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Pennsbury High School Inducts Inaugural Class Of Hall Of Fame https://digitalalabamanews.com/pennsbury-high-school-inducts-inaugural-class-of-hall-of-fame/ What do two well-respected major network news correspondents, an esteemed, Tony-award nominated actor, a NASA scientist and leading authority on the human response to spaceflight, and a former Philadelphia Eagle all have in common? They are alumni of the Pennsbury School District in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. On Thursday, October 13, Pennsbury High School welcomed back Robert Costa, Class of 2004, Hallie Jackson, Class of 2002, Richard Kind, Class of 1974, Mark Shelhamer, Class of 1977, and Troy Vincent, Class of 1988, as they are inducted into the Pennsbury High School Hall of Fame. This distinguished group of alumni is the inaugural class of the Pennsbury High School Hall of Fame. They were recognized during a daytime assembly which was attended by juniors and seniors and livestreamed to the rest of the student body. Costa, Jackson, Kind, Shelhamer, and Vincent were introduced by Pennsbury High School student ambassadors and had the opportunity to address students and talk about their experiences in Pennsbury and beyond. The Pennsbury High School Hall of Fame was created to honor those graduates who have demonstrated excellence in their chosen careers. The Pennsbury High School Hall of Fame wall, located in the main office lobby at Pennsbury High School West, has been constructed to honor the inductees. Wooden plaques with black brass plates adorn the wall identifying each inductee, their year of graduation, and accomplishments. Each year a new plaque will be added to recognize five additional Pennsbury High School graduates. Inductees must have graduated at least ten years ago to be considered for this honor. About the Inductees Robert Costa Robert Costa, Class of 2004 Robert Costa is the Chief Election & Campaign Correspondent for CBS News, where he covers national politics and American democracy. Based in Washington D.C., he is a regular on “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell,” “CBS Mornings,” and CBS’s popular weekend program, “Sunday Morning,” where he has interviewed high-profile personalities ranging from Congresswoman Liz Cheney to rapper Killer Mike. Before joining CBS News in 2022, Costa and legendary journalist Bob Woodward co-wrote “Peril,” which was published by Simon & Schuster. The book documented the tumultuous transition between the Trump presidency and the Biden presidency and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. It was also cited in numerous subpoenas issued by the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Prior to working with Woodward, Costa served as the moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” on PBS from 2017 to 2020. The primetime weekly news program, which features in-depth discussions with top reporters, is one of the longest-running shows on television. From 2014 to 2021, Costa was a national political reporter at The Washington Post, where he worked with colleagues on numerous investigations and covered Congress, the White House, and national campaigns. He also served as a lead host of “Post Live,” the Post’s live interview series featuring newsmakers such as Senator Bernie Sanders, Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and actress Jane Fonda. From 2015 to 2020, Costa was also a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, appearing on “Morning Joe,” “Meet the Press,” and “The 11th Hour,” among many other programs. Costa holds a bachelor’s degree, with honors, from the University of Notre Dame, where he is a former trustee and a master’s degree in politics from the University of Cambridge. While at Pennsbury, he was an active member of the speech and debate team, the student television station PHS-TV and served in student government. He also worked to book musical acts for Pennsbury’s world-famous prom and landed performances by Maroon 5, Eve 6, and John Mayer. Hallie Jackson Hallie Jackson, Class of 2002 Hallie Jackson is the senior Washington correspondent for NBC News, covering the biggest stories from our nation’s capital, and hosts the 3:00 p.m. hour of “MSNBC Reports” as well as “Hallie Jackson NOW” at 5:00 p.m. on NBC News NOW. Jackson is also a fill-in anchor for “NBC Nightly News” and “Today.” Jackson’s work is featured across all NBC News and MSNBC platforms and NBCNews.com. In February 2020, Jackson co-moderated the NBC News and MSNBC Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, the most watched Democratic presidential debate in history, with nearly 20 million viewers. Previously, Jackson was the Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News, covering President Donald Trump’s administration from the inauguration through the impeachment trial and the 2020 election. Jackson traveled with the president for every key international trip, including the summits with Kim Jong Un and the anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. In 2021, Jackson became the host of the 3:00 p.m. hour on MSNBC, where she brings well-sourced updates and breaks down key developments from Washington. She previously hosted the 10:00 a.m. hour on MSNBC since 2017. While reporting on the 2016 campaign trail, Jackson consistently broke developments in the election cycle and scored exclusive interviews with several GOP candidates, including Donald Trump, Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Marco Rubio, and Ben Carson. Before covering politics for the network, Jackson reported from the Los Angeles bureau of NBC News for a year. Prior to joining the network in 2014, Jackson was a national correspondent for Hearst Television in Washington, D.C., providing daily coverage of political and national events for its 26 affiliates across the country. She has also worked for WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, and was a general assignment reporter for WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland. Jackson, a native of Yardley, Pennsylvania, graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Richard Kind Richard Kind, Class of 1974 Richard Kind was born on November 22, 1956, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was later raised in Bucks County, where he graduated from Pennsbury High School in 1974. He went on to attend Northwestern University as a pre-law major before a friend of his father’s persuaded him to give acting a try. In 1983, he joined Second City Mainstage after being a member of the Practical Theater Company, an improv comedy group founded by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall, among others. Kind performed in several resident stage productions. Kind is best known for his work on sitcoms. In 1992, he was cast in the recurring role of Dr. Mark Devanow on Mad About You. His character appeared less frequently in later seasons because Kind was also playing the role of Paul Lassiter on Spin City. In addition to starring in the Amazon Prime Video original series Red Oaks, and HBO’s Luck, he has had guest spots on numerous television shows, including Two and a Half Men, and The Goldbergs, and recurring roles on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Gotham. Movie credits include The Producers, A Serious Man, The Station Agent, and 2013’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, Argo. Kind’s voice is equally as recognizable as his expressive face. He has lent his voice to several animated films: Bing Bong in Inside Out, Molt in A Bug’s Life, and Van in Cars and Cars 2. You can also hear him on episodes of the animated television series Dora, the Explorer, The Penguins of Madagascar, and American Dad. Richard Kind was nominated for a Tony award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Marcus Hoff in the 2013 Broadway production of The Big Knife. George Clooney is a close personal friend of Mr. Kind’s and was the best man at Mr. Kind’s wedding. Mr. Kind has three children and currently resides in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Mark Shelhamer Mark Shelhamer, Class of 1977 Mark Shelhamer was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania. Mark attended the Pennsbury School District, graduating from Pennsbury High School in 1977. While at Pennsbury High School, he concentrated on math and science, but also played drums in the concert, marching, and jazz bands. He attended Drexel University where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering, while doing biomedical research at Temple University’s medical school. After finishing his master’s degree at Drexel, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for biomedical engineering and earned his Doctorate in 1990. It was at MIT that he was introduced to the fascinating world of human spaceflight, and performed research on the astronaut crews of two space shuttle missions. He also had his first taste of weightlessness in the NASA parabolic flight aircraft known as the Vomit Comet, which provide short periods of zero-G for research. This started an addiction to being weightless that remains to this day. It was at MIT that he also met his wife Jennifer Wiseman, now the chief scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope. Mark went on to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to further his research, and remain there 32 years later, where he is a professor in the school of medicine. He runs the Human Spaceflight Lab and a larger initiative known as the Bioastronautics at Hopkins. In 2013, he took leave from Johns Hopkins to serve as Chief Scientist of the NASA Human Research Program, where he coordinated the entire NASA research effort to maintain human health and performance for missions to the moon and Mars. Since then, he continues to do reasearch, consults for NASA, the FAA, and the Commerical Spaceflight Federation, and is an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University. Mark is best known for his pioneering work on a multidisciplinary approach to human spaceflight, including the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. He is a leading a...

Auburn Finishes Play At ITA Southern Regionals – Auburn University Athletics https://digitalalabamanews.com/auburn-finishes-play-at-ita-southern-regionals-auburn-university-athletics/ BATON ROUGE, La. – Auburn’s participants in the ITA Southern Regionals in Baton Rouge, La. wrapped up play on Sunday.   In the doubles main draw, Adeline Flach and Kaitlyn Carnicella won two matches to make it to the quarterfinals before falling in the quarterfinal match on Sunday.   In the singles main draw, the freshman Carnicella claimed three straight matches over Tereza Dejnozkova, Anna Parkhomenko from rival Alabama, and Gia Cohen from Mississippi State to make it to the quarterfinals where she fell on Sunday. Flach emerged victorious in two matches in the singles main draw then lost in the round of 16. Junior Anastasia Astakhova fell in her first match of the main draw during the round of 64   “Today wasn’t the way we hoped to finish regionals, but it doesn’t diminish our growth and progress over the weekend,” Auburn head coach Caroline Lilley said after play concluded on Sunday. “One area we will look to establish on the practice court is our resilience. To develop tenacity requires being uncomfortable. At times we didn’t embrace adversity, but that is something that can be learned and absorbed before our next event.”   Up next, the Tigers will travel to Baymon, Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Hidden Duals on October 28-30.     ITA Southern Regionals Singles Auburn Results:   Adeline Flach def. Anastassia Kouchnareva (New Orleans) 7-5, 6-2 Anastasiya Komar def Anastasia Astakova (LSU) 6-1, 6-1 Kaitlyn Carnicella def. Tereza Dejnozkova (South Alabama) 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 Adeline Flach def. Rachel Krzyak (Ole Miss) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) Kaitlyn Carnicella def. Anna Parkhomenko (Alabama) 7-6 (8), 6-3 Maggie Cubitt (LSU) def. Adeline Flach 7-5, 7-6 (11) Kaitlyn Carnicella def. Gia Cohen (Georgia Tech) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Lillian Gabrielsen (Ole Miss) def. Kaitlyn Carnicella 6-2, 4-6, 6-3   ITA Southern Regionals Doubles Auburn Results: Kaitlyn Carnicella/Adeline Flach def. Sydney Orefice/Rebeka Kern (Alabama) 8-4 Kaitlyn Carnicella/Adeline Flach def. Rachel Krzyak/Lillian Gabrielsen (Ole Miss) 8-7 (4) Maggie Cubbit/Mia Rabinowitz (LSU) def. Kaitlyn Carnicella/Adeline Flach 8-5   Players Mentioned Players Mentioned Read More…

Postal Worker Holdup Leads To Muscle Car Theft Ring Arrests https://digitalalabamanews.com/postal-worker-holdup-leads-to-muscle-car-theft-ring-arrests/ DETROIT — Thieves are using cloned key fobs to steal Dodge muscle cars and other high-powered vehicles directly from dealerships and even automakers in Michigan, then selling them for tens of thousands of dollars less than their value, according to authorities and court records. For one Ohio-based theft ring, it all came crashing down after a January holdup of a U.S. postal worker led authorities to connect several men to brazen car thefts in the Detroit area, long home to the country’s biggest automakers, including Dodge, which is now owned by international conglomerate Stellantis. Investigators then discovered that new Chargers, Challengers, Durangos and Ram pickups worth $50,000 to $100,000 were turning up in Ohio, Indianapolis and East Coast shipping ports after being sold on the street for $3,500 to $15,000, according to a criminal complaint. Thieves in the Detroit area are primarily going after Dodge vehicles with Hellcat engines, including Chargers and Challengers — “the fast ones,” Sgt. Jerry Hanna with the Macomb Auto Theft Squad said. “If a patrol car gets them, they are not stopping and they’re faster than patrol cars. They’re 150 mph all day,” he said. Instead of stealing them off the street, they’re driving them straight off dealership and assembly plant lots. Just this year, about a half-dozen vehicles — primarily Dodge Ram TRX pickups — were taken from a lot outside an assembly plant in Macomb County. After security measures were stepped up at some lots with Dodge vehicles, more than a dozen 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor pickup trucks were swiped from a plant lot in June in suburban Dearborn. More than a dozen Ford Mustangs were stolen in early September from the automaker’s assembly plant in Flat Rock, southeast of Detroit. Thieves have targeted Dodges by using handheld electronic “pro pads” — a locksmith’s tool that can clone keys by plugging into interior ports in the vehicles, according to the federal complaint in the Ohio case. Authorities weren’t looking for stolen vehicles when they stopped Devin Rice on Jan. 31 after a postal worker in Shaker Heights, outside Cleveland, was robbed at gunpoint of a mailbox key. But court records show that a search of his car and then his home turned up not just stolen mail, bogus checks, and credit and debit cards, but also a Ram pickup, a Range Rover SUV and a Dodge with a Hellcat engine — all stolen. Rice and others were indicted in federal court in Ohio in June. Jaylen Harris, Lavelle Jones and Hakim Benjamin are charged with conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen vehicles. Rice, Harris and Jones also are charged with mail theft. Their trials are scheduled next year. Harris’ attorney declined comment. The AP left email and phone messages seeking comment from attorneys for Benjamin, Rice and Jones. Harris told the FBI that he and Jones had been in contact through Instagram with people in the Detroit area to get stolen vehicles, according to the complaint. Harris said those thieves “were also selling to buyers in other areas, including Chicago and Indianapolis,” the complaint said. Videos posted on social media show how the high-horsepower vehicles outpaced and evaded police. A judge stated in a detention order that “Benjamin drove a 2022 Dodge Challenger valued at $95,000 at 120 mph down Ohio’s State Route 2 on a Sunday evening in February.” “Spike strips were eventually needed to remind Benjamin that the law required him to comply with police orders” the judge wrote. About two years ago, police in Ohio’s Ottawa County began noticing the vehicles blasting along state Route 2. The sheriff’s office got calls about reckless driving, Capt. Aaron Leist said. “These cars are going 140-150 mph. All have the Hellcat engines. We had a lot of pursuits. We did not catch them all,” he said. Investigators learned the vehicles mostly were being stolen in the Detroit area and taken to Cleveland. Some also were destined for Memphis, Tennessee, Leist said. “We started working with (Stellantis) in early 2022,” he said. “They would call us and tell us `We have these cars missing.’” A spokeswoman for Stellantis declined to comment. Added security measures at some lots have included concrete barriers, according to law enforcement. Then last fall, a dealership’s showroom northwest of Detroit was broken into. Someone drove a Ram pickup through the building’s glass wall and “all the other cars followed suit,” said Jeff Schneider, general manager at Szott Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Highland Township. “I think they were able to find some keys in a desk drawer and used them,” he added. Police tracked one of the stolen cars, a Durango Hellcat SRT valued at about $100,000, to a suburb northwest of Detroit. The driver had crashed into a brick wall while fleeing. A 2021 Dodge Durango GT, 2021 Dodge Ram TRX and a 2017 Dodge Charger Hellcat SRT were later recovered. Authorities arrested four people. They were not believed to have stolen the vehicles, but to have paid $5,000 for one. “In the Detroit area they are selling them for like $3,500,” Hanna said. “Once they get that money in their pockets they go out and steal another one.” For dealerships and their insurance companies, the cost is high. Even recovered vehicles can’t be sold for what they were once worth. Schneider said his dealership came up with an “old school” solution: parking boots. “It’s a deterrent that works amazingly,” he said. “We put boots on all the Hellcats.” Read More…

Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister 'astonished' By 'accusations' That Saudis Are Aligned With Russia https://digitalalabamanews.com/saudi-arabias-defense-minister-astonished-by-accusations-that-saudis-are-aligned-with-russia/ Saudi Arabia’s defense minister said Sunday that he and other top officials are “astonished” by accusations that Saudi Arabia has aligned itself with Russia due to OPEC’s decision to cut oil production by two million barrels a day.  “Although the OPEC+ decision, which was taken unanimously, was due to purely economic reasons, some accused the Kingdom of standing with Russia,” Khalid bin Salman, the defense minister, tweeted on Sunday.  “Iran is also a member of OPEC, does this mean that the Kingdom is standing with Iran as well?” The oil cut came as President Biden and other western leaders urged more production to decrease prices and take away the main source of income for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine.  A flame burns off waste gas at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.  (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images) After OPEC+ announced the decision, White House officials said the U.S. would reassess its relationship with Saudi Arabia.  SEN. BOB MENENDEZ CALLS FOR END ALL COOPERATION WITH SAUDI ARABIA OVER OPEC+ OIL CUT “We believe by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, [Saudi Arabia is] certainly aligning themselves with Russia,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing this week. “And right now, this is not the time to be aligning with Russia, especially with this brutal, unprecedented war that they started in Ukraine.”  President Joe Biden (C-L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022.  (MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that President Biden does not have plans to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G20 summit next month.  “The President isn’t going act precipitously, he is going to act methodically, strategically and he’s going to take his time to consult with members of both parties, and also to have an opportunity for Congress to return so that he can sit with them in person and work through the options,” Sullivan told CNN on Sunday.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Saudi Arabia announced $400 million in humanitarian aid this week for Ukraine and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the phone on Thursday.  The Associated Press contributed to this report.  Paul Best is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to Paul.Best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.  Read More…

Classes Canceled In 2 Mass. Cities With Teachers Strikes Expected https://digitalalabamanews.com/classes-canceled-in-2-mass-cities-with-teachers-strikes-expected/ School officials in Haverhill and Malden have canceled classes on Monday with teachers strikes expected to start in both Massachusetts cities.The president of the Malden Education Association, Deb Gesualdo, said Sunday night that teachers will be on strike Monday after spending nearly 24 hours at the negotiating table with the Malden School Committee.Gesualdo said both sides went back and forth on salary and that the union came down on their demands and felt close to a deal before the School Committee’s negotiating subcommittee called for a mediator and walked out for the night.Because of the threat of a teachers strike, Malden Public Schools officials canceled Monday’s classes. Although there is no school for students, the school district said all union and non-union employees will be required to report to work on Monday in schools and central offices.”The School Committee’s negotiating team and the MEA had an incredibly productive day of bargaining that ended in the committee making a significant number of agreements and a very competitive and unprecedented salary and benefits offer,” Malden Public School Superintendent Ligia Noriega-Murphy said in a statement. “Considering how much movement was made today, we would have hoped the bargaining could have continued at our next regularly scheduled meeting, and that no avoidable disruption to the education of our students and routine of our families would occur.”The news out of Malden came just hours after the Haverhill School Committee announced Monday’s classes are canceled after it was not able to reach an agreement on a new contract with the Haverhill Education Association, paving the way for a teachers strike.The School Committee said it spent hours at the negotiating table with the teachers union over the weekend in the hopes of avoiding a strike after HEA members overwhelmingly voted in favor of authorizing a strike on Friday. Malden educators also overwhelmingly approved an authorization to strike in a vote held Friday afternoon.In their contract negotiations, Haverhill and Malden educators have said they are seeking higher pay, smaller class sizes and safer school environments.While the school will be closed to students on Monday, the School Committee said buildings will be open and all employees are expected to report to work.Teacher strikes are illegal in Massachusetts since state law prohibits strikes by public employees, which makes them exceptionally rare in the commonwealth.”If they come to the table with a good deal, our team will sign it. I hope it’s tonight,” said Barry Davis, 1st vice president of the Haverhill Education Association. “But if we have to be on the (picket) line tomorrow, we will be.”Members of the Haverhill School Committee said they have offered teachers the biggest raise city educators have had in 20 years, but added that the Massachusetts Teachers Association wants the teachers to go on strike.”While some progress was made over the last few days, we are extremely disappointed that union leadership and the Massachusetts Teachers Association has encouraged our teachers to take this illegal action,” reads a statement from the Haverhill Negotiations Subcommittee.The school committee said that it, along with the Massachusetts Labor Relations Board, is asking a Salem Superior Court judge to issue a junction against the Haverhill Education Association for its strike.Negotiations will pick up at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Haverhill School Committee.Haverhill students who have access to a free school lunch on Monday and free breakfast on Tuesday can get food at the following locations from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.:The Haverhill YMCA, 81 Winter St.The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, 55 Emerson St.Swasey Field Park, 59 Blaisdell St.Haverhill Stadium, Lincoln and NettletonHaverhill Public Works Department – Parking Lot, 500 Primrose St.Winnekenni Castle – Tennis courts – 347 Kenoza Ave.Bradford CommonsCashman’s Park on Hilldale Ave.In addition, the Haverhill YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill will be open Monday for children who are presently enrolled in their programs.Parents of children who are registered for before-school or after-school programs at the YMCA will receive an email directly from the YMCA regarding childcare operations, including a full-day program from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.Parents of children who are not registered for YMCA programs but are enrolled in grades K-4 can sign up for a drop-in program at the Plaistow Community YMCA in New Hampshire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Preregistration is required in advance.Haverhill students who are members of the local Boys and Girls Club are welcome to drop in at any time Monday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.Malden Public Schools officials said all before- and after-school programs, athletic practices and games, and other extracurricular activities scheduled for Monday have been canceled. There will also be no school bus transportation, except for a small number of Malden students who attend special education programs in schools outside the district. HAVERHILL, Mass. — School officials in Haverhill and Malden have canceled classes on Monday with teachers strikes expected to start in both Massachusetts cities. The president of the Malden Education Association, Deb Gesualdo, said Sunday night that teachers will be on strike Monday after spending nearly 24 hours at the negotiating table with the Malden School Committee. Gesualdo said both sides went back and forth on salary and that the union came down on their demands and felt close to a deal before the School Committee’s negotiating subcommittee called for a mediator and walked out for the night. Because of the threat of a teachers strike, Malden Public Schools officials canceled Monday’s classes. Although there is no school for students, the school district said all union and non-union employees will be required to report to work on Monday in schools and central offices. “The School Committee’s negotiating team and the MEA had an incredibly productive day of bargaining that ended in the committee making a significant number of agreements and a very competitive and unprecedented salary and benefits offer,” Malden Public School Superintendent Ligia Noriega-Murphy said in a statement. “Considering how much movement was made today, we would have hoped the bargaining could have continued at our next regularly scheduled meeting, and that no avoidable disruption to the education of our students and routine of our families would occur.” The news out of Malden came just hours after the Haverhill School Committee announced Monday’s classes are canceled after it was not able to reach an agreement on a new contract with the Haverhill Education Association, paving the way for a teachers strike. The School Committee said it spent hours at the negotiating table with the teachers union over the weekend in the hopes of avoiding a strike after HEA members overwhelmingly voted in favor of authorizing a strike on Friday. Malden educators also overwhelmingly approved an authorization to strike in a vote held Friday afternoon. In their contract negotiations, Haverhill and Malden educators have said they are seeking higher pay, smaller class sizes and safer school environments. While the school will be closed to students on Monday, the School Committee said buildings will be open and all employees are expected to report to work. Teacher strikes are illegal in Massachusetts since state law prohibits strikes by public employees, which makes them exceptionally rare in the commonwealth. “If they come to the table with a good deal, our team will sign it. I hope it’s tonight,” said Barry Davis, 1st vice president of the Haverhill Education Association. “But if we have to be on the (picket) line tomorrow, we will be.” Members of the Haverhill School Committee said they have offered teachers the biggest raise city educators have had in 20 years, but added that the Massachusetts Teachers Association wants the teachers to go on strike. “While some progress was made over the last few days, we are extremely disappointed that union leadership and the Massachusetts Teachers Association has encouraged our teachers to take this illegal action,” reads a statement from the Haverhill Negotiations Subcommittee. The school committee said that it, along with the Massachusetts Labor Relations Board, is asking a Salem Superior Court judge to issue a junction against the Haverhill Education Association for its strike. Negotiations will pick up at 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Haverhill School Committee. Haverhill students who have access to a free school lunch on Monday and free breakfast on Tuesday can get food at the following locations from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: The Haverhill YMCA, 81 Winter St. The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill, 55 Emerson St. Swasey Field Park, 59 Blaisdell St. Haverhill Stadium, Lincoln and Nettleton Haverhill Public Works Department – Parking Lot, 500 Primrose St. Winnekenni Castle – Tennis courts – 347 Kenoza Ave. Bradford Commons Cashman’s Park on Hilldale Ave. In addition, the Haverhill YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill will be open Monday for children who are presently enrolled in their programs. Parents of children who are registered for before-school or after-school programs at the YMCA will receive an email directly from the YMCA regarding childcare operations, including a full-day program from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parents of children who are not registered for YMCA programs but are enrolled in grades K-4 can sign up for a drop-in program at the Plaistow Community YMCA in New Hampshire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Preregistration is required in advance. Haverhill students who are members of the local Boys...

Former GOP Governor Claims Both Parties https://digitalalabamanews.com/former-gop-governor-claims-both-parties/ October 16, 2022 08:54 PM Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) argued Sunday that voters in both parties were “running away” from President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump and instead wanted other 2024 choices. McCrory, who recently joined NBC News after losing his state’s GOP Senate primary to Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), appeared on the network’s Meet the Press for a panel discussion on the 2024 presidential election. McCrory said that in his view, voters were unhappy with both the Democrat and Republican presidential incumbents, and that “Democrats don’t want Biden or [Vice President Kamala] Harris either, and Republicans frankly don’t want Trump,” the former governor said. “And they’re the ones trying to consume the TV time.” ONLY ONE-THIRD OF REGISTERED VOTERS WOULD RE-ELECT BIDEN: POLL Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, former Gov. Pat McCrory delivers a concession speech to voters, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley) Matt Kelley/AP A Republican himself, McCrory argued that there are other GOP candidates that would actually be able to defeat Biden, which Trump was unable to in 2020. “There are about 20 Republican candidates for the presidency that are running right now who really believe this too, and they can’t say it, because they don’t want to upset the core 30% who are with Trump regardless,” McCrory said. “And, by the way, the Democrats are running away from Biden in this election too. They do not want- the Democrats don’t want Biden on the stage,” McCrory said. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER McCrory’s analysis comes the same day that a Fox News poll revealed only a third of registered voters are considering re-electing Biden. The 46th president also appeared to have lost independent voters, with 54% opting to vote for another candidate. Only 13% said they were set on a second term for the president. Read More…

New Video: Roger Stone Says Trump Will Get His 'Brains Beat In' If He Runs Again https://digitalalabamanews.com/new-video-roger-stone-says-trump-will-get-his-brains-beat-in-if-he-runs-again/ Republican political operative Roger Stone is seen in new documentary footage threatening to support Donald Trump’s second impeachment and saying the former president would lose if he tried to run again in 2024. “I’m done with this president,” Trump’s longest-serving political adviser says on a phone call in the clip, reportedly filmed on Jan. 20, 2021. “I’m going to public supporting impeachment. I have no choice.” “He has to go. Run again! You’ll get your fucking brains beat in,” he adds. It’s not clear who he was on the phone with. Trump was impeached for a second time on Jan. 13, 2021, for inciting the riot on the U.S. Capitol. His Senate trial, which ultimately acquitted him, began the following month. The footage was released on Saturday by Danish filmmaker Christoffer Guldbrandsen, whose team was granted permission to shadow Stone for more than two years, including during the months when Stone was working behind the scenes to aid Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The Danish team’s documentary about that effort, “A Storm Foretold,” is slated for release later this year. Guldbrandsen told the Daily Beast the footage was from President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day after Stone learned he would not be receiving a second presidential pardon to protect him from legal fallout over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Stone was already pardoned once by Trump in December 2020. He had been sentenced to 40 months in prison for multiple felonies, including witness tampering, lying to Congress, and obstructing the House investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016, but Trump commuted his sentence before it even began. In another clip of Stone’s angry phone conversation released on Friday, he’s seen ranting about Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and calling Ivanka Trump an “abortionist bitch.” Guldbrandsen said Stone made the call in a car in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stone has called that video “fake” but admitted he is “not a fan” of Kushner or the former first daughter. Stone’s cellphone rant was recently subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee but was not played at its Thursday hearing. This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated. Related… Roger Stone Calls Video Of Him ‘Fake,’ But Says He Really Doesn’t Like Ivanka Trump Roger Stone Blasts ‘Abortionist B***h’ Ivanka Trump After Failure To Win Jan. 6 Pardon What The Jan. 6 Committee Has Accomplished So Far Read More…

Twitter Critics Explode Over Trump's Threat To Jews To Be More Grateful To Him Or Else https://digitalalabamanews.com/twitter-critics-explode-over-trumps-threat-to-jews-to-be-more-grateful-to-him-or-else/ Donald Trump critics had a meltdown on Twitter Sunday after the former president warned Jews to be “more appreciative” of him before it’s “too late.” Trump posted the startling message Sunday morning on Truth Social. “No President has done more for Israel than I have. Somewhat surprisingly, however, our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.,” he railed. Trump also wildly claimed that he was so popular in Israel that he could become the nation’s prime minister. “We’ve been menaced by fascists before, you two-bit goon,” tweeted commentator and author David Rothkopf in response. “We recognize the threat you represent from the darkest pages of our history. That’s why we’ll never submit to your threats.” But as for any response from Trump’s Republican Party: Crickets. Most critics were dumbfounded that Trump would expect gratitude from American Jews given his backing for neo-Nazis and his supporters’ drive to turn the U.S. into a Christian nation. Trump previously alienated Americans when he tried a similar stunt earlier to strong-arm Jewish voters in a 2019 speech at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Florida. “A lot of you are in the real estate business because I know you very well,” Trump said then. “You’re brutal killers, not nice people at all. But you have to vote for me, you have no choice.” Critics were particularly furious about Trump’s “before it’s too late” warning. Many viewed it as a threat to again spur his white supremacist mob into violence if he doesn’t get his way. Former National Security Council member and retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman — who testified against Trump in the first impeachment investigation against him — characterized the warning as “executing the fascist playbook to turn his mob on Jews.” Harvard University constitutional expert Lawrence Tribe called the message blatantly antisemitic. He reminded Americans that Trump reportedly kept a copy of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) next to his bed for several years, adding: “If it quacks like a duck ….” Countless other tweets were eviscerating. This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated. Related… Trump Bandies Anti-Semitic Tropes In Interview With Israeli Reporter Trump Revives Anti-Semitic Attack On Jewish Democrats: ‘Very Disloyal To Israel’ Trump Tells Jews To ‘Get Their Act Together’ And Appreciate Him More Trump Invokes Anti-Semite Henry Ford After Accusing Jewish Democrats Of Disloyalty Read More…

Sports Scoreboard – Saturday, October 15, 2022 https://digitalalabamanews.com/sports-scoreboard-saturday-october-15-2022/ SDHSAA GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AA Harrisburg 2, Aberdeen Central 1 A Tea Area 1, West Central 0 SDHSAA BOYS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AA Rapid City Stevens 4, Sioux Falls Lincoln 1 A Sioux Falls Christian 2, St. Thomas More 0 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Tiospa Zina 58, McLaughlin 12 Sioux Falls Roosevelt 47, Rapid City Stevens 3 HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Douglas Tournament Jones County def. Bison, 16-25, 25-16, 27-25 Jones County def. Lemmon, 25-16, 25-14 Jones County def. Kadoka Area, 28-26, 27-25 Jones County def. New Underwood, 25-16, 25-21 Kadoka Area def. New Underwood, 25-16, 25-21 Douglas def. Kadoka Area, 25-23, 25-20 Belle Fourche def. Jones County, 25-14, 25-20 Rustler Invite Miller def. Takini, 25-1, 25-8 Miller def. Britton-Hecla, 25-13, 25-7 Miller def. Sully Buttes, 25-19, 25-17 Sully Buttes def. Takini, 25-6, 25-13 Sioux Falls Lutheran def. Sully Buttes, 18-25, 25-15, 25-17 Aberdeen Roncalli def. Dupree, 25-19, 25-9 Sioux Falls Lutheran def. Dupree, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22 Miller def. Aberdeen Roncalli, 25-14, 25-14 Milbank Tournament Mobridge-Pollock def. Beresford, 25-20, 24-26, 25-23 Mobridge-Pollock def. Sisseton, 25-10, 25-19 Mobridge-Pollock def. Milbank, 25-21, 25-20 Mobridge-Pollock def. Hamlin, 28-26, 22-25, 25-23 Thunder Nation Tournament Menno def. Crow Creek, 25-19, 25-13 Brandon Valley def. Rapid City Stevens, 25-19, 25-18, 25-10 SD COLLEGE FOOTBALL South Dakota State 23, North Dakota State 21 Illinois State 12, South Dakota 10 Augustana 31, Wayne State 27 Northern State 38, Minot State 10 University of Sioux Falls 41, UMary 27 Western Colorado 28, Black Hills State 27 Colorado School of Mines 48, SD Mines 20 Dakota Wesleyan 31, Briar Cliff 24 Presentation 21, Dakota State 19 Concordia (NE) 47, Mount Marty 24 AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES Houston 1, Seattle 0 (18) – Astros win series 3-0, will play Cleveland/New York Yankees winner in AL Championship Series Cleveland 6, New York Yankees 5 – Guardians lead series 2-1 NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 3 – Phillies win series 3-1 San Diego 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 – Padres win series 3-1; NL Championship Series will begin Tuesday NHL Los Angeles 7, Minnesota 6 Florida 4, Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 3, Vancouver 2 Boston 6, Arizona 3 Detroit 5, New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 3, Ottawa 2 Washington 3, Montreal 1 New York Islanders 7, Anaheim 1 Dallas 5, Nashville 1 St. Louis 5, Columbus 2 Calgary 4, Edmonton 3 Vegas 5, Seattle 2 Chicago 5, San Jose 2 COLLEGE FOOTBALL (1)Georgia 55, Vanderbilt 0 (6)Tennessee 52, (3)Alabama 49 (4)Clemson 34, Florida State 28 (5)Michigan 41, (10)Penn State 17 (20)Utah 43, (7)USC 42 (13)TCU 43, (8)Oklahoma State 40 (2 OT) (9)Ole Miss 48, Auburn 34 (18)Syracuse 24, (15)NC State 9 (22)Kentucky 27, (16)Mississippi State 17 Oklahoma 52, (19)Kansas 42 (22)Texas 24, Iowa State 21 (24)Illinois 26, Minnesota 14 Georgia Southern 45, (25)James Madison 38 Army 42, Colgate 17 Central Michigan 28, Akron 21 Bowling Green 17, Miami (OH) 13 Old Dominion 49, Coastal Carolina 21 Miami 20, Virginia Tech 14 Buffalo 34, Massachusetts 7 Colorado 20, California 13 (OT) Ball State 25, Connecticut 21 Arkansas 52, BYU 35 Liberty 21, Gardner-Webb 20 Maryland 38, Indiana 33 Northern Illinois 39, Eastern Michigan 10 Toledo 52, Kent State 31 Ohio 33, Western Michigan 14 Troy 17, Texas State 14 UAB 34, Charlotte 20 Western Kentucky 35, Middle Tennessee 17 Wisconsin 34, Michigan State 28 (2 OT) Tulane 45, USF 31 North Texas 47, Louisiana Tech 27 Washington 49, Arizona 39 Florida Atlantic 17, Rice 14 LSU 45, Florida 35 Utah State 17, Colorado State 13 South Alabama 41, Louisiana-Monroe 34 Southern Mississippi 20, Arkansas State 19 Stanford 16, Notre Dame 14 Purdue 43, Nebraska 37 East Carolina 47, Memphis 45 (4 OT) New Mexico State 21, New Mexico 9 North Carolina 38, Duke 35 Oregon State 24, Washington State 10 Air Force 42, UNLV 7 Fresno State 17, San José State 10 Hawai’i 31, Nevada 16 MLS PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference 1st Round Cincinnati 2, New York Red Bulls 1 – Cincinnati will play Philadelphia in conference semifinal Thursday Western Conference 1st Round LA Galaxy 1, Nashville 0 – LA Galaxy will play Los Angeles FC in conference semifinal Thursday Read More…

Reuters US Domestic News Summary | Politics https://digitalalabamanews.com/reuters-us-domestic-news-summary-politics-2/ Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Biden calls testimony, video from Jan. 6 committee hearing ‘devastating’ U.S. President Joe Biden described as “devastating” testimony and video from a Jan. 6 committee hearing two days ago, featuring congressional leaders in tense phone calls with Pentagon and White House officials during the assault on the U.S. Capitol. Biden was speaking to reporters during a stop at an ice cream shop in Oregon as he campaigned for Tina Kotek, who is running for governor of the state. Biden, campaigning for Oregon’s Kotek, warns about Trump’s impact on states U.S. President Joe Biden warned that former President Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party would spill into state government on Saturday during an event to boost Democrat Tina Kotek in Oregon’s tight race for governor. Biden, who is finishing a western travel swing that included stops in Colorado and California, came to Oregon in part to help Kotek, who supporters hope will keep the governorship in Democratic hands in a state the president won handily in 2020. Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock trade blows in Georgia U.S. Senate debate Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker sparred over a range of issues from abortion and policing to personal integrity on Friday, as a key Georgia contest that could help determine control of the Senate came to a head in a contentious televised debate. Walker, a one-time football star and political novice backed by former President Donald Trump, sought to brand the incumbent as a rubber stamp for Democratic President Joe Biden’s agenda, which Republicans have painted as responsible for inflation, crime and other social ills. Biden arrives in Oregon as Democratic hold on governorship is threatened U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Oregon on Friday to rally support for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is in danger of losing in a state where a Republican has not been elected governor since 1982. The race for the governorship pits Democrat Tina Kotek against Republican Christine Drazan and an independent candidate, Betsy Johnson, a former Democrat who is financially backed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight. All three women are former state legislators. Incumbent Governor Kate Brown, a Democrat, cannot run for re-election because of term limits. U.S. President Joe Biden to visit Philadelphia month-end – White House U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Oct. 28 for a reception hosted by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, the White House said on Saturday. Biden would be accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris. There were no further details. The visit would come ahead of the high-stakes Nov. 8 mid-term elections that would determine control of the U.S. Congress. Obama to stump for Democrats in three states ahead of high-stakes Nov. 8 election Former U.S. President Barack Obama will campaign for Democratic Party candidates in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin later this month ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections that will determine control of the U.S. Congress. Obama will stump for candidates for federal and state offices, appearing in Atlanta on Oct. 28 before traveling to Detroit and Milwaukee on Oct. 29, his office said on Saturday. Police arrest suspect in California serial killings Police in Stockton, California said on Saturday they have arrested a man suspected of killing six people in a string of murders that have rocked the area in Northern California. Thanks to tips and investigative work, authorities were able to watch a man and stop him while he was driving in the city in the early hours of Saturday morning, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said. Biden to campaign for DeSantis rival Crist in November Florida trip U.S. President Joe Biden will take on a potential 2024 presidential rival, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis, in a November campaign event for the Democratic candidate for governor, Charlie Crist. The White House said on Sunday that Biden will travel to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Nov. 1 to attend a reception for Crist, a former governor and member of Congress who is trailing in polls behind the popular Republican incumbent. Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career A former Wall Street Journal reporter is accusing a major U.S. law firm of having used mercenary hackers to oust him from his job and ruin his reputation. In a lawsuit filed late Friday, Jay Solomon, the Journal’s former chief foreign correspondent, said Philadelphia-based Dechert LLP worked with hackers from India to steal emails between him and one of his key sources, Iranian American aviation executive Farhad Azima. U.S. moves to dismiss price-fixing case against two former Pilgrim’s Pride execs The U.S. Justice Department on Sunday moved to dismiss an antitrust indictment against two former Pilgrim’s Pride Corp executives who were the remaining defendants in a conspiracy prosecution that has failed to secure any convictions. Federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico to dismiss the case against Jason McGuire, who was a former executive vice president of sales at Pilgrim’s Pride, and Timothy Stiller, a former general manager. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.) Read More…

Biden Turning To Trump-Era Rule To Expel Venezuelan Migrants – LimaOhio.com https://digitalalabamanews.com/biden-turning-to-trump-era-rule-to-expel-venezuelan-migrants-limaohio-com/ FILE – Venezuelan migrants wait for a bus to take them north, at the Northern Bus Station Thursday in Mexico City. President Joe Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42, which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court, to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. Eduardo Verdugo | AP File Photo ” href=”https://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/129936744_web1_129936744-562ae06a692745538f6c7b0ba16015f7.jpg” FILE – Venezuelan migrants wait for a bus to take them north, at the Northern Bus Station Thursday in Mexico City. President Joe Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42, which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court, to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. Eduardo Verdugo | AP File Photo WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Nov. 8 election nears, Biden has turned to an unlikely source for a solution: his predecessor’s playbook. Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 — which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. The rule, first invoked by Trump in 2020, uses emergency public health authority to allow the United States to keep migrants from seeking asylum at the border, based on the need to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Under the new Biden administration policy, Venezuelans who walk or swim across America’s southern border will be expelled and any Venezuelan who illegally enters Mexico or Panama will be ineligible to come to the United States. But as many as 24,000 Venezuelans will be accepted at U.S. airports, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion in February. Mexico has insisted that the U.S. admit one Venezuelan on humanitarian parole for each Venezuelan it expels to Mexico, according to a Mexican official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke condition of anonymity. So if the Biden administration paroles 24,000 Venezuelans to the U.S., Mexico would take no more than 24,000 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. The Biden policy marks an abrupt turn for the White House, which just weeks ago was lambasting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, both Republicans, for putting Venezuelan migrants “fleeing political persecution” on buses and planes to Democratic strongholds. “These were children, they were moms, they were fleeing communism,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the time. Biden’s new policy has drawn swift criticism from immigrant advocates, many of them quick to point out the Trump parallels. “Rather than restore the right to asylum decimated by the Trump administration … the Biden administration has dangerously embraced the failures of the past and expanded upon them by explicitly enabling expulsions of Venezuelan migrants,” said Jennifer Nagda, policy director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. The administration says the policy is aimed at ensuring a “lawful and orderly” way for Venezuelans to enter the U.S. Why the turnaround? For more than a year after taking office in January 2021, Biden deferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which used its authority to keep in place the Trump-era declaration that a public health risk existed that warranted expedited expulsion of asylum-seekers. Members of Biden’s own party and activist groups had expressed skepticism about the public health underpinnings for allowing Title 42 to remain in effect, especially when COVID-19 was spreading more widely within the U.S. than elsewhere. After months of internal deliberations and preparations, the CDC on April 1 said it would end the public health order and return to normal border processing of migrants, giving them a chance to request asylum in the U.S. Homeland Security officials braced for a resulting increase in border crossings. But officials inside and outside the White House were conflicted over ending the authority, believing it effectively kept down the number of people crossing the border illegally, according to senior administration officials. A court order in May that kept Title 42 in place due to a challenge from Republican state officials was greeted with quiet relief by some in the administration, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions. The recent increase in migration from Venezuela, sparked by political, social and economic instability in the country, dashed officials’ hopes that they were finally seeing a lull in the chaos that had defined the border region for the past year. By August, Venezuelans were the second-largest nationality arriving at the U.S. border after Mexicans. Given that U.S. tensions with Venezuela meant migrants from the country could not be sent back easily, the situation became increasingly difficult to manage. So an administration that had rejected many Trump-era policies aimed at keeping out migrants, that had worked to make the asylum process easier and that had increased the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. now turned to Title 42. It brokered a deal to send the Venezuelans to Mexico, which already had agreed to accept migrants expelled under Title 42 if they are from Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador. All the while, Justice Department lawyers continue to appeal a court decision that has kept Title 42 in place. They are opposing Republican attorneys general from more than 20 states who have argued that Title 42 is “the only safety valve preventing this Administration’s already disastrous border control policies from descending into an unmitigated catastrophe.” Under Title 42, migrants have been expelled more than 2.3 million times from the U.S. after crossing the country’s land borders illegally from Canada or Mexico, though most try to come through Mexico. The administration had announced it would stop expelling migrants under Title 42 starting May 23 and go back to detaining and deporting migrants who did not qualify to enter and remain in the U.S. — a longer process that allows migrants to request asylum in the U.S. “We are extremely disturbed by the apparent acceptance, codification, and expansion of the use of Title 42, an irrelevant health order, as a cornerstone of border policy,” said Thomas Cartwright of Witness at the Border. “One that expunges the legal right to asylum.” A separate lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union also is trying to end Title 42, an effort that could render the administration’s proposal useless. “People have a right to seek asylum – regardless of where they came from, how they arrive in the United States, and whether or not they have family here,” said ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt. Read More…

Multiple People Shot Outside Of AUC Library After Clark Atlanta Homecoming Gathering https://digitalalabamanews.com/multiple-people-shot-outside-of-auc-library-after-clark-atlanta-homecoming-gathering/ ATLANTA — According to Atlanta police, an overnight shooting at a Clark Atlanta University homecoming gathering left four people injured. Police said the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. as students were gathered outside of the Woodruff Library on James P. Bradley Drive for Homecoming weekend. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Three men were shot and taken to the hospital. They are in stable condition. A fourth unknown victim left the scene, refusing treatment, according to police. Police confirmed on Sunday morning that one of the victims is a student. Channel 2′s Justin Carter says a crime alert from the university revealed three students and one young adult who does not attend the school were shot. The shots were fired from a vehicle going west on Parsons Street. The crime alert to students from the university reads as followed: The following is a message from the CAU Notification System Please click here to acknowledge receipt of this message On October 16, 2022 at approximately 12:29 am Clark Atlanta University Department of Public Safety Officers responded to a shots fired incident. The preliminary investigation revealed, three students and one young adult who does not attend school in the AUC, while on the property of the Woodruff Library suffered injuries from shots fired from a vehicle traveling West on Parsons Street. All victims involved are being treated for their injuries. The Atlanta Police Department also responded to the scene and is investigating the incident. The safety of our students is our top priority. CAU Public Safety and Atlanta Police Departments have increased officer patrols in the area and the incident remains under investigation. —  CAU Notification System TRENDING STORIES: Seattle’s famous dog who rode the bus to the dog park by herself, dies Parents of young woman missing in north Georgia still fighting hard to find her Quick-thinking mother thwarts kidnapping attempt in Nevada There is no word on a suspect at this time. Clark Atlanta University is still investigating the shooting. [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter] IN OTHER NEWS: Atlanta Police paying up to $100 to buy back guns and get them off the street ©2022 Cox Media Group Read More…

Michael Cohen Says Trump 2024 Run Would ‘destroy The Great Grift’ https://digitalalabamanews.com/michael-cohen-says-trump-2024-run-would-destroy-the-great-grift/ AP Photo/Lawrence Neumeister Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, arrives at Federal Court in New York. Michael Cohen on Sunday said former President Trump will not run for president in 2024 because it would “destroy the great grift” and limit Trump’s ability to spend money raised through his political action committee. Cohen, a former personal attorney for Trump, has repeatedly said that he does not believe Trump will ultimately run for president, despite the former president suggesting that he will. “It would destroy the great grift. If he runs, all the money would then have to go into a campaign fund, people would have to start expressing who they are and it becomes listed,” Cohen told MSNBC’a Ali Velshi. “They don’t want that anymore than he wants that.” Cohen added that through a Political Action Committee (PAC), Trump has “total discretion” over ninety cents out of every dollar. “It’s a slush fund,” he said. “He can buy himself a new airplane or he can use the money to fix his old airplane right now.” Cohen — who served a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2018 to several felonies, including tax evasion and lying to Congress — said last year that Trump’s talk of a 2024 run was a bliff. “His insatiable need for attention is one reason he continues to flaunt this disingenuous 2024 run,” Cohen told Insider last September. “The other is he’s making more money doing that than anything he has ever done before.” He predicted Trump would keep fueling speculation about a run until the last minute, citing Democrats or personal matters as the reason to ultimately decide against it. He will “continue to grift until the very last second” because he “cannot stomach … being a two-time loser,” Trump’s ex-lawyer said in Sept. 2021. Since losing the 2020 election, Trump has continue to flirt with a 2024 run. In July, the former president said he made up his mind and the “big decision” was whether to announce before the midterms or not. The Hill has reached out to Trump’s team about Cohen’s latest remarks. Cohen released a new book this month called “Revenge: How Donald Trump Weaponized the US Department of Justice Against His Critics.” In the book, he details his “attempt to clear his name and tell the truth about Donald Trump” and recounts the alleged Stormy Daniels affair and the Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Read More…

🌱 Mountain Gap Middle School Teacher Update + New Inclusive Kids' Gym https://digitalalabamanews.com/%f0%9f%8c%b1-mountain-gap-middle-school-teacher-update-new-inclusive-kids-gym/ Hello again, neighbors! I’m back in your inbox this morning with your fresh edition of the Huntsville Daily. Let’s get this Monday started off right, with a quick guide to the most important things happening in town. Today you’ll read about… Update on the Mountain Gap Middle School teacher Decatur officer honored by Tennessee Titans New inclusive gym opened in Huntsville But first, today’s weather: Sunny and not as warm. High: 67 Low: 32. Find out what’s happening in Huntsvillewith free, real-time updates from Patch. Here’s to our premier local sponsor. Check out what they can do for you: Martinson & Beason, P.C. have been been providing trusted legal advice in Huntsville since 1937. Give your loved ones peace of mind with a comprehensive estate plan. Click here for more info. Find out what’s happening in Huntsvillewith free, real-time updates from Patch. Click here to get your business featured in this spot. Here are the top stories today in Huntsville: The Mountain Gap Middle School teacher that was videoed making sexually suggestive comments in front of children has been put on paid leave while the incident is investigated (read my original update here). Mountain Gap Middle’s principal sent a letter to the community saying that the incident occurred outside of school, and the views expressed are not ones the school shares. The teacher is now receiving death threats from across the country. (WAAY TV) Officer Juan Penuelas with the Decatur Police Department was honored as a “Community Hero” by the Tennessee Titans. His wife, Robyn, nominated him for the award. Penuelas has been with the Decatur Police Department for 19 years. (WHNT News 19) We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym opened over the weekend! They have things like a calming room and occupational therapy equipment along with a zipline and climbing equipment so differently-abled kids can join other kids and be themselves in a fun and safe environment. (WHNT News 19) Huntsville Hospital is hosting a hiring event Wednesday in the ballroom of the Embassy Suites on Monroe Street from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m. The event will be for several positions across the county for medical and non-medical jobs. You need to bring a resume and can register ahead of time, but you don’t have to. (WHNT News 19) Today in Huntsville: Grissom Freshmen and JV vs. Florence – Football (5:30 PM) Body Extreme Bootcamp – YMCA of Metropolitan Huntsville AL (5:45 PM) Let’s Talk About Raising Voracious Readers (6:00 PM) Fall Decatur Park Concert – Michael Dean and Memphis – This is the last concert of the season! (6:00 PM) If you have an event, feel free to visit our website and add it to the Huntsville Calendar! It is completely free and easy to do. Unfortunately with the volume of requests I get, I cannot manually add them all to the Daily, but this is a way to ensure your event makes it in the newsletter. From my notebook: Props to Huntsville Botanical Garden staff members on presenting at the 7th Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Melbourne, Australia! (Details) Congrats to Huntsville Utilities on coming in 3rd place in the municipal division at the International Lineman’s Rodeo Association event in Overland Park, Kansas! (Details) You’re all caught up for today. See you all tomorrow for another update! — Amy Young Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Huntsville Daily? Contact me at huntsville@patch.com Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. The rules of replying: Be respectful. This is a space for friendly local discussions. No racist, discriminatory, vulgar or threatening language will be tolerated. Be transparent. Use your real name, and back up your claims. Keep it local and relevant. Make sure your replies stay on topic. Review the Patch Community Guidelines. Read More…

Comcast Pulls Plug On G4 TV, Ending Comeback Try For Gamer-Focused Network https://digitalalabamanews.com/comcast-pulls-plug-on-g4-tv-ending-comeback-try-for-gamer-focused-network/ EXCLUSIVE: Comcast’s Spectacor division is pulling the plug on video game-centric network G4 TV, whose early incarnation in the 2000s remains a cultural touchstone for many millennials, just a year after its relaunch. In a memo set to be sent out to all employees, Spectacor CEO Dave Scott explained that the company’s investment and efforts to revive the network just didn’t gain traction. A few dozen employees and contract workers are affected by the shutdown. Comcast said it will assist them with outplacement and consider some for internal opportunities. The departure over the summer of Russell Arons, an experienced digital media exec who had come aboard as G4’s president in 2021, was a precursor to today’s news. Her duties were added to the portfolio of Joe Marsh, a Comcast Spectacor vet who has been CEO of T1, an international esports joint venture with Korea’s SK Telecom. The current iteration of G4 is smaller and less focused on traditional linear TV than was its predecessor. It has announced a programming slate including a revived version of original G4 mainstays Attack of the Show! and Xplay, plus comedy Boosted, Japanese competition series Ninja Warrior, esports competitions and Dungeons & Dragons limited series. Along with putting content on YouTube and social media, G4 has a multi-year agreement with Twitch and pay-TV distribution deals with Verizon FiOS, Cox, Xfinity TV and Philo. Several media and tech ventures centered on the gamer community have hit turbulence recently, with Facebook shutting down its gaming app and Google winding down gaming service Stadia. VENN, a start-up billed as the “MTV of video games,” also just went bust. G4’s initial run began in 2002 under co-owners NBCUniversal and Dish Network. The network was created by former Disney TV exec Charles Hirschhorn, who saw it as a successor to MTV in its potential to tap into youth culture. A number of notable personalities appeared as hosts on G4 in its early run, among them Olivia Munn, Chris Hardwick, Kevin Pereira and Grace Helbig. After it went dark in 2014, G4’s place on the dial was taken over by the Esquire Network, which would prove to be a short-lived branding exercise. Amid a groundswell of enthusiasm on social media, new owner Comcast Spectacor revealed plans at Comic-Con’s virtual 2020 edition for the network’s return. Spectacor’s main business focus is on sports and live events, with the division owning the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers as well as their home arena, the Wells Fargo Center, along with numerous other assets. The results of G4 were never particularly material to Spectacor, but the division has avidly pursed esports, making the G4 revival a logical thing to attempt. Here is Scott’s full memo, which Deadline obtained from a source: Team: As you know, G4 was re-introduced last year to tap into the popularity of gaming. We invested to create the new G4 as an online and TV destination for fans to be entertained, be inspired, and connect with gaming content. Over the past several months, we worked hard to generate that interest in G4, but viewership is low and the network has not achieved sustainable financial results. This is certainly not what we hoped for, and, as a result, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue G4’s operations, effective immediately. I know this is disappointing news, and I’m disappointed, too. I want to thank you and everyone on the G4 team for the hard work and commitment to the network. Our human resources team is reaching out to you to provide you with support, discuss other opportunities that may be available, and answer any questions you may have. Thank you again for all of your hard work for G4. Sincerely, Dave Scott Chairman and CEO Comcast Spectacor Read More…

Trump Endorses Republican Zeldin In New York Governor’s Race https://digitalalabamanews.com/trump-endorses-republican-zeldin-in-new-york-governors-race/ Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican candidate Lee Zeldin for governor on Sunday. With just weeks to go before the election between Zeldin, a current member of Congress, and Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, Trump sang Zeldin’s praises in a post to Trump’s Truth Social platform. “I have watched and known Congressman Lee Zeldin for many years. He is a great and brilliant lawyer who was a ‘must see’ for others in Congress when they had a complex legal problem that was holding up legislation,” Trump stated. “Lee was strong on the Border, Crime, our great Military & Vets (like few others!), and fought hard to protect our 2nd Amendment, and succeeded,” he continued. “Lee Zeldin is a WINNER who GOT THINGS DONE. He will be a GREAT Governor of New York, and has my Complete & Total Endorsement. GOOD LUCK LEE!” The endorsement suggests Trump thinks Zeldin can pull off an upset in overwhelmingly Democratic New York. Hochul was leading Zeldin by 10% in a recent Marist College poll of voters. The incumbent was quick to pounce on the endorsement on Sunday. “Lee Zeldin has enabled and embraced the former president’s extremism since day one — but New Yorkers rejected Trump and they’ll do the same for Lee in November,” Hochul tweeted. Last month, Trump headlined a fundraiser for Zeldin at the Jersey Shore, drawing fierce attacks from Democrats. Hochul previously bashed the fundraiser, too. “To the extent that my political opponent wants to be so closely associated in relying on him for the resources, it’s troubling, but it’s something that the voters I guarantee you will be taking note of,” she said Sept. 6. A staunch Trump supporter, Zeldin was among the many Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results, which Trump falsely claimed were rigged. _____ Read More…

Trump Complains American Jews Don't Appreciate His Moves On Israel, Drawing Criticism | CNN Politics https://digitalalabamanews.com/trump-complains-american-jews-dont-appreciate-his-moves-on-israel-drawing-criticism-cnn-politics/ Washington CNN  —  Former President Donald Trump on Sunday criticized American Jews for what he argued was their insufficient praise of his policies toward Israel, warning that they need to “get their act together” before “it is too late!” The suggestion, made on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, plays into the antisemitic trope that US Jews have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel, and it drew immediate condemnation. “No President has done more for Israel than I have,” Trump wrote before saying it was somewhat surprising that “our wonderful Evangelicals are far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, especially those living in the U.S.” The head of the American Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt accused Trump of “Jewsplaining.” “We don’t need the former president, who curries favor with extremists and antisemites, to lecture us about the US-Israel relationship. It is not about a quid pro quo; it rests on shared values and security interests. This ‘Jewsplaining’ is insulting and disgusting,” he wrote. The Jewish Democratic Council of America similarly lambasted Trump’s remarks. “His threat to Jewish Americans and his continued use of the antisemitic dual loyalty trope fuels hatred against Jews,” the group tweeted. “We will not be threatened by Donald Trump and Jewish Americans will reject GOP bigotry this November.” Trump’s comments echo an argument he has made before. In an interview last December, the former President argued that Jewish Americans “either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel,” and also repeated his claim that evangelicals “love Israel more than the Jews in this country.” A Pew Research survey released in 2021 found that 45% of Jewish adults in the US viewed caring about Israel as “essential” to what being Jewish means, with an additional 37% saying it was “important, but not essential.” Only 16% said caring about Israel was “not important.” During his first campaign for president, Trump delivered a speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition that was rife with antisemitic stereotypes. Read More…

AP News Summary At 6:32 P.m. EDT https://digitalalabamanews.com/ap-news-summary-at-632-p-m-edt-2/ Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden was running for the White House, he denounced then-President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Biden said Trump’s approach inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Biden has turned to an unlikely source for an election-year solution, taking a page from Trump’s own immigration playbook. Biden has invoked a Trump-era rule that Biden’s Justice Department is fighting in court. Biden wants to deny Venezuelans who are fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in occupied Donetsk KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Kremlin officials are blaming Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists. The municipal building in Donetsk was seriously damaged by the rocket attack. Separately, Ukrainian officials said Russian rockets struck a city across from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Kyiv also reported holding the line in fierce fighting around the town of Bakhmut. The fighting comes seven weeks into a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south and east. Late Saturday, a Washington-based think tank accused Moscow of forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia and said it likely amounted to ethnic cleansing. UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. Now Truss faces a mutiny inside the governing Conservative Party that leaves her leadership hanging by a thread. Conservative lawmaker Robert Halfon accused the government Sunday of treating the country like “laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra, ultra free-market experiments.” Conservatives are mulling whether to try to force out their leader. Truss, meanwhile, has appointed a new Treasury chief, Jeremy Hunt, who plans to rip up much of her economic plan when he makes a budget statement Oct. 31. China’s Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party’s control over society and the economy. China’s most influential figure in decades spoke at the start of a party meeting Sunday that was closely watched by companies, governments and the Chinese public for signs of its future economic and political direction. It comes amid a painful economic slump and tension with Washington and Asian neighbors over trade, technology and security. The congress will install leaders for the next five years. Xi, 69, is expected to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as party leader. GOP hopefuls turn to Pence to broaden appeal before election NEW YORK (AP) — In Donald Trump’s assessment, his Vice President Mike Pence “committed political suicide” on Jan. 6, 2021. That was the day when Pence refused to go along with Trump’s unconstitutional push to overturn the results of the 2020 election that Trump lost. And that was the day of the Capitol riot. Pence’s decision made him a prime target of Trump’s wrath and a pariah in many Republican circles. But in the final weeks of the 2022 election, Pence has emerged as an in-demand draw for Republican candidates. That includes some candidates who are trying to make moderate appeals after spending much of the primary season courting Trump and parroting his lie that his 2020 race was stolen. LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the huge racially and ethnically diverse city. But a shocking recording of racist comments by the city’s City Council president has laid bare the tensions over political power that have been quietly simmering between the Latino and Black communities. Concerns among the African American community have been growing in recent years as the Latino share of the population has grown and as Hispanic politicians have started assuming more leadership roles. Latino leaders around the U.S. have denounced the recorded remarks and called for the resignations of those involved. AP Top 25: Tennessee up to No. 3, ‘Bama’s top-5 streak ends Tennessee has moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State. It comes after the Volunteers knocked off Alabama, one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend. The Crimson Tide dropped three to No. 6 and swapped places with the Vols after Tennessee kicked a field goal as time expired Saturday. Alabama is out of the top-five for the first time since 2019. Georgia is still No. 1 and received 31 first-place votes and No. 2 Ohio State had 17 first-place votes. Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally BERLIN (AP) — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s strategy through 2026. The foundation says in a statement Sunday that the initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries. The money also will be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus. The announcement was made Sunday at the World Health Summit in Berlin. California city rests easier after serial killings arrest STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of Stockton, California, says his city is resting easier following the weekend arrest of a man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings. Mayor Kevin Lincoln said Sunday that he shed tears of relief when he was informed of the arrest of 43-year-old Wesley Brownlee. Police Chief Stanley McFadden says Brownlee had a gun and appeared to be “out hunting” for another victim. Police had been searching for a serial killer who shot five men in the city since July. Police believe the same person killed a man in Oakland. It was not immediately clear whether Brownlee had an attorney who could comment. Postal worker holdup leads to muscle car theft ring arrests DETROIT (AP) — Cloned key fobs, high-powered Hellcats and thieves daring police and risking arrest are part of a trend in which vehicles are being stolen from factory lots and dealer showrooms only to be later sold on the street for tens of thousands of dollars less than their worth. A federal complaint says the muscle cars, SUVs and pickups worth $50,000 to more than $100,000 are sold on the street for $3,500 to $15,000. One Ohio-based theft ring came crashing down in June, when an investigation into the holdup of a postal worker led authorities to connect four Cleveland-area men to brazen vehicle thefts in the Detroit area. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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College Football Polls: Updated AP Top 25, Coaches Poll Rankings After Week 7 https://digitalalabamanews.com/college-football-polls-updated-ap-top-25-coaches-poll-rankings-after-week-7/ The dust has settled on the most impactful week of college football to date this season. Several teams in the top 10 of the most recent AP and Coaches polls suffered — or were the reason behind — first losses in Week 7. That starts with No. 3 Alabama, whose back-and-forth battle with No. 6 Tennessee ended in a 52-49 defeat for the Crimson Tide. It was their first loss in the rivalry since 2006. No. 5 Michigan overcame a comeback attempt by No. 10 Penn State and ended up demolishing the Nittany Lions 41-17. No. 8 Oklahoma State also fell from the ranks of the unbeaten, falling to undefeated, No. 13 TCU. Finally, No. 7 USC fell from the unbeaten ranks after losing 43-42 to No. 20 Utah — a game in which the Utes scored a last-minute touchdown and 2-point conversion to take the lead. MORE: Tennessee shakes up College Football Playoff picture In other top-25 action, No. 4 Clemson held off Florida State 34-28; No. 9 Ole Miss handled Auburn 48-34; No. 18 Syracuse beat No. 15 N.C. State 24-9 to go to 6-0; No. 22 Kentucky beat No. 16 Mississippi State 27-17; Oklahoma beat No. 19 Kansas 52-42; and Georgia Southern beat No. 25 James Madison 45-38. The Sporting News looks at the latest Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 rankings for Week 8 following Saturday’s action: College football rankings for Week 8 Coaches Poll Rank Team Record Points (No. 1 votes) 1 Georgia 7-0 1,550 (43) 2 Ohio State 6-0 1,511 (17) 3 Michigan 7-0 1,411 (1) 4 Tennessee 6-0 1,408 (2) 5 Clemson 7-0 1,351 6 Alabama 6-1 1,236 7 Ole Miss 7-0 1,210 8 TCU 6-0 1,089 9 Oregon 5-1 1,000 10 UCLA 6-0 995 11 Oklahoma State 5-1 868 12 USC 6-1 852 13 Wake Forest 5-1 823 14 Syracuse 6-0 738 15 Utah 5-2 663 16 Penn State 5-1 653 17 Kansas State 5-1 637 18 Kentucky 5-2 450 19 Cincinnati 5-1 370 20 Illinois 6-1 341 21 Texas 5-2 336 22 North Carolina 6-1 236 23 N.C. State 5-2 233 24 Mississippi Stat3 5-2 212 25 Tulane 6-1 83 Others receiving votes: LSU 51; UCF 33; Kansas 29; South Carolina 24; Purdue 23; Maryland 15; Liberty 12; Washington 9; Baylor 7; Coastal Carolina 5; Pitt 4; South Alabama 3; Arkansas 3; UTSA 1. MORE: What Alabama’s loss to Tennessee means for Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and more AP Top 25 Rank Team Record Points (No. 1 votes) 1 Georgia 7-0 1,530 (31) 2 Ohio State 6-0 1,509 (17) 3 Tennessee 6-0 1,474 (15) 4 Michigan 7-0 1,384 5 Clemson 7-0 1,336 6 Alabama 6-1 1,232 7 Ole Miss 7-0 1,173 8 TCU  6-0 1,166 9 UCLA 6-0 1,048 10 Oregon 5-1 953 11 Oklahoma State 5-1 913 12 USC 6-1 861 13 Wake Forest 5-1 790 14 Syracuse 6-0 751 15 Utah 5-2 715 16 Penn State 5-1 629 17 Kansas State 5-1 599 18 Illinois 6-1 433 19 Kentucky 5-2 414 20 Texas 5-2 368 21 Cincinnati 5-1 321 22 North Carolina 6-1 210 23 N.C. State 5-2 155 24 Mississippi State 5-2 150 25 Tulane 6-1 115 Others receiving votes: Purdue 95, LSU 87, UCF 13, South Carolina 13, Kansas 12, James Madison 6, Oregon State 6, Maryland 5, South Alabama 4, Liberty 2, Arkansas 1, Minnesota 1, Florida State 1. Read More…

AP News Summary At 4:54 P.m. EDT https://digitalalabamanews.com/ap-news-summary-at-454-p-m-edt/ Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants WASHINGTON (AP) — When Joe Biden was running for the White House, he denounced then-President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Biden said Trump’s approach inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Biden has turned to an unlikely source for an election-year solution, taking a page from Trump’s own immigration playbook. Biden has invoked a Trump-era rule that Biden’s Justice Department is fighting in court. Biden wants to deny Venezuelans who are fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in occupied Donetsk KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Kremlin officials are blaming Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists. The municipal building in Donetsk was seriously damaged by the rocket attack. Separately, Ukrainian officials said Russian rockets struck a city across from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Kyiv also reported holding the line in fierce fighting around the town of Bakhmut. The fighting comes seven weeks into a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south and east. Late Saturday, a Washington-based think tank accused Moscow of forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia and said it likely amounted to ethnic cleansing. UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But already her libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. Now Truss faces a mutiny inside the governing Conservative Party that leaves her leadership hanging by a thread. Conservative lawmaker Robert Halfon accused the government Sunday of treating the country like “laboratory mice on which to carry out ultra, ultra free-market experiments.” Conservatives are mulling whether to try to force out their leader. Truss, meanwhile, has appointed a new Treasury chief, Jeremy Hunt, who plans to rip up much of her economic plan when he makes a budget statement Oct. 31. China’s Xi calls for military growth as party congress opens BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party’s control over society and the economy. China’s most influential figure in decades spoke at the start of a party meeting Sunday that was closely watched by companies, governments and the Chinese public for signs of its future economic and political direction. It comes amid a painful economic slump and tension with Washington and Asian neighbors over trade, technology and security. The congress will install leaders for the next five years. Xi, 69, is expected to break with tradition and award himself a third five-year term as party leader. GOP hopefuls turn to Pence to broaden appeal before election NEW YORK (AP) — In Donald Trump’s assessment, his Vice President Mike Pence “committed political suicide” on Jan. 6, 2021. That was the day when Pence refused to go along with Trump’s unconstitutional push to overturn the results of the 2020 election that Trump lost. And that was the day of the Capitol riot. Pence’s decision made him a prime target of Trump’s wrath and a pariah in many Republican circles. But in the final weeks of the 2022 election, Pence has emerged as an in-demand draw for Republican candidates. That includes some candidates who are trying to make moderate appeals after spending much of the primary season courting Trump and parroting his lie that his 2020 race was stolen. LA’s Black-Latino tensions bared in City Council scandal Cross-cultural coalitions have ruled Los Angeles politics for decades, helping elect both Black and Latino politicians to top leadership roles in the huge racially and ethnically diverse city. But a shocking recording of racist comments by the city’s City Council president has laid bare the tensions over political power that have been quietly simmering between the Latino and Black communities. Concerns among the African American community have been growing in recent years as the Latino share of the population has grown and as Hispanic politicians have started assuming more leadership roles. Latino leaders around the U.S. have denounced the recorded remarks and called for the resignations of those involved. AP Top 25: Tennessee up to No. 3, ‘Bama’s top-5 streak ends Tennessee has moved to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Ohio State. It comes after the Volunteers knocked off Alabama, one of five unbeaten teams to fall during a wild weekend. The Crimson Tide dropped three to No. 6 and swapped places with the Vols after Tennessee kicked a field goal as time expired Saturday. Alabama is out of the top-five for the first time since 2019. Georgia is still No. 1 and received 31 first-place votes and No. 2 Ohio State had 17 first-place votes. Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally BERLIN (AP) — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it is committing $1.2 billion to efforts aimed at ending polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s strategy through 2026. The foundation says in a statement Sunday that the initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries. The money also will be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus. The announcement was made Sunday at the World Health Summit in Berlin. California city rests easier after serial killings arrest STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The mayor of Stockton, California, says his city is resting easier following the weekend arrest of a man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings. Mayor Kevin Lincoln said Sunday that he shed tears of relief when he was informed of the arrest of 43-year-old Wesley Brownlee. Police Chief Stanley McFadden says Brownlee had a gun and appeared to be “out hunting” for another victim. Police had been searching for a serial killer who shot five men in the city since July. Police believe the same person killed a man in Oakland. It was not immediately clear whether Brownlee had an attorney who could comment. Postal worker holdup leads to muscle car theft ring arrests DETROIT (AP) — Cloned key fobs, high-powered Hellcats and thieves daring police and risking arrest are part of a trend in which vehicles are being stolen from factory lots and dealer showrooms only to be later sold on the street for tens of thousands of dollars less than their worth. A federal complaint says the muscle cars, SUVs and pickups worth $50,000 to more than $100,000 are sold on the street for $3,500 to $15,000. One Ohio-based theft ring came crashing down in June, when an investigation into the holdup of a postal worker led authorities to connect four Cleveland-area men to brazen vehicle thefts in the Detroit area. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Read More…

Biden Says January 6 Committee Has Made An 'overwhelming' Case https://digitalalabamanews.com/biden-says-january-6-committee-has-made-an-overwhelming-case/ By Betsy Klein and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said on Saturday the video and testimony shared at the January 6 hearing this week was “devastating” and said the committee overall has made an “overwhelming” case. Asked his thoughts on the hearing during an unannounced stop at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Oregon, Biden said, “I think the testimony, the video are absolutely devastating. And I’ve been going out of my way not to comment, see what happens, but it’s just — I think it’s been devastating.” The final hearing ahead of the midterms from the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, revealed new evidence and testimony from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who said that then-President Donald Trump knew he had lost his bid for reelection even as he continued efforts to overturn the results. Thursday’s hearing included footage of congressional leaders scrambling to respond to the attack on the Capitol as they took refuge by working around Trump and coordinating with other federal and local government officials to thwart the ongoing violence and new evidence of a Trump plan to declare victory regardless of the election results. “I mean, the case has been made, it seems to me fairly overwhelming,” Biden said on Saturday. Saturday’s comments are an escalating rebuke from the President who does not regularly comment on January 6. Biden, who has often said he won’t interfere in the independence of the Justice Department, declined to comment further and reiterated that he had not spoken to Attorney General Merrick Garland on the matter “at all.” In a rare move, the January 6 committee also voted on Thursday to subpoena Trump for documents and testimony. It is not expected that the former President will comply with the subpoena, but the action serves as a way for the committee to set down a marker and show that it wants information directly from Trump as the panel investigates the attack. The select committee’s investigation is working toward a final report, though it’s still not clear what shape that will take or when it might be released. Sources say the panel has also not yet made any decision on whether to make any criminal referrals to the Department of Justice. The-CNN-Wire & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved. Read More…

Biden Turning To Trump-Era Rule To Expel Venezuelan Migrants https://digitalalabamanews.com/biden-turning-to-trump-era-rule-to-expel-venezuelan-migrants-2/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Now, with increasing numbers of Venezuelans arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border as the Nov. 8 election nears, Biden has turned to an unlikely source for a solution: his predecessor’s playbook. Biden last week invoked a Trump-era rule known as Title 42 — which Biden’s own Justice Department is fighting in court — to deny Venezuelans fleeing their crisis-torn country the chance to request asylum at the border. The rule, first invoked by Trump in 2020, uses emergency public health authority to allow the United States to keep migrants from seeking asylum at the border, based on the need to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Under the new Biden administration policy, Venezuelans who walk or swim across America’s southern border will be expelled and any Venezuelan who illegally enters Mexico or Panama will be ineligible to come to the United States. But as many as 24,000 Venezuelans will be accepted at U.S. airports, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted since Russia’s invasion in February. Mexico has insisted that the U.S. admit one Venezuelan on humanitarian parole for each Venezuelan it expels to Mexico, according to a Mexican official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke condition of anonymity. So if the Biden administration paroles 24,000 Venezuelans to the U.S., Mexico would take no more than 24,000 Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. The Biden policy marks an abrupt turn for the White House, which just weeks ago was lambasting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, both Republicans, for putting Venezuelan migrants “fleeing political persecution” on buses and planes to Democratic strongholds. “These were children, they were moms, they were fleeing communism,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at the time. Biden’s new policy has drawn swift criticism from immigrant advocates, many of them quick to point out the Trump parallels. “Rather than restore the right to asylum decimated by the Trump administration … the Biden administration has dangerously embraced the failures of the past and expanded upon them by explicitly enabling expulsions of Venezuelan migrants,” said Jennifer Nagda, policy director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. The administration says the policy is aimed at ensuring a “lawful and orderly” way for Venezuelans to enter the U.S. Why the turnaround? For more than a year after taking office in January 2021, Biden deferred to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which used its authority to keep in place the Trump-era declaration that a public health risk existed that warranted expedited expulsion of asylum-seekers. Members of Biden’s own party and activist groups had expressed skepticism about the public health underpinnings for allowing Title 42 to remain in effect, especially when COVID-19 was spreading more widely within the U.S. than elsewhere. After months of internal deliberations and preparations, the CDC on April 1 said it would end the public health order and return to normal border processing of migrants, giving them a chance to request asylum in the U.S. Homeland Security officials braced for a resulting increase in border crossings. But officials inside and outside the White House were conflicted over ending the authority, believing it effectively kept down the number of people crossing the border illegally, according to senior administration officials. A court order in May that kept Title 42 in place due to a challenge from Republican state officials was greeted with quiet relief by some in the administration, according to officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal discussions. The recent increase in migration from Venezuela, sparked by political, social and economic instability in the country, dashed officials’ hopes that they were finally seeing a lull in the chaos that had defined the border region for the past year. By August, Venezuelans were the second-largest nationality arriving at the U.S. border after Mexicans. Given that U.S. tensions with Venezuela meant migrants from the country could not be sent back easily, the situation became increasingly difficult to manage. So an administration that had rejected many Trump-era policies aimed at keeping out migrants, that had worked to make the asylum process easier and that had increased the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. now turned to Title 42. It brokered a deal to send the Venezuelans to Mexico, which already had agreed to accept migrants expelled under Title 42 if they are from Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador. All the while, Justice Department lawyers continue to appeal a court decision that has kept Title 42 in place. They are opposing Republican attorneys general from more than 20 states who have argued that Title 42 is “the only safety valve preventing this Administration’s already disastrous border control policies from descending into an unmitigated catastrophe.” Under Title 42, migrants have been expelled more than 2.3 million times from the U.S. after crossing the country’s land borders illegally from Canada or Mexico, though most try to come through Mexico. The administration had announced it would stop expelling migrants under Title 42 starting May 23 and go back to detaining and deporting migrants who did not qualify to enter and remain in the U.S. — a longer process that allows migrants to request asylum in the U.S. “We are extremely disturbed by the apparent acceptance, codification, and expansion of the use of Title 42, an irrelevant health order, as a cornerstone of border policy,” said Thomas Cartwright of Witness at the Border. “One that expunges the legal right to asylum.” A separate lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union also is trying to end Title 42, an effort that could render the administration’s proposal useless. “People have a right to seek asylum – regardless of where they came from, how they arrive in the United States, and whether or not they have family here,” said ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt. Read More…

US Forecast https://digitalalabamanews.com/us-forecast-75/ City/Town, State;Yesterday’s High Temp (F);Yesterday’s Low Temp (F);Today’s High Temp (F);Today’s Low Temp (F);Weather Condition;Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Albany, NY;62;42;58;41;Downpours;SW;7;73%;98%;1 Albuquerque, NM;54;45;54;43;A morning t-storm;E;11;75%;57%;1 Anchorage, AK;46;38;46;36;Rain and drizzle;WSW;6;78%;92%;0 Asheville, NC;73;53;69;29;Mostly sunny;NW;9;58%;12%;4 Atlanta, GA;83;58;73;37;Not as warm;NW;9;63%;58%;5 Atlantic City, NJ;69;54;69;48;A couple of showers;NW;16;73%;80%;2 Austin, TX;91;65;68;54;Rain and a t-storm;NNE;10;70%;97%;1 Baltimore, MD;72;57;70;44;Mostly cloudy;NW;9;52%;38%;2 Baton Rouge, LA;87;66;80;51;Not as warm;N;9;70%;50%;2 Billings, MT;63;40;72;44;Sunny and mild;SE;8;42%;1%;3 Birmingham, AL;81;59;71;36;A passing shower;NNW;10;60%;81%;5 Bismarck, ND;46;20;44;17;Partial sunshine;E;6;41%;3%;3 Boise, ID;77;45;77;44;Mostly sunny, warm;ENE;6;27%;0%;3 Boston, MA;69;48;62;52;Showers around;SSW;7;71%;92%;1 Bridgeport, CT;65;47;65;45;A shower or two;W;9;71%;86%;1 Buffalo, NY;61;45;50;38;Windy with showers;SSW;19;71%;99%;1 Burlington, VT;62;41;58;43;Periods of rain;S;10;68%;99%;1 Caribou, ME;62;41;60;50;Cloudy;SE;5;72%;86%;1 Casper, WY;59;32;67;35;Plenty of sunshine;ESE;7;37%;1%;4 Charleston, SC;84;63;80;56;Variable cloudiness;SW;10;56%;41%;2 Charleston, WV;72;47;58;32;Cooler;W;9;61%;14%;2 Charlotte, NC;81;59;77;41;A shower or two;NW;8;60%;81%;4 Cheyenne, WY;56;32;62;33;Sunny and milder;SSE;8;39%;2%;4 Chicago, IL;55;33;42;32;Rain and drizzle;NW;20;56%;82%;3 Cleveland, OH;66;44;48;39;A couple of showers;WSW;22;68%;100%;1 Columbia, SC;84;60;83;48;Mostly sunny;W;8;55%;30%;4 Columbus, OH;71;39;49;34;Cloudy and chilly;W;14;51%;83%;1 Concord, NH;66;37;58;47;Cloudy;SSE;7;75%;85%;1 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX;71;60;70;48;Decreasing clouds;NNE;11;49%;19%;3 Denver, CO;59;39;66;40;Sunshine;NE;5;44%;3%;4 Des Moines, IA;57;26;43;22;Sunny and chilly;NNW;15;42%;2%;4 Detroit, MI;61;40;47;36;A couple of showers;WNW;15;67%;98%;1 Dodge City, KS;68;32;63;29;Mostly sunny;ENE;9;35%;1%;4 Duluth, MN;43;26;36;25;Cold with some sun;N;15;59%;5%;2 El Paso, TX;80;53;62;49;Cloudy;ESE;10;72%;29%;1 Fairbanks, AK;39;23;40;22;Partly sunny;NNE;4;77%;66%;1 Fargo, ND;41;22;37;15;Sunny and chilly;N;14;47%;3%;3 Grand Junction, CO;72;42;71;42;Mostly sunny;NE;6;36%;0%;4 Grand Rapids, MI;52;38;43;38;Rain/snow showers;NNW;15;78%;99%;1 Hartford, CT;67;45;62;47;A couple of showers;WSW;7;80%;97%;1 Helena, MT;66;36;69;40;Sunny and mild;SSW;5;41%;0%;3 Honolulu, HI;87;72;88;71;Sunshine and nice;NE;8;53%;11%;7 Houston, TX;90;70;78;58;Rain, a thunderstorm;N;9;76%;88%;1 Indianapolis, IN;68;34;46;29;Breezy with some sun;WNW;14;56%;80%;3 Jackson, MS;81;62;71;42;Showers around;N;9;55%;62%;4 Jacksonville, FL;86;65;86;64;A stray t-shower;SW;7;68%;92%;4 Juneau, AK;58;49;54;45;Periods of rain;SE;6;91%;98%;1 Kansas City, MO;65;36;52;25;Sunny, but cooler;N;11;38%;3%;4 Knoxville, TN;73;52;65;31;Mostly sunny;WNW;9;60%;9%;4 Las Vegas, NV;83;60;86;61;Plenty of sunshine;NNW;5;32%;0%;4 Lexington, KY;67;41;53;29;Partly sunny, breezy;WNW;14;50%;4%;4 Little Rock, AR;74;52;68;37;Sunny;N;10;41%;5%;4 Long Beach, CA;74;63;76;63;Low clouds, then sun;SW;7;68%;0%;4 Los Angeles, CA;72;61;78;63;Low clouds, then sun;SSE;6;73%;1%;4 Louisville, KY;72;42;53;32;Breezy in the p.m.;WNW;13;45%;2%;4 Madison, WI;49;29;40;28;Winds subsiding;NW;16;56%;14%;2 Memphis, TN;71;50;64;35;Sunny and cooler;N;10;38%;11%;4 Miami, FL;85;75;86;76;A stray p.m. t-storm;SSE;8;65%;56%;6 Milwaukee, WI;51;33;42;33;Rain and snow shower;NW;19;57%;59%;2 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN;47;25;37;23;Partly sunny, chilly;NNW;16;47%;2%;3 Mobile, AL;83;66;80;51;Mostly cloudy;N;6;71%;36%;2 Montgomery, AL;83;59;73;40;Not as warm;NNW;8;69%;47%;3 Mt. Washington, NH;41;30;38;31;A bit of snow;S;23;83%;97%;1 Nashville, TN;69;44;60;28;Mostly sunny, cooler;NNW;10;46%;6%;4 New Orleans, LA;86;70;81;58;A couple of showers;N;8;70%;87%;2 New York, NY;66;55;65;47;A shower or two;WNW;9;69%;85%;1 Newark, NJ;67;48;65;44;A couple of showers;W;7;68%;80%;1 Norfolk, VA;78;60;76;49;A shower or two;WNW;9;68%;84%;2 Oklahoma City, OK;69;46;65;36;Sunny intervals;NNE;12;39%;2%;4 Olympia, WA;77;46;69;42;Low clouds breaking;SSW;5;72%;4%;3 Omaha, NE;58;29;49;19;Sunny and chilly;N;14;41%;4%;4 Orlando, FL;87;69;86;71;A stray p.m. t-storm;SW;7;66%;72%;5 Philadelphia, PA;70;55;69;46;A shower;WNW;9;62%;83%;2 Phoenix, AZ;78;64;84;67;Plenty of sunshine;E;6;44%;0%;5 Pittsburgh, PA;68;45;52;34;Breezy in the a.m.;WSW;12;56%;33%;1 Portland, ME;60;46;60;52;Considerable clouds;SSE;6;71%;85%;1 Portland, OR;80;50;72;49;Hazy sun and warm;N;4;61%;4%;3 Providence, RI;69;45;63;51;Cooler with a shower;SSW;7;75%;96%;1 Raleigh, NC;80;59;75;45;A stray t-shower;NNW;8;62%;75%;3 Reno, NV;78;41;77;42;Sunny and warm;WSW;4;30%;0%;4 Richmond, VA;76;58;72;43;Clouds and sun;NNW;11;69%;36%;4 Roswell, NM;54;50;53;47;A shower and t-storm;WNW;6;79%;90%;1 Sacramento, CA;75;51;79;55;Partly sunny, nice;SW;5;57%;1%;4 Salt Lake City, UT;73;47;73;47;Sunshine;ESE;7;32%;0%;4 San Antonio, TX;92;67;72;57;Rain and a t-storm;NNE;13;73%;97%;1 San Diego, CA;73;64;74;63;Mostly sunny;NNW;8;68%;0%;5 San Francisco, CA;66;55;66;56;Clouds and sunshine;WSW;7;71%;3%;3 Savannah, GA;83;62;84;54;Partly sunny, humid;SW;9;66%;38%;4 Seattle-Tacoma, WA;83;52;69;50;Hazy and cooler;NNE;6;61%;4%;3 Sioux Falls, SD;47;22;43;13;Breezy in the p.m.;N;12;39%;3%;3 Spokane, WA;76;41;76;42;Hazy sun;E;5;43%;1%;3 Springfield, IL;61;31;45;25;Mostly sunny, colder;NW;15;44%;2%;4 St. Louis, MO;69;36;51;28;Sunny and breezy;NNW;14;42%;2%;4 Tampa, FL;91;69;85;71;A p.m. t-storm;SW;7;78%;85%;3 Toledo, OH;62;38;46;37;Colder with a shower;WNW;14;68%;96%;1 Tucson, AZ;74;57;80;59;Mostly sunny, nice;E;9;45%;0%;5 Tulsa, OK;73;43;64;32;Plenty of sunshine;NNE;9;38%;2%;4 Vero Beach, FL;85;69;86;70;A t-storm or two;S;8;68%;74%;5 Washington, DC;71;58;69;43;Mostly cloudy;NW;10;57%;37%;2 Wichita, KS;71;37;61;28;Mostly sunny, cooler;NNE;11;36%;0%;4 Wilmington, DE;70;54;69;44;Rather cloudy;WNW;11;63%;34%;2 _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather Read More…

US Forecast https://digitalalabamanews.com/us-forecast-76/ City/Town, State;Yesterday’s High Temp (F);Yesterday’s Low Temp (F);Today’s High Temp (F);Today’s Low Temp (F);Weather Condition;Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Albany, NY;62;42;58;41;Downpours;SW;7;73%;98%;1 Albuquerque, NM;54;45;54;43;A morning t-storm;E;11;75%;57%;1 Anchorage, AK;46;38;46;36;Rain and drizzle;WSW;6;78%;92%;0 Asheville, NC;73;53;69;29;Mostly sunny;NW;9;58%;12%;4 Atlanta, GA;83;58;73;37;Not as warm;NW;9;63%;58%;5 Atlantic City, NJ;69;54;69;48;A couple of showers;NW;16;73%;80%;2 Austin, TX;91;65;68;54;Rain and a t-storm;NNE;10;70%;97%;1 Baltimore, MD;72;57;70;44;Mostly cloudy;NW;9;52%;38%;2 Baton Rouge, LA;87;66;80;51;Not as warm;N;9;70%;50%;2 Billings, MT;63;40;72;44;Sunny and mild;SE;8;42%;1%;3 Birmingham, AL;81;59;71;36;A passing shower;NNW;10;60%;81%;5 Bismarck, ND;46;20;44;17;Partial sunshine;E;6;41%;3%;3 Boise, ID;77;45;77;44;Mostly sunny, warm;ENE;6;27%;0%;3 Boston, MA;69;48;62;52;Showers around;SSW;7;71%;92%;1 Bridgeport, CT;65;47;65;45;A shower or two;W;9;71%;86%;1 Buffalo, NY;61;45;50;38;Windy with showers;SSW;19;71%;99%;1 Burlington, VT;62;41;58;43;Periods of rain;S;10;68%;99%;1 Caribou, ME;62;41;60;50;Cloudy;SE;5;72%;86%;1 Casper, WY;59;32;67;35;Plenty of sunshine;ESE;7;37%;1%;4 Charleston, SC;84;63;80;56;Variable cloudiness;SW;10;56%;41%;2 Charleston, WV;72;47;58;32;Cooler;W;9;61%;14%;2 Charlotte, NC;81;59;77;41;A shower or two;NW;8;60%;81%;4 Cheyenne, WY;56;32;62;33;Sunny and milder;SSE;8;39%;2%;4 Chicago, IL;55;33;42;32;Rain and drizzle;NW;20;56%;82%;3 Cleveland, OH;66;44;48;39;A couple of showers;WSW;22;68%;100%;1 Columbia, SC;84;60;83;48;Mostly sunny;W;8;55%;30%;4 Columbus, OH;71;39;49;34;Cloudy and chilly;W;14;51%;83%;1 Concord, NH;66;37;58;47;Cloudy;SSE;7;75%;85%;1 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX;71;60;70;48;Decreasing clouds;NNE;11;49%;19%;3 Denver, CO;59;39;66;40;Sunshine;NE;5;44%;3%;4 Des Moines, IA;57;26;43;22;Sunny and chilly;NNW;15;42%;2%;4 Detroit, MI;61;40;47;36;A couple of showers;WNW;15;67%;98%;1 Dodge City, KS;68;32;63;29;Mostly sunny;ENE;9;35%;1%;4 Duluth, MN;43;26;36;25;Cold with some sun;N;15;59%;5%;2 El Paso, TX;80;53;62;49;Cloudy;ESE;10;72%;29%;1 Fairbanks, AK;39;23;40;22;Partly sunny;NNE;4;77%;66%;1 Fargo, ND;41;22;37;15;Sunny and chilly;N;14;47%;3%;3 Grand Junction, CO;72;42;71;42;Mostly sunny;NE;6;36%;0%;4 Grand Rapids, MI;52;38;43;38;Rain/snow showers;NNW;15;78%;99%;1 Hartford, CT;67;45;62;47;A couple of showers;WSW;7;80%;97%;1 Helena, MT;66;36;69;40;Sunny and mild;SSW;5;41%;0%;3 Honolulu, HI;87;72;88;71;Sunshine and nice;NE;8;53%;11%;7 Houston, TX;90;70;78;58;Rain, a thunderstorm;N;9;76%;88%;1 Indianapolis, IN;68;34;46;29;Breezy with some sun;WNW;14;56%;80%;3 Jackson, MS;81;62;71;42;Showers around;N;9;55%;62%;4 Jacksonville, FL;86;65;86;64;A stray t-shower;SW;7;68%;92%;4 Juneau, AK;58;49;54;45;Periods of rain;SE;6;91%;98%;1 Kansas City, MO;65;36;52;25;Sunny, but cooler;N;11;38%;3%;4 Knoxville, TN;73;52;65;31;Mostly sunny;WNW;9;60%;9%;4 Las Vegas, NV;83;60;86;61;Plenty of sunshine;NNW;5;32%;0%;4 Lexington, KY;67;41;53;29;Partly sunny, breezy;WNW;14;50%;4%;4 Little Rock, AR;74;52;68;37;Sunny;N;10;41%;5%;4 Long Beach, CA;74;63;76;63;Low clouds, then sun;SW;7;68%;0%;4 Los Angeles, CA;72;61;78;63;Low clouds, then sun;SSE;6;73%;1%;4 Louisville, KY;72;42;53;32;Breezy in the p.m.;WNW;13;45%;2%;4 Madison, WI;49;29;40;28;Winds subsiding;NW;16;56%;14%;2 Memphis, TN;71;50;64;35;Sunny and cooler;N;10;38%;11%;4 Miami, FL;85;75;86;76;A stray p.m. t-storm;SSE;8;65%;56%;6 Milwaukee, WI;51;33;42;33;Rain and snow shower;NW;19;57%;59%;2 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN;47;25;37;23;Partly sunny, chilly;NNW;16;47%;2%;3 Mobile, AL;83;66;80;51;Mostly cloudy;N;6;71%;36%;2 Montgomery, AL;83;59;73;40;Not as warm;NNW;8;69%;47%;3 Mt. Washington, NH;41;30;38;31;A bit of snow;S;23;83%;97%;1 Nashville, TN;69;44;60;28;Mostly sunny, cooler;NNW;10;46%;6%;4 New Orleans, LA;86;70;81;58;A couple of showers;N;8;70%;87%;2 New York, NY;66;55;65;47;A shower or two;WNW;9;69%;85%;1 Newark, NJ;67;48;65;44;A couple of showers;W;7;68%;80%;1 Norfolk, VA;78;60;76;49;A shower or two;WNW;9;68%;84%;2 Oklahoma City, OK;69;46;65;36;Sunny intervals;NNE;12;39%;2%;4 Olympia, WA;77;46;69;42;Low clouds breaking;SSW;5;72%;4%;3 Omaha, NE;58;29;49;19;Sunny and chilly;N;14;41%;4%;4 Orlando, FL;87;69;86;71;A stray p.m. t-storm;SW;7;66%;72%;5 Philadelphia, PA;70;55;69;46;A shower;WNW;9;62%;83%;2 Phoenix, AZ;78;64;84;67;Plenty of sunshine;E;6;44%;0%;5 Pittsburgh, PA;68;45;52;34;Breezy in the a.m.;WSW;12;56%;33%;1 Portland, ME;60;46;60;52;Considerable clouds;SSE;6;71%;85%;1 Portland, OR;80;50;72;49;Hazy sun and warm;N;4;61%;4%;3 Providence, RI;69;45;63;51;Cooler with a shower;SSW;7;75%;96%;1 Raleigh, NC;80;59;75;45;A stray t-shower;NNW;8;62%;75%;3 Reno, NV;78;41;77;42;Sunny and warm;WSW;4;30%;0%;4 Richmond, VA;76;58;72;43;Clouds and sun;NNW;11;69%;36%;4 Roswell, NM;54;50;53;47;A shower and t-storm;WNW;6;79%;90%;1 Sacramento, CA;75;51;79;55;Partly sunny, nice;SW;5;57%;1%;4 Salt Lake City, UT;73;47;73;47;Sunshine;ESE;7;32%;0%;4 San Antonio, TX;92;67;72;57;Rain and a t-storm;NNE;13;73%;97%;1 San Diego, CA;73;64;74;63;Mostly sunny;NNW;8;68%;0%;5 San Francisco, CA;66;55;66;56;Clouds and sunshine;WSW;7;71%;3%;3 Savannah, GA;83;62;84;54;Partly sunny, humid;SW;9;66%;38%;4 Seattle-Tacoma, WA;83;52;69;50;Hazy and cooler;NNE;6;61%;4%;3 Sioux Falls, SD;47;22;43;13;Breezy in the p.m.;N;12;39%;3%;3 Spokane, WA;76;41;76;42;Hazy sun;E;5;43%;1%;3 Springfield, IL;61;31;45;25;Mostly sunny, colder;NW;15;44%;2%;4 St. Louis, MO;69;36;51;28;Sunny and breezy;NNW;14;42%;2%;4 Tampa, FL;91;69;85;71;A p.m. t-storm;SW;7;78%;85%;3 Toledo, OH;62;38;46;37;Colder with a shower;WNW;14;68%;96%;1 Tucson, AZ;74;57;80;59;Mostly sunny, nice;E;9;45%;0%;5 Tulsa, OK;73;43;64;32;Plenty of sunshine;NNE;9;38%;2%;4 Vero Beach, FL;85;69;86;70;A t-storm or two;S;8;68%;74%;5 Washington, DC;71;58;69;43;Mostly cloudy;NW;10;57%;37%;2 Wichita, KS;71;37;61;28;Mostly sunny, cooler;NNE;11;36%;0%;4 Wilmington, DE;70;54;69;44;Rather cloudy;WNW;11;63%;34%;2 _____ Copyright 2022 AccuWeather Read More…

France Threw Money At Its Energy Crisis, But People Are Still Angry https://digitalalabamanews.com/france-threw-money-at-its-energy-crisis-but-people-are-still-angry/ NEUILLY-SUR-MARNE, France — Few countries have taken bolder steps than France to shield their citizens from the impact of Europe’s energy crisis. But as Helene Bakker walked along an endless line of honking cars waiting for fuel at an overwhelmed gas station this past week, she couldn’t help but wonder: Is it going to be enough? Drivers were shouting at each other as they inched toward a handwritten sign warning that there was “no more gasoline” at the station. Police officers carrying rifles struggled to calm tensions in the Neuilly-sur-Marne suburb just a 20-minute train ride from central Paris. Tires screeched as officers chased drivers who tried to cut in line. “This isn’t a rich neighborhood,” said Bakker, 59. “The context is quite explosive. It could well lead to something bigger.” The fuel shortages in France last week were prompted by striking refinery workers demanding higher salaries, partly because oil and gas companies are making major profits from Europe’s surging energy prices. But the fuel shortages have become a powerful catalyst for a much broader sentiment: This is going to be a tough winter — but only for those who can’t afford it. “Rich people will always be able to get by,” said a retiree in her late 60s who spoke on the condition that she be identified only as Madame Chauvette. “But it hits the middle and the working class.” She had hoped to get some gasoline for her daughter’s car and carry it back in a small gas can but left the station empty-handed, passing an electronic price sign that had gone dark. French TV reported Friday that 28 percent of all gas stations have run out of some grade of gasoline or diesel. Standing nearby was an Uber Eats driver who had last been able to refuel his car four days earlier. He hasn’t been able to accept any deliveries since last weekend, he said. Some have started drawing comparisons between the discontent now and the yellow vest movement in 2018, which began over proposed increases in fuel taxes but soon widened to broader concerns over social inequality. The violent turn of those protests in 2019 stymied President Emmanuel Macron’s agenda at the time. With those protests firmly in mind, natural gas prices were capped at fall 2021 levels and energy price rises limited to 4 percent. Gasoline prices have also been heavily subsidized. Inflation, as a result, has remained lower in France than in many other countries. While the French caps will gradually increase next year, they are still expected to be lower than in most European nations struggling with rising energy costs. France — a country where social discontent is often expressed early and loudly — is particularly sensitive to any cost-of-living increases in the wake of Macron’s far-ranging efforts to liberalize the economy over the past five years, steamrolling critics who raised concerns over the social impact. But France still offers a key warning to other countries in Europe: Its extensive price caps benefit most those who least need them, further exacerbating inequalities rather than tackling them. The French caps apply to all households in largely the same way. But “you need to have a limit on that, so that households who use a lot of energy don’t benefit to the same extent” unless they have a good reason for their overconsumption, said Ray Galvin, an environmental scientist. Even though residents of poorer districts cut back on energy consumption to save costs long before this crisis, inflation and rising gas prices will continue to hit those areas the hardest. In contrast, the crisis may only marginally touch the wealthier parts of the French capital region, on the boulevards near the Eiffel Tower or the Champs-Élysées, even though residents there tend to consume over five times more heating, electricity and gas per capita than residents of poorer neighborhoods. Outside France, some countries or cities are trying to tackle this imbalance by implementing measures targeting the wealthy. Spain is introducing a temporary solidarity wealth tax for rich people. In Austria, the mayor of the exclusive Kitzbühel ski resort has wanted to go even further, proposing to cut rich homeowners’ energy supply if they do not listen to warnings and keep heating their Ferrari garages or illuminating the facades of their villas. Germany is expected to only cap natural gas prices up to a certain consumption threshold this winter, which would provide incentives for wealthier people to conserve, too. Aiming to reduce energy consumption by 10 percent over the next two years, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne has appealed for restraint and to turn down the heating. But for many, the main takeaway of her “energy sobriety” plan were the photos that accompanied the campaign: Borne donning a zipped-up down jacket as she sat in the sumptuous rooms of her residence and Macron in a turtleneck sweater at the Élysée Palace. The campaign met mockery online. But in many poorer neighborhoods, it has exacerbated existential fears about the coming winter. As the Parisian elite celebrated a flash Fashion Week this month, French mayors turned down temperatures in schools, closed swimming pools and reduced museum operating hours. To avoid blackouts, France’s public broadcaster has begun airing weather report-style bulletins on the nation’s current energy consumption. In rural areas, where the sentiment of government neglect has been particularly pronounced, medical associations are warning that ambulance drivers, nurses and doctors are running out of fuel. In Neuilly-sur-Marne, residents and officials worry that Macron’s business-friendly government is failing to understand the extent of the social problem that lies ahead. The town’s war memorial is framed by French flags and the national motto “liberty, equality, fraternity.” But with a poverty rate of about 20 percent, many of its 36,000 residents live a world away from its namesake on the other side of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine, where sprawling mansions line the boulevards. Neuilly-sur-Marne’s mayor, Zartoshte Bakhtiari, has already lowered the temperatures in classrooms — even though he acknowledges that it will make learning more difficult — and has slashed plans for the decorative Christmas lights some residents looked forward to for months. But it probably won’t be enough. The town faces a sixfold increase in energy spending over the coming months because the price caps the French government has imposed for citizens don’t apply to many municipalities. “Even if we switched off all the lights,” he said, it would make up for only about one-tenth of the rise in spending. Bakhtiari has launched a petition, urging the government to help. “Towns that have fewer resources — or that have residents who rely more on public services — they’ll be hit hard,” he told The Post. Local residents like Bakker similarly worried about inequalities. The combined effect of inflation and the poor insulation of many houses here will turn flats into “thermal sieves,” she said. To provide short-term relief, the French government is handing out up to $195 to vulnerable households. But critics view those payments as insufficient to make up for the impact of inflation that has hit communities like Neuilly-sur-Marne hard. “We’re dealing with an unprecedented energy crisis, one that we haven’t seen in France since the oil shock of 1973,” said Sébastien Jumel, a far-left member of the French parliament. “And while, in a way, war measures would be needed, we’re offered a teaspoon.” Some 58 percent of French people say that they are “dissatisfied” with the state of their country, and a third are “very angry,” according to a recent survey. Purchasing power was cited three times more as the main concern of the French than immigration and delinquency. This rally may also be an attempt to prevent those sentiments from boiling over into a more violent and less structured movement, like the yellow vests. If people’s anger “is expressed in a disorganized manner and not backed by demands and solutions, it can be destabilizing for the entire Republic,” Jumel said. Read More…

As Democrats Try To Hold On In November, It's Pete Buttigieg Who's In Demand On The Campaign Trail | CNN Politics https://digitalalabamanews.com/as-democrats-try-to-hold-on-in-november-its-pete-buttigieg-whos-in-demand-on-the-campaign-trail-cnn-politics/ CNN  —  A selfie crowd formed around Pete Buttigieg as he stood in line for coffee at the airport in Washington. One woman said she wasn’t going to stop because she wasn’t sure it was him. “It’s me,” the Transportation secretary replied. An older man explained to his wife, “That’s Pete BOOT-GUG,” missing the pronunciation and the emphasis. “He’s the President’s…” the man said, unable to come up with his job title. And yet, it’s Buttigieg – whose only political experience before his failed presidential bid was serving as mayor of South Bend, Indiana – who has become the most requested surrogate on the campaign trail for Democratic candidates in the midterms, people familiar with the requests tell CNN. He’s so in demand that he’s getting more requests than Vice President Kamala Harris, those sources tell CNN, as Democrats look to defend their narrow congressional majorities and win governor’s races in November. With invitations flowing into the White House and the Democratic National Committee, a relatively low-ranking Cabinet secretary’s staff has to choose between Democratic candidates trying to chase him down. There’s no precedent for this. But there’s also no precedent for the winner of the Iowa caucuses becoming Transportation secretary and proving more agile on camera than the vice president and President Joe Biden. Both Buttigieg and Harris are widely expected to run to succeed Biden – whether an open race emerges in 2024 or 2028 – and for Democrats looking ahead, the party’s preference for Buttigieg on the trail may be an early indicator of the future direction of the party overall. Two dozen operatives and candidates tell CNN they think Buttigieg is benefiting from the desire for a fresh face. Despite a steady uptick since the summer, Biden’s approval ratings are low, and Democrats believe that’s hurting Harris too, who has had her own political struggles – even as much of the administration’s agenda remains broadly popular. “It’s the association with being a Democrat – but not with Biden or Harris,” said one operative involved in multiple House races, explaining why campaigns have been gravitating to Buttigieg. “In the context of what people have to pick from, he’s very popular.” It’s not just about popularity. Some campaign operatives admit, with a note of embarrassment, they have been reluctant to invite Harris out of fear that would bring scrutiny from Republicans who monitor every word she says in ways Buttigieg rarely has to worry about, leaving candidates as collateral damage in an attack (fairly or unfairly) aimed at the first Black woman vice president. And some point to the basics of tight campaign budgets in the final stretch of the midterms: the vice president’s security footprint is large, and when she travels for politics, some of the costs for the Secret Service and local police protection have to be covered by the campaigns that are bringing her in. Even just a few hours on the ground can run tens of thousands of dollars and create traffic and other hold ups. Buttigieg, by contrast, can travel with just a member of the Protective Services Division squished beside him in coach on a commercial flight. Harris only meets people who’ve been wanded by the Secret Service and tested for Covid-19, while Buttigieg can go to political events making his way through the airport in the reverse of his campaign trail style – suit jacket on now, but no tie. White House political aides “recognize the dexterity and want to dispatch him to places that he uniquely can go and where Democrats don’t traditionally campaign,” said one person familiar with Buttigieg’s plans taking shape. That’s in contrast to the vice president’s team, which has been hoping to rebuild her standing by keeping her away from many tight races and focused largely on Black voters, among whom she remains very popular, and on women as she talks about abortion rights, arguing that she can have a large influence indirectly. Aides to a West Coast House Democrat in a very competitive race were debating who was going to be their one big ask in the final stretch. The President? The vice president? The first lady? “A senior staffer on our campaign says, ‘Throwing in two cents from our finance director – our San Francisco people have expressed that they don’t really care about POTUS, VPOTUS or the first lady. … They just really like Secretary Pete,’” recounted one of the aides. One Biden adviser highlighted an intentional deployment of the Cabinet over the final month in races where they think they’ll matter most, urging them to appear in their personal capacities to avoid violating the Hatch Act provisions on not mixing government work with campaigning. Only a few secretaries beyond Buttigieg, though, have generated much interest: Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, rarely much of a political presence, will also hit the trail soon for a few events. But of those, Buttigieg is the only one who shows up in early presidential polls. He’s the one who was invited to address House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s retreat for top donors in Napa Valley in August. He’s the one who’s already headlined an event for Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, seen as perhaps the most endangered Democrat in the Senate, and for Nan Whaley, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor. Buttigieg, who came in a close second in the 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary, was state party officials’ top choice to headline their big fall fundraising dinner, according to party officials, even before a poll that came out in late July showing him leading the field for a theoretical New Hampshire primary, essentially tied with Biden but edging out Harris by 11 percentage points. To the surprise of some in New Hampshire, the White House political office greenlit the invitation not long after. Tickets sold out. The morning of the New Hampshire speech, state Rep. Matt Wilhelm proudly tweeted a photo of a “BOOT EDGE EDGE” mug he had left over from when he’d endorsed and volunteered on his presidential campaign two years ago. “When I was asked by the party, ‘Who do we want as a surrogate?’ not only was I supportive of Pete, because yeah, I want him back here, but I think that he’s the kind of messenger that we want on the ground to get people fired up ahead of the midterms,” Wilhelm said. He remains very popular in the state, added Rep. Annie Kuster, who’d endorsed him in 2020 and had him headline a fundraiser for her campaign this year. The synth-horn notes of “High Hopes,” his old campaign anthem, played as Buttigieg took the stage. He hadn’t done a big political speech in two years. And while rattling off Biden administration accomplishments – like putting Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court and signing bipartisan legislation providing health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits – he had some rusty moments working out new lines. “Most Americans don’t need culture wars every time there’s a gay Muppet or Black mermaid on TV – we need funding for our public schools,” he said in one riff. But it all built to a very Buttigieg centerpiece, intended to generate knowing smirks more than laughs, and metered out to invite the standing ovation he got. “Teddy Roosevelt had the square deal. FDR had the New Deal. So I’m going to say this body of defining achievements, this incredibly productive year, amounts to such a big deal that we ought to just call it The Big Deal,” Buttigieg said, putting that up against Republicans’ “big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. “And if, in the tradition of our President, you like to insert an extra adjective in there, feel free.” He ended with a passage that could one day drop right into a political convention speech, soaring past Biden or the infrastructure law or any more Trump mentions, to an aspirational line about building a “truly representative, fully inclusive, multi-racial, democratic republic like the one that has been under constant construction here on US soil for the last 200 years.” “This is somebody who really believes in the promise of democracy and in delivering results,” Sen. Maggie Hassan said after the final standing ovation for Buttigieg. “And we have seen him delivering results. And his pragmatic approach really means a lot to people here.” Hassan, who is facing a competitive reelection after winning her first term by only 1,017 votes, also had Buttigieg headline a fundraiser for her in Washington earlier this summer. Two weeks later, on another Saturday night, Harris was the featured speaker at the Texas Democrats’ big dinner in Austin. Every statewide Democratic candidate skipped, except the nominee for state railroad commissioner. Tickets were not as hard to get, though the state chair said it was their highest grossing event ever, and some took note that several state legislators from other parts of the state specifically flew in to be there. Harris’ stump speeches tend to be more grounded and direct, much like she is herself. She rooted her Austin speech in home turf stories about former Rep. Barbara Jordan and Lyndon Johnson, leading an enthusiastic call and response. She built up to a line she has often used, paraphrasing, she recalled, “the words of a great American leader, Coretta Scott King, who said: The struggle for justice is a never-ending process. And freedom is never really won; you earn it, and you win it in each and every generation.” Even though the White House political office lets Harris’ team pick her spots and write her speeches, she...

OPEC+ Members Line Up To Endorse Output Cut After U.S. Coercion Claim https://digitalalabamanews.com/opec-members-line-up-to-endorse-output-cut-after-u-s-coercion-claim/ U.S. claimed more than one OPEC country coerced into cut Iraq Kuwait, other OPEC+ members, stand by decision Saudi defence minister says decision was purely economic CAIRO Oct 16 (Reuters) – OPEC+ member states lined up on Sunday to endorse a steep production cut agreed this month after the White House, stepping up a war of words with Riyadh, claimed Saudi Arabia had coerced some other nations into supporting the move. Washington noted on Thursday that the cut would boost Russia’s foreign earnings and suggested it had been engineered for political reasons by Riyadh, which on Sunday emphatically denied it was supporting Moscow in its war with Ukraine. The kingdom’s defense minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, also said the Oct 5 decision to reduce output by 2 million barrels per day – which was taken despite oil markets being tight – was unanimous and based on economic factors. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com His comment was echoed by Iraq, OPEC’s second largest exporter, and several other producer states. “There is complete consensus among OPEC+ countries that the best approach in dealing with the oil market conditions during the current period of uncertainty and lack of clarity is a pre-emptive approach that supports market stability and provides the guidance needed for the future,” Iraq’s state oil marketer SOMO said in a statement. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Chief Executive Officer Nawaf Saud al-Sabah also welcomed the decision by OPEC+ – which includes other major producers, notably Russia – and said the country was keen to maintain a balanced oil markets, state news agency KUNA reported. Oman and Bahrain also said in separate statements that OPEC had unanimously agreed on the reduction. Algeria’s energy minister called the Oct. 5 decision “historic” and he and OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais, visiting Algeria, expressed their full confidence in it, Algeria’s Ennahar TV reported. Ghais later told a news conference that the organisation targeted a balance between supply and demand rather than a specific price. Oil inventories in major economies are at lower levels than when OPEC has cut output in the past. But some analysts have said recent volatility in crude markets could be remedied by a cut that would help attract investors to an underperforming market. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday that “more than one” OPEC member had felt coerced by Saudi Arabia into the vote, adding that the cut would also increase Russia’s revenues and blunt the effectiveness of sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine. Khalid bin Salman said on Sunday he was “astonished” by claims his country was “standing with Russia in its war with Ukraine.” “It is telling that these false accusations did not come from the Ukrainian government,” the king’s younger son wrote on Twitter. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Moataz Mohamed, Yasmin Hussien and Maha El Dahan; additional reporting by Nayer Abdallah and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Louise Heavens, Alexandra Hudson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More…

Alabama Reaches 3-Year Low On AP Poll, New Top Team In Coaches Poll https://digitalalabamanews.com/alabama-reaches-3-year-low-on-ap-poll-new-top-team-in-coaches-poll/ Alabama Football Updated: Oct. 16, 2022, 1:47 p.m.| Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 11:52 a.m. Seven ranked teams in the Associated Press Top 25 lost in Week 7, Alabama included. An incredible day of games and field stormings led to a shakeup with voters. For the first time this season, Alabama received no first-place votes in either the coaches or the AP polls. The Tide was lowered to sixth in the coaches and AP Polls. It’s Nick Saban and co.’s worst ranking in the AP since 2019 when a three-point loss to Auburn sent the Tide to the Citrus Bowl. In the coaches poll, Alabama lost its top spot following a 52-49 thriller versus Tennessee. The Bulldogs held a team to 10 points or fewer for the fifth time this fall, routing Vanderbilt, 55-0. Ohio State was idle. Michigan beat Penn State, previously-ranked 10th, 41-17, to round out the top three. While the Vols jumped to No. 4. per coaches. AP voters lifted the Volunteers to third, with 15 first-place selections, just two behind the Buckeyes. Alabama’s next opponent, Mississippi State, is at No. 24 in both votes after a 10-point loss to Kentucky. AP poll Georgia (31) Ohio State (17) Tennessee (15) Michigan Clemson Alabama Mississippi TCU UCLA Oregon Oklahoma State Southern California Wake Forest Syracuse Utah Penn State Kansas State Illinois Kentucky Texas Cincinnati North Carolina North Carolina State Mississippi State Tulane Others receiving votes: Purdue (95); LSU (87); UCF (13); South Carolina (13); Kansas (12); James Madison (6); Oregon State (6); Maryland (5); South Alabama (4); Liberty (2); Arkansas (1); Minnesota (1); Florida State (1). Coaches poll Georgia (43) Ohio State (17) Michigan (1) Tennessee (2) Clemson Alabama Mississippi TCU Oregon UCLA Oklahoma State Southern California Wake Forest Syracuse Utah Penn State Kansas State Kentucky Cincinnati Illinois Texas North Carolina North Carolina State Mississippi State Tulane Others receiving votes: LSU (51); UCF (33); Kansas (30); South Carolina (24); Purdue (23); Maryland (15); Liberty (12); Washington (9); Baylor (7); Coastal Carolina (5); Pittsburgh (4); South Alabama (3); Arkansas (3); Texas-San Antonio (1). MORE Tide-Vols: How was Josh Heupel’s victory cigar after Vols beat Tide? ‘Dang good’ Watch as Tennessee fans celebrate Alabama win by pulling down goal posts Instant analysis: Vols stun Alabama, ends streak at 15 years Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Read More…

Jan. 6 Committee Will Figure Out What Comes Next If Trump Refuses To Testify, Members Say https://digitalalabamanews.com/jan-6-committee-will-figure-out-what-comes-next-if-trump-refuses-to-testify-members-say/ Two House Jan. 6 committee members said Sunday that the panel has not yet determined next steps if former President Donald Trump refuses to comply with its subpoena that was issued during its latest public hearing. The committee’s ninth hearing Thursday, its last hearing before the midterm elections, concluded with the panel voting unanimously to subpoena Trump. In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., was asked whether the committee would push for the House to send a criminal referral to the Justice Department if the former president refuses to comply with its subpoena. “I won’t engage in any hypotheticals at this moment, as the subpoena hasn’t yet even been served. But I will say is that with previous subpoenas, what you’ve seen the committee do is be very deliberate, and take the response to our subpoenas on a case-by-case basis,” Murphy said. “And I imagine that we will also do that, because we understand the seriousness of the charge of our committee.” A source familiar with the committee’s plans told NBC News Thursday that the panel plans to issue the subpoena, which expires at the end of the current congressional term, in the coming days. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., issued similar remarks during an interview on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday when pressed on whether the DOJ should hold Trump in criminal contempt if he refuses to comply with the subpoena. “Look, that’s a bridge we cross if we have to get there,” Kinzinger said. “You know, look, we well recognize the fact that because of the committee only being able to exist til the end of this congressional year, because that was the mandate, we’re at a bit of a time limit here.” Kinzinger said that as the committee wraps up its investigation, it’s also pursuing “new leads and facts” and it hopes to speak with Trump. He also said that he thinks there will be “a negotiation” with the former president for his live testimony. “If he pushes off beyond that, we’ll figure out what to do next,” Kinzinger said. “Granted that, you know, this is not an unprecedented move by Congress, but it’s also, we recognize, this is a big deal. This is a big move.” He added, “I’ll only address that when we know for sure whether or not the president has tried to push to come in and talk to us live.” Trump responded to the committee’s subpoena Friday in a 14-page letter in which he vented his “anger, disappointment and complaint” at the panel for not investigating his baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Although the former president did not indicate whether he would comply with the panel’s subpoena to testify, he is expected to challenge it. Asked after the hearing last week whether the committee is prepared to fight over a subpoena in court, chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said, “Let’s see what happens,” adding of Trump, “We hope that he honors it.” “This is a question about accountability to the American people. He must be accountable. He is required to answer for his actions. He’s required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. He’s required to answer to those millions of Americans whose votes he wanted to throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power,” Thompson said, acknowledging the move as a “serious and extraordinary action.” This article was originally published on NBCNews.com Read More…

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