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Article content NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans. Recommended Videos Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he’d let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, and other “elegant minor deviations” from the dress code. He said Carlsen’s stand — which culminated in his quitting the tournament Friday — highlighted a need for more discussion “to ensure that our rules and their application reflect the evolving nature of chess as a global and accessible sport.” Carlsen, meanwhile, said in a video posted Sunday on social media that he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship when it begins Monday. Oh, I am definitely playing in jeans tomorrow “I think the situation was badly mishandled on their side,” the 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster said. But he added that he loves playing blitz — a fast-paced form of chess — and wanted fans to be able to watch, and that he was encouraged by his discussions with the federation after Friday’s showdown. “I think we sort of all want the same thing,” he suggested in the video on his Take Take Take chess app’s YouTube channel. “We want the players to be comfortable, sure, but also relatively presentable.” The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sportcoat Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate from but held in conjunction with the blitz event. The chess federation said Friday that longstanding rules prohibit jeans at those tournaments, and players are lodged nearby to make sartorial switch-ups easy if needed. An official fined Carlsen $200 and asked him to change pants, but he refused and wasn’t paired for a ninth-round game, the federation said at the time. The organization noted that another grandmaster, Ian Nepomniachtchi, was fined earlier in the day for wearing sports shoes, changed and continued to play. Carlsen has said that he offered to wear something else the next day, but officials were unyielding. He said “it became a bit of a matter of principle,” so he quit the rapid and blitz championships. In the video posted Sunday, he questioned whether he had indeed broken a rule and said changing clothes would have needlessly interrupted his concentration between games. He called the punishment “unbelievably harsh.” “Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn’t want to,” he said, and “I stand by that.”PVH Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Lucy Bronze misses England’s Switzerland friendly after team sheet errorPutin apologizes for 'tragic incident' but stops short of saying Azerbaijani plane was shot down MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. He stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. The Kremlin said that air defense systems were firing near Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, to deflect a Ukrainian drone strike as the plane attempted to land on Wednesday. Putin apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev “for the fact that the tragic incident occurred in Russian airspace.” The Kremlin also says Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are jointly investigating the crash site near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals during a raid DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel’s army has detained the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals. The announcement on Saturday came after health officials said Israeli troops stormed the hospital and forced many staff and patients outside and told them to strip in winter weather. Israel’s military alleges the hospital director is a suspected Hamas operative and says it detained over 240 others. It acknowledges it ordered people outside and that special forces entered the hospital. It says it “eliminated” militants who fired at its forces. Kamal Adwan officials have denied that Hamas operates in the hospital. Abortions are up in the US. It's a complicated picture as women turn to pills, travel Even with abortion bans in place in most Republican-controlled states, the number of people obtaining them has grown slightly. That's part of a complicated picture of the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two and a half years ago. Abortion pills are more common now. So is traveling to other states for care, often on journeys hundreds of miles long. Public support for the right to abortion has also increased since before the ruling. That's been reflected in most ballot measures to add the right to abortion to state constitutions being adopted. Drought, fires and deforestation battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024. A second year of record drought contributed to wildfires that worsened deforestation across the massive forest, which spans Brazil, Peru, Colombia and other Latin American nations and is a critical counterweight to climate change. There were some bright spots. Both Brazil and Colombia reported lower levels of deforestation compared to prior years. Experts say Amazon countries need to do more to strengthen cross-border collaboration and that the global community who reap the benefits of commodities from the rainforest also need to pitch in. Bloodied Ukrainian troops risk losing more hard-won land in Kursk to Russia KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied by daily combat losses and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk. Some want to stay in the region at all costs. Others question the value of having gone in at all. Battles are so intense that commanders are unable to evacuate their dead. Lags in communication and poorly timed operations have cost lives and commanders say they have little way to counterattack. The overstretched Ukrainians have lost more than 40% of the territory they won in the lightning incursion that seized much of Kursk in August. Afghan forces target Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says its forces hit several points inside Pakistan in retaliation for deadly airstrikes. Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province. The strikes killed dozens of people. The ministry said Saturday that its forces hit points “serving as centers and hideouts for malicious elements and their supporters who organized and coordinated attacks in Afghanistan.” Pakistan accuses the Taliban of not doing enough to combat cross-border militant activity, a charge the Taliban government denies. Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who instituted economic reforms, cremated in New Delhi NEW DELHI (AP) — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, has been cremated after a state funeral. The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92. Singh’s body was taken Saturday to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Later, his body was transported to a crematorium ground for his last rites as soldiers beat drums. A mild-mannered technocrat, Singh was prime minister for 10 years until 2014. Sweden embarks on a sober search for more cemetery space in case of war GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they’ll never have to do. And that's to bury thousands of people in the event of war. The search follows new crisis preparedness guidelines from the country's civil defense agency and the military. The issue is seen in a new light after Russia's invasion of Ukraine led formerly neutral Sweden to join NATO. Sweden and Finland sent out updated civil preparedness guides in November with instructions on how to survive in war. The guides are similar to those in Denmark and Norway, though they don't mention Russia by name. Olivia Hussey, star of the 1968 film 'Romeo and Juliet,' dies at 73 LONDON (AP) — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media. She was 73. Hussey died on Friday, “peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones,” a statement posted to her Instagram account said. Hussey was 15 when director Franco Zeffirelli cast her in his adaptation of the William Shakespeare tragedy. “Romeo and Juliet” won two Oscars and Hussey won a Golden Globe for best new actress for her part as Juliet, opposite British actor Leonard Whiting. Decades later, the pair brought a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over nude scenes in the film they said they were coerced to perform. The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023. Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night. The California Lottery said the winning ticket was sold at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Rd. in Cottonwood. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3, 7, 37, 49, 55 and the gold Mega Ball 6. The identity of the winner or winners was not immediately known. The estimated jackpot was the fifth-highest ever for Mega Millions.
Bank of America became FIFA’s first global banking partner in August and sealed a separate deal for a second event also being played in the United States, two days before the group-stage draw in Miami for the revamped 32-team club event . It features recent European champions Real Madrid, Manchester City and Chelsea. “FIFA is going to take America by storm and we’re going to be right at their side,” the bank’s head of marketing, David Tyrie, said in a telephone interview Tuesday. Bank of America joins 2026 World Cup sponsors Hisense and Budweiser brewer AB InBev in separately also backing the club event, and more deals are expected after Saudi Arabia is confirmed next week as the 2034 World Cup host. While games at the next World Cup, co-hosted with Canada and Mexico, will be watched by hundreds of millions globally mostly on free-to-air public networks, the Club World Cup broadcast picture is unclear. FIFA has promised hundreds of millions of dollars in prize money for the 32 clubs to share but is yet to announce any broadcast deals for the month-long tournament. It is expected to land on a streaming service. “You have to think about how you are going to connect with these fans,” Tyrie told the Associated Press from Boston. “TV is one, sure, social media is a big avenue. “The smart marketing capabilities are able to say ‘Hey, we need to tilt this one a little bit more away from TV-type marketing into social-type marketing.’ We have got a pretty decent strategy that we’re putting in place to do activation.” Engaging Bank of America’s customers and 250,000 employees are key to that strategy, Tyrie said. “It’s going to be for our clients, and entertainment, it’s going to be for our employees in creating excitement. All of the above.” The Club World Cup will be played in 12 stadiums across 11 cities, including Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C, and Lumen Field where the hometown Seattle Sounders play three group-stage games. European powers Madrid, Man City and Bayern Munich lead a 12-strong European challenge. Teams qualified by winning continental titles or posting consistently good results across four years of those competitions. The exception is Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, who FIFA gave the entry reserved for a host nation team in October based on regular season record without waiting for the MLS Cup final. LA Galaxy hosts New York Red Bulls playing for that national title Saturday. Messi’s team opens the FIFA tournament June 15 in the Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium and will play its three group games in Florida. “The more brand players you bring in, the bigger the following you have got,” Tyrie acknowledged, though adding Messi being involved was “not a make or break for the event.” The Club World Cup final is July 13 at Met Life Stadium near New York, which also will host the World Cup final one year later. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
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Congratulations are in order for Barry the brush turkey, who took up residence in the grounds of a Sutherland apartment block about three years ago in an effort to find a mate. or signup to continue reading Carolyn Williams, who has been keeping an eye on Barry, has broken "the incredible news" she has just seen "two fluffy brown baby Barry's scratching around next to the mound". Mrs Williams, who works nearby at Tynan Motors and regularly walks the area for exercise during her lunch break, emailed the , saying: "You probably don't remember, however a few years ago you wrote an interest piece based on an email from myself about Barry, a brush turkey that has taken up residence outside 104 Flora St, Sutherland. "This was super exciting as brush turkeys were / are virtually non-existent around the Shire. "He built a very large mound outside the apartment complex and caused an absolute mess, however delighted locals, some of which had never seen this breed of bird. "I am pleased to update you with the incredible news that this month, he and Mrs. Barry have successfully bred for the first time! "The first year or 2 after my initial email, Barry continued to build his mound in the exact same location as the first year, however remained a bachelor. "Last year he was joined by a mate, however no babies resulted. "To my delight, I was just walking past and 2 fluffy brown baby Barry's were scratching around next to the mound. "I have attached a few pictures, however was not able to get better ones as the babies ran away. "I find Barry's survival extremely surprising given that he is always walking on the road around the Auburn and Flora Street intersection, which is very busy and many cars speed along Flora Street towards Acacia Ave. "The entire area is also built out with unit blocks, and feral (and domestic) cats roam free." A male brush turkey has chosen an extremely dangerous spot at Sutherland to build an incubation mound in his bid to attract a mate. He might also find his efforts are unrewarded because sightings of the protected species, of either gender, are rare in this part of Sydney. The brush turkey, with striking red head, blue-black plumage and booming call, has made his home at the front of an apartment block in Flora Street. Across the road, two large developments are under construction with regular deliveries of building equipment by big trucks. Major transport arteries, Acacia Road and President Avenue are close by. Carolyn Williams, who works nearby at Tynan Motors and regularly walks the area for exercise during her lunch break, has been watching since April as the brush turkey has built his metre-high mound by scratching together leaf litter, vegetation and earth. Ms Williams calls him "Barry", but residents, who feed and watch over him, have other names for him. "I am terribly concerned for his safety as he walks around Flora Street and Auburn Street, both of which are busy," Ms Williams said. "There are also many feral and domestic cats in the neighbourhood." Ms Williams said she think "Barry" has little hope of finding a mate in his present location. An avid hiker, she has come across many brush turkeys in bushland on Sydney's north side, but has rarely seen one in the shire. In January this year (2022), a brush turkey greeted early morning swimmers and gym users at Sutherland Leisure Centre. National Parks and Wildlife Service says the Australian brush turkey, a native also known as bush or scrub turkey, can be found in rainforests and adjacent eucalypt forests along eastern NSW. "When breeding, the male brush turkey builds a large mound of leaf litter in which the female lays her eggs. The decomposing vegetation gives off heat which helps incubate the eggs. Upon hatching, the chicks dig their way out through the layers." An expert told in 2018 rush turkeys were almost certainly in Australia when Europeans first arrived, but largely disappeared from the Sydney area during the Depression when they were hunted for food. St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering politics, urban affairs, council, development and general community news.Email: mtrembath@theleader.com.au St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering politics, urban affairs, council, development and general community news.Email: mtrembath@theleader.com.au
Meadville Medical Center’s account of how a financing package from the Buhl Regional Health Foundation collapsed last Friday to buy Sharon Regional Medical Center differs greatly from that organization. Both organizations offered statements on how events unfolded. The timing, the amount of funding sought and its terms often contrast from each other. “For the sake of transparency and the good of the Sharon community, MMC needs to clarify the interactions it had with the Buhl Regional Health Foundation,’’ Meadville Medical said in its statement. Sharon Regional’s owner, Steward Health Care, has been selling most of its 31 hospitals as it’s mired in bankruptcy. Meadville Medical has been searching for financing to buy Sharon Regional without much luck. In its account Meadville Medical referred to itself as MMC and the foundation as BRHF. The first contact between the two non-profit organizations, MMC’s statement said, was when it wrote an April 22 letter to the foundation’s chair, Angela Palumbo. The letter asked the foundation for a $45 million financial package to help it buy and operate Sharon Regional. The foundation has assets totaling about $43 million, according to tax records. The breakdown given by MMC: • A $5 million grant to develop primary care resources over a two-year period. • A $10 million grant to be used over a two-year period for essential clinical technology and physical improvements at the Sharon hospital. • A $30 million line-of-credit from the foundation or a separate lender that would be used as needed for immediate items to operate and stabilize the hospital. The line-of-credit would be treated as a loan that MMC promised to repay to the foundation or lender at an interest rate to be agreed upon with the foundation. MMC said it told the foundation it would be available at any time to discuss this proposal. The foundation, MMC’s statement said, took three weeks to respond in a May 15 letter from Palumbo to Philip Pandolph, Meadville Medical’s president and CEO. The letter, MMC said in its statement, had two sentences which were: “Dear Mr. Pandolph: Thank you for your correspondence, dated April 22, 2024. The Buhl Regional Health Foundation’s Board of Directors is in the information gathering stage, and is not in a position to vote on any proposals at the present time.” “BRHF never made a single, specific request for information from MMC thereafter,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement said. In an e-mail MMC and State Sen. Michele Brooks, R-50th District, Jamestown, requested a meeting with the BRHF board, the statement said. BRHF’s executive director, Jennifer Barborak, didn’t request any supporting documents, Meadville Medical’s statement said. Further, MMC’s financial forecast was not completed at that time, nor was it the purpose of the requested meeting. In early July Brooks and Pandolph asked Barborack to arrange a meeting with the full BRHF board to discuss a potential collaboration to save SRMC, as well as, explain the MMC funding request and answer questions, the statement said. Barborak responded that she and Ms. Palumbo wouldn’t arrange a meeting for Brooks and Pandolph with the full board, as requested, MMC’s statement said. Instead, Barborak suggested that perhaps she could arrange a meeting with Brooks and Pandolph with the BRHF’ s executive committee – but that could not occur until sometime in September at the earliest. BRHF never scheduled any meetings for Brooks and Pandolph with either the foundation’s executive committee or the full board to pursue discussions designed to save Sharon Regional, MMC’s statement said. “In a last-ditch effort to save SRMC, Gov. Shapiro’s staff contacted BRHF leadership on Dec. 12 requesting an immediate $25 million grant to MMC’’ the statement said. The governor’s staff reiterated that request to the foundation’s full board on Friday, Dec. 13, the statement said “On the same day – and for the first time in eight months of crisis – BRHF finally invited MMC to discuss its plan for SRMC,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement said. The presentation lasted one hour between 3 to 4 p.m. – and at around 4 p.m. Palumbo halted discussions between the board and MMC concerning financial details to save SRMC, the statement said. “MMC shared during the presentation the findings of its independent financial expert including the projections it made in a very detailed seven-year operational and cash flow analysis,’’ MMC’s statement said. “MMC will leave it to the citizens of the Sharon region to determine if that one-hour discussion reflects adequate due diligence on the part of BRHF.’’ Given the passage of time and worsening condition of Sharon Regional, MMC said it needed a $25 million grant by Dec. 13, compared to the $15 million grant request it made in April. Meadville Medical’s statement added it also made clear that since April it needed a $30 million operating line of credit to give Sharon Regional adequate time to reverse its beleaguered finances left behind by Steward Health System, Sharon Regional’s owner. BRHF offered MMC only an $11 million line of credit,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement said. “The BRHF board members fully knew from the MMC presentation by Mr. Pandolph and MMC CFO (chief financial officer) Rene Suntay that an $11 million loan would in no way suffice to allow MMC to proceed with the SRMC transaction,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement said. “ BRHF’s inadequate funding commitment made it impossible for MMC to proceed and take necessary steps to attempt to save SRMC,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement said. “To our knowledge, throughout the entire process the BRHF never offered a single dollar toward the effort to save SRMC without the expectation of repayment.’’ In addition, all of the funds requested were to go the hospital in Sharon, not MMC, its statement added. “MMC shares the disappointment of the entire Sharon community that sufficient funds were not committed to allow MMC to work with Bob Rogalski, (Sharon Regional’s president) and all of SRMC’s wonderful doctors, nurses and support staff to save and rejuvenate SRMC,’’ Meadville Medical’s statement ended.(The Center Square) – Out of the 10 worst states to work in based on one analysis, four still continue to see some of the highest numbers of in-migration, data from a recent study and the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau cumulatively show. Taking into account disposable income, average commute time, average hours worked per week, workplace safety, and happiness levels by state, the weighted analysis by Vaziri Law ranks Hawaii, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Nevada, Vermont, Indiana, West Virginia, Arizona, and South Carolina as the worst states in which to work. Many of the study’s findings are unsurprising, given the financial hardship reported in most of those states, with the notable exception of Vermont. For example, Louisiana, Kentucky and West Virginia have some of the highest poverty rates in the nation, while Tennessee and Nevada have some of the highest numbers of residents in financial distress, according to a study by personal finance website WalletHub. But the Vaziri Law analysis actually ranks Hawaii, which consistently scores low marks for economic freedom , as the number one worst state to work. The rating is slightly skewed by the state having the lowest average disposable income, $5,929 per working resident. Hawaiian workers do have good workplace safety rates, ranking 13th out of all 50 states, and a relatively high happiness score of 66.31 out of 100, with 100 being the happiest. In the second worst state to work in, Louisiana residents have the longest average working hours on the list at 44.3 per week, and also face poor workplace safety conditions, ranking 40th out of 50. Additionally, workers in the Bayou State are some of the most depressed in the nation, reporting a happiness index of 34.81. But they have roughly triple the disposable income of Hawaiian workers, at $15,364. “This research highlights the significant challenges workers face across the U.S., from financial strain to poor work-life balance," a spokesperson from Vaziri Law told The Center Square. "States like Hawaii, with the lowest disposable income, and Louisiana, with extended work hours and low happiness levels, underscore the need for systemic changes to improve workplace conditions, safety, and overall quality of life for employees.” Tennessee, coming in third, has a good workplace safety ranking of 11 out of 50 but a happiness index of 43.35. The average worker has a disposable income of $18,078 and works just over 40 hours a week with a 26-minute commute. In Kentucky, workers dedicate an average of 40.8 hours to work per week and have around $15,982 in disposable income. The happiness index rating is low, sitting at 38.36. By contrast, Nevada’s happiness index is ten points higher, but the average disposable income is more than $2,000 lower. Both states have decent workplace safety ratings. Despite having the highest workplace safety rate in the country and a 37.8 hour work week on average, Vermont ranks low due to the 48.46 happiness index and $15,263 average disposable income. Indiana does better at $17,293, but workers put in more hours and have slightly lower happiness and safety rankings. West Virginia ranks dead last on the list for both workplace safety – 45 out of 50 – and happiness levels at 33.83; plus, it has the longest average commute time. But a West Virginia resident’s average disposable income of $14,309, nearly is triple that of Hawaii. Arizona, in ninth place on the list, reports that its average worker has a disposable income of $18,764 and works 40.6 hours per week. It has a relatively high workplace safety rank of 9 and a mediocre happiness index of 50.22. Residents of South Carolina have an average of $15,824 in disposable income on hand. They face worse safety conditions, ranking 16, and have a lower happiness index, 49.62, than Arizonans. But South Carolina workers also clock in two hours less on average, around 38.2 hours per week. Even with less-than-ideal work conditions, Arizona and South Carolina, as well as Tennessee and Nevada, continue to be some of the top destinations for domestic migration, according to the IRS and 2024 Census Bureau data. Other factors, like safety, job opportunities, political climate and more play a factor in-migration.
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