Bye honey! Couple dropping toddler at airport check-in counter

After an unidentified couple left the airport without a ticket for their child, they left the child at the check-in counter.

The parents were late for a flight from Tel Aviv to Brussels, leaving the child at check-in

The matter unfolded on Jan. 31 on a flight from Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport to Brussels, Belgium.

A spokeswoman for the airline Ryanair addressed the matter in a statement to CNN, noting that the couple “went to safety [after] leave the child at check-in.”

She also noted that the baby didn’t have a ticket, which reportedly would have cost about $27 for a one-way flight (if the baby was sitting on the parents’ lap). In fact, when purchasing tickets, it is advised that “infants may be included in a flight reservation during the online booking process,” although this seems to have been overlooked by the couple.

“These passengers, traveling from Tel Aviv to Brussels, presented themselves at check-in without a booking for their infant. They then proceeded to security and left the child at check-in.”

She went on to share that airport security was eventually contacted, who then “rescued the passengers.” The matter was then referred to the local police station.

“The check-in clerk at Ben Gurion Airport contacted airport security who collected these passengers and this is now a matter for the local police.”

Israeli authorities say “no further investigation” is needed

Speaking to CNN, the Israel Airports Authority shared more details about the incident, noting that the parents were in a great hurry to “get to the gate for the flight.” To attempt the flight to Belgium, the couple hastily “got out of the infant carrier with the baby and ran to security.”

“A couple and an infant with Belgian passports arrived at Terminal 1 for a flight without a ticket for the baby. The couple were also late for the flight after check-in for the flight closed. The couple exited the car seat with the baby and ran to Terminal 1 security to reach the boarding gate for the flight.”

Authorities also addressed the matter, noting that there was “no further investigation” as the matter had been resolved by the time police arrived.

“The baby was with the parents and there is no further investigation.”

There are no further updates on the matter and it sounds like the family in question is moving on and leaving the matter in the past.

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Ferrari’s 2022 income up 13%, the supercar maker expects a robust 2023

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna poses for a photo as Ferrari unveil a new long-term strategy on June 15, 2022 in Maranello, Italy.

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Ferrari reported on Thursday that full-year earnings rose 13% year over year and forecast an even stronger year in 2023, in what the CEO described as “continued high demand” for the company’s high-priced sports cars.

Here are the key numbers from the fourth quarter earnings report:

  • Earnings per share: 1.21 euros ($1.32) vs. 1.16 euros in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Revenue: 1.368 billion euros compared to 1.172 billion euros in the same quarter last year.

For the full year, Ferrari earned €939 million, or €5.09 per share, on sales of €5.095 billion. Both were above expectations: The Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had expected earnings per share of EUR 4.94 on sales of EUR 4.977 billion for the full year.

The results also exceeded Ferrari’s own forecast. The company raised its 2022 guidance in August and again in November, most recently telling investors it expected full-year sales of about €5 billion and adjusted earnings per share of about €5.

Despite the strong results, Ferrari’s operating margin fell to 21.8% in the fourth quarter from 22.6% in the year-ago period. That year, margins were boosted by Ferrari’s first seven-figure Icona models, the Monza SP1 and SP2; Deliveries of the Monza successor, the Daytona SP3, did not begin until the end of 2022.

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Still, Ferrari delivered 13,221 vehicles in 2022, almost 19% more than 2021 and a record.

Ferrari expects further records in 2023: Its guidance calls for sales of around 5.7 billion euros in 2023, with adjusted earnings per share between 6 euros and 6.20 euros. It’s also seeing an increase in operating margin to about 26%, fueled by the Daytona and upcoming Purosangue SUV.

“Despite a complex global macro scenario, we look ahead with great confidence,” CEO Benedetto Vigna said in a statement.

US-listed Ferrari shares closed down 4.8% on Thursday.

Seth Meyers reminds Republicans they’re caught with Trump and completely screwed

Seth Meyers reminded Republicans that Donald Trump will never change and will never drop out of the presidential race, so the GOP is fucked.

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Meyers said: “Who are these people still clinging to the fantasy that Trump is going to have a merciful goodbye? He can’t even bow normally. bow graciously? When he lost in 2020, he sent an army of Oath Keepers and werewolves to kill his own vice president… Seriously, if you think Donald Trump is about to change his personality now at the age of 76 after eight years in politics and an attempted coup Stay in power, you’re crazier than those Qanon people who believe JFK Jr. will rise from the dead. If your personality changes at 76, you won’t get recognition. You will be put in a home.”
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The Republican Party wants to get rid of Trump just like they wanted to get rid of Trump in 2016, and they wanted him to stay out of the 2018 and 2022 elections. The problem is that the party lacks a plan to stop Trump and the US without the courage to stand up to the failed ex-president.

Trump will never change, and why should he? There are currently no consequences for him from the Republican Party.
Republicans have figured out Trump is a loser, but they’re too scared to get rid of him, suggesting history will repeat itself in 2024.

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FDA approval of Covid photographs and coverings won’t decelerate with the top of the general public well being emergency

Vials and a medical syringe in front of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) logo. The FDA finds the COVID-19 vaccine.

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The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday its emergency use approvals for Covid vaccines, tests and treatments will not be affected by the end of the public health emergency this spring.

President Joe Biden plans to end the public health and national emergencies declared three years ago in response to the Covid pandemic in May, the White House said Monday. The public health emergency gave US health officials increased powers to respond more quickly to the pandemic.

However, the FDA’s emergency powers are not directly tied to the public health statement, according to the agency.

Former Health Secretary Alex Azar made separate determinations under the Food, Drugs and Cosmetics Act in February and March 2020 that the circumstances of the pandemic warranted the approval of emergency vaccines, treatments and tests.

The FDA used its emergency powers to authorize it Pfizer, Modern, Johnson&Johnson And Novavax vaccinations. The agency also approved oral antivirals Paxlovid and molnupiravir, several antibody treatments, and numerous tests and other medical devices on an emergency basis.

“Existing Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for devices remain in effect, and the agency may continue to issue new EUAs in the future if the criteria for issuance are met,” the FDA wrote in a post on Twitter Monday.

Emergency approvals allow the FDA to bring medical products to market before they receive full agency approval. This allows the agency to respond more quickly to public health crises.

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Eagles participant Josh Sills accused of rape earlier than Tremendous Bowl

Josh Sillsa backup offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles, was charged with alleged rape and kidnapping less than two weeks before his team will compete in the 2023 Super Bowl.

Sills, 25, is accused of sexually assaulting and holding a woman against her will in Ohio in December 2019, Ohio prosecutors said in a statement, adding that the crime was immediately reported and police were investigating have. On January 31, the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court charged the athlete with one count of rape and one kidnapping, both first-degree crimes.

According to a police report obtained by ESPN, an officer was dispatched to an emergency room at a Cambridge, Ohio, hospital on Dec. 5, 2019, to receive a report of a sexual assault.

The alleged victim, a woman, told police that Sills, a friend from high school, dropped her and her cousin off at her cousin’s place of residence and that the NFL player allegedly moved after her cousin left the She climbed back into the truck and later sexually assaulted her in the vehicle. A nurse informed the dispatched officer that the victim had bruises on his mouth.

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Client Monetary Safety Bureau proposes bank card price regulation

Signage at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC

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WASHINGTON — The federal government’s Consumer Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new rule to ban excessive credit card late fees, potentially reducing them by as much as $9 billion a year.

Congress banned exorbitant credit card fees under the Credit CARD Act in 2009, but an immunity provision introduced by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors allowed card companies to circumvent enforcement standards, said Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

“More than a decade ago, Congress banned excessive fees for late credit card payments, but companies have exploited a regulatory loophole that has allowed them to avoid scrutiny for charging an otherwise illegal junk fee,” Chopra said. “Today’s proposed rule is designed to save families billions of dollars and ensure the credit card market is fair and competitive.”

The proposal follows a March 2022 report showing that credit card issuers billed consumers $12 billion in late fees in 2020. Many issuers charge the maximum late fee set by the Fed Board in 2010: $30 for the first late payment and $41 for subsequent late payments within six billing cycles. Card issuers that increase fees with inflation are also protected by immunity clauses, according to Chopra.

The CFPB rule proposed on Wednesday would reduce the amount consumers may owe for late payments from as much as $41 to $8, end automatic annual inflation adjustment for provision, and late fees to 25% of cardholder’s limit the minimum payment owed.

Chopra said credit card issuers have made late penalty fees a “core part of their profit model” and that the protections afforded by the credit card law have effectively reduced the overall cost of credit for consumers. The fees disproportionately affect households living paycheck to paycheck, borrowers living in America’s poorest areas, areas where the population is mostly black, and subprime and private label cardholders.

“Markets work best when companies compete on price and services, rather than relying on back-end fees that mask true costs,” Chopra said. “Given their current practices, we expect credit card issuers to increase fees based on inflation as limits continue to rise.”

The CFPB will seek public comments on other possible changes, including whether the proposed rule should apply to all credit card penalties, eliminating the immunity provision altogether, introducing a 15-day courtesy period for credit card holders before assessing late fees, and requiring credit card companies to autopay services as a condition for immunity determinations.

The rule change also follows a request for comment on the Biden administration’s initiative to reduce certain “garbage fees” weighing on American consumers.

Late fees cost American families about $12 billion a year in addition to billions in interest, the CFPB said.

The Fed Board did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.

The Covid pandemic will push Pfizer’s gross sales to a file $100 billion in 2022

Empty vials of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, the United States, May 19, 2022.

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The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic pushed pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s revenue to a record $100 billion last year, of which nearly $57 billion came from its vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid, the company reported on Tuesday.

The vaccine accounted for $37.8 billion, up just 3% from 2021 of Pfizer’s total sales, as demand for the syringes slowed. But sales of its blockbuster antiviral treatment recouped that decline, climbing to $18.9 billion in 2022, Paxlovid’s first full year on the market.

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Pfizer’s combined sales of its Covid vaccine and antiviral treatment generated more sales last year than total sales in 2019, before the pandemic escalated into a global crisis that killed more than 6.8 million and shaken world markets head turned. These results will not be repeated this year.

Pfizer Beats EPS Estimates; Stock falls to lower full-year forecast

Pfizer told investors it expects revenue to fall by as much as 33% to $67 billion to $71 billion in 2023 as the world emerges from the pandemic and demand for its blockbuster Covid drugs eases.

Sales of Covid vaccines are expected to fall 64% this year to $13.5 billion from $37.8 billion in 2022. Paxlovid’s revenue is expected to fall 58% from $18.9 billion in 2022 to $8 billion in 2023.

Pfizer also forecasts full-year earnings per share to fall by as much as 50% to between $3.25 and $3.45 from a record EPS of $6.58 in 2022.

The company’s fourth-quarter results were broadly in line with analysts’ expectations.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla last quarter laid out a growth plan for the company through 2030 that looks beyond the pandemic. Bourla said he sees future sales growth from RSV vaccines and drugs for migraine and ulcerative colitis, among other drugs.

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Weight problems related to Azheimer-like modifications within the mind

Obesity can cause changes in the brain similar to the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

The disturbing link was uncovered in a study of more than 1,300 people

Scientists from the Montreal Neurological Institute (affiliated with McGill University) conducted the research, and the results have just been published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Analyzing brain scans of over 1,300 people, the researchers found similar patterns of “brain atrophy” in patients with Alzheimer’s and others classified as “obese.” Specifically, they found that both groups exhibited “widespread reduced cortical thickness” in areas of the brain that impact learning, memory and judgment.

Remarkably, these similarities were not observed in other patients classified as “lean”.

Researchers believe that “management of obesity” may help reduce the risk of “grey matter atrophy associated with obesity.”

As a result of the study, the researchers eventually discovered that “grey matter atrophy associated with obesity resembles that of atrophy [Alzheimer’s disease].”

In addition, they also found that “obesity management” could potentially lower the risk of the condition. This finding appears to build on previous research suggesting that obese people may develop Alzheimer’s at a younger age.

“Our research confirms that obesity-induced gray matter atrophy resembles that of AD. Obesity management could lead to improved health outcomes, slow cognitive decline with age, and reduce risk of Alzheimer’s.”

So while much is still unknown about Alzheimer’s disease, it appears that a healthier lifestyle and controlled weight can help reduce the risk of developing similar symptoms.

Indeed, the researchers state, “Our results underscore the importance of interventions aimed at reducing weight and metabolic risk factors in obese and overweight individuals in midlife to reduce the subsequent risk of neurodegeneration and dementia in the population.”

As Linda Van Horn – nutrition chief at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine – tells NBC News, losing weight may not be able to reverse damage already done. Finally, “there are certain points of no return.”

“Unfortunately, we are discovering more and more that there are certain points of no return. I believe, based on examples such as osteoporosis, that the chances of reversing the disease are lower than those of maintaining the current one.”

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Alec Baldwin has been formally charged with filming the Rust film

Santa Fe prosecutors on Tuesday filed two counts of involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin for fatally shooting on the set of the movie Rust.

They claimed the actor was not properly trained to handle the gun that ultimately killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the film’s gunsmith, was also charged with the same two counts of involuntary manslaughter. David Halls, the assistant director of “Rust” who also had a hand in handling the gun that killed Hutchins, signed a plea deal that suspended his sentence and granted him six months probation.

“Today we took another important step to bring justice to Halyna Hutchins,” said Mary Carmack-Altwies, New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney. “In New Mexico, no one is above the law and justice is done.”

Baldwin’s attorneys did not immediately comment.

Baldwin was “distracted and constantly talking to his family on his cellphone” during a more than hour-long firearms training session, according to a statement of likely cause filed in conjunction with the charges. Because of Baldwin’s distractions, the prosecutor said the training he received was estimated at 30 minutes.

In addition to starring in the film, Baldwin was one of the producers, blaming him for following safety protocols and hiring Gutierrez-Reed despite her lack of qualifications.

“Baldwin, by act or omission or omission to act in his position as producer, during a very short period of time, directly contributed and/or failed to mitigate reckless and dangerous acts,” alleges the Attorney’s Office, which alleges that at least a dozen “negligent acts or omissions” occurred on the day of shooting alone.

According to the probable cause statement, Baldwin “has publicly claimed that he is an ‘…expert…’ in the field of firearms and filmmaking”.

“Reed knew Baldwin needed more training,” which “could have prevented the fatal shooting,” the prosecutor said, citing a statement Gutierrez-Reed made in her testimony.

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, a half-dozen members of the film crew left the set hours before filming began to protest what they saw as harsh and unsafe working conditions.

Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys pushed back the probable cause statement, saying the prosecutor “completely misunderstood the facts” and “reached the wrong conclusions.” They also said she was “rejected and brushed aside” when she asked to offer more firearms training.

“She was told by the production to focus on props. Hannah asked Halls if they could send us a plastic gun for the rehearsal scene and he said no because he wanted a ‘real gun’. Hannah asked to be called back to the church if Baldwin even used the gun, and Halls didn’t,” attorneys Jason Bowles and Todd Bullion said in a statement.

“Nevertheless, the District Attorney has issued Halls with a 6-month suspended sentence and charged Hannah and Baldwin with felonies that carry a minimum of 5 years in prison. The tragedy is that if Hannah had just been called back to the church by Halls, she would have played the inspection and prevented this tragedy,” they added.

Authorities announced earlier this month that they would be filing criminal charges in the case.

Documents filed in connection with the charges say that in October 2021, Baldwin had not been properly trained to use the gun that killed Hutchins and injured Joel Souza, the film’s director.

Evidence from the Santa Fe prosecutor’s office also alleges that Gutierrez-Reed was not qualified to play the gunsmith for the film because she had not held “certification or certifiable training or a union card” for the practice, and that she admitted that She was Armorer for only one film prior to this production.”

Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed both face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Both are felonies punishable by a $5,000 fine, but one carries an 18-month prison sentence while the other carries a five-year sentence.

The two were charged under a standard called alternative charges, meaning a jury will decide which of the two counts of manslaughter applies.