The Latino Shift To The Right Is Real https://digitalarizonanews.com/the-latino-shift-to-the-right-is-real/
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This week former President Donald J. Trump kicked off Hispanic American Heritage Month as a keynote speaker at the Hispanic American Leadership Conference in Miami, an event organized by the America First Policy Institute and Bienvenido, a Latino pro-liberty group. Mr. Trump’s comments, which received rousing cheers from an audience, addressed the Latino shift to the right as Hispanic Americans continue to defect from the Democratic Party and tilt more Republican.
“We’re here this afternoon to celebrate one the fastest-growing groups in the entire country — proud Hispanic conservatives,” Mr. Trump said. “The media and the Washington establishment, they never saw it coming. You never saw it coming, did you, CNN? But today, Hispanic Americans are joining our movement by the millions and millions. Hispanics are rallying to our cause for a simple reason — because they love America, and you believe in America and you know the time has come to stand out and defend America and everything it stands for.”
Mr. Trump’s comments could not have been more apropos in the city of Miami. In 2016, Hillary Clinton carried the Hispanic American community in Miami-Dade County by a whopping 30 points, but after four years of the Trump presidency, that number took a catastrophic tumble as 2020 candidate Joe Biden carried the area by only 7 points — a downturn of 23 points.
While some mainstream media outlets deny the Latino shift to the right, arguing that the majority of Hispanic Americans still support Democrats, that assertion is a misleading oversimplification as several polls prove an exodus from the left is underway. A recent poll from NBC News and Telemundo found that while 54% of Hispanic American voters still want Democrats to retain control of Congress versus 33% who want Republicans in charge, that gap shrunk 5 percentage points in the last year since October, and is 13 points less than it was in November 2018. It was 17 points less than it was in October 2016, and 21 points less than it was in October 2012.
Simply put, the Latino shift to the right is real, and it’s expanding every election cycle.
“While Latinos continue to lean toward the Democratic Party and prefer Democratic control of Congress, Republicans have a higher share of the vote than we’ve measured previously,” one of the pollsters, Aileen Cardona-Arroyo, told NBC.
While the NBC poll also says that 51% of Hispanic Americans approve of President Biden’s performance, a July Quinnipiac poll places that number at a dismal 19% with 70% saying they disapprove, and 57% saying they strongly disapprove.
The reasons for this dramatic shift transcend Latino disapproval of the way Democrats have governed. It is because their political priorities are now aligned with Republican priorities and values. In September, a tracking poll released by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (NALEO) revealed that inflation and the rising cost of living are the primary areas of Latino concern.
And why wouldn’t they be? As Mr. Trump rightfully pointed out, Hispanic Americans have a lot invested in the United States because they’ve been an integral part of the nation it has become.
“Generations of Hispanic citizens have helped built forge our communities, found our churches, build our small businesses, police our streets, teach our children, protect our borders, serve in our military and lift up our nation in a million different ways,” Mr. Trump said. “There is no industry that Hispanic Americans have not made stronger and better. … There’s no city Hispanics have not made better, and there’s no part of America that has not been uplifted by Hispanic Americans and not made better.”
Other issues Latinos rank as priorities are abortion, rising crime and immigration. Although a June Axios-Ipsos poll found that more than half of second- and third-generation Hispanic Americans believe abortion should be legal, 41% of first-generation Latinos disagree. And while only 1 in 5 Hispanic Americans actually own a firearm, the post-pandemic period saw an incredible 49% spike in Latino gun purchases, according to a Nov. 4, 2021, ABC News report. UNIDOS U.S. polls from September showed that Latinos in the key battleground states of Arizona and Florida consider violent crime their No. 2 issue.
No one understands the dangers of leftism and how it can destroy once-flourishing nations such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela like Latinos. Latinos from otherwise free market countries now shifting to the left such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru have similar concerns.
We agree with Mr. Trump. The Latino shift to the right is real — and with the help of patriotic Hispanic Americans, we will indeed get our country back.
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Ex-Oath Keeper: Group Leader Claimed Secret Service Contact
Ex-Oath Keeper: Group Leader Claimed Secret Service Contact https://digitalarizonanews.com/ex-oath-keeper-group-leader-claimed-secret-service-contact/
Thomas Caldwell of Berryville, Va., a defendant charged with seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group, Stewart Rhodes, and four associates planned an “armed rebellion” to keep President Donald Trump in power, a federal prosecutor contended Monday, as the most serious case yet went to trial in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The Associated Press
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a member of the extremist group before the 2020 election that he had a contact in the Secret Service, a witness testified Thursday in Rhodes’ Capitol riot trial.
John Zimmerman, who was part of the North Carolina chapter, said Rhodes told him that Rhodes had a Secret Service agent’s telephone number. Zimmerman said he believed Rhodes spoke on the phone with the agent about the logistics of a September 2020 rally that then-President Donald Trump held in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The claim came on the third day of testimony in the case against Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy for what authorities have described as a detailed, drawn-out plot to use force to stop the transfer of presidential power from Trump to Democrat Joe Biden, who won the election.
Prosecutor Kathryn Rakoczy had asked Zimmerman whether Rhodes ever told him about having any kind of connection to Trump.
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Zimmerman could not say for sure that Rhodes was speaking to someone with the Secret Service — only that Rhodes told him he was — and it was not clear what they were discussing. Zimmerman said Rhodes wanted to find out the “parameters” that the Oath Keepers could operate under during the election-year rally.
The significance of the detail in the government’s case is unclear. Trump’s potential ties to extremist groups have been a focus of the House committee investigating the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Another Oath Keeper expected to testify against Rhodes has claimed that after the riot, Rhodes phoned someone seemingly close to Trump and made a request: tell Trump to call on militia groups to fight to keep him in power. Authorities have not identified that person; Rhodes’ lawyer says the call never happened.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said it is not uncommon for “protest groups” to contact the agency with logistical questions about rallies. He noted that firearms are always prohibited within restricted areas being secured by the agency.
“The Oath Keepers are certainly a known demonstration group.” he said.
Guglielmi said he is not aware of any contact between Rhodes and an agency representative but would not be surprised if Rhodes said he had contacted the secret Service before the North Carolina event.
“I don’t have any way to track that down without some more information,” the spokesman said.
Rhodes, from Granbury Texas, and four associates are being tried on a Civil War-era charge punishable by a maximum of 20 years in prison. The others are Thomas Caldwell of Berryville, Virginia; Kenneth Harrelson of Titusville, Florida; Jessica Watkins of Woodstock, Ohio; and Kelly Meggs of Dunnellon, Florida.
Prosecutors claim Rhodes and the Oath Keepers spent weeks amassing an arsenal of firearms and preparing to use violence in a desperate campaign to keep Trump in the White House. They established armed quick reaction force teams in a Virginia hotel to quickly get weapons into the nation’s capital in case they were needed before members stormed the Capitol alongside hundreds of other Trump supporters, authorities say.
As Oath Keepers in battle gear attacked the building, Rhodes remained on the outside, like “a general surveying his troops on a battlefield,” a prosecutor told jurors Monday.
Rhodes’ lawyers have said the Oath Keepers leader will testify that his actions leading up to Jan. 6 were in preparation for orders he believed were coming from Trump, but never did. Rhodes has said he believed Trump was going to invoke the Insurrection Act and call up a militia to support his bid to hold power.
The defense says the Oath Keepers often had quick reaction forces but they were only to be used to protect against violence from antifa activists or in the event Trump invoked the Insurrection Act.
Zimmerman. the Oath Keeper from North Carolina, described establishing a quick reaction force for the “Million MAGA March” in Washington on Nov. 14, 2020, in case Trump invoked the Insurrection Act. Thousands of Trump supporters that day gathered at Freedom Plaza along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to rally behind Trump’s false election claims.
Zimmerman told jurors that the Oath Keepers stashed at least a dozen rifles and several handguns in his van parked at Arlington National Cemetery to serve as the quick reaction force. He said they never took the guns into Washington.
Zimmerman wasn’t in the city on Jan. 6 because he was recovering from the coronavirus and he said that after the Nov. 14 event, the North Carolina Oath Keepers split from Rhodes. Zimmerman said the split came over Rhodes’ suggestion that the Oath Keepers wear disguises to entice antifa activists to attack them so the Oath Keepers could give them a “beat down.”
Zimmerman said Rhodes suggested dressing up as older people or mothers pushing strollers and putting weapons in the stroller.
“I told him ‘No, that’s not what we do,’” Zimmerman said. “That’s entrapment. That’s illegal.”
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U.S. To Redirect Flights From Uganda To Five Airports For Ebola Screening
U.S. To Redirect Flights From Uganda To Five Airports For Ebola Screening https://digitalarizonanews.com/u-s-to-redirect-flights-from-uganda-to-five-airports-for-ebola-screening/
The United States will immediately begin redirecting travelers from Uganda to five U.S. airports to screen them for the Ebola virus and will follow up with them while they are in the country, a senior administration official said Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will conduct temperature checks and risk assessment on anyone who has been in Uganda over the previous 21 days, the incubation time for the deadly Ebola virus, the official said. State and local public health officials will follow up with them for 21 days after their arrival, the official said.
The airports are: JFK International Airport in New York, Washington-Dulles International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Chicago-O’Hare International Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Most of the 145 people who arrive from Uganda each day already land at those airports. There are no direct flights from Uganda to the United States.
Ebola Virus Disease is a rare and often deadly hemorrhagic illness that causes fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, loss of appetite and gastrointestinal symptoms as well as unexplained bleeding. Unlike covid-19, the virus is not transmitted through airborne droplets, but is highly contagious. It is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids, including blood, urine, feces, saliva or other secretions of a person who has symptoms or has died of the disease; infected animals or contaminated objects such as needles, according to the CDC.
There are no known cases in the United States, and the government believes the risk to the public here is low, according to the official.
Uganda is conducting exit screening for the virus, and other African countries in the region are also checking arrivals for symptoms of the virus.
No cases of the new Sudan strain of the Ebola virus have been reported outside Uganda, where 44 confirmed cases, 10 confirmed deaths, and 20 probable deaths from the virus have been identified since the outbreak began in September, according to the CDC. This is the fifth outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus in Uganda since 2000, the health agency said.
There is a vaccine for the Zaire strain of the virus, which caused two large outbreaks in Africa — in West Africa from 2014 to 2016, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2018 to 2020 — that sickened tens of thousands of people. But a vaccine for the Sudan strain that is being developed has not yet been tested, and there are no treatments for the disease.
During the 2014 to 2016 epidemic that swept Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, 11 people were treated for Ebola in the United States, two of whom died. Nine of those cases were brought into the country and two others were health care workers infected while caring for a man who arrived with the disease. Both workers recovered.
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Obituaries In Phoenix, AZ | The Arizona Republic https://digitalarizonanews.com/obituaries-in-phoenix-az-the-arizona-republic-46/
Michael Korzon, 69 of Scottsdale, AZ from Wilmette, IL passed away October 3, 2022. Beloved husband of Susan, devoted father to Evan (Sian Kleindienst), Tyler, Sydney and Elton, grandfather of Eily and Leo, brother of Wendy (Mark Friedman), Ronda (Gary Kromelow) and Cathy (Steve Samuels), uncle, cousin and friend to many. Michael was a kind and gentle soul and a stellar salesman who loved music, sports and a great movie. Above all he cherished his family. Donations to the Lewy Body Dementia Association at lbda.org/donate/
Posted online on October 06, 2022
Published in The Arizona Republic
Michael Korzon, 69 of Scottsdale, AZ from Wilmette, IL passed away October 3, 2022. Beloved husband of Susan, devoted father to Evan (Sian Kleindienst), Tyler, Sydney and Elton, grandfather of Eily and Leo, brother of Wendy (Mark Friedman), Ronda (Gary Kromelow) and Cathy (Steve Samuels), uncle, cousin and friend to many. Michael was a kind and gentle soul and a stellar salesman who loved music, sports and a great movie. Above all he cherished his family. Donations to the Lewy Body Dementia Association at lbda.org/donate/
Posted online on October 06, 2022
Published in The Arizona Republic
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Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses Of Simple Marijuana Possession Live
Biden Pardons All Federal Offenses Of Simple Marijuana Possession – Live https://digitalarizonanews.com/biden-pardons-all-federal-offenses-of-simple-marijuana-possession-live/
Biden to pardon all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession
President Joe Biden has announced a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana.
“There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions,” Biden said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon.
He went on to urge all governors to do the same with regards to state offenses, saying, “Just as no one should be in a Federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.”
The president also called on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to begin the administrative process to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
Marijuana is currently classified in Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act under federal law. This classification puts marijuana in the same schedule as for heroin and LSD and even higher than the classification of fentanyl and methamphetamine, two drugs that are fueling the ongoing overdose epidemic across the country.
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“There are thousands of people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions,” Biden said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon.
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He went on to urge all governors to do the same with regards to state offenses, saying, “Just as no one should be in a Federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.”
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The president also called on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to begin the administrative process to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
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Marijuana is currently classified in Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act under federal law. This classification puts marijuana in the same schedule as for heroin and LSD and even higher than the classification of fentanyl and methamphetamine, two drugs that are fueling the ongoing overdose epidemic across the country.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked parts of New York state’s new gun law, in order to allow the Gun Owners of America, an advocacy group, to pursue a lawsuit challenging the legislation.
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“The law came into effect on 1 September, creating new requirements for obtaining a license, including submitting social media accounts for review, and creating a list of public and private places where having a gun became a felony crime, even for license holders.
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Lawmakers in New York’s Democratic-controlled legislature passed the law during an emergency session in July after the US supreme court found the state’s licensing regime for firearms to be unconstitutional following a challenge by the New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, a powerful gun-owners’ rights group.
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On Thursday, Glenn Suddaby, chief judge of the US district court in Syracuse, agreed to issue the order at the request of six New York- resident members of Gun Owners of America, which competes with the National Rifle Association in political influence. Suddaby said his order would not take effect for three days, to allow the New York government to appeal.
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Suddaby last month ruled that much of the new law was unconstitutional in dismissing an earlier lawsuit by Gun Owners of America in which he found neither the group nor an individual member of it had standing to sue before the law came into effect.”
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Democrats are seething over Saudi Arabia’s push for Opec+ to cut oil production, potentially driving up US gas prices just as voters head to the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has embarked on a long day of travel that will see him tout the Chips bill to boost semiconductor production, and also attend two Democratic fundraisers as the party prepares to defend its slim holds on both the House and Senate.
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Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, said he knew “nothing about” a woman’s claim he paid for her to have an abortion – and then had a child with him.
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Republicans may decide to impeach homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas if they win a majority in the House.
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Election deniers appear poised to win many races in the upcoming midterms, no matter what happens, The Washington Post found.
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Good morning, US politics readers. Vengeance is on the mind of some Democrats after Opec+, the bloc of oil-producing countries in which Saudi Arabia plays a leading role, decided to slash its crude output yesterday. The move will have ripple effects globally, and could drive up prices at gas pumps in the United States just as voters are casting ballots in the midterms. The White House condemned the move yesterday, but later in the day, three lawmakers came out with a bill that essentially declares Saudi Arabia is no longer an ally of Washington, and would mandate American troops leave that country and the United Arab Emirates. There’s no telling yet if Congress has the will, or the time, to consider it before the end of the year.
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Joe Biden is heading to New York and New Jersey, where he’ll visit an IBM facility and cheer the announcement of $20bn in new investme...
Special Weather Statement Issued October 6 At 12:19PM MST By NWS Phoenix AZ KYMA
Special Weather Statement Issued October 6 At 12:19PM MST By NWS Phoenix AZ – KYMA https://digitalarizonanews.com/special-weather-statement-issued-october-6-at-1219pm-mst-by-nws-phoenix-az-kyma/
At 1218 PM MST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles south of Wellton, or 25 miles southeast of Fortuna Foothills,
moving west at 15 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Yuma
County.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Metro Phoenix Ranks No. 3 Among Most Cooled Down Housing Markets AZ Big Media
Metro Phoenix Ranks No. 3 Among Most Cooled Down Housing Markets – AZ Big Media https://digitalarizonanews.com/metro-phoenix-ranks-no-3-among-most-cooled-down-housing-markets-az-big-media/
New home buyers are becoming more cautious. Rising mortgage rates and declining home sales have signaled the end of a hot housing market that has plagued buyers for over a year. According to the Census Bureau, home sales are down almost 18% since January 2022. However, some areas have cooled more than others. So, which housing markets have cooled down the most?
To uncover where housing markets are cooling off most, SmartAsset analyzed the 100 largest metro areas, 92 of which had complete data. We compared places across a total of eight metrics, split into two categories: price reduction and decreased demand. For details on our data sources and how we put all the information together to create our final rankings, read the Data and Methodology section below. But the analysis showed Metro Phoenix ranks No. 3 among the most cooled down housing markets.
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Key Findings
California metro areas are cooling off the most. Three California metro areas rank in the top 10 for our study. In these areas, homes are staying on the market longer relative to a year ago – nearly double the amount of time. Moreover, all three areas have seen over a 33% decrease in the number of houses sold monthly from August 2021 to August 2022.
The share of listings with price cuts is up 10% from a year ago. Nationally, about 16% of home listings had a price cut in August 2021. Comparatively, that figure is now almost 26%.
Homes are on the market for less than 10 days in 36 metro areas. Last year, 67 metro areas fell into that category. Nationally, the average time on the market for a home listing currently stands at 13 days.
1. Boise, ID
The housing market in Boise, Idaho is cooling off the most relative to all other metro areas in our study. Boise has the sixth-lowest ratio of number of sold houses to new listings (0.49), meaning that almost twice as many houses are being listed relative to ones that are sold. The median days a house sits on the market is 20, and this figure is almost 186% higher than one year previously.
2. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
The fourth-largest metro area in Texas has experienced a chill in its housing market with the fourth-largest decrease in demand and the 13th-largest price reductions. Across specific metrics, Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown has the second-highest median days on the market for home lists (27 days) and the fourth-worst ratio of houses sold to new listings (0.49).
3. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, Arizona ranks No. 3 overall. The metro area has the fifth-highest percentage of house listings with a price cut (39.61%), which 25% point higher than a year ago. Additionally, the number of houses sold in a month has declined by more than 41% between August 2021 and August 2022.
4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California ranks in the top 10 for both larger price reductions and lower demand. Houses are on the market for roughly 19 days (eighth-highest), which is a 90% increase since exactly one-year ago (18th-highest). There has also been a 43.17% decrease in the number of houses sold and 26.81% of current listings have a price cut.
5. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
Across all 92 metro areas we considered, Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada ranks worst for our decreased demand category. Over the past year, the number of houses sold monthly has fallen by about 44%. And as a result, Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise has the third-lowest ratio of number of sold houses to new listings (0.48), meaning that almost twice as many houses are being listed relative to ones that are sold.
6. Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, Utah has the eighth-largest decrease in demand and 16th-largest price reductions. Specifically, this area takes spots in the top 10 across five metrics including the percentage of listings with a price cut (41.89%) and the one-year change in the number of houses sold monthly (down 41.88%).
7. North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
Home prices in North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida are experiencing significant reductions. As of August 2022, over 31% of house listings have a price cut and the average price cut as a percentage of the home value is almost 6%. Relative to one year previously, this is a 17% increase in the percentage of homes with a price cut.
8. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, California metro area takes a top 15 spot across three metrics: the one-year change in houses sold (35.53% decrease), the one-year change in the median amount of time that a house is on the market (two times higher) and the percentage point difference between the share of listings with a price cut over a one-year period (17.78%).
9. Provo-Orem, UT
Price reductions on homes in Provo-Orem, Utah have been widespread. The metro area has the second-highest share of listings with a price cut (45.58%) and the largest increase in this figure relative to one year prior (26.26%). In terms of demand, there was a 57.38% decrease in houses sold in the area from August 2021 to August 2022 and there were nearly double the new listings compared to houses sold in August 2022.
10. Stockton, CA
Rounding out the top 10 is Stockton, California, which eighth-longer average number of days on the market for home listings (19 days) and the 10th-highest one-year change in the percentage of listings with a price cut (33.85%). As of August 2022, over a third of home listings in the area experience a price cut.
Methodology for most cooled down housing markets
To uncover which housing markets are cooling off most, SmartAsset compared data for the 100 largest metro areas, 92 of which had complete data. We compared these areas across two categories and a total of eight metrics:
Price Reduction
Percentage of listings with a price cut
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We ranked each metro area in every metric and found an average ranking and score for each category. We then found a final score, averaging the two category scores. The metro area with the highest cumulative score ranked at the top of our list.
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Tucson's Leading Dental Practice First Dental Center Announces New Practitioner Digital Journal
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Tucson, AZ – First Dental Center has announced that it will be welcoming and adding Dr. Carlos L. Benavides Davila to its team of competent dentists for the next two months. The newest addition to its dental practice aims to continue in line with the practice’s commitment to quality dental service delivery, even as Dr. Kimberly Yang goes away on maternity leave.
Announcing the temporary replacement and addition to the team, the dental practice’s spokesperson noted that they remain committed to delivering the same excellent quality services to patients walking into their dental office.
Welcoming the new Tucson Dentist to the practice, Dr. Kimberly Yang noted that she is confident that patients are in good hands while she goes away for the next two months on maternity leave.
The replacement dentist, Dr. Carlos L. Benavides Davila, DDS, has an impressive record with patients and brings years of practice experience to the Midvale Park Dentistry practice. Dr. Benavides, also referred to as Dr. B by most of his patients, hails from Douglas, Arizona – Agua Prieta, Sonora, border.
Describing him, Dr. Kimberly Yang said: “Growing up, he was active in different sports, which instilled a great teamwork ethic and desire to work together to achieve a common goal. Dr. B received his Bachelor of Science in Anatomy and Physiology from the University of Arizona. During college, he held positions in various clubs dedicated to providing medical and dental services to low-income families.”
Dr. Benavides furthered his education by attending Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, D.C., for his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. During this time, he attended various mission trips to the mountains in northern Mexico and provided dental services to the indigenous population.
Describing himself, Dr. B considers himself a “forever student” and attends continuing education classes often to ensure he is up-to-date and well-prepared to take great care of his patients. When not doing dentistry, Dr. B likes to spend time with family, friends, and his two dogs, Luna and Bratzy.
The First Dental Center team welcomes Dr. B to their practice and aims to continually deliver the very best dental care and treatment services to patients in and around the community. Dental patients are welcome to visit for all dental care needs, including emergency dental care, and restorative dental care services like dental implants and dentures. The dental practice also offers cosmetic dental solutions like root canals, dental crowns, dental bridges, and periodontal disease treatment.
Get in touch with the First Dental Center team via phone at (520) 624-8535 or visit their website to learn more about their dental services. The dental practice is located at 1710 W Valencia Rd Suite 190, Tucson, AZ, 85746, US.
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Ian Is Floridas Deadliest Hurricane Since 1935. Most Victims Drowned.
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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The water was rising quickly, so the women ran to the top floor of the vacation house they had rented for Nishelle Harris-Miles’s 40th birthday and huddled together on a bed.
But Hurricane Ian’s storm surge gushed through the floor, lifting the mattress higher and higher until the four were smashed against the ceiling. Then the roof collapsed, lodging a nail into the neck of the woman they affectionately called Nene.
“Nene died right there with us,” said Chanel Maston, 48, sobbing as she recounted the ordeal. “She took her last breaths with us.”
As stories of death emerged from the destruction in southwest Florida, President Biden, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and local authorities have clashed over Ian’s casualty toll. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told “Good Morning America” that deaths could range into the hundreds. Biden warned that Ian could be the “deadliest hurricane in Florida’s history.” The governor has downplayed deaths in daily briefings, saying the tropical cyclone’s numbers will not come near the 1928 hurricane that killed a record 2,500.
Yet Ian already is shaping up to be the deadliest storm to pound Florida since 1935. State authorities have documented 89 deaths thus far — a number that is slightly higher than Hurricane Irma’s toll in 2017, according to the National Hurricane Center. County sheriffs have reported dozens more, pushing the total to at least 117. That makes Ian more fatal than Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Ian’s storm surge has claimed the most lives, according to the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, which is tallying direct and indirect deaths. Sixty percent of the nearly 90 victims for whom a cause of death has been provided drowned, underscoring what experts call a frequently overlooked reality: Water usually kills more people than wind.
Storm surge as high as 18 feet blasted through homes, trapping some people inside while sweeping others into brownish rivers. One woman was found tangled below her house in wires. Many of those who drowned were elderly.
“I don’t want to scare people, but they need to understand: The leading cause of death is going to be drowning,” said W. Craig Fugate, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Florida Division of Emergency Management. “Storm surge doesn’t sound inherently deadly unless you understand it.”
One week after landfall, rescue teams continue to wade through wrecked communities — often with only a vague idea of who might be buried in the rubble. Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais admitted at a news conference Monday that officials do not know how many people they are searching for. First responders are relying on cadaver dogs.
“We don’t have anything,” Virginia Task Force 2 leader Brian Sullivan said Tuesday as his team scoured Red Coconut RV Park in Fort Myers Beach, the storm’s ground zero. “The sheriff’s office was trying to work to compile a missing persons list. We haven’t received any information regarding that area.”
Counting the dead is an imprecise science — there is no certain tally from Hurricane Katrina, for instance — and throughout the years, officials have debated what qualifies as a storm death. Hurricane Maria’s toll was initially in the dozens, with officials including only drownings and blunt force trauma. But an analysis of excess deaths later pushed the total into the thousands. Many elderly people died in Puerto Rico as the island’s blackout continued for months and medical care was hard to reach.
DeSantis at first indicated that indirect deaths might not be counted.
“For example, in Charlotte County, they recorded a suicide during the storm,” he said the day after the storm. “They also had somebody pass away from a heart attack because you don’t have access to emergency services.”
But the agency tasked with cataloguing the deaths, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission, adheres to a broader definition.
“We include motor vehicle accidents if someone is trying to evacuate and they hydroplane,” spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said. “If someone had a heart attack when medical services were down. … If there was any suspicion it was related to a hurricane, that’s a storm death.”
Water — storm surge, rainfall, inland flooding and surf — directly cause 90 percent of tropical cyclone deaths in the United States, according to the National Hurricane Center. The top indirect killers: car wrecks, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution and heat. And the lethal danger persists after the skies have cleared, said Jay Barnes, a hurricane historian in North Carolina.
“Deaths often occur during cleanup,” he said. “Everything from carbon monoxide poisoning and chain-saw victims to people falling off roofs.”
Many Americans underestimate the power of hurricane torrents, disaster experts say. They tend to picture powerful gusts and falling trees — perhaps because the nation’s best-known categorizing scale measures wind. Some in harm’s way choose to hunker down at home. Critics have slammed Lee County authorities for not ordering Fort Myers Beach residents to evacuate more swiftly.
“There’s a saying in the industry that you run from water and hide from wind,” said John Renne, the director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. “We need to do a much better job of conveying the risk in storm-surge areas.”
Mitch Pacyna, 74, a resident of Fort Myers Beach, had weathered 27 years of tropical storms. His social life was so packed that Pacyna’s friends jokingly referred to him as “the mayor.”
On Facebook, he documented the storm’s approach, noting that the forecast had suggested Ian would veer toward Tampa. When county officials ordered his barrier island to empty before the hurricane struck, Pacyna opted to stay behind.
“Oh my God … wrong decision,” he lamented in a video as water swept his street. Soon enough, the tide crashed into the home he shared with his partner, Mary, and wiped away the bar he’d built in his garage.
Pacyna’s last post: “WE’RE TERRIFIED.”
His family announced his death the next day.
“Everyone loved him,” said Scott Safford, co-owner of the Sea Gypsy Inn, a lemon-yellow hotel that once stood near Pacyna’s home. Now it doesn’t exist.
For rescue crews, the search for victims is stymied by a lack of information on who stayed behind and where the storm surge might have carried them.
The Red Coconut RV Park, once a beachfront oasis, was crushed into pieces of roof, walls and knickknacks. Dozens of members of Virginia Task Force 2, one of the urban search-and-rescue teams deployed to Florida, dug through the debris Tuesday as three cadaver dogs detected a possible human scent. They found only household items, including an errant refrigerator filled with beer.
“It’s just total destruction,” said Sullivan, the team’s leader.
There was little left of the vacation house that Nishelle Harris-Miles’s friends and family had booked for her birthday.
The women from Dayton, Ohio, had heard Ian was barreling toward Tampa Bay and figured the airline or rental owner would cancel on them if the storm posed a real threat to Fort Myers Beach.
They had arrived the Tuesday before Ian struck and tried to make the most of it: dancing indoors, snapping silly photos, singing “Happy Birthday.”
“We were smashed against the ceiling,” Maston said of what came next. “We were fighting the ceiling, and there was water everywhere. Next thing you know, the roof went down, and we went with it.”
They were stranded in the debris for 14 hours, she estimated. Eventually, someone heard their cries, built a makeshift plank and pulled them out. A rescuer who descended from a helicopter confirmed what Maston already knew: Nene was dead.
“We didn’t want to leave her behind,” she said.
Nene was the mother of two sons and two daughters. A home health aide who cared about her patients. A tourist who had saved up for that trip.
“We could never have imagined,” Maston said. “I saw bodies hanging out of windows. I’d never seen stuff like this — only on TV.”
She wept.
“We didn’t know,” she said. “We just didn’t know.”
Lenny Bernstein contributed to this report. Paquette reported from Washington.
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Top Ally In Trumps 2020 Election Plot Fights Professional Sanctions
Top Ally In Trump’s 2020 Election Plot Fights Professional Sanctions https://digitalarizonanews.com/top-ally-in-trumps-2020-election-plot-fights-professional-sanctions/
But Fox said Clark went further by repeatedly seeking to get the Justice Department to send a letter warning of significant signs of fraud and urging state legislatures to reconvene and consider appointing new presidential electors.
“He came back and used coercive methods or means to attempt to get the letter sent even though he had no additional information” about fraud, Fox said during the videoconference session.
Harry MacDougald, an attorney for Clark, pushed back.
“They’re saying it’s OK to make a suggestion, but it’s not OK to persist in a suggestion,” MacDougald said.
Merril Hirsh, a veteran D.C. lawyer who chairs a three-member panel to consider the bar complaint, emphasized that this is the key question he is considering as he begins to lay out the process for deciding Clark’s professional fate.
Clark was a central figure in Trump’s last-ditch bid to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election. In December 2020, Clark pushed his superiors to issue a letter to state legislatures, encouraging them to convene in special sessions and consider whether to certify pro-Trump electors in multiple states won by Joe Biden. But top DOJ officials resisted, expressing alarm at Clark’s effort and emphasizing that there was simply no factual basis to suggest the election results were tainted by fraud.
Trump, who was introduced to Clark by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), came within an eyelash of appointing Clark as acting attorney general and casting out the band of officials standing in Clark’s way, but the president pulled back amid a mass resignation threat by other DOJ leaders.
Clark has been the subject of a torrent of investigations since Trump left office. Clark’s home was raided in June by FBI agents as part of an investigation into efforts to overturn the results, and he’s also been a figure of significant interest to the Jan. 6 select committee. He pleaded the Fifth Amendment when he appeared for a select committee deposition early this year.
But lawyers involved in Trump’s 2020 efforts face an additional avenues of accountability: professional consequences. Several, like former Trump attorney Sidney Powell, have been sanctioned for pursuing baseless litigation against the election results in some states. Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has similarly faced bar proceedings in New York and Washington, D.C.
An investigative office of the D.C. Bar Association has lodged a complaint accusing Clark of dishonesty and of attempting to interfere with the administration of justice, both sanctionable offenses for a practicing attorney. If the charges are upheld, Clark faces a range of punishment, from a reprimand to the loss of his law license.
The bar proceedings are typically protracted affairs. A three-member committee, overseen by Hirsh, will make initial recommendations after gathering facts. Those recommendations will go to the D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility, which then relays its own final determination to the D.C. Court of Appeals, which has the authority to impose discipline ranging from a reprimand to disbarment.
Hirsh said he had made no initial determinations about Clark’s culpability and is interested in the line between bad legal advice and sanctionable misconduct.
“Where’s the line and how do we draw that line?” Hirsh asked of the parties.
Hirsh laid out a schedule for briefings and arguments that stretches through December, while investigators pursue depositions from Clark’s former Justice Department superiors and subpoena Clark himself for documents about his efforts. Meanwhile, Clark’s lawyers are considering calling legal experts to discuss professional ethics.
Hirsh also wants to understand how potential privilege issues — from presidential communications to deliberative process privileges — might impede the review, particularly if the Justice Department limits what its witnesses may share.
Clark’s lawyers previously fought a secret court battle to block a subpoena from Fox’s office, but the fight was declared moot after the office filed formal charges. MacDougald said Thursday that Clark may resume that court challenge in a bid to head off the proceedings, but Hirsh said he plans to keep the process on track until and unless a court steps in to halt them.
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Vendor Removes Vulgar Flag Targeting VP Kamala Harris During Cruisin The Coast
Vendor Removes Vulgar Flag Targeting VP Kamala Harris During Cruisin’ The Coast https://digitalarizonanews.com/vendor-removes-vulgar-flag-targeting-vp-kamala-harris-during-cruisin-the-coast/
A vulgar flag targeting Kamala Harrris was removed from a Cruisin’ The Coast Vendor booth on Friday, Oct. 6, 2022 in Long Beach. Justin Mitchell jmitchell@mcclatchy.com
Dozens of Long Beach residents say they are not happy that people set up at the entrance to their city for Cruisin’ the Coast are displaying flags with politically vulgar terms.
Car horns blared on the beach Wednesday evening as drivers stopped at the red light at U.S. 90 and Jeff Davis Avenue in Long Beach and a man waved, shouting “Joe and the hoe gotta go.”
The street — which is the entrance to the city’s downtown area — is flanked by two empty lots and a Waffle House restaurant. But during Cruisin’ this year, a vendor booth selling flags supporting Donald Trump set up on the eastern side.
Most of the flags had common phrases used by Trump supporters — “Let’s Go Brandon,” “Trump 2024,” and American flags with with the former president’s face printed in the middle.
But the chant the worker was yelling Wednesday was also on a flag hanging at the front of the vendor booth right along the highway where tens of thousands of tourists in town for Cruisin’ will drive this week.
The vulgar statement targeting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris was removed from the booth Thursday morning after the Sun Herald asked a worker about the flag.
Scott Thompson, who runs the booth, said they took the “Joe and Hoe Gotta Go” flag down over concerns of vulgarity at the family friendly event.
Thompson, who said he has a permit from the city to operate his booth, said they were $15 and the flag was a top seller at Cruisin’.
Residents in the city decried vulgar flags earlier this week in a 100-comment thread in a neighborhood Facebook group. A different booth in the same area was accused of promoting the F-word.
Many of the comments Monday were from residents who said they were conservative Republicans, but still thought vulgar flags were not welcome at a family-friendly event.
The Sun Herald visited the other booth on Tuesday and there were no visible signs of the flag with F-word after the outcry on Monday. The thread has since been deleted.
Justin Mitchell is the Sun Herald senior news editor and works on McClatchy’s audience engagement and development team. He also reports on LGBTQ issues in the Deep South, particularly focusing on Mississippi.
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Things To Do In The Valley: Four Peaks Oktoberfest Phoenix Greek Festival & More
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PHOENIX — October is in full swing! From fall festivals to new family-friendly exhibits, here’s a lineup of events you want to miss out on this weekend in the Valley!
61ST ANNUAL PHOENIX GREEK FESTIVAL
Location: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Community Center [1973 E. Maryland Ave.]
When: Friday [5 p.m. – 10 p.m.], Saturday [11 a.m. – 10 p.m.], and Sunday [11 a.m. – 6 p.m.]
COST
Admission for adults is $5
Children under 12 get in for free
Seniors 60+ enter for free on Saturday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
FOUR PEAKS OKTOBERFEST
The three-day festival kicks off on October 7 and will include a concert, carnival rides, Weiner dog fashion show, and, of course, food.
Dates: Friday from 5 p.m.-12 a.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.- 12 a.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Location: Tempe Town Lake
Beers, Brats, and Weiner Dog Races! Oktoberfest starts tomorrow, Oct. 7th, at 5pm. We’ll kick off the weekend’s festivities at the 8th Street pub at 6pm with a parade led by Shire draft horses hauling our celebratory Firkin. pic.twitter.com/pHSrBeckLB
— Four Peaks Brewing Co. (@fourpeaksbrew) October 6, 2022
FREE CONCERTS IN GLENDALE
LiVE! @ Murphy Park concert series is a “month-long celebration of music and entertainment.”
When: Every Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. in October.
Location: Murphy Park in downtown Glendale at 58th and Glendale Avenues.
FAMILY FUN DAY AT AIRBASE ARIZONA FLYING MUSEUM
Activities include: Kids Adventure Hunt, Aviation Technology Challenge, and see several aircraft on display!
When: October 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $5 per person or $10 for a family of four “with access to all ground exhibits and activities.”
Location: Airbase Arizona Flying Museum [2017 N. Greenfield Rd.] in Mesa.
DISNEY ON ICE PRESENTS INTO THE MAGIC
When: October 6-9, times vary.
Cost: Prices vary, there are some tickets as low as $20.
Location: Footprint Center [201 East Jefferson Street] in Phoenix
OTSUKIMI 2022 MOON VIEWING EXHIBIT
When: October 8 & 9 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. [members have early access, 4 – 5 p.m.].
Cost of general admission: adult $30, youth $20, and $25 for members.
Location: Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix [1125 N. 3rd Avenue]
AZ MARGARITA, MOJITO, CRAFT BEER, AND FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL
When: Saturday, October 8, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cost: Tickets range from $15- $55.
Location: Riverview Park [2100 West Rio Salado Parkway] in Mesa
HALLOWEEN SPOOK-TRACK-ULA
Paradise & Pacific Railroad has been turned into a haunted park and there’s a spooky train ride!
When: Now until October 31 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $15 per person. “$10 tickets are available for select weeknights during the 8 p.m. time slot,” reads a statement by event officials. Tickets must be purchased online.
Location: McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park [7301 E. Indian Bend Rd.] in Scottsdale
RELATED: Fall 2022 pumpkin patches, corn mazes happening across the Valley
‘DINOSAURS IN THE DESERT’
This exhibit has new creatures including the gigasaurus, troodon, allosaurus, a giant bear, sea scorpion, terror bird, and more. According to the Phoenix Zoo, educational signage will be found with each dinosaur “highlighting size and interesting facts” about it.
The exhibit is available until April 30, 2023.
Cost: The exhibit is included with the general Zoo admission and it’s free for Zoo Members.
Location: Phoenix Zoo [455 North Galvin Parkway].
CREATIVES AGAINST CANCER
This is a fundraiser event benefiting the International Myeloma Foundation.
When: October 8 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: Brightside Studios [839 East Camelback Road] in Phoenix
MUSICAL: “BANDSTAND”
What it’s about: According to a press release sent to ABC15, it’s a jazzy musical “about America’s World War II heroes who come home changed but find purpose and belonging within the rhythmic beats of swing, bebop and jitterbug.”
When: now till October 23, 2022.
Location: The Phoenix Theatre Company [1825 N Central Ave]
CONCERT: “LOS HURACANES DEL NORTE”
When: Saturday, October 8 at 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets start at $44
Location: Celebrity Theatre [440 N 32nd St] in Phoenix
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Cactus Plumbing And Air Trusted Plumbing Experts In Mesa AZ Digital Journal
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Mesa, AZ: Cactus Plumbing and Air Mesa delivers experienced plumbing and HVAC services to residential properties in Mesa, Arizona. The plumbing experts are devoted to delivering dependable, high-quality work, and they consistently strive for perfection in every job they undertake. They offer a wide range of services, including installation of new plumbing and air conditioning systems, sewer line repair and replacement leak detection and repairs and drain cleaning.
Sanitary sewer backups occur mainly in the lowest open drain, and in most cases, they are caused by a blockage somewhere in the line. Any experience of a backup whenever flushing or running water down the sink or bathtub drains may indicate a problem in the main sewer lines. Cactus Plumbing and Air professionals can sort the issue and ensure a smooth flow in the sewer line.
Cactus Plumbing And Air offers the best and most convenient plumbing services making them an ideal plumber Mesa. They use the latest technology in their plumbing services and the team is equipped with the latest tools and equipment to ensure the best possible service. The state-of-the-art equipment used in their plumbing services includes video cameras, pressure washers, and backflow testers.
This experienced Plumber is available for any emergency plumbing services. When a client has a plumbing emergency, they will dispatch a plumber to their home or business to assess the situation and provide the client with a written estimate of the cost of the repairs. After the acceptance of the estimate by the clients, the technician will begin the repairs immediately. They work on a 24/7 schedule and are always just a phone call away.
The team at Cactus Plumbing And Air understands that air conditioning is an important part of any home. That’s why they offer comprehensive air conditioning repair services to ensure that the units run at their best. They only use the highest quality parts and materials to complete the job and always stand behind their work with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
At Cactus Plumbing and Air, they understand that their clients have different needs regarding plumbing and air conditioning services. They offer flexible service options so clients can choose the level of service that best suits their needs. Whether the client needs a one-time service call or a comprehensive maintenance plan, they have a service option that will fit their needs. If unsure of the right service option, their team of experts helps clients choose the best options.
Cactus Plumbing and Air is a trusted plumbing company known for its reliability. Those in need of plumbing services can visit their offices at 9333 E Apache Trail, Suite #128, Mesa, AZ, 85207, USA, or talk to a customer representative at 623-280-0805. More details about their services are available on their website.
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Thailand Massacre: Ex-Cop Kills 24 Children In Knife And Gun Rampage
Thailand Massacre: Ex-Cop Kills 24 Children In Knife And Gun Rampage https://digitalarizonanews.com/thailand-massacre-ex-cop-kills-24-children-in-knife-and-gun-rampage/
Total death toll including shooter is 37 – police
Attacker kills 24 children, 13 adults in rampage
Thai daycare centre was for children aged 2-5
Most child victims were stabbed – police
Attacker killed his wife, child, and shot himself
NA KLANG, Thailand, Oct 6 (Reuters) – A former policeman killed 34 people, including 23 children, during a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in northeast Thailand on Thursday, police said, before later shooting dead his wife and child at home and turning his weapon on himself.
In one of the world’s worst child death tolls in a massacre by a single killer in recent history, most of the children who died at the daycare centre in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 km (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok, were stabbed to death, police said.
The age range of children at the daycare centre was from two to five years, a local official told Reuters.
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Police identified the attacker as a former member of the force who was dismissed from his post last year over drug allegations and he was facing trial on a drugs charge.
The man had been in court earlier in the day and had then gone to the daycare centre to collect his child, police spokesperson Paisal Luesomboon told broadcaster ThaiPBS.
When he did not find his child there, he began the killing spree, Paisal said. “He started shooting, slashing, killing children at the Uthai Sawan daycare centre,” Paisal said.
“It’s a scene that nobody wants to see. From the first step when I went in, it felt harrowing,” Piyalak Kingkaew, an experienced emergency worker heading the first responder team, told Reuters.
“We’ve been through it before, but this incident is most harrowing because they are little kids.”
A large van that police said contained bodies of 22 people, mostly children, was seen by Reuters departing from a police station headed towards the city of Udon Thani, 80 km (50 miles) away, where autopsies would be performed.
‘I BEGGED HIM FOR MERCY’
A Reuters photographer also saw late on Thursday the body of the shooter, Panya Khamrapm, being moved in a bodybag from a van to a police station in the province.
Photographs taken at the daycare centre by the rescue team and shared with Reuters showed the tiny bodies of those killed laid out on blankets. Abandoned juice boxes were scattered across the floor.
“He was heading towards me and I begged him for mercy, I didn’t know what to do,” one distraught woman told ThaiPBS, fighting back tears.
“He didn’t say anything, he shot at the door while the kids were sleeping,” another woman said, becoming distraught.
Police said the attacker’s weapon was a 9 mm pistol and it had been obtained legally.
Thailand’s police chief said the perpetrator had tried to break into the premises and had mostly used a knife in the killings.
People gather outside a day care center which was the scene of a mass shooting, in the town of Uthai Sawan, around 500 km northeast of Bangkok in the province of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
“Then he got out and started killing anyone he met along the way with a gun or the knife until he got home. We surrounded his house and then found that he committed suicide in his home,” Damrongsak Kittiprapas told reporters.
He said a few children had survived, without giving details.
About 30 children were at the facility – a pink, one-storey building surrounded by a lawn and small palm trees – when the attacker arrived, fewer than usual, as heavy rain had kept many people away, said district official Jidapa Boonsom, who was working in a nearby office at the time.
“The shooter came in around lunch time and shot four or five officials at the childcare centre first,” Jidapa told Reuters.
The attacker forced his way into a locked room where the children were sleeping, Jidapa said. A teacher who was eight months pregnant was also among those stabbed to death, she said.
The massacre is among the worst involving children killed by one person. Anders Breivik killed 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a summer camp in Norway in 2011, while the death toll in other cases include 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut in 2012, 16 at Dunblane in Scotland in 1996 and 19 at a school in Uvalde, Texas, this year.
The Beslan school hostage crisis in Russia in 2004 saw 186 children killed by a group of hostage takers.
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DRUGS CHARGE
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha was expected to visit the region on Friday. In a statement on Facebook, he called Thursday’s rampage a “shocking incident”.
Prayuth ordered all government departments to fly the national flag at half mast on Friday to mark a tragedy that “had caused grief to the entire nation”, his spokesperson Anusha Burapchaisri said.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida will visit families of the victims in Udon Thani on Friday, according to a local announcement.
The government said it would provide financial aid to the families to help cover funeral expenses and medical treatment.
The White House and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres both expressed shock at the attack and sent condolences to the victims’ families.
Gun laws are strict in Thailand, where possession of an illegal firearm carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. But ownership is high compared with some other countries in Southeast Asia. Illegal weapons, many brought in from strife-torn neighbouring countries, are common.
Mass shootings in Thailand remain rare, although in 2020, a soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations.
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Your Random D-Back: J.D. Durbin https://digitalarizonanews.com/your-random-d-back-j-d-durbin/
Real Deal?
When people have too much self-confidence, it becomes either funny or annoying. In soccer there are great examples of both.
In the US you guys had Zlatan Ibrahimovic running around for a while. Too much self-confidence on the pitch, clearly demonstrated by his goals, but also outside. Many examples of cocky but funny interviews, like the one at Jimmy Kimmel, and witty comments. It’s probably both an act and the way the player really is, but it is funny, and, most important, it works. Everybody loves the guy. Aaron Judge could be this man, although he isn’t really arrogant.
On the other hand you have Jose Mourinho. Just look at the man. He is always angry. He thinks he is the best and is not afraid to say it. He has been very successful as a coach and went by the nickname “the special one”. It worked, until it stopped working. Now, everyone hates the guy. Bryce Harper is definitely on his way to become this man.
It is good to have self-confidence and there is no problem in displaying it, but to adopt a name like the “Real Deal” as a prospect, like today’s random D-Back J.D. Durbin, seems weird. Why do your buddies start calling you like that and why do you like that you are called like that, when still just a prospect.
“I’m a 24 yr. old pisces that enjoys having fun. I deff. do not like negative people. I am all about having fun and nooooo drama. I love going out on the town as well as staying in with my baby boy ‘HOSS [his dog, DBE].’” – deadspin.com quoting from J.D. Durbin’s MySpace page in 2007, called titsandassforme.”
Real Deal.
Oregon-born, in 2000 J.D. Durbin (J.D. = Joseph Durbin, making J.D. Durbin technically Joseph Durbin Durbin) is drafted at #54 by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the MLB draft out of Coronado High School in Scottsdale. He signs for a bit over $700,000 and would become that year’s 2nd highest pick for the Twins as two draftees before him would end up not signing with the team. He appears in just 2 games for the GCL Twins that year, after signing late, but not without leaving some kind of an impact.
“Durbin, 23, acquired the nickname “Real Deal” just minutes after his professional baseball career began. Proudly returning to the dugout after a successful first inning in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League, Durbin turned to a teammate and said, “See, I told you I was the real deal.”” – storytelling on espn.com in 2005 on how Durbin got his nickname
Cocky or not, Durbin is considered a prospect. By the start of the 2001 season Baseball America ranks him #28 in the Twins’ farm. The right-handed pitcher enjoys a successful start in the Rookie leagues with a miniscule 1.87 ERA in 33.2 innings, but his season is cut short because of an injury. It doesn’t hurt his stock though: the following year he wins the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year Award, in 2002, and by 2003 he is considered a top 10 prospect in the Twins farm system.
At the beginning of the 2004 season, he is considered the team’s best pitching prospect and he hits Baseball America’s top 100 at #66. With the jump to AA his K/BB has taken a blow, but the rest of the peripherals and a 95 mph fastball maintain prospect watchers’ convictions of Durbin being starter potential at the highest level. In 2004 he has a decent showing in the Arizona Fall League, but, more importantly, as a September call-up out of AAA he makes his debut for the Minnesota Twins. After 3 good relief appearances his final appearance that season goes terribly wrong when young Durbin struggles with his command and gives up 5 runs against the (then) Indians in his first start ever at the highest level.
Not the Real Deal.
Starting 2005 Durbin hopes to make the team out of Spring Training, but he knows that will be a difficult task. Not only does he need to convince the coaching staff of his pitching qualities, but there might be some issues with his personality as well.
“I’m a loud person myself, as long as he doesn’t irritate the person around him and kind of bother people with some of his stuff.” – Twins’ manager Ron Gardenhire quoted on J.D. Durbin on espn.com in 2005
“At the encouragement of the coaching staff, veterans Torii Hunter and Joe Mays each pulled Durbin aside last spring and told him, well, to shut up.” – storytelling on the Twins’ reaction to the presence of J.D. Durbin in Spring Training on espn.com in 2005
Durbin doesn’t make the major league team in 2005 and starts in AAA in Rochester. Durbin struggles with his control and his K/BB ratio drops to a 1.76. The player is hampered by injuries, and those become even worse in 2006.
“He continues to experience tingling in his forearm, and he could have permanent damage. The injury happened while he was sleeping during a road trip last season. He woke up with his arm hanging off the bed. His arm was numb. For the next two months, he couldn’t even ‘lift a three-pound dumbbell,’ he said.” – storytelling on Durbin’s injuries in a piece on twincities.com in 2007
Durbin is a late cut from the Twins in Spring Training in 2007 and he is put on waivers. That is where the Diamondbacks pick him up on March 29. While no one really knows why and what, Durbin is added immediately to the 40-man roster, the bullpen and makes his debut for the D-Backs on April 4 at Coors Field.
As a reliever he enters the game in the 8th inning, with the Diamondbacks trailing 4-2. There is footage of his appearance on YouTube that I am free to share here, so lay back for 25 minutos of pure agony. If this doesn’t break a pitcher at the highest level, I don’t know what will.
“I don’t know, something about the big leagues… I just don’t feel comfortable, and it shouldn’t be that way. It should be the most exciting time and it’s not.” – JD Durbin quoted on AZSnakePit.com in 2007 after his Diamondbacks’ debut
It definitely wasn’t an exciting time for Durbin, because just a few hours after his record-setting 97.50 ERA performance he is DFAd.
Surprisingly, just a few days later he is claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox thus limiting his time in the Diamondbacks’ organisation to just 10 days.
The Red Sox try to push Durbin through waivers themselves, but they suprisingly lose him immediately to the Phillies, for who he ends up making, even more surprisingly, 18 games. He pitches 64.2 innings for them, achieving a 5.15 ERA with a 1.08 K/BB ratio.
J.D. is by now more of an AA pitcher, where he spends the bulk of his time in 2008 and 2009 in both the Phillies’ and Dodgers’ organisations. In 2011 and 2012 he pitches underwhelmingly in the Independent leagues, but also adds a couple of very unsuccessful stints in Japan and Mexico in between. After a brief and bad return to Mexico in 2014 he hangs up the cleats.
A different Real Deal.
What J.D. Durbin does exactly between 2014 and 2022 isn’t clear to me, but it looks that he starts his own property renovation and selling business called…Real Deal Properties. Apparently it is still active in Scottsdale, Gilbert or somewhere around there, so keep your eyes out to catch a glimpse of J.D.
It must be an interesting guy to meet, but just like in the baseball world I have a feeling he hasn’t made that many friends in his personal life either, if I can conclude that from some comments that were published on his blog he inaugurated in 2005 and that he maintained for a couple of months.
And while it is pretty off-topic, I just wanted to share a couple of the comments placed there because they are just too juicy and funny.
“Hows Trisha doing??? Were rockin her world just as often as the hitters are rockin your world.. That’s pretty often.. Have better luck next start”
“Hi J.D. could you have your mother contact me please…”
“I’M A BIG TWINS FAN IN AZ, WHATS WITH JULIE? I RAN INTO YOU FLICKAS IN SCOTTSDALE A FEW YEARS AGO AND YOU TOOK THE TIME A CHAT WITH THE ONLY TWINS FAN WEST OF EDEN PRAIRIE. YOUR A CLASS ACT, GOOD LUCK! OUT”
“J.D., you were, are, and always will be a midget with a ego the size of china. Too bad your skills in the bed and on the field are lacking… I enjoy watching you get lit up every time you take the mound and hope that you crash your denali. You are the biggest ********* I have ever met. Oh, by the way, has your mom kept slutting around with Dante?”
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Struggles Persist For Black Business Owners In Arizona
Struggles Persist For Black Business Owners In Arizona https://digitalarizonanews.com/struggles-persist-for-black-business-owners-in-arizona/
Scianna Garcia Cronkite News
PHOENIX – Fernanda Sayles found her love for baking at age 10, when she started making banana pudding for her family in south Phoenix.
At the time, Sayles never would have imagined she’d someday own a successful business selling desserts in Mason jars.
Her success didn’t come easy though, as she began FernDiggidy Sweets & Treats in 2015 with only the resources she had in her kitchen.
“I didn’t have a lot of money at all to start my business,” she said. “I’ve left a couple of jobs to work my business full time, but of course the bills kept coming, so I had to go back to work” at a doctor’s office.
Sayles’ experience is common among Black business owners, who as of 2021 have the lowest entrepreneurship rates of any single race and ethnicity in the U.S., averaging 0.28% since 1996, according to a national report in March by Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship. However, that average rose to a high of 0.38% in 2020.
The 2022 State of Black Business report, released in August by data nonprofit The State of Black Arizona, indicates more than 50% of Black business owners struggle with a lack of access to capital, driven by low levels of personal wealth, disparities in creditworthiness and low loan request rates.
The report also indicated that Black entrepreneurs have the lowest opportunity share – meaning they are more likely to start a business out of necessity rather than opportunity – of any race or ethnicity.
If Black-owned businesses reached parity with the population, the study said, there would be 4,945 such businesses in metro Phoenix. According to Brookings Metro data quoted in the report, there are 1,019 today.
More than 132,000 jobs would be created in metro Phoenix if that parity existed, the study said.
Teniqua Broughton, executive director of The State of Black Arizona, said African Americans have had lower entrepreneurship rates than people of other races for decades, and the trend has persisted in Arizona for generations.
She attributed this to “disparities in personal wealth, and building proper, equitable generational wealth, which have been historically taken away.”
Besides access to capital, The State of Black Business report listed networking, management education, business expertise and marketing as major challenges.
“I didn’t have a lot of money at all to start my business,” said Fernanda Sayles, CEO and founder of FernDiggidy Sweets & Treats. “I’ve left a couple of jobs to work my business full time, but of course the bills kept coming, so I had to go back to work” at a doctor’s office.
Justin Spangenthal, Cronkite News
An uphill battle,
a sweet launch
Sayles said she didn’t have savings or other funds to launch her business. She didn’t qualify for loans and was denied even after obtaining permits and tax information.
Sayles said she started small and built her business through her personal network.
“I would go to local barbershops all over the Valley to get the word out, and they welcomed me in, supported me and told everyone they could about my business,” she recalled. “The community was my backbone, from the barbershops to friends and even complete strangers.”
Sayles said her business is rooted in her family’s cookouts. Her family enjoyed her banana pudding, strawberry cheesecake, peach cobbler and seasonal items so much, they’d often argue over who got the last bite – especially the crispy corners of cobbler.
To resolve the spat, she started making desserts in Mason jars, which restored harmony. Soon after, Sayles decided to spread this joy and “goodness” and founded FernDiggidy.
FernDiggidy Sweets & Treats dessert Mason jars are sold at the Uptown Farmers Market in Phoenix, Retail Therapy AZ in Glendale and Main Street Harvest community grocer in Mesa.
Justin Spangenthal, Cronkite News
Sayles now bakes at the Local First Arizona Community Kitchen in Mesa and sells her sweets and treats at the Uptown Farmers Market in Phoenix, Retail Therapy AZ in Glendale and Main Street Harvest community grocer in Mesa. She also whips up gluten-free, sugar-free and vegan options.
Before her business could take off, Sayles struggled to keep it afloat during the pandemic. She applied for a Phoenix small business microgrant and received $3,000 to cover rent, utilities, employee salaries and other expenses. The Phoenix City Council allocated $8 million from the American Rescue Plan Act for the grant program.
But many businesses suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the United States, the number of African American business owners plummeted from 1.1 million in February 2020 to about 640,000 in April of that year, Broughton said.
Arizona has help
for Black businesses
Arizona has several programs and organizations to combat the wealth disparity gap and assist the launch and success of Black-owned businesses, including the UPI Loan Fund, Foresight Foundation and S.E.E. M.E. (Social and Economic Equity for Minority Enterprises).
Angela Garmon, owner of ARG Coaching & Consulting Group and founder of S.E.E. M.E., said she wants to see Black businesses become visible as resources for the community.
“If we can continue to get them the opportunities that they deserve,” she said, “then ultimately what we’re doing is creating a space for generational wealth and bridging that disparity gap that exists within our community.”
As a business owner herself, Garmon said she has the same hopes as other Black-owned businesses – to be “recognized for our value, what we bring to the table and to be given opportunities.”
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Biden Looking At 'alternatives' After OPEC 'disappointment' Doesn't Rule Out Easing Venezuela Sanctions
Biden Looking At 'alternatives' After OPEC 'disappointment,' Doesn't Rule Out Easing Venezuela Sanctions https://digitalarizonanews.com/biden-looking-at-alternatives-after-opec-disappointment-doesnt-rule-out-easing-venezuela-sanctions/
President Biden on Thursday told reporters that the decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) to slash oil production has left the administration looking for “alternatives.”
“There’s a lot of alternatives,” he told reporters in response to whether the U.S. would consider turning to the oil-rich nation of Venezuela. “We haven’t made up our mind yet.”
The president’s comments come one day after OPEC+ announced it would be slashing oil production by 2 million barrels a day.
President Biden boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik / AP Newsroom)
OPEC+ MINISTERS AGREE TO CUT PRODUCTION BY 2M BARRELS PER DAY
The move will provide an economic boost to oil producing nations like Saudi Arabia, Russia and the UAE.
But it also means gas prices will likely spike as stock levels diminish.
Reports Wednesday night suggested the Biden administration was looking to loosen sanctions on Venezuela in order to allow U.S. oil companies to resume pumping there.
But the White House struck down these claims Thursday and said, “There are no plans to change our sanctions policy without constructive steps from the Maduro regime.”
“Our sanctions policy on Venezuela remains unchanged. We will continue to implement and enforce our Venezuela sanctions,” a National Security Council spokesman told Fox News.
A person walks past a gas station of state oil company PDVSA, in Caracas, Venezuela March 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Gaby Oraa / Reuters Photos)
OIL, GAS PRICES ELEVATED AHEAD OF KEY OPEC+ MEETING
“As we have previously made clear, we will review our sanctions policies in response to constructive steps by the Maduro regime to restore democracy in Venezuela and alleviate the suffering of the Venezuelan people,” the spokesman added.
The president was tight-lipped on who the U.S. would turn to help stave off sky rocketing prices at the pump but noted there are other implications to the OPEC+ decision.
“It is a disappointment,” Biden said following questions over what the decision by the Saudi-led oil cartel means for Washington’s relationship with Riyadh.
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed oil pump jack is seen in front of the OPEC logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo / Reuters Photos)
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“It says there are problems,” he added.
The Biden administration reportedly took steps to encourage the Saudi government not cut oil production as inflation remains high globally ahead of the Wednesday decision.
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Aramis Ayala Is Challenging Ashley Moody In An Uphill Bid To Become Floridas Attorney General
Aramis Ayala Is Challenging Ashley Moody In An Uphill Bid To Become Florida’s Attorney General https://digitalarizonanews.com/aramis-ayala-is-challenging-ashley-moody-in-an-uphill-bid-to-become-floridas-attorney-general/
TALLAHASSEE — Former Orlando-area State Attorney Aramis Ayala is making a “longshot” bid to unseat Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody, saying a key issue is the independence of Florida’s top legal officer.
But as with other contests this year for state Cabinet seats, the race between Ayala and Moody is an undercard to elections for governor and U.S. Senate and has made few waves.
During a news conference last month, Moody dismissed the idea of debating Ayala, saying she’d prefer “discussions with those that are serious about being an attorney general that enforces the law, indeed, and works with law enforcement.”
A former Hillsborough County circuit judge, Moody, 47, is the favorite in the race for a number of reasons, including incumbency, fund-raising, support from Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump and name recognition from media appearances on Republican-friendly television networks.
Ayala, 47, drew attention in 2016 when she became the state’s first Black elected state attorney, winning in the 9th Judicial Circuit in Orange and Osceola counties. She defeated two opponents in the Aug. 23 Democratic primary for attorney general and said the state’s chief legal officer should fight for all Floridians, not to support DeSantis’ political ambitions and Republican “cultural wars.”
Ayala is the state’s first Black elected state attorney. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)
“This past legislative session, I just saw the trampling on our rights. The conversations were becoming extremely harsh towards the people we should be serving,” Ayala said. “And I realized that you can’t sit and say nothing. … And that’s the job of the attorney general, to be an advocate, to provide for justice and get cover. And we were completely uncovered this entire legislative session, from voting rights to ‘don’t say gay,’ to the attack on teachers, all the way through the attack on women.”
University of Central Florida political-science professor Aubrey Jewett, who described Ayala as a “real longshot,” said being progressive helped Ayala win the state attorney’s race in 2016 but puts her out of step with many Floridians.
“Even if Florida Democrats at the top of the ticket do better than expected, or even win, it is difficult to imagine they will have coattails long enough to help Ayala beat Moody,” Jewett said. “Ayala’s best hope would be if a majority of Florida voters thought that some of the cases that Moody has gotten involved with — including supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to overturn Joe Biden’s election — were too extreme. But in the present Florida political climate, that does not seem likely.”
As state attorney, Ayala created a firestorm by saying she would not seek the death penalty, in part pointing to racial inequities in death sentences.
Then-Gov. Rick Scott removed Ayala from handling capital cases. Ayala challenged the decision, but the Florida Supreme Court backed Scott. Ayala did not seek re-election in 2020.
When asked how she would handle the death penalty as attorney general, Ayala pointed to creation of a statewide conviction integrity unit to investigate claims of innocence.
“We’re spending $51 million every single year in the state of Florida, and we are leading the nation in Death Row exonerations, meaning we get it wrong the most,” Ayala said. “It is incumbent upon us to make certain, number one, that we’re getting it right. With statewide conviction integrity, that would be the starting place for that, as well as to ensure that if we’re going to proceed with a death penalty, that they are the proper use of resources and that we are encouraging public safety and we’re deterring crime.”
A Plant City native, Moody worked in civil litigation for the Holland & Knight law firm before being appointed as a federal prosecutor and elected judge in 2006. In 2018, Moody defeated Democratic lawmaker Sean Shaw by 6 percentage points to become attorney general.
In office, Moody has drawn headlines as a legal cudgel for DeSantis and national Republicans. As examples, Moody has joined forces with DeSantis to file lawsuits challenging President Joe Biden’s policies on such issues as the handling of the coronavirus pandemic and immigration.
Attorney General Ashley Moody, an incumbent, is the favorite in the race. (Cameron Rivera/WUFT News)
She also requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigate former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for helping Florida felons pay outstanding legal costs so they could register to vote in 2020. The investigation ended without charges in 2021.
In addition, Moody signed Florida onto a multi-state brief at the U.S. Supreme Court backing an effort by Texas to challenge 2020 presidential-election results.
And lately, she backed DeSantis’ decision to suspend Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, who had pledged not to prosecute cases under a new Florida law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. More than 100 legal scholars and dozens of former judges, prosecutors and police chiefs have questioned Warren’s suspension, arguing that the move runs counter to professional standards, sets a dangerous precedent and violates the constitutional separation of powers.
During the Warren suspension announcement, Moody said ignoring laws means ignoring the will of the people.
“Let me tell you who makes the laws and decides what’s criminal. It’s you. It’s the people of this state through their elected representatives,” Moody said.
Moody, who did not respond to an interview request, has a massive financial advantage over Ayala as the Nov. 8 election nears.
As of Sept. 23, Moody had raised $8.13 million since the start of 2019 for her campaign account and the political committee Friends of Ashley Moody and had more than $6 million in cash on hand. She pumped $771,462 into media ad time on Sept. 23.
Ayala raised less than $30,000 in the first four weeks after her primary victory and didn’t list any assistance from the Florida Democratic Party. She had about $23,000 in cash on hand in her campaign account as of Sept. 23.
Among Ayala’s biggest contributors during the campaign has been former former professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, who contributed $3,000 shortly after she announced her bid for the office in March.
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Liz Cheney Urges Arizona Voters To Reject Two GOP Candidates
Liz Cheney Urges Arizona Voters To Reject Two GOP Candidates https://digitalarizonanews.com/liz-cheney-urges-arizona-voters-to-reject-two-gop-candidates/
Washington — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said Wednesday during an appearance in Arizona that if she lived in the state, she would vote for the Democratic candidates for governor and secretary of state on the ballot in November, and urged voters there to reject the Republican nominees.
“For almost 40 years now, I’ve been voting Republican,” Cheney said during an event hosted by the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. “I don’t know if I have ever voted for a Democrat, but if I lived in Arizona now, I absolutely would for governor and for secretary of state.”
Cheney has been sounding the alarm about the future of American democracy in the months since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol and has been the most vocal GOP critic of former President Donald Trump, signaling last month she would leave the Republican Party if he were the presidential nominee in 2024.
She was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the insurrection at the Capitol, and she is the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
The Wyoming congresswoman, who lost her primary to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in August, stressed the importance of Arizona’s elections this year, saying the outcome is “important for the nation and for the future functioning of our constitutional republic.”
Cheney specifically highlighted Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and GOP nominee for secretary of state Mark Finchem, who have spread Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, as a risk to the nation’s future.
“They both said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it,” she said, highlighting the recounts, audits and failed legal challenges that affirmed President Biden’s win in Arizona. “They’ve looked at all of that — the law, the facts and the rulings of the courts, and they’ve said it doesn’t matter to them.”
Cheney continued: “If you care about democracy and you care about the survival of our republic, then you need to understand, we all have to understand, that we cannot give people power who have told us that they will not honor elections.”
In an interview with CBS News on Wednesday, Finchem refused to say Mr. Biden was legitimately elected, but acknowledged he is the president. Finchem was among the crowd of Trump’s supporters who marched to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and he was interviewed by the House select committee and Justice Department in their investigations.
Both Lake and Finchem have been endorsed by Trump, and the former president is holding a rally in Arizona on Sunday in support of Lake as well as the GOP nominee for Senate Blake Masters and the “entire Arizona Trump ticket,” according to his political organization, Save America PAC.
Other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, have also rallied support for Lake, and Cheney criticized them for doing so.
“Glenn Youngkin should not come here and campaign for Kari Lake. Ted Cruz, who absolutely knows better, absolutely knows that what he’s advocating is unconstitutional, that what she’s saying is unconstitutional, they know it,” she said. “And as Republicans, there have to be consequences and we have to make sure that people understand that we’re going to vote for those that we can trust and depend on to do the right thing and uphold their oath.”
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The Squeeze: Trumps US Tax Cuts Didnt Work Either Liz
The Squeeze: Trump’s US Tax Cuts Didn’t Work Either, Liz https://digitalarizonanews.com/the-squeeze-trumps-us-tax-cuts-didnt-work-either-liz/
New prime minister Liz Truss thinks that a combination of supply-side reforms and debt-funded tax cuts will stimulate economic growth. The counterargument is that her approach will make the UK’s inflation problem worse and lead to higher interest rates, offsetting any benefits from reduced taxes.
The Truss government’s first major fiscal act, chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-Budget”, is serious business in historical terms even after the reversal of the planned abolition of the 45p higher tax rate (which was actually a very small part of the overall package).
The other tax cuts – which include the reversal of planned increases in corporation tax and national insurance, a quicker cut to the lower rate of income tax, and a dividend tax cut – remain. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the tax cuts are the most significant in the UK since 1972, based on net permanent tax cuts as a percentage of GDP. Borrowing will be increased to pay for them, on top of the government’s huge energy price guarantee policy.
Analysts were quick to call the proposals inflationary. The IMF said that “given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the UK, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages at this juncture, as it is important that fiscal policy does not work at cross purposes to monetary policy”. It is indeed odd to see the state pursue an expansionary policy while the Bank of England tries to rein in inflation through raising rates.
What will the likely impact of the Truss government’s fiscal approach – dubbed Trussonomics – be? Luckily for us, there is economic analysis available on similar governmental policy from across the Atlantic from just a couple of years back. Truss’ vision is often compared to that of Ronald Reagan – who was also a proponent of axing taxes and so-called “trickle-down” economics – but the most recent and relevant example of a big supply-side and tax cuts approach came when Donald Trump was sitting in the White House.
In 2017, the tax cuts and jobs act (TCJA) “instituted the most substantial changes in taxation in decades and was designed to boost the economy via supply-side incentives”, according to William G. Gale and Claire Haldeman who got into the TCJA data for the Brookings Institution in a paper last year. The act slashed corporate and individual taxes with the aim of achieving a productivity and investment boom. Sound familiar? This is pretty much what Kwarteng set out in the Commons and reiterated at the Conservative Party conference this week.
Unfortunately for Truss, Gale and Haldeman’s results aren’t pretty reading. The tax cuts led to a significant decline in federal revenues – they didn’t pay for themselves. GDP growth was the same for the two years after the tax cuts as before, and the evidence suggests that higher growth afterwards was driven by other policies. Consumer spending went up, highlighting the inflationary, demand-stoking nature of TCJA. Investment growth happened but was lower than expected, and this was focused on the energy sector, and due to oil price trends rather than the act’s tax cutting. Ultimately, “growth in business formation, employment, and median wages slowed after TCJA was enacted”. Not great.
And on the monetary side of things, the Federal Reserve kept raising rates until the end of 2018. If Truss’ expansionary package stimulates UK demand, as the evidence and theory suggest it will, then the Bank of England will have to raise rates further and faster than otherwise would’ve been the case. While rates are getting back to normal historical levels, the speed of the increases and the level of debt held by households and businesses mean the impact is a potentially severe one.
Nicholas Barr, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics’ European Institute, said that Truss’ policies risk a “downward spiral” from the impacts of increasing demand in an inflationary environment with an outcome of higher rates and further pressure on sterling. We will have to wait and see how Trussonomics plays out in the longer term, but both the initial and the historical evidence doesn’t point towards success.
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S&P 500 Falls Thursday As Investors Weigh Recent Swings In Rates
S&P 500 Falls Thursday As Investors Weigh Recent Swings In Rates https://digitalarizonanews.com/sp-500-falls-thursday-as-investors-weigh-recent-swings-in-rates/
U.S. stocks seesawed Thursday, as traders weighed sharp swings in stocks and rates to start the month.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite ticked 0.1% higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 60 points, or 0.2%. The three stock benchmarks opened the session lower. All of the major averages are on pace to end the week about 5% higher.
Energy was the best-performing sector, gaining 1.2%. Utilities lagged, falling more than 1%.
The benchmark 10-year rate climbed 2 basis points to 3.785%. The 2-year yield, which is more sensitive to monetary policy changes, rose 3 basis points to 4.18%.
Wall Street started the week on a high note, with the S&P 500 staging its biggest two-day rally since 2020. Stocks fought to keep the winning streak going Wednesday but ultimately fell short. The Dow closed about 42 points lower, or 0.14%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.20% and 0.25%, respectively.
“Few are convinced that the recent move is more than a bear market rally, with skepticism over the durability,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide. “Confidence remains weak, ranging from CEOs, small businesses, consumers, and investors. Universal pessimism is bullish from a contrarian perspective, though timing of the pendulum swing is difficult to predict.”
Investors continue to monitor economic data to see if inflation is cooling off, or if the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes are pushing the U.S. closer to a recession.
Data from ADP showed that the labor market remained strong among private companies in September, when businesses added 208,000 jobs. That beat the 200,000 job estimate from Dow Jones. On Friday, the September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics will be released, giving the central bank and investors another piece of data.
Cowen reiterates overweight rating for Netflix ahead of third-quarter results
Cowen reiterated an overweight rating on Netflix ahead of its third-quarter earnings results this month, saying the streaming company remains “the most popular living room TV option.”
Analyst John Blackledge expects the stock can surge roughly 37% to the firm’s $325 price target. Netflix closed Wednesday at $236.73. The stock is up nearly 1% during Thursday’s trading session.
The analyst expects that Netflix will have added 1 million paying subscribers, and that investors will be seeking greater clarity into the streaming company’s plans to roll out its ad tier and to stamp out password sharing.
Netflix remains the top streaming option for viewers, according to a Cowen survey, despite rising competition and macro challenges that have hurt the stock this year.
“We asked password-sharing survey respondents whether they would pay an additional fee to keep using NFLX. In total, ~51% would pay for NFLX to maintain access to the service, underscoring the opportunity as NFLX prepares to roll out a paid sharing solution,” the note read.
— Sarah Min
Electric utility stocks, cell tower REITs slip to 52-week lows
Twenty stocks in the S&P 500 notched fresh 52-week lows as the overall market declined a second day.
Utilities were among the notable losers, and the sector was the biggest decliner in the S&P 500, dropping 2.3%. Cell tower REITs also dropped sharply.
Ameren (AEE) trading at lows not seen since Jul, 2021 (Electric Utility)
Duke Energy (DUK) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Electric Utility)
Dominion Energy (D) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2020 (Downgrade by Seaport Global from Buy to Neutral, Price target cut at Mizuho) (Electric Utility)
CMS Energy (CMS) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Raised to Buy from Neutral at Seaport Global) (Electric Utility)
Evergy (EVRG) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Electric Utility)
Alliant Energy (LNT) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Electric Utility)
Eversource Energy (ES) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Electric Utility)
Pinnacle West (PNW) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2020 (Electric Utility)
Welltower (WELL) trading at lows not seen since Feb, 2021 (REIT)
Equity Residential (EQR) trading at lows not seen since Jan, 2021 (REIT)
Essex Property Trust (ESS) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (REIT)
AvalonBay (AVB) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (REIT)
Boston Properties (BXP) trading at lows not seen since Nov, 2020 (REIT)
UDR (UDR) trading at lows not seen since Feb, 2021 (REIT)
SBA Communications (SBAC) trading at lows not seen since Apr, 2021 (Cell tower REIT)
American Tower (AMT) trading at lows not seen since Mar, 2021 (Cell tower REIT)
Crown Castle (CCI) trading at lows not seen since Apr, 2020 (Cell tower REIT)
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) trading at lows not seen since Dec, 2016 (REIT)
Tyson (TSN) trading at lows not seen since Feb, 2021
Lumen Technologies (LUMN) trading at lows not seen since July, 1991
Three S&P 500 names managed to notch fresh 52-week highs. PG&E, Lamb Weston, and Nielsen.
–Darla Mercado, Gina Francolla
Mortgage rates decline slightly
Interest rates on home loans have inched downward, according to Freddie Mac. A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now averaging 6.66%, down from 6.70%. Just a year ago, rates on these loans averaged 2.99%.
A 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is now averaging 5.90%, compared to last week’s rate of 5.96%. Last year, rates on these loans averaged 2.23%.
Mortgage rates have been on a steady upward march since the Federal Reserve has kicked off its policy-tightening regime to combat inflation – including sharply boosting interest rates. Higher interest expenses on home loans have helped cool housing prices as of late.
–Darla Mercado
Fed’s Kashkari says interest rate hike pause is ‘quite a ways away’
Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said the central bank isn’t close to the point where it will stop raising interest rates to beat back inflation.
“Until I see some evidence that underlying inflation has solidly peaked and is hopefully headed back down, I’m not ready to declare a pause. I think we’re quite a ways away from a pause,” he said Thursday during a Q&A session.
Kashkari didn’t specify how far he thinks the Fed has to go. Estimates in September from the Federal Open Market Committee, of which Kashkari is an alternate member this year, point to another 1.5 percentage points of rate hikes into 2023.
Pushing rates higher is likely to mean business failures from areas where risk was excessive, Kashkari conceded. But he added that shouldn’t deter the Fed in its quest to pull inflation back down to 2%.
By the Fed’s preferred measure of personal consumption expenditures prices excluding food and energy, inflation ran at a 4.9% annual rate in August.
“To me, the bar to actually shifting our stance is very high,” he said.
Kashkari’s comments echo sentiments expressed Wednesday by Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic, who said the central bank probably is in the “early days” of its fight against inflation.
—Jeff Cox
Energy prices stage a big comeback with SPDR ETF on pace for best week since late 2020
Energy prices have rebounded big time lately, starting in anticipation of the OPEC+ agreement Wednesday to cut production.
The Energy Select Sector SPDR is ahead 11.5% week-to-date and on pace for its single best weekly performance since November 2020, when it surged more than 17%.
Some individual stock moves have been even more outsized. Marathon Oil is up almost 20% this week, Halliburton has climbed almost 19% and APA (formerly Apache Oil) is ahead 18.5%.
Prices are uniformly higher across the complex. November heating oil futures are up 8% week-to-date and November gasoline is ahead by almost 7.2%. Natural gas was below $6.40 per million BTUs Monday and is above $7.00 Thursday.
— Scott Schnipper and Gina Francolla
Tesla added to Deutsche’s top investments list
Tesla is among stocks considered a top investment over the next 12 months by Deutsche Bank.
The tech stock was among 10 additions for the new quarter due to what the bank sees as a “pivotal” upcoming year. The electric vehicle maker is poised to see upward revisions to expectations as it grows sales and breaks into new categories such as cybertrucks and semis. Meanwhile, Tesla stands to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s electric vehicle credits and simmering headwinds.
“We view Tesla as one of most attractive stories in the autos sector thanks to its pricing power, superior cost structure, strong execution, and having secured supply and now establishing more meaningful capacity to support considerable growth,” the bank said.
Other additions include Restaurant Brands International, Prologis and Eaton.
— Alex Harring, Michael Bloom
Jobless claims rose more than expected last week
Weekly jobless claims rose more than expected last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Initial filings for unemployment benefits totaled 219,000 for the week ended Oct. 1, up 29,000 from the week before and higher than the 203,000 estimate. The downwardly revised 190,000 from the previous week was the lowest level since April 23.
Continuing claims, which run a week behind the headline number, edged higher to 1.36 million.
Treasury yields moved lower while stock market futures trimmed losses following the release.
—Jeff Cox
This week’s recovery has further to go, says Credit Suisse
Stocks appeared to take a breather in the previous session, with the major averages trading firmly in the red for much of the day. They rallied in the final hour of trade but ultimately failed to hold onto any of their sharp gains from earlier in the week. Credit Suisse says the recovery isn’t over yet though.
“[The] S&P 500 has held support from the price gap from Wednesday morning and although our broader outlook stays negative we continue...
Woman Who Said Herschel Walker Paid For Abortion Also Has Child With Him Report
Woman Who Said Herschel Walker Paid For Abortion Also Has Child With Him – Report https://digitalarizonanews.com/woman-who-said-herschel-walker-paid-for-abortion-also-has-child-with-him-report/
A woman who said Herschel Walker paid for her abortion in 2009 is the mother of one of his children, according to a new report, undercutting the Georgia Republican Senate candidate’s claims he didn’t know who she was.
The Daily Beast, which first reported the abortion, said it had agreed not to reveal details of the woman’s identity.
Walker, who has expressed support for a national abortion ban without exceptions, called the abortion allegation a “flat-out lie”, threatened a lawsuit against the outlet and said he had no idea who the woman might be.
On Wednesday night, the Beast revealed that the woman – who was not named – was so well known to Walker that, according to her, they conceived another child years after the abortion. She decided to continue with the pregnancy, though she noted that Walker, as during the earlier pregnancy, expressed that it wasn’t a convenient time for him, the outlet reported.
The Beast said the Walker campaign declined to comment. Walker is scheduled to make a public appearance on Thursday morning in Wadley, Georgia.
The latest reporting ensures that abortion will continue to be a central issue in the Georgia race, one of the most competitive Senate contests. Walker and the Democratic senator, Raphael Warnock, are locked in a tight contest that is key to the balance of power in the Senate.
A series of stories have shaken Walker’s campaign. The former NFL star has been accused of repeatedly threatening his ex-wife’s life, exaggerating claims of financial success and overstating his role in a for-profit program alleged to have preyed on veterans and service members while defrauding the government.
Earlier this year, after a story by the Beast, Walker acknowledged the existence of three children he had not previously talked about.
The woman told the Beast for Wednesday’s story that his denial of the abortion was somewhat surprising to her.
“Sure, I was stunned, but I guess it also doesn’t shock me, that maybe there are just so many of us that he truly doesn’t remember,” the woman said. “But then again, if he really forgot about it, that says something, too.”
In the Beast report published late on Monday, the outlet said it reviewed a receipt showing the woman’s payment for the procedure, along with a get-well card from Walker and bank deposit records showing a $700 personal check from Walker dated five days after the abortion receipt.
During the Republican primary, Walker backed a national ban on abortions with no exceptions for cases involving rape, incest or a woman’s health being at risk – particularly notable at a time when the 1973 Roe v Wade supreme court precedent had been overturned and Democrats in Congress were discussing codifying abortion rights.
“I’m for life,” Walker has said repeatedly. Asked about whether he would allow for any exceptions, he has said there are “no excuses”.
As the Republican nominee, Walker has sometimes sidestepped questions about his earlier support for a national abortion ban, a tacit nod to the fact that most voters, including many Republicans, want at least some legal access to abortion.
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U.S. Tourist Smashed Ancient Roman Sculptures At Vatican Authorities Say
U.S. Tourist Smashed Ancient Roman Sculptures At Vatican, Authorities Say https://digitalarizonanews.com/u-s-tourist-smashed-ancient-roman-sculptures-at-vatican-authorities-say/
ROME — Police detained an American tourist at a Vatican museum after he disfigured two ancient Roman sculptures by hurling them to the floor, authorities said Thursday.
The man toppled the artwork on Wednesday at the Chiaramonti Museum, which is part of the Vatican Museums and home to one of the most important collections of Roman portrait busts.
Italian newspapers reported that the man grew angry because he was not allowed “to see the Pope.” A representative for the Vatican Museums told The Washington Post that his motive was unclear.
Photos shared on social media, and confirmed by the museum representative to The Post, showed the damaged busts strewn on the marble floor. One had lost part of its nose and an ear, the museum said.
The Vatican police had handed the man over to Italian authorities on Wednesday, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, told The Post.
A police spokesman said the 65-year-old had been in Rome for about three days and appeared to be “psychologically distressed.” He was given an aggravated property damage charge and released, the spokesman said.
The man had a paid ticket and appeared to be there alone, one of 20,000 visitors that day, Vatican Museums spokesman Matteo Alessandrini said.
“He smashed the two busts to the ground, one after the other,” Alessandrini said. Both of the toppled heads were from the ancient city of Rome, with one depicting an elderly man, and the other, a young man.
When the first hit the ground, “the loud bang echoed through the long gallery,” he said. Two Vatican police officers stationed within the museum arrived within minutes and took the man into custody.
Technicians are now working to reassemble the damaged sculptures, which had been swiftly taken to the museum’s restoration lab after the incident.
The pieces were fixable but would require 300 hours of restoration work, according to Alessandrini. “The scare was bigger than the actual damage,” he said.
Rick Steves, who runs a Europe travel business, said that although all artifacts in the museum could be considered precious, the damaged pieces were relatively insignificant.
For Steves, the downside of such incidents may also be “the loss of access to beautiful art in general.”
To avoid other incidents, the museum could choose to put more security up, as was the case after a notorious artwork assault in 1972. That year, a Hungarian geologist attacked Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica with a hammer, damaging the Carrara marble sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary holding Jesus after the crucifixion. The statue was later repaired and put behind bulletproof glass.
“The reality is you can’t even see the Pietà from the angle Michelangelo wanted you to see it,” Steves said. “He wanted you to be up close.”
The Vatican museums, where millions of people a year flocked before the pandemic, reopened last year after coronavirus restrictions closed them or curbed opening hours.
Francis reported from London. Compton reported from D.C.
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Ferguson Law Group PLLC Announces Expansion Of Personal Injury Services To Glendale AZ Digital Journal
Ferguson Law Group, PLLC Announces Expansion Of Personal Injury Services To Glendale, AZ – Digital Journal https://digitalarizonanews.com/ferguson-law-group-pllc-announces-expansion-of-personal-injury-services-to-glendale-az-digital-journal/
The Ferguson Law Group has announced its expansion to Glendale, AZ. This expansion will allow the firm to better serve the needs of those in the Glendale area.
Victims of personal injury in Glendale, AZ, need an advocate who understands the complexities of personal injury law and can assist them in seeking compensation. The Ferguson Law Group provides experienced legal representation in personal injury law. The attorneys at the Ferguson Law Group have years of experience representing people who have been injured due to the negligence of others, and they are dedicated to helping their clients obtain the best possible outcome in their cases.
The services offered by personal injury lawyers in Glendale, AZ, can be vital for victims of accidents. These services can help people recover from injuries, receive financial help, and get emotional support. Additionally, personal injury services often connect people with lawyers who will take their cases on a contingency basis. This means that if the victim doesn’t win the case, they don’t have to pay anything.
According to the National Safety Council, unintentional injury is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. This is according to data compiled by the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (NAPIL). Personal injury attorneys represented over 5,000 personal injury victims in Glendale, AZ, in 2019.
The Ferguson Law Group, PLLC is a personal injury law firm that helps victims in Glendale, AZ. They offer a wide range of services designed to meet the specific needs of victims and have a proven track record of success. The firm employs experienced attorneys who utilize the latest technology and legal strategies to obtain favorable client settlements. The Ferguson Law Group offers free consultations and case evaluations so that clients can better understand their legal options. They know that being involved in a personal injury case can be daunting for victims and their families, so they do everything possible to make the process as smooth and stress-free as possible.
“At the Ferguson Law Group, we understand the importance of having an advocate who understands the complexities of personal injury law. We are excited to announce our expansion to Glendale, AZ. This expansion will enable us to serve Glendale residents better and assist them with their compensation claims,” according to attorney Jason Ferguson.
Ferguson Law Group, PLLC is a Phoenix, Arizona-based personal injury law firm. The firm specializes in car, truck, motorcycle, and all other personal injury cases. The attorneys at the firm are dedicated to helping victims get the justice they deserve. They will work tirelessly to help clients receive the compensation they need for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. The firm has a successful track record and has helped countless clients obtain favorable settlements or verdicts.
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For more information about Ferguson Law Group PLLC of Phoenix, contact the company here:
Ferguson Law Group PLLC of Phoenix
Jason Ferguson
(602) 780-1226
[email protected]
3111 N. Central Avenue. Ste. 212`, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA
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Action/Adventure Announce Debut Album 'Imposter Syndrome' Share Two New Songs
Action/Adventure Announce Debut Album 'Imposter Syndrome,' Share Two New Songs https://digitalarizonanews.com/action-adventure-announce-debut-album-imposter-syndrome-share-two-new-songs/
Following a series of EPs, including their great 2021 Pure Noise debut Pulling Focus, Chicago pop punks Action/Adventure have announced their first full-length album, Imposter Syndrome, due November 11 via Pure Noise (pre-order). Speaking about the title, vocalist Blake Evaristo says, “For us, having a debut on Pure Noise is insane. Especially because, when ‘Barricades’ blew up for us and we got all that TikTok clout, it happened during the pandemic, so we didn’t even play a show till nearly a year later. And I feel like, in that time, we were having Imposter Syndrome, hence the title.”
“This might be our first album, but we’ve all been through the wringer,” he adds, “and I hope people hear that we have real stuff that we’re dealing with – whether that’s being in a band, being a person of color in the scene or chasing a dream that seems so hard and unattainable. I really hope people can feel what we’re feeling.”
Along with the album announcement comes two new singles, “Levity” and “3181,” both of which find Action/Adventure in great form, offering up glossy yet hard-hitting pop punk that connects the dots between the Y2K-era pop punk boom, the Defend Punk Pop era, and the genre’s current revival, while sounding totally fresh. Listen to both and watch the video for “Levity” below.
Action/Adventure are also opening for Hawthorne Heights and Armor For Sleep on tour later this month into November and those dates are listed below.
Action/Adventure
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Tracklist
Imposter Syndrome
Save Yourself
Autopilot
3818
Losing Streak
FNFB
Levity
Caroline Reaper
Frozone, True King in the North
Wanderlust
Hawthorne Heights / Armor For Sleep / Action/Adventure — 2022 Tour Dates
20th October The Ritz, San Jose, CA
24th October Marquee Theater, Phoenix, AZ
25th October Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA
26th October The Garden Amp, Garden Grove, CA*
27th October Goldfield Trading Post, Roseville, CA
30th October Yucca North, Flagstaff, CA*
31st October Regent Theater, Los Angeles, CA
1st November 1933, Bakersfield, CA
2nd November House Of Blues, San Diego, CA
3rd November 191 Toole, Tucson, AZ
* No Armor For Sleep
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Ghett Yo Wings A New Innovative Chicken Wings Concept Will Spice Up Christown Spectrum Mall This Coming Saturday October 8 For A Day A Year And A Lifetime | RestaurantNews.com
Ghett Yo Wings, A New Innovative Chicken Wings Concept, Will Spice Up Christown Spectrum Mall This Coming Saturday, October 8, For A Day, A Year And A Lifetime | RestaurantNews.com https://digitalarizonanews.com/ghett-yo-wings-a-new-innovative-chicken-wings-concept-will-spice-up-christown-spectrum-mall-this-coming-saturday-october-8-for-a-day-a-year-and-a-lifetime-restaurantnews-com/
DAY: 61 Cent Wings all day Saturday, October 8
YEAR: First 100 guests on October 8 will receive FREE Wings for a YEAR
LIFE: Anyone born in 1961 who register October 8 will receive FREE Wings for LIFE
Phoenix, AZ (RestaurantNews.com) New all-time Major League Baseball American League Home Run Champion Aaron Judge may be saying goodbye to 61 (he has hit 62 now), yet a new Phoenix wings concept in the 61-year-old Christown Spectrum Mall is going to hold on to that number for a day for all, year for 100 and a lifetime for 61-year-olds.
WHERE: Ghett Yo Wings, 1703 W Bethany Home Road, Suite E02, Phoenix
WHEN: 10 am Saturday, October 8
GRAND OPENING DETAILS:
61 cent wings all DAY
First 100 guests receive free wings for a YEAR (6 wings per week for 52 weeks)
Anyone born in 1961 and registered on October 8 will receive free wings for LIFE (6 wings per week ongoing)
In 1961, Christown Spectrum Mall opened to much fanfare as the first Phoenix-area Mall with air conditioning and is currently the oldest operating Mall in Phoenix.
61 years later, Ghett Yo Wings is ready to make its own history.
Ghett Yo Wings is third concept from owner Wally Ansari. Chandler’s Ghett Yo Taco opened in 2017 and Ghett Yo Pizza in opened in Ahwatukee in 2020.
“When creating a new concept in a crowded Wings market, you must be different. And by different, we mean better,” said Ansari. “We are stepping up the quality game in order the bring the best product and experience to the Valley.”
The “Ghett Yo Difference” includes:
Fresh Wings, never frozen and brined/marinated 24 hours in order to provide optimal juiciness
Jumbo Halal Wings
Cooked to-order, i.e., “Yo Way”: Grilled, Naked, Breaded or Boneless
Scratch-made dipping sauces including Ranch and Bleu Cheese
Hand-battered Fish and Shrimp
Special wings flavor will rotate every month with 25 cents per order donated to local non-profits. October’s partner is the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Valley.
Besides wings and tenders, Ghett Yo Wings also offers burgers, fish, shrimp and starters/appetizers.
“Christown Spectrum enjoys working with dynamic local tenants like Ghett Yo Wings to help bring their unique offerings to our area shoppers,” says Chris Byrd, Kimco Realty, Director of Real Estate for the shopping center. “With its hot and spicy items and creative grand opening specials, this restaurant has a flair for the unique that we are sure our guests will embrace.”
For more information, please visit www.ghettyowings.com or call 602-899-4335.
Contact:
Tom Beyer
tom@ghettyo.com
480-358-8135
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Medical Care Technologies Inc. (OTC: MDCE) Completes Its Acquisition Of Infinite Auctions LLC
Medical Care Technologies, Inc. (OTC: MDCE) Completes Its Acquisition Of Infinite Auctions LLC https://digitalarizonanews.com/medical-care-technologies-inc-otc-mdce-completes-its-acquisition-of-infinite-auctions-llc/
MESA, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / October 6, 2022 / Medical Care Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK:MDCE) today announced that it completed its acquisition of 100% of the membership units of sports memorabilia auction house Infinite Auctions LLC. Infinite Auctions will now operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of MDCE. Mr. Marshall Perkins, the founder of Infinite Auctions will now serve as President and CEO of MDCE. Mr. Perkins was one of the early pioneers of the photo matching authentication process that is now standard for authenticating high-end sports memorabilia.
Mr. Perkins stated, “Infinite Auctions has experienced rapid revenue growth over the last few years. The sports memorabilia industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and this business combination provides us with access to additional capital markets that will allow us to substantially increase our memorabilia asset base and accelerate our revenue growth trajectory going forward.”
Founded in 2015, Infinite Auctions provides an online platform for memorabilia collectors and professional athletes to consign and sell high valued collectibles in a secure online auction format. Infinite Auctions specializes in the auctioning of game-worn sports memorabilia, including jerseys, helmets, bats, and other items worn or used by athletes in professional sporting events. The company also auctions high-end sports cards, trading cards, fine autographs, Americana, and other valuable antiquities. Infinite Auctions also offers a private sale brokering program that connects sellers and buyers outside of auction for quicker sales.
In addition to its core memorabilia business, the company recently announced its intentions to create an NFT marketplace of digital media experiences based on its sports memorabilia assets. The company will be attending the Web 3 Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 10-13, 2022, along with some of the leading visionaries, speakers, personalities, and investors in the Web 3 space.
With this business combination, MDCE enters the $26 billion sports memorabilia market that is expected to climb to over $200 billion by 2032. Details on the company’s vision, business strategy, and its plans for the new NFT marketplace will be released in the coming weeks.
About Infinite Auctions LLC.
Infinite Auctions provides an online platform for memorabilia collectors and professional athletes to consign and sell high valued collectibles in a secure online auction format. Infinite Auctions specializes in the auctioning of game-worn sports memorabilia, including jerseys, helmets, bats, and other items worn or used by athletes in professional sporting events. The company also auctions high-end sports cards, trading cards, fine autographs, Americana, and other valuable antiquities. Infinite Auctions also offers a private sale brokering program that connects sellers and buyers outside of auction for quicker sales.
About Medical Care Technologies, Inc.
Medical Care Technologies, Inc. seeks to capitalize on the fast-growing memorabilia and collectibles market by consolidating companies in the collectibles space and acquiring high value collectible assets. The company is negotiating multiple joint ventures and developing new platforms to create additional revenue streams from our memorabilia asset portfolio.
Contact Information:
https://twitter.com/SportsAuction1
https://www.infiniteauctions.com
https://www.medcaretechinc.com
Shareholder/Investor inquiries for Medical Care Technologies, Inc.:
Medical Care Technologies, Inc. / Infinite Auctions LLC
1- 480-645-0750
[email protected]
Safe Harbor Statement: In addition to historical information, this press release may contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release include the intent, belief, or expectations of the Company and members of its management team with respect to the Company’s future business operations and the assumptions upon which such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to, failure to complete anticipated sales under negotiations, lack of revenue growth, client discontinuances, failure to realize improvements in performance, efficiency and profitability, and adverse developments with respect to litigation or increased litigation costs, the operation or performance of the Company’s business units or the market price of its common stock. Additional factors that would cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated within this press release can also be found on the Company’s website. The Company disclaims any responsibility to update any forward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Medical Care Technologies, Inc.
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Fox News CEO Warned Against 'crazies' After 2020 Election Dominion Says WABE
Fox News CEO Warned Against 'crazies' After 2020 Election, Dominion Says – WABE https://digitalarizonanews.com/fox-news-ceo-warned-against-crazies-after-2020-election-dominion-says-wabe/
Besieged by angry viewers, denounced by then-President Trump, questioned by some of its own stars, Fox News found itself in a near-impossible spot on Election Night 2020 after its election analysis team announced before any other network that Joe Biden would win the pivotal swing state of Arizona.
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott proved so flummoxed by what ensued that she warned colleagues, “We can’t give the crazies an inch.” That’s according to the account of a lawyer for Dominion Voting Systems, which is seeking $1.6 billion from Fox in a defamation suit over false allegations on the network that the company committed election fraud. A trial date is set for April in Delaware.
The voting machine and technology company’s attorney, Justin Nelson, revealed Scott’s remarks in a court proceeding on Tuesday in which he argued that Dominion’s legal team is entitled to receive the employment contracts of 13 Fox News executives, including Scott. She has served as CEO since 2018. (Dominion is also suing Fox Corp, the network’s parent company.)
In a ruling yesterday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis affirmed that Dominion should receive the contracts – the point of contention in Tuesday’s hearing.
For days after the election, Trump and his top aides demanded the network rescind its announcement of Biden’s victory in Arizona, even pressuring the network’s controlling owners, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch. In the weeks that followed, a cadre of Fox News stars hosted Trump’s advisers – and even Trump himself – to peddle baseless conspiracy theories of election fraud. Many of those false claims asserted without evidence that Dominion’s technology and machines had been used to rig the vote and to cheat Trump of the White House.
According to Nelson’s remarks at the hearing, senior Fox News executives interceded to try to block Fox Business stars Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo from having Trump’s campaign attorneys, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, on their shows to repeat such lies. In late 2020, Dobbs and Bartiromo hosted Trump’s advocates to make those accusations.
Fox’s attorney, Justin Keller, did not dispute the remarks attributed by Nelson to Fox News CEO Scott. Nor did he deny that executives sought to intervene in the two programs’ efforts to book Powell and Giuliani even though their claims had been discredited. Instead, Fox’s attorney made a broader argument against allowing scrutiny of the executives’ contracts, saying they were unnecessary given how many documents the network has already turned over to Dominion.
Why Dominion hopes Fox News CEO’s warning could help make its case
Fox News and its chief trial attorney, Dan Webb, declined to comment for this article, as did Dominion’s lawyers. However, the arguments that played out during a hearing Tuesday reflected a looking-glass world. Dominion depicted the network’s executives scrambling to rein in the chaos engendered by its stars, while Fox’s attorneys were effectively arguing the executives had little time, ability or inclination to do so.
In his exchanges with the judge, Keller drew a line distinguishing between a host or producer “who are sometimes pre-scripting material for the show, that is going to be tethered to a specific channel’s telecast” and a network executive.
“That person is going to be far removed from the day-to-day operations of editorial control and discretion over the particular channel’s telecast,” he said. Beyond Scott, the executives whose contracts are being sought also include Jay Wallace, Fox News’ president and executive editor and Meade Cooper, the executive vice president of primetime programming, among others.
Nelson, the Dominion attorney, retorted by citing a document obtained from Fox that “talks about the daily editorial meeting that occurs, including almost all of these executives that we’re looking at right now.”
Dominion appears to be drilling down on its argument – hotly disputed by Fox – that the network’s executives knowingly allowed such false conspiracies to air on its programs to boost their audiences – because their pro-Trump viewers abandoned them after the Arizona call.
Under U.S. Supreme Court rulings, Dominion has to prove Fox demonstrated “actual malice” to win a defamation case. That means either knowingly broadcasting false and damaging information, or doing so with reckless disregard for the truth.
“Fox sought to profit off a lie. That’s the allegation,” Judge Davis summarized. “Whether that’s true or not, we’ll stay for the trial.”
Dominion appears to be drilling down on its argument – hotly disputed by Fox – that the network’s executives knowingly allowed such false conspiracies to air on its programs to boost their audiences – because their pro-Trump viewers abandoned them after the Arizona call.
A new book reveals how Fox journalists acted behind scenes
In their new book on Trump, The Divider, journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser reveal that anchor Bret Baier cited intense pressure from Trump’s team to explore whether and under what circumstances the Arizona call could be reversed. Fox did not withdraw its projection. The authors also reported that Wallace, the head of news, overruled his election unit and instructed his anchors to not announce that Biden had won Nevada, too.
What ensued involved a split screen. Fox became the last network to project Biden’s win of the presidency despite being the first to make the Arizona call that proved accurate. And while its reporters often unraveled election fraud allegations, many of Fox’s biggest stars tolerated, amplified and even embraced them, Dominion’s lawyers noted.
No one at Fox would directly comment on Baker and Glasser’s assertions, other than Baier, who released a statement taking some issue with how his objections were framed. One person inside Fox with direct knowledge of its election coverage told NPR the delay in calling the full White House win for Biden involved a technical glitch in a control room as one show transitioned to the next at the top of the hour.
In hosting Fox’s first post-election interview with Trump that November, Bartiromo echoed Trump’s disproven allegations of electoral fraud, saying, “This is disgusting, and we cannot allow America’s election to be corrupted.” She told viewers in mid-December that “an intel source” told her that Trump had won the election. Bartiromo, officially designated as a news anchor, never returned to explain on what grounds the source made that statement. (Fox no longer publicly characterizes her as an anchor, which had rooted her in the news side of Fox, as opposed to an opinion host.)
In December 2020, Dobbs contended on the air that Trump’s opponents within the government had committed “treason,” and later suggested any action by a Republican officeholder to uphold Biden’s victory might have been “criminal.” His departure from the network was hastily announced the day after another election software company, Smartmatic, filed its own $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox for defamation surrounding similarly false accusations of fraud. That case is not as far along in the process.
Fox News’ lawyers argue Trump’s claims on election fraud – even though false – are ‘inherently newsworthy’
Fox has dismissed both suits as efforts to stifle legitimate coverage of inherently newsworthy allegations – election fraud – made by inherently newsworthy people – including the then-sitting U.S. president and his top campaign advisers. Fox never did back down from its projection of Arizona for Biden, its original sin in the eyes of Trump and his campaign. As viewers abandoned the network for harder-edged fare on Newsmax, OAN and elsewhere, some Fox stars served up incendiary rhetoric and challenged the legitimacy of Biden’s pending certification in early January.
In recent weeks, Dominion has argued that Fox host Jeanine Pirro – a former district attorney and New York state judge as well as a Trump confidant – sits at the heart of its case. NPR previously revealed the existence of an anguished email from a Fox News producer begging colleagues to keep Pirro off the air because she was circulating lies about election fraud from dark corners of the Internet.
Dominion’s legal team asked the court to compel additional testimony from Pirro late last month, arguing that after Fox invoked a reporter’s privilege to shield her from some questions during her deposition. A ruling on whether Pirro must return for questioning has not been made public.
As with the Scott admonition about “the crazies,” Dominion’s legal team is seeking to use those exchanges to show that Fox knowingly allowed Dobbs, Pirro, Bartiromo and their guests to peddle false claims that defamed the company and set the country on edge ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol.
According to filings reviewed by NPR, Dominion is also asking the court to compel additional testimony from Fox star Sean Hannity, a close adviser to Trump. Dominion’s attorneys are seeking to bar “improper assertions of reporter’s privilege,” arguing that Fox inappropriately asserted reporter’s privilege for Hannity during earlier questioning as well, though the full filing is sealed. He was deposed in late August, according to court records.
Fox News has repeatedly defended its conduct by invoking the importance of American free speech principles bound up in the First Amendment, saying the Smartmatic and Dominion cases are attempts to chill independent reporting and commentary.
Fox Corp CEO and Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch has taken a seemingly conflicting stance halfway across the globe in Australia, where the media magnate and his family now live. A political columnist for the magazine Crikey accused the Murdochs of being “unindicted co-conspirator...
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The French author Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Prize for literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
The academy said it awarded Ernaux the prize “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.” In its announcement, the academy noted that it had not yet been able to reach Ernaux. She later told Sweden’s SVT television that winning the Nobel Prize was a “a great honor” and “a very great responsibility,” according to the Associated Press.
Ernaux’s work frequently deals with questions of personal history. Her memoir “Happening” discusses an illegal abortion that she had in the 1960s. A 2018 translation of her memoir “The Years” was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A translation of Ernaux’s “Getting Lost,” a diary of her affair with a younger, married man, was published this year.
Ernaux was born in 1940 in Normandy, the daughter of working-class parents. She published her first book, “Cleaned Out,” a fictionalized account of her abortion, in 1974. She has two sons and lives in Cergy, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. She has won several French-language literary prizes, including the Prix Renaudot.
In 1996, author Linda Barrett Osborne wrote, “Annie Ernaux’s work can evoke the same response that some modern art does in viewers: a tendency to think that, because it appears simple or direct in composition, it was simple to conceive, that anyone could create the same forms and impressions. Instead, at her best, Ernaux has the ability to refine ordinary experience, stripping it of irrelevancy and digression and reducing it to a kind of iconography of the late-20th-century soul.”
In “I Remain in Darkness,” Ernaux chronicled her mother’s decline from Alzheimer’s. Released in English in 2000, and translated by Tanya Leslie, the book “details brilliantly, with all the unconscious acuity of actual presence, the miseries and the interdependencies, the frustration and the tedium, the toxic mix of devotion and revulsion that characterize for so many of us the long process of losing an elderly parent,” according to a review in The Washington Post.
Yale University Press is scheduled to publish a translation of Ernaux’s “Look at the Lights, My Love” in fall 2023. John Donatich, director of Yale University Press, said in a statement: “As a great admirer of Annie Ernaux’s extraordinary work, it is a particular pleasure for me to see her receive this global recognition. Her visionary nonfiction is a profound achievement, and it richly deserves the wide readership this prize will attract. Those many new readers are about to make a wonderful discovery.”
Ernaux’s work has also been adapted to film. “Happening,” directed by Audrey Diwan, received the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, and 2020’s “Simple Passion” was a Cannes Film Festival selection. Ernaux and her son David Ernaux-Briot directed “The Super 8 Years,” a 60-minute film composed of old home movies that she’s set to present at the New York Film Festival next week.
The New Republic recently described Ernaux as “a perennial front-runner” for the Nobel Prize “who never quite crosses the line” but suggested that in selecting her, the academy might “make a principled statement about reproductive rights,” especially given her work in “Happening.” In response to an audience question on whether the choice was a political one, Ellen Mattson, a representative of the academy said, “We concentrate on literature and literary quality,” before adding, “The message is that this is literature for everyone.”
The Nobel Prize for literature is awarded annually by the 18-member Swedish Academy. It typically recognizes an author’s full body of work, though the academy has singled out individual works by laureates on nine occasions. This year, the prize is worth roughly $913,000.
Nominations for the literature prize, which are kept secret for 50 years, can be submitted by members of the academy and its peer institutions, literature and linguistics professors, previous laureates, and the presidents of national literary societies. A smaller committee narrows that list twice, ultimately furnishing the academy with five candidates each year. After reviewing and discussing the works of the nominees on that list, the academy selects a winner in October.
Last year’s prize went to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist who writes primarily in English. It was awarded “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”
In response to an audience question at this year’s announcement about the Nobel Prize’s general focus on European writers, Mattson said, “We have many different criteria, and you cannot satisfy all of them.” Stressing again that literary quality was most important to the committee, she went on, “One year, we gave the prize to a non-European writer, last year, Abdulrazak Gurnah. This year, we give the prize to a woman.” Ernaux is the 17th woman to win the prize.
The 2022 awards ceremony will take place on Dec. 10 in Stockholm.
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