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Miami Herald
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
USA Olympian Yared Nuguse Publicly Comes Out, Hard-Launches Relationship
Team USA Olympian Yared Nuguse is giving fans a major look into his love life. The athlete, 25, came out by hard-launching his relationship with his boyfriend, Julian Falco, via Instagram. "Introducing my boyfriend, Julian. Can't believe we're already one year in my love ," he captioned a slideshow of pics of the two on Friday, March 28. He added in parentheses, "Don't act so surprised." The photos included selfies of the pair and pics from their year full of adventures together, from singing karaoke to dinner dates to posing underneath a heart-shaped arch. The post's slide featured a funny clip of Falco flailing his arms around while playing a VR video game. Several of Nuguse's fellow athletes shared their happiness for the couple in the post's comments section. "Awe love this news happy anniversary!!" Canadian long-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford commented. Team USA track-and-field Paralympian Hunter Woodhall left two red heart emojis underneath the post, while Team USA middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz commented, "Obsessed ." The post marked the first time Nuguse featured his boyfriend on his Instagram, while Falco has his page set to private. According to his LinkedIn profile, Falco graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from The University of Texas at Austin in 2022. Nuguse, for his part, ran cross country at Dupont Manual High Schooll in Louisville, Kentucky, before becoming a student athlete at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to competing for the school's cross country and track and field teams, Nuguse earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry in 2021 and a master of science degree in management in the following year. Nuguse scored multiple titles during his time at Notre Dame, including the 2021 ACC Men's Outdoor Track Performer of the Year, ACC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Scholar Athlete and multiple national championship titles, per the school's website. Nicknamed "The Goose," Nuguse qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after his graduation but had to pull out of the Games after suffering a quad strain. "It was getting better each day to where I thought I would be fine come race day, but I was still having difficulty running at faster paces before the race," he shared via Instagram in August 2021. "Being honest with myself after my warm-up, I knew I couldn't finish the race. There was no point in making my injury worse than it already was when I knew I couldn't succeed, which is such a hard thing to accept." Luckily, he bounced back and traveled to Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympics, where he earned a bronze medal in the men's 1,500-meter race. "Thank you to everyone who's supported me, even if you didn't know who I was before this," he wrote in an August 2024 Instagram post alongside snaps from his Paris Olympics experience. "I know I'm a little goofy, and probably not your standard medalist, but you continue to cheer me on anyway and I really appreciate that." Among the many Nuguse thanked, he gave a fun shout-out to Taylor Swift "for the inspiration on the amazing shirts." His family and friends sported customized t-shirts inspired by Swift's Eras Tour merch, only they featured pictures of Nuguse instead of the Grammy winner. Copyright 2025 Us Weekly. All rights reserved.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UT Austin Professor: US tariffs, threats ‘absolutely' set up China for regional trade takeover
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On again, off again tariffs have been one of President Donald Trump's primary tools of international and domestic economic policy, with the stated means of bringing other countries to negotiations and putting tension on the manufacturing sector. The President announced his tariff plan on April 2, placing 'reciprocal' tariffs on most U.S. trading partners. That followed other tariffs brought against Canadian, Mexican and Chinese imports to the US. Jeremi Suri, a public affairs and history professor at The University of Texas at Austin, spoke with KXAN about what impact tariffs could have on the country's international relations. In particular, he highlighted the 'deeply interconnected' connection between the American and European economies. 'These are countries we have worked with so closely for so long. If we sever those relationships, it's like losing your BFFs,' Suri said. 'These were the countries that came forward for us after 911, these are countries that supported us during the war in Yugoslavia. We have worked closely with them in Ukraine. If we don't have our BFFs, we're going to be alone in the world.' A week after his 'Liberation Day' announcement, Trump announced he would pause the reciprocal tariffs, putting most countries at his baseline 10% rate. But this pause only creates uncertainty, Suri said. White House defends tariffs strategy '[Investors] don't know what is going to happen next. It's hard to make investment choices,' he said. 'I've talked to business people here in Austin who say, 'well, I might not want tariffs, but if there are tariffs, I can adjust my business, but I'm not going to make big investments to adjust my business if I don't know the tariffs are permanent, or if I don't know that the pause is permanent.'' 'Scrambling to stay alive': Central Texas businesses impacted by Trump's 145% tariffs China did not receive a pause, and tariffs between it and the U.S. continued to climb into the triple digits. Despite this, Suri said the situation 'absolutely' puts China in an advantageous spot to overtake American trade in Asia. 'For more than a decade, the United States has told countries like South Korea, Taiwan, Japan— 'We're a better trading partner. You can trust us. Don't trust the Chinese, even though the Chinese are a closer market, even though they make more of the things you might want,'' Suri said. 'But now … we have raised our tariffs, which will transform their economies and hurt a lot of their citizens. We didn't consult them, and now we're trying to threaten and coerce them into changing the way they operate.' The professor cited the coverage of tariffs in the foreign press, noting that 'these countries are not happy.' 'They're very angry at the United States. And so that makes China look like a more attractive alternative,' he said. '[China] will make deals that might not even be good for China in the short run — they want to basically get the United States out of the neighborhood. That has been the long-term Chinese plan.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nature's Sunshine Appoints Katie A. May to Board of Directors
LEHI, Utah, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (Nature's Sunshine) (NASDAQ: NATR), a leading manufacturer of high-quality herbal and nutritional supplements, today announced the appointment of Ms. Katie A. May to its board of directors effective January 30, 2025. Nature's Sunshine's board will now consist of ten directors with nine serving as independent directors. "Katie brings significant experience scaling and leading high-growth B2C, ecommerce and logistics companies," said Richard D. Moss, Chairman of the Board of Nature's Sunshine. "Her deep understanding of the full ecommerce lifecycle will strengthen and enhance our digital capabilities and drive shareholder value." Ms. May was previously the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kidspot, an Australia based online publisher, eventually selling to News Corp in 2011. Katie became Chief Executive Officer at ShippingEasy, a Sydney based start-up in 2012, moved it to Austin, Texas, and built this ecommerce software solution to a leading player in the space, exiting to in mid-2016, joining their board in 2019. Following acquisition of ShippingEasy, Katie also assumed leadership of St. Louis-based Shipworks, overseeing both companies until her retirement in 2020. Ms. May serves on the boards of directors of Vivi International Pty Ltd., Australian education technology company, since February 2020, ROKT Pte Ltd., a global leader in ecommerce marketing technology, since July 2020, and Onramp Funds, Inc., a financing technology platform, since March 2021. Ms. May previously served on the board of directors of Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: STMP), a leading provider of mailing and shipping services, Thinkific Labs, Inc. (TSX: THNC), a cloud-based software company for creators, and Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global shipping and mailing company. Ms. May received an M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin and B.B.A. in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. About Nature's SunshineNature's Sunshine Products (Nasdaq: NATR), a leading natural health and wellness company, markets and distributes nutritional and personal care products in more than 40 countries. Nature's Sunshine manufactures most of its products through its own state-of-the-art facilities to ensure its products continue to set the standard for the highest quality, safety, and efficacy on the market today. Additional information about the Company can be obtained at its website, Investor RelationsGateway GroupCody Slach1-949-574-3860NATR@ A photo accompanying this announcement is available at
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica
With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent might have been just that for the early ancestors of today's living waterbirds–especially after an asteroid slammed into the Earth. A newly described fossil indicates that an early relative of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai lived in Antarctica the same time that Tyrannosaurus rex was stomping around North America. The fossil is described in a study published February 5 in the journal Nature and shows that the continent was a key location in bird evolution. After a dinosaur-killing asteroid struck the Earth near the Yucatán Peninsula in present day Mexico about 66 million years ago, about 75 percent of species on Earth eventually went extinct. However, Antarctica may have been somewhat protected because of its distance from the impact site. Fossil evidence suggests that the landmass had a temperate climate with lush vegetation, so it could have been the perfect location for the earliest members of the avian group that now includes geese and ducks. The fossil in this new study was collected in 2011 during an expedition by the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project. It is a nearly complete Vegavis iaai skull, one of the earliest known birds dating back to the latest part of the Cretaceous Period (roughly 69.2 to 68.4 million years ago). The authors generated a near-complete three-dimensional reconstruction of the new skull to study its anatomy. They found that Vegavis has a long, pointed beak and a brain shape that is considered unique among all of the known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era–which includes the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods. During the Mesozoic, non-avian dinosaurs and an eclectic collection of early birds such as Archaeopteryx flew in different parts of the Earth. Vegavis' long beak and brain shape place it in the group that includes all modern birds and represents the earliest evidence of birds' eventual widespread distribution across the planet. Vegavis was first reported 20 years ago by study co-author Julia Clarke from The University of Texas at Austin and several colleagues. Initially, it was proposed as an early member of modern birds within the waterfowl group. However, modern birds are very rare in the fossil record from before the end-Cretaceous extinction, and more recent studies have shed some doubt on where Vegavis should be on the bird evolutionary tree. 'Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as Vegavis,' Christopher Torres, a study co-author and paleontologist at the University of the Pacific, said in a statement. 'This new fossil is going to help resolve a lot of those arguments. Chief among them: where is Vegavis perched in the bird tree of life?' The nearly complete skull detailed in this new study puts some of that skepticism to rest. It shows several traits including the shape of the brain and beak bones that are consistent with that of modern birds, and waterfowl specifically. One of the main differences between modern waterflow is that Vegavis' skull has traces of powerful jaw muscles that were useful for overcoming water resistance while diving to snatch fish. Additionally, the skull features and other parts of its skeleton suggest that Vegavis used its feet for underwater propulsion while pursuing fish and other prey. This feeding strategy is more like what gerbes and loons use. [ Related: All living birds share an 'iridescent' ancestor. ] The known birds discovered in other parts of the planet from the late Cretaceous Period are barely recognizable by modern bird standards. Additionally, most of the sites that preserve delicate bird fossils from the Cretaceous yield specimens that are so incomplete that scientists can only get hints at their identity. 'This fossil underscores that Antarctica has much to tell us about the earliest stages of modern bird evolution,' study co-author and Ohio University paleontologist Patrick O'Connor said in a statement. 'And those few places with any substantial fossil record of Late Cretaceous birds, like Madagascar and Argentina, reveal an aviary of bizarre, now-extinct species with teeth and long bony tails, only distantly related to modern birds. Something very different seems to have been happening in the far reaches of the Southern Hemisphere, specifically in Antarctica.'
