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Great Eagle Holdings Limited (OTCMKTS:GEAHF – Get Free Report)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low on Monday . The stock traded as low as $1.83 and last traded at $1.83, with a volume of 0 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $1.83.
Great Eagle Price Performance
The business’s fifty day moving average is $1.87 and its 200 day moving average is $2.07.
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Great Eagle Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, invests in, develops, and manages residential, office, retail, and hotel properties in Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, the Mainland China, Japan, Italy and internationally. The company operates through Hotel Operation, Property Investment, Property Development, Other Operations, Champion REIT, Langham, and US Real Estate Fund segments.
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Kontrol Technologies Corp. (OTCMKTS:KNRLF – Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,400 shares, a growth of 15.1% from the June 30th total of 7,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days.
Kontrol Technologies Price Performance
OTCMKTS:KNRLF traded up $0.01 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $0.20. 2,350 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 14,696. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $0.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $0.30. Kontrol Technologies has a 1 year low of $0.16 and a 1 year high of $1.36.
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Kontrol Technologies Corp., through its subsidiaries, provides energy compliance and consulting services. in Canada and the United States. It offers turn-key solutions to building owners and asset managers in the commercial, industrial, and multi-residential sector, which include software to analyze the management of heating, cooling, and ventilation systems; design and engineering of improvements and/or retrofits; ongoing mission critical services; and installation of heating, ventilation, cooling, and business automation systems to its customers.
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Another review from the fallout of the bungled CHESS replacement saga will force the ASX to implement 13 recommendations to manage conflicts of interest among its subsidiaries.
The review, conducted by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), found prevalence of conflicting commercial interests among the parent company as a listed entity and its subsidiaries, ASX Clear and ASX Settlement, with respect to the current governance of CHESS and its long-drawn-out replacement.
HSF was tasked by the Reserve Bank of Australia on 15 December 2022 to review the group's governance framework.
The ASX had already introduced several governance changes following the recommendations made by the RBA in the FY21 FSS assessment report when HSF began its review.
Taking this into account, HSF said the changes "are relatively well established within the organisation" and that interviewees commented that there is "now an enhanced consciousness of conflicts generally, and the potential for intra-group conflicts more specifically, and greater clarity on the applicable processes to identify and manage them".
However, HSF found several areas need improvement. HSF noted the stream of director and senior management changes since the original CHESS replacement decision was announced six years ago - which "brought new perspectives, including on governance matter, and additional capability to address project challenges".
"A number of the more recently appointed directors and management commented on the high level of focus on conflicts within the ASX Group compared to other organisations they had worked with," the report read.
While ASX has some helpful policy guidance on intra-group conflicts, HSF said, this is geared towards directors.
"However, there is scope for these materials to be updated to reflect a greater emphasis and practical content on intra-group conflicts," HSF said.
Among the other recommendations, the ASX Conflicts Management Policy and Conflicts Management Handbook should be updated - or a separate resource for the ASX, and the Clearing and Settlements units should include guidance on intra-group conflicts.
Another recommendation is for non-ASX Clearing and Settlements directors to meet annually with the RBA and ASIC so that they know how Clearing and Settlements are operating.
ASX chair Damian Roche said: "This report demonstrates that improvements we've made to governance are making a difference. We need to be transparent about the work we're doing and I'm hopeful this report gives further confidence to our stakeholders that we have appropriate conflict management arrangements in place."
Roche added that the ASX will implement all 13 recommendations in the report and expects to complete most of these changes in the next three months.
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ASIC has imposed additional licence conditions on dealer group Shartru Wealth Management, saying representatives have not been adequately supervised, leading to some financial advice provided failing the best interests duty.
The additional conditions follow targeted surveillance by ASIC, during which it found Shartru was not adequately monitoring representatives. A review of advice documents found some advice provided by representatives failed to meet the best interests duty and related obligations, ASIC said.
Under the conditions, Shartru must engage an independent consultant to review and make recommendations on its audit processes. The independent consultant must also review a sample of advice, audits, and pre-vets and report on the efficacy of the improvements made by the group.
Headed by chief executive Rob Coyte, the privately owned licensee, based in New South Wales' Lake Macquarie, is home to about 45 financial advisers and has been operating since 2012. It added a compliance manager in January of this year, followed by a risk and compliance manager in April.
"AFS licensees are responsible for ensuring their representatives comply with financial services laws. ASIC expects licensees to have adequate audit processes to monitor and supervise their representatives. AFS licensees should conduct sufficient periodic audits of their advisers and use suitably qualified staff to conduct these audits," ASIC said.
It added that the additional conditions "were imposed by consent following Shartru's engagement in addressing ASIC's concerns."
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AZ NGA has acquired an economic interest of 42% in Foster Raffan iPlan, to support the business in its growth and expansion endeavours.
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AZ NGA has acquired an economic interest of 42% in Foster Raffan iPlan, to support the business in its growth and expansion endeavours.
Based in North Sydney, Foster Raffan iPlan specialises in wealth management and retirement planning and is led by principals Daniel Molesworth and Robert Wood.
Its establishment came in mid-2021, resulting from the merger of advisory firms Foster Raffan and iPlan.
During a time when advice businesses require more support than ever, Molesworth mentioned that the acquisition presents an opportunity to join a large, dynamic community of advisers, accountants, and business leaders.
He added the strategic partnership with AZ NGA will also grant the firm access to added capability, capacity, and scale advantages.
"Advice businesses today need more support than ever to continue growing and improving the services they offer to clients," said Molesworth.
"We recognised that, in order to achieve our goals, we needed to get bigger and more efficient so we wanted a partner that could help us drive business improvements, negotiate sharper rates and service level agreements, and invest for the future."
Meanwhile, AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett explained the firm had been tracking Foster Raffan iPlan's progress since 2021.
"I have known Daniel and Robert independently for many years and I have been impressed by how they have been able to build their respective businesses and then link up to form Foster Raffan iPlan and really take that business forward," he said.
In addition to this, Barrett said businesses and entrepreneurs who are passionate about their clients and have a clear vision for the future are attractive to AZ NGA.
"Importantly, Daniel and Robert understand AZ NGA's mission and purpose to become Australia's leading professional advisory group and want to be part of it," he concluded.
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Aware Super members with at least $15,000 in their account can now invest their super directly in term deposits, locking in rates currently as high as 5.25%.
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Aware Super members with at least $15,000 in their account can now invest their super directly in term deposits, locking in rates currently as high as 5.25%.
In April, Financial Standard flagged Aware Super was introducing a term deposit investment option as part of a raft of changes to kick in once the VicSuper brand was retired.
With that having now occurred, and in alignment with VicSuper members having long been able to invest in term deposits, Aware Super is now making them available to all members with a balance of more than $15,000 in a standalone investment option.
Describing them as an attractive alternative to bank-issued term deposits, members can invest part of their super for three, six, nine or 12 months, with Aware saying the rates currently range from 4.85% to 5.25% per annum.
Each term deposit must be a minimum of $5000, to a maximum of $5 million, and are invested with NAB. Members must maintain the greater of $10,000 or 10% of their account balance invested in another option for fees and premiums to be deducted.
In detailing the offering, Aware also outlined the tax benefits, being that interest on term deposits in the super system is taxed at a maximum of 15c per dollar, or not taxed at all for pension members.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average Australian working full-time earns $1807 a week. Aware Super said if they invested $10,000 in a 12-month term deposit through the fund at current interest rates, they'd earn about $445 in interest after tax, excluding fees and charges. Outside of super, they'd only earn $345.
"We pride ourselves on being super helpful for our 1.1 million members and this is another great example of the way we're delivering," Aware Super group executive member growth Steve Travis said.
"Term deposits have been growing in popularity as interest rates have increased and, while they won't suit members who want all their super invested in growth assets, we know many people value the certainty of a fixed rate of return."
While super funds typically invest in term deposits, they're rarely on offer as a standalone investment option and members don't receive guaranteed rates of return as they're part of the broader investment mix and returns are pooled.
"Many people are still unaware how much they can benefit from making use of these concessions. There's a very real risk that a significant group of Australians is saving for retirement in part outside the super system, using bank-issued term deposits to do so, and inadvertently missing out on these benefits," Travis added.
"Our term deposit option provides an important alternative for these people, allowing them to make full use of the tax concessions available within super and helping to further set them up for their best retirement possible."
The further expansion of Aware's investment menu follows the addition of several new diversified options, including High Growth Socially Conscious, High Growth Indexed, Balanced Indexed, and Diversified Conservative. It also introduced a passive Bonds option.
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CommSec is rolling out a new international share trading platform, offering access to 13 equities markets for as little as US$5 brokerage.
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CommSec is rolling out a new international share trading platform, offering access to 13 equities markets for as little as US$5 brokerage.
The new service will initially be made available on the CommSec website, to be made available via the app in time. Commonwealth Bank also plans to integrate the functionality into its CommBank app.
CBA said the service offers fast account set-up and access to stock quotes, funds transfer and online trading in 13 markets including the US, Canada, Japan, and UK.
"CommSec's purpose is to empower more Australians to grow their wealth and the launch of our new international share trading platform is fantastic news for our 2.7 million customers who will now be able to more easily invest in international equities," CommSec executive general manager Richard Burns said.
CommSec has also reduced brokerage rates to start from US$5 for US equities. Aligned to this, brokerage fees for Australian share trading have also been reduced to $5 for trades of up to $1000.
Finally, CommSec Pocket - which charges $2 brokerage - has added three new ETFs, bringing its total range to 10.
Those being added are the Betashares Diversified All Growth (DHHF) and Australian Investment Grade Bond (CRED) ETFs, as well as VanEck MSCI Australian Sustainable Equity (GRNV).
Commenting on the additions, Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said: "We warmly welcome the inclusion of two more of our ETFs on the CommSec Pocket platform... These two funds will shortly join our NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) and our Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) on the platform."
"Overall, ETFs continue to help investors improve their investing discipline as they continue to allocate more to ETFs in their portfolios, both as core building blocks and satellite growth or defensive exposures.
"... Investment technologies, like CommSec Pocket, have helped enable this trend by providing access to ETFs and making available a full range of education materials to help investors both start and continue their wealth creation journey."
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Charter Hall's Direct PFA fund has divested its leasehold interest in UNSW Kensington for $80 million to meet investor redemption requests.
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Charter Hall's Direct PFA fund has divested its leasehold interest in UNSW Kensington for $80 million to meet investor redemption requests.
The office building, located at 221-227 Anzac Parade in Kensington, is leased by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with nine years remaining on the existing lease.
It was purchased by Charter Hall from an unidentified Korean institution for approximately the same amount just two years ago.
At the time of purchase, Charter Hall direct chief executive Steven Bennett said: "The opportunity to invest in the UNSW L5 Building is consistent with PFA's strategy of acquiring assets with a long leases to strong tenant covenants."
Today, however Bennett said "this divestment is in line with the group's portfolio curation strategy, and demonstrates its commitment to transacting with financial discipline and acting in the best interest of its investors."
Charter Hall added that in line with its product disclosure statement, PFA offers investors liquidity windows every five years.
"PFA accepted all redemption requests received in response to its most recent liquidity event and will meet those requests in full in an orderly and progressive manner," it said.
The transaction was brokered off-market.
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has successfully launched its inaugural Australian feeder fund off the back of significant demand from local clients.
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has successfully launched its inaugural Australian feeder fund off the back of significant demand from local clients.
The investment giant said the Aussie feeder fund, launched in the second quarter, provides investors with a gateway to significant global infrastructure opportunities that were previously hard to access.
It marks the fourth global vehicle established by GSAM and will specifically concentrate on opportunities identified in the US and Europe.
The new fund is available via a traditional capital call or fully funded AUD feeder structure and is administered by Apex Group, with Equity Trustees as the responsible entity.
To support the launch, GSAM chair and co-chief investment officer infrastructure Philippe Camu visited Australia to meet local investors.
While down under, he told Financial Standard that across both regions the investment team is prioritising megatrends within four sub-sectors.
"The most exciting trends today include energy transition, digital infrastructure, transport and logistics and social infrastructure which pertain to essential services," he said.
"We have deep expertise in each of these four parts of the infrastructure landscape and ensure diversification between the buckets is achieved."
Against quite a bleak macroeconomic backdrop, there is a need to identify particularly attractive opportunities for clients, Camu pointed out.
"That means looking at transactions where things are more complex, not just simple auctions where it's just about the cost of capital," he said.
"Our areas of focus and our successful track record include corporate carve-outs, taking public companies private and building best-in-class companies through platform developments."
Further, Camu highlighted the firm has success in building platforms.
"We've done this historically over the last 15 years and from scratch built very significant platforms that have become best-in-class operators," he said.
"We've done it in renewables and digital infrastructure and are now doing it in utility-scale battery storage in the US."
Camu said the firm is now building out platforms in Europe with biomethane.
"... creating renewable gas out of agricultural waste through anaerobic digestion. The broader focus towards net zero creates particularly attractive opportunities for us in Europe and the US," he said.
Another area of focus for the investment giant is mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
"We use our existing portfolio companies, and to do highly accretive bolt-on acquisitions through mergers and acquisitions. Through those, we invest capital at accretive and better returns," he said.
Camu said the fund was driven by client demand, as Australian investors have previously faced challenges in accessing exposure to global value-add infrastructure opportunities.
"Infrastructure, as an asset class, was created by very large institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies," he explained.
"Most of the capital allocated to the asset class traditionally was coming from those large investors. These very big institutions with long-dated liabilities indexed on inflation were seeking real assets that would match these liabilities and provide them stable and predictable cash flows indexed on inflation."
However, there's been a shift in client appetite.
"Recently, private wealth investors, all the way through to retail investors have realised the attraction of this asset class," he said.
"Its downside resilience and its ability to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns make infrastructure a particularly compelling asset class in the current context of economic headwinds, heightened uncertainty, and high inflation."
According to Camu, Australian clients have shown a particular interest but were shut off from accessing global opportunities.
"There's a lot of access already to domestic infrastructure but we have seen that there is strong demand for offshore global value-add infrastructure exposure," he commented.
It's these offshore opportunities which the fund seeks to target.
"Historically, we haven't invested in Australia. This is the country that invented infrastructure and there are significant amounts of capital here," he explained.
"We focus on international OECD markets where our sourcing of transactions is highly differentiated and where we see best-in-class opportunities."
However, Camu pointed out a few areas where investing has proven to be challenging.
"Traditional renewables, for example, wind and solar," he said.
"We've been successful historically investing significant capital in solar and on-shore and off-shore wind generation; we have done it in the Americas, Europe and Japan."
But recently the firm has found the risk-adjusted returns in traditional renewables less attractive.
"That is why we are investing in the new energy transition opportunities; utility scale battery storage, renewable gas generation, pre-consumer waste to renewable gas," he said.
Similarly, Camu pointed out that recent valuations in digital infrastructure have been high, making it harder to invest in the space.
"Those sectors keep on evolving so I'd expect us to transact there in due course," he said.
"Our focus is really to identify the best risk-adjusted opportunities on a global basis and across all our sub-sectors. Our track record speaks for itself."
Globally, GSAM has US$2 trillion in assets under management as at December end.
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Equity Trustees has won another responsible entity mandate this month from a fledgling investment manager whose funds currently focus on Australian equities.
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Equity Trustees has won another responsible entity mandate this month from a fledgling investment manager whose funds currently focus on Australian equities.
Blackwattle Investment Partners, which opened its doors in May, named Equity Trustees to oversee four funds.
The Blackwattle Large Cap Quality Fund, Mid Cap Quality Fund and Long-short 130/30 Quality Fund officially launched to investors in July.
The fourth fund, the Small Cap Quality Fund, will launch in September, and invests in smaller Australian companies and tracks the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index.
The boutique is headed by Jarred Rubin as chief executive and managing director and chief investment officer Michael Skinner. They are joined by Matthew Dell as executive director and Maggie Mills as head of distribution. Staff has invested $10 million of capital in the firm.
"We have refined our inaugural investment offerings to reflect our strong belief of investing in Australian businesses that have a forward advantage, aligned management, and are priced below their intrinsic value," Skinner said.
"Coupled with our aligned and transparent business model, we believe Blackwattle will provide a refreshing offering to Australian investors across domestic equity markets, and in future across global equity markets."
Equity Trustees executive general manager of corporate trustee services Russell Beasley said: "Our expertise and decades of experience in funds governance establishes us well to work diligently with Blackwattle as they enter and expand in the domestic equity market."
Equity Trustees also scored a responsible entity in July from AL Capital (ALC), the funds management arm of Aqualand Group.
The funds include the ALC Global Credit Fund, the ALC Active Australian Equity Fund and the ALC Active International Equities Fund.
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Developing a wealth transfer plan remains on the to-do list for Australia's wealthiest, according to LGT Crestone's latest State of Wealth report.
The report, now in its fourth year, uncovered nearly two thirds of Australian high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals do not have a wealth transfer plan in place.
However, the majority have intentions to develop one - representing an estimated $4.7 trillion in future wealth transfers.
When it comes to the sexes, 41% of men have a clear plan for the wealth transfer process, in comparison to 31% of women.
Unsurprisingly, wealth transfer is more top of mind for individuals aged 60 years and above who are most likely of all the age cohorts to have a plan (48%) compared to 26% of those aged 29-59 years and above who do not.
"Given the majority who intend to transfer wealth, there is a great need for assistance from trusted professionals and service providers to work with them to develop streamlined strategies for transferring wealth," LGT Crestone said.
"Further, by working with families on their wealth plans, professionals are likely to receive referrals from both within and outside the family, offering significant growth opportunities."
To realise this opportunity, however, LGT Crestone said financial advisers will need to combat HNWI's concerns over the misuse of money and tax implications.
"While it is only 10% who report feeling "very worried" about wealth transfer, their top concern is that their wealth might be misused or poorly managed (38%), closely followed by tax implications (37%)," it said.
The distribution of wealth not as intended (34%) and simply how to do it (32%) are also concerns.
According to the report, will-based plans are the most common way to transfer wealth, with 62% of HNWs
having a will and 35% undecided on them.
Commenting on the report, LGT Crestone chief executive Michael Chisholm said despite its importance, it is evident that developing a clear plan remains a huge challenge for wealthy Australians.
"Even for the many individuals who recognise the need for a transfer strategy, the obstacle is simply where to begin," he said.
"The wealth transfer process is one that is deeply personal and unique to each family. We see a significant need for assistance from trusted advice professionals to help introduce the discussion and broaden it to include more family members."
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brightly flashing “X” sign has been removed from the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter just days after it was installed.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection said Monday it received 24 complaints about the unpermitted structure over the weekend. Complaints included concerns about its structural safety and illumination.
The Elon Musk-owned company, which has been rebranded as X, had removed the Twitter sign and iconic blue bird logo from the building last week. That work was temporarily paused because the company did not have the necessary permits. For a time, the “er” at the end of “Twitter” remained up due to the abrupt halt of the sign takedown.
The city of San Francisco had opened a complaint and launched an investigation into the giant “X” sign, which was installed Friday on top of the downtown building as Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform.
The chaotic rebrand of Twitter’s building signage is similar to the haphazard way in which the Twitter platform is being turned into X. While the X logo has replaced Twitter on many parts of the site and app, remnants of Twitter remain.
Representatives for X did not immediately respond to a message for comment Monday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A South Nashville neighborhood loses power in nearly every storm, and homeowners are expressing their frustrations.
Power goes out multiple times a month for those on and near Pritchett Drive. A woman said what she thought only happened with heavy storms, takes place nearly every storm.
“It just seems as if every time the wind blows just a little too heavy, it’s taking the power out,” Michelle Semple, a South Nashville homeowner, said.
Semple said money is often lost even after the power comes back on.
“We had a storm and it affected four of my major appliances,” Semple said “It blew out the Circuit boards of my garage door opener, my dryer, my Internet modem end my TV, all had to be replaced,” Semple said.
She said she spent more than $5,000 on repairs.
Semple isn’t the only one who has noticed the recurring outages.
Thomas Wilson said their Crieve Hall neighborhood loses power at least once a month, affecting work at home.
“I lost probably four to six thousand dollars in business simply because if I’m on the phone with you, and you’re ready to spend 3,000 or 4,000 dollars on a new air conditioning system with me and halfway through taking your credit card, the power goes out in my house, well what do you think?” Wilson said.
Semple said she and other neighbors have installed surge protectors and reported the issue to NES countless times.
“It’s getting ridiculous, and I’ve lived in other areas of Nashville, [like] East, Hillsboro Village, 12 South and never had this issue,” Semple said. “It’s to the point where I want to move.”
WSMV4 reached out to NES, who said they understand frustration and are working with infrastructure to meet power needs.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Ready, set, mark your calendars because July 31 has been proclaimed Josef Newgarden Day.
The state of Tennessee honored the IndyCar driver and Hendersonville native with the proclamation during a ceremony downtown on Monday. The honor comes days before the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, a race that takes place in the heart of Nashville.
“It’s a tremendous honor,” Newgarden said. “I love being from Tennessee and moved back here four years ago with my wife to start a family and we absolutely love this community. We love Nashville.”
Back in May, Newgarden became the first Tennessean to win the Indianapolis 500. Now, he prepares to race through the streets of his hometown in the third annual Music City Grand Prix.
Newgarden has yet to win a race in Nashville, but said it’s something he “definitely wants to check off the list.” The race will take place at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Most grocery items will be tax free in Tennessee will be tax free for three monts beginning Tuesday, Aug. 1. Alcohol, tobacco, candy and prepared food will not qualify for the tax holiday. Each Tennessee family is expected to save $100 in taxes, according the Tennessee Department of Revenue.
Some shoppers said the holiday will help a lot.
Barry Grisham is thinking about a lot of people when he goes to he grocery store.
“Three girls, Olivia, Kendall and Channing,” Grisham said.
Add their husbands and one granddaughter, who Grisham said, “She’s the light of our life.”
He said they always have family gatherings with the entire family.
”I think it’s very beneficial especially having a large family like we do, spending a large amount of money it really, really does help and benefit all of the families not just us,” he said.
Some of that shopping Grisham gets done at The Produce Place.
“When our cusotmers shop here, they’re literally putting my paycheck into my pocket,” The Produce Place General Manager Christy Temps said.
The shop is a locally owned and operated grocery store in Sylvan Park. Temps said the tax holiday is going to help a lot of their customers because produce is so expensive.
“It’s just impossible for people to fit it into their budgets sometimes which is really sad,” Temps said.
Grisham said it will certainly help him.
”We always shop and eat a lot of fresh produce anyway so any savings I can get in buying more of that will certainly benefit us in the long run,” he said.
The Tennessee Department of Revenue shared this post that shows examples of what qualifies as tax free.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Nearly 30,000 people are likely out of work after a nearly century-old trucking company prepares to file for bankruptcy.
Yellow Corporation, a company based in Nashville, is closing its doors after reportedly going broke. The Teamsters union confirmed the company is filing for bankruptcy and halting operations, despite a $700 million loan from the federal government in 2020. The union claimed Yellow could not manage itself.
Outside the trucking company gates on Monday, some of its longtime employees looked for answers. One employee wondered where all the money had gone.
“I think the government ought to look into their finances, look into their books,” Yellow Corporation employee Danny Smallridge said. “That’s my personal opinion, but who knows where the money went. It’s a shame. Shame on them, they put a lot of people out of work.”
While it’s unclear just how big of an impact Yellow’s closure will have on supply chains, Smallridge said it will be felt in the short-term.
“We take care of Mr. Joe Customer and we take care of the big corporations also,” Greg Muncy, another Yellow Corporation employee, said. “It’s going to be a huge impact on the nation.”
Yellow Corporation services large customers like Walmart and The Home Depot, whose goods are reportedly stranded on trucks. Millions of dollars in shipments will now be lost to other trucking companies.
Now, staring at what looks like a sudden and early retirement, Smallridge and Muncy must wait and see what happens to them, and the movement of merchandise everywhere.
“Keep walking. Keep your head up and smile,” Smallridge said. “It is what it is, and I’ll do fine.”
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Officials said three of the four victims killed in a fiery crash on Friday were siblings.
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CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (WANF/Gray News) - Three siblings were among four people killed in a crash early Friday morning in Georgia, according to officials.
The three siblings were identified by a family member in a GoFundMe account set up to help pay for funeral expenses.
According to the GoFundMe, 14-year-old Jovany, 18-year-old Brenda, and 21-year-old Carl Pamphile were all killed just after 1 a.m. Friday on I-75 South near the I-285 exit after their vehicle clipped another car, crashed into a tree, and caught fire.
The family’s beloved dog Zoe also died in the crash, according to the GoFundMe.
The fourth person killed in the crash was in the same vehicle as the three other victims but has not yet been identified by officials. According to WANF, the unidentified victim was female.
Donations can be made to the Pamphile family’s GoFundMe account to help support memorial costs for the siblings.
Officials said the person in the clipped car was taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries. No further information has been released on their condition.
The crash remains under investigation.
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To support reporting like this, and to help support and preserve high-quality, community journalism, please consider a donation to the Morris Roberts Local Journalism Foundation.
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The Seattle Mariners are trading outfielder A.J. Pollock and minor league utility man Mark Mathias to the San Francisco Giants.
Jeff Passan of ESPN.com was the first to report the deal.
The Mariners will receive a player to be named later or cash considerations from the Giants in exchange for Pollock and Mathias.
Pollock, 35, signed a one-year, $7 million deal with the Mariners this offseason to serve in a left field platoon role alongside Jarred Kelenic. However, Pollock struggled immensely at the plate this year and became a part-time player at best. Pollock is batting .173 with four doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI in 49 games played for Seattle this year. It's the only season of his career that he's had a batting average under .244.
Mathias, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 2 and joined Triple-A Tacoma. Mathias was batting .345 with three doubles, two runs and eight RBI in 16 games played since joining the Rainiers. Mathias has played a total of 68 games in the majors with three different teams in the Pirates, Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers.
It's the second trade of the day for the Mariners ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline. Seattle also reached a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks to send closer Paul Sewald to Arizona in exchange for outfielder Dominic Canzone, utility man Josh Rojas, and minor league infielder Ryan Bliss.
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A 34-year-old Lynnwood man pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
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A 34-year-old Lynnwood man pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tucker Weston pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer and civil disorder, both felony charges.
According to court documents, Weston traveled from Seattle to Washington, D.C. to attend the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally organized by former president Donald Trump. After the rally, Weston and others marched to the Capitol to disrupt Congress' verification of the electoral votes in the 2020 election.
Weston helped take down a metal barricade, court docs say, allowing rioters to approach the Capitol. He and others shoved down police officers guarding the Lower West Plaza, then joined rioters in using a bike rack to push back officers.
One officer tried to subdue a rioter, and Weston and others fought them, court docs say. He and several others then entered the Capitol building through a broken window, though Weston left shortly after and went to the northeast corner of the Capitol grounds. Weston and other rioters smashed and vandalized media equipment, then Weston was handed a bag of stolen equipment and walked away with it.
RELATED: 'Massive amount' of intelligence ignored by FBI, Homeland Security before Jan. 6, Senate report says
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Two people are still in the hospital following a shooting that Seattle Police Chief Adrien Diaz called "disturbing."
The violence happened Friday night at the Safeway on the 9200 block of Rainier Ave S.
The most tragic part of the incident is the victims of the shooting were putting on an anti-violence event.
READ MORE: 5 people shot in Rainier Beach Safeway parking lot, SPD searching for 2 suspects
"Two of our staff from Boys and Girls Clubs of King County and three others were injured during a shooting," said Jayme Hommer with the Boy and Girls Clubs of King County.
Hommer says over the last few years, the Boys and Girls Clubs’ Safe Passage team hosted community healing events every Friday, at the scene of the shooting.
"They had activities for the kids. They give food. I mean it’s just dancing and music, good things," said Donna Call.
Call lives in the neighborhood where the shooting happened. She says she is sick of the violence in her community.
"It’s gangs. It’s drugs. It’s just a nightmare," she said.
She says the community needs the work of Safe Passage to see real change.
"I don’t want them to not show up, but we need protection," said Call.
Seattle Police believe two people are responsible for the shooting. SPD has not said why they think this violence happened.
Both suspects are still on the loose and police have not released any identifying information.
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The Seattle Mariners dealt closer Paul Sewald to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for a trio of players ahead of Tuesday's upcoming trade deadline.
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The Seattle Mariners dealt closer Paul Sewald to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for a trio of players ahead of Tuesday's upcoming trade deadline.
The Mariners are acquiring infielder Josh Rojas, outfielder Dominic Canzone, and minor league middle infielder Ryan Bliss in exchange for Sewald. The team announced the deal Monday afternoon.
"Dominic, Josh and Ryan are excellent fits for our organization," Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. "Each brings something a bit different to the field with athleticism being a common denominator. We feel like this deal makes us a deeper, more well-balanced team, both now and moving forward.
"Paul was a huge part of an excellent (bullpen) during his three years in Seattle. I’m forever thankful for his contributions, both on-and-off the field."
Sewald, 33, has a career-high 21 saves this season with a 2.93 ERA, 14 walks and 60 strikeouts in 45 appearances this year for the Mariners. In his three seasons with Seattle, Sewald has an 18-8 record and 2.88 ERA in 172 games with 55 walks and 236 strikeouts.
The Mariners have recalled reliever Juan Then from Triple-A Tacoma to fill Sewald's roster spot for the time being.
The deal feels remarkably similar to a move the Mariners made in 2021 when they traded closer Kendall Graveman and reliever Rafael Montero to the Houston Astros in exchange for utility man Abraham Toro and reliever Joe Smith in the lead up to the trade deadline. That trade frustrated the team's clubhouse as it came on the heels of a big victory the night before over the Astros as the Mariners were nine game over .500 and in the playoff chase.
Despite winning 90 games, the team fell short of a Wild Card berth in the postseason.
This year's team is 4.5 games out of a Wild Card spot and 5.5 games back in the AL West with a big series against the Boston Red Sox set to begin Monday night. The team sits at a season-high three games over .500 at 54-51. However, they've struggled to produce consistently on offense throughout the year to carry another strong campaign from the pitching staff as a whole.
Canzone and Rojas can both be of use to the major league team right away as the Mariners look for solutions in left field following the loss of Jarred Kelenic to a fractured foot and the trade of A.J. Pollock to the San Francisco Giants.
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Canzone, 25, made his MLB debut with Arizona last month and has appeared in 15 games with the Diamondbacks. While Canzone is hitting just .237 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and eight RBI in the majors, he was batting .354 with 18 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs, 39 walks and 71 RBI in 71 games for Triple-A Reno this year.
Rojas, 29, has played in 381 career games over parts of five seasons with Arizona. He's played five different positions defensively, including third base (150 G), second base (96 G), left field (54 G), shortstop (44 G) and right field (43 G). Rojas is batting .228 with 13 doubles, 18 walks, 26 RBI and 6 stolen bases in 59 games with the Diamondbacks this season.
Bliss, 23, was a starter at second base in the Futures Game held at T-Mobile Park during All-Star Game weekend earlier this month. A former second-round pick in 2021 by Arizona, Bliss is batting .332 with 27 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, 29 walks, 51 RBI, and 35 stolen bases in 81 combined games between Triple-A Reno and Double-A Amarillo this season. Most of that production came in Double-A as he was hitting .358 in Amarillo and is batting just .196 with two doubles, two triples and a home run in 13 games played in Reno since being promoted.
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Pittsburgh police have arrested a man for the alleged brutal assault of a newlywed on his honeymoon earlier this week.
Heiko-Lamar Calhoun, 26, of Wilkinsburg, was arrested on charges of criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault, robbery, and recklessly endangering another person.
Pittsburgh police were called to the Even Hotel at Forbes Avenue after 7 p.m. Monday for reports of a male assaulted in the lobby.
The victim, 41-year-old Larry Gilmore, was found unresponsive and bleeding profusely from severe trauma to his head, police said. Medics transported him to UPMC Mercy hospital in critical condition.
PHILADELPHIA 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL FATALLY SHOT BY TEEN RELATIVE INSIDE HOME, POLICE SAY
Gilmore’s wife Shalawrae, to whom he had just gotten married and is reportedly pregnant, told Channel 11 she had found her husband "in a puddle of blood."
Court documents cited by TribLive.com say the attacker walked up to Gilmore from behind and put him in a chokehold before slamming his head into the ground. The suspect allegedly kicked and stomped Gilmore and took several items – including his pants.
Calhoun, who is homeless, was arraigned Tuesday morning and remains in custody at the Allegheny County Jail. District Judge Nicholas C. Martini denied him bail, TribLive.com reported.
Gilmore’s family, meanwhile, has set up a GoFundMe account to help him cover medical expenses. As of Thursday, the campaign has raised nearly $4,000 of its $10,000 goal.
Gilmore’s family described him as a "loving father of three" with a fourth expected in December 2023.
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Calhoun’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 7.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the hotel for comment, but has not yet heard back.
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PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers and the governor are giving up the right to try to force motorists away from carbon fuels as part of a deal to extend the Maricopa
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Ismael "Smiley" Ortega, native of Clifton, was known as a quiet, soft-spoken man who was very dedicated to his family. But there was something about him that even his family
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A Thatcher Elementary student was one of 10 winners statewide in a photo contest to capture themselves working in their future career.
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PHOENIX — A governor's task force meeting behind closed doors approved recommending changes to election laws, a secrecy decision defended by a top aide to Gov. Katie Hobbs.
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From local to congressional officials, Arizona Democrats are calling for federal tax dollars to beef up protections against summer heat in the Sonoran Desert.
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Nicholas Muenchow, of the Safford Police Department, has been promoted to the position of patrol sergeant, the department announced on its Facebook page.
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Mark the date. On Nov. 4, Clifton will celebrate its 150th anniversary or sesquicentennial. Mayor Laura Dorrell said several organizations and individuals are already preparing for the grand bash. It
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A wildfire that had consumed at least 3,000 acres of vegetation about 17 miles north of Safford was not considered a threat to infrastructure or cultural sites as of midday
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Members of the public are invited to attend the Greenlee County Substance Abuse Coalition’s monthly meeting on Wednesday.
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PHOENIX — Traffic fatalities in Arizona rose again in 2022, according to the state’s annual report on motor vehicle crashes on all roads, including local streets.
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U.S. national team cyclist Magnus White was training for the mountain bike world championships when he was struck by a vehicle near his home.
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A 17-year-old American cyclist was killed Saturday when a car hit him as he was training.
Magnus White, who was deemed a "rising star" in the sport, was cycling on the shoulder of a highway in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado, Sunday when he was struck by a car, USA Cycling said.
The national team athlete had been in final training preparations for his first Junior Men's Mountain Bike Cross-Country World Championships, which is set for Aug. 10 in Glasgow, Scotland.
White was an avid cyclist from an early age and had a knack for off-road cycling.
He specialized in cyclocross, which is a cross between road cycling, mountain biking and steeplechase, and won the junior national championship in the sport in 2021. He went on to complete a season with the USA Cycling National Team and competed in two cyclocross world championships: one in 2022 in Fayeteville, Arkansas, and another in January in Hoogerheide, Netherlands.
"We offer our heartfelt condolences to the White family, his teammates, friends, and the Boulder community during this incredibly difficult time. We ride for Magnus," USA Cycling said in a statement.
White is survived by his parents and a brother. Friends of the family have organized a GoFundMe in his memory.
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A Japanese man spent $14,000 to become a Border Collie.
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Don't be fooled by the furry exterior: Some dogs aren't all what they seem. In fact, one isn't even a dog at all.
It's a conundrum making the rounds online after a Japanese man wearing a hyper-realistic Border Collie outfit took a stroll outdoors and posted a YouTube video of the excursion, garnering more than 4.6 million views in the 10 days it's been online.
The footage was filmed last year for an interview with a German TV station according to the video description, and the dog/man, identified only as Toco, released it to the public this month after getting permission to post it.
The video under the account name "I want to be an animal" shows Toco getting pets around town while walking on four legs in the costume.
In a video posted last year, Toco said he had "a vague dream of becoming an animal" ever since he was a child and that he chose to become a collie because it's his favorite breed and is larger in size, comparable to a human.
This childhood dream prompted him to spend around $14,000 to have specialist costume company Zeppet create the outfit in 2022. The Japanese company is known for creating models and suits for films and commercials, but this was a custom, personal order, according to its website.
Zeppet's site also lists personal comments Toco made during and after the 40-day building process.
"I suppose creating a four-legged model for a two-legged human is extremely tricky, as our skeletal structure is quite different from canines," Toco said upon completion of the project. "I was therefore naturally worried about how it would turn out. After various trials and errors of the studio, however, the final result was brilliant and very satisfactory."
But despite the long-lived goal and its online virality, Toco still hopes to remain anonymous behind his animal persona.
In an interview with the Mirror, he said, "I rarely tell my friends because I am afraid they will think I am weird. My friends and family seemed very surprised to learn I became an animal."
And comments on the recent YouTube video seem to echo his fears. While some users were curious and supportive, others were concerned, with one user saying "I've worked with animals for 15 years now and this is the creepiest animal related thing I've ever seen."
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July 2023 is going down in the history books thanks to the brutal and unrelenting heat wave that gripped not only the Valley but the entire state.
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PHOENIX — July 2023 is going down in the history books thanks to the brutal and unrelenting heat wave that gripped not only the Valley but the entire state.
Phoenix saw a temperature of 110º or hotter every single day from June 30th to July 30th. That makes a record-setting 31 days in a row of extreme heat.
Previously, that record was 18 consecutive days.
The high temperature in Phoenix also soared to 115º and above 17 days this month. That's the most 115º plus days ever recorded in a single year and we could still see more before the summer is done.
July temperatures also soared to some of the highest levels ever recorded with three days of highs at 119º.
As if those scorching hot days weren't bad enough, it was the lack of overnight relief that really made this heat wave unlike any other.
For 16 straight days, the Phoenix temperature did not drop below 90º. That's more than double the previous record-long streak.
In fact, it was so warm overnight through the month of July that an all-time record warm low temperature of 97º degrees was set on the morning of July 19th.
It wasn't just Phoenix setting records, however.
In Flagstaff, highs hit 90º or hotter for 10 straight days, the second-longest streak on record.
In Tucson, they hit a temperature of 100º or more for 45 days straight, the longest streak on record!
Although the official numbers won't be final until midnight, July 2023 will undoubtedly go down as the hottest month ever so far for the city of Phoenix with an average temperature above 100º.
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Android phones will now get the same unknown tracker alerts that iPhone users get when an Apple AirTag is near them.
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Google announced that Android phone users should expect to get unknown tracker alerts like iPhone users get when there is a tracker they don't know about near them.
The technology has already been a tool for iPhone users, who are alerted when a device like an Apple AirTag is tracking them.
SEE MORE: How to clear cookies from your smartphone
The move is a product of cooperative work done between Google and Apple and was announced at at 2023 Google conference. While the alerts will work only with AirTags at first, there are talks with other tracker companies like Tile and Chipolo to widen the field on which trackers will also be included.
Google said in a press release that users will be able to tap on the notification and learn more about the tracker and view it on a map. There will also be a feature to select "play sound" to make the tracker play a noise so users can find it.
Google said there will also be a manual scan feature to allow users to press a button and scan their surroundings for trackers even before they receive any notifications.
New find my device features are also expected to be unveiled and available on Android by this summer, the company said.
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In a statement, Frisco police apologized for the incident and said it planned to run an "incident review."
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It was a parent's worst nightmare, and a major mistake by the Frisco Police Department in North Texas. On July 23, an Arkansas family visiting the Dallas area for a basketball tournament was pulled over by the police.
Frisco police believed they had found a stolen vehicle — as a result they shut down the busy highway, pulled their guns and ordered the family out of the car. But one of their officers made an error — entering the wrong state from the license plate into their computer system.
The mother in the vehicle posted about the incident online saying seeing her child in cuffs "hurt me to my core."
"It’s not okay. And I thank god that we were not physically injured, but we have suffered a lot of mental and emotional trauma from this. I've cried so much today I don't know if I have any more tears to cry. Every time I see the video of my baby, I just can't believe it. I feel like this is a very bad dream," Demi Janale said on TikTok.
Police in Aurora, Colorado made a similar mistake in 2021, handcuffing 4 minors and laying them on the pavement for what police believed was a stolen vehicle.
While the Aurora police chief ultimately apologized for the incident, the family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit and one of the officers involved was suspended.
In a statement, Frisco police apologized for the July incident and said it planned to run an "incident review."
For now, no lawsuit has been filed by the family involved.
SEE MORE: NYC to settle $13M for George Floyd protest arrests, police beatings
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Yellow Corp., one of the largest freight companies in the U.S., said it was closing operations and filing for bankruptcy on Monday.
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One of the largest trucking companies in the country shut down over the weekend, leaving tens of thousands of people without jobs at the start of the work week.
The Teamsters Union said Monday that Yellow Corp. informed them the 99-year-old company was shuttering operations and filing for bankruptcy, despite receiving a $700 million pandemic loan just three years ago.
Scripps News reached out to Yellow to confirm but did not hear back. No bankruptcy filings have gone live yet.
Yellow employs 30,000 people nationwide including 22,000 union workers. But one worker in Nashville says he arrived at work without hearing anything about the status of his job.
"They haven't told us they're out of business yet, they haven't told us what they're doing, filing bankruptcy or whatever," said Danny Smallridge. "I'm in pretty good shape myself and I know I'll be taken care of but a lot of my union brothers and sisters — they're not in the same boat as I am and that's heartbreaking. Shame on the company."
Another worker went viral over the weekend after a video showed his emotional reaction to learning he'd leave Yellow with no pension despite spending 30 years on the job.
In a statement, Teamsters president Sean O'Brien called the news "unfortunate but not surprising." He added Yellow "has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government. This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry,”
SEE MORE: Lumber prices could surge again due to too few lumber workers
Yellow is the nation's third largest carrier of small freight, earning $5 billion in revenue a year, according to its website, serving major customers like Walmart and Home Depot.
But after a series of failed cost-cutting measures to stay afloat, Yellow saw customers leave in droves. According to the Associated Press, the company is now $1.5 billion in debt with $729.2 million owed to the federal government.
This, despite the government handing Yellow a $700 million pandemic loan just three years ago.
Mike Regan, the co-founder of TranzAct technologies, which helps companies manage their supply chains, says Yellow used most of that money to round out pension plans and extend the life of its equipment.
But in June, a congressional investigation found the Treasury and Defense departments "made missteps" in giving Yellow the loan, with auditors calling the handout "reactive at best" and saying it "may not be the best course of action to protect taxpayer funds."
Regan says Yellow's problems arose decades ago after the company acquired rival companies and put them under one roof.
"When they bought Roadway, it was like having the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears come together to form a football team. You had basically people that competed against each other, were enemies, then you brought them together and said 'we're going to play nice,'" he said. "If you don't have your culture synchronized, I don't care what your strategy is, it's not going to work because you have disparate parties."
SEE MORE: Wage and salary increases in the US slowed down
He added that problems worsened when Yellow tried to reduce its debt and eliminate financial redundancies by shutttering 24 of its 300 truck terminals.
Regan says that considering some of the locations were as valuable as $80 million, it could've helped the company with some of its money troubles. But Teamsters, which was angered by the course of action, said the move would lead to unnecessary job cuts.
Regan says Yellow's latest setback came from the threat of a union strike over health care benefits when the company missed a $50 million welfare and pension fund payment. Teamsters said they'd strike if Yellow didn't make the payment.
"That basically was the death knell for Yellow because if you're a shipper, one of the things that you don't want to do is have freight trapped in a system when the carrier's not operating," said Regan.
The shutdown could mean shipping delays for consumer because many shippers relied solely on Yellow's vast terminal network to move is products.
"In the LTL (Less-than-truckload) industry, your capacity is driven by your terminal network, the amount of doors that you have available to clear freight," said Regan. "The reason this is a big deal for shippers is because some shippers had Yellow [as their] one carrier. Well, they may take three or four carriers now to replace that Yellow volume because of the network."
Regan says more carriers sharing doors could mean greater delays, leading to price increases to make up for the gap.
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The change in humidity followed by more forecasted dry temperatures means Arizona can be one of the toughest places to live for your skin.
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PHOENIX — With no shortage of sunshine recently, the rain is a welcome sight.
The change in humidity followed by more forecasted dry temperatures means Arizona can be one of the toughest places to live for your skin.
Arizona gets an estimated 300 days of sunshine on average in a calendar year. That much sun can do a number on your body's biggest organ – your skin.
On Monday, it was noticeably cooler than the historic heat we’ve seen lately, but it still wasn’t sweater weather for Tyler, who we met on Mill Avenue in Tempe.
“I’m trying to get rid of it because it’s so dang hot out here,” he said outside of a resale spot.
As a Grand Canyon University student, he was looking to make a few bucks from his bomber jacket.
”My lips and face are usually dry like all the time here, especially since it’s humid and the rain lat night and stuff. I feel a little bit more moisturized,” said Tyler.
We took our heat and humidity skin care questions to dermatologist Dr. Karan Lal.
He’s one of the only double board-certified pediatric and cosmetic dermatologists in the country, which has led to thousands of followers on Instagram and clients that include A-list celebrities from coast to coast.
When asked if our state was one of the worst places to live for your skin, Dr. Lal said, “It’s probably the worst place to live for fair skin and a family history of skin cancer.”
The much-needed rain parts of the Valley saw Sunday along with the forecasted rain for Monday put our humidity above average.
Dr. Lal says the added dew points can help prevent eczema but can also lead to acne because of trapped pollutants in the air that causes breakouts.
”The humidity and the breeze we have is better for our skin than we normally have,” he said while adding temperatures above 95º isn’t doing our skins any favors.
When it’s normally hot and dry in our summer months, skin mirrors that dryness.
Dr. Lal suggests a daily sunscreen, a minimum of SPF 30. One with vitamin C, can hold added benefits.
”When it’s humid and theirs pollutants in the air, you have a lot of free radical damage on your skin which exposes us to fine line, aging, redness, brown spots, so having a sunscreen with vitamin C which is a potent antioxidant which can help free radicals from damaging your skin," he said.
After reporting in the Valley of the sun, Dr. Lal noticed how quickly it can do damage on the face of a neighborhood reporter by pointing out sunspots and redness, which is irreplaceable damage.
If we’re in for another hot dry month… he suggests limiting sun exposure to the early morning and reapplying sunscreen, every two hours when outdoors.
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Agreement sets forth pilot that will update 100 NYCHA apartments with modern, electric stoves using existing 120-volt outlets
Today, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) — with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) — announced the signing of an agreement for the Induction Stove Challenge. The program, expected to launch this fall, will be supported by NYSERDA and NYCHA as a competitive innovation challenge that calls on appliance manufacturers to design and produce energy-efficient, electric cooking systems to replace existing fossil fuel stoves while avoiding costly electrical upgrades in NYCHA buildings. The units will provide best-in-class, comfortable cooking as well as health and quality of life benefits to thousands of NYCHA households. The new stoves will also provide an attractive and cost-effective option for stove replacement for households and building owners across New York State and nationally, where pre-existing electrical systems common in most buildings may not support the induction stove products that are currently available.
Through this Challenge, NYCHA, NYSERDA, and NYPA will collectively establish performance criteria and product specifications for the induction stoves; NYPA is expected to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) later this year to select one or more manufacturers and will support the design and testing of the new stoves.
The RFP will invite manufacturers to submit proposals that include innovative solutions and provide product designs and prototypes for new induction stoves that can be installed in older buildings using standard 120-volt/20-amp outlets. Once proposals are selected for awards, NYSERDA will support the purchase, installation, and testing of 100 stoves as a pilot, as well as new cookware for each participating NYCHA household. Through the Challenge and successful testing, NYCHA plans to purchase at least 10,000 stoves to be installed at their properties, with the goal of fully displacing gas cooking stoves in NYCHA-owned buildings. This will demonstrate to building owners the affordable conversion to efficient induction cooking, and to manufacturers the potential of a broader residential market for the new induction stove products.
To ensure that the new induction stoves can serve a large, national market, NYSERDA has hired the Building Decarbonization Coalition (BDC) to engage other states and housing providers across North America. In this way, the Challenge will build a pipeline of potential demand from others pursuing cooking electrification, aligning NYCHA’s product specifications with the needs of the broader market.
The Induction Stove Challenge complements an earlier partnership between NYCHA and the non-profit WE ACT for Environmental Justice, which replaced gas stoves with induction stoves in 10 NYCHA households at 1471 Watson Avenue in the Bronx.
“As our administration uses every tool at our disposal to give NYCHA residents the safe, high-quality, affordable homes they deserve, adapting to tackle climate change is a critical piece of our work,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “From affordable housing to climate change, we are tackling the greatest challenges facing New Yorkers, and this groundbreaking agreement with NYCHA and our state partners puts that into action by providing modern, electric stoves for 100 households. Our city’s most pressing crises are interconnected, and so are the solutions we’re delivering.”
“I’ve said it before — safe and affordable housing is about creating opportunity and improving lives,” said Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer. “The Induction Stove Challenge is an amazing opportunity for innovation, one that prompts industry manufacturers to develop a product that will deliver health and quality of life benefits to NYCHA residents while simultaneously bringing New York City that much closer to its carbon emission reduction goals.”
“The Induction Stove Challenge is a great example of innovation put into practice,” said NYCHA CEO Lisa Bova-Hiatt. “If energy-efficient induction stoves can be redesigned to function in NYCHA buildings, it sets an amazing precedent for what can be done with existing infrastructure, some forward thinking, and the necessary funding.”
“This technology challenge will support innovation that has the potential to not only create a safer, healthier, and energy-efficient way to cook — it is also part of the State’s commitment to target climate action investments to disadvantaged communities,” said NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen Harris. “NYSERDA is proud to partner with NYPA and NYCHA on advancing induction cooking technology as a cost-effective way to reduce onsite emissions in buildings and support the state’s transition to an inclusive clean-energy economy.”
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Rendering of the Shirley Chisholm monument in Brooklyn, by Olalekan Jeyifous and Amanda Williams. The 32-foot-tall sculpture of the congresswoman, a slightly scaled-back version of the original design, was approved unanimously on Monday. Credit…via Olalekan B. Jeyifous and Amanda Williams
“This trailblazing woman was not diminutive and this monument reflects how Chisholm’s collaborative ideals were larger than herself,” the artists wrote in a statement.Credit…via Olalekan B. Jeyifous and Amanda Williams
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The archaeological contexts in which they have been found have been radio-carbon dated…. There is no denying their Negroness either. The ancient Americans who sculpted them have been shown to be absolute masters of realistic portraiture and did not arrive at these distinctive features through accidental stylization.
The features are not only Negro-African in type but individual in their facial particulars, canceling out the possibility of ritual stereotypes of an unknown race produced by some quirk of the sculptor’s imagination.
The people who were host to these Negro-African figures are known as the Olmecs.
At the sacred center of the Olmec culture—La Venta-about eighteen miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico which flows into the Atlantic, there stood four colossal Negroid heads, Six to nine feet high, weighing up to forty tons each. They stood in large squares or plazas in front of the most colorful temple platforms, the sides and floors of which were red, yellow, and purple. They stood twelve to twenty times larger than the faces of living men. They were like gods among the Olmecs.
In this center of La Venta, there were great altars. One of these (known as the third altar) was made out of one of the Negroid heads, flattened on top for that purpose.
A speaking tube was found to go in at the ear and out at the mouth so that the figure could function as a talking oracle… The construction of these Negroid figures is a fact of staggering proportions.
Imagine forty tons of basalt block mined from stone quarries eighty miles away and transported to the holy center of La Venta-not in pieces but in one massive chunk…It was not only at La Venta that these extraordinary heads were found. In all, eleven colossal Negroid heads appear in the Olmec heartland-four at La Venta, five at San Lorenzo, and two at Tres Zapotes in southern Vera Cruz.”
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Fire experts say we are experiencing the slowest start to fire season in decades in California.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- Fire experts say we are experiencing the slowest start to fire season in decades in California.
"Now, we've had a slow start because of the precipitation, the fuels, they have that moisture content so we're not responding to those readily available or receptive fuel beds, fires that we would typically have," Capt. Chris Bruno, a spokesperson for CAL FIRE said.
All that heavy moisture the Bay Area got between January and March took us out of the drought.
But Capt. Bruno says it created an abundance of fuel and that fuel, like the tall brush lining the freeways, is just now starting to dry out.
MORE: What will CA's wildfire season look like? Here's when it's expected to peak, what to know
"We still have the normal dry-out of vegetation that's taking place this time of the year but now, it's taking place on these larger potential incident fuel beds with the tall grass that you'll see," he said.
In Contra Costa County, fire officials say they usually start to see fires pop up in May, with June historically being their biggest month for fires.
"We have not seen any Red Flag fire days so far this year," Aaron McAlister, Deputy Fire Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire Department said. "We have not had any Type 3 Incident Management deployments within our county of our East Bay Incident Management Team and we've also not sent resources out of county for wildland fires."
But June has come and gone, with August upon us this week, McAlister says their biggest fire of the summer so far was only eight acres.
MORE: Experts predict Earth could see hottest year on record in next 5 years
That fire burned in the hills just outside of Martinez over the weekend and officials believe it was caused by a lawnmower.
Still, he says with triple-digit conditions on the way and no moisture in sight, what happened over the weekend, will likely continue until this area gets more rain.
"This is our peak season and from this point forward, until it rains, we've reached the critical fire season," McAlister said.
Fire officials are also urging homeowners to only mow their lawns before noon, when the temperatures are lower and the moisture levels are higher.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A sticking point in back-and-forth labor negotiations between the City of San Jose and its employees may come to a head this week.
Despite rallies and mediation, two unions - MEF-AFSCME Local 101 and IFPTE Local 21 - that account for 4,500 city employees may vote for a strike that would impact many city services.
Tuesday, city employees with the Municipal Employees Federation Local 101 and The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21 will vote on a strike that would be the largest San Jose has seen in 40 years.
MORE: SFO restaurant workers win raises, guaranteed health care in strike; back on the job Thursday
"We know our worth," San Jose Library Clerk Alyssa Mendoza said. "We are passionate about the services that we provide to the City of San Jose. We know that on the ground what our citizens expect of us. So, in order for us to go above and beyond to serve our community, we need that pay raise."
The 4,500 union city employees work at the airport, housing department, and city libraries - just some of the services where residents will see impacts if a strike occurs.
The city is offering a 5% raise in 2024 and 4% in 2025 and 3% in 2026.
Mendoza says it's simply not enough to survive in San Jose.
"I will be losing money," Mendoza said. "But it's for the greater good because we as San Jose city employees, we deserve to have the same amount of raises as our sister cities."
MORE: UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike
The San Jose City Council will have a closed-session meeting Tuesday to discuss any movement that may be possible.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants to avoid what he considers a terrible situation for employees and residents. He says only one mediation session between the two groups has not been enough to reach an agreement.
"I do not want the city to be in a position where we over-extend ourselves and have to do lay-offs or cut services later," Mayor Mahan said. "It's not fair to workers and it's not fair to residents."
Both sides say they do not want a strike to happen for the good of everyone involved, but the unions want to see some movement in a positive direction before calling off the strike.
"We don't want to get to that but we deserve the pay that we need and deserve," Mendoza said.
"I'm really hoping that the city and our bargaining units can get back to mediation, talk through whatever creative solutions both sides can bring to the table and get to a resolution as we've done with all our other bargaining units," Mahan said.
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A San Francisco dog owner is spreading the word after her 1-year-old French Bulldog had to be saved by a Narcan shot from possible fentanyl exposure.
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A San Francisco dog owner is spreading the word after her 1-year-old French Bulldog had to be saved by a Narcan shot from possible fentanyl exposure.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco dog owner is spreading the word after her 1-year-old French Bulldog was believed to have been exposed to fentanyl Friday in the Nob Hill neighborhood.
"She started this moaning that was just so heart wrenching," said Mira Larkin, calling it a routine day with her dog, Rori playing at Huntington Park, but when they began walking, she says something went wrong.
"She kept moaning and moaning and moaning, and I was like, Rori, Rori," explained Larkin, rushing Rori to the vet. "They take her in. They say we see this every day. We see this every day," she said. "They come out not more than three or four minutes later and tell me that she's, like, wide awake. They gave her a Narcan shot immediately and it brought her back within seconds."
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In March, the FDA approved Narcan for sale over-the-counter and this past week a second approval to a nonprofit pharmaceutical company.
"Right now over two hundred Americans die every day of opioid overdose," said Michael Hufford, CEO, Harm Reduction Therapeutics. "What's remarkable is that we have a safe and effective life-saving antidote in naloxone. That just needs to be more widely available at a lower cost. We really took the profit-motive out of the equation. And so our goal is to make our product, which is Revive, which is a three-milligram intranasal naloxone nasal spray available as widely and as cheaply as possible."
The company plans to start distribution early next year, putting a million twin packs of naloxone spray into the hands of agencies working on the frontlines - 10% will go out for free and the rest sold at a break-even cost of 36 dollars per pack.
"So the first year we'll be giving 100,000 boxes of naloxone the extent to which we're able to increase funds though we can either increase that or lower the price so it's even more readily available," said Hufford.
VIDEO: SF could soon mandate that overdose reversal drug Narcan be stocked in all pharmacies
"The reason I think this is a game changer is now we have a product in the marketplace that is going to competitively bring prices down. I think that is a good thing when we're talking about expanding access," said Supervisor Matt Dorsey.
Dorsey recently introduced legislation that would make San Francisco the first city in the country requiring pharmacies to stock naloxone spray.
"Ideally, we want to make this universally accessible," said Dorsey.
Meanwhile, Larkin has a message for dog owners.
"I want people to be careful with their pups," said Larkin. "Keep an eye out. Look out for the symptoms of opiate intoxication so that it's not too late."
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Rather than panic at the ridiculous cost to acquire star names in a sellers’ market, the Giants shored up their depth.
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The good news is the San Francisco Giants are all out of Prelander Berroas. The bad news is that the return for this afternoon’s reported trade with AL ally — ALly? — the Seattle Mariners doesn’t feature a player with the same upside Donovan Walton once had.
Instead, the Giants, the worst lineup in Major League Baseball for the month of July, will send a player to be named later to Seattle in exchange for the cremains of 35-year old outfielder AJ Pollock and 28-year old infielder Mark Mathias, a Cal Poly grad and Fremont native who’s primarily a veteran of seven minor league seasons (559 games; 2,306 PA).
There’s absolutely zero reason to get excited about this trade, but there’s even less reason to get upset about it. The Giants were looking for a cost effective tourniquet to prevent the lineup from getting worse (with, like, a 2% chance of improving itself) and they found it.
Late last week, avowed Dodgers fan and Statcast savant Mike Petriello of Baseball Savant wrote about the Giants’ need for team speed and threw out two possible options:
It’s clear they’ll be after middle infield help, in part because rookie infielder Casey Schmitt is hitting just .207/.252/.293. That probably means a veteran like Tim Anderson or Paul DeJong, but there’s a speed option too, one who already wears black and orange. The Orioles have more infielders than they know what to do with right now, and while Jorge Mateo isn’t a starting-caliber hitter, he is a good fielder with game-changing speed, tied with Corbin Carroll as the sixth-fastest player in the game. But if it’s the right-handed-hitting outfielder they also need — given that the Giants are the second-weakest club in the Majors against lefty pitching — then maybe the Nationals’ [Lane] Thomas would make a whole lot of sense, if speed is part of the goal.
Now, who knows if speed is part of the Giants’ goal here — even if the numbers reflect their poor position in that skill, BUT both of these guys represent the “poor man’s” version of this exact combo of upgrade. That makes sense for a team trying to (re)build and contend, because this sellers’ market is absolutely nuts. The Giants probably would’ve had to give up Carson Whisenhunt to get even Jorge Mateo, and Thomas, having the best season of his career despite a 6:1 strikeouts to walk ratio would’ve cost that plus more.
They had to do something to improve on Casey Schmitt and in Mathias they’ve found that improvement, at least on paper. Mathias’s Statcast numbers aren’t inspiring, particularly in the middle infield (-4 Outs Above Average with the Pirates this season), but he does have experience at second, short, and third, and he has decent sprint speed — for instance, he’s faster than Paul DeJong, a guy I thought the Giants could be looking at.
In those seven MiLB seasons, he hit .267/.364/.412 (.776) and 265 walks against 452 strikeouts: 1.70 K/BB — what Farhan Zaidi calls “the cool zone.” In 68 major league games across three seasons (2020, 2022, 2023), he’s hit .249/.323/.402 (725) with a 100 OPS+ — exactly league average! His best stretch so far was last year with the Rangers after they acquired him from the Brewers in August: .277/.365/.554 (.919; 74 PA). The Mariners got him on a waiver claim from the Pirates this year.
The Giants needed to improve upon Casey Schmitt and Bretty Wisely until Thairo Estrada returns and they seem to have found that improvement. At the very least, another Cal Poly alum gives Mike Krukow someone else to talk about in the booth.
Meanwhile, AJ Pollock signed a 1-year, $7 million deal with the Mariners on January 12, 2023, in a move that was met with, “Huh?” and “Why?” Pollack’s utility fell off last year with the White Sox (93 OPS+) following two well above average years with the Dodgers (133 OPS+), and in 49 games with the Mariners this season, the falling off has continued: 53 OPS+ in 138 plate appearances, with a line of .173/.225/.323 (.547). 5 home runs and 4 doubles make up 9 of his 22 total hits. Statcast gives him a +1 Outs Above Average in left field this season.
He’s on the IL with a hamstring strain until tomorrow at the earliest, but the timing is important:
Mike Yastrzemski will be out 2-3 weeks. A.J. Pollock will take that roster spot soon. Gabe Kapler on Pollock: “I’m really happy to have him. This is a move that suggests we think there’s more in the tank for A.J.” — Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) July 31, 2023
Of course, I think there’s merely toxic vapors left in Pollock’s tank, but that kind of thinking blinding me to some stuff like this:
... or that he’s got a career .838 OPS against left-handed pitching (although an unplayable .141/.195/.183 against them this season). He’s also a career .275/.335/.392 hitter (209 PA) at Oracle Park. The Giants don’t have a lot of guys who hit well at Oracle Park, so that’s good to see. Finally, of the four home runs that he hit this year against teams other than the Giants, two were against the Angels (he had a two-homer game on April 4th), and two were against the A’s — both teams be Giants opponents within the next 10 days.
The Giants also seem pretty high on his character.
Kapler spoke of Pollock and Giants’ “familiarity with the character and worker and then also with the track record of success in some pretty big moments.” https://t.co/1wtBDlwDsR — John Shea (@JohnSheaHey) July 31, 2023
Sure, sure, we can question the character analysis given all the Dodger ties and how Kapler and Zaidi view character of certain players, but this does feel like they’re making a move with a requisite bit of wisdom behind it.
This is 100% a move Brian Sabean would’ve made.
The comparisons between Sabean and Zaidi are multitudinous. Zaidi is Sabean: The Next Generation, whether he likes it or not. After all, Zaidi got his start in a front office that saw Sabean and the Giants as a punchline. Maybe he quickly or eventually shed himself of the perception that Sabean is a yokel but there’s just no way someone working for the A’s in their Moneyball heyday would’ve thought “Sabey Sabes” was formidable, let alone savvy.
This entire situation feels like a “the more things change, the more they stay the same” moment, because here is Zaidi making a move that helps the team in a need area and a character area in hopes that one helps the other and sparks the rest of the roster.
They didn’t give up anything painful to the future to get a pair of players who objectively make them better in the present — even if you and I agree that the improvement is almost imperceptible! — and it’s objectively unsexy: a reputation and a waiver claim. They’re even getting the Mariners to send cash to pay down the $2.376 million left on Pollock’s deal.
It usually worked out for Brian Sabean and Farhan Zaidi hasn’t had many setbacks either. The more things change...
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The Bey-hive is ready for Tuesday night!
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Rafael Devers didn’t mince words about how he wants the Boston Red Sox to approach the MLB trade deadline.
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Rafael Devers didn't mince words about how he wants the Boston Red Sox to approach the MLB trade deadline.
The star third baseman believes the team, which enters Monday only 2.5 games out of the final wild-card spot, should make an effort to bolster its pitching staff. He shared his feelings on the matter with Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe.
“Everybody knows what we need,” Devers told the Globe on Sunday. “Hopefully we can get that in the next few days. We can’t control that as players. All we can do is give 100 percent on the field. But we need pitching. ...
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"We’ve been killing ourselves to be in the position we are in now. We would like them to reward us with a few good players coming in before the deadline. I think that’s something we’re looking forward to.”
Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom stated last week that acquiring pitching was a priority. He sent utility man Kiké Hernández to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor-league pitchers and acquired reliever Mauricio Llovera from the San Francisco Giants, but those moves don't move the needle much for Devers and others who want the front office to buy. The need for a middle or back-end rotation arm remains.
The problem is most of the realistic options that were rumored to be on the trade market have already been moved, including Lucas Giolito (Los Angeles Angels), Lance Lynn (Los Angeles Dodgers), Jordan Montgomery (Texas Rangers), and Aaron Civale (Tampa Bay Rays). While there are still a few realistic names out there -- Jack Flaherty (St. Louis Cardinals) and Michael Lorenzen (Detroit Tigers) stand out as possible fits -- the Red Sox are running out of time to make a splash.
The 2023 MLB trade deadline is set for 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
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The one where Phoebe turns 60.
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What is pickleball? The founder of Major League Pickleball explains
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Kate Beckinsale celebrated her birthday with an epic bash.
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Alicia Keys had some special protection on stage over the weekend thanks to her baby boy.
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Alicia Keys' son acts as her bodyguard onstage during tour concert
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Asa Ellerup is pursuing a divorce from Rex Heuermann, the architect charged in the killings
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The family of a Manhattan architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings is "enduring a profound and indescribable catastrophe," an attorney for his estranged wife said as she begged for privacy and "normalcy."
Macedonio & Duncan, the law firm representing Asa Ellerup in her divorce from Rex Heuermann, issued the statement in a news release on Friday. It also included a direct statement from Ellerup.
"On behalf of my family and especially my elderly neighbors, who have also had their lives turned upside down by the enormous police presence, in addition to the spectators, and news crews. They deserve to live peacefully; they should be able to walk their dogs and go to the grocery stores without cameras shoved in their faces," she said. "I am pleading with you all to give us space so that we may regain some normalcy in our neighborhood."
For more on this story, go to NBC News.
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The NWS said the tornado hit Windsor Drive in Foxboro near the Mansfield town line, very close to the town of Easton. Its peak wind reached an estimated 105...
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A Foxboro, Massachusetts, neighborhood is still recovering after getting hit by a tornado over the weekend.
The National Weather Service says the twister touched down on Windsor Drive Saturday, snapping limbs and toppling trees.
“It happened quickly. It was hard and fast,” said Deb Gallagher who lost 15 trees in her yard from the tornado with speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.
“The amount of extreme weather that I’ve had to deal with in the past 10 years seems to be at a quicker, faster rate than it was when I first got in 30 years ago,” said Andy Nash, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boston.
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In all, Nash says New England has seen four tornadoes this month. That’s typical. What isn’t typical is the amount of rainfall in Western Massachusetts and Vermont.
Cleanup is underway in Ludlow, Vermont, after historic flooding hit parts of the state.
Nash says it’ll take more research to see if changing climate patterns are influencing our weather, including tornadoes here in New England.
“It’s hard to pick that out when you’re looking at climate change. It’s a global thing and trying to pinpoint it down to a very small phenomenon is pretty difficult so science is working on it we don’t have an answer,” Nash said.
In the last two weeks, two tornadoes have been confirmed in North Brookfield and Foxboro. The state’s emergency management agency, or MEMA, has been involved in the investigation, using a five-year plan for dealing with extreme weather.
“The plan identifies risks that the Commonwealth may face due to climate change or hazards that were accustom to to seeing already,” said Sara Porter of MEMA.
On Windsor Drive in Foxboro, they’re still assessing the damage and just glad no one was hurt.
“Just a few of the houses on the street got hit really bad and other houses they haven’t been touched,” Gallagher said.
According to the NWS, the tornado hit a small neighborhood in Foxboro near the Mansfield town line, very close to the town of Easton. Its peak wind reached an estimated 105 mph, with a path width of 25 yards and a path length just shy of 300 yards.
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The Legislature in its new annual budget agreement used about $1 billion from the state's new income surtax to push state spending up by more than $3.5 billion,...
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The Legislature in its new annual budget agreement used about $1 billion from the state's new income surtax to push state spending up by more than $3.5 billion, but also tapped more than $600 million from other state funds and sources to fuel the spending surge.
The record $56.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget that the House and Senate sent to the governor's desk Monday will drive education, transportation and health care investments, and House and Senate Democrats used an array of tactics to come up with the pool of money needed to make fiscal ends meet.
The budget (H 4040) cleared the Senate unanimously and the House 156-2, winning support from all but two House Republicans.
Gov. Maura Healey will have 10 days to review the month-late annual spending bill, and on Monday signed a second, $6 billion interim budget to keep state government running while she considers budget amendments and vetoes.
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The proposed spending represents a 6.6%, or $3.5 billion increase from the $52.7 billion annual budget former Gov. Charlie Baker signed on July 28, 2022. Spending has increased 18% in two years, from a $47.6 billion state budget in fiscal 2022. If signed in full, Healey's first state budget will represent a 47.5%, or $18.1 billion, increase from the first budget Baker signed in fiscal year 2016, a $38.1 billion spending plan.
When lawmakers started negotiations in June, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation (MTF) said the maximum proposed spending from both House and Senate budgets would exceed available revenues by about $500 million, forecasting a need to rein in some outlays.
The final budget closes that gap using $205 million from a transitional escrow fund and roughly $200 million from projected reversions of unspent state appropriations, and by selecting the lower proposed spending in multiple line items.
With revenue growth slowing down, budget negotiators also opted to pull $192 million from a behavioral health trust fund created in December 2021, and drew $225 million from an early education trust fund that lawmakers put about $490 million into last year, according to the MTF.
MTF President Doug Howgate said his group always tracks the use of one-time revenues, but noted that the budget also forecasts a deposit of more than $700 million into the state's rainy day fund.
"The behavioral health trust fund and early education trust fund, that was money set aside to support future investments in those areas," Howgate said. "The thing we're paying attention to is the new use of escrow funds and remaining [American Rescue Plan Act] funds ... We want to make sure those resources continue to be available to help buttress economic downturns."
The bill includes major wins for education and immigration advocates, including funding for universal free school meals, clearance for students without legal immigration status to qualify for lower public higher education tuition rates and state financial aid if they attended a Massachusetts high school or got a GED in the state, and a commitment to allow everyone over 25 to attend community college for free.
House Democrats failed to persuade senators to authorize online Lottery sales, which representatives included in their version of the budget bill, which they say would have generated $200 million for early education and care grants.
Another glaring omission was never actually in the budget, but was a piece of companion legislation -- tax relief that was promised over 18 months ago. Healey originally sold the budget and her tax cut plan as a package deal, though she filed them as two separate bills. Both chambers followed suit, since the tax relief may eventually have as much as a $1 billion impact on the budget.
But the bill lawmakers passed on Monday only has a $580 million placeholder, as it moves forward without its "companion." Tax cut talks are continuing.
Lawmakers had a new $1 billion pot of money at their disposal for spending, available for the first time this year after voters in November passed a new 4% surtax on household income above $1 million per year.
Of that, the compromise bill sends $523 million toward education initiatives and $477 million for transportation.
This includes $50 million for grants to help repair public school facilities and provide them a clean energy infrastructure, $100 million for capital improvements for public schools, $50 million for higher education capital projects, $25 million for scholarships, $40 million in mixed early education initiatives, $84 million in expanded financial aid and a portion of the $172 million needed to provide free school meals to public school students.
The spending makes Massachusetts the seventh state in the country to make the free lunch program permanent, after it gained popularity during the pandemic when the federal government covered the cost of students' meals.
Almost half of the surtax transportation spending will go toward the MBTA, including $70 million for station repairs, $50 million for bridges maintenance, $30 million for track and power repairs and $20 million for safety and workforce needs. Local road and bridge funding will get a $100 million boost, $90 million for the regional transportation authorities, $50 million for highway bridge repairs and $5 million for water transportation.
Lawmakers also included $5 million to study means-tested fares for the MBTA.
In dozens of line items, negotiators boosted outlays beyond the spending levels that either branch authorized.
The line item for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and MassHealth might be the most significant example. The House had approved $126.87 million, the Senate voted for $134.88 million and the conference committee's budget includes $141.99 million for the account.
The Department of Public Health benefited from the conferees' largesse in a few of its accounts: the negotiators bumped the agency's administrative account to more than $23.99 million, about $850,000 more than either branch voted on; DPH's community health centers account got $1 million more than either branch approved with a total of $7.075 million; substance addiction treatment was increased to $219.49 million, beyond the $209 million the House approved and the $214.27 million the Senate voted on; and the $26.07 million in the conference budget for school-based health programs is more than $3 million more than what senators okayed and more than $7 million more than what the House approved.
The conference committee even boosted accounts in some situations where the House and Senate budgets included the exact same dollar amounts. Both branches approved a $25 million transfer to the Mass. Clean Energy Center, but the conference committee budget calls for a $30 million transfer. Similarly, both branches included $2,888,473 for a toxics use retained revenue account but the conferees bumped the amount up to about $4.03 million.
The joint rules that govern conference committee behavior state that "matters on which there exists no disagreement between the branches shall not be disturbed by the committee on conference."
"This has been a drawn out and complicated conference report to negotiate to say the least, whether it was implementing the first year of the billion dollar fair share revenue or being confronted with a number of the federal COVID-era programs that Washington is no longer paying for or if it was a leveling off of state revenues. This has been a challenging budget to get over the finish line," Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, who leads the House Ways and Means Committee and chaired the conference committee who negotiated the compromise bill, said on the House floor Monday.
Michlewitz also said that using one-time state funds to pay for an ongoing existing program, the popular Commonwealth Cares for Children grants to pay for early education and care, is "not always fiscally prudent" but was "the most viable option" this fiscal year.
The House had hoped to authorize online Lottery sales to contribute $200 million to the $475 million program. The iLottery authorization was unpopular in the Senate and didn't make it into the final budget. The bill will fund the C3 grants through a combination of general fund and surplus state revenue, Michlewitz said.
"As we continue to work towards making early child care more affordable and accessible to all, it is our continued belief that this program needs a dedicated revenue source to remain viable," he said.
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A man from Long Island is recovering from hypothermia after treading water for about five hours in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.
Police in Suffolk County said a 63-year-old from Copiague went for a swim at Cedar Beach in Babylon around 5 a.m. When he went out into the open water, police said, he was pulled out by the current.
For the next five hours, the swimmer fought to stay above water without a flotation device to assist him. The department said he managed to recover a broken fishing pole and tie his shirt to it in an effort to flag down any passing watercraft.
The swimmer was eventually spotted some 2.5 miles down the coast from where he got into the water, police said. Two men aboard a vessel spotted the 63-year-old, pulled him aboard, and called for assistance over the radio.
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The police department's Marine Juliet vessel responded to the good Samaritans and recovered the swimmer, who they said was unable to stand and needed aid for hypothermia. Officers brought the man to shore, where he was treated by a medic from the U.S. Coast Guard and then taken to a hospital in West Islip.
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EASTON — Back in the 90s, Mark Butler had his eye on 67 Poquanticut Ave., a small Cape on a graceful bend in the road. He asked the owners to call him if they ever wanted to sell. They did.
Twenty-five years ago Monday, Mark and Susan Butler bought the little house. They've expanded it three-fold, adding bedrooms, a three-car garage, a pool and an iconic wrap-around farmhouse porch. Butler, who works in concrete, did much of the work himself.
Saturday's storm wrecked the wrap-around porch. A tree that towered over nearby power lines fell and crushed one side, damaging structural wood that ran around the rest of the porch.
"I just want my porch back," Butler said Monday. "I put a lot of heart and soul into this place."
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By Monday, much of the damage at the Butlers' place and nearby homes and farms had already been cleared away. Meteorologists say a tornado touched down in the area Saturday night, churning a 100-yard swath for about 400 yards.
At the Wilbur farm just down the road, winds toppled a corn crib and peeled tin off barn roofs. Todd Wilbur and 8-year-old Gracie Wilbur sheltered in their sturdy cinder-block home. He described the wind as "screaming" across the farm, which has been in his family since 1939.
Wilbur points to a gap in the tree line across the road, saying the tornado tore the tops off trees there. One evergreen still poked up high, like a "Charlie Brown Christmas tree," he said.
Heavy damage on Kennedy Circle
No residential neighborhood appeared to fare worse than the area behind Center School. Kennedy Circle in particular suffered.
Longtime Cardinal Spellman counselor Tammy Genereux surveyed the damage from her porch Monday. Towering trees had fallen all around her family's Kennedy Circle home. Fortunately, no one was injured. She figures that all told, up to two dozen trees will have to be taken down.
She's holding out hope that her Chrysler Town & Country isn't a total loss. It's buried under the tree that knocked out her home's electrical system. Genereux bought it used but it's "fully loaded."
"My truck is under there," she said with a sweep of her arm.
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Back at the Butlers, Mark Butler said the lack of treetops being sheared off makes him think their tree was the victim of high winds but not the tornado itself. Citing damage he saw in Monson when a tornado touched down there in 2011, Butler said he would have expected to have lost shingles.
Whether it was the actual tornado or not, it was a stroke of fortune no one was hurt. Mark Butler had decided against a swim as heavy rain moved in. His wife, Susan, took video of the storm. Within 30 seconds of her putting down her camera, the crash came.
"You can't describe how loud that was," Butler said.
Susan's father, Bill Pedersen, had been watching the storm from a smaller porch next to the wrap-around porch. The family dog, Ollie, also wasn't injured.
Early the next morning, neighbors were already dropping by to help. Wilbur dropped off some chainsaws. Another neighbor brought his crane. Soon the tree itself was gone.
Each Christmas, the Butlers lovingly light and tastefully decorate their house. You can bet that well before Christmas, they'll have their porch back.
Send your news tips to reporter Chris Helms by email at CHelms@enterprisenews.com or connect on Twitter at @HelmsNews.
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For more than 20 years, the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has operated a phone line and online platform for people seeking help with anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. Last year, nearly 70,000 individuals used the helpline.
NEDA shuttered that service in May. Instead, the non-profit will use a chatbot called Tessa that was designed by eating disorder experts, with funding from NEDA.
(When NPR first aired a radio story about this on May 24, Tessa was up and running online. But since then, both the chatbot's page and a NEDA article about Tessa have been taken down. When asked why, a NEDA official said the bot is being "updated," and the latest "version of the current program [will be] available soon.")
Paid staffers and volunteers for the NEDA hotline expressed shock and sadness at the decision, saying it could further isolate the thousands of people who use the helpline when they feel they have nowhere else to turn.
"These young kids...don't feel comfortable coming to their friends or their family or anybody about this," says Katy Meta, a 20-year-old college student who has volunteered for the helpline. "A lot of these individuals come on multiple times because they have no other outlet to talk with anybody...That's all they have, is the chat line."
The decision is part of a larger trend: many mental health organizations and companies are struggling to provide services and care in response to a sharp escalation in demand, and some are turning to chatbots and AI, despite the fact that clinicians are still trying to figure out how to effectively deploy them, and for what conditions.
The research team that developed Tessa has published studies showing it can help users improve their body image. But they've also released studies showing the chatbot may miss red flags (like users saying they plan to starve themselves) and could even inadvertently reinforce harmful behavior.
More demands on the helpline increased stresses at NEDA
On March 31, NEDA notified the helpline's five staffers that they would be laid off in June, just days after the workers formally notified their employer that they had formed a union. "We will, subject to the terms of our legal responsibilities, [be] beginning to wind down the helpline as currently operating," NEDA board chair Geoff Craddock told helpline staff on a call March 31. NPR obtained audio of the call. "With a transition to Tessa, the AI-assisted technology, expected around June 1."
NEDA's leadership denies the helpline decision had anything to do with the unionization, but told NPR it became necessary after the COVID-19 pandemic, when eating disorders surged and the number of calls, texts and messages to the helpline more than doubled. Many of those reaching out were suicidal, dealing with abuse, or experiencing some kind of medical emergency. NEDA's leadership contends the helpline wasn't designed to handle those types of situations.
The increase in crisis-level calls also raises NEDA's legal liability, managers explained in an email sent March 31 to current and former volunteers, informing them the helpline was ending and that NEDA would "begin to pivot to the expanded use of AI-assisted technology."
"What has really changed in the landscape are the federal and state requirements for mandated reporting for mental and physical health issues (self-harm, suicidality, child abuse)," according to the email, which NPR obtained. "NEDA is now considered a mandated reporter and that hits our risk profile---changing our training and daily work processes and driving up our insurance premiums. We are not a crisis line; we are a referral center and information provider."
COVID created a "perfect storm" for eating disorders
When it was time for a volunteer shift on the helpline, Meta usually logged in from her dorm room at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. During a video interview with NPR, the room appeared cozy and warm, with twinkly lights strung across the walls, and a striped crochet quilt on the bed.
Meta recalls a recent conversation on the helpline's messaging platform with a girl who said she was 11. The girl said she had just confessed to her parents that she was struggling with an eating disorder, but the conversation had gone badly.
"The parents said that they 'didn't believe in eating disorders,' and [told their daughter] 'You just need to eat more. You need to stop doing this,'" Meta recalls. "This individual was also suicidal and exhibited traits of self-harm as well...it was just really heartbreaking to see."
Eating disorders are a common, serious, and sometimes fatal illness. An estimated nine percent of Americans experience an eating disorder during their lifetime. Eating disorders also have some of the highest mortality rates among mental illnesses, with an estimated death toll of more than 10,000 Americans each year.
But after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, closing schools and forcing people into prolonged isolation, crisis calls and messages like the one Meta describes became far more frequent on the helpline. That's because the pandemic created a "perfect storm" for eating disorders, according to Dr. Dasha Nicholls, a psychiatrist and eating disorder researcher at Imperial College London.
In the U.S., the rate of pediatric hospitalizations and ER visits surged. For many people, the stress, isolation and anxiety of the pandemic was compounded by major changes to their eating and exercise habits, not to mention their daily routines.
On the NEDA helpline, the volume of contacts increased by more than 100% compared to pre-pandemic levels. And workers taking those calls and messages were witnessing the escalating stress and symptoms in real time.
"Eating disorders thrive in isolation, so COVID and shelter-in-place was a tough time for a lot of folks struggling," explains Abbie Harper, a helpline staff associate. "And what we saw on the rise was kind of more crisis-type calls, with suicide, self-harm, and then child abuse or child neglect, just due to kids having to be at home all the time, sometimes with not-so-supportive folks."
There was another 11-year-old girl, this one in Greece, who said she was terrified to talk to her parents "because she thought she might get in trouble" for having an eating disorder, recalls volunteer Nicole Rivers. On the helpline, the girl found reassurance that her illness "was not her fault."
"We were actually able to educate her about what eating disorders are," Rivers says. "And that there are ways that she could teach her parents about this as well, so that they may be able to help support her and get her support from other professionals."
What personal contact can provide
Because many volunteers have successfully battled eating disorders themselves, they're uniquely attuned to experiences of those reaching out, Harper says. "Part of what can be very powerful in eating disorder recovery, is connecting to folks who have a lived experience. When you know what it's been like for you, and you know that feeling, you can connect with others over that."
Until a few weeks ago, the helpline was run by just 5-6 paid staffers, two supervisors, and depended on a rotating roster of 90-165 volunteers at any given time, according to NEDA.
Yet even after lockdowns ended, NEDA's helpline volume remained elevated above pre-pandemic levels, and the cases continued to be clinically severe. Staff felt overwhelmed, undersupported, and increasingly burned out, and turnover increased, according to multiple interviews with helpline staffers.
The helpline staff formally notified NEDA that their unionization vote had been certified on March 27. Four days later, they learned their positions were being eliminated.
It was no longer possible for NEDA to continue operating the helpline, says Lauren Smolar, NEDA's Vice President of Mission and Education.
"Our volunteers are volunteers," Smolar says. "They're not professionals. They don't have crisis training. And we really can't accept that kind of responsibility." Instead, she says, people seeking crisis help should be reaching out to resources like 988, a 24/7 suicide and crisis hotline that connects people with trained counselors.
The surge in volume also meant the helpline was unable to respond immediately to 46% of initial contacts, and it could take between 6 and 11 days to respond to messages.
"And that's frankly unacceptable in 2023, for people to have to wait a week or more to receive the information that they need, the specialized treatment options that they need," she says.
After learning in the March 31 email that the helpline would be phased out, volunteer Faith Fischetti, 22, tried the chatbot out on her own. "I asked it a few questions that I've experienced, and that I know people ask when they want to know things and need some help," says Fischetti, who will begin pursuing a master's in social work in the fall. But her interactions with Tessa were not reassuring: "[The bot] gave links and resources that were completely unrelated" to her questions.
Fischetti's biggest worry is that someone coming to the NEDA site for help will leave because they "feel that they're not understood, and feel that no one is there for them. And that's the most terrifying thing to me."
She wonders why NEDA can't have both: a 24/7 chatbot to pre-screen users and reroute them to a crisis hotline if needed, and a human-run helpline to offer connection and resources. "My question became, why are we getting rid of something that is so helpful?"
A chatbot designed to help treat eating disorders
Tessa the chatbot was created to help a specific cohort: people with eating disorders who never receive treatment.
Only 20% of people with eating disorders get formal help, according to Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, a psychologist and professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her team created Tessa after receiving funding from NEDA in 2018, with the goal of looking for ways technology could help fill the treatment gap.
"Unfortunately, most mental health providers receive no training in eating disorders," Fitzsimmons-Craft says. Her team's ultimate goal is to provide free, accessible, evidence-based treatment tools that leverage the power and reach of technology.
But no one intends Tessa to be a universal fix, she says. "I don't think it's an open-ended tool for you to talk to, and feel like you're just going to have access to kind of a listening ear, maybe like the helpline was. It's really a tool in its current form that's going to help you learn and use some strategies to address your disordered eating and your body image."
Tessa is a "rule-based" chatbot, meaning she's programmed with a limited set of possible responses. She is not chatGPT, and cannot generate unique answers in response to specific queries. "So she can't go off the rails, so to speak," Fitzsimmons-Craft says.
In its current form, Tessa can guide users through an interactive, weeks-long course about body positivity, based on cognitive behavioral therapy tools. Additional content about binging, weight concerns, and regular eating are also being developed but are not yet available for users.
There's evidence the concept can help. Fitzsimmons-Craft's team did a small study that found college students who interacted with Tessa had significantly greater reductions in "weight/shape concerns" compared to a control group at both 3- and 6-month follow-ups.
But even the best-intentioned technology may carry risks. Fitzsimmons-Craft's team published a different study looking at ways the chatbot "unexpectedly reinforced harmful behaviors at times." For example, the chatbot would give users a prompt: "Please take a moment to write about when you felt best about your body?"
Some of the responses included: "When I was underweight and could see my bones." "I feel best about my body when I ignore it and don't think about it at all."
The chatbot's response seemed to ignore the troubling aspects of such responses — and even to affirm negative thinking — when it would reply: "It is awesome that you can recognize a moment when you felt confident in your skin, let's keep working on making you feel this good more often."
Researchers were able to troubleshoot some of those issues. But the chatbot still missed red flags, the study found, like when it asked: "What is a small healthy eating habit goal you would like to set up before you start your next conversation?'"
One user replied, "'Don't eat.'"
"'Take a moment to pat yourself on the back for doing this hard work, <>!'" the chatbot responded.
The study described the chatbot's capabilities as something that could be improved over time, with more inputs and tweaks: "With many more responses, it would be possible to train the AI to identify and respond better to problematic responses."
MIT professor Marzyeh Ghassemi has seen issues like this crop up in her own research developing machine learning to improve health.
Large language models and chatbots are inevitably going to make mistakes, but "sometimes they tend to be wrong more often for certain groups, like women and minorities," she says.
If people receive bad advice or instructions from a bot, "people sometimes have a difficulty not listening to it," Ghassemi adds. "I think it sets you up for this really negative outcome...especially for a mental health crisis situation, where people may be at a point where they're not thinking with absolute clarity. It's very important that the information that you give them is correct and is helpful to them."
And if the value of the live helpline was the ability to connect with a real person who deeply understands eating disorders, Ghassemi says a chatbot can't do that.
"If people are experiencing a majority of the positive impact of these interactions because the person on the other side understands fundamentally the experience they're going through, and what a struggle it's been, I struggle to understand how a chatbot could be part of that."
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From X.com to X Corp., the letter X holds "great sentimental value" to billionaire Elon Musk, according to his biographers.
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Elon Musk has finally done it: turned Twitter to X.
While the unveiling of X on a Sunday caught many people unaware, it was not a surprise.
The platform's owner has talked about turning it into "X" for months, while being a bit vague about what that exactly means. Does X represent a major business experiment? A radical new concept for on-line living? Or is it simply one man's obsession with the 24th letter of the alphabet?
Probably it's all of the above.
"X," Musk tweeted in April.
A few days earlier a filing in a federal court case in California confirmed that Twitter had been folded into X Corp.
In announcing the company's new CEO, Linda Yaccarino, this May, Musk wrote on then-Twitter: "Looking forward to working with Linda to transform this platform into X, the everything app."
Yaccarino seems keen to do exactly that, posting on Sunday that "X will be the platform that can deliver, well....everything."
In some ways, the letter "X" frames everything about Musk's ambitions, according to biographers, from where he is headed to where he got his entrepreneurial start.
X.com, the bank where it began
According to Ashlee Vance, the author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, Musk's obsession with the letter X began with one of the billionaire's earliest ventures, X.com, which later merged with a competitor to become PayPal.
"Everyone tried to talk him out of naming the company that back then because of the sexual innuendos, but he really liked it and stuck with it," said Vance.
In 2017, Musk repurchased the url "X.com" from PayPal, tweeting that the domain "has great sentimental value."
X, the Tesla model
"X marks the spot in a lot of ways for Elon Musk," said Tim Higgins, a Wall Street Journal reporter and the author of Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century. "It's kind of this common theme throughout."
The letter X became the name of Tesla's third model, which debuted in 2015.
"The idea being that the Tesla models would spell out the word 'sexy,'" Higgins said. But Ford owns the right to the Model E, which is why Musk later settled on the Model 3, "kind of a backwards E," he said.
X, the first letter of his youngest son's name
In 2020, Musk and his then-partner, Grimes, welcomed a son via surrogate, naming him X Æ A-12 Musk. (Æ is pronounced "ash," Musk told controversial podcast host Joe Rogan.)
The couple named their second child, a girl, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. (It's now been changed to "Y.")
X, the everything app
But lately, "X" has referred to Musk's newest ambition, building an "everything app" akin to China's popular WeChat, which doesn't yet have a U.S.-parallel.
"He wants to create an app similar to how WeChat is used in China, where it's part of the fabric of day-to-day life. You use it to communicate, to consume news, to buy things, to pay your rent, to book appointments with your doctor and even to pay fines," said Vance.
Vance says following the WeChat model makes sense with what Musk wants for Twitter. "The company clearly needs a new, bigger business if it's to make the type of money that would justify his investment and satisfy his ambition," he said.
Weeks before he shelled out $44 billion to acquire Twitter in October, Musk tweeted, "Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app."
X...?
But Musk's obsession with the letter X is still something of a mystery even to his biographers, like Higgins.
"Whether it's kind of mysterious, like something pulled from a comic book, or 'X marks the spot,' it's hard to know with him," Higgins said. "It also just kind of sounds cool."
This story was updated on July 24, 2023, by Lisa Lambert. contributed to this story
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The city of Buffalo took the weekend to honor the 10 lives lost during the massacre at a supermarket one year ago.
On May 14, 2022, a white supremacist attacked the Jefferson Street Tops supermarket in East Buffalo, a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring three, almost all of whom were Black.
Roberta A. Drury, Margus D. Morrison, Andre Mackneil, Aaron Salter, Geraldine Talley, Celestine Chaney, Heyward Patterson, Katherine Massey, Pearl Young and Ruth Whitfield were killed.
On Sunday, the city held a remembrance service in front of the Tops grocery store, reopened after the shooting, with a moment of silence at 2:28 p.m. ET, the time the attack began.
"[The gunman] took 10 lives, 10 precious lives, and injured three others and left an entire city traumatized and grieving," Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said in a speech during the service. He noted in the days, weeks and months since the shooting the community of East Buffalo and Western New York have come together.
Throughout the weekend, a reflective light display was shown on the Buffalo City Hall columns as part of a tribute to the 10 victims killed, according to Brown's office. The surviving family members chose the colors that best represented their loved ones.
Additionally, all flags at state buildings were flown at half-staff and state landmarks were lit orange on Sunday in honor of the victims.
Work continues with the city's May 14th Memorial Commission to construct a memorial. Public meetings on the effort are set to be held next month.
Brown said this past week of this effort, "It is important that while we look back and reflect on what happened, we continue to look forward on how to help our community heal and how to make the necessary change to overcome the historic inequities in East Buffalo."
Many of the city still struggle in the wake of the shooting
For many in the community, the trauma from the attack lingers.
Na'Kya McCann, host of the podcast Embedded: Buffalo Extreme, spoke to Weekend Edition about the lasting impacts of the shooting, especially for the area's youth.
A year ago, McCann was working at a cheerleading gym in the city called Buffalo All-Star Extreme, or BASE.
The grocery store "is literally right in the center of the community, it's right in the center of the East side of Buffalo," McCann said.
"It was supposed to be a good day like, you know, full of excitement because we're walking into a new season. And instead we walked into a nightmare, which was a massacre in our city," she said.
"And after the massacre, it really puts things in perspective that I can't live. Because of my skin color. I can't live freely because of the way that I look in the color of my skin," she said.
McCann said that she doesn't go into the reopened Tops store or even ride by the site.
She said East Buffalo residents are split. "Some people are like, you know, we just have to move on. And then it's the other 50%, which are essentially the families. This still hurts, and this is still a big impact. And I'm still living through grief and through depression," she said.
McCann has seen how the kids of the area are still affected.
"After the massacre, kids have acted out. Some have probably stopped going to school, we have kids that have dropped out of BASE because of it," she said. "We have kids that they get jumpy when people talk about certain things or say certain things or hear certain sounds. And that shouldn't be. No child should feel that way."
Matt Burkhartt / Getty Images / Getty Images People participating in a March For Our Lives event pause at a memorial to the dead at Tops supermarket on June 11, 2022.
The 1st anniversary comes as the federal case is unresolved
The gunman, Payton Gendron, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in February.
Proceedings for his federal charges are still pending after he pleaded not guilty to 27 charges, including several counts of hate crimes resulting in death.
Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against gun accessory manufacturer Mean Arms, the company that made the piece that made it easy for Gendron to modify and make his AR-15 rifle deadlier.
A day later, family members of three of the victims filed a separate wrongful death lawsuit in the State of New York Supreme Court against several social media sites including Facebook, Snapchat, Discord and Reddit. The case alleges that Gendron was radicalized by the algorithms behind the social media products he used that fed him racist, antisemitic and violent content.
The lawsuit is being filed by one of the survivors of the attack, Latisha Rogers, and the family members of Mackneil, Massey and Patterson.
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•Momoh, Wike, Kyari, Enoh, Nkiru Onyejeocha, Tuggar, Badaru asked to ”take a bow and go”
•Tinubu won’t regret nominating me minister —WIKE
By Henry Umoru, ABUJA
The screening of at least three ministerial nominees was put on hold for reasons of age forgery and age falsification, among others, as the Senate commenced the exercise yesterday.
Of the 14 nominees listed on the order paper for screening, seven, including immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, were asked to take a bow and go, while four others were screened.
Others asked to take a bow and go included two-term members of House of Representatives, Abubakar Momoh, from Etsako Local Government Area of Edo State; Senator Abubakar Kyari, who was in the 8th and 9th Senate and currently the Acting National Charman of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC; a senator in the 8th Senate, Senator John Enoh; and the immediate past governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru.
Also asked to take a bow and go were former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Nkiru Onyejeocha, who represented Isuikwuato/ Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia State; former member, House of Representatives and Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, since 2017, Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar.
But those whose screening was put on hold and asked to clarify issues were Prof. Joseph Utsev who is currently the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Wannune, the home town of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume.
Utsev, who hails from Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State, is said to be the candidate of Akume.
The nominee in his resume indicated that he was born in 1980 and finished his primary education in 1989 at the age of nine, thereby drawing the attention of the Senate on how he would be in primary one at the age of three.
The two others were Senator Abubakar Sani Danladi, Taraba, who was alleged to have been banned by the Supreme Court from holding public office for ten years and Bello Mohammed from Sokoto State whose case had to do with his secondary school leaving certificate,
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio said that those who had issues would have their cases looked into at the stage of confirmation.
The nominees whose names appeared on the Order Paper, but were not screened included Arch. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa – Katsina State; Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji – Enugu State and Stella Erhuvwuoghene Okotete – Delta State
The screening exercise, which commenced at 1.32 pm ended at 6 pm, starting with a two-term of House of Representatives member, Abubakar Momoh from Etsako Local Government Area of Edo State.
Soon after Momoh introduced himself as a former councillor, local government chairman, ex-member, the House of Assembly and a two-time member who represented Etsako federal constituency, he was asked to take a bow and go.
The second to appear before the Senate at the hallowed chamber was the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
Addressing the senators, Wike said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not regret nominating me as a minister, describing himself as a performer.
Wike, who noted that he executed and commissioned a series of capital projects across Rivers State when he served as governor, said: “Every day I was commissioning projects. Mr President will not regret nominating me as a minister.”
On his part, Senator Mpigi Barinada PDP, Rivers), said that over five million people from the state supported Wike’s ministerial nomination and urged his colleagues to free him.
Akpabio then asked the former Rivers governor to take a bow and go, following a voice vote.
Even when there were shouts of resistance apparently from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senators, the Senate president hit the gavel.
Another nominee who appeared at 2.55 pm was Senator Abubakar Kyari, who was in the 8th and 9th Senate and currently occupies the position of acting National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Senator Kyari was asked to take a bow and go as a former senator and the acting national chairman of APC.
The next was the immediate past governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, followed by a senator in the 8th Senate, Senator John Enoh; then the former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Nkiru Onyejeocha who represented Isuikwuato/ Umunneochi Federal Constituency, Abia State; former member, House of Representatives and Nigeria Ambassador to Germany, since 2017, Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, who were all asked to take a bow and go.
When the matter of Supreme Court banning him from public office was raised, Senator Abubakar Sani Danladi, who was former acting governor and deputy governor of Taraba State, said: “There was nothing in Appeal Court, they just struck out the case for lack of merit.
” At the Supreme Court, the same thing happened as Mrs Mary Odili said the Federal High Court Jalingo was wrong to have passed the judgment in that manner because when I was a deputy governor in 2007, they used their executive power at that time to nullify me so from Supreme Court, I had to go back to the Federal High Court, Jalingo since the Supreme Court said there was no basis for the Federal High Court,, Jalingo to do that judgement.
“Then the same jurisdiction of the Federal High Court Jalingo now sat on the same judgement and set aside that judgement that is hanging on me.”
Responding, Akpabio said: “The Federal High Court, Jalingo, gave a judgement against you that you were not qualified to contest on the basis of perjury, that you lied on oath in respect of your date of birth, then later the Federal High Court sat on the same matter and cleared you?
“What we are saying is that the moment the Federal High Court gave the first judgement they become Funtus Officio in Law and can no longer sit as appellate court over its own judgement, so you will definitely say what you want to say, we will study this because it is in the interest of Nigeria and it is in public interest, We will give him chance to finish, as soon as he finishes, he can take a bow.”
Senator Danladi continued: “On the same issue , Senator Shaibu Lau took the matter to Federal High Court, Abuja, here sir. The Federal High Court gave me the judgement and he now went to Appeal Court which affirmed the judgement of the Federal High Court.
”He now went to the Supreme Court, the court game me judgement, so there was no judgement from Supreme Court. As I am talking, the Supreme Court is hearing me, there was no judgement. If there is judgement, it is here.”
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The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, yesterday, in Jos Plateau, said it had recovered 130 illegal weapons in the state and other areas of its joint operation.
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JOS—The Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, yesterday, in Jos Plateau, said it had recovered 130 illegal weapons in the state and other areas of its joint operation.
The Commander of Operations, Major-General Abdusalam Abubakar, disclosed this when he handed over the recovered weapons to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, NCCSALW, informing that both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches were used in the recovery of the weapons.
According to him, “our troops have remained resolute in checkmating all forms of crime and violence; troops have equally maintained an offensive posture, conducting several kinetic operations, leading to huge recovery of illegal weapons. On the whole, the operational success recorded by troops of OPSH led to the recovery of 130 small arms and light weapons from criminal elements.
“Out of the number, we have 29 dane guns, 53 fabricated revolver rifles, 14 AK-47 rifles, one English pistol, 21 locally fabricated pistols, one G3 rifle and eight locally fabricated AK-47 rifles.
“Others are nine Harris Burg pistols, two locally fabricated SMG, 28 AK-47 and three locally fabricated magazines, one RPG7 tube, four RPG7 rockets with chargers, 1,522 rounds of ammunitions and 500 rounds of 9mm ammunitions, among others.”
Receiving the illegal weapons, the North-Central Coordinator of NCCSALW, Major.-General Hamza Bature, lauded the efforts of OPSH in tackling insecurity in the state.
He said: “This is the second time OPSH is handing over recovered illegal weapons to us and we commend them for this effort. If one weapon is recovered from an unauthorised person, it means several lives have been saved.”
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday, unveiled measures to cushion the effects of the economic downturn, caused by fuel subsidy removal, in the country, telling Nigerians he understood the hardship and came to help, not to hurt them.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday, unveiled measures to cushion the effects of the economic downturn, caused by fuel subsidy removal, in the country, telling Nigerians he understood the hardship and came to help, not to hurt them.
He, however, approved N100 billion for the procurement of 3000 20-seater buses fueled by Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, to ease the high cost of transportation caused by fuel subsidy removal.
The President also said his administration would energise micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and the informal sector as drivers of growth with N125 billion.
He said of the sum, N50 billion would be spent on conditional grants to one million nano businesses between now and March 2024, explaining that the government’s target was to give N50,000 each to 1,300 nano business owners in each of the 774 local governments across the country
As he was being sworn-in on May 29, President Tinubu implemented full removal of fuel subsidy, leading to hike in fuel price from N200 to between N567 and N617 per litre across the country.
He also abolished multiple exchange rates, forcing the dollar to exchange for over N850 at the black market.
It was less than N461 to a Dollar in May 2023.
The developments took inflation from 22.41 per cent in May to 22.79 per cent in June, with attendant gnashing of teeth among most Nigerians, especially the poor.
In a 41-point, 1794-word national broadcast on the current economic challenges, yesterday, Tinubu assured Nigerians that things would get better soon.
Titled: “After Darkness Comes the Glorious Dawn,” Tinubu in the broadcast said to reform the economy for long-term good, fuel subsidy and multiple exchange rates had to go.
Tinubu, who disclosed that Nigeria had saved N1 trillion from subsidy removal in two months, however, said “We are also monitoring the effects of the exchange rate and inflation on gasoline prices. If and when necessary, we will intervene.”
Fuel subsidy no longer beneficial
Marshalling reasons for the policy measures he had taken to “combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced” so that “you see and hopefully will share my vision regarding the journey to a better, more productive economy for our beloved country,” Tinubu told Nigerians:
“For several years, I have consistently maintained the position that the fuel subsidy had to go. This once beneficial measure had outlived its usefulness. The subsidy cost us trillions of naira yearly.
‘’Such a vast sum of money would have been better spent on public transportation, healthcare, schools, housing and even national security. Instead, it was being funnelled into the deep pockets and lavish bank accounts of a select group of individuals.
“This group had amassed so much wealth and power that they became a serious threat to the fairness of our economy and the integrity of our democratic governance.
‘’To be blunt, Nigeria could never become the society it was intended to be as long as such small, powerful yet unelected groups hold enormous influence over our political economy and the institutions that govern it.
“The whims of the few should never hold dominant sway over the hopes and aspirations of the many. If we are to be a democracy, the people and not the power of money must be sovereign.
“The preceding administration saw this looming danger as well. Indeed, it made no provision in the 2023 Appropriations for subsidy after June this year. Removal of this once helpful device that had transformed into a millstone around the country’s neck had become inevitable.
“Also, the multiple exchange rate system that had been established became nothing but a highway of currency speculation. It diverted money that should have been used to create jobs, build factories and businesses for millions of people.
‘’Our national wealth was doled on favourable terms to a handful of people who have been made filthy rich simply by moving money from one hand to another. This too was extremely unfair.
“It also compounded the threat that the illicit and mass accumulation of money posed to the future of our democratic system and its economy.
“I had promised to reform the economy for the long-term good by fighting the major imbalances that had plagued our economy. Ending the subsidy and the preferential exchange rate system was key to this fight. This fight is to define the fate and future of our nation. Much is in the balance.
“Thus, the defects in our economy immensely profited a tiny elite you might call them. As we move to fight the flaws in the economy, the people who grow rich from them, predictably, will fight back through every means necessary.
“Our economy is going through a tough patch and you are being hurt by it. The cost of fuel has gone up. Food and other prices have followed it. Households and businesses struggle. Things seem anxious and uncertain.
‘’I understand the hardship you face. I wish there were other ways. But there is none. If there were, I would have taken that route as I came here to help not hurt the people and nation that I love.
The palliatives
“What I can offer in the immediate future is to reduce the burden our current economic situation has imposed on all of us, especially on businesses, the working class and the most vulnerable among us.
“Already, the Federal Government is working closely with states and local governments to implement interventions that will cushion the pains of our people across socio-economic brackets.
“Earlier this month, I signed four Executive Orders in keeping with my electoral promise to address unfriendly fiscal policies and multiple taxes that are stifling the business environment.
‘’These Executive Orders on suspension and deferred commencement of some taxes will provide the necessary buffers and headroom to businesses in the manufacturing sector to continue to thrive and expand.
“To strengthen the manufacturing sector, increase its capacity to expand and create good-paying jobs, we are going to spend N75 billion between July 2023 and March 2024. Our objective is to fund 75 enterprises with great potential to kick-start sustainable economic growth, accelerate structural transformation and improve productivity.
‘’Each of the 75 manufacturing enterprises will be able to access N1billion credit at 9% per annum, with a maximum of 60 months repayment for long-term loans and 12 months for working capital.
“Our administration recognises the importance of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and the informal sector as drivers of growth. We are going to energise this very important sector with N125 billion.
“Out of the sum, we will spend N50 billion on conditional grants to one million nano businesses between now and March 2024. Our target is to give N50,000 each to 1,300 nano business owners in each of the 774 local governments across the country.
“Ultimately, this programme will further drive financial inclusion by onboarding beneficiaries into the formal banking system. In like manner, we will fund 100,000 MSMEs and start-ups with N75 billion.
‘’Under this scheme, each enterprise promoter will be able to get between N500,000 and N1 million at 9% interest per annum and a repayment period of 36 months.
“To further ensure that prices of food items remain affordable, we have had a multi-stakeholder engagement with various farmers’ associations and operators within the agricultural value chain.
Immediate measures
“In the short and immediate terms, we will ensure staple foods are available and affordable. To this end, I have ordered the release of 200,000 metric tonnes of grains from strategic reserves to households across the 36 states and FCT to moderate prices.
‘’We are also providing 225,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer, seedlings and other inputs to farmers who are committed to our food security agenda.
“Our plan to support the cultivation of 500,000 hectares of farmland and all-year-round farming practice remains on course. To be specific, N200 billion out of the N500 billion approved by the National Assembly will be disbursed as follows: *Our administration will invest N50 billion each to cultivate 150,000 hectares of rice and maize, and *N50 billion each will also be earmarked to cultivate 100,000 hectares of wheat and cassava.
“This expansive agricultural programme will be implemented targeting small-holder farmers and leveraging large-scale private sector players in the agric business with a strong performance record.
“In this regard, the expertise of Development Finance Institutions, commercial banks and microfinance banks will be tapped into to develop a viable and appropriate transaction structure for all stakeholders.
“I made a solemn pledge to work for you. How to improve your welfare and living condition is of paramount importance to me and it’s the only thing that keeps me up day and night.
“It is in light of this that I approved the Infrastructure Support Fund for the States. This new Infrastructure Fund will enable States to intervene and invest in critical areas and bring relief to many of the pain points as well as revamp our decaying healthcare and educational Infrastructure.
“The fund will also bring improvements to rural access roads to ease evacuation of farm produce to markets. With the fund, our states will become more competitive and on a stronger financial footing to deliver economic prosperity to Nigerians.
3000 CNG buses
“Part of our programme is to roll out buses across the states and local governments for mass transit at a much more affordable rate. We have made provision to invest N100 billion between now and March 2024 to acquire 3000 units of 20-seater CNG-fuelled buses.
“These buses will be shared with major transportation companies in the states, using the intensity of travel per capita. Participating transport companies will be able to access credit under this facility at 9% per annum with 60 months repayment period.
“In the same vein, we are also working in collaboration with the Labour unions to introduce a new national minimum wage for workers. I want to tell our workers this: your salary review is coming.
“Once we agree on the new minimum wage and general upward review, we will make budget provision for it for immediate implementation.”
Look beyond temporary pains
Saluting many private employers in the Organised Private Sector who have already implemented general salary reviews for employees, the President continued: “This period may be hard on us and there is no doubt about it that it is tough on us. But I urge you all to look beyond the present temporary pains and aim at the larger picture. All of our good and helpful plans are in the works. More importantly, I know that they will work.
“Sadly, there was an unavoidable lag between subsidy removal and these plans coming fully online. However, we are swiftly closing the time gap. I plead with you to please have faith in our ability to deliver and in our concern for your well-being.
“We will get out of this turbulence. And, due to the measures we have taken, Nigeria will be better equipped and able to take advantage of the future that awaits her.
“In a little over two months, we have saved over a trillion Naira that would have been squandered on the unproductive fuel subsidy which only benefitted smugglers and fraudsters. That money will now be used more directly and more beneficially for you and your families.
“For example, we shall fulfil our promise to make education more affordable to all and provide loans to higher education students who may need them. No Nigerian student will have to abandon his or her education because of lack of money.
“Our commitment is to promote the greatest good for the greatest number of our people. On this principle, we shall never falter. We are also monitoring the effects of the exchange rate and inflation on gasoline prices. If and when necessary, we will intervene.
“I assure you my fellow countrymen and women that we are exiting the darkness to enter a new and glorious dawn.”
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No fewer than 110 suspects have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s looting of government and private warehouses in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, by hoodlums in search of food items.
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No fewer than 110 suspects have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s looting of government and private warehouses in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, by hoodlums in search of food items.
This is as the state government relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following the incident, saying: “We want to inform our people that the relaxation of the curfew between 6 pm and 6 am will be reviewed hourly.”
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri also visited the Jimeta Central Warehouse to assess the extent of the damage.
Addressing newsmen after a security meeting with security chiefs, Fintiri said all the arrested suspects would be charged to courts in the state, declaring that “those found guilty will face the full wrath of the law.”
He, however, urged the people to go about their lawful businesses.
Meanwhile, deputy governor of the state, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, who visited the warehouses to assess the extent of looting, on behalf of the governor, said the security operatives would continue to maintain peace and monitor the situation.
He said “We call on our people to be law-abiding. We want to inform our people that the relaxation for the curfew between 6pm and 6am will be reviewed hourly.”
On the extent of the looting, she said: “We are waiting for NEMA to have a comprehensive report on the extent of damage.
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Nigeria's average electricity generation rose by 8.6 per cent year-on-year, YoY to 3,970.33 megawatts, MW in July 2023, from 3,655.64MW recorded in the corresponding period of 2022.
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By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor
Nigeria’s average electricity generation rose by 8.6 per cent year-on-year, YoY to 3,970.33 megawatts, MW in July 2023, from 3,655.64MW recorded in the corresponding period of 2022.
But on month-on-month, MoM basis, the nation’s average generation dropped marginally by 0.5 per cent to 3,970.33MW in July 2023, from 3,991.57MW in June 2023, according to data collated by Vanguard from the National Energy System Operator, a semi-autonomous unit of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
Generally, the highest average electricity generation of 4,616MW was recorded in February 2023 while 3,970.33MW, clearly the least was recorded in July 2023.
The data further showed that less than 4,000MW was transmitted and distributed to consumers by TCN and the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, respectively.
This was insufficient for households and businesses that were compelled to take to independent power generation at additional cost, due mainly to the high cost of diesel and petrol, currently hovering at over N600 and N500 per litre, respectively.
A Lagos-based producer of water, said: “One could have been happier if the federal government has completely forgotten about the electricity tariff review. As an organisation, we are worried about the impact it would make on our business.
“Well, we shall have no other option than to increase our prices to cover the cost and make at least a little profit whenever the tariff review becomes operational.”
Similarly, the President, of Nigeria Consumer Protection Network and former member, Presidential Adhoc Committee on Review of Electricity Tariff in Nigeria, Kunle Olubiyo, said: “With the recent floating of Naira/Deregulation of the Forex Trading Windows allowing the value of Naira to be determined by market forces and the removal of subsidy on petrol, it is expected that these will impact positively or negatively on electricity tariff and translate into general high cost of living in Nigeria, depending on the school of thought or individual’s perception. The last tariff increase in Nigeria was benchmarked on N400/$1. As of today, the exchange rate is N750/$1.”
It added: “More investment should be channelled into the capacity expansion of critical power grid infrastructure and network improvements in order to upscale efficient service delivery.”
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Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has hosted prominent Igbo leader, Chief Dan Ulasi, to a lengthy meeting.
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Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has hosted prominent Igbo leader, Chief Dan Ulasi, to a lengthy meeting.
The meeting, which took place within the premises of the Department of State Serv ices (DSS) complex in Abuja, afforded the two the opportunity to share thoughts on the situation in the Southeast.
Speaking after his meeting with Kanu, Chief Ulasi said the detained agitator was hale, hearty, and full of life, though being held in seclusion was not the best for even an enemy.
According to Ulasi, Kanu made specific requests of the Igbo nation, which he said will be disclosed in due course.
According to Ulasi, the meeting was at the instance of Mazi Kanu, adding that “he sent for me and I went to see him. I went through the entire process, and we met. We had heart to heart discussion, and he passed some specific instructions about what is happening in the southeast,” he said.
Ulasi further said, “We spent almost an hour together. We had very serious and intense discussions affecting the course of this country and essentially the southeast.
“The details will come later but the most important thing is that we met for almost an hour.”
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The Supreme Court, yesterday, confirmed the death of one of its Justices, Chima Nweze.The apex court, in a statement, disclosed that Justice Nweze, who was 64 years old, died on July 29, after a brief illness.
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA
The Supreme Court, yesterday, confirmed the death of one of its Justices, Chima Nweze.
The apex court, in a statement, disclosed that Justice Nweze, who was 64 years old, died on July 29, after a brief illness.
Meanwhile, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and that of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, have mourned the passing of Justice Nweze.
Likewise, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has described the deceased jurist as a “disciplined, hardworking, and courageous judicial officer”.
The Supreme Court, in a statement by its Director of Press and Information, Dr. Akande Festus, said: “Justice Nweze gave a sterling account of himself in the discharge of his official duties at the Supreme Court.
“He had largely made himself a pliable legal personality that had diligently sunk a pool of enduring legal knowledge and experience in all his judicial pronouncements.
“He had been a formidable ally of his brother Justices, an admirable pillar of support to the staff and management of the Supreme Court and, indeed, a dependable father-figure to all.
“It will be an understatement to say we are all going to miss him dearly.
“Funeral arrangements would be announced by the family in due course,” the apex court added.
He was disciplined, hardworking judicial officer —NBA
Likewise, NBA, through its President, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, described the deceased jurist as a “disciplined, hardworking, and courageous judicial officer.”
The NBA President, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, said he received the sad news “with shock and dismay”, stressing that Justice Nweze was an astute and erudite jurist.
He said: “His lordship’s numerous decisions have shaped, impacted and developed our law and jurisprudence. He was a disciplined, hardworking, and courageous judicial officer.
“The NBA President condoles with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, the entire Nigerian Judiciary, the Government and People of Enugu State, friends and family of Justice Nweze over the demise of his lordship and prays that the Almighty God comforts his lordship’s family and friends.”
He was quintessential, intellectual jurist —Obaseki
Governor Obaseki, in a statement, described the legal icon as a quintessential and intellectual jurist, whose pronouncements on the bench advanced the cause of justice delivery in Nigeria.
The governor said, “I received with rude shock the sad news of the passing of Justice Nweze.
“Nweze, one of Nigeria’s most intellectual and revered jurists was a man of great wisdom and insights, who served the country with his rare knowledge and understanding of the law, advancing the course of justice delivery and contributing immensely to the unity and development of the Country.
“His demise leaves a huge gap in the Supreme Court considering his experience and dedication to interpretation of the constitution. He will be sorely missed.
“I commiserate with the judiciary and the Supreme Court as well as the Nweze family, friends, and associates and pray that God will grant all the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss,” he added.
I’m in shock of his sudden death —Mbah
Governor Mbah, meanwhile, expressed shock and sadness over the sudden demise of Justice Nweze.
In a statement, he said: “I received with utter shock and sadness the news of the passing away of one of the Nigeria’s most celebrated, globally-renowned, and first-class Justices of the Supreme Court, Justice Nweze.
“I am deeply pained by this colossal loss not only to the government and people of Enugu State and Nigeria, but also to humanity.
“His Lordship was, indeed, an epitome of humility, dedication, commitment, and selflessness in his pursuit of unbiased justice for humankind. Testimonies abound from the bar and bench affirming his well-earned reputation for judicial decisions guided by knowledge, integrity and truthfulness. He was a justice of peace, equity and love.
“I want to join his family, members of the noble and prestigious profession, learned jurists of the judiciary, and distinguished minds from all walks of life to mourn this great pride of Enugu State, even as the government and good people of our beloved state salute the unexampled leadership skills, sense of justice and legacies that His Lordship, Justice Nweze, left behind for the practitioners in the legal profession.
“Words alone cannot describe his place in our hearts. We will continue to miss His Lordship. Our thoughts and prayers are always with his family.”
High Court judge, Justice Mallong, passes on
Meanwhile, in a related development, the Federal High Court, yesterday, also announced the death of one of its judges, Justice Peter Mallong.
The high court, in a statement by its Chief Registrar, Mr. Hassan Sulaiman, disclosed that Justice Mallong died in Abuja on Sunday.
“It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the death of our own , Hon. Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, a judge of the Federal High Court, who passed away on July 30, 2023 unexpectedly after a brief illness in Abuja.
“We will miss him more than words can express. Funeral arrangements will be communicated to the public in due time,” the statement read.
Justice Nweze’s profile
Until his death, Justice Nweze, a native of Obollo, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was the only Justice on the Supreme Court bench that was from the South East geopolitical zone.
He was born on September 25, 1958, and was married to Justice Ugonne Nweze of the Enugu State Judiciary.
The late Justice Nweze had his LLB (Hons), LLM and PhD in Law at the prestigious University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus in 1983, 1995 and 2001, respectively.
He was also a recipient of LL.D. Degree; and was an Associate Professor of Law at Ebonyi State University and a Visiting Professor of Law, Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
His Lordship was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Enugu State, from 1995 to 2007; Justice of the Court of Appeal from 2008 to 2014; and was elevated to the Supreme Court Bench on 29 October, 2014, where he served until his death.
Remarkably, Justice Nweze, who was on a panel that was headed by a former CJN, Justice Tanko Ibrahim, delivered a dissenting judgement that challenged the removal of Mr. Emeka Ihedioha as the duly elected Governor of Imo state in 2020, by the apex court.
He was equally a member of a panel of the Supreme Court that gave a controversial judgment that allowed the immediate past Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, to contest the 2023 general elections.
With Justice Nweze’s death, the number of justices on the Supreme Court bench has further depleted to 11.
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Police in Nasarawa State on Monday warned motorists to stop picking strangers on the highway as criminals now posed as commuters to snatch vehicles from unsuspecting motorists at gunpoint.
Police spokesman in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated in Lafia that the criminals usually posed as commuters and stopped vehicles on the Lafia-Abuja and Akwanga-Keffi routes to perpetrate the act.
The police also warned the travelling public to ensure to go to authorised motor parks to board vehicles so as not to fall victims of criminal elements.
Nansel assured in the statement that the police were determined to end the menace.
He called on members of the public to telephone numbers: 09115629178, 09067877096, 08112692680, and 08104441179 when in distress.
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DESPITE the Federal Government commitment to achieving zero flaring by 2060, on a year-on-year, YoY, basis, gas flaring increased by 10 per cent to 138.7 million metric standard cubic feet, MSCF, of gas in the first half (January - June) of 2023, from 126.1 MSCF in the corresponding period of 2022.
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N’Assembly, NUPRC seek end to menace
By Ediri Ejoh
DESPITE the Federal Government commitment to achieving zero flaring by 2060, on a year-on-year, YoY, basis, gas flaring increased by 10 per cent to 138.7 million metric standard cubic feet, MSCF, of gas in the first half (January – June) of 2023, from 126.1 MSCF in the corresponding period of 2022.
The flared gas was worth $485.3 million translates to N373 billion at the current Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, exchange of N768.6 per United States dollar.
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, which disclosed this in its latest data, stated that the oil-producing companies responsible for the flaring would pay $277.3 million (an equivalent of N213 billion) for breaching the gas flaring laws during the period.
But judging from previous flare reports, the oil companies are not likely to pay the penalties soon as several billions of dollars are still outstanding against the firms.
However, the report noted that the volume of gas flared during the period was equivalent to 7.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emission, which could have been utilized to generate 13,900 gigawatts of electricity per hour.
NOSDRA lamented that despite efforts to reduce gas flaring, it has continued in Nigeria since the 1950s, releasing carbon dioxide and other gaseous substances into the atmosphere.
This is even as the House of Representatives said it will begin probe into $2.5 billion annual loss to gas flaring.
Already, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas has inaugurated an Ad hoc Committee to investigate alleged 9.05 billion dollar-revenue loss from gas flaring in the last one decade in Nigeria.
The committee was charged to get root causes of gas flaring and make recommendations to end the menace, stating that the probe is an acknowledgement of the urgent need to understand and mitigate the environmental, social, and economic impacts of this practice.
He noted that the flared gas represents lost revenue that could have been generated through its sale or utilization, adding that official records indicate that the country losses about 2.5 billion dollars annually to gas flaring.
He maintained that as a major contributor to climate change and environmental degradation, gas flaring has direct and indirect impacts on soil, water, and wildlife.
Meanwhile, the Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, has insisted that the nation’s Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, has adequate provisions to end flaring.
He said: “The PIA has proscribed gas flaring. There is a high penalty against flaring and NUPRC is unsparing. Besides, the winners of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme, NGFCP, would work toward ending the gas flaring.”
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Youths from the five South East states took to the streets of Enugu on Monday in support of efforts to end sit-at-home, saying the region’s economy was being crippled.
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Youths from the five South East states took to the streets of Enugu on Monday in support of efforts to end sit-at-home, saying the region’s economy was being crippled.
This is also as Enugu state capital witnessed impressive compliance with state’s ban of sit-at-home and Kanu’s order to end the action with popular shopping malls and markets as well as banks opening to customers, as residents said two-week sit-at-home would not work.
Speaking to newsmen, Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths Worldwide, Mazi Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, said the youths were “demonstrating the desire, resolve and endorsement of an end to sit-at-home in the South East”.
“We are Igbo youths and stakeholders that gathered from the five states of the South East to declare and endorse the end to sit-at-home.
“We acknowledge the fact that sit-at-home commenced because of our brother, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s detention. It gained so much support in solidarity with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the beginning. But as it is now, it is affecting us. Our economy is shrinking and its adverse effects are just too much. Miscreants and criminals are causing so much mayhem in our society in the name of sit-at-home and we say no to all forms of criminalities in the South East. Thus, we are convinced that it is now time to end it, just as Kanu himself has said”, he added.
The South East Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Comrade Chidi Nzekwe: ‘The institutions in the South East don’t operate on Mondays. Now we are talking about another 14 days of sitting at home. We want to encourage our youths and students to come out. Let us stand together to end this sit-at-home”.
On his part, the Youth Leader, Ohanaaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Enugu State chapter, Mazi Nnamdi Odo, stressed that the difference between the Monday march and others before it was the coming together of youth representatives and stakeholders from the five South East states to speak with one voice against sit-at-home.
“Today, we are out to show solidarity with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s stand and the South East governments that are trying to end sit-at-home. We are concerned that our economy is being crippled and we the youths are now taking this message very seriously because if we don’t kill sit-at-home, sit-at-home will kill us. God forbid”.
Meanwhile, monitoring around Enugu town showed a significant compliance with the state government’s ban on sit-at-home. At SPAR shopping mall, the main mall and other shops were open with appreciable number of residents doing their shopping.
A shopper and owner of a plumbing firm, Kingsley Onah, said he was doubtful the two-week sit-at-home would work, as people were already tired and hungry.
“Besides, there is so much security out there. From my house to this place, I saw so many security men. It’s just that people are just afraid based on the things that happened before. But now, if you want to come out, you can come out and do what you want to do in town. The state is secure now. I don’t think the two-week sit-at-home will work” he told newsmen.
Also at SPAR shopping mall, Uchechukwu Orji, an entertainer expressed satisfaction with the level of security in the state and encouraged residents to come out.
‘I came here to shop for my event this evening. Enugu is safe. I’m very impressed. I see people go about their normal businesses. People should not be scared by all this propaganda. Security agencies are everywhere to secure you and your businesses. For now, I am impressed. The town is peaceful”, he said.
Abakpa Market was a beehive of activities. A driver, Okpara Emmanuel, said business was picking up on Mondays.
He told newsmen: “This Monday is quite different. There are a lot of people in the market. Before, we were afraid that something bad would happen to us if we came out. But now that there is security everywhere and I will advise people to come out because there is a difference”.
Also, Evangelist Innocent Agu, expressed happiness that business was beginning to pick up, recalling how people’s perishable goods used to get spoilt before the ban of sit-at-home by the Governor Peter Mbah administration.
“I can tell our people that now there is nothing to fear. People should have courage to come out. Police and army are everywhere securing people”, he stated.
A Hairdresser at Mkpokiti, New Layout, Amaka Samuel, recalled what hairdressers suffered before the ban on sit-at-home.
“Hunger wanted to kill us; no customers. But now, it’s a bit different and there is security”, she said.
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It is hardly the ideal time for Nigerians seeking medical care, especially at the nation's tertiary health facilities, as the National Association of Resident Doctors, or NARD, has crippled hospital services and abandoned patients to their fate due to its nationwide total and indefinite strike.
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It is hardly the ideal time for Nigerians seeking medical care, especially at the nation’s tertiary health facilities, as the National Association of Resident Doctors, or NARD, has crippled hospital services and abandoned patients to their fate due to its nationwide total and indefinite strike.
A visit to some of the hospitals revealed total compliance with the strike as only a few Consultants and House Officers were rendering skeletal services to patients with serious complaints.
However, new appointments were not given to patients as doctors were absent from their duty posts to do that.
Although the Consultants who are senior doctors were attending to emergency cases, many patients were turned back, including patients that required surgery.
Our correspondent gathered that despite the recent announcement by the Federal Government’s of 25 percent salary increase, the striking doctors have remained adamant.
For the doctors, it is either the Federal government meets their stated demands or they are not returning to work. Some were even quoted as saying that patients should go to the President for their medical treatment.
At the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, NOHIL; Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, to other tertiary health institutions nationwide, including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja the situation was the same.
For instance, at both the LUTH and LASUTH on Monday, hospital services were disrupted following the strike. Some of the patients who spoke to Good Health Weekly, lamented the effects of the strike.
Some patients who were attended to but asked to return after the doctors resumed, gave kudos to the Consultants who attended to them, even as others that were turned back or left unattended, decried the high cost of transportation to and from the hospitals.
Around 11:00 am when our correspondent visited LUTH, a few patients were seen in the waiting areas. Although there were skeletal services in some of the hospital clinics, a number of patients claimed they were told to go back home, as doctors were not on the ground to give out appointment dates.
At the surgery department, a patient told our correspondent that although it was her first time at the hospital, she was lucky to be among patients asked to stay.
The patient who identified herself as Jennifer said: “The doctors are on strike. I was told to come back on Thursday. I was referred here for surgery. They have many patients here, if these few doctors are not working, you can imagine thousands of patients that would have died today. Many of these patients paid so much to be here but were sent home unattended,.
“I pray that the government answers them fast. Nigerians are suffering. I am coming all the way from Ikorodu to this place. It is not funny as transportation is high.”
Another patient encountered at the Pharmacy area, claimed that the doctors were attending to patients based on the seriousness of their ailment.
“Not every patient is being attended to. Some people that came in the morning along with me were not attended to. The doctor did not even waste time with me but asked me to get some of these drugs.”
A nurse at LUTH who did not want her name in print told Good Health Weekly, that patients in the wards have been discharged and that only a few that are unable to go home were still in the wards.
“We are not admitting new patients and those in the wards have been discharged. We have a few patients in the ward that cannot be discharged. Consultants are coming around to check them but many have been discharged. Many of them were discharged over the weekend. If you have patients please tell such patients to go to other hospitals, not LUTH. The doctors are on indefinite strike and no one knows when they will return to work,” she stressed.
Also at LASUTH, a man who brought his mother to the hospital was asked to take her to another hospital.
According to the man, who identified himself as Mr Ugo, his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, but a nurse at the Oncology department advised him to take her to another hospital and they could not get another appointment since doctors were on strike.
Confirming the situation at LUTH, the Vice President of LUTH-ARD, Dr Omogbolahan Adenuga, maintained that the strike at the hospital remained total and indefinite.
“We have told our members to stay at home but Consultants and House Officers are working.”
He said the strike will only end when the government is ready to negotiate with them and meet their demands.
Asked what happens to patients, Adenuga who stated that patients should be sent to the President for treatment, argued that they were demanding the review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure to its rightful value.
“Though the government has done something, we vehemently reject that paltry 25 per cent. They have also given a 25 per cent allowance quarterly; it is ridiculous we have told them that we don’t want it.
“In this job, you must be mentally okay before making decisions on people’s lives. We are saying that what they are offering cannot take us home again; we are saying that the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure should be reviewed.
“To review this is to tackle brain drain. Doctors are travelling abroad because of poor infrastructure, poor welfare, and poor working conditions, among others. These are the things we are asking for, and I don’t think these things we are asking for are too much.”
Adenuga disclosed that they had discharged patients in the wards and were not seeing patients presently.
“All Resident Doctors are at home. We are not working for now. We are not taking new patients for now. All patients should stay at home for now or they should be taken to the Federal Government,” he stated.
Also, giving an update on possible negotiation with the medical doctors, the National President of NARD, Dr Emeka Orji said the Federal government had not reached out to them.
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No fewer than 11 persons were shot dead, while another one sustained gunshot injuries when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists ransacked Kawuri village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.
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Maiduguri—No fewer than 11 persons were shot dead, while another one sustained gunshot injuries when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists ransacked Kawuri village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.
Kawuri is located between Bama and Konduga expressway, which shares boundary with Sambisa forests, the hideouts of the terrorists.
An elder in Kawuri, who was not authorised to talk to newsmen, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Maiduguri, which was also colloborated by a reliable security source.
It was gathered that about four days ago, nine of the victims were kidnapped by the terrorists while working on their farmlands in Kawuri village.
The kidnappers suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists contacted some relatives of the victims demanding an undisclosed amount of mony for their release.
Concerned members of the community swung into action, including relatives and friends of the victims and raised the stipulated ransom.
It was further gathered that after negotiation, the terrorists gave a directive that the community should send only two representatives to deliver the ransom, unfortunately, three persons were delegated to deliver the negotiated ransom, a situation that did not go down well with the terrorists.
“The aggrieved terrorists, therefore, gathered all the nine kidnapped victims, including the three delegates on Monday morning and opened fire on them, killing 11, while the other one escaped with gunshot wounds, and is now recieving treatment at state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri,” the source explained.
According to bereaved residents of Kawuri, the remains of the deceased had remained inaccessible for claims and burial at press time due to fear of the terrorists.
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If you want to keep your microwave pristine and avoid potential sparks and flames, check our list of foods you shouldn't microwave.
Which? video reporter Harry Kind dons eye goggles and overalls for this microwave foods investigation.
Follow his tips to help prolong the life of your microwave and save yourself the boring job of wiping it down after using it.
In the market for a new microwave? See our pick of the best microwaves.
1. Kale
Blasting your kale or spinach in the microwave might seem like a speedy shortcut to a nutritious dinner, but could be potentially dangerous.
Leafy greens need a bit of moisture to cook, so popping dry vegetables in the microwave could lead to them sparking and possibly starting a fire.
At best, you could end up with a slightly singed dinner, but at worst, you risk permanently damaging your microwave.
What to do instead
The most common way to cook leafy veg is steaming or boiling. If you like your greens with a little more crunch, they can also be stir-fried or sautéed.
If you absolutely have to use your microwave, rinse your veg under running water before placing them in a microwave-safe container covered with cling film or a well-fitting lid, so they get gently steam cooked.
2. Tomato-based sauces
Microwaving chopped tomatoes, passata or pasta sauce is likely to be more trouble than it's worth.
Tomato-based sauces are usually too thick to allow heat and steam to escape. Bubbles build up that can pop explosively, making a mess of the inside of your microwave.
The trapped steam could also cause air pockets to develop in your sauce that don't burst until you remove it from the microwave, risking spattered clothes or even scalding.
What to do instead
Tomato-based pasta sauce will taste best if you reheat it in a saucepan on medium heat, adding a splash of water if the sauce has thickened while in the fridge.
If you do reheat it in the microwave, add a little water to thin it and don't overdo the cooking time. Try using short bursts of half power instead. A simple vented food cover will help to prevent splatters.
3. Chilli peppers
Microwaving a chilli pepper won't cause any unexpected explosions, but it certainly won't be a pleasant experience.
If you choose to heat up an extra-hot one in your microwave, it could release large amounts of capsaicin, the chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy.
When you open the microwave door, the fumes will be released into the air, which could potentially lead to an unpleasant blast of pure spicy heat and streaming eyes.
What to do instead
Pretty much anything else. Most types of pepper can be roasted, grilled, pan-fried or enjoyed raw, depending on the dish you're making.
Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly after handling chilli peppers to avoid capsaicin irritating your skin, mouth or eyes.
4. Raw eggs in their shells
Popping a raw egg in the microwave to cook is definitely not a good idea.
Stem trapped inside the shell has nowhere to go and can cause the egg to explode, leaving cooked eggy bits all over your microwave.
What to do instead
It's always best to boil eggs in their shells the old-fashioned way, in a saucepan on the hob.
Your egg will be less likely to crack if it's at room temperature before you start.
Cook for four to five minutes for eggs runny enough for dipping, six to seven minutes for softly boiled eggs or 10 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.
5. Unshelled hard-boiled eggs
Even unshelled hard-boiled eggs are likely to explode if heated in a microwave.
The high temperatures can create an extreme build-up of steam inside a hard-boiled egg, to the point where it can explode - even if you've removed the shell.
Sometimes they'll explode during cooking, creating a horrendous sticky (and smelly) mess on every interior surface of your microwave, but they could also burst after you've removed them, scalding your hands or mouth.
What to do instead
Eat them cold - that's how hard-boiled eggs are usually served.
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Buying a new microwave
Microwaves can last an age, but if yours is getting a bit old, slow or rusty round the edges, it could be time for a replacement.
When shopping for a new microwave, consider:
Cooking functions Do you just want to quickly reheat or defrost things? Or do you want to grill and oven-cook food, too? Basic solo microwaves are cheaper, but a combination model could give you more cooking options.
Do you just want to quickly reheat or defrost things? Or do you want to grill and oven-cook food, too? Basic solo microwaves are cheaper, but a combination model could give you more cooking options. Capacity The smallest models from our tests can squeeze a plate of around 27cm inside, whereas the roomiest can manage 35cm dishes. Flatbed microwaves have no turntable, so you can use awkward-shaped dishes, too.
The smallest models from our tests can squeeze a plate of around 27cm inside, whereas the roomiest can manage 35cm dishes. Flatbed microwaves have no turntable, so you can use awkward-shaped dishes, too. Worktop space Some models take up a lot of kitchen space, particularly the pricier combination models. Others need a decent amount of clearance between them and the wall or cabinets, so you'll need to ensure you've got a suitable space that's also near a plug socket.
Check our guide to the best microwaves for more buying advice. We've tested all the latest models, from cheap own-brand offerings for less than £40 to premium combi models that can cook and grill food, too.
Use our microwave reviews to pick a microwave that's proven to cook evenly and effectively.
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Scams can start in many ways – a friend request on social media, a phone call out of the blue or the whisper of an investment opportunity.
Fraudsters are always on the lookout for victims who let their guard down long enough to be exploited, but they often use the same tactics - and make the same mistakes.
Read on to learn about five of the most common types of scams we’ve seen this year and for expert advice on how to avoid them.
Sign up for scam alerts Our emails will alert you to scams doing the rounds, and provide practical advice to keep you one step ahead of fraudsters. Sign up for scam alerts
1. Phishing scams
‘Phishing’ refers to scammers trying to lure you in to obtain your data, often in the form of emails or texts impersonating a genuine company or government department.
The messages often prompt you to click a link to visit a website under the guise of something being wrong, such as a subscription expiring or to secure your account after a fraud attempt.
Phishing can also take place on social media, where fraudsters publish posts that link through to dodgy websites. If you click a link in a phishing message, you’ll often be taken through to a spoofed website where you’ll be asked to enter your name, address and bank details.
In early 2023, Action Fraud warned about a rise in reports of scammers impersonating McAfee (2,200 reports), BT (676) and Netflix (625). There were also 300 reports of phishing attempts involving diet pills.
Once you’ve given your details to a scammer, they can be used to scam you there and then, and to target you in future. Information you enter on a dodgy website, for example, could be used by a fraudster to call you posing as your bank. As the scammer has some of your information, you might be inclined to trust the call as genuine.
Don’t click on links in unsolicited emails and texts.
Look out for dodgy-looking email addresses or phone numbers. A dubious-looking email address might not include the brand's name or may be made up of random numbers and/or letters.
If you’re unsure of the origin of an email, contact the company in question using details on its website.
2. Investment scams
These scams involve fraudsters trying to persuade you into signing up to investment ‘opportunities’ with the promise of huge returns.
Data from UK Finance shows £114m was lost to authorised push payment investment scams (where the victim is tricked into sending money to a criminal) in 2022.
Investment scams commonly come in a few broad categories. More sophisticated scams may involve a fraudster grooming you over time to gain your trust, before pressuring you into parting with your money.
Alternatively, you might be drawn in by an ad on social media which includes an ‘endorsement’ from a celebrity. Finally, some scammers adopt a more scattergun approach - targeting victims with unsolicited emails, texts and WhatsApp messages to invite them to take part in bogus investments, which are often cryptocurrency-related.
Investment scammers want to make as much money from you as they can, so once they think they’ve hooked you in, they’ll dial up the pressure. This can include showing you false statements displaying how well your investment is performing, then claiming you need to invest more before you can make a withdrawal.
Once you’ve caught on to the scam and ceased contact, you’ll need to be vigilant against recovery scams, where victims are contacted by ‘companies’ promising they can get their losses back for them.
Don’t be drawn in by promises that seem too good to be true.
Be suspicious of anyone who contacts you out of the blue with an ‘opportunity’.
Check the company is listed on the Financial Conduct Authority's register before parting with any money.
3. Vishing scams
The word ‘vishing’ combines ‘voice’ and ‘phishing’ and refers to fraud that takes place over the phone. As with phishing, these scams often involve fraudsters impersonating a company to try to steal your personal or financial details.
Bank transfer scams (known as ‘authorised push payment fraud’) are one of the most dangerous types.
A fraudster calls you impersonating a member of staff from your bank. The caller may already have some of your details from a previous data breach. Often, the scammer will tell you your account has been compromised and encourage you to move money to a ‘safe’ account or give them remote access to your device so they can make the transfer.
In some instances, fraudsters even send spoof ‘verification’ text messages. These scams can take a devastating emotional and financial toll on their victims.
Other examples of vishing include scams that originate with a letter, email or text, asking you to call a phone number to update a subscription or account details, or to take advantage of an offer.
We’ve previously reported on PayPal request money scams, where fraudsters send emails using the payment provider’s ‘request money’ feature to ask for payment for high- value items. The requests state that if you don’t recognise the purchase, you must call a phone number.
Action Fraud issued a warning in March after receiving 275 reports of this particular scam.
Be wary of unsolicited calls purporting to be from a company or government agency.
Don’t disclose any personal or financial details over the phone unless you’re 100% sure who you’re talking to.
If someone calls you claiming to be from your bank, hang up and call the number given on the back of your card.
4. Romance scams
Romance scams typically begin on dating sites or apps. They usually involve the scammer forging a passionate connection with a potential victim, showering them with compliments and confiding in them over weeks or months.
Once they’ve groomed their victim, the scammer will start asking them to send money for a variety of made-up causes. Scammers may guilt trip victims by telling them they can’t trust anyone else or have no one else to turn to.
There are some variations. We’ve recently seen romance scammers targeting people on social media pages run by bereavement and mental health charities. This gives the fraudster the opportunity to specifically seek out people who are in particularly vulnerable situations.
Finally, there are hybrid romance and investment scams. These involve the scammer grooming the victim before encouraging them to invest their money in a property or cryptocurrency platform which is controlled by the scammers.
It’s difficult to assess the scale of losses to romance scams. Figures from UK Finance show £31m was lost to romance scams in 2022, but the true amount is likely to be much higher as victims may feel too embarrassed to report the scam.
Stay vigilant when talking to strangers online.
If you’re developing an online relationship, speak to friends and family about it. They may be able to spot inconsistencies or red flags – warning signs you haven’t noticed.
Red flags include attempts to quickly move conversations to private platforms and a refusal to meet in person.
Use a reverse image search (a website where you can upload an image to find matching images and/or the image source) to check if a profile image belongs to someone else or is known to be used by scammers.
Cease contact if someone you’ve never met asks you for money.
5. Shopping scams
The latest UK Finance figures show purchase scams – where you pay for an item you never receive – were the most common form of ‘authorised’ payment scam in 2022, with more than 117,000 reports.
These scams involve fraudsters tricking unsuspecting shoppers into buying items through dodgy websites, auction sites or via social media. Criminals often pose as sellers of high-value items such as cars, tech products and event tickets.
Fraudsters might offer items for below the market value to try to entice victims. Earlier this year, we reported on an online fake car dealership scamming a reader out of thousands of pounds by offering a tempting deal on a used car via a Facebook ad. Scammers commonly ask buyers to pay for items by bank transfer – less secure than using a payment service such as PayPal.
Stick to tried and tested retailers where possible.
If you’re tempted to buy an item from a company you haven’t heard of, do your research first. Telltale signs include deals that seem too good to be true and requests to pay for items using insecure or untraceable methods.
What to do if you've been scammed
If you fall victim to a scam, it’s vital you act immediately.
If you’ve given away financial details, call your bank using the number on the back of your card, and report the scam to Action Fraud . If you’re in Scotland, inform Police Scotland by calling 101. Keep a close eye on your credit report for any suspicious credit applications.
If one of your online accounts has been compromised, change your password straight away.
How to report scams
If you see something that looks like a scam, report it.
Flag dodgy emails to your provider and the government (report@phishing.gov.uk), report phoney websites to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and forward scam texts to 7726.
By reporting scams, you might be able to prevent someone else from falling victim.
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JuJu Cook is the fourth player from the state of Alabama to commit to Arkansas in the Class of 2024.
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Jeremy Cook must have had a great time at the Hogwild Hangout in Fayetteville over the weekend.
He’s now committed to Arkansas.
Cook, who goes by JuJu, is an athlete out of Hoover High School in Alabama where plays on both sides of the ball. With the Razorbacks, the 6-foot-3, 195-pounder is expected to be a defensive back.
While Cook isn’t rated yet by 247Sports or Rivals, his commitment is a sign that coach Sam Pittman and Arkansas are making inroads in the state of Alabama. Cook is the fourth player in the Class of 2024 who has committed to the Hogs from there.
Even without stars, he still chose Arkansas over Cincinnati and Southern Mississippi. The Razorbacks were the first team to offer him and did so back on May 10.
“I feel like Arkansas has everything I liked,” Cook said. “They are like the standard for me. They set the standard for me. It was just the best fit for me. They love me as a person and a player. They showed me a lot of love.”
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Former Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad is feasting on AAA pitching. The Baltimore Orioles could only benefit from his hot bat.
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The Baltimore Orioles are currently leading the American League East as the season turns towards August and the final stretch leading into the playoffs.
With the Tampa Bay Rays still hot on their trail, they may need to do something to give themselves some distance.
One thing they could do is call up former Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad.
Kjerstad is just killing AAA pitching. 2B (14) and HR (7) tonight – those are AAA only and in 40 games. .342 and a 1.023 OPS. Only a 18.9% K Rate. 24 2B 5 3B and 18 HRs between AA and AAA. — Orioles Fan Therapy (@OsFanTherapy) July 31, 2023
With those kinds of performances, it’s only a matter of time before the Orioles’ front office is essentially forced to.
Arkansas fans never got to see the final act of Kjerstad’s career here. He was on a tear in 2020 through 16 games before the season was cut short because of COVID-19.
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For a second straight year, KJ Jefferson was one of 85 players named to the preseason Maxwell Award watch list.
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Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson was one of 14 SEC players named to the Maxwell Award Preseason watch list. The award is presented to the best player in all of college football each year.
This is the second consecutive year that Jefferson has been named to the prestigious award’s watch list. Jefferson recently became the first quarterback to receive preseason All-SEC accolades since Tyler Wilson in 2012.
The Sardis, Miss. native is set to break a lot of program records in 2023, which will be his third season running the Razorback offense. Currently, Jefferson sits in the top 10 in program history for completions (7th), yards (7th), touchdown passes (6th), total plays (6th), total yards (5th), touchdowns responsible for (4th) and 300-yard passing games (3rd).
Jefferson was one of just six SEC quarterbacks SEC named to the preseason Maxwell Award watch list. Devin Leary (Kentucky), Jayden Daniels (LSU), Will Rogers (Mississippi State), Spencer Rattler (South Carolina) and Joe Milton (Tennessee).
Rocket Sanders joined Jefferson as the only other Razorback on the watch list and you can read more about that here.
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The BOK Center in Tulsa will host the Crimson and Cardinal Classic yet again on December 9 as the Razorbacks and Sooners square off.
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The final installment of the Crimson and Cardinal Classic has a date.
On Saturday, December 9, Arkansas and Oklahoma will play at the BOK Center in Tulsa for the final time as non-conference foes.
Crimson and Cardinal classic back for year 3️⃣ at the @BOKCenter in December. Looking forward to seeing @RazorbackMBB fans in Tulsa on December 9th! pic.twitter.com/vnZ04vnrnP — Eric Musselman (@EricPMusselman) July 31, 2023
Arkansas won last year’s meeting 88-78. The Razorbacks lead the all-time series with the Sooners 17-13, and have won four of the last six contests.
Tickets will go on sale on Friday morning.
Oklahoma went 15-17 a year ago in Porter Moser’s second season since coming from Loyola Chicago and made no postseason appearance. The Sooners were a NIT team his first season.
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Rocket Sanders was one of just three SEC running backs to be named to the preseason Maxwell Award watch list and joins elite company.
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Arkansas running back Raheim “Rocket” Sanders was one of 85 players named to the Maxwell Award’s preseason watch list. The award is presented to the best player in all of college football each year.
He joins quarterback KJ Jefferson on the watch list, making Arkansas just one of 16 schools with two players represented.
Sanders is coming off an incredible 2022 season that saw him rush for 1,443 yards and 10 touchdowns, which is the fourth-most by a running back in a single season in Razorback history. He joined Darren McFadden as just the second Razorback to ever run for more than 1,400 yards and return to school the following year.
The Rockledge, Fla. native finished second in the SEC in rushing last season, which earned him first team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press (AP) and USA Today. Rocket Sanders is one of just three SEC running backs named to the preseason Maxwell Award watch list, joining Jase Mclellan (Alabama) and Quinshon Judkins (Ole Miss).
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中年三大重要荷爾蒙：（1）褪黑激素；（2）生長荷爾蒙和（3）胰島素。之前已跟大家...
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)— We are officially only two days away from the Wisconsin State Fair and Tess Kerksen still wants everyone to get the best deals on their tickets. Opening day is this Thursday, August 3 and it is $5 day! Anyone who donates two cans of healthy foods or makes a cash donation can […]
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)—
We are officially only two days away from the Wisconsin State Fair and Tess Kerksen still wants everyone to get the best deals on their tickets. Opening day is this Thursday, August 3 and it is $5 day! Anyone who donates two cans of healthy foods or makes a cash donation can get into the state fair for only $5. The donations go to benefit the Hunger Task Force. Then, on Friday, August 4, it is Celebrate Wisconsin Day! The Wisconsin State Fair is teaming up with Travel Wisconsin and they are offering buy one, get one tickets for anyone that shows an out of state ID. This is to encourage people to visit the great state of Wisconsin. Then on Sunday, August 6, the Wisconsin State Fair will be celebrating Veterans and Military Recognition Day. Veterans, military personnel, and their families will get free admission if they show their military ID. Tess also wants everyone to know about the Bargain Books. The Bargain Books are only $6 but they offer a ton of coupons that offer $100s in savings. To check out all the ways to save for the best 11 days of summer, please visit wistatefair.com.
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Democrats and Republicans are offering clashing interpretations of the significance of former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer’s closed-door testimony, which lawmakers said included assertions that Hunter Biden was selling the “illusion of access” to his father and that Hunter Biden sometimes put President Biden on speakerphone to talk to his business associates. The revelations […]
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Democrats and Republicans are offering clashing interpretations of the significance of former Hunter Biden business associate Devon Archer’s closed-door testimony, which lawmakers said included assertions that Hunter Biden was selling the “illusion of access” to his father and that Hunter Biden sometimes put President Biden on speakerphone to talk to his business associates.
The revelations are fueling Republican attempts to link the president to his son’s business dealings. Republicans, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (Ky.), say the testimony shows that President Biden “lied” when he made campaign trail statements that he had never talked to his son about his foreign business dealings.
But Democrats say Archer’s testimony to the House Oversight Committee on Monday actually shows the president was not involved in Hunter Biden’s foreign business affairs.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who attended the hours-long transcribed interview, said Archer testified that because Hunter Biden was under pressure from Ukrainian energy company Burisma, “he had to give the illusion — and he used that term, the illusion — of access to his father, and he tried to get credit for things that he — that Mr. Archer testified Hunter had nothing to do with, such as when Vice President Biden went to Ukraine on his own.”
Lawmakers clash over whether testimony implicates president
Archer was on the board of Burisma with Hunter Biden. Republicans have said then-Vice President Biden’s call to remove Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin, whose office was investigating Burisma, was directly related to his son’s involvement with, and sizable payments from, the company.
But the investigation in Burisma had been opened before Shokin took the position, and Shokin was widely criticized for failure to prosecute corruption, with his ouster supported by numerous U.S. officials.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement that Archer testified that “President Biden was not involved in his son’s business affairs, and that President Biden was never asked to, nor did he, take any official actions in relation to those business matters.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said last week that the president “was never in business with his son.”
On the other end of the partisan spectrum, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who also attended the transcribed interview, said he thought Archer’s testimony “implicate[s] the president.”
Reading from his notes of the transcribed interview, Biggs said Archer testified that “Burisma would have gone out of business sooner if the Biden brand had not been invoked. People would be intimidated to legally mess with Burisma because of the Biden family brand.”
According to Biggs, Archer said the Biden “brand” referred to President Biden. But Goldman later said that Archer clarified the “brand” was based on a “D.C. brand based on his own experience in lobbying” and “in conjunction with the fact that his last name was Biden.”
Burisma bribery allegations
Both Biggs and Goldman said that Archer had no knowledge of an alleged $5 million payment to Biden from Burisma, an allegation relayed by a confidential FBI source in a form released by Republicans earlier in June.
Goldman argued that Archer’s testimony undercut the premise of the Biden-Burisma bribery allegations.
“Even though it was perceived by Burisma that they had the Prosecutor General Shokin ‘under control,’ quote unquote, that Joe Biden advocated for his firing — which of course, was not coveted or desired by Burisma, and would potentially be bad for Burisma,” Goldman said.
Raskin said that Republicans appeared to be “chasing” the bribery allegations, and pointed to a recent letter to Comer from Lev Parnas, who was involved in an effort to dig up dirt about the Bidens in Ukraine ahead of the 2020 election, urging Comer to abandon efforts to chase the “conspiracy theories.”
Comer, on the other hand, took issue with Hunter Biden’s work with Burisma.
“When Burisma’s owner was facing pressure from the Ukrainian prosecutor investigating the company for corruption, Archer testified that Burisma executives asked Hunter to ‘call D.C.’ after a Burisma board meeting in Dubai,” he said in a statement, which a press release said raised concerns that Hunter Biden was in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Phone calls with the president
Archer’s testimony did appear to partially back up Comer’s statement to the New York Post last week that he expected Archer to discuss the times he witnessed Hunter Biden’s putting then-Vice President Biden on speakerphone with foreign business partners.
Democrats downplayed that concern.
“The witness indicated that Hunter spoke to his father every day, and approximately 20 times over the course of a 10-year relationship. Hunter may have put his father on the phone with any number of different people, and they never once spoke about any business dealings,” Goldman said.
“As he described it, it was all casual conversation, niceties, the weather, ‘What’s going on?’” Goldman said, adding that “there wasn’t a single conversation about any of the business dealings that Hunter had.”
Democrats also stressed that there were especially frequent conversations between Hunter Biden and his father after his brother, Beau Biden, died from brain cancer in 2015.
Biggs pushed back on Goldman’s characterization.
“He probably forgot to tell you that Devon Archer himself said that was an implication of who the ‘big guy’ is,” Biggs said, referring to communications drawn from a laptop hard drive that purportedly belonged to Hunter Biden.
The House Oversight GOP also said in a tweet that President Biden attended a 2014 dinner with Hunter Biden and some of his foreign business associates at Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C.
White House slams GOP after ‘much-hyped witness’ testimony
Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for oversight and investigations, also argued that the Archer interview poked holes in the GOP attempts to directly link President Biden to his family’s foreign business dealings.
“It appears that the House Republicans’ own much-hyped witness today testified that he never heard of President Biden discussing business with his son or his son’s associates, or doing anything wrong,” Sams said. “House Republicans keep promising bombshell evidence to support their ridiculous attacks against the President, but time after time, they keep failing to produce any. In fact, even their own witnesses appear to be debunking their allegations.”
Raskin said that the Biden family investigation is a “desperate effort to distract everyone from former President Donald Trump’s mounting criminal indictments and deepening legal morass.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who was also in the interview, told reporters that Archer had revealed new information, but declined to elaborate further.
Abbe Lowell, counsel for Hunter Biden, said in a statement that House Republicans “keep swinging and keep striking out in their obsessive pursuit of the President through his son, Hunter.”
“Mr. Archer confirmed one more time that Hunter Biden did not involve his father in, nor did his father assist him in, his business. It’s well known that Hunter and his father speak daily, and what Mr. Archer confirmed today was that when those calls occurred during Hunter’s business meetings, if there was any interaction between his father and his business associates, it was simply to exchange small talk,” Lowell said.
“Like the relatives of Donald Trump, Senators Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz, Rep. Lauren Boebert, and many others, family members of elected representatives meet people and may get opportunities because of those connections,” he continued. “Congress would be busy investigating many of their own if that’s their idea of an offense.”
Archer did not answer shouted questions when entering or leaving the transcribed interview, and his attorney declined to take a side in the debate over his testimony.
“We are aware that all sides are claiming victory following Mr. Archer’s voluntary interview today. But all Devon Archer did was exactly what we said he would: show up and answer the questions put to him honestly and completely. Mr. Archer shared the truth with the Committee, and we will leave to them and others to decide what to do with it,” said Matthew L. Schwartz, a managing partner of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)— A great way to spice up your BBQ sauce is to add some whiskey. At least that’s what Kris and Pam Malcontento believed when they created Nashville’s Whiskey Hound. Nashville’s Whiskey Hound has spirits included in all their products. From sauces to spices, all the products are infused with Tennessee whiskey, bourbon, […]
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)—
A great way to spice up your BBQ sauce is to add some whiskey. At least that’s what Kris and Pam Malcontento believed when they created Nashville’s Whiskey Hound. Nashville’s Whiskey Hound has spirits included in all their products. From sauces to spices, all the products are infused with Tennessee whiskey, bourbon, rye, rum, tequila, and gin. Their website also includes recipes so you can make delicious meals with their products. Michelle and Taminique were definitely hit by the heat of the ‘Drooling Hound Bourbon Beer Reaper’ BBQ sauce. To buy these sauces for yourself please head to thewhiskeyhound.com.
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)— Heather Morris is most known for her role as a Brittany S Pierce on Glee but now she is focusing on a different role on the scripted podcast The Bystanders. Heather loves getting to work with the actors, including former castmates. Heather says that it is so much fun to work on […]
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)—
Heather Morris is most known for her role as a Brittany S Pierce on Glee but now she is focusing on a different role on the scripted podcast The Bystanders. Heather loves getting to work with the actors, including former castmates. Heather says that it is so much fun to work on a scripted podcast that explores the idea of the bystander effect. Michelle points out that the story being in a podcast medium makes it easy to do things like fold laundry or clean and be able to absorb the story. Heather also loves being able to create a 1940’s radio feel for the audience. The production quality is amazing because unlike film, tv, or theatre, a podcast allows for everyone to record scenes separately, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by listening. You can check out the Bystanders podcast by heading to Apple Podcasts.
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LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — A vehicle fire back up traffic at a busy Loves Park intersection Monday afternoon. First responders were called to the at N. 2nd Street and Riverside Boulevard scene around 3:30 p.m. Video showed an SUV fully engulfed in flames. It is not clear how many people were inside or if […]
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LOVES PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — A vehicle fire back up traffic at a busy Loves Park intersection Monday afternoon.
First responders were called to the at N. 2nd Street and Riverside Boulevard scene around 3:30 p.m. Video showed an SUV fully engulfed in flames.
It is not clear how many people were inside or if anyone was hurt. Police have not said what led to the fire.
Seth Lambright works nearby, and he described a chaotic scene.
“We heard, I heard like a crash, but I didn’t register because we hear a lot of sounds on this service road, and I see three people running that way and I see three more police officers chasing them. Then I look out the window and see the car crashed into another car,” Lambright said. “So, we watch, and the car starts smoking and then it starts smoking more. We grab pretty much everybody. Everybody comes out to the windows, and we just watch as it catches on fire.”
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Skies have remained partly cloudy Monday as temperatures warmed into the low 80s. While most will remain dry through the evening, a few very isolated showers have developed over a portion of northwest Illinois. These are slowly drifting to the southeast. We may see a few more isolated showers develop south of Highway 20 through sunset, but any precipitation that does develop will come to an end after dark. Under mostly clear to partly cloudy skies tonight temperatures will dip into the low 60s.
Our weather pattern remains somewhat unsettled this week, but it doesn’t mean that the week will be a washout. With winds in the jet stream moving from northwest to southeast, it’ll allow numerous weak upper-level disturbances to move through. Each one, passing through every 12-24 hours, will bring with it a small chance for a few showers and thunderstorms.
Right now, the main storm track has been positioned to the west and southwest of the Stateline. By Tuesday night, a warm front will lift closer to northern Illinois. As it does, moisture increases bringing a chance for a few showers and isolated thunderstorms Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. The next chance will be again Thursday night, Friday, and then into the weekend as the overall pattern begins to break down. During that time temperatures will remain in the low to mid 80s, warming into the upper 80s Thursday and Friday. Humidity will also be on the increase.
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)— It is time for another Stateline’s Best and this week we are hunting for the Stateline’s Best Appetizer. Our first stop is at Vintage Goose Café in Rockford. Owner Tracey Vukalovich says that she landed on the name Vintage Goose because the truck is vintage and there are a lot of geese […]
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)—
It is time for another Stateline’s Best and this week we are hunting for the Stateline’s Best Appetizer. Our first stop is at Vintage Goose Café in Rockford. Owner Tracey Vukalovich says that she landed on the name Vintage Goose because the truck is vintage and there are a lot of geese in Rockford. For the most part you can find Vintage Goose at Sinnissippi Park near the Rockford Symbol, but they do travel for events. Tracey is showing off her avocado toast for Stateline’s Best because she says that it has been popular in Australia for many years. Her secret for the toast is to only smash half the avocado and leave the other half chunky. Then she adds the tomatoes, feta cheese, and balsamic. Tracey loves how chunky and hearty it is. Specialty barista Matthew Vukalovich takes Michelle back to show her how to make a latte the proper way. If you think that Vintage Goose Café has the Stateline’s Best Appetizer, then you can vote for them once an hour, every hour, until 12:00pm on Tuesday August 8 here.
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The Guse name is well known in Rockford, primarily in high school basketball circles. Tom Guse is the longtime boys’ head coach at Rockford Lutheran High School, but over the weekend coach Guse became caddie Guse while one of his sons Jake challenged for the championship in the Greater Rockford Men's Golf Classic.
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The Guse name is well known in Rockford, primarily in high school basketball circles. Tom Guse is the longtime boys’ head coach at Rockford Lutheran High School, but over the weekend coach Guse became caddie Guse while one of his sons Jake challenged for the championship in the Greater Rockford Men’s Golf Classic.
Tom Guse’s Lutheran basketball teams have won a number of Big Northern Conference Championships, and regional and sectional championships. Three of his teams have gone to state. Last season one of his players was his son Jake, a sophomore at the time.
But it’s on the golf course where Jake Guse really shines. He showed it over the weekend finishing second in a playoff to Robert Dofflemyer in the Greater Rockford Men’s Golf Classic. Jake’s caddie for all three rounds of the tournament was his dad.
What’s it like to have your dad as your caddie, and how much advice, how helpful is he?
“It means a lot,” said Jake with a chuckle. “He’s not big on advice, I mean, he’s obviously not as good as me at golf, but he helps me on putts when I need him, and he carries the bag as well.”
“He asked me yesterday, should I hit a 54 or a 50 and do this,” said Tom. “I go, Jake, I can’t hit either one of those, so I don’t know why you’re asking me.
But through years of coaching, Tom Guse knows a thing or two about handling adversity and challenges in sports and athletes channeling their emotions in a positive way. So, he did have a little advice Sunday morning for Jake before the final round with Jake trailing Dofflemyer by five strokes.
“I said hey, you’re 16. Robert has got a five-stroke lead. All the pressure is on Robert, so just go have fun. Just go and compete and have fun. He did that all day.”
What’s more fun for you, coaching and winning a big basketball game that clinches a conference or regional or sectional, or being out here and watching your son succeed like this?
“Boy, I’ll tell you this is more gut-wrenching. As a parent, being a golf parent, my wife and I will tell you, any golf parent will tell you, you can’t cheer. You can’t, where in basketball where at least I have a little control.”
Is he (Tom) a little different on the golf course than he is coaching on the basketball court?
“A little bit,” said Jake. He’s a lot more calm. He always tries to be positive.”
Since Jake is still only 16 years old, he should be challenging for a lot of major golf championships around here for a long time. We’ll see how long his dad holds up carrying a golf bag around on his back.
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Social media has gone wild as people claim the government confirmed aliens exist. But the truth isn't that simple, even as Congress vows to investigate.
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(NewsNation) — As in decades past, the question of whether aliens exist continues to captivate Americans. Following Wednesday’s widely-watched Congressional hearing on UAPs and UFOs, people flocked to social media — many proclaiming the government confirmed aliens exist.
But that’s not actually what happened at the hearing. While witnesses and lawmakers discussed the issue of UFOs, the government has not issued any official confirmation of alien life and what was said at the hearing, by witnesses and even a lawmaker, remains unverified.
As lawmakers continue to probe the issue, join NewsNation’s Brian Entin at 9 p.m. ET Sunday night for a two-hour special report on the hearing, including analysis from UFO experts. Find out how to tune in to NewsNation on your local channel lineup.
Here’s what we do (and don’t) know after the hearing:
Whistleblower David Grusch largely recounted second-hand testimony and provided no evidence to support his claims. Grusch is a former member of the UAP Task Force.
Former Navy Commander and pilot David Fravor recounted a first-hand experience with the so-called Tic Tac UFO but said he was never briefed on the object or its potential origins.
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves, who founded the Americans for Safe Aerospace, also recounted an encounter he had with an object he described as a black sphere floating inside a clear cube. Graves indicated such encounters were extremely common among pilots. There was no evidence presented to support this claim.
While lawmakers seemed largely accepting of the witness testimony, only Rep. Matt Gaetz, R.-Fla., said he had seen any evidence of alien life firsthand.
Grusch was unable to answer a number of inquiries regarding specific evidence or proof in an open setting, though he indicated he would be willing to say more in a secure, classified briefing.
All three witnesses agreed these unidentified objects constituted a potential national security threat.
Official government bodies, including the White House, Pentagon, and NASA have all stated they have no reason to believe unexplained objects are extraterrestrial in nature.
National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby said after the hearing there are “no hard and fast” answers to the question but that the administration is taking it seriously.
This wasn’t the first time the U.S. government undertook investigations to address the question of UFOs, nor is it the first time the official response was that there was nothing “alien” going on.
However, at the heart of Grusch’s whistleblower complaint is his claim that the government, specifically the Department of Defense, is operating programs to retrieve material from crashes that are extraterrestrial in nature and are keeping those programs secret from the public while also operating without appropriate Congressional oversight.
Grusch spoke exclusively to NewsNation regarding his experiences, which he said include the U.S. government recovering the “non-human” pilots of downed craft.
In light of his claims, lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee have vowed to continue to hold more hearings, including classified briefings where Grusch could speak more freely. Members have also vowed to seek the power to subpoena documents and images that Grusch says back up his claims.
Lawmakers have also called for a centralized reporting system for both military and civilian reports of UFOs, to better analyze and understand the possible threat.
There is also the possibility of the creation of a new committee to specifically investigate UAPs/UFOs. It’s not entirely clear how Congress could compel the DoD or military to release information on any secret programs, should they exist, though, in the past, lawmakers have attempted to work UFO reporting into funding requirements for the Pentagon.
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)— Michelle and Taminique both started their weekends off with movies this past weekend. Taminique spent Friday night with some self-care and watched the movie ‘The Perfect Find.’ Michelle went to the movie theatre with her mom and finally watched Barbie. Michelle really enjoyed the movie, and she wants to take back her […]
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Rockford, Ill. (WTVO)—
Michelle and Taminique both started their weekends off with movies this past weekend. Taminique spent Friday night with some self-care and watched the movie ‘The Perfect Find.’ Michelle went to the movie theatre with her mom and finally watched Barbie. Michelle really enjoyed the movie, and she wants to take back her statement about Ryan Gosling being too old for the role because she thought he did fantastic. Taminique also went to the Love Your Mental event where she was pleasantly surprised with the amount of people there. While she was there, she got golden hair tinsel and she bought a pair of earrings. Michelle went to the Ed Sheeran concert with her niece and had such a great time. Michelle had great floor seats and she also had an amazing piece of pizza. Michelle wrapped up her weekend with a Friends themed workout class at Orange Theory.
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The Kawasaki Racing Team rider claimed his fifth straight overall win but still sits 80 points down to Jorge Prado. “I want to win as many motos and GPs, but I also know if he doesn’t make a mistake, I don’t think it’s going to happen. I can keep winning and that is the only way to close the gap to him.”
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You mentioned in the first moto it was difficult to pass, but you were able to pass and the second moto it was more difficult?
Like you said, in the first moto I did make passes—not easy to pass—but I made quick passes. Second moto, some places were just one line and we saw that also in the MX2 moto. I came close twice, but I just couldn’t find a spot. I thought if I stay with him, he might make a mistake and I could get him, but I couldn’t. It is going really well at the moment, but I am not forcing myself, because you can get too confident and then make a mistake and crash, so I just did my thing.
You were following Jorge and your pace seemed good, but do you keep a little in reserve in case somebody is coming through and you can up your pace?
When you are leading, you have everything to lose. Even if you try and prove you still have something, then you have to push for it. Like we saw yesterday in the qualification race, if the top three can make a good pace, then we have a good gap to the guys behind us. When you are behind, following a rider, you can see the good lines, but at the same time, it was really tough to pass. The berms were getting broken down and if the guys in front made a mistake, you can get them. It is double, sometimes you follow, you can see the lines, but on the other hand, passing is very difficult here.
Five GP wins, what a magnificent accomplishment, but that points gap just won’t close down.
Yes, and the title is everything. I win five GPs, but the title is the title and you can’t match that feeling. I missed a [few] races and maybe with those races, I could have put some pressure on Jorge. We have five rounds to go, but his 100 point lead, I am not scared to say I want to win as many motos and GPs, but I also know if he doesn’t make a mistake, I don’t think it’s going to happen. I can keep winning and that is the only way to close the gap to him.
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Racing kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday, August 1, for the 42nd Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Whether at the Ranch, or at home, you can watch the action from the motos for free on RacerTV.com beginning tomorrow.
The 11-round 2023 AMA Pro Motocross Championship will have a break in action until the ninth round Unadilla National August 12.
The 2023 Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) Racing will have a few weekends off due to the regularly scheduled summer break before the championship resumes in September.
The FIM Motocross World Championship (MXGP) will have a weekend off before the 15th-round MXGP of Sweden on August 12 and 13.
Below is everything you need for the week.
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