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Fox Sports
3 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
White Sox and Cubs play, winner secures 3-game series
Associated Press Chicago Cubs (61-43, first in the NL Central) vs. Chicago White Sox (38-67, fifth in the AL Central) Chicago; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Ben Brown (4-7, 6.48 ERA, 1.54 WHIP, 95 strikeouts); White Sox: Grant Taylor (0-1, 3.93 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 23 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -193, White Sox +162; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: Both the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday. Chicago is 38-67 overall and 22-30 at home. The White Sox have a 26-13 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents. Chicago has gone 28-24 in road games and 61-43 overall. The Cubs rank third in MLB play with 155 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game. Sunday's game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Cubs hold a 4-1 advantage in the season series. TOP PERFORMERS: Lenyn Sosa has a .264 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has 16 doubles, a triple and nine home runs. Chase Meidroth is 14 for 46 with a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games. Kyle Tucker has 19 doubles, four triples and 18 home runs for the Cubs. Carson Kelly is 12 for 36 with three doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: White Sox: 6-4, .281 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs Cubs: 6-4, .257 batting average, 4.04 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs INJURIES: White Sox: Luis Robert: day-to-day (groin), Prelander Berroa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane Smith: 15-Day IL (ankle), Tim Elko: 10-Day IL (knee), Ryan Noda: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Jared Shuster: 15-Day IL (hand), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Castro: 60-Day IL (knee), Martin Perez: 60-Day IL (forearm), Drew Thorpe: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jesse Scholtens: 60-Day IL (elbow) Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Jameson Taillon: 15-Day IL (calf), Miguel Amaya: 10-Day IL (oblique), Eli Morgan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Javier Assad: 60-Day IL (oblique), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. recommended Item 1 of 2
The Hindu
29-06-2025
- The Hindu
Major cyber scam busted, five held
Puducherry cyber police has busted an online racket where scamsters planted fake advertisements of reputed entities on social media platforms and collected money for various products before vanishing without a trace. Since January this year alone, the racketeers had defrauded victims across various States to the tune of Rs. 10 crore. Five persons have been arrested in this connection, a press note from the police department said. The fraud came to light when a city resident lodged a complaint with Cyber Crime that he had been duped into shelling out Rs.30,97,264 to a person who had contacted him impersonating as the dealers of Vizag Steel Sales company and offered to deliver the product at low cost. However, after payment, the fraudster became incommunicado. Based on the complaint, a case was registered by Inspector of Police of CCPS, under various sections of the relevant Acts. During the investigation it was ascertained that the swindled money was transferred into various bank accounts in Bihar. As part of investigation, various cyber tools and open source cyber tools have been utilised to identify the accused who was tracked to be in Madhya Pradhesh. On the instruction of Nithya SSP, Cyber Crime and the guidelines of S. Bascarane, SP (Wireless, Cyber Crime) and S. Diagaradjane, Cyber Crime Inspector, a cyber team led by B.C. Kirtty, Inspector of Police and associates Manimozhi, Vinoth, Vinothkumar and Balaji proceeded to Madhya Pradhesh. By then, the accused escaped from there and gone Jharkhand. When the team pursued him to Jharkhand, the culprit fled to Bihar. Finally, the police arrested five persons--- Rahulkumar Singh, Uttam Vishal Kumar, Rayushan Kumar and Abhishek Kumar from Bihar and Dayand Gowda belonging to Bengaluru, the press note said. During the course of investigation, police seized Rs. 34 lakh in cash, 30 mobile phones six debit cards and other materials. Investigations revealed that the accused colluded with each other since 2019 scamming cheated all over India for more people from West Bengal, Maharastra, Telangana, Andhra Pradhesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradhesh, Uttar Pradhesh and Odisha in the pretext of various modus operandi like The modus operandi was to creating fake advertisements on Facebook and other platforms using the names of genuine companies (e.g., Jindal Steel & Power, Vizag Steel Plant, JSW, Zuari Cement, Dhani Loan Processing, Lal Qila Basmati Rice, etc.). The police has unearthed details of about 5,000 persons who contacted them for the orders. It is now proposed to conduct a detailed enquiry regarding the bank accounts used by the cyber fraudster and the amount which were credited by them through this scam, police said. The accused were produced before the Magistrate at a court in Patna and obtained transit warrant and brought to Puducherry. They were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Puducherry and remanded to judicial custody. Sathyasundaram, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Praveen Kumar Tripathi Senior Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime (I/C) lauded the meticulous work of the cyber team in nabbing the scamsters who had been evading the law for long. The cyber police has cautioned the public against indulging unknown persons offering products or job openings on social media sites or establishing contact from unfamiliar numbers. The police also advised those who lose money to online fraud to immediately notify Cyber Crime toll-free number 1930, website: or call the numbers 04132276144/9489205246.
American Press
24-06-2025
- Business
- American Press
PAR talks pharmacy bill, possible Medicaid cuts
(Special to the American Press) Prescription costs and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) were a target at the tail end of the 2025 legislative session that ended earlier this month. In the aftermath, three lawmakers joined the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana on a webinar last week to discuss the regular session: Senate President Cameron Henry, House Criminal Justice Vice Chair Vanessa LaFleur and House Appropriations Chairman Jack McFarland. Several bills were discussed, including House Bills 264 and 358. These bills focus on PBMs, the middlemen between drug manufacturers and health insurance providers. HB 264, which was passed by the state senate, places new restrictions on PBMs to ensure transparent practices and increase pharmaceutical savings for customers. The legislation requires PBMs to pass rebates and discounts onto customers and prohibits PBMs from sending customers to their pharmacies. The bill, HB 358, was halted in the state senate in the last hours of the regular legislative session after the state senate opted to not introduce the legislation. HB 358 would have prohibited the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy from renewing or granting permits for pharmacies owned or operated by PBMs, ultimately banning PBMs from owning retail pharmacies in Louisiana. HB 358's provisions would not have taken effect until Jan. 1, 2027. Henry said the long implementation period gave some lawmakers pause, stating the bill died at the state senate primarily because the bill 'didn't go through the normal legislative process.' 'There wasn't committee hearings on the senate side of the house side, no public testimony, the most basic things you need to do when you're doing something of this magnitude that's going to affect literally everyone across the state,' he explained. 'At the end, that late day, being that late in the sessions, having an implementation date that long out, members really feeling uncomfortable … let's study the effect of this.' Proponents of the bill believe the move will lead to lower pharmaceutical drug costs. But those opposed said the closure of pharmacies in Louisiana would disrupt healthcare, worsen health outcomes and increase drug costs for patients, according to a Pharmaceutical Care Management Association release. Gov. Jeff Landry took to social media the day after the legislative session ended to declare his plans for a special session to 'lower your drug prices.' Henry said a special session to address HB 358 is unlikely. The state senate did pass a resolution requiring the Louisiana Department of Health to study the potential impacts of HB 358, which must be completed before the 2026 regular legislative session in March. Federal Medicaid Changes However, Henry said to expect a special session if the over $90 billion cuts to Medicaid included in the 'Big Beautiful Bill' is passed with no implementation period. Nationally, there are particular concerns about the $400 billion cut to provider taxes that fund Medicaid for 49 states. For Louisiana, the loss could total $4 billion, which would have 'devastating' effects on rural hospitals and medical providers, he said. 'We can't handle a huge drop immediately. What we'd do there would not be pleasant, but we have to do it.' House Criminal Justice Vice Chair Vanessa LaFleur echoed Henry, stating that budget cuts would have to be made in special session if the Medicaid funding is immediately pulled. 'As much as I don't like the idea, if it happens the way we anticipate, we'll be back in special, we'll be making cuts because we have to. It's just the unknown.' Henry has been in touch with U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, and U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to warn them of the potential negative impact of Medicaid cuts on the state. 'They're aware of it, but they're also aware that the rest of the country wants changes,' he said. 'The idea of waste, fraud and abuse sounds good, but it all depends on how you define it.' A two-to-three-year implementation period with the opportunity for amendment is 'the most realistic thing we can ask our delegation.'
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pillen withdraws line-item budget vetoes Nebraska lawmakers said were unconstitutional
Gov. Jim Pillen talks with reporters after his annual State of the State speech to the Nebraska Legislature. Jan. 15, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday withdrew his intended $14.5 million in general fund line-item vetoes to Nebraska's next two-year budget, ending a possible constitutional dispute among the state's three branches of government. Pillen joined Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Speaker of the Legislature John Arch to announce an end to the short-lived line-item veto saga Tuesday. The line-item vetoes were first identified last Wednesday in a letter to the Legislature, but the actual budget bills with his marked-up objections were not filed with the Legislature until Thursday morning. The latter is important because each line-item veto can be individually overridden, or the changes can be overridden as a group. The Nebraska Constitution requires vetoes to be filed with the Legislature within five days, excluding Sundays, while the Legislature is in session. Pillen had said Thursday he would consult with the Attorney General's Office and other legal counsel on next steps, with the thinking being that a court order could have enforced the vetoes. On Tuesday, Arch, Evnen and Pillen said that while they continue to disagree whether the constitutional requirement for the line-item vetoes was met, 'given how closely the budget bills match the governor's originally introduced budget,' Pillen signed Legislative Bill 261 and LB 264 as passed by the Legislature on May 15. The bills were then refiled in Evnen's office. 'That will render the underlying constitutional dispute moot and bring the matter to a close,' the three officials said in a joint statement. Arch told reporters last week that to his knowledge, nothing like this had happened before. The Legislature, as well as the offices for Pillen and Evnen, are in the Nebraska State Capitol. A spokesperson for Evnen told the Nebraska Examiner that both budget bills intended to be vetoed were received by the office's administrative assistant just before 5 p.m. last Wednesday. 'We fulfilled our responsibility by receiving the bills for filing,' the spokesperson said. No one from Evnen's office delivered the bills to the Clerk of the Legislature's office, which is a responsibility of the Governor's Office. The Legislature remained in session until 9:20 p.m. last Wednesday, but the copies of LB 261 and LB 264 that the governor issued line-item vetoes to, not just the veto letter, were not delivered to the Legislature by a midnight deadline. The line-item vetoes sought $14.5 million in less spending from the state's general fund, Nebraska's main pocketbook that will cover a total of $11 billion in total spending through June 2027: $11.99 million reduction of an increase to the Nebraska Supreme Court because the governor argued 'every branch of government' had to contribute to budget balancing. $2 million cut from public health departments, zeroing out COVID-19 pandemic-era increases because the 'pandemic is over' and 'spending must be shrunk to pre-pandemic size.' $511,972 from the State Fire Marshal for salary and health insurance premium increases because he argues the agency has 'sufficient funding' already. Those spending decreases would not have increased the state's coffers as they would have similarly been offset by $14.5 million in fewer funds being transferred from the cash reserve fund. A fourth veto sought to prevent an $18 million diversion of cash funds for Lake McConaughy recreational upgrades. Pillen said the project's scope has changed over many years, and further discussion is needed about how local casino revenue could support improvements. A copy of those specific objections obtained by the Examiner indicates line-item vetoes in: Six of the eight budget sections for the Nebraska Supreme Court (LB 261). Two of the three sections for the State Fire Marshal (LB 261). One of the 25 sections for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (LB 261). One of the 24 sections for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (LB 261), as well as a companion cash fund transfer (LB 264). One section for cash reserve fund transfer (LB 264). Lawmakers would have had until this Friday to override the vetoes had the reductions been delivered properly. Pillen and Arch said budget adjustment measures for the 2025-27 fiscal years 'will be a priority' when lawmakers reconvene in 2026, just seven months away. 'To avoid a similar future dispute,' the statement continues, 'all parties have agreed to meet during the interim to clarify and confirm procedures that meet the constitutional requirements for transmittal of budget vetoes, and ensure they are maintained in a clear written guidance for future implementation by all offices.' The Governor's Office has not responded to a request for comment on the current process of delivering vetoes and whether there were any variations in this process this time. Pillen in 2023, for example, vetoed $38.5 million in general fund spending for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years. Lawmakers overrode about $850,000 of that. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
India Gazette
27-05-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
Stress in the microfinance sector should recede over the next two quarters: Report
New Delhi [India] May 27 (ANI): The worst is over for India's microfinance sector, with stress levels posed to ease over the next two quarters, said Axis Securities in its latest report. Microfinance companies are hopeful that growth will return to normal from the second half of the financial year (FY) 2026. However, the report added that the first half of FY26 is likely to remain tough, with higher loan defaults and slower business expansion. The report says that key factors such as the ongoing impact of the Karnataka ordinance and the possible effects of a similar law in Tamil Nadu will be worth watching, which could affect lending operations. On the brighter side, secured lending such as home and diversified loans is expected to benefit from favourable conditions, helping those lenders grow at a strong pace of 24 per cent year on year between FY25 and FY27. The vehicle financiers are expected to benefit from the improved infrastructure spending, better rural incomes and improving capacity utilisation of fleet, enabling vehicle financiers to deliver a robust 19 per cent CAGR growth over FY25-27. Furthermore, the report added that despite fresh delinquency accretion peaking out, micro-financiers will continue to see elevated slippages and accelerated write-offs in the first half of fiscal 2026. 'Credit costs will continue to remain elevated for micro-financiers for the coming couple of quarters. For other financiers, we could expect asset quality improvement,' the report added. The Axis Securities report expects recovery in both microfinance and credit from H2FY26. 'we expect gradual normalisation in credit costs, thereby supporting earnings. Navigating the headwinds effectively, we expect NBFCs under our coverage to deliver an earnings growth of 23 per cent CAGR over FY25-27E, with improving credit costs being a key improvement driver,' the report added. As per Industry data the business of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) industry has risen from Rs17,264 crores in March'12 to Rs3.93 lakh crores as of November 2024. The microfinance industry operates in over 723 districts, including 111 aspirational districts across 28 states and 8 Union Territories. It also caters to the financial needs of almost 8 crore borrowers. MFIs contribute 2.03 per cent of the gross value added to GDP and support 1.3 crore jobs. (ANI)
