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Monday, October 31, 2022

‘Pretty Little Liars Summer School’: Season 2 Title Change Revealed - TVLine

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There’s no rest for the wicked. Or the wicked adjacent.

When Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin returns for its second season on HBO Max, it’ll do so as Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, as suggested by an Instagram post from showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. He previously hinted at a possible title change earlier this month.

The post features a chilling image of actress Mallory Bechtel in a classroom choking on a cheerleading megaphone. Written behind her on the chalkboard — in blood, naturally — are the words “Summer School” under the show’s iconic title.

“Happy Halloween!” Aguirre-Sacasa writes in the caption. “It may still be October, but it’s not too early to start thinking about summer vacation. Or in the case of Millwood High’s #PrettyLittleLiars…”

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With all respect to the Liars, it isn’t entirely surprising that they would end up in summer school, given how hectic their year has been. After all, who has time to do homework when you’re constantly dodging a masked serial killer And because the first season ended with the Liars celebrating Christmas, it’s fair to assume that a time jump would be in order ahead of Season 2.

The first season of HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars reboot starred Bailee Madison as Imogen Adams, Chandler Kinney as Tabby Haworthe, Zaria as Faran Bryant, Malia Pyles as Minnie “Mouse” Honrada, Maia Reficco as Noa Olivar, Bechtel as Karen/Kelly Beasley, Sharon Leal as Sidney Haworthe, Elena Goode as Marjorie Olivar, Eric Johnson as Sheriff Tom Beasley, Alex Aiono as Shawn Noble and Lea Salonga as Elodie Honrada.

HBO Max has no comment on the potential title change. What are your thoughts on Pretty Little Liars: Summer School? Drop ’em in a comment below.

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Little Caesars promotes digital trailblazer to CMO - Marketing Dive

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Dive Brief:

  • Greg Hamilton is the new CMO of Little Caesars, per a news release. He stepped into the role on Oct. 28.
  • Hamilton was promoted from his previous role of senior vice president of marketing for the pizza chain. He has helped to oversee many digital activations at the pizza restaurant, such as its integration with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
  • The promotion arrives as Little Caesars is expanding its footprint and its digital marketing strategy as it seeks to compete with rivals Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza. Recently, Little Caesars became the official pizza sponsor of the NFL after replacing Pizza Hut in the role in June.

Dive Insight:

Hamilton, who has 15 years of experience in the QSR space, replaces Jeff Klien, who left the chain in May to join Popeye’s. Hamilton has taken part in numerous high-profile marketing efforts for Little Caesars, including the company’s first Super Bowl commercial and its partnership with ”The Batman” movie to create a “Calzony” (a cross between a pizza and a calzone) in the shape of a bat. Hamilton helped lead the digital transformation of marketing at Little Caesars. 

Little Caesars, which is based in Detroit and saw record sales in 2021, continues to take steps to overhaul its marketing strategy, especially in the areas of digital and sports. Outside of its general NFL sponsorship, the chain sponsors “Thursday Night Football” on Amazon Prime Video, reflecting the QSR’s dedication to digital marketing channels and the growing importance of streaming video to NFL partnerships. Additionally, Little Caesars created a pepperoni-themed art gallery on its Instagram page to promote a new menu item.

"Greg has been an innovative leader here for some time and we're confident he's going to propel our brand forward even more as our CMO,” said Dave Scrivano, president and CEO of Little Caesars in a press statement.

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UCF, Cincinnati Will Take A Nice Little Rivalry To The Big 12 - Forbes

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UCF and Cincinnati have met only eight times. Yet, with the programs often battling for Group of Five supremacy as members of the American Athletic Conference, it should come as no surprise that most of the matchups have been very entertaining, meaningful, or both.

The Knights’ 25-21 win on Saturday in Orlando qualified as both in the final regular season meeting between the teams before moving to the Big 12 in 2023.

While the teams first met in 2015, they have built a nice little history between them in which they have split the eight games. In 2017, Luke Fickell’s first season guiding the Bearcats, the visiting Knights scored on all eight possessions in a 51-23 win that was called with a few seconds left in the third quarter and following a one-hour weather delay. The win lifted UCF to 4-0 in what was a perfect season.

“To me any team that has beaten us, any team that embarrassed us like they did in (my first year), that was something that will never go away from me,” said Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell, in his sixth game on the UC sideline. “In my own mind and my own heart, it has been a rivalry since then.”

ESPN GameDay set up shop in Orlando in 2018 for a matchup of top 20 teams. Josh Heupel’s squad charged on to a 38-13 victory for its 23rd consecutive win.

Nineteen was the magic number in 2019 as No. 19 UCF entered the game at Nippert Stadium with a 19-game conference win streak. Sauce Gardner’s 16-yard interception return with five minutes left in the third quarter gave the Bearcats a lead they would not relinquish in a 27-24 win that halted the Knights’ streak.

Back in Orlando in 2020, the Knights checked in at No. 7 before Cincinnati prevailed, 36-33. Last year, the Bearcats rolled to a 56-21 victory as the nation’s third-ranked team and on their way to cracking through the glass ceiling to become the first Group of Five team to reach the College Football Playoff.

UC entered Saturday afternoon’s matchup at UCF as the highest-ranked Group of Five team at No. 20 and having won six straight after losing the opener at Arkansas by seven points.

It looked like the Bearcats’ win streak over UCF might reach four after Ryan Montgomery’s 39-yard touchdown run with 3:04 remaining gave them a 21-18 lead. Prior to that score, the senior running back had one yard on two carries and the Bearcats had 16 yards rushing.

Gus Malzahn’s Knights were not done, however. Quarterback Mikey Keene, a savior off the bench in relief of the injured John Rhys Plumlee and seeing his first action of 2022, guided UCF on a seven-play, 75-yard drive capped by R.J. Harvey’s 14-yard pinball run to the end zone.

It was the third lead change in a 3:48 span within the final five minutes of the game, an emotional roller coaster that concluded when UC went backward with what little time remained on the game’s final possession.

“We had our hands full,” said Malzahn, whose team checks in at No. 25 after the win, with UC dropping out. “That’s a championship program. They are not used to losing. They lost to Arkansas and could have easily won that. They were in the final four last year and are one of the best teams in college football.”

The teams could meet again in the conference championship. In order for that to take place, both would have to get past Tulane while running the table. At No. 19, the Green Wave are now the highest-ranked Group of Five team.

While Cincinnati and UCF have won four of the last five American titles, it might come as a surprise that they have not met in the championship game. Wouldn’t it be something if they did in what would be their final conference game prior to leaving for the Big 12?

Indeed, a rivalry that has been building in a Group of Five conference will resume on the larger stage next year.

“Whether it has become a rivalry because they were the champs and then we ended up knocking them off a couple of years ago, all rivalries are created differently,” said Fickell. “As everything moves forward, I think you are going to see that this (rivalry) is going to stay.”

This latest installment was highlighted by Keene’s performance after taking over for Plumlee, who departed late in the first half after colliding with defensive back Arquon Bush. Plumlee had his bell rung, something that was visible when he stumbled before members of the training staff assisted him off the field.

Keene, who took over the UCF offense last season when Dillon Gabriel broke his clavicle on the final play of the Knights’ final non-conference game at Louisville, had not taken a snap since closing out his true freshman season in last year’s Gasparilla Bowl win over Florida.

Malzahn wanted to redshirt Keene this season, and still may depending on Plumlee’s condition, but he turned to a young quarterback who looked like he last played as recently as the previous week and not 10 months ago.

“The way he has approached every practice, he approaches them like he is going to play,” said Malzahn of Keene, who completed 15-of-21 for 176 yards with no sacks and no turnovers. “For him to step up in that moment, and seize the moment that last drive, that dude’s a winner with a capital ‘W.’”

While two third-quarter drives deep into UC territory ended on fumbles by Harvey and Isaiah Bowser, the Knights would not be deterred as Keene kept leading them up and down the field until Harvey’s TD almost knocked the Bounce House off of its foundation.

That 19-game conference win streak of UCF’s that UC snapped in 2019? Well, the Knights returned the favor by snapping the Bearcats’ 19-game conference win streak. Somehow, that seems appropriate given how these two programs have battled in the American and will continue to battle in the Big 12.

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Sunday, October 30, 2022

'Shucked' World Premier at PTC: A Little Corny, A Lot of Fun - Daily Utah Chronicle

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Folks, “Shucked” has just had its world premiere at the Pioneer Theatre Company, and this my friends is a big deal. If you’re like me and don’t have a toe constantly dipped in the effervescent ocean of Broadway, odds are you don’t know that this is a big deal. I myself only learned recently, but now I am passing the savings off to you!

Broadway-Bound

“Shucked” is a brand new Broadway-bound musical comedy whose company has a pool of awards deep enough to drown in. Directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O’Brien, with music by ten-time Grammy-nominated Brandy Clark and three-time Grammy winner Shane McAnally and written by Tony winner Robert Horn, “Shucked” is the real deal. Also, Robert Horn is credited with writing both Teen Beach Movies and “Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure,” so you do the math.

The show centers around a group of lovable, simple country folk whose main source of life is corn. As the opening number explains, corn is eaten, drunk, worn and worshipped in Cobb County. Yet, there’s trouble afoot when the corn starts to die. This tragedy causes homegrown Maizy, played by Caroline Innerbichler, to postpone her wedding with her childhood sweetheart Beau, played by Andrew Durnad, and leave the town in search of help. This search leads Maizy to the sleezy, elderly plagued Tampa Florida. In Tampa, Maizy meets two-bit conman Gordy, played by John Behlmann, who thinks Cobb County is the ticket to riches.

Homey, Cute and Crass

“Shucked” is homey, cute and just crass enough to keep you on your toes. We are transported through the narrative by two storytellers, Taylor Trensch and Ashley D. Kelley, who are absolutely delightful together. The talent this cast exudes is almost ridiculous.

While the writing is witty and some lines are hilarious, the show somewhat suffers from what I call “MCU Disease.” Almost every single line is a joke, jab or double entendre, causing the character’s depth to suffer. The simplicity and convenience of the story is amplified by the constant wise-cracking of every single person on stage. Luckily, the cast is talented enough to give the show’s brief human and sentimental moments the depth they crave.

Newell Steals the Show

Speaking of talent, let me just take a second to tell you about Alex Newell. Newell is a familiar face whose abilities have graced popular TV shows like “Glee” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” If you are at all familiar then you know Newell has got what we theatre folk like to call “chops.”

Newell plays the character Lulu, Maizy’s cousin, and best friend. They remain relatively reserved until about halfway through act one. Here, Lulu shines with her number “Independently Owned.” Hearing Newell absolutely annihilate this song is a down-right spiritual experience. I’ve never heard anything like this is my life. Newell belts and an immediate hush draws over the audience. Hair stands up on arms as you can physically feel their singing with every fiber of your being. It was like my molecules were being vibrated as I was levitating on the golden strands emanating from their lips.

“Shucked” is worth seeing for the experience of hearing Newell alone.

Get ‘Shucked’

Overall, “Shucked” is a little bit corny, but a lot of fun. You’re sure to laugh and you’re sure to be floored by the talent, I can at least guarantee you that. I’m interested to see how “Shucked” does as it brings its small-town roots to the Big Apple.

Before that day comes however, I recommend you get down to PTC as soon as you can. “Shucked” is only here until Nov. 12, and this show is going places. This is your chance to get one up on all those Broadway bigwigs. When they come knocking on my door, I know I’ll be able to say, “I saw the world premiere pal, get Shucked.”

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4 Little-Known Perks of Robo-Advisors - The Motley Fool

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These automated investing tools have several features you should know about.


Key points

  • Robo-advisors can build and rebalance an investment portfolio for you.
  • Most of them also have other valuable features, such as helping you save on taxes.
  • You may also be able to choose socially responsible investments and get a line of credit against your portfolio.

For beginners and hands-off investors, robo-advisors are a popular choice. Many online stock brokers have robo-advisors available, which figure out how to invest your money based on information you provide about your goals and risk tolerance. They also tend to cost much less than traditional human advisors.

While many investors know the basics of what top robo-advisors offer, there are also some benefits that aren't common knowledge. If you're not sure whether to use a robo-advisor, here are four little-known perks they can offer.

1. Tax-loss harvesting

Several robo-advisors offer tax-loss harvesting to help you lower your tax bill. The basic idea behind tax-loss harvesting is that you sell losing investments to lock in capital losses that you can include on your tax return.

You then use these capital losses to offset your capital gains, and if you have losses left over, you can apply up to $3,000 of them per year against other forms of income. It's one of the few silver linings of a down market.

Robo-advisors that have this feature handle the tax-loss harvesting for you. After selling a losing investment, the robo-advisor may also reinvest in a similar fund. That way, you can deduct the losses on your taxes, and since you have a similar investment, you can still benefit if it later increases in value.

2. Socially responsible investing

Socially responsible investing has become a hot topic in recent years. Many investors want to use their money to support companies that match their values.

To better serve these investors, some robo-advisors provide socially responsible portfolio options. These portfolios typically avoid companies that are considered irresponsible because of social or environmental issues. They focus on investing in companies that are known for making a positive impact.

3. A line of credit against your account

One of the more unique benefits available with select robo-advisors is the option to borrow against your account. If you meet the minimum requirements with a platform that offers this feature, you can get a line of credit up to a certain percentage of your portfolio's value. For example, if you have a $50,000 portfolio, you may be able to get a $10,000 or $15,000 line of credit.

If you need to borrow money, this can be a convenient option. There are a few benefits to borrowing against your investment account instead of getting a loan:

  • There's typically no credit check to borrow against your investments.
  • Interest rates tend to be lower than personal loan rates, since your investments serve as collateral.
  • You can borrow from a line of credit multiple times as needed.

4. Access to human advisors

Robo-advisors are useful for building and rebalancing an investment portfolio. They can handle a lot of the same things human financial advisors do for you, and at a lower cost. But in some situations, you might need advice that a machine can't give you.

Fortunately, this isn't always an either-or situation. There are quite a few robo-advisors that also provide access to human financial advisors when needed. They usually charge a bit extra for this, either through a premium plan or with a consultation fee. If you have complex financial issues to navigate, such as balancing short-term home savings goals with long-term retirement planning, then talking to a financial advisor could be worth it.

There's a lot more to what robo-advisors can do than just setting up a portfolio with the right mix of stocks and bonds. If you don't want to spend too much time managing your brokerage account, a robo-advisor could be a great way to reach your investing goals.

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Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight - The Wall Street Journal

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Leon New Valentine, 32, is among patients who was prescribed ketamine online by a startup.

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Startups are prescribing ketamine online to treat serious mental-health conditions, raising concern among psychiatrists about the safety of taking the mind-altering anesthetic without medical supervision, sometimes at high doses that raise risks of side effects.

Ketamine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to anesthetize people and animals and has been used safely in hospitals for decades. The out-of-body, hallucinogenic sensations it produces made it popular as a party drug known as Special K. Some doctors prescribe ketamine off-label to treat patients with conditions including severe depression, suicidal thoughts and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Generic ketamine isn’t approved for those conditions. Studies have shown it can rapidly alleviate symptoms of severe depression when other treatments have failed.

There is less data on ketamine’s effectiveness for other conditions including anxiety and PTSD, and little data on its long-term use.

The FDA has approved a chemically related version of the drug, called esketamine, from Johnson & Johnson for treatment-resistant depression with suicidal thoughts.

Clinics that are certified to administer J&J’s nasal spray must monitor patients for two hours afterward.

People taking generic ketamine at home aren’t subject to the same oversight.

Mindbloom Inc., Nue Life Health PBC and Wondermed LLC are among around a dozen companies now selling ketamine tablets or lozenges online, making use of relaxed restrictions on the prescription of controlled substances during the pandemic.

The companies work with clinicians who prescribe ketamine to patients based on a questionnaire and virtual evaluation. The generic ketamine pills or lozenges are mailed to patients’ homes. The companies say they instruct people to take the medication with someone nearby, among other safety measures.

Taking ketamine at home without medical supervision increases risks of patients falling and hurting themselves or taking more of the drug than prescribed, doctors said. Ketamine can be addictive, and patients might not get the help they need if they have a distressing experience while taking the drug, psychiatrists said.

“Places that are doing virtual ketamine are negotiating a compromise between accessibility and safety,” said Dr. Benjamin Yudkoff, medical director of the ketamine and esketamine program at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston.

Ketamine increases heart rate and blood pressure, raising the risk of rare complications including stroke or heart attack at the higher doses that some telehealth patients have been prescribed, medical experts said.

“Giving any drug like that has the potential to cause general anesthesia at home in a completely unmonitored environment,” said Dr.

Michael Champeau, president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The companies said prescribing ketamine-assisted therapy at home can help fill a need for people who don’t respond to existing medications or can’t reach or afford treatment in person. Ketamine blocks a receptor in brain cells important for brain adaptability, which researchers say might help facilitate changes in mood and mind-set.

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Mindbloom and Nue Life cited peer-reviewed research they published suggesting that many patients reported feeling better after taking ketamine and that few reported problems related to taking the drug.

Mindbloom, Nue Life and Wondermed said they decline to treat people who have symptoms that are too severe or histories of conditions such as substance-use disorder, psychosis or uncontrolled hypertension. Nue Life said it sometimes consults with a patient’s doctor before prescribing ketamine, and Mindbloom said it often asks for medical records. Wondermed said patients can choose to have their doctors work with the company during treatment.

‘Places that are doing virtual ketamine are negotiating a compromise between accessibility and safety.’

— Dr. Benjamin Yudkoff, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital

Nue Life said it starts patients at around 125 milligrams and prescribes at most 750 milligrams for a dose. Wondermed said it prescribes patients between 100 milligrams and 400 milligrams for a dose. Mindbloom said that it starts patients at around 400 milligrams and that some patients graduate to doses of around 1,000 milligrams.

Doses of around 1,000 milligrams heighten risks for severe side effects including rare seizures, hemorrhages or strokes, said Ari Aal, a psychiatrist in Boulder, Colo., who prescribes ketamine at lower doses to patients who take it under supervision at his clinic.

“That’s way too much of a dose to be doing at home and probably at all, and way too much without a practitioner watching you,” Dr. Aal said.

Mindbloom and Wondermed said they provide blood-pressure monitors for patients to use before and during treatment. Nue Life said it instructs patients with controlled hypertension to monitor their blood pressure.

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Timothy Mitchell, a 40-year-old patient advocate from Ballston Lake, N.Y., said Mindbloom started him on an 800-milligram dose last year. He said he is undergoing his third course of a six-dose regimen with Mindbloom at 1,200 milligrams a dose. The treatment helped quiet suicidal thoughts, he said.

Wondermed said it charges $399 for a month of ketamine tablets or lozenges and telemedicine treatment. Mindbloom said it charges around $1,000 for around three months of ketamine and telemedicine care. Nue Life said it charges as much as $2,999 for ketamine tablets and telemedicine treatment over four months. Health insurers usually don’t reimburse people for the off-label treatments.

Amanda Itzkoff, a psychiatrist and chief executive of Curated Mental Health, which administers ketamine in clinics, said she declined to be on Mindbloom’s advisory board in part because she was concerned that at-home use might not include enough patient supervision.

Making a comparison with a crackdown on psychedelic-drug research decades ago, she said that if companies recklessly prescribe ketamine for home use, they could set back adoption of a valuable treatment. “We could blow it again,” Dr. Itzkoff said.

A spokesman said that Mindbloom ended its relationship with Dr. Itzkoff and that she didn’t raise safety concerns. Mindbloom’s medical director, Dr. Leonardo Vando, said striking the right balance between expanding access to ketamine and safe prescribing practices is critical to Mindbloom.

Courtney Gable, 47, said her husband checked on her when she took ketamine that Mindbloom prescribed for her this year to treat chronic pain and depression. The 400-milligram dose was higher than initial doses prescribed at a clinic where she works in Philadelphia, she said.

“There’s a safety net, but the spaces between the net are a little wider,” Ms. Gable said.

Leon New Valentine, a 32-year-old actor and videogame model in Los Angeles, was prescribed 100 milligrams of ketamine online last year by Peak Health Global Inc., and took the medication with someone nearby. Mx. Valentine, who uses they as a pronoun, said they graduated to 150-milligram doses and took that alone. Ketamine alleviated symptoms of treatment-resistant depression and PTSD, Mx. Valentine said.

“Things are joyful again even though I’m in pain,” Mx. Valentine said. Peak said it would close in November because it expects rules allowing controlled substances to be prescribed remotely to be tightened soon.

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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Little Miami football team earns upset over Xenia in Division II first-round playoff game - WCPO 9 Cincinnati

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XENIA, Ohio — The "Ice Man" was clutch yet again.

Little Miami freshman kicker Gunnar Hoffman kicked a game-winning field in double overtime as the visiting Panthers upset previously undefeated Xenia 27-24 Friday night in a Division II, Region 8 first-round playoff football game.

"Everybody is through the roof excited," Little Miami coach Caleb Jones said. "Fans, Panther nation is out there. Our school administration, coaches — everybody has just got a bolt of energy into our system right now."

Little Miami was the only No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed during the first round across the state on Friday night, according to the Ohio Fantastic 50.

"Unbelievable," Jones said Saturday morning. "Just really excited for our program and our kids that stepped up to prove to everyone that we deserve to be in that playoff spot. The coaching staff is ecstatic; the kids executed our game plan to a tee and couldn't ask for anything better. Everybody is riding high right now."

Little Miami (4-7) advances to play at Anderson (6-5) No. 4 in a Division II regional quarterfinal Nov. 4.

Friday night was the second straight week that Hoffman made a game-winning kick. His 36-yarder at Walnut Hills on Oct. 21 gave the Panthers a 24-21 win in the regular-season finale.

Hoffman made two field goals Friday night — both in overtime. Jones couldn't be more proud of Hoffman.

"We just call him the Ice Man now," Jones said. "He just steps up when he's out there ready to kick the ball at any point. If somebody wants to call a timeout on him, it doesn't faze him at all."

Jones, who went to bed at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, said the Panthers will continue to cherish the memorable victory from Friday night before looking ahead to its second matchup with Anderson this season.

Jones emphasized it was a collective effort on Friday night on both sides of the ball.

Several players have stepped up in the latter half of the season including senior quarterback Grant Maupin (1,747 yards passing entering Friday), senior wide receiver/defensive back Brayden Bischoff (820 yards receiving and 71 tackles entering Friday), sophomore linebacker Eli Schoellman (79 tackles), junior running back Will Rom among others.

"There is no secret we've taken our lumps this year as far as our program and our wins and losses," Jones said. "But our program is still really good. Our kids are still bought in. It's Week 11 — a lot of kids could've shut down and not continued to play for us with the season we've had. But the leadership we have in our program - kids stepped up to rise to that occasion. We play tough competition week in and week out."

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A 12-year-old boy was shot Saturday evening in Little Italy on the West Side.

He was shot in the leg about 5 p.m. while standing near a sidewalk in the 1000 block of West 13th Street, according to Chicago police.

The boy was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in good condition.

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LITTLE RIVER, S.C. (WMBF) - Traffic was slowed and lanes were blocked along part of Highway 17 after an 18-wheeler was stuck in the road.

Horry County Fire Rescue said its crews were called to the area of Spa Drive at around 3:15 p.m. regarding the incident.

No one was hurt, but drivers are being asked to avoid the area.

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‘Little individual dictators’: Texas AG calls out prosecutors who ignore abortion laws - Fox News

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Prosecutors who refuse to enforce abortion bans are like "little individual dictators," nullifying legislation passed by elected representatives, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News. 

"That's unconstitutional. That's wrong," Paxton said. "They have an obligation to enforce the laws that are in play."

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Nearly 90 district attorneys and state attorneys general have vowed not to enforce abortion bans since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June. Over a dozen states have banned most abortions, while another five have set limits after a certain number of weeks.

Andrew Warren, a Florida prosecutor, was suspended of his duties by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in August, in part for refusing to enforce abortion laws.

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"When you nullify a whole broad swath of laws, which they are doing — from shoplifting to abortion to drugs — they're making up their own laws," Paxton, a Republican, told Fox News. "They're almost like little individual dictators or ruling governments that operate outside the law." 

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"That's a real serious threat to freedom in America," Paxton added, calling the situation "a breakdown of the rule of law" and of our "constitutional republic." 

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Two Leaders and an Associate of Little Havana Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Decades in Prison - Department of Justice

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MIAMI – Following a nine-week trial ending in guilty verdicts, two leaders and an associate of a violent drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood have been sentenced to prison terms.

Ulysses Cabrera, a/k/a “Uley,” a/k/a “Big Cuz,” 32, was sentenced to 372 months’ imprisonment. Bernardo Quinonez, a/k/a “Macho,” 34, was sentenced to 382 months’ imprisonment. Victor Smith, a/k/a “OGP,” 26, was sentenced to 330 months’ imprisonment.

From 2013 to 2018, Cabrera and B. Quinonez, both of Miami, led a continuing criminal enterprise that distributed cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana in the streets of Little Havana. Cabrera supplied the cocaine and managed the operation. B. Quinonez was a co-manager who supervised the people turning the cocaine into crack inside local homes. Smith oversaw the street-level drug sales.  When rival drug dealers threatened the territory that they controlled or questioned their authority, Cabrera and B. Quinonez directed Smith and other armed members of the ring to intimidate, maim, and, in some instances, kill people. Innocent bystanders were sometimes shot and injured.  Cabrera and B. Quinonez laundered the dirty drug money in various ways, including buying Opa-Locka real estate.   

Law enforcement seizures in this case included approximately 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, several grams of crack cocaine, more than 26 pounds of marijuana, four assault rifles, 10 pistols, 10 extended magazines, 10 semi-automatic firearms, a short barrel rifle, a revolver and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

The jury convicted Cabrera of one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, one count of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, four counts of money laundering crimes, and four counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.  The jury convicted B. Quinonez of one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana, one count of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, one count of drive-by shooting, one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, three counts of money laundering, seven counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and one count of maintaining an establishment to distribute controlled substances.  It convicted Smith of one count of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, one count of conspiring to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, as well as one count of armed robbery and one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.  

Juan Antonio Gonzalez, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Christopher A. Robinson, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division; Robert M. DeWitt, Acting Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami; Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez, III, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD); Manuel A. Morales, Chief of Police, City of Miami Police Department (MPD); and Gadyaces S. Serralta, U.S. Marshal, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), made the announcement.

This case stems from Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime.  PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.  Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. 

This case and prosecution were carried out by members of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force.  The South Florida HIDTA, established in 1990, is made up of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies who, cooperatively, target the region’s drug-trafficking and money laundering organizations.  The South Florida HIDTA is funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which sponsors a variety of initiatives focused on the nation’s illicit drug trafficking threats.

This investigation, Operation Havana Ghost, is a result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.  The OCDETF mission is to identify, investigate, and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking enterprises, bringing together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.

ATF Miami, MDPD (including the MDPD Street Terror Offender Program (STOP)), MPD, FBI Miami, and U.S. Marshals Service investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ellen D’Angelo and Rilwan Adeduntan are prosecuting it.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Grosnoff is handling asset forfeiture.

Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 18-cr-20946.

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It could be a perfect storm of more transportation pains for skiers along the Wasatch Front this season.

With winter right around the corner, transportation options are more limited this year and could cost drivers more to access Utah’s slopes.

The Utah Transit Authority’s cancellation of one ski bus route and the scaling back of two others means there are fewer transportation options for winter sports enthusiasts to make the trek into Big and Little Cottonwood canyons — two areas already confounded by congestion.

UTA announced last month it would need to cut certain bus routes and reduce services along certain lines due to a shortage of bus drivers. The cuts scaled back or cut 20 routes in Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties.

The UTA announcement came roughly a month after the Utah Department of Transportation decided building a gondola through the 8-mile-long Little Cottonwood Canyon would be the best solution for the area’s transportation needs. A UDOT representative also told the Salt Lake County Council earlier this month that the department is considering a toll on certain days that could cost drivers $25 to $30 per car to drive to the canyon’s ski resorts.

The move to roll back bus routes is especially disappointing for those who oppose the gondola, hoping improved bussing would be a way to show a gondola isn’t needed in the picturesque canyon.

The final draft of UDOT’s environmental impact study (EIS) included shorter-term solutions to relieve canyon congestion — including additional buses taking riders to resorts and the building of mobility hubs nearby to get skiers onto buses. The UDOT EIS also called for a widening of Wasatch Boulevard leading up to the canyon.

Ellen Birrell, a Cottonwood Heights City Council member who represents the city’s eastern side where the proposed gondola base station would be built, told The Tribune she supports UTA, but the rollbacks are disheartening.

Birrell, who opposes building a gondola, said her constituents were looking forward to showing how enhanced bus services could limit the need to widen Wasatch Boulevard or build a gondola, but now, that’s changed.

“It’s a real, great concern,” Birrell said. “So in a time when we were very enthused about seeing what could be done with enhanced bus transit, we’re finding that when these changes take effect … that in essence, we’ll be losing one of the bus routes.”

The cuts included the cancellation of Route 953, which starts at the Fort Union station in Midvale and takes skiers and snowboarders to Snowbird and Alta in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Two other routes were halved, moving from a bus every 15 minutes to a bus every 30 minutes. One route is 972, which starts at the same Midvale station as 953, but takes riders to the Big Cottonwood Canyon resorts Brighton and Solitude. The other route, 994, starts at the Historic Sandy UTA station and goes to Snowbird and Alta.

Though ski resorts were hopeful to find solutions before they open, that prospect is likely not an option this year. The rollback on bus services will take effect on Dec. 11.

Dave Fields, general manager at Snowbird, told The Salt Lake Tribune the resort is scrambling to fill the gaps left by the ski buses.

“We’re very concerned about what the traffic and parking situation will look like this winter,” Fields said. “This represents thousands of people getting to and from the resort every day that, now, will need to find an alternative to getting up the canyon.”

Fields said that shortly after the cuts were announced, he and the managers of the three other Cottonwoods resorts met with UTA to figure out a solution. However, the talks didn’t lead to finding a fix to the driver shortage.

Carl Arky, a spokesperson for UTA, said the transit authority is providing vans to the ski resorts to use in order to get staff to and from the resorts. The resorts will be expected to staff the drivers for those vans, and resort patrons will not be allowed to use the vans.

He added that the rollback on UTA ski buses will likely run throughout the ski season, though the transit authority is keeping an eye on the situation.

“We try to be flexible,” Arky said. “But I would think that for the foreseeable future … that these changes will be the ones that will take effect.” He added that it’s not just ski bus routes that have been scaled back, as a total of 20 bus routes have been impacted by the driver shortage.

Roger Bourke, Alta’s town mayor, said he understands UTA has a shortage of drivers all across the state, and knows the cuts aren’t arbitrary.

“I have some sympathy for them,” Bourke told The Tribune. “Because we know that labor shortage is a problem all over the place.” He added, however, that raising wages could help address the issue, though he didn’t know if the transit authority had the ability to do so.

Arky said it typically takes around six to eight weeks to complete the training needed to be a UTA bus driver. UTA now also pays drivers during their training in addition to helping prospective drivers get their commercial driver license, Arky said. He added the bulk of driver vacancies are in the Ogden and Salt Lake markets.

Utah Rep. Suzanne Harrison, who is running for a seat on the Salt Lake County Council, said she supports UDOT’s phased approach to solving the canyon’s traffic woes, but those possible expansions now look to be on hold.

“Reducing bus service right before we’re about to hit some of our peak ski season just is concerning,” Harrison told The Tribune. “We need transportation solutions that make sense and are flexible, and, I think, more responsive bus service up Little Cottonwood Canyon is part of the solution to our congestion issues.”

In the meantime, Fields said Snowbird plans on using the vans provided by UTA in order to get employees on and off the mountain.

For guests, he said the resort is pushing for carpooling, though they’re still researching different options for ridesharing apps. Fields said Snowbird has a rideshare app, but it hasn’t been updated in years, as the resort wasn’t pushing carpooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We don’t think we have time to rebuild that app for a ski season that starts in a month,” Fields said. “So we’re looking at third-party apps that we can tell people about in the ski community so they can gather up and get rides up and down the canyon.”

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G.O.P. Senator’s Report on Covid Origins Suggests Lab Leak, but Offers Little New Evidence - The New York Times

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The report, signed by Senator Richard Burr, foreshadows a new wave of political wrangling over Covid’s origins if Republicans gain control of the House or Senate.

The top Republican on the Senate health committee said in a report on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic was most likely caused by a laboratory incident in China. The report offered little new evidence, however, and was disputed by many scientists, including those whose research suggests that the outbreak originated instead at a live animal market.

The report, released by Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina, grew out of a joint inquiry with the committee’s Democratic chairwoman that proponents of the effort hoped would add a measure of bipartisan credibility to a highly charged debate.

But the findings published on Thursday, while interim, bore only Mr. Burr’s signature. And in relying largely on existing public evidence, rather than new or classified information, the report came as something of a letdown even to those who supported its conclusions.

“One can only conclude from the circumstances that they met an impasse,” said Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, referring to his disappointment that Republican and Democratic staff members working on the inquiry have not yet released a more complete, bipartisan report.

Dr. Ebright, who was interviewed by the report’s authors, said he supported the argument that evidence pointed to a laboratory origin. But the only new element, he said, appeared to be questions raised about how China could have developed a vaccine so quickly, which he did not find persuasive. Otherwise, he said, “there was no information in the report that has not been publicly presented in the media and discussed in the media previously.”

It is not clear why the interim report was only signed by Mr. Burr or when a final report might be published. Mr. Burr and the chairwoman, Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, said in statements that the health committee’s bipartisan review of how Covid first emerged would continue.

The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China attracted interest as the potential source of the pandemic early on. By the spring of 2020, senior Trump administration officials were promoting the idea that the virus had instead escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a large laboratory that studied bats and was situated about eight miles away, across the Yangtze River. China now largely insists that the virus originated abroad.

Scientists are bracing for a new wave of political wrangling over the origins of the virus in the coming year, especially if Republican backers of the lab leak theory take control of committees in the House or Senate.

Several researchers who have studied the beginnings of the pandemic, though, described the Burr report as a step backward in the effort to understand that period.

The report highlights what it describes as holes in the theory of a natural spillover of the virus from animals to humans, including the continuing failure to identify any animal at the Wuhan market that spread the virus to humans. It argues that those gaps, combined with what it describes as problems with safety protocols at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, indicate that the pandemic “was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident.”

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But scientists said that Chinese officials had made it virtually impossible to identify an infected animal by closing and disinfecting the Wuhan market before relevant live animals could be sampled. And for all the concern about research at the Wuhan lab, no evidence has been produced to show that the institute stored any virus in its collections that could have become the virus causing Covid-19, with or without engineering.

“This was an embarrassingly bad use of taxpayer money and resources,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, who co-authored one of a pair of papers published in Science in July pointing to the Wuhan market as the origin of the pandemic. “It’s very clear they had preordained conclusions they wanted to come to.”

Dr. Rasmussen said that aides to Mr. Burr and to Ms. Murray asked her how to conduct such an investigation in mid-2021 as they were beginning their research. But she said they never followed up.

The Burr report said that it drew on interviews with several dozen experts. But 12 scientists who contributed to the Science articles published in July said in interviews or emails that they had not been questioned by the health committee’s staff members.

One of the studies found that the home addresses of early Covid patients centered on the Huanan market in a pattern that could not be explained by chance. The second suggested that the virus spilled over into people working or shopping there on two separate occasions.

House Republicans had earlier released a report that said the pandemic likely began with an accidental release from the Wuhan lab.

Some scientists said on Thursday that the latest report reflected a deep uncertainty about where the pandemic originated.

“There is no ‘smoking gun’ one way or the other, and we may never get it,” said Sergei Pond, a virologist at Temple University. He added that the “nontrivial possibility” that it might have emerged from a lab should inform decisions about lab safety and oversight of dangerous research.

Others who have lately remained open to different theories about the virus’s origin nevertheless said on Thursday that they were puzzled about some of the claims in Mr. Burr’s report.

Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, said that it was not clear that the virus came from the live animal market in Wuhan. But he said the inability to find an infected animal did not prove anything.

“There’s no way to access them,” Dr. Lipkin said. “They killed all the animals in these markets.”

The report also claimed that the virus’s ability to spread quickly from person to person at the start of the pandemic was evidence counting against an origin in wildlife. But an author of the study cited to back up that claim said it was wrong.

“Many viruses jump directly from animals to humans without the need for adaptation,” said that study’s author, Raina Plowright, a virologist at the University of Montana.

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Vettel: Upcoming F1 retirement "getting a little bit more real" - Motorsport.com

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In the summer, Vettel announced he would call time on a 15-year F1 career, which yielded four world championships, as his current contract with Aston Martin runs out at the end of the season.

For Vettel, the reality of leaving F1 is gradually starting to sink as he counts down the races to his last outing in Abu Dhabi.

The German was visibly emotional after saying goodbye to his favourite track at Suzuka. And last week in Austin he admitted he would "miss the adrenaline" from fighting wheel to wheel as he did with Haas' Kevin Magnussen on the final lap.

"It is getting a little bit more real," Vettel said before the US Grand Prix.

"At Suzuka, I was a bit sad after qualifying and Sunday was a little bit up and down and mixed emotions because the race was so different. It's a special place and I will miss it.

"I don't know how Abu Dhabi will be. Obviously, from a results point of view I don't think we expect miracles all of a sudden, but I also tend to look forward to what's next.

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"I'm excited about what's coming, it's not like I completely hate Formula 1 now and I'm happy to get out, but obviously I made the decision and look forward to what's coming."

While the US Grand Prix might not rank as high as Japan on Vettel's all-time list, it too holds a special place as he made his debut at the 2007 edition at Indianapolis, taking a point in eighth for BMW Sauber.

"Yeah absolutely. I think in the end is a great place to come. Obviously, my first race was in Indy, so it has a special place," the 35-year-old explained after battling to eight at his final US GP, which became seventh after a time penalty for Alpine's Fernando Alonso.

"I kept the one-cent coin that I found on the Sunday morning in Indianapolis while I was running, and it's still with me. It is a special place to me."

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