Alabamas Sarah Edwards Holds The Clubhouse Lead After 36 Holes Of Play At The Illini Womens Golf Invitational University Of Alabama Athletics
Alabama’s Sarah Edwards Holds The Clubhouse Lead After 36 Holes Of Play At The Illini Women’s Golf Invitational – University Of Alabama Athletics https://digitalalabamanews.com/alabamas-sarah-edwards-holds-the-clubhouse-lead-after-36-holes-of-play-at-the-illini-womens-golf-invitational-university-of-alabama-athletics/
MEDINAH, Ill. – Alabama golfer Sarah Edwards carded a career-best 36-hole total of 11-under par 133 and is the individual clubhouse leader after day one of play at the Illini Women’s Golf Invitational at Medinah. Edwards, who finished with 13 birdies and an eagle, helped the Crimson Tide finish the day in third place with a total of 20-under par 558 (273-283) entering Tuesday’s third and final round of play.
Edwards finished with rounds of 6-under par 66 and 5-under 67 Monday and was one of four Crimson Tide golfers to shoot at or under par on the day. Freshman Kynadie Adams also had a stellar performance on day one, ending in a tie for ninth overall after consecutive rounds in the 60s helped her to a 5-under par 137 (68-69) – all season-best numbers. Meanwhile, Benedetta Moresco is in a tie for 29th at 2-under 142 (69-73) and Isabella van der Biest finished at even par 144 (70-74). Taylor Kehoe rounded out the UA golfers in a tie for 66th at 4-over par 148 (74-74).
The two-day, 54-hole tournament, which is being contested at the par 72, 6,166-yard Medinah Country Club, will conclude with 18 holes Tuesday. The final day of play will feature a shotgun start beginning at 9 a.m. CT with live stats available at Golfstat.com.
Highlights
Edwards’ 11-under par 133 are both the second best 36-hole scores in program history
The Tide’s team score of 273 matched the seventh-lowest round and fifth-best score vs. par in program history
It was the lowest round by UA since Sept. 29, 2018, when the Tide carded school records of 22-under par and totaled a 262 in the second round of the Schooner Fall Classic
The 36-hole score of 558 matched the sixth-best total in school history and the fourth-best in relation to par at 20 under
Adams leads the field with 14 birdies across her two rounds of action Monday, with Edwards’ 13 trailing closely behind
Additionally, Edwards is second in the field in par 3 scoring (-2, 2.75), while Adams ranks second on par 5 holes (-7, 4.13)
Edwards recorded an eagle on the 492-yard par 5 No. 4 hole
As a team, Alabama leads the field in birdies with 43 including going a combined 16-under par on par 5 holes (4.60)
The Field
No. 25 San Jose State (-25, 551), one of seven ranked teams in the nation’s top 50, leads Kentucky (-24, 552) by one stroke entering the final round of play
Texas Tech (-20, 558) is tied with Alabama, both one shot ahead of Auburn (-19, 559) to round out the top five teams
The tournament is being conteste on the renowned Medinah Country Club which is home to three world class golf courses, one of which has hosted various championships and international golf events, including the Ryder Cup (2012), three U.S. Opens (1949, 1975 and 1990), two PGA Championships (1999 and 2006) and three Western Opens (1946, 1962 and 1966)
Fun Fact
Edwards bettered her previous 36-hole career-best number by an impressive 13 strokes, topping the 146 (76-70) which she shot across the first two rounds of the 2021 Mason Rudolph
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Trump Shares Bizarre Nature Documentary Video About Himself
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Donald Trump has shared a bizarre video clip of himself during his presidential days – but with a voiceover imitating a nature documentary valorising the lion.
The clip, roughly one minute and 20 seconds long, was posted on his Truth Social account late on Monday and shows him waving to people while the narrator can be heard saying, “This lion, he’s the king of the jungle… huge mane, he’s so big, he’s so hot”.
“Now when the lion comes, they start messing with him, biting his tail, biting his ears. He doesn’t do anything. The lioness, she starts messing with him, coming over, making trouble. Still, nothing,” the voiceover continues, as the clip shows Melania Trump with him during his oath-taking ceremony.
“Now, the other animals, they notice this. They start to move in. The Jackals. Hyenas. Barking at him. Laughing at him,” the narrator continues as footage is shown of Democrat leaders, including of Nancy Pelosi tearing up Mr Trump’s State of the Union address in early 2020.
“One day the lion gets up and scares the shit out of everybody. Runs like the wind. Eats everything in his path. ‘Cause every once in a while, the lion has to show the jackals who he is.”
This comes after the one-time US president claimed that former president George HW Bush “took millions and millions of documents to a former bowling alley pieced together with what was then an old and broken Chinese restaurant”.
Mr Trump’s comment on Bush senior drew a sharp response on Twitter from his son, Jeb Bush.
“I am so confused,” he said. “My dad enjoyed a good Chinese meal and enjoyed the challenge of 7 10 split. What the heck is up with you?” he tweeted, resharing a clip of Trump making the accusatory remarks.
A 7-10 split is a bowling term that describes when a player takes out all but the last two pins in the line-up.
Meanwhile, former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is reportedly cooperating in an investigation into Mr Trump and his allies’ effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Ms Hutchinson, a key witness during the hearing for the House Select Committee investigating the 6 Jan insurrection at Capitol Hill, is cooperating with the inquiry led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, CNN reported, citing sources.
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The Supreme Court Is Poised To Redefine Protected Waters
The Supreme Court Is Poised To Redefine Protected Waters https://digitalalabamanews.com/the-supreme-court-is-poised-to-redefine-protected-waters/
If you want to cross the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, anytime between October and July, you probably won’t need a boat, a bridge, waders, or even waterproof shoes. During most of the year, the river is an arroyo, a curvy strip of dry sand that holds no more than the memory of water: braided serpentine patterns in the sand, erosion-smoothed stones, debris wrapped around the trunks of the few hardy deciduous trees.
But when the Rillito springs to life, as it did on multiple occasions this summer, it becomes a river like any other, swelling up to 5,000 cubic feet per second or more, and rivaling the Southwest’s largest, fastest streams. The river carries silt and stones and seeds, chunks of wood and leaves, bugs and animal carcasses, not to mention all the garbage and whatever else has been dumped into the arroyo, tumbling all the way down to the Santa Cruz River. Folks have been known to kayak the Rillito in waters so tempestuous that helicopters are occasionally needed to rescue them.
On October 3, the Rillito River and thousands of other ephemeral or intermittent rivers, streams, arroyos, gullies, wetlands, marshes, and prairie potholes went to court — the Supreme Court. The justices heard Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency, and their decision could yank many of the Southwest’s waterways out from under federal jurisdiction, ripping the guts out of the Clean Water Act just in time for its 50th birthday this year.
The specific case dates back to 2007, when EPA officials ordered Chantell and Michael Sackett to stop backfilling their soggy half-acre lot on the shores of Idaho’s Priest Lake, where they wanted to build a cabin. The EPA had determined the wetlands were “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, and therefore protected by the Clean Water Act. The Sacketts disagreed and took the feds to court. As the case wound its way through the legal system, the Sacketts’ cabin site transformed into the front line of a 50-year ideological battle over the definition of what constitutes legally decreed “waters.” The court’s decision — expected early next year — will have especially weighty implications for the arid West.
For years, the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the agencies charged with enforcing the Clean Water Act — agreed that everything from arroyos to prairie potholes to sloughs to mudflats fell under the heading of WOTUS, as long as their destruction or degradation might ultimately affect the nation’s traditionally navigable waters. It was a broad definition, and it gave the agencies latitude to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters,” as Congress mandated when it passed the Clean Water Act in 1972.
But developers, big agriculture, extractive industries, and private property-rights ideologues have long pushed back, arguing that the definition is too broad.
SCOTUS has considered WOTUS a handful of times over the decades, tinkering with the definition in ways that have sometimes only further muddied the waters. The EPAs of various presidential administrations made their own adjustments based on their political leanings: Industry-friendly folks tended to exclude as much as they possibly could, while greener ones took a more inclusive tack.
Then, in 2006, the High Court handed down a divided, albeit landmark, decision in the Rapanos v. United States case, which started in 1989, when a Michigan developer drained and backfilled 22 acres of wetlands to build a shopping mall. He never applied for a permit and ignored federal and state officials’ cease-and-desist orders, arguing that the wetlands were immune from the Clean Water Act because they were not traditionally navigable waters.
The High Court’s 4-1-4 decision remanded the case back to the Appeals Court, so was not in itself definitive. But the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s plurality opinion sent ripples throughout the water world. He wrote that it was “beyond parody” to include “‘ephemeral streams,’ ‘wet meadows’ … and dry arroyos in the middle of the desert” under “waters of the United States.” He argued that WOTUS should only include “geographic features that are described in ordinary parlance as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes.”
Scalia’s opinion not only confirmed his partiality towards the agriculture industry and real estate developers, many of who would gladly do away with the Clean Water Act altogether, but also his hostility toward what he called the “immense arid wastelands” of the Western U.S. His pronouncement was interpreted as meaning that scores of Southwestern rivers, streams, and arroyos were not worthy of protection, even if they were as important to the communities and landscapes through which they ran as the mighty rivers of the Midwest or Northwest.
The Sacketts’ cabin site transformed into the front line of a 50-year ideological battle over the definition of what constitutes legally decreed “waters.”
Justice Anthony Kennedy worried that Scalia’s arroyo-phobic definition would leave even major tributaries of the Los Angeles River without protection. He argued that a body of water needed only a “significant nexus” with a navigable stream to put it under federal jurisdiction. Justice John Paul Stevens noted that Scalia’s interpretation would allow agencies to go after polluters that damaged year-round streams. But any polluter who dumped into such a stream’s tributary — one that flowed only 290 days of the year, say — would get off scot-free, even if the pollution would affect the year-round stream equally.
Still, the anti-regulation crowd took Scalia’s definition and ran with it. George W. Bush’s EPA issued a rule excluding most ephemeral streams and isolated wetlands. The Obama administration later replaced it with a broader rule, but in 2020, the Trump administration released its own rule, which reverted to Scalia’s reading of WOTUS. Most significantly, it excluded ephemeral features, such as arroyos that “contain water only during or in response to rainfall,” as well as isolated wetlands and groundwater — thereby removing up to 94 percent of Arizona’s and 66 percent of California’s streams and rivers from federal oversight. Now the Biden administration is working on a new rule to replace Trump’s, even as the court decision looms.
The plaintiffs in Sackett, represented by the far-right Pacific Legal Institute, want Scalia’s definition to be set in stone, leaving it up to the states to decide whether to stop industry and developers like the Sacketts from dredging, filling and polluting arroyos and wetlands. Given the Supreme Court’s recent rulings, there’s a good chance it will follow Scalia’s lead — and maybe even go further. That kind of ruling would make it far easier to build the sprawling housing developments planned for the Arizona desert, such as Superstition Vistas outside of Phoenix or the Villages at Vigneto in the southeastern corner of the state, allowing developers to fill in or pave over arroyos, gullies, and washes without even bothering to apply for a permit.
From the air, the arroyo networks of the West resemble circulatory systems, with tiny capillaries leading to veins and arteries, and all of it carrying lifeblood to the great body of the desert, even when they are temporarily dry. After the rains, the Rillito carries water and nutrients and elements through a riverside park in northern Tucson to the Santa Cruz River. The Santa Cruz, which drains 8,200 square miles in Arizona and Mexico, was once a year-round stream, the land along its banks lush and shaded by towering leafy trees and mesquite forests, the waters sustaining the Hohokam people for millennia. Then the white settlers arrived, drilled groundwater wells and bled the river dry. Now, the often-dusty arroyo no longer makes it to its mother river, the Gila, thanks to all the diversions and development and depleted aquifers.
Jonathan Thompson reports for High Country News.
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GOP Makes Push To Weaken Democrats Grip On Texas Border
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HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Just weeks before Election Day in Texas, once again there is big money, new signs of shifting voters and bold predictions of an upset that will turn heads across the U.S.
But this time, it’s coming from Republicans.
“We are going to turn the Rio Grande Valley red,” said Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, kicking off a rally in the Texas border city of Harlingen.
As Democrats embark on another October blitz in pursuit of flipping America’s biggest red state, Republicans are taking a swing of their own: making a play for the mostly Hispanic southern border on Nov. 8 after years of writing off the region that is overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats.
The task — like Democrat Beto O’Rourke ‘s underdog campaign to unseat Abbott — is an uphill climb. But it is another way Republicans are putting plenty at stake on the Texas border, given that they are already refocusing the final sprint of the 2022 midterms on portraying the 1,200-mile boundary as rife with escalating danger and disorder as record number of migrants enter from Mexico.
Border Democrats say dramatic moves to bus and fly migrants across the country will backfire with voters, but also acknowledge they can no longer coast into office.
Still, the rare sight of contested races on the Texas border has widened cracks in an important Democratic stronghold two years after former President Donald Trump’s significant gains with Hispanic voters during the 2020 election caused both parties to scramble in unexpected ways.
“This is the first time we’ve ever had this many competitive races where the Democrats are like, ‘What are we going to do?’” said Republican Carlos Cascos, a onetime border Democrat who switched parties and later served as Abbott’s first secretary of state.
He’s doesn’t see Republicans sweeping races in the Rio Grande Valley, home to roughly 1.5 million people. But, he says, “I think this area has been taken for granted a lot. In the Valley, you’re born two things: a Catholic and a Democrat. Things are changing.”
Democrats still hold advantages in South Texas — decades of incumbency, a culture of residents voting Democratic, and more moderate candidates who are less vulnerable to GOP attacks on the left and more critical of President Joe Biden when his approval ratings remain low and inflation is still high.
But Republican Rep. Mayra Flores’ victory in a special election this year, becoming the first Texas Latina in the U.S. House, reflected the shifting ground. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a South Texas Democrat, switched districts to more favorable territory and is hoping to unseat her for a full term in November.
Democrats have dismissed dramatic moves by Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, two potential 2024 presidential contenders, to send migrants to places like Washington, New York and Martha’s Vineyard. But Republicans counter that more liberal voters in big cities far from the border are ignoring problems that are hitting largely working-class South Texans.
Running for what’s arguably Texas’ most competitive House seat, which stretches from east of San Antonio to border communities including McAllen, Republican Monica De La Cruz blamed “an elite class that just does not get it because illegal immigration has virtually no impact on their lives.”
“Wall Street bankers don’t have to worry about a poor Central American migrant undercutting their wages,” De La Cruz told reporters recently. She is running against Democrat Michelle Vallejo in the district that Gonzalez is vacating.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is set to campaign with Flores and de la Cruz on the border Monday — an unusual display of national GOP political force for South Texas.
Those efforts to control the political narrative coincides with the Republican Party opening 38 minority outreach community centers around the country, including in McAllen and another border city, Laredo, as well as in heavily Hispanic Houston and San Antonio.
Some offer services like tutoring for U.S. citizen classes and tax advice. They’ve also hosted movie nights, pot-luck dinners and business roundtables, as well as courses on topics like crypto currency. Some have been open for more than a year.
The GOP says it has spent millions on Hispanic outreach nationwide, including 30-plus ad buys in Spanish-language media encompassing digital, TV, radio and print. It also has a record 32 Hispanic Republican nominees on House ballots around the country, although many are underdogs.
Democrats, for their part, opened a national field office in McAllen in April and have three staffers working on the area’s congressional race, the party’s first such investment in recent memory.
Richard Gonzales, Democratic Party chair of Hidalgo County, which includes McAllen, said party officials hold weekly Zoom calls with O’Rourke’s campaign to coordinate efforts that have focused on boosting turnout, especially among non-active voters. He said gains in 2020 by Trump and the Republicans were real but “very candidate specific” and unlikely to “translate to future races.”
O’Rourke, who in the past ran unsuccessfully for Senate and president, also heads a nonprofit called Powered By People. In 2020, he organized phone banking that saw volunteers contact voters in Webb County — which includes Laredo, where less than 40% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2018 Senate race — hoping to boost turnout for Biden.
The group registered thousands of Webb County voters, and eventually saw turnout climb to 50% of eligible voters in the 2020 election. But Trump sharply increased his support in Webb County, taking nearly 26,000 votes, about double his 2016 raw vote total — and captured about 38% overall support there, compared with about 23% in 2016.
“People want to say that the Democrats are done down here, that the Republicans are taking over. That is not true,” Gonzales said. “What this has done is it has woken up the Democrats down here and made us realize, ‘Hey, we can’t take this for granted anymore.’”
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Los Angeles Council President Steps Down After Audio Leak Of Racist Comments
Los Angeles Council President Steps Down After Audio Leak Of Racist Comments https://digitalalabamanews.com/los-angeles-council-president-steps-down-after-audio-leak-of-racist-comments/
Oct 10 (Reuters) – A Los Angeles city councilwoman resigned as president of the council on Monday after the release of an audio recording in which she makes racist and other disparaging comments, including remarks about the Black son of a colleague.
Nury Martinez, a Democrat, apologized to fellow Democratic Councilman Mike Bonin and his family in a statement announcing that her resignation would be effective immediately. She continues to represent Los Angeles’ sixth district.
Martinez came under fire after the Los Angeles Times reported comments she made during a recorded October 2021 meeting, in which she said Bonin, who is white, treated his Black son as if he were an “accessory” and compared him to a “changuito,” which translates as “little monkey.” Bonin was not present.
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Martinez also disparaged Mexicans from Oaxaca and voiced her displeasure with Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, saying “he’s with the Blacks,” the Times reported.
“I take responsibility for what I said and there are no excuses for those comments. I’m so sorry,” Martinez said in the statement. “As someone who believes deeply in the empowerment of communities of color, I recognize my comments undercut that goal.”
Two other Democratic members of the council – Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León – and labor leader Ron Herrera, who resigned on Monday night, were present during the conversation, according to the Times.
It reported that De León accused Bonin of not supporting Latinos and likened him to being the council’s “fourth Black member.”
The three issued statements acknowledging that inappropriate remarks were made at the meeting, according to the Times.
The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor did not respond to a request for comment on Herrera’s resignation.
Bonin issued a statement on Sunday calling for the city council to remove Martinez as president and for her to resign from the legislative body.
“Any parent reading her comments will know she is unfit for public office,” Bonin said.
The local chapter of activist group Black Lives Matter said Martinez, Cedillo, de León and Herrera should resign from their posts.
Martinez was the first Latina to become president of the city’s council in January 2020, according to her office website. She was first elected to city council in 2013.
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Bank Of England Intervenes In Bond Markets Again Warns Of 'material Risk' To UK Financial Stability
Bank Of England Intervenes In Bond Markets Again, Warns Of 'material Risk' To UK Financial Stability https://digitalalabamanews.com/bank-of-england-intervenes-in-bond-markets-again-warns-of-material-risk-to-uk-financial-stability/
The Bank of England raised rates by 0.5 percentage points Thursday.
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LONDON — The Bank of England on Tuesday announced an expansion of its emergency bond-buying operation as it looks to restore order to the country’s chaotic bond market.
The central bank said it will widen its purchases of U.K. government bonds — known as gilts — to include index-linked gilts from Oct. 11 until Oct. 14. Index-linked gilts are bonds where payouts to bondholders are benchmarked in line with the U.K. retail price index.
The move marks the second expansion of the Bank’s extraordinary rescue package in as many days, after it increased the limit for its daily gilt purchases on Monday ahead of the planned end of the purchase scheme on Friday.
The Bank launched its emergency intervention on Sep. 28 after an unprecedented sell-off in long-dated U.K. government bonds threatened to collapse multiple liability driven investment (LDI) funds, widely held by U.K. pension schemes.
“The beginning of this week has seen a further significant repricing of UK government debt, particularly index-linked gilts. Dysfunction in this market, and the prospect of self-reinforcing ‘fire sale’ dynamics pose a material risk to UK financial stability,” the bank said in a statement Tuesday.
U.K. 10-year index-linked gilt yields rose by 64 basis points on Monday, representing a massive 5.5% fall in price. Meanwhile 30-year index-linked gilt prices were down 16% on the day, with yields now at around 1.5%, having been at -1.5% just six months ago. Yields move inversely to prices.
Moves of this magnitude are highly unusual in developed world sovereign bond markets.
“These additional operations will act as a further backstop to restore orderly market conditions by temporarily absorbing selling of index-linked gilts in excess of market intermediation capacity,” the Bank said Tuesday.
“As with the conventional gilt purchase operations, these additional index-linked gilt purchases will be time-limited and fully indemnified by HM Treasury.”
On Monday, the Bank set the upper limit of its daily gilt purchases at £10 billion ($11 billion), of which up to £5 billion will be allocated to conventional gilts and £5 billion to index-linked gilts.
The size of auctions will remain under review, the Bank said, and all purchases will be “unwound in a smooth and orderly fashion once risks to market functioning are judged to have subsided.”
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AU Opens Joint Operation Centres To Enhance Fight Against Shabaab In Somalia
AU Opens Joint Operation Centres To Enhance Fight Against Shabaab In Somalia https://digitalalabamanews.com/au-opens-joint-operation-centres-to-enhance-fight-against-shabaab-in-somalia/
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The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Sunday it has opened joint operations centres (JOCs) to enhance coordination and planning with Somali security forces (SSF) during operations against al-Shabaab.
ATMIS Force Commander Diomede Ndegeya said the centres, which were opened across the AU mission’s areas of responsibility, will enable the allied forces to work together.
“Joint operations centres will be functional in all sectors to coordinate operations and I urge all sector commanders to ensure that they are fully effective in their areas of operations in the regions,” Ndegeya said in a statement issued in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
He said ATMIS personnel, Somali security forces, and partners will coordinate, and plan operations at the centres as contained in the ATMIS Concept Of Operations (CONOPs).
The CONOPs provides a framework to guide the implementation of the gradual transfer of security responsibilities to the Somali security forces and the eventual exit of AU troops from Somalia. Ndegeya said the JOC at the ATMIS force headquarters will coordinate with the sector headquarters, ATMIS Police, mission headquarters, Somali security forces, and other security agencies to provide updates regarding al-Shabaab threats and progress on operations.
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He said the centres support the implementation of the various UN resolutions requiring the Somali security forces to gradually assume full responsibility for the country’s security.
The ATMIS official said consultative meetings have been held between ATMIS and SSF to reconfigure the AU mission taking into consideration the operational priorities of SSF.
Somali Deputy Minister of Defence, Abdifatah Qasim Mahamud, said recent joint operations in the Hiran and Galgaduud regions of central Somalia have been successful.
“I congratulate ATMIS for implementing the Joint Operations Centres, which will improve coordination between the SSF and ATMIS. The officers embedded and working together will ensure effective operations,” Qasim said.
Harjit Dhindsa, the Director of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), noted that the centres support the implementation of the new ATMIS mandate by the UN Security Council, which requires ATMIS troops to be highly mobile and able to deploy quickly.
“For mobile forces and quick reactions to be really quick, there is a need for information availability at a very short notice. And for the forces to be deployed effectively, it is important that there is a control centre from where they can operate,” Dhindsa said.
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NFL Monday Night: Chiefs Edge Josh Jacobs, Raiders https://digitalalabamanews.com/nfl-monday-night-chiefs-edge-josh-jacobs-raiders/
The Kansas City Chiefs didn’t stop Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs much on Monday night. For the second straight game, the former Alabama standout reached career highs for rushing yards and yards from scrimmage.
But the Chiefs stacked up Jacobs when it counted the most to come away with a 30-29 victory. After scoring a touchdown with 4:27 remaining to reduce Kansas City’s lead to one point, the Raiders went for a 2-point conversion rather than kick a tying extra point, and the Chiefs stopped Jacobs short of the goal line.
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“I felt like in that situation they had kind of had a lot of momentum, obviously, offensively in the second half,” Las Vegas coach Josh McDaniels said. “We had a play that we felt really good about. Thought we would get a look that would give us a shot at it, for sure. We had a chance. We had a fair fight at it. They played it a little bit better than we did.
“Gave ourselves an opportunity to take the lead there, then maybe put a little bit more pressure on them when they had the ball. Nothing more, nothing less. Just trying to be aggressive, trying to win the game.”
Las Vegas got one more chance after that, but quarterback Derek Carr threw incomplete on fourth-and-1 at the Raiders 46 with 41 seconds remaining when two receivers ran into each other.
Kansas City overcame a 17-0 deficit to win, with quarterback Patrick Mahomes throwing four touchdown passes to tight end Travis Kelce. The four TD receptions totaled 14 yards. Kelce became the first player with four touchdown catches in an NFL Monday night game.
Jacobs ran for 154 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries and caught five passes for 39 yards to reach 193 yards from scrimmage against the Chiefs. In Las Vegas’ 32-23 victory over the Denver Broncos on Oct. 2, Jacobs had 144 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries and five receptions for 31 yards for 175 yards from scrimmage.
“He’s a really good back,” McDaniels said. “He’s a really good football player, and he loves football. Give him a lot of credit. …
“I’m proud of his effort. We got to start turning some of his performances into W’s.”
Jacobs scored on a 1-yard run as the Raiders took a 14-0 lead with 14:00 left in the first half.
In addition to Jacobs, five players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field during the Las Vegas-Kansas City game:
· Raiders running back Ameer Abdullah (Homewood) had a 16-yard kickoff return.
· Raiders cornerback Anthony Averett (Alabama) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
· Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson (Auburn) connected on field goals of 53, 50 and 47 yards and two extra points. Carlson has made 38 consecutive regular-season field-goal attempts.
· Raiders guard Lester Cotton (Central-Tuscaloosa, Alabama) played but did not record any stats.
· Raiders defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr. (Murphy) made one tackle.
· Chiefs wide receiver Justyn Ross (Central-Phenix City) is on injured reserve and not eligible to play.
· Chiefs defensive tackle Taylor Stallworth (Murphy) is on the practice squad and not eligible to play.
· Raiders quarterback Jarrett Stidham (Auburn) dressed for the game but did not play.
· Chiefs offensive tackle Prince Tega Wanogho (Edgewood Academy, Auburn) played but did not record any stats.
Kansas City improved to 4-1. Las Vegas dropped to 1-4, with its four losses coming by a total of 14 points.
The Chiefs host the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 16. The Raiders have an open date in Week 6 and return to the field when the Houston Texans visit on Oct. 23.
Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson watches his 47-yard field goal during an NFL game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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On Trump And The Political Process https://digitalalabamanews.com/on-trump-and-the-political-process/
The debate over Donald Trump is not going to end anytime soon, if ever, but two things are known for sure.
He is a masterful manipulator of the political process including redefining how to win elections.
The best example was after he won the 2016 nomination from a crowded field of supposedly more experienced and savvy career politicians, the national media began the drum beat, “When will he pivot? When will he start the methodical sojourn from the far right, needed to win a GOP primary, to a broader based coalition near the so-called sensible center of the political spectrum in order to win the general election?”
And the media waited. And it waited and finally it became obvious he was no basketball player and he single-handedly dissembled the popular wisdom that pivoting was the only way to win. It wasn’t.
Secondly, he is also a masterful fundraiser, which is the topic of our exchange here and his brain trust is never at a loss for crafty messages to get Trump supporters to part with their money.
The most recent one is a bit of a classic.
The heading on the email is dramatic and seemingly important: “2022 Internal GOP Data Survey. Your service card is 1108-2245-D.” And then his ominous warning: “This is only for YOU. DO NOT SHARE.”
Holy cow for the unsuspecting recipient, you conclude this must really be important and somehow, little ole me up here in God’s country has an important role to play.
You bet as the hook continues.
“We need the best possible data if we want to stop the Democrats from DESTROYING the country…our records show you’re a reliable source for on-the-ground information.”
Double Holy Cow. The reader has now been elevated to someone who can help save the nation, but you had to “respond in the next 30 minutes.”
(And if you respond in 31 minutes would they return your money?)
This is not the first time the Trump money machine has used the “survey” angle and when you took the survey you were asked if you liked Nancy Pelosi, if you were not a fan of Joe Biden, and if you felt the election was stolen from Mr. Trump.
And this “best possible data” somehow will save the country?
As fate would have it, there were three places to click to take the survey, but all three clicks took you to a page that read, “Link is invalid.”
Now what?
Perhaps some got their check book out and sent the money anyway.
Just after the 2020 election, the former president raised $255 million on the election fraud claim alone.
In the run up to this midterm election he gobbled up $100 million and while he has been prolific at endorsing candidates all over the map, reportedly only 1% of his cash has ended up in their coffers while remaining in his.
And just after the FBI raid on his digs in Florida, he raised a million dollars a day.
There is apparently no end to the inventive solicitations. They all have a sense of urgency, play on your ego as being a very important player, and they even use guilt, noting that “I’m going to show my father this list and I hope your name is on it.” That’s from son Donald Jr.
And it works. But perhaps the easiest way to get a million dollars a day is for the president to invite the FBI back for another visit?
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US Senate Candidates Charge Hard In Debate https://digitalalabamanews.com/us-senate-candidates-charge-hard-in-debate/
COLUMBUS — The first debate between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance devolved quickly into attacks Monday, with the candidates for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat accusing each other of being responsible for job losses and putting party loyalty ahead of voters’ needs.
Vance said Ryan had supported policies as a congressman that led to a 10-year-old girl in Ohio being raped. Ryan said Vance had started a “fake nonprofit” to help people overcome addiction issues. The two accused each other of being beholden to their party, with Ryan calling Vance an “a– kisser” to former President Donald Trump at a recent rally and Vance saying Ryan’s 100 percent voting record with President Joe Biden means he’s not the reasonable moderate he says he is.
The face-off between Ryan, a 10-term congressman from Trumbull County, and Vance, a venture capitalist from the Cincinnati area and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman became one of the most contentious debates of the general election season so far. The race is one of the most expensive and closely watched of the midterms, with Democrats viewing it as a possible pickup opportunity in November.
Both candidates sought to tailor their messages to the working-class voters who could determine the election.
During one exchange, Ryan said when Trump was in Youngstown stumping for Vance, Trump said to Vance: “All you are doing here is kissing my a– to get my support. He said that. That says J.D. Vance will do whatever he wants.
“What is most troubling about this is after Trump took J.D. Vance’s dignity from him on the stage in Youngstown, J.D. Vance got back up on stage, started shaking Trump’s hand and taking pictures with him, I don’t know anyone who would allow them to take their dignity like that and then get back up on stage. We need leaders who have courage to take on their own party and I have proven that …,” Ryan said.
Vance said he is not going to take lectures on dignity and self respect from Ryan, who was caught on video “kissing up to (Senate Majority Leader) Chuck Schumer and begging him for a promotion to his next job. That is the kind of guy Tim Ryan is. We are close to Halloween, and Tim Ryan has put on a costume where he pretends to be a reasonable moderate but, in fact, he says he stands up to his own party. The last two congresses, you voted for Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden 100 percent. You consistently toe the party line on every single issue,” Vance said.
During questioning about China, Ryan said Vance invested in China as a venture capitalist, the type of business move that exacerbated job losses in Ohio’s manufacturing base. “Here’s the problem: J.D. Vance is invested into companies in China,” Ryan said. “The problem we’re having now with inflation is our supply chains all went to China, and guys like him made a whole lot of money off that.”
Vance said it is Democratic economic policies that have harmed manufacturing, saying, “They have completely gone to war against America’s energy sector.”
“I wish you were the reasonable moderate you said you were, because then Youngstown may not have lost 50,000 manufacturing jobs during your 20 years,” Vance told Ryan.
On abortion, Vance did not answer whether he would support Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with some exceptions. Vance said he thinks different states would likely want different laws but “some minimum national standard is totally fine with me.”
He called himself “pro-life” but said he has “always believed in reasonable exceptions.”
Ryan said he supports codifying the abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade, which was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. He said he opposes Ohio’s law banning most abortions after fetal cardiac activity has been detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy, which was blocked Friday.
“This is the largest government overreach in the history of our lifetime, a complete violation of personal freedom and liberty of women in this state,” he said. Ryan said Vance sides with extremists who would allow politicians into people’s personal lives.
Meanwhile, Vance said a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim should not have had to leave the state for an abortion, but he said the fact her attacker was in the country illegally was a failure of weak border policies.
“You voted so many times against the border wall funding, so many times for amnesty, Tim,” Vance said. “If you had done your job, she would have never been raped in the first place.”
On foreign policy, the pair parted ways on what the U.S. response should be if Russia were to launch nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Ryan said the U.S. should be prepared with a “swift and significant response,” while Vance countered that the United States needs a “foreign policy establishment that puts the interests of our citizens first.”
Ryan responded: “If J.D. had his way, Putin would be through Ukraine at this point. He’d be going into Poland.”
“If I had my way,” Vance retorted, “you’d put money at the southern border, Tim, instead of launching tons of money into Ukraine.”
Vance said, however, that Taiwan was a “much different situation” than Ukraine because of its importance to U.S. national security. “The reason why Taiwan is different is because they make so many of our semiconductors, our computer chips. The entire modern economy would collapse without it,” Vance said.
In the contest so far, Ryan has significantly outraised Vance in an increasingly Republican-leaning state that twice voted for Trump for president.
Ryan ended the last fundraising period that ended June 30 with $3.6 million in the bank, compared with Vance’s $630,000. Last week, the Ryan campaign reported raising $17.2 million between July 1 and the end of September. Vance, who received help in the primary from billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, has not reported his latest totals.
At the end of Monday’s debate, Vance and Ryan shook hands.
The next televised debate between the two candidates is scheduled for Oct. 17 on 21-WFMJ TV in Youngstown.
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For 85 Minutes US Had Its First Woman Keeper Of Nuke Button
For 85 Minutes, US Had Its First Woman Keeper Of “Nuke Button” https://digitalalabamanews.com/for-85-minutes-us-had-its-first-woman-keeper-of-nuke-button/
Joe Biden travels, as he does everywhere, with his “football.”(File)
Washington:
Doomsday could start with a football — the so-called “nuclear football” as the attache case carried wherever the US president goes is popularly known.
The rather awkwardly stuffed black bag doesn’t look like much, the only clue to its importance being that it never leaves the hand of a uniformed military aide.
But inside are top secret codes and plans enabling a president to authorize nuclear strikes — and pick from a sort of menu of targets — anywhere in the world.
In the White House, the president has his secure Situation Room, where he could order war and communicate with military leaders.
But when President Joe Biden, for example, traveled to Puerto Rico, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Maryland within the space of a few days this November, he traveled, as he does everywhere, with his “football.”
According to Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening the world with “Armageddon” when he hints at using nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
The US riposte, if it happened, could be launched from the back of the Beast limousine. Or Air Force One. Or a secret bunker.
Or really anywhere the “football” and the president were together.
– Biscuits –
The public has caught glimpses of the “football,” officially known as the Presidential Emergency Satchel, ever since one was photographed being carried behind John F. Kennedy at his seaside family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in 1963. Another accompanied Ronald Reagan right into Red Square during his summit with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988.
More discreet — and also bearing a deceptively innocuous nickname — is the other important element in triggering nuclear war: the “biscuit.”
If the “football” houses the menu of war plans, the “biscuit” contains the codes, known as Gold Codes, by which the president can identify himself and make the order.
About the size of credit cards, one of these is meant to be carried by the president at all times.
Ultra-secret, ultra-secure they may be, but both items have had their share of misadventure.
Bill Clinton was said to have mislaid his “biscuit,” while the one carried by Reagan was inadvertently dumped with his clothing in a plastic hospital bag when he was stripped for surgery after being shot in Washington in 1981.
When Donald Trump’s mob of supporters invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021, vice president Mike Pence had to flee to safety — along with a military aide holding the backup “football,” which also always accompanies the president’s successor.
– President decides –
The chain of command — legally speaking — could not be shorter.
“The US president has sole authority to authorize the use of US nuclear weapons,” the Congressional Research Service states.
The president does have to identify himself (with the “biscuit” codes) and he can, and presumably would, discuss options with the top brass.
But even if presidents “seek counsel” from military staff, “those advisors are then required to transmit and implement the orders authorizing nuclear use,” the congressional analysis says.
The order would pass through the ranks down to service members manning the switches in silos or submarines or in the air.
In a memo to Congress in 2021, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, said that even he is not in the “chain of command” — only the “chain of communication.”
– Unless… –
The president has no big red button to push and whatever he orders still has to filter through several sets of human beings before becoming reality.
US military personnel are required to disobey illegal orders and, as John Hyten, then the commander of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), said in 2017: “We think a lot about these things.”
“If it’s illegal, guess what’s going to happen? I’m going to say, ‘Mr. President, that’s illegal.’ And guess what he’s going to do? He’s going to say, ‘What would be legal?’ And we’ll come up with options, with a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that’s the way it works. It’s not that complicated.”
In a more extreme situation, the cabinet could theoretically intervene to strip the president of his powers, by invoking the 25th amendment.
That hasn’t happened, although there were numerous claims that high level discussions on the subject took place during the chaotic Trump presidency.
More likely, though, is a far less dire shift in the chain of command for planned medical procedures.
In this way, November 19, 2021, became a historic day: Biden underwent anaesthesia for a colonoscopy procedure and his vice president, Kamala Harris, became the first US woman to serve as commander in chief — for 85 minutes the keeper of the “biscuit” and “football.”
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U.N. Publicly Rejects Russia's Call For Secret Vote On Ukraine
U.N. Publicly Rejects Russia's Call For Secret Vote On Ukraine https://digitalalabamanews.com/u-n-publicly-rejects-russias-call-for-secret-vote-on-ukraine/
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly voted on Monday to reject Russia’s call for the 193-member body to hold a secret ballot later this week on whether to condemn Moscow’s move to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine.
The General Assembly decided, with 107 votes in favor, that it would hold a public vote – not a secret ballot – on a draft resolution that condemns Russia’s “illegal so-called referenda” and the “attempted illegal annexation.” Diplomats said the vote on the resolution would likely be on Wednesday or Thursday.
Only 13 countries on Monday opposed holding a public vote on the draft resolution, another 39 countries abstained and the remaining countries – including Russia and China – did not vote.
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Russia had argued that Western lobbying meant that “it may be very difficult if positions are expressed publicly.” During the meeting on Monday Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia questioned the push to condemn Moscow.
“What does this have to do with peace and security or trying to settle conflicts?” said Nebenzia, describing it as “yet one more step towards division and escalation, which I’m sure is not something the absolute majority of states in this room need.”
After the General Assembly decided on Monday that it would hold a public vote on the draft resolution, Russia immediately tried to get the body to reconsider the issue, but it overwhelmingly failed.
Moscow has moved to annex four partially occupied regions in Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – after staging what it called referendums. Ukraine and allies have denounced the votes as illegal and coercive.
The draft U.N. General Assembly resolution calls on states not to recognize Russia’s move and reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
‘TRAIL OF BLOOD’
Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya called on countries to defend the principles of the founding U.N. Charter.
“A trail of blood is left behind the Russian delegation when it enters the General Assembly and the hall is filled up with the smell of smoldering human flesh. That’s what we have tolerated in Syria. That’s what is happening today in Ukraine,” he told the General Assembly on Monday.
Russia rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities on Monday in what the United States called “horrific strikes”, killing civilians and knocking out power and heat with its most widespread air attacks since the start of the war more than seven months ago.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed the international community earlier on Monday to make clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions were “completely unacceptable.”
“Now is the time to speak out in support for Ukraine; it is not the time for abstentions, placating words, or equivocations under claims of neutrality. The core principles of the U.N. Charter are at stake,” Blinken said in a statement.
Russia vetoed a similar resolution in the 15-member Security Council last month. It has been trying to chip away at its international isolation after nearly three-quarters of the General Assembly reprimanded Moscow and demanded it withdraw its troops within a week of its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
The moves at the United Nations mirror what happened in 2014 after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea. At the Security Council Russia vetoed a draft resolution that opposed a referendum on the status of Crimea and urged countries not to recognize it.
The General Assembly then adopted a resolution declaring the referendum invalid with 100 votes in favor, 11 against and 58 formal abstentions, while two dozen countries didn’t take part.
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Taiwan Stocks Down More Than 4% In Mixed Asia Trade As TSMC Plunges 8%
Taiwan Stocks Down More Than 4% In Mixed Asia Trade As TSMC Plunges 8% https://digitalalabamanews.com/taiwan-stocks-down-more-than-4-in-mixed-asia-trade-as-tsmc-plunges-8/
Pedestrians cross a street in front of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, operated by Japan Exchange Group, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Shares in the Asia-Pacific were mixed on Tuesday, while Taiwan’s benchmark index dropped more than 4% on its return to trade after a holiday, as investors weighed the impact of new U.S. rules on chipmaker TSMC.
Japan and South Korea’s markets also resumed trading after a holiday on Monday. The Nikkei 225 fell 2.6% and the Topix lost 1.9%. In South Korea, the Kospi fell 2.35% and the Kosdaq shed 4.3%.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.56% and the Hang Seng Tech index dropped 2.96%. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 gave up earlier gains and was about flat.
The Shanghai Composite in mainland China gained 0.4% and the Shenzhen Component rose 0.876%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell nearly 2%.
“Equities continue to sell off as the impact of tighter monetary policy spooks investors,” ANZ Research analysts wrote in a note Tuesday.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Nasdaq Composite closed at its lowest since July 2020, down 1.04% at 10,542.10, dragged lower by a slump in semiconductor stocks.
The S&P 500 also slipped 0.75% to 3,612.39, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 93.91 points, or 0.32%, to close at 29,202.88.
— CNBC’s Carmen Reinicke and Alex Harring contributed to this report.
Japan’s current account surplus shrinks in August
Japan’s current account surplus for August shrank to 58.9 billion yen ($404 million), data from the finance ministry showed. That’s a 96.1% plunge from the same period a year ago.
Economists polled by Reuters expected a surplus of 121.8 billion yen in August. The current account surplus stood at 229 billion yen in July.
Imports grew at a faster pace than exports, with the weaker yen causing import prices to surge.
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CNBC Pro: Is it time to buy gold? Wall Street pros weigh in as prices fall
Gold has come under pressure this year, with the dollar’s big gain weighing on gold prices.
Spot gold was trading down 1% at $1,676 per ounce Monday — near a 2.5-year low. So is now the time to buy? CNBC Pro asked several market watchers for their thoughts.
Pro subscribers can read more here.
— Zavier Ong
Currency check: Australian dollar facing ‘perfect storm,’ Japanese yen close to intervention levels
The Australian dollar has been facing “something of a perfect storm” since the start of the week, according to Rodrigo Catril, a currency strategist at the National Australia Bank.
The currency, which is highly sensitive to China’s economic fortunes, has lost ground following China’s weak purchasing managers’ index data and new U.S. rules on chip exports to China. It last lost about 0.6% and is trading at $0.6266.
China’s onshore and offshore yuan also weakened and last changed hands at 7.19 per dollar.
Meanwhile, Japanese yen weakened against the U.S. dollar to trade at 145.70. That’s hovering close to this year’s low of 145.89 per dollar, which prompted intervention from authorities in September.
The Japanese currency strengthened to 140-levels following the intervention, but has since largely weakened.
— Abigail Ng
CNBC Pro: China’s tech stocks are tumbling, but short sellers have a different sector in their sights
Chinese tech stocks are down by 20% this year — but short sellers are targeting a different sector.
Some $742 million of new bearish bets were placed on one Chinese sector in particular in the third quarter. That compares to a reduction of around $150 million in shorts on the tech sector.
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TSMC shares plunge 7% on U.S. export limits
Market intelligence company TrendForce wrote that the U.S. rules will affect non-Chinese firms such as TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix.
“In the future, whether the situation is American factories no longer being able to export to the Chinese market or Chinese factories being unable to initiate projects and mass produce wafer starts, it will all have a negative impact on the future purchase order status of TSMC’s 7 [nanometer] and 5nm processes,” a press release on TrendForce’s website said.
Samsung Electronics’ shares lost 3.9% and SK Hynix shed 3.5% at session lows.
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U.S. Treasury yields climb, 30-year hits highest level since 2013
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury note climbed as high at 3.941%, reaching its highest level in nine years.
The 10-year yield rose to 3.963% and the 2-year yield inched higher to 4.318%. Rates fell earlier this month but started to rise again after positive economic data in the U.S. led investors to increase bets on further rate hikes by the Fed.
Bond yields move inversely to prices and one basis point is equivalent to 0.01%.
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CNBC Pro: Wall Street is bullish on some corners of tech again, as Citi gives one stock 115% upside
Some Wall Street banks have started making the case for buying into tech again, naming specific sectors they are bullish on.
Citi and Morgan Stanley both said they have upgraded tech to overweight.
CNBC Pro subscribers can read more about the areas they are looking at and the global stocks to buy.
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Los Angeles City Council President Resigns After Using Racist Language In Leaked Recording
Los Angeles City Council President Resigns After Using Racist Language In Leaked Recording https://digitalalabamanews.com/los-angeles-city-council-president-resigns-after-using-racist-language-in-leaked-recording/
Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez resigned from her position Monday after she and two other councilmembers were recorded making racist remarks.
The latest: Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera submitted his resignation on Monday night over his involvement in the racist conversation, per the Los Angeles Times.
He quit at a meeting of the labor organization’s executive board, California Labor Federation head Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher told the New York Times.
Driving the news: In a statement announcing her resignation, Martinez asked for forgiveness “from my colleagues and from the residents of this city that I love so much.”
“In the end, it is not my apologies that matter most; it will be the actions I take from this day forward. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to make amends. Therefore, effective immediately I am resigning as President of the Los Angeles City Council,” the statement continued.
The California and Los Angeles branches of the NAACP demanded late Sunday that Martinez and the others resign after the Los Angeles Times reported she called a Black child a monkey.
The NAACP chapters also called on Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and Herrera to step down for participating in a discussion with anti-Black and anti-Indigenous comments.
Details: Martinez referred to a white councilmember’s child, who is Black, as “ese changuito,” or that little monkey, during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, according to the leaked audio of a nearly year-old conversation.
Martinez also reportedly said that the councilor, Mike Bonin, handled his son as though he were an “accessory.” She also referred to Bonin as a “little b—h.”
Herrera suggested that Bonin puts his young son out in public like a lawn jockey, the racist statues used to invoke the antebellum South.
Martinez also is heard making fun of Indigenous people from the Mexican state of Oaxaca, who have migrated to Los Angeles.
She referred to them as “short little dark people” and called them “ugly.”
What they’re saying: “This kind of overt racism has no place in political discourse,” Rick L. Callender, president of the CA/HI State Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement.
“We clearly know where your heart and mind are, and both of them are corroded with the rust of racism and hate.”
Meanwhile, Los Angles Oaxacan chef, restaurateur, and Gold Award recipient Bricia Lopez joined in calls for resignations on social media.
The words out of (Nury Martinez’s) mouth cut deep in the Oaxaca community of LA. I’ve dealt w my fair share of racism. But it’s ten times worse when it comes from a brown and woman. Girl, you gotta resign,” she tweeted.
Zoom out: The secretly recorded conversation revolved around the councilors’ frustration that the growing Latino population wasn’t resulting in more Latino council districts and concerns Black leaders were keeping some Black-majority ones.
Martinez, De León, and Herrera have issued statements of apology for their roles in the conversation. Cedillo told the Los Angeles Times he had no memory of the discussion.
Of note: Protesters demonstrated outside of Martinez’s home and played portions of the audio recording on Sunday. Los Angeles police were later seen in a video shared on social media attempting to move the crowd away from her house.
Further protests were organized for Monday, with images shared to social media showing demonstrations outside the home of de León.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Martinez confirming her resignation and details of further protests. The headline has also been updated.
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Mobile Fire-Rescue Working Several Fires This Weekend
Mobile Fire-Rescue Working Several Fires This Weekend https://digitalalabamanews.com/mobile-fire-rescue-working-several-fires-this-weekend/
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Slow moving traffic Monday afternoon, after not only one, but two brush fires along the interstate.
The first fire was around noon near Theodore Dawes Road along I-10 in the westbound lanes.
Hours later, another brush fire in the opposite direction near Dauphin Island Pkwy.
According to officials it’s expected to continue during this time of year.
The dry weather and breezy wind conditions combined is what causes these fires to break out like this.
According to Steven Millhouse with Mobile Fire-Rescue he says this weekend alone 7-8 fires broke out, both commercial and residential.
Despite the beautiful weather, Millhouse says it does pose other problems.
“It’s gorgeous out, the sun is high, and it’s beautiful but with dry conditions in the Mobile area and the state of Alabama alone it makes it more difficult for fires that start to be able to catch them and cut them off,” Millhouse explained.
Millhouse says these brush fires can take hours to put out because it becomes a back and forth battle with the weather.
Traffic was a standstill along I-10 Monday in the westbound lanes as firefighters tried to keep the blaze off Ramsey Road.
Drivers in the opposite direction saw the same thing.
Just before Dauphin Island Parkway in the eastbound lanes, smoke could be seen from miles away.
“It’s dry conditions, lots of dry conditions, wind conditions. We have firefighters who are trying to attack it from different angles and cut it off,” Millhouse said. “It’s difficult with grass fires and brush fires.”
At one point, officials are trying to confirm that someone got out of their personal vehicle to put the flames out which they strongly don’t encourage.
This week Mobile Fire-Rescue wants to send out a reminder to the public on fire safety.
“This week is fire prevention week. So we are sharing lots of information in terms of what you need to have in your home. So this week’s theme is “fire won’t wait, plan your escape,” Millhouse said.
There were no injuries reported in this weekend’s fires.
Fire officials don’t encourage people to do any recreational burning and burning inside city limits is prohibited.
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Your Sons Name Should Be As Amazing As He Is So Find His Perfect Fit In These 350 Unique Baby Boy Names
Your Son’s Name Should Be As Amazing As He Is, So Find His Perfect Fit In These 350 Unique Baby Boy Names https://digitalalabamanews.com/your-sons-name-should-be-as-amazing-as-he-is-so-find-his-perfect-fit-in-these-350-unique-baby-boy-names/
Finding the right name for your brilliant baby boy can be a challenge. First, there’s crossing off the names that bring up bad associations (y’know, exes, bullies, infamous criminals). Then, there’s eliminating the popular names that will guarantee he’ll be one of five kids with the same name in his class. Oh, and if you have a partner, you have to consider their opinions about names (so inconvenient). Fortunately, we have amazing options to inspire you with these 350 unique baby boy names!
A name holds so much. It can pay homage to a significant figure from the past or someone you admire in the present. It can set an intention for your baby’s future. A name can embrace a sense of the masculine or transcend any limits of gender. It can instill cherished values and carry on a lasting legacy.
A name is one of the first and most important gifts you will give your baby boy. That’s why it should be as unique as he is. We have uncommon baby names like Rhodes, Han, Rumi, Laird, Salinger and so many more to share!
We pulled inspiration from all corners of the globe to bring you this collection of 350 unique baby boy names. And if you’re still searching for inspiration after you scroll this whole list, check out our other roundup of 300+ unique baby names.
Unique Baby Boy Names
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1. Rhodes — British naming meaning “where roses grow.”
2. Cerulean — Latin, meaning “dark blue.” Also, objectively the best crayon in the box.
3. Myer — Hebrew name, meaning “bringer of light.”
4. Denarius — The denarius was a silver coin in ancient Rome. The name can also be spelled Daenerys, as Game of Thrones fans know.
5. Chadwick — A name of British origin meaning “town of Chad,” as well as a tribute to Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman.
6. Reggie — A shortened version of Reginald, meaning “king.”
7. Ole — A Norwegian and Danish name derived from Old Norse, meaning “ancestor’s descendant.”
8. Alfie — Short for Alfred, meaning “wise counselor.” An excellent choice for Batman fans, as this is the name of Bruce Wayne’s butler and confidant.
9. Oz — A Hebrew name meaning “strength” and “courage.”
10. Ferris — Irish name meaning “strong man or ironworker.” Quite a different picture from Ferris Bueller.
11. Rufus — Although the name means “redhead,” many men named Rufus have not had red hair.
12. Arnold — Old English and German name meaning “eagle power.”
13. Walter — “Ruler of the army.”
14. Bernie — Short for Bernard, this name means “strong and brave bear.”
15. Ramy — An Arabic name that means “loving.”
16. Schmidt — The German equivalent of the name Smith, this name means “blacksmith” or “metalworker.”
17. Azure — A French name meaning “sky blue.”
18. Carmine — Italian name that means “song” or “vivid red.”
19. Cyan — Another color name, this one means “greenish-blue.”
20. Elton — A tribute to the Rocketman himself, this English name means “from the old town.”
21. Han — Before it was synonymous with Harrison Ford in Star Wars, it was a Scandinavian name, meaning “God is gracious.”
22. Zephyr — A Greek name meaning “west wind.”
23. Ash — From the Hebrew name Asher, meaning “happy.”
24. Glenn — This Irish and Scottish name means “valley.”
25. Guy — Popular in midcentury America, this French name means “guide” or “leader.”
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26. Alton — Similar to Elton, this name means “old town.”
27. Andreas — This Greek name means “man” and is associated with strength and bravery.
28. Dirk — “Gifted ruler.”
29. Seneca — A name of Native American origin from a tribe that is part of the Iroquis confederacy, it means “people of the standing rock.”
30. Rava — “A father.”
31. Kent — Another popular midcentury name, this one means “edge.”
32. Kirk — From Old Norse and German, this name means “church,” a good choice for a family of faith.
33. Ion — A short and sweet name that means “God is good.”
34. Timon — A values-laden name that means “respect” and “honor.”
35. Zeno — For Greek mythology readers, this name means “gift of Zeus.”
36. Bartholomew — For farmers and gardeners, this name means “son of Talmai” (a farmer).
37. Basil — “Royal, kingly.”
38. Judd — This name means “flowing down,” but might be better known as the name of popular comedy director, Judd Apatow or the surname of Naomi, Wynona and Ashley.
39. Kenji — A Japanese name meaning “strong.”
40. Niall — A confidence-boosting name of Irish origin that means “champion.”
41. Crispin — It’s not the only name in this list about hair, but this one means “curly-haired.”
42. Cyril — “Lordly.”
43. Florian — A name with Latin origins that means “flowering” or “flourishing.”
44. Gerard — An intense choice that means “brave spear.”
45. Kilian — Depending on whether it’s in Irish or German, this name means “church” or “bright-headed.”
46. Lucius — A name that means “light” can represent wisdom, hope, divinity, or happiness.
47. Macarius — “blessed; fortunate.”
48. Justus — As you might expect, this name means “just” or “upright.”
49. Tiernan — An Irish name meaning “lord.”
50. Rumi — The name of one of the all-time best-selling poets in the U.S., 13th-century Persian poet, Sufi philosopher and Muslim scholar, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi.
51. Niran — A Thai name meaning “eternal.”
52. Sheldon — An English name meaning “steep-sided valley.” Also a good choice for fans of the sitcom Big Bang Theory.
53. Ender — A Turkish name meaning “extremely rare” is the perfect choice for your one-of-a-kind little boy.
54. Booker — A good choice for the child of bookish types, this British name means “someone concerned with books,” “binder” or “scribe.”
55. Brick — The name of a character from the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and a character from the tv show, The Middle, this name has various potential meanings, including “freckled,” “good guy, “mason,” “bridge,” and “dweller from a hilly place.” Take your pick.
56. Crane — A fitting choice for a long baby, this name means “long-necked bird.”
57. Fitzgerald —An Irish name meaning “son of the spear-ruler.”
58. Percy — We’re not sure what “one who pierces the valley” means, but we do like this name’s associations with popular young adult fiction characters like Percy Weasley and Percy Jackson.
59. Dodger — A term coined from “trolley dodgers,” this name might appeal to baseball fans from Brooklyn or Los Angeles.
60. Fenway — This name perfect for Boston Red Sox fans also means “through the marsh.”
61. Kauffman — This German name that means “merchant” is also a fitting choice for Kansas City Royals fans.
62. Wrigley — A charming name for Chicago Cubs fans, this English name means “clearing by the river bend.”
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63. Beck — From the Old Norse word bekkr, this name means “brook.” A wonderful choice for fans of soothing nature and music.
64. Gulliver — Sure, the name means “glutton,” but its better association is with travel. If you want to instill an adventurous spirit in your son, this is a lively pick.
65. Hammett — A name that means “village” or “home,” this one helps him carry his roots with him wherever he goes.
66. Truman — “Loyal one.”
67. Homer — This name that means “security” or “pledge” has been made most famous by the Greek poet credited for the Iliad and the Odyssey.
68. Jarrell — “Spear ruler”
69. Jersey — This name that means “grassy island” may bring to mind the “garden state” of New Jersey but has English roots.
70. Keats — Primarily used as a surname with the meaning “shed worker,” this name evokes poetry.
71. Laird — This name means much like its sound, “lord.”
72. Loch — A Scottish name meaning “lake.”
73. Lowell — Encourage his wild side with a name that means “young wolf.”
74. Macon — Give him a sense of groundedness with a name that means “stone worker” or “marsh dweller.”
75. Mcewen — This name means “son of Ewan” and Ewan means “born of the yew tree.”
76. McKay — Who wouldn’t want to give their baby a name that means “happy” or “rejoicing.”
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77. Misha — A sacred choice for families of faith, this name means “who resembles God.”
78. Morrison — This name means “dark-skinned” and several notable people have had this surname including Jim Morrison and Toni Morrison.
79. Munro — Another name that brings to mind flowing streams, this one means “mouth of the river Ro” and is the surname belonging to Nobel Prize-winning writer, Alice Munro.
80. Pip — Best known as a character in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, This short, lively name means “lover of horses.”
81. Poe — Known best as the surname of Edgar Allen Poe, this name means “peacock.”
82. Raleigh — A peaceful English name meaning “deer’s meadow.”
83. Rainn — This name means “shower of blessings from above” and is the first name of the actor who played Dwight Schrute on the U.S. version of the tv comedy, The Office.
84. Roald — A good choice for parents with big aspirations for their child, this name means “famous ruler.” The best-known Roald is probably Roald Dahl, the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and more children’s classics.
85. Salinger — Surname of the author of Catcher in the Rye, this name means “man of peace.”
86. Sweeney — A name meaning “the little hero” or “pleasant.”
87. Taft — “building site” or “homestead,” this name is a good choice for families in construction or building trades.
88. Tad — A name meaning “gift of God” given to Abraham Lincoln’s son. A great choice on its own or as a nickname for Thaddeus or Theodore.
89. Lad — Give him an air of youth forever with a name that means “young man”
90. Tennyson — Best known as the surname of ...
Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman Larry Elder Rally For Zach Nunn Iowa Capital Dispatch
Trump-Backed Harriet Hageman, Larry Elder Rally For Zach Nunn – Iowa Capital Dispatch https://digitalalabamanews.com/trump-backed-harriet-hageman-larry-elder-rally-for-zach-nunn-iowa-capital-dispatch/
Republicans must work together and avoid infighting on topics like former President Donald Trump in order to bring a “red wave” to fruition this November, GOP candidates and leaders said at a Polk County Republican rally Monday night.
Alongside Iowa conservative leaders, Wyoming Republican congressional candidate Harriet Hageman and former California governor candidate Larry Elder rallied for 3rd Congressional District candidate Zach Nunn as well as other GOP state and federal candidates in Polk County at the Horizon Event Center in Clive.
While the conservative figures spent much of their time talking about the need to win back Congress to fight against President Joe Biden’s administration, they also spoke about better times under former President Donald Trump.
Hageman won a contentious Republican primary against incumbent U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump for his connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Cheney chairs the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot and Trump’s role in spurring the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Hageman was endorsed by Trump in the primary race.
While the Wyoming Republican did not name Trump in her speech, she said she would investigate the FBI and critics of Trump if elected.
“We’re going to start investigating people like Hunter Biden,” Hageman told the crowd of more than 200. “… and the people who raided Mar-a-Lago, and the people who pushed forward with the ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ hoax, and all the other things that need to be looked into.”
Cheney has alleged that Hageman has spread false theories about the 2020 presidential election results, and said that she will not support her primary opponent in the general election. Iowa GOP party chairman Jeff Kaufmann criticized Cheney’s comments following the primary election. If Republicans are going to take back Congress, he said, they need to act as a team.
“It’s really kind of sad,” Kaufmann said. “And I would say that in Iowa, the same thing was happening. It’s really kind of sad to see a poor loser. It’s really kind of sad to see someone that’s part of a team and then forgets they’re part of that team if things don’t go their way.”
Elder also praised Trump in his address, comparing the economy under Trump versus Biden. He compared Trump’s approach to a golfer who doesn’t play with good form, but still makes impressive shots.
“When it comes to President Trump, I love where the ball landed,” Elder said. “I pay no attention to the swing.”
Mindy Ginger, a conservative Republican from Saylorville, said she has been a fan of Hageman since her appearance on shows including the War Room with Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson’s talk show on Fox News. Congress needs more people like Hageman who “means what she says,” said Ginger, who said she gave money to the campaign.
Ginger said Iowa Sen. Zach Nunn was similar to Hageman, and would help reform the federal government, cutting taxes and securing the U.S.-Mexico border. In addition to getting Republicans elected to Iowa offices, she said she wants to see Trump run for election again in 2024.
“I pray he gets back in,” Ginger said.
Republican speakers gathered on stage at a Polk County GOP campaign event in Clive, Monday Oct. 10. From left to right: Polk County Republican Party chairman Gloria Mazza, Iowa Sen. Zach Nunn, Wyoming Republican congressional candidate Harriet Hageman, former California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder, former Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Speakers showed their support for Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Republican state government candidates, but most of the attention was focused on Nunn’s campaign against U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne. She won re-election in 2020 when Trump won the majority of the vote in the congressional district, and the redistricting process has added more rural, conservative-leaning counties to the district.
Nunn said he would work on fighting government spending in Washington, D.C. if elected and called for the reversal of the Inflation Reduction Act and Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness program. Axne and other liberal politicians do not care about the average Iowan, he said, who are still grappling with the impacts of high inflation and costs of living.
“We talked to families who have really suffered because they like us have tried to make do with not enough,” Nunn said.
During her address, Hageman said that she was looking forward to working with Nunn to stop “radical” economic and social policies.
“Zach, when you and I get to Congress, we’re going to work together on a couple of things,” Hageman said.
Elder said he related to Nunn’s race trying to unseat a Democratic incumbent, reflecting on his race against California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
While the former talk show radio host said he was in Iowa to support Nunn and other Republican candidates in the upcoming election, he also told the crowd he was considering running for another public office. While he did not say he was planning to run for president in 2024, he said he has heard from people in states from Iowa to Maine that they want the chance to support him in an election.
“I’m thinking, thinking, thinking about running for something else,” Elder said, as attendees cheered. “I will keep you posted.”
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They're All Hands On Deck': Coroner Releases Some Victims' Names In Quintuple Homicide
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An Upstate coroner released two names of the five people killed at a home Sunday night.Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger released the names of Thomas Ellis Anderson, 37, and Adam Daniel Morley, 32, both of Bobo Drive, in Inman.Both were found dead inside the house, Clevenger said.Three hours later, Clevenger identified another victim as 59-year-old Mark Allen Hewitt. According to Clevenger, Hewitt was staying at the home at the time of his death and was pronounced dead at the scene.Law enforcement is still investigating the quintuple homicide that happened Sunday night at the home on Bobo Drive.On Monday afternoon, Clevenger confirmed the five people dead. He said four people were found dead inside the house, each in a different room. One person suffering from a gunshot wound was found still alive, according to Clevenger.They were taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where they later died during surgery, he said. The coroner confirmed all the victims died from gunshot wounds, and some had been shot multiple times.Clevenger said no children were involved, and none of the victims was related to one another.The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation continues. They responded to the scene just before 8 p.m. Sunday.A family member of a potential victim said a neighbor found the scene and called 911. Neighbors said they were in shock that something this tragic happened in their community. “I don’t expect nothing like this, no one expects something like this,” Christopher Willis. “I come here and there’s police everywhere and detectives. They told us about the killing. I don’t know, I don’t know what to say.”While they continue their investigation, Clevenger was still working to identify the rest of the victims.”Public needs to understand, the sheriff’s office, my office, nobody’s going to let up on this, even the prosecutor’s office, we’re not going to let up on this,” Clevenger said. “They’re all hands on deck, everybody is really working hard on this. The public needs to understand this may be shocking, but the Sheriff and his men, prosecutors’ office, my folks, we’re going to stay with it until this gets solved.”However, Willis believes it might be too late for their quiet neighborhood. “Like they say, when stuff gets to more building, more money, more in the area, crime is going to go up. That’s another thing I worry about living back here in this area,” Willis said.Anyone with information is asked to call the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.WYFF News 4 reached out to the sheriff’s office for comment. They did not provide more information, citing an active investigation.
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An Upstate coroner released two names of the five people killed at a home Sunday night.
Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger released the names of Thomas Ellis Anderson, 37, and Adam Daniel Morley, 32, both of Bobo Drive, in Inman.
Both were found dead inside the house, Clevenger said.
Three hours later, Clevenger identified another victim as 59-year-old Mark Allen Hewitt.
According to Clevenger, Hewitt was staying at the home at the time of his death and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Law enforcement is still investigating the quintuple homicide that happened Sunday night at the home on Bobo Drive.
On Monday afternoon, Clevenger confirmed the five people dead.
He said four people were found dead inside the house, each in a different room.
One person suffering from a gunshot wound was found still alive, according to Clevenger.
They were taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where they later died during surgery, he said.
The coroner confirmed all the victims died from gunshot wounds, and some had been shot multiple times.
Clevenger said no children were involved, and none of the victims was related to one another.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation continues. They responded to the scene just before 8 p.m. Sunday.
A family member of a potential victim said a neighbor found the scene and called 911.
Neighbors said they were in shock that something this tragic happened in their community.
“I don’t expect nothing like this, no one expects something like this,” Christopher Willis. “I come here and there’s police everywhere and detectives. They told us about the killing. I don’t know, I don’t know what to say.”
While they continue their investigation, Clevenger was still working to identify the rest of the victims.
“Public needs to understand, the sheriff’s office, my office, nobody’s going to let up on this, even the prosecutor’s office, we’re not going to let up on this,” Clevenger said. “They’re all hands on deck, everybody is really working hard on this. The public needs to understand this may be shocking, but the Sheriff and his men, prosecutors’ office, my folks, we’re going to stay with it until this gets solved.”
However, Willis believes it might be too late for their quiet neighborhood.
“Like they say, when stuff gets to more building, more money, more in the area, crime is going to go up. That’s another thing I worry about living back here in this area,” Willis said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.
WYFF News 4 reached out to the sheriff’s office for comment.
They did not provide more information, citing an active investigation.
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Ukraine War: US Condemns 'brutal' Russian Strikes On Ukraine
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By Paul Adams in Kyiv and Elsa Maishman and Oliver Slow in London
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Russia has been widely condemned after bombarding cities across Ukraine, including launching missile strikes on the centre of Kyiv for the first time.
The US said the “brutal” attacks had hit non-military targets, including a university and children’s playground, and promised ongoing military aid.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply shocked”.
Vladimir Putin said the attacks were retaliation for Saturday’s explosion on a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.
Ukraine says 83 missiles were launched of which more than 43 were shot down.
In a defiant video, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “Ukraine cannot be intimidated. It can only be more united.”
The deadly barrage included strikes on the cities of Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, and were some of the worst Ukraine has seen for months.
At least 14 people were killed and scores more were injured, officials said.
Several regions were left without electricity and water after missiles hit energy infrastructure.
Residents in the capital Kyiv said Russia appeared to be targeting civilian areas which were busy with Monday morning commuters, including the children’s playground, university and the popular Taras Shevchenko park.
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Monday’s strikes saw central Kyiv targeted for the first time
Antonio Guterres described the strikes as “another unacceptable escalation of the war” for which civilians were paying the highest price.
The EU said a war crime had been committed, while European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Russia stood for terror and brutality.
US President Joe Biden was one of many foreign leaders to speak with President Zelensky, and he “pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defence systems”, the White House said.
Mr Biden said the attacks demonstrated “the utter brutality” of Putin’s “illegal war”.
China and India, which have not condemned the war, called for a de-escalation.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UN, said his family had been in a residential area in Ukraine when it was attacked by the latest Russian missiles and they were unable to go to a bomb shelter.
He said Russia had already killed some of his relatives, calling it “a terrorist state” that must be deterred in the strongest possible ways to prevent further atrocities. He added that Russia’s delegation to the UN left “a trail of blood” whenever it entered the General Assembly hall.
The General Assembly is holding an emergency meeting following Russia’s latest attacks. Although the session was convened because of the Kremlin’s annexation of four partly-occupied Ukrainian regions following sham referendums, it has been overshadowed by this morning’s attacks.
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Ihor Zhovkva speaking to the BBC’s Paul Adams
Russian missiles began hitting targets across Ukraine around the morning rush hour on Monday, in the most widespread bombardment of the war.
Ihor Zhovka, deputy head of President Zelensky’s office, said they were designed to sow panic.
The strikes were more intense than had previously been seen, he told the BBC, and in some ways resembled the early days of the war.
He added that this had not come as a surprise, and was a sign of things to come during the “very difficult” winter ahead.
Russia’s President Putin said the attacks were in retaliation to Saturday’s explosion on the bridge linking the occupied Crimea peninsula to Russia which he blamed on Ukraine.
Ukraine has not confirmed it was behind that strike. Mr Zhovka said he did not entirely believe that the Russian attacks were a retaliation, as Kyiv has been hit before.
Mr Putin warned he was ready to authorise more “severe” attacks, while deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that “the first episode has been played. There will be others”.
Meanwhile, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko – a close ally of President Putin – has agreed to deploy his forces to link up with Russian soldiers at Belarus’ border with Ukraine in response to what he said was a threat to his country from Kyiv.
“We need to figure out what else needs to be done to strengthen the security of our state, given the rapidly changing environment,” he said according to comments carried in the state-run Belta news agency.
Lukashenko, who held a one-on-one meeting with President Putin in St Petersburg, said he had been informed through unofficial channels of a “Crimean Bridge 2” being planned against Belarus, a reference to Saturday’s explosion on a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea.
Without providing any evidence, he said: “Ukraine is not just contemplating, but planning strikes on the territory of Belarus,” adding that Kyiv was being “pushed by their patrons to unleash a war against Belarus” and Russia at the same time.
“We saw it, we knew it, we created battalion tactical groups, we practiced the defence of the southern border, which we are doing now,” he said.
Mr Lukashenko has become increasingly reliant on Russia for economic, political and military support in recent years, and Russian forces used Belarus as a base when it began its invasion of Ukraine in February.
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Stock Futures Are Little Changed After The Nasdaq Composite Closes At A 2-Year Low
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Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Aug. 8, 2022.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the Nasdaq Composite closed at its lowest in two years during the regular session.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 20 points, or 0.07%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.13% and 0.21%, respectively.
Stocks closed lower Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite falling 1% following a drop in semiconductor stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed nearly 94 points, or 0.3%, while the S&P 500 declined about 0.8%.
Investors weighed comments from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who warned that the U.S. would likely fall into a recession over the next “six to nine months,” and said the S&P 500 could fall another 20% depending on whether the Federal Reserve engineers a soft or a hard landing for the economy.
Those remarks came at the start of a big week for third quarter bank earnings, and ahead of Wednesday’s producer price report, Thursday’s consumer price index report for September and Friday’s retail sales numbers, also for last month.
Investor reaction is focused solely on how the Federal Reserve will react to the economy as it works to dampen inflation.
“There’s always this idea of a Fed pivot coming right around the corner, and they’re just going to tighten their belts to bring inflation down without affecting the economy more broadly,” Dan Greenhaus, chief strategist and economist at Solus Alternative Asset Management, said Monday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime.”
“All of that was always hopes and dreams. And the most likely outcome was … what history shows always happens, which is the Fed tightens, they tighten too much, they cause an economic dislocation, the market goes down. Full stop,” he added.
U.S. Treasury yields climb, 30-year hits highest level since 2013
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury note climbed as high at 3.941%, reaching its highest level in nine years.
The 10-year yield rose to 3.963% and the 2-year yield inched higher to 4.318%. Rates fell earlier this month but started to rise again after positive economic data in the U.S. led investors to increase bets on further rate hikes by the Fed.
Bond yields move inversely to prices and one basis point is equivalent to 0.01%.
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CNBC Pro: Wall Street is bullish on some corners of tech again, as Citi gives one stock 115% upside
Some Wall Street banks have started making the case for buying into tech again, naming specific sectors they are bullish on.
Citi and Morgan Stanley both said they have upgraded tech to overweight.
CNBC Pro subscribers can read more about the areas they are looking at and the global stocks to buy.
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All sectors in the S&P 500 are more than 10% off their recent highs
All 11 sectors in the S&P 500 closed more than 10% off their recent highs on Monday.
Communication services is more than 41% lower than its 52-week high. Information technology, consumer discretionary, and real estate are all more than 33% off their recent highs. Financials and materials are down more than 23%, and industrials is more than 20% lower.
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Kevin Simpson’s top stock picks include UPS, Qualcomm
Kevin Simpson said his top stock picks include UPS and Qualcomm as he looks for names with strong dividend growth in a volatile market.
The founder and CIO at Capital Wealth Planning said he has a 5% allocation to UPS, noting its healthy dividend yield of nearly 4%.
“Over the past 10 years, they just continue to raise that dividend, and that’s our playbook,” Simpson said Monday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime.” “If we can have stocks that turn a profit, they have an EBITDA, they return cash to shareholders, certainly in a time period like this, that type of methodology can work.”
Simpson said he’s using the decline in semiconductor stocks to build a position in Qualcomm, which has a 2.6% dividend yield. Chip stocks slumped on Monday after the Biden administration announced new measures that would limit U.S. companies’ ability to sell advanced computing chips to China.
The investor, who said he has a 14% cash allocation, said he expects “the next three to six months are going to provide ample opportunity to buy amazing names” as the Federal Reserve maintains a hawkish stance against inflation.
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Stock futures open little changed
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Monday night after the Nasdaq Composite closed at its lowest in two years during the regular session.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 14 points, or 0.05%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.06% and 0.09%, respectively.
— Sarah Min
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Democratic Ohio Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) reiterated at a televised debate on Monday that he does not believe that President Biden should run for reelection in 2024.
“No, I’ve been very clear. I’d like to see a generational change,” Ryan said at a debate hosted by The Hill’s parent company Nexstar in Cleveland.
“Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, the president, everybody,” he continued. “We need a new generation of leadership.”
Last month, Ryan made headlines when he suggested that Biden should not run for another term, citing generational change.
“The environment politically across the country is poisonous, and people I think want some change,” the congressman told WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio. “It’s important for us, in both parties, these leaders who have been around for a while, I think it’s time for some generational change.”
And last week, Ryan told Fox News he was not inviting Biden onto the campaign trail with him, adding that “I’m really not inviting anybody.”
A Spectrum News/Siena College poll released late last month shows Biden with a 41 percent approval rating in the Buckeye State.
Ryan’s comments come as his Republican opponent J.D. Vance works to tie him to the sitting president, mirroring a strategy seen in other contentious midterm races across the country.
The state’s Senate race appears to be narrowing, with the Real Clear Politics polling average showing Vance leading Ryan by just 1.4 points. The Cook Political Report has labeled the race as “lean Republican.”
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Comedian Earns Praise For Chugging Beer Thrown At Her By Trump-Supporting Heckler
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Oct 11, 2022, 2:25amUpdated 32m ago
By: News 12 Staff
There were some frightening moments at a Jersey Shore comedy club this weekend when a heckler threw a full beer at the performer on stage.
Comic Ariel Elias was performing at Uncle Vinney’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach on Saturday and was inches away from being struck in the head by a full beer can. What she did next won her points with the crowd.
“She goes, ‘I was just a wreck and I needed a drink,’” says club owner Dino Ibelli. “It was stressful for about, I would say 10-15 seconds, and that was it.”
The incident happened during Elias’s Q&A portion of her set. An audience member asked her if she voted for former President Donald Trump.
Elias responded, “Why would you ask me that, knowing I’m the only Jew in the room? Are you trying to get me killed?”
The heckler responded that she could tell Elias voted for President Joe Biden “based on [her] jokes.”
The crowd started to get uneasy at this exchange. Elias then told the crowd “Make some noise if you want her to shut up.”
That’s when someone – believed to be the heckler’s husband – threw a beer at the stage, narrowly missing Elias. Elias responded by picking up the beer and chugging it.
The beer-thrower ran out of the club too quickly for anyone to catch him. But Ibelli says he found out who it was through the club’s surveillance system and some research.
“We’re going to prosecute to the fullest extent that we can. What it’s going to be, I don’t know the actual terms, but we’re going to go full steam ahead,” he says.
Ibelli says that in the club’s 20 years in business, nothing like this has ever happened. He says he is glad no one got hurt.
“The comedian’s the only one with the microphone. They’re the only professional in the room. And when you start heckling a comedian, everyone else is against you. So now you’re fighting against 100-plus people and yourself and you’re never going to win,” he says.
Elias was not available to be interviewed. But she received a lot of support from other comedians.
The Point Pleasant Beach Police Department says that she does not wish to pursue changes and that any information that police have made an arrest is false.
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Fact Check: Trumps Faulty Double Standard Document Claim | The Paradise News
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By Robert Farley
Former President Donald Trump made a series of faulty comparisons to other past presidents to argue that he was being held to a double standard regarding the FBI’s pursuit of his presidential documents.
Trump accused several of his presidential predecessors of storing White House documents, including ones that were classified, in unsecured warehouse spaces. But all of the examples Trump mentioned were cases of the National Archives and Records Administration — not the former presidents themselves — storing documents in secure facilities, while permanent presidential libraries were being built.
For example, Trump said, “George H.W. Bush took millions and millions of documents to a former bowling alley pieced together with what was then an old and broken Chinese restaurant, they put them together. And it had a broken front door and broken windows. Other than that it was quite secure. And there was no security.”
That drew a bewildered response from the late George H.W. Bush’s son and Trump nemesis, Jeb Bush, who tweeted a link to a clip of Trump’s rally in Arizona on Oct. 9 and commented, “I am so confused. My dad enjoyed a good Chinese meal and enjoyed the challenge of 7 10 split. What the heck is up with you?”
Documents and artifacts from the elder Bush’s time in the presidency were kept for several years in a former bowling alley in the mid-1990s, while the permanent George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was under construction on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The delay gave archivists time to curate some 40,000 objects, such as gifts from foreign dignitaries, and 36 million pages of official records and personal papers. It was so much stuff that some of it had to be stored next door “in what used to be the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant,” according to an Associated Press story in 1994.
“Some printed material is classified and will remain so for years; it is open only to those with top-secret clearances,” the AP said.
But contrary to Trump’s claim that there was “no security” at the building, AP wrote: “Uniformed guards patrol the premises. There are closed-circuit television monitors and sophisticated electronic detectors along walls and doors.”
Dr. Robert Holzweiss, deputy director of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, told People magazine in February, “When I got involved the temporary facility for the Bush museum was in College Station, Texas, in an old bowling alley. Without the alleys it was perfect, it was like a warehouse. They just built a secure space within to house the classified material.”
Note that he says the classified materials were held in a “secure space” built by NARA.
And in any case, none of the presidential records, including classified documents, were in Bush’s possession or in his personal residence, as was the case with documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago in Florida. In a timeline of the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s handling of highly classified documents, we detailed the numerous steps NARA and the Department of Justice took in an effort to retrieve government records from Trump after he left office — including numerous formal requests, a grand jury subpoena and a court-approved search warrant. On Aug. 8, the Justice Department seized 13 boxes that contained numerous documents, many highly classified or top secret.
But at the rally on Oct. 9, Trump brought up several former presidents in an attempt to make the case that he was unfairly being singled out by federal authorities over presidential records.
“We have a weaponized Department of Justice and FBI and everything including, of course, the break-in of my home,” Trump said. “[W]e could call it the warehouse case because many other presidents stored their millions of pages of stuff in unsecured warehouses, some of them without front doors that worked properly. Just look at how every other president has been treated when they left office. They’ve been treated beautifully. … They’ve been given the time needed and complete deference when it came to their documents and to their papers. There was no criminality.”
Trump then talked about the handling of presidential documents by some of his predecessors to claim that he is being held to a “double standard.”
Obama’s Records
Trump falsely said that Barack Obama “moved more than 20 truckloads, over 33 million pages of documents, both classified and unclassified, to a poorly built and totally unsafe former furniture store located in a rather bad neighborhood in Chicago,” claiming, “They just found that out.”
No one “just found that out.” NARA moved and controlled records from the Obama administration after he left office.
In the days after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Aug. 8, Trump repeatedly raised questions about Obama’s handling of presidential records. On Sept. 23, NARA released a statement contradicting Trump’s account.
NARA statement, Sept. 23: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) administers the Barack Obama Presidential Library, located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The library holds records from the Obama presidential administration and is leased, controlled, managed, and used exclusively by NARA. The Obama Foundation, an independent entity, has never had control over the records in Hoffman Estates. All records in that facility are stored and managed by NARA in accordance with archival storage standards, and all classified records were stored in an appropriately secured compartment within the facility. NARA moved these records at the end of the Obama administration to the Hoffman Estates facility under the assumption that former President Obama and his Foundation would be building and transferring to NARA a traditional, physical Presidential Library in the Chicago area. When former President Obama decided that he would not build a physical, NARA-operated Presidential Library, NARA transported the classified records back to secure locations in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The Obama Foundation provided NARA with funds to help convert the Hoffman Estates facility and to cover some of the expenses of moving the classified records, but the foundation has never had possession or control over the records.
Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter
Trump also misleadingly claimed that President George W. Bush “stored 68 million pages in a warehouse in Texas,” and that Bill Clinton “took millions of documents from the White House to a former car dealership in Arkansas.” In both cases, NARA controlled the documents at temporary facilities (a warehouse in Bush’s case and a former car dealership in Clinton’s case) before the presidential libraries were constructed.
A Jan. 15, 2009, NARA media alert said that once Bush left office a few days later on Jan. 20, “his official records and gifts received on behalf of the U.S. Government become the property of the National Archives and Records Administration,” which was transferring the material to “a temporary Library facility in Lewisville Texas approximately 20 miles from the permanent Library site on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.”
At the end of that year, a Washington Post article described the facility as a “warehouse,” reporting that “68 million pages of documents,” along with 175 million emails and many other objects and artifacts from Bush’s years in the White House had been “meticulously catalogued, wrapped, stored and guarded in the climate-controlled warehouse” managed by NARA in Lewisville. “It will all eventually move to the $300 million George W. Bush Presidential Library opening at Southern Methodist University in 2013.”
Similarly, in 2000, NARA leased a 42,000-square-foot facility, “formerly the Balch Motor Company,” a NARA press release said, in Little Rock, Arkansas, until the Clinton Presidential Library could be built.
There’s nothing unusual about NARA using converted facilities to temporarily store presidential records and artifacts while until a permanent presidential library is built.
According to NARA, “Repurposed storage facilities are a trademark of temporary library locations. The records from the Reagan administration were housed in a converted pasta factory. For the records of the George H. W. Bush administration, a bowling alley and an adjacent Chinese restaurant were combined to provide space for the records. A former car dealership housed the Clinton records in Little Rock.”
Tapes, Emails and Nuclear Codes
Trump made a few other false and misleading claims about George W. Bush, Clinton and Carter.
He said that Clinton “kept classified recordings in his sock. … They say he left the White House with recordings in his sock, and they found them in his sock drawer.” These were not “classified recordings.” Instead, they were tapes of Clinton’s conversations with author Taylor Branch, and, according to one 2007 news report, Clinton later used these oral history recordings to write his autobiography. The CBS News report said that Clinton “kept the tapes in a sock drawer.””
Branch also wrote a book, published in 2009, based on the tapes, called “The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President.”
The next year, the conservative group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit asking a court to require NARA to take custody of the tapes, but NARA said these were “personal records” per the Presidential Records Act. In 2012, a District Court judge dismissed the suit.
Trump said that Bush “lost 22 million White House emails covering the Iraq invasion. … They’re still looking for those 22 million pages.” It’s true that the Bush administration failed to archive millions of emails, though the 22 million messages ...
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Alabama alumni Robert Foster and Jared Mayden returned to NFL rosters on Monday by joining practice squads. A wide receiver, Foster rejoined his most recent team, the New York Giants. A safety, Mayden signed with the Buffalo Bills.
Foster has been out of football since the Giants released him from injured reserve with an injury settlement on Aug. 25. He had gone on injured reserve on Aug. 19 with a hamstring problem.
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After entering the NFL as an undrafted rookie in 2018, Foster had 27 receptions for 541 yards and three touchdowns in 13 games with Buffalo in his first season. Since then, Foster has played in 17 NFL regular-season games and caught five passes for 101 yards.
Between Buffalo and New York, Foster was on the rosters of the Green Bay Packers, Washington Football Team, Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys. He first joined the Giants on March 14, three days after being released by Dallas.
On Sunday, New York defeated the Packers 27-22 even though three of the six wide receivers on its active roster were not available for the game because of injuries.
Foster rejoins Brian Daboll, who is in his first season as the Giants’ coach. Daboll worked as Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2017, when Foster caught 14 passes for 174 yards and one touchdown for the Crimson Tide’s CFP national championship team in his senior season. Daboll spent the intervening four seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Bills, with Foster on the team for the first two seasons.
Mayden entered the NFL as a undrafted rookie in 2020, when he played in two games with the San Francisco 49ers. Last season, he played in four games with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Mayden went on the Eagles’ injured reserve on Aug. 17 with an undisclosed problem and was released with an injury settlement on Sept. 20.
Buffalo lost one starting safety, Micah Hyde, two games into the season to a neck injury, and its other regular safety, Jordan Poyer, missed Sunday’s 38-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers with a rib injury.
While two players with Alabama football roots joined NFL rosters on Monday, two more went off.
Former Alabama tight end Miller Forristall was waived by the Cleveland Browns after they acquired linebacker Deion Jones for a draft pick on Monday.
Forristall has been with the Browns for two seasons, mainly on the practice squad. He played in two games in 2021 and had played in two games in 2022, once as a practice-squad elevation and once as a member of the active roster.
The Miami Dolphins released former Auburn defensive end Big Kat Bryant from their practice squad. Bryant had joined the Dolphins on Sept. 5. An undrafted rookie, Bryant spent the offseason program, training camp and the preseason with the Cowboys before he was released at the end of August.
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Ohio Senate Debate With Ryan Vance Devolves Into Attacks
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — (AP) — The first debate between Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance devolved quickly into attacks Monday, with the candidates for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat accusing each other of being responsible for job losses and putting party loyalty ahead of voters’ needs.
Vance said Ryan had supported policies as a congressman that led to a 10-year-old girl in Ohio being raped. Ryan said Vance had started a “fake nonprofit” to help people overcome addiction issues. The two accused each other of being beholden to their party, with Ryan calling Vance an “a— kisser” to former President Donald Trump at a recent rally and Vance saying Ryan’s 100% voting record with President Joe Biden means he’s not the reasonable moderate he says he is.
The face-off between Ryan, a 10-term congressman, and Vance, a venture capitalist and author of “Hillbilly Elegy,” for the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman became one of the most contentious debates of the general election season so far. The race is one of the most expensive and closely watched of the midterms, with Democrats viewing it as a possible pickup opportunity in November.
Both candidates sought to tailor their messages to the working-class voters who could determine the election.
During questioning about China, Ryan said Vance invested in China as a venture capitalist, the type of business move that exacerbated job losses in Ohio’s manufacturing base. “Here’s the problem: JD Vance is invested into companies in China,” Ryan said. “The problem we’re having now with inflation is our supply chains all went to China, and guys like him made a whole lot of money off that.”
Vance said it is Democratic economic policies that have harmed manufacturing, saying, “They have completely gone to war against America’s energy sector.”
“I wish you were the reasonable moderate you said you were, because then Youngstown may not have lost 50,000 manufacturing jobs during your 20 years,” Vance told Ryan.
On abortion, Vance did not answer whether he would support Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposed ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with some exceptions. Vance said he thinks different states would likely want different laws but “some minimum national standard is totally fine with me.”
He called himself “pro-life” but said he has “always believed in reasonable exceptions.”
Ryan said he supports codifying the abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade, which was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June. He said he opposes Ohio’s law banning most abortions after fetal cardiac activity has been detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy, which was blocked Friday.
“This is the largest government overreach in the history of our lifetime, a complete violation of personal freedom and liberty of women in this state,” he said. Ryan said Vance sides with extremists who would allow politicians into people’s personal lives.
Meanwhile, Vance said a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim should not have had to leave the state for an abortion, but he said the fact her attacker was in the country illegally was a failure of weak border policies.
“You voted so many times against the border wall funding, so many times for amnesty, Tim,” Vance said. “If you had done your job, she would have never been raped in the first place.”
On foreign policy, the pair parted ways on what the U.S. response should be if Russia were to launch nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Ryan said the U.S. should be prepared with a “swift and significant response,” while Vance countered that the United States needs a “foreign policy establishment that puts the interests of our citizens first.”
Ryan responded: “If JD had his way, Putin would be through Ukraine at this point. He’d be going into Poland.”
“If I had my way,” Vance retorted, “you’d put money at the southern border, Tim, instead of launching tons of money into Ukraine.”
Vance said, however, that Taiwan was a “much different situation” than Ukraine because of its importance to U.S. national security. “The reason why Taiwan is different is because they make so many of our semiconductors, our computer chips. The entire modern economy would collapse without it,” Vance said.
In the contest so far, Ryan has significantly outraised Vance in an increasingly Republican-leaning state that twice voted for Trump for president.
Ryan ended the last fundraising period that ended June 30 with $3.6 million in the bank, compared with Vance’s $630,000. Last week, the Ryan campaign reported raising $17.2 million between July 1 and the end of September. Vance, who received help in the primary from billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, has not reported his latest totals.
While the general election debate between Ryan and Vance was acrimonious, it didn’t lead to a near-physical altercation, as an Ohio GOP Senate debate back in March during the primary season did. Former state Treasurer Josh Mandel and investment banker Mike Gibbons found themselves face to face on the debate stage, shouting at each other, while Vance told the two to stop fighting.
“Sit down. Come on,” Vance said, sitting in a row with the remaining candidates. “This is ridiculous.”
At the end of Monday’s debate, Vance and Ryan shook hands.
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6 Takeaways From U.S. Senate Candidate Debate Between Tim Ryan And J.D. Vance
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Ohio’s two U.S. Senate candidates Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance debated on Monday night in Cleveland, sparring over the economy, immigration, abortion, democracy and other topics.
The fast-moving debate hosted by WJW/Fox 8 was the first direct faceoff between U.S. Rep. Ryan, D-Howland Twp., and Republican businessman Vance of Cincinnati.
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Here are six takeaways from the debate:
1. Ryan said he supports abortion rights and wants to codify the overturned Roe v. Wade into law. He said Vance’s support of an abortion ban is “the largest governmental overreach in our lifetime.”
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2. Vance, who has said he thinks abortion should be banned after 15 weeks, said states should be able to decide on abortion bans and “some minimum national standard is fine with me.”
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3. Ryan said people like Vance who falsely claim former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and those who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 are extremists and a threat to democracy.
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4. Vance was asked if Trump, who faces multiple criminal and civil investigations, has done anything that concerns him. “I have seen nothing that suggests the president of the United States should be thrown in prison,” Vance said.
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5. Vance, who repeatedly brought up his experience being raised by a mother who overcame drug addiction, said Ryan and President Joe Biden “have conspired together” to not secure the southern border or stop the flow of fentanyl.
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6. Ryan said he wants the border strengthened using a combination of barriers and technology, and called for illicit fentanyl to be declared a “weapon of mass destruction.”
For more information about Ryan and Vance, see the candidate profiles and an analysis of the race published in print and online in Sunday’s Dayton Daily News.
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Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has retaliated for an attack on a critical bridge it claimed was carried out by Ukraine, unleashing its most widespread attacks against Ukraine in months. The lethal barrage Monday against multiple cities smashed civilian targets. It killed at least 14 people, knocked out power and water, and shattered cars and buildings. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said nearly 100 people were wounded in the morning attacks — the biggest and broadest since the war’s early days. One Russian missile hit a playground in downtown Kyiv and another struck a university building. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attacks aimed to inflict the most damage on civilians.
GOP makes push to weaken Democrats’ grip on Texas border
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats are embarking on another October blitz in pursuit of flipping America’s big red state. But Republicans are making an aggressive play to win races along Texas’ mostly Hispanic southern border in November’s midterms. The rare sight of contested races on the Texas border has widened cracks in an important Democratic stronghold after former President Donald Trump’s significant gains with Hispanic voters in the 2020 election. Republican Rep. Maya Flores’ victory in a special election this year reflected the shifting ground. She is running against Democrat Rep. Vicente Gonzalez.
California governor’s wife among accusers at Weinstein trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify at his rape and sexual assault trial that began Monday. An attorney for Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who is a documentary filmmaker and actor, says in a statement Monday that she “intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors.” Jury selection began Monday in Los Angeles and is expected to last several days. Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year sentence for a conviction in New York, is charged with 11 counts of rape and sexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Biden Promises Ukraine 'advanced Air Defense Systems' After Russian Missile Strikes | CNN Politics
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President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday after a deluge of Russian missiles targeted cities across Ukraine, condemning the strikes and pledging continued US security assistance “including advanced air defense systems.”
During the call, a White House statement said, Biden “expressed his condemnation of Russia’s missile strikes across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, and conveyed his condolences to the loved ones of those killed and injured in these senseless attacks. President Biden pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems.”
The White House did not specify which air defense systems Biden discussed with Zelensky, but the United States previously committed to providing Ukraine with National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems. NASAMS would be capable of engaging Russian cruise missiles.
Biden, the statement said, “also underscored his ongoing engagement with allies and partners to continue imposing costs on Russia, holding Russia accountable for its war crimes and atrocities, and providing Ukraine with security, economic, and humanitarian assistance.”
Asked whether the attacks of the past 24 hours would change the calculus on what the US would consider offering Ukraine, a senior administration official said they had no announcements to make on that front, but that the US will continue to help provide Ukraine with short- and long-range air defense systems, as it has in the past.
And a second senior administration official provided the following summary of air defense aid provided to Ukraine from the US: “We have transferred more than 1,400 Stinger anti-air systems to Ukraine, as well as air surveillance and multi-mission radars. We enabled our Allies to transfer air defense systems of their own to Ukraine – including Slovakia’s transfer of a critical S-300 system in April. And in August, President Biden announced a new assistance package for Ukraine that included orders for 8 new NASAMS—National Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems. We will continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself.”
As of a Department of Defense briefing in late September, the US had yet to deliver NASAMS to Ukraine. At the time, Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said two systems were expected to be delivered in the next two months, with the remaining six to arrive at an undetermined date.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday to reiterate US support following the deadly strikes. Biden is expected on Tuesday to join an emergency video conference with G7 leaders during which Zelensky is expected to address the group.
Russia launched a total of 84 cruise missiles against targets across Ukraine on Monday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook post.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the strikes were a response to what he described as acts of “terrorism” by Kyiv. Specifically, he referred to Saturday’s explosion on the Kerch Bridge linking Russia and Crimea – which he blamed on Ukraine’s “special services” – and a list of other alleged “crimes.”
Kuleba said that such claims were “nonsense,” writing in a tweet, “Putin is desperate because of battlefield defeats and uses missile terror to try to change the pace of war in his favor.” And Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency claimed in a statement on Monday that Moscow had been planning a “massive” missile attack on Ukraine since early last week.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, also recently said he thinks Moscow should aim for the “complete dismantling” of Zelensky’s “regime.”
In a post on Telegram, Medvedev – who served as President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 – said: “The Ukrainian state in its current configuration … will pose a constant, direct and clear threat to Russia. Therefore, in addition to protecting our people and protecting the borders of the country, the goal of our future actions, in my opinion, should be the complete dismantling of the political regime of Ukraine.”
John Kirby, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, said Monday that there will likely be additional support packages for Ukraine announced “in the very near future.”
“It’s clear that he’s feeling the pressure both at home and overseas, and how he reacts to that only he can say,” Kirby told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
Kirby added: “He understands well that he’s not doing well on the battlefield.”
Asked if he thinks such strikes make it more likely Putin would resort to nuclear weapons, Kirby said that the US has seen nothing new.
“We continue to monitor his nuclear capabilities, Kate, best we can. And what I can tell you today is that we just don’t see any indications that Mr. Putin has made a decision to use weapons of mass destruction or even nuclear weapons. And we’ve seen nothing, Kate, that would give us cause to change our own deterrent posture,” Kirby said.
The mention of air defense system comes amid a series of escalations in the war.
Putin last month delivered a speech announcing the partial mobilization of some 300,000 reservists following successful Ukrainian counterattacks, raising the specter of nuclear weapons if he deemed the “territorial integrity” of Russia to be jeopardized. And the Russian president recently announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions in defiance of international law.
Last week, Biden delivered a stark warning about the dangers of Putin’s nuclear threats, invoking the prospect of “Armageddon.” But multiple US officials have said the comment was not based on any new intelligence about Putin’s intentions or changes in Russia’s nuclear posture.
This story has been updated with additional information Monday.
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