- For many lawmakers and intelligence and military personnel working on unexplained aerial phenomena, the bigger concern with the episodes is not that alien life is visiting Earth, but rather that a foreign adversary like Russia or China might be fielding some kind of next-generation technology in American airspace that the United States doesn’t know about.
- Key lawmakers warned at a House hearing on Tuesday that unidentified aerial phenomena — popularly known as UFOs — must be investigated and taken seriously as a potential threat to national security.
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Win for Ted Cruz as supreme court strikes campaign contribution limit
- The six conservatives who dominate the US supreme court ruled in favour of the hard-right Texas senator Ted Cruz in a case seeking to remove limits on campaign finance spending, in a ruling that one dissenting justice said would open the door to “quid pro quo corruption”.
- According to the new ruling written by the chief justice, John Roberts, and backed by the other five conservatives on the nine-member court, “The government has not shown that [the law] furthers a permissible anticorruption goal, rather than the impermissible objective of simply limiting the amount of money in politics.”
Frontier flight attendant helped woman give birth in air from Denver to Orlando, airline says
A woman gave birth to a baby aboard a Frontier flight from Denver International Airport on the way to Orlando, the airline said in a Facebook post. Diana Giraldo, a flight attendant aboard the plane, helped the woman to the restroom and aided in the birth, Frontier said Tuesday. Captain Chris Nye said that dispatch had them land early in Pensacola, with a gate and paramedics ready for the woman and her baby. Nye said that Giraldo’s actions were “exemplary” and “calm.” “The whole crew did a great job,” Nye said. Related Articles Airlines | Denver’s major airlines turn focus to hiring as pilots age out of the industry Airlines | Spirit still […]Read more >Similar articles >
Elon Musk Does Not Care About Spam Bots
- The thing that he decided to do about it was buy Twitter .
- When he tweets, he gets a lot of spammy replies, many of which seem to be written by automated bots.
Shaq’s new chicken chain is coming to Idaho. It has food ‘better than Raising Cane’s’
- Christensen, who lived in Eagle before moving to Arizona in 2018, says they’re thinking of eventually opening six to eight Big Chicken restaurants with drive-thrus in Idaho.
- ) For $8.99, the Barkley chicken sandwich comes stuffed with macaroni and cheese, crispy fried onions and roasted garlic barbecue aioli.
In Buffalo, Biden condemns racism, mourns new victims
In a speech at a nearby community center, Biden plans to call for stricter gun laws and urge Americans to reject racism and embrace the nation’s diversity. […]Read more >Similar articles >
See something funny? Here’s how to report irregularities at the polls in Kentucky
Primary day has arrived for Kentucky and with it, many voters headed to polling places to cast a ballot. For those who believe they may have witnessed voter fraud, irregularities, […]Read more >Similar articles >
Woman files for protective order against Cavs’ Rajon Rondo
A Louisville woman has filed for an emergency protective order against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rajon Rondo and alleges the former Kentucky star brandished a gun and threatened her life. The […]Read more >Similar articles >
STAT+: High blood pressure pills are costly — but also hard to find — in some lower-income countries
A clutch of serious challenges — high prices, a lack of effective combination pills, and a failure to register some medicines with government authorities — has restricted access to many high blood pressure drugs in a sample of low and middle-income countries, a new analysis finds. As a result, the ability to control a widespread medical condition that is a risk factor for the leading cause of death worldwide is being hindered, according to the analysis conducted by the nonprofit Resolve to Save Lives and Doctors Without Borders. The groups noted that nearly three-quarters of all people who have high blood pressure live in low- and […]Read more >Similar articles >
Travis County public health declaration to address drug overdoses delayed
- Travis County commissioners pushed a discussion about a public health crisis declaration tied to drug overdoses and overdose deaths until next week.
- When KXAN spoke to JoAnn Lopez, a grandmother of a young victim of fentanyl, about this push for a public health crisis declaration, she said the effort would be “a step in the right direction.”
What the Ale Beverage of the Week: Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door whiskeys
- Acclaimed singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, whose archive recently opened in Tulsa, is also the co-creator of a whiskey line called Heaven’s Door.
- I sampled the Straight Rye Whiskey at a recent Bob Dylan Center grand opening event and was very impressed with its smoothness and flavor.
Idaho governor faces Trump-backed candidate in GOP primary
Idaho Gov. Brad Little is fighting back a Republican primary challenge from his far-right lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin. […]Read more >Similar articles >
One way to do more for the environment: Do less with your yard
- (An invasive species, creeping Charlie is the bane of the natural yard.) But already there are also some lovely clumps of fleabane — small daisylike flowers on knee-high stems — that look very much like the romantic fields brought to mind by the word "meadow." Soon there will be other flowers, too.
- The new meadow where our front yard used to be is mainly white clover, chickweed and grass gone to seed, though there are also patches of low-growing violets, which I love, and creeping Charlie, which I do not.
Mavericks shed underdog label on way to Western Conference Finals
The Dallas Mavericks enjoyed a legendary Game 7 blowout victory over the Phoenix Suns to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2011. […]Read more >Similar articles >
You can Rise & Shine later in the day, too
The classic espresso martini is a 1990s darling that’s been making a very forceful comeback in bars around the country. Here’s a fresh spin on it from Jason Percival at the Banks Fish House in Back Bay. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Katie Wright: Gerrymandering is bad no matter which party does it
- Recently a New York Court ruled that Democrats who gerrymandered legislative maps were ignoring the will of voters and ordered new maps be drawn by impartial experts.
- The partisan gerrymandered congressional map violates Utahn’s protected constitutional rights to free and fair elections, equal protection under the law, the freedom of association and speech and the right to vote.
House panels examines ‘unexplained aerial phenomena’
- The subcommittee and witnesses Moultrie and Bray were expected to meet in closed session following the public hearing to discuss classified information under review by the unexplained aerial phenomena task force.
- The hearing Tuesday comes after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report in June 2021 on an investigation into formerly classified accounts by military aviators of unexplained sightings of craft that hovered, or moved with apparent propulsion systems not known to be in use by U.S. and foreign aircraft.
‘Too much mustard’: DJ Steve Aoki airmails first pitch at Fenway
Steve Aoki’s first pitch at Fenway Monday sailed waaaaaay high onto the netting over the seats behind home plate. But was it the worst first pitch ever? He has some tough competition. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Gluten could be at the root of your teen’s gastrointestinal problems. Here’s what to look for.
- NCGS is diagnosed after excluding celiac disease and wheat allergy and if symptoms improve with elimination of gluten from the diet.
- As with celiac disease and wheat allergy, GI symptoms occur after consuming gluten.
The Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularity
- Ferdinand Marcos Jr., widely referred to by his nickname, Bongbong, ran on a ticket with Vice President-elect Sara Duterte — the daughter of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte, a populist most famous for his policy of extrajudicial killings of suspected drug dealers, who pushed the Philippines toward authoritarianism during his six years in office.
- Rather, it’s that they are rejecting liberalism : seeing constraints on power, including fundamental rights against being murdered by one’s own government, as impediments to their leaders’ ability to bring about a better Philippines.
Houston reporter Brandon Walker becomes subject of viral conspiracy theory after news station typo
- WKMG News 6, an NBC affiliate news station based in Orlando, mistakenly ran a chyron banner displaying the Houston journalist's name as "Walker Graham" as he reported from Buffalo, New York on Sunday.
- The conspiracy grew to the point that Walker, who has been reporting from New York following a mass shooting that took the lives of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday, addressed the tweet personally to clarify the mistake.
With Half Magic, the Euphoria Makeup Team Is Bringing Gen Z Beauty to All
- Donni Davy in the Half Magic makeup trailer.
- Donni Davy, Euphoria ’s makeup department head, found herself with legions of new followers.
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These Philadelphia-area parents are helping each other find infant formula during the shortage
- Combing through a Facebook group for people buying and selling formula, Brown found a woman in Ohio selling six cans of the Costco-brand formula she needed for $200 — $60 more than it would have cost in the store, if she’d been able to get it there.
- The shortage has been hardest on families that can’t afford marked-up prices, don’t have time to scour the stores or cruise the internet, and don’t have the cash to stock up even if they find what they need, said Veronica Briggs, a certified lactation consultant and owner of Balance Lactation in Philadelphia.
U.S. Consumers Are Almost Too Healthy
Retail sales figures were upbeat, but their reliance on goods versus services might be masking a level of spending that is stronger than what makes the Fed comfortable. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Cambridge singer-songwriter Alisa Amador wins NPR Tiny Desk Contest
Alisa Amador was announced the winner of NPR’s 8th Tiny Desk Contest on Tuesday, earning her the headlining spot on the five-city Tiny Desk Contest On The Road tour. She won for her song “Milonga accidental,” performed entirely in Spanish. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Van Horn Road in Woodhaven closed at railroad crossing for emergency train track repairs
Van Horn Road in Woodhaven is closed at the tracks, located between Hall and Allen roads, and will continue to be closed to traffic for three days. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Daytona Beach Mainland 2024 safety Zay Mincey offered by UCF
- The recent history of success of Mainland players at UCF was highlighted by the self-proclaimed fastest man in college football Adrian Killins, who finished his UCF career as the fifth best rusher in UCF history with 2,459 career rushing yards and 25 touchdowns.
- The last few players rom Daytona Beach Mainland High to play for UCF turned out to be quite productive.
In photos: Stanford community celebrates health and wellness
- Dog-petters, popsicle eaters, nutrition enthusiasts, yogis and other health-oriented members of the Stanford Medicine community gathered on the lawn outside of Stanford University School of Medicine's Li Ka Shing building for the annual Health Matters event, which occurred in person for the first time since before the pandemic began.
- Outside the talks, more than 800 participants wandered from cooking demos to yoga classes, popsicle stands to health food trucks, and fluffy canine friends to blood-glucose monitoring stations.
Noblesville panel opposes gravel pit at Potters Bridge Park
The Noblesville Plan Commission voted againsta gravel pit planned at Potter Bridge Park that would be converted to a park district lake in five years. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Person of interest sketch released in Concord, N.H., double slaying probe
Authorities in New Hampshire released an artist’s sketch of a man they described as a person of interest in the slayings of Stephen Reid, 67, and Djeswende Reid, 66, whose bodies were found April 21 in a wooded area of Concord, N.H. […]Read more >Similar articles >
U.S.intelligence officials testify on military’s rise in reports of UFO sightings
- U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress Tuesday that sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) continue to be “frequent” and that roughly 400 detections have now been reported by American service members — a nearly threefold increase since just last year.
- Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray sought to shed light before a House Intelligence Committee subpanel on their work to better identify the airborne objects that no one has yet been able to explain.
From Ex Machina to Men, Alex Garland is always exploring original sin
- But that paradise is interrupted when the first humans give in to the desire to become like gods, able to understand good and evil, by eating fruit from a forbidden tree — a move that results in a curse, driving a wedge between man and woman, introducing patriarchal subjugation and childbirth pain.
- The new film explicitly replicates some lost-Eden imagery, most notably by way of a recurring naked figure who haunts Harper from beneath apple-bearing trees.
Jacob deGrom continuing to heal from scapula injury
Jacob deGrom has continued to heal from his latest injury. On Tuesday, the Mets announced their injured ace had more imaging done on Monday, which showed continued healing in the scapula. As a result, deGrom will also continue his throwing program, to build distance and velocity. The team said it would continue to provide further updates on his progress. The last update the team gave of the pitcher was back on April 25, when an MRI and CT scan showed enough healing in his bone to begin “loading and strengthening” his shoulder. DeGrom initially developed the stress reaction in his right scapula in Spring Training, days before MLB’s Opening […]Read more >Similar articles >
Josh Donaldson managing rest to continue putting up big numbers
- “The good thing is, I feel like (manager Aaron Boone) has been playing me to let me get to play defense a few days and then DH to let my body stay somewhat fresh,” Donaldson continued, “and still get broke in and I feel like that’s kind of where I’m at right now… I feel like I am breaking into that part of the season to where my body feels good day in and day out.
- In the last five games, it seems like he’s worked his way into that zone.
Huntsville hands it to Colorado Springs once again, this time in Best Places to Live ranking
- The argument that Colorado Springs offers a far superior quality of life than Huntsville is one that can no longer be made, according to the magazine’s latest ranking, which sorted the 150 largest metros on a host of measures.
- And while Colorado Springs, a much more affordable place to live than Boulder, shot up four positions from sixth to second, it came up short again versus Huntsville, which went from third to first.
Lawmaker at UFO hearing: ‘Unidentified aerial phenomena are a potential national security threat’
- For many lawmakers and intelligence and military personnel working on unexplained aerial phenomena, the bigger concern with the episodes is not that alien life is visiting Earth, but rather that a foreign adversary like Russia or China might be fielding some kind of next-generation technology in American airspace that the United States doesn’t know about.
- Key lawmakers warned at a House hearing on Tuesday that unidentified aerial phenomena — popularly known as UFOs — must be investigated and taken seriously as a potential threat to national security.
Elisabeth Moss Doesn’t Want Easy Roles: “How Do I Make It Harder?”
- You’d think that the acting tests presented by projects like Mad Men or Handmaid’s, both of which feature massive story arcs and command uncommon nuance, would keep Moss content.
- That was the hardest thing: registering that, showing to the audience that there was some feeling or emotion about something changing, but not being able to say anything,” Moss says.
Milwaukee area schools rated highest in U.S. for Black-white segregation on Brown v. Board anniversary
- It also comes as the Century Foundation is supporting recent work by local education leaders to team up on efforts to integrate schools in the region and provide more equitable resources to all schools.
- Board, Lloyd Barbee and the Milwaukee United School Integration Committee (MUSIC) famously campaigned to end persistent segregation in MPS, as Black students were often bused to white-majority schools but taught in separate rooms.
San Antonio-based Alamo Beer Co. and Twang partner on pickle michelada beer
San Antonio-based brands Alamo Beer Co. and Twang have unveiled a spicy, tomato-based pickle beer dubbed Special Dill-ivery Miche. The craft brewer and beer-salt company joined forces to develop the pre-made michelada, which features a light lager doctored with dill, vegetable juices, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice and ancho chilis, according to tasting notes.The concoction clocks in at a mild 4% ABV. Six-packs of the limited offering are available in grocery stores across San Antonio, and some area bars and restaurants offer the cans. […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘You don’t see this everyday, folks’: Fishermen spot orca swimming off coast of Cape Cod
Two fishermen in the waters off Cape Cod on Sunday afternoon took video and photographs of a large orca — better known as a killer whale — swimming nearby. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Judge throws out a $1.4 million defamation jury verdict against Milwaukee Ald. Bob Bauman
- "In Tri-Corp's view, a jury of its peers, listening to all the evidence and following the exact instructions given to it by the court, had no trouble determining that Alderman Bauman's malicious lies destroyed much needed housing for mentally disabled people living near his home," he said.
- Circuit Judge Pedro Colón found the plaintiff, Tri-Corp Housing, Inc., was a "limited purpose public figure" and therefore needed to prove Bauman acted with actual malice, and failed to do so.
I canceled my flight to Frankfurt, but now I can’t use my credit
Melissa Crespo received a $2,060 ticket credit when she canceled her flights to Frankfurt. But now her online agency has told her she can only use 25 percent of the credit at a time. Can it do that? […]Read more >Similar articles >
The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals
- Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries.
- I think that the citizens of this country, and politicians in this country and reformers were deeply invested in dispossessing Indians, and that’s why the boarding schools persisted and why they were talked about by people at the time as being great—”This was going to be the best thing!
Didn’t we learn anything from the MeToo movement?
- With the profusion of highly public sexual assault cases in the last few years, you might think that the new model code would offer a state-of-the-art consent definition.
- Since then, seismic cultural shifts have taken place in the thinking about gender, sex and sexuality, along with substantial changes in state rape laws.
The Texanist: Will Fancy Italian Cowboy Boots Hurt My Texan Bona Fides?
- There’s also a pair of brown Red Wing work boots that feature a comfortable lower walking heel, a slightly fancier pair of supple brown calf leather Luccheses, and a smart-looking pair that were custom-crafted by Camargo’s Western Boots, in the Rio Grande Valley town of Mercedes .
- Golden Gooses?) are well-made and sturdy, look like cowboy boots, and smell like cowboy boots (the Texanist is referring to the rich smell of tanned leather, not cow manure), then who’s to say they are not the genuine article?
Bipartisan ‘framework’ includes billions for new spending, billions in tax cuts — and very, very few details
- But unlike those previous deals, the signed agreement announced on Monday from the Gang of Three — Walz, House Speaker Melissa Hortman and Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller — included few specifics, with the trio kept falling back on their assertion that this was a “framework” and that the various committee chairs would still work out the details.
- In the time since the governor made his state of the state speech, he and the leaders of the DFL House and the GOP Senate have struck deals to restore the pandemic-drained unemployment insurance system; funded bonus checks for pandemic workers; and extended a reinsurance system that helps keep health insurance rates somewhat lower for individual and small group plans.
Two men seriously hurt after being electrocuted in Burlington working on driveway paving crew
Burlington police and fire responded to the area of 8 Carey Ave. at 8:12 a.m. and found two injured men, said Burlington Fire Chief Michael Patterson and Burlington Police Chief Thomas P. Browne in a statement. […]Read more >Similar articles >
DeSantis signs bill to block protests outside private residences
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that will allow officers to arrest protestors who are strategically organizing outside of a person’s home. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Six Tacos That Wowed Us at Taco Fest Music y Más
- Armando “Mando” Vera is the last of the great South Texas barbacoyeros (barbacoa masters), and the man rarely leaves the comfort of his Brownsville restaurant, Vera’s Backyard Bar-B-Que .
- Several years ago, tacos de discada weren’t available at many restaurants—they were more of a backyard specialty, with bits of ground beef, sausage, bacon, and other proteins mixed with vegetables like onions and carrots and cooked in a large, round, shallow disco.
As pollution worsens on Cape Cod, some are investing in hopes in a new type of septic system
A coalition of groups in Cape Cod is pressing local and state officials to consider installing a new kind of septic system that they say would curb the vast majority of nitrogen that leaks from traditional systems. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Manilow extends Westgate residency; Christmas show to return
- Barry Manilow has added dates in the fall and winter at International Hotel at Westgate Las Vegas.
- The hotel has said Manilow will continue his run long enough break Elvis Presley’s record for dates in the International Theater.
Haunting Surfside mystery – ID of woman buried alive in ruins for hours – may be solved
Five hours after Champlain Towers South collapsed early in the morning on June 24, 2021, rescue dogs picked up the scent of a live victim pinned underneath the parking garage. […]Read more >Similar articles >
ContourGlobal/KKR: inflation shield is affordably priced for buyout giant
Power generator has a good record of buying assets and increasing earnings and the result is plenty of cash for shareholders […]Read more >Similar articles >
National Academies report cites ‘urgent’ need to recruit more diverse participants for clinical trials
- T he persistent lack of diversity among participants in clinical trials is a critical issue that is harming both populations that have long been left out of pivotal medical studies and the entire biomedical research enterprise, according to the authors of a report released Tuesday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
- Describing the need to move away from trials that focus largely on white men as “urgent,” the report’s authors called for a paradigm shift that gives less power to institutions that fund and conduct clinical research and more to communities under study.
Fraudster who forged letters to judge from mom, priest, Stefanik aide faces sentencing for hacking
- As first reported by the Times Union, Fish sent more than a half-dozen self-serving character letters to U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino that were partly or fully fabricated under the names of his mother, a local priest, grandparents and a district director for U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.
- Then, after he was arrested and pleaded guilty to federal crimes, Fish allegedly tried to dupe a new victim: The judge who would sentence him.
Part of US26 closed after vehicle ends up in river
- One lane of US Highway 26 is closed near Swan Valley as crews work to remove a vehicle from the Snake River.
- Photos tweeted by ISP show a boat in the river working to remove the car.
What lanes can semi trucks legally drive in on Southern California freeways?
- A: It’s still illegal for big trucks to drive or pass in the No. 2 lane on a four-lane freeway, said CHP Officer Dan Olivos of the Inland Division.
- Q: Don Brennan of Chino asked if “the rules have changed” to allow semi trucks and vehicles pulling trailers to drive in the No. 2 lane on a four-lane freeway with a carpool lane.
Study names Texas’ Greg Abbott the nation’s most-transphobic governor
A new media-analysis study has named Gov. Greg Abbott the nation's most-transphobic governor, beating out Florida's Ron DeSantis. Both GOP governors have been lightning rods for criticism based on their records on LGBTQ+ issues. The study by reputation-management company Signal AI was released Tuesday, May 17, the International Day Against Transphobia. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Victoria Beckham Says Wanting to Be “Really Thin” Is “Old-Fashioned”
- “I think women today want to look healthy, and curvy.
- The fashion designer said in an interview with Grazia that today's customers are looking for clothing that accentuates their natural physique rather than something that demands they become the smallest possible version of themselves.
Chicago Bears employees and forest preserves volunteers unite to battle invasive plant: ‘Buckthorn is a jerk’
- Bostrom and forest preserves director of community engagement and partnerships Rebekah Snyder greeted the employees and volunteers, and they soon followed stewardship ecologist Kelly Schultz who labeled buckthorn in the same way some Bears fans might describe Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
- Team employees and forest preserves volunteers joined forces at the team’s Halas Hall headquarters with a goal to remove buckthorn-infested plants and shrubs.
We should all celebrate Haitian Flag Day
As we celebrate Haitian Heritage Month, we must remember Haitians are Black, too. And our histories live together. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Pfizer’s COVID-19 boosters for kids 5 and up get emergency use authorization from FDA
The decision now falls to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which will recommend how to use the boosters for the 5-11 age group. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Gov. Kelly signed Kansas’ school choice bill. Here’s what that means for your student
Starting in June 2024, Kansas students will soon be allowed to go to any public school district in the state, as long as the school has space. Democratic Gov. Laura […]Read more >Similar articles >
Prime-Saratoga rebrands outside dining as The Porch
- The Prime at Saratoga National steakhouse menu is available inside and on the lower patio from 5 p.m., bar from 4 p.m.
- The Porch menu is also available inside at lunch.
CPS students give Instagram treatment to school lunches like this very sad hot dog
- Wanting to take a creative approach to those gripes, a group of Phillips Academy High School students teamed up with a teacher over the past few months for a project that started with a simple thought: What if we took highly produced, high-resolution photos of the meals that were beautiful to look at — but also full of irony?
- “Looking at a school lunch, you’re just going to see a hot dog and cucumbers and be like, ‘Um, this isn’t the best school meal,’” she said.
Coming out of COVID, the American Craft Council ramps up Emerging Artist Cohort
- This year, with support from the Windgate Foundation, ACC is increasing the stipend amount for each artist as they develop their craft and learn business skills.
- “The learning from that — and this is why pilot projects are very good — is that it wasn’t enough money,” says Judy Hawkinson, ACC’s director of development who was the interim executive director from September up until early May of this year.
New Lawsuit: Wisconsin Republicans’ “Fraudulent Elector” Plot Helped Lead to Jan. 6
- “There needs to be accountability for the fraudulent electors, because otherwise this will just happen again and again,” Jeffrey Mandell, the Wisconsin lawyer who filed the suit, tells Vanity Fair .
- “The Wisconsin fraudulent electors and their counterparts in other swing States purported to cast electoral votes for Trump and [ Mike Pence ] because they hoped to lay the foundation for Pence and Congress to count their ballots on January 6, 2021,” the complaint reads, “and to reject those cast by the real electors who had won the popular vote.”
Amber Heard cross-examined about fights with Johnny Depp
Lawyers for Johnny Depp questioned the truthfulness of Amber Heard’s claim that Depp sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle. […]Read more >Similar articles >
San Antonio’s Pearl complex kicks off dance-heavy Summer Block Party series May 19
Weekday evenings at the Pearl are about to gain a thumping pulse. This Thursday, the near-downtown retail and dining complex will kick off the 2022 iteration of its dance-heavy Summer Block Party series. The parties will take place every Thursday evening through July 28, allowing guestDJs to spin tunes inside “all-in-one mobile discotheque” SoundCream Airstream in the development's Pearl Park. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Attorney for R. Kelly asks for evidence in probe of singer’s leaked jail calls, wants former associate tried separately
- In the first motion, Kelly’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, sought records from a federal investigation first revealed by the Tribune showing that a U.S. Bureau of Prisons officer was suspected of illegally accessing Kelly’s recorded phone calls, emails, visitor logs and other restricted information in 2019, when he was housed at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on West Van Buren Street.
- Bonjean’s second motion filed Monday asked U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber to sever Kelly’s case from the charges against his former associate Derrel McDavid, saying they have “mutually antagonistic defenses” and that one of McDavid’s attorneys could have a conflict because of his partnership with one one of Kelly’s previous attorneys
What if jury duty causes real economic hardship? Ask the lawyer
- The court therefore is required to make sure juries are available, but private employers in California are not required to pay wages during jury service.
- California Rule of Court 2.1008 says: “Jury service, unless excused by law, is a responsibility of citizenship.
Heifer International to sell Little Rock campus but continue to operate at site via lease
Little Rock-based Heifer International announced Monday it had reached an agreement to sell its campus in the city, though the nonprofit said it would continue to operate out of the site. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Democrats propose $28 million for FDA to bolster baby formula supply
House Democrats propose providing $28 million in emergency funding for the Food and Drug Administration to address the shortage of infant formula in the US and provide tighter oversight of the industry. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Julia Fox says Amber Heard ‘never had the power’ to abuse Johnny Depp
- She never had the power in the relationship to be abusive to him,” Fox, 33, commented on Instagram amid Heard and Depp’s ongoing defamation trial in Fairfax, Virginia.
- The actress and model sparked controversy in an Instagram comment earlier this week in which she wrote Amber Heard “never had the power” to abuse Johnny Depp.
COVID-19 In Maryland: Hospitalizations Surpass 400, Positivity Rate Above 8%
- An additional 39 Marylanders have been hospitalized with the virus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total in the state to 403 patients — the highest since Feb. 26, when 418 people were in the hospital receiving care.
- And the state’s seven-day positivity rate is the highest it’s been since Jan. 31, when a surge in cases attributed to the Omicron variant started to ebb, according to the data.
House panel opens public hearing on unexplained aerial sightings
Pentagon officials testifying at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday showed a previously classified video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, a fleeting color video of a reflective spherical object speeding past a military fighter jet. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Walmart Flashes a Warning Sign to the Entire Consumer Economy
The world’s biggest retailer is known for being careful about costs. But that’s harder to do when prices for everything are going up.
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2 legitimate Wisconsin presidential electors sue slate of Trump-backed fake electors. Here is how they want a judge to act
The lawsuit appears to be the first of its kind in the country against Republicans who submitted their names as electors for Trump in a state he lost. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Maine hospitals report another increase in patients with COVID
- Maine’s hospital patient counts did not increase as dramatically as the infection rate over the past month.
- The number of Maine hospital patients with COVID-19 climbed to 231 on Tuesday, the highest level since mid February.
Only 35% of Minnesota’s corn crop has been planted. That’s about half the five-year average.
- The thunderstorms that walloped southwestern Minnesota farm fields last week — downing grain bins, flooding fields, and killing a volunteer firefighter — interrupted what otherwise would've been a small, but not insignificant kick-off to spring planting for the state's corn crop.
- As of Monday, farmers have planted 35% of Minnesota's corn, according to USDA's weekly crop progress report.
Fort Lauderdale doctor did a Brazilian Butt Lift at unlicensed Tampa clinic, complaint says
A Fort Lauderdale doctor faces state discipline for performing a Brazilian Butt Lift surgery at a Tampa clinic that wasn’t registered for that surgery then or now, according to the […]Read more >Similar articles >
San Jose poll: Measure B likely to succeed with changes to the mayoral election year
- With less than a month until Election Day, a newly released poll commissioned by Silicon Valley Rising shows voters are poised to pass San Jose Measure B.
- This time, the San Jose City Council voted 10-1, with Council member Dev Davis dissenting, to place the measure on the June ballot following a lengthy process by the city’s Charter Review Commission.
Research: The Real-Time Impact of Microaggressions
- The author’s experiment shows that the ways Black workers respond to competency microaggressions are complex and not only hurt the recipient, but also how they interact in teams.
- In order to make more progress toward racial equity, leaders need to understand how these “harmless” comments affect Black employees’ workplace behavior and emotions in real time.
Johnson must embrace the Brexit he made
The row over Northern Ireland risks a deeper decline in UK trade in response to threats of violence from a tiny minority […]Read more >Similar articles >
Abortion rights are disappearing in the United States. And Democrats have no plan | Moira Donegan
- On Wednesday, just over a week after Politico published a leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s forthcoming majority opinion in Dobbs v Jackson, which will overrule Roe v Wade later next month, the Senate did the only thing they could think to do: they voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill to codify a federal right to abortion.
- On Wednesday, it failed again, by 49 votes to 51, on party lines: only one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, sided with the unanimous Republicans in denying women a federally recognized right to make their own decisions for their health and lives.
Musk’s China ties add potential risks to Twitter purchase
- But Twitter is shut out by internet barriers that block most Chinese users from seeing global social media, which gives Beijing no leverage over the company, though the ruling Communist Party uses it to spread propaganda abroad.
- Tesla Inc.’s ambitions in China might give Beijing that leverage to pressure Twitter to silence human rights activists and other critics or ease its rules on propaganda if Musk’s $44 billion purchase goes ahead, some experts suggest.
Digital enchantment holds too much sway over big tech regulation
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Anti-elite style sparked Fetterman’s surge | Will Bunch Newsletter
- Despite the polar opposites in what passes for substance, the GOP version of the anti-elite style is thriving in the stunning rise of Republican Senate candidate Kathy Barnette, whose simple life narrative — her antiabortion story that she’s the product of her mom’s rape at age 11 has won her that voting bloc despite her fuzzy policy position — may push her past two multimillionaires.
- Since launching his Senate bid last year, the lieutenant governor has both defined the anti-elite style in American politics but also refined it for his sometimes clueless fellow Democrats.
Low Missouri River levels means less electric production
- Electricity from the dams is distributed through the Western Area Power Administration, where spokeswoman Lisa Meiman says despite the hydropower shortage, they will meet power demand.
- “There’s always some purchase power every year and in order to meet up with the demand for of our customers,” Meiman says.
Pinkies up! Great spots for a spot of tea
What better way to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee than with a cuppa? Here are a few places in and around Boston where you can enjoy this time-honored tradition in proper style. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Annual gala helps give trained service dogs to veterans
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Northwest Battle Buddies, a non-profit that gifts veterans with trained service dogs, is holding its 10th annual Freedom Gala Saturday. The event will take place at the Oregon Convention Center and will showcase service dogs and the humans they serve. Shannon Walker, founder and president of Northwest Battle Buddies, says her organization has gifted 170 professionally trained service dogs to veterans in the last 10 years. Of all the veterans who have received the dogs, Walker said none have died by suicide. Walker said she’s received messages from veterans whose dogs have alerted to the adrenaline caused by […]Read more >Similar articles >
Yes, victims of 2019 Capital One data breach could get money with recent settlement
In July 2019, nearly 100 million Capital One credit card customers and applicants were the victims of a cyberattack. A settlement has been preliminarily approved. […]Read more >Similar articles >
FDA expected to soon authorize Pfizer-BioNTech’s booster for 5- to 11-year-olds
The companies announced a month ago that the extra shot significantly increased the level of neutralizing antibodies in a small clinical trial of 140 children. […]Read more >Similar articles >
The 10 Biggest Cannes Film Festival Premieres to Look Out For
- Three of Gray's previous films — The Yards, The Immigrant and We Own the Night — debuted in competition at Cannes, though none won any awards.
- The Focus Features film is inspired by his own childhood, when his parents moved him to the private Kew-Forest School ( Donald Trump was an alumnus), and follows a 12-year-old and his best friend who hatch a plan to escape their new confines.
Florida signs bill into law banning protests outside homes
- A prepared statement from DeSantis on the bill-signing Monday cited liberal picketing outside the homes of conservative US supreme court justices following the leak on 2 May of a draft ruling which showed the court was ready to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that essentially legalized abortion nationwide.
- Protests outside homes are now banned in Florida after the state’s rightwing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill into law prohibiting such demonstrations.
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID booster for children 5-11
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11.What they’re saying: "While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, the omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized, and children may also experience longer term effects, even following initially mild disease," FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement. Editor’s note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Amber Heard reveals ‘Aquaman 2’ role got cut down: They ‘didn’t want to include me’
- Amber Heard has confirmed under oath that her starring role in “Aquaman 2” has been drastically diminished.
- Heard noted during the trial that she was “actively scheduling timing for filming” the superhero film up until Depp’s legal team reportedly launched a campaign against her .
Newsom hops on inflation and abortion issues
- Never one to ignore an opportunity to increase his national political image, California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week made inflation relief and abortion rights centerpieces of the $300.7 billion revised version of his state budget.
- So, one might wonder, what’s the political context of Newsom’s highlighting inflation and abortion in his revised budget?
Nestle airlifts baby formula to US from Europe to ease shortage
Nestle, the owner of Gerber baby food, said it’s airfreighting infant formula to the US, where a shortage has left shelves empty and parents scrambling. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Slow software backs up Saratoga Springs school vote
- Maura Manny, spokeswoman for the Saratoga Springs City School District, said the problem caused some voting lines, but that the issues were fixed.
- SARATOGA SPRINGS — Slow-moving software delayed the casting of ballots for the earliest voters in the city school district Tuesday morning.
Airbnb chief donates $100m to Obama scholarship fund
- The co-founder and chief executive of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has donated $100m to Barack Obama’s foundation to fund scholarships for students pursuing careers in public service, with the awards including multiple stipends for travel.
- “There are young people across the country who have a passion for public service, but can’t pursue it because of their student loan debt,” Chesky said.
5 pieces of advice to help early stage founders navigate the months ahead
- If you’re a founder who is currently raising venture capital, or someone who follows the industry on social media, you’ve probably noticed an abrupt change in tone in VC.
- “An entire generation of entrepreneurs and tech investors built their entire perspectives on valuation during the second half of a 13-year amazing bull market run,” Bill Gurley tweeted on April 29.
How Abortion Pills Changed the Political Debate in Ireland
- Her work has focused on cross-border abortion access and activism, an area where politics, gender and reproduction overlap.
- Sydney Calkin is a senior lecturer in human geography at Queen Mary University of London and the author of a forthcoming book, “Abortion Beyond Borders: Abortion Pills and the Future of Reproductive Freedoms.”
Amid baby formula shortage, American Academy of Pediatrics shares new guidance. Here’s what to know
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday issued new emergency guidance for parents of infants who can’t find formula. Here's what you need to know. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Novelist Benjamin Myers talks crop circles and climate change in ‘The Perfect Golden Circle’
- One of the things I found out is that a large proportion of the British crop circles were created by two farmers who were really modest and unassuming and who came forward and said, “Yeah, we did it and this is how we did it” and kind of debunked all the conspiracy theories within 30 seconds.
- The book, it’s kind of been a slow-burning thing in the UK; it came out five years ago and it’s had a real, like, small indie band growth to it.
Fact check: U.S. Senate hopeful says ‘Title 42 has fueled the border crisis’
- "This lack of collateral consequences (other than the inherent risk of death in the journey), combined with the desperation and insecurity faced by people waiting at the border for the asylum process to restart, strongly incentivizes many migrants expelled under Title 42 to try again."
- In practice, once put in place by Trump, Title 42 allowed agents to send migrants who cross the border back to Mexico within hours, or to another country of origin within a few days, without any immigration hearing process taking place.
Nestlé flies baby formula to the U.S. amid shortage
Nestlé, the owner of Gerber baby food, has flown in extra baby formula to the U.S. from Switzerland and the Netherlands to help alleviate the ongoing baby formula shortage.Why it matters: The result of pandemic supply chain issues and a massive recall, the shortage has seen parents scrambling to find baby formula.About 3 in 4 babies are fed formula by six months old as a complete or partial substitute for human milk, writes Axios’ Nathan Bomey.The big picture: The company has imported shipments of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA from the Netherlands and Alfamino from Switzerland, a Nestlé spokesperson told Axios in a statement.Those […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Weed is legal in New Jersey. Can my Pennsylvania employer test me for it?
- This means that when you’re applying for a job, an employer can’t drug test you for marijuana.
- In Pennsylvania, there aren’t many laws requiring or prohibiting employment drug tests either.
The Baby Formula Shortage: What Can Be Done
Readers suggest promoting breastfeeding, easing access to milk banks, improving F.D.A. oversight and giving expert advice on alternatives. Also: Nuclear risks with Russia. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Congress to hold first public UFO briefing in 50 years
Congressional briefings on UFOs were held in the 1950s and 1960s, but the House hasn’t been publicly briefed on UAPs or UFOs since 1969. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Republicans have invoked the ‘Great Replacement’ theory over and over | Judd Legum
- But the mass shooting in Buffalo raises serious questions about many prominent Republican officials and right-wing advocates who have adopted the great replacement theory in recent years, even as the racist conspiracy was cited as motivation by previous mass shooters in Pittsburgh and El Paso .
- Steve Bannon, the former top aide to President Trump who now hosts a podcast popular with Republican candidates, was at the vanguard of popularizing the great replacement theory with Maga Republicans.
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Philadelphia Folk Festival will return in person. Here’s the lineup.
- The list of headliners announced Tuesday for this year’s fest, which is presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society bills itself as the oldest continuously run outdoor music festival in North America, is topped by Michael Franti & Spearhead, the project led by San Francisco rapper and guitarist Franti, which blends hip-hop with folk, reggae and rock.
- After being staged as a virtual only event for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the venerable Folk Fest will celebrate its 60th anniversary in its familiar setting at in Upper Salford Township near Schwenksville from August 18-21.
Fuji restaurateur Jimmy Liang is on a (sushi) roll
The Quincy native will open a new Fuji sushi restaurant in Newton, with plans for a tasting counter and a French bakery in the works. […]Read more >Similar articles >
How Seattleites say their (already casual) office wardrobes have changed
Earlier this month, we asked readers to share (potentially in haiku form) which piece of clothing they'll never wear again. Here are some of our favorite responses. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Oregon governor primary will test Democratic Party
The Democratic primary comes at a time of widespread frustration over the handling of the pandemic, the homelessness crisis, a lack of affordable housing and increasing gun violence. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Astra Lincoln: There is plenty of food, but not for all farmworkers
- Guerrero works for the nonprofit Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, which is trying to change things.
- Nonprofits try to help, but they aren’t equipped to make the systems-level changes needed to end the lack of nutritious food and the hunger suffered by farmworkers and other immigrants.
A Kansas City LGBTQ crisis center closed abruptly. These local resources are still available
The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP), the city’s only domestic violence and sexual assault resource group focused on the LGBTQ community, is closing permanently. The group announced its closure on […]Read more >Similar articles >
Inside the Washington legislative workers’ union push and building frustration with Democratic leadership
Much of the movement in recent years has been spurred by Democratic legislative assistants and partisan staff who work for that political caucus. […]Read more >Similar articles >
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA declines to approve old antidepressant for Covid; U.S.-China trade fight may derail WTO Covid patent waiver
- In an unusual two-page summary from an agency that does not generally disclose the reasoning behind rejections, the FDA maintained that the doctors failed to provide adequate evidence of effectiveness of the drug, called fluvoxamine.
- Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way.
Mammals’ Perseverance, Fast Radio Bursts and Health Justice
- All of us at Scientific American thank Curtis Brainard, our managing editor, for leading the health equity package in this issue and so many other innovations and projects.
- As childhood-learning researcher and physician Dana Suskind and writer and Scientific American contributing editor Lydia Denworth explain, research has identified two crucial factors that encourage healthy cognitive development: protection from stress and nurturing interactions with caregivers.
Circus Juventus keeps flying through years of COVID disruptions
- If you've ever attended a show by Circus Juventus, the after-school program that teaches young people ages 2 to 22 how to trapeze, walk tightropes and fly through the air under its Highland Park big top, you'd know how vital the relationship is between performers and audience.
- Hoping they're finally clear of the pandemic, Betty and Dan Butler sat down with Eye On St. Paul during their just-concluded Spring Show to talk about how they kept on the lights on at the nation's largest circus school.
Twitter trolling with Chapo Trap House’s Felix Biederman
- Unfortunately, one or two times a day there are people in my Twitter messages who are experiencing psychotic episodes where they think they’re being targeted.
- I have invented a new form of sleeping called the Two Morning Method: I first wake up at a time between 5:30 and 7 am, and the first thing I check is my emails.
India’s LIC Falls on Trading Debut After Landmark IPO
India’s biggest life insurer stumbled on its trading debut after leaning on small investors to help it push through a record $2.7 billion IPO despite global market turbulence. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Return our taxes and fix infrastructure
- As the Mercury News reported, the governor “argued that California needs to ready itself for a stock market bust by putting $23.3 billion in a rainy day fund and using the vast majority of the surplus on one-time spending.”
- It’s been a decade since Gov. Jerry Brown faced a $27-billion budget deficit, which prompted him to take a number of extraordinary steps including lobbying for a massive tax increase and shuttering the state’s revenue-draining redevelopment agencies.
Rosen reveals plan to reduce US doctor shortage
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen will introduce a bipartisan bill to locate more federally funded medical residencies in areas with the greatest need.
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Abandoned Places: York Bible School
This small stone schoolhouse stands as a testament to an East Tennessee war hero, Sgt. Alvin C. York, and his life’s work to bring education to his hometown. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Hospitalizations and COVID cases are going up again in Nebraska
- The state reported 1,500 new virus cases last week, a sharp increase from just over 800 each of the two previous weeks, according to figures compiled from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
- Nebraska COVID-19 cases are back on the rise, with the number of cases last week reaching the highest level in three months.
With NBA down to final four, Heat ‘meaningless’ season-ending loss in Orlando could loom large
- Because Golden State swept the two-game season series, that would mean homecourt advantage for the Warriors in a potential NBA Finals against the Heat.
- It has largely been described as the Miami Heat’s meaningless season finale, often along the lines of “The Miami Heat won six consecutive games to secure the No. 1 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference before losing their meaningless regular-season finale.”
Pennsylvania governor race divides Republicans, unites Democrats
The winner of the Pennsylvania governor race is likely to share power with a Republican-led Legislature, where entrenched GOP majorities have controlled the floors for nearly all of the past three decades. […]Read more >Similar articles >
More complaints about DMV renewals — and a suggested solution: Roadshow
- Q: The DMV might be sending out registration notices on time, but they are sure way behind on issuing the new registration and sending the tags.
- Routinely, drivers in the middle lane think they can go straight, so they wait for the left-turn arrow light to end, and the green light to begin.
SI Swimsuit cover model critic Jordan Peterson quits Twitter after backlash: ‘Bye for now’
- Dr. Jordan Peterson — who was called out for shaming the newest “Sports Illustrated” Swimsuit Issue cover model Yumi Nu in controversial tweets on Monday — has bailed on Twitter.
- While his account is still active, Peter said he’s instructed his staff to keep him off social media.
2022 Oregon Primary: Complete coverage and live results
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregonians have their say in the 2022 primary election Tuesday. At stake are seats in the Governor’s office all the way down to dozens of local races. Stick with KOIN.com and KOIN 6 News as we bring you constantly updated coverage throughout the day and live results as they are released, starting at 8 p.m. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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In group homes, this Philly student fell behind in school. Then he discovered a program and got himself into Penn.
- “He’s one of our students that has had the most challenges, but he’s really ambitious, and persevered — more so than anyone else,” said Monifa Young, director of Gateway to College, a Community College of Philadelphia program that offers district students who have not flourished in traditional settings the opportunity to earn college credits while completing their high school diplomas.
- He was homeschooled and a strong student, but when his family circumstances grew challenging, Gordon moved to Philadelphia at age 13 to live with a relative.
Niles: Why does Disneyland feel so crowded if attendance is limited?
- But unlike most other local theme parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure continue to require visitors to make reservations to use their tickets or Magic Key passes on any given date.
- In quarterly financial report earlier this month, Disney executives boasted about that reservation system, claiming that Disney was voluntarily limiting daily attendance at Disneyland and Walt Disney World in order to create a better guest experience.
6-foot alligator strategically places itself outside cafeteria door at Florida school
A hungry alligator shamelessly stationed itself outside the cafeteria door of Florida elementary school, forcing police to hogtie the reptile and drag it away, video shows. St. Cloud police shared […]Read more >Similar articles >
State Patrol launches summer weekend enforcement initiative
- The initiative, dubbed Project 20(22), focuses on pulling over motorists for speeding, not wearing seat belts and driving distracted or while impaired, according to a news release.
- Two of those weekends will focus on the Twin Cities, which is already seeing increased enforcement with the patrol and BCA to assist Minneapolis police as it reels from an officer shortage and rising crime that comes with warmer weather.
Want to fix that old barn? There’s a tax credit
- To qualify, a barn must have been built prior to 1946, and the work needs approval by the agency's historic preservation unit.
- “This credit is a much-needed resource for barn owners across the state, who thanks to this program, will be able to make vital repairs and bring countless barns back to life – either reinvigorating their agricultural function or adaptively reusing them for innovative new purposes,” said Jay DiLorenzo, the president of The Preservation League.
The best (and worst) wedding songs, according to Twin Cities DJs and singers
- May 18: Wedding DJs and singers in the Twin Cities name best/worst songs for your big day
- Not so great: "I Will Always Love You," Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston (both Burns and Grimm, see above); "Someone Like You," Adele (DJ Digie: "Or any song that is tied to a past relationship"); "You Make My Dreams," Hall & Oates (Burns); anything with sad lyrics (Rudh: "No matter how beautiful the music might be, this day is a celebration, so let's kick off the dance right with a celebratory song").
Washington Politicians Helped Create the Baby Formula Shortage. Can They Solve It?
- That’s where Abbott, the multinational healthcare giant that sells formula under the Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare brands and controls 40% of the U.S. infant formula market, shut down its largest baby food plant in February after a type of bacteria linked to the hospitalization and death of several babies was found in the plant.
- But lower-income moms are more likely than higher-earning ones to use formula over breastfeeding and start their babies on it earlier in life, due, in part, to the absence of national paid parental leave policies and less flexibility for mothers in service-industry jobs to breastfeed.
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The best Italian food in Philly, according to Hoagie Dom’s Dominic Rocconi
- But while Rocconi calls Philly “ the greatest sandwich city in the solar system,” his love of Philly’s Italian food goes well beyond the iconic hoagie.
- Then leave and walk around the block a few more times and come back for dinner, where you should just order the entire menu of pastas.
Life Lessons: The Morrisons share more advice for having a good life
Life is hard, stressful, fast-paced and can sometimes be overwhelming. That’s why EastIdahoNews.com is partnering with MorningStar Senior Living of Idaho Falls to bring you Life Lessons. We’re asking MorningStar residents to share gems of wisdom every Tuesday with us. Some of their answers will make you laugh, some may make you cry, and some may even change your life. Last week we introduced you to Lange and Bobbie Morrison – a couple who have been married nearly 49 years. Watch part two of our interview in the video player above. The post Life Lessons: The Morrisons share more advice for having a good life appeared first on East Idaho […]Read more >Similar articles >
What to Know About the Defamation Trial Between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard As It Resumes
- The trial, which began on April 11 in Fairfax, Va., centers on a defamation lawsuit Depp filed against Heard in 2019 over a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote about domestic abuse.
- After a scheduled weeklong break, the high-profile defamation trial between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard resumed on May 16.
You can now get 8 more free COVID test kits shipped to your door — here’s how
- President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that U.S. households can order eight at-home COVID tests at COVIDTests.gov to be shipped directly to them by filling out a simple form .
- “Since then, over 70 million households have visited COVIDTests.gov to order at-home tests to be mailed directly to them,” the White House announced Tuesday.
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What to expect at the 2022 Italian Market Festival
- The festival began in the 70s when vendors from the Italian Market came together to hold a “Mediterranean stroll” — a type of stroll where, back in Italy, different villages would walk to honor their church or patron saint as an opportunity for the community to come together.
- Rain or shine, the Italian Market Festival will be back on Ninth St.
Ogden ‘beer boutique’ wants you to drink good Utah-brewed beverages
- (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt & Hops, the new Beer Boutique on 27th St. in Ogden, on Monday, May 2, 2022.
- (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Items from local merchants, at Salt & Hops, the new Beer Boutique on 27th St. in Ogden, on Monday, May 2, 2022.
Biden offering additional 8 free COVID-19 tests to public
The government website for people to request free COVID-19 at-home tests from the U.S. government is now accepting a third round of orders. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Wichita ethics board members, candidates could be disqualified under ‘goofy’ policy
Quirks in Wichita’s ethics policy threaten to further delay a board that has been dormant for more than a year, stalling any investigations of potential misconduct by city officials, the […]Read more >Similar articles >
From 2010 to 2020, gender gap in Seattle tech stayed largely the same
When it comes to the gender gap in Seattle's tech jobs, not much has changed in the past decade, FYI Guy writes. […]Read more >Similar articles >
How a father-son battle spawned Hollywood’s classic monsters
- Stone grew fascinated with Carl Laemmle Jr., better known as Junior, who was all but running Universal by the time he was 21 — bringing a youthful spirit to a studio and an industry still navigating the transition to talkies.
- Think of the classic Universal horror movies from the 1930s and you probably picture Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff or, as we best know them, Dracula and Frankenstein.
Nestlé is flying baby formula into America as shortage continues
- Nestlé is rushing baby formula into the United States via airfreight in a bid to ease a nationwide shortage that is unnerving parents around the country.
- In a statement to CNN on Tuesday, Nestlé said it is flying in some baby formula produced outside the United States, including Gerber Good Start Extensive HA from the Netherlands and Alfamino from Switzerland.
Joe Biden Is Redeploying U.S. Troops to Somalia as a New President Takes Office. Here’s What to Know
- Key to Mohamud’s success as president will be his ability to unite rival political forces, according to Omar Mahmood, senior Somalia analyst at the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think tank.
- Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected president on Sunday after receiving 214 votes from legislators in a poll open only to parliamentarians.
Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Sanders’ April contributions top $600,000; Chris Jones passes $160,000
- For the general election, Jones reported raising $4,899.25 in April to increase his total contributions and balance to $31,892.80.
- For the general election, Sanders reported raising $67,607.95 in April to increase her total contributions and balance to $2.02 million April 30.
Cox’s energy plan is lacking, Robert Gehrke explains, but could be a starting point if Utah wants to get serious about climate
- Given his pique, it probably comes as no surprise that Cox released his new “ State Energy and Innovation Plan ” Tuesday, it wasn’t really focused on the state leading out to avert a climate catastrophe.
- To be fair, it does tout a nearly 46% per capita reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2002 and 2017 and notes that Utah is on track to reach the Legislature’s goal of generating 20% of the state’s electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
DYNASTY: The Windsors Podcast: Royal Motherhood Is a Job Like No Other
- But in this week’s episode of DYNASTY: The Windsors, cohosts Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof explore how motherhood was Diana’s anchor during the turbulent years of her life—and how her influence has shaped the two mothers who have followed in her footsteps, Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle.
- For the early years of his life, the queen was often abroad with Prince Philip, and when she became queen in 1952, she struggled to balance the job of being Britain’s monarch with her role as a mother.
Will abortion dominate the 2022 Minnesota election?
- Countering liberal activism on this issue, 51 percent of very conservative respondents also indicate that a candidate’s position on abortion is very likely to influence their vote.
- The major political opportunity for Minnesota Democrats and liberals, then, lies with stoking intensity among their base supporters about the abortion issue.
Mike Collier’s Excellent Political Adventure
- Collier has been telling versions of this anecdote since 2014, when, as a political novice, he won the Democratic nomination for state comptroller before losing to Republican Glenn Hegar by more than twenty points in the general election.
- The 61-year-old Collier, who is running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in the May 24 runoff election, paced back and forth before the crowd like a talk-show host.
Inside Facebook’s political advocacy group
Facebook has come under pressure by lawmakers in Washington. But the company has a loud and aggressive defender: American Edge, a Facebook-funded political advocacy group that has launched a full-throated advertising campaign to fight back. […]Read more >Similar articles >
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Instead of bowing to pushback, schools should listen to those trying to ‘push forward’ when it comes to mask mandates | GUEST COMMENTARY
- In the fall of 2021, a fellow Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) parent and I wrote a letter suggesting several increased COVID mitigation measures in county schools, including safer settings for lunch and asymptomatic testing, citing science-based guidance.
- According to news accounts, and personal communication I have had with Baltimore County officials, one of the main reasons for this reluctance is “pushback” from those opposed to a mask mandate, like the protests in August, before school opened, in Baltimore County and in neighboring counties .
UCF offers Sanford Seminole freshman OT Max Buchanan
- UCF has dipped into the talent pool at Sanford Seminole High once again, looking to keep the successful pipeline going with a scholarship offer to 2025 offensive tackle Max Buchanan.
- The 6-foot-5, 280-pound Buchanan is the second Seminole freshman to be offered by UCF in the past week.
‘Moms are struggling’: Baby formula shortage hits Hudson Valley
- said Stephanie Bawol, mom of a nine-month-old baby, who is waiting on an Amazon order of formula that won’t ship for four weeks.
- “I had seen a bunch of other people posting on Facebook, and I don’t know anyone currently formula feeding, so I figured it would be the fastest way to find someone who could use it,” said Parker.
Sewell announces $3.6 million in federal funds for preservation of African American historical sites
- Eleven historical sites in Alabama were selected to receive funds, either directly or through associate organizations, including Birmingham’s Saint Paul United Methodist Church, the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth & Reconciliation, and Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma.
- Over $3.6 million in funding, drawn from the National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Grant Program, has been awarded to Alabama to preserve historic sites related to African American history in the state.
The race to replace this LaSalle Academy graduate in the US Senate
We’ll soon have a clearer picture on who could replace GOP US Senator Pat Toomey, LaSalle’s valedictorian in 1980, after today’s primaries in Pennsylvania. […]Read more >Similar articles >
A thoroughly modern meltdown in Met’s reimagined ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
Lammermoor ain’t what it used to be. Or, at least, it wasn’t during the opening night at the Metropolitan Opera.In Simon Stone’s visually stunning and conceptually arresting production of Donizetti’s enduring 1835 opera “Lucia di Lammermoor,” the verdant hills and wild landscape of 18th-century Scot […]Read more >Similar articles >
Aurora lawmakers consider more Pallet shelters to speed up camping ban enforcement
- While no council member opposed the expansion of Salvation Army shelter spaces moving out of study session, Councilmember Curtis Gardner said he was hesitant to invest more city money in temporary shelters when finding a long-term shelter solution has been a goal of the council for years.
- “We can’t go forward with the camping ban until we have an alternative shelter option,” May Mike Coffman said during a city council study session, referring to the city’s pending ban on homeless camping.
Letter: Lee said it: Beware of the Supreme Court
I would like to urge my fellow Utahns to heed Sen. Mike Lee’s urgent warnings about the Supreme Court. After all, if the court were to become “another partisan tool” (as the Amazon blurb for his upcoming book states) we could all start losing essential rights.And that would be bad.Cynthia Sillitoe, OgdenSubmit a letter to the editor […]Read more >Similar articles >
Parent of student at Magic City Acceptance Academy says school is helping
- When a new charter school opened in Homewood with a mission of acceptance and love, and a safe place for LQBTQ students, Julian contacted the school to see if they needed help with extra curricular classes.
- His 14-year-old child was struggling after returning to in-person school following a year of online classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Julian said, and when the Magic City Acceptance Academy invited him to an open house, he invited his child to come along.
Brookline teachers back in the classroom after strike Monday
Class is back in session at Brookline Schools after a teacher’s strike in the district shuttered classrooms across town yesterday. “Educators will return to the buildings later this morning,” the Brookline Educator’s Union announced in a post on its website. Negotiations overnight continued until 4:20 a.m., according to the BEU, when the two sides signed a tentative contract agreement clearing the way to return to the classroom. “We are open and ready to welcome our students back,” the school department said on its website, emphasizing that all schools in town would be open Tuesday. Educators and supporters planned a celebration rally at […]Read more >Similar articles >
Days of music, food, culture mark return of Bimbé festival
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ALGOP selects Hoover City Councilman Mike Shaw as House District 47 nominee
- The Alabama Republican Party Candidate Committee has selected Hoover City Councilman Mike Shaw to be its nominee for Alabama House District 47 (Vestavia Hills and Hoover).
- Their commitment to the people of House District 47 and our Party is to be commended,” said Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl.
Colorado kidney donors can prioritize loved ones for future transplants through voucher program
- Coloradans who are interested in donating a kidney but concerned it would leave them unable to help if a family member got sick later have an option to get a “voucher” to shorten a loved one’s wait if they need a transplant in the future.
- Dr. Alex Wiseman, executive director of kidney transplantation at Centura Health, said people who are willing to be donors sometimes hesitate, because they want to save their kidney in case a family member or friend needs it someday.
Denver Public Schools paraprofessionals rally for higher pay they say is “not a living wage”
- The district pays paraprofessionals, who provide support in classrooms, $15.87 per hour, which is not enough for them to buy homes or even health insurance, and leaving many of them to work multiple jobs or to look for other jobs to make ends meet, employees said during the rally.
- Roughly 200 Denver Public Schools employees, parents and other community members held a rally Monday evening at Valdez Elementary School, calling on the state’s largest school district to raise the minimum wage for its workers, including paraprofessionals, to $20 an hour.
CTRMA not billing TxTag customers over lack of ‘confidence’ in data
- CTRMA blames TxTag. Last November, the toll authority said it stopped billing TxTag customers, for a second time, over problems with its account-holder data.
- It's such a concern to CTRMA that the toll authority opted not to bill TxTag customers, for the second time in less than a year, according to CTRMA Director of Operations Tracie Brown.
Voters Aren’t Worried About Covid. Politicians Should Be.
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Salt Lake County mining ban draws lawsuit from Parleys quarry developers
- But before the company could apply for conditional use permits, the Salt Lake County Council last month barred new mines in the Wasatch foothills.
- The Salt Lake County Council adopted a zoning ordinance banning any new mining operations in the Foothills and Canyons Overlay Zone, or FCOZ, covering much of the country’s share of the Wasatch Mountains in April.
Next date set in ex-Macomb prosecutor Eric Smith’s embezzlement case
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How higher borrowing costs hit corporate America
- Even though borrowing money in the high grade bond market now costs about 2 percentage points more than it did late last year, big companies with good balance sheets can absorb that extra cost fairly easily, says Chris Forshner, head of high grade finance at BNP Paribas.
- In short, high yield companies are only tapping the bond market now if they absolutely need to, says Chris Blum, BNP's head of leveraged finance.
Are we ever authentically ourselves on the internet?
- New “anti-Instagram” apps like BeReal claim to help users be more authentic online, but the distinction between real and fake isn’t quite that simple.
- BeReal falls into the genre of “anti-Instagram” apps, novelty photo platforms that attempt to fulfill a niche social function that Instagram lacks.
Stone: Biological calendar can be helpful for gardeners
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Letter: The Supreme Court is on the attack. We must strike back with our votes.
- The Republican Party has a new weapon in its war on women — the U.S. Supreme Court.
- They are pro-forced birth and anti-women.
Twitter plans to enforce $44bn takeover price with Elon Musk
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Opinion | The best choice for Alabama
- In November, Alabama Republicans will select as our next Senator – either Katie Britt, Mo Brooks or Mike Durant, who are all claiming a conservative platform and message.
- As Senator, Katie will join her Alabama Republican colleagues in Washington, D.C. to continue supporting and advancing conservative legislation while representing the values of the vast majority of Alabamians.
“Goliath” Stryker Corp. must pay $4.75 million to Greenwood Village company after breaching contracts
- Stryker Corp., through its subsidiary Howmedica Osteonics Corporation, improperly terminated one contract with Greenwood Village’s ORP Surgical, then wrongly poached its employees after a second contract ended, Senior Judge R.
- In last week’s order, Jackson also sanctioned Stryker’s attorneys for significant misconduct ranging from discovery violations to rude behavior during the two-year civil lawsuit.
PA Governor Race: AG Josh Shapiro, lone Democratic Gov. candidate, positive for COVID
- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the lone Democratic candidate in Tuesday's race for Governor, has tested positive for COVID-19.
- Shapiro's campaign released a statement saying he tested positive about 24 hours until the polls close in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night after experiencing mild symptoms.
West Texas rancher pours $2 million into Sarah Stogner’s underdog campaign for statewide oil and gas board seat
- A West Texas rancher who has battled the Railroad Commission over abandoned oil wells on her property has poured $2 million into a dark-horse challenger for a seat on the commission, Sarah Stogner, as she looks to pull off a major upset in the May 24 Republican primary runoff.
- Ashley Watt, who owns a 75,000-acre ranch in the Permian Basin, revealed to The Texas Tribune that she has provided the seven-figure funding to Stogner, saying it will be disclosed on a campaign finance report that is expected to be released Tuesday.
2022 graduations: CSULB kicks off commencement ceremonies at Angel Stadium
- Engineering graduates celebrate, during the 73rd commencement ceremony for Cal State Long Beach, held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, May 16, 2022.
- Engineering graduates celebrate, during the 73rd commencement ceremony for Cal State Long Beach, held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Rural Colorado students go to college at low rates. But one town bucks the trend.
- “He wants a more comfortable life for us,” said Shaelea Pruett, 20, who graduated from Otero College and will attend Colorado State University Pueblo in the fall.
- Fewer than half of rural Colorado’s high school graduates go to college, a rate that’s about five percentage points below the state average.
China’s latest economic data shows lockdown’s toll
Data: FactSet; Chart: Thomas Oide/AxiosChina’s lockdowns continue to punish the world’s second-largest economy, with a fresh round of data suggesting a worsening outlook for growth.Why it matters: China is the single largest contributor to world growth, so its slowdown will ripple out in the form of lower economic activity and corporate profits worldwide.Driving the news: New data out Monday showed retail sales activity collapsed in April, with unemployment rising and exports and industrial production slowing sharply. Retail sales fell 11.1% in April, compared to the prior year, with considerable declines in major categories […]Read more >Similar articles >
Opinion | Fewer foster children, record high adoptions among recent child welfare successes in Alabama
- In fact, more than 71 percent of foster children who reached permanency in fiscal year 2021 returned to their biological parents or relatives.
- This month is a special opportunity to celebrate these remarkable children and express gratitude to the foster parents, social workers and advocates who serve incredibly important roles in our communities and our state.
How writing duo Christina Lauren went from fan fiction to best-selling romance novels
- For the last 13 years, Utah-based Christina Hobbs and California-based Lauren Billings have pooled their talents to write novels under the joint name Christina Lauren — and have amassed a cult-like fan base and reached the New York Times bestseller list in the process.
- Billings and Hobbs had bonded online, over the work each had done writing fan fiction based on Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” franchise.
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Master Gardener: Growing beans is a snap with these expert tips
- Before planting beans, it’s a good idea to till the top 8 to 10 inches of soil to give the beans some nice loose soil to grow in.
- The last time I grew pole beans, I made a tripod out of PVC pipe and let the plants grow up those pipes.
Covered bridges at Lutsen Resort damaged by surging river
- On Friday, the Poplar River, swollen from rain and snowmelt, surged toward Lake Superior, destroying three Lutsen Mountain bridges and damaging the covered bridges at the 137-year-old resort.
- Both of Lutsen Resort's historic red covered bridges sustained damage during last week's flooding and high-water conditions along the North Shore.
Letter: A waste of pandemic relief money
- First the department asked for and received $1 million in ARPA funds for a study to rebuild Powder Mill Hatchery.
- Recently NHFG saw an opportunity to receive money for its polluting hatcheries in NH’s share of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.
Letter: Tobin is predictable, preposterous
John Tobin’s feeble attempt, in his My Turn column (Monitor, 4/19), to turn the state constitution on its head in order to justify a state monopoly on education is so predictable that I debunked it two years before he published it, at Granite Grok (“School funding Look, over there!”) in January, 20 […]Read more >Similar articles >
Opinion: U.S. foreign policy is a danger to the world
- In an end-of-year poll, WIN and Gallup International surveyed more than 66,000 people across 65 nations and found that 24% of respondents answered that the United States “is the greatest threat to peace in the world today.”
- President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken are promoting a “rule-based world order.”