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While Jaxson Hayes didn't see significant playing time during his tenure with the New Orleans Pelicans, that is reportedly expected to change this season after he signed a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
According to The Athletic's Jovan Buha, the Lakers are "confident" that Hayes "can start and play a prominent role with [Anthony] Davis in two-big lineups."
Buha pointed out that there's a logjam in the Los Angeles frontcourt because the team has "five players who deserve to play at least 20 minutes, at least in the regular season" in Davis, LeBron James, Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt and Taurean Prince. However, it sounds like Hayes' spot in the rotation is secure.
The eighth overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, Hayes failed to make an impact during his four years with the Pelicans. The 23-year-old appeared in 47 games last season and averaged just 5.0 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting a career-worst 55.1 percent from the field. He has career averages of 7.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in 241 games.
Perhaps the change in scenery will create a turnaround for Hayes. He's shown the ability to provide energy on both ends of the floor, so he should be able to contribute to the Lakers' pursuit of an NBA championship.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN. Trump claimed in the lawsuit that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as "the Big Lie" were tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler. The former U.S. president had been seeking punitive damages of $475 million. U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal said Friday in his ruling that Trump's defamation claims failed because the references were opinions and not factual statements. The judge says it's a stretch to believe that, in viewers' minds, that phrase would connect Trump's efforts challenging the 2020 election results with Nazi propaganda.
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in which the former U.S. president claimed that references in news articles or by the network’s hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as “the Big Lie” were tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
Trump had been seeking punitive damages of $475 million in the federal lawsuit filed last October in South Florida, claiming the references hurt his reputation and political career. Trump is a candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination in what is his third run for the presidency as a major-party candidate.
U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal, who was appointed by Trump, said Friday in his ruling that the former president’s defamation claims failed because the references were opinions and not factual statements. Moreover, it was a stretch to believe that, in viewers’ minds, that phrase would connect Trump’s efforts challenging the 2020 election results to Nazi propaganda or Hitler’s genocidal and authoritarian regime, the judge said.
“CNN’s use of the phrase ‘the Big Lie’ in connection with Trump’s election challenges does not give rise to a plausible inference that Trump advocates the persecution and genocide of Jews or any other group of people,” the judge wrote in his decision.
Email messages seeking comment were sent to Trump’s attorneys in South Florida and Washington. CNN declined to comment on Sunday.
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MONCURE (AP) — A Vietnamese company planning to build an electric vehicle plant in North Carolina that would employ 7,500 workers has reached a milestone. VinFast officials joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others for a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday. VinFast announced last year that it would build its first manufacturing facility outside Vietnam in Chatham County, which is southwest of Raleigh. The planned $4 billion investment also would create North Carolina's first car manufacturing plant. Production is supposed to begin in 2025. The state and Chatham County offered VinFast up to $1.25 billion in incentives if it meets hiring and investment thresholds. And the legislature set aside $450 million for infrastructure.
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MONCURE — A Vietnamese company planning an electric vehicle plant in central North Carolina that would employ 7,500 workers met a milestone Friday as its top executive joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others for a ground-breaking ceremony.
VinFast announced last year that it would build its first manufacturing facility outside Vietnam in Chatham County, about 30 miles southwest of Raleigh.
The planned $4 billion investment also would create North Carolina’s first car manufacturing plant and North Carolina’s largest-ever, state-backed economic development project as far as job creation, according to news outlets. North Carolina had missed out on car plants over the years to other Southeastern states.
(For) “decades we’ve wanted an automaker in North Carolina, and you know, somebody was looking after us. We were just waiting for that EV market,” Cooper said at Friday’s event.
VinFast, which makes fully electric SUVs, aims to open in 2025 a manufacturing and asssembly plant with initial production capacity of 150,000 vehicles annually.
The company has submitted site plans to Chatham County government and received county and environmental permits to begin work.
The state and Chatham County offered VinFast up to $1.25 billion in incentives that can be reached if it meets hiring and investment thresholds. The amount includes $450 million that the General Assembly set aside for infrastructure around the plant.
A car company that was only formed in 2017, VinFast pivoted two years ago toward electric SUVs and targeted foreign markets. The company says it’s so far delivered 350 of its five-seat model to U.S. customers since shipping their first batch late last year.
“Our project represents a significant investment and we’re proud to create thousands of jobs here in North Carolina, but we believe the recognition that we receive here goes beyond the figures and reflects the mutual ambition that we all are pursuing,” VinFast CEO Le Thi Thu Thuy said at the ceremony.
Earlier this year, the company announced it would delay the production start in Chatham County from 2024 to 2025. A company executive acknowledged that their original timeline had been aggressive but reaffirmed the company’s commitment to build.
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By Dan Emerson, BridgeTower Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Philadelphia-based law firm Ballard Spahr recently announced a new division in its Minneapolis office with an interesting name: Distressed Assets and Opportunities Group. “Distressed” refers to property subject to financial difficulties such as bankruptcy and foreclosure. “Opportunities” refers to strategies that can help distressed building owners
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Philadelphia-based law firm Ballard Spahr recently announced a new division in its Minneapolis office with an interesting name: Distressed Assets and Opportunities Group.
“Distressed” refers to property subject to financial difficulties such as bankruptcy and foreclosure. “Opportunities” refers to strategies that can help distressed building owners and lenders stave off negative outcomes and come up with mutually beneficial solutions, such as refinancing, said William Wassweiler, an equity partner in Ballard Spahr’s Minneapolis office.
Nationwide, the distressed office properties category has grown as owners and lenders deal with a rising tide of loan foreclosures, in a time of record-high office vacancies and operating costs, and rapidly rising interest rates that further impact owners’ and investors’ return. As a measure of the potential damage, in 2024 more than $900 billion in commercial real estate debt is scheduled to reach maturity.
“We identified the [foreclosure] issue a couple of years ago as we emerged from COVID,” said Wassweiler. The firm formed a multi-disciplinary team drawing from a number of areas of in-house expertise related to real estate and finance in the firm’s offices across the country. “It’s a very efficient way to address default issues.” So far, the group “has been very helpful in my practice and to my clients,” Wassweiler said.
In addressing property foreclosure issues, the idea is to help clients sort through the possible options for resolving issues that could lead to foreclosure by “helping them go through a decision tree.” Restructuring debt is one of the commonly used remedies in an environment in which “higher interest rates make refinancing more of a challenge. It’s also more challenging when you’re seeking to sell collateral as a remedy to default.”
Brian McCool, chairman of Minneapolis-based Fredrikson’s real estate and construction practice, said that in the current market, lenders are more likely to negotiate debt restructuring rather than taking back assets.
A major reason is that lenders generally recognize that the current, developing problems in the office market are market-driven and not caused by irresponsible behavior by borrowers or mortgage lenders, he said. Lenders generally recognize that rising defaults in the office market have been caused by rapidly rising interest rates and slipping demand. As a result, “lenders are working with borrowers to come up with better outcomes than foreclosing,” McCool said.
Also, Class A properties continue to benefit from a “flight to quality” among space users, he said. Owners of Class A buildings are often better positioned, with less debt and stronger tenant rolls, than those who own lower-quality buildings.
“Tenants still need space to occupy, so the ‘cream of the crop’ are going to continue enjoying success with what demand is left. That doesn’t mean they won’t feel some pain, too, but Class A could be positioned better to weather the crisis in the short term.”
The remedies available to lenders and owners to resolve problems haven’t changed or evolved much since the last downturn in 2008-2009, McCool noted. “What is different is the lessons learned in the Great Recession. Pulling the plug on borrowers is not always the way to maximize returns” for owners and lenders. “Patience and cooperation can lead to better outcomes for all than ‘scorched earth’ foreclosure litigation.”
During an extended period of historically low interest rates, “a lot of deals were done with valuations and loan terms that were reliant on those low rates. As interest rates go up, they ‘pinch’ values, and if rents don’t go up there is less cash to pay the bank every month,” often leading to mortgage defaults.
The one-two punch of slipping demand for office space and higher interest rates can cause buildings to lose value, “with more cash going out and less cash coming in,” McCool said. On the plus side, those lower values can attract more potential buyers looking for buildings being offered for sale at less than their historical value. “When you get into a distressed asset environment, other types of investors come into the discussion – mainly funds and investors who are looking for great value,” he said. “We saw a lot of that 10-12 years ago, with some investors in distressed properties doing quite well.”
Coming out of the pandemic, a similar dynamic occurred in the hospitality sector, McCool said. “After people stopped traveling [due to Covid], we saw a lot of hospitality properties. Investor pools were formed to pursue those distressed assets, and values in the hospitality sector have started to return.”
Class A office buildings with sought-after amenities are better positioned to weather the downturn than lower quality properties, McCool pointed out.
With office buildings losing occupancy and slipping into the “distressed” category, “there is going to be a lot of capital out there that will pursue deals; not the normal names you see investing in Class A” — pension funds and similar institutional investors, McCool added.
With the work-from-home trend that has impacted office space, “that doesn’t mean we can’t have a healthy office market long term. Office leases have long terms, 10 to 15 years, and we’re only about three years into the post-pandemic,” he said, “So there are still a number of office tenants who have more space than they need, and we’re going to see adjustments. It also means we’re probably not going to see a whole lot of new buildings being built for some time.”
Brad Williams, a partner in Dorsey & Whitney’s real estate and land use practice group, also said he has been seeing a more cooperative attitude between borrowers and lenders. Some have working relationships that date back to the previous downturn of 2008-2009. “This time, they are more focused on office building forbearances, extensions and some creative solutions. Lenders don’t want to take back property; they would rather work with borrowers to come up with ways to allow the borrower to reposition property and market it in a more cooperative manner.”
And, “we do have more flexibility with property owners being able to negotiate ‘workouts’ with certain types of non-CMBS lenders. The matters I’m working on for clients are tilted more toward transactions than foreclosures.”
Williams has frequently been seeing parties coming up with “creative solutions” as alternatives to foreclosure. “An interesting concept we’ve seen recently is participation, or ‘shared appreciation’ mortgages. This solution is rarely used, but it can make sense in some situations — larger, more prominent buildings with better prospects for being sold in a difficult market.” Another option is when the lender allows some sort of seller financing in connection with a sale, Williams said.
Some property owners have been exploring converting office space to other purposes, such as residential, he said. “But those are more difficult, because of the capital investment required and the difficulty of finding tenants for those new uses in a higher rate environment.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A court has ruled that Tennessee can begin banning a teacher advocacy organization from deducting membership dues from those educators' paychecks. A panel of three state judges ruled Friday that the ban targeting the Tennessee Education Association no longer needs to be blocked. In late June, the judges sided with the Tennessee Education Association by stopping the provision from taking effect July 1. The association challenged half of the two-pronged law, arguing a provision that raises the minimum teacher salary should remain. The judges last week ruled against the association's arguments that the law improperly combined the changes, didn't correctly note them in the bill's caption and infringed on contractual rights of local affiliates and teachers.
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Republican Gov. Bill Lee pushed for a bill that blocks deductions from teachers’ paychecks for membership in the Tennessee Education Association. (Associated Press file)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee can now begin banning a professional teacher advocacy organization from deducting membership dues from those educators’ paychecks, according to a court ruling.
A panel of three state court trial judges decided Friday that the recently enacted law targeting the Tennessee Education Association no longer needs to be blocked in court.
In late June, the judges initially sided with the Tennessee Education Association by stopping the provision from taking effect on July 1. Yet at the time, the judges said that they weren’t making a “determination as to the merits” of the plaintiffs’ claims.
The association sued the state in June over the two-pronged law, which also gradually raises the minimum teacher salary up to $50,000 for the 2026-27 school year. Republican Gov. Bill Lee pushed for the dual-purpose bill with the support from the GOP-dominant General Assembly this year.
The challenge calls for a judge to keep the pay raise, but block the deductions ban. The association says the ban will cost the group money and diminish its own revenues, which come entirely from member dues.
In their Friday decision, the judges ruled against the association’s arguments for a temporary injunction, saying that combining the two changes into one bill does not violate a single-subject requirement for legislation under the Tennessee Constitution. The judges also decided that the bill’s caption — commonly known as a short summary — sufficiently covers what the legislation does.
Additionally, they found that the law doesn’t substantially impair contracts between the Tennessee Education Association’s local affiliates and school districts that include provisions about deductions; and other agreements between the association and teachers.
The judges acknowledged that the ban “will cause some headaches” for teachers, the association and its local affiliates. But the judges said that the plaintiffs’ “valid concerns” don’t rise to the level of a contracts clause violation. They also noted that there are other ways to pay dues, including a statewide effort by the Tennessee Education Association to move to an EZ Pay system, which collects dues through recurring payments.
“It is likely that not all members will make the change in time,” the ruling states. “Some may forego paying dues altogether. And those that choose alternative methods may take on increased costs in the form of credit card and bank processing fees.”
Three affiliates and two member teachers joined the Tennessee Education Association as plaintiffs.
Teachers who choose to join a local affiliate of the Tennessee Education Association agree to be a member of and pay dues to the state association and the National Education Association, a group that conservative opponents of the paycheck dues deduction have criticized as too progressive.
Lee and the Tennessee Education Association have at times butted heads, including over his school voucher program. The group is influential among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and has a well-funded political action committee.
Payroll dues deductions are optional for school districts. Teachers also don’t have to join the Tennessee Education Association, or any professional organization. Additionally, advocates noted that certain state employee groups use paycheck deductions.
Lee has argued that the law removes the collection of dues for teachers unions from the school districts’ payroll staff, and guarantees “taxpayer dollars are used to educate students, and not fund politics.” The association has argued that the dues deductions come with “no appreciable burdens or costs” for school districts.
The Tennessee Education Association has also said it’s not a union — it’s a professional organization that advocates on a wide range of issues for educators. The state has already stripped key rights associated with unions for public school teachers.
A 2011 state law eliminated teachers’ collective bargaining rights, replacing them with a concept called collaborative conferencing — which swapped union contracts with binding memorandums of understanding on issues such as salaries, grievances, benefits and working conditions. Additionally, Tennessee teachers lost the ability to go on strike in 1978.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama's newly drawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans prioritized partisan concerns over compliance with a court order to draw lines that are fair to Black voters. The groups representing voters who won the surprise U.S. Supreme Court ruling — that affirmed a decision blocking the state's previous map — filed their objection to the new plan late Friday. They said the new map "perpetuates" the state's violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and fails to follow the three-judge panel's finding that the state should have a second majority-Black district or "something quite close to it."
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A map of the GOP proposed reapportionment of Alabama's congressional districts is displayed July 18 at the Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala. (Associated Press)
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Voting rights activists are returning to court to fight Alabama’s redrawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans failed to follow federal court orders to create a district that is fair to Black voters.
Plaintiffs in the high-profile redistricting case filed a written objection Friday to oppose Alabama’s new redistricting plan. They accused state Republicans of flouting a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district or “something quite close to it” and enacting a map that continues to discriminate against Black voters in the state.
A special three-judge panel in 2022 blocked use of the the state’s existing districts and said any new congressional map should include two districts where “Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority” or something close. That panel’s decision was appealed by the state but upheld in June in a surprise ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which concurred that having only one Black-majority district out of seven — in a state where more than one in four residents is Black — likely violated federal law.
The plaintiffs in the case, represented by the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund and other groups, asked the three-judge panel to step in and draw new lines for the state.
“Alabama’s new congressional map ignores this court’s preliminary injunction order and instead perpetuates the Voting Rights Act violation that was the very reason that the Legislature redrew the map,” lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the case wrote.
The new map enacted by the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature maintained one-majority Black district but boosted the percentage of Black voters in the majority-white 2nd Congressional District, now represented by Republican Rep. Barry Moore, from about 30% to 39.9%
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in the case wrote Friday that the revamped district “does not provide Black voters a realistic opportunity to elect their preferred candidates in any but the most extreme situations.” They accused state Republicans of ignoring the courts’ directive to prioritize a district that would stay under GOP control “pleasing national leaders whose objective is to maintain the Republican Party’s slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
Alabama has maintained the new plan complies with the Voting Rights Act, and state leaders are wagering that the panel will accept their proposal or that the state will prevail in a second round of appeals to the Supreme Court. Republicans argued that the map meets the court’s directive and draws compact districts that comply with redistricting guidelines.
The state must file its defense of the map by Aug. 4. The three judges have scheduled an Aug. 14 hearing in the case as the fight over the map shifts back to federal court.
The outcome could have consequences across the country as the case again weighs the requirements of the Voting Rights Act in redistricting. It could also impact the partisan leanings of one Alabama congressional district in the 2024 elections with control of the U.S House of Representatives at stake.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that Alabama’s new map is a “brazen defiance” of the courts.
“The result is a shameful display that would have made George Wallace—another Alabama governor who defied the courts—proud,” Holder said in a statement.
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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — The board of North Carolina's flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of "race, sex, color or ethnicity" in admissions and hiring decisions following recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down affirmative action in forming student bodies. The Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved the resolution Thursday. Court majorities last month struck down affirmative action in college admissions in cases involving UNC-Chapel Hill and Harvard University. The resolution tells UNC-Chapel Hill administrators that certain methods to achieve diverse student bodies are now off-limits. One board member criticized the resolution as going well beyond the Supreme Court's decision.
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CHAPEL HILL — Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down their school’s race-conscious admissions plan as violating the Constitution, the board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions.
The Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved the resolution Thursday, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported.
In a pair of decisions announced June 29, court majorities struck down affirmative action in college admissions, ruling against UNC-Chapel Hill and Harvard University, the nation’s oldest public and private colleges, respectively.
“I’m confident that we’re taking all the necessary steps to fully comply” with the decisions, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz told the audience at the board’s meetings this week in what was the first in-person board gathering since the rulings.
Still, while schools nationwide are now looking for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies, the resolution tells UNC-Chapel Hill administrators that certain methods are now off-limits.
The resolution, initially approved by the board’s audit committee Wednesday, promises not to grant “preferential treatment” to any individual or group on the basis of race. The school also must not establish “through essays or other means” any regime premised upon “race-based preferences” in hiring and admissions.
Board member Ralph Meekins urged, without success, for members to postpone the vote, saying the resolution “goes well beyond the Supreme Court ruling.”
Earlier Thursday, trustee John Preyer criticized how UNC-Chapel Hill handled the litigation brought several years ago by a conservative group that accused the school’s undergraduate admissions policies of discriminating against white and Asian students. A trial judge in 2021 upheld the school’s actions, leading to appeals.
“This is a moment of humility,” Preyer said. “For nine years, we’ve spent in the neighborhood of $35 million to lose a high-profile case. Why did we do that? Was that the right thing to do?”
The trustees discussed last week other ways to comply with last month’s UNC-Chapel Hill ruling, which found the school’s consideration of race in admissions violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause.
“What we’re trying to do is be proactive with this and make sure that we’re in compliance and that we’re providing equal protection,” trustee Marty Kotis said. One school administrator mentioned Wednesday having an internal diversity, equity and inclusion audit but didn’t provide details.
Guskiewicz announced three weeks ago that the school would offer free tuition to students whose families make less than $80,000 annually. The program, which could help expand diversity efforts, is being paid for with private funds.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. An attorney for the platform recently wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate accusing the group of trying to hurt the site's advertising. The center has published numerous research reports documenting an increase in hate speech on the platform since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk. The center says Musk is trying to silence his critics, despite his claims to support free speech.
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WASHINGTON — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.
An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over the nonprofit’s research into hate speech and content moderation. The letter alleged that CCDH’s research publications seem intended “to harm Twitter’s business by driving advertisers away from the platform with incendiary claims.”
Musk is a self-professed free speech absolutist who has welcomed back white supremacists and election deniers to the platform, which he renamed X earlier this month. But the billionaire has at times proven sensitive about critical speech directed at him or his companies.
The center is a nonprofit with offices in the U.S. and United Kingdom. It regularly publishes reports on hate speech, extremism or harmful behavior on social media platforms like X, TikTok or Facebook.
The organization has published several reports critical of Musk’s leadership, detailing an increase in anti-LGBTQ hate speech as well as climate misinformation since his purchase. The letter from X’s attorney cited one specific report from June that found the platform failed to remove neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTQ content from verified users that violated the platform’s rules.
In the letter, attorney Alex Spiro questioned the expertise of the researchers and accused the center of trying to harm X’s reputation. The letter also suggested, without evidence, that the center received funds from some of X’s competitors, even though the center has also published critical reports about TikTok, Facebook and other large platforms.
“CCDH intends to harm Twitter’s business by driving advertisers away from the platform with incendiary claims,” Spiro wrote, using the platform’s former name.
Imran Ahmed, the center’s founder and CEO, told the AP on Monday that his group has never received a similar response from any tech company, despite a history of studying the relationship between social media, hate speech and extremism. He said that typically, the targets of the center’s criticism have responded by defending their work or promising to address any problems that have been identified.
Ahmed said he worried X’s response to the center’s work could have a chilling effect if it frightens other researchers away from studying the platform. He said he also worried that other industries could take note of the strategy.
“This is an unprecedented escalation by a social media company against independent researchers. Musk has just declared open war,” Ahmed told the Associated Press. “If Musk succeeds in silencing us other researchers will be next in line.”
Messages left with Spiro and X were not immediately returned Monday.
It’s not the first time that Musk has fired back at critics. Last year, he suspended the accounts of several journalists who covered his takeover of Twitter. Another user was permanently banned for using publicly available flight data to track Musk’s private plane; Musk had initially pledged to keep the user on the platform but later changed his mind, citing his personal safety. He also threatened to sue the user.
He initially had promised that he would allow any speech on his platform that wasn’t illegal. “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means,” Musk wrote in a tweet last year.
X’s recent threat of a lawsuit prompted concern from U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who said the billionaire was trying to use the threat of legal action to punish a nonprofit group trying to hold a powerful social media platform accountable.
“Instead of attacking them, he should be attacking the increasingly disturbing content on Twitter,” Schiff said in a statement.
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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.
SEE MORE: Man travels across the country by bike with cat
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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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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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At 12 years old, Mira Leurquin went from an active girl involved in gymnastics, to barely being able to get out of bed.
She had received a diagnosis of juvenile arthritis after an injury was not healing normally and she suffered joint problems, she said.
Leurquin is far from alone, said a specialist who treated her, Dr. Paul Tuttle with Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists (OSMS).
"About 6,000 children in Wisconsin suffer from juvenile arthritis," Tuttle said.
The condition is an auto immune disease in which the body attacks itself.
Symptoms include "... swelling in their joints, a lot of stiffness in the morning..." Tuttle said.
"It was hard for me, because I liked to be active," Leurquin said.
After treatment, however, she was able to get active again, for example, she ran cross country in high school.
"My doctor got me on a bunch of treatment plans, and now I'm on the right medication, I take a daily pill," Leurquin said.
The West De Pere High School graduate is going to college in the fall, with plans to join the medical field to work to help children who are in the same situation.
"I want to be an infusion nurse to help people... making them [feel] more comfortable," Leurquin said.
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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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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,”
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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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Residents in the immediate area of Erb Park no longer need to shelter-in-place, according to a social media post from Appleton Police.
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A shelter-in-place request for residents in the immediate area of Erb Park in Appleton has been lifted, according to a social media post from Appleton Police.
Police are working a scene at Erb Park and the the park will be closed for the rest of the night, according to the post.
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The mother of Andi Wagner, a missing 25-year-old Indiana woman who disappeared nearly one year ago, is still pleading for answers regarding her daughter’s whereabouts.
Wagner vanished from Evansville, Indiana, around Aug. 6, 2022, when she was 24, and has not been heard from since.
“I always said Evansville’s going to swallow her whole,” Wagner’s mother, Elane Garcia, told Fox News Digital while holding back tears.
Police believe she was last seen in Oakland City, Indiana, about 40 minutes south of Evansville on the border of Kentucky, or Newburgh, which is about 20 minutes west of Evansville.
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Garcia initially moved to Texas several years ago, when Wagner was just entering adulthood, because she “didn’t like what was going on in Evansville.” She said she tried to convince Wagner to move with her, but she was insistent upon staying in her hometown near her father, grandparents and friends.
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But in the years that followed, Wagner got caught up in a crowd of people who used drugs, her mom said.
“I saw a change in her. She didn’t want to play softball anymore. She didn’t want to work anymore. She was doing strange things… like dozing off,” her mother recalled. “…We would FaceTime each other, and I could see it. She said she wanted to move to Texas with me, and she didn’t want to wake up in pain every morning.”
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So, Garcia and her eldest daughter made plans to live together in Texas. She was going to move down in August, but two weeks before the move, she vanished.
“It wasn’t a coincidence,” her mother said.
Wagner said her daughter was “excited” to move to Texas and told lots of friends and family about her plans. Garcia speculates that someone may have found out about her move and decided to hurt her daughter before she had a chance to leave.
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Wagner’s sister, Alix, who lived in Evansville at their grandparents’ house at the time of her sister’s disappearance, briefly saw Wagner the morning of Aug. 6 when she stopped by the house and then left minutes later. That was the last day anyone had heard from or seen the then-24-year-old.
Garcia believes Wagner was with an ex-boyfriend just before she vanished.
Six days later, on Aug. 12, Wagner’s family reported her missing to the Evansville Police Department (EPD).
EPD Sgt. Anna Gray told Fox News Digital that Wagner is still considered a missing person, and there is an open and active investigation into her disappearance with a lead detective assigned to the case.
Gray said that due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, EPD could not publicly share information about any potential leads.
Garcia says she can’t remember the last time police reached out to her directly. She has received tips from people on social media and has since moved from Texas back to Evansville to take matters into her own hands and search for her daughter or any leads regarding her whereabouts.
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She thinks her daughter’s drug addiction has led police to possibly overlook her disappearance as an overdose despite the fact that her family has not received any answers yet.
She said the process has been “emotional” and “exhausting.”
“I just want people to keep sharing her photo,” Garcia said when asked if she had a message for the public.
Wagner is described as a White woman with brown hair and brown eyes, standing 5-foot-4 and weighing about 115 lbs. Authorities are asking anyone with information regarding Wagner’s whereabouts to contact the Evansville Police Adult Investigations Unit at 812-436-7979.
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After enduring a historic 31-day heatwave with temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, residents received some relief on Monday as monsoon rains from Mexico arrived.
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Phoenix’s 31-day stretch of temperatures surpassing 110 degrees Fahrenheit seemed to be reaching a much-needed conclusion on Monday, as monsoon rains from Mexico brought relief to the region.The forecast indicated that temperatures would soar above 110 degrees again later in the week.Health officials have confirmed 25 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix, in July, and 249 more deaths under investigation for potential heat links.
A hellish and historic 31-day run of temperatures cracking 110 degrees in Phoenix appeared headed for a welcome end on Monday, as monsoon rains moved through the region from Mexico.
The relief wasn’t all that great — the day’s highs were forecast near 108 degrees, or about 42 Celsius — and the heat was expected to rise past 110 again later in the week. But residents and visitors were taking what they could get.
“It’s not going to last more than a couple of days, but I’m enjoying this break,” said Christine Bertaux, 76, who was cooling off Monday at a downtown day center for older people who are homeless.
“It has been REALLY hot here!” said Jeffrey Sharpe, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, who was in town for a long weekend that on Monday included watching his son’s poodles frolic in a grassy dog park. “But today it was about 85 degrees, more like Wisconsin.”
High heat blasted much of the Southwest all through July, ranging from West Texas to eastern California. But Phoenix and its suburbs sweltered to new records, including three days where the high reached 119, and overnight lows stayed above 90 more than half the month. Concerts and other outdoor events were cancelled throughout the month because of the heat and busy parts of the city became ghost towns as people stayed indoors to avoid the heat.
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Health officials have so far confirmed 25 heat-related deaths in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous and home to Phoenix, in July, although that number seems certain to rise. Another 249 deaths are under investigation for links to heat.
Rudy Soliz, who manages the center where Bertaux was cooling off, said those who visit to get a meal and cool off out of the sun “have been having a very hard time this summer.”
“Older people have a harder time with the heat, there are a lot of diabetics, people who take medicines,” he said.
“The heat has been pretty bad this summer. We’ve made at least five 911 calls from here this July for people who got heat stroke,” said Soliz. “They’ve found a couple of bodies around here this month but it’s not clear yet if they died from the heat.”
Although there is no excessive warning for city, the National Weather Service said Phoenix residents should take precautions to stay cool and safe from the heat.
“Even though it’s going to be cooler than it has been, it’s still going to be warmer than normal. And the heat definitely can still affect a large portion of the population,” said Matthew Hirsch, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Phoenix. “So we’re still urging people to take the necessary precautions, such as remaining hydrated and limiting outdoor activity.”
Phoenix’s previous record for days of 110 degrees or more was 18 straight, set in 1974, nearly two weeks shorter than the new record.
Hirsch said July 2023 was the city’s hottest month on record. The previous hottest month on record was August 2020.
And August could be even hotter than July, Hirsch said. He said there is a slightly higher chance of temperatures that are above normal in August and there’s an equal chance for the region to get more or less rain than average.
R. Glenn Williamson, a businessman who was born in Canada but has lived in Phoenix for years, said he really noticed a temperature difference Monday morning as he washed his car in his driveway.
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“Now we have to get rid of the humidity!” Williamson said. “But honestly, I’d rather have this heat than a Montreal winter.”
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Goldman Sachs analyst John Castic vanished Saturday after attending a concert at a Brooklyn music venue weeks after another man went missing from the same location, reports say.
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A Goldman Sachs senior analyst vanished after leaving a New York City concert early Saturday morning, weeks after another man who disappeared from the same venue turned up dead, according to police and his friends.
John Castic, 27, was last seen about 2:30 a.m. outside The Brooklyn Mirage near the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn after an electronic music show, according to police.
A missing-person flyer says he was wearing a navy and white button-down floral shirt.
“One of my best friends, John Castic, went missing after the Zeds Dead show Friday night in NY,” his friend, Sara Kostecka, wrote Monday on Facebook. “Any information would be greatly appreciated, as well as sharing this to anyone in NYC that might have seen him.”
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She added that she had heard rumors about patrons being asked to “hop in a taxi/cab from some creepy people” near the music venue.
“I’m supposed to walk with him in my brother’s wedding next week … we just want to find John,” she added.
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He was reported missing Sunday, according to the NYPD. Another of Castic’s concerned friends, Jonah Shales, told Fox News Digital that his phone died at some point after he left the venue and hasn’t been on since.
“We’re absolutely very worried about him,” Shales said. “No one has had any contact with him.
Castic, who graduated from DePaul University, started working for Goldman Sachs about a year ago, according to his LinkedIn profile.
A representative for Goldman Sachs didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Another 27-year-old man tried to attend a concert at The Brooklyn Mirage on June 11 but was turned away because he allegedly appeared to have consumed alcohol, per EDM Identity.
The online publication, which covers the electronic dance music industry, reported that Karl Clemente was found dead in a creek near the venue a week later.
Kostecka told Fox News Digital she has known Castic for seven years and that he has never been unreachable. She is fearing the worst.
“I know there’s been a series of young adult males, mid 20s, going missing and ending up in bodies of water in Chicago recently,” Kostecka said, referencing the Smiley Face Killer theory. “I’m praying this isn’t related, but I fear it is.”
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Citizen sleuths have speculated online that a serial killer is responsible for nearly a dozen bodies pulled out of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan in 2022.
The NYPD confirmed that Castic was reported missing but did not have an update on his case.
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A jury is set to deliberate a potential death sentence for Robert Bowers, a 50-year-old truck driver who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue in 2018.
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A jury is set to deliberate a potential death sentence for Robert Bowers, a 50-year-old truck driver convicted of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.Bowers, whose online ramblings led prosecutors to an easy conviction on 63 criminal counts, was defended by attorneys who attempted to invoke his questionable mental state in a bid to spare his life.The shooting is the deadliest recorded anti-Semitic hate crime in U.S. history.
A jury is set to deliberate whether to impose the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without parole on a man who spewed antisemitic hate before fatally shooting 11 worshippers at a synagogue in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community.
The same jurors who convicted 50-year-old Robert Bowers in June on 63 criminal counts listened to closing arguments Monday in the penalty phase of his federal trial, held nearly five years after the truck driver from suburban Baldwin perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history.
Bowers defiled a place of worship when he entered the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, and opened fire with an AR-15 rifle, shooting everyone he could find in a mass murder clearly motivated by religious hatred, said U.S. Attorney Eric Olshan.
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Bowers raved incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people — using a slur for Jewish people some 400 times on a social media platform favored by the far right — and remains proud that he killed Jews, the prosecutor reminded jurors,
“Do not be numb to it. Remember what it means. This defendant targeted people solely because of the faith that they chose,” Olshan said.
He added: “This is a case that calls for the most severe punishment under the law: the death penalty.”
The defense was expected to deliver its closing argument later Monday.
Bowers’ attorneys have argued that he has schizophrenia, a serious brain disorder whose symptoms include delusions and hallucinations, and that Bowers attacked the synagogue out of a delusional belief that Jews were helping to bring about a genocide of white people by coming to the aid of refugees and immigrants. The defense has also presented evidence of Bowers’ difficult childhood.
Olshan disputed the defense experts’ diagnosis of schizophrenia, asserting Bowers was not suffering psychosis but had chosen to believe white supremacist rhetoric. And while acknowledging there’s no question that Bowers was a depressed, neglected child, Olshan downplayed the significance of it, noting that Bowers had held jobs, paid bills, and was an otherwise functioning adult.
“He was not a child, he was a grown man. He was responsible for his actions, not his family and things that happened decades earlier. He was, he is responsible for his actions,” Olshan said.
In order to impose death, jurors must find that aggravating circumstances, which make the crime especially heinous, outweigh mitigating factors that could be seen as diminishing his culpability. Those aggravating circumstances could include the vulnerability of Bowers’ elderly and disabled victims and his targeting of Jewish people.
Olshan played a composite of 911 calls made from inside the synagogue, including audio of people being shot and a survivor’s horrified screams.
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He said Bowers had taken “11 people, 11 full lives, 11 people who loved their families, 11 people who loved their friends, 11 people who were loved. … How do you measure the impact of all of that loss?”
The prosecutor spoke about 75-year-old Joyce Fienberg’s care for her family and 65-year-old Richard Gottfried’s devotion to his faith. He said Dr. Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, had the ethos of a country doctor: “He loved delivering babies but he never delivered judgment.” David Rosenthal, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59, intellectually disabled brothers, “loved life,” Olshan said. “But maybe more than anything, they loved Tree of Life.”
The other deceased victims were Rose Mallinger, 97; Bernice Simon, 84, and her husband, Sylvan Simon, 86; Dan Stein, 71; Melvin Wax, 87; and Irving Younger, 69.
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The attack also wounded seven people, including five responding police officers. Bowers was shot three times before surrendering when he ran out of ammunition.
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U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.
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TOPPENISH, Wash. — By 6 in the morning, Paola Mendoza has pulled her hair back under a baseball cap and donned a long-sleeved sweatshirt to report to her summer job on a farm in Washington's Yakima Valley, known for its apples, pears and hops.
Mendoza is not there to pick fruits or vegetables. She's a research intern working on a project to improve irrigation systems. She spends her days staking the fields and collecting samples alongside her boss, Alan Schreiber, who also employs her mother.
Patricia Mendoza has worked on Schreiber's farm for more than 20 years. She spends her days weeding, thinning, planting and hand-harvesting crops. During peak harvest, she used to work as many as 70 hours a week.
Her earnings have helped provide the family with a decent living. But from the time Paola was young, both her mom and her dad — also a farmworker — were clear about one thing: They did not want her future to be on a farm.
"They were working so hard to provide us with what they didn't have," says Paola, now 20. "They wanted better for me and my siblings."
Her research internship is as close as her parents want her to get to agriculture. In the fall, she'll start her senior year in college, where she's studying to become an elementary school teacher.
Farmers worry about finding enough workers
For farmers across America, finding enough labor has become a top concern. Decades ago, whole families of migrant farmworkers, the majority of them from Mexico, would travel around the U.S., following a route from Texas, through California, and eventually making their way to Washington. Back then, the U.S.-Mexico border was quite porous. Older workers described to NPR crossing through a fence that was no more than chicken wire. Gaping holes were common.
But times have changed. After Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. stepped up enforcement of the border, and crossing it became a risky endeavor. Farmworkers who were already in the U.S. began to settle. And now, many of them are aging out.
"My workforce is a little like me," says Schreiber. "It's getting a little heavier, and it's getting a little stiffer, and it's starting to have some medical issues."
That's left him worried about where he's going to find enough workers to keep his farm going.
/ Mike Kane for NPR / Mike Kane for NPR Farm owner and researcher Alan Schreiber stands at his research station in Toppenish, Wash., on June 14.
A farmer in Congress raises the alarm
From his farm in the Yakima Valley, Rep. Dan Newhouse, a Republican and third-generation farmer, can see the domestic labor force shrinking.
With farms unable to complete tasks in a timely manner, he says yields may be lower, the quality of the produce may be lower, and farmers will shift away from labor-intensive crops. Already, some farmers in his state have stopped planting asparagus, for instance.
Food is also going to get more expensive, Newhouse warns.
"So it's impacting not just the farmers ... but American consumers as well," he says.
Breaking the cycle of farm work
No single factor has led to the labor shortages farms are experiencing today. But in communities across rural America, a generational shift is contributing.
Consider the life story of Delores Gonzalez, a third-generation farmworker born in Glendale, Ariz. Her childhood is filled with memories of the annual migration from Texas to Washington, working alongside her parents and grandparents from a very young age.
"This was in the 1960s, when we could miss school ... and I could still pick cherries and everything at the age of 9," she says.
Eventually, the family settled in Washington. She married another farmworker and continued to travel to Montana in the summers, bringing her own children to the fields.
Looking back, she says the migrant life instilled in her great morals, values and work ethic, qualities she wanted to pass on to her children. But she also wanted to give them a better life.
"I planted the seed since they were little that they were going to go to college," says Gonzalez.
At 40, when her oldest child was graduating from high school, Gonzalez says something clicked. She wanted something better for herself, too.
"I'm tired of the cycle. I want to break it," she says. Gonzalez and her daughter entered college the same year.
Now, Gonzalez works as a migrant advocate at Grandview High School in the Yakima Valley, helping migrant students and their families get what they need to finish high school.
Jazmin Corona met Gonzalez at the high school four years ago. Corona was 15 at the time and spoke no English. She'd come from Mexico with her father, a farmworker, and joined him in the fields whenever school was out. In the summers, they made the same trek to Montana to pick cherries that Gonzalez had done years before.
/ Mike Kane for NPR / Mike Kane for NPR Grandview High School migrant advocate Delores Gonzalez (left) and former student Jazmin Corona (right) in Grandview, Wash., on June 14. Corona, now in college, has returned to the school district for a summer job.
Seeing promise, Gonzalez made sure Corona finished high school on time, enrolling her in fast-track summer programs. Corona worked on thick math packets after long days in the fields. As she neared graduation, she recalls her father laying out a choice for her.
"He told me one day, 'I already taught you how to work in the fields outside, under the sun. Now it's your time. You've got to decide if you want to continue here,'" she says.
She thought about how tired her dad has been all these years.
"I want to try something new," she said.
Corona is now 19 and a college student. For the first time in several years, she did not travel to Montana with her dad for the summer cherry harvest. Instead, she returned to the Grandview School District, where she landed a summer job.
"I want to work in the high school, hopefully here in the community," she says. "I feel that I have this connection with people."
Congressman looks to workers from other countries
The farm labor shortage is a concern that has reached the halls of Congress.
The H-2A visa program allows employers to bring in foreign workers for seasonal work, provided they cannot find workers locally to do the job, among other requirements. Use of the program has risen at a fast clip. Washington state alone has seen a nearly 1,700% increase in guest workers over the last 14 years.
But a common complaint is that the program is too expensive and comes with too much red tape.
Newhouse was one of several lawmakers to recently reintroduce a bill, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which would cap H-2A wage increases. The bipartisan measure would also allow a limited number of year-round visas for nonseasonal labor, such as picking mushrooms or milking cows.
/ Mike Kane for NPR / Mike Kane for NPR A farmworker picks cherries on a farm in the Yakima Valley on June 14. Facing labor shortages, farms like this one are increasingly turning to guest workers brought in from other countries.
In addition, the bill would come with some protections for guest workers, including the right for workers to sue their employers. That's something labor advocates have been calling for given the large number and severity of civil rights and wage violations that state and federal investigations have uncovered in recent years.
"I want to make sure that there are fewer obstacles in front of our ability to produce food in this country and to make sure that the American people continue to have an abundant and safe food supply," Newhouse says. "And if we don't have an adequate labor force for the agricultural industry, that's in jeopardy."
Prior versions of the bill failed to gain enough support in Congress. The current version also faces an uphill climb. Moving any immigration-related bill through the Republican-controlled House is difficult.
"But that doesn't mean that the urgency of the problem is any less. In fact, it's greater," says Newhouse.
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The surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival, now released as an album, is another exciting evolution in Joni Mitchell's notoriously chameleonic career.
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When Joni Mitchell appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1969, she was on the precipice of a breakthrough. Several months removed from releasing her second LP, Clouds, she landed a coveted Saturday night performance slot along with Arlo Guthrie. Bootlegs reveal a luminous performance driven by mellifluous vocals and aching acoustic guitar, and highlighted by a stunning piano version of "For Free."
The trade magazine Cash Box complimented Mitchell's set and astutely noted "she is on her way to becoming a star." However, a review from the Hartford Courant noted that this burgeoning popularity came at a price: "Hecklers in the back" specifically "urged Miss Mitchell to sing 'Circle Game' over and over." No doubt much to the dismay of these critics, Mitchell played the song to close out her set.
When Mitchell finally returned to the Newport Folk Festival on July 24, 2022, after a 53-year absence — a performance documented on the new live album At Newport — she also ended her set with "The Circle Game." Decades later, however, the crowd responded to her presence uniformly positively — with awe, gratitude, excitement and even tears. Mitchell's presence was a complete surprise, as she had retreated from the spotlight after a 2015 aneurysm; additionally, the Newport gig was her first full-length concert since 2000.
At Newport feels like a celebration of her public return — an exuberant and supportive performance resembling a well-rehearsed jam taking place at a party. Wearing a jaunty blue beret and sunglasses, her cornsilk-white hair tied into elegant pigtails, Mitchell sat on a plush, gold-trimmed chair as the performer of honor. On this night, she fronted a group of musical admirers in a sing-along of "The Circle Game," taking lead vocal on the verses — timeless meditations on the little milestones that mark the passage of time — in a low, velvety voice. At the end of the song, Mitchell laughs and laughs merrily — clearly delighted to be back onstage surrounded by friends and music.
Mitchell's Sunday night set at Newport had been advertised in advance as "Brandi Carlile + Friends." This was technically true, as Carlile introduced the onstage hootenanny as a recreation of the invite-only Joni Jams — the recurring private gatherings in Mitchell's Southern California living room where guests such as Carlile, Harry Styles, Dolly Parton and Chaka Khan came together for joyful, restorative singalongs. It was common knowledge that Mitchell also sang at these get-togethers, although it was never clear whether she'd ever sing in public again.
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But At Newport isn't just about welcoming Mitchell back to the stage — it's also about showing Mitchell's legacy in action and how younger generations of musicians carry forth her spirit of imagination and fearless reconfiguration. At various times, she's joined by Lucius, Marcus Mumford on percussion, Wynonna Judd on backing vocals, Allison Russell on clarinet, Carlile's collaborators Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and the band SistaStrings.
A gorgeous, sparse "Amelia" features prominent contributions from Blake Mills and Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith; buoyed by the crew of onstage vocalists, together the pair nail the searing guitar melodies and lyrical desolation. Guitarist Celisse Henderson, meanwhile, takes the vocal and instrumental spotlight on the standout "Help Me," transforming it into a more languid, blues-oriented number with spacious arrangements. Vocally, her interpretation exudes sharp-edged anguish and longing, stretching out the song's flirtatious lyrics ("I think I'm falling / In love with you / Are you going to let me go there by myself") with delicious tension.
Carlile especially is her idol's vocal shadow, a fitting position considering her history with Mitchell's music; among other things, she's booked full-concert cover performances of 1971's Blue. On a rousing "Carey" here, Carlile takes the lead vocal, her warm, brassy tone giving her the air of a rousing storyteller, but then gets out of the way so Mitchell can have the last word: "I said, 'Oh, you're a mean old Daddy, but you're out of sight.' " The gesture gives "Carey" the feel of a piece of family lore that's passed down between generations.
In the digital age, live albums preserve the ephemeral
Artists release live albums for multiple reasons: contractual fulfillment, a desire to document a particular tour, historical myth-making, financial reasons, a gift to fans. Live albums can be a warts-and-all proposition, with all the rough edges and goofs left in. Other artists consider live albums to be aspirational, meaning they might polish up audio in the studio, adding everything from overdubs to fake applause (see: KISS' Alive!). Some live albums are taken from one show; some are a composite culled from many shows (Donny Hathaway's Live; U2's Under a Blood Red Sky); others even have studio tracks (Duran Duran's Arena).
What these live albums have in common is they all create a narrative around an artist's live performance, a tour or legacy. Some have live LPs that overshadow studio efforts (Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive!), while the live shows of the Grateful Dead and Phish are like currency; they're things to trade and analyze. Albums like Sam Cooke's belated release Live At the Harlem Square Club, 1963 and Jimi Hendrix's Jimi Plays Monterey become era-defining historical touchstones.
Compared to other artists, Mitchell has issued relatively few live albums, although the LPs she did release deliberately illuminate pivotal moments or bands in her career. On 1974's double album Miles of Aisles, Mitchell performed with jazz-fusion band L.A. Express; despite coming after the release of Court and Spark, she de-emphasized that LP's music. After the release of 1979's Mingus, she released another double live album, 1980's Shadows and Light, recorded with a band that included guitarist Pat Metheny and bassist Jaco Pastorius. In recent years, Mitchell has dipped back into her live archives for significant releases, highlighted by Amchitka, an October 1970 benefit concert with James Taylor and Phil Ochs that raised money for Greenpeace's nuclear weapons test protests.
In the digital age, live albums function as a permanent historical archive that preserves the ephemeral. Fans thoroughly documented Mitchell's Newport appearance in 2022 with videos and photos — meaning it's easy to note how At Newport deviates from the concert: omitting two live covers (The Clovers' "Love Potion No. 9" and Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love") and rearranging the concert audio into a different tracklist.
This shuffling ensures Mitchell plays a prominent role earlier on the album, as the kickoff song is now a buoyant version of "Big Yellow Taxi" that charmingly ends with her belting the indelible line, "... and put up a parking lot," in triumph. Up next is the chills-inducing "A Case of You." As the crowd cheers her on in support, Mitchell sings the line "I would still be on my feet" twice — first slightly tentatively, and then again with more firm conviction.
In concert, "Both Sides, Now" felt rife with significance as the penultimate song, a declaration of where Mitchell's mindset was as she began this new musical chapter. Informed by life experience, her performance is reflective and tender, her voice wrinkled and worn like a comfortable blanket. Coming as the set was almost done, the song balanced wistfulness for the past with a determination to move forward ("Well, something's lost, but something's gained in living every day") and a declaration that life still offered plenty of mystery ("I really don't know life / I really don't know life at all"). Now placed earlier in the album, at track five, its significance isn't as much of a narrative plot device as it is simply another lovely moment.
For Joni Mitchell, the Newport Folk Festival represents the promise of a wide-open future
Of course, that At Newport rearranges the story is very in character for Joni. The tracklists and execution of her previous live albums illuminated that she's not beholden to tradition. Perhaps her boldest moment here is her solo instrumental guitar version of "Just Like This Train." Long known for her unorthodox guitar technique, Mitchell here fluidly strums out a meditative performance emphasizing a searing tone.
That Mitchell chose the Newport Folk Festival to mark a new stage in her career is poignant. Her debut appearance at the festival in 1967 — which came alongside a formidable group of her Canadian singer-songwriter peers, including Buffy Sainte-Marie, Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot — was cited at the time as one of her first high-profile public appearances.
Nina Westervelt / Courtesy of the artist / Courtesy of the artist At Newport's Joni Jam, Joni Mitchell was surrounded by the likes of Brandi Carlile, Lucius, Wynonna Judd and Allison Russell.
For her, the Newport Folk Festival represents the promise of a wide-open future where anything is possible. By her 1969 appearance, she had landed a record deal and released two albums, including her 1968 David Crosby-produced debut, Song to a Seagull. Decades later, she followed up her latest Newport gig with a larger-scale Joni Jam in 2023 at the Gorge that brought together even more musicians inspired by her music.
That Mitchell's second act to date has been dominated by live performance is likely out of necessity. But it's yet another exciting evolution in her notoriously chameleonic career. And, appropriately, Mitchell sounded strongest vocally while performing her signature cover of George and Ira Gershwin's "Summertime." She teases out the lyrics as if she were in a dark jazz club, while Ben Lusher unleashes sprawling piano and Celisse Henderson layers on evocative, bluesy guitar riffs. The years melted away as Mitchell sang — clearing the way for whatever comes next.
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WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed a $57 billion budget centered on infrastructure, public safety and public health in what was the first opportunity in decades that Democrats have had to craft a budget that reflects their legislative priorities.
The state’s highest-ever budget — nearly $82 billion when combined with $24 billion in funding for Michigan’s schools that Whitmer signed July 20 — was passed by the Legislature in late June after Democrats were able to receive the Republican support needed for it to take effect by the start of the next fiscal year on Oct. 1.
“The budget protects public safety and improves access to health care, ensuring people feel safe in their neighborhood and have access to quality, affordable care that meets their needs," Whitmer said in a statement.
Michigan's current budget is $76 billion but lawmakers began the budget process in February with an estimated surplus of over $9 billion because of high tax revenues. The new budget will leave about $300 million in general fund and $100 million in school aid fund dollars left unspent.
Republicans decried the transparency of the process at the time it was passed by the Legislature. They also said that the budget was too large and that more funding should have gone toward fixing roads.
Even with the objections, the budget received the six Republicans votes need in the Senate for it to take effect in time.
The $57 billion general budget provides funding for state departments, including over $6.5 billion for Transportation and $1 billion for the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. It also provides hundreds of millions in grants for public safety and infrastructure within communities.
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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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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WILX) - Authorities are looking for a missing 15-year-old girl from Grand Rapids.
According to authorities, Tiffany Johnson was last seen July 24, 2023.
She is described as standing 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing about 100 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone who has seen Tiffany Johnson or knows of her whereabouts is asked to contact the Grand Rapids Police Department at 616-456-3400.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL. (Gray News) - An Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old who was last seen in Daytona Beach, Florida.
According to the alert, Barbora Zdanska, 14, was last seen in the area of the 100th block of Boynton Boulevard in Daytona Beach.
Zdanska is 5′5, weighs about 136 pounds, and has blonde hair and blue eyes.
She was last seen wearing a black Adidas sweatshirt with white stripes on the sleeves and black jean shorts.
According to the alert, Zdanska may be traveling in a 2014, blue Dodge Caravan with a Florida tag number CZ8613. The vehicle has a butterfly sticker in the top right rear window and a University of Florida “F” sticker in the top left rear window.
Zdanska may also be traveling with a companion who is unknown at this time.
Anyone who may have seen Zdanska should call 9-1-1.
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How Paul Reubens Saved Pee-Wee's Playhouse From An Animated Fate
"Pee-wee's Playhouse" was an anomaly. It premiered a year after the surprise box office success of Tim Burton's "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," and, like "The Pee-wee Herman Show" before it, seemed to be strictly kids' stuff. But Paul Reubens' overgrown child act uniquely appealed to the inner brat in all of us. It wasn't like Looney Tunes, where artists snuck in adult-skewing references, nor was it a full-on, off-color parody of the kiddie show format that you'd find on "Saturday Night Live." It was honestly, disarmingly, good clean fun. Its target audience could enjoy it over a bowl of Frosted Flakes, while college students and beyond could enjoy it over a bowl of Frosted Flakes preceded by a bowl of ... something else.
A weekly half-hour dose of Pee-wee was bliss in 1986. I'd just started junior high, which is when your action figures are immediately consigned to the attic, so admitting to watching a kids' show on Saturday morning should've been a first-class ticket to Swirly-ville. But Pee-wee, in the words of the mid-'80s pop poet Huey Lewis, made it hip to be square. And Pee-wee, in the flesh on a zonked-out set populated by talking furniture that screamed when someone said the "secret word," was what made it cool.
So of course CBS, during the development of the series, tried to coax him into making the lamest version of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" possible.
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Has there ever been a funnier death scene than Paul Reubens' Amilyn in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" I think not. For many years, there was a lot of unfair scorn thrown at the criminally underrated "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" movie, namely because diehard fans of the series adaptation disliked that the film was a lot sillier than their Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring fave. It's a true shame because that meant a lot of folks never sought out the film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, which also boasts one of Reubens' very best performances as the vampire minion of Lothos (Rutger Hauer).
Not only is Reubens at his absolute sexiest '90s sleaze with his tousled long hair and leather jacket, but he's also the king of the one-liners. "Kill him a lot" is a quip that gets some decent mileage in my own vocabulary, but his best moment is hands-down his extended death. After being staked through the heart, Amilyn writhes in pain for ... way longer than he probably should. He eventually slumps to the floor, only to be revealed in a post-credits scene as still dying. It's a bit that would be tiresome if performed by anyone else, but with Reubens in the role, it's comedy gold.
The performance is beloved by many, and Reubens even reprised the role in a season 1 episode of "What We Do in the Shadows" as a member of the Vampiric Council. Of course, they had to call him "Paul" in the episode so as to not get sued into oblivion by Joss Whedon or something, but his appearance was a delight to all who (correctly) agree that Amilyn is the best vampire Buffy ever slayed.
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The Clone Wars veteran showed up on Obi-Wan Kenobi begging for money, and now we have a little more information on the Clone Trooper called Nax.
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When the Disney+ series "Obi-Wan Kenobi" was released in 2022, fans posted all over social media about a certain Clone Trooper that showed up in the second episode. Aside from the fact that it was wonderful to see Temuera Morrison (who has been playing these Clones since "Episode II") appear in this series as a live-action Clone Trooper again, it was an incredibly sad moment. This Clone Trooper was homeless, living on the streets of Daiyu, a very "Blade Runner"-esque place. We only see him briefly as he holds his helmet out and asks for any spare credits so the veteran can get a warm meal. It's been a long-standing problem in the "Star Wars" universe that these troopers have been treated badly, not unlike veterans in the real world, and yet, they've been some of the most compelling characters to come out of the franchise.
Beyond the trooper's disheveled appearance and desperation, not much was known about this particular clone. However, pages from a new book entitled "Star Wars: Dawn of the Rebellion: The Visual Guide," from authors Pablo Hidalgo and Emily Shkoukani, were revealed at last week's San Diego Comic-Con (via Comic Book Resources) and offered up some previously unknown information. His name is Nax, and we have a few details about him.
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Last week’s extreme weather left many desperate for a way to cool off, some more than others. One Nebraska family says their power was shut off during the heat wave and now they want to keep others from experiencing a similar situation.
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CRETE, Neb. (KOLN) - Last week’s extreme weather left many desperate for a way to cool off, some more than others. One Nebraska family said their power was shut off during the heat wave and now they want to keep others from experiencing a similar situation.
Lori Godel said she wants people to learn from her experience after growing expenses and paychecks that don’t stretch as far left her feeling helpless in the heat.
Godel said anyone could end up in her position. Last week temperatures in southeast Nebraska broke records and Godel said she spent days in her house that reached up to 96 degrees inside.
“We even had windows open,” Godel said. “But we couldn’t put on any fans. You know, everybody was dripping just stewing in our own juices.”
Godel, who lives in Crete, said her power was shut off after she wasn’t able to pay her electricity bill.
“It was hard to describe really, other than miserable and you, you feel like you not really panicking, but, you know, desperate, you feel really desperate,” Godel said.
10/11 NOW reached out to the City of Crete, who said while they do their best not to have to turn anyone’s power off, they do offer resources.
“We don’t specifically have a policy for high heat or extreme cold, the council has elected over the years not to do that,” Godel said. “Because they found that it’s not easy to enforce.”
Godel urges people in a similar situation to start reaching out to resources ahead of time. She waited until after her power was already turned off and it took about 48 hours for it to be turned back on.
“Stay on top of it,” Godel said. “If you get a disconnect notice, get a hold of them immediately.”
Here in the Capitol City, handling that situation is a little easier. First, Lincoln Electric Systems said they don’t turn power off in extreme weather. There’s also more access to help, but individuals will have to reach out early.
“We we bill 145,000 Customers monthly residential customers, and of that less than 1% ever, ever come to a disconnect,” said Lisa Hale, vice president of customer service at LES.
LES offered tips to help keep electricity bills low, like keeping your thermostat at 78 degrees when you’re home, closing blinds, and even turning off unnecessary lights can make all the difference.
Godel did eventually get help from family and a non-profit, Crete Cares, but said last week would have been a lot easier had she simply asked for help earlier.
“If you’re having problems, reach out to family, friends, you know, reach out to the organizations in your community that help,” Godel said. “You know, that’s why it’s all there.”
One of the main resources that can help is DHHS’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. DHHS said it provides heating and cooling assistance, as well as year-round crisis assistance.
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HOUSTON, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE: SCM) will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, after the close of the stock market.
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Stellus Capital Investment Corporation will host a conference call to discuss these results on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM, Central Time. The conference call will be led by Robert T. Ladd, Chief Executive Officer, and W. Todd Huskinson, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Conference Call Details
Via Phone: Dial 888-506-0062 (domestic). Use passcode 810825. Starting approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call, a replay will be available through Thursday, August 24, 2023 by dialing 877-481-4010 and entering passcode 48865.
Via Live Webcast: Connect via the Public Company (SCIC) section of our website at www.stelluscapital.com, under the Events tab. A replay of the conference will be available on our website for approximately 90 days.
About Stellus Capital Investment Corporation
The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified investment management company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company's investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in private middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)) through first lien, second lien, unitranche and mezzanine debt financing, and corresponding equity investments. The Company's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Stellus Capital Management, LLC. To learn more about Stellus Capital Investment Corporation, visit www.stelluscapital.com under the Stellus Capital Investment Corporation link.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements included herein may contain "forward-looking statements" which relate to future performance or financial condition. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
Contacts
Stellus Capital Investment Corporation
W. Todd Huskinson, (713) 292-5414
Chief Financial Officer
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Brice Williams had a game-high 28 points to lead five players in double figures, as Nebraska rallied for an 89-84 overtime win over the Madrid All-Stars Monday evening.
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MADRID, Spain (KOLN) - Brice Williams had a game-high 28 points to lead five players in double figures, as Nebraska rallied for an 89-84 overtime win over the Madrid All-Stars Monday evening.
Williams, a transfer from Charlotte, hit 10-of-14 shots from the field, including a trio of 3-pointers, to lead a short-handed attack for the Huskers, who shot 46 percent from the field and hit nine 3-pointers in the win.
C.J. Wilcher added 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Jamarques Lawrence added 14 points, which won the first of three games in Spain this week. NU also got major contributions from redshirt freshman Cale Jacobsen, who had 13 points, nine rebounds and three steals and true freshman Eli Rice, who finished with 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Williams and redshirt freshman Ramel Lloyd Jr. topped NU with four assists apiece, as five of the nine players who dressed Monday had not played a regular-season game at NU.
Nebraska trailed 74-62 early in the fourth quarter before mounting a 17-2 run to regain the lead. A Rice 3-pointer ignited a 7-0 spurt that pulled NU within 74-69 with 5:01 remaining. NU continued to battle and eventually took a 79-76 lead with 1:44 remaining.
The Huskers led 81-78 with 1:12 left in regulation, but Madrid scored five straight to take an 82-81 lead on a basket Guillermo Mulero with 3.0 seconds left. NU took the inbounds at halfcourt and Lawrence found Jacobsen, who was fouled with 2.4 seconds remaining. The redshirt freshman banked in the first free throw but missed the second to send the game to OT.
Jacobsen and Williams took over in the extra period, combining for all seven Husker points, as Nebraska did not allow a field goal in the five-minute overtime. NU took the lead for good on a Williams basket after NU, which was outrebounded 51-44, kept the possession alive with two offensive rebounds. Jacobsen drew a charge with 1:49 left and then gave NU an 87-82 lead with a 3-pointer on the subsequent possession.
The Huskers, who don’t have a player taller than 6-foot-7 for this trip, forced 20 turnovers and held Madrid to 36 percent shooting. Madrid went 20-of-24 from the line to stay in the game.
The Huskers will play their second game of the trip on Wednesday, when they travel to Valencia, Tipoff for that game is set for Noon (Central).
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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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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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SHANGHAI, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative medicines and vaccines, announced today the completion of patient enrollment for the China open-label extension (cOLE) of the Phase 3 NefIgArd study. The cOLE study offers an additional 9 months of treatment with Nefecon® to all qualifying patients who have completed the NefIgArd study and will evaluate the efficacy and safety of extended and repeated Nefecon® treatment in patients with IgA Nephropathy (IgAN).
The Phase 3 NefIgArd clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind, multicenter study which assessed the efficacy and safety of Nefecon® versus placebo on a background of optimized RAS inhibitor therapy. The study met its primary endpoint, with Nefecon® demonstrating a highly statistically significant benefit over placebo (p value < 0.0001) in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) over the two-year period of 9-months of treatment with Nefecon® or placebo and 15-months of off drug follow-up. Patients in the cOLE study will continue on RAS inhibitor therapy (ACEs and/or ARBs) and be treated for 9 months with Nefecon® at 16mg/day. At the end of the treatment period, change in eGFR and urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPCR) will be evaluated.
"The results of the cOLE study will offer insight into the value of extended and repeated use of Nefecon® and provide very important guidance for doctors in clinical practice," said Rogers Yongqing Luo, Chief Executive Officer of Everest Medicines.
The China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) accepted Everest's New Drug Application (NDA) for Nefecon® for the treatment of IgAN in November 2022. The NMPA has also granted Nefecon® break-through therapy designation and NDA priority review. Nefecon® was the first non-oncology drug to receive break-through therapy designation in China.
About Nefecon®
Nefecon® is a patented oral, delayed release formulation of budesonide, a corticosteroid with potent glucocorticoid activity and weak mineralocorticoid activity that undergoes substantial first pass metabolism. The formulation is designed as a delayed release capsule that is enteric coated so that it remains intact until it releases budesonide to the distal ileum. Each capsule contains coated beads of budesonide that target mucosal B-cells present in the ileum where the disease originates, as per the predominant pathogenesis models.
In June 2019, Everest Medicines entered into an exclusive, royalty-bearing license agreement with Calliditas, which gives Everest Medicines exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Nefecon® in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore. The agreement was extended in March 2022 to include South Korea as part of Everest Medicine's territories.
Nefecon® was approved in the United States under accelerated approval based on a reduction in proteinuria. Recently announced topline results from the global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical trial NefIgArd demonstrated a statistically significant benefit for Nefecon® over placebo in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), a measure of renal function.
About Everest Medicines
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products and vaccines that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record from both leading global pharmaceutical companies and local Chinese pharmaceutical companies in high-quality discovery, clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late-stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include renal diseases, infectious diseases, mRNA platform and autoimmune disorders. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -A chip seal project will begin Wednesday on N-64, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation. Chip seal is an application of an asphalt binder to a roadway surface followed by an aggregate.
State maintenance forces will be performing a chip seal from reference post 47 to reference post 52.
The work is anticipated to take two days.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane and controlled with a pilot car and flaggers.
NDOT said the work is necessary for maintaining the safety and integrity of the road and preventing further damage.
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The Makers of WHOLLY® AVOCADO are Giving 10 Fans a Chance to Win One Year's Supply of products - and more - for National Avocado Day
The Makers of WHOLLY® AVOCADO are Giving 10 Fans a Chance to Win One Year's Supply of products - and more - for National Avocado Day
America's No.1 refrigerated guacamole and avocado brand also taps beloved Olympian, Shawn Johnson East, to spotlight versatility and convenience of WHOLLY® AVOCADO products
ORANGE, Calif., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of National Avocado Day, the makers of WHOLLY® AVOCADO are celebrating by giving 10 lucky fans a year's supply of WHOLLY® AVOCADO products — made with real ingredients and hand-scooped Hass avocados — and a $350 gift card.
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"National Avocado Day is one of our fans' favorite times of the year, and we wanted to make it extra fun for people everywhere with this incredible giveaway that will have them celebrating all year long," said Chris Monahan, brand manager of WHOLLY® products. "Our refrigerated avocado products are always ripe and always ready, and they make everyday snacking simpler and more convenient for our valued fans."
To amp up the fun, the makers of WHOLLY® AVOCADO are partnering with Olympic gold medalist and mother of two Shawn Johnson East to spotlight the versatility and convenience of WHOLLY® AVOCADO products. Johnson East will be helping current and new brand aficionados get involved in the sweepstakes via content on her Instagram page.
Fans may register for one of 10 chances to win a year's supply of free WHOLLY® products and a $350 gift card by following the brand on Instagram (@eatWHOLLY), liking Shawn Johnson East's WHOLLY® AVOCADO reel, and tagging @eatwholly and @shawnjohnson in your own "not my hands" challenge attempts using WHOLLY® AVOCADO products. Contest rules and information here.
Finally, fans can indulge in a number of easy and tasty recipes while they're celebrating National Avocado Day. For example:
Avocado Sushi Roll : The perfect recipe for an at-home sushi night. This recipe is super easy, kid-friendly and a total crowd-pleaser.
Burrata Avocado Pizza : Who doesn't love an easy pizza recipe? This vegetarian pizza has avocado, burrata and tomatoes. Vegetarian lunch or dinner in just 20 minutes.
Avocado-Chickpea Mediterranean Salad : Fast, delicious and filled with robust flavor, this chickpea salad will have you buying the same ingredients every week.
Chicken-Avocado Rollups : These easy chicken-avocado rollups are fantastic for lunch, a midday snack or an appetizer for groups. With creamy avocado and a little bit of Greek yogurt and lime juice, they have the perfect balance of satisfying ingredients and zesty flavor.
Avocado Pudding : With less than five ingredients and in just five minutes, you can whip up this thick and creamy avocado pudding, a fun and delicious dessert you can even serve as an after-school snack.
Too busy to prep a dish? The WHOLLY® brand line features ready-to-serve avocado in three varieties: diced, smashed and chunky. All products are gluten-free, non-GMO, kosher, keto-friendly and contain no added preservatives. Available in 4-ounce trays, as well as convenient 2-ounce single-serve minis, WHOLLY® AVOCADO can be used as a salad topper, in poke bowls, on avocado toast, as a sandwich spread or as a dip.
WHOLLY® products are available at retailers throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.eatwholly.com.
ABOUT THE WHOLLY® BRAND
The WHOLLY® brand, leader in ready-to-eat avocado innovation, is best known for WHOLLY® GUACAMOLE, America's No. 1 refrigerated guacamole, and WHOLLY® AVOCADO. Known for food safety and quality, all WHOLLY® products are made with hand-scooped Hass avocados and are gluten free with no preservatives added. High-pressure technology (HPT) is used to help extend the shelf life of the products and maintain the avocado's delicious flavors and nutrients, while eliminating potentially harmful bacteria. The WHOLLY® brand is part of MegaMex Foods, one of the fastest growing Mexican food companies in the U.S. focused on re-imagining Mexican flavor. For more information and recipe ideas, visit www.eatwholly.com, and follow the brand on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.
ABOUT MEGAMEX FOODS, LLC.
MegaMex Foods, one of the fastest growing Mexican food companies in the U.S., is focused on re-imagining Mexican flavor in restaurants and home kitchens across the country. MegaMex Foods is proudly committed to authentic ingredients and providing a real solution for achieving true Mexican flavors with trusted products, including WHOLLY®, LA VICTORIA®, HERDEZ®, EMBASA® , DOÑA MARÍA®, BÚFALO® and DON MIGUEL® brands. Founded by Herdez del Fuerte and Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), MegaMex Foods is headquartered in Orange, California, with facilities in Texas and Mexico. MegaMex Foods has two operating plants, numerous manufacturing partners and over 4,000 employees. For more information, visit www.megamexfoods.com and www.mmxfoodservice.com.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln East’s Garrett Springer wins 1011NOW Athlete of the Week following his performance that helped Carpet Land win their first ever American Legion Baseball State Title.
The Missouri State Baseball commit had a double and 2 RBI in the win over Panneton Dental Group (Elkhorn South) in the state title game.
This Summer Springer has been hot with over 20 doubles and 5 homeruns. Carpet Land plays on Wednesday in the 64-team National Legion Field.
Garrett was on base and driving guys in 4 days in a row as our team battled back!
All the way up too .434 on the summer
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6 jacks https://t.co/D39o0X25fO — Carpet Land American Legion (@EastSpartanBSB) July 27, 2023
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MEXICO CITY, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBRA Prologis (BMV:FIBRAPL 14), a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, today announced that after having served as a member of the Technical Committee for the past years, Gimena Peña Malcampo, will step down as an independent member.
"We appreciate the time and effort that Gimena put on our Technical Committee meetings. Her perspective, in particular on the ESG initiatives, was highly valued," said Luis Gutiérrez, CEO, Prologis Property Mexico.
"Serving on the FIBRA Prologis Technical Committee has been a rewarding experience. I have always admired the company's commitment to innovation and sustainability, and I'm particularly proud of the progress that has been made toward advancing our sustainability-centered goals. It has been my privileged to serve as a board member of this impactful organization," said Mrs. Peña Malcampo.
FIBRA Prologis Manager will announce a replacement to Gimena Peña Malcampo as an independent member of the Technical Committee.
ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS
FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of June 30, 2023, FIBRA Prologis was comprised of 228 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 44.2 million square feet (4.1 million square meters) of gross leasable area.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which FIBRA Prologis operates, management's beliefs and assumptions made by management. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact FIBRA Prologis financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition activity, development activity, disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt and financial position, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates, (ii) changes in financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust ("FIBRA") status and tax structuring, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments (viii) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, (ix) risks related to the coronavirus pandemic, and (x) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the "Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores" and the Mexican Stock Exchange by FIBRA Prologis under the heading "Risk Factors." FIBRA Prologis undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this release.
Non-Solicitation - Any securities discussed herein or in the accompanying presentations, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. Any such announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein or in the presentations, if and as applicable.
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It’s been a few weeks since SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA on strike, with the two unions fighting back against the Alliance Of Motion Picture And Television Producers—a.k.a. the AMPTP, which represents the major Hollywood studios and TV networks—for much needed protections and benefits that would account for a negligible share of the astronomical amount of money that the studios make from the work of actors and writers, and while the things SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are asking for seem both reasonable and integral to the future of acting and writing (not to mention the future of movies and television, if framing it that way is more meaningful to you), there are apparently some people in Hollywood who feel differently.
Take Stephen Amell, the former star of Arrow and current star of Starz’s Heels, who—when presented with an opportunity to say nothing — chose to speak out against the act of striking in general, calling it “myopic” and a “reductive negotiating tactic” that is “incredibly frustrating.” Amell bravely shared that hot take during a recent appearance at Galaxycon in North Carolina (via Deadline) after being asked about the SAG-AFTRA strike, saying (after a pause so pregnant that he shouldn’t tell Felicity Smoak about it, which is a reference to a bad plot point on Arrow), “I support my union, I do, and I stand with them, but I do not support striking. I don’t.”
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Amell specifically mentioned his frustration with how the strike (and presumably SAG-AFTRA’s rules against promoting struck work) “pertains to shows like the show that I’m on, that premiered last night,” referring to Heels, which seems to indicate that he’d have less of a problem with the strike if it weren’t directly impacting him—which is a viewpoint that someone might hypothetically call… myopic. But it’s okay, because he says he supports his union! Just not right now, when it’s on strike for better working conditions.
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The MarketWatch Guides Team used data from Quadrant Information Services to find the cheapest and most expensive average auto premiums in each state by ZIP code. We controlled for all other factors by using a standard profile of a married 35-year-old driver with a clean driving record and good credit. All averages are for a one-year policy with full coverage.
Here’s what we found.
#1 New York
Difference in premiums by percentage: 240.1%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,908
Least Expensive New York ZIP Code: 14450
Town/city: Fairport
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,211
Most Expensive New York ZIP Code: 11207
Town/city: Brooklyn
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $4,119
Brooklyn tops the list of New York state’s most expensive cities for car insurance. People living in the 11207 ZIP code in Brooklyn pay a whopping $4,119 per year for full-coverage car insurance on average.
That’s 240.1% more than drivers in Fairport, a suburb of Rochester. In terms of percentage, the difference between the two cities’ averages is the biggest of any state in the country, placing New York squarely in first place on our 2023 list.
While Brooklynites typically pay thousands more for car insurance than residents of Fairport do, they tend to have less money to pay those premiums. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median annual household income from 2017 to 2021 in New York City was $70,663, which is about 11% less than the $79,637 median income for people in Fairport.
#2 Pennsylvania
Difference in premiums by percentage: 190.2%
Difference in premiums by amount: $1,970
Least Expensive Pennsylvania ZIP Code: 17065
Town/city: Mount Holly Springs
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,036
Most Expensive Pennsylvania ZIP Code: 19121
Town/city: Philadelphia
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $3,006
Philadelphia is home to several professional sports teams, the Liberty Bell and the world’s favorite cheesesteaks. Unfortunately for Philly residents, it’s also home to some of Pennsylvania’s most expensive car insurance rates.
Drivers in Philadelphia pay an average of $1,970 more per year for auto coverage than those who live roughly 130 miles west in Mount Holly Springs. Despite having a median household income of $52,649 per year — nearly $25,000 less than the median for Mount Holly Springs — Philadelphians pay 190.2% more on average each year for full-coverage car insurance.
#3 Michigan
Difference in premiums by percentage: 154.6%
Difference in premiums by amount: $3,024
Least Expensive Michigan ZIP Code: 49085
Town/city: St. Joseph
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,956
Most Expensive Michigan ZIP Code: 48213
Town/city: Detroit
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $4,980
Detroit is the epicenter of the American automotive industry and has one of the country’s most historic music scenes. But people who live in the city’s 48213 ZIP code pay the highest average rates of any drivers in the state of Michigan.
Car owners in St. Joseph, located on the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan, are on the other end of the spectrum. Drivers in the 49085 ZIP code have the cheapest average annual premium in the state: $1,956. Detroit drivers pay an average of 154.6% more than Michiganders in St. Joseph, at $4,980 per year.
#4 Wisconsin
Difference in premiums by percentage: 153.5%
Difference in premiums by amount: $1,511
Least Expensive Wisconsin ZIP Code: 54956
Town/city: Neenah
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $985
Most Expensive Wisconsin ZIP Code: 54818
Town/city: Brill
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $2,496
Brill is a small, unincorporated area in northwestern Wisconsin. Despite living in a county that only has about 47,000 people, drivers registered in the 54818 ZIP code pay the highest average car insurance rates in Wisconsin.
The $2,496 per year that Brill drivers pay on average is a massive 153.5% more than drivers in Neenah, who pay the lowest average premium in Wisconsin. Car owners in the 54956 ZIP code, where Neenah is located, have an average premium of just $985 per year for full coverage.
#5 Massachusetts
Difference in premiums by percentage: 139.4%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,972
Least Expensive Massachusetts ZIP Code: 01012
Town/city: Chesterfield
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $2,132
Most Expensive Massachusetts ZIP Code: 02119
Town/city: Boston
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $5,104
Boston is one of the country’s oldest cities and home to some of its most successful professional sports franchises. Bostonians living in the 02119 ZIP code don’t just pay the highest average premiums for car insurance in the state of Massachusetts — they pay the highest average auto insurance rates of drivers in any single ZIP code.
Car insurance in Massachusetts is expensive everywhere from the Cape Cod coastline to the hills of Stockbridge. The state’s cheapest average rate, $2,132 per year for drivers in Chesterfield, is higher than the most expensive average premiums in many states. However, those rates are a steal compared to the $5,104 per year drivers in Boston’s 02119 ZIP code pay on average.
#6 Missouri
Difference in premiums by percentage: 139.1%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,193
Least Expensive Missouri ZIP Code: 63848
Town/city: Gideon
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,576
Most Expensive Missouri ZIP Code: 63107
Town/city: St. Louis
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $3,769
St. Louis is known for its famous arch and its popular baseball and hockey teams. It could also be known as the city with Missouri’s most expensive car insurance, as St. Louis drivers pay more for coverage than residents anywhere else in the state.
At $3,769, the average annual cost in St. Louis’ 63107 ZIP code is $2,193 more than the average driver in Gideon, Mo., pays each year. People in Gideon’s 63848 ZIP code, which sits between the Arkansas and Tennessee borders, pay an average of $1,576 annually for full-coverage car insurance.
#7 Louisiana
Difference in premiums by percentage: 137.7%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,394
Least Expensive Louisiana ZIP Code: 71439
Town/city: Hornbeck
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,738
Most Expensive Louisiana ZIP Code: 70117
Town/city: New Orleans
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $4,132
If one of the nation’s most revered culinary scenes, live music at every turn and the availability of to-go adult beverages aren’t enough to make you consider walking instead of driving, perhaps New Orleans’ sky-high car insurance rates are. Car owners in The Big Easy pay more than those in any other part of Louisiana.
New Orleans drivers who call the 70117 ZIP code home pay $4,132 per year on average for full coverage. That’s 137.7% more expensive than the average rate for drivers in Hornbeck, La., located near the Texas border. Residents here in the 71439 ZIP code pay an average rate of $1,738 per year, less than any other car owners in the state.
#8 California
Difference in premiums by percentage: 129.6%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,147
Least Expensive California ZIP Code: 96067
Town/city: Mount Shasta
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,657
Most Expensive California ZIP Code: 91405
Town/city: Van Nuys
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $3,804
Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, situated about 20 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. But that rather ideal location comes at a price — namely, an average of $3,804 per year for full-coverage car insurance.
The average rate for drivers in the 91405 ZIP code is the highest of any California ZIP code. It’s also 129.6% more than the average rate for drivers in Mount Shasta, Calif. Car insurance costs an average of $1,657 annually in Mount Shasta’s 96067 ZIP code, the lowest average in the state.
#9 Rhode Island
Difference in premiums by percentage: 117.5%
Difference in premiums by amount: $1,785
Least Expensive Rhode Island ZIP Code: 02807
Town/city: Block Island
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,519
Most Expensive Rhode Island ZIP Code: 02907
Town/city: Providence
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $3,304
Providence, R.I., was one of the first U.S. cities to industrialize. It’s also home to a thriving arts community and several prestigious institutions of higher learning. Providence’s 02907 ZIP code is also first among places in Rhode Island when it comes to the average cost of car insurance.
Car owners in Providence pay an average of $3,304 for insurance each year — 117.5% more than those registered in Block Island. The 02807 ZIP code that covers the island is home to the state’s cheapest average car insurance premium: $1,519 per year.
#10 Maryland
Difference in premiums by percentage: 116.4%
Difference in premiums by amount: $2,066
Least Expensive Maryland ZIP Code: 21795
Town/city: Williamsport
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $1,775
Most Expensive Maryland ZIP Code: 21216
Town/city: Baltimore
Average full-coverage car insurance premium: $3,841
In addition to the city’s famous crab cakes and its beloved National Bohemian beer, Baltimore residents enjoy a dynamic local culture. However, they also often pay the highest auto insurance rates of any car owners in Maryland.
The average annual premium of $3,841 paid by people living in Baltimore’s 21216 ZIP code is 116.4% more than what residents of Williamsport, Md., pay. That town near the West Virginia border has the cheapest average insurance rates, as car owners in its 21795 ZIP code pay an average of $1,775 per year.
The Cheapest and Most Expensive ZIP Codes In Each State
In the table below, we’ve listed the cheapest and most expensive ZIP codes for car insurance in each state. You’ll also find the corresponding town and city names, along with these details:
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To the casual observer, it might have seemed like the relationship between Gov. Kevin Stitt and legislative leadership could not get worse.
On Monday, it did.
In a move that could blow up the current state budget, Stitt sued Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles McCall, R-Atoka, and Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, in the Oklahoma Supreme Court after the House cast the final vote to overturn Stitt's vetoes of two bills dealing with tribal compacts.
Monday’s lawsuit essentially charges the 59th Legislature with a power grab, saying it used “unprecedented … raw legislative power” to overpower the executive branch by “encroaching” on the governor’s authority.
The suit mostly aims at Senate Bill 26x and House Bill 1005x, both passed during a special session that began in May, while the regular session was still convened, and which ended Monday night. Those bills extend for one year tribal tobacco and motor vehicle registration compacts that would otherwise expire this year.
The House’s 72-16 vote Monday on a motion to override Stitt’s veto of SB 26x completed the Legislature’s reinstatement of both measures.
Stitt’s lawsuit asks the state Supreme Court to invalidate SB 26x and HB 1005x on several grounds, among them his assertion that the entire special session was “unlawful.” In making that argument, the suit appears to also question the legality of the general appropriations and budget bills passed during the special session.
The lawsuit argues that the special session was illegal because special sessions concurrent with the regular session are not specifically allowed by the state constitution and, it is implied, because the Legislature convened the concurrent special session to prevent Stitt from vetoing the budget after the regular session adjourned.
“Aware that it had run itself out of time to send the Governor a budget which it could override if vetoed, the Legislature decided to set aside the law in favor of a system to suit their desired end — sure passage of unlawful bills. … It then purported to pass both a budget outside the mandated context (i.e. regular session) as well as bills plainly prohibited in any context.”
Stitt opposed the compact bills and the budget and appropriations bills, the latter largely because the general tax reduction he wanted was not included.
The compact extensions are the latest battle in a fight that began shortly after Stitt’s election in 2018 and have contributed greatly to his conflicts with tribal governments and the Legislature. Cheered on by the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Stitt has tried without much success to renegotiate compacts on everything from hunting licenses to gaming.
On Monday, state Rep. Scott Fetgatter, R-Okmulgee, a Choctaw citizen whose district includes the Muscogee Nation headquarters, scoffed at the notion that Stitt could successfully negotiate new compacts.
“I’m still waiting for the hunting compact,” Fetgatter said on the House floor. “That expired three years ago.”
The result, he said, has been lost revenue for the state.
State Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, said the potential loss to the state of $56 million should the tobacco compacts expire answers Stitt’s claims that the legislation is outside the original scope of the special session call.
Echols said arguments that the Legislature exceeded its authority in extending the compacts are “not serious.”
In an afternoon press conference, Stitt repeated his concerns that tribal governments will use the 2020 McGirt decision to expand their taxing jurisdictions in the state. He said he offered the affected tribes a two-year extension Monday morning, instead of the Legislature’s one-year, on the condition that they agree to new language concerning where tribal smoke shops could be located.
Stitt also complained that seven lobbyists for one or more tribes had tried to sway Monday’s override vote. The lawsuit specifically singles out the Cherokee Nation for allegedly “pressuring” legislators instead of negotiating with him.
“Oklahomans need to kind of think about is how much money is influencing our elections,” Stitt said. “One representative that voted not to overturn this told me that seven different lobbyists, tribal lobbyists, called him over the weekend. The money is on the (override) side. Can you guys not see that? The money is on the (override) side.”
With Cherokee Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. out of the state, Attorney General Sara Hill said it is Stitt who is costing the state money.
“Gov. Stitt created a problem in Oklahoma,” Hill said in a written statement. “He let the Cherokee and Choctaw hunting and fishing compacts expire, and let many tribal tobacco compacts expire. He never even attempted to negotiate new compacts with the Cherokee Nation.
“While the Oklahoma legislature has unified to protect Oklahoma’s revenue and extend tribal tag and tobacco compacts, Governor Stitt still prefers division and lawsuits.”
McCall did not have anything to say about Stitt’s lawsuit, but Treat had plenty.
“Plain and simple, the governor’s continued rhetoric and vitriol surrounding not only these compacts but also our Native American Tribal partners as a whole seeks to divide the state,” Treat said. “It is clear at this point the governor has no end game, goal or aspirations of working with the Legislature or tribes. He continues to ignore the courts, Legislature and common sense.
“These compacts in particular weren’t new. They weren’t unique in any way. They simply kept the exact same language as before to give him an opportunity to try and do the right thing by working with the tribes to renegotiate the compacts, while ensuring the state didn’t lose millions in revenue. He has once again failed Oklahoma.
“Today, history is repeating itself with the announcement of this lawsuit. I’m confident his intentions will meet the same fate as we have unfortunately witnessed, and paid for, in the past.
“By overriding these vetoes, the Legislature gave the governor another avenue and opportunity to negotiate in good faith, as we have done repeatedly. He has never accepted or appreciated our efforts and has turned his back all 4 million Oklahomans, the legislative process and Oklahoma’s tribal partners, costing the state millions in legal fees.
“This zero-sum game he is playing is a losing strategy, and I hope Oklahomans and my fellow lawmakers are paying careful attention,” Treat said.
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton contributed to this story.
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With another influx of newcomers, Porter Moser believes the Sooners can offer a different dimension from a year ago when Oklahoma finished at the bottom of the Big 12 Conference.
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NORMAN — There’s at least a piece of Porter Moser that yearns for the good old days of say, 2016.
Oklahoma’s third-year men’s basketball coach held the top job at Loyola Chicago back then. And with the advent of the modern transfer portal still two years away, Moser could typically count on retaining the bulk of his roster from one season to the next.
If guys were playing, they weren’t leaving. Today, Moser can’t recall losing a single consistent rotation player in those years.
Now, as Moser wraps up another slate of summer workouts this week with another fresh group of Sooners in another offseason of mass turnover in Norman, those days feel distant.
“It’s almost becoming the new normal,” Moser told reporters Monday afternoon with the program’s eight-week run of summer practices winding down. “You look around the country and it seems like everybody has over half their team is new.”
To be precise, one year after replacing half of his scholarship roster ahead of the 2022-23 season, Moser approaches his third campaign at OU with newcomers making up 58.3% of the Sooners’ current scholarship talent. Of the 12 players expected to make up the program’s regular rotation in 2023-24, eight have yet to play a competitive minute in an OU uniform.
That cast of newcomers consists of five transfers — guards Javian McCollum, Le’Tre Darthard and Rivaldo Soares and forwards John Hugley IV and Jalon Moore — and freshmen Kaden Cooper and Jacolb Cole. And in the Sooners’ new-look unit, Moser believes he has a team that can offer a different dimension from a year ago when OU finished 15-17 at the bottom of the Big 12 Conference standings.
“We’re noticeably longer and more athletic,” Moser said. “That’s the first thing that jumps out. It was intentional in how we recruited.”
Once accustomed to perennial roster continuity, Moser’s offseasons of change since he arrived in Norman have taught the 54-year-old coach how to approach a summer with another set of fresh faces around Lloyd Noble Center.
“You gotta be relentless with what you believe in,” Moser said. “Because there’s always new guys, I’m not throwing in the towel and saying the way we do things and the way our culture has got to be is too exhausting to keep reteaching it. I’m just relentless on the main thing.”
Bigger, stronger
Without knocking the incessantly competitive Tanner Groves, Moser indicated that he expects the Sooners to possess a stronger force in the paint this coming season with the addition of Hugley IV, the 6-foot-10 transfer from Pitt.
“He’s just an extremely physical presence,” Moser said. “He’s just very, very physical. Really trying to get to the place where we can play the pace with him. But he’s a physical presence. He’s knocking down his shot better. He averaged 15 points in the ACC around that paint for a reason.”
Hugley IV isn’t the only Sooner packing more punch with OU less than 100 days out from tip off.
Big man Sam Godwin has added 10 pounds of muscle from a year ago and intends to reach a playing weight of 240 pounds by the start of his second season with the Sooners. Sophomore guard Los Uzan, according to Moser, is now playing at 194 pounds after weighing in around 170 pounds upon his arrival a year ago.
Assistant turnover
Days after losing his longest-tenured assistant to Duke, Moser has every intention of filling the vacancy left by former Sooners assistant Emanuel Dildy.
“I wish you guys could see my phone — it’s already beeped 25 times since I (showed up here),” Moser said. “There’s quite a bit of interest with this thing. But for me, just gotta get it right. What’s the right fit?”
Dildy, who came to Norman alongside Moser in 2021, is headed to the Blue Devils to serve as an assistant under Jon Scheyer.
“It’s part of it,” Moser said. “I feel like I hire really good. I’ve had some good assistants. Eight of my former assistants are current (Division I) coaches. …Very, very hard to lose assistants but they’ve moved on. That means you’ve hired good guys. I’ll do it again.”
Cole injury
A promising start in summer workouts for freshman Jacolb Cole was derailed by a broken foot that sidelined the 6-foot-7 forward for five of the last eight weeks, Moser said.
The Sooners head coach did not provide further details on Cole’s recovery.
Sooners returning to Tulsa
OU will return to Tulsa’s BOK Center to face Arkansas for a third consecutive year this December in the final contest of a three-game, neutral site series between the schools.
The Sooners are set to meet the Razorbacks in Tulsa on Saturday, Dec. 9 as part of OU’s non-conference slate in the second month of the 2023-24 season.
The programs split the first two games in the series, with the Sooners topping Arkansas in 2021 before suffering a 10-point defeat last December.
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During a Tulsa World interview, University of Tulsa athletic director Rick Dickson delivered a compelling update on the Golden Hurricane athletic department’s finances.
Also, he did not dismiss the possibility that he may stay a bit longer than expected.
His current contract expires on June 30, 2024 — at which time Dickson will have had his 70th birthday. A TU graduate who was the university’s athletic director in 1990-94, Dickson returned for an administrative sequel in 2020. He succeeded Derrick Gragg, who initially left for a job with the NCAA.
Gragg now is the Northwestern University athletic director. His plate is filled with a football scandal.
The Bill Haisten Podcast: As other signature sports falter, there is intensified pressure on OSU football Underachievement in wrestling, baseball, men’s golf and men’s basketball programs coincides with OSU's attempt to raise more than $300 million for new facilities, and it doubles the pressure on football.
It is believed that TU is searching for a new associate athletic director. As Dickson is thrilled with the results of his department’s 2022-23 fiscal year fund-raising, I asked whether that energy might inspire him to do one more University of Tulsa contract after the current one expires.
“We’ll see,” he replied.
His response reminded me of something he said during a 2021 Tulsa World interview. When Dickson reported for duty in 2020, it was expected that he would be here only for a few months — stabilizing the department during the worst of the COVID-19 impact on college athletics.
In July 2021, that was the question: Would Dickson actually consider a three-year contract and accept the challenges of fixing a wobbly TU athletic department? He responded by saying it was a “50-50” possibility.
“We’ll see” sounds a lot like “50-50,” so maybe the university does get an extra year of Dickson’s leadership and fund-raising mojo.
Even if it were only a one-year contract for 2024-25, Dickson could use that time to prepare a new associate athletic director for the No. 1 role.
Whether Dickson stays beyond June 30, 2024 is a mystery.
This is a certainty of which he is extremely proud: Only about 48 hours before the June 30 end of TU’s 2022-23 fiscal year, there was a donation that pushed the athletic department beyond its goal of $2.5 million.
The official total: $2.6 million.
The University of Tulsa’s fundraising number has nearly tripled in three years since Dickson returned. The 2019-20 total had been $900,000.
As Dickson returned to Tulsa from New Orleans in 2020, and after he learned of the $900,000 fundraising number, he addressed TU’s marketing staff. His message: “This is unacceptable. We cannot operate at this level.”
“If we don’t have water in the pond,” Dickson said last week, “we don’t survive. We only had an inch of water in our pond. Only tadpoles can live with that.”
This might even be more impressive than the $2.6 million figure: Because of an aggressive campaign of social interaction and phone contacts, Dickson states, TU has 1,000 new donors.
There is a great variance on the amount of the investments, but TU now has a relationship with 1,000 parties with whom the school had no relationship in 2022.
TU’s Golden Hurricane Club booster organization has been rebranded and now is known as the Golden Hurricane Champions fund. In 2019-20, there were 600 Golden Hurricane Champions memberships. Today, there are nearly 1,800.
“After ticket (revenue), the money from media rights and the money from your conference distribution, your next-greatest revenue stream always is your annual (fundraising campaign),” Dickson said. “When I returned here, I said that our (ultimate) goal had to be $3 million a year on fundraising. We’ve made pretty good strides.”
After Dickson and his staff members celebrate their triumph with an upcoming steak feast, they can look ahead at their 2023-24 fundraising assignment.
Next year’s goal is, in fact, $3 million.
“During the final quarter of (a fiscal year), fundraising is all I do,” Dickson continued. “Both for me and our fundraising team — that’s all we do. All over town, there are coffees, lunches and dinners. Our fundraising team averages 450 calls a week. That’s what it takes.
“What’s most important to me — it’s not the dollars. It’s the donors. The (potential) that those people are donating annually. The likelihood that some of them become season-ticket holders. The possibility that some of those people become major-gift prospects. ”
“And,” Dickson added, “please mention Kyle Zerr and his team in this article. They’ve been great.”
Zerr’s age is half of Dickson’s, but they are energy twins. Zerr is TU’s athletics director of development.
“Rick told us to think big,” Zerr said. “We have to engage the Tulsa community. Families who have no connection to the University of Tulsa — we’ve got to get them on campus.”
As first-year football coach Kevin Wilson presides over his first Hurricane preseason camp, Dickson issues a prediction on attendance: “You’ll see a significant bump for both football and basketball this year. People are writing checks and saying, ‘I’m in.’ And then you have the season tickets.”
The 2020 season isn’t factored because there were COVID-19 limitations on attendance. Otherwise, TU has a streak of nine consecutive football seasons during which the home attendance average was less than 20,000.
In 2008, the 11-win Hurricane had a home attendance average of 24,368. In 2011, the first Bill Blankenship-coached Hurricane attracted 22,541 per game. In 2012, the 11-win, Conference USA championship Hurricane finished with an attendance average of 20,020.
In no season since has Tulsa been at the 20,000 mark with its average on home football attendance at 30,000-seat H.A. Chapman Stadium.
Last season’s average was 18,745. OU is on this year’s home schedule (Sept. 16). There is a suddenly deeper pool of interested donors. That combination should push the 2023 Hurricane beyond the 20,000 mark on average attendance.
In March 2022, as TU neared the end of Frank Haith’s final season as the Hurricane basketball coach (and as home-game basketball attendance figures had become dismal), there was a memorable Dickson quote: “This tire is flat.”
“We took 23,000 Tulsa people to the (1991 Freedom Bowl) in Anaheim, California,” he said. “To a second-tier bowl. Think about that. We don’t get 23,000 for a home game now.”
The basketball Hurricane recorded only five victories during Eric Konkol’s 2022-23 first season as the head coach, but the Reynolds Center attendance average of 3,972 was well beyond the 2021-22 average of 2,911.
The 2021-22 basketball attendance average was TU’s worst in 42 years. The 1980 hiring of Nolan Richardson was a game-changer and led to the greatest period in TU basketball history.
In 1980-2003, there were 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, 13 NCAA Tournament wins, three Sweet Sixteen appearances, an Elite Eight run in 2000 and NIT titles in 1981 and 2001. Konkol was a TU student assistant during the 2000-01 NIT championship season.
During the last 20 seasons, Tulsa made only two NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2014 (with Danny Manning) and in 2016 (with Haith), there was an opening-game loss. No TU team has recorded an NCAA Tournament victory since March 2003, when the John Phillips-coached Hurricane was an 84-71, first-round winner over Dayton. Tulsa got a combined 48 points from guards Dante Swanson and Jason Parker.
How long ago was March 2003? One day after TU eliminated Dayton from the NCAA Tournament, the Ohio Division II high school championship game matched an Akron high school (St. Vincent-St. Mary of Akron) and a Kettering high school (Archbishop Alter). St. Vincent-St. Mary senior LeBron James capped his prep career with 25 points and 11 rebounds, driving the Irish to a 40-36 triumph.
Wilson now begins his attempt to build a TU football program that compels Tulsans to pay attention and buy tickets. With a new roster, Konkol attempts the same in men’s basketball. With regard to results and attendance, coach Angie Nelp’s Tulsa women’s basketball program is trending in a positive direction.
Later this week, Dickson and his wife Brenda are reuniting with their kids and eight grandchildren for an Airbnb getaway on the Lake Michigan shore in Chicago.
It should be a nice escape from Oklahoma heat. Both on Saturday and Sunday, the predicted high temperature in Chicago is 80 degrees.
“After a trip like this,” Dickson said, “I always feel refreshed and ready to work.”
His work has been remarkable for a TU athletic department. Whether Dickson continues that work for 11 more months or for another couple of years, time will tell.
“We’ll see,” he says.
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"It has taken up a huge amount of my time and it has cost me, so far, quite a lot of money in legal fees so I have today sent a legal litigation letter to Coutts where I want some full apologies, I want some compensation for my costs, but - more important than all of that - I want a face-to-face meeting with the bank's bosses.
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It urges Afghanistan's rulers to reverse policies harming rights of women and vulnerable communities.
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At the same time, the US delegation "took note" of the Taliban's "continuing commitment not to allow Afghanistan to be used as a platform for attacks on the United States and its allies", acknowledging a "decrease in large-scale terrorist attacks against Afghan civilians".
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Ancient maps had referred to a Fort Kormantine in that area, for example the name of the nearby town, Kormantse, is clearly related. In addition, another version of the name, Coromantee, was given to some of the enslaved people in the Caribbean thought to have been transported from this place and later known for slave rebellions.
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Supporters of the military who seized power in Niger last week have been showing their support for Russia.
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Like Niger, both these countries previously had significant numbers of French troops helping them but as the Islamist attacks continued, anti-French sentiment rose across the region, with people in all three countries starting to accuse the French of not doing enough to stop them.
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"People don't come forward to complain, instead they will go to out of court settlements," he says. "It becomes very difficult for us to pursue those cases and gather information because that has to come from the families and in most cases they won't tell us."
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Royal Mail and Skyports will distribute letters and parcels between the islands using drones.
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Chris Paxton, head of drone trials at Royal Mail, said: "We are proud to be working with Skyports to deliver via drone to some of the most remote communities that we serve in the UK.
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"It seems to me that if the associations are regulated and their tenancies are regulated, then how the tenancies are set up and how they are advertised should be regulated as well," said Mr Betts.
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Facing criminal charges has only strengthened the former president's lead in the Republican race.
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"We're really dealing with the tale of two Americas and two distinct bubbles," says Mr Young. "There's one bubble that sees Trump's behaviour as lawless. And there's another bubble that sees him as their champion - and that he's being attacked because of that."
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BBC Sport's football expert Rachel Brown-Finnis gives her predictions for the final round of group games at the Women's World Cup.
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Fifa Women's World Cup 2023 Hosts: Australia and New Zealand Dates: 20 July-20 August Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Full coverage details; Latest news
No host nation has been eliminated at the group stage in any of the previous eight Fifa Women's World Cup tournaments, but Australia and New Zealand are both at risk of an early exit this time.
Both co-hosts need to win their final group games to be sure of reaching the knockout stages, but who else will make the last 16, and who will be heading home?
BBC Sport football expert Rachel Brown-Finnis is predicting the outcome of all 64 games at the tournament and, before it started, she also picked her two teams to go through from each group and reach the knockout stage.
GROUP A
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Sunday, 30 July Norway v Philippines 6-0 2-0 Sunday, 30 July Switzerland v New Zealand 0-0 0-1
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: Norway (winners) and New Zealand (runners-up)
Norway 6-0 Philippines
I was expecting Norway to be in a much better position in Group A after two games, and their situation reflects how important the squad environment is for results.
A collection of talented individual players who are fragmented and disjointed lost to New Zealand and then drew with Switzerland, who both have less quality and no real superstars but are more unified as teams.
Norway haven't even managed a goal yet but they can still go through with a win if the other game goes their way.
That part is out of their control, but I think they will do their bit and beat the Philippines, who are still in the mix themselves.
Brown-Finnis's prediction: 2-0
Switzerland 0-0 New Zealand
This one is going to be very close but I am backing New Zealand to edge it and top the group.
The Ferns have got team spirit and togetherness in abundance and that can make the difference for them - they have a real desire to get through and a collective approach to making it happen.
New Zealand will be kicking themselves that they slipped up against the Philippines, in one of the biggest shocks of this World Cup so far.
Switzerland have been very solid in their opening matches and are yet to concede a goal, but I am going for the co-hosts to get through.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-1
GROUP B
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Monday, 31 July Canada v Australia 0-4 1-2 Monday, 31 July Republic of Ireland v Nigeria 0-0 0-0
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: Australia (winners) and Canada (runners-up)
Canada 0-4 Australia
Group B is another one where no-one is through yet, and what a game this is to decide who makes it.
Australia will be devastated that they come into their final group game needing to beat Canada, when they were expected by many to be safely into the last 16 by now.
Canada have not looked at their sharpest so far, but they are still very experienced in situations like this and the Matildas will need everything to come together if they are going to beat them.
Sam Kerr is available for Australia after her injury but I'd be surprised if she started this game. They will probably see how the game pans out and wait to see if they need her.
I don't think it will be straight-forward at all for the co-hosts, but I am going to go with my heart and say they will make it - the tournament really needs them to get through too.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-2
Republic of Ireland 0-0 Nigeria
The Republic of Ireland are out but they have competed so well, exactly the way I was hoping they would.
Nigeria, meanwhile, have surpassed all expectations - including my own - but fully deserve to be top of Group B. From what we've seen so far, no-one will want to play them in the last 16.
They are not too bothered about dominating possession or indeed any other set of stats. They are only concerned about being really hard to break down. Chiamaka Nnadozie has been excellent in goal too, and then up the other end they can rely on stardust to get their goals.
A draw would be enough to send Nigeria through no matter what happens elsewhere, and the Republic would be happy with that outcome too, because it would give them their first World Cup point.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-0
GROUP C
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Monday, 31 July Costa Rica v Zambia 1-3 2-2 Monday, 31 July Japan v Spain 4-0 1-2
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: Spain (winners) and Zambia (runners-up)
Costa Rica 1-3 Zambia
These teams are both already out and are yet to score a goal or put a point on the board.
So, I can see them wanting to go out and show what they can do. There is not much point in them being cagey now.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 2-2
Japan 4-0 Spain
This World Cup feels wide open from what we've seen so far and I would include both of these teams in my list of five or six serious contenders who have either been really impressive or look like they have another couple of gears to find.
With their progress already assured, they are both trying to top group C, but I don't think either will fear whoever they end up facing out of Group A. I could see Japan or Spain going on to win the tournament, they have been that good.
It's hard to pick a winner here, but I am going to go with Spain to take it, just about.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-2
GROUP D
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Tuesday, 1 August China v England x-x 0-1 Tuesday, 1 August Haiti v Denmark x-x 1-0
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: England (winners) and Denmark (runners-up).
China v England (1 August, 12:00)
This has been the group of 1-0 wins so far - all four results have ended up with that scoreline so I am backing that trend to continue.
England only need one point to make it out of Group D but I think they will get all three, and then who joins them could come down to fair play points, and be decided by the number of yellow cards each team has received.
We want the Lionesses to stay clear of all of that, and I am confident they will get the job done.
China are capable of making things difficult for England, however, and seeing them toil with 10 men to beat Haiti in their last match was very impressive.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-1
Haiti v Denmark (1 August, 12:00)
Haiti can feel hard done by to have been beaten in both of their games so far, losing to a penalty on each occasion, but you just know they will go for it again against Denmark and maybe this is when their luck turns.
If England beat China it opens the door for Haiti to get out of Group D with a win, although it might come down to fair play points. It is going to be so close that I can see a conundrum like that happening at the end of it.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-0
GROUP E
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Tuesday, 1 August Portugal v USA x-x 1-3 Tuesday, 1 August Vietnam v Netherlands x-x 0-2
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: USA (winners) and Netherlands (runners-up).
Portugal v USA (1 August, 08:00)
The USA will go through if they avoid defeat and although they have made something of a slow start in Group E, I can't see them having too many problems against Portugal.
The defending champions are one of the teams I am expecting to ramp it up as the World Cup goes on, because they have a lot of younger players who are taking part in their first tournament and learning the ropes.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-3
Vietnam v Netherlands (1 August, 08:00)
The Netherlands only need a draw here to make the last 16 but they should win comfortably.
I liked what I saw from the Dutch in their draw with the USA and that performance bodes well for the tests to come in the knockout stage.
They have found a really effective way of playing and breaking teams down without the injured Vivianne Miedema, and they look the real deal.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-2
GROUP F
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Jamaica v Brazil x-x 1-1 Panama v France x-x 0-2
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: France (winners) and Brazil (runners-up).
Jamaica v Brazil (2 August, 11:00)
Realistically, Brazil have to win this game to get out of Group F but Jamaica showed with their 0-0 draw with France that they are very strong defensively.
The Reggae Girlz will also have their captain and talisman, Khadija Bunny Shaw, back from suspension to add more bite to their attack.
Brazil did not show as much attacking flair against France as they did against Panama but I am expecting them to drive forward again here.
It is going to be an exciting game, but I just have a feeling Jamaica will frustrate them and get the draw they need to progress.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-1
Panama v France (2 August, 11:00)
I really enjoyed co-commentating on France's win over Brazil - France's squad depth made the difference in the end, with the players they brought on, but either team could have won it.
Hopefully that was a sign of what we'll see more of in the knockout stages, with not much of a gap between the teams, but France should run out easy winners here to ensure they go through.
They looked brilliant down the left-hand side against Brazil and they should be too organised, and also too dynamic, for Panama to deal with.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-2
GROUP G
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Argentina v Sweden x-x 0-3 South Africa v Italy x-x 1-0
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: Sweden (winners) and Italy (runners-up).
Argentina v Sweden (2 August, 08:00)
Argentina need a win to have any chance of progressing, but that is just not happening.
Sweden are already though, and reminded everyone with their big win against Italy what powerhouses they are.
They have got the opportunity to rest several players here but I don't think they will, and I can see them steamrollering over Argentina in the same way.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-3
South Africa v Italy (2 August, 08:00)
South Africa need to win this one to finish second, otherwise Italy go through.
It is a huge moment for both teams, but especially Banyana Banyana, who are playing in only their second World Cup and have not made it out of the groups before.
If they can play like they did against Sweden, I can see South Africa doing it. That's why I am backing them, because I have seen how they can play, but they will have to change their habit of conceding late goals.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-0
GROUP H
Games Score Brown-Finnis' prediction Thursday, 3 August South Korea v Germany x-x 0-2 Thursday, 3 August Morocco v Colombia x-x 1-3
Brown-Finnis' pre-tournament picks: Germany (winners) and South Korea (runners-up).
South Korea v Germany (3 August, 11:00)
This has been the group of shocks, with the latest one being Germany's last-gasp defeat by Colombia. I certainly didn't see that one coming.
Even so, I still think Germany will be too strong for South Korea - who have not scored a goal or picked up a point so far - and there is only one winner here.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 0-2
Morocco v Colombia (3 August, 11:00)
Colombia's success against South Korea in their opening game caught me out, but it was a bigger surprise when Morocco did the same too, for their first ever World Cup win.
Morocco are ranked 72nd in the world while South Korea are a top 20 team, so that was a great achievement.
There is a similar gulf in rankings here - Colombia are number 25, and they showed how good they are when they beat Germany in their second game. They only need a point to go through, but I think they will get all three.
Brown-Finnis' prediction: 1-3
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England midfielder Georgia Stanway feels confident she can fill in for the injured Keira Walsh in the Lionesses' final group game against China.
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Walsh was embarrassed to be stretchered off - Stanway
England v China Venue : Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide Date : 1 August Kick-off : 12:00 BST Coverage : Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds and follow on the BBC Sport website & app. Full coverage details; latest news
England midfielder Georgia Stanway is confident she can fill in for injury-hit Keira Walsh in the team's final Women's World Cup group game against China.
Walsh, 26, is out through injury, though scans confirmed it was not an anterior cruciate ligament knee issue.
Manager Sarina Wiegman did not confirm how long Walsh will be out for.
"I woke up this morning feeling a lot more mature," joked Stanway, who could fill a more defensive role than usual.
Stanway added: "I've just created a little bit of a leadership role with the way that I'm playing. I feel a lot of confidence in my own game and I've been consistent off the back of the Euros.
"I'm just trying to keep that momentum. I feel I've proven my leadership in the way that I play and lead by example. I'm not afraid to communicate as well so I'll try and do the two jobs."
She said Walsh had been "the best teacher without knowing it".
Georgia Stanway has made 52 appearances for England and has started their first two group games
Wiegman's side know a point or better on Tuesday would see them progress to the last 16 as Group D winners.
Barcelona's Walsh, widely considered one of the best midfielders in the world, played all but four minutes of Euro 2022 and had formed a strong partnership with Stanway before her injury occurred in the 1-0 win against Denmark on Friday.
Walsh's role has been as a holding player, blessed with creativity, with former Manchester City team-mate Stanway alongside her but having a greater licence to roam forward.
"It's always difficult to see your team-mate, who is also my best friend, go down and in such pain," said 24-year-old Stanway.
"We will support her as much as we can. There's 22 players who need to step up and we'll do what we can for her [on Tuesday]. She will be watching.
"For me, it's just covering that discipline element and knowing I don't always have to be running to help with the attack. I need to protect the back four too.
"I've played alongside Keira [Walsh] who is the best teacher without knowing it. I'm sure she will be giving me some tips. She's got trust in whoever is going to be on the pitch."
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"And before that happened I could tell the time on my wristwatch. The consultant was extremely angry with me for not having come sooner. But I couldn't come sooner because I couldn't get an appointment and I was ringing everyone."
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There is skill to reading a room, and not everyone is good at it. But it doesn't take a Harvey Specter-level ability at reading people and situations (thanks, Netflix) to realize that making sexist and demeaning jokes toward a female reporter, on the air, as a member of the Washington Commanders' flagship radio station, a week after a new ownership group came in with a mandate to clean up the toxic environment around the team, is an epically dumb idea.
And yet, here we are.
While broadcasting from Commanders training camp on Thursday, sports radio host Don Geronimo (real name Michael Sorce) called out to reporter Sharla McBride by referring to her as "Barbie girl" and later as "that chick." He also assumed the reporter was a cheerleader instead of a woman trying to do her job for WUSA-9, the CBS affiliate in Washington. Geronimo and Young were initially told not to come back to camp, and after a quick "internal review," iHeart Media D.C., which owns WBIG, fired Geronimo, who had recently announced a new contract that was to take him through 2026.
McBride has blond hair and is pretty, and Barbie is definitely having a moment this summer thanks to the blockbuster movie. But McBride is a career journalist who has been in the Washington market for three years and was awarded an Emmy last month for her work at WUSA. She was at Commanders camp to do her job: deliver the news of the day to viewers.
Washington's new ownership group, led by Josh Harris, took over little more than a week before Geronimo's comments. A big part of the reason the Commanders were even available to buy is because of the bravery of dozens of women who stepped forward to tell their stories, and what the NFL deemed gross mistreatment those women faced while employed in team offices during the megalomaniacal reign of Dan Snyder. Their courage led to two league-mandated outside investigations as well as the eyes of Congress. It ultimately led to Snyder's exit from the NFL owners' club, a group he appeared to care deeply about being part of.
With that as a backdrop, how could iHeart D.C., likely with pressure from the Commanders, not have fired him? Sending Geronimo packing was an easy win for Harris — and one that Geronimo basically gift-wrapped for them.
Some of his longtime fans are bemoaning the decision, crying that everyone is too sensitive these days because they won't accept that being openly derisive toward a woman while on-air is unacceptable now, and really has been for years. It never should have been acceptable, but thankfully there has been some level of growth in this country that means in many corners women are expected to be treated with a basic level of respect.
This is Geronimo’s schtick, incapable of offering listeners anything more than tired, boorish "jokes." Incapable of reading the room, he gave the new ownership group a near-immediate chance to show the team's fans that they were different from Snyder. Just as Snyder finally had to face the music for his misdeeds, Geronimo was made to pay for his.
Harris and Co. will likely have a long honeymoon with Commanders fans simply because they are not the Snyders. Dan Snyder dragged the franchise through the mud with his litigious — and, according to the NFL's final report on him, lascivious — ways, his nearly 25 years of ownership producing little more than chaos and negative headlines.
There are questions about how successful the Commanders will be on the field this season, but it didn't take long for Harris to get his first win off it, one that was almost embarrassingly easy to claim.
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Bull shark: A bull shark tried to take a bite out of the back of a boat as fishermen attempted to catch cobia. (Joseph Prezioso/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Well, it is Shark Week.
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A fisherman said he was “shaking like an earthquake” when a bull shark recently attacked his boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Florida, USA Today reported.
Joshua Jorgensen, who hosts the BlacktipH Fishing show on YouTube from Palm Beach Gardens, used a drone to capture aerial footage of the shark bashing into the back of boat. The agitated shark thumped the boat of Jorgensen’s friend, Carl Torresson, at least eight times, Fox News reported.
Jorgensen filmed two large cobia swimming with a bull shark circling nearby, the news outlet reported. The video that Jorgensen posted to Instagram shows the fishermen casting their lines into the water -- and then the shark became aggressive.
“I was flying my drone at the beach and spotted two huge cobia swimming with a bull shark. Cobia is one of the best-tasting fish in the ocean,” Jorgensen said in the video. “So I called my buddy Carl, and he raced over to try (to) catch them.
“I was following his boat with my drone and then all of a sudden the shark attacked his engines.”
Jorgensen added that the shark initially attacked the boat five times and “then came back for more.”
The shark attacked the boats a total of eight times, Jorgensen said, according to USA Today.
“We’re thinking, you know, maybe he grabbed the propeller,” Torresson said in the video. “We weren’t expecting the damage that we had when we got back to the dock, and it was just astronomical. The whole middle of the engine’s completely ripped out. The trim tab’s broken.
“And I didn’t think a shark could actually shake a boat like that. The boat was shaking like a bag of popcorn. Like literally, I was shaking like an earthquake. I was like, what’s going on? I went back there and I noticed it was a shark doing it. I’m like, are you kidding me? This is like a ride from Universal Studios.”
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Adrian Street: Pro wrestler Adrian Street, left, posed with his coal miner father in 1974. "Too dark down there, I was born for the spotlight," Street said about the coal mines. (Dennis Hutchinson/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
“Exotic” Adrian Street, a flamboyant professional wrestler who dressed like a glam rocker but exhibited the toughness of his Welsh roots as the son of a coal miner, died July 24, his family confirmed. He was 82.
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Street had recently undergone brain surgery, the BBC reported.
Born on Dec. 5, 1940, in Brynmawr, Wales, Street was known for his androgynous appearance and claimed to have wrestled in more than 12,000 bouts during his seven-decade career, according to The Guardian.
A genre-bending pioneer whose larger-than-life presence and ruthlessness between the ropes changed the wrestling world forever. Honored to have called Adrian Street a friend.
My thoughts are with Miss Linda and the family, friends and fans of Adrian Street. pic.twitter.com/fQrbWPem8p — Triple H (@TripleH) July 31, 2023
“His flamboyant style entertained audiences and reimagined what was possible in sports-entertainment,” WWE said in a statement.
Street would enter the ring with his longtime manager and future wife, Miss Linda, garbed in pastels and glitter, wearing lipstick and sporting brightly dyed hair while wearing a feather boa, The Guardian reported.
Street was “the kindest, most loving man you could ever meet,” his wife told the BBC on Sunday. “The total opposite to how he behaved on stage.”
He refused to follow in the footsteps of his father, who worked in the coal mines of Wales, according to the BBC.
“Too dark down there, I was born for the spotlight,” Street once confessed in an interview.
WWE is saddened to learn that Adrian Street has passed away.
WWE extends its condolences to Street’s family, friends, and fans.https://t.co/DjCT1ESCnE pic.twitter.com/2cUspIV58i — WWE (@WWE) July 31, 2023
Former WWE wrestler Paul “Triple H” Levesque, who is currently an executive with the wrestling promotion, called Street “a genre-bending pioneer whose larger-than-life presence and ruthlessness between the ropes changed the wrestling world forever.”
As a teenager, Street ran away from home and began wrestling in London, billed as “Kid Tarzan Jonathan,” the BBC reported.
I’m deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my friend and truly a one off talent Adrian Street. My deepest condolences to Linda and Adrian’s family. Rest well.x — William Regal (@RealKingRegal) July 31, 2023
Later returning to his real name, Street became a wrestling “heel,” antagonizing fans with his appearance and rough tactics. He further infuriated fans with his flamboyant costumes that was a precursor to glam rockers like David Bowie, Marc Bolan and Gary Glitter, according to The Guardian.
Street ignored the catcalls, skipping around the ring and planting lipstick kisses on his opponents’ foreheads before smashing them into the canvas, the BBC reported.
Street later moved to Florida, where he and his wife started a costume-making business called The Bizarre Bizarre, the news outlet reported. He also founded a wrestling school, the Skull Krushers Academy.
Street was featured in a 2019 biopic, “You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful,” The Guardian reported.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: APR 23 Notre Dame Spring Game SOUTH BEND, IN - APRIL 23: A detail view of a Notre Dame Fighting Irish helmet is seen during the Notre Dame Blue-Gold Spring Football Game on April 23, 2022 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. (Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
The richest apparel deal in college athletics belongs to the Golden Dome.
Notre Dame and Under Armour are extending their relationship, agreeing to a new 10-year contract that puts the Irish at the top of college sports with a price tag of more than $10 million annually in cash and gear, sources told Yahoo Sports.
Notre Dame and Under Armour officials declined to comment.
Notre Dame, in the final year of its previous 10-year contract with Under Armour, hit the open market this spring after the expiration of the exclusive negotiating window with UA. Under Armour won a bidding war against the other top two apparel brands in the country, Adidas and Nike.
A win for UA founder and chairman Kevin Plank, UA lands one of the country’s most valuable brands again. The school and apparel brand have been partners since 2014, when UA replaced Adidas as Notre Dame’s apparel outfit in what was at the time believed to be the most lucrative apparel contract in college athletics history, a deal thought to be around $90 million.
This one exceeds that amount and vaults the Irish to the top of college sports, alongside the likes of Texas (Nike), Kansas (Adidas), Louisville (Adidas), Ohio State (Nike), Nebraska (Adidas) and Michigan (Nike) — all schools with deals believed to range from $8-$10 million a year.
Financial details of apparel contracts are not always clear. Some are not publicized and others were impacted by the COVID pandemic. But the Irish’s deal is expected to exceed all others in the market.
Apparel deals are revenue-generating giants for some of the most elite college athletic departments. In normal cases, apparel companies pay an annual licensing fee ranging from $5-10 million in cash for some of the powerhouses in college football and men’s basketball. In some deals, the school receives a cut of royalties from merchandise sales (usually 10-15%). Most agreements require the company to outfit that school’s athletic teams with $2-5 million in gear each year, as well as discounts in merchandise purchases.
Over the last several years, Under Armour has withdrawn from being a major player in college athletics. The Baltimore-based outlet has canceled deals with UCLA, Cal, Hawaii and Cincinnati, and Boston College ended its relationship with the company by signing with New Balance and Adidas.
Despite the past setbacks, Under Armour recently released figures that show its 2023 fiscal year revenue is up 3 percent to $5.9 billion. The company continues to outfit a handful of major college programs, including Auburn, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Utah and Texas Tech. But its crown jewel is Notre Dame.
Like its independence within the sport and exclusive television contract with NBC, Notre Dame officials enjoy being the apparel company’s most valuable and featured brand. But the final determination in the decision was price, and Under Armour well outpaced the other offers, sources told Yahoo Sports.
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World Wrestling Entertainment will stage its marquee mid-year event this Saturday as SummerSlam takes place at Ford Field, home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions. After WrestleMania, SummerSlam is the second-biggest show WWE produces in a calendar year and this year’s card is typically strong from top to bottom.
Brock Lesnar, who has headlined nine previous SummerSlams, faces Cody Rhodes in a match that figures to finish their trilogy, Logan Paul is back to square off with Ricochet after a series of viral moments between the two and Roman Reigns continues to battle with his own family, putting both his Universal Championship and the title of “Tribal Chief” up against his cousin Jey Uso.
Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s SummerSlam:
WWE SummerSlam ‘go-home’ Monday Night Raw
• Brock Lesnar appears • Logan Paul appears • Maxxine Dupri vs. Valhalla • Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn vs. Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio
WWE SummerSlam 2023
Date: Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023Time: 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT (Pre-show starts at 7 p.m. ET)Site: Ford Field in Detroit
How to watch SummerSlam 2023 in the US
How to watch WWE SummerSlam outside the US:
SummerSlam 2023 match card
• Logan Paul vs. Ricochet• Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler• Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes• SummerSlam Battle Royal (Sheamus, LA Knight, TBA)• Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyre• Women's Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair• World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Bálor• Undisputed Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso
WWE SummerSlam ‘go-home’ SmackDown card
Friday, Aug. 4 | 8 p.m. ET on Fox from the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio
The only announced segment for Smackdown is a singles match between the only two confirmed competitors in the SummerSlam battle royal, LA Knight and Sheamus.
• LA Knight vs. Sheamus
Storylines for WWE SummerSlam
Logan Paul vs. RicochetThese two first crossed paths in January's Royal Rumble match, staging an incredible spot with each spring-boarding halfway across the ring and clotheslining each other in mid-air.
Then, last month at the Money in the Bank ladder match, they went for another high spot that didn’t quite come off as smooth as Ricochet attempted a Spanish Fly from the top rope and put Paul through two tables. Ever since, the two have traded barbs on social media and in an in-ring segment setting up the SummerSlam blow-off.
Well, at least now he know how we all felt when he was added to the match 🤷🏽♂️ https://t.co/8S5vmRBOHF — Ricochet (@KingRicochet) July 8, 2023
Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna BaszlerBaszler, who got Rousey into the professional wrestling world to begin with, turned on her longtime friend during a women's tag team title defense at Money in the Bank, costing them the belts. When Rousey demanded an explanation two days later on Monday Night Raw, Baszler delivered a blistering promo in which she (correctly) pointed out that Rousey has had championship opportunities handed to her since she set foot in the WWE, while Baszler has had to work for every spot she's ever had. This feud has felt a bit rushed, likely because of Rousey's reported "hard out" date to exit the company.
Brock Lesnar vs. Cody RhodesLess than 24 hours after failing to capture the undisputed Universal championship from Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, Cody Rhodes was set to team with Brock Lesnar to face Reigns and Solo Sikoa on Raw. Before that match began, Lesnar attacked Rhodes and pummeled him for nearly 10 minutes until the show went off the air. Rhodes got a narrow win the following month at Backlash and then Lesnar (storyline) broke Cody's left arm during an attack on the May 22 episode of Raw. Five days later Lesnar beat Rhodes by technical submission after working over the arm most of the match. Rhodes has since spent weeks trying to get a third match and finally got it on the July 17 episode of Raw when Lesnar accepted and proceeded to pummel Cody in front of his family at ringside.
Intercontinental Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyreAt WrestleMania, Gunther retained the Intercontinental title in a triple-threat match against McIntyre and Sheamus in one of the best matches of the weekend. Following another successful defense over Matt Riddle at Money in the Bank, Gunther was confronted by a returning McIntyre, who hadn't been seen on TV since that WrestleMania match. Gunther formally accepted McIntyre's challenge on the July 24 episode of Raw.
Women's Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte FlairAsuka unsuccessfully challenged Belair for the title at WrestleMania but managed to win it at Night of Champions on May 27 thanks to a rather creative application of the blue mist. On the June 9 episode of Smackdown, Flair returned for the first time since WrestleMania to challenge Asuka, enraging Belair, who was in line for a rematch. The Flair-Asuka title match took place on June 30, with Belair interfering and laying both other women out. To resolve the issue a triple-threat was set for SummerSlam.
World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn BálorRollins won the newly introduced World Heavyweight Championship in a tournament final over AJ Styles. Soon thereafter Bálor began to stalk Rollins and demand a title match. There is history here as Bálor won the inaugural Universal Championship over Rollins at SummerSlam 2016, only to have to surrender it the next night on Raw due to an injury he suffered during the match. In promos to hype this match, Bálor has continually brought up that chapter as his motivation for targeting Rollins at this year's SummerSlam.
Undisputed Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey UsoThe Bloodline story involving members of the real-life Anoa'i wrestling family has been unfolding for more than three years at this point and has never been hotter. Since their tag-team championship loss at WrestleMania, Reigns has bullied and belittled his cousins, causing the Usos to turn on the "Tribal Chief" on the June 16 episode of SmackDown. In a tag-team match at Money in the Bank, Jey became the first person to pin Reigns in nearly three years to win the match and set up a singles encounter for the undisputed Universal Championship at SummerSlam.
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El delantero uruguayo Edinson Cavani fue presentado este lunes como refuerzo de Boca Juniors, club con el firmó contrato hasta el 31 de diciembre del 2024, y, en conferencia de prensa, dio sus primeras sensaciones como jugador del Xeneize.
El ex jugador del Manchester United de Inglaterra, acompañado por Jorge Amor Ameal, presidente del club, y Marcelo Delgado, miembro del Consejo del Fútbol, habló de las charlas con Juan Román Riquelme, de la motivación de ponerse la camiseta azul y oro y de sus expectativas para este nuevo paso en su carrera, con los octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores a la vuelta de la esquina.
“Estamos todos muy felices, la familia esta contenta con la decisión de venir acá. El cariño de la gente me lo ha demostrado y me lo viene demostrando hace un tiempo largo ya cuando empezó todo esto de poder venir hace un par de años atrás. La verdad que estoy feliz, contentos y esperemos que podamos hacer y recorrer un camino durante un tiempo y vivir lindas emociones” fueron las primeras palabras del ex Valencia de España.
Luego, fue interrumpido por el presidente de la institución para reconocer la gestión de Juan Román Riquelme para concretar la llegada del charrúa al “Xeneize”. Siguiendo con el reconocimiento al vicepresidente, el delantero declaró: “Las charlas ya se habían hecho un poco amistosas porque teníamos una linda relación, hablamos de varias cosas y yo creo que las cosas se dan, muchas veces, cuando se tienen que dar. Por diferentes motivos, uno a veces toma ciertas decisiones y, llegado el momento como hoy, se tomó la decisión de venir acá. Habían muchas cosas que reunian lo que era el deseo de poder volver”.
El campeón de América con Uruguay en 2011 vuelve al futbol sudamericano tras 17 años en el extranjero y explicó que significa este paso por Boca en su vuelta a Latinoamérica: “Significa una responsabilidad muy grande porque, como siempre la he tenido en mi carrera, estoy hoy en los últimos años de mi carrera y es una responsabilidad muy grande ponerme esta camiseta entonces eso es lo que me da la motivación para seguir en el fútbol porque vivo de las emociones, vivo de los desafíos y vivo de lo que es esa adrenalina que uno siente al salir a la cancha. Esa responsabilidad me llenaba las ganas de poder venir y dar lo mejor que tenga para dar aca en los últimos años de mi carrera”.
“Las palabras de Román siempre fueron las mismas y, a medida que va pasando el tiempo las palabras siguen siendo las mismas, te demuestra la confianza que tienen en vos, en querer que formes parte del club. Eso te motiva y te empuja a decidirte de una vez”, añadió Cavani.
Quien supo ser delantero del Paris Saint Germain de Francia recordó un encuentro que tuvo con el mitico entrenador boquense, Carlos Bianchi, que también fue ídolo en el PSG: “Tuvimos un encuentro, una entrevista que hicimos en el Parque de los Principes y se me dio por preguntarle lo que era el mundo Boca, que había sentido al estar aca. Me dio una respuesta ‘diplomática’ y me explico que son cosas diferentes su pasado por Vélez, su pasado por acá. Nunca me dejo claro lo que era pero si que era una experiencia increíble”.
“Las ganas van a ser siempre las mismas, no tengo 25 años pero tengo 36 y muchos kilómetros recorridos y eso muchas veces cuenta en lo que es un futbolista. Lo que estoy seguro que voy a hacer es prepararme, entrenar cada día a día al ciento por cien como hice toda mi carrera para, cuando me toqué salir a la cancha, defender esta camiseta como si fuese hincha de toda la vida como hice en los lugares donde me toco estar. Es un poco mi filosofía de vida, darlo todo lo daré desde el primer momento al último. Las cosas se irán viendo cuando empiece a rodar la pelota” declaró el uruguayo en base al futbolista con el que se va a encontrar el hincha “Xeneize”.
Por último, el cuatro veces mundialista con la “Celeste” se refirió a la posibilidad de que esté presente en la vuelta de los octavos de final de la Copa Libertadores ante Nacional de Montevideo, club del cual es fanático: “No sé. Tendría que reunirme con el cuerpo técnico y se tomará la mejor decisión que tenga que tomar para lo que viene. Estas son las primeras horas mías en Buenos Aires, en esta casa así que de a poco empezaré a juntarme y conversar con toda la gente del club”.
Tras la conferencia de prensa, el jugador posó para las cámaras con la camiseta número 10 azul y oro. Desde allí, el de Salto se fue directamente al vestuario para vestirse, por primera vez, como jugador de Boca y salir al campo de juego de La Bombonera donde lo esperaba una multitud "Xeneize" que coreaba el nombre del delantero y le exigió la Copa Libertadores.
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La Municipalidad de Comodoro Rivadavia informó que, atento al Alerta Roja por temporal de viento decretado por el SMN para este martes, y con el propósito de atender la emergencia y cuidar a la comunidad, se decidió cerrar todo tipo de actividades desde las 00 hasta las 15 horas.
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Atento al Alerta Roja por temporal de viento decretado por el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), el Banco del Chubut se mantendrá cerrado en todas las sucursales de Comodoro Rivadavia y Rada Tilly durante este martes 1 de agosto.
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El Banco del Chubut no abre sucursales en la región
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De esa manera, el Club Atlético Patagonia Argentina apuesta a seguir progresando.
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Con cuatro categorías en la Asociación de Fútbol Senior de Comodoro Rivadavia, que congregan alrededor de cien personas, el Club Atlético Patagonia Argentina logró la personería jurídica y apuesta por seguir progresando.
Integrantes de C.A.P.A. se reunieron con funcionarios municipales, encabezados por el viceintendente Othar Macharashvili y el presidente del Ente Autárquico Comodoro Deportes, Hernán Martínez, con el fin de agradecer el acompañamiento para lograr la personería jurídica. Asimismo, manifestaron sus inquietudes y expresaron distintas consultas para seguir trabajando conjuntamente.
Para Silvio Carrizo, presidente de C.A.PA., se dio un “paso adelante” en lo institucional y dijo que “estoy hace mucho tiempo en el club y siempre tuvimos una meta, gracias a dios pudimos constituirla con el apoyo de la Municipalidad y del Ente Comodoro Deportes, que siempre estuvieron para apoyarnos y darnos las directivas, hoy en día somos un club constituido legalmente y estamos muy agradecidos”.
Desde la dirigencia, se apuesta a seguir progresando: “Esto sirve para ir más allá, comenzamos como un club de veteranos, pero al lograr la personería jurídica podemos soñar más allá, como por ejemplo crear la escuela de fútbol, donde se constituya una familia dentro del club”, indicó. Carrizo no descarta sumar otros deportes: “Sé que no es fácil pero soñar no cuesta nada”.
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C.A.P.A. obtuvo la personería jurídica
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Elsa Vega, una jubilada que se dedicaba a la venta de empanadas, sufrió el robo de su carro y de todos sus utensilios durante el temporal que azotó la ciudad el sábado pasado. Pide ayuda para recuperar sus cosas y su fuente de trabajo.
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Roban el carro de empanadas a jubilada que sufrió el temporal
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Se trata de habitantes de un sector del barrio Abásolo, quienes desde el sábado se encuentran sin el servicio. Por otro lado, otra familia perdió la construcción de su casa y solicita ayuda municipal.
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Cinco familias reclaman por el restablecimiento de energía
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Reyes asume el compromiso de garantizar clases en Santa Cruz
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El TC Austral, TC Patagónico, R-12, Gol 1.6 y TP 1.100cc correrán este fin de semana en el autódromo General San Martín de Comodoro Rivadavia la 6ª fecha del campeonato provincial de automovilismo
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Se abrieron las inscripciones para el GP Del Sol Automotor
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Carolyn Carter es modelo, actriz y ganadora de varios certámenes de belleza. Estuvo de novia con el magnate británico por siete años y terminó involucrada en las maniobras fraudulentas por las que el empresario fue detenido en Nueva York.
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Quién es la Miss y expareja de Joe Lewis vinculada al tráfico de información
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El Comité de Emergencia Municipal decidió tomar medidas preventivas ante el pronóstico del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional que advierte sobre ráfagas de hasta 150 kilómetros por hora. El transporte se suspendería a partir del último recorrido de hoy y hasta las 08:00 de mañana.
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Un anciano fue atendido por una ambulancia, pero no sufrió lesiones graves. Uno de los vehículos fue secuestrado por no tener seguro obligatorio.
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Chocaron dos conductores en el cruce de Portugal e Yrigoyen
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El sujeto fue identificado por la policía en un control vehicular en el barrio Moure. Está acusado de agredir a una mujer en mayo.
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La triste noticia fue conformada por el entorno del artista a un medio estadounidense. Él había hablado abiertamente de sus problemas de salud mental, expusieron sus allegados.
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Murió a los 25 años el actor Angus Cloud, uno de los protagonistas de "Euphoria"
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Black revealed that he was bothered by an ankle injury with the Magic in summer league.
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Anthony Black had a productive run with the Orlando Magic in the NBA Summer League but the sixth pick may have played through an injury on the court.
The injury was likely suffered last season at Arkansas.
Black sprained his right ankle on March 10 in a loss to Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament. He never missed any time, though, and appeared in each game during their run to the Sweet 16, averaging 12 points, 4.7 rebounds, three steals and 1.3 assists in 36 minutes per game.
The 19-year-old revealed in his docuseries on YouTube that he was hobbled a bit entering summer league and wouldn’t be 100% prior to his first game with the Magic.
“(The Magic) already know I got a bum ankle so they’re not going to really trip if I don’t have as much burst,” Black said. “I’m just going to go out there, get a couple of buckets, make a couple of shots, get some assists and rebounds.”
Anthony Black says that he had a bum ankle right before the start of his first summer league game, so he was already bracing for not as much burst to the rim. He could have fooled me, he seemed to have gotten downhill at ease and if the bum ankle held him back I can’t wait to… pic.twitter.com/vChEdoiwKR — Not Another Magic Pod (@Notanothermagic) July 31, 2023
Black averaged 11 points, 8.7 rebounds, four assists and two steals on 40.6% shooting from the field in three summer league games with the Magic. He did not play in their last two games as the team opted to shut him and rookie teammate Jett Howard down early.
He produced 17 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in his debut with the Magic on July 8. He followed that up with an eight-point, seven-rebound effort on July 10 and wrapped up his stay with eight points, 14 rebounds and four assists two nights later.
Despite being bothered by the injury, Black managed to tough it out and play through it. He will now have the opportunity to completely recover from the injury ahead of the start of training camp on Oct. 3.
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Aaron Rodgers talked about his decision to rework his contract with New York, and much more.
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National Football League Aaron Rodgers speaks candidly about Jets contract, 'reinventing' himself Published Jul. 31, 2023 8:15 p.m. ET share facebook twitter reddit link
Four-time NFL MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers relinquished approximately $35 million over the next two seasons, restructuring his old contract with the Green Bay Packers to a new two-year, $75 million deal with the New York Jets.
The move was surprising for many: Rodgers has been notably stingy with his money in the past, so seeing him take a more charitable disposition came as a shock. But in Rodgers' own words, giving back to his team was something he simply wanted to do.
"What it comes down to was … it was the right thing that made me feel best," Rodgers told NBC's Pro Football Talk. "I thought it was important they (the Jets) knew how committed I was. And in my conversations with Joe [Douglas], he has made it very clear the vision for the football team.
"This year, compared to like 2005, the amount of transactions that happen now with guys getting cut and the amount of trades — way more than before. Big names move at the trade deadline now. I wanted to make sure that if somebody valuable came available that we’d be able to get him. I’m very happy with the contract. I feel great about it."
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For Rodgers, this move to New York after 18 seasons in Green Bay signifies a rejuvenating shift, one that he compared to his childhood.
"When you’re the new kid in school, you gotta make new friends," Rodgers, who moved six times before the eighth grade, said. "You gotta figure out, you know, who the friend groups are and how to navigate a classroom and how to navigate the recess. But you also get to figure out who you wanna be. Do you wanna be the quiet kid? Do you wanna be the loud kid? Do you wanna be a leader? Do you wanna just go along with the flow? Where do the cool kids sit? The nerdy kids? It’s fun."
"Now I’ve gotten this opportunity at 39 to kind of reinvent myself, figure out who I wanna be in a new environment," Rodgers continued. "To have some of the conversations I’ve had with Joe Douglas, to be privy to things that I was never privy to, to have a defensive head coach puts a different framework on the team. The defense has a different confidence, I think, that they practice with. We had great defenses in Green Bay during our time. But it always felt like an offensive team, or a West Coast offensive football team. Just a different mentality when you have a defensive head coach. I’ve enjoyed that.
"I enjoy coming to Robert [Saleh] with ideas or as maybe in a consultant role like, ‘Hey, I’ve been other places, I see this. I see that.’ And just him being kinda wide open, and maybe we disagree. I respect the hell out of him when he’s like, ‘Well I hear what you’re saying, but I think I’m gonna do it this way.’ I love his openness to critically think about the stuff I’m saying or another group of guys might say to him."
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Alvin Kamara is expected to meet with the NFL commissioner soon to discuss his punishment following a February 2022 incident.
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National Football League Saints RB Alvin Kamara expected to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Published Jul. 31, 2023 8:04 p.m. ET share facebook twitter reddit link
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is expected to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to receive disciplinary action following his recently settled legal troubles surrounding a February 2022 incident in Las Vegas.
Kamara recently pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of breach of peace stemming from an incident at a nightclub in which a man was assaulted. Kamara agreed to perform community service and pay $100,000 to the victim.
In doing so, Kamara violated the league’s personal conduct policy and wants a chance to explain himself in person before the league hands out any potential discipline, per The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate.
It’s unclear when exactly the meeting with Goodell will take place, but Kamara suggested it will happen in the coming days, telling the outlet: "I’ll talk to you all on Aug. 2 after I talk to [Goodell]." Saints officials encouraged Kamara to schedule the aforementioned meeting in hopes of reducing the length of any potential suspension, per the report.
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Saints head coach Dennis Allen commented on the looming meeting during a press conference Monday, telling reporters that he thinks Kamara is ready to put the incident in the rearview.
"I think Alvin really wants to get out ahead of this, and have a chance to visit with Roger and give him his side of the story," Allen said. "At the end of the day, I think part of it is — let's get some resolution to where we're at and then let's move forward. I think Alvin is looking forward to putting this behind him and focusing in on what he has to do to be the best he can for our team this season."
Although a suspension is likely, Allen fully expects to have Kamara as a part of his offense at some point this season.
"I'm not going to get into what could or couldn't happen," Allen added. "We're expecting to have Alvin this year. Alvin's going to be a big part of what we do, and we're going to practice that way.
"We haven't heard anything from the league at all, so it's really kind of something that's out of our control. We're really not going to focus on that. We're going to focus on getting better as a football team, and Alvin's going to be a big part of that."
Kamara, a five-time Pro Bowler and former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, has spent his entire career with the Saints, racking up 1,135 carries for 5,135 yards, 430 catches for 3,753 yards and 72 total touchdowns over the past six regular seasons. In four postseasons, Kamara boasts 93 carries for 357 yards, 33 receptions for 274 yards and four scores.
The 28-year-old signed a five-year, $75 million contract with the Saints before the 2020 season.
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At the start of 2022, mophie launched a compact portable charger for Apple Watch, AirPods, and iPhone with official MagSafe. But this summer, a charging issue has surfaced that’s made the device unusable for some. Now a firmware fix is about to roll out, here’s how to get it as soon as it’s available.
Update 7/31: We’ve heard from mophie that the firmware update is almost ready. Here’s how to get it if you have an affected 3-in-1 travel charger:
mophie has resolved the intermittent charging issue with the 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe. To get charging again, mophie will ship affected customers a firmware update kit within the next 2 weeks that allows them to easily update the product within 2 minutes. To receive this kit, customers should contact ZAGG customer care by emailing travelcharger@mophie.com. The kit is free of charge and will ship as soon as it is available. Only one kit is needed regardless of how many 3-in-1 travel chargers you own.”
Inconsistent charging is the problem that’s started in recent weeks for mophie users with this travel charger.
Other than being sold direct by mophie, the product is an Apple Store exclusive. The product page is live on both mophie and Apple’s websites, but it’s currently unavailable from mophie while available from Apple (at the time of writing).
At the end of June, a post on Apple’s Community forum (via MacRumors) was the first place users brought up the charging trouble with many noting it had been working fine until then. In the last few weeks, 81 users of the product chimed in saying they’re seeing the same trouble.
This month, mophie shared an official statement acknowledging the issue and sharing that a firmware fix is coming “as soon as possible.” You can also email “travelcharger@mophie.com with “3 in 1” in the subject line plus your serial number in the message to get more info.
We’ve reached out to mophie about issue. There isn’t a scheduled date the firmware fix will be available as of yet, but we’ll share as soon as we learn when it’s coming. Here’s the full statement:
We are aware of an issue with our mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe which can cause intermittent charging with your device. After investigating further, we have identified the issue and will release a firmware update as soon as possible. For more information, please send us an email at travelcharger@mophie.com with “3 in 1” in the subject line, and provide us with your serial number in the body of the message. Thank you for your patience and we are sorry for the inconvenience.
It’s a bummer to see an issue like this with a premium product like the 3-in-1 travel charger. For the last year and a half I’ve been using it myself and I love it. As it happens, I haven’t seen the intermittent charging trouble.
But on the brightside, with this being mophie, I have no doubt that they’ll take care of everyone experiencing trouble.
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Leading up to the announcement of the iPhone 14 last fall, there were rumors that the iPhone 14 Pro models would be more expensive than their predecessors. In the end, Apple kept prices the same…but now the same rumors are circulating ahead of the iPhone 15 Pro launch later this year.
iPhone 15 price increase?
According to a sketchy and unverified report on Weibo, Apple is planning to increase the price of the iPhone 15 Pro series as a way to further widen the gap between these models and the iPhone 15 Plus. Meanwhile, industry analyst Jeff Pu has also predicted a price increase for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, in a report sent to investors.
Most recently, Bloomberg reported that Apple is considering a price increase for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
On a quarterly earnings call earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested that customers are willing to splash out to get the best iPhone possible: “I think people are willing to really stretch to get the best they can afford in that category,” he said. This was perhaps an early indicator that more iPhone price rises were being discussed.
No further details on potential prices are provided in these reports. Ahead of the iPhone 14 Pro launch, sources such as Ming-Chi Kuo predicted price increases of about $100 across the board. This would have put the iPhone 14 Pro at a starting price of $1,099, and the iPhone 14 Pro Max at a starting price of around $1,199.
Something else to keep in mind is that Apple has already increased the price of the iPhone in many countries around the world. For example, the iPhone 14 Pro starts at £1,099 in the UK compared to £949 for the iPhone 13 Pro.
9to5Mac’s Take
One thing that I always think is important to remember is that Apple locks in prices and deals for many of its components more than a year ahead of time. It also buys at such high quantities, especially for iPhone components, that it is better able to weather price increases than other companies.
This is likely how Apple was able to maintain the same pricing for the iPhone 14 lineup, despite concerns around inflation and the broader macroeconomic environment. Avoiding price increases with the iPhone 14 gave Apple a leg-up on many of its competitors, who were forced to increase prices due to component prices.
But while we may have escaped price increases with the iPhone 14 lineup, I don’t expect us to do it again this year. I’m not at all surprised to hear rumors that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (iPhone 15 Ultra?) will be more expensive than their predecessors.
Interestingly, recent rumors suggest that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will not see any price increases in the United States. This is despite reports that these devices will see notable upgrades in camera hardware alongside the addition of the Dynamic Island.
What are your guesses on iPhone 15 prices? Should Apple turn the dials or leave everything the same? Let us know in the comments.
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Elon Musk recently put an end to Larry Bird, which is the name of the iconic bird in Twitter’s logo. Last week, Twitter officially rebranded to X and got a new logo. Although the iOS app was updated days later to match the new identity, the App Store page still mentioned “Twitter” due to one of Apple’s guidelines. But it seems Apple has now made an exception for Musk, as the App Store page has been updated and Twitter is now X there.
Twitter is now X in the iOS App Store
As noted by multiple users, the Twitter page in the App Store now shows the name “X” without any additional words or characters. The change has caught the attention of many developers as App Store Connect requires the name shown in the App Store to have at least two characters. That means there’s no official way to launch an app with a single letter or number as its name.
Interestingly, the App Store Guidelines don’t explicitly mention such a restriction. According to terms 2.3.7 of the App Store Review Guidelines, app names “must be limited to 30 characters,” but there’s nothing about a minimum limit. However, in practice, Apple doesn’t let developers submit an app named with a single character.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the name shown on the iOS Home Screen can be a single character long, but not the marketing name shown in the App Store. Apple ended up making an exception for Elon Musk, probably because of the notability of the platform. But it’s hard to imagine that the company would do the same for any other small developer.
9to5Mac’s Take
The move from Twitter to X has been quite controversial. Not only because of Musk’s questionable decision to kill off one of the world’s most famous brands, but also because it seems to have been a last-minute decision.
A week after the change, X’s app and website still mention Twitter everywhere. The company’s paid subscription is still called Twitter Blue, as is Twitter Spaces. The platform is still slowly replacing terms like “tweet” with “post,” which makes it clear that the rebrand wasn’t carefully planned.
But if you’re still an X user and miss the old icon, there’s still a way to keep it alive on your iPhone and iPad thanks to Shortcuts.
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A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people while the issue is being litigated. The 2-1 decision Monday from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is not unexpected. The same three-judge panel ruled the same way earlier this month on a similar case in Tennessee. The Kentucky law, enacted this year over the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, prevents... READ MORE
A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people while the issue is being litigated.
The 2-1 decision Monday from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is not unexpected. The same three-judge panel ruled the same way earlier this month on a similar case in Tennessee.
The Kentucky law, enacted this year over the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, prevents transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
At least 20 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. Most of those states face lawsuits. A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ ban as unconstitutional. In other states, judges have issued disparate rulings on whether the laws can be enforced while the cases are being litigated.
In Kentucky, U.S. District Judge David Hale had initially blocked Kentucky from enforcing the ban. But he lifted that injunction July 14, after the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling in the Tennessee case.
Seven transgender children and their parents have sued to block the Kentucky law. They argue that it violates their constitutional rights and interferes with parental rights to seek established medical treatment for their children.
In Monday’s ruling, judges Jeffrey Sutton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, and Amul Thapar, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, said that the issues in the Kentucky case are essentially identical to those in Tennessee.
In the Tennessee case, the judges wrote that decisions on emerging policy issues like transgender care are generally better left to legislatures rather than judges. They offered a similar rationale Monday in the Kentucky case.
“The people of Kentucky enacted the ban through their legislature,” the judges wrote. “That body — not the officials who disagree with the ban — sets the Commonwealth’s policies.”
The dissenting judge, Helene White, noted that Kentucky’s ban does not include a grace period for patients who are already receiving care to continue treatment, as Tennessee’s law did.
As a result, White said the need for an injunction blocking the ban in Kentucky is even greater than it was in Tennessee.
“It seems obvious that there is a tremendous difference between a statute like Tennessee’s that allows flexibility regarding treatment decisions and time to explore alternatives and one like Kentucky’s that forces doctors to either discontinue treatment immediately or risk losing their license,” wrote White, who was first nominated by former President Bill Clinton and later nominated by Bush.
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HOUSTON, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Capital Investment Corporation (NYSE: SCM) will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, after the close of the stock market.
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Stellus Capital Investment Corporation will host a conference call to discuss these results on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM, Central Time. The conference call will be led by Robert T. Ladd, Chief Executive Officer, and W. Todd Huskinson, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Conference Call Details
Via Phone: Dial 888-506-0062 (domestic). Use passcode 810825. Starting approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call, a replay will be available through Thursday, August 24, 2023 by dialing 877-481-4010 and entering passcode 48865.
Via Live Webcast: Connect via the Public Company (SCIC) section of our website at www.stelluscapital.com, under the Events tab. A replay of the conference will be available on our website for approximately 90 days.
About Stellus Capital Investment Corporation
The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified investment management company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Company's investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in private middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)) through first lien, second lien, unitranche and mezzanine debt financing, and corresponding equity investments. The Company's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Stellus Capital Management, LLC. To learn more about Stellus Capital Investment Corporation, visit www.stelluscapital.com under the Stellus Capital Investment Corporation link.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements included herein may contain "forward-looking statements" which relate to future performance or financial condition. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
Contacts
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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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Results Show an Alternative Twice as Effective Compared to Antidepressant Medications
LONDON, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Flow Neuroscience, the creators of the Flow tDCS headset that provides at-home non-invasive brain stimulation to treat depression, today announced the results of its FDA pivotal clinical trial. The trial results show that the Flow headset was twice as effective as the most commonly-prescribed antidepressants in the treatment of depression.*
In July 2022, Flow received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation, demonstrating the innovative nature of the platform and the significant advantages it offers over existing approved or cleared alternatives. It was the first medical device in the category to achieve this status. Flow is now being reviewed for full FDA approval, which would make this device available as an at-home treatment option in the U.S.
In a study of patients in the US and the UK, the largest-ever clinical trial of its kind, 56% of the participants using the Flow tDCS headset were relieved of all depressive symptoms within 10 weeks**. Daily use of Flow was confirmed to be safe with minimal side effects.
Flow has already been granted regulatory approval in Europe where it is available over the counter via Flow's website and in major UK pharmacies. More than 12,000 people and 100 clinics/hospitals in Europe use Flow today, including NHS partnerships.
Preliminary results include:
The trial sites at the University of Texas and the University of East London measured the effectiveness and safety of the tDCS headset designed by Flow Neuroscience.
173 patients were taken through the at-home treatment program, completely remotely and with minimal supervision, over a 10-week period. This was the largest ever US/UK tDCS study for the treatment of depression.
56% of patients in the treatment group went into remission (complete relief from depression symptoms), and 62% had a clinical response (more than 50% improvement in depressive symptoms.)**
The study showed that participants had greater than three times higher odds of getting substantially better if they got the active treatment vs if they got placebo/sham stimulation, approximately double the average effect size witnessed in the trials for the 21 best-selling antidepressants reviewed by the FDA.
No major side effects were reported from the treatment group.
Flow's study results come at a time when depression is at an all-time high among U.S. adults, but with nearly half of Americans in 2021 reporting they did not seek help for clinical-level mental health issues, citing an increased desire for self-help options. The Flow tDCS headset and treatment is conveniently administered at home five times a week, creating an effective, safe, and accessible treatment option for depression.
How Flow works:
The Flow headset uses a brain-stimulation technique called tDCS to target the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is the area of the brain associated with depression.
Depression is associated with lowered activity in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex (DLPFC). This area of the brain helps regulate mood, and focus, and can even impact sleep and appetite. When this area of the brain has lower activity, these functions are affected.
By delivering a weak electrical current (2 mA) to the DLPFC via electrodes placed on the forehead, activity increases in this part of the brain. This addresses what some researchers believe is one of the physical causes of depression.
Since Flow can target specific brain areas involved in depression directly, users experience little to no side effects compared to antidepressants.
Allan Young (Chair of Mood Disorders, Director of Centre for Affective Disorders in the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King's College London) said: "These exciting and encouraging new data raise the prospect of a real advance in the treatment of depression. Major depression is undertreated throughout the world, and all of the currently widely used treatment modalities have significant limitations. The nature of this treatment, being both effective and well tolerated, means that it is a treatment which may be widely adopted and should be a helpful intervention for many people suffering from major depression."
Azhar Zafar (GPA Director of Research, NHS GP, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Buckingham) said: "These findings are incredibly promising and align with the valuable insights gained from utilizing Flow in primary care. Flow has gained significant popularity among our NHS patients, and a considerable number of them willingly opt for Flow when presented with the choice for the treatment of depression with or without pharmacotherapy. This positive reception speaks volumes about the effectiveness and patient satisfaction associated with Flow."
Flow Neuroscience co-founder Daniel Månsson said: "Depression is one of the most common mood disorders, and unfortunately, it is also one of the hardest to treat. Our core mission was to create a treatment that is effective and accessible to as many people as possible in their own homes, with little to no side effects. The results of this clinical trial show how effective this treatment has become and how breakthroughs are still possible in the treatment of depression."
Corey Keller (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University) said: 'These results show clear separation of active and sham treatment arms in a large, multisite, randomized controlled trial for at-home low-intensity brain stimulation for depression. Flow's novel brain stimulation approach could offer valuable opportunities for individuals to manage their depression from home effectively, signaling a very promising development in mental health treatment.'
Visit www.flowneuroscience.com to find out more information about Flow's first at-home depression treatment.
Key Stats about Flow Neuroscience:
12,000+ real-world users in UK and Europe
Live in 100+ clinics and hospitals in UK and Europe
8 million minutes of stimulation using the Flow headset and over 260,000 stimulation sessions
Flow attracts users from all ages and walks of life, with over one-third of users above 50 years of age
More About Flow Neuroscience
Founded in 2016, Flow Neuroscience's mission is to develop new ways to combat mental health issues with science and technology. The Flow headset is a medication-free treatment for depression, the leading cause of disability in the world. It combines a brain stimulation wearable and an app-based therapy program to create a new effective, safe, and affordable way to treat depression, at home. The Flow headset offers a treatment you can take with you from your home to your office to your everyday. On average, the majority of Flow headset users see significant improvements within 4 to 6 weeks of treatment.
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*Based on a comparison of odds ratios, a standardized way of comparing clinical trials and a form of measurement for the difference in effect between treatment and placebo. The study showed that participants had greater than three times higher odds of getting substantially better if they got the active treatment vs if they got placebo/sham stimulation, approximately double the average effect size witnessed in the trials for the 21 best-selling antidepressants reviewed by the FDA.
**Measured by the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). The trial was also measured by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-17), and results demonstrated 45% clinical remission and 55% had an improvement of at least 50%.
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TOKYO, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, "Astellas") today announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for zolbetuximab, a first-in-class investigational Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2)-targeted monoclonal antibody, for first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma whose tumors are CLDN18.2-positive. If approved, zolbetuximab would be the first CLDN18.2-targeted therapy available in China for these patients.
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Moitreyee Chatterjee-Kishore, PhD, MBA, Senior Vice President and Head of Immuno-Oncology Development, Astellas
"China accounts for nearly half of the world's new cases of gastric cancer, with more than 478,000 new cases diagnosed and more than 373,000 deaths in 2020. The CDE's acceptance of our BLA for zolbetuximab brings us one step closer to having a new therapy available for Chinese patients with advanced-stage disease and in need of treatment options."
The BLA is based on results from the Phase 3 GLOW and SPOTLIGHT clinical trials. The GLOW study evaluated zolbetuximab plus CAPOX (a combination chemotherapy regimen that includes capecitabine and oxaliplatin) compared to placebo plus CAPOX. In the GLOW study, 145 patients were randomized in mainland China. The SPOTLIGHT study evaluated zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 (a combination regimen that includes oxaliplatin, leucovorin and fluorouracil) compared to placebo plus mFOLFOX6. In the SPOTLIGHT study, 36 patients were randomized in mainland China.
In both GLOW and SPOTLIGHT, approximately 38% of patients screened for the trials had tumors that were CLDN18.2-positive (≥75% of tumor cells with moderate-to-strong membranous CLDN18 staining intensity), as determined by a validated immunohistochemistry assay.1,2
Astellas has already reflected the impact from this acceptance in its financial forecast of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.
About Locally Advanced Unresectable or Metastatic Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Gastric cancer, also commonly known as stomach cancer, is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide.3 In China, gastric cancer ranks third among incidences of all cancer, with more than 478,000 cases diagnosed and more than 373,000 deaths in 2020.4 Signs and symptoms can include indigestion or heartburn, pain or discomfort in the abdomen, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, bloating of the stomach after meals, loss of appetite, and sensation of food getting stuck in the throat while eating.5 Signs of more advanced gastric cancer can include unexplained weight loss, weakness and fatigue and vomiting blood or having blood in the stool.6 Risk factors associated with gastric cancer can include older age, male gender, family history, H. pylori infection, smoking and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).5,7 Because early-stage gastric cancer symptoms frequently overlap with more common stomach-related conditions, gastric cancer is often diagnosed in the advanced or metastatic stage, or once it has spread from the tumor's origin to other body tissues or organs.5 The five-year relative survival rate for patients at the metastatic stage is 6.6%.8 Gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma is a cancer that starts at the area where the esophagus joins the stomach.9
About Zolbetuximab
Zolbetuximab is an investigational, first-in-class chimeric IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets and binds to Claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2), a transmembrane protein. Zolbetuximab acts by binding to CLDN18.2 on the cancer cell surface of gastric epithelial cells. In pre-clinical studies, this binding interaction then induces cancer cell death by activating two distinct immune system pathways — antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC).10 Zolbetuximab has not been approved by any regulatory bodies for the treatment of patients with gastric and GEJ cancers, and there is no guarantee the agent will receive regulatory approval or become commercially available for the uses being investigated.
INVESTIGATIONAL STUDIES
About GLOW Phase 3 Clinical Trial
GLOW is a Phase 3, global, multi-center, double-blind, randomized study, assessing the efficacy and safety of zolbetuximab (IMAB362) plus CAPOX (a combination chemotherapy regimen that includes capecitabine and oxaliplatin) compared to placebo plus CAPOX as a first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma whose tumors were CLDN18.2-positive. The study enrolled 507 patients at 166 study locations in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, South America and Asia, including China. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS) in participants treated with the combination of zolbetuximab plus CAPOX compared to those treated with placebo plus CAPOX. Secondary endpoints include overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DOR), safety and tolerability and quality-of-life parameters.
Data from the GLOW study were initially presented at the March 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Plenary Series with an updated oral presentation at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting on June 3.1
For more information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov under Identifier NCT03653507.
About SPOTLIGHT Phase 3 Clinical Trial
SPOTLIGHT is a Phase 3, global, multi-center, double-blind, randomized study, assessing the efficacy and safety of zolbetuximab (IMAB362) plus mFOLFOX6 (a combination regimen that includes oxaliplatin, leucovorin and fluorouracil) compared to placebo plus mFOLFOX6 as a first-line treatment in patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-negative gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma whose tumors were CLDN18.2-positive. The study enrolled 565 patients at 215 study locations in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, South America and Asia, including China. The primary endpoint is PFS in participants treated with the combination of zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 compared to those treated with placebo plus mFOLFOX6. Secondary endpoints include OS, ORR, DOR, safety and tolerability and quality-of-life parameters.
Data from the SPOTLIGHT clinical trial were presented during the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium in an oral presentation on January 19 and were subsequently published in The Lancet on April 14.2
For more information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov under Identifier NCT03504397.
Investigational Pipeline in CLDN18.2
An expanded Phase 2 trial in metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma is in progress. The trial is a randomized, multi-center, open-label study, evaluating the safety and efficacy of investigational zolbetuximab in combination with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel as a first-line treatment in patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma with CLDN18.2-positive tumors (defined as ≥75% of tumor cells demonstrating moderate-to-strong membranous CLDN18 staining based on a validated immunohistochemistry assay). For more information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov under Identifier NCT03816163.
In addition to zolbetuximab, ASP2138 is under development in our Primary Focus Immuno-Oncology. ASP2138 is a bispecific monoclonal antibody that binds to CD3 and CLDN18.2, and it is currently in a Phase 1 trial for people with gastric, GEJ or pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The safety and efficacy of the agent under investigation have not been established for the uses being considered. For more information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov under Identifier NCT05365581.
There is no guarantee that the agent will receive regulatory approval and become commercially available for the uses being investigated.
About Astellas
Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are promoting the Focus Area Approach that is designed to identify opportunities for the continuous creation of new drugs to address diseases with high unmet medical needs by focusing on Biology and Modality. Furthermore, we are also looking beyond our foundational Rx focus to create Rx+® healthcare solutions that combine our expertise and knowledge with cutting-edge technology in different fields of external partners. Through these efforts, Astellas stands on the forefront of healthcare change to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.astellas.com/en.
Cautionary Notes
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MEXICO CITY, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBRA Prologis (BMV:FIBRAPL 14), a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, today announced that after having served as a member of the Technical Committee for the past years, Gimena Peña Malcampo, will step down as an independent member.
"We appreciate the time and effort that Gimena put on our Technical Committee meetings. Her perspective, in particular on the ESG initiatives, was highly valued," said Luis Gutiérrez, CEO, Prologis Property Mexico.
"Serving on the FIBRA Prologis Technical Committee has been a rewarding experience. I have always admired the company's commitment to innovation and sustainability, and I'm particularly proud of the progress that has been made toward advancing our sustainability-centered goals. It has been my privileged to serve as a board member of this impactful organization," said Mrs. Peña Malcampo.
FIBRA Prologis Manager will announce a replacement to Gimena Peña Malcampo as an independent member of the Technical Committee.
ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS
FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of June 30, 2023, FIBRA Prologis was comprised of 228 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 44.2 million square feet (4.1 million square meters) of gross leasable area.
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The statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which FIBRA Prologis operates, management's beliefs and assumptions made by management. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact FIBRA Prologis financial results. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition activity, development activity, disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt and financial position, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates, (ii) changes in financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust ("FIBRA") status and tax structuring, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments (viii) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, (ix) risks related to the coronavirus pandemic, and (x) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the "Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores" and the Mexican Stock Exchange by FIBRA Prologis under the heading "Risk Factors." FIBRA Prologis undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this release.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TrueCar, Inc., (NASDAQ:TRUE) today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 in a stockholder letter, which is available HERE and on the TrueCar investor relations website at ir.truecar.com .
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Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (6:00 a.m. Pacific Time) Dial-In: 1-833-816-1391 (domestic) 1-412-317-0484 (international) Webcast: Access the live webcast HERE
An archived version of the call will also be available upon completion on the Investor Relations section of TrueCar's website at ir.truecar.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 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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