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Walmart's new action to trademark a Black American moment of historical significance is the epitome of white supremacy in action.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/texas\\\\\\\"\u003eTexas\u003c/a\u003e, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. It was about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"It is a day that marks the end of slavery in the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/us\\\\\\\"\u003eUS\u003c/a\u003e and, was only made a federal holiday in 2021.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e*seen on facebook*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you’re at Walmart and you’re thinking about buying the one on the left. Take a few seconds to look for and buy the one on the right. They are the same flavor except Creamalicious Ice Creams is black owned. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/hrqb6vhg6h\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/hrqb6vhg6h\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Queen Jayyy 👑✨ (@winston00_) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/winston00_/status/1528775217224499201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMay 23, 2022\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"embed\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003e*seen on facebook*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you’re at Walmart and you’re thinking about buying the one on the left. Take a few seconds to look for and buy the one on the right. They are the same flavor except Creamalicious Ice Creams is black owned. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/hrqb6vhg6h\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/hrqb6vhg6h\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; Queen Jayyy 👑✨ (@winston00_) \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://twitter.com/winston00_/status/1528775217224499201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\\\\\"\u003eMay 23, 2022\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async src=\\\\\\\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"utf-8\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\\\",\\\"caption\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"aspectRatio\\\":null}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Last year, President Joe Biden signed a bill creating Juneteenth National Independence Day.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"United States"},"createdBy":{"name":"Suman V","photo":null,"username":"sumanv","id":"KhO1NvH3W2sk","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Juneteenth","slug":"juneteenth","id":"EF2UyXuFhWi5"},{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp"},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Walmart","slug":"walmart","id":"xZhtJX8hukit"},{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC"},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu"},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv"},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Suman V","id":"KhO1NvH3W2sk","username":"sumanv"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-24T00:30:00.216264+00:00","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"Walmart is removing its ice cream which was specially dedicated to commemorate Juneteenth after receiving backlash. Social media users slammed the retail company for selling and advertising products with the day that signifies the ending of slavery in America. ,Juneteenth holiday marks a celebration of freedom and independence, the company said in a statement to FOX Television Stations. However, we received feedback that a few items caused concern for some of our customers and we sincerely apologize. We are reviewing our assortment and will remove items as appropriate. Also Read | KFC employee saves life of a woman from her boyfriend, gets called a hero,Twitter user and content creator KevOnStage, also known as Kevin Fredericks, tweeted Sunday calling out Walmart for its Great Value Celebration Edition Juneteenth ice cream. This is what happens when you commercialize federal holidays, KevOnStage says. ,This year, Walmart advertised new Juneteenth merchandise, which also included party decorations. Twitter called out the themed products for using Juneteenth as a marketing scheme. ,Capitalism is a retail conglomerate, owned by a white billionaire family, marketing an ice cream to celebrate a holiday that commemorates the emancipation of slaves in a country that was literally built on the backs [of] slaves. See: Walmart's Juneteenth ice cream, one Twitter user wrote. Also Read | US Premarket: Walmart, Citigroup and other stocks making biggest moves,Another user tweeted: I knew when they'd declare Juneteenth as a holiday it was just a bone being thrown at Black ppl in typical gaslighting fashion. Walmart's new action to trademark a Black American moment of historical significance is the epitome of white supremacy in action. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. It was about 2 1/2 years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in Southern states. It is a day that marks the end of slavery in the US and, was only made a federal holiday in 2021. Last year, President Joe Biden signed a bill creating Juneteenth National Independence Day.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"37.0902","longitude":"-95.7129","name":"United States","city":"Bartlesville"},"keywords":"America,FOX Television Stations,creator KevOnStage,Kevin Fredericks,its Great Value Celebration Edition Juneteenth,KevOnStage,Walmart,Black American,Galveston,Texas,Confederacy,the Emancipation Proclamation,Southern,US,Joe Biden","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-24T00:30:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"XazbUZKVLe4e","slug":"english/republicans-furious-as-white-house-walks-back-on-bidens-vow-to-defend-taiwan","title":"Republicans furious as White House walks back on Biden's vow to defend Taiwan","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_gHuWxH4d4.jpg","coverCaption":"U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event with Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Seoul. 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Several Republicans were furious and demanded \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/washington\\\\\\\"\u003eWashington\u003c/a\u003e must fight \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/china\\\\\\\"\u003eChina\u003c/a\u003e.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"During a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday, Biden said, \\\\\\\"That's the commitment we made,\\\\\\\" when asked if he would use military defense to protect Taiwan.\u0026nbsp;\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"However, just a few hours later, a White House official released a statement saying: \\\\\\\"As the President said, our policy has not changed. He reiterated our One China Policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. 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Several Republicans were furious and demanded Washington must fight China. During a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday, Biden said, That's the commitment we made, when asked if he would use military defense to protect Taiwan. ,However, just a few hours later, a White House official released a statement saying: As the President said, our policy has not changed. He reiterated our One China Policy and our commitment to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. He also reiterated our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to provide Taiwan with the military means to defend itself. Also Read | 'Don't underestimate resolve', says China after President Joe Biden's warning over Taiwan,Since 1949, Taiwan has been a self-governing island, but Chinese officials have continued to assert that it is an inalienable part of China. Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fears have grown that China could make a similar attempt to reintegrate Taiwan into mainland China. The White House's apparent walk back on Biden's commitment to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack. This drew concerns and outcry from several US Republicans on Monday. ,Does anyone at the #WhiteHouse actually respect the words of @POTUS? Illinois Representative Adam Kinzinger tweeted. Biden said we would defend #Taiwan, and the staff AGAIN walks back the Presidents own words! He needs to fire everyone who does this. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton released a statement Monday calling for the US to pivot its Taiwan policy from strategic ambiguity to strategic clarity. As usual, strategic clarity and military strength is the best way to deter China, the statement read. Given President Biden's apparent policy shift in off-the-cuff remarks at a press conference in Japan, followed by anonymous White House aides trying to 'walk back' his statement, it's now essential that President Biden restate our new policy of strategic clarity in clear, deliberate remarks from a prepared text. Otherwise, the continued ambiguity and uncertainty will likely provoke the Chinese communists without deterring them—the worst of both worlds, the statement added. Florida Senator Rick Scott also reacted, saying: Twice @POTUS has said America would defend Taiwan if invaded, and twice the White House has walked it back, he tweeted. The Senate should take Biden at his word, end the confusion and pass my Taiwan Invasion Prevention Act to clearly say that we have Taiwan's back.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"37.0902","longitude":"-95.7129","name":"United States","city":"Bartlesville"},"keywords":"Taiwan,China,the White House,Republicans,Biden,White House,Chinese,US,Joe Biden,Washington,Japanese,Fumio Kishida,the Taiwan Strait,the Taiwan Relations Act,Russia","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-23T22:10:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"RVKrYyDhDHeR","slug":"english/rap-artists-young-thug-gunna-remain-in-jail-over-racketeering-case","title":"Rap artists Young Thug, Gunna remain in jail over racketeering case","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_lgjGHAUEm.jpg","coverCaption":"This image provided by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office shows rapper Gunna, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens. (Photo via AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-23T21:51:35.223845+00:00","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRappers Young Thug and Gunna remained jailed on racketeering charges\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eProsecutors have accused them of being members of a violent street gang\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe gang is related to commiting multiple murders, shootings and carjackings\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1653342694780,\\\"strCount\\\":2394,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Rappers Young Thug and Gunna remained jailed on racketeering charges Monday in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/atlanta\\\\\\\"\u003eAtlanta\u003c/a\u003e following a court hearing in a case in which prosecutors have accused them of being members of a violent street gang that committed multiple murders, shootings and carjackings.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/johnny-depp-turns-into-captain-jack-sparrow-for-fans-outside-court\\\\\\\"\u003eJohnny Depp turns into Captain Jack Sparrow for fans outside court\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"A judge denied bond for Gunna, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens, after the rapper pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. 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Also read: Johnny Depp turns into Captain Jack Sparrow for fans outside court,A judge denied bond for Gunna, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens, after the rapper pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. Fulton County prosecutors asked that he remain jailed, telling the judge some state witnesses have been threatened. A bond hearing for Young Thug, whose given name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was postponed until next month, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Prosecutors say his attorney, Brian Steel, should be disqualified as Williams' lawyer because he represents others charged in the same case. Also read: Watch: Eminem appears in Pete Davidson's final SNL rap parody,Both rappers were charged in a sweeping indictment along with 26 others for violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law as members of a street gang that prosecutors say committed violent crimes over roughly a decade and and promoted its activities in songs and on social media. Also read: 'Stranger Things' Season 4: All you need to know,The indictment includes a list of 181 acts that prosecutors say were committed starting in 2013 as part of the alleged racketeering conspiracy to further the gang’s interests. Attorneys for both Williams and Kitchens have denied the allegations. Also read: Morgan Freeman's time-bending thriller '57 Seconds': All you need to know,Young Thug co-wrote the hit “This is America” with Childish Gambino, making history when it became the first hip-hop track to win the song of the year Grammy in 2019. Gunna, who is signed to Thug’s Young Stoner Life record label, scored his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart with “DS4Ever” this year.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"33.749","longitude":"-84.388","name":"Atlanta, GA, USA","city":"Atlanta"},"keywords":"Williams,Atlanta,Gunna,Sergio Kitchens,Fulton County,Jeffery Lamar Williams,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,Brian Steel,Georgia,Kitchens,America,Childish Gambino","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-23T21:51:34.353234+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"WK0EIJXg6C4T","slug":"english/explainer-us-keeps-world-guessing-on-taiwan-stance","title":"EXPLAINER: US keeps world guessing on Taiwan stance","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/APTOPIX_Biden_Asia_56556_uDaSAXHnm.jpg","coverCaption":"U.S. President Joe Biden attends a press conference with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo Monday, May 23, 2022. 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The latest example came during his visit to Japan, when a reporter asked if the United States would respond militarily if China invaded the island.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Yes,” he said Monday. “That’s the commitment we made.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A White House official said Biden was not outlining a change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan, a self-governing island that China views as a breakaway province that should be reunified with the mainland. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"There is no mutual defense treaty between the U.S. and Taiwan, but America sells the Taiwanese military hardware. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Biden’s comment “highlighted our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to help provide Taiwan the means to defend itself.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Is it that simple? The confusion is a reminder of Washington's stance of “strategic ambiguity” when it comes to Taiwan — essentially, leaving China guessing about what exactly the U.S. would do if there was an invasion. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"It's a sensitive issue in a complex corner of the globe, and it's gained renewed attention in light of Russian's invasion of Ukraine. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A look at how things reached this point: \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"HOW DID TAIWAN'S UNUSUAL STATUS COME ABOUT?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Taiwan is located about 100 miles off the coast of mainland China. During China's civil war, Mao Zedong's communists forced Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalist forces to flee the mainland for the island in 1949.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The Taiwanese government in Taipei has become autonomous and democratic, even conducting its own foreign policy. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Meanwhile, Beijing has never given up its claims. There's often talk about peaceful reunification, but the threat of military force remains. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WHAT RELATIONSHIP DOES THE U.S. HAVE WITH TAIWAN?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Taiwan falls into a gray area of U.S. foreign policy. For decades after Chiang fled to the island, Washington considered the leaders in Taipei as China's rightful government, and there were no formal ties to Beijing. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"However, President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, beginning a diplomatic thaw that culminated in 1979 when President Jimmy Carter formally recognized the government in Beijing and cut nation-to-nation ties with Taiwan. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In response, Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, creating a benchmark for a continuing relationship. The U.S. sells military equipment to Taiwan, and the island is an important trading partner, especially as a major producer of semiconductors for computer chips. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“We have a deep political, economic and military relationship with a place that we don’t officially recognize,\\\" said Julian Ku, a professor of international law at Hofstra University in New York. \\\"I don’t think that there’s any place like it in the U.S. foreign policy world.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"China has for years made the issue of Taiwan a top priority in diplomatic and other conversations with the U.S., according to current and former officials who say their Chinese interlocutors repeatedly raise the same talking points about Taiwan in every meeting.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WHAT HAS BIDEN SAID BEFORE?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"This is the third time that Biden has caused waves with his comments about protecting Taiwan. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"During an August interview with ABC News, he compared the U.S. relationship with Taiwan to America's Article 5 commitment under NATO, which obligates the alliance to defend any member that's attacked. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Then, during a CNN town hall in October, Biden said “we have a commitment” to defend Taiwan.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"White House officials walked back his comments both times, but that didn't stop Biden from using similar language in Japan on Monday.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"And there was Biden's November trip to New Hampshire, one day after a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. When talking to reporters, Biden described Taiwan as “independent.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Later in the day, he clarified. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“We are not encouraging independence,” he said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"HOW DID CHINA AND TAIWAN REACT TO THE NEW COMMENTS?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Taiwan welcomed the news. The island’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing “its sincere welcome and gratitude to President Biden and the U.S. government for reaffirming their rock-solid commitment to Taiwan.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” spokesperson Joanne Ou said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Not surprisingly, China responded with an angry statement. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“China has no room for compromise or concessions on issues involving China’s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WHAT IS THE CHANCE OF A MILITARY CONFLICT OVER TAIWAN?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Biden said Monday he didn’t think China would invade Taiwan, although he also said that “depends upon just how strong the world makes clear that that kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Others have raised alarm bells.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"When Adm. Phil Davidson was the outgoing leader of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command last year, he testified that he thought China could attack “in the next six years.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A recurring concern involves Chinese military flights. They’ve repeatedly occurred near Taiwan, including on the first day of Biden’s trip in Asia.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WHAT IS THE U.S. DOING FOR TAIWAN'S DEFENSE?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The U.S. is a major supplier of weapons to Taiwan, although sales have dropped off in the past year. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A review of congressional notifications shows that since taking office, the Biden administration has approved less than a billion dollars in arms sales to Taiwan. By contrast, from October until December of 2020, then-President Donald Trump's administration green-lit nearly $4.7 billion in sales.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"There's an ongoing debate over what kind of weapons to sell Taiwan, a source of contention between U.S. policymakers, competing political and military interests in Taipei, and the U.S. defense industry.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Successive U.S. administrations and a growing number of politicians in Taiwan have argued that Taipei’s security is best served with tactical weapons of the type that Ukraine has used with effect against Russia, not with big-ticket, big-target items such as battleships that the could be destroyed early in a Chinese invasion.\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington,United States"},"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Taiwan","slug":"taiwan","id":"AmHZqT1DMin1"},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"China","slug":"china","id":"gtTvlJMpH5eQ"},{"name":"Biden","slug":"biden","id":"w3aFjwvXbPeA"},{"name":"Taipei","slug":"taipei","id":"6v4cd082Oqs7"},{"name":"Japan","slug":"japan","id":"anJhzDRc6xxB"},{"name":"WhiteHouse","slug":"whitehouse","id":"D8eqiqcxFZ1c"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Washington","slug":"washington","id":"Fqv5l2w7tKCw"},{"name":"Ukraine","slug":"ukraine","id":"Dq03BAdFix29"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-23T19:27:11.645892+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"d4d09deac1527f","cleanText":"WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time in less than a year, President Joe Biden has stirred controversy with his comments about Taiwan. The latest example came during his visit to Japan, when a reporter asked if the United States would respond militarily if China invaded the island.“Yes,” he said Monday. “That’s the commitment we made.”A White House official said Biden was not outlining a change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan, a self-governing island that China views as a breakaway province that should be reunified with the mainland. There is no mutual defense treaty between the U.S. and Taiwan, but America sells the Taiwanese military hardware. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Biden’s comment “highlighted our commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to help provide Taiwan the means to defend itself.”Is it that simple? The confusion is a reminder of Washington's stance of “strategic ambiguity” when it comes to Taiwan — essentially, leaving China guessing about what exactly the U.S. would do if there was an invasion. It's a sensitive issue in a complex corner of the globe, and it's gained renewed attention in light of Russian's invasion of Ukraine. A look at how things reached this point: HOW DID TAIWAN'S UNUSUAL STATUS COME ABOUT?Taiwan is located about 100 miles off the coast of mainland China. During China's civil war, Mao Zedong's communists forced Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalist forces to flee the mainland for the island in 1949.The Taiwanese government in Taipei has become autonomous and democratic, even conducting its own foreign policy. Meanwhile, Beijing has never given up its claims. There's often talk about peaceful reunification, but the threat of military force remains. WHAT RELATIONSHIP DOES THE U.S. HAVE WITH TAIWAN?Taiwan falls into a gray area of U.S. foreign policy. For decades after Chiang fled to the island, Washington considered the leaders in Taipei as China's rightful government, and there were no formal ties to Beijing. However, President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, beginning a diplomatic thaw that culminated in 1979 when President Jimmy Carter formally recognized the government in Beijing and cut nation-to-nation ties with Taiwan. In response, Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, creating a benchmark for a continuing relationship. The U.S. sells military equipment to Taiwan, and the island is an important trading partner, especially as a major producer of semiconductors for computer chips. “We have a deep political, economic and military relationship with a place that we don’t officially recognize, said Julian Ku, a professor of international law at Hofstra University in New York. I don’t think that there’s any place like it in the U.S. foreign policy world.”China has for years made the issue of Taiwan a top priority in diplomatic and other conversations with the U.S. according to current and former officials who say their Chinese interlocutors repeatedly raise the same talking points about Taiwan in every meeting.WHAT HAS BIDEN SAID BEFORE?This is the third time that Biden has caused waves with his comments about protecting Taiwan. During an August interview with ABC News, he compared the U.S. relationship with Taiwan to America's Article 5 commitment under NATO, which obligates the alliance to defend any member that's attacked. Then, during a CNN town hall in October, Biden said “we have a commitment” to defend Taiwan.White House officials walked back his comments both times, but that didn't stop Biden from using similar language in Japan on Monday.And there was Biden's November trip to New Hampshire, one day after a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. When talking to reporters, Biden described Taiwan as “independent.”Later in the day, he clarified. “We are not encouraging independence,” he said.HOW DID CHINA AND TAIWAN REACT TO THE NEW COMMENTS?Taiwan welcomed the news. The island’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing “its sincere welcome and gratitude to President Biden and the U.S. government for reaffirming their rock-solid commitment to Taiwan.”“The challenge posed by China to the security of the Taiwan Strait has drawn great concern in the international community,” spokesperson Joanne Ou said.Not surprisingly, China responded with an angry statement. “China has no room for compromise or concessions on issues involving China’s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin.WHAT IS THE CHANCE OF A MILITARY CONFLICT OVER TAIWAN?Biden said Monday he didn’t think China would invade Taiwan, although he also said that “depends upon just how strong the world makes clear that that kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community.”Others have raised alarm bells.When Adm. Phil Davidson was the outgoing leader of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command last year, he testified that he thought China could attack “in the next six years.”A recurring concern involves Chinese military flights. They’ve repeatedly occurred near Taiwan, including on the first day of Biden’s trip in Asia.WHAT IS THE U.S. DOING FOR TAIWAN'S DEFENSE?The U.S. is a major supplier of weapons to Taiwan, although sales have dropped off in the past year. A review of congressional notifications shows that since taking office, the Biden administration has approved less than a billion dollars in arms sales to Taiwan. By contrast, from October until December of 2020, then-President Donald Trump's administration green-lit nearly $4.7 billion in sales.There's an ongoing debate over what kind of weapons to sell Taiwan, a source of contention between U.S. policymakers, competing political and military interests in Taipei, and the U.S. defense industry.Successive U.S. administrations and a growing number of politicians in Taiwan have argued that Taipei’s security is best served with tactical weapons of the type that Ukraine has used with effect against Russia, not with big-ticket, big-target items such as battleships that the could be destroyed early in a Chinese invasion.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.8951","longitude":"-77.0364","name":"Washington,United States","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Taiwan,U.S.,China,Biden,Taipei,Japan,White House,America,Washington,Ukraine","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-23T19:27:10.426643+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"MbdoiSaJByOB","slug":"english/beijing-bristles-at-bidens-yes-for-us-military-intervention-if-china-invades-taiwan","title":"Beijing bristles at Biden’s 'yes' for US military intervention if China invades Taiwan","postType":1,"coverMedia":null,"coverCaption":null,"reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-23T13:33:05.915081+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":null,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1653312784.749915, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Beijing, May 23 (PTI) A surprised and agitated Beijing on Monday denounced President Joe Biden\\u2019s assertion that the US would intervene militarily along with Japan if China invaded self-ruled Taiwan, which effectively jeopardises Chinese President Xi Jinping's plan of national integration.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Taiwan\\u2019s integration with the Chinese mainland is the major political plank of Xi, 68, who is widely expected to be endorsed for an unprecedented third term in power this year by a once-in-a-five-year congress of the ruling Communist Party scheduled to meet in the next few months.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" So far successive US administrations maintained what was officially termed as strategic ambiguity of tacitly backing Taiwan, while publicly asserting commitment for the One China policy.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cWe deplore and reject the US remarks\\u201d, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here soon after Biden unequivocally stated Washington\\u2019s new stand shedding the successive US Presidents\\u2019 strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, an estranged self-ruled island which steadfastly stood against Beijing\\u2019s attempts to integrate with the mainland.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Significantly, Biden outlined the US new policy in Tokyo while addressing a joint press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saying that America will stand with Japan and other nations to not let China forcibly take over Taiwan.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Wang reiterated that \\u201cTaiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and the Taiwan question is purely China\\u2019s internal affair, which brooks no foreign interference.\\u201d \\t \\u201cOn issues bearing on China\\u2019s core interests including its sovereignty and territorial integrity there is no room for compromise or concession\\u201d, he said and warned that \\u201cChina will take firm actions to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests. We will be true to our word\\u201d.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" He urged the US to earnestly abide by the \\u201cOne China policy,\\u201d recognising Taiwan as part of the Chinese mainland and refrain from sending a wrong message to Taiwan\\u2019s independence forces.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Wang also took exception to Biden comparing any action by China to forcibly take over Taiwan similar to Russia\\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cThe Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue are fundamentally different. To compare those two is absurd\\u201d, he said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Observers say Biden\\u2019s stand to militarily defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression will strengthen pro-independent forces led by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and cast a shadow over Xi\\u2019s oft-repeated forceful assertions to integrate the estranged island with the mainland.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Xi, who enjoys the status of the ruling Communist Party founder Mao Zedong, is currently bracing for an unprecedented third term, doing away with the two-five-year-terms convention followed by all his predecessors.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Reports from Taipei quoted Taiwan\\u2019s Foreign Ministry welcoming Biden\\u2019s comments for \\u201creaffirming\\u201d Washington\\u2019s \\u201cfirm commitment to Taiwan\\u201d and would deepen cooperation with countries including the US and Japan.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cThe challenges China poses to the security of the Taiwan Strait have aroused great concern to the international community,\\u201d a spokesperson of Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cOur government\\u2019s firm determination to defend Taiwan\\u2019s freedom, democracy and security has never changed,\\u201d the spokesperson said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" In the video clips of Biden\\u2019s press conference, the US leader struck a nuanced stand on Washington\\u2019s policy on Taiwan, post-Russian invasion of Ukraine where America was not militarily involved.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" Biden said \\u201cif there is no rapprochement between Ukraine and Russia and sanctions are not sustained in many ways, then what signal does it send to China about attempting to take Taiwan by force\\u201d.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cThey are already flirting with danger by flying so close and all the manoeuvres they are undertaking\\u201d, he said referring to frequent attempts by Beijing to send hundreds of military aircraft into Taiwan\\u2019s airspace to intimidate Taipei.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cThe US made the commitment, we support the One China policy that does not mean China has the jurisdiction to use force to take over Taiwan\\u201d, Biden said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cWe stand firmly with Japan and other nations to not let that happen. I expect it will not happen, it will not be attempted\\u201d, he said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cMy expectation is a lot of it depends on how strongly the world makes it clear that this kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community\\u201d Biden said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" When asked if the US is willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan, Biden said \\u201cyes\\u201d.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cThat is the commitment we made. Here is the situation: we agree with the One China policy. We signed on to it and all the attendant agreements made from there\\u201d.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \" \\u201cBut the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate, it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine. So, it is a burden that is even stronger\\u201d, he said. \"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"PTI","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_WQDSboZhJ.jpg","username":"presstrustofindia","id":"rgkwRLMU8bE","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Beijing","slug":"beijing","id":"mTvuvptYh5UZ"},{"name":"China","slug":"china","id":"gtTvlJMpH5eQ"},{"name":"Taiwan","slug":"taiwan","id":"AmHZqT1DMin1"},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"Ukraine","slug":"ukraine","id":"Dq03BAdFix29"},{"name":"Japan","slug":"japan","id":"anJhzDRc6xxB"},{"name":"Washington","slug":"washington","id":"Fqv5l2w7tKCw"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Russia","slug":"russia","id":"ZdjTIzNom80K"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"PTI","id":"rgkwRLMU8bE","username":"presstrustofindia"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-23T13:33:05.915086+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"2305202223FGN85","cleanText":"Beijing, May 23 (PTI) A surprised and agitated Beijing on Monday denounced President Joe Biden’s assertion that the US would intervene militarily along with Japan if China invaded self-ruled Taiwan, which effectively jeopardises Chinese President Xi Jinping's plan of national integration. Taiwan’s integration with the Chinese mainland is the major political plank of Xi, 68, who is widely expected to be endorsed for an unprecedented third term in power this year by a once-in-a-five-year congress of the ruling Communist Party scheduled to meet in the next few months. So far successive US administrations maintained what was officially termed as strategic ambiguity of tacitly backing Taiwan, while publicly asserting commitment for the One China policy. “We deplore and reject the US remarks”, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing here soon after Biden unequivocally stated Washington’s new stand shedding the successive US Presidents’ strategic ambiguity on Taiwan, an estranged self-ruled island which steadfastly stood against Beijing’s attempts to integrate with the mainland. Significantly, Biden outlined the US new policy in Tokyo while addressing a joint press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saying that America will stand with Japan and other nations to not let China forcibly take over Taiwan. Wang reiterated that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory and the Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair, which brooks no foreign interference.” “On issues bearing on China’s core interests including its sovereignty and territorial integrity there is no room for compromise or concession”, he said and warned that “China will take firm actions to safeguard its sovereignty and security interests. We will be true to our word”. He urged the US to earnestly abide by the “One China policy,” recognising Taiwan as part of the Chinese mainland and refrain from sending a wrong message to Taiwan’s independence forces. Wang also took exception to Biden comparing any action by China to forcibly take over Taiwan similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The Taiwan question and the Ukraine issue are fundamentally different. To compare those two is absurd”, he said. Observers say Biden’s stand to militarily defend Taiwan against Chinese aggression will strengthen pro-independent forces led by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and cast a shadow over Xi’s oft-repeated forceful assertions to integrate the estranged island with the mainland. Xi, who enjoys the status of the ruling Communist Party founder Mao Zedong, is currently bracing for an unprecedented third term, doing away with the two-five-year-terms convention followed by all his predecessors. Reports from Taipei quoted Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry welcoming Biden’s comments for “reaffirming” Washington’s “firm commitment to Taiwan” and would deepen cooperation with countries including the US and Japan. “The challenges China poses to the security of the Taiwan Strait have aroused great concern to the international community,” a spokesperson of Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said. “Our government’s firm determination to defend Taiwan’s freedom, democracy and security has never changed,” the spokesperson said. In the video clips of Biden’s press conference, the US leader struck a nuanced stand on Washington’s policy on Taiwan, post-Russian invasion of Ukraine where America was not militarily involved. Biden said “if there is no rapprochement between Ukraine and Russia and sanctions are not sustained in many ways, then what signal does it send to China about attempting to take Taiwan by force”. “They are already flirting with danger by flying so close and all the manoeuvres they are undertaking”, he said referring to frequent attempts by Beijing to send hundreds of military aircraft into Taiwan’s airspace to intimidate Taipei. “The US made the commitment, we support the One China policy that does not mean China has the jurisdiction to use force to take over Taiwan”, Biden said. “We stand firmly with Japan and other nations to not let that happen. I expect it will not happen, it will not be attempted”, he said. “My expectation is a lot of it depends on how strongly the world makes it clear that this kind of action is going to result in long-term disapprobation by the rest of the community” Biden said. When asked if the US is willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan, Biden said “yes”. “That is the commitment we made. Here is the situation: we agree with the One China policy. We signed on to it and all the attendant agreements made from there”. “But the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate, it will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine. So, it is a burden that is even stronger”, he said.","portalUser":{"id":"rgkwRLMU8bE","name":"PTI","username":"presstrustofindia","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_WQDSboZhJ.jpg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Beijing,China,Taiwan,US,Ukraine,Japan,Washington,Communist Party,America,Russia","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-23T13:33:04.773000+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"fIF2sOzaN8UI","slug":"english/french-open-2022-day-1-wrapped-up-with-dominic-thiem-ons-jabeur-leaving","title":"French Open 2022: Day 1 wrapped up with Dominic Thiem, Ons Jabeur leaving","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_I40lk55s8.jpg","coverCaption":"Ons Jabeur crashed out of the 2022 French Open in the first round. (Photo credit: Twitter/@Ons_Jabeur)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-23T00:03:33.788666+00:00","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThird seed Alexander Zverev advanced to the second round of the French Open\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFelix Auger-Aliassime of Canada won the first round match against Juan Pablo Varillas\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eOns Jabeur, the fifth seed in women's singles, was knocked out in the first round\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1653264214399,\\\"strCount\\\":4534,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"On Sunday, third seed \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/alexander-zverev-dominates-daniil-medvedev-to-claim-atp-finals-trophy\\\\\\\"\u003eAlexander Zverev\u003c/a\u003e advanced to the second round of the French Open by overcoming Austria's Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Felix Auger-Aliassime of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/canada\\\\\\\"\u003eCanada\u003c/a\u003e won the first round match against Juan Pablo Varillas in five sets. Meanwhile, Ons Jabeur, the fifth seed in women's singles, was knocked out in the first round of the French Open by Magda Linette.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/australian-open-2021-dominic-thiem-tames-nick-kyrgios-crowd-to-reach-last-16\\\\\\\"\u003eDominic Thiem\u003c/a\u003e also exited the first round after losing 3-6, 2-6, 4-6 against Hugo Dellien.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eAlexander Zverev vs Sebastian Ofner:\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"He defeated Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/paris\\\\\\\"\u003eParis\u003c/a\u003e. Despite winning the first two sets easily after breaking his opponent three times in the game, the German found the third set difficult as Osner put up a solid fight when he was down 4-5. Despite the struggle, Zverev defeated the Austrian to advance to the second round.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/french-open-2022-can-barbora-krejcikova-defend-her-title\\\\\\\"\u003eFrench Open 2022: Can Barbora Krejcikova defend her title?\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eFelix Auger-Aliassime vs JP Varillas:\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Aliassime, who had lost in the first round of the French Open in 2020 and 2021, won his maiden title in a five-setter against qualifier Varillas.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The No. 9 in the world Aliassime overcame Juan Pablo Varillas 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in a thrilling first-day match on Court Philippe Chatrier.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In a three-hour and 13-minute encounter, the Canadian struggled to play against Varillas in the opening two sets, with the Peruvian making his Grand Slam debut.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Auger-Aliassime, on the other hand, managed to turn the tables by reducing errors on his side to win the next three sets and progress.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eCarlos Alcaraz vs Juan Londero:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"After one hour and 50 minutes, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/who-is-carlos-alcaraz-1\\\\\\\"\u003ethe sixth seed\u003c/a\u003e defeated lucky loser Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the clay-court major.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/all-you-need-to-know-about-stade-roland-garros-venue-for-french-open-2022\\\\\\\"\u003eAll you need to know about Stade Roland Garros, venue for French Open 2022\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"On Court Philippe Chatrier, \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/a-look-at-carlos-alcarazs-budding-impressive-career\\\\\\\"\u003ethe Spaniard\u003c/a\u003e never strayed from his usual game, concentrating on his powerful groundstrokes and precise drop shot. Londero went behind 2-4 in the second set after missing a forehand wide, and his performance dropped from there. Alcaraz's next opponent will be fellow countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eDominic Thiem vs Hugo Dellien:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Dominic Thiem of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/austria\\\\\\\"\u003eAustria\u003c/a\u003e was eliminated in the first round of the French Open 2022 after losing to Bolivian Hugo Dellien at Paris's Court Simonne-Mathieu. Dellien defeated two-time Roland-Garros finalist Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The Austrian was looking for his first victory in over a year, but Dellien denied him.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The Bolivian broke Thiem four times in a remarkable two-hour, one-minute win, capitalising on the former World No. 3's subpar performance to move to the second round of the clay-court Grand Slam for the second time. Dellien will face either \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/portuguese\\\\\\\"\u003ePortuguese\u003c/a\u003e qualifier Nuno Borges or 21st seed Karen Khachanov in the next round.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/french-open-reason-why-it-is-also-known-as-roland-garros\\\\\\\"\u003eFrench Open: Reason why it is also known as Roland Garros\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"World No.20 Grigor Dimitrov, on the other hand, defeated America's Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-1.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003cb\u003eOns Jabeur vs Magda Linette:\u003c/b\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/ons-jabeur-beats-two-time-wimbledon-champ-petra-kvitova-in-sydney-tennis-classic\\\\\\\"\u003eOns Jabeur\u003c/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/tunisia\\\\\\\"\u003eTunisia\u003c/a\u003e was knocked out of the French Open in the first round on Sunday, losing 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 against Poland's 56th-ranked Magda Linette. Despite never making it past the fourth round, the 27-year-old sixth seed was regarded as a potential champion in Paris.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Jabeur came into the event with a season-high 17 wins on clay in 2022, as well as the important \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/madrid\\\\\\\"\u003eMadrid\u003c/a\u003e title.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Paris, France"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"FrenchOpen2022","slug":"frenchopen2022","id":"X4kqs1kAdYlf"},{"name":"AlexanderZverev","slug":"alexanderzverev","id":"DtF6UiBhuiV6"},{"name":"DominicThiem","slug":"dominicthiem","id":"TwrYGM9yNoph"},{"name":"CarlosAlcaraz","slug":"carlosalcaraz","id":"5t5NQhMmDEKR"},{"name":"FrenchOpen","slug":"frenchopen","id":"MiYNSzJlqgbw"},{"name":"RolandGarros","slug":"rolandgarros","id":"frAOR5O2XzaM"},{"name":"Poland","slug":"poland","id":"eME2RBs6F4x4"},{"name":"Paris","slug":"paris","id":"lQ6XYWAadFCT"},{"name":"Portuguese","slug":"portuguese","id":"yYFfn5JsXYBU"},{"name":"Madrid","slug":"madrid","id":"6KdKRLiMlDHQ"},{"name":"Austria","slug":"austria","id":"iSTGGjIySuRH"},{"name":"GrandSlam","slug":"grandslam","id":"l71aUJd3WqpE"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Tunisia","slug":"tunisia","id":"mU0AwnhxKe1b"},{"name":"Canada","slug":"canada","id":"Go7uHdKEBarl"},{"name":"Europe","slug":"europe","id":"v2KXw3fOql0S"},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-23T00:03:29.263243+00:00","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"On Sunday, third seed Alexander Zverev advanced to the second round of the French Open by overcoming Austria's Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada won the first round match against Juan Pablo Varillas in five sets. Meanwhile, Ons Jabeur, the fifth seed in women's singles, was knocked out in the first round of the French Open by Magda Linette. Dominic Thiem also exited the first round after losing 3-6, 2-6, 4-6 against Hugo Dellien. Alexander Zverev vs Sebastian Ofner:,He defeated Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round in Paris. Despite winning the first two sets easily after breaking his opponent three times in the game, the German found the third set difficult as Osner put up a solid fight when he was down 4-5. Despite the struggle, Zverev defeated the Austrian to advance to the second round. Also read: French Open 2022: Can Barbora Krejcikova defend her title?,Felix Auger-Aliassime vs JP Varillas:,Aliassime, who had lost in the first round of the French Open in 2020 and 2021, won his maiden title in a five-setter against qualifier Varillas. The No. 9 in the world Aliassime overcame Juan Pablo Varillas 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in a thrilling first-day match on Court Philippe Chatrier. In a three-hour and 13-minute encounter, the Canadian struggled to play against Varillas in the opening two sets, with the Peruvian making his Grand Slam debut. Auger-Aliassime, on the other hand, managed to turn the tables by reducing errors on his side to win the next three sets and progress. Carlos Alcaraz vs Juan Londero: ,After one hour and 50 minutes, the sixth seed defeated lucky loser Juan Ignacio Londero 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the second round of the clay-court major. Also read: All you need to know about Stade Roland Garros, venue for French Open 2022,On Court Philippe Chatrier, the Spaniard never strayed from his usual game, concentrating on his powerful groundstrokes and precise drop shot. Londero went behind 2-4 in the second set after missing a forehand wide, and his performance dropped from there. Alcaraz's next opponent will be fellow countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Dominic Thiem vs Hugo Dellien: ,Dominic Thiem of Austria was eliminated in the first round of the French Open 2022 after losing to Bolivian Hugo Dellien at Paris's Court Simonne-Mathieu. Dellien defeated two-time Roland-Garros finalist Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The Austrian was looking for his first victory in over a year, but Dellien denied him. The Bolivian broke Thiem four times in a remarkable two-hour, one-minute win, capitalising on the former World No. 3's subpar performance to move to the second round of the clay-court Grand Slam for the second time. Dellien will face either Portuguese qualifier Nuno Borges or 21st seed Karen Khachanov in the next round. Also read: French Open: Reason why it is also known as Roland Garros,World No.20 Grigor Dimitrov, on the other hand, defeated America's Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-1. Ons Jabeur vs Magda Linette:,Ons Jabeur of Tunisia was knocked out of the French Open in the first round on Sunday, losing 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 against Poland's 56th-ranked Magda Linette. Despite never making it past the fourth round, the 27-year-old sixth seed was regarded as a potential champion in Paris. Jabeur came into the event with a season-high 17 wins on clay in 2022, as well as the important Madrid title.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"48.8566","longitude":"2.3522","name":"Paris, France","city":"Paris"},"keywords":"the French Open,Magda Linette,Austrian,Paris,Alexander Zverev,Austria,Hugo Dellien,Varillas,Philippe Chatrier,Grand Slam,Dellien,Felix Auger-Aliassime,Canada,Juan Pablo Varillas,Ons Jabeur","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-23T00:00:20.566574+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"ppdM7fs4RYwJ","slug":"english/southern-baptist-convention-stonewalled-denigrated-sexual-abuse-survivors","title":"Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled, denigrated sexual abuse survivors","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_hGEP7KRiU.jpg","coverCaption":"Southern Baptist Convention event. 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They did this to\u0026nbsp;protect their own reputations and lead to SBC paying money if abuse victims later sued, the\u0026nbsp;investigative report issued Sunday said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"These survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the SBC's Executive Committee, \\\\\\\"only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC,\\\\\\\" said the report.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read |\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/doctor-strange-actor-zara-phythian-husband-found-guilty-of-child-sex-abuse\\\\\\\"\u003e'Doctor Strange' actor Zara Phythian, husband, found guilty of child sex abuse\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The revelation came following a seven-month investigation conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee, which was led by\u0026nbsp;30 employees and an 86-member board of elected officials.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC's response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC,\\\\\\\" the report said.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"In service of this goal, survivors and others who reported abuse were ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could take no action due to its polity regarding church autonomy – even if it meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or warning to their current \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/french-church-had-3000-child-abusers-probe-reveals\\\\\\\"\u003echurch\u003c/a\u003e or congregation,\\\\\\\" the report added.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"embed\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"service\\\":\\\"others\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"\u003cdiv class=\\\\\\\"others-embed\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cblockquote class=\\\\\\\"twitter-tweet\\\\\\\"\u003e\u003cp lang=\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\" dir=\\\\\\\"ltr\\\\\\\"\u003eA statement from Rolland Slade, EC chairman, and Willie McLaurin, EC interim president/CEO, on the release of the Sex Abuse Task Force report. \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://t.co/lL6xgqCV8H\\\\\\\"\u003epic.twitter.com/lL6xgqCV8H\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u0026mdash; 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They did this to protect their own reputations and lead to SBC paying money if abuse victims later sued, the investigative report issued Sunday said. These survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the SBC's Executive Committee, only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC, said the report. Also Read | 'Doctor Strange' actor Zara Phythian, husband, found guilty of child sex abuse,The revelation came following a seven-month investigation conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee, which was led by 30 employees and an 86-member board of elected officials. Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC's response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC, the report said. In service of this goal, survivors and others who reported abuse were ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could take no action due to its polity regarding church autonomy – even if it meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or warning to their current church or congregation, the report added. SBC President Ed Litton, in a statement Sunday, said he is grieved to my core for the victims. Also Read | Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's request for retrial in sex trafficking case,I pray Southern Baptists will begin preparing today to take deliberate action to address these failures and chart a new course when we meet together in Anaheim, Litton said, according to the Washington Post. The report publicly details, for the first time, a credible allegation of sexual assault against former SBC President Johnny Hunt a month after his term ended in 2010. Survivors and experts believe that the investigation could be a blueprint for other, similarly structured secular organizations or religious denominations. “This really is a groundbreaking process for the Convention, and for religious institutions as a whole,” Rachael Denhollander, a prominent lawyer and abuse survivor who advises the SBC on abuse policies said. “It’s critically important because it’s a response to survivors who have been advocating for change and help, literally for decades.”,Also Read | Pope warns of loss of trust among abuse victims, calls for accountability,In the report, Guidepost makes 17 recommendations, including asking the SBC to establish an offender database, formally apologize to survivors and clarify standards for churches and clergy.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"37.0902","longitude":"-95.7129","name":"United States","city":"Bartlesville"},"keywords":"EC,America,Southern Baptists,the SBC's Executive Committee,Guidepost Solutions,the Executive Committee,Ed Litton,Anaheim,Litton,the Washington Post,SBC,Johnny Hunt,Rachael Denhollander","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-22T23:50:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"NLYjO6mUrDJC","slug":"english/report-top-southern-baptists-stonewalled-sex-abuse-victims","title":"Report: Top Southern Baptists stonewalled sex abuse victims","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Southern_Baptist_Sex_Abuse_30231_II2E-rhIg8.jpg","coverCaption":"FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 file photo shows the headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Leaders of the SBC, America's largest Protestant stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday, May 22, 2022. 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He called on Southern Baptists to lament and prepare to change the denomination’s culture and implement reforms.“I pray Southern Baptists will begin preparing today to take deliberate action to address these failures and chart a new course when we meet together in Anaheim,” Litton saidAmong the key recommendations in the report:— Form an independent commission and later establish a permanent administrative entity to oversee comprehensive long-term reforms concerning sexual abuse and related misconduct within the SBC.—Create and maintain an Offender Information System to alert the community to known offenders.— Provide a comprehensive Resource Toolbox including protocols, training, education, and practical information.—Restrict the use of nondisclosure agreements and civil settlements which bind survivors to confidentiality in sexual abuse matters, unless requested by the survivor.The sex abuse scandal was thrust into the spotlight in 2019 by a landmark report from the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News documenting hundreds of cases in Southern Baptist churches, including several in which alleged perpetrators remained in ministry. Last year, thousands of delegates at the national SBC gathering sent the message that they did not want the Executive Committee to oversee an investigation of its own actions. Instead they voted overwhelmingly to create the task force charged with providing oversight of the third-party review. SBC President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, appointed the panel. Executive Committee members have had a week to review the report before it was publicly released Sunday afternoon. The task force’s recommendations based on Guidepost’s findings will be presented at the SBC’s annual meeting in Anaheim on June 14-15.In February, the Executive Committee offered a public apology and a confidential monetary settlement to sexual abuse survivor Jennifer Lyell, who was mischaracterized by the denomination’s in-house news service when she decided to go public with her story in March 2019.Lyell publicly disclosed that she was a sexual abuse survivor after learning the man she accused of abuse, a former Southern Baptist seminary professor, had recently returned to ministry. She said she came forward with her story to prevent the man from engaging in further abusive acts.___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. 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In April, the government said, retail sales outpaced inflation for a fourth straight month. It was a reassuring sign that consumers — the primary drivers of America’s economy — are still providing vital support and helping allay concerns that a recession might be near. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Yet at the same time, there are signs that some people, especially in lower-income households, are starting to cut back, by shifting to lower-priced or alternative items or by skipping some purchases altogether as inflation shrinks their disposable income. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Last week, for example, Walmart, which caters to price-conscious consumers, reported that more of them were favoring lower-cost store brands of lunch meat over pricier national brands and buying half-gallon cartons of milk rather than full gallons. Likewise, Kohl's, a mid-priced department store, said its customers were spending less on each visit.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"All of which has spotlighted a question floating over the economy: How long will consumers as a whole continue to spend at healthy levels — even if through gritted teeth — despite the pressures they're feeling from inflation near 40-year highs? The answer will be key to whether the nation can avoid a recession as the Federal Reserve moves to sharply raise borrowing rates.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"By most measures, consumers have downshifted from last year’s blowout spending, which was fueled by stimulus checks and other government aid after the brutal pandemic recession. 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Economists at Michigan noted that there has been a “historic disconnect” between sentiment and actual consumer behavior. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some economists warn that steady consumer spending won't likely last in the face of the Fed's aggressive credit tightening. And if consumer spending does stay strong, the Fed might eventually have to jack up rates even further to cool the economy and slow inflation. Earlier this month, in its quest to quell inflation, the Fed raised its benchmark rate by a half-percentage point and signaled additional large rate hikes to come. Some fear the economy could slide into recession next year.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Still, several trends are driving Americans' spending, including rising pay, savings amassed during the pandemic and a rebound in credit card use. Those savings and continued wage gains, economists say, could fuel healthy spending throughout this year. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Consumers have been shifting much of their spending away from appliances, electronics and exercise equipment — the kinds of goods many splurged on early in the pandemic while hunkered down at home — to travel, entertainment and other services. The intensity of that shift has caught many retailers off guard and contributed to some negative earnings reports. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Brian Cornell, Target's CEO, said that chain “did not expect to see the dramatic shift” in spending away from TVs, appliances and patio furniture and toward luggage, restaurant gift cards and other items that reflect Americans' increased desire to leave home and spend.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Southwest Airlines has said that surging demand for air travel will keep it profitable through this year. Though average fares jumped 32% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the carrier said it's seen no sign of curtailed demand.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"For many people, the opportunity to travel after two years of restrictions is outweighing the financial pressures of higher prices. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Mike and Marsha Dyslin, who live in San Jose, flew to Washington, D.C., last week to visit their daughter, Sarah, a graduate student at Georgetown University. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“She’s been out here at school for two years, and we haven’t visited the whole time because of COVID,\\\" Marsha Dyslin said. “Your priorities change.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"To save on gas, Mike Dyslin said they've been driving their Toyota Prius more than their SUV but otherwise haven't made major changes in their spending habits.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Soaring gas and food prices have led other consumers, though, to start pulling back. The national average cost of a gallon of gas has jumped to $4.59, up a painful 50%-plus from a year earlier, according to AAA.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Walmart has said its shoppers are visiting its gas stations more frequently but filling up less each time. And Kohl's last week reported a drop in the payment rate for its store cards after a year in which customers made sizable payments. Higher levels of card debt raise the risk of increased delinquencies. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Dan Gabel, a musician in Millbury, Massachusetts, has pared his entertainment spending as costs have soared far beyond what he earns. Gabel, a big-band leader and trombonist, is facing soaring prices not just for gas but also for many items he needs for work — from dry clearing band uniforms to lubricant for maintaining instruments to the cost of paper and ink to print music scores. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"To save money, Gabel, 33, and his partner, an opera singer, have dropped HBO and Netflix. Though the music gigs have been steady, Gabel now takes the train, if he can, rather than drive when he performs out of town. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“We're feeling the crunch,” Gabel said. “It's all these little things that do add up.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Nationally, though, the overall resilience of consumer spending illustrates a trend that can perpetuate inflation: Though people hate higher prices, they often keep paying them if their wages are also rising. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Inflation doesn’t cure itself,” said Laura Veldkamp, a finance professor at Columbia University. “If the prices of goods and wages rise together, then that doesn’t necessarily bring down demand.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Across the economy, median wages jumped 6% in April from a year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That was the largest increase since 1990, though it was below the inflation rate of 8.3%. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A surprisingly large portion of workers, though, are receiving pay gains that exceed inflation: About 45% did so in March compared with a year earlier, according to research by the Indeed Hiring Lab.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Nick Bunker and AnnElizabeth Konkel, economists at Indeed, called it “remarkable” that that figure was so high given the level of inflation. It shows, they said, how desperate many employers are to find and keep workers with unemployment just 3.6% and posted job openings near record highs. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Many other consumers have had to draw on their savings to keep spending. The national saving rate has fallen to about 6%, below pre-pandemic levels, after having reached 16.6% in 2020, the highest on records dating to 1948, and 12.7% in 2021.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"And with more Americans turning to credit cards for spending, household debt rose 8.2% in the first three months of this year compared with a year earlier. It was the biggest such increase since early 2008, when the economy was entering a recession. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Economists say, though, that overall debt hasn’t yet reached problematic levels. They estimate that households still have about $2 trillion in savings beyond what they would have had based on pre-pandemic trends. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"And Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, notes that household debt is equal to 86% of disposable income, sharply lower than its peak of 116% in 2008. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Never bet against the U.S. consumer,\\\" Ashworth said. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"D'Innocenzio reported from New York. 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Consumers as a whole are showing surprising resilience, not only sustaining their spending but increasing it even after adjusting for inflation. In April, the government said, retail sales outpaced inflation for a fourth straight month. It was a reassuring sign that consumers — the primary drivers of America’s economy — are still providing vital support and helping allay concerns that a recession might be near. Yet at the same time, there are signs that some people, especially in lower-income households, are starting to cut back, by shifting to lower-priced or alternative items or by skipping some purchases altogether as inflation shrinks their disposable income. Last week, for example, Walmart, which caters to price-conscious consumers, reported that more of them were favoring lower-cost store brands of lunch meat over pricier national brands and buying half-gallon cartons of milk rather than full gallons. Likewise, Kohl's, a mid-priced department store, said its customers were spending less on each visit.All of which has spotlighted a question floating over the economy: How long will consumers as a whole continue to spend at healthy levels — even if through gritted teeth — despite the pressures they're feeling from inflation near 40-year highs? The answer will be key to whether the nation can avoid a recession as the Federal Reserve moves to sharply raise borrowing rates.By most measures, consumers have downshifted from last year’s blowout spending, which was fueled by stimulus checks and other government aid after the brutal pandemic recession. This year, noted Michelle Meyer, chief U.S. economist at the MasterCard Economics Institute, steadily surging prices have dimmed Americans’ outlook for the economy. Even so, Meyer said, there is some cause for optimism.There’s still plenty of reasons to believe in the resilience of the consumer,” she said, pointing to America's robust job market and the solid pay increases many people are receiving. “There is a certain amount of frustration as they navigate the environment we’re in. But they’re still spending.”Consider that even while consumer sentiment as measured by the University of Michigan plunged nearly 30% over the past year, Americans’ spending outran inflation during that time. Economists at Michigan noted that there has been a “historic disconnect” between sentiment and actual consumer behavior. Some economists warn that steady consumer spending won't likely last in the face of the Fed's aggressive credit tightening. And if consumer spending does stay strong, the Fed might eventually have to jack up rates even further to cool the economy and slow inflation. Earlier this month, in its quest to quell inflation, the Fed raised its benchmark rate by a half-percentage point and signaled additional large rate hikes to come. Some fear the economy could slide into recession next year.Still, several trends are driving Americans' spending, including rising pay, savings amassed during the pandemic and a rebound in credit card use. Those savings and continued wage gains, economists say, could fuel healthy spending throughout this year. Consumers have been shifting much of their spending away from appliances, electronics and exercise equipment — the kinds of goods many splurged on early in the pandemic while hunkered down at home — to travel, entertainment and other services. The intensity of that shift has caught many retailers off guard and contributed to some negative earnings reports. Brian Cornell, Target's CEO, said that chain “did not expect to see the dramatic shift” in spending away from TVs, appliances and patio furniture and toward luggage, restaurant gift cards and other items that reflect Americans' increased desire to leave home and spend.Southwest Airlines has said that surging demand for air travel will keep it profitable through this year. Though average fares jumped 32% in the first quarter from a year earlier, the carrier said it's seen no sign of curtailed demand.For many people, the opportunity to travel after two years of restrictions is outweighing the financial pressures of higher prices. Mike and Marsha Dyslin, who live in San Jose, flew to Washington, D.C. last week to visit their daughter, Sarah, a graduate student at Georgetown University. “She’s been out here at school for two years, and we haven’t visited the whole time because of COVID, Marsha Dyslin said. “Your priorities change.” To save on gas, Mike Dyslin said they've been driving their Toyota Prius more than their SUV but otherwise haven't made major changes in their spending habits.Soaring gas and food prices have led other consumers, though, to start pulling back. The national average cost of a gallon of gas has jumped to $4.59, up a painful 50%-plus from a year earlier, according to AAA.Walmart has said its shoppers are visiting its gas stations more frequently but filling up less each time. And Kohl's last week reported a drop in the payment rate for its store cards after a year in which customers made sizable payments. Higher levels of card debt raise the risk of increased delinquencies. Dan Gabel, a musician in Millbury, Massachusetts, has pared his entertainment spending as costs have soared far beyond what he earns. Gabel, a big-band leader and trombonist, is facing soaring prices not just for gas but also for many items he needs for work — from dry clearing band uniforms to lubricant for maintaining instruments to the cost of paper and ink to print music scores. To save money, Gabel, 33, and his partner, an opera singer, have dropped HBO and Netflix. Though the music gigs have been steady, Gabel now takes the train, if he can, rather than drive when he performs out of town. “We're feeling the crunch,” Gabel said. “It's all these little things that do add up.”Nationally, though, the overall resilience of consumer spending illustrates a trend that can perpetuate inflation: Though people hate higher prices, they often keep paying them if their wages are also rising. “Inflation doesn’t cure itself,” said Laura Veldkamp, a finance professor at Columbia University. “If the prices of goods and wages rise together, then that doesn’t necessarily bring down demand.”Across the economy, median wages jumped 6% in April from a year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That was the largest increase since 1990, though it was below the inflation rate of 8.3%. A surprisingly large portion of workers, though, are receiving pay gains that exceed inflation: About 45% did so in March compared with a year earlier, according to research by the Indeed Hiring Lab.Nick Bunker and AnnElizabeth Konkel, economists at Indeed, called it “remarkable” that that figure was so high given the level of inflation. It shows, they said, how desperate many employers are to find and keep workers with unemployment just 3.6% and posted job openings near record highs. Many other consumers have had to draw on their savings to keep spending. The national saving rate has fallen to about 6%, below pre-pandemic levels, after having reached 16.6% in 2020, the highest on records dating to 1948, and 12.7% in 2021.And with more Americans turning to credit cards for spending, household debt rose 8.2% in the first three months of this year compared with a year earlier. It was the biggest such increase since early 2008, when the economy was entering a recession. Economists say, though, that overall debt hasn’t yet reached problematic levels. They estimate that households still have about $2 trillion in savings beyond what they would have had based on pre-pandemic trends. And Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics, notes that household debt is equal to 86% of disposable income, sharply lower than its peak of 116% in 2008. “Never bet against the U.S. consumer, Ashworth said. ____D'Innocenzio reported from New York. 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Many were sixth graders. Another school counselor in Massachusetts tells of a high school student who spent two weeks in a hospital emergency room before he could get an inpatient bed in a psychiatric unit.For many schools, last weekend’s shooting rampage in Buffalo, carried out by an 18-year-old who had been flagged for making a threatening comment at his high school last year, prompted staff discussions on how they might respond differently. Robert Bardwell, director of school counseling for Tantasqua Regional High School in Fiskdale, Massachusetts, said the shooting in upstate New York shaped how he handled a threat assessment this week. He told staff, “Dot our i’s, cross our t’s because I don’t want to be on the news in a year, or five years, saying that the school didn’t do something that we should have to prevent this.”A surge in student mental health needs, combined with staff shortages and widespread episodes of misbehavior and violence, has put extraordinary strain on school counselors and psychologists. The Buffalo shooting highlights their concerns over their ability to support students and adequately screen those who might show potential for violence.When the accused shooter in Buffalo, Payton Gendron, was asked in spring 2021 by a teacher at his Binghamton, New York, high school about his plans after graduation, he responded that he wanted to commit a murder-suicide, according to law enforcement. The comment resulted in state police being called and a mental health evaluation at a hospital, where he claimed he was joking and was cleared to attend his graduation.“I get that schools are still safe. And I believe that,” said Bardwell, who is also executive director of the Massachusetts School Counselors Association. “But it also feels like there’s more and more kids that are struggling. And some of those kids who struggle might do bad things.”Childhood depression and anxiety were on the rise for years before the pandemic, experts say, and the school closures and broader social lockdowns during the pandemic exacerbated the problems. The return to in-person classes has been accompanied by soaring numbers of school shootings, according to experts who say disputes are ending in gunfire as more students bring weapons to school. Teachers say disrespect and defiance have increased. Tempers are shorter and flaring faster. “The tagline I would go with is the kids are not all right,” said Erich Merkle, a psychologist for Akron Public Schools in Ohio, a district of about 21,000 students that he said is dealing with an increase in student depression, anxiety, suicidality and substance use, as well as aggression and violence, among other behavioral problems. “I can tell you that therapists are struggling.”Many parents had hoped that as classrooms reopened, the troubles of distance learning would fade away. But it quickly became clear that the prolonged isolation and immersion in screens and social media had lasting effects. Schools have become a stage where the pandemic’s ripple effects are playing out.School staff is “100% taxed,” said Jennifer Correnti, director of school counseling at Harrison High School in New Jersey, where counselors have been under strain as they help students acclimate after two school years of pandemic learning disruptions. “Everybody. Administrators, staff. Like, there’s no one that’s escaping. There is no one leaving school feeling amazed every day.”Suicide risk assessments, in particular, are up sharply. The 15-year counselor says she has done as many of them in the past three years as she did in the 12 years prior.She and Merkle both said that they use mass shootings like the one in Buffalo, and another one in which a 15-year-old shot four classmates in Michigan, to discuss how they would have responded. At Livingston Middle School in rural central California, counselors have conducted suicide prevention lessons in classrooms for years. Pre-pandemic, the lessons would result in about 30 students saying they wanted to see a counselor, said Alma Lopez, the district’s counselor coordinator and one of two counselors at the middle school. “This year I got 200 kids, which is a quarter of our student population,” she said. “That is such a huge number. I can’t see 200 kids every week. That is just impossible.”Many of the kids seeking help were sixth graders with issues related to friendships, she said. Quickly, school staffers made changes, holding as many one-on-one sessions as they could, providing more group lessons on mental health, and putting flyers in every classroom with the suicide prevention hotline number. They brought back as many activities, clubs and assemblies as they could to help kids connect. And Lopez said she is constantly reminding her district that more support is needed, a plea echoed by her peers nationwide.Most states are struggling with mental health support in schools, according to a recent report from the Hopeful Futures Campaign, a coalition of national mental health organizations. In some states, including West Virginia, Missouri, Texas and Georgia, there is only one school psychologist for over 4,000 students, the report says. Lopez oversees a caseload of about 400 students at her school in Livingston, California — far more than the ratio recommended by the American School Counselor Association of one counselor for every 250 students. “It’s a huge strain right now,” she said. Many students in her school are the children of farmworkers in a community that was hit hard by COVID-19 infections and deaths. She worries about missing something important. “I think a lot can get lost,” she said. “If we don’t intervene in time, the issues that come with grief are going to be compounded in a big way to create additional challenges.”Lopez and other counselors convened a discussion early last week on how to help students process fears related to the Buffalo shooting and whether it was safe to go to the supermarket.Federal relief money has helped address shortages of mental health professionals at some schools, although some have struggled to find qualified hires or used the aid to train existing staff. The challenges are compounded by an increase in gun violence on school grounds, said David Riedman, a criminologist and co-founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database, which keeps a national tally of instances when a gun is fired at schools.According to that tally, there were 249 shootings in K-12 schools in 2021, more than twice the number in any year since 2018, when Riedman began the database. So far this year, there have been 122 shootings. There is also a notable difference from previous years, he said: Many of the incidents were not planned attacks, but typical disputes that ended in gunfire.Mental health specialists outside of schools have been feeling the strain, as well, said Bardwell, referring to his student with a history of mental illness and who spent two weeks this year in an ER waiting to be admitted for psychiatric care. It highlights the country’s broken health care system, he said, and shows the state does not have enough residential mental health capacity, especially for adolescents.Richard Tench, a counselor at St. Albans High School in West Virginia, said it’s impossible to refer students who need outside counseling to therapists in his area. “All our referrals are full. We are wait-listed,” he said. “If the referrals are full, where do we turn?”___The Associated Press education team receives support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. 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Marc Blair, Parris Island’s environmental director, describes this strategy as “the art of the small,” a phrase he attributes to the base’s commanding general, Brig. Gen. Julie Nethercot. In practice, it means such things as raising a culvert that needs to be repaired anyway, limiting development in low-lying areas and adding floodproofing measures to firing range upgrades.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Others advocate much larger and more expensive solutions, such as building huge seawalls around the base, or moving Marine Corps training away from the coast altogether.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Parris Island has an outsized role in military lore and American pop culture as a proving ground for Marines who have served in every major conflict since World War I. It remains a crucial training ground, along with Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. 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(AP) — Rising seas are encroaching on one of America’s most storied military installations, where thousands of recruits are molded into Marines each year amid the salt marshes of South Carolina’s Lowcountry region. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island is particularly vulnerable to flooding, coastal erosion and other impacts of climate change, a Defense Department-funded “resiliency review” noted last month. Some scientists project that by 2099, three-quarters of the island could be under water during high tides each day.Military authorities say they're confident they can keep the second-oldest Marine Corps base intact, for now, through small-scale changes to existing infrastructure projects. Maj. Marc Blair, Parris Island’s environmental director, describes this strategy as “the art of the small,” a phrase he attributes to the base’s commanding general, Brig. Gen. Julie Nethercot. In practice, it means such things as raising a culvert that needs to be repaired anyway, limiting development in low-lying areas and adding floodproofing measures to firing range upgrades.Others advocate much larger and more expensive solutions, such as building huge seawalls around the base, or moving Marine Corps training away from the coast altogether.Parris Island has an outsized role in military lore and American pop culture as a proving ground for Marines who have served in every major conflict since World War I. It remains a crucial training ground, along with Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. But the rising sea is proving to be a formidable enemy.Salt marsh makes up more than half of the base’s 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares), and the depot's highest point, by the fire station, is just 13 feet (4 meters) above sea level. It is linked to the mainland by a single road that’s already susceptible to flooding. Low-lying areas on the island and the nearby Marine Corps air station already flood about ten times a year, and by 2050, the currently flood-prone areas within both bases could experience tidal flooding more than 300 times annually and be underwater nearly 30 percent of the year given the highest scenario,” according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. Military reports have for decades acknowledged threats from climate change to national security, as wildfires, hurricanes and floods have prompted evacuations and damaged bases. A Pentagon document published last fall, after President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to revamp their climate resilience plans, says the Department of Defense now has “a comprehensive approach to building climate-ready installations and cites an adaptation and resilience study undertaken by Parris Island.But day-to-day disruptions are growing, from nuisance flooding on roads to rising temperatures and higher humidity that when combined, limit the human body's ability to cool down with sweat. Those wetter, hotter days could limit outdoor training. Already, more than 500 people on Parris Island suffered from heat stroke and heat exhaustion between 2016 and 2020, putting the base among the top ten U.S. military installations for heat illnesses, according to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch.All the training that happens at Parris Island could be technically replicated on cooler, drier land somewhere else, said retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, who served as commanding general at the base from 1999 to 2001. But Cheney doesn’t foresee any appetite in Congress for closing the base and relocating its mission to less risky ground, which means the government needs to start investing in structural solutions to protect its crucial components such as the firing ranges near the water, he said in an interview with The Associated Press. Spending millions to build seawalls would be cheaper than spending billions to rebuild the base after a devastating hurricane, Cheney reasons.Parris Island has so far been spared the direct hits that have caused billions in damage to other military installations, but it has been evacuated twice in the last five years for hurricanes, which hit South Carolina every eight years, on average.In 2018, Hurricane Florence pummeled North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune, washing away the beach used by Marines for training, destroying buildings and displacing personnel. A month later, Hurricane Michael tore through Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida, devastating airplane hangars and causing $3 billion in damage.Those disasters should serve as cautionary tales for Parris Island, argues Cheney. But there is no grand overhaul currently planned -- no concrete bulkheads or other seawalls that could dramatically revise the post's visual character, no master plan to raise buildings all at once. Hurricane planning is focused on protecting life and preserving the equipment and buildings necessary to limit training disruptions, said Col. William Truax, the depot's director of installations and logistics. “We’re not taking on any major projects because we’ve not experienced a major threat to what we have to do here,” Truax said. “To be honest, these old brick buildings aren’t going anywhere.”Parris Island also depends on the resilience of communities just off the base. 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The base also works with environmental groups to support living shoreline projects, building up coastal oyster reefs to strengthen natural buffers to floods and hurricanes. “The waters will recede,” said Blair, the environmental director. “The more resilient we make this place, the quicker we can get back to making Marines.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"32.3281","longitude":"-80.6915","name":"Parris Island,United States","city":"Hilton Head"},"keywords":"Marine Corps,Cheney,South Carolina,Marine Corps Recruit Depot,Defense Department,Parris Island,PARRIS ISLAND,America,Marc Blair,Julie Nethercot","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-21T13:21:20.723626+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"puzHTwBz8Sw3","slug":"english/covid-19-shootings-is-mass-death-now-tolerated-in-america","title":"COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Buffalo-Supermarket_Shooting-Accepting_Death_59565_polh8WJ0v.jpg","coverCaption":"FILE - A person pays his respects at a makeshift memorial outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. 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The number, once unthinkable, is now an irreversible reality in the United States — like the persistent reality of gun violence that kills tens of thousands of people a year.Americans have always tolerated high rates of death among certain segments of society. But the sheer numbers of deaths from preventable causes, and the apparent acceptance that no policy change is on the horizon, raises the question: Has mass death become accepted in America?“I think the evidence is unmistakable and quite clear. We will tolerate an enormous amount of carnage, suffering and death in the U.S. because we have over the past two years. We have over our history,” says Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist and professor at Yale who was a leading member of the AIDS advocacy group ACT UP.“If I thought the AIDS epidemic was bad, the American response to COVID-19 has sort of ... it’s a form of the American grotesque, right?” Gonsalves says. “Really — a million people are dead? And you’re going to talk to me about your need to get back to normal, when for the most part most of us have been living pretty reasonable lives for the past six months?”Certain communities have always borne the brunt of higher death rates. There are profound racial and class inequalities in the United States, and our tolerance of death is partly based on who is at risk, says Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, a sociology professor who studies mortality at the University of Minnesota.“Some people’s deaths matter a lot more than others,” she laments. “I think that’s what we’re seeing in this really brutal way with this coincidence of timing.”In Buffalo, the alleged shooter was a racist bent on killing Black people, according to authorities. The family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 people killed, channeled the grief and frustration of millions as they demanded action.“You expect us to keep doing this over and over and over again — over again, forgive and forget,” her son, former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield, Jr. said. “While people we elect and trust in offices around this country do their best not to protect us, not to consider us equal.”That sense — that politicians have done little even as the violence repeats itself – is shared by many Americans. It’s a feeling encapsulated by the “thoughts and prayers” offered to victims of gun violence by politicians unwilling to change policies, according to Martha Lincoln, an anthropology professor at San Francisco State University.“I don’t think that most Americans feel good about it. I think most Americans would like to see real action from their leaders in the culture about these pervasive issues,” says Lincoln, who sees a similar “political vacuum” around COVID-19.With COVID-19, American society has even come to accept the deaths of children from a preventable cause. Pediatrician Dr. Mark W. Kline wrote in a guest column for The Advocate newspaper that more than 1,500 children have died from COVID-19, and recalled a time in pediatrics when “children were not supposed to die.”“There was no acceptable pediatric body count,” he wrote. “At least, not before the first pandemic of the social media age, COVID-19, changed everything.”Gun violence is such a part of life in America now that we organize our lives around its inevitability, says Sonali Rajan, a Columbia University professor who researches school violence. Children do lockdown drills at school. And in about half the states, Rajan says, teachers can carry firearms. She notes that an estimated 100,000 people are shot annually and some 40,000 will die.She sees similar dynamics in the current response to COVID-19. Americans, she says, “deserve to be able to commute to work without getting sick, or work somewhere without getting sick, or send their kids to school without them getting sick.”It’s important, she says, to ask what policies are being put forth by elected officials who have the power to “attend to the health and the well-being of their constituents.”“It’s remarkable how that responsibility has been sort of abdicated, is how I would describe it,” Rajan says.The level of concern about deaths often depends on context, says Rajiv Sethi, an economics professor at Barnard College. He points to a rare but dramatic event such as an airplane crash, which does seem to matter to people. Sethi notes there are more suicides from guns in America than there are homicides, an estimated 24,000 gun suicides compared with 19,000 homicides. But even though there are policy proposals that could help within the bounds of the Second Amendment, he says, the debate on guns is politically entrenched, causing “paralysis.”“It divides us when people think that there’s nothing they can do,” says Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University’s School of Public Health. Ranney points to false narratives spread by bad actors, such as denying that the deaths were preventable, or suggesting those who die deserved it. There is an emphasis in the United States on individual responsibility for one’s health, Ranney says.“It’s not that we put less value on an individual life, but rather we’re coming up against the limits of that approach,” she says. In truth, she says, any individual's death or disability affects the community.Similar debates happened in the last century about child labor laws, worker protections and reproductive rights, while in the 1980s during the AIDS crisis, there a lack of political will to address it in an environment where anti-gay discrimination was rampant. Wrigley-Field notes activists were able to mobilize a movement that forced people to change the way they thought and forced politicians to change the way they operated.“I don’t think that those things are off the table now. It’s just that it’s not really clear if they’re going to emerge,” Wrigley-Field says. “I don’t think giving up is a permanent state of affairs. 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Most arresting is the spark in her eyes when she discusses her mission of keeping alive the culture of South Africa's Ndebele people.“My work is a celebration of my culture, the Ndebele culture, and it makes me proud to see it taken around the world. People can see it in Africa, in Europe, in America, and they can say it is beautiful. It is Ndebele,” Mahlangu said recently, speaking in the Ndebele language through an interpreter while sitting by an evening fire at her homestead.“We must teach our young people where they come from, what culture they come from. They must be proud of their culture and pass it on to their children and grandchildren. That's what we must do.”South Africa’s Ndebele people, one of several ethnic groups of the country’s 60 million people, largely live in northeastern parts of South Africa and are known for their distinctive decorations and dress. 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A suspect has been arrested and Mahlangu is still recovering from the trauma, said family members.Now frail in her mid-80s, Mahlangu nonetheless responded enthusiastically to a troupe of athletic Ndebele dancers who visited her home recently and she joined them for a brief, spirited shuffle.Although Mahlangu is no longer painting, she champions Ndebele culture from her home. “What’s notable about mam’ Esther’s work is most definitely the colors and the way in which she’s able to symmetrically make the colors come alive and not make it feel like ... an assault on one’s eyes, Ruzy Rusike, a curator at the Melrose Gallery in Johannesburg, which represents Mahlangu. “I think that goes back into her own understanding of spiritually what colors mean when they see (them), but also what contemporary colors mean now,” said Rusike. “In the sense that now we’ve got very vibrant reds, vibrant orange, whereas before she was working more with a how do I explain it? 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The so-called documented dreamers, who are estimated to be about 250,000, grew up legally in the US but risk deportation when they turn 21. We look forward to seeing positive policy change, both administrative and legislative, to end aging out, said Improve the Dream, a youth-led grassroots organization that is fighting for the cause of the documented dreamers. Early this week, a large representative group of Improve the Dream met Betsy Lawrence, Deputy Assistant to the President for Immigration, and Erika L. Moritsugu, Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander. Though these children have been coming to Washington DC for the past few years, this is for the first time that senior White House officials have met them. I really appreciated meeting the White House officials who took time out of their day to come and listen to our stories and were willing to help us. I enjoyed meeting them and would like to thank them for all they have done to help us. As the first group in our situation to meet White House officials at the White house, it was a surreal experience and one that I will not forget, said Sri Harini Kundu. Harini came to America when he was seven years old and since then has lived in three US states of Texas, New Jersey and currently in North Carolina. He will turn 23 in September this year. I am currently in a F1 student visa status and will have to self-deport once I finish my education. I am about to graduate in Fall 2022 with a bachelors in psychology from the University of North For years, I felt like I was forgotten by the government. Because I was able to share my experiences of being a documented dreamer who aged out and having my family separated, I finally felt like I was being heard. The Biden administration seems to be very empathetic to the hardships that thousands of us face every year. 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Through their advocacy, they have spread across the Capitol Chambers meeting with senators and representatives from Indiana, Florida, Iowa, and more, he said. Over 250,000 children and young adults are living in the United States as dependents of long-term nonimmigrant visa holders (including H-1B, L-1, E-1, and E-2 workers). These individuals grow up in the United States, attend American schools, and graduate from American universities. Because they have maintained legal status, documented dreamers are not eligible for protection under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or the work authorization that comes with it. Last July, several lawmakers introduced the bipartisan America's Children Act in the House and the Senate. 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Greek media reports say he died in a French hospital while being treated for COVID-19. The musician had a long career in European pop music followed his 1970s solo albums that brought him into global limelight and gave him the key to film music. Also Read | Who was Rosmarie Trapp, ‘Sound of Music’ family’s eldest dead at 93?,He became prominent in America after the use of a track from his 1975 album “Heaven and Hell” as the theme for Carl Sagan’s 1980 PBS series “Cosmos.”,However, he attained global fame for the 1981 film “Chariots of Fire.” After producer David Puttnam heared Vangelis’s music for the French nature documentary “Opera Sauvage” and the studio album “China,” he picked him. Vangelis performed all of the instruments, including synthesizer, piano, drums and percussion. After his Oscar win, Ridley Scott hired him for his science-fiction film “Blade Runner” and Costa-Gavras engaged him for the Jack Lemmon drama “Missing,” both in 1982 and both nominated for BAFTA awards. The Mel GIbson remake of “The Bounty” followed in 1984. He also did scores for historical dramas such included Ridley Scott’s “1492: Conquest of Paradise” (1992) and Oliver Stone’s “Alexander” (2004). Also Read | Who was Maggie Peterson, actor dead at 81?,Vangelis was born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou on March 29, 1943. Vangelis composed for the Greek theater (“Elektra,” 1983, and “Medea,” 1992, both with Irene Papas), for ballets in London (“Modern Prometheus,” 1985, and “Beauty and the Beast,” 1986), and for documentaries by undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau (“Rediscover the World,” 1992).","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Vangelis,Blade Runner,Greek,French,Chariots of Fire,the Athens News Agency,European,America,Carl Sagan,PBS,“Chariots of Fire,David Puttnam,“Opera Sauvage”,China,Oscar","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-19T20:50:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"7SOiMgR4U2lN","slug":"english/explainer-esg-investing-and-the-debate-surrounding-it","title":"EXPLAINER: ESG investing and the debate surrounding it","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Financial_Markets_Wall_Street_14300_blTNAojxi.jpg","coverCaption":"A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, May 19, 2022. 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The ESG industry says it helps highlight companies that may be riskier than traditional investing guidelines alone would suggest. It could also help investors find better opportunities. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"ESG has become popular across a wide range of investors, from smaller-pocketed regular people to pension funds responsible for the retirements of millions of workers. 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This is a wide-ranging category that focuses on a company's relationships with people, both within it and outside. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Investors measuring a company's social impact often look at whether pay is fair and working conditions are good through the rank and file, for example, because that can lead to better retention of employees, lower turnover costs and ultimately better profits. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Others consider a company's record on data protection and privacy, where lax protocols could lead to leaks that drive customers away. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Increasingly, companies are also getting called upon to take positions on big social issues, such as abortion or the Black Lives Matter movement. 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U.S. sustainable funds attracted a net $10.6 billion in the first three months of 2022, down 26% from the prior quarter, according to Morningstar. But that still outperformed the overall U.S. fund industry, which saw flows slump by 65%. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"IS IT JUST MILLENNIALS DOING IT?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"No, the vast majority of money in ESG investments comes from huge investors like endowments at universities and foundations, pension funds and other big institutional investors. They accounted for 72% of all ESG investments, according to US SIF.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WHAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING? \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"ESG investors are pushing for more engagement with companies, discussing their concerns about the environment, social issues and governance. 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Early funds would just promise not to own stocks of tobacco companies, gun makers, or other companies seen as distasteful.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"AND THE BACKLASH?\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some politicians have denounced ESG as a politicization of investing.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some in the business world also have been particularly critical of rating agencies that try to boil complex issues down to simple ESG scores. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted earlier this week. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"That tweet, along with a meme equating ESG scores to “how compliant your business is with the leftist agenda,” came a couple of weeks after Tesla got kicked out of the S\u0026P 500 ESG index. The index tries to hold only companies with better ESG scores within each industry, while holding similar amounts of energy stocks, tech stocks and other sectors as the broader S\u0026P 500 index.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"So, Exxon Mobil could remain in the S\u0026P 500 ESG index, even if it’s pulling fossil fuels from the ground to burn, because it rates better than peer energy companies. Tesla, meanwhile, got the boot partly because of ESG issues unrelated to the environment. S\u0026P Dow Jones Indices cited Tesla’s potential for controversial incidents, highlighting past claims of racial discrimination at the company and its handling of the investigation into deaths linked to its vehicles equipped with its autopilot autonomous driving system. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"ARE THOSE THE ONLY CONTROVERSIES? \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"No. Any boom brings in opportunists, and regulators have warned of some potentially misleading statements. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"That could include firms claiming to be ESG-driven but owning shares in companies with low ESG scores. It’s reminiscent of how products along supermarket aisles get accused of “greenwashing,” or pitching their wares as “green” even if they’re not.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Part of that could be how big the ESG industry has become, with some players taking a lighter touch.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some funds pledge not to own stocks of any companies seen as dangerous, for example. Others will try to own only companies that get the highest ratings from scorekeepers on ESG issues. 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To use an ESG approach is to consider a company's performance on environmental and other measures before deciding whether to invest in it. The ESG industry says it helps highlight companies that may be riskier than traditional investing guidelines alone would suggest. It could also help investors find better opportunities. ESG has become popular across a wide range of investors, from smaller-pocketed regular people to pension funds responsible for the retirements of millions of workers. ESG investments overall have amassed enough monetary might to buy all of the stock of the most valuable U.S. company, Apple, seven times over.To critics, meanwhile, ESG is just the latest example of the world trying to get “woke.” Here’s a look at what ESG is and how big it’s become: WHAT IS ESG? It's an acronym, with each of the letters describing an additional lens that some investors use to decide whether a particular stock or bond looks like a good buy. Before risking their money, both traditional and ESG investors look at how much revenue a company is bringing in, how much profit it's making and what the prospects are for the future.ESG investors then layer on a few more specific considerations. WHAT IS E? Environment. It can pay to avoid companies with poor records on the environment, the thinking goes, because they may be at greater risk of big fines from regulators. Or their businesses could be at particular risk of getting upended by future government attempts to protect the environment. Such risks may not be exposed by traditional investment analysis, which could lead to too-high stock prices, ESG advocates say. On the flip side, measuring a company's environmental awareness could also unearth companies that could be better positioned for the future. Companies that care about climate change may be better prepared for its repercussions, whether that means potential flooding damage at factory sites or the risks of increased wildfires. WHAT IS S?Social. This is a wide-ranging category that focuses on a company's relationships with people, both within it and outside. Investors measuring a company's social impact often look at whether pay is fair and working conditions are good through the rank and file, for example, because that can lead to better retention of employees, lower turnover costs and ultimately better profits. Others consider a company's record on data protection and privacy, where lax protocols could lead to leaks that drive customers away. Increasingly, companies are also getting called upon to take positions on big social issues, such as abortion or the Black Lives Matter movement. Some ESG investors encourage this, saying companies' employees and customers want to hear it. Not every ESG investor considers all these factors, but they all get lumped in together under the “S” umbrella. WHAT IS G?Governance, which essentially means the company is running itself well.That includes tying executives' pay to the company's performance, whether that's defined by the stock price, profits or something else, and having strong, independent directors on the board to act as a powerful check on CEOs. Some ESG investors are also pushing companies for more diversity on their boards and in their executive suites. That's to help them look more like their employees and their customers, which can lead to better decision-making and a better understanding of stakeholders. HOW BIG A DEAL IS ESG?Investors using ESG criteria in their analysis controlled $16.6 trillion in U.S.-domiciled assets at the start of 2020, according to the most recent count by US SIF, a trade group representing the sustainable and responsible investing industry. That means ESG accounted for nearly $1 of every $3 in all U.S. assets under professional management. It was also up 43% over just two years, from $11.6 trillion in 2018.With stock and bond markets tumbling so far this year, the flow of dollars into ESG funds has slowed. U.S. sustainable funds attracted a net $10.6 billion in the first three months of 2022, down 26% from the prior quarter, according to Morningstar. But that still outperformed the overall U.S. fund industry, which saw flows slump by 65%. IS IT JUST MILLENNIALS DOING IT?No, the vast majority of money in ESG investments comes from huge investors like endowments at universities and foundations, pension funds and other big institutional investors. They accounted for 72% of all ESG investments, according to US SIF.WHAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING? ESG investors are pushing for more engagement with companies, discussing their concerns about the environment, social issues and governance. They're also casting their votes at annual shareholder meetings with ESG issues more in mind. Last year a relatively small fund known as Engine No. 1 shocked corporate America after it convinced some of Wall Street's biggest investment firms to approve its proposal to replace three directors on Exxon Mobil's board, citing a decarbonizing world. Investors have also pushed Royal Caribbean Cruises to document how much food waste it produces and Starbucks to no longer pay long-term performance awards in cash rather than stock. It’s all an evolution from the industry’s early days, when “socially responsible” investing was quite simplistic. Early funds would just promise not to own stocks of tobacco companies, gun makers, or other companies seen as distasteful.AND THE BACKLASH?Some politicians have denounced ESG as a politicization of investing.Some in the business world also have been particularly critical of rating agencies that try to boil complex issues down to simple ESG scores. “ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted earlier this week. That tweet, along with a meme equating ESG scores to “how compliant your business is with the leftist agenda,” came a couple of weeks after Tesla got kicked out of the S\u0026P 500 ESG index. The index tries to hold only companies with better ESG scores within each industry, while holding similar amounts of energy stocks, tech stocks and other sectors as the broader S\u0026P 500 index.So, Exxon Mobil could remain in the S\u0026P 500 ESG index, even if it’s pulling fossil fuels from the ground to burn, because it rates better than peer energy companies. Tesla, meanwhile, got the boot partly because of ESG issues unrelated to the environment. S\u0026P Dow Jones Indices cited Tesla’s potential for controversial incidents, highlighting past claims of racial discrimination at the company and its handling of the investigation into deaths linked to its vehicles equipped with its autopilot autonomous driving system. ARE THOSE THE ONLY CONTROVERSIES? No. Any boom brings in opportunists, and regulators have warned of some potentially misleading statements. That could include firms claiming to be ESG-driven but owning shares in companies with low ESG scores. It’s reminiscent of how products along supermarket aisles get accused of “greenwashing,” or pitching their wares as “green” even if they’re not.Part of that could be how big the ESG industry has become, with some players taking a lighter touch.Some funds pledge not to own stocks of any companies seen as dangerous, for example. Others will try to own only companies that get the highest ratings from scorekeepers on ESG issues. Still others try to buy only companies that score the best within their specific industry, even if the score is very low overall.Such nuance can make for confusion among investors trying to find the right ESG fund for them. ___AP Writer Sam Metz contributed from Salt Lake City.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"40.7143","longitude":"-74.006","name":"New York,United States","city":"New York City"},"keywords":"U.S.,Elon Musk,NEW YORK,Apple,America,Exxon Mobil's,Royal Caribbean Cruises,Tesla,Exxon Mobil,Sam Metz","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-19T18:24:26.050404+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"zKgeJL1yQfp0","slug":"english/lo-van-pham-honored-to-be-first-asian-american-official","title":"Lo van Pham honored to be first Asian American official","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/NFL-New_Official_Football_34041_ALPFtu8ha.jpg","coverCaption":"In this Dec. 29, 2018 photo provided by Lo van Pham, from left, line judge Derek Anderson, referee Mike Defee and side judge Lo van Pham pose for a photo before the Peach Bowl NCAA college football game in Atlanta. Lo van Pham’s journey to the NFL began when he fell in love with sports upon arriving in Texas after living in refugee camps with his family. More than 40 years later, van Pham is set to become the first Asian American to officiate in the NFL. 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Are you crazy? You got better things to do on a Saturday and Sunday.’ \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"\\\"I actually love this. This is what I grew up playing, and I just absolutely love the game. And from there, it just made me want to get better.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Van Pham attended officiating clinics and camps after moving back to Texas from Colorado. He trained with a high school association and developed his skills as an official.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Van Pham joins the NFL from the Big 12 Conference. He’ll work as a side judge while maintaining his day job because officials aren’t full-time employees. Van Pham’s background is civil structure engineering.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Since being in Power Five football, most of my friends seem to think that football is really my full-time job, and my real job is my part-time job,” he said. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The NFL has 121 on-field game officials, 49 of them are women or minorities.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Being a dad is van Pham's favorite job; he and his wife, Kelly, have two sons ages 7 and 2. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“They keep me humble,” he said. “They remind me of what my job is that’s No. 1, be a father. That’s the most important thing to be a father and to be a great husband.”\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"NFL","slug":"nfl","id":"Y21nvverEuLo"},{"name":"Texas","slug":"texas","id":"5XE2gabHzcdC"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Thailand","slug":"thailand","id":"5yIqpMCqnSui"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-19T18:00:16.117941+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"fcb420fdf09dbf","cleanText":"Lo van Pham’s journey to the NFL began when he fell in love with sports upon arriving in Texas after living in refugee camps with his family.More than 40 years later, van Pham is set to become the first Asian American to officiate in the NFL.“I never dreamed about being the first of anything,” van Pham said on the AP Pro Football Podcast. “It’s just a great honor. People reaching out to me, reminding me of how special this is, and I just want to do the right thing and carry whatever message I need to carry to represent not only our Asian culture and Asian friends, but also really to represent all minorities, whether Middle Eastern, just different backgrounds, different people that are out there. I want to communicate to convey the fact that if you work hard, prepare yourself, commit and do the things that you can control, your desires and your passion will carry you to the next level in whatever endeavor you choose.”Before he was introduced to football in America, van Pham and his parents and two brothers survived traveling the jungles of South Vietnam and bounced around refugee camps in Laos, Thailand and the Philippines for about three years. He was too young to remember much of that experience, but his parents filled him in as he got older.“They were telling me how, obviously, filthy it was, how dirty it was,” van Pham said. “But other than that, I remember my first night here in America we stayed in a kind of a makeshift hospital where they boarded us for the first few weeks until we got our feet on the ground.”Van Pham, 49, grew up surrounded by Dallas Cowboys fans in Amarillo, Texas. He started playing football as a kid and continued through high school. He turned to officiating to stay connected to the sport while pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Colorado.“When I signed up for it, it was kind of out of boredom and out of love for the game,” he said. “I remember telling my friends what I was doing, their first comment: ‘Are you nuts? Are you crazy? You got better things to do on a Saturday and Sunday.’ I actually love this. This is what I grew up playing, and I just absolutely love the game. And from there, it just made me want to get better.”Van Pham attended officiating clinics and camps after moving back to Texas from Colorado. He trained with a high school association and developed his skills as an official.Van Pham joins the NFL from the Big 12 Conference. He’ll work as a side judge while maintaining his day job because officials aren’t full-time employees. Van Pham’s background is civil structure engineering.“Since being in Power Five football, most of my friends seem to think that football is really my full-time job, and my real job is my part-time job,” he said. The NFL has 121 on-field game officials, 49 of them are women or minorities.Being a dad is van Pham's favorite job; he and his wife, Kelly, have two sons ages 7 and 2. “They keep me humble,” he said. “They remind me of what my job is that’s No. 1, be a father. That’s the most important thing to be a father and to be a great husband.”___More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://apnews.com/hub/pro-32 and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Lo van Pham,van Pham,NFL,Texas,America,Lo van Pham’s,the AP Pro Football Podcast,South Vietnam,Laos,Thailand","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-19T18:00:15.382234+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"j6CR6Bf9bN6E","slug":"english/senate-readies-final-congressional-ok-of-40b-ukraine-aid","title":"Senate readies final congressional OK of $40B Ukraine aid","postType":1,"coverMedia":"","coverCaption":"","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-19T12:51:08.357752+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":null,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652964667.346592, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WASHINGTON (AP) — A $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies was on the cusp of Senate passage Thursday as both parties rallied behind America's latest, and quite possibly not last, financial salvo against Russia's invasion.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Thursday's planned vote would give final congressional approval to the package, three weeks after President Joe Biden requested a smaller $33 billion version. The House approved it last week after beefing up its defense and humanitarian expenditures, and Senate passage was not in doubt, though a modest group of America First-minded Republicans was expected to vote “no.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Biden's quick signature was certain as Russia's attack, which has mauled Ukraine's forces and cities, slogs into a fourth month with no obvious end ahead. That means more casualties and destruction in Ukraine, which has relied heavily on U.S. and Western assistance for its survival, especially advanced arms, with requests for more aid potentially looming. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday he was not confident this would be the final measure to help Ukraine. “They're doing the fighting, they're the ones getting killed, they're the ones struggling and suffering. 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He's contrasted it with the current shortage of infant formula — over which the Biden administration has little control — and complained European allies are not contributing enough.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Such arguments have found traction with some — but not all — Trump-friendly Republicans in Congress. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“It’s, you know, the world’s going to end if you don’t do anything here,\\\" said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., who said he would oppose the Ukraine measure. “I’m more worried about the trust fund going broke” that finances Medicare and another that pays for Social Security. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Braun said he's long pushed for bills that pay for themselves. Asked why saving $40 billion in this instance outweighed stopping Russia, he said, “Number one, it's going to pass.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Another conservative, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said that as costly as the measure is, the aid will protect U.S. national security and said, “If Putin wins, the consequences for America and American taxpayers will be hundreds of billions of dollars.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a moderate who has clashed with Trump, said in an interview that helping Ukraine defend itself ”is about as smart an investment as we could possibly make.” He added, “What does America First mean? It means that we should first be concerned about the interests of America. I totally agree.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The House approved the new bill last week by 368-57, with all “no” votes from Republicans. 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The House approved it last week after beefing up its defense and humanitarian expenditures, and Senate passage was not in doubt, though a modest group of America First-minded Republicans was expected to vote “no.”Biden's quick signature was certain as Russia's attack, which has mauled Ukraine's forces and cities, slogs into a fourth month with no obvious end ahead. That means more casualties and destruction in Ukraine, which has relied heavily on U.S. and Western assistance for its survival, especially advanced arms, with requests for more aid potentially looming. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. said Wednesday he was not confident this would be the final measure to help Ukraine. “They're doing the fighting, they're the ones getting killed, they're the ones struggling and suffering. The least we can do is give them the weaponry they need, he said. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. said Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion is “a dangerous spark to be stamped out before it succeeds or encourages other countries like China to launch attacks in their regions. Though he did not specifically address future aid for Ukraine, McConnell said countries should “stand shoulder to shoulder against authoritarian aggression” and said the U.S. must continue helping other allies upgrade their militaries. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. who's long had non-interventionist views, used procedural tactics to thwart Schumer and McConnell, who'd planned for Senate approval a week ago. In a personal criticism seen seldom on the Senate floor, Schumer on Wednesday called Paul's move “repugnant and said the delay, with passage inevitable, would “strengthen Putin's hand. McConnell, who last Saturday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a surprise visit to Kyiv, did not speak up in his fellow Kentucky Republican's defense. In a brief interview, Paul responded that it would be “repugnant to disparage “the democratic process as embodied in Senate rules that he was using. He called Schumer's comments “callous and careless.The legislation contains around $24 billion for weapons, equipment and military financing for Ukraine, restoring Pentagon stocks of arms sent to the region and paying for U.S. reinforcements sent there. The rest includes economic aid to keep Zelenskyy's government functioning, food programs for countries that rely on Ukraine's diminished crop production, refugee assistance and funds for Kyiv to investigate Russian war crimes. With the November elections for control of Congress in full swing, former President Donald Trump has criticized the $40 billion plan. He's contrasted it with the current shortage of infant formula — over which the Biden administration has little control — and complained European allies are not contributing enough.Such arguments have found traction with some — but not all — Trump-friendly Republicans in Congress. “It’s, you know, the world’s going to end if you don’t do anything here, said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. who said he would oppose the Ukraine measure. “I’m more worried about the trust fund going broke” that finances Medicare and another that pays for Social Security. Braun said he's long pushed for bills that pay for themselves. Asked why saving $40 billion in this instance outweighed stopping Russia, he said, “Number one, it's going to pass.”Another conservative, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said that as costly as the measure is, the aid will protect U.S. national security and said, “If Putin wins, the consequences for America and American taxpayers will be hundreds of billions of dollars.”Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a moderate who has clashed with Trump, said in an interview that helping Ukraine defend itself ”is about as smart an investment as we could possibly make.” He added, “What does America First mean? It means that we should first be concerned about the interests of America. I totally agree.”The House approved the new bill last week by 368-57, with all “no” votes from Republicans. The Senate gave it preliminary approval Monday by 88-11, with all 11 opponents from the GOP, and Thursday’s final passage was expected to largely replicate that. Congress approved an initial $13.6 billion measure in March. 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The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up slightly last week but the total number of Americans collecting benefits remained at its lowest level in more than five decades. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 203,000 for the week ending May 7, the Labor Department reported Thursday, May 12. (AP Photo/Nam Y. 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The increase in the Fed’s key rate raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point since the pandemic struck in March of 2020.\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington,United States"},"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"Washington","slug":"washington","id":"Fqv5l2w7tKCw"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-19T12:45:17.046023+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"bbc2631da25e28","cleanText":"WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits is at a 53-year low.Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 21,000 to 218,000 for the week ending May 14, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally track the number of layoffs.The four-week average for claims, which smooths out some of the weekly volatility, rose 8,250 from the previous week to 199,500.The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending May 7 fell again from the previous week, to 1,317,000. That’s the fewest since December 27, 1969.American workers are enjoying historically strong job security two years after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the economy into a short but devastating recession. Weekly applications for unemployment aid have been consistently below the pre-pandemic level of 225,000 for most of 2022, even as the overall economy contracted in the first quarter and concerns over inflation persist.Earlier this month, the government reported America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. Hiring gains have been strikingly consistent in the face of the worst inflation in four decades, with employers adding at least 400,000 jobs for 12 straight months.Inflation may be the only thing hotter than the U.S. job market. Last week, the government reported that U.S. producer prices soared 11% in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will remain a burden for consumers and businesses in the months ahead.Also last week, the government reported that inflation at the consumer level eased slightly in April after months of relentless increases but remained near a four-decade high. Consumer prices jumped 8.3% last month from a year ago, just below the 8.5% year-over-year surge in March, which was the highest since 1981.Earlier in May, the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come. 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Either to leave your family and self-deport to a country that you barely remember or to stay in the United States living, undocumented, in the shadows,” Padilla told reporters at a news conference here.Indian-American Congressman Dr Ami Bera said that documented dreamers were raised in America and they know this country as their only home. “Yet, they risk having to self-deport by the age of 21 because of backlogs in the immigration system. Congress must pass America’s Children Act to extend protections to these young people,” he said.More than 40 of these children, who have created the group “Improve the Dream” joined these lawmakers at the US Capitol press conference. “These talented young people have been left out of conversations about immigration reform for too long. We're ready to change that,” Congresswoman Ross said.“Documented Dreamers represent the very best of America. 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It was something closer to home: the racism and cultural misunderstandings inside America’s largest intelligence service.The NSA and other intelligence agencies held calls for their staff shortly after the death of George Floyd. As Gen. Paul Nakasone listened, one person described how they would try to speak up in meetings only to have the rest of the group keep talking over them. Another person, a Black man, spoke about how he had been counseled that his voice was too loud and intimidated co-workers. A third described how a co-worker addressed them with a racist slur. The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by Floyd's murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America's intelligence agencies. Publicly available data, published studies of its diversity programs, and interviews with retired officers indicate spy agencies have not lived up to years of commitments made by their top leaders, who often say diversity is a national security imperative. People of color remain underrepresented across the intelligence community and are less likely to be promoted. Retired officers who spoke to The Associated Press described examples of explicit and implicit bias. People who had served on promotion boards noted non-native English speakers applying for new jobs would sometimes be criticized for being hard to understand — what one person called the “accent card.” Some say they believe minorities are funneled into working on countries or regions based on their ethnicity. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, the first woman to serve in her role, has appointed diversity officials who say they need to collect better data to study longstanding questions, from whether the process for obtaining a security clearance disadvantages people of color to the reasons for disparities in advancement. Agencies are also implementing reforms they say will promote diversity.“It’s going to be incremental,” said Stephanie La Rue, who was appointed this year to lead the intelligence community’s efforts on diversity, equity and inclusion. “We’re not going to see immediate change overnight. It’s going to take us a while to get to where we need to go.”The NSA call following Floyd's death was described by a participant who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private discussion. The person credited Nakasone for listening to employees and making public and private commitments to diversity. But the person and other former officials said they sometimes felt that their identities as people of color were discounted or not fully appreciated by their employers. The NSA declined to comment on the call. It said in a statement that agency officials “regularly examine the outcomes of our personnel systems to assess their fairness.”“Beyond the mission imperative, NSA cultivates diversity and promotes inclusion because we care about our people and know it is the right way to proceed,” the statement said. A former NSA contractor alleged this year that racist and misogynistic comments often circulate on classified chatrooms intended for intelligence work. The contractor, Dan Gilmore, wrote in a blog post that he was fired for reporting his complaints to higher-ups. A spokeswoman for Haines, Nicole de Haay, declined to comment on Gilmore's allegations but said employees who “engage in inappropriate conduct are subject to a variety of accountability mechanisms, including disciplinary action.”The U.S. intelligence community has evolved over decades from being almost exclusively run by white men — following a stereotype that Rep. Jim Himes, a Connecticut Democrat, referred to in a hearing on diversity last year as “pale, male, Yale.” Intelligence agencies that once denied security clearances to people suspected of being gay now have active resource groups for people of different races and sexual orientation. Testifying at the same hearing as Himes, CIA Director William Burns said, “Simply put, we can’t be effective and we’re not being true to our nation’s ideals if everyone looks like me, talks like me, and thinks like me.”But annual charts published by the Office of Director of National Intelligence show a consistent trend: At rising levels of rank, minority representation goes down.Latinos make up about 18% of the American population but just 7% of the roughly 100,000-person intelligence community and 3.5% of senior officers. Black officers comprise 12% of the community — the same as the U.S. population — but 6.5% at the most senior level. And while minorities comprise 27% of the total intelligence workforce, just 15% of senior executives are people of color.A 2015 report commissioned by the CIA said the “underrepresentation of racial/ethnic minority officers and officers with a disability at the senior ranks is not a recent problem and speaks to unresolved cultural, organizational, and unconscious bias issues.” Among the report’s findings: Progress made between 1984 and 2004 in promoting Black officers to senior roles had been lost in the following decade and recruitment efforts at historically Black colleges and universities “have not been effective.”“Since its founding, the Agency has been unmistakably weak in promoting diverse role models to the executive level,” the report said.Lenora Peters Gant, a former senior human capital officer for the CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence, wrote last year that the intelligence community constantly imposes barriers on minorities, women and people with disabilities. Gant, now an adviser at Howard University, called on agencies to release some of their classified data on hiring and retention.“The bottom line is the decision making leadership levels are void of credible minority participation,” Gant said. ODNI is starting an investigation of the slowest 10% of security clearance applications, reviewing delays in the cases for any possible examples of bias. It also intends to review whether polygraph examiners need additional race and ethnicity training. The intelligence community currently doesn’t report delays in getting a security clearance — required for most agency jobs — based on race, ethnicity or gender. The months or years a clearance can take can push away applicants who can’t wait that long.The office is implementing annual grant monitoring and assigning additional staff to work with universities in the intelligence community's Centers for Academic Excellence program, intended to recruit college students from underrepresented groups. A 2019 audit said it was impossible to judge the program due to poor planning and a lack of clear goals. The program also got a new logo after ODNI officials heard that the previous “IC CAE” insignia appeared to spell out “ICE,” an unintended reference to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Additional quiet changes are taking place across the agencies. Officials say the changes were in process before Floyd's death, though conversations held with employees brought new urgency to diversity issues. The NSA stopped requiring applicants for internal promotions to disclose the date they were last promoted to the boards considering their application. Officials familiar with the change say it was intended to benefit applicants who take longer to move up the agency ladder, often including working parents or people from underrepresented communities.The CIA two years ago formally tied yearly bonuses for its senior executives to their performance on diversity goals, measured next to factors such as leadership and intelligence tradecraft. Last year’s class of new senior executives was the most diverse in the agency’s history. Said CIA spokesperson Tammy Thorp: “We are proud of the Agency's progress in ensuring our hiring, assignment, and promotion processes do not create barriers to advancement.”La Rue, the chief diversity officer for the intelligence community, has hired several data analysts and plans for her office to issue annual report cards on diversity for each intelligence agency. 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Led by California Senator Alex Padilla and Congresswoman Deborah Ross, the lawmakers urged their colleagues in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan America’s Children Act, which will allow to stay children of those who immigrated to the country legally, but are yet to get green card because of a massive backlog. The so-called documented dreamers, who are estimated to be about 250,000, grew up legally in the US but risk deportation when they turn 21 years old. “For these young people, turning 21 means facing an impossible choice. Either to leave your family and self-deport to a country that you barely remember, or to stay in the United States living, undocumented, in the shadows,” Padilla told reporters at a news conference here. Indian American Congressman Dr Ami Bera said that documented dreamers were raised in America and they know this country as their only home. “Yet, they risk having to self-deport by the age of 21 because of backlogs in the immigration system. Congress must pass the America’s Children Act to extend protections to these young people,” he said. More than 40 of these children, who have created the group “Improve the Dream” joined these lawmakers at the US Capitol press conference. “These talented young people have been left out of conversations about immigration reform for too long. We're ready to change that,” Congresswoman Ross said. “Documented Dreamers represent the very best of America. Let's give them the chance to stay in the country they love and call home,” she said. Senator Richard Durbin, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters that the legislation would most likely need to move as part of a broader package that addressed Republican concerns about border security. “I have heard no pushback on this bill. 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My life is over there.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"BROTHERLY LOVE\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard is quick to acknowledge that he wouldn’t be playing in the PGA Championship if not for his brother, Rasmus, and the way the twins pushed each other on the golf course through the years.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Rasmus isn't in the field this week, but he made the cut in last year's PGA at Kiawah Island.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“He gave me some insight on what to expect getting to play a major championship here in the States,” said Nicolai, who missed the cut in his only other major, the 2018 British Open. “It’s a little different over here compared to Europe and the climate, as well — it’s so hot over here. 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(AP) — Dave Stockton won the 1970 PGA Championship at Southern Hills and his nostalgic return this week included the champions dinner for swapping stories of the great shots, the terrible ones and memories of career-making victories.He was disappointed by the low turnout. Only 11 former champions who are playing this week attended. Nobody misses the Masters champions dinner, Stockton noted.“That's what this should be,” he said. “I don’t quite understand why because I think it’s very important for us as champions to come back.”The other former PGA champions who were there: Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Padraig Harrington, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Mark Brooks and Jeff Sluman.Those who skipped: Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Jason Day, Y.E. Yang, Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and John Daly.One player Stockton didn't miss? Defending champion Phil Mickelson. Lefty withdrew from the tournament last week as he continues a break from golf following his incendiary comments about a Saudi-funded rival league the PGA Tour opposes.“It was a fun evening. Phil was not missed. I think Phil would have been a big distraction whether he was here,” Stockton said. “The story here this week is the PGA.”Mickelson ordinarily would have been the host and would have picked a gift for the players. This time, the PGA of America chose the gift and kept with an outdoor theme.So the champions received an outdoor fire pit with the PGA logo on it, quite the coincidence. The quotes that caused the most problems for Mickelson came from an excerpt from Alan Shipnuck's unauthorized biography. It was published on a website called “The Fire Pit Collective.”COMING TO AMERICALong flights, odd hours and jet lag. Lots and lots of jet lag.Coming to America for three of the four majors can be rough on Europe-based players, Belgium's Thomas Pieters said Wednesday ahead of the PGA Championship.Pieters has traveled between Europe, the Middle East and and the United States to play several times already this season and the pace left him tired after the Masters, where he missed the cut. He took several weeks off before returning for a top-10 finish at the Soudal Open last last week in his native Belgium. Then he boarded a flight for Tulsa.“I just think I haven’t performed in America as well the last couple of years just because the travel for me, it gets me. When you have to do it on your own it gets lonely. Like I said, when you go back and forth like six, seven, eight times, it takes a toll on your body,” he said. “It’s always been last minute for me, like getting invites and playing my way into stuff,” Pieters said.Because his body is still out of whack from the time change, Pieters said he's grateful he drew a 9:17 a.m. tee time for Thursday's first round. He's been waking up before dawn and has been exhausted by late afternoon. “I’ll be fine by (Thursday),” he said.Still, he doesn't plan to move to the U.S.“I’ll invite you to Belgium. It’s a lovely country,” Pieters said. “My family is over there, my girlfriend, my kid, my daughter. So no, I’m not moving over here anytime soon. My life is over there.”BROTHERLY LOVEDenmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard is quick to acknowledge that he wouldn’t be playing in the PGA Championship if not for his brother, Rasmus, and the way the twins pushed each other on the golf course through the years.Rasmus isn't in the field this week, but he made the cut in last year's PGA at Kiawah Island.“He gave me some insight on what to expect getting to play a major championship here in the States,” said Nicolai, who missed the cut in his only other major, the 2018 British Open. “It’s a little different over here compared to Europe and the climate, as well — it’s so hot over here. He gave some good things that I could use this week.”Things weren’t always so magnanimous between the 21-year-old brothers, who have combined to win five times in Europe, and last year won in back-to-back weeks.“Back in the days we were fighting, we could get up in the fight,” Nicolai said. “We could start fighting after, if I shoot a good round and Rasmus played bad or the other way around. We’ve had conversations in the past, and also now, on how we tackle ups and downs. Someday we won’t play the same tour maybe, and how are we going to tackle that? We’ve had the conversations. That’s how golf is. That’s how life is. As long as we have each other, it’s a bonus.”MAMMA MIAU.S.. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is already looking ahead to next year's matches in Rome, for a lot more than just the golf.Johnson is a self-described “geography nerd” and a foodie. The prospects of exploring the Italian countryside and its cuisine make him a bit giddy.“My parents have been there two or three times, my wife has been there twice. The consensus is it's their favorite country, outside of this great nation,” Johnson said Wednesday. “I know the makeup. I know you’ve got the Mediterranean down here, and I know that the Alps are up north and the beauty of that country is the people within it, so I’m excited to meet them.”And eat with them. Eat a lot.“I don't eat to live, I live to eat,” the 46-year-old said. “It's probably, it depends on how you look at it, not a great recipe to go over there because my guess is, I eat until I’m uncomfortable. So that’s going to happen quite a bit. 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Al Nahyan has been receiving condolence visits from the world's elite for days now in Abu Dhabi. MbZ as he’s known has taken on a major influence in the wider Middle East, whether through his longtime relationship with the U.S. military, his opposition to Islamists and his autocratic country’s new ties with Israel. 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Brotherhood members taught in Emirati schools in the 1980s, formative years for a young Sheikh Mohammed.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“I am an Arab, I am a Muslim and I pray. And in the 1970s and early 1980s I was one of them,\\\" Sheikh Mohammed told U.S. officials in 2007, according to another diplomatic cable. \\\"I believe these guys have an agenda.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"After the 2011 Arab Spring, Sheikh Mohammed led a crackdown on members of Islah, a Brotherhood-associated group in the Emirates. Groups like the Brotherhood challenge the hereditary rule of the UAE's seven sheikhdoms. Political parties and labor unions remain illegal in the country, which has been accused of employing spyware to monitor activists and dissidents. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Former President Barack Obama in his recent autobiography described Sheikh Mohammed as “young, sophisticated ... and perhaps the savviest leader in the Gulf.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"But MbZ was critical of Washington's support of the 2011 protests that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and briefly installed a Brotherhood member as president.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Obama quoted Sheikh Mohammed as saying that the U.S. position “shows that the United States is not a partner we can rely on in the long term.” The UAE backed Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's 2013 coup that brought him into the presidency. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"That suspicion has grown. Sheikh Mohammed reportedly described himself as surprised by the U.S. secretly negotiating with Iran on what later became Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The UAE's diplomatic recognition of Israel, while boosting trade, serves as a hedge against an Iran suspected of attacking shipping in waters just off its shore in 2019. Yet Emirati officials have opened discussions with Iran as well. The country's foreign minister even offered condolences Monday for Sheikh Khalifa's passing, the same day as a U.S. delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Dubai and the wider Emirates remain open to Russians despite Moscow's war on Ukraine. Ties to China grow ever closer, despite Beijing allegedly running a secret prison in the country and concerns over a possible military dimension to its operation at an Abu Dhabi port. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"But while described as a tactician, some of Sheikh Mohammed's larger bets haven't paid off. He found himself entangled in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"An indictment appears to link Sheikh Mohammed to Trump's 2017 inaugural committee chair, who faces charges alleging he secretly conspired to influence U.S. policy to benefit the Emirates. Meanwhile, a yearslong boycott of Qatar as part of a political dispute ended just before President Joe Biden took office.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Then there's the war in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, where Iran-backed rebels still hold its capital. The UAE and Saudi Arabia face international criticism over civilian casualties in the war. The war killed dozens of Emirati soldiers and wounded more.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Though the Emiratis largely pulled out of the conflict, the attacks on Abu Dhabi at the start of this year show the country remains a target.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"For Sheikh Mohammed, the responsibility for all this now falls solely on him. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Every decision has risks, undoubtedly,\\\" he once said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"EDITOR’S NOTE — Jon Gambrell, the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press, has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. 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Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan rarely speaks publicly. The new president shies away from the United Nations' annual summit in New York. And his thoughts on the world around him come filtered through a tight-knit coterie and leaders who interact with him rather than from his pronouncements. But MbZ as he's known has become a major influence in the wider Middle East, whether through his longtime relationship with the U.S. military, his opposition to Islamists or his autocratic country's new ties with Israel. Following the death of his half-brother, President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammed's new reign comes with the opportunity to cement the rapid advance from villages to skyscrapers made by the UAE since its founding just over 50 years ago.But it also comes as tough decisions loom for a nation mired in a deadlocked, bloody war in Yemen, facing choices on whether to embrace an America increasingly suspicious of its ties to China and Russia and concerned about an Iran whose nuclear program now races toward weapons-grade levels.Even before becoming president, Sheikh Mohammed was believed to have been the country's de facto leader since a 2014 stroke saw Sheikh Khalifa disappear from public view. His mystique and his younger age compared to other regional leaders — today he's 61 — set him apart. He's also a symbol in this young country that is home to Dubai, where his silhouette in aviator glasses remains a popular car window sticker. “MbZ is a leader not just in the UAE, but more broadly in the Middle East, where he is seen as a particularly dynamic member of the generation succeeding the geriatric cases who have dominated the region for decades,” a 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks said.Trained at England's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and a fluent English speaker, Sheikh Mohammed's style also found favor with allied militaries. Today, some 3,500 U.S. troops remain stationed in the UAE. Dubai's Jebel Ali port is the busiest port of call for the U.S. Navy outside of America. Abu Dhabi's Al-Dhafra Air Base hosts American drones and fighter jets that bombed the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. American Patriot missile batteries there defended the capital this year against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. As part of the relationship with America, the UAE deployed forces to fight in Afghanistan. MbZ also fully backed the U.S. after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaida. Two of the 19 hijackers had come from the Emirates. That also marked the hardening of Sheikh Mohammed's opinions toward pan-Arab Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherhood members taught in Emirati schools in the 1980s, formative years for a young Sheikh Mohammed.“I am an Arab, I am a Muslim and I pray. And in the 1970s and early 1980s I was one of them, Sheikh Mohammed told U.S. officials in 2007, according to another diplomatic cable. I believe these guys have an agenda.”After the 2011 Arab Spring, Sheikh Mohammed led a crackdown on members of Islah, a Brotherhood-associated group in the Emirates. Groups like the Brotherhood challenge the hereditary rule of the UAE's seven sheikhdoms. Political parties and labor unions remain illegal in the country, which has been accused of employing spyware to monitor activists and dissidents. Former President Barack Obama in his recent autobiography described Sheikh Mohammed as “young, sophisticated ... and perhaps the savviest leader in the Gulf.” But MbZ was critical of Washington's support of the 2011 protests that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and briefly installed a Brotherhood member as president.Obama quoted Sheikh Mohammed as saying that the U.S. position “shows that the United States is not a partner we can rely on in the long term.” The UAE backed Egyptian Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's 2013 coup that brought him into the presidency. That suspicion has grown. Sheikh Mohammed reportedly described himself as surprised by the U.S. secretly negotiating with Iran on what later became Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The UAE's diplomatic recognition of Israel, while boosting trade, serves as a hedge against an Iran suspected of attacking shipping in waters just off its shore in 2019. Yet Emirati officials have opened discussions with Iran as well. The country's foreign minister even offered condolences Monday for Sheikh Khalifa's passing, the same day as a U.S. delegation led by Vice President Kamala Harris. Dubai and the wider Emirates remain open to Russians despite Moscow's war on Ukraine. Ties to China grow ever closer, despite Beijing allegedly running a secret prison in the country and concerns over a possible military dimension to its operation at an Abu Dhabi port. But while described as a tactician, some of Sheikh Mohammed's larger bets haven't paid off. He found himself entangled in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia. An indictment appears to link Sheikh Mohammed to Trump's 2017 inaugural committee chair, who faces charges alleging he secretly conspired to influence U.S. policy to benefit the Emirates. Meanwhile, a yearslong boycott of Qatar as part of a political dispute ended just before President Joe Biden took office.Then there's the war in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, where Iran-backed rebels still hold its capital. The UAE and Saudi Arabia face international criticism over civilian casualties in the war. The war killed dozens of Emirati soldiers and wounded more.Though the Emiratis largely pulled out of the conflict, the attacks on Abu Dhabi at the start of this year show the country remains a target.For Sheikh Mohammed, the responsibility for all this now falls solely on him. “Every decision has risks, undoubtedly, he once said.___EDITOR’S NOTE — Jon Gambrell, the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press, has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. 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Justice Department sued longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Tuesday to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it says he performed at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration. The department said it had advised Wynn repeatedly over the last four years to register under the Foreign Agents Registration and is suing now because Wynn refused to do so. Also read: Netflix fires 150 employees, 2% of US workforce, amid revenue issues,Though the Justice Department has ramped up efforts to criminally prosecute people who don’t register as foreign agents, officials described this case as the first lawsuit of its kind in more than three decades. The complaint alleges that Wynn, who stepped down from his company, Wynn Resorts, in 2018 after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, lobbied then-President Donald Trump and members of his administration for several months in 2017 to remove from the United States a Chinese national who had been charged with corruption in China and was seeking political asylum in America. Also read: What are the effects of the Fed raising interest rates to fight inflation?,It says the lobbying effort was done on behalf of senior Chinese government officials, including Sin Lijun, the then-vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, and included conversations over dinner with Trump and by phone. Wynn's lawyers said Tuesday that they would contest the suit. Also read: Jan 6 investigation panel rejects Justice Department's transcript request,“Steve Wynn has never acted as an agent of the Chinese government and had no obligation to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, said a statement from attorneys Reid Weingarten and Brian Heberlig. 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Former President Donald Trump's late-stage endorsement of JD Vance in Ohio's GOP Senate primary catapulted the “Hillbilly Elegy” author to victory in last week's election, reinforcing the deep loyalty the former president holds among the most loyal Republican voters. 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But a weekend mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that may have been inspired by the racist theory is drawing new attention to the GOP’s growing embrace of white nationalist creed.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Three weeks ago in Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters accused Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country.” A few days later in Missouri, Senate hopeful Eric Schmitt, the state attorney general, said Democrats were “fundamentally trying to change this country through illegal immigration.” And in Ohio, Republican Senate nominee JD Vance accused Democrats of trying to “transform the electorate.\\\"\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Warning of an immigrant “invasion,” Vance told Fox News Channel that Democrats “have decided that they can't win reelection in 2022 unless they bring a large number of new voters to replace the voters that are already here.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some of the Republican campaigns denied that their statements amounted to replacement theory, but among the experts, there is little question. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Five experts on hate speech who reviewed the Republican candidates' comments confirmed that they promote the baseless racist theory, even though the Republicans don't mention race directly.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Comments like these demonstrate two essential features of great replacement conspiracy theory. They predict racial doomsday, saying that it is all part of an orchestrated master plan. It’s only the language that has been softened,\\\" said American University professor Brian Hughes, associate director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab. “The basic story they tell is the same one we see in white supremacist chats across the internet: An enemy is orchestrating doom for white Americans by plotting to fill the country with nonwhites.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Indeed, a mainstream interpretation of replacement theory in the U.S. baselessly suggests Democrats are encouraging immigration from Latin America so more like-minded potential voters replace “traditional” Americans, says Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Such a message has become a central component of the modern-day conservative movement's appeal to voters. Former President Donald Trump repeatedly warned of an immigrant invasion on the southern border, and he was slow to condemn white supremacy throughout his presidency.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Shortly after taking office, Trump shared a social media post from someone with the username WhiteGenocideTM.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Replacement theory is being investigated as a motivating factor in the Buffalo supermarket shooting, which killed 10 Black people and left three other people injured. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from House Republican leadership for her outspoken criticism of Trump, blamed her own party on Monday for enabling “white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-Semitism.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse,” Cheney tweeted. GOP “leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, through a spokesperson, declined to answer questions about whether the GOP condones replacement theory. She instead accused her critics of playing politics.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“The attempt by Democrats \u0026 some in the media to exploit the tragedy in Buffalo by smearing millions of Americans is abhorrent,” McDaniel wrote on Twitter.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The White House declined to call out Republican rhetoric when pressed on Monday. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was not so subtle.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Unfortunately, with each year, it seems harder and harder to ignore that the outcomes of replacement theory and other racially motivated views are increasingly coming out into the open and given purported legitimacy by some MAGA Republicans and cable news pundits,” Schumer said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“It's dangerous,” he added. “It's poisoning minds.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"It's also become a mainstream view on the political right. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In a poll released last week, The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 1 in 3 Americans believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Fox News’ most popular personality, Tucker Carlson, has been one of the theory's biggest proponents. A study of five years’ worth of Carlson’s show by The New York Times found 400 instances in which he talked about Democratic politicians and others seeking to force demographic change through immigration.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"But so far, at least, less attention has been focused on Republican candidates preparing to face voters in the coming weeks and months who have, in some cases, promoted the theory again and again.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In interviews with conservative national television and radio over the last year, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has called replacement theory “the Democrat grand plan.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“I’ve got to believe they want to change the makeup of the electorate,” he told a Minneapolis-area conservative radio host last month.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The Johnson campaign did not respond to a request for comment. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In Missouri, at least two Republicans vying for the Republican Senate nomination have made similar statements more recently.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"While touring the U.S.-Mexico border last month, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said that immigrants crossing over illegally were “flooding into all of the 50 states, and that includes Missouri.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“What’s also very clear is that Joe Biden’s policies are an assault on the entire idea of America,” Greitens said. \\\"He’s wiping out the distinction between citizens and non-citizens, and he’s doing it on purpose.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A week later, Schmitt, Greitens' Republican rival, claimed that tens of millions of immigrants were crossing into the U.S. illegally because of Biden's policies. He said Democrats were intentionally encouraging illegal immigration for their own benefit.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“They are fundamentally trying to change this country through their illegal immigration policy,” Schmitt told conservative commentator Glenn Beck.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Schmitt's campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Greitens ignored questions about replacement theory but called the mass shooting in Buffalo “truly horrific” in a written statement. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Interestingly, the shooter in Buffalo wrote, ‘One of my favorite TV shows is The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.’ Maybe the media should report on that as well,\\\" Greitens said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In Arizona, Masters has warned throughout his campaign of a Democratic plot to transform the U.S. electorate. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Obviously, the Democrats, they hope to just change the demographics of our country,” Masters told the Patriot Edition podcast late last month. “They hope to import an entirely new electorate. Then they call you a racist and a bigot.\\\"\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In Ohio, Vance has already secured a place on the November ballot. He won Trump's endorsement after embracing many of the former president's hardline views, including those related to immigration. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Vance told Breitbart News last month that Democrats are trying to give 15 million immigrants in the country illegally the right to vote. “They are trying to transform the electorate of this country,” he said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"He made similar comments days later at a town hall in Portsmouth, Ohio. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, congressional Democrats proposed legislation that would include an eight-year pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally, but the proposal has stalled and has little chance of clearing Congress.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Now of course,\\\" Vance said, \\\"you’re accused of being a racist to even point this out. 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But a weekend mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, that may have been inspired by the racist theory is drawing new attention to the GOP’s growing embrace of white nationalist creed.Three weeks ago in Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters accused Democrats of trying to flood the nation with millions of immigrants “to change the demographics of our country.” A few days later in Missouri, Senate hopeful Eric Schmitt, the state attorney general, said Democrats were “fundamentally trying to change this country through illegal immigration.” And in Ohio, Republican Senate nominee JD Vance accused Democrats of trying to “transform the electorate.Warning of an immigrant “invasion,” Vance told Fox News Channel that Democrats “have decided that they can't win reelection in 2022 unless they bring a large number of new voters to replace the voters that are already here.”Some of the Republican campaigns denied that their statements amounted to replacement theory, but among the experts, there is little question. Five experts on hate speech who reviewed the Republican candidates' comments confirmed that they promote the baseless racist theory, even though the Republicans don't mention race directly.“Comments like these demonstrate two essential features of great replacement conspiracy theory. They predict racial doomsday, saying that it is all part of an orchestrated master plan. It’s only the language that has been softened, said American University professor Brian Hughes, associate director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab. “The basic story they tell is the same one we see in white supremacist chats across the internet: An enemy is orchestrating doom for white Americans by plotting to fill the country with nonwhites.”Indeed, a mainstream interpretation of replacement theory in the U.S. baselessly suggests Democrats are encouraging immigration from Latin America so more like-minded potential voters replace “traditional” Americans, says Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism.Such a message has become a central component of the modern-day conservative movement's appeal to voters. Former President Donald Trump repeatedly warned of an immigrant invasion on the southern border, and he was slow to condemn white supremacy throughout his presidency.Shortly after taking office, Trump shared a social media post from someone with the username WhiteGenocideTM.Replacement theory is being investigated as a motivating factor in the Buffalo supermarket shooting, which killed 10 Black people and left three other people injured. Rep. Liz Cheney, who was ousted from House Republican leadership for her outspoken criticism of Trump, blamed her own party on Monday for enabling “white nationalism, white supremacy and anti-Semitism.”“History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse,” Cheney tweeted. GOP “leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.”Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, through a spokesperson, declined to answer questions about whether the GOP condones replacement theory. She instead accused her critics of playing politics.“The attempt by Democrats \u0026 some in the media to exploit the tragedy in Buffalo by smearing millions of Americans is abhorrent,” McDaniel wrote on Twitter.The White House declined to call out Republican rhetoric when pressed on Monday. But Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. was not so subtle.“Unfortunately, with each year, it seems harder and harder to ignore that the outcomes of replacement theory and other racially motivated views are increasingly coming out into the open and given purported legitimacy by some MAGA Republicans and cable news pundits,” Schumer said.“It's dangerous,” he added. “It's poisoning minds.”It's also become a mainstream view on the political right. In a poll released last week, The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 1 in 3 Americans believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain.Fox News’ most popular personality, Tucker Carlson, has been one of the theory's biggest proponents. A study of five years’ worth of Carlson’s show by The New York Times found 400 instances in which he talked about Democratic politicians and others seeking to force demographic change through immigration.But so far, at least, less attention has been focused on Republican candidates preparing to face voters in the coming weeks and months who have, in some cases, promoted the theory again and again.In interviews with conservative national television and radio over the last year, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson has called replacement theory “the Democrat grand plan.”“I’ve got to believe they want to change the makeup of the electorate,” he told a Minneapolis-area conservative radio host last month.The Johnson campaign did not respond to a request for comment. In Missouri, at least two Republicans vying for the Republican Senate nomination have made similar statements more recently.While touring the U.S.-Mexico border last month, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said that immigrants crossing over illegally were “flooding into all of the 50 states, and that includes Missouri.”“What’s also very clear is that Joe Biden’s policies are an assault on the entire idea of America,” Greitens said. He’s wiping out the distinction between citizens and non-citizens, and he’s doing it on purpose.”A week later, Schmitt, Greitens' Republican rival, claimed that tens of millions of immigrants were crossing into the U.S. illegally because of Biden's policies. He said Democrats were intentionally encouraging illegal immigration for their own benefit.“They are fundamentally trying to change this country through their illegal immigration policy,” Schmitt told conservative commentator Glenn Beck.Schmitt's campaign did not respond to a request for comment. Greitens ignored questions about replacement theory but called the mass shooting in Buffalo “truly horrific” in a written statement. “Interestingly, the shooter in Buffalo wrote, ‘One of my favorite TV shows is The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.’ Maybe the media should report on that as well, Greitens said.In Arizona, Masters has warned throughout his campaign of a Democratic plot to transform the U.S. electorate. “Obviously, the Democrats, they hope to just change the demographics of our country,” Masters told the Patriot Edition podcast late last month. “They hope to import an entirely new electorate. Then they call you a racist and a bigot.In Ohio, Vance has already secured a place on the November ballot. He won Trump's endorsement after embracing many of the former president's hardline views, including those related to immigration. Vance told Breitbart News last month that Democrats are trying to give 15 million immigrants in the country illegally the right to vote. “They are trying to transform the electorate of this country,” he said.He made similar comments days later at a town hall in Portsmouth, Ohio. Shortly after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, congressional Democrats proposed legislation that would include an eight-year pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally, but the proposal has stalled and has little chance of clearing Congress.“Now of course, Vance said, you’re accused of being a racist to even point this out. We get to decide, the people get to decide how we do or do not transform the country.”The Vance campaign declined to comment.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"40.7143","longitude":"-74.006","name":"New York,United States","city":"New York City"},"keywords":"U.S.,Buffalo,Missouri,GOP,Senate,Ohio,Vance,Greitens,Schmitt,America","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-17T16:06:16.672934+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"EVmpnkZSXnK9","slug":"english/nearly-43000-people-died-on-us-roads-last-year-agency-says","title":"Nearly 43,000 people died on US roads last year, agency says","postType":1,"coverMedia":"","coverCaption":"","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-17T15:06:09.879442+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":null,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652799969.266591, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to stay at home.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its fatality data collection system in 1975.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said America faces a crisis on its roads. 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The safety administration urged state and local governments, drivers and safety advocates to join in an effort to reverse the rising death trend.Preliminary figures released Tuesday by the agency show that 42,915 people died in traffic crashes last year, up from 38,824 in 2020. Final figures will be released in the fall. Americans drove about 325 billion miles last year, 11.2% higher than in 2020, which contributed to the increase.Traffic deaths began to spike in 2019. NHTSA has blamed reckless driving behavior for increases during the pandemic, citing behavioral research showing that speeding and traveling without a seat belt have been higher. 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Despite these tough times, I have never been more optimistic for the future of America, Biden wrote.“I believe we are better positioned than any country in the world to lead in the 21st century not just by the example of our power but by the power of our example,” Biden wrote in a recent letter to Singh.In his letter to Singh, Biden pledged to be a President for all Americans.“I am confident that we can work together to find common ground to make America a more just, prosperous, and secure nation,” he wrote. Singh along with FIA in New York and New Jersey last week launched the community celebration of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” at the US Capitol, attended by more than a dozen-and-a-half lawmakers. The event was attended by hundreds of Indian-Americans and at least 21 US lawmakers from across states.Prominent among them were Senator Cory Booker, and several other congressmen and women, including Raja Krishnamoorthi, Frank Pallone, David Cicilline, Sheila Jackson Lee, Mijie Sherrill, Tom Malinowski, Abigail Spanberger, Vincente Gonzalez, Susie Lee, Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, Grace Meng, Debrah Ross, Adriano Espaill, Jim McGovern, Matt Cartwright, and Jim Langevin.Many congressmen issued a citation congratulating the FIA.Senators Jack Reed and Jeanne Shaheen sent special messages felicitating India and praising contributions made by the Indian-American community to the United States.FIA chairman Ankur Vaidya said: “FIA is planning a grand finale of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ around India’s Independence Day this year with flag hoisting at Times Square in New York City.” Singh said such a “historic celebration” will take the journey forward in improving the India-US relationship and will be a new beginning of pride and respect for all.","portalUser":{"id":"rgkwRLMU8bE","name":"PTI","username":"presstrustofindia","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_WQDSboZhJ.jpg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"US,India,Washington,Joe Biden,Boston,Abhishek Singh,the Federation of Indian Association (FIA,America,FIA,New York","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-17T04:54:04.722458+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"vBEl0gKDBe1c","slug":"english/violent-death-in-america-stalks-ordinary-walks-of-daily-life","title":"Violent death in America stalks ordinary walks of daily life","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Buffalo_Supermarket_Shooting_45629_TVoQYL5u5.jpg","coverCaption":"The daughters of Ruth Whitfield, a victim of shooting at a supermarket, Angela Crawley, left, and Robin Harris, hold hands during a news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. 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The carnage Americans see on their screens is not from an invading force. It is from within. The United States is a cauldron of seething grievances and poisonous social media conspiracy theories that have even gained purchase with some in power. There is, by now, a pattern after mass shootings — shock, thoughts, prayers, vows to do something, then collective slumped shoulders as attention moves on and it becomes clear nothing much will change.Americans are still in the first phase as they absorb the aftermath of the past weekend of violence, which coincided with a COVID-19 death tally that reached 1 million in the U.S. “I’m trying to bear witness but it’s just too much,” Buffalo, New York, resident Yvonne Woodard said of the rampage Saturday outside Tops Friendly Market. A young white man wearing body armor and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire Saturday, killing 10 Black people. “You can’t even go to the damn store in peace,” Woodard said.You can’t go anywhere in peace with certainty today in this country of howling political and cultural animus, ubiquitous guns and murder rates surpassing those in most of the industrialized world.Not to a Houston flea market, where thousands were browsing Sunday when a gunfight broke out, killing two people, injuring three and panicking bystanders.Not to church, where on Sunday a man opened fire during a lunch reception in Laguna Woods, California, killing one person and wounding five before a pastor smashed the gunman’s head with a chair and parishioners tied him up. Not to Milwaukee's downtown, where authorities declared a partial curfew for the weekend after three shootings injured 21 people near an entertainment district where thousands had gathered for an NBA playoff game. Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Indianapolis are among cities that saw record numbers of killings last year, most involving guns.In Laguna Woods, police said Monday, the gunman was a U.S. citizen who immigrated from China and was motivated by hate for the Taiwanese community, whose members were attending the church.Americans have a president who, like him or not, is good at empathy and having to tap that quality more than anyone would want. Joe Biden goes to Buffalo on Tuesday to offer comfort to bereaved families and to address, yet again, “the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America.”Biden is the second president in a row to warn of existential threats to the American fabric. Donald Trump startled dignitaries on his 2016 inaugural stage with his talk of “American carnage,” a stark portrait drawn from urban poverty, rusted factories “scattered like tombstones,” crime, gangs and drugs.Biden's portrait is dark in different respects, centered on the systematic effort by Trump and now his allies to upend election laws and processes, based on false allegations of a stolen 2020 election. Add to that a toxic brew of conspiracy theories on race and immigration that authorities say fanned the Buffalo massacre.Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old suspect, is believed to have written a document in the possession of police that laid out an attack intended to terrorize nonwhite, non-Christian people and get them to leave the country. The document counts Black people and immigrants as “replacers,” drawing from the “great replacement” racist conspiracy theory spread by fringe groups that elites are plotting to diminish the influence of white people by increasing the minority population. The theme is a staple on some Fox News programming.Sanitized versions of that claim have gained currency among some Republican lawmakers who have accused Democrats of encouraging illegal immigration from Latin America to gain more voters and pull off a “permanent election insurrection, as GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York put it in a campaign ad last year.That's worrisome to Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, once a senior member of the Republican congressional leadership and now an outcast due to her pushback against the election falsehoods that powered the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and continue to be spread by many of her colleagues. “The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-Semitism,” she tweeted Monday. “History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse.”The conservative lawmaker implored her party's leaders to “renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.”Yet the tenets of replacement theory resonate with many Americans. In a poll last week, The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 1 in 3 Americans believes an effort is underway to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gain. A similar share endorse the view that immigration is weakening the political, economic and cultural influence of those born in the U.S.There was a note of hope. 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Biden's comments came a day ahead of his planned visit to meet the families of the victims. Salter, 55, pulled his gun and opened fire on body armor-clad suspect Payton Gendron. However, the security guard was fatally shot along with nine other people. ,“We pay tribute to all law enforcement officers and families who understand what it takes, what’s at risk to save and protect all of us,” Biden said at a White House event. At the event, Biden presented the Medal of Valor to 15 other heroic police officers and firefighters. Also Read | Pretty horrible stuff: Justin Bieber addresses Buffalo shooting during concert,“And that includes paying tribute to the Buffalo police officer Aaron Salter — Slater, excuse me — who gave his life trying to save others when a gunman shot and killed 10 innocent people in a grocery store in Buffalo on Saturday,” the president went on. “He actually was able to shoot the assailant twice, but he [Gendron] had on a bulletproof vest. And he [Salter] lost his life in the process. No one understands more than all of you here today the pain and anguish those families in Buffalo feel.”,On Sunday, local police labelled the mass shooting motivated by anti-black racism. Gendron, 18, is accused of shooting 13 people, 11 of whom were black. Also Read | Anatomy of hate: Why Buffalo killings signal a great American malaise,Biden is scheduled to visit Buffalo on Tuesday to meet with members of the community affected by the tragedy. The visit was announced on Sunday by the White House. First lady Jill Biden will also likely accompany the president to grieve with the community that lost ten lives in a senseless and horrific mass shooting. In a speech on Sunday at the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service outside the U.S. Capitol, Biden condemned the hatred as a stain on the soul of America that Americans should root out. A lone gunman armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul shot and killed 10 innocent people in cold blood in a grocery store on Saturday afternoon, the president said. Jill and I with all of you pray for the victims and their families and a devastated community. 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Rock musician Vivian Trimble is 59. Actor John C. Reilly is 57. Actor Dana Ashbrook is 55. Actor Eric Close is 55. Actor Carl Payne is 53. Rock musician Rich Robinson is 53. Former MLB pitcher Bartolo Colon is 49. Actor Dash Mihok is 48. Actor Bryan Greenberg is 44. Actor Owen Benjamin is 42. Actor Billy L. Sullivan is 42. Actor-rapper Jerod Mixon (aka Big Tyme) is 41. Rock musician Cody Hanson (Hinder) is 40. Dancer-choreographer-singer Mark Ballas is 36. Country singer Billy Gilman is 34. Rapper/producer G-Eazy is 33. Actor Brianne Howey is 33. 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Morse transmitted the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line. On this date: In 1935, the first major league baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1. In 1937, in a set of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935. In 1941, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic, killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board. In 1961, a group of Freedom Riders was arrested after arriving at a bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi, charged with breaching the peace for entering white-designated areas. (They ended up serving 60 days in jail.) In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7. In 1974, American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, 75, died in New York. In 1976, Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde supersonic transport service to Washington. In 1980, Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages. In 1994, four Islamic fundamentalists convicted of bombing New York’s World Trade Center in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison. In 1995, former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson died in London at age 79. In 2006, “An Inconvenient Truth,” a documentary about former Vice President Al Gore’s campaign against global warming, went into limited release.In 2011, Oprah Winfrey taped the final episode of her long-running talk show.Ten years ago: President Barack Obama doubled down on criticism of rival Mitt Romney’s background as a venture capitalist, telling a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds there might be value in such experience but “not in the White House.” Brian Banks, a former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by what turned out to be a false rape accusation, burst into tears as a judge in Long Beach, California, threw out the charge that had sent Banks to prison for more than five years.Five years ago: Setting past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting at the Vatican. Ariana Grande suspended her Dangerous Woman world tour and canceled several European shows due to the deadly bombing at her concert in Manchester, England, two days earlier.One year ago: Tennessee became the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools. Samuel E. Wright, who famously voiced “Sebastian the Crab” in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and had an acting career spanning five decades, died at 72. Today’s Birthdays: Actor-comedian-impressionist Stanley Baxter is 96. Jazz musician Archie Shepp is 85. Comedian Tommy Chong is 84. Singer Bob Dylan is 81. Actor Gary Burghoff is 79. Singer Patti LaBelle is 78. Actor Priscilla Presley is 77. Country singer Mike Reid is 75. Actor Jim Broadbent is 73. Actor Alfred Molina is 69. Singer Rosanne Cash is 67. Actor Cliff Parisi is 62. Actor Kristin Scott Thomas is 62. Rock musician Vivian Trimble is 59. Actor John C. Reilly is 57. Actor Dana Ashbrook is 55. Actor Eric Close is 55. Actor Carl Payne is 53. Rock musician Rich Robinson is 53. Former MLB pitcher Bartolo Colon is 49. Actor Dash Mihok is 48. Actor Bryan Greenberg is 44. Actor Owen Benjamin is 42. Actor Billy L. Sullivan is 42. Actor-rapper Jerod Mixon (aka Big Tyme) is 41. Rock musician Cody Hanson (Hinder) is 40. Dancer-choreographer-singer Mark Ballas is 36. Country singer Billy Gilman is 34. Rapper/producer G-Eazy is 33. Actor Brianne Howey is 33. Actor Cayden Boyd is 28.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Washington,New York,Samuel F.B. 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A Ryanair jetliner flying from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus so authorities there could arrest a passenger, journalist Raman Pratasevich, a key foe of authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. At age 50, Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship in South Carolina to become the oldest major champion in golf history. Children’s author and illustrator Eric Carle, known for the classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” died at 91 in Massachusetts.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Today’s Birthdays: Actor Barbara Barrie is 91. Actor Joan Collins is 89. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 86. International Tennis Hall of Famer John Newcombe is 78. Actor Lauren Chapin is 77. Country singer Judy Rodman is 71. Chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov is 71. Singer Luka Bloom is 67. Former baseball manager Buck Showalter is 66. Actor-comedian-game show host Drew Carey is 64. Actor Lea DeLaria is 64. Country singer Shelly West is 64. Author Mitch Albom is 64. 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Today’s Highlight in History: On May 23, 1984, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report saying there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to lung disease in non-smokers. On this date: In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.In 1533, the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer. In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary during World War I. In 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.In 1937, industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co. and the Rockefeller Foundation, died in Ormond Beach, Florida, at age 97.In 1939, the Navy submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive off the New England coast. Thirty-two crew members and one civilian were rescued, but 26 others died; the sub was salvaged and recommissioned the USS Sailfish. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive. In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule while in British custody in Luneburg, Germany. In 1967, Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, an action that helped precipitate war between Israel and its Arab neighbors the following month. In 1975, comedian Jackie “Moms” Mabley, 81, died in White Plains, New York.In 2007, President George W. Bush, speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard commencement, portrayed the Iraq war as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida and said Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America. In 2016, during his visit to Asia, President Barack Obama, eager to banish lingering shadows of the Vietnam War, lifted the U.S. embargo on selling arms to America’s former enemy. Prosecutors failed for the second time in their bid to hold Baltimore police accountable for the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, as an officer was acquitted in the racially charged case that triggered riots a year earlier.Ten years ago: Egypt held the Arab world’s first competitive presidential vote. (Islamist Mohammed Morsi was ultimately named the winner following a runoff.) Five years ago: President Donald Trump made a personal appeal for peace between Israel and the Palestinians as he closed a four-day swing through the Middle East. Roger Moore, the star of seven James Bond films, died in Switzerland at age 89. One year ago: A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of northern Italy’s most picturesque lakes plummeted to the ground and tumbled down a slope, killing 14 people. (The lone survivor, a 6-year-old boy, became the subject of a custody battle between family members in Italy and Israel; the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that he should be returned to his relatives in Italy.) A Ryanair jetliner flying from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus so authorities there could arrest a passenger, journalist Raman Pratasevich, a key foe of authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. At age 50, Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship in South Carolina to become the oldest major champion in golf history. Children’s author and illustrator Eric Carle, known for the classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” died at 91 in Massachusetts.Today’s Birthdays: Actor Barbara Barrie is 91. Actor Joan Collins is 89. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 86. International Tennis Hall of Famer John Newcombe is 78. Actor Lauren Chapin is 77. Country singer Judy Rodman is 71. Chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov is 71. Singer Luka Bloom is 67. Former baseball manager Buck Showalter is 66. Actor-comedian-game show host Drew Carey is 64. Actor Lea DeLaria is 64. Country singer Shelly West is 64. Author Mitch Albom is 64. Actor Linden Ashby is 62. Actor-model Karen Duffy is 61. Actor Melissa McBride is 57. Rock musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) is 55. Actor Laurel Holloman is 54. Rock musician Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) is 52. Country singer Brian McComas is 50. Actor John Pollono is 50. Singer Maxwell is 49. Singer Jewel is 48. Game show contestant Ken Jennings is 48. Actor LaMonica Garrett is 47. Actor D.J. Cotrona is 42. Actor Lane Garrison is 42. Actor-comedian Tim Robinson is 41. Actor Adam Wylie is 38. Movie writer-director Ryan Coogler is 36. Golfer Morgan Pressel is 34. Actor Alberto Frezza is 33. 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It marks the highest-level public visit to the oil-rich capital of Abu Dhabi by Biden administration officials.The UAE named the assertive Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan its new president following the death of his half-brother last Friday. Sheikh Mohammed has served as the country's de facto ruler and shaped the country's foreign policy since Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan suffered a stroke nearly a decade ago.Underscoring Abu Dhabi’s influence in Western and Arab capitals, an array of presidents and prime ministers descended on the desert sheikhdom over the weekend to honor the late Sheikh Khalifa, praise Sheikh Mohammed and solidify ties. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were the first European leaders to jet to the UAE capital.Before heading to Abu Dhabi, Harris said she was traveling on behalf of President Joe Biden to offer condolences on the death of the long-ailing Sheikh Khalifa and to shore up America's crucial relationship with the UAE. “The United States takes quite seriously the strength of our relationship and partnership with the UAE,” Harris told reporters. “We are going there then to express our condolences but also as an expression of our commitment to the strength of that relationship.”Blinken was first to touch down in Abu Dhabi before talks with his Emirati counterpart. Officials were vague about the agenda, but it was widely expected they would address the UAE's long-simmering frustrations about American security protection in the region as well as tensions that have emerged between the countries over Russia's war on Ukraine.The UAE, along with Saudi Arabia, has faced intense American pressure to shun Russia and pump more oil to improve stability in energy markets as Europe tries to wean itself off Russian crude. But the UAE is a key Russian trading partner and member of the so-called OPEC Plus agreement, of which Russia is an important member. Emiratis have rebuffed American demands — resistance rooted in an apparent feeling that despite its continued military presence across the Arabian Peninsula, America is no longer such a reliable partner.After taking office, Biden lifted a terrorist designation on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels that have fired missiles and drones at the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and is trying to revive Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers — an accord that Gulf Arab states fear could embolden Iran and its proxies.America's abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer and its long-term foreign policy goal of pivoting away from the Mideast and toward China has added to Gulf Arab concerns. Meanwhile, the Biden administration has suspended a sale F-35 fighter jets to the UAE agreed by former President Donald Trump. Trump had scrapped Iran's nuclear deal and heavily courted Emirati and Saudi officials.Earlier this spring, Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE's ambassador to the U.S. described the allies as going through a “stress test.”","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"25.0772","longitude":"55.3093","name":"Dubai,United Arab Emirates","city":"Dubai"},"keywords":"US,UAE,Abu Dhabi,America,Iran,Biden,Sheikh Mohammed,Sheikh Khalifa,Harris,Russia","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-16T05:33:12.946280+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"3TjY46BG7ch5","slug":"english/stain-on-americas-soul-joe-biden-condemns-ny-buffalo-mass-shooting","title":"'Stain on America's soul,' Joe Biden condemns NY Buffalo mass shooting","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_9T371E2ya.jpg","coverCaption":"President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Jeff O'Connor's farm in Kankakee, Ill., Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (Photo Credit: AP)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\": 1, \"heartbreak_count\": 0, \"laugh_count\": 0, \"sad_count\": 0, \"angry_count\": 0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-15T22:10:00.127447+00:00","highlightSummary":"\u003cul\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePresident Joe Biden condemns NY Buffalo mass shooting\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003e'We must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America,' he said\u003c/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe shooting killed 10 people and injured three others\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e","highlightSummaryFlag":1,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":1,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":2,"content":"{\\\"time\\\":1652651239789,\\\"strCount\\\":2753,\\\"blocks\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"President \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/what-is-in-joe-bidens-wwii-style-ukraine-bill\\\\\\\"\u003eJoe Biden \u003c/a\u003eurged police forces to use federal law-enforcement money, saying it can help cut gun violence \\\\\\\"before it's too late.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden spoke briefly on the gunman in Buffalo, New York, who killed 10 people and injured three others in what federal officials are investigating as a racist hate crime, during a memorial service for police officers killed in the line of duty.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/16-year-old-seandell-holliday-fatally-shot-at-chicago-tourist-spot-2-in-custody\\\\\\\"\u003e16-year-old Seandell Holliday fatally shot at Chicago tourist spot, 2 in custody\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“We must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/america\\\\\\\"\u003eAmerica\u003c/a\u003e,” on Sunday, Biden told a group of law enforcement officials on the steps of the United States \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/capitol\\\\\\\"\u003eCapitol\u003c/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/washington\\\\\\\"\u003eWashington\u003c/a\u003e, D.C.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"In the \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-labelled-a-racist-hate-crime\\\\\\\"\u003eBuffalo mass shooting\u003c/a\u003e, a white 18-year-old man dressed in military gear opened fire at a grocery store on Saturday. 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A former police officer acting as a security guard was slain in an exchange of gunfire by the shooter.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-labelled-a-racist-hate-crime\\\\\\\"\u003eBuffalo supermarket mass shooting labelled a racist hate crime\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 198 mass shootings in the United States this year, with four or more people shot, including incidents in \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/portland\\\\\\\"\u003ePortland\u003c/a\u003e, Sacramento, New York City, and Pittsburgh.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Biden had already directed that flags at government facilities be flown at half-staff on Sunday in honour of Peace Officers Memorial Day. According to \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/fbi\\\\\\\"\u003eFBI\u003c/a\u003e records, 56 law enforcement officers died in accidents in 2021, while 73 perished as a result of criminal activity.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/nato-mulls-expanding-alliance-as-russia-falters-in-ukraine\\\\\\\"\u003eNATO mulls expanding alliance as Russia falters in Ukraine\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/republicans\\\\\\\"\u003eRepublicans\u003c/a\u003e have attempted to blame \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/democrats\\\\\\\"\u003eDemocrats\u003c/a\u003e for a rise in violent crime in recent years, viewing it as a political issue. Biden has recommended additional funding for community policing and has targeted the growth of \\\\\\\"ghost guns,\\\\\\\" which are privately manufactured handguns without serial numbers.\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp"},{"name":"Shooting","slug":"shooting","id":"mC15GPHkCakm"},{"name":"NewYork","slug":"newyork","id":"ZXs8JjMQ5noW"},{"name":"Capitol","slug":"capitol","id":"oOrbNw49CvAB"},{"name":"FBI","slug":"fbi","id":"5rxK1ZSZBfgZ"},{"name":"Biden","slug":"biden","id":"w3aFjwvXbPeA"},{"name":"Washington","slug":"washington","id":"Fqv5l2w7tKCw"},{"name":"portland","slug":"portland","id":"81BHpmXDvbnP"},{"name":"Democrats","slug":"democrats","id":"Vmz6UbCXmH4g"},{"name":"NewYorkCity","slug":"newyorkcity","id":"BJPuGHOkqnSC"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Republicans","slug":"republicans","id":"Wmk9spJc1cbt"},{"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","id":"ODQ1kqHlUPEu"},{"name":"UnitedStates","slug":"unitedstates","id":"Lgr3hTOPJ0yv"},{"name":"World","slug":"world","id":"iEhRQcab92b8"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-15T22:10:00.127451+00:00","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"President Joe Biden urged police forces to use federal law-enforcement money, saying it can help cut gun violence before it's too late. Biden spoke briefly on the gunman in Buffalo, New York, who killed 10 people and injured three others in what federal officials are investigating as a racist hate crime, during a memorial service for police officers killed in the line of duty. Also read: 16-year-old Seandell Holliday fatally shot at Chicago tourist spot, 2 in custody,“We must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America,” on Sunday, Biden told a group of law enforcement officials on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. In the Buffalo mass shooting, a white 18-year-old man dressed in military gear opened fire at a grocery store on Saturday. According to police, 11 of the 13 victims shot were black. A former police officer acting as a security guard was slain in an exchange of gunfire by the shooter. Also read: Buffalo supermarket mass shooting labelled a racist hate crime,According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 198 mass shootings in the United States this year, with four or more people shot, including incidents in Portland, Sacramento, New York City, and Pittsburgh. Biden had already directed that flags at government facilities be flown at half-staff on Sunday in honour of Peace Officers Memorial Day. According to FBI records, 56 law enforcement officers died in accidents in 2021, while 73 perished as a result of criminal activity. Also read: NATO mulls expanding alliance as Russia falters in Ukraine,Republicans have attempted to blame Democrats for a rise in violent crime in recent years, viewing it as a political issue. Biden has recommended additional funding for community policing and has targeted the growth of ghost guns, which are privately manufactured handguns without serial numbers.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"the United States,Joe Biden,Buffalo,New York,America,Biden,Capitol,Washington,the Gun Violence Archive,Portland,Sacramento,New York City,Pittsburgh,FBI,Republicans","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-15T22:10:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"fxElpGCpEcVP","slug":"english/slingsby-aussies-ride-flying-roo-to-sailgp-opening-win","title":"Slingsby, Aussies ride 'Flying Roo' to SailGP opening win","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/SailGP_Sailing_09658_ltrZcx4hm.jpg","coverCaption":"In this photo provided by SailGP, from left to right, Britain's SailGP Team, Canada's SailGP Team and Australia's SailGP Team compete in a Bermuda SailGP sailing event in Bermuda, Sunday, May 15, 2022. 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He’s looking to rebound after his first season in SailGP was marred when he inexplicably smashed his catamaran into Team Japan during the penultimate regatta in Sydney, ripping the bow off the starboard hull of the Japanese boat. Ainslie let Team Japan use his boat to complete the regatta, essentially ending his chance to reach the Season 2 podium race.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Canada had an impressive showing in its debut regatta. Robertson is leading his third team in as many seasons after being fired by the Spanish team on the eve of the Season 2 finale.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Denmark finished fourth and the United States, helmed by two-time America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill, was fifth. They were followed by New Zealand, Spain, France and newcomer Switzerland.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The next regatta is in Chicago on May 18-19.\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"Bermuda","slug":"bermuda","id":"BJeaBf4WL2xw"},{"name":"Canada","slug":"canada","id":"Go7uHdKEBarl"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-15T21:06:13.813449+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"1d2fe3d7d743e7","cleanText":"Tom Slingsby and his two-time defending SailGP champion Team Australia expertly sailed their “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran to a commanding victory Sunday in the podium race of the opening regatta of Season 3 on Bermuda’s Great Sound.The Aussie crew, packed with America’s Cup and Olympic veterans, has been so dominant in showing the rest of the fleet its dual sterns that it has turned podium races into the nautical equivalent of a Sunday drive.Slingsby hit the starting line in control and sailed ahead of Britain’s Sir Ben Ainslie and Canada’s Phil Robertson for an easy win, reaching 42 mph (68 kph) as his 50-foot cat with the large yellow kangaroo on the wingsail skimmed above the turquoise waters at the finish.The victory came just six weeks after the Aussies’ dominating win in the $1 million, winner-take-all grand final of the pandemic-delayed Season 2 on San Francisco Bay. Team Australia also won the $1 million top prize in 2019, the inaugural season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison’s global league.Slingsby, an Olympic gold medalist and former America’s Cup champion, has won four straight SailGP regattas and six of the last seven. He was in third place in the nine-boat fleet despite having just one top-three finish in Saturday’s three fleet races and then finished fourth and first in Sunday’s fleet races to reach the podium race.“We’re definitely a confidence team, and when we’re confident we’re very hard to beat,” Slingsby said after his crew doused him with Champagne. “Winning that last fleet race with everyone, we won that from start to finish and that put us in high confidence and we sort of all looked at each other after that race and said, ‘We’re going to smoke this last one,’ and that’s what happened.”Despite dominating SailGP since its inception, Slingsby said it’s always a big day when he beats Ainslie, one of the world’s all-time greatest sailors who joined SailGP in Season 2.“We’re stoked,” Slingsby said. “You know you’re competing against the very best when you’re up against Ben Ainslie and I still regard him as the greatest sailor of all time. He’s still the GOAT to everyone else in the world. But we’re happy to get one up on him here. We know he’ll come back strong.”Ainslie beat Slingsby in the podium race in the Season 2 opening regatta, also in Bermuda. They were crewmates aboard Oracle Team USA when it staged one of the biggest comebacks in sports to win the 2013 America’s Cup.Ainslie is the most decorated sailor in Olympic history, with four gold medals and a silver. He continues to lead a British team in the America’s Cup. Slingsby was recently hired by the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic for the 2024 America’s Cup.Ainslie won two of three fleet races Saturday and then had finishes of fifth and fourth Sunday to reach the podium race. He’s looking to rebound after his first season in SailGP was marred when he inexplicably smashed his catamaran into Team Japan during the penultimate regatta in Sydney, ripping the bow off the starboard hull of the Japanese boat. Ainslie let Team Japan use his boat to complete the regatta, essentially ending his chance to reach the Season 2 podium race.Canada had an impressive showing in its debut regatta. Robertson is leading his third team in as many seasons after being fired by the Spanish team on the eve of the Season 2 finale.Denmark finished fourth and the United States, helmed by two-time America’s Cup champion Jimmy Spithill, was fifth. They were followed by New Zealand, Spain, France and newcomer Switzerland.The next regatta is in Chicago on May 18-19.___Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at https://twitter.com/berniewilson___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Slingsby,Team Australia,Bermuda,Ben Ainslie,Canada,Olympic,America,Ainslie,Tom Slingsby,Aussie","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-15T21:06:13.162733+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"rKUDTqaOz4NC","slug":"english/us-president-joe-biden-announces-jewish-month-in-honour-of-jewish-americans","title":"US President Joe Biden announces Jewish Month in honour of Jewish Americans","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_3NqktHnGw1.jpg","coverCaption":"FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at United Performance Metals in Hamilton. 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The President took to Twitter to make the announcement.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also Read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/joe-bidens-new-ethics-and-transparency-law-for-supreme-court-judges-explained\\\\\\\"\u003eBiden's new ethics and transparency law for Supreme Court judges: Explained\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"\\\\\\\"During Jewish American\\\\nHeritage Month, we honor centuries of Jewish Americans who—shaped by their own\\\\nencounters with prejudice, persecution, and the promise of a better\\\\ntomorrow—have emboldened our nation to stand up for justice, equality, and\\\\nfreedom,\\\\\\\" said Biden.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"The history of Jewish Americans\\\\nis almost 400 years old. In 1954, a small ship carrying 23 Jewish refugees\\\\nreached the port of present-day New York City. 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The President took to Twitter to make the announcement. Also Read: Biden's new ethics and transparency law for Supreme Court judges: Explained,During Jewish American Heritage Month, we honor centuries of Jewish Americans who—shaped by their own encounters with prejudice, persecution, and the promise of a better tomorrow—have emboldened our nation to stand up for justice, equality, and freedom, said Biden. The history of Jewish Americans is almost 400 years old. In 1954, a small ship carrying 23 Jewish refugees reached the port of present-day New York City. These men and women were victims of oppression and discrimination. Nevertheless, they became the first Jewish to settle on American soil. Also Read: India declares 1-day state mourning after UAE President's death: Here's what it means,During Jewish American Heritage Month, the US will honour these 23 refugees and the centuries of successive generations of Jewish Americans. The story of America was written, in part, by Jewish Americans who, through their words and actions, embraced the opportunity and responsibility of citizenship knowing full well that democracy is not born, nor sustained, by accident. Throughout America's history, Jewish Americans have served the US with distinction. Also Read: Joe Biden to meet mayors, police chiefs on Friday to discuss COVID relief,They have made enormous contributions to America’s cultural, scientific, artistic, and intellectual life, and they have marched, petitioned, and boarded buses to demand civil and political rights for all — from women’s rights to voting rights to workers’ rights. Also Read: World Cups in 2031, 2033 big step in 'development of rugby in the US',Today, we continue to strive to live up to our founding ideals. As the scourge of white supremacy and antisemitic violence rises, my Administration remains committed to ensuring that hate has no safe harbour. That is why we have created new laws that give us more tools to combat hate crimes; developed the first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism; provided assistance to religious organizations, places of worship, and nonprofits to protect their facilities and members; and named a new Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, said Biden in a press release. ,My Administration will use the full force of our judicial system to confront bigotry and antisemitism wherever and whenever it surfaces, added Biden.","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Jewish Americans,US,Jewish American,Jewish,America,Joe Biden,Biden,New York City,American","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-14T16:00:00+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"xN0Og0pBZcS2","slug":"english/hezbollah-weapons-at-the-heart-of-lebanons-elections-sunday","title":"Hezbollah weapons at the heart of Lebanon's elections Sunday","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Lebanon_Hezbollah_61364__crFRzF-U.jpg","coverCaption":"A Hezbollah supporter holds up an Arabic banner that reads: \"At your service Nasrallah,\" as he attends an election campaign, in Baalbek, east Lebanon, Friday, May 13, 2022. Despite a devastating economic collapse and multiple other crises gripping Lebanon, the culmination of decades of corruption and mismanagement, the deeply divisive issue of Hezbollah's weapons has been at the center of Sunday's vote for a new 128-member parliament. 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Disarming the group has dominated political campaigns among almost all of the group’s opponents. Those include Western-backed mainstream political groups and independents who played a role in nationwide protests since the start of the economic meltdown in October 2019.“This is the biggest misinformation campaign. Why? Because they are implementing America’s policy against the resistance weapons,” senior Hezbollah official Hussein Haj Hassan told The Associated Press on Friday ahead of the rally in Baalbek.Hezbollah was the only group officially allowed to keep its weapons after the 1975-90 civil war because it was fighting Israeli forces occupying parts of south Lebanon. In 2000, Israel withdrew from Lebanon but Hezbollah and others in the small Mediterranean nation insisted its weapons were necessary to defend it against Israel, which has one of the strongest armies in the region.Hezbollah has since fought a monthlong war with Israel in 2006 that ended in a draw and after the start of the conflict in neighboring Syria the Iran-backed group sent thousands of fighters to fight alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces helping him tip the balance of power in his favor.Hezbollah’s rivals say its weapons and its backing of regional forces such as Assad's and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have harmed Lebanon’s relations with oil-rich Persian Gulf nations. Those nations have categorized the Lebanese group as a terrorist organization and withheld crucial financial support for the country.Haj Hassan, a legislator since 1996 and a Cabinet minister three times, said claims that Hezbollah is responsible for Lebanon’s collapse were “a big lie.” “They forgot the political system, economic system, corruption, the war in Syria and its effects on Lebanon and they forgot the American sanctions,” he said at his home near Baalbek. The bespectacled 62-year-old lost two brothers who fought for Hezbollah during Lebanon’s civil war and a nephew in Syria.Hezbollah maintains its weapons are to defend Lebanon and not for internal use. But the group used them against rivals in May 2008 in the worst fighting at the time in many years. The Hezbollah offensive came after the government of then-Hezbollah opponent Fouad Saniora decided to dismantle the group’s military telecommunications network.“No Lebanese group should have the right to be armed while other Lebanese are not,” said Samy Gemayel, head of the right-wing Kataeb party, in comments to the local LBC station Friday night.The vote this year is the first after the economic collapse, described by the World Bank as one of the worst the world has witnessed in more than 150 years. It is also the first since the August 2020 blast at Beirut’s port that killed more than 200, injured thousands and caused largescale damage in the capital. Three former Cabinet ministers allied with Hezbollah were charged in the port blast investigation but have refused to show up for questioning by the investigative judge. Hezbollah’s leader has blasted the judge and called for his replacement, and the investigation has been suspended for months following legal challenges by politicians. Parliamentary elections are held once every four years and the last vote in 2018 gave a majority of seats to Hezbollah and its allies with 71 legislators.As Lebanon sinks deeper into poverty, many Lebanese have been more openly critical of Hezbollah. They blame the group — along with the ruling class — for the devastating, multiple crises plaguing the country, including a dramatic currency crash and severe shortages in medicine and fuel. Some expect its main Christian ally, the Free Patriotic Movement founded by President Michel Aoun, to lose seats. Others have expressed disappointment at Hezbollah’s unshakable alliance with Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s longtime parliament speaker seen by many as the godfather of Lebanon’s corrupt sectarian-based and elite-dominated political system. Still, a win by Hezbollah is not in doubt. The group has a solid base and masterfully maneuvers its alliances and the electoral system. Intimidation ensures no Shiite threat emerges: Three Shiite candidates allied with the Saudi-backed Lebanese Forces group withdrew from the race in the Baalbek region within days.In a Shiite village in southern Lebanon, residents were attacked last month as they headed to attend a rally for candidates running against Hezbollah. Weapons were fired in the air to disrupt a gathering by a Shiite cleric running against the Hezbollah-led alliance in Baalbek. Hezbollah was blamed for intimidating the Shiite candidates, a claim Haj Hassan denied.“They don’t want opposition within the (Shiite) sect. This is clear,” said Hilal Khashan, political science professor at the American University of Beirut. Khashan added that Hezbollah and its Shiite ally the Amal group of Berri are trying to maintain control of the 27 seats allocated for the sect. Little change is expected from the election as mainstream political parties and politicians remain strong while opposition candidates are fractured. Still, Western-backed mainstream parties are hoping to strip the parliamentary majority from Hezbollah, while many independents are hoping to break through traditional party lists and candidates.The vote comes after a powerful Sunni leader, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, suspended his work in politics. Some have warned this may help Hezbollah’s Sunni allies to win more seats.“I consider the ballot box as a line of defense for us,” said nurse Hoda Falah during the rally in Baalbek. Falah said Hezbollah’s weapons have defended eastern Lebanon from attacks by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked militants over the years. Top Hezbollah official Nabil Kaouk said in a speech last month that the elections will show that his group enjoys the most support in the small nation. He claimed that money flowing from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the U.S. to their “tools” in Lebanon will not change results. “May 15 will prove that the American project to target the resistance is sterile and they will only harvest disappointments,” Kaouk said.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"34.0058","longitude":"36.2181","name":"Baalbek,Lebanon","city":"Baalbek"},"keywords":"Lebanon,Hezbollah,Baalbek,Israel,Syria,Haj Hassan,Cabinet,America,Hussein Haj Hassan,The Associated Press","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-14T12:51:14.497650+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"ADnKXgotjL5y","slug":"english/slingsbys-aussies-aim-for-sailgp-3-peat-another-1m-check","title":"Slingsby's Aussies aim for SailGP 3-peat, another $1M check","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/SailGP_Sailing_69460_zibmj9EVT.jpg","coverCaption":"In this photo provided by SailGP, Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby sails closely alongside France SailGP Team helmed by Quentin Delapierre during a practice session in Bermuda on May 12, 2022. The Champagne showers from Team Australia's Season 2 championship have barely dried and it's already time for SailGP to start another dash for $1 million in cash. The third season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league starts this weekend on the turquoise water of Bermuda's Great Sound, where, to no one's surprise, Tom Slingsby's juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat. 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To no one’s surprise, Tom Slingsby’s juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Slingsby, an Olympic gold medalist and former America’s Cup champion, has skippered the Flying Roo 50-foot foiling catamaran to the first two championships, each coming with a $1 million winner-take-all prize.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The fleet expands this season with new teams from Canada and Switzerland, although Japan — which reached the podium race the first two seasons — has run into financial difficulties and will miss the first three regattas. 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The American boat had a number of capsizes and crashes, including one in which wing trimmer Paul Campbell-James broke a leg. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Given the mayhem we had to deal with and the fact we qualified for the final, I thought it was a good first step but definitely not something we’re satisfied with,” said Spithill, an Australian who lives full-time in San Diego with his American wife and their two sons. “We want to be at the top of the podium for sure. But like any sport there is no shortcut. You’ve got to put the time in, the hours in, and try to catch who I believe is the benchmark team, clearly, is the Aussies. They’ve been together longer than anyone. That group is really so locked in for a significant amount of time and it really shows. They are doing a lot of things well.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Flight controller Rome Kirby was injured during a nose-dive in San Francisco and will miss this regatta, so the US team is bringing in Hans Henken as flight controller. Henken was with the American team in the inaugural season in 2019. He is literally a rocket scientist, holding bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Stanford. Luke Muller, who sailed in the Tokyo Olympics, will serve as backup to grinder/tactician Andrew Campbell. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Spithill, a two-time America’s Cup winner with Oracle Team USA, said he realized the team needed to build some depth. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“The long-term goal of the U.S. team is to return it back to the powerhouse the U.S. was in, let’s say, the 80s and 90s,” said Spithill, who co-helmed Italy into the America’s Cup match last year before losing to Emirates Team New Zealand. “It’s no secret. The results do the talking. You look at the last America’s Cup, you look at the last Olympics, the U.S. just wasn’t there. Our strategy is to continue to add depth, add talent, to the roster.”\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"Japan","slug":"japan","id":"anJhzDRc6xxB"},{"name":"SanFrancisco","slug":"sanfrancisco","id":"8DEVsL13aXJn"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Canada","slug":"canada","id":"Go7uHdKEBarl"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-13T23:36:16.776845+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"a9a31984eeb094","cleanText":"The Champagne showers from Team Australia’s Season 2 championship have barely dried and SailGP is already starting another dash for $1 million in cash. The third season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison’s global league begins this weekend on the turquoise waters of Bermuda’s Great Sound. To no one’s surprise, Tom Slingsby’s juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat.Slingsby, an Olympic gold medalist and former America’s Cup champion, has skippered the Flying Roo 50-foot foiling catamaran to the first two championships, each coming with a $1 million winner-take-all prize.The fleet expands this season with new teams from Canada and Switzerland, although Japan — which reached the podium race the first two seasons — has run into financial difficulties and will miss the first three regattas. The number of regattas has increased to 10. The Aussies clearly remain the class of the fleet and are aiming at a three-peat.“It’s hard to say how we’re going to go but we’re as confident probably as we ever have been,” Slingsby said. “If we sail as well as we know we can, we can win races and win events. We’re in a really good position in that we don’t need to do anything special to win. We just need to do what we’ve done time and time again and we know that our best can beat other teams’ best and I’m not sure they have that same luxury.”Nicknamed “Red Mist” for his occasional flashes of temper on the water, the redheaded Slingsby expertly steered the Flying Roo — named for the big yellow kangaroo on the wingsail — to sailing’s biggest cash prize for the second time since 2019. He beat Japan and the United States in the grand finale of the pandemic-delayed second season in San Francisco on March 27. Slingsby continues to sail with his veteran crew of Kyle Langford, Jason Waterhouse, Kinley Fowler and Sam Newton.“When we’re in a tight situation or a high-pressure moment I know that these guys perform under pressure and I think they know that I do, also,” he said. Slingsby was hired last week by America’s Cup syndicate American Magic. He’ll continue on in SailGP since the next America’s Cup isn’t until 2024.Slingsby said Friday that Team Australia will donate $72,000 AUD, or about $50,000 US, from the team’s $1 million prize to its Race for the Future partner, Parley for the Oceans, to assist with remote expeditions and cleanups of marine plastics pollution throughout Australia’s beaches and coastlines.Team USA, meanwhile, is looking for more consistent results even though it reached the grand finale in Jimmy Spithill’s first year as skipper. The American boat had a number of capsizes and crashes, including one in which wing trimmer Paul Campbell-James broke a leg. “Given the mayhem we had to deal with and the fact we qualified for the final, I thought it was a good first step but definitely not something we’re satisfied with,” said Spithill, an Australian who lives full-time in San Diego with his American wife and their two sons. “We want to be at the top of the podium for sure. But like any sport there is no shortcut. You’ve got to put the time in, the hours in, and try to catch who I believe is the benchmark team, clearly, is the Aussies. They’ve been together longer than anyone. That group is really so locked in for a significant amount of time and it really shows. They are doing a lot of things well.”Flight controller Rome Kirby was injured during a nose-dive in San Francisco and will miss this regatta, so the US team is bringing in Hans Henken as flight controller. Henken was with the American team in the inaugural season in 2019. He is literally a rocket scientist, holding bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Stanford. Luke Muller, who sailed in the Tokyo Olympics, will serve as backup to grinder/tactician Andrew Campbell. Spithill, a two-time America’s Cup winner with Oracle Team USA, said he realized the team needed to build some depth. “The long-term goal of the U.S. team is to return it back to the powerhouse the U.S. was in, let’s say, the 80s and 90s,” said Spithill, who co-helmed Italy into the America’s Cup match last year before losing to Emirates Team New Zealand. “It’s no secret. The results do the talking. You look at the last America’s Cup, you look at the last Olympics, the U.S. just wasn’t there. Our strategy is to continue to add depth, add talent, to the roster.”___Follow Bernie Wilson on Twitter at https://twitter.com/berniewilson","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Slingsby,U.S.,Team Australia,Japan,San Francisco,Larry Ellison,Tom Slingsby,Olympic,America,Canada","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-13T23:36:15.994487+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"ta8Gmuj1TaTf","slug":"english/pga-championship-22-a-hole-by-hole-look-at-southern-hills","title":"PGA CHAMPIONSHIP '22: A hole-by-hole look at Southern Hills","postType":1,"coverMedia":"","coverCaption":"","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-13T16:30:08.839497+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":null,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652459408.317681, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A hole-by-hole look at Southern Hills Country Club, site of the 104th PGA Championship to be played May 19-22:\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"NO. 1, 468 YARDS, PAR 4: The tee shot is from an elevated tee with a view of the Tulsa skyline and a slight dogleg to the left. Two bunkers are now left of the fairway. The green slopes from front right to back left and has a large bunker front and right of the green.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"NO. 2, 500 YARDS, PAR 4: One of the more demanding tee shots on the course, players have to carry bunkers and a winding stream that turns to the left side. The fairway slopes in that direction. The approach is a mid-iron to a well-bunkered green.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"NO. 3, 472 YARDS, PAR 4: The hole bends sharply to the left and is tree-lined. 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(AP) — A hole-by-hole look at Southern Hills Country Club, site of the 104th PGA Championship to be played May 19-22:NO. 1, 468 YARDS, PAR 4: The tee shot is from an elevated tee with a view of the Tulsa skyline and a slight dogleg to the left. Two bunkers are now left of the fairway. The green slopes from front right to back left and has a large bunker front and right of the green.NO. 2, 500 YARDS, PAR 4: One of the more demanding tee shots on the course, players have to carry bunkers and a winding stream that turns to the left side. The fairway slopes in that direction. The approach is a mid-iron to a well-bunkered green.NO. 3, 472 YARDS, PAR 4: The hole bends sharply to the left and is tree-lined. The green is severely sloped and has bunkers on both sides.NO. 4, 377 YARDS, PAR 4: The picturesque hole goes back up the hill toward the clubhouse. The elevated green is heavily bunkered, and the wedge to the green is complicated by a rolling fairway with uneven lies. The green slopes severely to the front, so it’s key to leave the ball below the hole.NO. 5, 656 YARDS, PAR 5: This hole used to be 600 yards back when 600 yards meant something. It’s still the longest hole on the course. Bunkers on both sides of the landing area and trees make it a difficult tee shot. The stream on No. 2 cuts in on the right side of the well-bunkered, undulating green.NO. 6, 214 YARDS, PAR 3: The hole plays slightly downhill and the meandering stream starts short right of the green and runs to the left. Bunkers guard the front of the green. Behind the green is a fence that marks the edge of the property.NO. 7, 489 YARDS, PAR 4: A new tee creates an uphill drive to a crest of a hill and reveals a narrow, false-front green situated between bunkers left and the stream to the right. What used to be a drive and a wedge now is a demanding hole that requires two solid shots into an difficult green complex.NO. 8, 251 YARDS, PAR 3: This plays into the prevailing breeze, making it play even longer than it already is. Long and left could create problems because it slopes hard toward a creek.NO. 9, 391 YARDS, PAR 4: Two fairway bunkers guard the inside corner of this short dogleg to the right. The prevailing wind and an elevated green make this hole play a little longer than its yardage. The green slopes significantly to the front.NO. 10, 441 YARDS, PAR 4: A creek winds down the left side of the hole and then crosses the fairway, and there’s a thick stand of trees to the right. The approach is uphill to one of the most challenging greens on the course, and is surrounded by bunkers.NO. 11, 173 YARDS, PAR 3: The shortest hole on the course requires great accuracy because the small green is surrounded by four bunkers and a creek to the left. The tee is elevated, and the wind in this corner of the course tends to swirl.NO. 12, 456 YARDS, PAR 4: A signature hole at Southern Hills, which Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer called one of America’s great par 4s. The slight dogleg to the left features a tee shot to a blind landing area on a fairway sloping to the left. The green moves left to right and is protected by bunkers short, left and long. A creek is short and to the right.NO. 13, 632 YARDS, PAR 5: This is regarded as the last good birdie chance. The hole bends slightly to the left. Getting home in two requires a blind shot to a small green protected by bunkers and a pond in front. Laying up short of the water would be the safe play.NO. 14, 230 YARDS, PAR 3: The green on this long par 3 is surrounded by six bunkers. The prevailing wind is right-to-left toward the out-of-bounds which runs along the entire left side of the hole.NO. 15, 417 YARDS, PAR 4: A short dogleg to the left has a bunker guarding the inside corner that narrows the landing area. Bunkers and collection areas circle a green that severely slopes from the back right to the front left. Players must be below the hole for a good look at birdie.NO. 16, 527 YARDS, PAR 4: This plays as a par 5 for the members. The drive must carry a gentle slope to provide a view of a small green featuring bunkers short, right, and long.NO. 17, 371 YARDS, PAR 4: This short par 4 is framed by a creek to the right that meanders in front of the green and a thick stand of trees to the left. It’s hard to find a level lie in the fairway, making it tough even with a wedge into the green. The PGA is likely to move the tee forward at least one round to give players the option of trying to drive the green.NO. 18, 491 YARDS, PAR 4: The closing hole is so difficult that Tiger Woods is the only major champion at Southern Hills to par the 72nd hole. The dogleg to the right requires a tee shot that finds a plateau on the left side of the fairway. The elevated green is well-bunkered and slopes hard to the front. ___More AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"36.154","longitude":"-95.9928","name":"Tulsa,United States","city":"Tulsa"},"keywords":"PAR,YARDS,TULSA,Okla.,Southern Hills Country Club,the 104th PGA Championship,Tulsa,Ben Hogan,Arnold Palmer,America","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-13T16:30:08.333275+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"tiOIZ7Jex21Q","slug":"english/some-catholic-abortion-foes-are-uneasy-about-overturning-roe","title":"Some Catholic abortion foes are uneasy about overturning Roe","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Supreme_Court_Abortion_Catholics_35474_uIr_SYvQ8.jpg","coverCaption":"FILE - Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, leads a live-steam service at an empty Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on May 1, 2020. In the wake of the Supreme Court leak on abortion rights, a call for a day of fasting and prayer came from Gomez, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities. They specifically requested prayers for the overturning of Roe and for “the conversion of the hearts and minds of those who advocate for abortion.” (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool, File)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-13T15:27:16.884459+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652455633.42264, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"NEW YORK (AP) — Top leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to pray and fast Friday, in hopes the Supreme Court is on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Yet even among Catholics who oppose abortion, there is some unease about the consequences of such a ruling.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"A recently leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggests that a majority of the nine justices are poised to reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision – a move that would allow individual states to outlaw abortion.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some anti-abortion Catholics say such an outcome would be the answer to their prayers. Others caution that Catholic leaders should distance themselves from the politically partisan wing of the anti-abortion movement and expand their concept of “pro-life” by supporting broad policies that set up safety nets for unwed mothers and low-income families.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Madison Chastain, a Catholic blogger and disability advocate, describes herself as anti-abortion, yet opposes overturning Roe and criminalizing abortions.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Factors that cause abortion, she wrote in the National Catholic Reporter, include lack of comprehensive sex education, inadequate health care, and workplace inequalities.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Making abortion illegal before addressing these injustices is going to kill women, because women will continue to have abortions, secretively and unsafely,” she wrote.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Sam Sawyer, a journalist and Jesuit priest, says he is a “dedicated pro-life advocate” who favors Roe’s reversal. Yet he responded to the leak with an essay listing reasons why abortion rights supporters are so alarmed by that prospect.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“The pro-life movement and its political alliances are perceived as a threat not just to abortion itself but also to democratic norms, to judicial commitments to civil rights, and to women’s health and economic security,“ Sawyer wrote in America, the Jesuit magazine for which he is a senior editor.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Republican politicians, backed by anti-abortion leaders, “have used the lives of the unborn as moral cover for ignoring other calls for justice,” Sawyer wrote. “The pro-life movement’s political allies have gutted social safety net programs that would make it easier for women to carry pregnancies to term.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The call for a day of fasting and prayer came from Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"They requested prayers for the overturning of Roe and for “the conversion of the hearts and minds of those who advocate for abortion.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The archbishops echoed the calls of other Catholic leaders who, after the Supreme Court leak, suggested that a reversal of Roe should be coupled with expanded outreach and support for pregnant women and new mothers.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Lori highlighted a USCCB program called Walking With Moms in Need, saying the church should redouble its efforts “to accompany women and couples who are facing unexpected or difficult pregnancies, and during the early years of parenthood.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The bishops conference has designated the “threat of abortion” as its preeminent priority – a viewpoint that many lay Catholics don't share. According to Pew Research Center surveys, 56% of U.S. Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Professor O. Carter Snead, who teaches law and political science at the University of Notre Dame, said via email that most Catholics engaging in anti-abortion activism “are not hard political partisans but rather people seeking to care for moms and babies by whatever means are available.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"As an example, Snead cited Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture – which he directs – and one of its initiatives, called “Women and Children First: Imagining a Post-Roe World.” Through teaching, research and public engagement, the initiative seeks to strengthen support for “women, children (born and unborn), and families in need.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"However, achieving broad bipartisan collaboration on such initiatives may not come soon, Snead acknowledged.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“It is true, regrettably, that the only political party that has been willing to partner to provide legal protection for the unborn is the Republicans,” he said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America, also doubted there could be a post-Roe surge of bipartisanship on abortion.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“So long as Democrats insist on abortion for all nine months of a pregnancy, and as long as Republicans recognize that abortion runs contrary to the 14th Amendment, this will remain a partisan issue,” he said via email.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“But the goal of the pro-life movement has never been partisan,” Pecknold added. “The goal is justice for pre-born persons who have a right to live, to be loved, to be raised in a family.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas – an outspoken critic of Catholic politicians who support abortion rights — said abortion opponents “must continue to provide support and care for the mothers who find themselves in difficult situations.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“I pray that we may move to a place where mother and child are both held as sacred and society supports both lives in every way possible,” he said via email.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, questioned the significance of recent promises by Catholic bishops and other anti-abortion leaders to boost support for unwed mothers.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Can this movement that is so tied to the Republican Party and the conservative movement suddenly pivot to mobilizing its people for socially liberal policies?” Gibson asked, referring to programs such as subsidized child care and paid maternity leaves.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Steven Millies, a professor of public theology at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, says the bishops bear partial responsibility for the entrenched polarization over abortion, which he expects to continue even if Roe is overturned.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“It’s unrealistically hopeful to think that the habits of division will be abandoned,” said Millies, suggesting that the bishops could have done more to reduce abortions over the years by pressing hard for stronger, better-funded social programs.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Rebecca Bratten Weiss, a writer and the digital editor of U.S. Catholic magazine, said she no longer labels herself “pro-life” — though she was active in that movement for many years and believes all life is worthy of protection.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“The people who are working to overturn Roe have made it quite clear they have zero interest in expanding safety nets,” she said. “They either haven't thought through the consequences, or they are OK with the consequences — a higher rate of infant mortality, more women seeking unsafe abortions, more families driven to desperate measures.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest who writes for Religion News Service, suggested in a column that reversal of Roe should be an occasion for reassessment by the many bishops who embraced the Republican Party because of its anti-abortion stance.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Catholic bishops will celebrate this victory for which they have worked for decades, but ironically it should lead to a divorce between the bishops and Republicans,” Reese wrote. “The GOP has nothing else to offer them. In fact, except for abortion, its proposals are the opposite of Catholic social teaching.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Assuming Roe is overturned, Reese added, “the bishops can declare victory on abortion and turn their focus to social programs ... that help women have and raise children so they are not forced to have abortions. ”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Yet Reese doubts this will happen.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“My guess is they will continue to fight as long as there is no consensus in America on abortion,” he wrote. “This will mean sticking with the Republicans and sacrificing all their other priorities.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"New York,United States"},"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"SupremeCourt","slug":"supremecourt","id":"FnneUVErxtRr"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"NewYork","slug":"newyork","id":"ZXs8JjMQ5noW"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-13T15:27:16.884464+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"7f066ead6cc3c3","cleanText":"NEW YORK (AP) — Top leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the faithful to pray and fast Friday, in hopes the Supreme Court is on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Yet even among Catholics who oppose abortion, there is some unease about the consequences of such a ruling.A recently leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggests that a majority of the nine justices are poised to reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision – a move that would allow individual states to outlaw abortion.Some anti-abortion Catholics say such an outcome would be the answer to their prayers. Others caution that Catholic leaders should distance themselves from the politically partisan wing of the anti-abortion movement and expand their concept of “pro-life” by supporting broad policies that set up safety nets for unwed mothers and low-income families.Madison Chastain, a Catholic blogger and disability advocate, describes herself as anti-abortion, yet opposes overturning Roe and criminalizing abortions.Factors that cause abortion, she wrote in the National Catholic Reporter, include lack of comprehensive sex education, inadequate health care, and workplace inequalities.“Making abortion illegal before addressing these injustices is going to kill women, because women will continue to have abortions, secretively and unsafely,” she wrote.”Sam Sawyer, a journalist and Jesuit priest, says he is a “dedicated pro-life advocate” who favors Roe’s reversal. Yet he responded to the leak with an essay listing reasons why abortion rights supporters are so alarmed by that prospect.“The pro-life movement and its political alliances are perceived as a threat not just to abortion itself but also to democratic norms, to judicial commitments to civil rights, and to women’s health and economic security,“ Sawyer wrote in America, the Jesuit magazine for which he is a senior editor.Republican politicians, backed by anti-abortion leaders, “have used the lives of the unborn as moral cover for ignoring other calls for justice,” Sawyer wrote. “The pro-life movement’s political allies have gutted social safety net programs that would make it easier for women to carry pregnancies to term.”The call for a day of fasting and prayer came from Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the U.S. bishops conference, and Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities.They requested prayers for the overturning of Roe and for “the conversion of the hearts and minds of those who advocate for abortion.”The archbishops echoed the calls of other Catholic leaders who, after the Supreme Court leak, suggested that a reversal of Roe should be coupled with expanded outreach and support for pregnant women and new mothers.Lori highlighted a USCCB program called Walking With Moms in Need, saying the church should redouble its efforts “to accompany women and couples who are facing unexpected or difficult pregnancies, and during the early years of parenthood.”The bishops conference has designated the “threat of abortion” as its preeminent priority – a viewpoint that many lay Catholics don't share. According to Pew Research Center surveys, 56% of U.S. Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.Professor O. Carter Snead, who teaches law and political science at the University of Notre Dame, said via email that most Catholics engaging in anti-abortion activism “are not hard political partisans but rather people seeking to care for moms and babies by whatever means are available.”As an example, Snead cited Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture – which he directs – and one of its initiatives, called “Women and Children First: Imagining a Post-Roe World.” Through teaching, research and public engagement, the initiative seeks to strengthen support for “women, children (born and unborn), and families in need.”However, achieving broad bipartisan collaboration on such initiatives may not come soon, Snead acknowledged.“It is true, regrettably, that the only political party that has been willing to partner to provide legal protection for the unborn is the Republicans,” he said.Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America, also doubted there could be a post-Roe surge of bipartisanship on abortion.“So long as Democrats insist on abortion for all nine months of a pregnancy, and as long as Republicans recognize that abortion runs contrary to the 14th Amendment, this will remain a partisan issue,” he said via email.“But the goal of the pro-life movement has never been partisan,” Pecknold added. “The goal is justice for pre-born persons who have a right to live, to be loved, to be raised in a family.” Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas – an outspoken critic of Catholic politicians who support abortion rights — said abortion opponents “must continue to provide support and care for the mothers who find themselves in difficult situations.”“I pray that we may move to a place where mother and child are both held as sacred and society supports both lives in every way possible,” he said via email.David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, questioned the significance of recent promises by Catholic bishops and other anti-abortion leaders to boost support for unwed mothers.“Can this movement that is so tied to the Republican Party and the conservative movement suddenly pivot to mobilizing its people for socially liberal policies?” Gibson asked, referring to programs such as subsidized child care and paid maternity leaves.Steven Millies, a professor of public theology at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, says the bishops bear partial responsibility for the entrenched polarization over abortion, which he expects to continue even if Roe is overturned.“It’s unrealistically hopeful to think that the habits of division will be abandoned,” said Millies, suggesting that the bishops could have done more to reduce abortions over the years by pressing hard for stronger, better-funded social programs.Rebecca Bratten Weiss, a writer and the digital editor of U.S. Catholic magazine, said she no longer labels herself “pro-life” — though she was active in that movement for many years and believes all life is worthy of protection.“The people who are working to overturn Roe have made it quite clear they have zero interest in expanding safety nets,” she said. “They either haven't thought through the consequences, or they are OK with the consequences — a higher rate of infant mortality, more women seeking unsafe abortions, more families driven to desperate measures.”Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest who writes for Religion News Service, suggested in a column that reversal of Roe should be an occasion for reassessment by the many bishops who embraced the Republican Party because of its anti-abortion stance.“Catholic bishops will celebrate this victory for which they have worked for decades, but ironically it should lead to a divorce between the bishops and Republicans,” Reese wrote. “The GOP has nothing else to offer them. In fact, except for abortion, its proposals are the opposite of Catholic social teaching.” Assuming Roe is overturned, Reese added, “the bishops can declare victory on abortion and turn their focus to social programs ... that help women have and raise children so they are not forced to have abortions. ”Yet Reese doubts this will happen.“My guess is they will continue to fight as long as there is no consensus in America on abortion,” he wrote. “This will mean sticking with the Republicans and sacrificing all their other priorities.”___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. 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The early months of the pandemic posed numerous challenges for the U.S. fishing industry, which has remained economically viable despite the difficult year, NOAA officials said.“It was fishery closures, boats not going out due to COVID, border closings due to COVID, lots of disruption and the flow of goods and services,” said Michael Liddel, NOAA's commercial fishery statistics branch chief.NOAA made the announcement as it unveiled its “Status of the Stocks” report, which provides details about the health of the nation's commercial fishing industry.The report said there were 51 fish stocks on the federal government's “overfished list” in 2021. That list includes stocks that have been depleted by excessive fishing and the number was an increase of two from the previous year.Bering Sea snow crabs were among the stocks added to the overfished list. The snow crab fishery, based in Alaska, is one of the most valuable in the country, and was worth more than $100 million at the docks in 2020. Climate factors appear to be playing a role in the decline of Bering Sea snow crabs.The stock could be falling victim to disease, predation and movement in search of colder waters, said Kelly Denit, director of NOAA Fisheries' Office of Sustainable Fisheries.“That abundance has dropped by more than 50% in the last two years, and that stock is now overfished,” Denit said.NOAA also removed a few fish stocks from its overfishing and overfished lists. They included the south Atlantic Coast tilefish and the eastern Pacific Ocean yellowfin tuna.Some of the largest value seafood species were once again New England staples, such as lobster, a fishery anchored in Maine, and sea scallops, many of which come to the docks in Massachusetts. Other high value seafoods included species of crab, salmon and shrimp.NOAA said 8% of stocks with known statuses are subject to overfishing. That means nearly 300 fish stocks are not.The high number of sustainable fish stocks illustrate that regulators and industry were able to answer the challenge of COVID-19 while ensuring the sustainability and economic stability of our nation’s fisheries,” said NOAA’s acting assistant secretary for oceans and atmosphere, Janet Coit.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"43.6574","longitude":"-70.2589","name":"Portland,United States","city":"Portland"},"keywords":"US,Maine,COVID,PORTLAND,America,the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,U.S.,NOAA,Michael Liddel,Alaska","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-12T16:42:26.458590+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"wc706Etwcgtc","slug":"english/slightly-more-americans-seek-jobless-aid-last-week","title":"Slightly more Americans seek jobless aid last week","postType":1,"coverMedia":"","coverCaption":"","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-12T12:45:08.927695+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":null,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652359508.321187, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for jobless aid ticked up slightly last week but the total number of Americans collecting benefits remained at its lowest level in more than five decades.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 1,000 to 203,000 for the week ending May 7, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time applications generally track the number of layoffs.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the weekly ups and downs, rose 4,250 from the previous week to 192,750.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending April 30 fell by 44,000 from the previous week to 1,343,000. That's the fewest since January 3, 1970. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"American workers are enjoying historically strong job security two years after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the economy into a brief but devastating recession. 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First-time applications generally track the number of layoffs.The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the weekly ups and downs, rose 4,250 from the previous week to 192,750.The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending April 30 fell by 44,000 from the previous week to 1,343,000. That's the fewest since January 3, 1970. American workers are enjoying historically strong job security two years after the coronavirus pandemic plunged the economy into a brief but devastating recession. Weekly applications for unemployment aid have been consistently below the pre-pandemic level of 225,000 for most of 2022, even as the overall economy contracted in the first quarter.Last week, the government reported America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. Hiring gains have been strikingly consistent in the face of the worst inflation in four decades, with employers adding at least 400,000 jobs for 12 straight months. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March — an unprecedented two job openings for every person who is unemployed. 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An American consortium has bought Crawley Town with the ultimate aim of winning the Premier League title. The unheralded fourth-division club located south of London has been bought by a group of investors pledging to “shake up the status quo” by using the world of cryptocurrency and so-called “Web 3” technology to fuel the rise of a sports team. It’s a plunge into the unknown for Crawley and perhaps a sign of what's to come in soccer worldwide. 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It's also where England national team coach Gareth Southgate grew up.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The soccer team made the headlines in 2011 when, as a non-league team, it was drawn to play Manchester United in one of the biggest mismatches in the history of the FA Cup. After a pre-match controversy involving a Crawley fan who mocked the plane crash that killed much of the Man United team in 1958, United won 1-0 in a game between two teams nicknamed the “Red Devils.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Among the ideas of WAGMI United, whose range of investors and advisors includes Philadelphia 76ers general manager Daryl Morey and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, is using the sale of NFTs to generate extra revenue streams and give buyers voting rights and the chance to have a say on some of the decisions made about the club.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Johnson, a former sports betting analyst, and Eben Smith, a former derivatives trader who is the co-founder of WAGMI United, are targeting promotion to the third division within two years. In order to have full accountability, they say if that objective is not achieved, fans will be able to vote for a change of directors from among the ownership group.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"For Johnson, the plan is to invest in analytics, sports science, sports psychology and nutrition to get an edge on opponents. He also spoke of setting up a fan council.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Using the crypto world to expand the fan base and give supporters — local or digital — a greater attachment to the club is at the heart of WAGMI United’s vision, however.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“This whole Web 3 movement is just a matter of time and it’s going to exist,” Johnson said. “It will be a part of everything, whether it’s sport, the music industry, entertainment, as well as art, which we’ve seen in the last year.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“I think it’s here to stay and we want to be the ones to help bridge crypto and NFTs with sport.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The first NFT drop is scheduled to happen some time this month and Johnson — the face of WAGMI United, at least when comes to Crawley — spoke about “paying homage to some of the NFT historical art of the past” by putting one of those designs on the front of the shirt instead of a traditional sponsor.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Johnson has just moved from his home in southern California to Crawley and will be there practically full time through at least the summer to take a hands-on role. 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We are the chosen football club.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Jordan said “apprehension is slowly turning into cautious optimism” about the buyout, despite knowing little about NFTs and crypto.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"However, he did call for “someone with football experience” to help the consortium run the club and for assurances about what happens if the crypto “dries up.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Does the club get pulled,” Jordan asked, “and we just drop back down like a ton of bricks?”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Johnson was eager to stress that WAGMI United acquired Crawley in cash and there was a requirement for the consortium to “overcapitalize,” covering expected losses for the next two years.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Some people have the idea we’re buying it with coin that can go way up or way down and the club could be in financial ruin if it tanks,” Johnson said. “That’s not the case. 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And it’s been a difficult start for them.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"They had to make the first big call of their tenure by firing the team's manager, John Yems, last week following allegations he used discriminatory language and conduct toward the squad, including discouraging Black players from using the same locker room as whites. Yems is currently under investigation by the English Football Association. Without a manager, Crawley lost three of its last four games, drawing the other one, to finish the League Two season in 12th place in the 24-team division.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"This has to be about the bigger picture, though, for WAGMI, which stands for “We’re All Gonna Make It.\\\" And climbing the English pyramid to get into the promised land of the Premier League for the first time is the aim, even if Johnson struck a note of caution.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“That’s the goal,” he said, “but we are cognizant of the fact that when you get to the (second-division) Championship, everyone overspends because of that chance to get to the Premier League.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“We need to have a structural foundation that’s really strong so we can sustain at Championship level. We recognize it’s a very difficult task. 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Web 3 is a trendy technology term used to describe an idealistic goal for a more democratic internet enabled by the growing use of blockchains and blockchain-based items such as nonfungible tokens, known as NFTs.Cryptocurrency's rising popularity — and meteoric increase in value — has been viewed with widespread skepticism because it is unregulated, making it ripe for wide-eyed speculation among unsophisticated investors and market manipulation by scam artists.By purchasing Crawley Town, WAGMI United is among about a dozen American owners in English soccer but the group is believed to be the first from the crypto space to buy an entire professional sports team.“That crypto, NFT, Web 3 audience … doesn’t have a sports team yet,” Johnson told The Associated Press on a video call. “We can give the internet a team … it’s Crawley Town FC.”Innovation is at the heart of what’s being described by some as an “experiment” on a 126-year-old club that has an average attendance of about 2,200 spectators and a reach that barely extends outside Crawley — a town of 114,000 best known for being the home of Gatwick Airport and rock band the Cure. It's also where England national team coach Gareth Southgate grew up.The soccer team made the headlines in 2011 when, as a non-league team, it was drawn to play Manchester United in one of the biggest mismatches in the history of the FA Cup. After a pre-match controversy involving a Crawley fan who mocked the plane crash that killed much of the Man United team in 1958, United won 1-0 in a game between two teams nicknamed the “Red Devils.”Among the ideas of WAGMI United, whose range of investors and advisors includes Philadelphia 76ers general manager Daryl Morey and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, is using the sale of NFTs to generate extra revenue streams and give buyers voting rights and the chance to have a say on some of the decisions made about the club.Johnson, a former sports betting analyst, and Eben Smith, a former derivatives trader who is the co-founder of WAGMI United, are targeting promotion to the third division within two years. In order to have full accountability, they say if that objective is not achieved, fans will be able to vote for a change of directors from among the ownership group.For Johnson, the plan is to invest in analytics, sports science, sports psychology and nutrition to get an edge on opponents. He also spoke of setting up a fan council.Using the crypto world to expand the fan base and give supporters — local or digital — a greater attachment to the club is at the heart of WAGMI United’s vision, however.“This whole Web 3 movement is just a matter of time and it’s going to exist,” Johnson said. “It will be a part of everything, whether it’s sport, the music industry, entertainment, as well as art, which we’ve seen in the last year.“I think it’s here to stay and we want to be the ones to help bridge crypto and NFTs with sport.”The first NFT drop is scheduled to happen some time this month and Johnson — the face of WAGMI United, at least when comes to Crawley — spoke about “paying homage to some of the NFT historical art of the past” by putting one of those designs on the front of the shirt instead of a traditional sponsor.Johnson has just moved from his home in southern California to Crawley and will be there practically full time through at least the summer to take a hands-on role. It’s that kind of openness and engagement that has been welcomed by the club’s fans, even if there were — and likely still are — concerns about having owners from crypto space, which remains a mystery to so many.What might also be alarming is the price of bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, falling sharply since April.“The word ‘experiment’ has been used quite a lot,” said Sam Jordan, chairman of the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance, “and that does scare a lot of fans, to be honest. But if the experiment pays off, then fantastic.“It could go one of two ways. It was always going to happen at some point to a football club. We are the chosen football club.”Jordan said “apprehension is slowly turning into cautious optimism” about the buyout, despite knowing little about NFTs and crypto.However, he did call for “someone with football experience” to help the consortium run the club and for assurances about what happens if the crypto “dries up.”“Does the club get pulled,” Jordan asked, “and we just drop back down like a ton of bricks?”Johnson was eager to stress that WAGMI United acquired Crawley in cash and there was a requirement for the consortium to “overcapitalize,” covering expected losses for the next two years.“Some people have the idea we’re buying it with coin that can go way up or way down and the club could be in financial ruin if it tanks,” Johnson said. “That’s not the case. We’re not dependent on selling NFTs to let the club run on an ongoing basis.”It’s still a plunge into the unknown for Crawley, with critics raising ethical and financial concerns about cryptocurrency and questioning whether the new owners' motivation will wane if, for example, their NFTs don’t sell. This is, after all, a club with deep links to the local community and more than a century of heritage, even if that has been solely in the lower echelons of the English game.It’s over, then, to the new owners to prove that Crawley is not just a plaything. And it’s been a difficult start for them.They had to make the first big call of their tenure by firing the team's manager, John Yems, last week following allegations he used discriminatory language and conduct toward the squad, including discouraging Black players from using the same locker room as whites. Yems is currently under investigation by the English Football Association. Without a manager, Crawley lost three of its last four games, drawing the other one, to finish the League Two season in 12th place in the 24-team division.This has to be about the bigger picture, though, for WAGMI, which stands for “We’re All Gonna Make It. And climbing the English pyramid to get into the promised land of the Premier League for the first time is the aim, even if Johnson struck a note of caution.“That’s the goal,” he said, “but we are cognizant of the fact that when you get to the (second-division) Championship, everyone overspends because of that chance to get to the Premier League.“We need to have a structural foundation that’s really strong so we can sustain at Championship level. We recognize it’s a very difficult task. We think over the next 7-10 years, getting to the Championship is at least reasonable.”___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"England,Johnson,WAGMI United,NFT,the Premier League,Premier League,London,Dallas,NFL,America","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-12T08:48:12.955578+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"uYn7Klhf8bDp","slug":"english/high-inflation-leaves-food-banks-struggling-to-meet-needs","title":"High inflation leaves food banks struggling to meet needs","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Philanthropy_Food-Banks_42179_KlZp8xlS8.jpg","coverCaption":"FILE - Sgt. Kevin Fowler organizes food at a food bank distribution by the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Cleveland. Food banks across America say these economic conditions are pushing demand for their support higher, at a time when their labor and delivery costs are climbing and donations are decreasing. 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The national average gas price reached a record high Wednesday of $4.40 a gallon. And global food prices are climbing after shortages caused by Russia's war against Ukraine and other supply chain problems.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Food banks across America say those economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing. The problem has grown to the point where last week President Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first since 1969. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"For many families like the Nunamakers, food insecurity became a painful surprise.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“There’s no reason us as a couple and a family should be struggling so hard,\\\" Nunamaker said. \\\"We make decent money.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"She works three days a week at a home décor store for $15.25 an hour; her husband works a full-time union job as a paratransit driver at $27 an hour. Though they receive some money from a state nutrition program for young children that their two youngest qualify for, they still spent $360 on groceries last week. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Because of inflated prices, those groceries didn't go far enough to feed everyone. And the family still lacked money to pay other household bills, leaving Nunamaker wondering how she would stretch their next paychecks to cover those bills and their mortgage this month.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In the past, to bridge the gap, the family sold off possessions like VR headsets and firearms. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“At some point,\\\" Nunamaker said, “we’re not going to have anything because we would have sold everything.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"So Nunamaker and her husband visited two local food banks for the first time last week. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The pandemic forced roughly 60 million Americans to seek help for food insecurity, according to Feeding America. At the end of 2021, as hiring boomed, demand for food banks returned to regular levels. But the relief was short-lived. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“In the last few months, with this increase in inflationary pressures, we’re seeing 95% of our 200 member food banks saying that they have seen either leveling or an increase in need,” said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"In the area along the Columbia River where Nunamaker lives, the number of clients seeking food aid at a church pantry jumped 40% between December and March, according to Eric Williams, director of community partnerships at Second Harvest, an organization that works to supply local pantries with food. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"He called his organization must make more happen with less because its suppliers are subject to the same cost increases. The price that Second Harvest pays for obtaining donated produce has risen from about 6 cents a pound a year ago to about 10 or 11 cents a pound now, Williams said. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Some of Feeding America's food pantry partners have closed because of dwindling donations and higher costs for receiving and delivering food. Others have less food on their shelves even though they have higher demand. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Our network emphasizes access and equity,” Babineaux-Fontenot said. “So we are working extra hard to reach people who have the deepest food insecurity rates. Well, how far out can we go when gas prices are high? We have data that shows that race and place are significant indicators of whether or not you will be food insecure and how deeply you will be food insecure.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Because of inflation and a reduction in aid, a food bank that serves three counties in Ohio — also called Second Harvest — is facing a drop in the amount of food it's able to provide. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Compared to last year at this time, we’re about 50% down in what we have received in the past in federal food donations and then about 20% down from food drives in our collection of food at the grocery stores,” Executive Director Tyra Jackson said. “All of that combined is truly having an impact on our budget because we’re needing to purchase more food outright.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The struggles of families are heightened by the fact that government benefits that were increased during the pandemic like food stamps or unemployment insurance have stopped or will end shortly. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Our work is always important,” Babineaux-Fontenot said. “It’s increasingly important when we have all of these headwinds.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Williams, of Spokane, extended gratitude to the donors and volunteers that keep his organization running, some of whom worked more than 100 shifts last year. He said it can be difficult to witness first hand the scale of the food insecurity in his community when helping with distributions at a mobile food bank. \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“You see the need and you just go, ‘Oh God, oh my God,’ ” Williams said. “But then as you hand somebody a box of food and they drive off: ‘Yeah, we were able to help,’ which is heart-wrenching on one hand and heartwarming on the other.” \"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Because it upsets her so much, Nunamaker said, she hasn't discussed her family's struggles with her three children, age 2, 4 and 7, or her network of friends and relatives. She said the food banks helped her family last week.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“People should know that just because you have to go to a food bank or you have to seek assistance, that doesn’t make you any less of a parent or a person,\\\" she said. \\\"Because everybody needs help sometimes.”\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":null,"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Washington","slug":"washington","id":"Fqv5l2w7tKCw"},{"name":"Russia","slug":"russia","id":"ZdjTIzNom80K"},{"name":"Ukraine","slug":"ukraine","id":"Dq03BAdFix29"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-11T14:42:37.201773+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"74c76ff656f188","cleanText":"Kendall Nunamaker and her family of five in Kennewick, Washington, faced impossible math this month: How to pay for gas, groceries and the mortgage with inflation driving up prices? Like many other working families, the Nunamakers are grappling with the 8.3% inflation in the consumer price index in April announced Wednesday — slowing slightly from the March figure which was the largest year-over-year increase since 1981, according to the Labor Department. The national average gas price reached a record high Wednesday of $4.40 a gallon. And global food prices are climbing after shortages caused by Russia's war against Ukraine and other supply chain problems.Food banks across America say those economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing. The problem has grown to the point where last week President Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first since 1969. For many families like the Nunamakers, food insecurity became a painful surprise.“There’s no reason us as a couple and a family should be struggling so hard, Nunamaker said. We make decent money.” She works three days a week at a home décor store for $15.25 an hour; her husband works a full-time union job as a paratransit driver at $27 an hour. Though they receive some money from a state nutrition program for young children that their two youngest qualify for, they still spent $360 on groceries last week. Because of inflated prices, those groceries didn't go far enough to feed everyone. And the family still lacked money to pay other household bills, leaving Nunamaker wondering how she would stretch their next paychecks to cover those bills and their mortgage this month.In the past, to bridge the gap, the family sold off possessions like VR headsets and firearms. “At some point, Nunamaker said, “we’re not going to have anything because we would have sold everything.”So Nunamaker and her husband visited two local food banks for the first time last week. The pandemic forced roughly 60 million Americans to seek help for food insecurity, according to Feeding America. At the end of 2021, as hiring boomed, demand for food banks returned to regular levels. But the relief was short-lived. “In the last few months, with this increase in inflationary pressures, we’re seeing 95% of our 200 member food banks saying that they have seen either leveling or an increase in need,” said Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America.In the area along the Columbia River where Nunamaker lives, the number of clients seeking food aid at a church pantry jumped 40% between December and March, according to Eric Williams, director of community partnerships at Second Harvest, an organization that works to supply local pantries with food. He called his organization must make more happen with less because its suppliers are subject to the same cost increases. The price that Second Harvest pays for obtaining donated produce has risen from about 6 cents a pound a year ago to about 10 or 11 cents a pound now, Williams said. Some of Feeding America's food pantry partners have closed because of dwindling donations and higher costs for receiving and delivering food. Others have less food on their shelves even though they have higher demand. “Our network emphasizes access and equity,” Babineaux-Fontenot said. “So we are working extra hard to reach people who have the deepest food insecurity rates. Well, how far out can we go when gas prices are high? We have data that shows that race and place are significant indicators of whether or not you will be food insecure and how deeply you will be food insecure.” Because of inflation and a reduction in aid, a food bank that serves three counties in Ohio — also called Second Harvest — is facing a drop in the amount of food it's able to provide. “Compared to last year at this time, we’re about 50% down in what we have received in the past in federal food donations and then about 20% down from food drives in our collection of food at the grocery stores,” Executive Director Tyra Jackson said. “All of that combined is truly having an impact on our budget because we’re needing to purchase more food outright.” The struggles of families are heightened by the fact that government benefits that were increased during the pandemic like food stamps or unemployment insurance have stopped or will end shortly. “Our work is always important,” Babineaux-Fontenot said. “It’s increasingly important when we have all of these headwinds.” Williams, of Spokane, extended gratitude to the donors and volunteers that keep his organization running, some of whom worked more than 100 shifts last year. He said it can be difficult to witness first hand the scale of the food insecurity in his community when helping with distributions at a mobile food bank. “You see the need and you just go, ‘Oh God, oh my God,’ ” Williams said. “But then as you hand somebody a box of food and they drive off: ‘Yeah, we were able to help,’ which is heart-wrenching on one hand and heartwarming on the other.” Because it upsets her so much, Nunamaker said, she hasn't discussed her family's struggles with her three children, age 2, 4 and 7, or her network of friends and relatives. She said the food banks helped her family last week.“People should know that just because you have to go to a food bank or you have to seek assistance, that doesn’t make you any less of a parent or a person, she said. Because everybody needs help sometimes.”___Associated Press coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy.","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":null,"keywords":"Nunamaker,Williams,America,Babineaux-Fontenot,Kendall Nunamaker,Kennewick,Washington,the Labor Department,Russia,Ukraine","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-11T14:42:36.453175+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"4U1YMOGmmYSS","slug":"english/us-casinos-had-best-month-ever-in-march-winning-53b","title":"US casinos had best month ever in March, winning $5.3B","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/Casinos_Best_Month_61875_Bl_N7qj2bt.jpg","coverCaption":"A gambler wins at a slot machine at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Feb. 10, 2022. The American Gaming Association said Wednesday, May 11, 2022, that America's commercial casinos had their best month ever in March 2022, winning $5.3 billion from gamblers. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)","reactionStats":"{\"like_count\":0,\"heartbreak_count\":0,\"laugh_count\":0,\"sad_count\":0,\"angry_count\":0}","updatedOn":"2022-05-11T12:12:28.254527+00:00","highlightSummary":null,"highlightSummaryFlag":0,"breakingSponsored":0,"coverMediaType":1,"reactionsCount":0,"commentsCount":0,"lastComment":null,"isUpdated":false,"lastCommentUser":null,"trustScore":1,"fakeTrust":0,"content":"{\"time\": 1652271140.077945, \"blocks\": [{\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won't go away, but America's casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in March, the best single-month total ever. The previous record month was July 2021 at $4.92 billion.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The casinos collectively also had their best first quarter ever, falling just short of the $14.35 billion they won from gamblers in the fourth quarter of last year, which was the highest three-month period in history.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Three states set quarterly revenue records to start this year: Arkansas ($147.4 million); Florida ($182 million), and New York ($996.6 million).\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The numbers do not include tribal casinos, which report their income separately and are expected to report similarly positive results.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"But while the national casino economy is doing well, there are pockets of sluggishness such as Atlantic City, where in-person casino revenue has not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"“Consumers continue to seek out gaming’s entertainment options in record numbers,” said Bill Miller, the association's president and CEO. He said the strong performance to start 2022 came ”despite continued headwinds from supply chain constraints, labor shortages and the impact of soaring inflation.”\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The trade group also released its annual State of the States report on Wednesday, examining gambling's performance across the country.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"As previously reported, nationwide casino revenue set an all-time high in 2021 at $53.03 billion, up 21% from the previous best year, 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"But the report includes new details, including that commercial casinos paid a record $11.69 billion in direct gambling tax revenue to state and local governments in 2021. That's an increase of 75% from 2020 and 15 percent from 2019. This does not include the billions more paid in income, sales and other taxes, the association said.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"It also ranked the largest casino markets in the U.S. in terms of revenue for 2021:\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The Las Vegas Strip is first at $7.05 billion, followed by: Atlantic City ($2.57 billion); the Chicago area ($2.01 billion); Baltimore-Washington D.C. ($2 billion); the Gulf Coast ($1.61 billion); New York City ($1.46 billion); Philadelphia ($1.40 billion); Detroit ($1.29 billion); St. Louis ($1.03 billion); and the Boulder Strip in Nevada ($967 million).\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The association divides Pennsylvania's casinos into three separate markets: Philadelphia, the Poconos and Pittsburgh. Their combined revenue of nearly $2.88 billion would make them the second largest market in the country if judged as a single entity. It also counts downtown Las Vegas, and its $731 million in revenue, as a separate market.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Seven additional states legalized sports betting and two more added internet gambling in 2021.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The group reported many states saw gamblers spending more in casinos while visiting them in lower numbers compared to pre-pandemic 2019.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"The average age of a casino patron last year was 43 1/2, compared to 49 1/2 in 2019.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Americans bet $57.7 billion on sports last year, more than twice the amount from 2020. That generated $4.33 billion in revenue, an increase of nearly 180% over 2020.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Internet gambling revenue reached $3.71 billion last year, and three states — New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan — each won more than $1 billion online. West Virginia’s internet gambling market reached $60.9 million in revenue in its first full year of operation, while Connecticut’s two internet casinos reported combined revenue of $47.6 million after launching in October.\"}}, {\"type\": \"paragraph\", \"data\": {\"text\": \"Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at twitter.com/WayneParryAC \"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Atlantic City,United States"},"createdBy":{"name":"AP","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","username":"associatedpress","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"Philadelphia","slug":"philadelphia","id":"tnHWnUtC1Ut7"},{"name":"Pennsylvania","slug":"pennsylvania","id":"uJWQXBGI7xpE"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"Arkansas","slug":"arkansas","id":"be3PeDjhtGJh"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"AP","id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","username":"associatedpress"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-11T12:12:28.254532+00:00","publisher":3,"sourceFeed":"8a49ca0cbb5d8a","cleanText":"ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled and the coronavirus just won't go away, but America's casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their history in March.The American Gaming Association, the gambling industry's national trade group, said Wednesday that U.S. commercial casinos won more than $5.3 billion from gamblers in March, the best single-month total ever. The previous record month was July 2021 at $4.92 billion.The casinos collectively also had their best first quarter ever, falling just short of the $14.35 billion they won from gamblers in the fourth quarter of last year, which was the highest three-month period in history.Three states set quarterly revenue records to start this year: Arkansas ($147.4 million); Florida ($182 million), and New York ($996.6 million).The numbers do not include tribal casinos, which report their income separately and are expected to report similarly positive results.But while the national casino economy is doing well, there are pockets of sluggishness such as Atlantic City, where in-person casino revenue has not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.“Consumers continue to seek out gaming’s entertainment options in record numbers,” said Bill Miller, the association's president and CEO. He said the strong performance to start 2022 came ”despite continued headwinds from supply chain constraints, labor shortages and the impact of soaring inflation.”The trade group also released its annual State of the States report on Wednesday, examining gambling's performance across the country.As previously reported, nationwide casino revenue set an all-time high in 2021 at $53.03 billion, up 21% from the previous best year, 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic hit.But the report includes new details, including that commercial casinos paid a record $11.69 billion in direct gambling tax revenue to state and local governments in 2021. That's an increase of 75% from 2020 and 15 percent from 2019. This does not include the billions more paid in income, sales and other taxes, the association said.It also ranked the largest casino markets in the U.S. in terms of revenue for 2021:The Las Vegas Strip is first at $7.05 billion, followed by: Atlantic City ($2.57 billion); the Chicago area ($2.01 billion); Baltimore-Washington D.C. ($2 billion); the Gulf Coast ($1.61 billion); New York City ($1.46 billion); Philadelphia ($1.40 billion); Detroit ($1.29 billion); St. Louis ($1.03 billion); and the Boulder Strip in Nevada ($967 million).The association divides Pennsylvania's casinos into three separate markets: Philadelphia, the Poconos and Pittsburgh. Their combined revenue of nearly $2.88 billion would make them the second largest market in the country if judged as a single entity. It also counts downtown Las Vegas, and its $731 million in revenue, as a separate market.Seven additional states legalized sports betting and two more added internet gambling in 2021.The group reported many states saw gamblers spending more in casinos while visiting them in lower numbers compared to pre-pandemic 2019.The average age of a casino patron last year was 43 1/2, compared to 49 1/2 in 2019.Americans bet $57.7 billion on sports last year, more than twice the amount from 2020. That generated $4.33 billion in revenue, an increase of nearly 180% over 2020.Internet gambling revenue reached $3.71 billion last year, and three states — New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan — each won more than $1 billion online. West Virginia’s internet gambling market reached $60.9 million in revenue in its first full year of operation, while Connecticut’s two internet casinos reported combined revenue of $47.6 million after launching in October.___Follow Wayne Parry on Twitter at twitter.com/WayneParryAC","portalUser":{"id":"8dFR8PhLJl4s","name":"AP","username":"associatedpress","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/AP-200x200_TbSS3S6KN.jpeg","role":8},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"39.3642","longitude":"-74.4231","name":"Atlantic City,United States","city":"Atlantic City"},"keywords":"US,U.S.,Atlantic City,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,ATLANTIC CITY,N.J.,America,The American Gaming Association,Arkansas","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-11T12:12:27.379099+00:00"}},{"node":{"id":"S3yabcyKGncY","slug":"english/key-points-on-russia-ukraine-war-discussed-in-joe-biden-mario-draghi-meet","title":"Key points on Russia-Ukraine war discussed in Joe Biden-Mario Draghi meet","postType":1,"coverMedia":"/opoyi_RusjrVvZF.jpg","coverCaption":"US President Joe Biden welcomes Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in the White House on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. 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He failed.\\\\\\\"\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"According to Ali Wyne, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group, \\\\\\\"shock-induced unity can be difficult to sustain,\\\\\\\" while the conflict rages on, reported \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/abc\\\\\\\"\u003eABC\u003c/a\u003e.\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"Also read:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/english/what-is-in-joe-bidens-wwii-style-ukraine-bill\\\\\\\"\u003eWhat is in Joe Biden's WWII-style Ukraine bill?\u003c/a\u003e\\\"}},{\\\"type\\\":\\\"paragraph\\\",\\\"data\\\":{\\\"text\\\":\\\"“Geography means that the escalation of tensions between \u003ca href=\\\\\\\"https://opoyi.com/topic/nato\\\\\\\"\u003eNATO\u003c/a\u003e and Russia poses a more immediate threat to Europe’s security than to America’s — and means, therefore, that de-escalation is a more pressing imperative for Brussels,” Wyne added. “In addition, the more pronounced the externalities of the war become, including energy disruptions and food insecurity, the more pressure the American public and European publics are likely to place on their leaders to make a renewed push for a negotiated settlement.”\\\"}}]}","relatedPosts":null,"location":{"name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA"},"createdBy":{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","photo":null,"username":"sucharita","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","role":null},"topics":[{"name":"JoeBiden","slug":"joebiden","id":"tLOXw4T5mTfp"},{"name":"MarioDraghi","slug":"mariodraghi","id":"I0HyHl0Nu092"},{"name":"Russia","slug":"russia","id":"ZdjTIzNom80K"},{"name":"Ukraine","slug":"ukraine","id":"Dq03BAdFix29"},{"name":"defense","slug":"defense","id":"uJct1nQ5mb1K"},{"name":"US","slug":"us","id":"0JelBm6rMusZ"},{"name":"Putin","slug":"putin","id":"ovA5x3iHSAu3"},{"name":"Italy","slug":"italy","id":"kgwtQnXQHqXE"},{"name":"VladimirPutin","slug":"vladimirputin","id":"DIwA3nLp1xnf"},{"name":"ABC","slug":"abc","id":"jGDjLDXUtdoe"},{"name":"LloydAustin","slug":"lloydaustin","id":"JdmbUKxJ56Kl"},{"name":"NATO","slug":"nato","id":"ZJ2DvRkctgph"},{"name":"America","slug":"america","id":"bfu9UoLfz6Nd"},{"name":"American","slug":"american","id":"NZFYoh1gkc1s"},{"name":"Europe","slug":"europe","id":"v2KXw3fOql0S"}],"userReaction":"","isBookmarked":false,"authors":[{"name":"Sucharita Ganguly","id":"z7GDvieuoSxc","username":"sucharita"}],"translatedBy":[],"editedBy":[],"reportedBy":[],"postedBy":[],"agency":[],"originalPost":null,"publishedOn":"2022-05-10T23:36:12.483756+00:00","publisher":0,"sourceFeed":null,"cleanText":"President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met in the Oval Office on Tuesday to demonstrate allied unity in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it also revealed contrasting views on the issue. Draghi suggested that leaders work toward the possibility of bringing a ceasefire and starting, again, some credible negotiations. In Italy and Europe now, people want to put an end to these massacres and this violence, this butchery, he added. Biden did not echo Draghi's remarks, and US officials look openly doubtful that discussions can be restarted at this time. Also read: US says Russia ready for ‘long war’ in Ukraine as fighting rages in Donbas,Biden's national intelligence director, Avril Haines, said earlier Tuesday that both Ukraine and Russia believe they can make gains on the battlefield at this moment, thus we do not see a viable negotiating path forward, at least in the short term. She also stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for a prolonged conflict. The differing perspectives on Ukraine reflect Italy's physical proximity to the conflict and closer economic links with Russia, which supplies 40% of the country's natural gas. In Italy, there is also growing reluctance about delivering arms to Ukraine. Also read: When will Russia use its nuclear stockpile? Kremlin officials clarify,Meanwhile, the United States has increased its military assistance to Ukraine with bipartisan congressional support, and administration officials have adopted more strong rhetoric when discussing the war. For example, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently stated that the United States wants to see Russia weakened to the point where it can’t do things like invade Ukraine. Biden and Draghi continued to underscore their two countries' close connections and work on Ukraine. Also read: How Russia's invasion of Ukraine has hampered global food supply chain,You’ve been a good friend and a great ally, Biden said, adding that the allies have all stepped up to oppose Russia. The ties between our two countries will always be strong. And if anything, this war in Ukraine has made them stronger, Draghi responded. ,Draghi added, echoing Biden's words, that Putin thought he could divide us. He failed. According to Ali Wyne, a senior analyst at Eurasia Group, shock-induced unity can be difficult to sustain, while the conflict rages on, reported ABC. Also read: What is in Joe Biden's WWII-style Ukraine bill?,“Geography means that the escalation of tensions between NATO and Russia poses a more immediate threat to Europe’s security than to America’s — and means, therefore, that de-escalation is a more pressing imperative for Brussels,” Wyne added. “In addition, the more pronounced the externalities of the war become, including energy disruptions and food insecurity, the more pressure the American public and European publics are likely to place on their leaders to make a renewed push for a negotiated settlement.”","portalUser":{"id":"kQKU5wG2FUA","name":"Opoyi Central","username":"opoyicentral","photo":"https://ik.imagekit.io/o8plo3y5if/opoyi_IAxzIxai2.jpg","role":2},"opinions":[],"liveblogStatus":true,"lastReply":null,"replyUser":null,"userMentions":[],"lastCommentMentions":null,"lastReplyMentions":null,"checkIn":{"latitude":"38.9072","longitude":"-77.0369","name":"Washington D.C., DC, USA","city":"Washington"},"keywords":"Ukraine,Russia,Italy,Europe,the United States,Joe Biden,Italian,Mario Draghi,the Oval Office,US,Avril Haines,Russian,Vladimir Putin,Defense,Lloyd Austin","originalPublishedOn":"2022-05-10T23:36:12.483746+00:00"}}]},"widgets":[]},"topicList":[],"slug":"america","lang":"en","messages":{"Disclaimer":{"DISCLAIMER":"Disclaimer","OPINION_DISCLAIMER":"The views expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. 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