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At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. — Social media posts spread an incorrect photo of the Maine suspect. Political Cartoons View All 1220 Images— Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings, but some say more is needed. SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED SHOOTER PROMPTS DREAD IN MAINEThe ongoing search for Robert Card, an Army reservist who authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Maine, has prompted dread around the state. Bates College in Lewiston also canceled classes Friday and postponed the inauguration of the school’s first Black president, Garry Jenkins, the school's website said.

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Seven died Wednesday at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. Here is what we know about some of victims:BILL AND AARON YOUNGBill Young and his 14-year-old son Aaron were shot and killed at the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley, Bill's brother Rob Young told Reuters. They were out for an evening with their bowling league, Rob Young said. TRICIA ASSELINAsselin was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said.

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Former President George W. Bush, the former Rangers owner, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Texas plays the Arizona Diamondbacks in the World Series opener on Friday night. This will be Bush's fourth World Series ceremonial first pitch but his first before an opener. Bush was U.S. president from 2001-09 and threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series at Yankee Stadium between New York and Arizona. Bush, before Game 4 of the 2010 World Series in Texas and before Game 5 of the 2017 World Series in Houston. Former Rangers star Adrián Beltré will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 to Rangers Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins.

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☆ Maine Shooting Victims: A Father and Son Out for a Bowling Night, a Bar Employee
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Gabriella Borter and Sharon BernsteinLEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - A father and his teenage son out for a night of bowling and a bar employee at his place of work were among those killed in shooting attacks in Lewiston, Maine, family members said on Thursday. Seven died at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. TRICIA ASSELINTricia Asselin, 53, was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part-time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said. (Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Lewiston, Maine, and Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Writing by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Jonathan Oatis)

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LEWISTON, Maine, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A father and his teenage son out for a night of bowling and a bar employee at his place of work were among those killed in shooting attacks in Lewiston, Maine, family members said on Thursday. Seven died at the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley, while eight others were fatally shot at nearby Schemengees Bar & Grille restaurant, police said. TRICIA ASSELINTricia Asselin, 53, was trying to call 911 when the gunman shot and killed her at the bowling alley, her brother DJ Johnson told CNN. Asselin, who worked at the bowling alley part-time, was there for a night out with her sister, who survived the massacre, Johnson said. Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Lewiston, Maine, and Sharon Bernstein in Sacramento, California; Writing by Sharon Bernstein; Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ With eye on 2024, Republicans push for early voting despite Trump's rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

That could make it difficult for the party to deliver a coherent message on early voting. In an advertisement that aired during the first Republican presidential debate in August, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said into the camera: "When Republicans vote early, we win." With Trump railing against the practice, Democrats have increased their edge in early voting. In 2022, that gap widened, with Democrats accounting for 42.5% of early ballots and Republicans 33.8%. But Youngkin advisers said their data showed the early vote campaign had brought in ballots from low-propensity voters as well.

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☆ 'Never seen anything like this': Maine city grapples with aftermath of mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Richard Valdmanis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A child looks out through a window as Lisbon Falls remains on lockdown, following a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston, in Lisbon Falls, Maine, October 26. Police cordoned off the roads leading to the shooting sites, the bowling alley and a bar. Security agents in bullet-proof vests carrying automatic rifles guarded the entrances to the Central Maine Medical Center hospital in town, where many of the shooting victims had been taken. He said he had watched as police cars rushed in the direction of the Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley and ambulances sped back the other way toward the hospital. Maine Governor Janet Mills said in a press conference the shooting had undermined Maine’s reputation as one of the safest states in the country.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, “ I’ve, ”, Mike Asselin, Asselin, Roger Lussier Jr, Janet Mills, “, Rich McKay, Colleen Jenkins, Alistair Bell Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Police, Security, Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Thomson Locations: Lisbon, Lewiston, Lisbon Falls , Maine, Rights LEWISTON , Maine, Maine, Androscoggin, ”

☆ Opinion | Teaching Practical Skills Like Home Ec and Shop in School
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Children need to do more physical and practical work at school, and schools need to integrate more movement into students’ routines. Attending Back to School Night at my son’s middle school, I was saddened to see that instruction is done mostly via large screens and that the students have no recess. My grandchildren would love the opportunity to experience the life skills that I was lucky enough to enjoy. And of course she taught sewing and cooking. Today’s students could surely benefit by learning practical life skills like home ec and shop.

Persons: Pamela Paul, Paul, I’ve, Joshi, Pamela Paul’s, Cindy Jenkins Plymouth, Roger Ramsey Buxton, “, Robin Weintraub Rochester Organizations: U.C.L.A Locations: Md, Roger Ramsey Buxton , Maine, Los Angeles, N.Y

☆ Republicans likely to gain three seats under North Carolina's new congressional map
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

North Carolina's Legislative Building seen in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. on December 19, 2016. The House of Representatives passed the new map along party lines on Wednesday afternoon, after the Senate did the same on Tuesday. The latest map creates 10 safely Republican districts, three Democratic districts and one highly competitive seat, centered in the eastern part of the state. Democrats would have to flip five seats in the 435-seat U.S. House next year to regain control of that chamber. Reporting by Joseph Ax and Gabriella Borter Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jonathan Drake, Roy Cooper, Joseph Ax, Gabriella Borter, Colleen Jenkins, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Carolina's Republican, Democratic, U.S . House, Representatives, Senate, House, Thomson Locations: Carolina's, Raleigh , North Carolina, U.S, North Carolina

☆ Hollywood’s A-List Bribe for Peace
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

With streaming disrupting the economics of the TV and film industries, it doesn’t help to alienate your audience with political posturing like Disney has with its refashioning of classic fairy tales including the upcoming 'Snow White.' Images: Disney/Shutterstock/Bloomberg News/Getty Images for CAA Composite: Mark KellyAmong the big names on a Zoom call last week of Hollywood actors questioning their union over lack of progress in the actor’s strike was Meryl Streep . Her name jumps out because 112 days earlier she signed a letter with other major stars urging a strike at a moment when a planarian might have noticed the union’s leverage was at low ebb thanks to the collapse of cable subscribership, streaming losses and the decline of movie-going. Nanny Defarge, aka Fran Drescher , the union boss, saw the light, however, and began out-mau-mauing the letter signers. Until that moment, she had insisted talks with the studios were making “exceptional progress.” Even the New York Times now says her sudden adoption of blood-curdling rhetoric has been an obstacle to a deal.

Persons: Mark Kelly, Meryl Streep, Nanny Defarge, Fran Drescher Organizations: Disney, Bloomberg, CAA, New York Times

☆ Fight over Texas anti-abortion transport bans reaches biggest battlegrounds yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Julia Harte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A few hours north, the Amarillo City Council on Tuesday will weigh its own such law, which could lead to a future council or city-wide vote. He took that approach in Odessa's city elections in 2022 after the council initially blocked one of his "sanctuary city for the unborn" proposals. Not all backers of abortion restrictions support Dickson's transport bans, however. The debates over the transport bans are spurring new shows of support for abortion access. Abortion rights supporters, including four abortion funds in Texas, said they expected the transport bans to backfire on the anti-abortion movement by galvanizing political participation from abortion rights advocates in the lead-up to next year's presidential election.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Roe, Mark Lee Dickson, Dickson, Jason Corley, Corley, Amarillo Mayor Cole Stanley, Kimberleigh Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Julia Harte, Colleen Jenkins, Leslie Adler Organizations: Alamo Women's Clinic, REUTERS, Supreme, Amarillo City, federal, Constitutionalist, Amarillo, Thomson Locations: Albuquerque , New Mexico, U.S, Texas, Wade, Lubbock County, Amarillo, Lubbock, New Mexico, Odessa's, Odessa

☆ ESG investing is dying on Wall Street. Here’s why
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —The market for environmental, social and corporate governance, or ESG, investing is fundamentally broken. “ESG investing … entering the final quarter of 2023 continues to be a story of declining flows and assets under management,” said Robert Jenkins, head of global research at Lipper. Before the Bell spoke with Jenkins about the future of ESG investing in the US and globally. What trends did you see regarding ESG investing last quarter? Before the pandemic, we had kind of a nice, natural looking growth line to ESG products.

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[1/3] A view of a sign supporting Democratic candidate for Virginia State Senate District 27 Joel Griffin on a lawn in Stafford, Virginia, U.S. October 3, 2023. Democrats argue even a 15-week limit is unacceptable and warn that Republicans might seek to restrict abortion further in the future. Every seat in the state Senate and House is on the ballot in November, and control in each chamber is likely to come down to a handful of competitive districts. Like other Democrats in the state, Griffin has made protecting abortion rights a pillar of his campaign. Reporting by Gabriella Borter in Stafford, Virginia and Joseph Ax in New York Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton got questions about the same topic more often than he could remember this summer: The money, the money, the money. There are players with bigger salaries, even players with larger extensions — for example, Boston's Jaylen Brown signed one that could be worth $304 million this summer. But for players like Haliburton, Edwards, Ball and Bane, this is a new chapter. Haliburton, Edwards, Ball and Bane will average about that much in annual salary for the foreseeable future starting in the 2024-25 season. (Edwards will make about $13.5 million this season, Ball about $11 million, Haliburton about $6 million and Bane around $3.9 million.)

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(AP) — The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. Court records show that attorney Jase Dare asked to dismiss the lawsuit on Oct. 6, just one day after a settlement conference was filed with the court. A settlement conference is scheduled when the parties in a lawsuit try to settle a case before trial. One of those men was Pierre Woods, who was shot and killed by Rankin County deputies in 2019. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

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☆ Why the hydrogen tax credit has become a lightning rod for controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +16 min

The proposed tax credit, 45V, is meant to turbocharge the production of low-emissions hydrogen. "The IRA's section 45V production tax credit is the most generous clean hydrogen subsidy in the world," Jesse Jenkins, professor of macro-scale energy systems at Princeton University, told CNBC. John Macdougall | Afp | Getty ImagesThe adjudication of the hydrogen tax credit has become about more than just the hydrogen tax credit, too. The amount of the hydrogen tax credit, which is available for 10 years, depends on the emissions generated in making hydrogen. If hydrogen is produced without releasing any carbon emissions, the tax credit is maxed out at $3 per kilogram of hydrogen.

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☆ Biggar back for Wales in boost for World Cup quarter-final with Argentina
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

TOULON, France, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Wales' influential flyhalf Dan Biggar will start this weekend's Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Argentina in Marseille with Tommy Reffell named on Thursday in place of the injured Taulupe Faleatu. Along with Biggar, Wales also named experienced fullback Liam Williams for Saturday's match despite him being taken off with a knee injury in their final pool match last weekend, a 43-19 win over Georgia in Nantes. Williams was later seen using crutches but coaching staff this week said it was a precautionary measure to take weight off his leg. “It’s exciting to enter into the knockout stages of the tournament and we are ready for the challenge of a quarter-final. We haven't had the perfect performance yet, but we have shown that we are a hard team to beat.

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☆ Social Security cost-of-living adjustment will be 3.2% in 2024, well below this year's record-setting increase
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jozef Polc / 500Px | 500Px Plus | Getty ImagesSocial Security beneficiaries will see a 3.2% boost to their benefits in 2024, the Social Security Administration announced on Thursday. The annual cost-of-living adjustment for 2024 will affect more than 71 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Typically, Medicare Part B premium payments are deducted from Social Security checks. How the 2024 COLA comparesThe 2024 benefit increase is much lower than record 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment Social Security beneficiaries saw this year, the biggest boost in four decades in response to record high inflation. Older Americans 'still feeling the sting' of inflationThe 2024 adjustment comes as many retirees are still struggling with higher prices.

Persons: Jozef Polc, Jo Ann Jenkins, Jenkins, Tracey Gronniger, Gronniger Organizations: Social, Social Security Administration, Social Security, Senior Citizens League, Consumer, Urban, Clerical Workers, AARP, Justice, COLA, Security

In it, the Haitian-born filmmaker of “Lumumba,” “Sometimes in April” and some of the most thoughtful, prodding essay-film documentaries, chronicles the story of the Reels family in North Carolina. The land, known as Silver Dollar Road, has been in the family since the days of Reconstruction, when their ancestors were freed from slavery. In Peck’s hands, the film stays close to the Reels’ experience and to the land; images of vines that wrap the family tree seem to grow out of the forests of Silver Dollar Road. There’s no way you can recover.”Instead, any villain in “Silver Dollar Road” is faceless. To feel at home and to feel at ease, not to be afraid that there would be something that would aggress them.”Peck was in Toronto to premiere “Silver Dollar Road” at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year's historic boost and reflecting moderating consumer prices. About 71 million people — including retirees, disabled people and children — receive Social Security benefits. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes will be $168,600 for 2024, up from $160,200 for 2023. There have been legislative proposals to shore up Social Security, but they have not made it past committee hearings. A March poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and 79% of people polled said they oppose reducing the size of Social Security benefits.

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But she isn’t certain that it will be enough, even with her Social Security benefits. Charles Blahous, a former Social Security trustee, said the annual COLA announcement is a reminder about the program's stressed finances. Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare policy analyst at the Senior Citizens League, says her organization supports the Social Security Administration using whichever index is higher to best protect older people from inflation. The maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes for 2023 is $160,200, up from $147,000 in 2022. There have been legislative proposals to shore up Social Security, but they have not made it past committee hearings.

Persons: Karla Abbott, she’s, Charles Blahous, Mary Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, Abbott, Alfred Mason, Mason, Jo Ann Jenkins, ” Johnson, “, ” Organizations: WASHINGTON, Social Security, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Senior Citizens League, Social Security Administration, Security, Social, AARP, Senior Citizens Locations: Sioux Falls , South Dakota, Washington, Louisiana

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. "Daddy Was a Number Runner," published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesIn 2016 the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine launched the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize for "debut women/nonbinary writers of color." "Daddy Was a Number Runner" was a personal story. After returning to New York in the late 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and befriended Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, among others.

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☆ The White House fired back at the head of the Republican National Committee for saying the attacks on Israel presented a 'great opportunity' for GOP candidates
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The White House condemned the chair of the RNC for comments she made about the attacks on Israel. Ronna McDaniel said on Saturday that the attacks presented a "great opportunity" for GOP candidates. On Monday, the White House called out McDaniel in a statement for her "hideous behavior." AdvertisementAdvertisementThe White House condemned the chair of the Republican National Committee on Monday after she said on television that the recent attacks in Israel were a "great opportunity" for GOP candidates. "The RNC and Chairman McDaniel have long been fierce advocates for Israel, its people, and condemned the attacks immediately," Vaughn added.

Persons: Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, —, Griff Jenkins, Joe Biden, White, Andrew Bates, Bates, Emma Vaughn, Vaughn, Sen, Cory Booker of, Dan Goldman, Biden Organizations: House, RNC, GOP, Service, Republican National, Fox News, Republican, Republicans, State, Israeli Defense Force, Israel Locations: Israel, America, Ukraine, China, Cory Booker of New Jersey, New York

REUTERS/Paul Ratje/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 6 (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected a Republican challenge to the state's Democratic-drawn congressional lines, improving the odds Democrats will maintain their hold on all three of the state's districts in next year's election. The Republican state party, which brought the lawsuit, said it would appeal the decision with the New Mexico Supreme Court. "The legislature intended to and, in fact, did egregiously gerrymander the congressional maps," said state Republican party chairman Steve Pearce in a statement. Earlier this week, a federal court approved new congressional lines for Alabama after finding a Republican-created map illegally hurt Black voters. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next week over whether South Carolina's Republican-drawn congressional map unlawfully diluted the power of Black voters.

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☆ Brain Death at the FTC and FCC
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Holman W. Jenkins Jr. is a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Jenkins joined the Journal in May 1992 as a writer for the editorial page in New York. In February 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal's editorial page. Mr. Jenkins won a 1997 Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial coverage. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Jenkins received a bachelor's degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

Persons: Holman W, Jenkins, Mr, Gerald Loeb, William Smith Organizations: Street, William, William Smith Colleges, Northwestern University, University of Michigan Locations: New York, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Hobart

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