Northeast
Anti-Israel agitators flood DC streets, take aim at White House Correspondents' Dinner: 'Shame on you!'
Anti-Israel agitators marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest American support of the Israeli military, taking aim at members of the media attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Code Pink, a left-wing activist group, organized a protest through Kalorama Park to the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held Saturday night.
On its website, the organization accuses the media of “endors[ing]” the White House’s support of Israel.
“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, traditionally a symbol of journalistic integrity and freedom, has now become a platform that celebrates and endorses the administration’s actions,” Code Pink argues on its website.
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“The United States media perpetuates anti-Palestinian narratives and ignores Israeli war crimes. The Correspondents’ Dinner is nothing more than a celebration and endorsement of the administration’s actions. That is not journalism. That is complicity.”
Footage shows crowds of people beating drums and yelling “Shame on you!” to the well-dressed guests walking to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with many of the men wearing tuxes and women wearing ballroom gowns.
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Many of the demonstrators wore keffiyehs, waved Palestinian flags or held signs mourning the loss of life in Gaza.
It is unknown how much the protests will affect President Biden, who was expected to leave the White House at around 7 p.m.
He will take the stage at the dinner at around 8 p.m. and is expected to make remarks later Saturday night.
The protests come as anti-Israel demonstrations have surged across the country, with many universities hosting encampment protests. The protests gained steam at Columbia University in New York City, where over 100 students participated in tent demonstrations, and have spread from Massachusetts to California and Texas.
Harvard University, the University of Southern California and the University of Texas at Austin have all had intense demonstrations, sparking clashes with police officers and resulting in numerous arrests.
On Saturday, nearly 70 demonstrators at Arizona State University were arrested. Police say most of the protesters were not affiliated with the university.
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Pittsburg, PA
One person injured in late-night McKeesport shooting
McKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) — One person was taken to the hospital following a late-night shooting in McKeesport.
The shooting happened along Scott Street just before midnight on Wednesday.
Dispatchers tell KDKA that police and medics were called to the area just before midnight and that one person was taken to the hospital by medics.
KDKA’s overnight unit captured video of a car that appeared to be hit with bullets and had a window shot out as well.
It’s unclear what led up to the shooting or if police will be releasing any suspect descriptions.
The condition of the person who was taken to the hospital is unknown at this time.
Connecticut
Connecticut Medals of Technology to be Awarded to Yale Professor, Danbury Technology Business — Connecticut by the Numbers
“Dr. Elimelech’s pioneering research has not only enriched the academic community’s understanding of a highly complex topic, but also led to innovative approaches to addressing critical environmental issues and spawned the growth of an industry,” he said. “ARKA’s unparalleled technology expertise is contributing to the success of our nation in a variety of sectors and creating high-skilled jobs that will attract investment to our state and enhance our economy,” Lamont added.
Elimelech’s research and development is in the application of membrane processes including forward osmosis or FO (for desalination and water reuse), high-pressure reverse osmosis or HPRO (for brine concentration and management), and low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis or LSRRO (for brine management and minimal- and zero-liquid discharge applications).
HPRO and LSRRO are expected to revolutionize low-energy, low-cost brine management. Gradiant, a US company specializing in brine management (minimum- and zero-liquid discharge, MLD/ZLD), is commercializing a variant of the LSRRO and FO technologies, which is called Counter Flow RO (CFRO). The current market of brine management is estimated at $11.5B.
Elimelech’s innovative work on forward osmosis (FO) profoundly impacted the desalination and water industry. He was a co-founder of Oasys Water, a company which commercialized the ammonia-carbon dioxide FO desalination technology. More than 13 new FO start-up companies have been formed following his pioneering FO research.
In a recent breakthrough, Elimelech showed that the solution-diffusion model, which has been used to describe water transport in reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for more than 50 years, is fundamentally flawed and he proposed an alternative mechanism and theory for water transport consistent with experimental observations. This finding has direct implications for the design of high-performance desalination membranes.
In 2021, Elimelech was appointed Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the university’s highest academic rank; the first engineering professor at Yale to earn this distinction.
ARKA is a world leader in the design, development, manufacture, integration and test of precision optics, telescopes and electro-optical payload systems for defense, aerospace and scientific applications. ARKA’s mission has grown to include groundbreaking communications, software development, and data processing capabilities, expanding their reach to new areas of innovation.
Maine
Family of Lewiston shooter to testify before commission investigating tragedy
AUGUSTA, Maine — An independent commission investigating the mass shooting that left 18 people dead in Maine is preparing to hear from the shooter’s family for the first time.
An Army reservist with a history of mental health troubles committed the deadliest shooting in Maine history, opening fire with an assault rifle inside a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston in October. The commission has been meeting for months, hearing from police, victims and their families, and Army reservists who served with Robert Card.
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