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Dow Futures Tumble 300 Points After FedEx Warning, Wall Street Headed For Big Loss On The Week https://digitalarkansasnews.com/dow-futures-tumble-300-points-after-fedex-warning-wall-street-headed-for-big-loss-on-the-week/ U.S. stock futures fell on Friday as Wall Street headed toward a big losing week, and traders absorbed an ugly earnings warning from FedEx about the global economy. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped by 336 points, or 1.1%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 1.2% and 1.3%, respectively. On Thursday, the Dow dropped 173 points, or 0.56%, for its lowest close since July 14 Shares of FedEx plunged 19% after the shipments company withdrew its full-year guidance and said it will implement cost-cutting initiatives to contend with soft global shipment volumes as the global economy “significantly worsened.” Transport stocks are typically seen as a leading economic indicator, so FedEx’s announcement could contribute to broader declines on Friday. “It very much is a bellwether, certainly traditionally,” Robert Teeter of Silvercrest Asset Management said on CNBC’s “Worldwide Exchange.” “[But] I think one of the things we’ve seen in this pandemic and post-pandemic economy is that different sectors are having different cycles.” “No doubt the news the was not positive, and it certainly is a tell on the importance of margins going forward, which we think is a company by company issue,” Teeter added. The three major averages were on pace to notch their fourth losing week in five as a comeback rally looks increasingly like a bear market bounce. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has declined 3.70% this week, while the S&P 500 is 4.08% lower. The Nasdaq Composite is down 4.62%, headed toward its worst weekly loss since June. The bulk of the losses came on Tuesday following a surprisingly hot reading in August’s consumer price index report, with the Dow losing 1,200 points in its worst decline in two years. 2-year Treasury yield breaks above 3.9% The front end of the yield curve continues to make new highs, with the 2-year Treasury yield topping 3.9% on Friday. It is the first time the 2-year has had a yield that high since Nov. 1, 2007. The 1-year Treasury yield, meanwhile, has surged well above 4% and was trading at 4.026% on Friday morning. The 10-year Treasury saw milder moves, deepening the inversion of the yield curve. — Jesse Pound Deutsche Bank hikes Tesla price target, says shares can rally more than 30% Expect shares of Tesla to rally as much as 32% as the electric vehicle giant boosts production at struggling factories and benefits from the government’s latest climate bill, Deutsche Bank says. Analyst Emmanuel Rosner upped his price target on Tesla to $400 from $375 a share, citing the Inflation Reduction Act’s battery production credits and elevated production at its Texas and Berlin facilities. “We view 2023 as a pivotal year in which Tesla continues to grow volume at a high pace, enters new segments with Cybertruck and Semi, optimizes its manufacturing footprint, and benefits from IRA which will lower its costs and boost demand,” Rosner wrote, while also beefing up the bank’s gross margin forecast for 2023. Further upside to Wall Street’s estimates could come from Tesla’s driver assistance system it hiked prices on earlier this month, Rosner said. Margins should also improve as volume steps up. Tesla’s stock is down roughly 14% this year. — Samantha Subin If inflation can’t be resolved without a recession, downside could be ‘substantial,’ Goldman says As investors debate whether high inflation can be resolved without a recession, Goldman Sachs analyzed how different the market could look if the pessimistic view materializes. There are uncertainties at every step, the firm’s Dominic Wilson said in a note Friday. However, “the basic story is simple. If only a significant recession—and a sharper Fed response to deliver it—will tame inflation, then the downside to both equities and government bonds could still be substantial, even after the damage that we have already seen.” — Tanaya Macheel Morgan Stanley upgraded Alcoa following underperformance Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Alcoa to an overweight rating, saying the company’s free cash flow yield and a constructive outlook for aluminum prices will support shares of the metals giant. “While we see underwhelming 2H22 results, mainly on the back of lower commodity prices and higher costs, we believe the market will see through these near term headwinds,” the firm wrote in a note to clients. Morgan Stanley added that the stock trades at a discount relative to its historical average multiple. Shares of Alcoa have dropped 18% over the last week as fears rise around a coming economic slowdown, which would cut demand for metals like aluminum. The stock added 1% during premarket trading Friday. — Pippa Stevens FedEx guidance cut drags down rivals FedEx’s guidance cut appears to be weighing on related stocks on Friday morning. Shares of shipping rival UPS fell more than 7% in premarket trading. XPO Logistics dropped 6%. Transport stocks are often seen as a bellwether for the U.S. economy, so FedEx’s warning could create selling pressure across the board on Wall Street as investors prepare for a potential recession. — Jesse Pound Analysts bail on FedEx FedEx’s earnings warning led to several analysts downgrading the stock, including JPMorgan’s Brian Ossenbeck. “Against a backdrop of weaker economic activity and slower e-commerce growth with inconsistent execution, we believe FDX will continue trading at a depressed multiple until earnings stabilize with some potential help from cost saving initiatives,” Ossenbeck wrote as he downgraded the stock to neutral. CNBC Pro subscribers can read more here. — Sam Subin Sterling falls to fresh 37-year low against dollar The British pound has dropped below $1.14 for the first time since 1985. Sterling fell as low as $1.135 at 8:50 a.m. London before rising slightly to $1.137. The pound has plummeted against the greenback this year on a combination of dollar strength and U.K. recession warnings. Data published Friday morning showed U.K. retail sales fell more than expected in August. — Jenni Reid European markets slide 1% as recession, energy fears persist European markets fell sharply in early trading as recession warnings, expectations for further rate hikes and continued volatility in the energy market weighed on stocks. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 1.2% in the first hour, and U.K., French and German indexes all fell. All sectors were in the red as energy, industrial and auto stocks dropped more than 2% each. Read more here. — Jenni Reid U.S. 2-year Treasury yield briefly touches 3.9% CNBC Pro: Top tech investor Paul Meeks picks between Apple and Samsung Tech stocks suffered yet another sell-off this week as investors digested a hotter-than-expected August inflation report. Amid a tough year for the sector, some investors are seeking refuge in the relative safety of mega-cap stocks. Top tech investor Paul Meeks weighs in on two such stocks and reveals which he prefers in the current environment. Pro subscribers can read more here. — Zavier Ong China’s retail sales, industrial production for August beat estimates China’s latest economic data release showed growth accelerated in August. Retail sales increased 5.4% in August from the same period last year, much higher than July’s 2.7% and also above the Reuters forecast of 3.5%. Industrial production grew 4.2% last month compared with a year ago, topping the prediction of 3.8% in a Reuters poll. Industrial output came in at 3.8% in July. Fixed asset investment for January to August this year increased by 5.8%, beating the 5.5% estimate from Reuters. — Abigail Ng, Evelyn Cheng Major averages on pace for fourth losing week in five All three major averages are on track to post their fourth losing week in five. Here are where markets stand through Thursday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 3.7% The S&P 500 is down 4.08% The Nasdaq Composite is down 4.62%, heading toward its worst week since June 17 — Sarah Min FedEx shares plunge after withdrawing guidance Shares of FedEx tumbled 15.3% in after hours trading after the transport company withdrew its full-year guidance, and said it will implement cost-cutting initiatives to contend with a worsening macro. “Global volumes declined as macroeconomic trends significantly worsened later in the quarter, both internationally and in the U.S. We are swiftly addressing these headwinds, but given the speed at which conditions shifted, first quarter results are below our expectations,” FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said in a statement. The company said it is closing 90 office locations, shutting down five corporate office facilities and pausing hiring efforts, as part of those cost-cutting measures. — Sarah Min Stock futures open lower U.S. stock futures opened lower on Thursday night as Wall Street headed toward its fourth losing week in five. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures dropped by 137 points, or 0.44%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 0.51% and 0.60%, respectively. — Sarah Min Read More Here

Arrest In July 4 Threats To Rogers, Trumped Store https://digitalarkansasnews.com/arrest-in-july-4-threats-to-rogers-trumped-store/ Donald Brown has been arrested in Tucson for threatening state Sen. Wendy Rogers and the occupants and owners of The Trumped Store in Show Low on July 4. Steve Slayton, who owns the store with his wife, Karen, reviewed his emails shortly after the July 4 parade during a gathering of luminaries at the store. rt lynch Author email Post a comment as anonymous Welcome to the discussion. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don’t Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don’t knowingly lie about anyone or anything. Be Nice. No racism, sexism or any sort of -ism that is degrading to another person. Be Proactive. Use the ‘Report’ link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Share with Us. We’d love to hear eyewitness accounts, the history behind an article. Heber-Overgaard Mountain Properties Read More Here

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE https://digitalarkansasnews.com/this-weeks-schedule/ Thursday’s game 4A-8 Warren 28, Star City 27, OT Today’s games 6A-EAST Benton at Little Rock Catholic* Sylvan Hills at Searcy West Memphis at Sheridan Jacksonville at Marion Greene County Tech at El Dorado 6A-WEST Greenbrier at Van Buren Greenwood at Siloam Springs Lake Hamilton at Mountain Home Russellville at Little Rock Christian 5A-CENTRAL Beebe at White Hall Vilonia at Pine Bluff Watson Chapel at Mills Joe T. Robinson at Morrilton 4A-4 Bauxite at Lamar Benton Harmony Grove at Central Arkansas Christian Mayflower at Clinton Little Rock Hall at Pottsville 4A-8 DeWitt at Helena-West Helena Crossett at Hamburg McGehee at Monticello Nonconference Bentonville at Kan. City (Mo.) Rockhurst Baptist Prep at Poyen Bigelow at Centerpoint Blytheville at Riverview Cabot at Ruston, La. Carlisle at Des Arc Cave City at Camden Harmony Grove Cedarville at Green Forest Center Hill, Miss. at Jonesboro Corning at East Poinsett County Decatur at Berryville Dierks at Conway Christian Drew Central at Lafayette County Dumas at Lake Village% England at Johnson County Westside Fordyce at Glen Rose Foreman at Fouke Hampton at Smackover Harding Academy at Booneville Haynesville, La. at Junction City Hazen at McCrory Hector at Clarendon Hope at Prescott Idabel, Okla. at Ashdown Jessieville at Atkins Jonesboro Westside at Heber Springs Little Rock Parkview at North Little Rock Little Rock Southwest at Hot Springs Malvern at Hernando, Miss. Melbourne at Hoxie Memphis Business at Lonoke Mineral Springs at Bearden Mountainburg at Yellville-Summit Mount Ida at Lavaca Murfreesboro at Gurdon Nashville at Charleston Oklahoma Lincoln at Shiloh Christian Monroe (La.) Ouachita Parish at Conway Pea Ridge at Gentry Perryville at Episcopal Collegiate Piggott at Marked Tree Salem at Walnut Ridge Springdale Har-Ber at Mustang, Okla. Stuttgart at Forrest City Trumann at Newport Waldron at Mansfield Wynne at Magnolia EIGHT-MAN Augusta at Spring Hill Fountain Lake at Cedar Ridge Genoa Central at Cutter-Morning Star Izard County at Rector Mountain Pine at Parkers Chapel Mountain View at Rose Bud Marshall at Subiaco Academy *at War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock %at Simmons Bank Field, Pine Bluff High school football coaches CALL US Coaches, please call the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette at (501) 378-3411 with game reports before 11 p.m. each Friday night during the football season. We need records, score by quarters, scoring plays with first and last names, along with top rushing, passing, receiving and defensive performances. The Democrat-Gazette also will publish statistics each Thursday throughout the regular season. Deadline for statistics to appear in Thursday’s edition during the season is noon Wednesdays. Email statistics and news tips to sports@arkansasonline.com. Scores also can be tweeted using the hashtag #arpreps. Read More…

AP News Summary At 6:54 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-654-a-m-edt/ Ukraine finds new mass burials, says Russia “leaves death” IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities are expected to begin recovering bodies from a newly found mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a delicate task that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would help show the world “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The burial site, containing hundreds of graves, was discovered close to Izium after a rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces liberated the northeastern city and other swaths of the Kharkiv region, breaking what was largely becoming a military stalemate in the nearly seven-month war. Associated Press journalists who visited the burial site counted hundreds of graves amid the trees, marked with simple wooden crosses — most of them numbered, up to 400 and beyond. Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories Donald Trump is increasingly embracing and endorsing the QAnon conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to the movement rises. Using his Truth Social platform, Trump this week reposted an image of himself overlaid with the words “the Storm is Coming.” In QAnon lore, the storm refers to Trump’s final victory, when his opponents supposedly will be tried and possibly executed. It’s among dozens of recent Q-related posts from the Republican former president, who also ended a rally with a QAnon song. Experts who study QAnon say Trump may be trying to rally his most stalwart supporters as investigations into his conduct escalate. Queue for queen’s coffin ‘paused’ as wait hits 14 hours LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says it is temporarily stopping people from joining the line to file past the queen’s coffin as the wait for those at the back hit 14 hours. A live tracker of the queue said it was “at capacity” and entry was being “paused” for six hours. Meanwhile a diplomatic spat is brewing after a delegation of Chinese officials reportedly was barred from visiting the historic hall where the queen is lying in state. The Chinese ambassador to the U.K. has been banned from Parliament for a year after Beijing sanctioned seven British legislators last year for speaking out against China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority. The office of the House of Commons speaker declined to comment Friday. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., home of Vice President Kamala Harris. They are taunting leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and highlighting their opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida’s governor — were derided by critics as inhumane political theater. Water begins receding in Pakistan’s worst flood-hit south Officials say weeks of floodwaters are now receding in Pakistan’s worst-hit southern Sindh province after a deadly summer in which monsoons killed hundreds of thousands of people. Friday’s latest development is a potentially bright sign in the ongoing crisis. Irrigation officials say the water level in the previous 48 hours receded as much as three feet in some areas, including the Khairpur and Johi towns. However, authorities have said the complete draining of water in Sindh will take at least three months. The floods have killed 1,508 people, left half a million homeless and sparked a race against spreading disease. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter. Swapping horseback riding stories with Ronald Reagan. Bending the ears of  Donald Trump and Joe Biden on climate change. King Charles III over the years has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who served during his lifetime. Charles met Dwight Eisenhower when he was just 10 years old. He has recalled his first visit to the Nixon White House in 1970 as the time that “they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Charles met Joe Biden last year. He did not meet four presidents who held office during his lifetime: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Oktoberfest is back but shadowed by ‘red hot’ inflation MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is on tap again in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption. The beer will be just as cold and the roast pork knuckle just as crispy. Mayor Dieter Reiter says the return of the city’s hallmark tourist event on Saturday is “beautiful.” But brewers and visitors are under pressure from inflation in ways they could hardly imagine in 2019. Energy, barley, hops, even paper and glue for labels, cardboard for cases and steel barrels have all gone up in price as record inflation has taken hold across Europe. The price of one of the hefty mugs that revelers will hoist has gone up by 15%, with the brewing industry under pressure from rising costs. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip has discovered a rare mosaic on his property. The man says he stumbled upon it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic — which includes 17 well-preserved images of animals and birds — is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures. They say it’s drawing attention to the need to protect Gaza’s antiquities, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of fighting with Israel. The mosaic was discovered just one kilometer, or about half a mile, from the Israeli border. Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19. After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game, the sport does seem to be in good hands as it prepares to move on. Federer said Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week. Williams lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 2. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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5 Things To Know For Sept. 16: Mar-A-Lago, Alaska, Ukraine, Same-Sex Marriage, Mars – KESQ https://digitalarkansasnews.com/5-things-to-know-for-sept-16-mar-a-lago-alaska-ukraine-same-sex-marriage-mars-kesq/ CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Scientists and activists are pushing for the monkeypox virus to be renamed amid worries that stigma could steer people away from getting tested and vaccinated. Many health experts are also trying to clear up confusion and explain that monkeypox probably didn’t start in monkeys and its origin remains unknown. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here.) 1. Mar-a-Lago A “special master” — or third party attorney — was appointed by a federal judge in Florida Thursday to review documents from the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The special master will be Senior Judge Raymond Dearie, who was put forward as a possible candidate for the role by Trump, who had sued in court to obtain the review. The Justice Department also endorsed Dearie’s appointment. US District Judge Aileen Cannon also rejected the DOJ’s bid to resume its criminal investigation into classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago last month. The denial sets the stage for the department’s dispute with Trump over the search to move quickly to an appeals court and potentially the Supreme Court. 2. Alaska storm Alaska is bracing for what has been described by forecasters as the strongest storm to impact the state in more than a decade. The system — the remnants of Typhoon Merbok — is expected to bring hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and enormous waves to Alaska’s west coast today and this weekend. The National Weather Service in Fairbanks urged coastal residents to complete preparations for the storm by this morning, as conditions will begin to rapidly deteriorate later today. Forecasts show the impacts of the storm will likely rival what was seen in 2011 from what’s referred to as the Bering Sea Superstorm, a meteorologist in the region told CNN. That storm, with wind gusts over 90 mph, left behind a wide swath of destruction. 3. Ukraine Ukrainian authorities have found 440 graves at a mass burial site in Izium, an eastern city recently recaptured from Russian forces, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said in a Twitter post today. “We want the world to know what is really happening and what the Russian occupation has led to,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that Ukrainian and international journalists will be shown the site to see what had been uncovered. Izium was subject to intense Russian artillery attacks in April and was taken back by Ukrainian forces on Saturday, delivering a strategic blow to Russia’s military assault in the east. Separately, the White House announced a $600 million security package for Ukraine on Thursday, providing its military with another round of assistance during its ongoing counteroffensive against Russia. 4. Same-sex marriage The Senate will not vote on same-sex marriage legislation until after the November midterm elections — a move that could make it more likely the bill will ultimately pass the chamber. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a leading Democratic negotiator on the bill that would codify same-sex marriage nationwide, said Thursday that more time is needed to negotiate the issue with Republicans. “We’re very confident that the bill will pass, but we will need a little more time,” Baldwin told CNN. Democrats have pushed for the vote after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, sparking fears that the court could take aim at same-sex marriage in the future. 5. Mars NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected some of the most important samples yet on its mission to determine if life ever existed on Mars, scientists said. A few of the recently collected samples include organic matter, indicating a crater likely once held a lake that was potentially habitable 3.5 billion years ago. The rover’s mission, which began on the red planet 18 months ago, includes looking for signs of ancient microbial life and collecting rock samples that could have preserved telltale signs of a formerly water-filled environments. The rover contains 12 rock samples and will eventually take more collections back to Earth in the 2030s. NASA’s Perseverance and Curiosity rovers have found organic matter before on Mars. But this time, the detection occurred in an area where life may have once existed. HAPPENING LATER President Biden to personally meet with Griner and Whelan families President Biden will meet with the families of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan at the White House today, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. This is the first time he will meet with them in person. Griner was detained in Russia in February for carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist pleaded guilty to drug charges and said she accidentally packed the cartridges while in a hurry. She was convicted in August and sentenced to nine years in jail. Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years after being convicted on espionage charges that he vehemently denies. BREAKFAST BROWSE Social media erupts after ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant allowed to change answer Fans of “Jeopardy!” are in a frenzy after the show’s host Ken Jennings allowed a contestant to change his answer… but later denied a second contestant from doing the same. Watch the video here. Michael Jordan’s ‘Last Dance’ jersey fetches a record $10.1 million The record sale price now makes it the most expensive basketball jersey ever to sell at auction. Husky enjoys playing on the roof of a two-story house Most dogs like to relax on couches… this one prefers to hang out on the roof. Listen to the owner’s reaction to this paws-itively outrageous behavior. Nick Cannon welcomes his ninth child “The Masked Singer” host also has two more on the way. France unveils high-speed trains of the future This swanky new train, operating at a maximum speed of nearly 220 mph, will premiere on the Paris rail network next year. QUIZ TIME Rising inflation has driven food prices in the US far higher than they were a year ago. Which of the following grocery items has seen the biggest increase? A. Milk B. Eggs C. Cheese D. Tomatoes Take CNN’s weekly news quiz to see if you’re correct! TODAY’S NUMBER 40 That’s the number of days that residents in Jackson, Mississippi, were under a boil water notice due to poor water quality. The advisory was lifted on Thursday after heavy rains last month and issues at a failing water plant ultimately led to residents being unable to use or drink water for weeks. While samples now show clean water has been restored, officials say it is possible that there will be further interruptions to the city’s water system. Jackson’s issues with water go back years, with boil water advisories becoming almost a fact of life in the city. TODAY’S QUOTE “I’ve come to the conclusion, and I want to be definitive on this: The election was not stolen.” — New Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Don Bolduc, stating Thursday on Fox News that he believes President Biden is the legitimate president of the US. His remarks, however, come shortly after Bolduc won the Republican nomination this week — and after months of campaigning on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Bolduc is now gearing up to take on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in November. Her seat represents a top pickup opportunity for Republicans, who are trying to erase Democrats’ slim Senate majority this fall. TODAY’S WEATHER Check your local forecast here AND FINALLY Delicate patterns carefully carved into fruits and vegetables This artist pulls inspiration from traditional Japanese patterns to create masterpieces out of fruits and vegetables. (Click here to view) The-CNN-Wire & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. 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A Banned Books Week Action List: Book Censorship News, September 16, 2022 https://digitalarkansasnews.com/a-banned-books-week-action-list-book-censorship-news-september-16-2022/ Next week begins Banned Books Week, and rather than passively “celebrate” banned books, let’s spend this week regrouping and taking a series of small action steps toward actually curtailing the non-stop assaults on intellectual freedom and First Amendment rights. I’ve pulled together a list of seven action items for the week plus several bonus actions — pick and choose to do them all or choose one per day for seven days (then, of course, keep the momentum going). Let this list help you get into the habit of championing the right to read and the right for all people to access the information they’re looking for. Seven Action Items for Banned Books Week: Show up to your local public library and borrow — and read — books that have been banned in the last year. This means you’re going for books like Gender Queer or All Boys Aren’t Blue or Monday’s Not Coming, not books like To Kill a Mockingbird or The Catcher in the Rye. Bonus action: once you read one of these books, leave a review on as many consumer-facing sites as possible. Books like these are being bombed by censors; this is an easy and effective way to push back. Request your public library purchase books that are by or about queer people and people of color. You can look at books that have been banned this year and request titles your library might not have or you can peruse lists of upcoming titles and submit purchase requests. Most libraries have a form on their website or at the reference desk to do this. If they don’t, work up the courage to ask a library worker how you can do that. Plan to attend your local school board meeting and speak in support of books by and about people of color and queer people. Your school board may not be meeting this week and that’s okay. Get it on your calendar to attend the next one or write a letter to the board. Here’s a template you can use for speaking and for your letter. Know if you write, you might not hear anything back. Because communication with public employees is subject to FOIA, most are not responding. This is a good thing! Write a letter to your local newspaper, and if you have more than one local paper, send a similar letter to as many as you can. In the letter, talk about how many books have been banned this year across the country, and talk about how that is a blatant attack on First Amendment rights. If you’re in an area with an active chapter of Moms For Liberty, No Left Turn, or equivalent, name those groups in the letter. Point out their actions so you create a paper trail. Example: my local area has both an active Moms For Liberty group and a more local group. Both have been involved in stirring up criminal behavior, including vandalism at a local bakery (charged as a hate crime) and in creating a threat so real, a public library canceled their drag queen program for teens. Name and shame. Whether or not the letter publishes in the local paper, share your words across your social media and engage with comments you might receive. Use research, use facts, and use a calm demeanor. You are likely educating a lot of folks who might otherwise not be aware of what is going on and that matters. Make a donation to groups doing work on the ground. Do this instead of being tempted to buy and donate books — books are great, but they don’t change policy and don’t protect lives that need protection. The $20 you were going to spend on a book could be sent to orgs who will use each penny to do hard, thankless work. Some options include EveryLibrary, PEN America, and Florida Freedom to Read Project. You can also donate to fundraisers for librarian Amanda Jones, who is currently suing right-wing groups in her state after they attacked her, or Brooky Parks, who was let go from her job after calling out a new library policy that censored programming. Find out when school board and library board elections (if applicable) are in your area and make a plan to vote. Research the candidates and if you are unsure where they stand on issues of censorship, reach out to their campaigns and ask. They should be working for your vote and, in doing so, respond in full. Then reach out to 3+ people about their plans to vote. If your state has been added to The School Board Project (part one and part two), use the spreadsheets to take notes on candidates. Write to your local lawmakers at the state and federal level about the importance of defending intellectual freedom and the right to read for all. Cite the research and reports and highlight how the stories we are hearing about “parents’ rights” are about a very small, vocal minority and not, in fact, most parents. If you’re lucky to have a representative who is sympathetic to these causes, write in support of their stances. For example: I plan to tell Sean Casten his willingness to name and talk about the disgusting actions of Awake Illinois is deeply appreciated and a model for other lawmakers across the country. Bonus and Additional Action Items: Today In Books Newsletter Sign up to Today In Books to receive daily news and miscellany from the world of books. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. By signing up you agree to our terms of use On “meet the teacher” nights or “back to school” nights — any such event will work — show up and take time to go read in the library. This small action not only shows how much the school library matters and how much life there is within it, but it also protects the library workers who may otherwise face harassment from right-wing “parental rights” people. Find or build a local anti-censorship group. Subscribe to our biweekly Literary Activism newsletter to stay on top of book censorship news and other stories and ideas for engaging in on-the-ground work related to books, reading, education, and literacy. Talk with 3 people in your community — friends, family, neighbors, etc — about book censorship. This is especially important in communities where such censorship is not occurring or hasn’t been highlighted in the news but may be occurring. Emphasize why it is an issue everyone should care about and share how people can get involved and engaged. See a person on social media post false stories of grooming or indoctrination happening at schools? Call them out. Define those terms. Tell the individuals how they’re being indoctrinated by right-wing dark money groups into thinking these things, even though they are patently false (and created precisely for this reason). Your work will matter this coming week. Sharing a photo of yourself reading a banned book and/or using a hashtag has some marketing value, but it doesn’t move the needle on the actual threats against the ability to read. Particularly for the most marginalized. Here’s what the right is doing and preparing for this week. How you choose to counter these narratives will help determine the success of Banned Books Week as activism toward protecting the freedom to read or whether it pushes things back another step. If you’re not looking at this as a clear assault on First Amendment rights but are focusing on the poor books, try again. Look at the rhetoric they use and look at their arguments. Then try again. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/OoaMk1WHeb — Buttered Jorts (fka kelly jensen) (@veronikellymars) September 14, 2022 Book Censorship News: September 16, 2022 A Katy Independent School Teacher (TX) pulled every single YA book from their classroom. This is what the chilling effect of gag orders and book ban legislation is. Wholesale removal of books. Some more context for this story: @katyisd when are we going to learn that attempting to appease extremists who accuse teachers & librarians of trying to “indoctrinate” & “groom” students with BOOKS, by enacting burdensome quiet censorship policies harms students and educators, rather than protects them? https://t.co/zGwoE43E2S — Anne (@AnneRussey) September 15, 2022 7 books were pulled from Dearborn Public Schools (MI) for review. The books do not even get to stay on shelves or in digital format during the review. In St. Joseph schools (MI) a parent claimed victory about getting What Girls Are Made Of pulled from shelves. Problem? It wasn’t removed because there was never a formal review filed. (And they were certainly celebrating this “victory” hard in their Facebook group, despite the fact they…did not challenge the book). Banned books have become a focal point of the Maine governor’s race. Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library (AR) will keep l8r g8r off library shelves. Gender Queer and White Fragility are being challenged at Spruce Mountain High School in Maine. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson, Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez, Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and Looking for Alaska by John Green were all challenged in Osceola Public Schools (FL). There was no formal complaint; the review was initiated because of public comment and the superintendent responding to that. Why have policies if you’re not going to follow them? “‘I just want to state that it’s completely inappropriate that these sexually explicit books are available to children without parental consent,’ said Turkosz. ‘The availability of these texts also shows that you are extremely insensitive to students whose family, religious beliefs, conflict with the pornographic texts and images contained within their pages.’” And yet there’s no consideration for the families for whom such things are not inappropriate because they understand what pornography is and is not. This is in Amity Schools (CT) and one parent brought over 80+ books up to complain about. Alamance-Burlington (NC) superintendent Dr. Dain Butler removed Gender Queer from the high school library. Read that again. Parents showed up to the Kearney Public Schools (NE) board m...

New York Judge Named As Special Master In Trump Mar-A-Lago Probe https://digitalarkansasnews.com/new-york-judge-named-as-special-master-in-trump-mar-a-lago-probe-2/ Raymond Dearie, a former federal prosecutor who served as the chief judge of the federal court based in Brooklyn, had approval from both DOJ and Trump lawyers. Author: wfaa.com Published: 5:45 AM CDT September 16, 2022 Updated: 5:45 AM CDT September 16, 2022 Read More Here

Hundreds Found In Mass Grave After Russians Leave Ukraine City https://digitalarkansasnews.com/hundreds-found-in-mass-grave-after-russians-leave-ukraine-city/ Zelenskiy blames Russia, says it must be held responsible Moscow has denied its troops carried out atrocities Blood in police cells abandoned by Russians Kyiv’s advance encouraging but war not near end -NATO head KYIV/KUPIANSK, Ukraine, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave containing 440 bodies in a northeastern city recaptured from Russian forces, calling it proof of war crimes carried out by the invaders in territory they had occupied for months. “Russia is leaving death behind it everywhere and must be held responsible,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address overnight. The mass grave discovered in the former Russian front-line stronghold of Izium would be the biggest in Europe since the aftermath of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Ukrainian forces retook Izium after thousands of Russian troops fled the area, abandoning weapons and ammunition. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com “For months a rampant terror, violence, torture and mass murders were in the occupied territories,” Zelenskiy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak tweeted in English, above a photo of a forest scattered with wooden crosses in fresh muddy ground. “Anyone else wants to ‘freeze the war’ instead of sending tanks? We have no right to leave people alone with the Evil.” Russia did not immediately comment on the reports of the mass grave. In the past it has denied its troops commit atrocities. Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” to disarm its neighbour. In Kupiansk, a northeastern railway junction city whose partial capture by Kyiv’s forces on Saturday cut Russia’s supply lines and led to the swift collapse of its front lines in the region, small units of Ukrainian troops were securing a nearly deserted ghost city. BLOOD ON THE FLOOR A formerly Russian-occupied police station had been hastily abandoned. Russian flags and a portrait of President Vladimir Putin lay on the floor amid broken glass. Records had been torched. Behind the steel doors of the station’s jail cells there was blood on the floor and stains on the mattresses. Three piglets escaped from an abandoned sty were foraging in the city street. Serhiy, a middle-aged man in a thin jacket, was hungry for news. “There’s no electricity, no phones. If there were electricity, at least we could have watched TV. If there were phones, we could have called our relatives,” he said. “If only there hadn’t been all this bombing with everyone in their basements.” After a week of rapid gains in the northeast, Ukrainian officials have sought to dampen expectations that they could continue to advance at that pace. They say Russian troops that fled the Kharkiv region are now digging in and planning to defend territory in neighbouring Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. A Ukrainian serviceman walks among graves of mostly unidentified civilians and Ukrainian soldiers at an improvised cemetery in the town of Izium, recently recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a counteroffensive operation, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Khomenko “It is of course extremely encouraging to see that Ukrainian armed forces have been able to take back territory and also strike behind Russian lines,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told BBC radio. “At the same time, we need to understand that this is not the beginning of the end of the war. We need to be prepared for the long haul.” Putin has yet to comment publicly on the battlefield setback suffered by his forces this month. Ukrainian officials say 9,000 sq km (3,400 sq miles) have been retaken, territory about the size of the island of Cyprus. The speed of the advance has bolstered Ukrainian morale and bolstered its case for more weapons from Western allies. In Washington, U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new $600 million arms package for Ukraine, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and artillery rounds. The United States has sent about $15.1 billion in security assistance to Kyiv since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. read more Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, and other towns in the northeast on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said. More than 90 missiles and artillery shells hit the neighbouring Sumy region on the border with Russia, according to its governor, Dmytro Zhyvytsky. On the Russian side, Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, said the Ukrainian army shelled the town of Valuyki near the border. “Anti-aircraft defences went into action but there is some destruction on the ground,” he said on Telegram. This included a power substation put out of commission and private homes and vehicles set on fire. Reuters was not able to verify the reports. In Uzbekistan on Thursday, Putin met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since the two men signed a “no limits” friendship pact three weeks before the start of the war. In his public remarks, Putin gave a rare hint of friction with Beijing over the war: “We understand your questions and concern about this. During today’s meeting, we will of course explain our position,” Putin told Xi. read more Xi did not mention Ukraine in his public remarks, nor was it mentioned in a Chinese account of the meeting. China has so far trod a careful path, condemning Western sanctions against Russia but stopping short of endorsing or assisting Moscow’s military effort. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Reuters bureaux Writing by Grant McCool, Stephen Coates and Peter Graff; editing by Shri Navaratnam and Mark Heinrich Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More Here

RICK ON THE ROAD: Springdale Boasts Three Championship Programs With Storied Histories https://digitalarkansasnews.com/rick-on-the-road-springdale-boasts-three-championship-programs-with-storied-histories/ Springdale was just a town that played football until Jarrell Williams arrived. The program at Springdale High soared under Williams, who won 261 games, 15 conference championships and four state championship with the Bulldogs from 1965-2000. (FILE PHOTO/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) SPRINGDALE — One town, three schools, three separate champions. That’s Springdale, where Springdale High, Springdale Har-Ber and Shiloh Christian have all won state championships in football. Few know the story of Springdale athletics better than Don Struebing, who was an All-American center at Springdale High under legendary coach Jarrell Williams. Struebing coached at Springdale and Springdale Har-Ber and his sons played football at Har-Ber. “You ask anybody around the state and when you hear the word Springdale, you think high school football,” said Struebing, who is now in private business. “After that, it’s probably chickens.” Ah, yes, the chickens. Springdale is home to Tyson Foods, a worldwide multibillion dollar Fortune 500 company. Springdale is also noted for the annual Rodeo of the Ozarks, which attracts the top cowboys and cowgirls on the professional rodeo circuit each summer. Springdale is host to many and varied restaurants including the popular Neal’s Cafe, where diners can eat a country-style meal with a trophy buck mounted on the wall just feet above their heads. Springdale is a working-class town, and that is reflected in its football programs, started by Williams years ago at Springdale High. For high school football, there may not be a more recognizable symbol of excellence in Arkansas than the ‘Super S’ lettering on the field at Springdale High. It is a tribute to the Bulldogs and Coach Williams, the man whose name is on the stadium. Williams coached for 35 years at Springdale, where he won 261 games with 15 conference and four state championships in 1968, 1969, 1982 and 1989. “Playing for Jarrell, it was a life-long dream for me as it was for all my teammates,” said Struebing, who also played college football at the University of Arkansas and Central Arkansas. “It’s what you did. It’s what the men in this community did for decades. Coach Williams for us, he was our Vince Lombardi. He was our ‘Bear’ Bryant. Looking back, he was our community’s version of (Gen.) George Patton.” In addition to Springdale’s four state titles, Springdale Har-Ber and Shiloh Christian have also stood at War Memorial Stadium holding championship plaques. Har-Ber won a state championship four years after splitting with Springdale High in 2006 and Shiloh Christian added its eighth state title two years ago after starting a football program in 1989. “When the day is done, we all live within the city limits and these are Springdale kids,” said Chris Wood, who’s coached at all three programs and has led Har-Ber as head coach since 2006. “Whether you put on Bulldog red or Wildcat blue, Shiloh gold, you’re representing the DNA of aunts, uncles, grandpas and it’s the Jarrell Williams brand that you’re putting on the field. It doesn’t matter the color of the jersey, if you’ve got Springdale on the front of it, it’s a special deal and there’s a different standard you have.” Wood and Jeff Conaway at Shiloh Christian have continued the tradition of winning that started with Williams, who was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Springdale High teams under Williams were noted for their physicality and it began during preseason in a drill called the Blood Pit, where players went 1-on-1 in tight space between two tackling dummies. “The program was built on just hard-nosed guys that got after it,” said Chris Smith, a fierce tackler who played for Williams at Springdale in the 1980s. “We always said we may not beat you on the scoreboard, but you are dang sure going to know you were in a fight. That was what Coach Williams and all the coaches preached.” After Williams retired, Gus Malzahn brought his “hurry, hurry” wide-open brand of football from Shiloh Christian and guided the Bulldogs to a 14-0 record in 2005 before joining the college ranks as a coach. Springdale averaged 47.4 points that season when most of its games were, essentially, over by halftime. The Bulldogs were such an attraction in 2005 that fans were still piling into War Memorial Stadium in the first half for the state championship game against West Memphis. More than 30,000 fans watched as Springdale applied an exclamation point to its undefeated season with a 54-20 victory over West Memphis. Afterward, six Springdale seniors signed Division 1 scholarships, including receiver Damian Williams, who played at Arkansas and Southern California before landing in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans and St. Louis Rams. Springdale finished as high as No. 2 in the national rankings for high school football teams. “This is the best team I’ve ever played on,” Williams said when the 2005 Bulldogs were honored before a game at Jarrell Williams Stadium in 2015. “We were a band of brothers. We knew every time we stepped on the field we were fighting for each other.” If the Springdale team of 2005 is considered “best ever” in Arkansas, then a Class AA quarterfinal playoffs game between Shiloh Christian and Junction City in 1999 has to be among the “best ever” to be played not only in the state, but perhaps the country. Malzahn was the coach when Shiloh Christian rallied from a 51-35 halftime deficit to beat Junction City 70-64 in a game where the teams combined for 1,407 yards in total offense. Shiloh Christian quarterback Rhett Lashlee, who is currently the head coach at Southern Methodist University, completed 36 of 59 passes for 668 yards and 8 touchdowns and 2 rushing touchdowns in the game. Austin Bivens, who spent seven years on the radio as the play-by-play announcer for Shiloh Christian, remembers the game as “The Night the Lights Went Out in Junction City” after someone parking a car hit an electric pole and knocked the lights out prior to kickoff. “We sat there 45 minutes to an hour and, at one point, we thought we were going to have to get hotel rooms and play the game the next day,” Bivens said. “Marcus Godfrey, their great running back, literally ran a quarter of a mile, 250 yards, in the first half. He, literally, just got tired. The scoreboard wasn’t working and Gus used that to his advantage; kept telling the kids we need to score again, we need to score again. Eventually, they just wore them out.” Shiloh Christian went on to defeat Harding Academy and Carlisle to claim the Class AA state championship with a second straight 15-0 record. Springdale High has mostly struggled since its break with Har-Ber. But if there’s anyone who knows about the Springdale tradition it’s Brett Hobbs, an all-state linebacker who is now head coach of the Bulldogs. The process is ongoing for Springdale, which is 0-3 to start the season. Prep Rally Game Of The Week Chip Souza and Rick Fires preview the NWA Democrat-Gazette Game of the Week as Shiloh Christian is set to host Tulsa Lincoln Christian today in Champions Stadium. nwaonline.com/916gotw/ River Valley Report River Valley Democrat-Gazette reporter Leland Barclay recaps Greenwood’s big 6A-West Conference win against Mountain Home and looks ahead to several key matchups this week in the River Valley Report. nwaonline.com/91522rvreport/ Prep Rally Podcast NWA Democrat-Gazette sports reporters recap the Fayetteville Bulldogs’ big road win at Fort Smith Northside and take a look at this week’s games, including the huge Harding Academy game at Booneville. nwaonline.com/915preprally/     Rhett Lashlee was an all-state quarterback who threw for 672 yards and eight touchdowns in Shiloh Christian’s memorable 70-64 comeback victory at Junction City in the Class AAA state playoffs in 1999. Lashlee is currently the head football coach at Southern Methodist University. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/FILE PHOTO)        Chris Wood in 2009 pointed the way to War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, where Springdale Har-Ber beat Fort Smith Southside 27-6 to capture a state championship in only its fourth year of existence. Wood is currently the longest-serving head coach in the 7A-West Conference. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/FILE PHOTO)        Austin Bivens poses for a portrait, Monday, August 29, 2022 at Shiloh Christian High School in Springdale. Visit nwaonline.com/220916Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)        A sign for Neal’s Cafe is displayed, Friday, September 9, 2022 at Neal’s Cafe in Springdale. Visit nwaonline.com/220916Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)        Neal’s Cafe is shown, Friday, September 9, 2022 in Springdale. Visit nwaonline.com/220916Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)        Don Struebing poses for a portrait, Monday, August 29, 2022 at Springdale High School in Springdale. Visit nwaonline.com/220916Daily/ for today’s photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)    Read More Here

GOP Lawmaker Calls Witness ‘boo’ At Hearing, Prompts Ocasio-Cortez Apology https://digitalarkansasnews.com/gop-lawmaker-calls-witness-boo-at-hearing-prompts-ocasio-cortez-apology/ It was a House Oversight Committee hearing meant to examine how fossil fuel companies campaigned to stymie climate action. But Thursday’s debate took a turn after a contentious exchange between Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) and a witness prompted another lawmaker to apologize in a moment that made waves on social media. What eventually became a shouting match with phrases such as “boo” and “young lady” being tossed around, started with a question about petrochemicals. Higgins — who calls fossil fuels “the lifeblood of our modern society” — asked Raya Salter, the founder of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center, a public interest law firm, what her plan was to deal with the abundance of products that are made with chemical compounds derived from fossil fuels. “Everything you have. Your clothes, your glasses, the car you got here on, your phone, the table you’re sitting at, the chair, the carpet under your feet, everything you’ve got is petrochemical products. What would you do with that? Tell the world!” Higgins told Salter, who is also a member of the New York State Climate Action Council, a state government-affiliated environmental body. Salter responded by saying, “If I had that power, actually I don’t need that power because what I would do is ask you, sir, from Louisiana … ” before Higgins interrupted. The next two and a half minutes were marked by a tense back-and-forth in which Higgins and Salter attempted to speak over each other. Salter asked Higgins to “search your heart and ask your God what you’re doing to the Black and poor people in Louisiana,” who she said were some of the most impacted by the pollutants released by petrochemical plants. The Republican lawmaker responded by saying, “My good lady, I’m trying to give you the floor, boo,” and asking, “Okay, but what would you do?” “You’ve got no answer do you, young lady? About what to do with petrochemical products? So move on,” Higgins continued. Salter replied that “we need to move away from petrochemicals, we need to shut down the petrochemical facilities in your state and move away from plastic.” Louisiana produces more natural gas than all but two states nationwide, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The state’s 16 oil refineries, which are able to process some 3.2 million barrels of crude oil a day, make up about 20 percent of the country’s refining capacity. Much of that infrastructure is concentrated along Louisiana’s Gulf of Mexico-facing southern region — which forms part of the district Higgins represents. Higgins noted that the liquefied natural gas projects in his district help reduce carbon emissions. LNG has been hailed as a transitional source of energy in the move toward carbon neutrality, and amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Biden administration is ramping up natural gas deliveries to Europe in hope of controlling the energy crisis. But while LNG produces less carbon emissions than fossil fuels such as coal and oil, it isn’t totally clean, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environment nonprofit. The oil and gas industries ranked among the top five contributors to Higgins’s campaign in the 2021-2022 election cycle, according to data from OpenSecrets, a campaign finance watchdog. The Republican lawmaker has also advocated for the economic importance of fossil fuel. Last year he introduced a resolution challenging the Biden administration to operate the White House without using petrochemical-derived products. The bill was referred to a House subcommittee in February 2021 and hasn’t been discussed since. “Modern life is not possible without the oil and gas industry. These energy sources fuel the world, and petroleum-based products are found in virtually everything everywhere,” Higgins said in a statement at the time. That was the point he was trying to make Thursday — but the way he delivered his remarks shocked some Democratic members of Congress. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) went as far as apologizing for the “conduct of this committee and what we just witnessed.” “I just want you to know that in the four years that I’ve sat on this committee, I have never seen members of Congress — Republican or Democrat — disrespect a witness in the way I have seen them disrespect you today,” Ocasio-Cortez said to Salter. “I do not care what party they are in. I’ve never seen anything like that. For the gentleman of Louisiana and the comfort he felt in yelling at you like that, there’s more than one way to get a point across.” “Frankly, men who treat women like that in public, I fear how they treat them in private,” Ocasio-Cortez added. Higgins’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment early Friday. However, he told the Hill in a statement that he wasn’t going to let “leftist activists” run over him. “When radicals show up in front of my Committee with an attitude talking anti-American trash, they can expect to get handled. I really don’t care if I hurt anybody’s feelings while I’m fighting to preserve our Republic,” he told the outlet. Video footage of Ocasio-Cortez’s critical remarks — which were broadly echoed by liberals online — and the verbal back-and-forth trended on social media Thursday. One clip showing the exchange between Higgins and Salter had racked up more than 560,000 views on Twitter by early Friday. On Thursday afternoon, the GOP lawmaker doubled down on what he said, sharing a video of the back-and-forth and urging his followers to “watch my exchange with an unhinged climate activist from today’s [House Oversight] Committee hearing.” Salter maintained she was unscathed. “Thanks for the support! I’m unbothered by fossil fuel cronies!!!” she wrote on Twitter. Read More Here

Biden White House Just Put Out A Framework On Regulating Crypto — Here’s What’s In It https://digitalarkansasnews.com/biden-white-house-just-put-out-a-framework-on-regulating-crypto-heres-whats-in-it/ U.S. President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to the White House following a trip from Michigan, in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2022.  Tom Brenner | Reuters The Biden White House has just released its first-ever framework on what crypto regulation in the U.S. should look like — including ways in which the financial services industry should evolve to make borderless transactions easier, and how to crack down on fraud in the digital asset space. The new directives tap the muscle of existing regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but nobody’s mandating anything yet. The long-awaited direction from Washington has, however, captured the attention of both the crypto industry as a whole — and of investors in this nascent asset class. The framework follows an executive order issued in March, in which President Biden called on federal agencies to examine the risks and benefits of cryptocurrencies and issue official reports on their findings. For six months, government agencies have been working to develop their own frameworks and policy recommendations to address half a dozen priorities listed in the executive order: consumer and investor protection; promoting financial stability; countering illicit finance; U.S. leadership in the global financial system and economic competitiveness; financial inclusion; and responsible innovation. Together, these recommendations comprise the first, “whole-of-government approach” to regulating the industry. Brian Deese, Director of the National Economic Council, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that the new guidelines are meant to position the country as a leader in governance of the digital assets ecosystem at home and abroad. Here are some of the key takeaways from the White House’s new crypto framework. Fighting illicit finance One section of the White House’s new framework on crypto regulation focuses on eliminating illegal activity in the industry — and the measures proposed appear to have real teeth. “The President will evaluate whether to call upon Congress to amend the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-tip-off statutes, and laws against unlicensed money transmitting to apply explicitly to digital asset service providers — including digital asset exchanges and nonfungible token (NFT) platforms,” according to a White House fact sheet. The president is also looking into whether to push Congress to raise the penalties for unlicensed money transmitting, as well as potentially amending certain federal statutes to allow the Department of Justice to prosecute digital asset crimes in any jurisdiction where a victim of those crimes is found. In terms of next steps, “Treasury will complete an illicit finance risk assessment on decentralized finance by the end of February 2023 and an assessment on non-fungible tokens by July 2023,” reads the fact sheet. Crime is rife in the digital asset sector. More than $1 billion in crypto has been lost to fraud since the start of 2021, according to research from the Federal Trade Commission. Last month, the SEC said it charged 11 people for their roles in creating and promoting a fraudulent crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that raised more than $300 million from millions of retail investors worldwide, including in the United States. Meanwhile, in February, U.S. officials seized $3.6 billion worth of bitcoin — their biggest seizure of cryptocurrencies ever — related to the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex. A new kind of digital dollar The framework also points to the potential for “significant benefits” from a U.S. central bank digital currency, or CBDC, which you can think of as a digital form of the U.S. dollar. Right now, there are several different types of digital U.S. dollars. Sitting in commercial bank accounts across the country are electronic U.S. dollars, which are partially backed by reserves, under a system known as fractional-reserve banking. As the name implies, the bank holds in its reserves a fraction of the bank’s deposit liabilities. Transferring this form of money from one bank to another or from one country to another operates on legacy financial rails. There are also a spate of USD-pegged stablecoins, including Tether and USD Coin. Although critics have questioned whether tether has enough dollar reserves to back its currency, it remains the largest stablecoin on the planet. USD Coin is backed by fully reserved assets, redeemable on a 1:1 basis for U.S. dollars, and governed by Centre, a consortium of regulated financial institutions. It is also relatively easy to use no matter where you are. Then there’s the hypothetical digital dollar that would be the Federal Reserve’s take on a CBDC. This would essentially just be a digital twin of the U.S. dollar: Fully regulated, under a central authority, and with the full faith and backing of the country’s central bank. “A dollar in CBDC form is a liability of the central bank. The Federal Reserve has to pay you back,” explained Ronit Ghose, who heads fintech and digital assets for Citi Global Insights. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell previously said the main incentive for the U.S. to launch its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC, would be to eliminate the use case for crypto coins in America. “You wouldn’t need stablecoins; you wouldn’t need cryptocurrencies, if you had a digital U.S. currency,” Powell said. “I think that’s one of the stronger arguments in its favor.” In the White House’s new framework, it points to the fact that a U.S. CBDC could enable a payment system that is “more efficient, provides a foundation for further technological innovation, facilitates faster cross-border transactions, and is environmentally sustainable.” “It could promote financial inclusion and equity by enabling access for a broad set of consumers,” continues the report. To that end, the administration urges the Fed to continue its ongoing research, experimentation, and evaluation of a CBDC. Safeguarding financial stability Central bankers and U.S. lawmakers have for years bemoaned the rise of stablecoins, a specific subset of cryptocurrencies that have a value pegged to a real-world asset, such as a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar or a commodity like gold. These nongovernmental digital tokens are increasingly being used in domestic and international transactions, which is scary for central banks because they don’t have a say in how this space is regulated. In May, the collapse of TerraUSD, one of the most popular U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin projects, cost investors tens of billions of dollars as they pulled out in a panic that some have compared to a bank run. Widespread buy-in — and public PSAs — from respected financial institutions lent credibility to the project, further driving the narrative that the whole thing was legit. The implosion of this stablecoin project led to a series of insolvencies that erased nearly $600 billion in wealth, according to the White House. “Digital assets and the mainstream financial system are becoming increasingly intertwined, creating channels for turmoil to have spillover effects,” according to the White House fact sheet. The framework goes on to single out stablecoins, warning that they could create disruptive runs if not paired with appropriate regulation. To make stablecoins “safer,” the administration says Treasury will “work with financial institutions to bolster their capacity to identify and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities by sharing information and promoting a wide range of data sets and analytical tools, as well as team up with other agencies to “identify, track, and analyze emerging strategic risks that relate to digital asset markets.” Those efforts will also happen in concert with international allies, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Financial Stability Board. Read More Here

Police Beat: Threats, Ramming End In Man Arrested https://digitalarkansasnews.com/police-beat-threats-ramming-end-in-man-arrested/ Threats, ramming end in man arrested A North Little Rock man faces several felony charges after officers said he rammed a vehicle with his own during a fight Wednesday and threatened someone’s life, according to an arrest report. Police arrived a little after 7 p.m. at a fight near 4400 Joe K. Poch Drive, where a witness reported seeing a blue vehicle ram into a Dodge Charger. Officers breaking up the fight identified Dewight Cooper, 19, as the driver of the blue vehicle that rammed the Charger four times. While officers were placing Cooper in the back of a patrol vehicle, he yelled that he would kill one of the victims, police said. Other witnesses said that Cooper earlier had a knife and a tire iron and had threatened to kill victims. Cooper is charged with four counts of aggravated assault and one each of terroristic threatening and first-degree criminal mischief, all felonies, and a misdemeanor obstructing governmental operations charge. Police charge man after LR truck crash Little Rock police early Wednesday arrested a man who was crashing his vehicle into things while in possession of drugs and a gun, according to an arrest report. Officers reported seeing a truck driving through the parking lot of the 3412 University Ave. Little Caesar’s, going over curbs and striking a city bus bench. Police stopped the vehicle and spoke with the driver, Byron Taylor, 28, of Little Rock. Police reported that Taylor appeared intoxicated and he told them he had been drinking. After arresting Taylor, police reportedly found a handgun, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Taylor is charged with four felonies — simultaneous possession of drugs and a gun, two drug charges and a paraphernalia count — and traffic citations for driving while intoxicated and careless and prohibited driving. NLR man charged in threats with gun North Little Rock police on Wednesday night arrested a man who, police said, threatened people who owed him money with a gun, according to an arrest report. Police arrived around 9:20 p.m. at 1101 Bishop Lindsey Drive, where three victims said Anthony Bothwell, 61, of North Little Rock, who is in a wheelchair, pulled a gun on them and pointed it at them. The victims told police they all owed Bothwell money. Bothwell reportedly left after threatening them and returned without a gun, but one of the victims showed police video footage of Bothwell with the gun, the report states. Bothwell is a convicted felon and cannot legally own a gun. He faces three felony counts of aggravated assault and one of felony possession of a firearm by a certain person. Print Headline: Police charge man after LR truck crash Threats, ramming end in man arrested NLR man charged in threats with gun Read More…

Cuba To Present Resolution To Lift US Trade Embargo At UNGA – Social News XYZ https://digitalarkansasnews.com/cuba-to-present-resolution-to-lift-us-trade-embargo-at-unga-social-news-xyz/ Havana, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cuba will again submit a resolution against the US trade embargo at this year’s UN General Assembly in November, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said. “After more than 60 years of siege, that policy impacts, like never before, Cuban families inside and outside of the country,” he said on Twitter, noting it will be the 30th time to present the resolution, reports Xinhua news agency. The resolution calling for an end to the embargo has consistently won the overwhelming support of UN members. However, the US “persists in ignoring the demands of the international community and has intensified the blockade to unprecedented levels”, Rodriguez said. He added it failed to subvert the constitutional order in Cuba, but caused unjustifiable shortages, pain and suffering for Cuban families by limiting basic necessities. Official data show in the first 14 months of US President Joe Biden’s administration alone, the embargo has caused Cuba economic losses of around $6.3 billion. First imposed in 1962, the embargo was tightened by Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump, who imposed more than 240 sanctions against the island nation. In 2021, a total of 184 countries voted in favour of the resolution, for the 29th year in a row, with only the US and Israel voting against. Source: IANS About Gopi Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc. He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources. When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any. He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz Read More Here

AP News Summary At 4:50 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-450-a-m-edt/ Ukraine finds new mass burials, says Russia “leaves death” IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities are expected to begin recovering bodies from a newly found mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a delicate task that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would help show the world “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The burial site, containing hundreds of graves, was discovered close to Izium after a rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces liberated the northeastern city and other swaths of the Kharkiv region, breaking what was largely becoming a military stalemate in the nearly seven-month war. Associated Press journalists who visited the burial site counted hundreds of graves amid the trees, marked with simple wooden crosses — most of them numbered, up to 400 and beyond. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has also refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. Cannon on Thursday empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review all the documents taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. The sharply worded order from Cannon sets the stage for a challenge to a federal appeals court. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter. Swapping horseback riding stories with Ronald Reagan. Bending the ears of  Donald Trump and Joe Biden on climate change. King Charles III over the years has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who served during his lifetime. Charles met Dwight Eisenhower when he was just 10 years old. He has recalled his first visit to the Nixon White House in 1970 as the time that “they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Charles met Joe Biden last year. He did not meet four presidents who held office during his lifetime: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., home of Vice President Kamala Harris. They are taunting leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and highlighting their opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida’s governor — were derided by critics as inhumane political theater. EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. As of Thursday, 13 states have current bans on abortion at any point in pregnancy and one more, Georgia, with a ban on abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected — usually around six weeks, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Biden, S. African leader to discuss Ukraine, trade, climate WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa are set for White House talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate issues, trade and more. Biden will play host to Ramaphosa on Friday. He is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated settlement. South African officials said Ramaphosa would emphasize the need for dialogue to find an end to the conflict during his meeting with Biden and in separate talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%. But the authors of Thursday’s study say other societal issues that make the country vulnerable and put people in harm’s way are probably the biggest factor in the ongoing humanitarian disaster. Still, they say climate change made it a lot worse. Researchers used the scientifically accepted technique of comparing what happened to computer simulations of a world without heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. The study from World Weather Attribution is not yet peer reviewed. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip has discovered a rare mosaic on his property. The man says he stumbled upon it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic — which includes 17 well-preserved images of animals and birds — is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures. They say it’s drawing attention to the need to protect Gaza’s antiquities, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of fighting with Israel. The mosaic was discovered just one kilometer, or about half a mile, from the Israeli border. Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19. After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game, the sport does seem to be in good hands as it prepares to move on. Federer said Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week. Williams lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 2. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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AP Top News At 4:41 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-top-news-at-441-a-m-edt/ Ukraine finds new mass burials, says Russia “leaves death” IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities were expected to begin recovering bodies Friday from a newly found mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a delicate task that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said would help show the world “what the Russian occupation has led to.” The burial site, containing hundreds of graves, was discovered close to Izium after a rapid counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces liberated the northeastern city and other swaths of the Kharkiv region, breaking what was largely becoming a military stalemate in the nearly seven-month war. To keep the offensive going, the Biden administration announced another $600 million package of military aid Thursday for Ukraine, including more of the weaponry that has helped its troops seize momentum. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, and refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review the entire tranche of records taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. In the meantime, she continued to block the department from using for its investigation roughly 100 documents marked as classified that were seized. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — A foreign correspondent, a consultant, a businessman, a retired accountant and his wife stand in a line for nearly eight hours. That is how this story begins, once I claim my spot among a growing queue of mourners coming from all corners of the United Kingdom and the world to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II in England’s capital. It ends when the five of us exit the majestic hall — each in awe, in our own individual way, of the forces of change that swirl around us. One step into the line, a volunteer named Kofi jots down my number; a wristband later confirms I am No. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia at a White House “supper-dance.” Swapping stories with Ronald Reagan about horseback riding. Bending the ears of Donald Trump and Joe Biden about climate change. King Charles III, who became head of state following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who have held office since he was born in 1948. He was just 10 when he checked off his first president in 1959. That was when Dwight Eisenhower visited the queen and her family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she died on Sept. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without advance warning, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the home of Vice President Kamala Harris, to taunt leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and stoke opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida — reached a new level of political theater that critics derided as inhumane. EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. Sister clinics who just weeks ago were sending patients from Ohio, where most abortions were banned, to Indiana, where the procedure was allowed, have now flip-flopped roles after the two states’ access restrictions reversed, at least temporarily. Here is a deeper look at the current state of the shifting national landscape: WHAT CHANGED THIS WEEK? Biden, S. African leader to discuss Ukraine, trade, climate WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa are set to meet Friday at the White House for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate issues, trade and more. Ramaphosa is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated settlement. South Africa’s international relations minister, Naledi Pandor, said Ramaphosa would emphasize the need for dialogue to find an end to the conflict during his meeting with Biden and in separate talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds Climate change likely juiced rainfall by up to 50% late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces, but global warming wasn’t the biggest cause of the country’s catastrophic flooding that has killed more than 1,500 people, a new scientific analysis finds. Pakistan’s overall vulnerability, including people living in harm’s way, is the chief factor in the disaster that at one point submerged one-third of the country under water, but human-caused “climate change also plays a really important role here,” said study senior author Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College of London. There are many ingredients to the still ongoing humanitarian crisis — some meteorological, some economic, some societal, some historic and construction oriented. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months, the pair slowly excavated an ornate Byzantine-era mosaic that experts say is one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever found in Gaza. The discovery has set off excitement among archaeologists, and the territory’s Hamas rulers are planning a major announcement in the coming days. But it is also drawing calls for better protection of Gaza’s antiquities, a fragile collection of sites threatened by a lack of awareness and resources as well as the constant risk of conflict between Israel and local Palestinian militants. Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: Within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19. After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game — he told the world Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week; she made her plans public last month, then lost in the third round of the U.S. Read More Here

Migrants Flown To Martha's Vineyard By Florida Governor Say They Were Misled https://digitalarkansasnews.com/migrants-flown-to-marthas-vineyard-by-florida-governor-say-they-were-misled/ MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass., Sept 15 (Reuters) – Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move by Florida’s Republican governor to send them there from Texas. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is up for re-election in November and seen as a possible presidential contender in 2024, took credit for the two flights, which originated in San Antonio, Texas, and stopped in Florida on the way to Martha’s Vineyard. The White House and residents of the vacation enclave called it a “political stunt,” as DeSantis joins Republican governors from Texas and Arizona in sending migrants north. The governors have sought to highlight the two parties’ differences on immigration policy and shift the burden of caring for immigrants to Democratic areas. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com For months Texas and Arizona have sent busloads of migrants to the Democratic-run cities of New York, Chicago and Washington. Florida now joins the campaign. Details of how the flights were arranged and paid for remain unclear, as well as an explanation as to why Florida was moving migrants in Texas. The Florida legislature has appropriated $12 million to transport migrants from the state to other locations. The two flights on Wednesday carried about 50 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, a Martha’s Vineyard Airport official said. Hours after the planes landed, two buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, another Republican facing re-election, dropped off migrants in a Washington neighborhood not far from Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence on Thursday. One Venezuelan migrant who arrived at Martha’s Vineyard identified himself as Luis, 27, and said he and nine relatives were promised a flight to Massachusetts, along with shelter, support for 90 days, help with work permits and English lessons. He said they were surprised when their flight landed on an island. He said the promises came from a woman who gave her name as “Perla” who approached his family on the street outside a San Antonio shelter after they crossed from Mexico and U.S. border authorities released them with an immigration court date. He said the woman, who also put them up in a hotel, did not provide a last name or any affiliation, but asked them to sign a liability waiver. “We are scared,” he said, adding he and others felt they were lied to. “I hope they give us help.” Residents of Martha’s Vineyard rallied to aid the confused migrants and offered housing at St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Martha’s Vineyard is best known as a summer retreat populated mostly by affluent liberal Americans, including former President Barack Obama, a Democrat who owns a multimillion-dollar vacation home there. Migrants gather after being flown in from Texas on a flight funded by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S. September 15, 2022. Vineyard Gazette/Handout via REUTERS. Locals stopped by to donate money and children’s toys, while attorneys mobilized to offer free legal help. “It’s a stunt to make political points and not caring about who gets hurt,” said Mike Savoy, 58, a nurse at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. DeSantis defended the flights, telling a news conference that Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden “has refused to lift a finger” to secure the border. “We’ve worked on innovative ways to be able to protect the state of Florida from the impact of Biden’s border policies,” DeSantis said. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Republican governors were using migrants as “political pawns.” LEGAL QUESTIONS Several Democrats, including Charlie Crist, DeSantis’ opponent in Florida, and California Governor Gavin Newsom, called on federal authorities to investigate. Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said at a news conference her office would be “looking into that case” and speaking with the Justice Department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security developed a plan last year to fly migrants to interior cities in coordination with aid groups to ease pressure on border regions, a Biden administration official told Reuters, requesting anonymity to discuss internal planning. The White House never adopted the idea, according to a second U.S. official familiar with the matter. The use of resources from Florida to move migrants from Texas to Massachusetts raises legal concerns, including about what information was relayed to the migrants before they boarded and whether they were coerced, said immigration law expert Pratheepan Gulasekaram of Santa Clara University School of Law. U.S. border agents have made 1.8 million migrant arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border since last October. Many are quickly expelled to Mexico or other countries under a public health rule implemented in 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19. But hundreds of thousands Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and others cannot be expelled because Mexico refuses to accept them, or because they can pursue asylum claims. read more Many migrants who are released from U.S. custody in border states seek to move elsewhere to join relatives or find jobs. They often must check in with U.S. immigration authorities or attend court hearings to obtain legal status. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Jonathan Allen in Martha’s Vineyard, Rich McKay in Atlanta and Ted Hesson in Washington; Additional reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh in Chicago, Andrea Shalal and Mike Scarcella in Washington, Nate Raymond in Boston and Kristina Cooke in San Francisco; Editing by Mica Rosenberg, Aurora Ellis, David Gregorio and Gerry Doyle Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More Here

Biden To Welcome S.Africa Leader As Ukraine Raises Africa Priority https://digitalarkansasnews.com/biden-to-welcome-s-africa-leader-as-ukraine-raises-africa-priority/ / Live news Issued on: 16/09/2022 – 09:38Modified: 16/09/2022 – 09:36 Though Biden has yet to visit the African continent as president, he has pledged a renewed interest in the region, and will host a summit of African leaders planned in Washington for December, 2022 Brendan Smialowski POOL/AFP/File Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden on Friday will welcome South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House, part of a renewed US courting of the developing world power after its caution in condemning Russia. The visit by Ramaphosa comes a month after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his own trip to South Africa, where he vowed that the United States will do more to listen to Africans. Successive US administrations have focused much of their energy in Africa on countering the growing influence of China, which has become the continent’s dominant trading partner. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a new front in the US battle for influence in Africa, where many nations have been reluctant to embrace the West in its campaign to punish and pressure Moscow. “There are reasons for the perspectives that exist and one should never, I think, try to pretend that there aren’t histories,” said South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor. She pointed to the former Soviet Union’s championing of anti-apartheid forces compared with periods of Western cooperation with South Africa’s former white supremacist regime. “I think we’ve been fairly clear, in our view, that war doesn’t assist anyone and that we believe the inhumane actions we have seen against the people of Ukraine can’t be defended by anybody,” she said this week at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. “But what we have said is that a lot of the public statements that are made by leading politicians are not assisting in ameliorating the situation, because the first prize must be to achieve peace.” #photo1 The United States has sought to highlight the invasion’s role in soaring food prices, as Ukraine was one of Africa’s largest suppliers of grain. Russia has sought to blame food scarcities on Western sanctions, an argument dismissed by the United States, which says it is not restricting agricultural or humanitarian shipments. Common ground South Africa’s top diplomat broke with the usual polite bipartisanship of foreign dignitaries visiting Washington, not mincing words on Biden’s Republican predecessor Donald Trump, who notoriously referred to nations in the developing world with an epithet. “We relate very well, I think probably better, with the Democrats than the Republicans,” she said. “You will recall how President Trump described Africa and no one has apologized for that as yet.” Trump was the first US president in decades not to visit sub-Saharan Africa. Biden has not yet visited but has pledged a renewed interest, including with a summit of African leaders planned in Washington this December. #photo2 White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden would speak to Ramaphosa about increasing trade and investment as well as efforts to combat climate change, a key priority for the US administration. Like other developing nations, South Africa — whose eastern Mpumalanga province has one of the world’s largest concentrations of coal — argues that industrialized nations should bear the brunt of efforts to cut emissions due to their historic responsibility for climate change. Wealthy nations at last year’s Glasgow climate conference promised $8.5 billion of financing to South Africa to transition away from coal. Ramaphosa’s Washington visit comes amid political woes at home, three months before a party conference at which he will seek a new term. The South African leader risks impeachment if a new independent panel established by parliament finds that he took part in an alleged cover-up of a heist at his luxury farmhouse. © 2022 AFP Read More Here

AP News Summary At 3:36 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-336-a-m-edt-2/ Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the discovery late Thursday in his nightly address to the nation. The grave was found close to Izium in the Kharkiv region. Associated Press journalists saw the site in a forest. Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers. Investigators with metal detectors were scanning the site for hidden explosives. Zelenskyy said more information would be made public Friday. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has also refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. Cannon on Thursday empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review all the documents taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. The sharply worded order from Cannon sets the stage for a challenge to a federal appeals court. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter. Swapping horseback riding stories with Ronald Reagan. Bending the ears of  Donald Trump and Joe Biden on climate change. King Charles III over the years has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who served during his lifetime. Charles met Dwight Eisenhower when he was just 10 years old. He has recalled his first visit to the Nixon White House in 1970 as the time that “they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Charles met Joe Biden last year. He did not meet four presidents who held office during his lifetime: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., home of Vice President Kamala Harris. They are taunting leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and highlighting their opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida’s governor — were derided by critics as inhumane political theater. EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. As of Thursday, 13 states have current bans on abortion at any point in pregnancy and one more, Georgia, with a ban on abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected — usually around six weeks, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Biden, S. African leader to discuss Ukraine, trade, climate WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa are set for White House talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate issues, trade and more. Biden will play host to Ramaphosa on Friday. He is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated settlement. South African officials said Ramaphosa would emphasize the need for dialogue to find an end to the conflict during his meeting with Biden and in separate talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%. But the authors of Thursday’s study say other societal issues that make the country vulnerable and put people in harm’s way are probably the biggest factor in the ongoing humanitarian disaster. Still, they say climate change made it a lot worse. Researchers used the scientifically accepted technique of comparing what happened to computer simulations of a world without heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. The study from World Weather Attribution is not yet peer reviewed. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip has discovered a rare mosaic on his property. The man says he stumbled upon it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic — which includes 17 well-preserved images of animals and birds — is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures. They say it’s drawing attention to the need to protect Gaza’s antiquities, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of fighting with Israel. The mosaic was discovered just one kilometer, or about half a mile, from the Israeli border. Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19. After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game, the sport does seem to be in good hands as it prepares to move on. Federer said Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week. Williams lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 2. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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AP News Summary At 3:36 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-336-a-m-edt/ Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the discovery late Thursday in his nightly address to the nation. The grave was found close to Izium in the Kharkiv region. Associated Press journalists saw the site in a forest. Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers. Investigators with metal detectors were scanning the site for hidden explosives. Zelenskyy said more information would be made public Friday. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has also refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. Cannon on Thursday empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review all the documents taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. The sharply worded order from Cannon sets the stage for a challenge to a federal appeals court. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter. Swapping horseback riding stories with Ronald Reagan. Bending the ears of  Donald Trump and Joe Biden on climate change. King Charles III over the years has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who served during his lifetime. Charles met Dwight Eisenhower when he was just 10 years old. He has recalled his first visit to the Nixon White House in 1970 as the time that “they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Charles met Joe Biden last year. He did not meet four presidents who held office during his lifetime: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., home of Vice President Kamala Harris. They are taunting leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and highlighting their opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida’s governor — were derided by critics as inhumane political theater. EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. As of Thursday, 13 states have current bans on abortion at any point in pregnancy and one more, Georgia, with a ban on abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected — usually around six weeks, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Biden, S. African leader to discuss Ukraine, trade, climate WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa are set for White House talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate issues, trade and more. Biden will play host to Ramaphosa on Friday. He is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated settlement. South African officials said Ramaphosa would emphasize the need for dialogue to find an end to the conflict during his meeting with Biden and in separate talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%. But the authors of Thursday’s study say other societal issues that make the country vulnerable and put people in harm’s way are probably the biggest factor in the ongoing humanitarian disaster. Still, they say climate change made it a lot worse. Researchers used the scientifically accepted technique of comparing what happened to computer simulations of a world without heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. The study from World Weather Attribution is not yet peer reviewed. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip has discovered a rare mosaic on his property. The man says he stumbled upon it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic — which includes 17 well-preserved images of animals and birds — is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures. They say it’s drawing attention to the need to protect Gaza’s antiquities, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of fighting with Israel. The mosaic was discovered just one kilometer, or about half a mile, from the Israeli border. Federer, Serena retire; tennis moves on to Alcaraz, Swiatek The timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: All within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19. After so much handwringing in recent years about what would become of tennis once transcendent superstars such as Williams and Federer leave the game, the sport does seem to be in good hands as it prepares to move on. Federer said Thursday he will exit after the Laver Cup next week. Williams lost in the third round of the U.S. Open on Sept. 2. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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$1 Billion In Loans Set For Underserved https://digitalarkansasnews.com/1-billion-in-loans-set-for-underserved/ The entrance to the Jackson, Miss., corporate office of Hope Enterprise Corp. is shown in this Feb. 8, 2021 file photo. The corporation runs the Mississippi-based Hope Credit Union. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis) Underserved businesses and individuals in Arkansas have an opportunity to grab a portion of a $1 billion investment a Mississippi credit union is planning for a five-state region in the Deep South. Hope Credit Union of Jackson, Miss., announced Thursday it will pour $1 billion into Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee to support upwards of 150,000 homebuyers, businesses and families. “This will be open across the state,” Charity Hallman, Hope’s senior vice president of community and economic development in Arkansas, said Thursday, adding that loans will be “demand driven” and no specific amounts are set aside for each state. This will be the credit union’s largest single investment since it began operations in 1994, Hallman said. “This is going to be very catalytic for Hope,” she said. “We have had a consistent mission serving underserved communities to help close social, racial and economic gaps. This allows us to enhance that work.” Hope, which is a Black- and women-owned community development financial institution, will use a $92.6 million investment from the U.S. Treasury Department to leverage and attract private funding for the effort. The organization plans to finance businesses, homebuyers, affordable rental housing, healthcare facilities, schools and nonprofit service providers, among others, over the next decade. “With this historic investment by the Treasury, Hope will ensure that for families, entrepreneurs and communities in the Delta, in the Black Belt and in rural areas and inner cities throughout the Deep South, access to affordable financial tools will no longer be a barrier to their success,” Bill Bynum, the lender’s chief executive officer, said in a statement announcing the program. “This investment allows us to continue what we’ve been doing, just at a greater volume,” Hallman said. “This allows us to increase our loan size and lend to more people on an annual basis than ever before.” The organization, Hallman said, is a “relationship lender” that provides technical support and assistance to borrowers who may have difficulty qualifying for loans. Hope has three Arkansas offices, two in Little Rock and one in West Memphis. It has more than 36,000 members in the five states where it operates, including more than 3,600 in Arkansas. More information on the program and applications can be found at hopecu.org. Read More…

AP News Summary At 2:26 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-226-a-m-edt/ Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the discovery late Thursday in his nightly address to the nation. The grave was found close to Izium in the Kharkiv region. Associated Press journalists saw the site in a forest. Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers. Investigators with metal detectors were scanning the site for hidden explosives. Zelenskyy said more information would be made public Friday. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has also refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. Cannon on Thursday empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review all the documents taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. The sharply worded order from Cannon sets the stage for a challenge to a federal appeals court. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 Read More Here

China's Xi Skips Dinner With Putin, Allies As COVID Precaution -Source https://digitalarkansasnews.com/chinas-xi-skips-dinner-with-putin-allies-as-covid-precaution-source/ Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting of the council of heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sultan Dosaliev/Kyrgyz Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping stayed away from a dinner attended by 11 heads of states at a regional security summit in line with his delegation’s COVID-19 policy, a source in the Uzbek government told Reuters on Friday. Xi, who is making his first foreign trip since the beginning of the pandemic, is attending a meeting this week of the China- and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the Uzbek city of Samarkand. However, he was absent from group photographs published late on Thursday when the leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, went for dinner. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com An Uzbek government source confirmed Xi’s absence and said the Chinese delegation cited its COVID-19 policy as the reason. In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Xi, 69, is set to secure a historic third leadership term at a Communist Party congress that will begin next month. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov; Additional reporting by Yew Lun Tian in Beijing; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Clarence Fernandez Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Read More Here

Charles’ History With US Presidents: He’s Met 10 Of Past 14 – WTOP News https://digitalarkansasnews.com/charles-history-with-us-presidents-hes-met-10-of-past-14-wtop-news/ Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_10254 FILE – President Donald Trump and Britain’s Prince Charles toast, during the Return Dinner in Winfield House, the residence of the Ambassador of the United States of America to the UK, in Regent’s Park, part of the president’s state visit to the UK, in London, June 4, 2019. Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP, File Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_14177 FILE – First lady Pat Nixon leads Princess Anne Thursday, July 16, 1970, from welcoming ceremonies at the White House. President Richard Nixon and Prince Charles walk with them. In the background are Julie and David Eisenhower. AP Photo, File Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_39072 FILE – President Barack Obama meets with Britain’s Prince Charles, March 19, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_31867 FILE – President George W. Bush, right, greets Britain’s Prince Charles on Nov. 2, 2005, on the South Portico of the White House in Washington. AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_58128 FILE – President Ronald Reagan and Britain’s Prince Charles talk as the two meet in the Oval Office at the White House May 1, 1981. AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File Britain_Royals_Charles_US_Presidents_08771 FILE – Prince Charles and Tricia Nixon lead the way to join guests at a White House supper-dance, July 17, 1970. Following are Princess Anne, left, and Julie Nixon, hidden, and David Eisenhower. AP Photo, File WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter Tricia at a White House “supper-dance.” Swapping stories with Ronald Reagan about horseback riding. Bending the ears of Donald Trump and Joe Biden about climate change. King Charles III, who became head of state following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who have held office since he was born in 1948. He was just 10 when he checked off his first president in 1959. That was when Dwight Eisenhower visited the queen and her family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she died on Sept. 8 after a 70-year-reign. “I guess you can’t start too early,” said Barbara A Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. She noted that Charles’ grandson, Prince George, was a toddler when Kensington Palace released a photograph of him shaking hands with Barack Obama during the president’s trip to London in 2016. Charles never met Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy, Perry said. His encounters with U.S. presidents included what he recalled as an “amusing” weekend visit to Nixon White House in 1970 with his sister Anne, when the 20-year-old future king — one of the world’s most eligible bachelors — sensed there was an effort afoot to set him up. “That was the time when they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon,” he later recalled. The king has chatted up presidents on his visits to the U.S. and met others when they traveled in the United Kingdom. He was in the company of Donald Trump, Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush when he represented the British monarchy at the state funeral for former President George H.W. Bush in 2018 in Washington. Charles met President Joe Biden last year at a climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. The royal has visited America about 20 times since that memorable first trip in the Nixon years, he told CNN last year. The royal siblings had been invited to Washington by Nixon’s daughters and son-in-law, Tricia Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and her husband, David Eisenhower, grandson of President Eisenhower, for that three-day visit in July 1970. The young VIPs had a packed schedule that included frolicking at the Camp David presidential retreat, a nighttime tour of Washington’s monuments, museum visits, a luncheon cruise down the Potomac River to George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon, Virginia, a dance on the South Lawn for 700 guests, and a Washington Senators baseball game. Charles and Nixon also met in the Oval Office. But if the president had his heart set a union between his family and the royals, it wasn’t meant to be. In June 1971, less than a year after Charles’ visit, Tricia married longtime beau Edward Cox in the White House Rose Garden. A decade later, in July 1981, Charles married Lady Diana Spencer. They divorced in 1996. Nixon, himself, had pushed for Charles to visit the U.S. for the perceived public relations bonanza, according to a January 1970 memo he sent his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. “I think this could do an enormous amount of good for U.S.-British relations,” Nixon said. He wrote that he’d been told that Charles “is the real gem” of the royal family and “makes an enormously favorable impression wherever he goes.” Charles returned the praise in a thank-you note. “The kindness shown to us at the White House was almost overwhelming and for that we are immensely grateful,” the prince wrote to Nixon. “Both my sister and I take back to Britain the most heartwarming evidence of what is known as the special relationship between our two countries and of the great hospitality shown to us by you and your family.” Many of the former Prince of Wales’ conversations with recent U.S. presidents centered on his interest in tackling climate change. Charles has campaigned for the environment for 50 years, but he acknowledged after becoming king that his new role requires that he set aside his activism on that and other issues. Charles, 73, and Biden, 79, discussed global cooperation on the climate crisis last year while both attended a summit in Glasgow, Scotland. They also met at Buckingham Palace in June 2021 at a reception the queen hosted before a world leaders’ summit in Cornwall. Biden rejoined the 2015 Paris climate agreement after Trump as president withdrew the U.S. from the accord. Biden and the king spoke on Wednesday, with Biden offering his condolences over the queen. Trump has said that during his visit with Charles, the former prince “did most of the talking” and pressed him on climate during a scheduled 15-minute meeting that stretched to 90 minutes in 2019 at Charles’ residence in London. During a three-day visit to Washington in 2011, Charles, an advocate of environmentally friendly farming, met with President Obama. In a speech, he praised Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity and hunger, and U.S. manufacturers’ efforts to produce healthier foods. He criticized U.S. government subsidies for large-scale agriculture and encouraged increased business and government support for organic and environmentally friendly food production. In his toast at a White House dinner in 2005, the future king told President George W. Bush that the world looks to the United States “for a lead on the most crucial issues that face our planet and, indeed, the lives of our grandchildren. “Truly, the burdens of the world rest on your shoulders,” he said. In the remarks, Charles also said the trip reminded him of his first visit to America, “when the media were busy trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Visiting with Reagan in the Oval Office in 1981, the two discussed their interest in horseback riding as a steward brought tea. But it was not served the British way. Of the experience, Reagan later wrote in his diary: “The ushers brought him tea — horror of horrors they served it our way with a tea bag in the cup. It finally dawned on me that he was just holding the cup and finally put it down on the table. I didn’t know what to do,” Reagan confessed. ___ AP News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report. Copyright © 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed. More from WTOP Read More Here

AP News Summary At 2:26 A.m. EDT https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ap-news-summary-at-226-a-m-edt-2/ Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities have found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the discovery late Thursday in his nightly address to the nation. The grave was found close to Izium in the Kharkiv region. Associated Press journalists saw the site in a forest. Amid the trees were hundreds of graves with simple wooden crosses, most of them marked only with numbers. A larger grave bore a marker saying it contained the bodies of 17 Ukrainian soldiers. Investigators with metal detectors were scanning the site for hidden explosives. Zelenskyy said more information would be made public Friday. Veteran NY judge named as arbiter in Trump Mar-a-Lago probe WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has also refused to permit the Justice Department to resume its use of the highly sensitive records seized in an FBI search last month. Cannon on Thursday empowered the newly named special master, Raymond Dearie, to review all the documents taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and set a November deadline for his work. The sharply worded order from Cannon sets the stage for a challenge to a federal appeals court. LONDON DIARY: Reflections from the queue to mourn the queen LONDON (AP) — Waiting in line to bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II is a singular event — no matter who you are. AP correspondent Samya Kullab was No. 3,017 in the queue one day this week outside Westminster Hall. The line was full of people touched by the queen’s death in different ways. And as they wait in line and chat, they find things they have in common — and realize that they’d have never met if it were not for this singular event. In nearly eight hours in line, Kullab is able to make a bit more sense of the outpouring that the monarch’s death brought to Britain. Charles’ history with US presidents: He’s met 10 of past 14 WASHINGTON (AP) — Hanging out with Richard Nixon’s daughter. Swapping horseback riding stories with Ronald Reagan. Bending the ears of  Donald Trump and Joe Biden on climate change. King Charles III over the years has made the acquaintance of 10 of the 14 U.S. presidents who served during his lifetime. Charles met Dwight Eisenhower when he was just 10 years old. He has recalled his first visit to the Nixon White House in 1970 as the time that “they were trying to marry me off to Tricia Nixon.” Charles met Joe Biden last year. He did not meet four presidents who held office during his lifetime: Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy. Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.C., home of Vice President Kamala Harris. They are taunting leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and highlighting their opposition to Biden administration border policies. The governors of Texas and Arizona have sent thousands of migrants on buses to New York, Chicago and Washington in recent months. But the latest surprise moves — which included two flights to Martha’s Vineyard Wednesday paid for by Florida’s governor — were derided by critics as inhumane political theater. Biden, Dems see both political, economic wins in rail deal WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hailing a labor agreement that avoided a strike that would have shut down railroads across the country as a win for America. It’s also a win for him politically, allowing Democrats to sidestep what could have been an economic debacle before November’s midterm elections. Pressured to choose between labor and business, Biden lobbied them to work together. By keeping the trains running, Biden overcame a major economic threat that doubled as a political risk. His fellow Democrats face an uphill climb to maintain their narrow hold on power in Congress amid soaring inflation and as Biden’s approval rating is improving, but still remains underwater. EXPLAINER: States scramble as US abortion landscape shifts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Almost three months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the landscape of abortion access is still shifting significantly in some states, sometimes very quickly. Changing restrictions and litigation in neighboring Indiana and Ohio this week illustrate the whiplash for providers and patients navigating sudden changes in what is allowed where. As of Thursday, 13 states have current bans on abortion at any point in pregnancy and one more, Georgia, with a ban on abortions after fetal cardiac activity can be detected — usually around six weeks, often before women realize they’re pregnant. Biden, S. African leader to discuss Ukraine, trade, climate WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa are set for White House talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate issues, trade and more. Biden will play host to Ramaphosa on Friday. He is among African leaders who have maintained a neutral stance in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with South Africa abstaining from a United Nations vote condemning Russia’s actions and calling for a mediated settlement. South African officials said Ramaphosa would emphasize the need for dialogue to find an end to the conflict during his meeting with Biden and in separate talks with Vice President Kamala Harris. Warming, other factors worsened Pakistan floods, study finds A new study says human-caused climate change juiced the rainfall that triggered Pakistan’s floods by up to 50%. But the authors of Thursday’s study say other societal issues that make the country vulnerable and put people in harm’s way are probably the biggest factor in the ongoing humanitarian disaster. Still, they say climate change made it a lot worse. Researchers used the scientifically accepted technique of comparing what happened to computer simulations of a world without heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. The study from World Weather Attribution is not yet peer reviewed. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip has discovered a rare mosaic on his property. The man says he stumbled upon it while planting an olive tree last spring and quietly excavated it over several months with his son. Experts say the discovery of the mosaic — which includes 17 well-preserved images of animals and birds — is one of Gaza’s greatest archaeological treasures. They say it’s drawing attention to the need to protect Gaza’s antiquities, which are threatened by a lack of resources and the constant threat of fighting with Israel. The mosaic was discovered just one kilometer, or about half a mile, from the Israeli border. 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Ouachita Baptist Defeats Southern Arkansas In Straight Sets https://digitalarkansasnews.com/ouachita-baptist-defeats-southern-arkansas-in-straight-sets/ Southern Arkansas junior setter Morgan Schuster placed her name atop the program chart for all-time career assists with her second of an 11-assist effort, but Southern Arkansas hit a snag against Ouachita on Thursday night in Great American Conference action. The Muleriders were defeated in straight sets as the Tigers picked up their first league win of the season with set decisions of 25-15, 25-9 and 25-14. CLICK HERE to see the box score. The Muleriders (2-11, 1-2 GAC) struggled on the attack posting negative hit clips in sets two and three. SAU totaled just 19 kills for the match. Ouachita benefited from 10 service aces and attacked at a team rate just south of .40 The two squads went toe-to-toe through the opening half of the first set before the host began to build an advantage that it would carry into the next two sets. The Muleriders trailed just 15-13 in set one, but managed to score only 11 of the match’s next 46 points which carried OUA into set three with a 2-0 lead. Sophomores Landry Rogers and Anna Crittenden each delivered four kills and Kayte Delong followed with three. SAU had six block assists and of the team’s 26 digs, Schuster led with seven. Eleven of the 17 assists came from the set of Schuster who eclipsed former record holder Taylor Reaume career record of 2,424 assists set across two seasons totaling 245 sets from 2014 to 2015. Schuster currently has 2,433 assists in 265 career sets played. Southern Arkansas travels to Searcy on Tuesday, September 20 for a 6 p.m. first serve with GAC-leading Harding. Read More Here

John Kelly Reportedly Bought A Book On Trump’s Mental Health https://digitalarkansasnews.com/john-kelly-reportedly-bought-a-book-on-trumps-mental-health/ During his time in the Trump administration as chief of staff, John Kelly purchased a book written by a Yale psychiatrist in an effort to understand his boss’ “psychoses.” That’s according to a new book out next week called The Divider, written by The New York Times’ Peter Baker and The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser, a copy of which The Daily Beast has obtained. “Among those who secretly bought a copy of the psychiatrists’ book was none other than John Kelly, who sought help to understand the president’s particular psychoses and consulted it while he was running the White House, which he was known to refer to as ‘Crazytown,’” the duo writes. The book Kelly reportedly bought was written by Yale’s Bandy Lee and called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, which explored Trump’s alleged mental stability. Kelly told others that Trump’s “inflated ego was in fact the sign of a deeply insecure person,” Baker and Glasser write. The Daily Beast couldn’t reach Kelly for comment on Thursday evening. Read More Here

Judge Appoints Special Master To Review Materials Seized From Mar-A-Lago https://digitalarkansasnews.com/judge-appoints-special-master-to-review-materials-seized-from-mar-a-lago/ By Deepa Shivaram | NPR Thursday, September 15, 2022 In this aerial view, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Updated September 15, 2022 at 8:23 PM ET A federal judge in Florida has named Raymond Dearie as special master to review materials seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, denying the Justice Department’s request to block the process, in which the government cannot use the materials seized for their criminal investigation until the review is complete. Dearie, a veteran federal judge, was a candidate proposed by Trump who the Justice Department did not object to. He holds senior status in the Eastern District of New York and was first appointed by Ronald Reagan. Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by Trump, directed Dearie to issue interim reports and recommendations “as appropriate” during the review, which she ordered to be complete by Nov. 30, closer to the timeline request by the Trump lawyers. The government wanted the review done by mid-October. The Justice Department had previously stated that they didn’t want the special master to have access to classified material, but Cannon has said that request is meritless. But she did say that the court would direct the special master to prioritize the “approximately 100 documents marked as classified.” Cannon also says she’s unconvinced with the government’s argument that the FBI’s criminal investigation into the documents is intertwined with the intelligence community’s assessment. Cannon notes that Trump’s team will bear the cost of the professional fees and expenses of the special master and any support staff or expert consultants who are engaged with the process. Trumps team had originally requested the cost be split between them and the government. The Justice Department has said they will appeal the order for a special master. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. View this story on npr.org Follow us for more stories like this CapRadio provides a trusted source of news because of you.  As a nonprofit organization, donations from people like you sustain the journalism that allows us to discover stories that are important to our audience. If you believe in what we do and support our mission, please donate today. Donate Today   Read More Here

'Special Master' Appointed To Review Docs Taken During FBI's Search Of Mar-A-Lago https://digitalarkansasnews.com/special-master-appointed-to-review-docs-taken-during-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago/ A Florida court has appointed a “Special Master” to review documents taken when the FBI searched Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago estate. In court documents seen by PEOPLE, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida’s West Palm Beach Division appointed Honorable Raymond J. Dearie on Thursday as the Special Master in Trump’s case. Per the court, Dearie will “review all of the materials seized” during the FBI’s Aug. 8 search. His duties include verifying that documents taken and labeled “Detailed Property Inventory” accurately reflect the “property seized.” He will also do a “privilege review” of the items taken and tell the court if there are any potential “privilege disputes between the parties.” The government will also provide the Special Master with “the Seized Materials” taken, along with the “redacted public versions,” the doc says. Trump will be responsible for paying for the Special Master and any related fees. The former president asked the court to select a Special Master last month. In papers filed in the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of Florida, the former president, through his counsel, asked that the government not be allowed to look at the documents until then. After roughly two dozen FBI agents searched Trump’s home, his lawyers suggested it is a political move against Trump amid his possible bid for president in the upcoming 2024 race. RELATED VIDEO: Mike Pence Says He Didn’t Keep Classified White House Docs, Calls for Transparency in DOJ’s Investigation of Trump They accused the government of refusing to “provide even the most basic information about what was taken, or why,” and said that the information they did provide sparks concern over Fourth Amendment rights — which protects citizens from unreasonable searches of their homes, documents, and possessions. The filing said that the government told Trump’s lawyers that “privileged and/or potentially privileged documents” were seized, but specifics of what exactly was taken have yet to be provided. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The FBI executed the search amid the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) attempt to recover documents that were potentially at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, which is where he returned after leaving the White House at the end of his presidency, per the filing. Arguing that the documents seized were created when Trump was president, his lawyers stated that they are ” ‘presumptively privileged’ until proven otherwise,” and a Special Master is the only one who can protect their “sanctity.” U.S. prosecutors have argued that “efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government’s investigation,” according to a filing the Justice Department submitted to a federal judge recently. That filing outlines the government’s previous attempts, over a span of 18 months, to have Trump and his attorneys return documents, including classified material, from Mar-a-Lago. More than 180 boxes were sent to the National Archives from Mar-a-Lago in January. After the National Archives followed up for more records, Trump’s team handed over 38 documents in June, along with a signed document stating that no other classified documents remained on site. Despite those assurances, more than 100 additional classified papers were found when the FBI entered the property in August. Trump has said documents stored at Mar-a-Lago had been declassified by him, though it’s unclear if he undertook any formal process to declassify them. The claim has also been refuted by more than a dozen former Trump administration officials. Read More Here

Uber Suffers Computer System Breach, Alerts Authorities https://digitalarkansasnews.com/uber-suffers-computer-system-breach-alerts-authorities/ SAN FRANCISCO — Uber’s computer systems were breached and the company has alerted authorities, the ride-hailing giant said Thursday. The ride-hailing company said in a tweet that it was “responding to a cybersecurity incident.” The hacker surfaced in a message posted in Slack, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the incident. “I announce i am a hacker and uber has suffered a data breach,” the message said. It was followed by a flurry of reaction emoji, including several dozen showing what appeared to be a siren symbols. Because of the hack, the people said, some systems including Slack and internal tools were temporarily disabled. Internal screenshots obtained by The Washington Post showed the hacker claiming to have wide-ranging access insider Uber’s corporate networks and appeared to indicate the hacker was motivated by the company’s treatment of its drivers. The person claimed to have taken data from common software used by Uber employees to write new programs. Uber pointed to its tweeted statement when asked for comment on the matter. The company did not immediately respond to questions about the extent to which internal information may have been compromised. The New York Times first reported the incident. Uber previously suffered a breach in 2016 that exposed personal information of 57 million people around the world, including names, email addresses and phone numbers. It also included drivers license info from roughly 600,000 U.S. drivers. Two individuals accessed the information via “a third-party cloud-based service” used by Uber at the time. Uber, which is based in San Francisco, employs thousands of people globally who may have been affected by the hacker’s obstruction of systems. The company has also come under fire for its treatment of drivers, who it has fought to keep as contractors. The hacker posted as Uber on a chat function at HackerOne, which runs interference between researchers who are reporting security vulnerabilities and the companies who are affected by them. Uber and other companies use that service to manage reports of security flaws in its programs and to reward researchers who find them. In that chat, which was viewed by The Post, the alleged hacker claimed access to Uber’s Amazon Web Services account. AWS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Post.) In a subsequent interview on a messaging app, the alleged hacker told The Post that they had breached the company for fun and might leak source code “in a few months.” The person described Uber security as “awful.” Uber employees were caught off guard by the sudden disruption to their workday, and some initially reacted to the alarming messages as if they were a joke, according to the screenshots. The hacker’s ominous posts were met with reactions apparently depicting the SpongeBob character Mr. Krabs, the popular “It’s Happening” GIF and queries as to whether the situation was a prank. “Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but I think IT would appreciate less memes while they handle the breach,” one message viewed by The Post said. Read More Here

Hooks Falter Late, Travs Comeback For 3-0 Series Lead https://digitalarkansasnews.com/hooks-falter-late-travs-comeback-for-3-0-series-lead/ NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Travelers scored three times in the eighth inning to edge Corpus Christi, 5-3, Thursday night at Dickey Stephens Park. Arkansas, who employed a 10-inning win on Wednesday, have now used a pair of eighth-inning rallies for triumphs this week. The Hooks have dropped four in a row, with three of those setbacks decided by one run. Cody Deason turned in an effective start for CC, spreading two runs over five innings of work. Deason went 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA in his final five Texas League outings. Freylin Garcia struck out three over two shutout innings, giving way to Michael Horrell in the eighth. The Travs struck for three runs on three hits, two walks and an error while sending eight men to bat. Travis Kuhn, who picked up the win, and Isaiah Campbell, earning the save, kept CC at bay from the seventh thru the ninth. Arkansas right-hander Taylor Dollard, who leads Minor League Baseball with 16 wins, settled for a no-decision. The marker against Dollard came in the fifth as C.J. Stubbs tripled before being plated via a sac fly from Ross Adolph. Rodriguez Doubles Twice, Flying Chanclas Lose to Amarillo – San Antonio Missions Rodriguez Doubles Twice, Flying Chanclas Lose to Amarillo – San Antonio Missions Naturals Top RoughRiders Behind Pair of Three-Run Frames – Northwest Arkansas Naturals Graceffo Nearly Perfect; Cards Blank Drillers, 8-0 – Springfield Cardinals Surge Make It Five in a Row – Wichita Wind Surge Vukovich Provides Game-Tying and Winning Runs in 6-2 Win – Amarillo Sod Poodles Hooks Falter Late, Travs Comeback for 3-0 Series Lead – Corpus Christi Hooks Travs Rally in Eighth, Win Third Straight – Arkansas Travelers Drillers Shut Out By Graceffo And Cardinals – Tulsa Drillers Drillers Announce 2023 Schedule – Tulsa Drillers Collin Wiles Makes MLB Debut with Athletics – Frisco RoughRiders Wichita Wind Surge to Host Two USD 259 High School Football Games – Wichita Wind Surge 2022 Riders Playoff Tickets on Sale – Frisco RoughRiders De Los Santos Launches Go-Ahead Homer in 9th – Amarillo Sod Poodles Bradford, Offense Shines in Win over Naturals – Frisco RoughRiders Naturals Fall Behind Early in 9-2 Defeat by Roughriders – Northwest Arkansas Naturals Ornelas Homers and Drives in Three as Missions Fall to Amarillo – San Antonio Missions DeLoach Delivers Walk-Off Win in 10th – Arkansas Travelers The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff. Read More…