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The Mexican Cartel leaves apology letter after killing Americans who were kidnapped. A person claiming to be from the Mexican drug cartel that is thought to be responsible for the kidnapping of four Americans and the murder of two of them has denounced the violence and said that the organization will allegedly hand over any of its own members who were involved to law enforcement.
The Scorpions clan of the Gulf cartel, which is thought to be responsible for kidnapping the Americans, apologized in writing to the people of Matamoros, the Mexican woman who perished in the shooting, the four Americans, and their families in a letter that The Associated Press was able to obtain through a source in Tamaulipas state law enforcement.
over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” adding that these people had broken the cartel’s rules, which include “respecting the life and well-being of the innocent.”
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Oracle Corporation (ORCL) is a leading software tech company in the US. The Austin, Texas based company reported its fiscal 2023 third quarter results on March 9. It has seen a share drop of close to five percent after its fiscal third quarter results were not up to the mark. The enterprise tech giant’s financial results in its third quarter fell due to a loss in revenue.
According to Refinitiv estimates, Oracle had the following results: Earnings per share adjusted were $1.22 while analysts predicted $1.20 per share. Revenue was $12.40 billion though analysts estimated a higher revenue of $13.42 billion.
In its third quarter report ending February 28, the computer software company reported a fall in net income from $2.32 billion, or 84 cents a share in the third quarter of 2022 to $1.90 billion, or 68 cents per share in Q3 this year.
Oracle also reported an operating income of $3.3 billion during Q3. This marks a decline of 18 percent from $2.3 billion reported in the same quarter last year. Oracle claimed that the strong dollar had an impact. The currency strength apparently lowered its adjusted income per share by five cents.
Oracle CEO Safra Catz released a statement that said that the company’s non-GAAP earnings per share growth reached the high end of their guidance and had gone up by 13 percent.
Catz added that their “strong quarterly earning growth” was a result of 48 percent “constant currency growth for the total revenue” of their “two cloud businesses, infrastructure and applications.”
According to its website the company “offers integrated suites of applications” as well as “secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud.”
The company remains confident about the demand for its cloud software more so after it recently acquired Cerner, an electronic medical records company.
Oracle has said that its fourth-quarter revenue will see a growth between 15 and 17 percent. Some analysts have estimated the fourth quarter growth revenue of the software giant to be 16.2 percent, as of now.
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Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers, Attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin appealed the double-murder conviction today. No arguments are presented in the initial filing, a notice of appeal to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.
According to the document, they plan to challenge Murdaugh’s convictions for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and his youngest son, Paul, on June 7, 2021, as well as the two life sentences imposed by Judge Clifton Newman.
Both attorneys expressed the opinion that the jury should not have been able to hear any of the financial offenses Judge Newman admitted as evidence.
After being found guilty of killing his wife and youngest son, infamous South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys filed an appeal.
Today @lawyergriffin and I filed our notice of appeal for Alex Murdaugh. This is the next step in the legal process to fight for Alex’s constitutional right to a fair trial.
Judge Clifton Newman softly ripped #AlexMurdaugh to pieces before sentencing the convicted murderer with the maximum penalty of two consecutive life sentences. “You had such a lovely family,” Newman said. pic.twitter.com/ebNvGozvBp
– Law&Crime Network (@LawCrimeNetwork) March 3, 2023
Murdaugh was found guilty on March 3 and was given two consecutive life sentences. The jury deliberated for six weeks before returning a guilty judgment that sentenced Murdaugh to life in prison. During that time, they heard testimony from 76 witnesses. One day following his conviction, he was given two consecutive life sentences.
According to the authorities, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, was hit by four or five rounds from a rifle, while Paul Murdaugh, 22, was shot twice with a shotgun. On Murdaugh’s vast rural property, a crime scene report indicated that both victims were shot in the head after being originally hurt close to the dog kennels on the property.
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Celebrity media personality Lauren Sanchez attended the Versace Fall 2023 fashion show with her billionaire partner Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, on Thursday. She wore a little black dress, with a twist. Her black sequined dress from the fashion house had several black belt straps. These black straps with white buckles created a cage-like pattern throughout the dress.
Celebrity Sanchez wore a simple necklace with an edgy outfit. She wore her long, dark hair straight and loose well below her shoulders. Her makeup was also light and subtle with mild blush and a light shade of mauve lipstick.
Lauren Sanchez added a delicate silver toned pendant necklace as jewelry, to complement the edgy black dress. She wore sheer black stockings with black pumps that had 3-inch stiletto heels. Mich Shifman was her stylist. Her partner Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wore a fitted suit with a subtle chevron pattern. He wore it over a black crewneck T-shirt. He completed the semi casual look with black patent leather boots
Versace’s fall 2023 runway show was held at the Pacific Design Center, in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. Many A-list models walked the runway including supermodel Naomi Campbell, who had walked in the spring 1995 show by Versace. Other supermodels included Gigi and Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski and many more.
The front row of Versace’s fashion show featured several celebrity stars and musicians some of whom included the following Miley Cyrus Lil Nas X Elton John Dua Lipa Anne Hathaway Tan France and others.
Lauren Sanchez is not only an American media personality but is also fond of wearing fashionable outfits. The 53-year-old news anchor and entertainment reporter wears designer clothes when seen at galas and events but also dresses casually when jet setting over the world with her partner or Jeff Bezos or with her friends.
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A young mother in California’s Antelope Valley bathes her children and dresses them in neat clothes, making sure they look their absolute best – at medical appointments. “I brush their teeth before they see the dentist. Just little things like that to protect myself from being treated unfairly,” she told researchers.
A 72-year-old in Los Angeles, mindful that he is a Black man, tries to put providers at ease around him. “My actions will probably be looked at and applied to the whole race, especially if my actions are negative,” he said. “And especially if they are perceived as aggressive.”
Many Black Californians report adjusting their appearance or behavior – even minimizing questions – all to reduce the chances of discrimination and bias in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices. Of the strategies they describe taking, 32% pay special attention to how they dress; 35% modify their speech or behavior to put doctors at ease. And 41% of Black patients signal to providers that they are educated, knowledgeable, and prepared.
The ubiquity of these behaviors is captured in a survey of 3,325 people as part of an October study titled “Listening to Black Californians: How the Health Care System Undermines Their Pursuit of Good Health,” funded by the California Health Care Foundation. (KHN receives funding support from the California Health Care Foundation.) Part of its goal was to call attention to the effort Black patients must exert to get quality care from health providers.
“If you look at the frequency with which Black Californians are altering their speech and dress to go into a health care visit,” said Shakari Byerly, whose research firm, Evitarus, led the study, “that’s a signal that something needs to change.”
One-third of Black patients report bringing a companion into the exam room to observe and advocate for them. And, the study found, more than a quarter of Black Californians avoid medical care simply because they believe they will be treated unfairly.
“The system looks at us differently, not only in doctors’ offices,” said Dr. Michael LeNoir, who was not part of the survey.
LeNoir, an Oakland allergist and pediatrician who founded the African American Wellness Project nearly two decades ago to combat health disparities, found the responses unsurprising, given that many Black people have learned to make such adjustments routinely. “There is general discrimination,” he said, “so we all learn the role.”
There is ample evidence of racial inequality in health care. An analysis by the nonprofit Urban Institute published in 2021 found that Black patients are much more likely to suffer problems related to surgical procedures than white patients in the same hospital. A study published in November by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Black mothers and babies had worse outcomes than other groups across many health measures. And a study published in January, led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators, found that older Black and Hispanic patients with advanced cancer are less likely to receive opioid medications for pain than white patients. (Hispanic people can be of any race or combination of races.)
Gigi Crowder, executive director of the Contra Costa County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said she frequently sees delayed mental health diagnoses for Black patients.
“I hear so many stories about how long it takes for people to get their diagnoses,” Crowder said. “Many don’t get their diagnoses until six or seven years after the onset of their illness.”
Almost one-third of respondents in the California Health Care Foundation study – which looked only at Black Californians, not other ethnic or racial groups – reported having been treated poorly by a health care provider because of their race or ethnicity. One participant said her doctor advised her simply to exercise more and lose weight when she reported feeling short of breath. She eventually discovered she had anemia and needed two blood transfusions.
“I feel like Black voices aren’t as loud. They are not taken as seriously,” the woman told researchers. “In this case, I wasn’t listened to, and it ended up being a very serious, actually life-threatening problem.”
People KHN spoke with who weren’t part of the study described similar bad experiences.
Southern California resident Shaleta Smith, 44, went to the emergency room, bleeding, a week after giving birth to her third daughter. An ER doctor wanted to discharge her, but a diligent nurse called Smith’s obstetrician for a second opinion. It turned out to be a serious problem for which she needed a hysterectomy.
“I almost died,” Smith said.
Years later and in an unrelated experience, Smith said, her primary care doctor insisted her persistent loss of voice and recurring fever were symptoms of laryngitis. After she pleaded for a referral, a specialist diagnosed her with an autoimmune disorder.
Smith said it’s not clear to her whether bias was a factor in those interactions with doctors, but she strives to have her health concerns taken seriously. When Smith meets providers, she will slip in that she works in the medical field in administration.
Black patients also take on the additional legwork of finding doctors they think will be more responsive to them.
Ovester Armstrong Jr. lives in Tracy, in the Central Valley, but he’s willing to drive an hour to the Bay Area to seek out providers who may be more accustomed to treating Black and other minority patients.
“I have had experiences with doctors who are not experienced with care of different cultures – not aware of cultural differences or even the socialization of Black folks, the fact that our menus are different,” Armstrong said.
Once he gets there, he may still not find doctors who look like him. A 2021 UCLA study found that the proportion of U.S. physicians who are Black is 5.4%, an increase of only 4 percentage points over the past 120 years.
While health advocates and experts acknowledge that Black patients should not have to take on the burden of minimizing poor health care, helping them be proactive is part of their strategy for improving Black health.
LeNoir’s African American Wellness Project arms patients with information so they can ask their doctors informed questions. And the California Black Women’s Health Project is hiring health “ambassadors” to help Black patients navigate the system, said Raena Granberry, senior manager of maternal and reproductive health for the organization.
Southern California resident Joyce Clarke, who is in her 70s, takes along written questions when she sees a doctor to make sure her concerns are taken seriously. “Health professionals are people first, so they come with their own biases, whether intentional or unintentional, and it keeps a Black person’s guard up,” Clarke said.
While the study shed light on how Black patients interact with medical professionals, Katherine Haynes, a senior program officer with the California Health Care Foundation, said further research could track whether patient experiences improve.
“The people who are providing care – the clinicians – they need timely feedback on who’s experiencing what,” she said.
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KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.
President Joe Biden praised the positive report in comments at the White House on Friday, citing it as proof that his administration’s economic strategy is effective.
A respectable 311,000 jobs were added by American employers in February, which was down from the enormous gain in January but still sufficient to maintain pressure on the Federal Reserve to aggressively raise interest rates to combat inflation.
As more Americans started looking for work, not all of them were successful in finding employment, and the jobless rate increased from a 53-year low of 3.4% to 3.6%.
According to the government report released on Friday, the job market in the country is still essentially strong and there are still a lot of companies looking to fill positions.
This week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before Congress that the Fed would probably accelerate rate increases if indications of a strong economy and consistently high inflation persisted. When there is a strong labor market, businesses frequently increase wages and then pass on the higher labor costs to their customers by raising prices.
White House President Joe Biden Facebook
The significant job increase in February demonstrates that, thus far, hiring is accelerating this year after slowing in late 2022. The average monthly increase in employment from October through December was 284,000. Over the last three months, that figure has increased to 351,000.
Since January 2022, unemployment has been below 4% thanks to our economic strategy, President Biden claimed. “The unemployment percentage was nearly at its lowest point in fifty years last month. This is especially encouraging news because it means that people who had avoided the employment market are now doing so. They are returning to the workforce and leaving the periphery. More people of working age are participating in the labor force than at any point since 2008.”
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After failing to raise capital, Silicon Valley Bank Financial (SIVBP) is in talks to sell itself. As of 9:41AM March 10, 2013, federal regulators have shut the bank down.
CNBC reported, “Large financial institutions are taking a look at a potential purchase of SVB, but a rapid outflow of deposits is making that sale process very difficult,” the sources said.
When the California-based bank unexpectedly announced a $1.8 billion loss due to a decline in deposits and planned to raise $2.25 billion by selling ordinary and preferred stock, SVB’s troubles started. Startups and technology companies, who have been put under strain as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates, are the main clients of Silicon Valley Bank.
Following SVB’s announcement of an intention to raise more than $2 billion in capital on Wednesday evening, the bank’s shares dropped 60% on Thursday. Before being held for pending news on Friday morning, the stock dropped another 60%. At 9:30 a.m. ET, the shares were still halted and did not open for trade with the rest of the market.
SVB intended to sell $1.25 billion in common stock and an additional $500 million in convertible preference shares under the parameters of a deal disclosed on Wednesday.
On the same day Silicon Valley Bank revealed its disastrous capital raise, Silvergate Capital, another California bank that caters to bitcoin clients, announced a “voluntary liquidation” on Thursday.
Appears that SVB has been closed.
The FDIC link says uninsured depositors (with over $250k?) get a receivership certificate for their uninsured funds.
Shares in Signature Bank (SBNY), a New York-based organization that provides services to some cryptocurrency clients, were also halted after their price fell by more than 16%.
Shares of First Republic Bank (FRC), which targets high-net-worth clientele in the tech sector and works with some venture-backed businesses, fell as much as 40% early on Friday.
Together with other regional banks Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL) and PacWest Bancorp, its shares were also stopped (PACW).
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Still looking for their first points of the season, Charlotte FC are seeking a more consistent effort on Saturday afternoon when they host Atlanta United.
Charlotte FC (0-2-0, 0 points) have scored one goal on 21 total shots. Enzo Copetti recorded the goal in last Saturday’s road game against St. Louis City SC, yet Charlotte then allowed three unanswered tallies in the 3-1 loss.
The match turned in the final five minutes of the first half. An own goal from Charlotte defender Bill Tuiloma allowed St. Louis to forge a tie, and then a Karol Swiderski handball in the box resulted in a penalty-kick goal.
Charlotte defender Nathan Byrne felt the “sloppy goals” conceded by his team early in the season have spoiled some winnable games.
“I think all of it in general, we’re frustrated with because we were we’re happy with how we’re going in terms of performances,” Byrne said. “We just need to turn those into wins.”
Although Atlanta United (1-0-1, 4 points) are unbeaten through two games, the Five Stripes also feel improvement is needed. Atlanta leads all MLS teams with 36 shots this season, yet it has a modest three goals scored.
The lack of finish loomed large in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Toronto FC. Although Atlanta outshot Toronto by a 16-4 margin and had 66.7 percent of the possession, it had to settle for a single point at home.
“We have such quality guys in the final third (of the field),” Atlanta defender Brooks Lennon said. “We just need to give them tap-ins instead of relying upon shots from outside the box.”
Matheus Rossetto scored Atlanta’s only goal against Toronto, but the midfielder is questionable for Saturday’s lineup due to a hamstring injury sustained in training.
Thiago Almada has two goals and an assist this season, factoring into all three of Atlanta’s goals.
Denis Bouanga scored a second-half hat trick as Los Angeles FC defeated Alajuelense 3-0 in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League round of 16 match Thursday at Alajuela, Costa Rica.
The game was scoreless less than two minutes into the second half when Ryan Hollingshead raced into the right side of Alajuelense’s penalty area and rolled the ball across the goalmouth. Bouanga tapped it in at the far post.
The second goal was more of the same in the 70th minute: Hollingshead’s cut-back from the right side found Bouanga, who again found an open net, this time from 8 yards out.
Bouanga completed the hat trick in style in the 89th minute. He dribbled into the left side of the penalty area and blasted a 12-yard shot past the goalie inside the far post.
LAFC finished with a 12-5 edge in shots on target. Los Angeles goalie John McCarthy was credited with five saves, while Alajuelense goalkeeper Leonel Moreira stopped nine shots.
The second leg of the two-game, total-goal series is scheduled for Wednesday in Los Angeles.
U.S. skiing standout Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-tying 86th World Cup race on Friday in Are, Sweden.
Shiffrin, 27, won the giant slalom to match the historic mark set by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark from 1974-89.
Her total time of 1:54.64 was 0.64 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone of Italy.
Shiffrin addressed Stenmark, 66, during her post-race television interview.
“No matter what I do, it doesn’t ever compare to what you achieved,” Shiffrin said. “Maybe I get the 87th victory, maybe not. But for me, the biggest dream is to be mentioned in the same sentence as you.”
Shiffrin can break the record with a victory in Saturday’s slalom competition.
Shiffrin, who has already secured her fifth overall World Cup title, also clinched the season-long giant slalom title with her win Friday.
