by.
He was watching the Minnesota Timberwolves warm up instead.
Rodriguez — currently part of the Timberwolves’ ownership group, with plans in place for he and business partner Marc Lore to assume control from Glen Taylor and become primary owners next year — said Wednesday that he’s enjoying his transitions from baseball to basketball and from player to executive, and noted that he’s still learning.
“I mean, I come at it from a different perspective, being in baseball for about a quarter of a century, and now it’s interesting to take my experience from Major League Baseball, from broadcasting and now being here as an owner,” Rodriguez said in an interview with The Associated Press before watching Minnesota’s Summer League game in Las Vegas against Milwaukee. “It’s been great. The NBA has welcomed me with open arms.”
And the Wolves haven’t exactly been sitting around idly since Rodriguez and Lore started their ownership process.
Minnesota has been one of the biggest stories in the league this offseason, first by luring executive Tim Connelly away from the Denver Nuggets to take over as president of the Timberwolves. Then came the trade — acquiring Rudy Gobert from Utah for a slew of players and draft picks, a move that created perhaps the top frontline in the NBA with Gobert playing alongside Karl-Anthony Towns.
“It’s all about the fans in Minnesota. I think they deserve a winner,” Rodriguez said. “They deserve consistency, they deserve continuity. And I think across the board, we’ve seen that. … If you’re a fan, there’s a lot to cheer for. There’s a lot to be excited about. And I think when you can forecast predictability, it’s good for the energy of the town.”
Taylor agreed to sell the Timberwolves for $1.5 billion last year to Lore and Rodriguez. Lore became Walmart’s e-commerce chief in 2016, when the retail giant bought his Jet.com startup in an attempt to boost online business.
Rodriguez hit 696 home runs over 22 major league seasons, with the New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers. His last season on the field was 2016, marking the end of a career that was tainted by performance-enhancing drug use he later admitted to. He has invested in an array of businesses outside of basketball, serves as a trustee at the University of Miami — the baseball stadium there bears his name, even though he never played for the Hurricanes — and now finds himself learning a new game.
But he already speaks of it like a seasoned pro, talking about what Wolves guard D’Angelo Russell can do in pick-and-roll situations, how he thinks Gobert — a three-time defensive player of the year — is underrated offensively and why it was important to extend coach Chris Finch’s contract this past spring.
It’s busy, and that’s what he wants.
“Team ownership is 365, 24/7,” Rodriguez said, “I knew that (NBA Commissioner) Adam Silver and his team were great, but they’re even better than what they project. His senior management team, all the way through, they’re really incredible, they add tons of value. And I think they’re great at welcoming people, whether you’re a player, media, owner, executive into the room, and they know how to do that better than anyone.”
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NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Assiduus Global, an AI-powered cross-border and cross-marketplace e-commerce accelerator, has raised $15 million in Series A round of funding led by Pulsar Capital, 9Unicorn, Venture Catalyst, StrongHer VC, Carlos Cashman (founder of Thrasio) and Rajan Navani (JetLine Group of Companies).
The appropriated funding shall enhance the technological architecture and business expansion across international markets like Europe and South-East Asia.
Assiduus' spokesperson said about the event, "We are pleased to have received such a significant backing from such eminent funds, especially when Assiduus is driving the next frontier of digital commerce solutions. We look forward to becoming one of the biggest disruptors in the sector by innovating new solutions and exploring uncharted geographies."
Assiduus offers companies intelligence, analytics, and data which keeps them in the driver's seat at all times. Founded by Dr. Somdutta Singh in 2018, Assiduus' patent-pending technology aids brands in deciphering analytics and lending them actionable insights into launching new brands across novel categories and geographies. The company specializes in advancing end-to-end solutions for brands to focus on their core competence of designing, producing, and brand building without investing in infrastructure or resources.
"Assiduus has the opportunity of being a global leader in this space. As Indian brands are going global, Assiduus enables the Made in India, Serving the World theme," said Vish Narain, Pulsar Capital
"Assiduus is at the forefront of the global e-commerce transformation that is transpiring across industries. They're smartly building their organization to allow them to serve customers and brands right from a maturing product seller to a multi-billion-dollar global enterprise," added Carlos Cashman
"I've always been a strong believer in the power of technology to scale both the sale and experience of great e-commerce products. With Assiduus, this experience not only becomes seamless but super-efficient too," said Rajan Navani
Powered by their powerful patent-pending technology, highly efficient workforce, and state-of-the-art infrastructure Assiduus Global Inc. enables hundreds of brands to scale phenomenally across more than 12 marketplaces globally.
About Assiduus Global
Assiduus Global Inc. is Headquartered in Delaware, USA, and is the world's fastest-growing AI-powered profitable cross-border E-commerce accelerator. Assiduus helps D2C brands launch, scale, and grow across global E-commerce marketplaces by enabling their digital commerce through end-to-end distribution and supply chain management.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
9-1-5
(nine, one, five)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
9-1-5
(nine, one, five)
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It happened during a boxing match in Las Vegas, and was one of the stranger moments in modern sports history. Tyson bit off part of Holyfield's ear and spit it out. Minutes later Tyson bit him again.
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It happened during a boxing match in Las Vegas, and was one of the stranger moments in modern sports history. Tyson bit off part of Holyfield's ear and spit it out. Minutes later Tyson bit him again.
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Kellen Curry, an Afghanistan war veteran and former vice president at J.P. Morgan, announced a primary challenge against Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday, becoming the first Republican to take on the embattled congressman who has faced calls to resign.
In a statement on his campaign website, Curry said he is running to “restore honesty and integrity” to the congressional representation in New York’s third congressional district, directly pointing to Santos.
“From day 1 George Santos has completely violated our trust. As a result, our equities are not carried on Capitol Hill, our interest are not advocated for in the Congress and our phone calls continue to go unanswered,” Curry said.
“It’s time for change, it’s time for new leadership and it’s time for a fresh face that we can actually believe in. And that’s why I’m running for Congress,” he added.
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. (Annabelle Gordon)
Santos has not yet said if he plans to run for reelection in 2024.
The congressman did, however, file a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission last month, an indication that he may vie for a second term. It does not, however, guarantee that he will follow through with the bid.
The New York Republican has come under significant scrutiny since winning his election to Congress amid revelations that he embellished parts of his resume and questions about his finances.
A number of entities are said to be looking into Santos, including the House Ethics Committee, which launched an investigation into the congressman early last month. A handful of lawmakers — including Republicans — have called on him to resign.
Santos, however, has remained adamant that he will not step down early. The Hill reached out to Santos for comment on Curry’s announcement.
A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Curry was on active duty for eight years, during which he delivered cybersecurity technology to the military, according to his campaign website.
He served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and currently serves in the Air Force Reserves.
Curry most recently worked in J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Banking Division in New York City. He received a master of business administration from The George Washington University.
His campaign cited both his military experience and background in finance.
“Kellen believes his extensive experience working in national security and in our national economy will serve him well in his bid for Congress,” a statement on Curry’s campaign website reads.
Curry’s website says his campaign “will be focusing on core issues including national defense in the face of raising global threats, economic insecurity due to persistently high inflation, increasing affordability on Long Island and raising the accountability bar in D.C. through ethics reforms.”
“He will also be working to achieve what he calls ‘the gold standard of constituency services’ which has been absent but is critical to improving the lives of NY-3 residents,” the website adds.
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A federal court on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction allowing three transgender youths to receive puberty blockers despite Florida Boards of Medicine’s rules and new law, SB 254, banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18.
“Gender identity is real,” writes U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle in his ruling. “… I find that the plaintiffs’ motivation is love for their children and the desire to achieve the best possible treatment for them. This is not the State’s motivation.”
This ruling was made as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by seven Florida parents of transgender children against Florida, arguing that the state’s ban on treatment with puberty blockers, testosterone and estrogen violates the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. Three of the seven parents successfully requested and received this preliminary injunction.
In his ruling, Hinkle indicated that these parents will likely succeed in their claims that SB 254 and the Boards of Medicine rules banning treatment such as estrogen, testosterone and puberty blockers for transgender youth are unconstitutional.
“The plaintiffs are likely to prevail on their claim that the prohibition is unconstitutional,” he writes.
Jennifer L. Levi, director of the Transgender Rights Project at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, in an emailed statement to the Orlando Sentinel emphasized this part of the ruling.
“It’s important not to miss what the Court also said which is that the law and rules are likely to fail constitutional scrutiny once the Court has the chance to rule on the merits. That is a hugely important part of the ruling which sends a strong signal to medical providers and families about the likely demise of this ban,” Levi wrote.
These treatments have decades of robust clinical evidence indicating their safety, and have been used for other medical conditions such as treating children who begin puberty prematurely, Hinkle writes.
Denying transgender individuals access to this treatment but allowing access for children who need it for other reasons is “differential treatment based on sex and transgender status,” Hinkle writes.
These three adolescents, whose identity along with their parents’ has been kept anonymous, have begun or are about to begin puberty. Each has lived as a gender different than their biological sex for years and risks being outed to peers as transgender if they begin puberty. Their doctors all deem puberty blockers medically necessary, and to not give them risks irreversible harm, the ruling states.
“Any proponent of the challenged statute and rules should put up or shut up: do you acknowledge that there are individuals with actual gender identities opposite their natal sex, or do you not? Dog whistles ought not be tolerated,” he writes.
Florida’s law includes other provisions that are not addressed by this injunction.
A joint news release from the Southern Legal Counsel, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the Human Rights Campaign, which are representing the plaintiffs in this case, says the challenge to the Boards of Medicine and SB 254 health care bans will likely proceed quickly to trial.
This is a breaking new story. Check back for updates.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage and "break her kneecaps," authorities said Monday.
David DePape, 42, confronted a sleeping Paul Pelosi in the couple's San Francisco bedroom early Friday morning, according to a federal affidavit filed in court Monday.
Federal prosecutors have filed two charges against DePape, days after police say he broke into the Pelosi's home and struck the Democratic leader's 82-year-old husband in the head with a hammer. He was left seriously injured in the attack, underwent surgery for a skull fracture, and suffered other injuries to his arms and hands.
DePape is charged federally with influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening or injuring a family member. He also faces one count of attempted kidnapping of a United States official on account of the performance of official duties.
The announcement of the federal charges comes as San Francisco's district attorney is set to announce state criminal charges as well against DePape, who police say shouted out "Where is Nancy?" during the attack. He was arrested Friday on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary and is expected to be arraigned on state charges Tuesday.
San Francisco's district attorney, Brooke Jenkins, also rejected conspiracy theories about the attack, confirming the assailant was targeting the Democratic leader when he broke into the couple's home.
"At the time that the suspect had entered the Pelosi home that he was in fact, looking for Ms. Pelosi," Jenkins told reporters late Sunday in San Francisco.
"The other thing is we want to make it clear that there were only two people in the home at the time that the police arrived, Mr. Pelosi and the suspect, there was no third person present," she said.
"We have nothing to suggest that these two men knew each other prior to this incident."
The district attorney's remarks come as the gruesome attack on the husband of the House speaker is being mocked and dismissed in conservative, far-right social media, even among some Republicans leaders and those at the highest levels of social power. San Francisco's police chief has also said the attack was targeted.
Elon Musk over the weekend tweeted, then deleted, a fringe website's far-flung conspiracy theories to his millions of followers, as his purchase of Twitter has raised concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech.
In the toxic political climate, a week before the midterm elections, tensions are high with record security threats against lawmakers and other officials.
Paul Pelosi remains hospitalized in San Francisco after undergoing surgery for a fractured skull and other injuries. Speaker Pelosi, who was in Washington, D.C., at the time, returned swiftly to California. Unlike presidents, the congressional leaders have security protection for themselves, but not their families.
The attack was an unsettling echo of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters trying to overturn Joe Biden's election defeat of Donald Trump stormed the halls eerily calling "Where's Nancy?" DePape, was also carrying zip ties into the Pelosi home, two people briefed on the matter told The Associated Press. The people could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
Police were dispatched to the home in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood around 2:20 a.m. Friday after Paul Pelosi placed a 911 call. Jenkins said DePape broke into the rear door and made his way upstairs to confront Paul Pelosi. Police said they arrived to see the two men struggling over a hammer, when DePape struck Pelosi at least once before being tackled by officers.
The incident sparked fresh security concerns for lawmakers and other elected officials before the midterms.
With nearly 10,000 threats against members of Congress in the last year, U.S. Capitol Police have advised lawmakers to take precautions. Chief Tom Manger, who leads the U.S. Capitol Police, has said the threat from lone-wolf attackers has been growing and the most significant threat the force is facing is the historically high number of threats against lawmakers, thousands more than just a few years before.
The beating of the speaker's husband follows other attacks and threats. This summer, a man carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house in Maryland after threatening to kill the justice. In 2017, Republican Rep. Steve Scalise was seriously injured when a Bernie Sanders supporter opened fire on Republicans at a congressional baseball game practice.
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., was among those making light of the attack on Paul Pelosi, tweeting out a joke about a Halloween costume of the incident.
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SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Al-Amir Dawes scored 22 points to match his career high and Seton Hall rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat St. John's 88-66 on Saturday, ending a three-game losing streak.
Kadary Richmond added 19 points and Tyrese Samuel had 12 of his 16 in the big run to help Seton Hall (7-7, 1-3 Big East) avoid its first 0-4 start in the conference since 2009-2010. Dre Davis added 14 points off the bench for the Pirates, who shot 54.1% from the field despite opening the game 2 of 10.
Seton Hall trailed by 10 near the halfway point of the first half and still trailed 29-20 with 6:57 remaining before closing the half with a 22-8 run.
Joel Soriano had 23 points and 11 rebounds in posting his 13th double-double in 15 games for St. John's. David Jones added 12 points and Andre Cubelo had 10 as the Red Storm (11-4, 1-3) lost their third straight game.
Seton Hall, which was shooting roughly 25% from long range in Big East games, was 7 of 19 against St. John's with Dawes making 5 of 10. The Red Storm were 4 of 18 from 3-point range.
Dawes, who transferred to Seton Hall from Clemson this season, also scored 22 points in 2020 in an ACC game.
UP NEXT
St. John's: Plays host to No. 22 Xavier on Tuesday.
Seton Hall: At Creighton on Tuesday.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is facing a potential uprising from members of his own party in the far-right Freedom Caucus following the approval of a deal he orchestrated to raise the federal spending limit and avoid a catastrophic debt default.
Back home in California, in his Bakersfield district, some constituents are praising the Republican leader for his handling of the tense negotiations that largely held the line for Democrats while failing to advance key conservative priorities.
In Wool Growers, a historic Basque restaurant and Bakersfield institution, owner Jenny Maitia-Poncetta — and many locals — watched the debt ceiling showdown unfold from a tiny TV hanging above the bar.
McCarthy's willingness to reach across the aisle and usher in a deal is a strength of the embattled speaker, she said.
"I'm a Republican, and I'm proud of being a Republican, but I know we need to work together to make it work," she said of the bill that ultimately saw more Democratic votes than Republican.
And besides, she says, the deal saw non-defense spending shrink for the first time in years. Deeper cuts would be ideal, but that's still a win for conservatives.
"Anything is better than nothing," the restaurateur adds.
Diner Randy McDaniel agrees between sips of hearty vegetable soup.
"I'm very conservative, but I think people who are too far right are going to kill us if they don't get in the middle a little bit," he said.
In particular, McDaniel says he's happy to see the expansion of work requirements tied to food stamp eligibility.
"I'm good with helping people who really need it, but I think there's too many people out there that are not doing their part to try and improve," he said.
Ivy Cargile is a political science professor at California State University, Bakersfield. She's been watching the discussions closely and says McCarthy fared better than expected, given his contentious path to the speakership.
"The debt ceiling bill passed and this is a win for him," she said. "This is a solid win for him."
She says a deal to raise the debt limit and spare the country an unprecedented financial crisis was hardly a foregone conclusion.
"I was concerned," she said. "In Kern County, poverty levels are high. People do live paycheck-to-paycheck. And some of those paychecks come from the federal government."
Cargile says she's eagerly waiting to see how McCarthy will handle the federal government's funding fight — through the formal budget-making process — at the end of the year.
In an unprecedented concession to claiming the speaker's gavel, any single House Republican can trigger a motion to fire McCarthy. It remains unclear whether any in his conference will trigger what some lawmakers have called the "nuclear" option.
But that hasn't stopped hardline conservatives from expressing their displeasure with McCarthy and party leadership. Earlier this week, some in the Freedom Caucus upended routine House procedures ahead of a vote to forbid future bans on gas stoves, a Republican priority.
The tumult spread to other factions of the Republican Party on Wednesday, McCarthy told reporters Wednesday evening, adding that he wasn't concerned about threats to his gavel.
If House Republicans were to oust the speaker — a big "if" at this point — it's unclear who could take up the gavel. Any replacement would have a tough task finding consensus within the divided party, Cargile says.
A search for a new party leader could also distract from what is already shaping up to be a contentious 2024 presidential election, she adds.
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Florida’s landmark open government “sunshine” laws once made the state a national model for openness in government.
In 1967, the Legislature made Florida the first state with an open meeting law. With limited exceptions, meetings of government bodies had to be held in public. A generation later, in 1992, voters amended the Constitution to strengthen the public records law and to make it harder for future Legislatures to create more public records exemptions.
Through the years, the Legislature has steadily chipped away at the sunshine law, with more than 1,000 exemptions, even though the Constitution now requires a two-thirds super-majority to enact new exemptions.
Sunshine is the most effective antidote to secrecy, self-dealing, corruption and waste. But the Legislature, at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis, is poised to make state government more secret than ever.
The state Senate on Wednesday is scheduled to debate a bill (SB 1616) that would keep secret all travel by the governor — even his official state travel at taxpayer expense.
This blanket public records exemption would also apply to the lieutenant governor, Cabinet members, the Legislature’s presiding officers and the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court. The exemption would apply retroactively, making past travel secret.
‘Air DeSantis’
This push for secrecy over all movements by the governor of the nation’s third-largest state comes as DeSantis has dramatically increased his out-of-state travel in anticipation of a presidential campaign. In the past few weeks alone, DeSantis promoted his new book or made speeches in Iowa, Ohio, Michigan and Virginia. “Air DeSantis” is constantly on the move, and his travel will intensify dramatically if, as expected, he runs for president.
In Manchester, N.H., last Friday, he spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of 550 people at a state Republican Party fund-raising dinner. At that event, like all the others, DeSantis was accompanied by a team of agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) who were there at taxpayer expense. The law requires FDLE to provide security and ground transportation for the governor everywhere, at all times.
A public office is a public trust. That’s not our opinion; it’s in the Florida Constitution, approved by the voters. The public has a right to know where their governor is going, and where he’s been. But even his past travel would become secret under this unjustified and unprecedented act of secrecy.
Republican Sen. Jonathan Martin of Fort Myers offered a pathetically nebulous rationalization for this bill: “My understanding is there has been an increase in public records requests regarding our governor and his travel simply because of the notoriety of his position in the past few years.”
Only in Tallahassee are requests for public records considered a problem. Only in Tallahassee is the solution greater secrecy.
The House version of the bill (HB 1495), like the Senate’s, would also shield from public disclosure the names of guests at the governor’s mansion. The people of Florida have a right to know who has access to the state’s chief executive.
These bills make a mockery of Florida’s long-standing support for open government ― and the standard by which these bills should be judged. The 1992 constitutional amendment made it clear: Any exemptions must “state with specificity the public necessity justifying the exemption and shall be no broader than necessary to accomplish the stated purpose of the law.” That clearly includes the governor: In 2015, Gov. Rick Scott settled a case for a record-setting $700,000 after he and his staff were caught using private Gmail accounts to evade records laws.
This sprawling, overly broad bill clearly tramples those boundaries. If it becomes law, courts should strike it down.
Political Pulse
But before that, lawmakers who care about openness in government should join forces and keep this legislation from advancing. Yet three Democrats voted for this blanket secrecy in a March 22 Senate committee vote, records show: Sens. Tracie Davis of Jacksonville, Tina Polsky of Boca Raton and Darryl Rouson of St. Petersburg. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
State-sponsored secrecy
We call on them to reconsider their support for this secrecy, and we call on Democrats to oppose this unconscionable expansion of state-sponsored secrecy.
As governor, DeSantis has consistently demonstrated contempt for his constituents, and for open government. He sends an official public schedule long after events are over. His office and the state agencies under his control slow-walk routine requests for public records.
He has made a claim of “executive privilege” to keep information secret, even though no such privilege exists in state law. His underlings have used private email accounts to transact official business. The Legislature is pushing a bill to make the campaign finance laws weaker, by allowing political committees to file reports less frequently — depriving the public of essential information about the influence of special interests.
Florida legislators keep finding new ways to undermine the public’s faith in government. On the opening day of the session on March 7, DeSantis said: “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.”
At this rate, we won’t be able to see “nothin’” — because it will all be secret.
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board includes Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson, Opinion Page Editor Krys Fluker and Viewpoints Editor Jay Reddick. The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Editorial Page Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Dan Sweeney, and Anderson. Send letters to insight@orlandosentinel.com.
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BOISE, Idaho — During her sentencing hearing Monday in Boise, Lori Vallow Daybell was allowed to speak on her own behalf before the judge sentenced her to life in prison without parole for the murder of her children, J.J. Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
Below is the transcription of Vallow Daybell's statement:
"I would like to start by quoting John from the New Testament in the Bible.
In John chapter 8 verse 7, Jesus says, “He that is without sin among you, let him cast first cast a stone at her.” Then, in verse 15, Jesus says, “You judge after the flesh. I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true.”
Jesus knows me and Jesus understands me. I mourn with all of you who mourn my children and Tammy. Jesus Christ knows the truth of what happened here.
Jesus Christ knows that no one was murdered. In this case. Accidental deaths happen. Suicide, happen. Fatal side effects from medications happen.
I have a different perspective in life because in 2002, when I was pregnant with Kylie, I died in the hospital while in labor with her. They tried to stop my labor, they put me on the table
and they put something in my IV, and I felt my spirit falling to the floor. I was standing near my pregnant body watching the doctors try to revive me which took them a few minutes.
In that time my sister, Stacy, was standing to my left. I turned to hug her and was surprised that her spirit was as tangible as a physical body because I knew I was in spirit, and she was in spirit.
She said she needed to show me some things and we went to heaven.
I later returned to my body. Because of this experience I have access to heaven and the spirit world. Since then, I have had many communications from people now living in heaven,
including my children, Tylie, Ashland and Joshua Jackson; my sisters, Stacy and Lolly, my aunts and my uncles and my grandparents.
I've had many communications with Jesus Christ, the savior of this world and our heavenly parents. I have had many angelic visitors, have come and communicated with me and even manifested themselves to me because of these communications,
I know for a fact that my children are happy and busy in the spirit world.
Because of my communications with my friend, Tammy Daybell, I know that she is also very happy and extremely busy.
I have always mourned the loss of my loved ones and I have lost many in this mortal world. However, I know that more than most people, I know where they are now and what they're doing. I know how wonderful heaven is and I'm homesick for it every single day.
I know we all lived in heaven before we were born on Earth, and we were all adult spirits in the heavenly realm.
We chose to come to earth as mortals. Heaven is more wonderful than you can possibly imagine.
I do not fear death, but I look forward to it. I do not, I did not want to return to my body when I was out of it.
Even though my son Colby, who I adored more than anything, was only six years old at the time, and I was about to give birth to this new baby girl that I wanted so badly. I was a young mother, and you would think I wouldn't want to leave my children. But as I stood in Heaven. I did not want to go back. I thought they would be fine without me because I was peaceful and I was happy and I was home.
But then I was told by Jesus that I needed to go back and complete things that I had covenanted or promised to do before I was born. This caused me a lot of distress because I knew Heaven was my real home and I only wanted to be there.
I was free from pain, emotional, and physical. But then I was shown how I would help my children and others in the future. So ultimately, I did agree to go back to my body.
Tylee has visited me. She is happy and very busy. Tylee is free now from all the pains of her life.
Tylee suffered horrible physical pain her whole life. I sat with Tylee in the hospital, year after year after year while she screamed in pain when the morphine wasn't even enough to take away the pain of her pancreatitis.
I sat there while she cried, and I held back her hair while she threw up and I am the only person on this earth who knows how much Tylee suffered in her life.
She had pain every single day. She never felt good. Her body did not work right and I don't know if that was from complications from me dying while she was being born or something else, but she had a very difficult life.
She was sexually abused by her own biological father since she was three years old, and she was forced by family court to go visit him for 10 years against her will. I fought for her. In court I protected her. I tried to protect her with my whole life I tried to protect her. I worried about her every single day.
Tylee had to get her GED because she couldn't go to school every day because she never felt good. She felt sick. Nobody knows this because Tylee, like myself, tries to put on a good front, tries to be a happy person, tries to have hope in life, tries to know that she's here for a purpose, and that she has an eternal purpose to be on this Earth.
But I never stopped worrying about her.
One of the times that Tylee came to me as a spirit after she died. She said she commanded me and she said to me, “Stop worrying, mom. We are fine.” She knows how I worry and how I miss her.
The first time JJ visited me after he passed away, he put his arm around me and he said to me, “You didn't do anything wrong, mom. I love you, and I know you loved me every minute of my life.”
Joshua Jackson was an adult spirit and he was very, very tall when he put his arm around me.
He is busy. He is engaged. He has jobs that he does there, and he is happy where he is. His life was short, but JJ's life was meaningful. JJ was a wonderful person and touched the lives of everyone and I adored him every minute of his life.
My eternal friend, Tammy Daybell, has visited me on several occasions. She came to bring me peace and comfort and I know that she is extremely busy helping her family, especially her children and grandchildren. And I have a great love for Tammy.
My beautiful children, Tylee Ashley and Joshua Jackson, rest safely this day in the arms of Jesus.
My wonderful friend, Tammy Daybell, rest safely this day in the arms of Jesus.
And I look forward to the day when we are all reunited and I too will rest with them in the arms of my Jesus."
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president on Friday officially opened a ruling party congress that is set to renominate him as the party's presidential candidate for next year's election, but soaring inflation and a government crackdown on dissent are fueling tensions in the southern African nation.
The ruling ZANU-PF party on Saturday will officially nominate President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its election candidate and party leader for the next 5 years, a choreographed step that all party organs have already endorsed him.
Yet the 80-year old is likely to face a strong challenge from 44-year-old popular opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, whom he narrowly beat in 2018.
Mnangagwa took over from his mentor, the late Robert Mugabe, following a coup in 2017 and subsequently won a disputed election the following year.
“Let us give him another five years…so that he propels our country to the land of our dreams. He is the one and only candidate we know,” vice president and former army general Constantino Chiwenga said to applause from hundreds of party supporters in the capital, Harare, many dressed in the party’s green, yellow and red colors emblazoned with the president’s face.
In turn, Mnangagwa promised a “thunderous victory.”
“We pronounce our readiness to yet again win another mandate to govern. Under our watch, ZANU-PF will continue to govern this land,” he said.
Zimbabwe’s electoral body says the general election should be held by August next year. But many opposition figures say they are already battling intense government repression similar to that during Mugabe’s iron-fisted rule.
Dozens of people — including opposition supporters, political activists, journalists, church leaders, trade unionists and student leaders — have been arrested, detained or are appearing in court on charges that some legal experts equate to harassment.
Criticism of Mnangagwa’s government has been stoked by Zimbabwe’s inflation of 268%, currently estimated to be one of the world’s highest. Rising numbers of people are being pushed into informal trade such as street vending.
Mnangagwa blames sanctions imposed by the United States about two decades ago for his country's economic problems.
In a tweet on Oct. 25, an annual date that Zimbabwe and the regional Southern African Development Community body have set to lobby against the sanctions, the U.S. Embassy in Harare said “the direct impact of sanctions on the average Zimbabwean is minimal compared to the economic devastation caused by years of corruption, poor policy choices, and economic mismanagement.”
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‘Man in the yellow suit’ goes viral for his colorful attire during the Murdaugh trial
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A member of the crowd became a viral sensation for his dapper outfits during the trial of Alex Murdaugh.
WHNS reports Wendell Butterfield became known as the “man in the yellow suit” during the six-week trial.
Butterfield reportedly gained an internet fanbase after he was spotted throughout the trial often wearing colorful jackets, shirts and ties.
According to Butterfield, he was working security at the Colleton County Courthouse for the high-profile trial, creating the original security plan.
“A ghost of the courthouse,” Butterfield responded when asked about his internet fans wanting to know more about him.
Butterfield’s daughter, Shanna Ayer, took to social media during the trial to speak of her trending father saying, “He has apparently made quite an impression on people all around the world during this trial.”
Butterfield said he previously served as a summary court judge as well as in other law enforcement roles.
But despite his interesting career, Butterfield said he is most excited about his family and how he can take a short walk to visit his granddaughter.
“So proud of this man. Everyone loves him. He has fan followings everywhere,” Ayer shared.
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Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, and his mother, a White House official said Saturday.
Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to the official. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity because the White House had not formally announced the president’s plans.
Tuesday is the anniversary of Emmett Till’s birth in 1941.
The monument will protect places that are central to the story of Till’s life and death at age 14, the acquittal of his white killers and his mother’s activism. Till’s mother’s insistence on an open casket to show the world how her son had been brutalized and Jet’s magazine’s decision to publish photos of his mutilated body helped galvanize the Civil Rights Movement.
Biden’s decision also comes at a fraught time in the United States over matters concerning race. Conservative leaders are pushing back against the teaching of slavery and Black history in public schools, as well as the incorporation of diversity, equity and inclusion programs from college classrooms to corporate boardrooms.
On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris criticized a revised Black history curriculum in Florida that includes teaching that enslaved people benefited from the skills they learned at the hands of the people who denied them freedom. The Florida Board of Education approved the curriculum to satisfy legislation signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who has accused public schools of liberal indoctrination.
“How is it that anyone could suggest that in the midst of these atrocities that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” Harris asked in a speech delivered from Jacksonville, Florida.
DeSantis said he had no role in devising his state’s new education standards but defended the components on how enslaved people benefited.
“All of that is rooted in whatever is factual,” he said in response.
The monument to Till and his mother will include three sites in the two states.
The Illinois site is Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, a historically Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Thousands of people gathered at the church to mourn Emmett Till in September 1955.
The Mississippi locations are Graball Landing, believed to be where Till’s mutilated body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River, and the Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, where Till’s killers were tried and acquitted by an all-white jury.
Till was visiting relatives in Mississippi when Carolyn Bryant Donham said the 14-year-old Till whistled and made sexual advances at her while she worked in a store in the small community of Money.
Till was later abducted and his body eventually pulled from the Tallahatchie River, where he had been tossed after he was shot and weighted down with a cotton gin fan.
Two white men, Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam, were tried on murder charges about a month after Till was killed, but an all-white Mississippi jury acquitted them. Months later, they confessed to killing Till in a paid interview with Look magazine. Bryant was married to Donham in 1955. She died earlier this year.
The monument will be the fourth Biden has created since taking office in 2021, and just his latest tribute to the younger Till.
For Black History Month this year, Biden hosted a screening of the movie “Till,” a drama about his lynching.
In March 2022, Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law. Congress had first considered such legislation more than 120 years ago.
The Justice Department announced in December 2021 that it was closing its investigation into Till’s killing.
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DALLAS — Two historic military planes collided and crashed to the ground Saturday during a Dallas air show, federal officials said, sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It was unclear how many people were on board the aircraft.
Dallas Fire-Rescue told The Dallas Morning News that there were no reported injuries among people on the ground.
Anthony Montoya saw the two planes collide.
“I just stood there. I was in complete shock and disbelief,” said Montoya, 27, who attended the air show with a friend. “Everybody around was gasping. Everybody was bursting into tears. Everybody was in shock.”
Emergency crews raced to the crash scene at the Dallas Executive Airport, about 10 miles from the city's downtown.
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed around 1:20 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The collision occurred during the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show.
Officials would not say how many people were on board the planes, but Hank Coates, president of the company that put on the airshow, said the B-17 Flying Fortress typically has a crew of four to five people. The P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane has a single pilot.
The Commemorative Air Force later confirmed in a statement that both planes had come from the Houston area:
"This afternoon, two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision at Dallas Executive Airport. The aircraft were a B-17 Flying Fortress and P-63 Kingcobra, both out of Houston.
"Currently, we do not have information on the status of the flight crews as emergency responders are working the accident.
"The Commemorative Air Force is working with local authorities and the FAA, and the NTSB will conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident.
Any available information will be posted to www.commemorativeairforce.org."
General Aviation Jet Services confirmed to KHOU 11 that the two planes had been stationed in Conroe, Texas, for around three years before the crash.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said the National Transportation Safety Board had taken control of the crash scene with local police and fire providing support.
“The videos are heartbreaking,” Johnson said on Twitter.
Victoria Yeager, the widow of famed Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager and herself a pilot, was also at the show. She didn't see the collision, but did see the burning wreckage.
“It was pulverized," said Yeager, 64, who lives in Forth Worth.
"We were just hoping they had all gotten out, but we knew they didn’t,” she said of those on board.
The B-17, an immense four-engine bomber, was a cornerstone of U.S. air power during World War II. The Kingcobra, a U.S. fighter plane, was used mostly by Soviet forces during the war. Most B-17s were scrapped at the end of World War II and only a handful remain today, largely featured at museums and air shows, according to Boeing.
Several videos posted on Twitter showed the fighter plane appearing to fly into the bomber, causing them to quickly crash to the ground and setting off a large ball of fire and smoke.
“It was really horrific to see," Aubrey Anne Young, 37, of Leander. Texas, who saw the crash. Her children were inside the hangar with their father when it occurred. “I’m still trying to make sense of it."
A woman next to Young can be heard crying and screaming hysterically on a video that Young uploaded to her Facebook page.
Air show safety - particularly with older military aircraft - has been a concern for years. In 2011, 11 people were killed in Reno, Nevada, when a P-51 Mustang crashed into spectators. In 2019, a bomber crashed in Hartford, Connecticut, killing seven people. The NTSB said then that it had investigated 21 accidents since 1982 involving World War II-era bombers, resulting in 23 deaths.
Wings Over Dallas bills itself as “America’s Premier World War II Airshow,” according to a website advertising the event. The show was scheduled for Nov. 11-13, Veterans Day weekend, and guests were to see more than 40 World War II-era aircrafts. Its Saturday afternoon schedule included flying demonstrations including a “bomber parade” and “fighter escorts” featured the B-17 and P-63.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were launching investigations.
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