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Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers
ANAHEIM, California (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a way to track pastors and other church workers credibly accused of sex abuse and launch a new task force to oversee further reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
The vote came three weeks after the release of a blockbuster report by an outside consultant on the long-simmering scandal, revealing that Southern Baptist leaders mishandled abuse cases and stonewalled victims for years. Thousands of Southern Baptists are here in Anaheim for their big national meeting.
The vote fell short of what some survivors of abuse in Southern Baptist churches sought, such as a compensation fund for victims and a more robust and independent commission to monitor its churches’ handling — and mishandling— of abuse. And it also met opposition from some who contended the crisis was overhyped and that it interfered with Baptist churches’ independence.
But Bruce Frank, who led the task force that recommended the reforms, made an emotional plea for church representatives to accept them as they gathered here at the start of their two-day annual meeting. He called the steps the “bare minimum.”
“It will take a few years to change the culture and direction,” he said. “But without action to act differently, there is no repentance.”
He challenged those who would say these steps interfere with Baptists’ focus on missions, saying that “protecting the sheep from the wolves” is essential to mission.
“How are you going to tell a watching world that Jesus died for them ... when his church won’t even do its very best to protect them?” Frank asked.
He acknowledged that executing these recommendations would cost “a lot of money.”
“But it’s not going to cost nearly as much as survivors have paid,” he added.
During debate, some Baptists criticized the consulting firm that conducted the report, Guidepost Solutions, for its recent tweet in support of Pride month, which goes against the SBC’s view that homosexuality is sinful.
“I didn’t like their tweet either,” Frank said, adding that it is important to recognize that the company’s perspective on sexuality and gender is simply different from a Christian denomination’s views. “The issue is not, what does Guidepost think of LGBT? The issue is what do Southern Baptists think of sexual abuse.”
The report, focused on how the denomination’s Executive Committee handled abuse cases, also revealed that it had secretly maintained a list of clergy and other church workers accused of abuse, even after long claiming it couldn’t do so without violating congregations’ autonomy. The committee later apologized and released the list, which had hundreds of accused workers on it.
Frank also reiterated the need for a database of abusers, which he said has been discussed by the SBC for more than a decade. He said a database is crucial to ensure abusers are not going from church to church, hurting more vulnerable people.
Brad Eubank, senior pastor of Petal First Baptist Church in Petal, Mississippi, urged messengers to approve the recommendations. Eubank was sexually abused as a child by a minister of music at a Southern Baptist church in Mississippi. He said these recommendations should serve as a “starting point.”
“As a pastor I’ve talked to countless survivors and victims,” he said. “The world is watching. This is not everything that needs to be done, but it’s a starting spot. Please, let’s start the healing process today.”
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How to Watch the Wings vs. Fever Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 9
Published: Jul. 9, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Indiana Fever (5-13) will look to break a six-game losing streak when hosting the Dallas Wings (9-9) on Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. This matchup is at 4:00 PM ET on ESPN3, BSSW, and BSIN.
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Wings vs. Fever Game Info
- Game Day: Sunday, July 9, 2023
- Game Time: 4:00 PM ET
- TV: Bally Sports
- Arena: Gainbridge Fieldhouse
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Key Stats for Wings vs. Fever
- The 83.9 points per game Dallas scores are only two fewer points than Indiana gives up (85.9).
- This season, Dallas has a 41.5% shooting percentage from the field, which is 2.7% lower than the 44.2% of shots Indiana's opponents have knocked down.
- In games the Wings shoot better than 44.2% from the field, they are 4-1 overall.
- Dallas shoots 28.6% from three-point range, 8.2% lower than the 36.8% Indiana allows to opponents.
- Dallas and Indiana rebound at about the same rate, with Dallas averaging four more rebounds per game.
Wings Recent Performance
- The Wings' offense has been worse over their last 10 games, scoring 82.7 points a contest compared to the 83.9 they've averaged this year.
- Dallas has been more porous on the defensive side of the ball lately, giving up 83.3 points per game over its past 10 outings compared to the 83.1 points per game its opponents average over the 2023 season.
- The Wings are trending down from beyond the arc over their last 10 outings, making 5.7 threes per game and shooting 27.3% from long range in comparison to their season-long averages of 6.7 makes and 28.6% from distance in the 2023 season.
Wings Injuries
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(The Car Connection) — The Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV has been recalled for three separate issues, ranging from diesel and plug-in hybrid problems to a major rear coil spring recall that affects 331,401 newer Grand Cherokees, the NHTSA disclosed Monday.
The total number of recalled Grand Cherokees is 366,095 models across mostly the 2022-2023 model year. Last month, parent company Stellantis recalled 89,372 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L models from the 2021-2023 model years for a potential loss of steering control.
Jeep redesigned the 2022 Grand Cherokee, and first launched the Jeep Grand Cherokee three-row SUV in 2021. Recalls for new and redesigned models are not uncommon, but the number of critical powertrain and suspension issues in such a short period of time warranty scrutiny.
The latest recalls for the brand’s popular five-seat and seven-seat models are broken out below.
Rear coil spring recall
The largest recall affects the 2022-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2021-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee L for rear coil springs that could detach from the suspension while driving due to improper installation. Models build with the optional air suspension are not included in this recall.
There are 114,302 Grand Cherokees and 217,099 Grand Cherokee Ls included in the recall. The NHTSA says a rear coil spring that detaches while the vehicle is being driven could pose a hazard to the occupants and to other road users.
The company is not aware of any injuries or crashes related to the issue, but it is aware of two customer assistance records, two field reports, and 17 warranty claims attributable to the assembly issue.
Technicians will inspect and repair or reinstall the rear coil spring, since it was a production not a parts issue. Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.”
For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 64A.
Diesel engine recall
The next largest recall affects 80,629 units, but the majority are for the Ram 1500 pickup truck equipped with a 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 engine, branded as EcoDiesel. Production of that engine ended this year, but the recall extends to the 2014-2019 Ram 1500 and to the 2014-2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with the EcoDiesel. This marks an expansion of a previous recall announced in August 2020.
The issue for the 22,236 Grand Cherokees included in the recall revolves around a magnetic signal getting scrambled to the crankshaft sensor. Specifically, “the magnetic signal material [can] delaminate from the body of the tone wheel.” If the signal material is lost, the engine can’t synchronize injector pulses and camshaft timing, according to Jeep’s filing with the NHTSA.
In short, the engine can stall and not restart. It can stall in motion, increasing the risk of a crash. The remedy is a software flash that will cause a check engine light to illuminate if the tone wheel fails. Jeep says this will prevent an engine stall.
Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.”
For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 66A, and expands from recall 20V-475.
Plug-in hybrid engine stall recall
The third recall is specific to the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid model, and totals 12,458 units. The 2.0-liter inline-4 engine may shut down to a loss of communication between the transmission and the hybrid control modules. This could happen while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Jeep is aware of 23 total known instances of this issue occurring, but it not aware of any crashes or injuries related to it.
The remedy is to update the calibration software.
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Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.” For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 65A.
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‘Community Help Line Live’ offers chance for updates, answers after Richmond industrial fire
RICHMOND, Ind. (WISH) — Richmond residents have an opportunity Tuesday to ask questions about debris collection, air quality monitoring, and other issues related to a recent industrial fire.
Community Help Line LIVE, an in-person version of the hotline put in place to share vital information after the massive April 11 warehouse fire, will run from 4 – 8 p.m. at Fairview School on L Street in Richmond.
Officials from various state, local, and federal groups, including the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be on hand to share updates and answer questions.
Residents unable to attend Tuesday’s event can still reach the community helpline at 765-973-9300.
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President Joe Biden’s top health official said Tuesday that “every option is on the table” when it comes to helping women access abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
But the administration’s options are limited despite its strong criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday. Biden called the ruling “a sad day for the court and the country.” Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services. on Tuesday called it “despicable.”
The decision puts abortion rights smack in the middle of the November elections, both for Congress and in the states.
At a news conference Tuesday, Becerra acknowledged that there was “no magic bullet” to ensure abortion access for those who want it. But he pledged that “if there is something we can do, we will find it and we will do it at HHS.”
He said the administration would work to ensure that medication abortions remain available, that patient privacy is preserved and family planning care like emergency contraceptives is protected.
“Medication abortion has been approved by the FDA for years and is safe for patients,” he said. “It is the gold standard for care when someone who’s pregnant experiences a miscarriage, which is all too real for many expectant mothers across the country.”
The HHS secretary noted that federal law requires the providing of medication abortion in cases involving rape or incest or to protect the life of the mother. “Now more than ever, it is imperative that all federally supported programs and services are complying with the law,” he said.
Becerra said he also wants his department to examine its authority to ensure that the judgment of doctors and hospitals is supported in treating pregnant patients, “including those experiencing pregnancy loss or complications and reaffirming that abortion care can be appropriate to stabilize patients.”
Despite the ruling, he said, “the rights continue forward, whether it’s family planning, whether it is in birth control services, and we want to make sure that there’s no misunderstanding and that we will enforce any violations of those rights.”
Asked if the administration was considering setting up abortion clinics on federal land, as some Democrats have suggested, Becerra didn’t rule it out, saying no decision had been made yet.
“Every option is on the table,” he said. “We will take a look at everything we can, and everything we do will be in compliance with the law.”
But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that such an option could put women and care providers who are not federal employees at risk for prosecution in states where abortion is now illegal.
Jean-Pierre, speaking aboard Air Force One — where Biden was flying between summits in Germany and Spain — called that proposal “well intentioned” but also noted that “there’s actually dangerous ramifications to doing this.”
Becerra on Tuesday also was asked about the prospect of providing transportation to women who travel to another state to get an abortion and how the government would ensure that doesn’t conflict with the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother.
“Once we tell you exactly what we believe we are able to do, have the money to do, we will let you know,” he said.
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Instead of the foremost topic of conversation being Kentucky’s first-round exit against Saint Peter’s last season, the chatter now revolves around the Wildcats transfer who is Providence’s star player.
Bryce Hopkins will have the opportunity to get the best form of revenge when he leads the 11th-seeded Friars against the sixth-seeded Wildcats on Friday night in first-round NCAA Tournament play at the East Region in Greensboro, N.C.
“I can’t wait to prepare for them and play them,” Hopkins said. “I’ll say hello after the game, but before the game, I’m gonna be locked in.”
Hopkins is averaging 16.1 points and 8.5 rebounds and earned first-team All-Big East honors in his first season with the Friars (21-11).
His freshman campaign at Kentucky last season wasn’t productive as he averaged just 2.1 points and 1.4 rebounds in 28 games. He played just 6.5 minutes per game.
Coach John Calipari of the Wildcats (21-11) professed that there are no hard feelings on his end.
“Bryce is such a great kid and he’s a terrific basketball player, and he had an unbelievable year for them,” Calipari said. “So, the guys smiled, the guys that knew him. We all like him, a player out there that we enjoy being around. He is a wonderful person, and so is his family.”
Forward Lance Ware is one of the many Kentucky players who can’t wait to see Hopkins.
“Yeah, you know even though he transferred he still has the bond with us,” Ware said. “You know that’s our brother for life and obviously he had a really good year. I’m a fan of him and the things he is doing at Providence and I’m happy for him.”
Hopkins said the biggest challenge of playing the Wildcats is shutting down big man Oscar Tshiebwe, who won national player of the year honors last season and is averaging 16.5 points and 13.1 rebounds this season.
“We’re going to try our best to take away their primaries, come out with that (win),” Hopkins said. “They’re going to be playing hard, we’re going to have to box Oscar out, and go from there.”
Said Friars coach Ed Cooley: “It’s Divine Providence that this matchup was made for television for CBS primetime. It’s going to be a great, great game and hopefully he plays well.”
Providence has dropped four of its last five games, including setbacks of 18 and 24 points. Last season, the Friars reached the Sweet 16 before losing to eventual national champion Kansas.
The Friars are 0-3 all-time against the Wildcats.
Kentucky doesn’t need reminding of how last year’s first-round game went and not just because it was the first opening-round exit of Calipari’s tenure at the school.
The second-seeded Wildcats were outclassed by No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s, which later reached the Elite Eight with one of the most electrifying long-shot runs in NCAA Tournament history.
This season also wasn’t the smoothest as Kentucky was 16-9 after a 75-68 road loss to Georgia on Feb. 11 before winning five of its past seven games.
“I think that we have players on the team that love the game and know that even though the season’s winding to an end that it was a long season and we still had time,” Ware said of the turnaround. “It was just weeks ago when they said that we wouldn’t even be in the tournament or that we lost some tough games.”
Calipari said it is possible that guard Sahvir Wheeler (ankle and tailbone injuries) could play Friday. He has missed the past nine games.
The winner of this game will face either third-seeded Kansas State or 14th-seeded Montana State in the second round on Sunday.
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YOUR HEALTH: Straighten up! Breakthrough spine treatment for scoliosis sisters
Denver, Colo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Up to nine million people are living with scoliosis—a condition where the spine curves sideways, causing pain and deformities. Traditionally, kids are put in back braces to try to straighten things out. If that doesn’t work, fusion surgery is the next step. But, that has its limitations. Now, a new, less invasive treatment option is giving kids an easier way to ease their pain.
“We like to go to Target and spend money.” says Ruby Levitt.
That’s not all these two sisters have in common—they both have scoliosis. So does their mother and grandmother.
Ire Levitt says, “It’s really uncomfortable. I can feel it all the time.”
Ruby says, “I was in a lot of pain.”
The difference between the two: Ire has not had surgery, but little sis Ruby tried something new to straighten her spine—vertebral body tethering or VBT.
Jaren Riley, MD, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children explains, “It allows us to approach the spine differently in a way where we don’t have to disrupt quite as many muscles and underlying anatomy. It also allows us to maintain the flexibility of the spine.”
Through four small incisions pediatric orthopedic surgeon Jaren Riley at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children used a rope, similar to nylon, to tether the bones of the spine together.
Doctor Riley says, “With the rope, we can tighten the rope, which allows us to straighten the curve to a certain degree. And so, the curve will gradually get straighter and straighter.”
Ruby had a 52 degree curve in her spine before surgery.
After VBT, it was 18. She’s pain free and an inch taller!
Ruby says, “I was really excited about it, and I, like, felt normal for once.”
Now big sis Ire is hoping to follow in her footsteps and have her surgery this summer.
Doctor Riley says spinal fusion used to be the only option, and that can greatly inhibit movement and flexibility. Right now, VBT is only approved for kids who are still growing, but Doctor Riley is working hand-in-hand with insurance companies and the FDA to broaden those restrictions.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you’re up early this weekend, take a look up in the sky and you should be able to see two planets.
According to NASA, the planets Mars and Jupiter will be close to each other in the sky, and visible before dawn Friday through Monday.
What’s happening?
NASA is calling it a Mars-Jupiter conjunction. A conjunction is when two objects in the sky — whether planets, the moon or stars — appear close together.
“In the case of Earth’s solar system, conjunctions happen frequently because our sister planets travel around the sun in a fairly similar ecliptic plane, often appearing to meet in our night sky despite being millions of miles away from one another,” the agency’s website says.
NASA says you’ll be able to see both Mars and Jupiter about 20 degrees above the horizon. They’ll be less than a degree apart at their closest point, or “no more than the width of a raised finger, with Mars appearing just to the lower right of the massive gas giant.”
“Planetary conjunctions traditionally have been more the stuff of astrology than serious astronomy, but they never fail to impress during observations, particular when the gas giants are involved,” Mitzi Adams with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center said.
How can you see it?
The best time to see the planets will be about 45 minutes before sunrise, NASA says. Sunrise will occur 6:35 a.m. EST Friday and 6:34 a.m. EST the following days, according to timeanddate.com. You’ll want to look toward the eastern-southeastern sky.
Most stargazers should be able to see Jupiter with just the naked eye because of how bright it will be, according to NASA. But astronomers with the agency say you may need a telescope or binoculars to see Mars, which will not be quite as bright.
“We anticipate Jupiter will shine at a magnitude of -2.2,” NASA astronomer Alphonse Sterling said. “Mars, in comparison, will have a magnitude of just 0.7.”
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gathered with elementary and high school students, northern New Mexico elected officials and others Monday to discuss the devastating Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire complex that ripped through northern New Mexico earlier this year. The fire burned thousands of acres of forest, destroyed hundreds of homes and left the area susceptible to flash floods.
“For me, (today) was one of great inspiration, great information and great admiration for the people who came and talked to us,” Pelosi said after a discussion in Albuquerque with people directly affected by the fire.
Pelosi and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., told those who gathered at the event that they were expecting a forthcoming announcement about additional resources available to restore the fire’s damage, but the exact details weren’t known early Monday.
The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires started as Forest Service burns, but the blazes broke containment lines and later merged with each other, creating the largest fire in New Mexico history. Both Pelosi and Leger Fernández said the federal government needs to fully fund relief efforts from those blazes.
“There is a recognition that this was avoidable, and that makes it shameful. But that makes it all the more reason for us to learn from it immediately,” Pelosi said. “Today was a moment … to hear the pain that was caused by the loss that came with all of that trauma and the impact that (the fire) has on our children.”
Leger Fernández said she will continue to work so that New Mexico doesn’t have to match any percentage of federal funding for fire relief.
“We cannot have matches when you have destroyed (our) livelihood,” she said.
Mora County Commissioner Veronica Serna said it was important for the speaker to hear from younger students in northern New Mexico. She pointed that they had two years of their education uprooted by the COVID-19 pandemic only to have the fires start toward the end of last school year. Now, northern New Mexico residents are facing flooding, washed-out roads and other infrastructure problems.
“We need to rebuild our forests, we need to rebuild for the children. To rebuild our communities, “We’ve lost so much, we want to bring our people back home,” Serna said. “How are we going to do that? It’s not happening fast enough.”
In addition to the roundtable discussion with people affected by the fires, Pelosi was also in town to fundraise for New Mexico’s U.S. House races.
On Sunday night, Pelosi was scheduled to attend an event hosted by Albuquerque attorney Randi McGinn to raise money from the three Democratic candidates: Leger Fernández, Rep. Melanie Stansbury and candidate Gabe Vasquez.
Tickets were going for $600 to $8,700 dollars.
Pelosi said she didn’t want to talk politics at the roundtable discussion, but she pointed out that 100% of congressional Democrats and no Republicans supported a the Inflation Reduction Act, which contained crucial funding to address climate change, drought and other factors connected with wildfires.
“I don’t want this to be viewed in a partisan way. I will say, though, that just people can draw their own conclusions,” Pelosi said. “It’s not a question of partisanship. It’s a question of making sure whoever you want to vote for knows that you’re paying attention. And what it is that you care about.”
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TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, May 21, 2022
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232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
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232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in
the lower 70s. East winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
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232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ021-222130-
Parmer-
Including the cities of Friona, Bovina, and Farwell
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southeast 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows around 50. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. South
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows around 50. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming
east 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, warmer with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ022-222130-
Castro-
Including the cities of Dimmitt and Hart
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy
with highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts
up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Breezy with lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, warmer with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ023-222130-
Swisher-
Including the cities of Tulia and Happy
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs around 70. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, warmer with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ024-222130-
Briscoe-
Including the cities of Silverton and Quitaque
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs around 70. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ025-222130-
Hall-
Including the cities of Turkey and Memphis
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ027-222130-
Bailey-
Including the city of Muleshoe
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in
the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southeast this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph,
becoming east 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ028-222130-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in
the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming southeast this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the lower
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ029-222130-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the lower
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy, warmer with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ030-222130-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the lower
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ031-222130-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ032-222130-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ033-222130-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs
around 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Not as cool with lows in the lower
50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Not as cool with highs around 80. South winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ034-222130-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in
the lower 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in
the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ036-222130-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
$$
TXZ037-222130-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up
to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
$$
TXZ038-222130-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening,
then showers with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows
around 60. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.TUESDAY...A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
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Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Sunny this morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs
in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Not as cool with
highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around
50. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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TXZ040-222130-
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Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly sunny with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80. East
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. East winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the mid 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
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Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the
evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
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TXZ043-222130-
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Including the city of Jayton
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts
up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
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TXZ044-222130-
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Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
232 AM CDT Sun May 22 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the evening. Lows around 60. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny with a
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, breezy, hot with highs around 100.
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DETROIT — Ford said Wednesday that it is disbanding Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle company that it jointly owns with Volkswagen.
Ford is taking a $2.7 billion accounting charge to reduce the value of its investment in Pittsburgh-based Argo, and it’s writing off a cash investment of about $500 million. Due largely to the noncash accounting charge, Ford reported a net loss of $827 million from July through September.
Ford said it and Volkswagen would hire many of Argo’s 2,000 employees and some of its offices would remain open.
The automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, said in a news release that it determined large-scale commercialization of self-driving vehicles “will be further out than originally anticipated.” Yet customer enthusiasm for driver-assist systems warranted additional commitment of capital. Ford also said Argo had been unable to attract more investors.
“We’ve looked at this every way that you can,” Chief Financial Officer John Lawler told reporters Wednesday. “We just see the profitability, given the investment that’s going to be required, a long way out.”
Doug Field, Ford’s chief technology officer, said a breakthrough will be needed to make self-driving cars work, and then further advances would required before the vehicles could be deployed widely. Sensors on autonomous vehicles can’t be scaled to high volumes or price points that consumers can afford, Field said. The vehicles also require high-performance computers, he said.
“There’s a lot of work to not only just crack the technical problem, but then turn that into a high-volume reliable vehicle,” Field said.
Some Argo facilities will become Ford buildings, and many of the engineers and software developers will become part of Ford’s mission to develop better driver-assist systems, the company said.
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The Western baseball team picked up a doubleheader sweep of Mason on Friday, winning 6-5 and 7-4.
Luke Nally pitched six innings of the opener for Western. Caden Oliver, Benjamin Parrott and Ethan Wagner each had a pair of hits.
Parrott pitched five innings in Game 2 allowing one run. Wagner had a pair of hits.
Michigan Center gets sweep: The Cardinals won a pair of Cascades Conference games over Vandercook Lake 18-0 and 16-1.
Dylan Whitmill pitched a no-hitter and struck out six in Game 1.
Karter Hall had a pair of hits included a triple and drove in two runs. Hadyn Hinkle was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Hunter Clemons was 2-for-2.
Carter McCave struck out 11 in a no-hitter in Game 2. He also scored four runs.
SOFTBALL
Western sweeps Mason: Western beat Mason 6-0 and 10-0.
The Panthers got 11 strikeouts from Hailey Whisman in the circle and a pair of hits at the plate in Game 1. She notched her 100th strikeout of the season.
Abby Nieswender hit a pair of doubles in Game 2. Tessa White and Alivia Hall each had two hits. Whisman, Peyton Budd, Palmer Fortress and Kenadee Golas all contributed to the 10-hit outburst.
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Top Lakers vs. Nuggets Players to Watch - Western Conference Finals Game 4
Crypto.com Arena is where the Los Angeles Lakers (43-39) and Denver Nuggets (53-29) will square off on Monday at 8:30 PM ET. Anthony Davis and Jamal Murray are players to watch for the Lakers and Nuggets, respectively.
In the article below, we'll give you all the info you need to know about who to look out for in this matchup, which you can watch on ESPN with a seven-day free trial to Fubo!
How to Watch Lakers vs. Nuggets
- Game Day: Monday, May 22
- Game Time: 8:30 PM ET
- Arena: Crypto.com Arena
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Lakers' Last Game
On Saturday, the Nuggets knocked off the Lakers 119-108, led by Murray with 37 points. Davis was the high scorer for the losing squad with 28 points.
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Lakers vs Nuggets Additional Info
Lakers Players to Watch
- Davis leads his team in rebounds per game (12.5), and also posts 25.9 points and 2.6 assists. Defensively, he averages 1 steal and 2 blocked shots.
- LeBron James is tops on his squad in both points (28.9) and assists (6.8) per contest, and also averages 8.3 rebounds. Defensively, he averages 0.9 steals and 0.6 blocked shots.
- D'Angelo Russell posts a team-high 6.2 assists per game. He is also averaging 17.8 points and 3 rebounds, shooting 47% from the floor and 39.7% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game.
- Jarred Vanderbilt puts up 7.9 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
- Malik Beasley averages 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. At the other end, he averages 0.8 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
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Nuggets Players to Watch
- Jokic paces the Nuggets in scoring (24.5 points per game), rebounding (11.8) and assists (9.8), shooting 63.2% from the field. He also produces 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.
- The Nuggets get 20 points, 3.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game from Murray.
- Aaron Gordon gives the Nuggets 16.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per contest. He also averages 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocked shots.
- The Nuggets receive 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game from Bruce Brown.
- Michael Porter Jr. is averaging 17.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1 assists per contest, making 48.7% of his shots from the floor and 41.4% from beyond the arc, with 3 treys per contest (eighth in NBA).
Top Performers (Last 10 Games)
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ATLANTA (AP) — Critics of Georgia’s plan to wait until after next year’s presidential election to install a software update to address security flaws on the state’s voting equipment called that irresponsible, saying the machines would be left open to attack.
The vulnerabilities in the Dominion Voting Systems equipment were identified by an expert witness in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Georgia’s election system. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, last year published an advisory based on those findings that urges election officials to take steps to mitigate the risks “as soon as possible.”
Georgia election officials say they’re doing just that. But the time and labor required to install the latest Dominion software makes it unrealistic to do it before the 2024 election cycle, they say. They insist the state’s elections are secure.
University of Michigan computer scientist J. Alex Halderman spent 12 weeks examining the ImageCast X voting machines used statewide in Georgia and by at least some voters in more than a dozen other states. His report was filed with the court and kept under seal for nearly two years. A redacted version was made public Wednesday.
“No grand conspiracies would be necessary to commit large-scale fraud, but rather only moderate technical skills of the kind that attackers who are likely to target Georgia’s elections already possess,” the report says. Even if no attack happens, Halderman wrote, the existence of vulnerabilities “is all but certain to be exploited by partisan actors to suppress voter participation and cast doubt on the legitimacy of election results.”
Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state’s office, dismissed Halderman’s claims as “theoretical in many ways.”
“We have to operate in the real world, and that’s what we’re doing,” he said. “We continue to act as responsibly as possible. We’re protecting our systems, protecting the voters.”
Nearly all in-person voters in Georgia use the voting machines, making it a more attractive target for an attack than many other places where the machines are used only for people who can’t physically complete a ballot by hand, Halderman wrote. Georgia also has become a pivotal swing state in recent elections.
Halderman has said there’s no evidence the vulnerabilities were exploited to change the outcome of past elections.
Dominion has filed numerous lawsuits over false claims about its machines by supporters of former President Donald Trump who allege that the 2020 election was stolen. The company maintains that its equipment is secure.
“While we are constantly working to offer the latest security features and innovations to our customers, the CISA advisory clearly states that exploitation of any of the issues raised can be mitigated by following standard procedural and operational security processes for administering elections,” the company said in an emailed statement.
Halderman called the revelation that Georgia wouldn’t install the software upgrade until 2025 “stunning.” That gives potential attackers time to plan and execute attacks in 2024 elections, he said.
Georgia’s touchscreen voting machines print a paper ballot with a QR code and a human-readable list reflecting the voter’s selections, and votes are tallied by a scanner that reads the QR code. Halderman wrote that in examining a Dominion ImageCast X voting machine and associated equipment, he “played the role of an attacker and attempted to discover ways to compromise the system and change votes.”
A longtime critic of electronic voting machines, Halderman advocates using hand-marked paper ballots read by scanners along with robust post-election audits. His findings mean Georgia voters cannot be confident their votes are secured and correctly counted or that future elections using the current system will be safe from attack and produce the correct result, the report says.
Malware could be installed on individual voting machines by people with temporary physical access, such election workers or voters, the report says. Halderman also said that by modifying certain files that election workers copy to voting machines before each election an attacker could spread malware to every voting machine in a county, or the whole state, without physical access to individual machines. The attacks would likely not be detected by Georgia’s current practices and protocols, the report says.
Last year, Dominion commissioned a report by the Mitre Corporation’s National Election Security Lab to assess the risks Halderman identified. In that report, which was also made public Wednesday, Mitre deemed the potential attacks “operationally infeasible.”
Mitre said it based its analysis on the difficulty and the technical skill and time required for the proposed attacks. Most would affect “a statistically insignificant number of votes on a single device at a time,” and the attack that could spread malware to many machines requires unrealistic access to Dominion software and machines, the Mitre report says.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger touted the Mitre report as proof that the state’s voting system is secure.
“Secretary Raffensperger’s claim that Mitre found no meaningful risk to voters is highly misleading,” said David Cross, a lawyer who represents some of the voters in the lawsuit challenging Georgia’s election system and who engaged Halderman to examine the machines. “Mitre didn’t even examine the voting equipment or software and was told to assume that bad actors can’t access Georgia’s voting system.”
Cross said that assumption was invalidated when a computer forensics team hired by Trump allies traveled to Coffee County in south Georgia in January 2021, was allowed to access voting equipment and copied software and data. Evidence shows that material was uploaded to a server and accessed by an unknown number of people.
The lawsuit that spawned Halderman’s report was initially filed in 2017 by individual voters and the Coalition for Good Governance, which advocates for election security. They originally challenged the outdated paperless voting machines Georgia used at the time but shifted to target the new system purchased in 2019, saying it is also vulnerable to attack.
U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg, who’s overseeing the lawsuit, had resisted making Halderman’s report public, saying she was concerned it could be exploited by bad actors. But in an order last week instructing that it be made public, she noted that the parties and CISA had all agreed that proposed redactions provided appropriate safeguards against election security concerns.
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A third round of the Child Care Stabilization Grant program will distribute nearly $200 million to keep providers in business and lower costs for families.
The Child Care Stabilization Grant is a non-competitive grant available to approximately 8,000 licensed centers, group homes, family homes, and tribal child care providers to be used to support operational expenses.
All eligible applicants will receive funding. Applications are open through Friday, Sept. 9. Providers can learn more and apply at Michigan.gov.childcare.
In the first two rounds, nearly 6,000 child care providers received funding and 38,000 child care professionals received bonuses.
Child care professionals received checks of up to $1,000 in an effort to recruit and retain workers in the industry.
Nicole Florez, a home-based child care provider in Muskegon County, opened her child care business recently and was bolstered by the grant. Funding for home-based child care providers ranged from $11,000 to $21,000 based on number of children served.
“This grant allowed me to purchase needed items for everyday use as well as a few mortgage payments as I started this new endeavor,” Florez said. “I started this business hoping to impact children’s lives for the better and help parents. I am so grateful for this and future grants so I can continue to learn and play and develop and do such an important rewarding career.”
Child Care Stabilization Grants have been awarded to child care businesses in all 83 counties with a total investment to date of $730 million. The grant’s objective is to keep centers open and lower costs for families looking for care.
It’s estimated that 44% of Michigan’s population lives in a child care desert where there are not enough options, according to The Center of American Progress.
Meanwhile child care for two children takes up 27% of Michigan families’ income, according to CAP.
The grants are part of a $1.4 billion investment of American Rescue Plan dollars to expand access to affordable childcare.
With the bipartisan expansion, 40% of Michigan families with kids under age 12 are now eligible for free or low-cost child care. That accounts for more than 150,000 Michigan families.
Families with two kids earning up to $55,000 may qualify for help. The state set up the greatstarttoquality.org/calculator to determine eligibility. Families can also go to Michigan.gov/childcare for a complete list of qualifying reasons.
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Michigan spending $100M to open 1,000 new child care facilities by 2024
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NEW YORK (AP) — The United States’ new favorite dog breed — the comical, controversial French bulldog — has never won the nation’s pre-eminent dog show.
Yet here, at an obliging trot, comes Winston. The Frenchie with NFL connections is a finalist at this week’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, less than two months after the release of rankings showing that his kind has become the country’s most prevalent dog breed.
Frenchies’ rise has been stunning: from 83rd most popular to No. 1 in three decades. It also has been dogged by concerns about their health, debate over the ethics of breeding, denunciations of a gold-rush-like market with ever more “exotic” variations, and a recent spate of high-profile and sometimes fatal robberies.
If all that says something about these stumpy-snouted, pointy-eared, deep-chested, quizzical little bulldogs, what does it say about the culture that loves them?
THEIR MEDIA IMAGE IMPACTS THEIR POPULARITY
“Just like humans, dogs get characterized for what they can do, but more importantly what they can symbolize,” says Cameron Whitley, a Western Washington University sociology professor and the chair-elect of the American Sociological Association’s Animals and Society section. Whitley argues that breeds’ popularity depends less on their traits than on their portrayal in media and pop culture.
Indeed, a 2013 study found no indication that longer lifespans, better behavior or other desirable characteristics make a dog breed more sought-after. One of the authors, Western Carolina University psychology professor Hal Herzog, also has observed that parabolic spikes in dog breeds resemble those in baby names, hit songs and other boom-and-bust commodities of pop culture. In short, they’re canine memes.
“The dogs have become a form of fashion,” says Herzog, who wrote a book about human attitudes and conduct toward animals.
French bulldogs have a colorful, centuries-long history involving English lacemakers, the Parisian demimonde and Gilded Age American tourists who brought the dogs home. (One even died in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. ) But the breed’s U.S. heyday soon ended.
Then Americans got a fresh look at Frenchies in the current century. They turned up on domesticity maven Martha Stewart’s TV show, then in narrative series and movies (such as “Modern Family” and “Due Date”), ads (including Super Bowl spots for Skechers in 2012 and Bud Light this year) and the social media accounts of celebrity owners (Lady Gaga, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and many more).
French bulldog fans point to attributes beyond camera-readiness to explain the dogs’ appeal. They boast easy-care coats, modest exercise needs, an apartment-friendly size and a demeanor memorably described as “a clown in the cloak of a philosopher.”
Yet that hasn’t translated into wins at Westminster, where each dog is judged against an ideal for its own breed, not against others.
Still, longtime breeder and French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa posits that Frenchies “might have been out-flashed” by showier-looking breeds, such as poodles. (Labrador retriever partisans harbored similar theories during the 31 years their breed topped the popularity charts; it’s still winless at Westminster.)
Winston, however, came within a whisker of the trophy last year, taking runner-up to the first bloodhound ever to win. The Frenchie later won another prominent competition, the National Dog Show in Philadelphia in November. He headed into Westminster as one of the show world’s most-winning dogs and on Monday bested dozens of other Frenchies and then a diverse group of other “non-sporting” dogs to get a shot at the top prize Tuesday night.
The confident canine took the competition in stride, hopping into a box labeled “non-sporting group” by the podium as he wrapped up his final lap around the ring Monday night.
If a pooch can get a competitive edge through osmosis, the cream-colored 4-year-old probably has. He lives with part-owner Morgan Fox, a Los Angeles Chargers defensive end, and fiancee Kailyn Provin when not on the show circuit with handler and part-owner Perry Payson.
Besides Winston’s physical attributes, “his personality is to die for,” says Sandy Fox, who bred him with Payson and is the NFL player’s grandmother. “He loves to show.”
To win Westminster on the heels of the popularity rankings “would be awesome,” she said. But like many other longtime breeders, Fox has mixed feelings about the nation’s ardor for Frenchies.
“It’s nice,” she said, adding: “A little scary. Everybody will want one.”
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH
Show breeders who adhere to health testing and other guidelines feel that Frenchie fever already has attracted opportunistic, slapdash people producing anything-goes, possibly unhealthy pups. There’s concern that “we’re losing the battle with education and just promoting a well-bred dog,” Sosa said.
Some veterinarians also are worried for Frenchies — all of them.
Partly because of their pushed-in, wrinkly faces, the animals are susceptible to breathing, eye, and other problems. While other breeds also have predispositions and mixed-breed dogs can be a question mark, recent research in Britain suggested Frenchies’ health is “largely much poorer” than that of other canines.
The British Veterinary Association has “strongly” recommended against buying any flat-faced dogs, and the Dutch government has prohibited breeding very short-snouted canines. In the U.S., the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association — a professional group with a focus on animal welfare advocacy — wants “to counter the dramatic increase in demand” for push-faced dogs, partly by discouraging their use in advertising.
“Owners who really love these dogs don’t understand how much the dogs are suffering,” says the group’s education director, Dr. Lorna Grande. (The broader American Veterinary Medical Association, meanwhile, has said it’s exploring ways to improve flat-faced dogs’ well-being.)
Dr. Carrie Stefaniak has seen French bulldogs with breathing difficulties in her practice in Glendale, Wisconsin. She urges would-be owners to understand the breed’s health risks and the potential expense of treatment. She emphasizes researching breeders carefully.
But she’s quick to add that Frenchies can flourish.
“The general public talks about the unhealthy ones,” Stefaniak says, “but we don’t often hear about the 13-year-olds that are still out there, doing great, or the ones that are doing agility or taking long hikes.”
Her own two French bulldogs do both those things.
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(The Car Connection) — The Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV has been recalled for three separate issues, ranging from diesel and plug-in hybrid problems to a major rear coil spring recall that affects 331,401 newer Grand Cherokees, the NHTSA disclosed Monday.
The total number of recalled Grand Cherokees is 366,095 models across mostly the 2022-2023 model year. Last month, parent company Stellantis recalled 89,372 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L models from the 2021-2023 model years for a potential loss of steering control.
Jeep redesigned the 2022 Grand Cherokee, and first launched the Jeep Grand Cherokee three-row SUV in 2021. Recalls for new and redesigned models are not uncommon, but the number of critical powertrain and suspension issues in such a short period of time warranty scrutiny.
The latest recalls for the brand’s popular five-seat and seven-seat models are broken out below.
Rear coil spring recall
The largest recall affects the 2022-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2021-2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee L for rear coil springs that could detach from the suspension while driving due to improper installation. Models build with the optional air suspension are not included in this recall.
There are 114,302 Grand Cherokees and 217,099 Grand Cherokee Ls included in the recall. The NHTSA says a rear coil spring that detaches while the vehicle is being driven could pose a hazard to the occupants and to other road users.
The company is not aware of any injuries or crashes related to the issue, but it is aware of two customer assistance records, two field reports, and 17 warranty claims attributable to the assembly issue.
Technicians will inspect and repair or reinstall the rear coil spring, since it was a production not a parts issue. Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.”
For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 64A.
Diesel engine recall
The next largest recall affects 80,629 units, but the majority are for the Ram 1500 pickup truck equipped with a 3.0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 engine, branded as EcoDiesel. Production of that engine ended this year, but the recall extends to the 2014-2019 Ram 1500 and to the 2014-2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with the EcoDiesel. This marks an expansion of a previous recall announced in August 2020.
The issue for the 22,236 Grand Cherokees included in the recall revolves around a magnetic signal getting scrambled to the crankshaft sensor. Specifically, “the magnetic signal material [can] delaminate from the body of the tone wheel.” If the signal material is lost, the engine can’t synchronize injector pulses and camshaft timing, according to Jeep’s filing with the NHTSA.
In short, the engine can stall and not restart. It can stall in motion, increasing the risk of a crash. The remedy is a software flash that will cause a check engine light to illuminate if the tone wheel fails. Jeep says this will prevent an engine stall.
Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.”
For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 66A, and expands from recall 20V-475.
Plug-in hybrid engine stall recall
The third recall is specific to the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid model, and totals 12,458 units. The 2.0-liter inline-4 engine may shut down to a loss of communication between the transmission and the hybrid control modules. This could happen while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Jeep is aware of 23 total known instances of this issue occurring, but it not aware of any crashes or injuries related to it.
The remedy is to update the calibration software.
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Owners can expect notification by mail on July 28, 2023. Reimbursement will be provided with the original receipt or “other adequate proof of payment.” For more information, contact FCA US at 1-800-853-1403 or visit the brand’s recall site here. Jeep’s reference code for this recall is 65A.
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State Attorney Brian Kramer launches program to inform convicted felons about their voting rights
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) -The Office of the State Attorney 8th Circuit is trying to clear up confusion about voting rights after 10 inmates at the Alachua County Jail were charged with trying to illegally vote in the 2020 election.
State Attorney Brian Kramer is partnering with the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office for the “V8th Program.” Kramer will offer his opinion on whether an individual has completed all the terms of their sentence and is therefore allowed to vote.
Kramer acknowledges many people with criminal records may be confused about whether they can legally cast a ballot following the passage of a constitutional amendment in 2018. The program aims to assure former felons they will not be prosecuted for exercising the right to vote.
On Tuesday, the state attorney will officially announce the program at a press conference at the State Attorney’s Office in Gainesville.
RELATED STORY: Supervisor of Elections responds to FDLE voter fraud investigation
In April, 10 people who registered to vote inside the Alachua County Jail during an elections office registration event in 2020 were charged. FDLE investigators said in a report that Alachua County Elections Office officials did not properly inform inmates about their eligibility to vote.
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GREEN CHARTER TOWNSHIP, MI – For 90 minutes Wednesday night officials answered questions about a proposed Michigan battery plant caught in controversy over its ties to China.
Green Charter Township hosted the panel discussion to share details about Gotion Inc.’s $2.4 billion investment that will create 2,350 jobs in Mecosta County. Facing threats and protests, the township made it an online-only event.
Representatives from Gotion, Ferris State University, economic development group The Right Place and utility and public safety experts sat on the panel.
“The purpose of tonight’s panel is to provide you with answers” said Green Charter Township Supervisor Jim Chapman.
Related: Tensions with China overshadow rural Michigan battery plant
The township received 149 questions ahead of the meeting (one was excluded for including 47 questions). All are posted online.
Submissions tackled topics like environmental concerns, water usage, employment, emergency response and housing issues. But Chuck Thelen, Gotion’s vice president of North American operations, first addressed criticism about Gotion’s Chinese parent company Gotion High Tech.
“Gotion Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gotion High Tech,” Thelen said.
Scrutiny about ownership has swirled around the project with some Michigan lawmakers spotlighting the issue. Most recently U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, penned an op-ed in The Detroit News questioning references in Gotion High Tech’s bylaws about “requiring loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party.”
Thelen rebutted these claims saying people have been “force fed a big fear sandwich” about the publicly held company.
“There is no communist plot within Gotion to make Big Rapids a center to spread communism,” he said.
Thelen emphasized he has heard nothing about political ideology in his nearly four years at Gotion. He continued to describe spending six weeks last year traveling with Gotion Chairman Li Zhen who “never once” mentioned communism ideals or directives.
“Has the Communist Party penetrated this company? No,” Thelen said.
Thelen also confirmed Wednesday that the project will undergo a review from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States – a federal agency tasked with assessing national security risks. Gotion expects to submit its declaration this week after starting the process two months ago.
Ahead of the meeting, former U.S. Ambassadors Pete Hoekstra and Joseph Cella, both from Michigan, urged a federal review “for the sake of the security of Michigan and our national security.”
Gotion originally announced plans last year to build lithium iron phosphate battery plants in Big Rapids Township and Green Charter Township. But the company reportedly paused Big Rapids plans after facing local pushback.
Michigan awarded the project a $715 million incentive package including a 30-year tax break valued at $540 million and two grants totaling $175 million.
The facilities, located on land zoned industrial 20 years ago, will produce cathodes and anodes but not the batteries themselves.
Related: Chinese battery manufacturer to bring $2.4B investment, up to 2,350 jobs to Big Rapids
Some submissions to the panel raised questions about water usage and potential water contamination.
Thelen said the plants will use about 715,000 gallons of water a day with a goal of recycling as much as possible. The water will primarily be used in the cooling process.
“The water that we use never even comes in contact with the materials we process. If you get these materials wet, you destroy the material,” Thelen said. “So, no, we will not be pumping materials, minerals or chemicals into the water.”
Related: How Ferris State’s partnership with Chinese manufacturer will help bring thousands of jobs to region
Infrastructure and housing concerns were also raised by the public.
Randy Thelen, president and CEO of The Right Place, estimates $19 million of infrastructure improvements will be made with a state grant. He also said the project triggered interest from housing developers across the region.
“Housing follows jobs and follows opportunity; it doesn’t necessarily lead. I think here we’ll see an opportunity where housing will follow,” he said.
Gotion expects to begin construction in July with production slated for 2025.
Chapman also answered a question about if Gotion will be required follow local, state and national environmental regulations.
“I am the township supervisor of a rural little township that is six miles by six miles. I don’t get the option of telling Lansing to ‘go away we don’t care what you think,” he said. “There are federal, there are state and there are county standards, all those standards will be met.”
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BILLUND, Denmark , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The LEGO Foundation has awarded the 2022 LEGO® Prize to Maria Adelaida Lopez, Executive Director aeioTU, in recognition of her work advocating for, and championing learning through play.
Since 1985, the LEGO® Prize has been presented to individuals or organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to the lives of children. The prize is accompanied by $100,000 USD to fund further research and development within learning through play.
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, Fourth Generation LEGO Owner & Chair of the Board of Directors of the LEGO Foundation, said: "I am delighted to award this year's LEGO® Prize to Maria Adelaida Lopez for her critical role championing learning through play in early childhood development in Colombia and Latin America and for inspiring and encouraging her wide network of contacts in this space to bring learning through play opportunities to thousands of children."
The Colombian social enterprise aeioTU has worked for over a decade with the aeioTU Educational Model, which recognises children as protagonists and co-builders of their learning, building their confidence and a sense of security to explore, ask, inquire, and create through participating in learning through play experiences.
"The LEGO Foundation has had a significant impact on the growth and strengthening of aeioTU, and also to my own personal and professional development. Having the LEGO Foundation by my side, together creating a better, more playful and more meaningful environment for children, their educators and families, has opened up opportunities for aeioTU to contribute towards ending the cycle of poverty that affects thousands of children. It has allowed us to empower the early educational system in our beloved country, Colombia, as well as in Panama and Mexico," said Maria Adelaida Lopez, Executive Director of aeioTU. "It is an honour for me to receive this recognition on behalf of aeioTU and, at the same time, dedicate it to all the people that have taught me so much and made aeioTU what we are today."
The prize was awarded at the annual LEGO Idea Conference, hosted by the LEGO Foundation. An ideal playground for merging play, partnerships, programme learnings and policy ambitions, the LEGO Idea Conference offers opportunities for hands-on, minds-on play, exciting announcements, celebrations, inspirational knowledge-sharing and debates. With 2022 turning into a year of opportunities in the education space, the LEGO Idea Conference also serves as the key event for the LEGO Foundation to frame global conversations around transforming education systems.
This year's conference brings together hundreds of partners from across the world, including researchers, government representatives, educators, and practitioners to discuss and explore how we can take playful learning beyond the classroom to transform learning systems together – to give as many children as possible the opportunity to learn through play and develop the skills they need now and in the future. Through the focus on transforming learning systems the LEGO Idea Conference is proud to host notable speakers, in-person and virtually. Speakers include Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF and Charles North, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education, as they debate early childhood development, financing the transformation of learning systems and inclusive learning systems – with a special focus on children in conflict areas and on the move.
"Together with partners and global decision makers, we can transform learning systems to ensure that every child, regardless of background, gets the opportunity to develop through a joyful, meaningful, lifelong learning journey, infused with the power of play. That's the focus of this year's LEGO Idea Conference, acting as a stepping stone on a larger journey to transform the lives of millions of children across the world together with the global education, learning and early childhood community," said Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, Chief Executive Officer of the LEGO Foundation.
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About the LEGO Foundation
The LEGO Foundation aims to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow; a mission that it shares with the LEGO Group. The LEGO Foundation is dedicated to building a future where learning through play empowers children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners. Its work is about re-defining play and re-imagining learning. In collaboration with thought leaders, influencers, educators and parents the LEGO Foundation aims to equip, inspire and activate champions for learning through play. Learn more on www.LEGOfoundation.com.
About aeioTU
aeioTU is a Colombian social enterprise that develops the potential of children under five years old to transform communities through an innovative pedagogical model. With a model centred around collaboration, aeioTU delivers programmes to help parents, caregivers, teachers, and practitioners fully understand why play is so important and build the skills they need to ensure that children get the greatest benefits from it. www.aeiotu.com
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LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SHEIN, a global e-retailer of fashion, beauty and lifestyle products, will host SHEIN Surf Club, a beach lifestyle experience at the Hangout Music Festival from Friday, May 19th to Sunday, May 21st in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
SHEIN Surf Club will offer a complimentary accessories bar for festival-goers to complete their looks and show off their style with interactive photo moments. The cabana also has a viewing deck of the SHEIN Surf Stage for guests to comfortably listen to their favorite artists live with tropical drinks and gourmet popsicles to keep them cool.
"We are thrilled to continue the momentum around our music festival campaigns through our latest partnership with Hangout Music Festival," said Maxine Silva, Sr. Director of Brand PR. "This is our first time in the sandy beaches of Alabama, and we are so excited to welcome an amazing music lineup onto the SHEIN Surf Stage. With summer just around the corner, this was the perfect time to celebrate the launch of SHEIN x Hangout Fest collection."
Earlier this month, the brand debuted SHEIN x Hangout Music Fest, a beach-inspired festival collection designed for dancing in the sand and swimming in the waves. Earlier this spring, SHEIN also partnered with Priscilla Block, who will be performing her country hits at Hangout Fest while wearing pieces from her collection.
SHEIN x Hangout Music Fest and SHEIN x Priscilla Block fashion collections are available at us.shein.com.
About SHEIN
SHEIN is a global, integrated marketplace offering extended fashion and lifestyle shopping categories from SHEIN branded apparel to products from a global network of sellers, all at affordable prices. Headquartered in Singapore, SHEIN remains committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all, leveraging its industry-leading on-demand production methodology since 2012, for a smarter and more sustainable industry. To learn more about SHEIN, visit www.SHEIN.com.
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The Rakuten Viber chat app is adding call screening features that could help you avoid spam, including for calls that aren't being made through Viber.
The messaging app announced Tuesday that its new Caller ID feature, which will initially launch on Android, will identify any call after being turned on along with a warning for possible spam. This could be very useful for anyone with limited Caller ID support through their carrier, but would like any way possible to avoid these spam-like features.
Spam calls are being identified through a combination of what Viber says is a spam score aggregation and through phone numbers reported by other Viber users. When opted into the feature, users will receive post-call options that include redialing a number, reporting a number, messaging or saving a contact.
The feature also comes as Android phone makers continue to incorporate similar features for avoiding spam calls. Most recently, Samsung has launched a Bixby Text Call feature that allows you to text a phone caller, with your responses dictated using the Bixby assistant. Google has also included its own set of call screening features on its Pixel devices, which let the Google Assistant screen an incoming call using guided prompts. However those options from Samsung and Google require you to purchase one of their phones, but this Viber feature would be available for anyone using Android.
The feature is first launching internationally to Viber users in Vietnam, Armenia and Moldova. A global rollout of the feature will continue through the rest of the year. An iOS launch is also planned, but a representative from Viber said that timing for it is not yet available.
While the Viber chat app is more popular internationally than in the US, with 1 billion active users as of March 2020, a caller identification feature like this could provide a reason to use Viber even if you don't have friends or family using it for texting. Robocalls of all kinds have been a persistent thorn, and any new feature that helps fight them for free, the better.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily Derby" game were:
1st:6 Whirl Win-2nd:3 Hot Shot-3rd:1 Gold Rush, Race Time: 1:42.15
(1st: 6 Whirl Win, 2nd: 3 Hot Shot, 3rd: 1 Gold Rush; Race Time: one: 42.15)
Estimated jackpot: $265,000
¶ To win the grand prize, ticket-holders must match in exact order the winning race time and the first, second and third place horses. Lesser prizes are given to ticket-holders who correctly match other horses or race times.
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Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier was making draft plans with his staff when one person in the group came up with the only thing they needed to do on Thursday night, after trading for superstar wide receiver Tyreek Hill this offseason.
“One of the guys said we’ll just watch Tyreek highlights in the draft room to make us feel good,” Grier said at his pre-draft press conference last week.
The Dolphins traded their first- and second-round picks in this week’s draft as part of a five-pick package for the speedster Hill, who has been a Pro Bowl selection in all six of his professional seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.
In a way, Hill is Miami’s top choice in this draft, which runs from Thursday night through Saturday. He is an established, elite talent at a position the Dolphins were likely to address with an early selection — that is, before acquiring Hill and giving him a four-year, $120 million contract extension.
After Miami’s first-round pick from the 49ers kept sinking with San Francisco’s run to the NFC Championship Game last postseason, falling all the way down to No. 29, Hill presents far more of a certainty than any receiver or tackle prospect the franchise likely would’ve chosen toward the end of the first round.
“It’s unfair to compare any of those kids to Tyreek’s skillset coming out,” Grier said. “It’s a talented class of receivers, but obviously we can’t compare them to Tyreek at all and for what we feel he does in this offense and what a great fit he is.”
Now, after the Dolphins also signed the top tackle in free agency, Terron Armstead, and addressed other positions of need, they can kick back until they’re slated to make their first selection late Friday night, No. 102 at the end of the third round, a compensatory pick from the 49ers. It’s one of four remaining draft picks for Miami, along with the Saturday selections of one in the fourth round and two in the seventh.
If the Dolphins do not trade up to get into one of the first two rounds or to select earlier in the third, it will mark the first time Miami has gone without a pick among the first 100. The last time the Dolphins didn’t choose in either of the first two rounds was the 2002 draft, selecting center Seth McKinney at No. 90 in the third round.
What will the Dolphins opt to do with that first pick at 102?
Without a desperate need or glaring hole for a starter remaining on the roster, they can go with best player available that they’d like to develop, with some positional leanings for those two mid-round picks.
With Armstead set to man the left tackle position and after signing guard Connor Williams, Miami could go with a center to compete with Michael Deiter.
Boston College center Alec Lindstrom was coached at BC by new Dolphins offensive line coach Matt Applebaum. There’s a connection there. Some other possibilities: Wake Forest’s Zach Tom, Virginia Tech’s Brock Hoffman, Kentucky’s Luke Fortner, Arizona State’s Dohnovan West, Central Michigan’s Luke Goedeke, Ohio State’s Thayer Munford, UTSA’s Spencer Buford, LSU’s Ed Ingram, Georgia’s Jamaree Salyer, Oklahoma’s Marquis Hayes, Nebraska’s Cam Jurgens, Wisconsin’s Logan Bruss.
“It’s a pretty good offensive line group,” said Grier, who could still look for a guard or tackle. “I think there’s some talent all the way through from the tackles, the guards, centers, all the way in through the mid rounds. I think you can find some good quality players.
How about linebacker? The Dolphins were thought to be in play for an inside linebacker to pair with Jerome Baker on this defense. They brought back Elandon Roberts, Duke Riley and Sam Eguavoen, but who’s to say they don’t find a gem in the middle of the draft?
When Miami still had a first-round pick, one Georgia linebacker, Nakobe Dean, was linked to the Dolphins as a potential choice. Another one, Channing Tindall, could be a pick in the mid-rounds. Or Penn State’s Brandon Smith.
An edge rusher could also be a possibility. Miami’s blitzing defense could always use another to pair with Jaelan Phillips, defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah and outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel.
After bringing in Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert at running back, to go with Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed returning, the Dolphins could still seek a young running back to insert into competition to get involved in new coach Mike McDaniel’s lauded run game.
With Hill, Jaylen Waddle and Cedrick Wilson Jr. set to be the top three wideouts, one could be found to work in with a second unit that currently figures to consist of Lynn Bowden, Preston Williams and Trent Sherfield.
If the Dolphins were to trade into an earlier pick, it would likely require them shipping off some of their 2023 draft capital. They have five picks in the first three rounds, with two in the first and two in the third next year. That draft capital could be valuable if, next offseason, Miami finds itself looking to replace Tua Tagovailoa with an established upper-echelon quarterback, or if the franchise feels it’s a piece or two away elsewhere.
The two seventh-rounders should not be viewed as prospects immediately counted on to contribute. Neither player that the Dolphins drafted with their two seventh-round picks last draft, running back Gerrid Doaks and tackle Larnel Coleman, ended up playing in a regular-season game in 2021. Given this, Miami can look to find a high-upside prospect, one that can be developed within the system while getting a chance to compete for a roster spot.
Following the draft, the Dolphins will also sign a series of rookies as undrafted free agents. While often roster longshots, Miami had three players on their active roster last season that were added directly this way — wide receiver Preston Williams, cornerback Nik Needham and offensive lineman Robert Jones. All are due to return next season. Others, including linebacker Sam Eguavoen and cornerback Trill Williams, were once undrafted and landed in Miami later.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s prime minister said Friday that he will continue to oppose a European Union plan to provide an 18-billion-euro ($19-billion) aid package to Ukraine in 2023, a position that promises sustained tensions as the bloc and the nationalist Hungarian government wrangle over democratic standards.
“The question is how to help Ukraine,” Orban said. “One proposal says that we should use the budgets of the EU member states to take out new loans together and use that money to give to Ukraine. We are not in favor of this because we do not want the European Union to become a community of indebted states instead of a community of cooperating member states.”
Orban proposed that each of the EU’s 27 member states draw from its own budget to provide assistance to Ukraine through bilateral agreements.
“We will not accept the other plan, we will not consent to it, without us it will not come into being,” he said.
Orban earlier indicated that Hungary would be willing to provide Ukraine with 60-70 billion forints ($152-$178 million) from its own budget on bilateral terms — an amount he said would not fundamentally harm Hungary’s national interests.
The aid package to Ukraine is one of several top priorities for the EU that Hungary’s government has blocked or delayed in recent months. Some officials in Brussels suspect that Budapest is using its veto of the aid package, as well as its opposition to the EU signing onto a minimum corporate tax rate, as leverage to pressure the bloc to release billions in funding it has withheld from Hungary over rule of law and corruption concerns.
On Wednesday, the EU’s executive arm said it would keep recommending a freeze on 7.5 billion euros ($7.9 billion) in funding to Hungary until it carries out a raft of reforms, including shoring up judicial independence, protecting EU funds from corruption and increasing legislative transparency.
The EU’s 27 nations have until Dec. 19 to decide on the European Commission’s proposal. The Hungarian government has shown a willingness to carry out the requested reforms to access the badly needed funds as Hungary’s economy struggles with a volatile currency and a 21.1% annual inflation rate — the third highest in the bloc.
Yet efforts in Brussels to bring Hungary into line with the EU’s democratic standards have not led to a more conciliatory posture from Budapest on many issues. On Friday, Orban blasted the EU’s sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, blaming them for skyrocketing prices. He referred to EU officials pushing for sanctions as being “on the side of war.”
Hungary has also delayed the ratification of Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO. It is the only member of the 30-member military alliance besides Turkey not to have voted for approval. Last week, Orban promised that Hungary’s legislature would hold a ratification vote early next year.
The Hungarian government has also opposed EU efforts to pass a 15% minimum corporate tax rule, a proposal which requires unanimous support from the bloc’s members. Orban said Friday that he would keep blocking the measure, describing it as a “job-killing tax increase” which “would lead to the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. We cannot afford this in Hungary.”
Hungary’s economy relies heavily on foreign investment, notably from German car manufacturers, which it entices with a low 9% corporate tax rate.
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BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom on Wednesday halved the amount of natural gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of capacity. It’s the latest reduction to Nord Stream 1 that Russia has blamed on technical problems, but Germany calls a political move to sow uncertainty and push up prices amid the war in Ukraine.
The Russian state-controlled energy giant announced Monday that it would carry out the reduction citing equipment repairs, further raising fears that Russia could cut off gas completely to try to gain political leverage over Europe as it tries to bolster its storage levels for winter.
Data on the Nord Stream website and the head of Germany’s network regulator, Klaus Mueller, confirmed the reduction.
“Gas is now a part of Russian foreign policy and possibly Russian war strategy,” Mueller told Deutschlandfunk radio.
Prices surged to the highest levels since early March for natural gas, which is used to power industry, generate electricity and heat homes in the winter. Climbing energy prices are fueling inflation, further squeezing people’s spending power and heightening concerns that Europe could plunge into recession if it does not save enough gas to get through the cold months.
That fear led EU governments on Tuesday to agree to reduce natural gas use to protect against further supply cuts by Russia.
The draft law aims to lower demand for gas by 15% from August through March through voluntary steps. If there aren’t enough savings, mandatory cuts would be triggered in the 27-nation bloc.
Russia recently has accounted for about a third of Germany’s gas supplies. The government said last week that the drop in gas flows confirmed that Germany can’t rely on Russian deliveries, announcing that it would step up its gas storage requirements and take further measures to conserve supplies.
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‘It’s been a day’: Pizza shop runs out of ingredients after glowing review from Barstool Sports
MERIDEN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A pizza restaurant in Connecticut has earned its place on the map with a little help from Barstool Sports.
The joint received so much praise from Barstool Sports founder and pizza review king Dave Portnoy that it ran out of ingredients.
Portnoy’s pizza reviews are famously known for being ranked on a scale from 1 to 10.
On Tuesday, when he stopped by Little Rendezvous, a hole-in-the-wall pizza shop in Meriden with a 135-year-old oven, he gave the pizza a 9.1 rating – one of the highest scores he’s ever handed out.
The little pizza shop is not so hidden anymore, after Portnoy’s review blew up on social media.
“I’ve been here for 25 years, and I had no clue it existed,” Meriden resident Michael Evans said.
On Wednesday, the day after Portnoy posted his review, the phones rang off the hook at Little Rendezvous. Business boomed so much that the restaurant ran out of pizzas.
“It’s been a day,” said Steven Chehotsky, the owner of Little Rendezvous. “Today, by 5:30, it was all over. We had no more dough left, and we planned for a busy day. We basically did Friday’s business in a few hours.”
But one of the shop’s employees was so confident in Little Rendezvous’ pizza that he anticipated such excitement.
“I said from day one, way back in the day when I first heard of [Portnoy], if he came here, we were going to have a line around the corner,” employee Joey Gonzales said.
Chehotsky said he expects business to be very busy over the next few weeks.
“If this is how it’s going to be from now on, I’m sending Portnoy the bill for my medical bills, because I’m going to have a heart attack,” Chehotsky said.
Portnoy acknowledged that quote in a tweet on Thursday.
“What a line,” he posted to Twitter.
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WILL JOIN UP FAITH & FAMILY
ATLANTA, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UP Entertainment, the leader in uplifting entertainment for passionate and diverse audiences across the leading cable, satellite and streaming platforms, will be adding two new subscription streaming services to its portfolio, GaitherTV+ and AspireTV+. These standalone streaming services will be offered alongside the already popular million subscriber service UP Faith & Family.
UP Entertainment's streaming offering provides an entertainment option for everyone in the family, whether it's those seeking movies and series, lifestyle enthusiasts or Gospel Music lovers, all while knowing it will be uplifting and safe for the entire family.
"As the trusted leader in uplifting entertainment, we have a unique opportunity to offer a portfolio of services that super serve passionate audience groups," said Charley Humbard, UP Entertainment Founder & CEO. "GaitherTV+ is the category leader in Gospel and Christian music. Gaither is a beloved brand with a huge, passionate following and is perfect for a commercial-free streaming experience, and AspireTV+ brings compelling original programming from our leading Black and urban lifestyle brand."
"We have worked alongside the folks at UP Entertainment for years and have been able to share our programming far and wide through the work that they do," stated three-time Gospel Music Hall of Famer Bill Gaither. "The ways in which people experience our shows and performances through television continue to change and grow; and UP is a leader in presenting family-friendly entertainment with relevant, engaging platforms to households everywhere. We are looking forward to sharing GaitherTV+ in new ways through this new partnership with UP Entertainment."
UP Faith & Family, the leading streaming service for uplifting entertainment, currently serves a million families. UP Faith & Family is the only place where viewers can binge seasons of UPtv's hit original series. Subscribers can also stream the best family movies, cooking and design shows, uplifting Christian movies, kids favorites, Christmas movies, music specials, comedies and more. UP Faith & Family is the exclusive home to new seasons of the hit series Heartland in the U.S. months before anyone else. New titles are added to the service weekly. UP Faith & Family is available via Apple iOS, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, AndroidTV, Cox, Dish, Google Play, Prime Video Channels, Roku, Roku Channel, Samsung TVs, Sling, Verizon's +play, Xbox, Xfinity, YouTube and YouTube TV.
GaitherTV+ provides access to Gaither's renowned and growing library of full-length concerts and specials, early premieres of new performances and shows, exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews and presentations and hundreds of titles to watch On Demand. The new subscription streaming service is the home of award-winning Country, Gospel, Bluegrass and Christian music concerts, specials and series. Gaither Music reached over 2 billion audio and video streams in 2022.
AspireTV+ is a new subscription video on demand streaming service that promises to be the ultimate destination for Black culture and urban lifestyle. Powered by aspireTV, aspireTV+ will deliver an unparalleled viewing experience. With dynamic and engaging content, this streaming destination will feature a wide range of lifestyle entertainment to keep viewers connected to the culture. From fashion and beauty to food and travel, aspireTV+ will offer a fresh and exciting perspective on modern urban life. The streaming service will showcase a diverse selection of movies, series, independent films, documentaries and more that highlight stories and experiences of Black audiences. #Seeyourselfhere
AspireTV+ will be available in fourth quarter.
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UP Entertainment, home to UP Faith & Family, UPtv, aspireTV, aspireTV Life and Cine Romántico, is the destination for uplifting entertainment for passionate and diverse audiences across the leading cable, satellite and streaming platforms. UP Faith & Family is the leading streaming service in uplifting entertainment and includes exclusive access to original productions from the UP Entertainment family of brands. UPtv is the trusted network for adults seeking positive programming with relatable stories about relationships, filled with love and laughter, through exclusive premiere movies, box-office hit films and beloved series. AspireTV is the premier network for Black culture and urban lifestyle programming featuring original productions in food, home and fashion. AspireTV Life is the first free ad supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to sharing the experiences of the multicultural audience through cooking, fashion, travel, design and more. Additionally, UP Entertainment in partnership with PixL Dos, manages and distributes Cine Romántico, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel featuring the best of Hollywood TV romance movies in Spanish. UP Entertainment's award-winning pro-social initiative, "UPlift Someone," has inspired over 200 million people to uplift others through its social videos and dedicated UPlift Someone Facebook page and website.
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Conversational Geek eBooks provide best practices for organizations to accelerate PAM maturity for better cyber hygiene
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, today announced two new eBooks to help customers and prospects improve privileged access security, including those who are seeking to put a strong case forward for cyber insurance. Written for Delinea and published by Conversational Geek, the resources are packed with best practices to start, build, mature, and harden privileged access management for organizations of any size and in any industry.
According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 82% of breaches can be attributed to the human element due to stolen credentials, phishing, misuse, or human error. Securing and monitoring privileged accounts should be a primary focus for any cybersecurity program.
Conversational Privileged Access Management highlights PAM fundamentals, including how to make privileged credentials inaccessible and unusable to bad actors while still allowing those same credentials to be accessible and usable for legitimate users. For many organizations, that means starting with the basics to realize immediate benefits to reduce risk quickly, including enterprise password protection, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and privileged session management.
Conversational Cyber Insurance provides a comprehensive overview of the security controls that are typically required to even be considered for cyber insurance. It includes a cyber insurance readiness checklist that guides prospective candidates through the top mandates most insurance companies require when applying for cyber insurance, including MFA, PAM, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and Incident Response Planning and Testing, to name a few.
"The onslaught of ransomware and other cyberattacks continues, as threat actors seek to take advantage of lax password hygiene and poor privileged access controls. That's why many organizations are eager to acquire cyber insurance," said Joseph Carson, Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea. "What many organizations don't realize is how hard it is to pass a basic eye test with an insurance provider, especially if some of the PAM basics aren't being met. These resources can help any organization strengthen its privileged access controls and create a much stronger foundation for a cyber insurance application."
Delinea's comprehensive platform of seamless security solutions is designed to be invisible to the user while being easy to own and operate for IT and security teams. Whether in the cloud or on-premises, Delinea's solutions are readily customizable, scalable for growth, and powerful enough to secure any organization no matter where it is on its PAM journey.
The new Conversational Geek eBooks can be downloaded for free from Delinea at delinea.com/resources.
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance, and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Norwegian police arrested a Russian man after he was caught flying a drone above an airport in northern Norway, the police said Saturday, the second such incident in the past week.
In their review of the seized equipment, police found photos of the airport in Kirkenes, a Norwegian town near the Russian border, and of a Norwegian military helicopter.
The man, who was not identified, faces charges of flying a drone in Norway, the police said. In February, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Norway’s Civil Aviation Authority banned Russians from flying or operating aircraft — including drones — in Norway. The law prohibits Russian-registered and Russian-operated aircraft from landing in, taking off from or flying over Norway.
The man does not live in Norway, police said, and entered the country Thursday through Storskog, a city on Norway’s northern coast, near Russia. Police said he was heading to Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic that is part of Norway, though Russia has some rights to the natural resources in the area, and there are Russian settlements on Svalbard.
The arrest comes amid heightened security concerns in Norway over the past week: Another Russian man was arrested last week after customs officers found two drones in his luggage at the border crossing in Storskog, the Associated Press reported. He said in court that had been in the country since August and had flown drones throughout the country.
There were numerous drone sightings last week at sensitive locations including the Kårstø gas plant, near the city of Stavanger in southwestern Norway. A bomb threat, which was later found to not be credible, at a gas plant last week forced evacuations and briefly stopped operations.
Last month, the country’s oil safety regulator urged oil companies to be more vigilant over drones near offshore oil and gas platforms, saying they pose a risk of accidents or “deliberate attacks,” after the majority state-owned oil and gas firm Equinor said it had notified authorities of sightings of drones near some of its platforms.
European officials have alleged that breaches of three underwater natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were sabotage. The incidents raised concern over the security of the energy infrastructure in the region, and many were quick to point fingers at Russia.
Norway is increasingly central to Europe’s energy security amid the war in Ukraine; it has taken Russia’s place as the European Union’s leading natural gas supplier.
Along its northernmost reaches, NATO-member Norway shares a 120-mile border with Russia. The war prompted Norway’s Scandinavian neighbors Finland and Sweden to seek accession to the treaty.
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APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – Appleton High School students, along with staff and local artist Neo Medina, have come together to create a mural as a part of a class called “Paint the City.”
The mural is located on the side of Jersey Bagel and Deli in Appleton. Painted with flowers and the phrase “Always Love”, the mural was designed by artist Neo Medina and was inspired by local florists.
Medina says, “Art was my first voice, before I ever had a platform, before I ever really thought that people were listening. Art is a good vehicle into self-care and self-help.”
From the two-week-long class, the 18 students will receive a half credit and $400. In addition to learning art techniques, students are also becoming active members of the community.
Appleton West High School Art teacher Karla Lauden says, “I think is most important is that all the students feel included and be part of something that they don’t realize is bigger than them.”
The mural will be finished on Friday, August 19th. At 5 p.m., there will be a celebration with food trucks and students giving speeches in the Jersey Bagel parking lot.
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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A historical marker dedicated to a New Hampshire labor activist who championed women’s rights and was a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union — but who also joined the Communist Party and was sent to prison — has draw objections from Republican officials and scrutiny from the governor.
Known as “The Rebel Girl” for her fiery speeches, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was born in Concord in 1890. A green and white Historical Highway Marker dedicated to her, one of 278 across the state, was unveiled Monday near her birthplace.
In addition to her rights activism, the marker also says she joined the Communist Party in 1936 and was sent to prison in 1951. She was one of many party members prosecuted “under the notorious Smith Act,” the marker says, which forbade any attempts to advocate, abet or teach the violent destruction of the U.S. government.
Flynn later chaired the Communist Party of the United States and she died in Moscow during a visit in 1964, at age 74. She was cremated, and her ashes were taken on a “flower-decked bier” to Red Square during a funeral tribute, according to Associated Press accounts at the time.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is calling for a review of the state’s historical marker program.
“This is a devout communist,” said Joseph Kenney, a Republican member of the Executive Council, at a regular meeting Wednesday. “We are the ‘Live Free or Die’ state. How can we possibly promote her propaganda, which still exists now through this sign in downtown Concord?”
David Wheeler, a Republican who’s also part of a five-member Executive Council that votes on state contracts and Sununu’s department appointees, said he wanted the council to have more oversight of the historical marker process.
Sarah Stewart, the commissioner for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, said at the meeting that the marker program is very popular “because it’s initiated at the local level. There is no state top-down effort to populate the state with historical highway markers.”
There are “many potentially controversial” markers, Stewart said. “The purpose of them is not to commemorate heroes. The purpose is to provide a snapshot that the local community feels is of historic value.”
Any person, municipality or agency can suggest a marker as long as they get 20 signatures from New Hampshire residents. Supporters must draft the marker’s text and provide footnotes and copies of supporting documentation, according to the state Division of Historical Resources. The division and a historical resources advisory group evaluate the criteria.
The sign was approved last year by the Concord City Council following a recommendation from the marker program, which is jointly administered by the Historical Resources Division and the Transportation Department. It currently stands at the edge of a parking lot near the county courthouse.
Flynn is “one of the most significant radical leaders of the twentieth century,” the marker’s supporters said in a letter to City Council last year. The sign also notes Flynn’s support for women’s voting rights and for access to birth control.
Historical markers run the gamut, telling stories about the last living Revolutionary War soldier, poets and painters who lived nearby, long-lost villages and contemporary sports figures.
“We’re going to review the whole process,” Sununu said at Wednesday’s meeting.
“I completely agree with the sentiment here,” the governor said, adding, “It’s the state marker. You can’t say we don’t have any responsibility in terms of what it says and where it goes.”
Stewart, the natural and cultural resources commissioner, sent a letter Thursday to Concord’s mayor saying the city can “reevaluate your approval of this marker,” New Hampshire Public Radio reported. Mayor Jim Bouley did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment Friday.
One marker from 2011 that was brought up during Wednesday’s meeting celebrates the 50th anniversary of the “Betty and Barney Hill incident,” during which the couple reported a close encounter with a UFO. Their experience was described in a best-selling book, a television movie, and numerous speaking engagements.
“The UFO one I’m gonna live with,” said Kenney, the Executive Council member. “That’s a funny story.”
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids police K9 Eli is recovering from surgery after suffering eight stab wounds by a barricaded gunman, police said.
The police dog lost a significant amount of blood and needed a transfusion after being stabbed early Monday, Nov. 14. The dog suffered a punctured lung from two major stab wounds.
Eli was deployed several hours into a standoff with a barricaded gunman who inside a house on Leonard Street NW near Valley Avenue. The man, wanted for assault, had fired shots outside of the house when police tried to arrest him then again once inside, police said.
Related: Police dog stabbed during standoff with barricaded gunman
The incident began around 8 p.m. Sunday with the dog being deployed around 3 a.m. Along with stab wounds that punctured its lungs, the dog suffered stab wounds to a shoulder.
The suspect, a 24-year-old Grand Rapids man, was arrested a short time after the dog was injured.
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Valeri Nichushkin stood in front of a poster of Alex Ovechkin hoisting the Stanley Cup on the eve of his first trip to the final and remembered what it was like to witness that moment.
“That was fun to watch when Ovi win it, especially when he celebrated,” he said. “I think that was one of the best things.”
One thing better for Nichushkin would be hoisting hockey’s holy grail himself.
“I hope so,” he said. “We’ll see.”
Nichushkin and the Colorado Avalanche are two wins away from doing just that, and the big Russian winger is a big reason why they'll take a 2-1 lead over the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning into Game 4 on Wednesday. He was tied for the team lead in goals with three, set up Andre Burakovsky for his overtime winner in the series opener and scored in Game 3 before it was called back for an oh-so-close offside.
He has consistently been the best player on the ice in the final, hounding the puck, forcing turnovers and creating offense.
“He’s built for this time of year,” coach Jared Bednar said. “Big, long, strong, fast, tenacious, hungry, relentless on the puck, finishing off the chances he gets. He can play with top guys. You can move him up and down the lineup, plays power play, penalty kill. I mean, I don’t know what else to say about the guy.”
Nichushkin, who hasn’t spoken to reporters since the series began, has been a pest on defense, as usual, but has added some offense that was missing for much of his playoff career in the NHL.
Over his first 28 postseason games with the Dallas Stars and Avalanche, Nichushkin had just one goal and two assists. That included a 25-game goal drought.
This postseason, he is among Colorado’s goal-scoring leaders with eight, trailing just Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. Nichushkin has received Selke Trophy votes for the league’s top defensive forward each of the past three seasons, but this offensive evolution is a development even his coach didn’t see coming.
“I’m a little bit surprised at where he’s gotten to with his game,” Bednar said before describing why he perhaps shouldn’t be so surprised. “I’ll be cutting video after a game, trying to get some work done to lighten the load for the next morning and I’ll be the last one there, the trainers are leaving and I’ll be walking out of the room and I’ll see Val walk out of the room. He’s just getting done lifting. That’s just the type of guy he is.”
That strength has been obvious on the ice early in the final, outmuscling Lightning players to get to quality scoring areas and winning board battles to get the puck back.
Defenseman Josh Manson remembers playing against Nichushkin while with Anaheim and just how much of a struggle he was to deal with.
“It feels like he’s way more consistent with it now,” Manson said. “He fits in the structure so well. He forechecks so hard. He’s such a big, strong guy. He’s lanky and he just constantly puts you under pressure and he’s strong enough to turn the puck over.”
So strong teammate J.T. Compher referred to Nichushkin as “a horse.” Physically, yes, but he has also shown smarts, like shaking free of a defender to be in place for his power-play goal that jumpstarted a 7-0 rout in Game 2.
In a lot of ways, Nichushkin fit the bill for what Colorado was looking for to augment the flashy skill of MacKinnon, Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar. His offense is almost a bonus after all he has done for the Avalanche in three seasons.
“The system that we play, what we sort of demand of our players on the defensive side of it, is a huge strength of Val’s,” Bednar said. “And he’s obviously a big, long, strong guy that can skate and sort of fits our mold playing a high-pace, north game and the battles, the races that he can win, I think it just kind of fits his style. He’s found his place here.”
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
06-11-17-20-24-26-30-36-40-44-45-46-49-52-55-61-65-69-78-80
(six, eleven, seventeen, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-six, forty, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six, forty-nine, fifty-two, fifty-five, sixty-one, sixty-five, sixty-nine, seventy-eight, eighty)
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs can't climb into first place in the AFC and secure that coveted first-round playoff bye with a win over Seattle on Saturday, nor can the Seahawks slip into the postseason by knocking off the West Division champs.
But a loss for either of them? That might ruin both of their chances.
The Chiefs, who are tied with the Bills at 11-3 for the conference's best record, could be out of the hunt for the top seed if they fall at Arrowhead Stadium. Buffalo has the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of its win earlier this season.
The playoff hopes of the Seahawks, who are 7-7 and have lost four of their last five, are hanging by a thread.
"The guys know. They've been though this so they understand it," said Chiefs coach Andy Reid, whose team has hosted the past four AFC title games. "The only thing I have to say is we've got a quarter of the season left and very important games, so we've got to take care of our business, and that's where our focus has got to be."
The Chiefs have been squeaking by the past few weeks, hardly looking like the juggernaut that's been to two of the past three Super Bowls. They lost at Cincinnati, barely held on against downtrodden Denver and needed overtime last week to beat one-win Houston and maintain their hopes of the No. 1 seed.
The biggest issues for Kansas City have been self-inflicted: The Chiefs had 10 penalties for more than 100 yards against the Texans, and they have committed at least one turnover in nine consecutive games.
"The biggest thing," said Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who is riding a streak of 20 consecutive completions, "is that you just focus on getting better as a team. You want to be playing your best football as you get to the playoffs, and we have stuff we need to clean up. That will be important this week."
The Seahawks have things to clean up, too. More important, they desperately need to get healthy. Wide receiver Tyler Lockett is out with an injury while running back Kenneth Walker III continues to deal with a sore ankle.
"Let's just start with this game. We've got to play really sharp football across the board," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "We have to take advantage of all the opportunities that we get. We've got to catch the interceptions, we've got to stay onsides and not give them things. We have to make them have to work and play a championship-style game.
"If we can do that," Carroll said, "now we are getting to our capabilities."
BROKEN LOCKETT
Lockett will miss just the second game of his long career due to injury after breaking a bone in his left hand last week against San Francisco; he had surgery to stabilize it this week and hopes to return this season.
Lockett and DK Metcalf have been a dangerous tandem, the former with 78 catches and eight TDs and the latter with 79 and six. And while Marquise Goodwin has been a nice addition, and former first-rounder Laquon Treadwell could see some snaps, Lockett's absence is going to mean Metcalf gets more attention.
"It's always going to be strange whenever Tyler is not playing, or somebody has been there for so long and not playing," Metcalf said. "It's just another challenge along the way that we've got to overcome."
RUN TO DAYLIGHT
Seattle showed improvement in stopping the run against San Francisco. Even though it still allowed 170 yards, it held the 49ers to 3.5 per carry until a long run late in the game. The performance was especially encouraging given the Seahawks didn't have nose tackle Al Woods and backup Bryan Mone hurt his knee in the first quarter.
"Some execution things were pretty good, but again, we are not into the whole moral victory thing," said coordinator Clint Hurtt, whose defense is allowing 161.1 yards per game on the ground, better than only one team in the league.
BANGED-UP BACKFIELD
Walker is still dealing with a sore ankle that the Seahawks rookie first injured earlier this month against the Rams; he had 12 carries for 47 yards against the Niners but was still sore days later. And backup DeeJay Dallas is still trying to come back from a high ankle sprain. That could mean another opportunity for Travis Homer in the Seattle backfield.
SPEAKING OF INJURIES
The Chiefs expect wide receiver Mecole Hardman to play for the first time since Week 9, when he landed on injured reserve with an abdominal problem. He had scored in three straight games with five TDs total before getting hurt.
"Yeah, there's a good chance," Reid said. "We'll see if we can't get him in there a little bit."
COVER YOUR COUGH
An illness swept through the Chiefs defense this week, sidelining Pro Bowl defensive tackle Chris Jones, run stuffer Khalen Saunders, pass rusher Mike Danna and safety Deon Bush for practice. Jones was noticeably ill during last week's win over the Texans, playing just 40 of 63 defensive snaps.
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TSURUOKA, Japan, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spiber's Brewed Protein fiber was chosen as a featured material by Kering's Material Innovation Lab (MIL) and Fondazione Pitti Discovery for the 7th edition of "S|Style sustainable style," and a collection was showcased at Sala delle Nazioni, Pitti Immagine Uomo from June 13 to 16. The exhibition project presented by Fondazione Pitti Discovery has been key to attracting top international buyers and media representatives alike, providing an important showcase of ten international and diverse brands scouted from around the world by L'Officiel Italia journalist and curator Giorgia Cantarini. This renowned exhibition brought together ten handpicked emerging brands which exemplify a harmonious blend of social consciousness and environmental responsibility while maintaining creativity and design.
"The Brewed Protein materials created by Spiber offer a strong example of what technology can do to reduce the impact of the fashion industry on the environment by replacing traditional petrochemical-based materials and production methods with innovative and biobased solutions," says Giorgia Cantarini, Senior Fashion Editor at L'Officiel Italia, Talent Scouter and Curator of S|STYLE x Pitti Immagine. "I believe Spiber is initiating a revolution that can lead to reducing climate change. The more we choose these types of solutions, the more we decrease their price in the market, which makes them available for adoption by smaller and emerging brands. My hope is that we will navigate the future of fashion with more responsible action. Bigger corporations should invest in innovation and technology in order to reduce all sorts of waste, from water to chemicals, natural resources, and animal exploitation."
The ten participating innovative and environmentally-conscious brands of S|Style were mentored to create a new look under stringent criteria meeting sustainability standards set by Kering MIL. Cavia, an Italian brand based in Milan celebrated for repurposing and upcycling garments, has joined this movement to transform society and the fashion industry towards a more sustainable future. The brand unveiled an exclusive knit top and pants set collection crafted from Brewed Protein fibers for the first time.
The Brewed Protein and cashmere blended bulky yarn, when plied together, is "super soft and workable, and the results and hand feeling are amazing," says Martina Boero, Founder and Fashion & Graphic Designer of Cavia. "My hope and vision for material innovation and the apparel industry is to make this yarn in different thicknesses, as it's very soft and light. It would be amazing to have it bulkier."
The exceptional knit top and pants set was handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail using Brewed Protein fibers—a proprietary lab-grown and circular protein material produced through microbial fermentation—making the best use of the material's dyeability and its soft, smooth handfeel.
The eye-catching floral embroidery is made of recycled cashmere, which adds a dash of bold yet refined color across the set. The fashion show, showcasing the S|Style collections, took place on June 14, garnering tremendous interest and high expectations from a diverse audience of over 100 attendees and numerous media organizations, all eager to witness the future of fashion unfold.
The collection will also be exhibited at Pitti Immagine Filati at Spiber's booth Q/11 in the CustomEasy area from June 28–30. Martina Boero, Founder and Fashion & Graphic Designer of Cavia, will also join Spiber's booth to share her experiences working with Brewed Protein fibers.
The inclusion of Brewed Protein fibers in the exhibition collection of this rising brand heralds a new era of responsible yet unique style and sets a remarkable precedent for industry-wide adoption.
Cashmere Blended Bulky Yarn
Composition: 50% Brewed Protein™ fiber, 50% cashmere
Yarn Count: 2/18
Color: Taupe (32 color card and dye-to-match options available for purchase from Spiber)
Brewed Protein™ fibers
Brewed Protein fibers are lab-grown, plant-derived, circular materials made through a proprietary microbial fermentation process. The fibers are a compelling solution to the growing demands of animal and petrochemical-free fibers to address numerous pressing environmental issues and risks. The potential environmental impact of a forward-looking Brewed Protein fiber production plan was found to be significantly smaller than cashmere and merino wool, largely due to the lower environmental impacts of inputs for Brewed Protein polymer production (primarily plant crops and renewable electricity) when compared to livestock farming for cashmere and wool production. Production scale has been growing and Brewed Protein fibers, yarns, and fabrics are now available for purchase at commercial scale.
Spiber's Sustainability webpage: https://spiber.inc/en/sustainability/
Spiber Inc.
Established in September 2007, Spiber Inc. is a Japanese biotechnology startup utilizing cutting-edge synthetic biology, polymer science, and material science for the development of its novel Brewed Protein materials made from plant-based sugars utilizing microbial fermentation technology.
Spiber website: https://spiber.inc/en/
Cavia
Cavia is a brand that combines the creativity of Italian fashion with a commitment to the planet. The stylist, Martina Boero, aims to transmit Made in Italy authenticity, imagination and craftsmanship. Knitting is an ancient process that requires time and is nourished by tradition: each piece is created from recycled clothes and fabrics, avoiding waste. Following an MTO business model, the brand pays attention to its environmental impact. From fabric to label, everything is made using pre-existing materials with a view to a new beauty.
Cavia website: https://www.yourcavia.com/
Material Innovation Lab
In 2013, Kering created the Material Innovation Lab (MIL), which is dedicated to the sourcing of sustainable materials and fabrics. Located in Milan, the MIL is both a library of sustainable fabrics, enabling the design teams of Kering brands to better understand sustainable materials, and a driver of change within a very complex supply chain. The MIL pays particular attention to cotton, silk, cashmere, viscose and polyester. In doing so, the MIL provides the Group's Houses and key suppliers with resources, tools and new solutions to help them understand how to make more sustainable choices in their products' development. Its database uses unique referencing for suppliers and their fabrics. Fabrics are subject to an in-depth review and are assessed in light of both external standards, certification, and a EP&L methodology based tool, exclusive to the MIL.
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DALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys addressed one of their top needs in the 2023 NFL draft right off the bat when they made Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith their top pick.
The Cowboys took Smith No. 26 overall at the draft April 27. At 6’-3”, 337 pounds, Smith is expected to provide considerable bulk along the Cowboys' interior defensive line. Although the Cowboys finished tied for the 10th-fewest yards per carry surrendered last season at 4.3, they did finish with the ninth-most rushing yards surrendered at 135.7.
There was no better game to demonstrate Dallas' inconsistency defending the run than in the NFC divisional playoffs as the San Francisco 49ers imposed their will en route to a 19-12 win. The Cowboys allowed the 49ers to gain 113 yards on the ground with Christian McCaffrey also scoring on a 2-yard rushing touchdown.
Pairing Smith’s ability to anchor the middle of the defense with perennial Defensive Player of the Year candidate Micah Parsons as he moves exclusively to defensive end could be a boon to Dan Quinn’s defense in his third year as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator.
Meanwhile, Dallas still has a formidable offensive core with quarterback Dak Prescott, running back Tony Pollard, and receiver CeeDee Lamb. Second-year Tyler Smith gives stability along the left side of the offensive line as All-Pro Tyron Smith returns to left tackle. Future Hall of Famer Zack Martin maintains right guard. The pieces are still there for the Cowboys to be big players in the conference.
According to Peter King from Football Morning in America, who released his post-draft NFL power rankings, the Cowboys are the 10th-best team in the league.
"Know why this is a crucial year for the Cowboys? They’ve won 24 regular-season games in the last two years, then scored 36 points in eight quarters in two playoff losses to the Niners," King writes. "Dak Prescott’s got to do something about that, now."
The entire structure of the NFL is built around the quarterback. Despite the capital investments to the defensive line, if Dallas wins, credit will go to Prescott. If Prescott plays perfectly but the defense can't protect leads, then the failures will be upon No. 4's head.
Although the pressure is on in Dallas, one member of the team-building process who felt more enthusiasm than anxiety about the Cowboys' 2023 campaign was vice president of player personnel Will McClay.
"I don’t know about you, but I feel better than I’ve felt in a long time about what’s around the corner for the Dallas Cowboys," McClay said April 29. "All of these guys sitting up here, this is the best I’ve felt about things. I love this team I’m sitting up here with."
The offseason program will give a better barometer as to where the Cowboys are truly at — power rankings notwithstanding.
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Which hard-sided pool is best?
When the temperatures start to rise, it’s nice to have an easy way to stay cool during the summer. Not everyone can have a below-ground pool, and you may not have access to a leisure center or community pool. A hard-sided pool gives you the convenience of an outdoor pool in your backyard that you can use for years.
The appeal of a hard-sided pool is that they’re more durable than their soft-sided counterparts. While they take a little longer to assemble, you can enjoy a decade or more of use with proper maintenance and a little care. A hard-sided pool is a perfect addition to your backyard or any outdoor space to enjoy throughout the year.
What to know before you buy a hard-sided pool
Hard-sided pools are a cost-effective alternative to investing in an in-ground pool. You can enjoy a decade or more of use, significantly more than a soft-sided pool, without committing to the cost and time of an in-ground pool. There are a few things you want to consider before you purchase a hard-sided pool.
Capacity
The top thing to consider when choosing a hard-sided pool is its capacity. Decide how many people are likely to be using the pool at any one time. You might think that a 20-foot hard-sided pool sounds like it’s spacious, but it can quickly feel like a box once a few people are in the pool.
Most hard-sided pools are designed for two or three people to use at once. It’s worth deciding whether you want your hard-sided pool for lounging in the sun or something else when deciding what size works for you.
Accessories
Not every hard-sided pool will come with all the accessories you need to keep it in good working order. If you want to get the most out of your pool, you want to stay on top of regular maintenance. Check whether your chosen model comes with a filter, ladder, liner and skimmer. If any of these aren’t included, it’s worth picking them up separately at the same time you’re purchasing your pool.
Features to look for in a quality hard-sided pool
Material
The material of the hard-sided pool is what will determine its quality. Most are made using aluminum or steel, but some models use a hybrid of the two. Aluminum is lighter than steel and more flexible, although it will oxidize over time to create a corrosion-resistant layer. Steel is a more affordable option but is more challenging to assemble, given its weight.
Size
You want to consider the length and depth of your hard-sided pool. The difference in length can go from 10-30 feet long, while depth varies from 30-52 inches. You’ll want to find a balance between the two that work for your needs. If you have children, you’ll likely want a shallower pool, meaning that you’ll have to compromise on length.
Shape
Most of the hard-sided pools on the market are either oval or circular. Circular pools typically have a larger volume than an oval pool of the same size. You’ll usually pay a higher price tag and spend more time assembling an oval pool than a circular one.
How much can you expect to spend on a hard-sided pool?
A hard-sided pool is an investment, but it Is still considerably cheaper than an in-ground pool. The price spectrum varies from $600-$6,000, depending on the style you choose. A relatively inexpensive basic model will set you back up to $1,000, although these rarely include accessories. An average mid-range hard-sided pool can cost up to $3,000, while the highest quality ones range from $3,000-$6,000.
Best hard-sided pool FAQ
Is it challenging to assemble a hard-sided pool?
A. Your hard-sided pool can be a challenge to assemble. You may be able to do it yourself, but you should expect to need a few helpers on hand and a little patience to see you through it. You’ll have to prep the area beforehand to make sure the ground is suitable and that nothing could damage your pool. Most people choose to hire someone else to assemble their hard-sided pool to ensure it’s done correctly.
How do you fill a hard-sided pool?
A. A hard-sided pool can hold up to 20,000 gallons of water, meaning you could arguably fill it yourself with a garden hose. It’s worth considering the cost involved in using a municipal water supply. You might find that it’s cheaper to use a water delivery service to fill your pool. It’s worth sitting down and doing the math before choosing either option.
What is the best hard-sided pool to buy?
Top hard-sided pool
Intex 14ft x 42in Prism Frame Pool Set
What you need to know: With its premium quality set-up, including powder-coated steel frames and a durable three-ply material liner, this hard-sided pool can hold up to 3,861 gallons of water.
What you’ll love: It has an elegant prism frame that makes it an ideal choice for any backyard space and includes all the accessories you’ll need.
What you should consider: Some users have taken issue with the pump, saying that it is very sensitive to debris making its way into the pool’s filter.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top hard-sided pool for the money
Now Intex 10ft x 30in Prism Frame Pool Set with Filter Pump
What you need to know: If you’re on a budget and don’t need as much space with your pool, consider this option. It’s perfect for smaller outdoor spaces.
What you’ll love: It’s easy to assemble and is made using a durable, long-lasting UV stabilized polymer material.
What you should consider: The only included accessory is the filter pump, meaning you’ll need to spend a little extra to set up your pool.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Lake Effect Meadows Reprieve 24’ Round Above Swimming Pool
What you need to know: If you have a bigger budget, consider this hard-sided pool by Lake Effect that stands 52 inches tall.
What you’ll love: This hard-sided pool is designed to be used year-round as a backyard pool for all the family to enjoy. There’s a beautiful boulder swirl pattern liner that is hard-folded to prevent creasing.
What you should consider: At almost $3,400, this hard-sided pool is one of the pricey options that you choose. It’s ideal if you want to make a long-term investment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SAO PAULO, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. announces to its stockholders and the market in general that it has been selected for the 23rd consecutive year to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), being the only Latin American bank to be part of this important index since its creation in 1999. This year, Itaú Unibanco had the best performance among the Brazilian banks assessed in the index.
DJSI World comprises companies that are global leaders in sustainability, representing 13% of the top-rated companies in environmental, social, economic and governance among the 2,480 companies that submitted responses to DJSI World. The new index includes 332 companies from 32 countries from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, representing 24 economic sectors. Of these companies, only eight are Brazilian and 25 are from the banking sector.
Additionally, for the 18th consecutive year, Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. was selected for the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE), B3's 2023 portfolio. Created in 2005, the ISE reflects the return on a portfolio composed of the shares of companies with the best performances in regard to corporate sustainability.
These recognitions reflect Itaú Unibanco's long-term commitment to ethical business conduct, corporate governance and socio-environmental responsibility.
RENATO LULIA JACOB
Group Head of Investor Relations and Market Intelligence
CNPJ 60.872.504/0001-23 A Publicly Held Company NIRE 35300010230
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CT Albany NY Zone Forecast for Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
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becoming west 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Wind chill values as low
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.FRIDAY...Sunny, blustery and much colder with highs around 15.
Temperature falling to around 4 above in the afternoon. Northwest
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. Wind chill values as low
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.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and windy. Much colder with lows around
5 below. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the
evening. Wind chill values as low as 29 below.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Cold with highs around 17. West winds
15 to 20 mph. Wind chill values as low as 27 below in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 10 to 15. Highs in
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.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Highs in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
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.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy.
Cold with lows around 15. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
west after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, brisk and much colder with highs around 19.
Temperature falling to around 10 above in the afternoon. Northwest
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Wind chill values as low
as 11 below in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and blustery. Much colder with lows
around 1 below. Northwest winds around 25 mph, diminishing to 15 to
20 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 40 mph. Wind chill values as low
as 20 below.
.SATURDAY...Sunny, cold with highs in the lower 20s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as
19 below in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows 15 to 20.
Temperature rising into the lower 20s after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Not as cool with highs in the lower 40s.
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.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Coming off an electrifying win against the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, next year's Indianapolis Colts season tickets are on sale now.
The team's 2023 schedule will include one preseason game and nine regular season games at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Colts will host the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in addition to AFC South rivals Houston Texas, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans. AFC West and NFC West opponents will be announced at a later date.
Go to Colts.com to purchase tickets. Season ticketholders can take advantage of various benefits, including discounted ticket options compared to purchasing single-game tickets, Colts Pro Shop discounts, and access to preferred game-day parking.
The team is also offering three new benefits for season ticketholders next year:
- The Colts Buy-Back program, which allows members to trade in individual games for funds usable toward future season ticket purchases
- Invitation to player meet-and-greet events
- Season Ticket Member Road Trips, with the opportunity to win a trip to a Colts away game, the NFL Draft or the Super Bowl
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HOUSTON — Mission accomplished. A NASA spacecraft slammed into an asteroid Monday at blistering speed in an unprecedented dress rehearsal just in case a killer rock threatens Earth as depicted in the movie 'Armageddon.'
The galactic grand slam at 6:14 p.m. Central targeted the asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the rock at 14,000 mph. Scientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space and, most importantly, alter the asteroid’s orbit.
“They want to prove that you have the ability to deflect an asteroid if they ever spot one heading toward Earth on a collision course," CBS space analyst Bill Harwood said.
Scientists compare it to a bug hitting an SUV.
Telescopes around the world and in space were poised to capture the spectacle. It will be days or even weeks before NASA knows how much the asteroid’s path was changed.
“No, this is not a movie plot,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson tweeted earlier in the day. ”We’ve all seen it on movies like ‘Armageddon,’ but the real-life stakes are high,” he said in a prerecorded video.
Monday's target, a 525-foot asteroid named Dimorphos is actually a moonlet of Didymos, a fast-spinning asteroid five times bigger that flung off the material that formed the junior partner.
“The asteroid we’re hitting is a small asteroid that orbits a slightly larger asteroid," NASA Chief Scientist Kate Calvin explained.
The pair have been orbiting the sun for eons without threatening Earth, making them ideal save-the-world test candidates.
The $325 million mission is the first attempt to shift the position of an asteroid or any other natural object in space.
Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager.
A mini satellite followed a few minutes behind to take photos of the impact. The Italian Cubesat was released from Dart two weeks ago.
Scientists insisted Dart would not shatter Dimorphos. The spacecraft packed a scant 1,260 pounds (570 kilograms), compared with the asteroid’s 11 billion pounds (5 billion kilograms). But that should be plenty to shrink its 11-hour, 55-minute orbit around Didymos.
The impact should pare 10 minutes off that, but telescopes will need anywhere from a few days to nearly a month to verify the new orbit. The anticipated orbital shift of 1% might not sound like much, scientists noted. But they stressed it would amount to a significant change over years.
Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid or comet out of the way, given enough lead time, rather than blowing it up and creating multiple pieces that could rain down on Earth. Multiple impactors might be needed for big space rocks or a combination of impactors and so-called gravity tractors, not-yet-invented devices that would use their own gravity to pull an asteroid into a safer orbit.
“The dinosaurs didn’t have a space program to help them know what was coming, but we do,” NASA’s senior climate adviser Katherine Calvin said, referring to the mass extinction 66 million years ago believed to have been caused by a major asteroid impact, volcanic eruptions or both.
The non-profit B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid strikes, has been pushing for impact tests like Dart since its founding by astronauts and physicists 20 years ago. Monday’s dramatic action aside, the world must do a better job of identifying the countless space rocks lurking out there, warned the foundation’s executive director, Ed Lu, a former astronaut.
Significantly less than half of the estimated 25,000 near-Earth objects in the deadly 460-foot (140-meter) range have been discovered, according to NASA. And fewer than 1% of the millions of smaller asteroids, capable of widespread injuries, are known.
The Vera Rubin Observatory, nearing completion in Chile by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Energy Department, promises to revolutionize the field of asteroid discovery, Lu noted.
Finding and tracking asteroids, “That’s still the name of the game here. That’s the thing that has to happen in order to protect the Earth,” he said.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Song Hae, a South Korean TV presenter who was beloved for decades as the warm-humored emcee of a nationally televised singing contest, has died at the age of 95.
He died Wednesday at his home in South Korea’s capital, Seoul, according to the Seoul National University Hospital. Hospital officials didn’t specify the cause of death.
Song in recent media interviews had complained about a slow recovery from COVID-19 after being diagnosed with the illness in March and expressed a desire to leave KBS TV’s “National Singing Contest,” the weekly show he emceed for more than three decades.
KBS had been reportedly trying to persuade Song to stay as it resumed new recordings for the show last week. The program mostly relied on reruns since early 2020 because of pandemic restrictions that prevented large gatherings.
Born in 1927 in what is now the North Korean town of Jaeryong, Song was among the possibly millions of North Korean refugees who escaped to the South during the 1950-53 Korean War.
He began his career in the entertainment industry as a singer later in the 1950s but made his breakthrough as a comedian, becoming a mainstay in TV and radio shows as a cuddly personality who peppered guests with wisecracks and jokes.
Song had emceed “National Singing Contest” since 1988. The show, which airs on Sundays at noon, visits cities and towns across the country hosting amateur singing competitions. Song’s longevity with the program cemented his status as a broadcast icon. He has a street named after him in the heart of Seoul and there’s a “Song Hae Park” in the southern city of Daegu.
Song is survived by two daughters. The Seoul National University Hospital set up a mourning hall for Song for a three-day funeral procession that continues through Friday.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Aemetis, Inc. ("Aemetis" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMTX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Aemetis and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 12, 2021, Aemetis issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Among other items, Aemetis reported GAAP earnings per share of -$0.69, missing consensus estimates by $0.16, and revenue of $42.8 million, missing consensus estimates by $6.26 million.
On this news, Aemetis's stock price fell $2.02 per share, or 16.25%, to close at $10.41 per share on May 12, 2021.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Teladoc Health, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TDOC during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: October 28, 2021 to April 27, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Unbeaten world champion Terence Crawford knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round Saturday night to retain his WBO welterweight belt.
Crawford, fighting for the first time in more than a year, had the sixth-ranked challenger wobbling with a flurry of blows before landing a right cross to the chin that put Avanesyan to the canvas 2 minutes, 14 seconds into the round.
“I was touching him to the body, and I was seeing that had an effect,” Crawford said. “He had a high guard, and I picked up the pace. There were punches in bunches, I saw an opening and took it and the rest is history.”
Crawford was fighting in his hometown for the sixth time as a professional and first time since 2018, and cheers of “Craw-ford! Craw-ford!” started before introductions.
The pay-per-view bout was made after negotiations for an undisputed welterweight championship fight between Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. broke down in October.
Crawford didn’t call out Spence directly, saying he would consider anyone who wants to fight, preferrably in the spring.
“We don’t know what is next,” Crawford said. “We’ve got to go back to the drawing board and be ready for whoever.”
Brian McIntyre, Crawford’s trainer, said his fighter would be open to moving up from 147 pounds to 154.
“I don’t think anyone at 54 or 47 can beat him,” McIntyre said. “The only question is, ‘Who is willing to fight him?’”
The 35-year-old Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) showed no signs of rust in his first fight since he stopped Shawn Porter in the 10th round on Nov. 20, 2021.
Avanesyan (29-4-1), who previously fought in March and won by technical knocked over Oskari Metz, stood in there with Crawford for the first five rounds.
Crawford came out in an orthodox stance, but switched to southpaw midway through the first round and fought that way for the duration.
Crawford used an effective jab to neutralize Avanesyan, but the Russian never backed off. Crawford shook him up with a combination to the head and body in the fourth, landed a couple solid body shots in the fifth and then took full control in the sixth.
Crawford landed three straight uppercuts to the chin, wobbled him with a couple shots to the body and then landed the decisive blow that put down Avanesyan.
In the featured bout on the undercard, former MMA star Cris Cyborg won by unanimous decision over Gabrielle Holloway (0-3) in four rounds in her professional boxing debut.
Cyborg was the aggressor throughout and in the third round had Holloway bent over along the ropes with a flurry of shots to the head and body. After the standing eight count, Cyborg landed a couple more shots to finish the round and continued her onslaught through the fourth.
In other fights, light heavyweight Steve Nelson (18-0, 15 KOs) knocked out James Ballard (10-4) in 2:41 of the first round; Jeremiah Milton (8-0) won by unanimous decision over 388-pound heavyweight Dujuan Calloway (5-2) in six rounds; and super bantamweight Arnold Khegai (19-1-1) won by split decision over Eduardo Baez (21-4-2) in 10 rounds.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93.
McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His photographs of White during the spacewalk became iconic images.
He passed on a chance to land on the moon and instead became the space agency’s program manager for five Apollo missions after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
McDivitt died Thursday in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said Monday.
In his first flight in 1965, McDivitt reported seeing “something out there’’ about the shape of a beer can flying outside his Gemini spaceship. People called it a UFO and McDivitt would later joke that he became “a world-renowned UFO expert.” Years later he figured it was just a reflection of bolts in the window.
Apollo 9, which orbited Earth and didn’t go further, was one of the lesser remembered space missions of NASA’s program. In a 1999 oral history, McDivitt said it didn’t bother him that it was overlooked: “I could see why they would, you know, it didn’t land on the moon. And so it’s hardly part of Apollo. But the lunar module was … key to the whole program.”
Flying with Apollo 9 crewmates Rusty Schweickart and David Scott, McDivitt’s mission was the first in-space test of the lightweight lunar lander, nicknamed Spider. Their goal was to see if people could live in it, if it could dock in orbit and — something that became crucial in the Apollo 13 crisis — if the lunar module’s engines could control the stack of spacecraft, which included the command module Gumdrop.
Early in training, McDivitt was not impressed with how flimsy the lunar module seemed: “I looked at Rusty and he looked at me, and we said, ‘Oh my God! We’re actually going to fly something like this?’ So it was really chintzy. … it was like cellophane and tin foil put together with Scotch tape and staples!”
Unlike many of his fellow astronauts, McDivitt didn’t yearn to fly from childhood. He was just good at it.
McDivitt didn’t have money for college growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He worked for a year before going to junior college. When he joined the Air Force at 20, soon after the Korean War broke out, he had never been on an airplane. He was accepted for pilot training before he had ever been off the ground.
“Fortunately, I liked it,” he later recalled.
McDivitt flew 145 combat missions in Korea and came back to Michigan where he graduated from the University of Michigan with an aeronautical engineering degree. He later was one of the elite test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base and became the first student in the Air Force’s Aerospace Research Pilot School. The military was working on its own later-abandoned human space missions.
In 1962, NASA chose McDivitt to be part of its second class of astronauts, often called the “New Nine,” joining Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and others.
McDivitt was picked to command the second two-man Gemini mission, along with White. The four-day mission in 1965 circled the globe 66 times.
Apollo 9’s shakedown flight lasted 10 days in March 1969 — four months before the moon landing — and was relatively trouble free and uneventful.
“After I flew Apollo 9 it was apparent to me that I wasn’t going to be the first guy to land on the moon, which was important to me,” McDivitt recalled in 1999. “And being the second or third guy wasn’t that important to me.”
So McDivitt went into management, first of the Apollo lunar lander, then for the Houston part of the entire program.
McDivitt left NASA and the Air Force in 1972 for a series of private industry jobs, including president of the railcar division at Pullman Inc. and a senior position at aerospace firm Rockwell International. He retired from the military with the rank of brigadier general.
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Police: 1 killed, 2 wounded in Illinois warehouse shooting
Published: Jun. 25, 2022 at 11:55 AM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (AP) — One person has been killed and two others wounded in a shooting Saturday at an automotive interior products warehouse in suburban Chicago.
Bolingbrook police responded about 6:25 a.m. to reports of the shooting at the WeatherTech facility, Capt. Anthony Columbus told WLS-TV.
The suspected shooter fled the building, but was found about 9:25 a.m. and taken into custody, police said.
The victims were taken to hospitals where one later died, police said. Another was in critical condition and the third was treated and released.
Further details about the shooting were not immediately available.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Justin Fields might not get the chance to break the single-season rushing record for an NFL quarterback.
Coach Matt Eberflus threw Fields’ status for the Chicago Bears’ season finale against Minnesota into question Monday, saying there are “ongoing conversations about everybody” with general manager Ryan Poles.
Fields needs 63 yards to break the QB rushing record of 1,206 set by Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson in 2019 during his MVP season. But it’s not clear he’ll get that opportunity when the Bears host the NFC North champion Vikings on Sunday.
“We’re working on that, on everybody, including Justin,” Eberflus said. “We’re gonna visit with Ryan, the rest of the coaching staff. The health of the football team, the entire health of the team, where we were two weeks ago is different than where we are now, so I think it’s important that we evaluate that.”
Fields has been one of the few bright spots for a rebuilding team in its first season under Poles and Eberflus. The Bears (3-13) set a franchise record by extending their skid to nine games and matched one with their 13th loss in a 41-10 blowout at Detroit on Sunday. The only team with a worse record than Chicago is Houston (2-13-1).
Eberflus seemed to play it a little more coy Monday after indicating following the game that Fields would suit up. He responded “yes” when asked if Fields — who sat out Week 12 with a separated nonthrowing shoulder — will play if he’s healthy. He added the Bears “potentially” will know who their starting quarterback is Wednesday, when they practice for the first time this week.
“I would just say the health of our football team is important,” he said. “And that ties into everybody.”
Fields ranked sixth in the NFL through Sunday with 1,143 yards rushing. He is averaging a league-leading 7.1 per attempt. The way he has been breaking off big runs, he could surpass Jackson without taking too many hits.
Eberflus said the record is “an important factor.”
“But it’s not end-all, be-all,” he added. “Certainly the health of our team is the most important thing.”
WHAT’S WORKING
Special teams. The Bears got a 63-yard kickoff return from Velus Jones Jr. and another solid performance from rookie punter Trenton Gill. He had seven punts for 321 yards, dropping three inside the 20.
WHAT’S NOT
The passing game. After showing some signs of growth as a passer, this felt like a step back for Fields. He was 7 of 21 for 75 yards and a 40.8 rating while getting sacked a season-high seven times. The Bears continue to rank last in the NFL in passing while leading the league in rushing. But after an early spurt, the ground game stalled, too. Though Fields ran for 132 yards, most came on Chicago’s first two possessions. Fields had a 31-yard run on the game-opening touchdown drive and scrambled 60 yards on the Bears’ next possession, setting up a field goal.
STOCK UP
Jones Jr. The third-round pick from Tennessee had a big return for the second straight week when he ran a kickoff back from deep in the end zone 63 yards to the Detroit 45 on the second-to-last play of the first half. Fields then got intercepted by Aidan Hutchinson at the 35. Against Buffalo a week earlier, Jones returned four kickoffs for 113 yards, including a 40-yarder in the first quarter. He lost his punt return duties early in the season when he muffed two in a three-game span, contributing to losses against the New York Giants and the Washington Commanders.
STOCK DOWN
WR Chase Claypool. Learning a new system in November is tough, and missing back-to-back games because of a knee injury before returning Sunday didn’t make things any easier. But the Bears expected more when they sent a second-round pick in the 2023 draft to Pittsburgh to get him. Claypool has just 111 yards on 12 catches and no touchdowns in six games for Chicago. Against Detroit, the only pass thrown his way went off his hands as he tried to make a lunging catch at the two-minute warning.
INJURIES
Eberflus said WR Dante Pettis flew home separately after being released from the hospital. He was cleared from the concussion protocol after getting shaken up in Sunday’s game and will continue to be monitored. Pettis experienced blurry vision, and Eberflus said that was the only symptom as far as he knew.
KEY NUMBER
1 — The Bears have one game left and a shot at the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
NEXT STEPS
The Bears close out the season at home Sunday against Minnesota, a team that got stomped at Green Bay 41-17.
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NEW YORK (AP) — For much of the year, small cracks in Donald Trump’s political support have been growing.
Dissatisfied Republican primary voters began to consider new presidential prospects. GOP donors grappled with damaging revelations uncovered by the Jan. 6 committee. S everal party leaders pondered challenging Trump for the party’s 2024 nomination.
But after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Florida estate, the Republican Party unified swiftly behind the former president.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who likely represents Trump’s strongest potential primary challenger, described the Biden administration as a “regime” and called Monday’s Mar-a-Lago search for improperly taken classified documents “another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents.”
The GOP push to portray Trump as the victim of a politicized Justice Department ignored the potential criminal misconduct that justified the search in the eyes of a federal judge. It overlooked Trump’s role in hiring now-vilified FBI Director Chris Wray, who also served as a high-ranking official in a Republican-led Justice Department. The Biden White House, meanwhile, said it had no prior knowledge of the search.
But the robust defense serves as a fresh reminder of the former president’s enduring grip on the GOP, driven by an ability to use a sense of grievance among many Republican voters toward government and other institutions. Trump tapped into that animosity to overcome two impeachments and the fallout from an insurrection. His allies said Tuesday that the FBI search would only strengthen his position again.
“The sooner he kicks off his campaign, the better,” Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks, the chair of the Republican Study Committee, said in an interview.
Banks was among about a dozen Republican lawmakers who spent several hours Tuesday evening with Trump at his summer home in Bedminster, New Jersey. During a meal that included steak, scallops, mashed potatoes, salad and a Trump cookie, the group talked about the upcoming midterm elections and the 2024 presidential race, Banks said.
The former president told the lawmakers “his mind is made up” about a 2024 campaign and “we’ll all be happy with his decision.”
The FBI search seemed to trigger a shift among Trump’s advisers, who had been privately urging him to wait until after the midterm elections to announce his intention to seek the presidency again. Suddenly, some of those same advisers were urging him to launch his campaign before the November elections.
Trump stoked such speculation in the hours after the search by posting a campaign-style video on social media. “The best is yet to come,” he said.
He followed up with a fundraising appeal, making it personal by declaring “it’s important that you know that it wasn’t just my home that was violated — it was the home of every patriotic American who I have been fighting for.”
In Columbia, South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham said he spoke with Trump and felt sure another campaign was coming.
“One thing I can tell you,” Graham said. “I believed he was going to run before. I’m stronger in my belief now.”
As Republicans rallied behind Trump, Democrats pushed back against GOP claims of political interference, without evidence. Some accused the GOP of a departure from its longstanding commitment to “law and order.”
“The FBI director was appointed by Donald Trump,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Asked if the raid might hurt Democrats in the November elections, she said: “You’re talking about if the Justice Department decides to have a warrant to go in because they suspect something is justified, it’s going to have an impact on the election? No, no, no, no, no.”
Some of Trump’s most vocal Republican critics still shied away from embracing the former president. And it was unclear how rank-and-file Republican voters and independents frustrated by Trump’s divisive leadership might be moved by the new developments.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor and one of many Republicans considering a 2024 presidential bid, noted Tuesday that a federal judge had to sign off on the warrant.
“The former president is presumed innocent,” Christie said in an interview. “On the other hand, we can’t immediately impugn the motives of the prosecutors just because they’re from another political party.”
“It’s an extraordinary action. And there better be some pretty extraordinary facts to underlie it. If there are, then they have every right to do it.”
And some other Republican officials seemed to express continued concerns about Trump by refusing to weigh in at all.
The relatively short list of those GOP leaders who remained silent Tuesday afternoon was led by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who has privately encouraged his party to move past Trump. But the Kentucky Republican eventually weighed in, saying: “The country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation of what led to the events of Monday. Attorney General Garland and the Department of Justice should already have provided answers to the American people and must do so immediately.”
The overwhelming majority — from House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy to DeSantis, accused the Biden administration of “weaponizing” the Justice Department and ignored any potential wrongdoing by Trump.
“The GOP now fully embraces the notion that Trump should, indeed, be above the law, and that Trump 2.0 will be a bonfire of vengeance,” wrote Republican commentator Charlie Sykes, a frequent Trump critic.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, who is gearing up for a presidential run of his own, said he shared “the deep concerns of millions of Americans” over the search of Trump’s private residence.
He stopped short of attacking the FBI, however. Instead, he said Attorney General Merrick Garland should “give a full accounting to the American people as to why this action was taken and he must do so immediately.”
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri aggressively condemned the Justice Department on Trump’s behalf.
Hawley called the search “an unprecedented assault on democratic norms and the rule of law.” He called for Garland’s resignation or impeachment and the removal of FBI Director Wray.
Cotton said Garland had “weaponized” the Justice Department against his political enemies. “There will be consequences for this,” he warned.
Also from Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, still another Republican weighing a 2024 run, called the search “unprecedented and alarming.” But like Pence, he added, “We must see the probable cause affidavit before making a judgment.”
The search intensified the months-long probe into how classified documents ended up in boxes of White House records located at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year. A separate grand jury is investigating efforts by Trump and allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
In late June, long before the latest development, 48% of U.S. adults said that Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Views on Trump’s criminal liability broke down predictably along party lines, with 86% of Democrats and 10% of Republicans saying Trump should be charged. Still, the fact that nearly half the country believed he should be prosecuted represents a remarkable position for the former president, pointing to the difficulties he could face in another White House run.
Former Trump adviser Sam Nunberg said Monday’s FBI search would almost certainly strengthen Trump’s standing among Republican primary voters, especially those Republicans who had begun to lean toward DeSantis or another fresh face. But if Trump is ultimately indicted for a federal crime related to the search, as Nunberg said he expects, the former president’s ability to win over a broader group of voters in the 2024 general election could take a major hit.
“Despite the fantasies of everyone from Sean Hannity to Steve Bannon, I can promise you that someone under indictment isn’t going to get elected president of the United States,” Nunberg said.
But on Tuesday, at least, the Republican Party was squarely behind Trump, its undisputed leader.
One of Trump’s most vocal supporters in Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, almost seemed to thank the Justice Department for bringing her party together.
“I’ve talked a lot about the civil war in the GOP and I lean into it because America needs fearless & effective Republicans to finally put America First,” she tweeted. “Last night’s tyrannical FBI raid at MAR is unifying us in ways I haven’t seen.”
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BEIJING (AP) — China is seeking to minimize the possibility of a major new COVID-19 outbreak during this month’s Lunar New Year travel rush following the end of most pandemic containment measures.
The Transportation Ministry on Friday called on travelers to reduce trips and gatherings, particularly if they involve elderly people, pregnant women, small children and those with underlying conditions.
People using public transport are also urged to wear masks and pay special attention to their health and personal hygiene, Vice Minister Xu Chengguang told reporters at a briefing.
The call stopped short of asking citizens to stay home entirely, as the government had since the pandemic began, although some local governments have urged migrant workers not to return home.
Xu said authorities expect more than 2 billion trips to be made during the weeklong festival season, the most important time for visiting family and friends in the traditional Chinese calendar. That is nearly double the number of last year and 70.3% over the same period in 2019 before the pandemic hit, Xu said.
Demand for family visits and tourism has “accumulated over the past three years of the pandemic to be met all at once,“ Xu said.
“We encourage people to make travel plans based on the situation of themselves and their family members,” he said.
China abruptly ended a strict regime of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing in December amid growing concerns about the economic impact and rare public protests in a country that permits no open political dissent.
On Sunday, China is also ending mandatory quarantines for people arriving from abroad.
The current outbreak appears to have spread the fastest in densely populated cities, putting a strain on the health care system. Authorities are now concerned about the possible spread to smaller towns and rural areas that lack resources such as ICU beds.
Overseas, a growing number of governments are requiring virus tests for travelers from China, saying they are needed because the Chinese government is not sharing enough information on the outbreak, particularly about the potential emergence of new variants.
The European Union on Wednesday “strongly encouraged” its member states to impose pre-departure COVID-19 testing, though not all have done so. The World Health Organization has also expressed concern about the lack of data from China, while the U.S. is requiring a negative test result for travelers from China within 48 hours of departure.
China has criticized the requirements and warned it could impose countermeasures against countries using them. Spokespeople have said the situation is under control, and reject accusations of a lack of preparation for reopening.
Despite concerns, Hong Kong announced it will reopen some of its border crossings with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of thousands of people to cross every day without being quarantined.
The city’s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years and the reopening is expected to provide a much-needed boost to Hong Kong’s tourism and retail sectors.
China has also gradually opened up to visits by foreign officials, hosting Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. this week.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is tentatively due to make his first visit to Beijing in office this month or next, during which he will meet with newly appointed Foreign Minister Qin Gang, China’s blunt-speaking former ambassador to Washington.
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Depp-Heard jury still sorting through weeks of dirty laundry
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A jury has resumed deliberations after a sensational six-week trial to resolve defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard over their volatile and unhappy marriage.
The seven-person civil jury heard closing arguments Friday and deliberated for about two hours before leaving for the long Memorial Day weekend. Jurors resumed deliberations in Fairfax County Circuit Court just after 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Depp is suing Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libeling him with a 2018 op-ed she wrote describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim against the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star after his lawyer called her allegations a hoax. Each accuses the other of destroying their career.
Testimony featured a litany of lurid details of their short marriage. Heard testified that Depp physically or sexually assaulted her more than a dozen times. During his testimony, Depp testified that he never struck Heard, that she concocted the abuse allegations, and that she was the one who physically attacked him, multiple times.
During closing arguments, both sides told the jury that a verdict in their favor would give their clients their lives back.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — This month, thousands of gray whales will migrate south through Oregon’s waters to the warm lagoons of Baja Mexico, and visitors have the chance to watch their journey.
Oregon State Parks will host Whale Watch Week in person along the Oregon coast for the first time since 2019. The event will kick off on Dec. 28 and runs through January 1, 2023.
Trained volunteers will be stationed at nearly all of the 17 whale watching sites along the Oregon coast, organizers said. The volunteers will help visitors spot the whales, share information and answer questions from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily.
The week-long whale watching program was first canceled in 2020 at the start of the pandemic.
Peter McBride is a park ranger with Oregon State Parks.
“It’s something that Oregon State Parks has been doing for more than 40 years now, and we’re really glad to bring it back in person,” McBride said in a news release.
Over the course of the next several weeks, an estimated 19,000 gray whales are expected to swim past Oregon’s shores to the warm lagoons near Baja, Mexico. Roughly 30 whales pass by each hour, according to Oregon State Parks.
People planning to take part are encouraged to bring binoculars and know the tide schedule. It’s best to get outside in the morning and pick a view point high enough to spot the spouts.
Can’t travel to the coast? Whale watchers year-round can visit the Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay for interactive exhibits and panoramic ocean views.
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(NEXSTAR) – It’s not just you: Even the founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House was perturbed by its name.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House — the somewhat confusingly named restaurant chain that apparently both “Ruth” and “Chris” have something to do with — has managed to open nearly 150 locations across the globe with relatively few people questioning who “Ruth’s Chris” is.
Perhaps not surprisingly, “Ruth’s Chris” is a real person. But he doesn’t belong to “Ruth,” and he has little to do with the chain’s success.
The story of Ruth’s Chris Steak House begins in 1927, when Chris Matulich opened up a restaurant called Chris Steak House on Broad Street in New Orleans. He ended up selling the business six times over the next several decades, buying it back after each new owner’s failed attempt to run the place, according to “Eat Dat,” a guide to New Orleans’ culinary history written by Michael Murphy.
Matulich likely didn’t have high hopes for the next entrepreneur who expressed interest in the place: a young woman named Ruth Fertel (nee Udstad), who had no experience running a restaurant. So he sold it for the seventh — and perhaps unbeknownst to him — the final time.
Fertel, a 38-year-old single mom working as a lab technician at Tulane University, had been looking for a way to pay for her sons’ college tuition. Her friends, family, lawyer and even the bank reportedly advised her against buying the steakhouse, but she ignored their warnings and mortgaged her home to purchase the business for $18,000.
“They told me I was absolutely crazy,” she said in a 1998 interview with Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s “Louisiana Legends” series.
She found success over the next 11 years, and even helped give back to the community by feeding relief workers and victims of Hurricane Betsy, and by hiring an all-female waitstaff made up of single moms like herself.
Fertel also went to work designing a special broiler to help cook the steaks to her specifications — a broiler which is still in use at Ruth’s Chris Steak House locations today, according to Ruth’s Hospitality Group.
In 1976, however, Chris Steak House burned down, forcing Fertel to find another space. But due to a clause in her purchase agreement with Matulich, she couldn’t use the name “Chris Steak House” unless she was running it out of the original building. Fearing that anything too different from “Chris Steak House” name would hurt her restaurant’s name recognition, she simply tacked “Ruth’s” to the front.
And she regretted it almost immediately.
“I’ve always hated the name,” Fertel told Fortune in the ‘90s. “But we’ve always managed to work around it.”
The somewhat hard-to-enunciate name didn’t stop Ruth from enjoying her work, either. A few years before she died in 2002, Fertel told Louisiana Public Broadcasting that she believed she found her calling in the hospitality business, despite coming from a background in chemistry and physics.
“I was so lucky that I fell into something that I really, really love,” she said. “And I think that if you ever go into business, you better find something you really love because you spend so many hours with it, it almost becomes your life.”
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SHANGHAI (AP) _ Yum China Holdings Inc. (YUMC) on Tuesday reported net income of $206 million in its third quarter.
The Shanghai-based company said it had profit of 49 cents per share.
The restaurant operator in China posted revenue of $2.69 billion in the period, which matched Street forecasts.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Oramed" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ORMP) (TASE: ORMP) (www.oramed.com), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery platforms, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
"We are pleased to share our quarterly report for the third quarter of 2022. We had a strong quarter filled with important milestones, including positive Phase 2 NASH data and initial positive results from our Phase 1 oral Covid-19 vaccine trial. Over the next few months, we look forward to sharing multiple milestones, most notably topline data from our first Phase 3 oral insulin trial expected in January," said Oramed Chief Executive Officer, Nadav Kidron. "Oramed remains in a strong financial position with approximately $160 million in cash and investments as of September 30, 2022, allowing us to continue advancing all aspects of our pipeline and giving us sufficient runway to complete our pivotal oral insulin (ORMD-0801) Phase 3 trials and advance us towards potential FDA approval."
Financial Results for the Three Month Period Ended September 30, 2022
- As of September 30, 2022, we had approximately $160 million in cash and investments, comprised of $33,196,000 of available cash, $121,119,000 of short-term bank deposits and $5,234,000 of marketable securities.
- Research and development expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 decreased by 12% to $5,347,000, compared to $6,086,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. The decrease was mainly due to lower research and development expenses in our subsidiary Oravax Inc. ("Oravax") in the third quarter of 2022. Stock-based compensation expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 were $771,000, compared to $495,000 during the three month period ended September 30, 2021. This increase was mainly due to equity awards granted to employees in 2022, and equity awards granted by Oravax to employees and board members of Oravax and to other service providers in September 2022.
- Sales and marketing expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 increased by 169% to $463,000, compared to $172,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. The increase was primarily due to stock-based compensation expenses and consulting expenses. Stock-based compensation costs for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 were $303,000, compared to $142,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. This increase was mainly due to equity awards granted to an employee during fiscal years 2021 and 2022.
- General and administrative expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 increased by 60% to $3,061,000 compared to $1,909,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. The increase was mainly due to higher stock-based compensation expenses and salary expenses. Stock-based compensation costs for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 were $1,977,000, compared to $644,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. This increase was mainly due to equity awards granted to directors, officers and other employees in 2022, and equity awards granted by Oravax to employees and board members of Oravax and to other service providers in September 2022.
- Basic and diluted loss per share of common stock for the three month period ended September 30, 2022 decreased by 14% to $0.18, compared to $0.21 for the three month period ended September 30, 2021. The decrease in loss was mainly due to a higher number of weighted average shares of common stock in the three month period ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three month period ended September 30, 2021.
Full financial tables are included below.
About Oramed Pharmaceuticals
Oramed Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq/TASE: ORMP) is a platform technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, with offices in the United States and Israel, Oramed has developed a novel Protein Oral Delivery (POD™) technology. Oramed is seeking to transform the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary lead candidate, ORMD-0801, which is being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 studies and has the potential to be the first commercial oral insulin capsule for the treatment of diabetes. In addition, Oramed is developing an oral GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) analog capsule (ORMD-0901).
For more information, please visit www.oramed.com.
Forward-looking statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements. For example, we are using forward-looking statements when we discuss the potential development and timing of an oral COVID-19 vaccine, what our financial position is expected to allow us to achieve, our expectations to share multiple milestones, including topline data from our first Phase 3 oral insulin trial, the expected timing of results of our clinical trials, the expected timing and achievement of milestones and other anticipated future results. In addition, historic results of scientific research and clinical trials do not guarantee that the conclusions of future research or trials will suggest identical or even similar conclusions. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Oramed only, and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including the risks and uncertainties related to the progress, timing, cost, and results of clinical trials and product development programs; difficulties or delays in obtaining regulatory approval or patent protection for our product candidates; competition from other pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies; and our ability to obtain additional funding required to conduct our research, development and commercialization activities. In addition, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: changes in technology and market requirements; delays or obstacles in launching our clinical trials; changes in legislation; inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; lack of validation of our technology as we progress further and lack of acceptance of our methods by the scientific community; inability to retain or attract key employees whose knowledge is essential to the development of our products; unforeseen scientific difficulties that may develop with our process; greater cost of final product than anticipated; loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition; laboratory results that do not translate to equally good results in real settings; our patents may not be sufficient; and finally that products may harm recipients, all of which could cause the actual results or performance of Oramed to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by law, Oramed undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Oramed, reference is made to Oramed' s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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2022 Midterm Election updates as Democrats, GOP fight to win Senate, House of Representatives
Live updates from the 2022 Midterm Election campaign trail as Republicans and Democrats battle it out with just a weeks of campaigning left before election day in November. Stay up-to-date on events and latest news surrounding the 2022 midterms from Fox News!
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With just over two weeks to midterm election day, President Biden has remained noticeably absent in almost every battleground race, despite referring to the 2022 midterms on Tuesday as the "most consequential election in our history."
Biden has endorsed only three House candidates across the country thus far in Illinois, Ohio, and Oregon. While Oregon’s 5th district is ranked a ‘toss-up,’ Illinois’ 7th and Ohio’s 11th districts are both ‘solidly blue’ House races, according to Fox News Power Rankings.
On the Senate side, where Democrats are fighting to maintain their razor-thin majority, Biden has endorsed only one Senate candidate, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, in the state’s contentious race to fill resigning Sen. Pat Toomey’s open seat.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters en route to Portland, Oregon, recently that the president is "always getting incoming requests" when asked whether anyone is requesting Biden's presence on the campaign trail, however, Biden has only publicly announced events in Pennsylvania and Florida between now and election day.
Read more from Fox News' Sophia Slacik here: Biden steers clear of endorsing most vulnerable Democrats in midterms: 'Lead balloon' in key races
With three weeks until the midterm elections, national Democrats lack of support for Democratic candidates battling to pick up key seats is stirring up worry among officials and party insiders that Democrats may not win enough contested seats to retain control of the Senate this November.
The stress arose after political experts and voters noticed a lack of engagement from the national Democratic Party for first-time Senate candidates in the North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
In North Carolina, local Democrats are worried that the party has robbed Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate who could become state's first black senator, of the resources she needs in order to win her election, after a local North Carolinian said at a campaign event for Beasley that with election day drawing near, most of her friends still "don’t know who she is" and lamented that the majority of the ads running paint her in a negative light, the Washington Post reported.
Read more from Fox News' Aubrie Spady here.
Most registered voters trust the Republican Party over Democrats to best handle critical midterm issues, according to a new poll that found the GOP is leading on the generic congressional ballot just three weeks before Nov. 8.
A CNBC All-America Economic survey found that 42% of Americans believe the Republican Party would do a better job at bringing down inflation, while only 27% think that Democrats are the best party to confront the issue.
The majority of respondents also noted that they have the most confidence in the GOP to create more jobs, best deal with taxes and reduce the federal deficit. The Democrats were the least trusted party to tackle the majority of crucial economic issues; however, respondents trusted them more to reduce the cost of healthcare and take care of the middle class.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has thrown its financial support behind a White male Democratic congressman in Indiana rather than to his challenger who is looking to become the only Black female Republican in Congress.
"It’s the American people versus the DC politicians and lobbyists," Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green told Fox News Digital in a statement. "I’m with the American people. The Congressional Black Caucus is with the politicians and lobbyists, and their career politician ally Frank Mrvan.
America’s poorest communities are proof Frank Mrvan and the CBC care more about power and helping themselves than helping the people of northwest Indiana. It’s sad." Campaign finance records show that the CBC donated $5,000 to the campaign of Democratic Congressman Frank Mrvan in late September as he runs to defend his seat representing Indiana’s First Congressional District.
The caucus donated to Mrvan instead of his challenger Green, who would become the sole Black Republican woman in Congress if elected.
Green added that all American people, regardless of party, race or gender, are "suffering under the failed policies of Washington politicians."
Read more from Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller: Black GOP congressional candidate slams Black Caucus for backing her white male Dem opponent: ‘it's sad’
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NY Albany NY Zone Forecast for Friday, March 3, 2023
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322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches. Highs in
the lower 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening, then a chance of
snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. West
winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 20. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows 15 to 20. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Cold with highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20. Highs
in the lower 30s.
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322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Near steady temperature
in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
around 30. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming west after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
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322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
becoming north 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy and brisk, cold with lows in the mid
20s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny and breezy. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the
evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Light snow
accumulation possible. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
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322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
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chance of rain or snow this afternoon. Little or no snow and sleet
accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely after midnight.
Little or no snow accumulation. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 40.
Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 20s. Highs in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
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322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
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.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming west after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs around 40.
$$
NYZ038-041600-
Southern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk,
Frankfort, and Doldgeville
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. East
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming north 5 to
10 mph this afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening, then a chance of
snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs around 40. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain showers in
the evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Light snow
accumulation possible. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a chance of snow showers. A chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ032-041600-
Northern Herkimer-
Including the cities of Atwell, Big Moose, Eagle Bay, Mckeever,
Nobleboro, Northwood, and Old Forge
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in
the lower 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows around 20. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Cold
with highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Cloudy, cold. Lows around 20. Highs
in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 20.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy, cold with highs around 30.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold. Lows 15 to 20.
Highs in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ042-041600-
Northern Warren-
Including the cities of North Creek, Warrensburg, and Chestertown
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 12 to 16 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs around 40. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance
of snow showers. Cold. Lows around 20. Highs in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ083-041600-
Southeast Warren-
Including the city of Glens Falls
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. North winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming
light and variable. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ043-041600-
Northern Washington-
Including the cities of Whitehall and Granville
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 40. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Northwest winds around
5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 20.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Cold with highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ084-041600-
Southern Washington-
Including the cities of Hudson Falls, Fort Edward, Cambridge,
and Greenwich
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in the upper 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs
in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ082-041600-
Northern Fulton-
Including the cities of Caroga Lake, Northville, and Mayfield
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 12 to 16 inches. Cold with
highs in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to
35 mph this morning. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
Northwest winds around 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of snow showers. Cold. Lows around 20. Highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Cold. Lows around 20.
Highs in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ039-041600-
Southern Fulton-
Including the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Cold with highs in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ040-041600-
Montgomery-
Including the cities of Amsterdam, Wellsville, and Fonda
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ047-041600-
Schoharie-
Including the cities of Cobleskill and Middleburgh
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening, then a chance of
snow showers after midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain showers in
the evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Light snow
accumulation possible. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ048-041600-
Western Schenectady-
Including the cities of Delanson, Esperance, and Duanesburg
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Highs in
the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph this
morning. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the upper 30s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. West
winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Cold with highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ049-041600-
Eastern Schenectady-
Including the cities of Schenectady and Rotterdam
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ050-041600-
Southern Saratoga-
Including the cities of Ballston Spa, Clifton Park, Mechanicville,
and Waterford
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming west after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ051-041600-
Western Albany-
Including the cities of Altamont and Berne
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches. Cold.
Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph this
afternoon. Chance of snow 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Cold with highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower
20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ053-041600-
Western Rensselaer-
Including the city of Troy
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Near steady temperature in
the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest
after midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 10 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ054-041600-
Eastern Rensselaer-
Including the cities of Grafton and Hoosick Falls
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow. Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in
the mid 30s. East winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph,
becoming northeast around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph this
afternoon. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the mid 20s. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after
midnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds 15 to
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 30s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the lower 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning.
Cold with highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 20. Highs in
the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ060-041600-
Western Columbia-
Including the city of Hudson
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then rain or snow likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 6 inches. Near steady temperature in
the mid 30s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ061-041600-
Eastern Columbia-
Including the city of Chatham
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then snow or rain likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 6 inches. Highs in the upper 30s.
Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming north
5 to 10 mph this afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with lows
in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs around 40. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
Highs in the upper 30s.
$$
NYZ059-041600-
Eastern Greene-
Including the cities of Catskill, Coxsackie, Athens, Cairo,
and Jefferson Heights
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Snow this morning, then rain or snow likely this afternoon.
Total snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Highs in the upper 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow in the evening.
Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers after
midnight. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain and snow showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper
20s. Highs around 40.
$$
NYZ063-041600-
Western Ulster-
Including the cities of Ellenville, Woodstock, West Hurley,
Kerhonkson, Napanoch, and Phoenicia
322 AM EST Sat Mar 4 2023
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain or snow likely, mainly this morning. Little or
no snow accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming north around 5 mph this
afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold with
lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of snow
30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny.
Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow and rain showers in
the evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Light snow
accumulation possible. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
Highs in the mid 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the mid 20s.
.THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s.
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of rain or snow this afternoon. Little or no snow and sleet
accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
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5 mph, becoming northwest in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Cold
with lows in the upper 20s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in
the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely after midnight.
Little or no snow accumulation. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
mid 20s. Highs around 40.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold with lows in the lower 20s.
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.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain or sleet with snow likely this morning, then a
chance of rain or snow this afternoon. Little or no snow and sleet
accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 35 mph this morning. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows in the upper 20s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Cold with lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Snow showers likely after midnight.
Little or no snow accumulation. Cold with lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and snow showers in
the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
30s. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid
20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
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AP Film Writer
The multiverse-hopping adventure film “ Everything Everywhere All At Once ” has a leading eight nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with nods for best feature, best director, best lead actor for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actors Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis and breakthrough for Stephanie Hsu.
The organization announced nominees for its 38th edition on Tuesday, where other top contenders include Todd Field’s classical music thriller “ Tár,” with seven nominations — including for feature, director, actor for Cate Blanchett and supporting actor for Nina Hoss — Charlotte Wells’ “ Aftersun,” Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” and Luca Guadagnino’s “ Bones and All.” Aside from “Aftersun,” nominated for best first feature, all are best feature nominees alongside the sole nomination for “Our Father, the Devil.”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once” has become a bit of a Cinderella story this year, earning over $100 million at the global box office against a $25 million budget. It was also nominated for editing and screenplay.
The cannibal romance “Bones and All,” which expands nationwide this week, got nominations for Taylor Russell’s lead performance and Mark Rylance’s supporting role, but none for Timothée Chalamet.
“Women Talking,” about women living in an isolated religious colony, did not receive any solo acting nominations but did get the Robert Altman Award for its ensemble, in addition to best director and screenplay nods.
Joining “Aftersun” in the first feature category are “Emily the Criminal,” “ The Inspection,” “ Murina,” and “Palm Trees and Power Lines.”
Paul Mescal was nominated for his leading performance in “Aftersun” while his co-star Frankie Corio was singled out in the breakthrough category.
The awards celebrate the best in independent filmmaking and recently raised the budget cap from $22.5 million to $30 million for the main prizes and $1 million for the John Cassavetes Award. The organization also shifted to gender neutral acting awards. The main acting categories now have 10 nominees each.
Lead performance nominees, in addition to Blanchett, Russell, Mescal and Yeoh, are Dale Dickey (“A Love Song” ), Mia Goth (“Pearl” ), Regina Hall (“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”), Aubrey Plaza (“Emily the Criminal”), Jeremy Pope (“The Inspection”) and Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”).
Other supporting performers nominated are: Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”), Brian d’Arcy James (“The Cathedral”), Trevante Rhodes (“Bruiser”), Theo Rossi (“Emily the Criminal”), Jonathan Tucker (“Palm Trees and Power Lines”) and Gabrielle Union (“The Inspection”).
A24 was far and away the most nominated studio with 24 nods total from its slate, which included “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “Aftersun,” “The Inspection,” “After Yang” and “Pearl.” Focus Features, which made “Tár” and “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.” followed with nine.
“Zola’s” Taylour Paige and “The Inspection’s” Raúl Castillo read the nominations, which are chosen by committees made up of film critics, producers, festival programmers, filmmakers, past winners and Film Independent’s Board of Directors. Film independent president Josh Welsh said they considered 409 films.
Films nominated for best documentary included Laura Poitras’ Venice-winner “ All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “All that Breathes,” “A House Made of Splinters,” “Riotsville, U.S.A.” and “Midwives.”
Best international nominees were: “Corsage,” “Joyland,” “Leonor Will Never Die,” “Return to Seoul” and “Saint Omer.”
At the 37th edition earlier this year, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrente adaptation “The Lost Daughter” won best feature, best director and best screenplay. But Netflix won’t have a repeat showing in March: The streamer received zero nominations Tuesday. The budget cap meant that several of its films like, “White Noise” and “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” were not eligible.
Some other high-profile award hopefuls that received zero nominations were James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” and Darren Aronofsky’s “ The Whale.”
The Spirit Awards also hand out awards to television shows, but those nominees won’t be announced until Dec. 13. The beachside ceremony will be held in Santa Monica on March 4, 2023, the weekend before the Oscars.
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‘Tiger King’ star ‘Doc’ Antle convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia
WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — A wild animal trainer featured in the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” has been convicted of wildlife trafficking in Virginia, the attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was accused of illegally buying endangered lion cubs in Frederick County, Virginia, for display and profit at his South Carolina zoo, Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a news release. A jury convicted Antle on Friday of two felony counts each of wildlife trafficking and conspiring to wildlife traffic.
Antle, who owns the Myrtle Beach Safari, appeared in “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” a Netflix documentary miniseries that focused on tiger breeders.
The jury acquitted Antle of five counts of animal cruelty and Judge Alexander Iden dismissed four additional animal cruelty charges against Antle and all charges against his two adult daughters, The Winchester Star reported.
Prosecutor Michelle Welch said Myrtle Beach Safari’s lucrative petting zoo motivated Antle to maintain a steady supply of immature lion cubs that he purchased from Wilson’s Wild Animal Park near Winchester, calling the arrangement a “cub pipeline” from Virginia to South Carolina.
When Antle and Keith Wilson, the park’s former owner, began doing business in 2015, it was still legal to buy and sell lions, Welch said. But after lions were designated as an endangered species in December 2015, lions could only be traded between zoos and wildlife preserves that were part of an established breeding program and had permits. There were three illegal cub exchanges in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Welch said.
Antle was indicted in 2020 on several offenses including felony counts of wildlife trafficking and conspiracy. In August 2019, 119 animals — including lions, tigers, bears, camels, goats and water buffalo — were seized from Wilson’s roadside zoo after a judge found that Wilson “cruelly treated, neglected, or deprived” the animals of adequate care.
Wilson testified that Antle paid him in advance under the guise of a donation. He said Antle paid $2,500 to $3,000 per cub with the exception of the 2017 transaction when Antle traded three lynx kittens for three lion cubs.
Wilson is charged with nine misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and 10 felony counts of selling an endangered species and a hearing in his case is scheduled for Friday.
Defense attorney Erin Harrigan called Antle’s prosecution politically motivated in response to a growing public outcry against wild animals being exploited for entertainment purposes.
“This has been an agenda in search of a crime from the beginning of the investigation,” Harrigan said.
Harrigan maintained that the cubs were gifts and Antle sent Wilson donations for an expanded tiger habitat.
“These were not sales,” Harrigan said.
Iden allowed Antle, who faces up to 20 years in prison, to remain free on bond pending sentencing on Sept. 14.
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Protecting your family from tick bites
Ticks have long been known to carry the bacterial agents that cause Lyme disease. and other tick-borne viruses that can linger for a long time. As we move into the warmer months, ticks are going to become more and more active. Now is the time to learn what you can do to protect your family and pets.
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Prevention of tick-borne viruses
Tick bites can unfortunately result in a wide range of symptoms nobody wants to suffer through. They include fatigue, joint pain, rashes, muscle aches, headaches and fever. In pets, symptoms include nausea, fatigue, joint swelling and diarrhea. The bottom line is, do everything you can to avoid these bites. In looking for tick prevention, you should learn about ticks and their behavior.
Why do ticks need hosts?
Like any other living thing, ticks need to eat to stay alive. Unfortunately, their meals must consist of blood. A tick latches onto a host for no other reason than to feed.
How often do ticks feed?
As they travel through the four stages in their life cycle, a tick must eat once at each stage to survive. According to Pest World for Kids, a female lone star tick can lay anywhere between 3,000 to 5,000 eggs at a time. After hatching, the larvae can survive 279 days before needing to feed. A fully mature lone star tick, however, can live as long as 476 days between meals.
How do you get ticks?
Ticks cannot jump or fly. They must crawl onto an unsuspecting host. To do this, ticks climb out to the edge of a blade of grass or leaf and wait with outstretched legs for a potential host to pass by. When they do, the tick simply grabs hold and goes along for the ride. This means the most important thing you can do to avoid getting ticks is to stay away from areas that have tall grass or leaves. If there is a path in the woods, sticking to the middle of that path will help keep you tick-free. At home, this means regularly mowing your lawn.
How do ticks transfer a virus?
Once a tick is on a host, it can start feeding in just a few minutes, or it may take a few hours to find an ideal feeding spot. The best feeding spot is an area that is hidden and the skin is easy to puncture, such as under the arms, around the ears, inside the belly button, between the legs, around the waist or in the hair.
After finding a suitable spot to feed, a tick secretes a small amount of saliva with anesthetic properties, so the host doesn’t feel it cut through the skin and insert a feeding tube. The feeding tube may be barbed and the tick may also secrete a cement-like substance to keep it in place during the feeding.
While feeding, small amounts of saliva can enter the host. If the tick has a pathogen, it can be transmitted to the host at this time.
How long do ticks stay on you?
If undetected, an adult tick will remain attached and feed on the host for as long as 10 days. After feeding, ticks will drop off and prepare for the next stage in their life cycle.
What you need to protect your family and pets from ticks
Each dose of frontline can protect your dog from ticks and fleas for 30 days. It is a fast-acting, waterproof treatment for dogs that are older than 8 weeks and weigh 23 to 44 pounds. This offering comes with three doses.
Each dose of frontline can protect your cat from ticks and fleas for 30 days. It is a fast-acting, waterproof treatment for cats that are older than 8 weeks and weigh over 1.5 pounds. This offering comes with three doses.
Black Flag Flea and Tick Killer Yard Spray
This yard treatment from Black Flag is ready to spray — just connect to your garden hose, and you are all set. It kills fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and other insects for up to 12 weeks. One container treats up to 5,000 square feet.
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While the best method of staying tick-free is to avoid the outdoors, sometimes that isn’t possible. To protect yourself, consider this spray that can repel ticks for up to 10 hours. This product can safely be applied to cotton, wool, nylon, acetate and spandex.
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OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent Aerosol Spray
If you prefer an aerosol alternative, this Deep Woods spray from OFF! is easy to apply. It is formulated with 25% DEET. The insect repellent can protect you from ticks, mosquitos, gnats, chiggers and more for up to eight hours.
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The FedEx driver accused of abducting and killing a 7-year-old girl last week in Texas told authorities that he strangled her after accidentally hitting her with his van while making a delivery at her home, according to an arrest warrant obtained Thursday.
Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, told investigators that Athena Strand wasn’t seriously hurt after he hit her while backing up, but he panicked and put her in his van. He said she was talking to him and told him her name, according the warrant.
But Horner said he didn’t want her to tell her father what happened, so he first tried to break the girl’s neck and when that didn’t work, he strangled her with his hands in the back of the van, the warrant said. The warrant said Horner took investigators to where he’d left Athena’s body.
Athena was found dead on Dec. 2, two days after she was reported missing from the home of her father and stepmother in Paradise, a town of fewer than 500 people about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Dallas.
Horner was arrested last week on charges of capital murder and aggravated kidnapping and remained jailed Thursday with his bond set at $1.5 million. Jail records did not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Athena’s mother, Maitlyn Gandy, spoke at a news conference Thursday outside Wise County courthouse in Decatur, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Paradise. She said said that the package that Horner dropped off that day was a Christmas present for the “amazing little girl” she wanted everyone to know about.
“I was robbed of watching her grow up,” Gandy said as she stood beside the present, a box of “You Can Be Anything” Barbies.
Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin has said that they knew early on that a delivery had been made at the girl’s home at about the same time that she disappeared. Akin has said she was killed about an “hour or so” after being kidnapped.
Working with employees from the contracting company that was delivering packages for FedEx, investigators determined which van and driver made the delivery, the warrant said. Investigators also learned that the van that delivered the package was equipped with video, the warrant said.
An FBI employee who then watched video from the van could see that the driver had taken a young girl who looked like Athena in the van and had talked to her. The warrant said that when investigators located Horner, he told them Athena was dead and confessed.
Gandy said that Athena had been set to return home to her in Oklahoma after Christmas break.
“Now, instead, Athena will be cremated and she will come home in an urn because I’m not even, I’m not anywhere close to being ready to let my baby go,” she said.
Gandy said her daughter, who loved school and her friends in the first grade, also “loved dancing, singing and all animals: dogs, cats, horses, lizards and chinchillas.”
She said Athena loved flowers, and also wasn’t afraid to get “down in the mud with the boys.” “She was her father’s daughter,” Gandy said.
“I will never see her bright blue eyes or her ornery smile again,” Gandy said. “I will never be able to hear her say, ‘I love you, Mommy.’ I will never be able to do her hair again or to hold her while she sleeps.”
She thanked the community, saying they “flew into action” from the moment Athena went missing and she’s been seeing people everywhere wearing pink in her daughter’s honor. At a vigil Tuesday night in Paradise, many of the mourners gathered to remember Athena wore pink.
“I ask everyone to hold your littles just a little tighter for me,” Gandy said.
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WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF STOCKHOLDER CLASS
ACTION AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, SETTLEMENT HEARING,
AND RIGHT TO APPEAR
PLEASE READ THIS SUMMARY NOTICE CAREFULLY. YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING IN THIS COURT.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to an Order of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the "Court"), that the above-captioned stockholder class action (the "Action") is pending in the Court.
YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED that lead plaintiff Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan ("Plaintiff"), on behalf of itself and the Class, has reached a proposed settlement with defendants Michael Dell, David Dorman, Egon Durban, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, William Green, Simon Patterson, Silver Lake Group LLC, Silver Lake Partners III, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P., Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P., SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. (the "Defendants") and Dell for $1,000,000,000 in cash (the "Settlement"). The terms of the Settlement are stated in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, Compromise, and Release between Plaintiff, Defendants and Dell, dated December 22, 2022 (the "Stipulation"), a copy of which is available at www.DellClassVStockholderLitigation.com. If approved by the Court, the Settlement will resolve all claims in the Action as against Defendants.
A hearing (the "Settlement Hearing") will be held on April 19, 2023 at 1:30 p.m., before The Honorable J. Travis Laster, Vice Chancellor, either in person at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, New Castle County, Leonard L. Williams Justice Center, 500 North King Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, or remotely by Zoom (in the discretion of the Court), to, among other things: (i) determine whether the proposed Settlement on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation is fair, reasonable, and adequate to the Class, and should be approved by the Court; (ii) determine whether a Judgment, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Stipulation, should be entered dismissing the Action with prejudice as against Defendants; (iii) determine whether the proposed Plan of Allocation of the Net Settlement Fund is fair and reasonable, and should therefore be approved; (iv) determine whether the application by Plaintiff's Counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and litigation expenses, including Plaintiff's application for an incentive award, should be approved; (v) hear and rule on any objections to the Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, and/or to the application by Plaintiff's Counsel for an award of attorneys' fees and expenses, including Plaintiff's application for an incentive award; and (vi) consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the Court in connection with the Settlement. Any updates regarding the Settlement Hearing, including any changes to the date or time of the hearing or updates regarding in-person or remote appearances at the hearing, will be posted to the Settlement website, www.DellClassVStockholderLitigation.com.
If you are a member of the Class, your rights will be affected by the pending Action and the Settlement, and you may be entitled to share in the Net Settlement Fund. If you have not yet received the Notice, you may obtain a copy of the Notice by contacting the Settlement Administrator at Dell Class V Stockholder Litigation, c/o A.B. Data, Ltd., P.O. Box 170900, Milwaukee, WI 53217. A copy of the Notice can also be downloaded from the Settlement website, www.DellClassVStockholderLitigation.com.
If the Settlement is approved by the Court and the Effective Date occurs, the Net Settlement Fund will be distributed on a pro rata basis to "Eligible Class Members" in accordance with the proposed Plan of Allocation stated in the Notice or such other plan of allocation as is approved by the Court. Under the proposed Plan of Allocation, "Eligible Class Members" consist of Class Members who held shares of Dell Class V common stock at the closing of the Transaction on December 28, 2018 (the "Closing") and therefore received or were entitled to receive the Transaction Consideration for their Eligible Shares. Pursuant to the proposed Plan of Allocation, each Eligible Class Member will be eligible to receive a pro rata payment from the Net Settlement Fund equal to the product of (i) the number of Eligible Shares held by the Eligible Class Member and (ii) the "Per-Share Recovery" for the Settlement, which will be determined by dividing the total amount of the Net Settlement Fund by the total number of Eligible Shares. Eligible Class Members do not have to submit a claim form to receive a payment from the Settlement.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, or Plaintiff's Counsel's application for an award attorneys' fees and expenses, including Plaintiff's application for an incentive award, in connection with the Settlement must be filed with the Register in Chancery in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and delivered to Plaintiff's Counsel and Defendants' Counsel such that they are received no later than April 4, 2023, in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice.
Please do not contact the Court or the Office of the Register in Chancery regarding this notice. All questions about this notice, the proposed Settlement, or your eligibility to participate in the Settlement should be directed to the Settlement Administrator or Plaintiff's Counsel.
Requests for the Notice should be made to the Settlement Administrator:
Dell Class V Stockholder Litigation
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 170900
Milwaukee, WI 53217
Inquiries, other than requests for the Notice, should be made to Plaintiff's Counsel:
Ned Weinberger
Labaton Sucharow LLP
222 Delaware Ave., Suite 1510
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
1-888-219-6877
settlementquestions@labaton.com
BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF
CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE
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DALLAS —
Iowa’s historic women’s basketball season has ended, but not without a fight.
The 2-seed Hawkeyes on Sunday lost to 3-seed LSU 102-85 in the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship, a meeting of two teams seeking their first title.
The victory made Kim Mulkey the first women's coach to win national championships at two different schools. She won three at Baylor before leaving for LSU two years ago. The feisty and flamboyantly dressed Mulkey, who wore a sparkly golden tiger striped outfit, now has the third-most titles of all time behind Geno Auriemma's 11 and Pat Summitt's eight. Mulkey has never lost in a championship game.
The loss ended one of the greatest individual performances in NCAA Tournament history by Caitlin Clark, the AP national player of the year. The junior guard finished with 30 points. She scored 40 in the semifinals to knock out unbeaten South Carolina one game after she had the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA history in the Elite Eight.
The dazzling guard, who grew up in Iowa, set the NCAA record for points in a tournament, passing the 177 that Sheryl Swoopes scored in 1993 en route to leading Texas Tech to the title that year. Clark ended her tournament with 191.
The 102 points broke the previous high for a championship game, surpassing the 97 that Texas scored against Southern California in 1986.
LSU's offense was relentless, scoring 59 points in the first half en route to 102 total. Jasmine Carson led the team with 22 points, with LaDazhia Williams adding 20 and Alexis Morris 21.
Angel Reese finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Trailing by 21 points early in the third quarter, Iowa started hitting from the outside to go on a 15-2 run, hitting four 3-pointers and having a 3-point play to get within 65-57.
The Hawkeyes (31-7) trailed 73-64 with 1:03 left in the third quarter when Clark was called for a technical foul. She swatted the ball away as it was on the floor after a foul call against a teammate. That counted as a personal foul for her, her fourth of the game.
Clark played the entire fourth quarter with four fouls but couldn't get the Hawkeyes much closer.
Monika Czinano had 13 points and 6 rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
After Katari Poole hit a 3-pointer in front of the LSU bench, Mulkey started weeping. A few seconds later after another LSU basket, Reese taunted Clark by putting her hand in front of her face with a “you can’t see me" gesture.
As the final seconds ticked off, Mulkey and Reese hugged, setting off a wild celebration by the Tigers.
The game was tight for the first 15 minutes before Carson got hot from the outside. She made all six of her shots in the second quarter, including four 3-pointers. After one of them, she threw her hands in the air and Mulkey mimicked it on the sidelines.
For good measure, the graduate student guard banked in a shot just before the halftime buzzer to give the Tigers a 59-42 lead at the break. It was the most points ever in the first half of a championship game, breaking the record held by Tennessee since 1998.
“I’ve been working for this my whole life," Carson said at halftime. "It feels great to finally display it on this stage.”
LSU shot 58% from the field in the opening 20 minutes, including going nine for 12 from behind the arc. The Tigers finished the game shooting 54% from the field, including making 11 of 17 3-pointers.
Clark had 16 points and five assists before picking up her third foul with 3:56 to go in the half, which didn’t go over well with the sellout crowd of more than 19,000 fans that included first lady Jill Biden and Billie Jean King, who sat together in a luxury box above the court.
Before this game, Carson had gone scoreless in five of her seven postseason games in her career. She had 11 points in this NCAA Tournament before Sunday.
It was high-scoring first quarter despite there being a lot of stoppages because of foul calls, which made getting into an offensive flow more difficult. Clark had a huge first quarter, scoring 14 points, but Iowa trailed 27-22.
Carson banked in a 3-pointer before buzzer.
The Hawkeyes finish their most successful season ever with a 31-7 record.
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SRI RACHA, Thailand (AP) — Crocodile farmers in Thailand are suggesting a novel approach to saving the country’s dwindling number of endangered wild crocodiles. They want to relax regulations on cross-border trade of the reptiles and their parts to boost demand for products made from ones raised in captivity.
With only about 100 Siamese crocodiles estimated to be living in the wild in Thailand, the species is technically teetering on local extinction. Crocodile farmers, meanwhile, are raising millions of the animals in captivity, but also not faring so well. The coronavirus pandemic devastated sales of their products due to an almost complete halt in the lucrative market of visiting tourists.
In response, Thailand’s crocodile industry, whose $200 million in annual sales plunged nearly 90% during the pandemic, is promoting a two-track solution it hopes can benefit itself as well as the reptile species. In addition to seeking a relaxation of tight regulations on international trade of their products, they are spearheading an effort to restock Siamese crocodiles in the wild.
Although the industry had its roots in the capture of wild crocodiles, breeders and traders argue that a successful and well-regulated farming business can help rebuild the wild crocodile population.
Advocates of easing trade rules believe the successful breeding of Siamese crocodiles on farms means it’s no longer cost effective to hunt them in the wild, and a thriving commercial industry will help fund conservation projects.
Thailand will propose a relaxation of the rules on the trade in Siamese crocodiles at next week’s meeting in Panama of the 184-nation CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The Thai proposal seeks to change the current listing of Siamese crocodiles from Appendix I, a category with extremely strict trade rules for species under threat, to Appendix II, with more relaxed rules that place less regulatory burden on buyers who import the products.
Yosapong Temsiripong, the head of the Thai Crocodile Farm Association and owner of the Sriracha Moda Farm, said this would help revive the battered industry, allowing easier export of meat to countries such as China and, more importantly, crocodile skins to big overseas fashion brands for handbags and shoes. Relaxed rules would help Thailand compete with the United States, Zimbabwe and Australia, which are major exporters of crocodile species that are not in the category of most endangered.
“The last two years, during the pandemic, the crocodile industry was greatly affected as tourism is the main source of our income. When there were no tourists coming, our business suffered greatly,” Yosapong said. “Our exports were also affected. We are hoping that if we can downlist the Siamese crocodile, we can then enter more markets and our products can be accepted by global brands.”
Wild Siamese crocodiles, which were once found in abundance in slow-moving rivers, streams and lakes in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, were decimated by the late 1990s due to uncontrolled hunting and trading, as well as by economic development that shrank their natural habitats. It’s believed that only about 400 Siamese crocodiles remain in the wild, mostly in Cambodia.
Promoting commercial farming and crocodile conservation are compatible goals, said Bancha Sukkaew, deputy director-general of Thailand’s Fisheries Department.
“The species remains as a protected species. Those allowed to be sold and exported have to be from farms. So we can guarantee that trade will be made from farms only. Secondly, we have plans to manage protected areas and plans to release crocodiles into the wild which have been approved to be carried out annually.”
Thai authorities are committed to protecting the wild population, with plans to increase it from about 100 now to 200 over the next 10 years, he said.
Previous proposals to ease trading rules for Siamese crocodiles, however, have been rejected.
Steven Platt, a herpetologist from the U.S.-based Wildlife Conservation Society, said more should be done to save Thailand’s wild Siamese crocodiles before opening the door to increased trade. Such efforts should include a more robust crocodile release program, he said.
Neighboring Cambodia and Laos are leading the effort to increase the wild populations with regular release programs, said Platt, who has spent years working on crocodile conservation. The two countries are believed to have stable and viable populations, which some experts say is not the case in Thailand. Thailand’s release of 50 crocodiles between 2006 and 2019 is relatively small compared to Laos, where around 70 crocodiles were released this year alone.
“Thailand has the best system of national parks, real protected areas that function. They are well governed. They are well managed. They have scientific staff, enforcement staff, and that’s unique in the region. And there’s … a tremendous potential for Thailand to take the lead in Siamese crocodile conservation,” he said. “And we’re just not seeing that.”
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Mobile City Council unanimously approves Topgolf incentives
By Brendan Kirby
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MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The City Council on Tuesday provided the final piece of a financing package that will bring Topgolf to the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The unanimous vote authorizes a $1.25 million incentives package, matching the equal amount approved last week by the Mobile County Commission.
The City Council on Tuesday provided the final piece of a financing package that will bring Topgolf to the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The unanimous vote authorizes a $1.25 million incentives package, matching the equal amount approved last week by the Mobile County Commission. The total $2.5 million taxpayer commitment falls somewhere between the extremes. Some cities and counties have offered incentives worth several million dollars, while others have gotten the popular entertainment venue without public money.
Council members described their votes as an economic development tool and an effort to address an entertainment deficit in the city. District 2 Councilman William Carroll suggested that the Mobile Chamber move its annual golf tournament to the venue when it opens.
“I can’t wait for the entertainment value alone that Topgolf is gonna present to this council,” he said.
The Texas-based company plans to construct a two-story building at the stie of the former Hollywood Stadium 18 move theater in McGowin Park off of Interstate 65. It will have 60 driving bays where customers will compete in games involving targets in the outfield. The facility also will have mini golf and an outdoor patio area, along with a full-service restaurant and bar.
Topgolf did not send a representative to the meeting, and the company has not responded to inquiries from FOX10 News. But District 7 Councilwoman Gina Gregory read a statement from the company breaking down its commitment to created 150 full- and part-time jobs. She said 30 of those jobs would be full-time positions paying average annual salaries of more than $50,000.
The rest, she said, would be full- and part-time jobs paying “up to” $27 per hour. Waiters at the restaurant who work more than 28 ½ hours a week will be eligible for benefits.
“I believe this is a good investment for the city,” she said. “I certainly understand where the concerns are coming from.” by the Mobile County Commission. The total $2.5 million taxpayer commitment falls somewhere between the extremes. Some cities and counties have offered incentives worth several million dollars, while others have gotten the popular entertainment venue without public money.
Council members described their votes as an economic development tool and an effort to address an entertainment deficit in the city. District 2 Councilman William Carroll suggested that the Mobile Chamber move its annual golf tournament to the venue when it opens.
“I can’t wait for the entertainment value alone that Topgolf is gonna present to this council,” he said.
The Texas-based company plans to construct a two-story building at the stie of the former Hollywood Stadium 18 move theater in McGowin Park off of Interstate 65. It will have 60 driving bays where customers will compete in games involving targets in the outfield. The facility also will have mini golf and an outdoor patio area, along with a full-service restaurant and bar.
Topgolf did not send a representative to the meeting, and the company has not responded to inquiries from FOX10 News. Project developer John Whitson, principal at RealtyLink, left the meeting without commenting.
District 7 Councilwoman Gina Gregory read a statement from the company breaking down its commitment to created 150 full- and part-time jobs. She said 30 of those jobs would be full-time positions paying annual salaries of $50,000 or more.
The rest, she said, would be full- and part-time jobs paying “up to” $27 per hor. Waiters at the restaurant who work more than 28 ½ hours a week will be eligible for benefits.
“I believe this is a good investment for the city,” she said. “I certainly understand where the concerns are coming from.”
Although the vote was unanimous, some of the council members said they share some of the reluctance to spend taxpayer money on a retail business. But they said Topgolf is a unique opportunity.
District 4 Councilman Ben Reynolds cite Chamber projections that the development will generate $750,000 in sales tax revenue.
“That line’s hard to define, I think,” he said after the meeting. “I’ve struggled with the question and tried to figure out a way to draw a hard line. But in this case, it was, do we want it or not? I mean, either we fall in behind so many cities across this country who are advocating for Topgolf to be there, or we step up to the plate and say, ‘Hey, we want you here.’”
Said District 5 Councilman Joel Daves: “I had that question myself when it was first going forward. I’m generally opposed to using incentives for retail operations.”
Daves told reporters he does not like the idea of providing incentives to outside companies to come to Mobile to compete against established businesses.
“But Topgolf is different,” he said. “So yes, it’s retail, but it’s different in the sense that it’s a new concept for Mobile, and so when it comes, it’s not going to be competing directly with any businesses.”
During the meeting, Council President C.J. Small called Topgolf a “game-changer” for the region.
“We always see money leaving out of our state, going to Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia all the time, you know, from our area going to casinos and lottery,” he said. “But now we have something that will draw those people to come see our area for a family-friendly atmosphere. And I can’t wait ‘til they get here.”
District 6 Councilman William Carroll said people are impressed when they hear Mobile is getting a Topgolf.
“They say, ‘Wow,’” he said. “You know, it’s impressive that we’re able to bring in an agency like Topgolf to the city.”
Jones predicted the city would make a profit on its investment over the next four or five years regardless of what happens after that. But he said the benefits extend beyond dollars and cents.
“We also have a gap in this city to provide recreation such as this to young families, to kids that will use this,” he said. “It’s not a golfer’s venue. Golfers use it. But probably 80 percent of the folks that will go to this venue have never touched a golf club, have never been on a golf course.”
Demolition of the movie theater could begin in October, with construction starting in December. Topgolf hopes to open during the last three months of next year.
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High pressure continues to build over the Four Corners as a low pressure system pushes further southwest into Mexico. Moisture will remain over the southern part of the state, with widespread showers continuing through the afternoon and evening. The northern mountains may see some isolated storms pop up today.
New Mexico will continue to see a downtick in shower and thunderstorm coverage through tomorrow as drier air wraps around the strong Four Corners High. Still, very isolated mountain storms by the afternoon cannot be rule out. A majority of the state will remain dry through the late week.
By Saturday, an upper level disturbance will round the high, increasing shower and thunderstorm activity across the northern and eastern part of the state. Sunday, however, dry air will once again infiltrate the state and start off next week dry.
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UNITED NATION (AP) — The United Nations chief urged the first world conference on water in over 45 years on Wednesday to address the “21st century emergency” that is wasting the world’s most important resource and has left billions of people without clean water and basic sanitation.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the opening session that water is “humanity’s lifeblood” and a human right, but the world is draining it “through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use and evaporating it through global heating.”
In a challenge to all nations and the broader international community, he said the three-day conference must represent “a quantum leap” in recognition of the vital importance of water and the need for action to ensure its sustainable use.
Guterres called for “game-changing commitments” toward U.N. goals, including ensuring that all people have access to drinking water and sanitation by 2030.
The U.N. World Water Development Report, issued on the eve of the conference, says 26% of the world’s population — 2 billion people — don’t have access to safe drinking water and 46% — 3.6 billion people — lack access to basic sanitation. U.N. research also shows that almost half the world’s people will suffer severe water stress by 2030.
The U,N. secretary-general called for major investments in water and sanitation systems and efforts to address climate change, stressing that “climate action and a sustainable water future are two sides of the same coin.”
According to conference organizers, such commitments will be the key outcome of the conference. Already, more than 500 commitments have been registered from governments, U.N. agencies, business leaders and civil society, they say.
Just before the conference opened, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced a new commitment from the Biden administration, of $49 billion to be put toward “equitable, climate-resilient water and sanitation investments at home and around the world.”
She said the new U.S. funding “will help create jobs, prevent conflicts, safeguard public health, reduce the risk of famine and hunger, and enable us to respond to climate change and natural disasters.”
But the U.S. envoy stressed the need for global cooperation and urged the U.N. Security Council to take up the issue of water scarcity, which exacerbates conflicts and disrupts peace and security.
The U.N. Water Conference is co-hosted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon. There are 171 countries, including over 100 ministers, on the speakers list.
Rahmon said Tajikistan has abundant drinking water, although 1,000 of its 14,000 glaciers have completely melted in the last few decades. Noting that the last U.N. water conference was held in 1977 in Argentina, he proposed holding the next one in Tajikistan in 2028 to monitor implementation of the commitments being made during the current meeting.
Willem-Alexander stressed that over the next three days “we went to get the water wheel spinning” and ensure that the alarming state of the world’s water resources is given a high place on global agendas.
“Water security is one of the defining concerns of our time and it will determine our collective sustainable future,” the Dutch king said.
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Backed by Ballard Spahr, The Republic wins legal fight against Department of Corrections
The Arizona Republic has settled a legal action against the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry and its former director after obtaining practically all of its demands.
The Republic filed the action in June 2022 while reporting The Prison Sell, a prize-winning, deep dive investigation into the state’s exploitation of prisoners.
Reporters Joseph Darius Jaafari, Jimmy Jenkins and Justin Price had asked the department for information about prison jobs, injuries and punishment for not showing up for work. But prison officials denied those requests.
They even refused to provide a list of prisoners currently held in custody.
The Republic was able to get around the Department’s denial by designing a computer program to scrape the Department of Corrections’ front-end website, gathering information about every person incarcerated since 1980 based on prisoner ID numbers. The data included crimes committed, sentencing information, demographic data, movement inside and outside prison, parole data, and work history. From that, The Republic constructed the most comprehensive prisoner database ever assembled outside the Arizona Department of Corrections.
The database allowed The Republic to complete its investigation. But the data wasn’t perfect. So the newspaper retained Ballard Spahr to compel the state to release fields of information from its prison management system database, which contains everything from demographic information about prisoners to their work history and wages to their movement within cell blocks.
“The Republic will always fight in the public's interest for transparency," said Greg Burton, The Republic’s executive editor, "especially when public officials seek to hide the truth behind layers of denials and delays."
A year later, The Republic prevailed.
The Department of Corrections not only agreed to provide anonymized data about prisoner work histories, job qualifications and movements between prisons, it also agreed to pay $40,000 in attorneys fees.
“These are precisely the type of records that Arizona law requires to be open to the public, because they show what the government is doing with the authority and funding the people of Arizona provide,” said Matthew E. Kelley, who represented The Republic on behalf of Ballard Spahr. “While it’s disappointing that the department fought to keep these records hidden, this outcome demonstrates that the public’s right to know what their government is doing will prevail.”
The data will permit the Republic to write follow up stories that will show how the prison system chooses prisoners for work details and whether it honors its commitments to train them so they can stay out of prison in the future.
The victory was the second major win for The Republic and its attorneys at Ballard Spahr over an Arizona law enforcement agency this decade. The first was in the summer of 2021 when a Superior Court judge ruled that the Arizona Department of Public Safety repeatedly violated public records law by failing to respond to the newspaper’s requests for information about Governor Doug Ducey’s Border Strike Force.
Back then, investigative reporter Richard Ruelas had to wait 18 months for the Department of Public Safety to respond to one of his requests – one of most egregious delays he had seen in his career, according to Ballard Spahr attorney David Bodney.
The end result in that case was the same.
The Department of Public Safety was forced to pay The Republic $45,000 in attorney fees.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) _ American Assets Trust Inc. (AAT) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its second quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
The real estate investment trust, based in San Diego, said it had funds from operations of $44.5 million, or 58 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 54 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $10.6 million, or 18 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $104.2 million in the period.
American Assets Trust expects full-year funds from operations to be $2.21 to $2.27 per share.
The company's shares have decreased 21% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $29.70, a fall of 19% in the last 12 months.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano.
The ancient Italian bird-hunting dog is the 200th member of the American Kennel Club’s roster of recognized breeds, the organization announced Wednesday. That means the handsome, powerful but amiable pointers can now go for best in show at many U.S. dog shows, including the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club event next year.
The bracco (pronounced BRAH’-koh) goes back more than two millennia in Europe but wasn’t brought to the U.S. until the mid-1990s, according to the AKC. It’s sometimes called the Italian pointer or Italian pointing dog.
The ideal bracco should be “tough and adapted to all types of hunting, reliable, docile and intelligent,” while also friendly and neither shy nor aggressive, according to the AKC’s standard for the medium-to-large breed.
“They’re very easy to live with and be around, and yet it’s like a light switch — when it’s time to jump in the back of the truck and go hunting, and they’ve got a job, they just light up like a Christmas tree,” said owner and breeder Lisa Moller of Portage, Wisconsin.
She and husband Dale relied on Labrador retrievers as pheasant-hunting helpers before a friend introduced them to a bracco about five years ago. The couple was quickly struck by the dog’s methodical hunting style in the field and affectionate nature at home: “They’re very Velcro,” Lisa Moller said.
The dogs — the proper plural is “bracchi Italiani” — have a deep bark and readily deploy it on spotting backyard wildlife, so “they may not be the right dog for everybody,” she noted.
AKC Executive Secretary Gina DiNardo called the bracco a great companion for active families who can provide “the love and attention it needs.”
The AKC opened the nation’s oldest dog registry with a mere nine breeds in 1878. In the last decade alone, the club has added over 20 breeds, ranging from the teeny Russian toy to the powerful dogo Argentino. Criteria involve the total number and generations of registered dogs nationwide, their geographical distribution and other factors.
There remain many breeds that are registered elsewhere but not by the AKC, or aren’t formally recognized at all. Some aficionados eschew, or are torn about, the exposure that AKC recognition brings to a breed.
Animal rights activists denounce dog breeding, and they say that adding more breeds just exacerbates faddish demand for purebred pets and fuels puppy mills that feed it.
The AKC says it promotes responsible breeding aimed at preserving characteristics that equip dogs for various tasks and ease owners’ search for a pup they can live with and commit to.
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FARMVILLE, N.C., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Pharma announced today that Norliqva® (Amlodipine) Oral Solution, 1 mg/mL, the first and only FDA-approved oral liquid solution of the besylate salt of amlodipine, a long-acting calcium channel blocker, is now available. Norliqva was approved by the FDA on February 24, 2022 and is now available through normal retail distribution.
Norliqva is the first FDA-approved liquid solution of amlodipine for the treatment of hypertension in patients 6 years of age and older. Norliqva ensures consistent dosing and bioequivalence and counters the complexities and inconsistencies of crushing/compounding amlodipine tablets.
Norliqva does not require refrigeration or shaking, allowing for immediate use and has a shelf life of 36 months. Norliqva's mild peppermint flavor is kid-friendly and meets the unmet needs of pediatric patients as well as older patients who have dysphagia or a difficult time swallowing tablets.
"Norliqva is intended for a subset of the patient population that needs amlodipine but has difficulty swallowing or inability to swallow. The availability of Norliqva gives healthcare providers and appropriate patients a convenient, safe, and FDA-approved liquid solution," said Gerald Sakowski, CEO of CMP Pharma, Inc.
With FDA-approved Norliqva, the challenges around short-term shelf life and lack of dosing consistency of crushed or compounded formulations are addressed. Norliqva is available in 150 mL bottles, which have 36-month dating.
Norliqva (Amlodipine) Oral Solution is now available. For more information, contact CMP Pharma at 252-753-7111 or visit norliqva.com.
About Norliqva
Norliqva is a calcium channel blocker for the treatment of hypertension in adults and children 6 years of age and older, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. Norliqva is also indicated for the treatment of coronary artery disease: chronic stable angina, vasospastic angina (Prinzmetal's or variant angina), and angiographically documented coronary artery disease in patients without heart failure or an ejection fraction <40%.
Norliqva is contraindicated in patients with sensitivity to amlodipine.
About CMP Pharma, Inc.
CMP Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company that addresses critical needs for niche markets by developing and manufacturing a portfolio of high value pharmaceutical products, including oral liquids and semi-solids. CMP Pharma combines decades of experience in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing to provide medicines to fill the unmet medical needs of many patients.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
NORLIQVA is a calcium channel blocker for the treatment of:
HYPERTENSION
NORLIQVA is indicated for the treatment of hypertension in adults and children 6 years of age and older, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
- Chronic Stable Angina
- Vasospastic Angina (Prinzmetal's or Variant Angina)
- Angiographically Documented Coronary Artery Disease In patients without heart failure or an ejection fraction <40%
CONTRAINDICATIONS
NORLIQVA is contraindicated in patients with sensitivity to amlodipine.
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS/ADVERSE REACTIONS
NORLIQVA may cause the following conditions.
- Symptomatic hypotension is possible, particularly in patients with severe aortic stenosis. However, acute hypotension is unlikely.
- Worsening angina and acute myocardial infarction can develop after starting or increasing the dose of NORLIQVA, particularly in patients with severe obstructive coronary artery disease.
- Titrate slowly in patients with severe hepatic impairment.
Most common adverse reactions to amlodipine were edema, dizziness, flushing and palpitation which occurred in a dose related manner. Other adverse reactions not clearly dose-related but reported with an incidence >1.0% are fatigue and nausea.
Talk to your healthcare provider about other possible side effects with NORLIQVA. To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact CMP Pharma, Inc. at 1-844-321-1443 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
Do not exceed doses greater than 20 mg daily of simvastatin.
- CYP3A Inhibitors: Co-administration with CYP3A inhibitors (moderate and strong) results in increased systemic exposure to amlodipine and may require dose reduction.
- CYP3A Inducers: No information is available on the quantitative effects of CYP3A inducers on amlodipine. Blood pressure should be closely monitored when amlodipine is co-administered with CYP3A inducers.
- Simvastatin: Co-administration of simvastatin with amlodipine increases the systemic exposure of simvastatin. Limit the dose of simvastatin in patients on amlodipine to 20 mg daily
- Immunosuppressants: Amlodipine may increase the systemic exposure of cyclosporine or tacrolimus when co- administered.
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
NORLIQVA is an oral solution: 1 mg/mL. Adult recommended starting dose: 5 mg orally once daily with a maximum of 10 mg orally once daily. Small, fragile, or elderly patients, or patients with hepatic insufficiency may be started on 2.5 mg orally once daily. Pediatric starting dose: 2.5 mg to 5 mg orally once daily.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — No. 3 House Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is endorsing Donald Trump for president in 2024, becoming the highest-ranking congressional leader Friday to publicly back the former president, even as he’s being widely blamed by other Republicans for failures in the midterm elections.
Stefanik, of New York, has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential contender on an emerging Trump ticket. The former president has promised a Tuesday event at his private Mar-a-Lago club that is widely expected to be an announcement of his intentions to run again for the White House.
“It’s very clear President Trump is the leader of the Republican party,” Stefanik said in a statement.
“I am proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for President in 2024,” she said. “It is time for Republicans to unite around the most popular Republican in America, who has a proven track record of conservative governance.”
But Stefanik is an outlier among leading Republicans who are mostly reluctant to see Trump jump in the presidential race as his MAGA-styled candidates — MAGA is shorthand for Trump’s 2016 “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are being blamed for the GOP’s setbacks in the midterms.
Republicans had been expecting a midterm “red wave” that would give them big wins in races for governors, Congress and beyond this week in a rebuff of President Joe Biden and the Democratic agenda.
Instead, Republicans made only modest gains in the House and lost a crucial Senate seat in Pennsylvania when Democrat John Fetterman defeated Trump-backed celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz.
With votes still being counted as of midday Friday, control of the House and Senate remained too early to call.
Other Republicans are calling for the party to move on from the Trump era.
Stefanik easily won her own reelection to another two-year term from New York, and is expected to cruise to her spot as chair of the House Republican Conference in Tuesday’s internal party elections. If Republicans win the majority, hers would become the 4th ranking leadership position.
She launched her career as a more moderate conservative voice and as one of the youngest members of the House, is seen as a rising star in Trump’s orbit. She has not tamped down talk of a potential vice presidential nod.
Stefanik and Trump remain close and work together, according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it. She helped raise money and backing for several newly elected members of Congress.
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DUNKIRK, France (AP) — Building factories to boost job creation and make France more independent — that’s President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition for the French economy.
It’s a big challenge, as France reels from protracted protests, rising food and energy prices and other fallout from the Ukraine war.
While Macron woos investors to help “re-industrialize” France and reduce Europe’s dependence on China and the U.S., protesters follow him around the country, banging saucepans to protest economic injustice and his leadership.
More than 200 international business leaders are gathering Monday at the ‘Choose France’ event staged at the Palace of Versailles to promote foreign investment. Eminent business leaders taking part in the sixth such pow-wow ranged from The Walt Disney Company’s Robert Iger to Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelor Mittal.
Elon Musk was a surprise visitor, meeting first with Macron at the Elysee Palace with discussions about “significant progress in the electric vehicle and energy sectors,” as well as digital regulation, the president tweeted.
France vaunts its attractiveness and plans to to prove it with the announcement of 13 billion euros (about $14.14 billion) in investments via 28 initiatives, several of them announced recently.
It follows a series of incentives announced by Macron last week to support innovative industries and transition towards greener technology. They include tax credits in fields like battery production, electric cars, hydrogen and wind power, as well as accelerating authorization for industrial projects.
“France is changing, is getting adapted to the course of the world and I believe that we’re following the right path, which is to reindustrialize the country, to be more sovereign and more respectful of the climate and biodiversity,” Macron said Friday during a visit to Dunkirk, in northern France.
Macron’s move comes after months of protests against his decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The unpopularity of the change has weakened his government at parliament and hampered his economic strategy.
Speaking on French television network TF1, Macron said Monday that he planned to continue with the pension reform despite the nationwide outcry. He also promised 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in middle class tax cuts, which was seen as a sweetener.
Unions have called for a new round of nationwide demonstrations on June 6. Meanwhile, opponents keep staging small protests, with people loudly banging pots and pans in places where Macron and government members are scheduled to travel.
Credit rating agency Fitch last month downgraded France’s sovereign credit rating, citing the protest movement. “Political deadlock and (sometimes violent) social movements pose a risk to Macron’s reform agenda,” the agency wrote.
In Dunkirk Friday, Macron made time for selfies with workers from several local factories who attended his speech at Aluminium Dunkerque, one of the biggest aluminum production sites in Europe. No one asked him about the retirement age, but unlike previous visits across French regions, he didn’t walk through city streets to meet with the crowd.
A heavy police presence was deployed in Dunkirk to keep potential protesters away.
Macron announced two major investments, both in the battery sector: one worth 5.2 billion euros ($5.7 billion) by Taiwanese group Prologium, the other one via a joint venture of China’s XTC with French energy giant Orano worth 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion). They are expected to create 3,000 and 1,700 jobs in the area respectively by 2030.
He seized the occasion to present the pension reform as part of a “package” that has already produced “results.” “If we want to be more competitive, we must work a little longer,” he said.
Since taking office in 2017, Macron has cut business taxes. He has made it easier to hire and fire workers and more difficult for the unemployed to claim benefits, amid other pro-business policies.
Macron said 300 new factories had been created since 2017 — two thirds in the past two years — while 600 had been shut down in the previous decade. The COVID-19 crisis and Ukraine war have shown that domestic industrial production is needed to strengthen the country’s sovereignty, he stressed.
For a fourth consecutive year, France was the European country that had attracted the greatest number of foreign investments, Macron said, citing a survey by EY last week.
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Friday its statistics showed France’s unemployment rate in March reached its lowest level since 2001, at 6.9% — down from about 10% when Macron was elected. Still, the proportion of jobless people in France is higher than the average in the European Union, which is stable at 6%.
ProLogium CEO Vincent Yang told reporters in Dunkirk his group considered establishing facilities in the U.S., yet eventually chose the European Union as being more a favorable environment to develop innovative battery technology.
France was a relevant choice, Yang said, because “we need to have stable, low-cost, and green electrical power” and Dunkirk, one of the major industrial ports in Europe, already has battery-related facilities. The country relies on nuclear power for 70% of its electricity, offering a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.
Macron has been one of the most prominent advocates for a strong EU response to the $375 billion U.S. Inflation Reduction Act announced last summer by President Joe Biden to favor clean energy technology.
Earlier this year, the European Union presented plans to revamp its policies on promoting green technologies, unleashing subsidies and other financial incentives to ramp up domestic production.
“We’re going to better target our subsidies on low-emission European productions,” Macron said. “We’re not being protectionist but taxpayers neither in the U.S. nor China fund batteries made in Europe. So why should we be the only place in the world where taxpayers’ money goes to helping non-European products? We’re going to stop doing that.”
He also called last week for a “pause” on EU environmental regulations, arguing the bloc of 27 already imposes tougher rules than its competitors. The comments prompted immediate criticism from French and European Green politicians.
Macron later insisted he was sticking to his climate-related commitments, including all policies aimed at making the EU reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, but said, “Let’s not add more.”
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SARASOTA, Fla. — A Sarasota man was arrested for supplying LSD and marijuana to an 11-year-old child.
Back in July, deputies were called regarding a child going in and out of consciousness. After an evaluation, paramedics determined that the child was experiencing the effects of LSD or acid.
Detectives began an investigation to find out how the child accessed the drugs. Through digital evidence, detectives identified the suspect as 19-year-old Gabriel Derylak, of 3700 S. Osprey Avenue, Apt. 107.
Conversations between Derylak and the child revealed Derylak drove to the 11-year-old’s neighborhood and provided marijuana edibles and seven tabs of LSD to the child.
On Wednesday, Derylak was taken into custody and charged with Sale of a Controlled Substance, Sale of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under 18, and Unlawful Use of a Two-Way Communications Device.
During Derylak’s arrest, detectives located possible narcotics, including 163 prescription pills, LSD, marijuana, 125 grams of mushrooms, THC edibles and cartridges, butane hash oil, and drug sales paraphernalia.
The items are being tested in the agency’s Drug Laboratory and may lead to additional charges.
Derylak remains in custody today on a $10,500 bond.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants will be without a key member of their rotation for the foreseeable future, as the club announced Sunday that Anthony DeSclafani will undergo surgery on his right ankle.
DeSclafani, 32, has already logged one stint on the 60-day injured list this season with inflammation in his right ankle. He returned for two underwhelming starts and was never able to fully heal, so he will instead go under the knife.
The Giants did not immediately provide details of the procedure, but it’s unlikely that DeSclafani will pitch again this season. Dr. Robert Anderson, the same specialist DeSclafani visited in Green Bay, Wisconsin, earlier this season, will perform the operation next Tuesday.
“Anthony worked really hard following last season to come to camp healthy and be the best version he can possibly be for the Giants,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “I appreciate the work ethic and how much he gave to us. We know that he’s going to give that same level of effort in this rehab process. The optimistic view is that he’s going to come back as healthy as he’s been for the beginning of 2023.”
In five starts this season, DeSclafani had a 9.95 ERA, after he gave the Giants 31 starts with a 3.17 mark last season. The Giants rewarded him with a three-year, $36 million contract — the longest deal they have handed out under president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi.
The inflammation in his ankle first popped up during a start late last year, but he entered spring training optimistic the problem was in the past after a couple months of rest. However, even after spending two months on the IL, DeSclafani was “hitting a wall” in his two starts since being activated, Kapler said. He completed five innings in only one of his starts and didn’t pitch past the third in either start since coming off the IL late last month.
Without DeSclafani, the Giants only have four healthy starters on their roster.
“We’ll do the best we can under the circumstances,” Kapler said, noting that Jakob Junis (hamstring strain) is “not far away.”
Junis, a free-agent pick-up who previously filled in for DeSclafani with seven starts and a 2.63 ERA, has been out since June 10 with a Grade 2 hamstring strain. He has thrown two bullpens, most recently on Friday, and Kapler said the Giants are taking it “day-by-day” with him, though a rehab assignment could be in the cards soon.
With DeSclafani’s rotation spot due up for the first time Sunday, the Giants started reliever John Brebbia in an opener capacity and recalled 25-year-old starter Sean Hjelle to log innings behind him.
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EUREKA- Hot, nutritious meals are prepared and delivered Monday through Friday to anyone who could benefit from the service. The cost is $6.50 per meal. Meals can be ordered daily, a few days a week, or as needed under special circumstances. Meals on Wheels currently delivers to Eureka, Roanoke, Metamora, and Washington. For more information about Meals on Wheels or to learn how to order meals, call Kathy Bowald at 309-467-4440 or email kathybowald@gmail.com.
Next week’s menu is as follows:
Monday, Sept. 5: Labor Day no meal delivery
Tuesday, Sept. 6: Baked spaghetti, salad, fruit, dessert.
Wednesday, Sept. 7: Ham, mac and cheese, broccoli, fruit, dessert.
Thursday, Sept. 8: Shepard’s Pie, peas and carrots, fruit, dessert.
Friday, Sept. 9: Potato chicken casserole, corn, fruit, dessert.
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PATAN KHEL, Afghanistan — "How beautiful is the spring of freedom!" exclaims elegant Pashto graffiti on a highway stop out of Kabul. The graffiti, in a Taliban stronghold, celebrates their forces' sweep into the Afghan capital in August 2021.
Now, a year later, the Taliban preside over a divided country with a battered economy, where hunger is rampant and human rights are assaulted; a country that aid groups fear has receded in the rearview mirror of the West.
Yet for the Taliban's loyalists and fighters, there is much to celebrate.
"This is freedom. This is real freedom. The invaders are gone, and now we have true Islam," says Ahmed Shah, a 40-year-old Taliban supporter.
After two decades of insurgency, the Taliban exhausted the world's most powerful military and their NATO allies, which agreed to withdraw from the country in a deal signed in February 2020. As Western troops were concluding their withdrawal last summer, the Taliban oversaw the rapid surrender, defeat or co-option of Afghan security forces — forces they saw as aiding a foreign occupation.
Today, the Taliban's particular interpretation of Islamic law is being imposed in fits and starts, largely over women and girls: Most girls cannot attend secondary schools. They may not travel long distances without a male guardian. Women report being hounded out of their jobs. They've been ordered to cover their faces in public, although the rule is only applied to women on television so far.
There are changes perhaps less noticed outside of Afghanistan: Afghans are living in relative security for the first time in decades. Aid groups reach areas that were previously off-limits. Primary-age boys and girls are attending schools in greater numbers, because it is now safe for them to go. "Of course, it's very cynical of the Taliban to say: We brought peace, I was shooting at you and now I stopped shooting at you," retorted a Western official who closely follows the Taliban, and who requested anonymity so he could speak freely.
The Taliban have raised some $2.5 billion through customs revenue and mining. They're shipping so much coal to Pakistan that there's a truck shortage. "They're working on energy and infrastructure projects in a way that looks like it's moving better and faster than under the Republic," said the Western official, referring to the former Afghan government.
Families are left to grieve those killed in the war
Ahmad Shah's family paid dearly in service of the Taliban's victory.
Two of his brothers, Taliban fighters, were killed six years ago by a drone strike after ambushing Afghan forces. His cousin, another Taliban fighter, was also killed.
Shah lives in the village of Patan Khel, roughly 75 miles southwest of Kabul. To get there, our vehicle juddered over enormous potholes, caused by explosives planted by the Taliban over two decades to strike their foes. The road is flanked by graves of fighters on rocky hills, marked with small flags hoisted on poles: white flags, green, red, even leopard print. The colorful cloth signifies a man who died young.
We veered off the highway and drove through mudbrick villages of the Shneez valley to reach Shah. Over lunch of bread and yogurt, he said when the Taliban took over Afghanistan last year, villagers saw divine intervention. "It was not possible but with the help of God."
Shah says villagers would fight for the Taliban again if they have to. For now though, their rivals are defeated.
Around Patan Khel, the families whose sons fought the Taliban have fled, fearing retribution. We ask Shah if he thinks those families grieve their slain sons, as he grieves his brothers.
Shah says he thinks they grieve more.
"I'm sure those people feel more pain than us because we lost our men fighting for the sake of Islam and Afghanistan, so we are comforted by that. What did their men die for?"
The words sting Mohammad Qassim, who we meet in a nearby market town. He was the oldest of six brothers. Now, they are four.
The brothers lost their father when they were young, and Qassim became a veterinary pharmacist to support the family. His brother joined the army for the same reason, and paid with his life — he was killed last year by an explosive planted near a checkpoint. "He was my beloved brother. He was the backbone of this family," Qassim weeps.
Qassim said his youngest brother didn't understand the sacrifices they made — and ran away to join the Taliban. Shortly afterwards, he was killed in a drone strike.
"The war has bought us disaster," Qassim says. "In our village, you will see widows and orphans. Their fathers were killed in the fighting. Now they're destitute."
As the Taliban took power, Western countries cut off aid
That destitution is palpably seen across Afghanistan, which was plunged into crisis after the Taliban seized power. Western aid that propped up the former Afghan government was cut off. Sanctions on Taliban leaders — now in government — dried up most international trade and banking. Washington froze Afghanistan's central bank assets held in the U.S.
Within weeks, businesses shut down, banks stopped money withdrawals, salaries couldn't be paid, and mothers began presenting to hospitals with starving babies.
Even for experts who track malnutrition, "what happened after August was really surprising," said Hsiao-Wei Lee, deputy director for the World Food Program in Afghanistan. She spoke to NPR in July. Afghans needing food aid roughly doubled to 20 million people, about half the population. Around 6.6 million need urgent assistance to survive.
Charity, big and small, keeps many Afghans going.
In Kabul, women, mostly enveloped in blue burqas, gather outside bakeries in upscale areas, hoping passersby will give them bread. Dust-smeared boys and girls bang on car windows in traffic jams for money. On the pavement, elderly men and women wait quietly for change.
Laborers often curl up in their wheelbarrows on the roadside, waiting for work that never seems to come. The city is awash in men and boys on rickety bicycles, because they can no longer afford the price of a bus ticket or a taxi.
"My business is good when the economy is bad," shrugs Tawfik Shirzad, a 25-year-old bicycle seller. "It doesn't make me happy. I see people who have lost their livelihoods, and they are buying a bike because they can't afford another way of getting about."
But it is still freedom, one 19-year-old Afghan woman noted. She couldn't be named because she is awaiting asylum in the U.S. due to threats against her family. Under the previous Western-backed government, she had defied conservative tradition to ride her bike to school. "They can do everything they want. But we can't. Like you see boys can go to school, but we can't."
Much of Afghanistan's economic woes, at least, are not only the Taliban's fault.
"The sanctions that have been placed on the Taliban," says Samira Sayed Rahman of the International Rescue Committee, are meant to hurt "a few hundred people in power. But 38 million people are suffering," she says, referring to Afghanistan's population.
While the U.N. has spent some $4 billion on Afghanistan since the takeover, it is less than half of the U.N.'s appeal for Afghanistan this year, said Ramiz Alakbarov, the U.N.'s resident and humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan.
Alakbarov says it's a struggle to raise more, because relations between the Taliban government and Western countries are badly frayed. Western representatives accuse the Taliban of breaking pledges they made after they seized power.
Girls are still forced out of school
The most totemic of those pledges was the Taliban's promise to allow girls to return to secondary school on March 23 of this year. That decision was abruptly reversed after a last-minute huddle of senior officials with the Taliban's supreme leader.
Thousands of girls had already turned up to their old classrooms, only to be told to go home. Many left in tears. A lucky few study in secret schools — like the one run by a woman barely older than her students on Kabul's outskirts.
"Specifically, the broken promises on girls going back to school has really taken the international community aback," says Alakbarov of the U.N. "Donors have been watching that space very, very carefully. If the girls were back to school now," he says, alongside lifting other restrictions on women and the media, "there would have been a greater enthusiasm."
Most Taliban loyalists who have spoken to NPR say they don't agree with the ban, from Shah in Patan Khel, to turbaned bureaucrats in Kabul. Taliban-loyal clerics have criticized the ban as un-Islamic.
Yet the ban endures. It signals the ascendancy of what appears to be a hardline minority among the Taliban's most senior men, including the supreme leader himself. He is unlikely to be defied in a group that prizes consensus above all else.
Fraying the relationship between the Taliban government and the international community even further, in late July a U.S. drone struck al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a house in a Kabul suburb. He was there despite a promise by the Taliban to not harbor militants seeking to harm America's security. Taliban spokesmen say they were not aware of his presence in the country.
It is hard to know what Afghans think of all this.
Nearly half of Afghanistan's local media outlets have shut down since the takeover. Critics of the Taliban have been muzzled. It is only a small group of Afghan women who still loudly protest, at a steep price of detention and beatings.
On Saturday, those women — about two dozen in all — marched down a Kabul main street. They shouted, "Bread! Work! Freedom!" Within minutes, Taliban security forces detained several Afghan and foreign journalists covering the protest. Then in a crackling burst of fire, several Taliban gunmen fired over the women's heads to disperse them.
Still, one woman whom NPR reached after the demonstration was defiant.
"After a year of this government, there is no change in the situation. We are showing that we won't stay silent," she said. "It's important to show the world that Afghans don't accept this. We will stand against injustice. We don't consent."
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Police on Saturday released footage of Thursday’s shooting incident that occurred at a West Side substance abuse treatment facility.
Jeffery Griffin, 48, was charged Friday, after he allegedly opened fire at two different locations on Buffalo’s lower West Side — on Pennsylvania Street and at the aforementioned Alba de Vida clinic — Thursday morning.
Griffin was apprehended by a security guard at the clinic, who according to Buffalo Police, grabbed the alleged shooter and his AR-15, and with the help of another guard, tackled and restrained him until police arrived.
A woman was reportedly shot in the leg while inside a home on Pennsylvania Street shortly before 9 a.m., with three shots fired at the clinic later in the morning. No one was wounded in the latter incident, per Erie County District Attorney John Flynn.
“This could’ve gotten ugly really quick,” Flynn said. “Due to the quick action — quite frankly heroic in my opinion — by the two security officers, no one got hurt there.”
The footage released Saturday afternoon can be viewed at the top of the page.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat.
Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the light aircraft during Monday’s flight when he felt “something cold” slide across his lower back. He glanced down to see the head of a fairly large Cape Cobra “receding back under the seat,” he said.
“It was as if my brain didn’t know what was going on,” he told The Associated Press.
After taking a moment to compose himself, he informed his passengers of the slippery stowaway.
“There was a moment of stunned silence,” he said. Everyone stayed cool, especially the pilot.
Erasmus called air traffic control for permission to make an emergency landing in the town of Welkom in central South Africa. He still had to fly for another 10 to 15 minutes and land the plane with the snake by his feet.
“I kept looking down to see where it was. It was happy under the seat,” Erasmus said. “I don’t have a big fear of snakes, but I normally don’t go near them.”
Brian Emmenis, who works at Welkom radio station Gold FM and is also an aviation expert, received a phone call to see if he could help. He called the fire and rescue department, which sent emergency responders and a snake handler to meet the plane at the airport. Emmenis was first at the scene and saw everyone disembark, “visibly shaken,” Emmenis said, but all safe thanks to Erasmus.
“He stayed calm and landed that aircraft with a deadly venomous Cape Cobra curled up underneath his seat,” Emmenis said.
Cape Cobras are one of Africa’s most dangerous cobra species because of the potency of their venom.
The drama wasn’t over for the poor pilot.
Welkom snake handler Johan de Klerk and a team of aviation engineers searched the plane for the best part of two days but still hadn’t found the cobra by Wednesday and were uncertain if it had sneaked out unnoticed.
The engineering company Erasmus works for wanted its plane back in the city of Mbombela in northern South Africa. So, he had to fly it back home, a 90-minute voyage with the possibility that the cobra was still onboard.
Unsurprisingly, his passengers decided to look for another way to get home.
This time, Erasmus took some precautions: He wore a thick winter jacket, he said, wrapped a blanket around his seat, and had a fire extinguisher, a can of insect repellent and a golf club within arm’s reach in the cockpit.
“I would say I was on high alert,” Erasmus said.
The cobra didn’t reappear on that flight and the plane has now been completely stripped, but still no sign of the snake, Erasmus said.
The theory is it found its way on board before Erasmus and his passengers took off at the start of their trip from the town of Worcester in the Western Cape province, where Cape Cobras are usually found in South Africa. It might have got out in Welkom or might still be hiding somewhere deep in the plane.
“I hope it finds somewhere to go,” Erasmus said. “Just not my aircraft.”
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Walgreens and CVS plan to provide abortion pills following the Food and Drug Administrations rule change that broadens availability for the pills.
The Biden administration partially implemented the change last year, announcing it would no longer enforce a long-standing requirement that women pick up the medicine in person. Tuesday's action formally updates the drug's labeling to allow many more retail pharmacies to dispense the pills, so long as they complete a certification process.
In a statement, Walgreens said it intends to become a certified pharmacy under the program.
"We are working through the registration, necessary training of our pharmacists, as well as evaluating our pharmacy network in terms of where we normally dispense products that have extra FDA requirements and will dispense these consistent with federal and state laws," Walgreens stated.
The rule change’s impact has been blunted by numerous state laws limiting abortion broadly and the pills specifically. Legal experts foresee years of court battles over access to the pills, as abortion-rights proponents bring test cases to challenge state restrictions.
CVS said it plans to seek certification after reviewing the FDA's updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy drug safety program for mifepristone, the generic name of the drug.
"We plan to seek certification to dispense mifepristone where legally permissible following that review," CVS said in a statement.
For more than 20 years, the FDA labeling had limited dispensing to a subset of specialty offices and clinics, due to safety concerns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA temporarily suspended the in-person requirement. The agency later said a new scientific review by agency staff supported easing access, concurring with numerous medical societies that had long said the restriction wasn't necessary.
Two drugmakers that make brand-name and generic versions of abortion pills requested the latest FDA label update. Agency rules require a company to file an application before modifying dispensing restrictions on drugs.
Danco Laboratories, which sells branded Mifeprex, said in a statement the change “is critically important to expanding access to medication abortion services and will provide healthcare providers” with another option for prescribing the drug.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists called the update an “important step" forward.
“Although the FDA’s announcement today will not solve access issues for every person seeking abortion care, it will allow more patients who need mifepristone for medication abortion additional options to secure this vital drug,” the group said in a statement.
More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
The FDA in 2000 approved mifepristone to terminate pregnancies of up to 10 weeks, when used with a second drug, misoprostol. Mifepristone is taken first to dilate the cervix and block the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. Misoprostol is taken 24 to 48 hours later, causing the uterus to contract and expel pregnancy tissue.
Bleeding is a common side effect, though serious complications are very rare. The FDA says more than 3.7 million U.S. women have used mifepristone since its approval.
Several FDA-mandated safety requirements remain in effect, including training requirements to certify that prescribers can provide emergency care in the case of excessive bleeding. Pharmacies that dispense the pills also need a certification.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Willie Spence, a talented singer who finished second on last year’s season of “American Idol,” died Tuesday after a crash near Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was 23 years old.
A preliminary crash report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol shows Spence was driving on I-24 at around 4 p.m. when his vehicle crashed into a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the shoulder in Marion County. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, the crash report stated.
Spence, a native of Georgia, was a contestant during the 19th season of “American Idol,” ultimately finishing in second place to Chayse Beckham during the May 2021 finale. He continued to perform after his run on the series, with a concert scheduled for next month in London, according to his Instagram account.
Actress and singer-songwriter Katharine McPhee, another American Idol runner-up who mentored Spence during his run to the last stages of the competition, posted a tribute to Spence on social media late Tuesday.
“I received very tragic news tonight,” McPhee wrote. “@williespenceofficial passed away in a car accident. Only 23 years old. Life is so unfair and nothing is ever promised. God rest your soul Willie. It was a pleasure to sing with you and to know you.”
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LONDON — The kings and queens of London’s lesser-known royal family gathered outside a church in Covent Garden on a recent Sunday afternoon dressed in their sparkly finery.
But their jewels of choice were not diamonds or rubies. They were buttons made of mother-of-pearl that covered their jet-black suits and hats in intricate patterns, sewn by hand into elaborate designs that glitter in the sunlight.
These are the Pearly Kings and Queens of London — keepers of a tradition that began in the Victorian era, was passed down through generations of families and became a symbol of the city’s working-class, Cockney culture. They see themselves as custodians of a waning way of life, which they carry on by singing Cockney songs, sharing Cockney stories and, crucially, collecting money for good causes.
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Modern pearlies, grouped by geographic area of London, have organized themselves into a few charitable groups and, like the better-known royal family, have at times feuded. But the pearlies argue over which group is the rightful caretaker of the pearly legacy.
Once a month, some pearlies rattle blue plastic buckets to collect charity donations at Covent Garden, a former market turned tourist draw, in London’s West End.
“Most Londoners know about the Pearly Kings and Queens,” said John Walters, 75, who holds the title of Pearly King of Finsbury, an area of north London. “I had an elderly lady come up here and she grabbed hold of me and she started crying and said, ‘I’m so pleased to see you’re still around.’ She said, ‘You are London.’”
Tourists, though, are often pleasantly surprised to encounter them.
On a bright March morning, Walters and Clive Bennett, 68, the Pearly King of Woolwich, in the city’s southeast, were approached by a group of young women — one wearing a “bride to be” sash — who asked for a photograph. The men, in Cockney accents, instantly broke into a rendition of “Get Me to the Church on Time” from “My Fair Lady” as the women erupted in laughter and threw a few pounds into their buckets. The men tipped their flat caps.
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“It’s a real honor to be able to do something like this actually, and it’s fun,” Bennett said. “You meet all sorts of people.”
He was invited to take part in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics and took part in events on the sidelines of Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee and funeral.
The over-the-top outfits that the pearlies are known for — with the back of their clothing bearing their august titles in bold lettering — are as peculiar as they are eye-catching, with feathers, shine and patterns assaulting the eyes. The idea for the finery grew from the tradition in Cockney culture of thumbing noses at London society’s disdainful view of the lower classes.
For Bennett, and many others, being a pearly is a family affair. His wife, Kim, 66, is a Pearly Queen and his daughter and grandchildren take part in fundraising events, as well, under the title of Pearly Princesses and Princes.
Like most royal families, pearlies typically inherit their titles or marry into the tradition. But others, including the Bennetts, have been invited in because of their commitment to community work and charity.
“Today, there is a need for us now more than ever, ” Kim Bennett said, as she noted inflationary pressures on many local communities.
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Henry Croft — an orphan and a London street sweeper — is considered the first Pearly King. In the late 1870s, he became known for covering his clothing with mother-of-pearl buttons to draw attention as he collected money for hospitals and orphanages.
Croft was said to have taken his fashion inspiration from costermongers, who were roving traders selling fruit, vegetables, fish and produce on the streets of east London, a working-class area that developed its own distinct accent and vocabulary riddled with rhyming slang, known as Cockney.
The costermongers sewed buttons onto their clothes to distinguish themselves and to mimic the rich, according to the Museum of London. These coster communities would elect leaders in their local areas to keep the peace and collect money to support fellow traders down on their luck.
“If someone’s fruit went off, or the donkey was ill, or something like that,” said Bennett, describing how the costermongers would have a singalong and pass around a bucket for donations. “I think that’s where Henry Croft got his whole ethos from.”
But Croft took his pearly suits and generosity to a new level, putting on his dazzling button suit as he gathered money for the poor and the sick.
Others soon joined him. At the time of Croft’s funeral in 1930, dozens of pearlies from across London joined the cortege to honor him, decked out in their buttoned glory.
While London lore holds that to be a true Cockney, a person must be born within earshot of Bow Bells, which ring from St. Mary-le-Bow church in east London, pearly titles are now held by people from communities across all of London’s boroughs.
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Although some pearly traditions have shifted, the rules on the buttons themselves have stayed consistent: They must be true mother-of-pearl, not imitation. Generally, they are passed down through families.
“A lot of the buttons are over 100 years old on there,” said David Hemsley, 60, describing the jacket he inherited from his father.
In Covent Garden, after a few hours of cheekily delivering rhyming Cockney slang to curious crowds and singing old tunes with gusto while collecting donations, the pearlies make their way into the nearby St. Paul’s Church to hold their monthly meeting.
“Come on then, let’s go!” Doreen Golding, 83, the Pearly Queen of Bow Bells and the Old Kent Road, shouted to the group as she led the way to the church vestry.
As the chair of London’s Pearly Kings and Queens Society, Golding was honored by the late queen for her charity efforts. She said the pearlies would continue to wear their buttons and keep up their charitable giving for as long as there was a need.
“I get upset when someone says, ‘Oh, are you still around? We didn’t think there was any more of you left,’” Golding said with a laugh. “And I think, ‘Now hang on, open your bloody eyes and look, we are here!’”
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GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man faces animal cruelty charges after 183 dead dogs, rabbits, birds and other animals were found in a freezer, including some that were apparently frozen while alive, officials said.
Mohave County deputies and animal control officers found the animals in a garage freezer April 3 after a woman reported that Michael Patrick Turland, 43, hadn’t returned snakes she’d lent him for breeding, the Sheriff’s Office said Thursday in a statement. The deep freezer was at a home that Turland previously rented in Golden Valley, a rural community in far western Arizona.
The frozen animals included dogs, turtles, lizards, birds, snakes, mice, rats and rabbits, the statement said. “Several of the animals appeared to have been frozen alive due to their body positioning.”
The home’s owner reportedly discovered the frozen animals while cleaning after Turland and his wife vacated the property. The owner then contacted the woman who notified the Sheriff’s Office, the statement said.
Turland was arrested at the home Wednesday when deputies were told he had returned to the property, the office said.
“When interviewed, Turland eventually admitted to placing some of the animals in the freezer when they were still alive,” the statement said.
Court records didn’t list an attorney who could comment on behalf of Turland, who was arrested on 94 counts of animal cruelty.
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I would like Katie Brunner to have the Sunshine Award. Katie teaches 5K in the Bloomer School District. She is a great teacher. Katie cares about all her children. She is willing to help when issues arise and does not complain. She only comes with suggestions for improvements. Our students are really lucky to have her as their teacher.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I could not get my children to focus long enough to eat their food at mealtime," said an inventor from Delaware, Ohio. "I knew that I had to come up with a fun and engaging way to get them to eat, which inspired me to develop this playful spoon."
She developed the SILLY SPOON to feature that fun and engaging design. It draws the attention of the child, allowing them to focus on their meal with less distraction. This helps during meals when busy parents are trying to stay on schedule, yet still making sure their child is eating. Knowing that a child is eating a full meal provides added peace of mind to parents and caregivers.
The original design was submitted to the Columbus office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 14-CLM-165, 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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MOSCOW (AP) — Two men fired at soldiers on a Russian military firing range near Ukraine on Saturday, killing 11 and wounding 15 before being slain themselves, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said two men from an unnamed former Soviet republic fired on volunteer soldiers during target practice and were killed by return fire.
The ministry called the incident a terrorist attack.
The shooting comes amid a hasty mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin to beef up Russian forces in Ukraine — a move that triggered protests and caused hundreds of thousands to flee Russia.
Putin said Friday that over 220,000 reservists already had been called up as part of an effort to recruit 300,000. He promised the mobilization would be wrapped up in two weeks.
The mobilization was troubled from the start, with authorities issuing confusing signals about who should be called up for service in a country where almost all men under age 65 are listed as reservists.
Even though the Russian leader declared that only people who had recently served in the military would be subject to the call-up, activists and rights groups reported military conscription offices rounding up people without any army experience — some of whom were also unfit for service for medical reasons.
Some of the freshly called-up reservists posted videos of themselves being forced to sleep on the floor or even outside and given rusty weapons before being sent to the front lines.
Russian media reports said some of those who were mobilized were sent to combat without receiving proper training and were quickly killed.
Authorities have acknowledged the mobilization was often poorly organized and promised to improve the situation.
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KASSANDA, Uganda (AP) — The recent explosion of Ebola virus cases in a Ugandan rural community began when defiant residents exhumed a body at night, undoing the work of a safe burial team in order to give the deceased man a proper Islamic funeral.
Within days, at least 23 of the mourners had contracted Ebola and three were dead, prompting Uganda’s health minister to say she hoped the members of the farming community in the district of Kassanda had learnt their lesson.
But it seems not everyone had.
In a recent community discussion of the challenges health teams face in combating the current outbreak of a strain of Ebola with no proven vaccine, the district’s Ebola incident commander cited pockets of resistance to health measures.
Another official spoke of people who hide in the shrines of traditional healers — who are temporarily banned from working amid the outbreak — and another complained about youths unhappy with restrictions on movement who throw stones at patrol vehicles.
Ebola, which can sometimes manifest as a hemorrhagic fever, arrived here from Uganda’s neighboring district of Mubende in October, as patients crossed valleys and hills to seek treatment. Others didn’t even know they were infected. The early symptoms — including fever, fatigue and muscle pain — can often be mistaken for those of malaria or measles. But failing to isolate infectious patients can have fatal consequences.
When Ebola patients or their contacts are highly mobile, it’s harder to trace them and new clusters can emerge. At least two people sick with Ebola traveled 150 kilometers (93) miles from this central Ugandan region to Kampala, the capital, where authorities have voiced serious concern after 15 people there — including six schoolchildren — were infected.
Ebola has infected 130 people and killed 43 in this East African country of 45 million since Sept. 20, when the outbreak was confirmed in Mubende days after local officials first noted a “strange illness.” Official figures don’t include those who died with probable Ebola before the outbreak was confirmed.
There are at least 40 active Ebola cases in Uganda, which has had multiple outbreaks in the past. One in 2000 killed more than 200 people.
Ebola spreads through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials. During the current outbreak, the World Health Organization has said the fatality rate is nearly 30%.
Last week, the U.N. health agency revised its formal risk assessment, saying the risk to Uganda had been raised to “very high” and the risk of regional spillover was “high.” Scientists suspect that bats are the natural reservoir of Ebola and say outbreaks are often triggered when people come into contact with infected wildlife including bats, monkeys or antelopes.
Ugandan health officials say most Ebola contacts have been documented by tracers, hoping to reassure people who are worried that further spread of the disease could cause a nationwide lockdown. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak is under control because of the contact tracers’ efficient work.
But without effective vaccines or medicines, unless everyone cooperates an Ebola outbreak can be hard to end. This is especially so in a remote community with high levels of illiteracy, where some still link Ebola to witchcraft and choose to address it at home rather than call an ambulance.
Ugandan health officials have achieved “a tenuous degree of control” in the outbreak, said Dr. Atul Gawande, a U.S. official responsible for global health at USAID. Just a few errant individuals can cause the outbreak to change rapidly, he said during a visit to Kassanda Tuesday. Scientists do not consider outbreaks to be over until 42 days — twice the maximum incubation period — have passed without new cases detected.
Speaking to the community, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng warned that if contacts continue to run away, “there will be an explosion where they run.” She said sometimes villagers “are like children. You tell them, ‘Don’t touch the fire.’ They touch it.”
On Wednesday, the national Ebola incident commander, Dr. Henry Kyobe Bosa, said the outbreak “is entering a phase of potentially sporadic cases” as contacts keep running as was recently seen in Masaka, along the busy highway to western Uganda.
Some residents of Kassanda and Mubende said movement restrictions in place since mid-October seem worse than Ebola itself. Traditional healers complained they had no income. A food vendor who waits on passenger buses said he lost business. Others said even food is hard to come by.
“It has affected us too much because we don’t have customers for buying our booze. We lock ourselves inside at 7 (p,m.) exactly,” said Miria Twijukye, bitter that after two days she was still waiting to get her package of government-supplied food rations. “We are suffering so much.”
Even if the measures are necessary, “we need food,” she said, drawing cheers from others in a crowd waiting for free food in Mubende town.
Some in Mubende are concerned about the risk of new contamination from neighboring Kassanda amid the reports of community resistance.
“This disease escalated from here and it went to the neighboring district. And today I want to report that Kassanda is the one that’s having very many numbers,” said Rosemary Byabasaija, who heads Mubende’s Ebola task force.
In a sign of the shifting epicenter of the outbreak, most of the 24 Ebola patients admitted at Mubende’s regional referral hospital are from Kassanda. Only three are Mubende residents.
“That’s a big problem,” said Byabasaija, talking about the jump in cases from Kassanda after the infected body was exhumed. “I want to appeal to religious … and cultural leaders that this is not the time to go by our (normal) rules and procedures, because Ebola kills.”
She spoke worriedly of a trail that some people are following to dodge restrictions, creating unwanted traffic from Kassanda that could hurt efforts to eliminate active cases in Mubende.
“For us, we had fought our war and we are succeeding,” she said, “but now we are getting challenges (from) people who are coming from Kassanda.”
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PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelivation Technologies, a medical device company with a cutting-edge spinal and orthopedic implant product portfolio, announced today that they have added a strategic member to the team with the hiring of Dennis Jones as the VP of Manufacturing. Mr. Jones brings over 30 years of medical manufacturing expertise and a rich knowledge of cutting-edge machining methods, processes, and supply chain operations. He started his career in the medical device space with Wilsey Tool Company, after which he ran Globus Medical's manufacturing operations for over a decade.
President Amit Sinha remarked, "We are honored to have Dennis join the team. Intelivation is entering an exciting next phase in our vertical integration of the company. We are excited for the addition of Dennis to our team as we scale our operations and continue to serve our customers by bringing new and unique innovations to market."
In addition to exhibiting at multiple industry conferences, Intelivation is launching several new products throughout the 2023 calendar year. Their new Center of Excellence, a state-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D facility, will host its ribbon cutting this spring.
Intelivation Technologies, dedicated to research and development, is focused on bringing game-changing products to market that make patients' lives better. For further inquiries, interested parties may email contact@intelivationtech.com.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On one of the three biggest nights for Tampa Bay rideshare drivers in a while — thanks to Taylor Swift — Uber drivers are turning off their ignitions and closing out of their Uber Driver apps.
“We’re the ones doing the driving,” said Luis Cosme. “We’re the ones here late at night busting our butts. How are you getting more than us?”
Luis Cosme has been driving for Uber for nine years and says Uber is taking more and more of his paycheck.
“If you do a ride to Sarasota, they’re giving you $19 up to $38,” Cosme explained. “We used to get $90 to $80.”
So Cosme organized a strike. More than 100 rideshare drivers gathered at a waiting lot near Tampa International Airport, about two miles from Taylor Swift and Raymond James Stadium. Cosme said 100 more were in their cars.
“It affects me financially,” Cosme said. “And it affects me at home with my family. You know, I spend more time here than what I do at home.”
In a statement to 8 On Your Side in Tampa, Uber said:
Earnings for drivers on our platform remain high, with the average driver in Tampa Bay making $25 an hour while active on the app. We are also investing in incentives to help increase the number of drivers on the road this weekend to meet the anticipated high demand. All drivers receive the fare and destination information upfront before they accept a trip.
Javi Correoso, Uber representative
Uber also said high insurance rates in Florida are partly to blame. That’s money neither the company nor drivers receive.
“It’s not fair to us,” said Hansel Paredes, another Uber driver protesting. “We got family. We got kids. We have the mortgage. We have car payments.”
Drivers said inflation doesn’t help either.
“The gas every day is up,” said Uber driver Nelson Acheverri. “The car for expense, for everything is up. And the money every day is down.”
The drivers said they will keep planning strikes until they get better pay.
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The Warren County Prosecutor's Office said Friday that the victim in the July 1982 homicide -- previously dubbed Princess Doe -- is 17-year-old Dawn Olanick, of West Babylon, Long Island.
They also announced that 68-year-old Arthur Kinlaw is now charged with murder in the case.
Kinlaw, currently serving 20 years to life in Sullivan County on two first-degree murder convictions, tried to lure Olanick into prostitution and killed her after she refused, authorities said.
Olanick's body was found on July 15, 1982, behind Cedar Ridge Cemetery on Highway 94 in Blairstown Township near the Pennsylvania border.
Authorities have said she was beaten beyond recognition.
Authorities said she had been deceased for less than a week prior to being found and was believed to be between 15 and 20 years of age.
Residents of the area gave her a burial, and she became known as Princess Doe, a name given to her by investigators who sought to identify her.
Her burial site contains a gravestone that reads: "Princess Doe. Missing from home. Dead among strangers. Remembered by all."
Olanick's identity was finally confirmed on April 29, authorities said.
"For 40 years, law enforcement has not given up on Princess Doe," Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said Friday during a news conference with New Jersey State Police and other law enforcement and assisting agencies.
Kinlaw confessed to the Princess Doe slaying in written statements dating to 2005, authorities revealed Friday. But the prosecutor said that determining the victim's identity was crucial to assembling a solid case.
The victim's family was present at the announcement.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Millions of letters and packages sent to U.S. troops had accumulated in warehouses in Europe by the time Allied troops were pushing toward the heart of Hitler’s Germany near the end of World War II. This wasn’t junk mail — it was the main link between home and the front in a time long before video chats, texting or even routine long-distance phone calls.
The job of clearing out the massive backlog in a military that was still segregated by race fell upon the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in the war, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. On Tuesday, the oldest living member of the unit is being honored.
Romay Davis, 102, will be recognized for her service at an event at Montgomery City Hall. It follows President Joe Biden’s decision in March to sign a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the unit, nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight.”
Davis, in an interview at her home Monday, said the unit was due the recognition, and she’s glad to participate on behalf of other members who’ve already passed away.
“I think it’s an exciting event, and it’s something for families to remember,” Davis said. “It isn’t mine, just mine. No. It’s everybody’s.”
The medals themselves won’t be ready for months, but leaders decided to go ahead with events for Davis and five other surviving members of the 6888th given their advanced age.
Following her five brothers, Davis enlisted in the Army in 1943. After the war the Virginia native married, had a 30-year career in the fashion industry in New York and retired to Alabama. She earned a martial arts black belt while in her late 70s and rejoined the workforce to work at a grocery store in Montgomery for more than two decades until she was 101.
While smaller groups of African American nurses served in Africa, Australia and England, none matched the size or might of the 6888th, according to a unit history compiled by the Pentagon.
Davis’ unit was part of the Women’s Army Corps created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943. With racial separation the practice of the time, the corps added African American units the following year at the urging of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, according to the unit history.
More than 800 Black women formed the 6888th, which began sailing for England in February 1945. Once there, they were confronted not only by mountains of undelivered mail but by racism and sexism. They were denied entry into an American Red Cross club and hotels, according to the history, and a senior officer was threatened with being being replaced by a white first lieutenant when some unit members missed an inspection.
“Over my dead body, Sir,” replied the unit commander, Maj. Charity Adams. She wasn’t replaced.
Working under the motto of “No Mail, Low Morale,” the women served 24/7 in shifts and developed a new tracking system that processed about 65,000 items each shift, allowing them to clear a six-month backlog of mail in just three months.
“We all had to be broken in, so to speak, to do what had to be done,” said Davis, who mainly worked as a motor pool driver. “The mail situation was in such horrid shape they didn’t think the girls could do it. But they proved a point.”
A month after the end of the war in Europe, in June 1945, the group sailed to France to begin working on additional piles of mail there. Receiving better treatment from the liberated French than they would have under racist Jim Crow regimes at home, members were feted during a victory parade in Rouen and invited into private homes for dinner, said Davis.
“I didn’t find any Europeans against us. They were glad to have us,” she said.
The 6888th previously was honored with a monument that was dedicated in 2018 at Buffalo Soldier Military Park at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. But immediately after the war, members returned home to a U.S. society that was still years away from the start of the modern civil rights movement with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas helped shepherd the bill to present the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the unit.
“Though the odds were set against them, the women of the Six Triple Eight processed millions of letters and packages during their deployment in Europe, helping connect WWII soldiers with their loved ones back home, like my father and mother,” Moran said in a statement earlier this year.
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Reeves is a member of AP’s Race and Ethnicity Team.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed on Thursday to ban most uses of a toxic chemical used in paint removal.
The proposal would ban most industrial and commercial uses of methylene chloride, which, in addition to paint removal, is used as a solvent in making pharmaceuticals and in electronics.
One study found that methylene-chloride exposure killed 85 people between 1980 and 2018. The substance has also been linked to certain cancers.
The new proposal, from the Biden administration, goes further than a Trump administration rule that banned the sale to consumers of paint strippers using methylene chloride but did not address its industrial uses.
An EPA press release states that after the 2019 rule, the use of the solvent remained “widespread.”
“The science on methylene chloride is clear, exposure can lead to severe health impacts and even death, a reality for far too many families who have lost loved ones due to acute poisoning,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a written statement.
“That’s why EPA is taking action, proposing to ban most uses of this chemical and reduce exposures in all other scenarios by implementing more stringent workplace controls to protect worker health,” he said.
The agency is not proposing a complete ban on the substance. Instead, it is proposing to set new workplace standards aimed at limiting exposure to the substance’s use at government agencies like the Defense Department, NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration.
Environmental organizations largely celebrated the proposal, with many saying it applied the same common-sense protections the Trump administration gave consumers to workers who need it just as much.
“EPA just decided to leave workers who had the greatest exposures to methylene chloride paint strippers in harm’s way,” Earthjustice senior attorney Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz said of the Trump-era rule.
“This rule will finally provide workers with the same protection as consumers,” Kalmuss-Katz added of the Biden rule.
However, he said that any exemption “is going to leave people exposed to a chemical that is not only carcinogenic, but hugely lethal, and it is critical that those exemptions be as short-lived and as narrow as possible.”
The chemical industry, meanwhile, raised concerns about the potential supply chain effects of the EPA’s proposal.
“EPA’s website says most of these changes would be fully implemented in 15 months and would amount to a prohibition of an estimated 52% of annual production volume for end uses subject to [the Toxic Substances Control Act]. That scale of reduction in production, that rapidly, could have substantial supply chain impacts if manufacturers have contractual obligations they need to follow through on or if manufacturers decide to cease production entirely,” a written statement from the American Chemistry Council read.
The group warned of the potential for “ripple effects,” including in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Parade, Frost Your Fanny winners named in Lawton Dec 7, 2022 1 hr ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Superior Roofing won best overall float in the Holiday in the Park Christmas Parade contest.Best Theme went to Whittier Elementary School, Most Creative to Cool It and Honorable Mention to MacArthur Middle School.Frost Your Fanny winners are: first place female, Alyssa Cochrane; first place male, Justin Hill; and first place 12 and under, Kason Puletasi. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recommended for you Sign Up For Newsletters Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request. Obituaries Receive the most recent obituaries from The Lawton Constitution every Morning in you E-mail. Signup today! Headlines / e-Edition Would you like to receive our daily news from The Lawton Constitution? Signup today! Sports Headlines Would you like to receive our daily sports from The Lawton Constitution? Signup today! Breaking News Get the latest breaking news from The Lawton Constitution. Sign up today! You must select at least one email list. Please enter a valid email address. Sign up Manage your lists
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The year 1923 was a long time ago.
Some of the significant events of the year included Calvin Coolidge becoming the 30th president of the United States, Roy and Walt Disney founding The Walt Disney Company, The Moderation League of New York joining the effort to repeal prohibition, Lenin stepping down as the chairman of the Soviet government, and the Town of Dushanbe was established in the Emirate of Bukhara.
On the local front, Macky Auditorium opened its doors, as construction continued on the soon to be open Colorado Stadium, now Folsom Field and Chautauqua Colorado celebrated 25 years in Boulder.
Also, a European-style restaurant named Somer’s Sunken Gardens opened on the corner of 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Sometimes events are intended to be significant. The decision to build a world-class auditorium or a new sports stadium is a generational decision. When a small business opens, it is usually not expected to greatly inform the culture of the place in which it exists. Even the vision of Walt Disney could not likely imagine how starting his and his brother’s small business would transform the world.
As The Sink celebrates its century milestone, another set of brothers have had a chance to reflect on the cultural institution that they have been a part of for the relatively recent past 30 years.
“We were just twenty-something buying a bar with no plans and it turned into a life,” Mark Heinritz said about his brothers: Chris, James, and Cameron — who bought the business in 1992 from Herbie Kauvar.
“It’s been an incredible journey, and the icing is how special it is to everyone else.”
I spoke with Mark about The Sink’s legacy. Though he and his brother Chris, along with partner Tell Jones are the owners of the business, it’s clear that they approach their roles as stewards of an institution that is much bigger than them, that belongs to the community of students and locals who have, and continue to make millions of memories.
“It’s like we play an anonymous, but significant part of their lives,” Mark says of the people who have found their special place on the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania.
Boulder has many examples of small businesses that have become local institutions, many of which are also celebrating milestone anniversaries this year. In 1990, just a couple of years before the Heinritz brothers took the reins of The Sink, Boulder received a truly magnificent gift from our sister city from Tajikistan. The Dushanbe Teahouse opened eight years later. And today, under the stewardship of Lenny and Sara Martinelli, it is a local institution celebrating it’s 25th anniversary this year.
The achievements of longevity are worth celebrating, especially for businesses that do shape the fabric of the community. The Fitter, on The Hill turns 50 this year, Foolish Craig’s is 25 years old this week. Two Sole Sisters suddenly reaches an impressive 15 years, and Bohemian Biergarten has provided a welcome place for beer, pretzels and good friends for a solid decade.
In the last few years, I have watched a number of people take the big step to open new businesses in Boulder, a feet that is harder today than ever. Some of them are just celebrating their first or second anniversary this year. They may not have the memories that The Sink or Dushanbe have, yet, but we should celebrate them all. Every business that is an iconic institution today was first a dream and then a risk. The words that Herbie Kauvar told the brothers when he handed them the keys have echoed in Mark’s ears for the last 30 years: “ The hardest part is staying relevant.”
Thirty plus years later, Boulder has continued to grow up, and The Sink has continued to grow up with it.
Congratulations to all of the businesses celebrating anniversaries this year. Whether it is your first year or your first century.
Chip’s Tip: Now through June 18, the Museum of Boulder features “The story of the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse: 25 years of Global Friendship.” Later this year, the museum will host an exhibit chronicling the 100 years of the Sink.
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Mega Millions mistake: NY Lottery temporarily pauses payments after ‘human error’
NEW YORK (WABC) - Mega Millions temporarily suspended prize payments after a mega mistake during a drawing in New York.
It happened Tuesday night when the host mistakenly called the wrong number.
It looked like any other televised Mega Millions drawing with an $86 million jackpot at stake. The five winning numbers were drawn normally.
But a closer look revealed instead of the six that was announced, the actual number is a nine, the digit on the ping-pong ball underlined to avoid confusion.
Not only did announcer John Crow repeat the error, the six was displayed graphically onscreen.
“I would definitely be mad. I would definitely be mad. But I don’t know how they’re going to work that out,” lottery player Ingrid Campbell said.
That is the question. Even Wednesday’s New York Lottery printout of winning numbers lists six as the Mega Ball, though the official page of the multistate lottery correctly lists nine.
So do players with a Mega Ball of six have any recourse?
Not really, said attorney Matthew Eyet, because of a regulation on the books that says, “The correct numbers are the ones that are drawn, not the numbers that were reported. And so they anticipated this as a possibility, probably because they thought a clerical error would occur in just transcribing what the number was, not that the announcer would call out the wrong number. But, be that as it may, it still, in my opinion, would apply in this case.”
There were no grand prize winners with either six or nine as the Mega Ball.
In New York, there were two $10,000 prizes with a six. There were 30,000 other players with smaller jackpots totaling nearly $130,000.
Would the state absorb that cost? Possibly, Eyet said.
“It’s not good for the game from the state’s perspective if people are going around feeling slighted by the state,” he said. “So yeah, they could absolutely pay out those people if they wanted.”
In a statement, New York Lottery cited human error, adding the lottery has temporarily suspended prize payments for all Mega Millions tickets and all Mega Millions players should hold on to their tickets for the May 10 drawing until the issue is resolved.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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State Police Superintendent Patrick Callahan was on highway patrol as a young man when, by all accounts, the New Jersey State Police was a rogue agency that targeted Black drivers, especially on the Turnpike, where 75 percent of those arrested in 1999 were Black.
That led to a strict program of oversight by the federal Department of Justice that lasted 10 years, until a federal judge was convinced that the State Police had turned a corner.
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WASHINGTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers to immediately stop using 285,000 Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails. These products can create an entrapment hazard and pose a risk of serious injury or death to users. CPSC's warning applies to 10 models of bed rails.
The bed rails were manufactured and sold by Mobility Transfer Systems Inc. from 1992 to 2021, and by Metal Tubing USA Inc. in 2021 and 2022. Neither company has agreed to recall the bed rails and to offer a remedy to consumers. CPSC is assessing possible future action in this matter.
CPSC evaluated the bed rails and found that consumers can become entrapped between the bed rail and mattress, or within portions of the bed rail itself, leading to asphyxia.
At least three people have died after becoming entrapped in one model of the bed rails. They include a 78-year-old woman in a Michigan assisted living facility in 2006, an 85-year-old man in an Oklahoma nursing home in 2007, and a 90-year-old disabled woman in California in 2013.
The bed rails were sold at Walmart.com, Amazon.com, MTSMedicalSupply.com, VitalityMedical.com, Alimed.com, and other online retailers for between about $30 and $170. The products have also been found for sale on secondhand sites, such as eBay.com.
CPSC urges consumers to immediately stop use, disassemble, and dispose of the following bed rails and report any related incidents to the agency at www.SaferProducts.gov:
- Freedom Grip (model 501)
- Freedom Grip Plus (model 502)
- Freedom Grip Travel (model 505)
- Reversible Slant Rail (model 600)
- Transfer Handle (model 2025)
- Easy Adjustable (model 2500)
- 30-Inch Security Bed Rail, single-sided (model 5075)
- 30-Inch Security Bed Rail – Extra Tall, single-sided (model 5075T)
- 30-Inch Security Bed Rail, double-sided (model 5085)
- 30-Inch Security Bed Rail – Extra Tall, double-sided (model 5085T)
The name "Mobility Transfer Systems" and the model number are printed on a label located on the grip handle of the bed rails. The bed rails are made of white or chrome metal tubing.
About the U.S. CPSC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
For lifesaving information:
- Visit CPSC.gov.
- Sign up to receive our e-mail alerts.
- Follow us on Facebook, Instagram @USCPSC and Twitter @USCPSC.
- Report a dangerous product or a product-related injury on www.SaferProducts.gov.
- Call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 (TTY 301-595-7054).
- Contact a media specialist.
Release Number: 22-148
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