Trail Of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride Set For North Alabama
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WATERLOO, Ala. (WHNT) — The 29th annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Motorcycle Ride is set to take off on Saturday, September 17, making its way from Bridgeport and ending in Waterloo.
Motorcyclists from across the country will make their way across the state along the official ride route – recognized by the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission – following U.S. 72, with a lunch stop at Redstone Harley-Davidson near Huntsville.
A kickoff rally will be held on Friday, September 16 at 5 p.m. in Bridgeport, with kids’ activities, food trucks, vendors, a concert and a firework show.
The ride will leave from Bridgeport at 8 a.m. CDT on Saturday, September 17, with riders lining up on Alabama Street at 7 a.m. More live music and food vendors will be at the lunch stop near Huntsville.
Riders will arrive in Waterloo around 2:30 p.m. with a full lineup of events including a memorial walk, Indian festival, live music, arts and crafts, vendors, food and more. You can find a full lineup of events for the entire weekend here.
The event was started to mark the National Trail of Tears, a tragic day in Native American history when they were forced to leave their land following President Andrew Jackson’s signing of the Indian Removal Act on May 28, 1830.
By 1837, a move to push the tribes out began, leading to eventual bloodshed. An estimated 18,000 Cherokees and thousands of other Native Americans walked to their death, with many kept in inhumane concentration camps.
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Leavitt Claims Victory In New Hampshire 1st District Race
Leavitt Claims Victory In New Hampshire 1st District Race https://digitalalabamanews.com/leavitt-claims-victory-in-new-hampshire-1st-district-race/
RAY BREWER IS HERE NOW WITH THE DETAILS ON THIS RACE. RIGHT, SEAN, CAROLINE LEVITT CALLS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE POLLS YESTERDAY A BLOWOUT VICTORY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE LATEST RESULTS. LEVITT PULLED OFF THE PROJECTED WIN DESPITE BEING TOLD A YEAR AGO THAT SHE WAS TOO YOUNG AND COULDN’T RAISE THE MONEY TO WIN THE GOP NOMINEE. THE 25 YEAR OLD FROM ATKINSON SHARING TEARS OF JOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND SUPPORTERS AT HER ELECTION NIGHT HEADQUARTERS IN HAMPTON. SHE BELIEVES MUCH OF WHAT RESONATED WITH VOTERS IS THAT SHE’S A HOMEGROWN CANDIDATE AND AMERICAN FIRST CONSERVATIVE WHO WILL BRING A YOUNG PERSPECTIVE TO WASHINGTON. I AM SO HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR MY HOME DISTRICT. THIS WAS A HISTORIC AND EXTRAORDINARY VICTORY TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID IN MY SPEECH A YEAR AGO, I GOT INTO THIS RACE. NOT MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED IN ME OUTSIDE OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THIS DISTRICT. LEVITT SAYS SHE EXPECTS ANOTHER VICTORY IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE IN HER WORDS, WE HAVE A COUNTRY TO SAVE. HER GENERAL ELECTION OPPONENT, INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN CHRIS PAPPAS, RELEASED A STATEMENT LAST NIGHT SAYING IN PART THAT I WILL FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING I’VE GOT TO STOP EX
AP: Leavitt declared winner in New Hampshire 1st District
The Associated Press has declared Karoline Leavitt the winner in the Republican 1st Congressional District primary race.With 62% of precincts reporting, Leavitt led 2020 Republican nominee Matt Mowers, 33% to 26%. Leavitt declared victory shortly after 11 p.m.”Tonight, our hard work has truly paid off,” Leavitt told a crowd of supporters. “Tonight, Team Karoline, we passed expectations. Tonight, Team Karoline, we defied the odds.”Mowers stopped by his election party in Manchester earlier in the evening but left after speaking individually with supporters. He later released a statement conceding the race.”I got into this race to five a voice to those Granite Staters who felt left behind by the political class in Washington and to restore American strength and leadership around the world,” he said in the written statement. “Unfortunately, tonight’s results did not go our way, but I will never stop fighting for those middle-class families to ensure they are not forgotten.”Leavitt will face Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas.Leavitt and Mowers were competing in a crowded field for the nomination. Gail Huff Brown was running third in the race, followed by former state Sen. Russell Prescott and state Rep. Tim Baxter.Pappas ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
The Associated Press has declared Karoline Leavitt the winner in the Republican 1st Congressional District primary race.
With 62% of precincts reporting, Leavitt led 2020 Republican nominee Matt Mowers, 33% to 26%. Leavitt declared victory shortly after 11 p.m.
“Tonight, our hard work has truly paid off,” Leavitt told a crowd of supporters. “Tonight, Team Karoline, we passed expectations. Tonight, Team Karoline, we defied the odds.”
Mowers stopped by his election party in Manchester earlier in the evening but left after speaking individually with supporters. He later released a statement conceding the race.
“I got into this race to five a voice to those Granite Staters who felt left behind by the political class in Washington and to restore American strength and leadership around the world,” he said in the written statement. “Unfortunately, tonight’s results did not go our way, but I will never stop fighting for those middle-class families to ensure they are not forgotten.”
Leavitt will face Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas.
Leavitt and Mowers were competing in a crowded field for the nomination. Gail Huff Brown was running third in the race, followed by former state Sen. Russell Prescott and state Rep. Tim Baxter.
Pappas ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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Biden To Announce $900 Million Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Overhaul At Detroit Auto Show
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Biden celebrates inflation act as stocks tank
Former White House council of Economic Advisers chair Tomas Philipson and former Dallas fed adviser Danielle Dimartino Booth discusses how stocks took a nosedive while inflation remains high on ‘Fox Business Tonight.’
President Joe Biden will attend an auto show in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday, where he will tour the newest models in auto-manufacturers electric vehicle portfolios and announce a new infrastructure plan to make driving electric vehicles more accessible.
Biden, a vintage car enthusiast and owner of a 1967 C2 Corvette Stingray, will meet with dozens of automakers at the North American International Auto Show to boast about the Inflation Reduction Act — a recently signed climate and health care law that offers tax incentives for buying electric vehicles.
On Wednesday, he will also announce a $900 million plan to build EV chargers across 53,000 miles of the national highway system, a White House official said. The plan will include construction in 35 states, the official added.
Then-Vice President Joe Biden on the floor of the 2017 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The plan comes as Biden has already announced nearly $85 billion of investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act, which increases the production of electric vehicles, batteries and EV chargers across America.
AUTO COMPANIES ARE ROLLING OUT MORE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH BATTERY COSTS ARE RISING
The president has claimed these laws will add jobs to the economy and help fight climate change.
While Biden has taken credit for bolstering the electric vehicle portfolios of companies like Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Honda and Toyota, much of their transitions to electric vehicle production were well underway before the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law last month.
Ford started building electric pickup trucks at a new Michigan factory months before the law cleared Congress and General Motors similarly updated a factory in Detroit to produce electric trucks and Hummers.
Last year, Ford announced a plan to build its next generation of electric pickups in Tennessee. Similarly, GM announced EV assembly plants in Lansing, Michigan; Spring Hill, Tennessee; and Orion Township, Michigan.
In May, Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler) announced a joint venture battery factory in Indiana and a battery plant in Canada. The same month, Hyundai announced battery and assembly plants that will be built in Georgia.
President Joe Biden gets out of a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xE on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2021. | Getty Images
In July, Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced it will construct factories in North Carolina.
Honda and Toyota both announced U.S. battery plants after the act was passed, but they had been planned for months.
Despite the increased production, Americans are largely unable to transition to purchasing electric vehicles. Auto companies are looking at rolling out more affordable options, though the cheapest is the 2024 Chevrolet Equinox, a 300-mile-per-charge range electric SUV that will become available this Fall for around $30,000.
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President Joe Biden speaks about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik / AP Newsroom)
Biden, once the owner of a large car collection, is unable to drive on public roads as President of the United States. His collection has been mostly sold off in recent years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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God Does Not Back War Pope Says In Apparent Criticism Of Russian Patriarch
God Does Not Back War, Pope Says In Apparent Criticism Of Russian Patriarch https://digitalalabamanews.com/god-does-not-back-war-pope-says-in-apparent-criticism-of-russian-patriarch/
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NUR-SULTAN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who backs the invasion of Ukraine and has boycotted a conference of faith leaders.
On his second day in Kazakhstan, Francis addressed the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, a meeting that brings together Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other faiths.
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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) sent a delegation headed by its number two, Metropolitan Anthony, who later briefly met the pope.
“God is peace. He guides us always in the way of peace, never that of war,” Francis said, speaking at a huge round table in the Independence Palace, a massive modern structure made of steel and glass in the capital of the former Soviet republic.
“Let us commit ourselves, then, even more to insisting on the need for resolving conflicts not by the inconclusive means of power, with arms and threats, but by the only means blessed by heaven and worthy of man: encounter, dialogue and patient negotiations,” he said.
The pope, who earlier this year said Kirill could not be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “altar boy”, told the conference: “The sacred must never be a prop for power, nor power a prop for the sacred!”
Kirill has given enthusiastic backing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which the patriarch views as a bulwark against a West he calls decadent. read more
POPE-PATRIARCH MEETING STILL POSSIBLE
His stance has caused a rift with the Vatican and unleashed an internal rebellion that has led to the severing of ties by some local Orthodox Churches with the Russian Orthodox Church. read more
Pope Francis attends the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions at the Palace of Independence in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Metropolitan Anthony told reporters his meeting with the pope was “very cordial” but said Francis’ “altar boy” remark about Kirill was “not helpful for the unity of Christians” and that it surprised the Russian Orthodox Church.
Anthony said the pope told him he wanted to have a second meeting with Kirill. The first was in Cuba in 2016.
Francis also said that, while violence in God’s name was never justified, the “viruses” of hate and terrorism would not be eradicated without first wiping out injustice and poverty.
He said religious freedom was essential for peaceful coexistence in any society and no creed had a right to coerce others to convert.
“It is time to realize that fundamentalism defiles and corrupts every creed,” he said. “Let us free ourselves of those reductive and destructive notions that offend the name of God by harshness, extremism and forms of fundamentalism, and profane it through hatred, fanaticism and terrorism, disfiguring the image of man as well.”
But merely condemning extremism was not enough.
“As long as inequality and injustice continue to proliferate, there will be no end to viruses even worse than COVID: the viruses of hatred, violence and terrorism,” he said.
Francis, who wrote a major document in 2015 on the need to protect the environment, said religious leaders had to be in the front line in bringing attention to the dangers of climate change and extreme weather, particularly its effects on society’s poor and vulnerable.
About 70% of the Kazakhs are Muslim and about 26% Orthodox Christians. There are only about 125,000 Catholics among the 19 million population of the vast Central Asian country.
Francis will say a Mass for the tiny Catholic community on Wednesday afternoon.
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Anna Mae Raudabaugh Obituary (2022) Carlisle Sentinel
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Anna Mae Raudabaugh
March 01, 1937- September 12, 2022
Anna Mae Raudabaugh, 85, of Mechanicsburg, PA, passed away on September 12, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born on March 1,1937 in Carlisle, PA to the late William Elmer Boyer and the late Anna Mae (Morrison) Boyer.
Anna Mae was a proud member of the first graduating class of Cumberland Valley High School. She was a loyal friend to her Class of 1955 classmates whom she dearly loved as part of her family. She graduated from the Carlisle Hospital Nursing School and retired after 40+ years as a nurse at the Carlisle Barracks Dunham Army Health Clinic. She was a dedicated health care professional and received many accolades and awards during her years of service to the military and civilian personnel. Everyone knew “Mrs. Raudabaugh” and her reputation for being at the top of her profession. Anna Mae was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to her precious namesake, Annie. After her retirement, she worked alongside her husband on the family farm. Visitors to the house would always find her refrigerator filled with numerous pictures of her grandchildren and Annie. Anna Mae was immensely proud of her grandchildren and their accomplishments. She was a dedicated fan of the Cumberland Valley High School football team and would attend every home game with her Class of 1955 classmates to cheer on the Eagles.
Anna Mae is survived by her husband of 62 years Mervin A. Raudabaugh Jr.; son William L. Raudabaugh of Landisburg; son Jeffrey L. Raudabaugh of Mechanicsburg; daughter Suzanne Keller and her husband William of Dacula, GA; grandchildren: Rachel Raudabaugh (Newville), Cameron Raudabaugh (Pine Grove), Carter Raudabaugh (Pine Grove), Alexander Keller (Auburn, AL), Amanda Keller (Duluth, GA), Adam Keller (Peachtree Corners, GA), Christine Thomas (Atlanta, GA), her husband Patrick, and their daughter, Annie. Anna Mae is also survived by her beloved nephews: Craig, Kevin, and Kurt Snook all of Stewartstown; cherished cousins: Dean W. Ellerman Jr. (Gail) of Navarre, FL and Linda S. Spease (Fred) of Carlisle; sister-in-law: Cynthia I. Stone (Samuel J.) of Dillsburg; and her lifelong friends from the Cumberland Valley High School Class of 1955.
Ewing Brothers Funeral Home will be handling the arrangements. Burial will be at the convenience of the family.
Published by Carlisle Sentinel on Sep. 14, 2022.
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Court Rehears Fight Over Vaccine Mandate For Federal Workers
Court Rehears Fight Over Vaccine Mandate For Federal Workers https://digitalalabamanews.com/court-rehears-fight-over-vaccine-mandate-for-federal-workers/
Wednesday, September 14th 2022, 3:54 am
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President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees, an administration lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday.
A lawyer for opponents of the vaccine requirement, which has been blocked nationwide by a federal judge in Texas, said the requirement imposes an “unconstitutionally intolerable choice” for executive branch workers — taking a vaccine they don’t want or losing their jobs.
Judges on the appeals court meanwhile questioned how far the chief executive’s authority goes, asking, theoretically, whether the president could require employees to meet certain healthy body weights or forbid them from smoking at home.
It was the second time arguments on the issue were heard before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of the same court had upheld the Biden requirement for executive branch workers, overturning the Texas judge.
But the full appeals court, currently with 16 active members, vacated the panel ruling and agreed to rehear the case. There was no indication when the court would rule.
Administration lawyers argue that the employees opposing the mandate should have taken their objections not to federal court but to a federal review board, in accordance with the Civil Service Reform Act. The administration also argues that the president has the same authority, under the Constitution, as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Arguing for the government, Charles Scarborough of the Department of Justice, said the statute provides employees with “robust” remedies if they successfully challenge the requirement through the review board, including back pay if they are dismissed for not complying.
Addressing whether the president could impose body weight requirements on federal employees, Scarborough said the vaccine requirement is part of a mainstream effort to reduce the incidence of serious COVID-19 cases in the workplace, while a body weight requirement would be among “hypotheticals at the extremes.”
Opponents say the policy is an encroachment on federal workers’ lives that neither the Constitution nor federal statutes authorize. And they argued that a case involving a policy that could cost some workers their jobs if they don’t agree to a medical procedure is not the type of work policy that belongs before a civil service review board.
Biden issued an executive order Sept. 9 ordering vaccinations for all executive branch agency employees, with exceptions for medical and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by then-President Donald Trump, issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
There came a series of varying rulings at the 5th Circuit.
One three-judge panel refused to immediately block the law.
But, a 2-1 ruling on the merits of the case by a different panel upheld Biden’s position. Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, a senior judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform Act cited by the administration.
A majority of the full court voted to vacate that ruling and reconsider the case, resulting in Tuesday’s hearing.
Twelve of 16 active judges at the 5th Circuit were nominated to the court by Republicans, including six Trump appointees. Senior judges do not routinely take part in full-court hearings but Barksdale participated in the hearing Tuesday because he had been on the earlier panel.
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The Stakes For The Midterm Elections Could Scarcely Be Higher
The Stakes For The Midterm Elections Could Scarcely Be Higher https://digitalalabamanews.com/the-stakes-for-the-midterm-elections-could-scarcely-be-higher/
We are now less than two months from the midterm elections. At the beginning of the summer, as gas prices skyrocketed and President Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped to a low of 38%, Democrats feared they were going to get clobbered. Historically, the party that controls the White House loses seats in the midterm elections and this year looked to be no exception.
Then, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, energizing a part of the Democratic Party base. The Democrats overperformed in several special elections. I filled my gas tank for less than $60 the other day for the first time in months. Republicans nominated some extreme candidates and others who were just lousy. Democrats’ prospects appeared to improve, even if the chances of them holding on to both chambers were exceedingly dim.
Now, The New York Times’ polling genius Nate Cohn has started to zero in on the midterm polling and he is flashing a big yellow caution light to Democrats. Cohn starts his analysis by recalling the way he and his team calculated the 2020 polling data, and the fact that they created a chart that took 2020 polling data and then asked: What would the numbers be if they were as wrong as the 2016 polling numbers had been? “Early in the 2020 cycle, we noticed that Joe Biden seemed to be outperforming Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton in the same places where the polls overestimated her four years earlier,” he writes.
You will recall that almost no one predicted Clinton would lose to Donald Trump in 2016. The pollsters badly misjudged the race in several key states. Applying the margin by which they got it wrong in 2016 to the numbers coming in in 2020, Cohn said the revised numbers proved “eerily prescient.”
For example, in Wisconsin in 2020, the polls had Biden winning by 10 points. When Cohn factored in the degree to which the polls for the Badger State had been wrong in 2016, Biden’s lead dropped to 4 points. Biden ended up winning by less than one percentage point. 2020 polls had Biden up by 2 points in Florida, factoring in the 2016 mistakes dropped that lead to less than one point, and Trump ended up winning the state by 3 points.
In short, pollsters continued to undercount support for Trump. Why? Pollsters have to create a model of the electorate: Whom do they think will turn out and vote? Trump had the ability to get people who felt alienated from the system and had not cared to vote previously to turn out for him. On Election Day in 2016, friends on the Clinton campaign told me that their field staff reported meeting their targets. The problem was that those targets, like the polls, failed to predict that Trump could get so many people who had not voted in years to turn out for him.
According to Cohn, the worry with polls this year is that “Democratic Senate candidates are outrunning expectations in the same places where the polls overestimated Mr. Biden in 2020 and Mrs. Clinton in 2016.” On the other hand, in some states like Georgia, where the polling was accurate in 2020, the Democratic candidates are lagging, that is to say, they are predicting this will be a typical midterm election in which the Democrats will lose.
There is something scandalous in the middle of this story. Cohn writes, “Most pollsters haven’t made significant methodological changes since the last election. The major polling community post-mortem declared that it was ‘impossible’ to definitively ascertain what went wrong in the 2020 election.” Can you imagine if NASA had adopted this attitude after the Challenger space shuttle exploded? Or the Pentagon had taken such a stance after the Vietnam War?
Polls are, at best, a snapshot in time, and time marches on. Events, some unplanned, will continue to shape not only the mood of the electorate, but the shape of it. People who are angry tend to show and vote in midterms, which is why the party out of power usually does well in a midterm, but the whole country seems to have something to be angry about these days.
Candidates are mostly just beginning to launch their ad campaigns and the negativity of those ads usually works, especially if the electorate is in a foul mood.
The good news from the front in Ukraine might cause Russia to cut off more oil and gas supplies, just as Europe heads into winter. That could cause gas prices to rise again, hurting Democrats’ chances.
The backlash against the Supreme Court abortion decision seems to have taken Republicans by surprise and some candidates, like Blake Masters in Arizona, are moderating their positions as fast as they can. Will that really attract moderates or just turn off the GOP base which remains resolutely pro-life?
In the weeks ahead, I will be following the polls to be sure. They are to politics what cotton candy is to the state fair; you just can’t pass it by. But Cohn’s caution should be heeded by Democrats. Polling is an inexact science and always was. This much is clear: A lot of races are close and the stakes, especially for control of the machinery of elections, could scarcely be higher.
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Stock Futures Inch Higher After Major Averages Suffer Worst Day Since June 2020
Stock Futures Inch Higher After Major Averages Suffer Worst Day Since June 2020 https://digitalalabamanews.com/stock-futures-inch-higher-after-major-averages-suffer-worst-day-since-june-2020/
Stock futures inched slightly higher on Wednesday morning after another hot inflation reading sent the major averages tumbling to their worst day since June 2020 and dampened investors’ expectations of a less hawkish Federal Reserve.
Futures tied to the Dow Industrial Average last added 63 points, or 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures ticked 0.18% higher and Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.15%.
During Tuesday’s regular trading session the Dow sank 1,276.37 points, or 3.94%, to close at 31,104.97, while the S&P 500 slid 4.32% to 3,932.69. The Nasdaq Composite toppled 5.16% to 11,633.57. All the major averages broke a four-day winning streak.
The market moves came after August’s consumer price index report showed headline inflation rose 0.1% on a monthly basis despite a drop in gas prices.
The hot inflation report left questions over whether stocks could go back to their June lows or fall even further. It also spurred some fears that the Federal Reserve could potentially hike even higher than the 75 basis points markets are pricing in.
“It caught the market off guard,” said LPL Financial’s Quincy Krosby. “The market had been expecting at least that we had leveled off — perhaps not moving downward but certainly not climbing higher. It was the wrong direction and the concern, of course, is always translated into what does this mean for the Fed.”
All 30 Dow stocks and S&P 500 sectors finished the session lower, led to the downside by communications services. The sector fell 5.6% and finished its worst day since February, dragged down by shares of big technology names like Netflix and Meta Platforms, which tumbled about 7.8% and 9.4%, respectively.
A reading of the producer price index is due out Wednesday morning and could offer further clues into the state of inflation before the Fed’s rate-hike meeting next week.
Kevin O’Leary says volatility is back, but could be opportunity
Billionaire investor Kevin O’Leary says there are opportunities in today’s volatile market.
“The best thing to do here is — since you can’t guess the bottom — is to take opportunities on days like today and buy stocks that you think are attractive,” the chairman of O’Shares Investments told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia.”
He added that the bulk of the economy is still robust, and the Fed will continue to raise rates until they see “some kind of slowdown.”
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— Lee Ying Shan
CNBC Pro: Morningstar says this is ‘one of the best’ value-focused funds
Looking for opportunities after Tuesday’s steep sell-off
Despite Tuesday’s broad sell-off, there are some pockets of opportunity out there for investors looking to play market
Crossmark Global Investments’ Victoria Fernandez told CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime” on Tuesday that investors may want to focus on healthcare and consumer staples, paying particular attention to quality balance sheets, earnings and management.
Oil prices have come down from their highs despite a big run-up earlier in the year. Investors should remain overweight on energy given that many companies are returning capital to their shareholders and focused on dividends, Virtus Investment Partners’ Joe Terranova told “Closing Bell: Overtime.”
Many valuations are certainly attractive at these levels but LPL Financial’s Quincy Krosby says she’s keeping an eye on trading volumes for signs of market strength.
A sell-off on strong volume could indicate more fear in the market, whereas a rally on high volume may signal a healthy one, she points out.
“We didn’t see [high volume] as the market moved higher this week,” Krosby said. “The volume simply wasn’t there to reinforce the notion that the underpinning of the market was stronger.”
— Samantha Subin
Why Gundlach says it’s time to buy long-term Treasuries
Now is a good time for investors to buy long-term Treasuries, DoubleLine Capital’s CEO Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC’s Scott Wapner at the Future Proof Festival on Tuesday.
“In spite of the fact that the narrative today is exactly the opposite, the deflation risk is much higher today than it’s been for the past two years,” Gundlach said, adding that he expects the assets to outperform next year as deflation becomes a growing threat. “I’m not talking about next month. I’m talking about sometime later next year, certainly in 2023.”
CNBC Pro subscribers can read the full story and about the potential risks ahead from deflation here.
— Samantha Subin, Yun Li
Where the major averages stand
This is where all the major averages stand after Tuesday’s steep sell-off.
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
Down 14.4% this year
15.8% off its 52-week high
S&P 500:
Down 17.4% since the start of the year
Sits 18.4% off its 52-week high
Nasdaq Composite:
Down 25.6% this year
28.2% off its 52-week high
Tuesday’s market moves also put all 11 S&P 500 sectors more than 10% off their 52-week highs, with the exception of utilities. The sector sits 2.7% off its high but is up 5.6% this year.
— Samantha Subin
Stock futures open slightly higher
Stock futures opened slightly higher on Tuesday. Futures tied to Dow Industrial Average rose 60 points, or 0.19%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.16% and 0.12%, respectively.
— Samantha Subin
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John Kamp John Kamp, 93, of Bozeman, MT went home to be with his Lord Sunday evening, September 11, 2022. He was surrounded by loved ones and his beloved dog, Sadie. John was born January 25, 1929, in Bozeman to John T. and Elizabeth (De Ruig) Kamp. He was the youngest of six children. He grew up in Amsterdam, attending Amsterdam School and graduating from Manhattan High School. On April 12, 1948, he married Martha Vander Molen. They began their married life farming in Three Forks with his brother Fred. John was a Jack of all trades and moved the family to California to pursue interests in a wide array of business including restaurants, business offices, apartment complexes, and Real Estate Development—all the while continuing to farm what is now known as Wheat Montana in Three Forks. John sold the farm in 1978 and bought a Best Western Hotel in Tuscaloosa, AL. He was very proud of the fact that Coach Bear Bryant and the Crimson Tide football team held weekly media huddles in the hotel’s conference room. He thrived in this and spent the next 40 years as an innkeeper. John purchased land in numerous places such as Florida, which was eventually developed by Disney World, and as far away as Australia. He also owned a feed lot, Cal-Mont Cattle Company, in Manhattan. John liked to stay busy and had many hobbies. He raced cars in Ontario, CA and maintained his need for speed while building airplanes in his hanger in Belgrade. He was very proud of the fact one of his planes took off at 90 mph and cruised at 200 mph. Martha was not as impressed! He collected and restored antique vehicles including an original Yellowstone tour bus. He enjoyed being driver and tour guide of the bus to friends and family who visited each year. John was a quiet and humble man who loved the Lord. He was involved in the Billy Graham Ministries while in California and was a member of the Gideons. He helped build a church in Gardiner, MT and was part of a small group of believers who started a new church in California. He was an active member in Grace Bible Church for the past 40-plus years and was deeply blessed by the teachings and spiritual leadership of Pastor Bryan Hughes. He encouraged his children to have personal relationships with the Lord and lead his family with his actions and words. We were truly blessed to have such a strong, Christian father. Martha passed away in 2015 after 67 years of marriage. On August 12, 2017, John married Tillie Bekendam in Bozeman. Tillie truly blessed our family and was a wonderful companion to John. We can never thank Tillie enough for all the love and care she gave to Dad. They had just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary before John took ill. They loved to travel and visited many places including Alaska and the Holy Lands. They enjoyed many trips in Montana and surrounding states, always with Sadie the dog in tow. John was preceded in death by his wife, Martha; two sons, Dan and Larry; his parents; sisters, Grace Bates, Elizabeth Byrd, and Gertrude Jones; and brothers, Tom and Fred Kamp. He is survived by his wife, Tillie Kamp of Bozeman; daughters, LaVonne (Joe) Kinney of Tehachapi, CA, and Alice (Ken) VanDyke and Mary Kamp of Bozeman; grandchildren, Arianna Kamp of CA, John Kamp of Bozeman, Jennipher (Dave) Hendricks of AZ, Katya (Alex) Salazar, Nadya Warner, and Dmitri Kinney all of CA, Yuliya (Eddie) Garza of Chicago, Ryan (Justine) Vandyke of Manhattan, Mark (Sarah) VanDyke of Chester, and Kenny (Ellie) VanDyke and Ben (Kirby) VanDyke of Bozeman; he was also blessed with 19 great-grandchildren. Visitation will take place Friday, September 16, from 6 to 8 P.M. at Dokken-Nelson. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, September 17, at 9:30 A.M. at Churchill Cemetery, followed by a Memorial Service at Grace Bible Church Youth Room at 11:00 A.M. Arrangements are in the care of Dokken-Nelson Funeral Service. www.dokkennelson.com
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Ukraine Has Recaptured Over 2300 Square Miles Of Territory; Risks To Putin's Regime Rise After Defeats
Ukraine Has Recaptured Over 2,300 Square Miles Of Territory; Risks To Putin's Regime Rise After Defeats https://digitalalabamanews.com/ukraine-has-recaptured-over-2300-square-miles-of-territory-risks-to-putins-regime-rise-after-defeats-2/
German Chancellor Scholz tells Putin to end the war in Ukraine during phone call
Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor speaks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for 90 minutes about the ongoing war in Ukraine.
“Given the seriousness of the military situation and the consequences of the war in Ukraine, the Chancellor urged the Russian President to find a diplomatic solution as soon as possible, based on a ceasefire, a complete withdrawal of Russian troops, and respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” wrote German federal government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.
Scholz warned that any further Russian annexations “would not go unanswered and would not be recognized under any circumstances.”
The two leaders agreed to remain in contact. Scholz spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.
— Amanda Macias
80% of NATO allies have approved Sweden and Finland’s entry into the alliance
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks speaks during a joint press with Sweden and Finland’s Foreign ministers after their meeting at the Nato headquarters in Brussels on January 24, 2022.
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Six NATO member countries have yet to sign ratification protocols for Finland and Sweden to join the military alliance.
Out of NATO’s 30 member countries, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey are the last holdouts to grant Sweden and Finland membership.
In May, both nations began the formal process of applying to NATO as Russia’s war in Ukraine raged. All 30 members of the alliance have to ratify the countries’ entry into the group.
Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed ratification documents following a 95-1 Senate vote to bring Finland and Sweden into NATO.
— Amanda Macias
Pentagon closely monitoring reports of Iranian drones used by Russians in Ukraine
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon September 6, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Ryder held a news briefing to answer questions from members of the press.
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The Pentagon said that it was not able to determine the impact of Russia’s use of Iranian drones on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the U.S. was closely monitoring the situation but declined to confirm press reports that Russia had begun using the drones in Ukraine.
Last month, U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed that Russia had received the drones but said it was “too soon to tell” how the new weapons would shape the combat.
“It remains to be seen what the overall impact is going to be on those drones, but it’s not going to change the kinds of capabilities we continue to provide,” Kirby told reporters on a conference call.
“We know of some difficulties that the Russians have been having with some of those drones,” Kirby added, but declined to elaborate.
— Amanda Macias
Ukrainian officials said they found a Russian-made torture chamber for civilians in Kharkiv region
Rescuers stand next to burnt cars after a Russian rocket strike in one of the districts of the second largest Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on July 21, 2022 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian officials said they discovered a prison equipped with a makeshift torture chamber made by Russian forces in a city in the Kharkiv region.
Serhii Bolvinov, chief of Kharkiv’s region police force, wrote on Facebook that Russian troops were looking for civilians that helped Ukrainian forces.
He said that Russian forces took Ukrainian civilians living in Balaklia to a converted local police department and integrated those individuals.
“In the basement of the police department, the Russian soldiers made a prison and a torture chamber for local residents,” according to an NBC News translation of Bolvinov’s statement.
The Kremlin has previously said that it does not target civilians, which mounts to war crimes under international law.
— Amanda Macias
More than 300 villages in Kharkiv region liberated from Russian occupation, Ukraine says
Ukrainian flags placed on statues in a square in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, on Sept. 10 , 2022.
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Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar said that the counter-offensive carried out by Ukrainian troops in Kharkiv over several days resulted in the liberation of more than 300 villages from Russian occupation.
“The operation will continue until the area is wholly liberated,” Malyar said during a national telethon update, according to an NBC News translation.
She said that approximately 150,000 people living in a region spanning about 3,800 square kilometers are back under Ukrainian leadership.
— Amanda Macias
White House hints at new security package amid recent gains in Ukraine
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The White House said another U.S. security assistance package for Ukraine installment would be announced in the coming days, but declined to elaborate on the details.
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the next package would be tailored “in lockstep” with Kyiv’s requests and hailed recent Ukrainian advances to seize back territory from Russian forces.
“At least in the Donbas, there is a sense of momentum,” Kirby told reporters at the White House.
“Certainly in the north, we have seen Russians retreat from the Kharkiv oblast. They’ve left fighting positions, they’ve left supplies and they’re calling it a repositioning,” Kirby said, adding that Russian forces are still facing a slew of logistical challenges.
“It’s still a very large and very powerful military and Mr. Putin still has an awful lot of military capacity left at his disposal, not just to be used in Ukraine but potentially elsewhere,” Kirby added.
— Amanda Macias
Ukrainians prepare for winter in Ukraine
Ukrainians begin to prepare for winter as the Russian invasion drags on.
A Ukrainian man prepares for the cold winter and stocking up on firewood in Lviv, Ukraine, September 11, 2022.
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Ukrainians are preparing for the cold winter and stocking up on firewood in Lviv, Ukraine on September 11, 2022.
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A Ukrainian man prepares for the cold winter and stocking up on firewood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.
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A Ukrainian woman prepares for the cold winter and stocking up on firewood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.
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Ukrainians are prepare for the cold winter and stocking up on firewood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 13, 2022.
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Blinken says U.S. will continue to send weapons to Kyiv, hails advances made by Ukrainian forces
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at the State Department in Washington, March 17, 2022.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed Ukraine’s lightning advances made over the weekend but cautioned that Russian forces still maintain “very significant forces in Ukraine.”
“As we’ve seen, the brutalization of the country continues by the Russian aggressor and there’s, I think, unfortunately, the prospect of this continues to go on, but I think it’s encouraging to see the progress that Ukraine has made,” Blinken told reporters alongside Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Mexico City.
Blinken said the U.S. would continue to provide Kyiv with additional military aid packages.
“We will continue to do, what is necessary to support Ukraine to maintain pressure on Russia so that it ends its aggression,” Blinken added.
— Amanda Macias
Celebrity chef and humanitarian Jose Andres shares a video of food deliveries to Zaporizhzhia
Spanish celebrity chef and restaurateur Jose Andres shared a video on Twitter of his team delivering food to Ukrainian villages in the Zaporizhzhia region.
“Only one road where people can officially evacuate from the occupied region. Its called the “road of life,” wrote Andres.
The two-star Michelin chef brought the World Central Kitchen to Ukraine to address the mounting food crisis triggered by Russia’s war. He has previously said that more than 2 million food kits have been delivered to those affected by the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.
— Amanda Macias
U.N. says at least 5,827 killed in Ukraine since start of war
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The United Nations has confirmed 5,827 civilian deaths and 8,421 injuries in Ukraine since Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor on Feb. 24.
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, because the armed conflict can delay fatality reports.
The international organization said most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, as well as missiles and airstrikes.
— Amanda Macias
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It will be a role reversal Saturday afternoon when No. 22 Penn State heads south to face Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium, the Tigers’ home in Auburn, Ala.
This is the second game in a home-and-home series between the Tigers (2-0) and Nittany Lions (2-0). Last year, it was the Tigers who were ranked 22nd and the Nittany Lions playing at home — and Penn State emerged with a 28-20 victory.
That loss has left Auburn eager for payback.
“We think we should have won the football game, for sure,” Auburn tight end John Samuel Shenker told AL.com. “That has left a sour taste in our mouths for a year now. We’ve had this one circled for a while, the guys that were here last year and seeing what we can do better to win this game this year when they come to our house.”
“I know they play in the Big Ten and it’s a lot different experience there,” linebacker Derick Hall told the Montgomery Advertiser, “but I know there’s no place like Jordan-Hare.”
The Nittany Lions are bracing for Auburn’s “Orange-out” as the crowd of more than 80,000 is being encouraged to wear orange.
“We know it’s going to be challenging,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “We’ll show them some pictures of what the locker room looks like, what the stadium will look like. We’ll show them some videos, obviously of the ‘War Eagle’ before the game, the band. We’re going to try to prepare for it the best we possibly can but at the end of the day we still have to go out and execute it.”
After a 42-16 win over Mercer, the Tigers struggled early in their win over San Jose State at home last week. Auburn trailed 10-7 at the half before pulling out a 24-16 decision.
“Obviously, last week we had to fight that one out; we had to play a full four-quarter game, and you know, some weeks it’s like that,” Hall told AL.com. “We know this week, competition’s only going to get harder from here on out, so we have to be consistent with that approach and take it one week at a time. I think the guys are ready. We’re prepared and fired up.”
Auburn also likely presents the most difficult challenge Penn State has faced this season. The Nittany Lions opened the season with wins over Purdue and Ohio.
While Penn State has done well against the pass led by defensive backs Keaton Ellis and Joey Porter Jr., it is bracing for Auburn’s power running game. Tank Bigsby has gained 198 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries through two games. Auburn’s 247.5 yards per game rushing ranks 14th nationally.
“This is going to be a challenge, there’s no doubt about it,” Franklin said Tuesday. “You make a mistake against this crew and it has a chance to cost you. We’re gonna have to be sound.”
Linebacker Curtis Jacobs — Penn State’s leading tackler with 11 — leads a group of linebackers that will no doubt be tested regularly. Penn State’s own running game has been led by freshman Nicholas Singleton, who has 210 rushing yards on just 20 carries.
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By WILL WEISSERT and HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican contest for Senate in New Hampshire emerged Tuesday as a decent race between conservative Donald Bolduc and the extra average Chuck Morse as the overall number one evening of the midterm season once more examined the some distance proper’s affect over the GOP.
Republicans see Democratic incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire as beatable within the basic election, now simply 8 weeks away. But a powerful competitor within the GOP contest is Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier basic who some within the birthday party consider is just too some distance to the appropriate for some swing citizens within the basic election. Morse, the president of the state Senate, has been subsidized by means of the Republican established order.
New Hampshire’s Senate seat may just turn out pivotal for whichever birthday party controls the chamber after November. President Joe Biden carried the state by means of greater than 7 share issues and Bolduc has campaigned on a platform that incorporates lies that Donald Trump received the 2020 election and conspiracy theories about vaccines.
Hassan clinched her birthday party’s nomination in opposition to simplest token opposition whilst Gov. Chris Sununu received the Republican birthday party’s nomination for any other time period. He’s closely appreciated in opposition to Democrat Tom Sherman, who used to be unopposed for his birthday party’s governor’s nomination.
Sherman, a state senator and doctor, used to be fast to remind citizens that Sununu signed a late-term abortion ban into regulation closing yr. “As governor I will stand up for our freedoms and protect a woman’s right to choose, not cave to extremists like Chris Sununu,” he mentioned.
Sununu countered in a commentary that the “stakes are too high this November to change direction now.”
Still, a Bolduc victory would possibly reignite unhappiness amongst some nationwide Republicans that Sununu, a moderately widespread average who most likely will have posed extra of a danger to Hassan, selected as an alternative to run for reelection. The GOP is grappling with the opportunity of once more nominating a candidate who’s well liked by the birthday party’s base however struggles to develop reinforce forward of the November basic election.
Republican number one citizens have in a similar way selected conservative applicants this yr in average or Democratic-leaning states together with Massachusetts and Maryland, probably hanging aggressive races out of the birthday party’s achieve.
Neil Levesque, director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, mentioned Bolduc is one of those candidate who would have struggled to reach GOP politics prior to Trump’s upward thrust. He’s by no means held elected place of job and had simply $75,000 in money available closing week. Bolduc has nevertheless been in a position to make inroads by means of positioning himself as an best friend of Trump and his election falsehoods.
“That is because the theme of his campaign and messaging is very similar to former President Trump,” Levesque mentioned. “If it mirrors the former president, it’s been effective.”
Federal and state officers and Trump’s personal lawyer basic have mentioned there’s no credible proof the election used to be tainted. The former president’s allegations of fraud had been additionally roundly rejected by means of courts, together with by means of judges Trump appointed.
Known for kicking off the main season right through presidential campaigns, New Hampshire is as an alternative concluding the nominating procedure for this yr’s midterms. There had been additionally primaries Tuesday in Rhode Island and Delaware, the place Biden traveled past due Tuesday to solid his poll.
But New Hampshire’s Senate race is most likely maximum revealing in regards to the route of the GOP. Morse has been recommended by means of Sununu, who referred to as him “the candidate to beat Sen. Hassan this November and the candidate Sen. Hassan is most afraid to face.”
By distinction, Sununu referred to as Bolduc a conspiracy theorist and urged he will have a harder time profitable the overall election.
Bolduc wasn’t troubled by means of Sununu’s complaint, calling the governor “a Chinese communist sympathizer.” Bolduc wasn’t formally endorsed by Trump, who propelled many primary candidates to victory in key races throughout the summer. But the former president has called Bolduc a “strong guy.”
The final primary contests unfolded at a dramatic moment in the midterm campaign. Republicans have spent much of the year building their election-year message around Biden and his management of the economy, particularly soaring prices. But Democrats are now entering the final stretch with a sense of cautious optimism as approval of Biden steadies and inflation has slowed for the second straight month, even as it remains high.
The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion may provide Democrats with the energy they need to turn back the defeats that historically accompany a new president’s first midterms.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged the challenge last month, saying his party may be more likely to end Democrats’ narrow control of the House than the Senate. He bemoaned “candidate quality” as a factor that could sway some outcomes in his chamber.
Some Democratic groups, meanwhile, sponsored primary ads promoting Bolduc, predicting he’d make an easier November opponent for Hassan. That’s consistent with Democratic-aligned organizations backing pro-Trump candidates in key races around the country — a strategy some have criticized, arguing that it could backfire if those candidates go on to win their general elections.
Republicans in New Hampshire and around the country scoff at the notion that being a Trump loyalist — or not — could be a deciding general election factor, noting that the still unpopular Biden will be a drag on his party regardless.
The New Hampshire Republican Party has tweeted that Hassan “votes with Joe Biden 96.4% of the time.”
Many of the same dynamics swirling around the former president are at work in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, where pro-Trump candidate Bob Burns is among several Republicans vying for the party’s nomination to face five-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster in a general election race the GOP sees as potentially very competitive.
And they were at work in the GOP primary for New Hampshire’s other congressional district, which encompasses Manchester and the southeastern part of the state. Karoline Leavitt, who worked in Trump’s White House’s press office, topped some more experienced Republicans with ties to the former president and will square off against Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in another November contest that could be close.
Leavitt, 25, said she was “sending a strong and clear message to the Washington, D.C., establishment, and our Democratic opponent that our votes cannot be bought, our conservative voices can not be silenced.” She also laced into Pappas, saying he “has campaigned his complete political profession as a average, bipartisan voice for our district. But he has voted as a some distance left socialist Democrat.”
Pappas additionally wasted little time going at the offensive in opposition to Leavitt, announcing, “I can struggle with the entirety I’ve were given to forestall excessive politicians like Karoline from hijacking our democracy.”
Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press Writer Kathy McCormack contributed to this report.
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Who Won And Lost In New Hampshire Rhode Island And Delaware
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Sept. 14, 2022, 2:49 a.m. ET
The primary season ended on Tuesday with elections in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware.
While results are still being tallied in the night’s marquee matchup, the Republican Senate primary to determine who will challenge Senator Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire this fall, most other races have been called.
Here is a rundown of some of the most important wins and losses.
New Hampshire
Karoline Leavitt, a former press aide in Donald J. Trump’s White House, defeated Matt Mowers, a former State Department adviser, in a Republican primary that pitted two Trump administration alumni against each other. Ms. Leavitt — who recently turned 25, the minimum age to serve in the House — will face Representative Chris Pappas, a Democrat, in the First Congressional District. She could be one of the first two members of Generation Z to serve in Congress, alongside Maxwell Alejandro Frost, who won a Democratic House primary in Florida last month.
Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican seeking a fourth two-year term, easily won his primary, in which he had only nominal competition. He will face Tom Sherman, a state senator who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Rhode Island
Gov. Dan McKee won a tight Democratic primary as he seeks his first full term after rising from the lieutenant governorship to replace former Gov. Gina Raimondo, who left to serve in the Biden administration. He defeated Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a businesswoman; Nellie Gorbea, the Rhode Island secretary of state; and two others. Mr. McKee will face Ashley Kalus, a businesswoman who won the Republican primary, in November.
Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, who is seeking her first full term after being appointed by Mr. McKee, won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. Her Republican opponent will be Aaron Guckian, a former development officer at the Rhode Island Foundation.
Gregg Amore, a state representative, won the Democratic nomination for secretary of state and will face Pat Cortellessa, a security company supervisor who volunteered for the Trump campaign in 2016.
Seth Magaziner, the state’s general treasurer, is the Democratic nominee to replace Representative Jim Langevin, a Democrat who is retiring. He topped a six-candidate field and will face former Mayor Allan Fung of Cranston in November.
Delaware
Lydia York, a lawyer and former corporate accountant, won the Democratic primary for auditor of accounts, the office responsible for supervising Delaware’s use of taxpayer money. She defeated the incumbent, Kathleen K. McGuiness, who had been convicted of misdemeanors in a misconduct case related to hiring her daughter.
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Asian Shares Extend Global Rout Yen Perks Up On Intervention Hints
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Nikkei tumbles 2.3%, S&P 500 futures stabilise
Dollar falls 0.6% on yen on news of rate check from BoJ
2-yr U.S. yields scale new 15-yr high of 3.8040%
U.S. yield curve remains deeply inverted
SYDNEY, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Asian stocks tumbled on Wednesday as U.S. data dashed hopes for an immediate peak in inflation, although the dollar paused its relentless run against the yen as Japan gave its strongest signal yet it was unhappy with the currency’s sharp declines.
Data on Tuesday showed the headline U.S. consumer price index gained 0.1% on a monthly basis versus expectations for a 0.1% decline. In particular, core inflation, stripping out volatile food and energy prices, doubled to 0.6%. read more
Wall Street saw its steepest fall in two years, the safe-haven dollar posted its biggest jump since early 2020, and two-year Treasury yields, which rise with traders’ expectations of higher Fed fund rates, jumped to the highest level in 15 years.
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The stock rout is set to hit European markets, with the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures , German DAX futures and FTSE futures off more than 0.7%.
In Asia, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) fell 2.2% on Wednesday, dragged lower by a 2.4% plunge in resources-heavy Australia (.AXJO), a 2.5% drop in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index (.HSI) and a 1.5% fall in Chinese bluechips (.CSI300).
Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) tumbled 2.6%.
After a heavy equity selloff overnight, both the S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose 0.2%.
“Markets have reacted violently to what I would consider to be a modest miss in U.S. CPI,” said Scott Rundell, chief investment officer at Mutual Limited.
“Futures have stabilised, so we might see a dead-cat bounce tonight.”
Financial markets now have fully priced in an interest rate hike of at least 75 basis points at the conclusion of the Fed’s policy meeting next week, with a 38% probability of a super-sized, full-percentage-point increase to the Fed funds target rate, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.
A day earlier, the probability of a 100 bps hike was zero.
“USD rates are now pricing in a Fed funds rate of 4.25% by end-2022 (75bps, 75bps, 25bps for the remaining three meetings). Decent odds of a 4.5% peak early 2023 is also reflected,” said Eugene Leow, senior rates strategist at Deutsche Bank.
“While resilient growth and slowing inflation can make for a better risk taking environment, the U.S. economy now looks too hot still. With no clear signs of the labour market slowing and inflation still problematic, a downshift from the Fed looks set to be delayed again.”
The strength of the U.S. dollar had pressured the rate sensitive Japanese yen close to its 24-year low at 149.96 yen before giving up some of the gains on news that the Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention. read more
Yen-buying intervention is rare. The last time Japan intervened to support its currency was in 1998, when the Asian financial crisis triggered a yen sell-off and rapid capital outflows.
Earlier in the day, Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said that currency intervention was among options the government would consider. read more
The dollar now hovered at 143.7 yen , down 0.6% for the day.
Many traders remained doubtful that intervention was imminent, but the jump in the yen pointed to rising nerves. The timing of the BOJ’s move also suggests that 145 per dollar will be an important level for markets and the authorities.
The two-year U.S. Treasury yield scaled a new 15-year high of 3.8040% on Friday before retreating to 3.7629%, and its curve gap with the benchmark 10-year yields widened to around 34 basis points, compared with just 16 basis points a week ago.
The yield curve inversion is usually treated as a warning of recession.
The 10-year Treasury note yield held steady at 3.4178%.
Oil prices edged lower on Friday. U.S. crude settled down 0.6% at $86.82 per barrel and Brent eased by a similar margin at $92.65.
Gold was slightly higher. Spot gold was traded at $1703.02 per ounce.
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Peltola Sworn Into Office As Alaskas New U.S. Representative
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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, embraces Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, after speaking on the floor of the House after Peltola took the oath of office on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. At right is Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. (Screengrab from U.S. House livestream)
WASHINGTON — Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday to the U.S. House, becoming the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold Alaska’s lone seat in the House of Representatives.
Peltola, a Democrat, won an August special election to serve out the rest of Republican Rep. Don Young’s term. Young died in March, after holding the seat for nearly five decades.
On Tuesday afternoon, she lined up with two other special election winners from New York. They raised their right hands and took the oath of office from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In her first speech on the House floor, Peltola said she is humbled to be the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, “but to be clear, I am here to represent all Alaskans.”
“It is the honor of my life to represent Alaska, a place my elders and ancestors have called home for thousands of years,” said Peltola, who is Yup’ik.
[Photos from the day Mary Peltola became Alaska’s U.S. representative]
A reception following the swearing-in hosted by the Alaska Federation of Natives near the Capitol drew hundreds from Alaska and Washington, D.C., including an emotional Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Alaska Native leaders from across the state.
In their words of congratulations for Peltola, they emphasized the historic nature of the day as Peltola became the first Alaska Native in Congress — and almost certainly the first person to speak Yup’ik on the House floor — and also one determined to continue the legacy of her Republican predecessor and make friends on both sides of the political aisle.
Introducing her on the House floor following her swearing-in, Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland called Young “a giant” and said Peltola was “cut from the same cloth.”
“The people of Alaska lost a representative who has served them with great ability, energy, courage and commitment for half a century,” said Hoyer, adding that Peltola, like Young, is “someone who believes fundamentally in pragmatism, independence and putting Alaska’s unique needs first.”
Just after being sworn on the floor of U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Mary Peltola stands with family members and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for a ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 2022. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News) (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News)
Peltola laid our her priorities in Congress: lowering the cost of living, investing in child care, growing the economy, ensuring Alaska remains “a global leader” in resource development and protecting Alaska fisheries.
Before speaking on the House floor, she embraced Democrat Sharice Davids of Kansas, one of the first Native American women elected to the U.S. House. After she was done speaking, she immediately embraced Murkowski, a Republican, who stood behind her along with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and several other U.S. House members.
Her swearing-in was followed by a ceremony presided over by Pelosi, D-California. In the ceremonial swearing-in, her husband Gene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr. held the Bible, as Peltola was flanked by her seven children, two grandchildren and two sisters.
Peltola’s youngest daughter, Nora, later said she was proud of her mother as she watched her make history. She also loved the excuse to get together with all of her siblings, who flew in from across the country, for the first time since 2019. None of them had been to Washington, D.C. before.
Peltola wore a walrus tusk ivory necklace given to her by her husband and ivory earrings from her mother. Peltola, her daughters, sisters and granddaughters wore mukluks made in Bethel, where she’s from.
Immediately after the ceremony, Peltola cast her first votes on three non-controversial bills. Peltola voted in favor of all three, which passed with bipartisan support.
Peltola will serve only for the four remaining months of Young’s term. She is also running in the November election that determines who will hold the House seat for the full two-year term that begins in January. She faces two Republicans, former Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich, and Libertarian Chris Bye.
Peltola arrived in Washington, D.C., on Sunday after a trip to Bethel, her hometown. On Monday she received her official congressional pin and the keys to Young’s old office — one of the biggest in the House — that she will inhabit for the next four months. She also named five members of her staff, including Alex Ortiz, Young’s former chief of staff.
A former state lawmaker who represented the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the state House for a decade ending in 2009, Peltola previously chaired the state Bush Caucus that brings together lawmakers representing communities off the road system. More recently she was the director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission working on subsistence fishery issues and food security in the region. She has made fish policy and her support of abortion access hallmarks of her congressional campaign, which she launched in April, two weeks after her predecessor’s death.
Rep. Mary Peltola speaks on the floor of the House after taking the oath of office on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. (Office of the Speaker)
Peltola requested to join the House Natural Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees — the two committees Young chaired. Formal committee assignments have not been announced by her office.
‘In her own mukluks’
Rep. Mary Peltola, left, wears traditional footwear during the ceremony.(Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
At the reception following the swearing-in ceremony, Interior Secretary Haaland, on the verge of tears, spoke for several minutes to the crowd of hundreds, many of whom had flown from Alaska.
“I know firsthand what representation means. What it means to people, what it means to the person who’s doing the representing, what it means to our country, quite frankly. Because nobody knows a Native community like somebody who’s from that community” she said.
Rep. Mary Peltola, left, is cheered and hugged as she makes her way through a crowd at a reception with many Alaskans hosted by the Alaska Federation of Natives in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
Haaland praised Peltola’s “pro-fish” campaign message, which has drawn attention from some D.C. politicians intrigued by the significance of fish to Alaskans.
“I think that’s a House speech for the ages, because everyone in this room probably understands that it’s not just fish. It’s subsistence, it’s history, it’s culture, it’s tradition, it’s family, it’s everything that the Alaska Native people stand for. And I just want you to know how genuinely happy I am for every single one of you,” she said, her voice breaking with emotion, drawing applause.
“Like many indigenous people, when I was younger, it didn’t even occur to me that indigenous women could grace the halls of Congress,” Haaland said. “Breaking glass ceilings … it’s not for the faint of heart.”
“Every single Native woman in this country wants Congresswoman Peltola to succeed. And she can absolutely rely on me for that as well,” Haaland said.
Haaland thanked Murkowski for “being front and center” when Peltola was sworn in. Murkowski, who is running for re-election this year to the U.S. Senate, has drawn criticism from hardline Alaska Republicans for her support of Haaland.
U.S. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland hugs Rep. Mary Peltola at the AFN reception. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
Murkowski called it “a happy day for our country.” Her enthusiasm toward Peltola’s swearing-in transcended the party line that divides them. Sullivan, the other Republican representing Alaska in the U.S. Senate, did not appear at the reception.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am as an Alaskan woman to have stood with Mary as she delivered her first speech, her maiden speech on the floor of the U.S. House Representatives as the congresswoman for all Alaska,” Murkowski said, referencing Young’s campaign slogan: the congressman for all Alaska.
“We are so so so privileged that somebody from the beginnings that Mary has, has seen that there is a path for her, that she can deliver to the people and the place that she loves, in a way with sincerity and honesty,” Murkowski said. “Congresswomen Peltola — isn’t that lovely to say? — she might not use as colorful words and vocabulary as our dear beloved former Congressman Don Young. But she is every inch a feisty fighter and is going to be there for her people and her state that she loves.”
Pelosi made an appearance at the reception, saying the swearing-in “was so glorious because when she was recognized and took the oath, the first person who ran up to her was one of the first Native American woman to serve in Congress.”
That was Rep. Davids, who was also at the reception, briefly serving as the unofficial photographer for Peltola, taking pictures of her as hundreds of attendees swarmed to exchange a few words and commemorate the evening in a photograph.
Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hug at the party honoring Rep. Mary Peltola hosted by the Alaska Federation of Natives. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
Davids and Haaland were the first Native American women in Congress.
“When Deb and I got elected, I remember a couple of the things that we talked about: one of them was that we’re the first two Native women in Congress, but we definitely are not going to be the last,” ...
Early Detection With Urinary Monocyte Chemotactic Protein | OARRR
Early Detection With Urinary Monocyte Chemotactic Protein | OARRR https://digitalalabamanews.com/early-detection-with-urinary-monocyte-chemotactic-protein-oarrr/
Introduction
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects many organs and manifests clinically in an exacerbation and remission course. In contrast to other organ affections, renal dysfunction is a serious challenge in SLE patients.1
To date, lupus nephritis (LN) affects more than half of all SLE patients, with approximately 55% of Asians and 51% of Africans. Many different clinical and pathological features of SLE are present in LN.2 Overt LN (OLN) symptoms might vary from asymptomatic microscopic hematuria to renal failure.3 If there are no clinical or laboratory indicators of renal impairment, some people with silent LN (SLN) may have pathological evidence of renal involvement verified by a renal biopsy. Following that, the incidence of LN is likely to be higher than previously stated.4,5
Pathological lesions in SLN patients are often modest. On the contrary, certain individuals may be diagnosed with diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis, which is associated with a 60% fatality rate.6
Percutaneous renal biopsy is the gold standard approach for diagnosing and categorizing renal impairment, as well as measuring disease activity.7 Renal biopsy is required for individuals with SLN in order to get an accurate diagnosis and discover renal involvement in a timely manner.8 However, it is not routinely performed on SLE patients since some have normal renal findings while others have severe symptoms such as thrombocytopenia, infections, or neuropsychiatric involvement.9 Consequently, predictors of LN in SLE patients who do not have abnormal urine findings or renal impairment can assist clinicians in identifying cases where a renal biopsy should be done, allowing for early diagnosis of nephropathy, establishing a treatment strategy, and increased renal survival.10
Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) is a chemotactic factor that promotes leukocyte migration to the kidney.11 MCP-1 is secreted by mesangial, podocyte, and monocyte cells in response to proinflammatory factors such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF- α).
In turn, these inflammatory cells and chemicals cause tissue damage and contribute to the development of renal dysfunction. Furthermore, MCP-1 binding has been demonstrated to lower levels of nephrin, a key protector of kidney cell function12 and, MCP-1 suppression has been demonstrated to improve several inflammatory renal disorders, including diabetic nephropathy and SLE.13
Despite no difference in serum MCP-1 levels, diabetic nephropathy patients had considerably greater MCP-1 urine levels (uMCP-1) than control patients.14 uMCP-1 values have been demonstrated to be high in individuals with active LN during a renal exacerbation, and these values appear to decrease with effective LN therapy. Moreover, higher MCP-1 glomerular production appears to be indicative of worse renal outcomes in pediatric LN.11
Based on histopathological assessments, this study explored the potential distinction between OLN and SLN in SLE patients, as well as the role of uMCP-1 in the early diagnosis of SLN.
Materials and Methods
Study Design, Site, Population
This was a cross-sectional study that was performed at the Nephrology and Rheumatology Departments at Al-Azhar University Hospitals in Egypt between October 2020 and September 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
The present research included 144 individuals over the age of 18 who met at least four of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) diagnostic criteria for SLE.15 After a thorough description of the research methodology and potential side effects, all participants provided informed consent.
Further, patients were categorized into two groups based on their clinical and laboratory findings: Group I, those who had no clinical signs of LN (84 patients), and group II, those with OLN (60 patients). Group I patients had normal creatinine levels (0.6–1.4 mg/dL), creatinine clearance (70–120 mL/minute/1.73 m2 body surface), with no urinary sediment, or proteinuria (300 mg/day in 24-hour urine collection).
Group II patients with OLN had one or more of the following symptoms: hypertension ( 140/90 mmHg); edema; high creatinine levels ( 1.4 mg/dL); low creatinine clearance (70 mL/minute/1.73 m2 body surface); abnormal urinary sediment ( 5 leucocytes and/or 5 red cells per 40x power field); and proteinuria ( 300 mg/day in 24-hour urine collection).
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who declined to have a renal biopsy, had an active infection, were pregnant, had substantial hypertension with a DBP 120 mm Hg, diabetes, advanced renal failure as having a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 15 mL/min, or had abnormal coagulation profiles were all excluded from the study. Patients who had used glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive medicines in the previous three months, as well as those with drug-induced nephropathy, congenital renal, or urological disorders, were also excluded from the study.
Methods
Evaluation of Clinical Measurements
All patients had a detailed history and clinical assessment to determine their age, gender, weight, the duration of the disease, clinical signs of SLE, and comorbidities, as well as a general examination.
The SLE Disease Activity Index was used to measure SLE activity (SLEDAI). Patients were submitted for laboratory evaluation, including complete blood count (CBC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), complement C3 (C3) and complement C4 (C4), anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibodies, serum albumin, creatinine, urine albumin/creatinine ratio (uACR), creatinine clearance (CCr), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), liver function tests, coagulation profile, urine analysis to exclude infection, and quantitative assessment of proteinuria by 24-hour urine proteinuria (24hr UP). All samples and corresponding laboratory examinations were collected before the renal biopsy and were performed in accordance with standard protocols.
Detection of uMCP-1
Urine samples were taken at 9 am and centrifuged for 10 minutes at 1000 rpm in the first 4 hours after they were taken. They were then stored at −80° until they were tested by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Before the renal biopsy, uMCP-1 was measured in urine samples using the Human (CCL2/MCP-1 Quantikine ELISA kit, R & D Systems, USA). All reagents were generated in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, which included washing the samples before incubating them for 30 minutes at room temperature with the addition of 200 L of substrate into each well.
Finally, a stop solution was added to each well, and the optical density was measured using a 450 nm microplate reader. All samples were tested in duplicate, and values were recorded as pg/mg creatinine.
Evaluation of Renal Biopsy
All patients underwent percutaneous renal biopsy under local anesthesia and following ultrasonography localization of the left renal pole.
Immunofluorescent and optical microscopy were performed on the acquired tissues.
Hematoxylin-Eosin, PAS, Gomori trichrome, and silver methenamine-hematoxylin stains were used to stain paraffin slices in detail.
Human IgG, IgA, IgM, and complement (C3/C4) levels were measured using immunofluorescent microscopy following fluorescent antiserum treatment of kidney sections. The renal samples that were acquired were categorized using the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)/Renal Pathology Society (RPS) criteria. Aside from that, the activity and chronicity indices were computed.16
Statistical Analysis
For statistical analysis, SPSS software version 23 for Windows was used (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). GraphPad Prism (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego) software version 7 was used to update the figures. The mean and standard deviation of continuous, normally distributed data were presented (SD). The median and range were used to represent continuous, non-normally distributed data, and the Mann–Whitney U-test was used to compare them. Following that, categorical variables were represented numerically and as percentages, and their respective groups were compared using the chi-square test. A correlation study was done on categorical data using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The overall statistically significant difference was determined to be a P value of 0.001. To examine the contributions of age, sex, creatinine, urea, proteinuria, anti-DNA, C3, C4, AI and CI as predictors in explaining the variance in ISN/RPS renal biopsy Classification, a linear regression analysis was performed.
The features of urine MCP-1 levels that make them good at detecting and predicting LN activity were found by looking at receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.
Results
The current study recruited a total of 144 participants with SLE. Among them, 84 patients (group I) had no abnormal urinalysis or renal impairment. Whereas 60 patients had OLN (group II). Sixty patients from group I (71.4%) showed glomerular lesions on renal biopsy (SLN).
There were no statistically significant differences between the SLN and OLN groups considering age, sex, disease duration, and prebiopsy treatment history. In terms of the frequency of hypertensive patients, there was a significant difference (P 0.001) between the SLN and OLN groups.
In the OLN group, 38 individuals had hypertension, while only six patients in the SLN group had hypertension (Table 1).
Table 1 Demographic Features of the Included Patients
Following the laboratory test, the mean creatinine and urea levels in the OLN groups were considerably higher (P 0.001) than in the SLN patients. In particular, the mean creatinine levels in the SLN and OLN groups were 1.010.23 mg/dL and 3.240.97 mg/dL, respectively. Following that, the mean value of urea in the SLN group was 27.659.04 mg/dL, while it was 10...
James R. Howell Obituary (1931 – 2022) The Gazette https://digitalalabamanews.com/james-r-howell-obituary-1931-2022-the-gazette/
Fontana, WI – Husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend and mentor: These are just a few of the many roles that defined James Richardson Howell, who passed away at his home in Fontana, Saturday, Sept. 10, at the age of 90. Jim was born Sept. 13, 1931, in Beloit, WI, the son of Paul and Lucille (Richardson) Howell. He attended Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, WI and Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL., where he met Carlene M. Raymond. The couple married Oct. 2, 1954, in Addison, IL. She preceded him in death Feb. 9, 2012.
Throughout his life, Jim took on new career challenges. He owned and operated Culligan water treatment franchises, was a sales representative for McCulloch and Snapper outdoor equipment, taught and coached at Northwestern Military Academy, and for the last 40 years owned and operated WRS, a windshield and glass repair business. On Jan. 10, 2015, Jim married Susan Gilkes in Fontana. During their marriage they traveled extensively, including cruises through the Panama Canal and to Alaska. In addition, they wintered in Bradenton, FL for several years.
Jim was an avid golfer and loved most sports; he was a loyal fan of the Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. During the years Jim coached at Northwestern Military Academy he mentored many cadets who found that behind his big, booming voice was a caring counselor. Jim’s greatest joy, however, was his family and many friends.
Jim is survived by his loving wife, Susan Gilkes-Howell, of Fontana; five children: Jay (Cathy), Naperville, IL; Joanne Howell, Scottsdale, AZ; Jon (Barb), Delavan, WI; Jill (Allen) Ritchey, Walworth, WI; and James (Darla), Huntsville, AL; seven grandchildren: Samantha, Jason, Tessa, Max, Sam, Jessica and Nell; and four great-grandchildren: Grace, Lily, Wesley and Ella; and one half-brother Steve Laabs of Fayetteville, PA. Jim was preceded in death by one sister Dorothy Dowden.
A visitation and memorial service will be held from 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 24, at Toynton’s Walworth Funeral Home with a celebration of life following at Kimkaski Pub, Fontana.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, the family suggests memorials to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic, Burlington, WI or Aurora at Home Hospice, also of Burlington.
For more information call the funeral home at 262-275-2171
Published by The Gazette from Sep. 14 to Sep. 15, 2022.
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Dodgers Win NL West; Yankees' Judge Hits 56th, 57th Homers https://digitalalabamanews.com/dodgers-win-nl-west-yankees-judge-hits-56th-57th-homers/
PHOENIX — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West for the ninth time in 10 seasons, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday night.
Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Joey Gallo homered as the Dodgers boosted the best record in the majors to 98-43. They lead second-place San Diego by a whopping 20 1/2 games.
Manager Dave Roberts’ team will have plenty of time to get set for its 10th straight year in the postseason. The Dodgers’ first playoff game is almost a month away, on Oct. 11.
The only season the Dodgers didn’t clinch the division in their recent run was last year — they won 106 times but still finished one game behind San Francisco. Los Angeles then beat the Giants in the NL Division Series before falling to eventual champion Atlanta in the NLCS.
A crowd of 21,143, mostly clad in Dodger blue, watched the clincher. It’s the Dodgers’ 20th NL West crown since the majors split into divisions in 1969.
Kershaw (8-3) was sharp throughout, allowing just two singles and one walk while striking out five. He threw just 82 pitches, 55 for strikes. He lowered his season ERA to 2.44. Caleb Ferguson and Craig Kimbrel finished the combined three-hit shutout.
Merrill Kelly (12-6) lasted five innings, losing for the first time in 14 starts.
YANKEES 7, RED SOX 6, 10 INNINGS
BOSTON — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 56th and 57th home runs, Gleyber Torres had a go-ahead three-run double in the 10th inning and New York held on to beat Boston.
Judge, playing in New York’s 142nd game, is four from tying the American League home run record Roger Maris set with the Yankees in 1961.
After going homerless in five games, Judge had a pair of of tying solo homers, off Nick Pivetta in the sixth and Garrett Whitlock in the eighth.
Judge has 10th multi-homer games this season, one shy of the AL record Hank Greenberg set in 1938, and 26 in his career. Judge’s three hits raised his average to .310, and he leads the major leagues in home runs and with 123 RBIs.
New York, which came from behind three times, reopened a six-game AL East lead, its largest since Sept. 1.
Torres broke a 4-4 tie in the 10th against Jeurys Familia (2-3). Clay Holmes (6-3) was the winner.
TWINS 6, ROYALS 3
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota rookie Joe Ryan and reliever Jovani Moran combined to pitch no-hit ball until Bobby Witt Jr. doubled with one out in the ninth inning against Kansas City.
Ryan was pulled after seven innings and 106 pitches, four shy of his big league high. There has never been a no-hitter at Target Field, and the crowd of 19,005 booed when Twins manager Rocco Baldelli sent Moran to the mound to start the eighth.
Moran worked a perfect eighth. He struck out Drew Waters to begin the ninth before walking pinch-hitter Hunter Dozier and MJ Melendez. The Royals hadn’t come close to a hit until Witt lined a 1-2 fastball for a clean drive to deep left for an RBI double, setting off more boos from the fans.
Carlos Correa, Jose Miranda and Gio Urshela hit home runs as the Twins snapped a three-game skid. Ryan (11-8) struck out nine, walked two and set down his last 12 batters. He has never gone past seven innings in his career and had lost three of his previous four decisions.
Kris Bubic (2-12) was the loser.
GUARDIANS 3, ANGELS 1
CLEVELAND — Los Angeles star Mike Trout’s home run streak ended at seven games, one shy of the major league record, and AL Central-leading Cleveland beat the Angels.
Trout went 0 for 3 with three routine flyballs and a walk. The three-time AL MVP was chasing the mark of eight straight games with a home run, set by Pittsburgh’s Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly of the Yankees in 1987 and Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993.
Oscar Gonzalez’s two-run homer in the sixth broke a 1-all tie and gave Cleveland its fifth straight win. José Ramirez started the inning with a double and Gonzalez lined an 0-2 pitch from José Suarez (6-7) off the railing atop the wall in left field.
Rookie Kirk McCarty (3-2) held Los Angeles to one hit in 3 2/3 innings for Cleveland, which has won seven of eight. Emmanuel Clase gave up a two-out single in the ninth, but struck out Matt Duffy and converted his 35th save in 38 chances.
BRAVES 5, GIANTS 1
SAN FRANCISCO — Kyle Wright earned his major league-leading 18th victory, Dansby Swanson homered and drove in three runs and Atlanta beat San Francisco to move with a half-game of the first-place New York Mets in the NL East.
Wright (18-5) struck out four while pitching into the sixth. The right-hander won his fifth straight decision. Swanson hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third and added an RBI single in the ninth.
Jakob Junis (4-6) was the loser.
CUBS 4, METS 1
NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom was outpitched by Adrian Sampson and frustrated New York mustered little on offense against Chicago.
Ian Happ homered deep into the second deck on a 99 mph heater from deGrom (5-2), and No. 9 batter David Bote added his second home run of the season for the Cubs.
Sampson (2-5) allowed two hits and four walks in six shutout innings. He struck out three.
New York’s Pete Alonso launched his 34th homer in the ninth against Brandon Hughes, who got five outs to finish it.
BREWERS 8, CARDINALS 4
ST. LOUIS — Andrew McCutchen homered and drove in three and the Milwaukee Brewers used eight pitchers to beat NL Central-leading St. Louis.
Down three starters to injuries, the taxed Brewers staff was stretched even further when starter Matt Bush left after just 15 pitches because of right groin discomfort. Bush was the starter in what the club had already designated as a bullpen game.
Luis Perdomo (2-0) was the winner, allowing one run in three innings. Perdomo, Brad Boxberger, Hoby Milner, Justin Topa, Taylor Rogers and Brent Suter combined to retire 20 of 22 batters from the third inning on.
McCutchen hit his 17th homer of the season, a two-run blast off Jordan Montgomery (8-4) in the fifth, to break a 4-all tie.
PADRES 2, MARINERS 0
SEATTLE — Yu Darvish limited Seattle to two hits over eight innings, Wil Myers provided the primary offensive highlight with an RBI double and San Diego beat the Mariners 2-0.
San Diego stayed two games ahead of Milwaukee in the chase for the final wild-card spot in the NL, while Seattle dropped into a tie with Tampa Bay a half-game behind Toronto in the AL race for the top spot.
Darvish (14-7) needed just 94 pitches to get through the eight innings. He struck out seven and the only batters to reach base came on Eugenio Suárez’s single in the first inning and Ty France’s base hit leading off the seventh.
Josh Hader — who entered with a 13.50 ERA in 11 appearances since being traded to San Diego — gave up a two-out single to Julio Rodríguez in the ninth, but struck out Ty France after a 10-pitch at-bat for his third save with the Padres. Logan Gilbert (12-6) was the loser.
ORIOLES 4, NATIONALS 3
WASHINGTON — Ryan Mountcastle hit a tying homer and Baltimore beat Washington.
The Orioles moved within five games of Tampa Bay for the final wild-card spot. The Nationals have lost four in a row to fall a season-high 44 games under .500 at a majors-worst 49-93.
Mountcastle led off the fifth with his 22nd homer, a shot to right-center off former Orioles prospect Hunter Harvey (1-1) to tie it at 3. Gunnar Henderson then doubled, went to third on Ramón Urías’ single and scored on Austin Hays’ bloop double.
Baltimore’s Dean Kremer (7-5) allowed three runs in five-plus innings. Félix Bautista worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his 13th save in 14 attempts.
WHITE SOX 4, ROCKIES 2
CHICAGO — Eloy Jiménez hit a three-run homer and Miguel Cairo directed Chicago to another victory, topping Colorado.
The White Sox improved to 10-4 since Cairo stepped in for manager Tony La Russa, who is awaiting clearance to return to the dugout after dealing with a heart issue. The 77-year-old La Russa was at the ballpark before the game, but it was Cairo’s lineup card once again.
Michael Kopech (5-9) pitched five effective innings for Chicago. José Abreu also went deep, and Liam Hendriks handled the ninth for his 33rd save.
Alan Trejo hit a two-run homer for last-place Colorado. Chad Kuhl (6-9)was the loser.
RANGERS 8, ATHLETICS 7
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mark Mathias hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot with one out in the ninth, and Texas overcame a five-run deficit to beat Oakland.
Mathias had three extra-base hits and drove in four runs. Adolis Garcia added a two-run homer and had three RBIs for Texas. Mathias hit his decisive homer to left off Joel Payamps (3-5).
Brock Burke (7-3), the last of three Texas pitchers, threw two scoreless innings.
A’s rookie Dermis Garcia had a three-run home run in the first inning and had a run-scoring double in the fifth while setting a career high with four RBIs.
ASTROS 6, TIGERS 3
DETROIT — Rookie Hunter Brown returned to his hometown to pitch six strong innings, leading Houston past Detroit.
Brown (2-0), who allowed two runs on five hits, was making his second career start in front of a loud group of friends and family. He grew up in suburban Detroit and attended Wayne State, about a mile from Comerica Park.
Yordan Alvarez homered and scored three times to help the Astros improve to 6-0 against the Tigers this season. Ryan Pressly struck out the side in the ninth for his 27th save.
Tigers starter Drew Hutchison (2-8) was the loser.
RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 2, 1ST GAME
BLUE JAYS 7, RAYS 2, 2ND GAME
TORONTO — Pinch-hitter Whit Merrifield drove in two runs with a seventh-inning double, George Springer added a two-run homer and Toronto beat Tampa Bay for a doubleheader split between AL wild-card contenders.
Toronto (80-62) remained a half-game ahead of the Rays (79-62). Anthony Bass (4-3) got one out for the win. Colin Poche ...
SEC Football By The Numbers: Top 10 From Week 2 https://digitalalabamanews.com/sec-football-by-the-numbers-top-10-from-week-2/
During the second week of the SEC’s 2022 season, four teams played their first league games and the other teams went 7-3 in non-conference play. In SEC games, Arkansas defeated South Carolina 44-30 and Kentucky defeated Florida 26-16. In non-conference games, Alabama defeated Texas 20-10, Auburn defeated San Jose State 24-16, Georgia defeated Samford 33-0, LSU defeated Southern 65-17, Mississippi State defeated Arizona 39-17, Missouri lost to Kansas State 40-12, Ole Miss defeated Central Arkansas 59-3, Tennessee defeated Pitt 34-27 in overtime, Texas A&M lost to Appalachian State 17-14 and Vanderbilt lost to Wake Forest 45-25. Here are 10 numbers about the SEC’s Week 2 games:
4 Interceptions in a 10-snap stretch for the Missouri offense in the Tigers’ 40-12 loss to Kansas State on Saturday. With Missouri trailing 20-6 in the third quarter, the Tigers’ next four possessions ended in interceptions as Kansas State added 13 points to its lead. QB Brady Cook threw the first two interceptions, and QB Jack Abraham threw the next two. Missouri’s other plays during the 10-snap stretch were five runs for 20 yards and an incompletion.
5 Games with at least 100 rushing yards and 17 games with at least 300 passing yards for Mississippi State in the 26 contests that Mike Leach has been the Bulldogs’ coach. In Saturday’s 39-17 victory over Arizona, MSU reached both marks, with 106 rushing yards and 320 passing yards. Under Leach, Mississippi State has a 4-1 record when it reaches 100 rushing yards and a 9-8 mark when it reaches 300 passing yards.
7 Texas A&M games this century in which the Aggies offense has gained 186 or fewer yards. Texas A&M lost all seven games, including a 17-14 upset by Appalachian State on Saturday. The Aggies managed 89 yards on 18 rushing attempts and 97 yards on 13-of-20 passing and produced one touchdown. Texas A&M’s second touchdown came on a 95-yard kickoff return by Devon Achane. Appalachian State gained 171 yards on 50 rushing attempts and 134 yards on 15-of-30 passing as the Mountaineers piled up a 41:29/18:31 time-of-possession advantage. Appalachian State had 22 first downs to Texas A&M’s nine. The Aggies have had two other games this century in which they had no more than nine first downs and their opponent had at least 22 – a 77-0 loss to Oklahoma in 2003 and a 59-0 loss to Alabama in 2014.
7 SEC teams in this century have thrown at least 35 passes in a game and completed no more than 14 of them. All of those teams lost. Florida, in its 26-16 loss to Kentucky on Saturday, became the latest SEC team to meet those passing stats, and it’s the second time in the past three games that the Gators have done so. In Saturday’s loss, QB Anthony Richardson did all the passing for Florida and went 14-of-35 for 143 yards with no TDs and two interceptions. The Gators ended the 2021 season with a 29-17 loss to Central Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl with QB Emory Jones completing 14-of-36 passes for 171 yards with no TDs and no interceptions.
10 Seconds remained when Will Reichard made a 33-yard field goal to lift Alabama to a 20-19 victory over Texas on Saturday. The Crimson Tide had not made a game-winning field goal while trailing later in a contest than Reichard’s kick since Nov. 30, 1985, when Van Tiffin’s 52-yard field goal as time ran out gave Alabama a 25-23 victory over Auburn in the 50th Iron Bowl. In the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 2, 2006, Alabama’s Jamie Christensen made a 45-yard field goal as time expired to beat Texas Tech 13-10, but that kick came with the score tied.
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10 Consecutive victories for Alabama when the Crimson Tide has incurred at least 100 yards in penalties. Alabama extended its winning streak in that circumstance by beating Texas 20-19 on Saturday even though officials marked off 15 penalties for 100 yards against the Tide. Since losing to Central Florida 40-38 with 11 penalties for 113 yards in 2000, Alabama has beaten UTEP in 2001, Middle Tennessee, Mississippi State and Hawaii in 2002, South Carolina in 2009, Texas A&M in 2013, Wisconsin in 2015, Louisville in 2018, Auburn in 2021 and Texas in 2022 with at least 100 penalty yards.
11 Tackles, three tackles for loss and two forced fumbles for Arkansas LB Drew Sanders in the Razorbacks’ 44-30 victory over South Carolina on Saturday. The most recent SEC player who can match Sanders’ stats in those three categories in a single game is Georgia LB Jarvis Jones, who had 13 tackles, three tackles for loss and two forced fumbles in a 17-9 victory over Florida on Oct. 27, 2012.
37 Points were scored by LSU in the first quarter of its 65-17 victory over Southern on Saturday to set a school record. In quarter-by-quarter records dating to 1944, the previous mark for the most points in one period had been the 35 scored in the fourth quarter of a 62-0 victory over Tulane in 1958 and the third quarter of a 77-0 victory over Rice in 1977. Against Southern, LSU scored five first-quarter TDs as the offense produced 116 yards on 10 rushing attempts and 88 yards on 8-of-9 passing. LSU QB Jayden Daniels had two TD passes and one TD run in the first quarter. LSU also had a safety in the first quarter.
61 Victories, including 10 against ranked teams, for Kentucky under coach Mark Stoops. The Wildcats’ 26-16 victory over No. 12 Florida on Saturday gave Kentucky its first back-to-back wins in their annual series against the Gators since 1976 and 1977 and lifted Stoops into sole possession of the school record for coaching victories. In his 10th season with the Wildcats, Stoops has a 61-53 record. He moved past Paul “Bear” Bryant, who had a 60-23-5 mark with the Wildcats from 1946 through 1953. Stoops also had entered the Florida game tied for the school record with Bryant and Fran Curci for the most coaching victories against ranked teams with nine. Stoops became the third Kentucky coach with at least three wins against Florida. Bryant had five – in 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1953 – and Curci had four – in 1974, 1976, 1977 and 1979.
105,213 Spectators attended the Alabama-Texas game on Saturday, making it the largest crowd in the history of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The record had been 103,507 for the Longhorns’ 37-14 victory over Southern Cal on Sept. 15, 2018.
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Leavitt Wins Leads 'MAGA' Sweep Of NHGOP Federal Primaries NH Journal
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) joined Karoline Leavitt on the last day of campaigning for the NH-01 GOP primary.
President Donald Trump didn’t endorse in any of the Granite State GOP primaries for federal office, and it looks like he didn’t need to. “MAGA Republican” had either won or were leading in all three races early Wednesday morning, and against better-funded, GOP-Establishment-backed candidates.
As of midnight, Don Bolduc and Karoline Leavitt had won their contests, while Bob Burns in the Second Congressional District had a growing lead over moderate, pro-choice Republican Mayor George Hansel of Keene.
The off-the-record reaction of Granite State Republican insiders and strategists looking at November?
“Disastrous.” “Brutal.” And, “I think we’re all f—ed.”
The star of the night was First Congressional District candidate Karoline Leavitt, who wasn’t even old enough to serve until she turned 25 last month. A Granite State native and graduate of St. Anselm College, Leavitt moved back to New Hampshire less than 18 months ago, after serving as a comms staffer in the Trump White House and then for Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House.
Standing between Leavitt and the nomination was Matt Mowers, the 2020 GOP nominee with solid name ID, significant fundraising and the backing of presumed Speaker-In-Waiting Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Pro-Mowers groups like the Congressional Leadership Fund and Defending Main Street spent a combined $3 million or so boosting Mowers and bashing Leavitt. Their argument was that Leavitt’s embrace of hardcore Trumpism, including the unfounded claim Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the 2020 election and manipulated the vote totals, would make it harder for the GOP to beat incumbent Rep. Chris Pappas (D) in November.
But that’s not how the voters saw it.
After enjoying a five-point lead or better for most of the night, both the Decision Desk HQ and the Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman declared Leavitt the winner around 10 pm.
“The media, the Washington establishment and the Democrats counted us out. They said I was too young, we couldn’t raise the money to compete and we could never beat a former Republican nominee.” Leavitt told her supporters after the news hit. “Tonight, Team Karoline, we smashed expectations. Tonight, Team Karoline, we defied the odds.”
Soon after, Mowers released a short statement conceding that he had lost, but without mentioning Leavitt. Mowers’ decision to leave his Election night gathering without making a speech drew negative comments from Republican activists.
Leavitt is clearly the top performer of the three MAGA candidates in the New Hampshire primary. From her first campaign event, one year ago this week, Leavitt showed the ability to organize and stay on message. For example, she closed her campaign with an event at a Londonderry gun range with Congressional Freedom Caucus members Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).
Leavitt also raised about $1.5 million, an impressive haul for a first-time candidate. In fact, she raised more money than Bolduc and Burns combined.
Gen. Don Bolduc, declared the winner by DDHQ and Wasserman around midnight, accomplished the unheard of feat of winning a contested U.S. Senate primary without spending a penny on television. And he did it in the face of more than $3 million in TV spending on behalf of state Sen. Chuck Morse.
Morse had the backing of D.C. Republicans and Gov. Chris Sununu. According to multiple media reports, Morse also nearly had the public support of former President Donald Trump. But Morse’s poor showing in polls in late August — including one from prominent GOP pollster Robert Cahaly showing him down by around 20 points — reportedly helped keep Trump out of the race.
Under the circumstances, Morse’s margin, within 5 points, could be viewed as a moral victory, or an indicator of what spending about $5 million on TV in less than two weeks can do to a race in a small state– particularly when your opponent isn’t buying any TV ads.
The concern among Granite State Republicans is that, with Bolduc at the top of the federal ticket, the millions of national GOP dollars that would normally flow into a race against a weak incumbent like Hassan simply won’t show up. GOP strategists have warned for weeks that if Bolduc gets the nod, the money will likely go to places like Georgia, Nevada and Colorado, where Republicans believe they have a better shot of picking up a Senate seat and putting Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) back in charge.
If there was any consolation for mainstream Republicans, it was Hansel’s relatively strong finish in NH-02. Running as a pro-choice moderate in a GOP primary, Hansel actually led the bombastic pro-Trump Burns for the first few hours. But by around 10 pm, Burns had overtaken him by 0.06 percent. By midnight, Burns was up by about 1.5 percent and his margin was growing.
Assuming no surprises in the last few hours of vote-counting, Hansel will join Morse as another Sununu-backed candidate who lost in his party’s primary.
On Thursday, Sununu is scheduled to speak at the GOP Unity Breakfast in Concord, where his job will be to get Granite State Republicans to rally around the Bolduc/Leavitt/Burns ticket.
“It isn’t going to be pretty,” one GOP strategist said.
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Americans Want Neither Biden Or Trump In The White House In 2024 Escambre
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If the two politicians competed again in 2024, 60 percent of voters indicated the possibility of supporting a moderate independent candidate.
If you only had to choose between Biden and Trump, the former president would win. (Photo: PL)
More than half of Americans reject that President Joe Biden or his predecessor, Donald Trump (2017-2021), competes for the White House in the 2024 elections, according to a poll released this Tuesday.
In an investigation conducted by the Center for American Political Studies and the Harris Poll Company at Harvard University, 67 percent of voters said Democrats should not try to replicate in the Oval Office and nearly half considered him a “bad president.”
Another 30 percent of those interviewed argued that Biden would be 82 years old if he was sworn in a second time and was deemed “too old for the job”, indicates the report quoted in The Hill newspaper.
Meanwhile, 57 percent denied another possible candidacy from Trump, who so far hinted at his willingness to do so on multiple occasions, without confirmation.
36 percent of those polled described the tycoon as “irregular,” while 33 out of 100 estimated Republicans would divide the country.
In turn, nearly a third pointed to the role of Republicans in the January 6, 2021 riots, when their supporters stormed the Capitol to block the certification of Biden’s victory in the 2020 election and where five people died. happened.
If the two politicians competed again in 2024, 60 percent of voters indicated the possibility of supporting a moderate independent candidate.
“Americans want a clear change in relation to this president and the last one if these candidates once again warn of a possible rebellion,” said Mark Penn, the investigation’s co-director.
However, if you only had to choose between Biden and Trump, the former president would win with 45 percent of the votes polled, while 42 percent are willing to support the Democratic incumbent, the report said.
Online voting was conducted on 7 and 8 September with the participation of 1,885 registered voters.
In recent Politico-Morning Consult research, 70 percent of Americans estimated that things were going the wrong way in that country.
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Driven by consumers, US inflation grows more persistent
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely require drastic action by the Federal Reserve, a shift that has panicked financial markets and heightens the risks of a recession.
Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening.
The ongoing evolution of the forces behind an inflation rate that’s near a four-decade high has made it harder for the Fed to wrestle it under control. Prices are no longer rising because a few categories have skyrocketed in cost. Instead, inflation has now spread more widely through the economy, fueled by a strong job market that is boosting paychecks, forcing companies to raise prices to cover higher labor costs and giving more consumers the wherewithal to spend.
On Tuesday, the government said inflation ticked up 0.1% from July to August and 8.3% from a year ago, which was down from June’s four-decade high of 9.1%
But excluding the volatile categories of food and energy, so-called core prices jumped by an unexpectedly sharp 0.6% from July to August, after a milder 0.3% rise the previous month. The Fed monitors core prices closely, and the latest figures heightened fears of an even more aggressive Fed and sent stocks plunging, with the Dow Jones collapsing more than 1,200 points.
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Ukrainian troops keep up pressure on fleeing Russian forces
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing deeper into occupied territory and sending more Kremlin troops fleeing ahead of the counteroffensive that has inflicted a stunning blow on Moscow’s military prestige.
As the advance continued, Ukraine’s border guard services said the army took control of Vovchansk — a town just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Russia seized on the first day of the war. Russia has acknowledged that it recently withdrew troops from areas in the northeastern region of Kharkiv.
Russian troops were also pulling out from Melitopol, the second largest city in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, the city’s pre-occupation mayor said. His claim could not immediately be verified.
Melitopol has been occupied since early March. Capturing it would give Kyiv an opportunity to disrupt Russian supply lines between the south and the eastern Donbas region, the two major areas where Moscow-backed forces hold territory.
Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram that the Russian troops were heading toward Moscow-annexed Crimea. He said columns of military equipment were reported at a checkpoint in Chonhar, a village marking the boundary between the Crimean peninsula and the Ukrainian mainland.
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Casket of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace
LONDON (AP) — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, making its way through a drizzly London as crowds lined the route for a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell.
People parked their cars along a normally busy road, got out and waved as the hearse, with lights inside illuminating the flag-draped coffin, made its way into London. In the city, people pressed in on the road and held their phones aloft as it passed.
Thousands outside the palace cheered, shouted “God save the queen!” and clapped as the hearse swung around a roundabout in front of the queen’s official London residence and through the wrought iron gates. Her son, King Charles III, and other immediate family members waited inside.
The coffin traveled to London from Edinburgh, where 33,000 people filed silently past it in the 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral after it had been brought there from her cherished summer retreat, Balmoral. The queen — the only monarch many in the United Kingdom have ever known — died there Sept. 8 at age 96 after 70 years on the throne.
The military C-17 Globemaster carrying the casket touched down at RAF Northolt, an air force base in the west of London, about an hour after it left Edinburgh. U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and a military honor guard were among those at the base for the arrival.
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Close New Hampshire Senate primary tests direction of GOP
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican contest for Senate in New Hampshire emerged Tuesday as a tight race between conservative Donald Bolduc and the more moderate Chuck Morse as the final primary night of the midterm season again tested the far right’s influence over the GOP.
Republicans see Democratic incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire as beatable in the general election, now just eight weeks away. But a strong competitor in the GOP contest is Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general who some in the party believe is too far to the right for some swing voters in the general election. Morse, the president of the state Senate, has been backed by the Republican establishment.
New Hampshire’s Senate seat could prove pivotal for whichever party controls the chamber after November. President Joe Biden carried the state by more than 7 percentage points and Bolduc has campaigned on a platform that includes lies that Donald Trump won the 2020 election and conspiracy theories about vaccines.
Hassan clinched her party’s nomination against only token opposition while Gov. Chris Sununu won the Republican party’s nomination for another term. He’s heavily favored against Democrat Tom Sherman, who was unopposed for his party’s governor’s nomination.
Sherman, a state senator and physician, was quick to remind voters that Sununu signed a late-term abortion ban into law last year. “As governor I will stand up for our freedoms and protect a woman’s right to choose, not cave to extremists like Chris Sununu,” he said.
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GOP’s Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Upending the political debate, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a nationwide abortion ban Tuesday, sending shockwaves through both parties and igniting fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
Graham’s own Republican Party leaders did not immediately embrace his abortion ban bill, which would prohibit the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy with rare exceptions, and has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic-held Congress. Democrats torched it as an alarming signal of where “MAGA” Republicans are headed if they win control of the House and Senate in November.
“America’s got to make some decisions,” Graham said at a news conference at the Capitol.
The South Carolina Republican said that rather than shying away from the Supreme Court’s ruling this summer overturning Roe v. Wade’s nearly 50-year right to abortion access, Republicans are preparing to fight to make a nationwide abortion ban federal law.
“Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, we’re going nowhere,” the senator said while flanked by female advocates from the anti-abortion movement. “We welcome the debate. We welcome the vote in the United States Senate as to what America should look like in 2022.”
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Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies
Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment and put Starr at the center of one of the country’s most polarizing debates of the 1990s, has died at age 76, his family said Tuesday.
Starr died at a hospital Tuesday of complications from surgery, according to his former colleague, attorney Mark Lanier. He said Starr had been hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Houston for about four months.
For many years, Starr’s stellar reputation as a lawyer seemed to place him on a path to the Supreme Court. At age 37, he became the youngest person ever to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where Chief Justice John Roberts and justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia also had served. From 1989-93, Starr was the solicitor general in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, arguing 25 cases before the Supreme Court.
Roberts said Tuesday: “Ken loved our country and served it with dedication and distinction. He led by example, in the legal profession, public service, and the community.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell remembered Starr Tuesday as “a brilliant litigator, an impressive leader, and a devoted patriot.”
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Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, showing that agents earlier obtained a hard drive after issuing a subpoena for surveillance footage recorded inside Mar-a-Lago.
A heavily redacted version of the affidavit was made public last month, but the Justice Department requested permission to show more of it after lawyers for Trump revealed the existence of a June grand jury subpoena that sought video footage from cameras in the vicinity of the Mar-a-Lago storage room.
“Because those aspects of the grand jury’s investigation have now been publicly revealed, there is no longer any reason to keep them sealed (i.e. redacted) in the filings in this matter,” department lawyers wrote.
The newly visible portions of the FBI agent’s affidavit show that the FBI on June 24 subpoenaed for the footage after a visit weeks earlier to Mar-a-Lago in which agents observed 50 to 55 boxes of records in the storage room at the property. The Trump Organization provided a hard drive on July 6 in response to the subpoena, the affidavit says.
The footage could be an important piece of the investi...
Unions Railroad Officials Head To DC As White House Urgently Discusses Contingency Plans Amid Rail Shutdown Threat | CNN Politics
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Looming rail strike could raise gas prices
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With the two sides still unable to reach an agreement and with a freight rail strike looming, union officials and representatives of the railroads are heading to Washington, DC, on Wednesday where they will meet with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, according officials with each union and a Department of Labor spokesperson.
While the sources stressed that the situation remains fluid, the two main unions that have lingering disputes with the railroads – the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and SMART Transportation Division – are expected to send their union chiefs to the meeting.
“Continuing the administration’s sustained engagement and hands-on efforts to encourage the parties to come to a mutually beneficial agreement, tomorrow morning Secretary Walsh will host the rail companies and the unions in Washington, DC at the Department of Labor,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
The Wednesday meeting puts Walsh at the center of the high stakes effort to avert what would be a debilitating strike that could deal a major blow to the economy.
CNN reported earlier Tuesday that the White House is urgently discussing contingency plans as the threat of a rail shut down looms, with agencies across the federal government working through how they could potentially use federal authority to keep critical supply chains operational as labor talks continue to sit at an impasse.
The work has ramped up in recent days as officials have grown increasingly concerned about a labor strike if freight-rail labor negotiations fail to produce an agreement ahead of Friday’s deadline. And President Joe Biden personally called rail unions and companies on Monday while visiting Boston in an attempt to avert a rail shut down, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
While officials have been closely watching the developments – and have gotten directly involved in an effort to find a resolution – for several weeks, accelerated efforts to plan for a worst case scenario underscore the stakes of an outcome that would lead to massive supply chain disruptions, and dual-pronged political and economic risk.
“The White House is working with other modes of transportation (including shippers, truckers, air freight) to see how they can step in and keep goods moving, in case of a rail shutdown,” a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.
The official added that the administration “has also been working with relevant agencies to assess what supply chains and commodities are most likely to face severe disruptions, and the emergency authorities available to keep goods moving.”
About 60,000 union members who work for the railroad are set to go on strike, including the engineers and conductors who make up the two-person crews on each train. Even though 45,000 other union members belong to unions that have reached tentative deals with the railroads, a strike by engineers and conductors would bring the freight rail system, which carries nearly 30% of the nation’s freight, to a grinding halt.
Stakeholders are already warning that the situation is dire, the US Chamber of Commerce detailing some of the urgent issues in a letter to congressional leadership on Monday.
“A shutdown of the nation’s rail service would have enormous national consequences,” chamber executive vice president and chief policy officer Neil L. Bradley said in the letter.
He continued, “It would lead to perishable foods such dairy, fruits, and vegetables spoiling at their points of origin, would halt Amtrak service for approximately 12.2 million daily riders in 46 states, would disrupt materials and goods being delivered to factories and ports, and would inhibit the transport of heating fuel and other important fuels and chemicals. These are only a few examples of the damage of a rail shutdown.”
Biden continues to receive regular updates on the high-stakes negotiations, including briefings on the matter Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
Senior-level engagements were expected to continue Tuesday. There are conversations with industry leaders and also “multiple interagency meetings” happening daily with the Departments of Transportation, Defense, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, and Energy, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the official said, with efforts toward “identifying the sectors and the goods that will be most immediately and significantly impacted by a rail stoppage.”
One area of key concern is hazardous materials carried by rail.
“We are paying particular attention to hazardous materials carried by rail, to protect the safety of workers and communities and to support the continued distribution of vital hazardous materials that depend on rail transport, such as chlorine for water treatment plants,” said the official, who added that “all tools are on the table and will be deployed as appropriate.”
While concern about a strike has heightened at the White House in recent days, the administration remains hopeful that the matter will be resolved. The President does not have the authority to head off a strike, but Congress can still act to prevent a work stoppage.
“We hope this planning and preparation will prove unnecessary and that negotiating parties will agree to a resolution and not allow American workers, families, and businesses to be hurt by a rail stoppage. We have been clear in all our communications with the negotiating parties that a shutdown is unacceptable and will hurt American workers, families, and businesses, and they must take action to avert it,” the official said.
This story and headline have been updated with additional details Tuesday.
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Alabama Could Be First To Use Nitrogen Hypoxia For Upcoming Execution
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – A man convicted in a Shelby County workplace shooting in the late 90s is set to be executed next week. The state may become the first in the country to use an untried method to carry out the death sentence.
The Deputy Attorney General for Alabama told a federal judge yesterday in Montgomery that its “very likely” that nitrogen hypoxia could be available for Alan Eugene Miller’s execution.
We’re told nitrogen hypoxia is supposed to cause death by replacing oxygen with nitrogen. It’s been authorized by Alabama and two other states but never used.
Miller says he chose that method of execution in 2018 but the state says he did not. Miller filed a federal lawsuit claiming the state lost his form. We found out in a hearing Monday that the state is nearly ready with this untried execution method. Governor Ivey reacted in Mobile Tuesday when asked about it.
Reporter: “Are you confident the Department of Corrections is prepared to do that and are you expecting them to release any protocols on how to go about doing it?”
“All of that is a part of a court process right now and I’m going to trust the courts,” Ivey said.
We’re still waiting on the judge’s ruling in the hearing. Miller was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting rampage in 1999 in Shelby County.
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Final Homecoming: Front Pages As The Queens Coffin Arrives At Buckingham Palace
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There’s only one place to start for the papers as the Queen’s coffin was driven through the gates of Buckingham Palace in what was inevitably dubbed the “final homecoming”.
The front of Wednesday’s Mirror features a dramatic picture of the hearse sweeping towards the brightly lit palace as crowds formed a roadside guard of honour. “Led home by lights of love”, the headline says.
The Guardian’s front page pictures the hearse just moments later as it goes through the palace gates and also carries pointers to stories inside on anger about the sacking of some members of King Charles’s staff, and how the queue to see the Queen lying in state could stretch for five miles. It leads, however, on “Johnson’s junk food rules under threat as Truss targets read tape”.
The Telegraph’s headline is “The final homecoming”, and reports that the royal family will be “allowed to grieve in private” as the coffin rests overnight at the palace.
“Welcome home, ma’am” says the Sun, which is still using a regal purple in its masthead rather than the usual red one.
“Home to her family” says the Mail, while columnist Robert Hardman says that he’s been warning for years that “millions – tens of millions” of people will want to pay their respects to the Queen, making current plans for viewing her coffin “deeply inadequate”.
The Express goes with “Home … for one last time”.
“We’ll walk with Gran” – the Metro says William and Harry will follow the Queen’s coffin with King Charles as it is moved to Westminster.
The Times has “A last night at the palace” and shows the coffin being carried by Queen’s Colour Squadron troops at RAF Northolt, with an outside wrap of the scenes at the palace.
In the i it’s “The Queen returns home”.
Her final journey began, of course, in Scotland and the papers north of the border are saying farewell.
The Scotsman has a wraparound front cover with the scene at Edinburgh airport: “The final farewell”
The Daily Record reaches for the big guns – Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns – by using the title of one of his poems, “Ae fond kiss”, to say goodbye to the monarch.
And the FT has a picture of the funeral rehearsals on its front but leads with “Businesses face delays to access £150bn energy support package”.
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Alabama DC Pete Goldings Dad Threatens Paul Finebaum Caller: I Think It Speaks For Itself
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Pete Golding’s dad, Skip, appeared to threaten a caller during the “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Tuesday after the caller was critical of the Alabama defensive coordinator.
“Give me his address,” Skip Golding said of Legend during the broadcast. “I’ll meet his ass because I ain’t scared. I’m from south Miami.”
Legend called the show and was critical of both Alabama coordinators before going after Pete Golding.
“I’m pissed off, dude,” Legend said. “Every Alabama game we get off scheme. Our coordinators are sorry as hell. This is the worst set of coordinators that they have had in history.”
For Finebaum, this isn’t a first. Skip Golding called the show last year.
“I think it was pretty clear what he was saying,” Finebaum told AL.com after the show Tuesday night. “I think because we’ve down this road before I was trying to get him to kind of walk it back a bit. I don’t know if he really did or not. He sounded initially like he was serious. You tell me?
“He was not joking around. I was just trying to calm the waters a little bit. A lot of people think we are trying to egg things on. We’re not. We realize there are a lot of people listening or watching. We’re not trying to encourage a father of an Alabama coach to challenge a caller, especially one that is apparently legendary.”
At the end of the call, Finebaum asked Skip Golding if his threat was serious.
“I wouldn’t give that man the time of day,” he said. “If I had to, I damn sure would. He’s not worth it. That’s what Pete’s told me. ‘He’s not worth listening to, so forget him, dad.’ Sometimes I can. Sometimes I can’t because Pete would kill me.”
Skip Golding assured Finebaum that Pete Golding won’t be happy he called Finebaum. “I’m sure he’ll call me and not be very happy I called you.”
In the end, Finebaum doesn’t believe Skip Golding did himself any favors.
“Because I do know Pete and because I do know Skip, I was trying to help him a little bit there,” Finebaum said. “He tried to walk it back, but I think most people clearly heard what he said and understood his intent. I think it speaks for itself.”
Legend added he would rather former Alabama defensive coordinator and head coach Mike DuBose than Pete Golding.
“The dude is pitiful, Paul,” Legend said of Pete Golding. “The guy has six future first-round draft picks on his starting defense, and that dude can’t stop a hobbled backup quarterback, Paul.”
Legend complained that the Alabama defensive scheme never changes. Opposing offenses know where Will Anderson and Dallas Turner are on every snap.
“Pete Golding is living on talent,” Legend offered. “If that bum was a coach or defensive coordinator at Auburn, his ass had been ran off. If he was at Kentucky, he’d been ran off.”
Skip Golding, though, has a problem with an “uninformed” caller spewing venom toward his son.
“It upsets me that he’s able to be on national TV and degrade my son, who has earned every bit of what he’s gotten when (the caller) doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I’m calling to defend my son.”
Finebaum isn’t a rookie when it comes to family members defending the sports personalities who are criticized on his airwaves.
“He’s called once or twice before,” Finebaum said. “I’ve gotten to know him. He called me about the same guy, Legend, I think, last year after the A&M game. He got my number, texted me and was really upset. So, I said let’s talk about it because he was blaming me for letting him on.
“I really essentially said what I said today, which he didn’t buy.”
Finebaum added that Skip Golding texted him even after the show Tuesday night.
“I completely respect any father defending their son and this has happened numerous times in my career,” Finebaum said. “I’ve had coaches wives call. I’ve had father’s call. This is a common occurrence in athletics. I’ve had a mother of an Alabama basketball coach come after me with a cane before.
“I’m well aware of how parents feel about their children. And I respect that, but I respect equally, or more, the right of a caller of a talk show to express his opinion without ever having been an All-American at Alabama or having a coaching certificate with the Alabama High School Athletic Association.”
Finebaum ended the call with Skip Golding asking him what he would say if Legend were there.
“You couldn’t air that,” Skip Golding said. “We’ll leave that alone. I’m in enough trouble with Pete as it is.”
Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.
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