jili golden bank Kansas once required voters to prove citizenship. That didn't work out so wellOver the last couple of months, there have been recalls of millions of pounds of meat for listeria concerns and of carrots for potential E. coli contamination . Searches for “recalled ground beef” are trending on Google while some on social media are claiming that hundreds of thousands of pounds of ground beef have been recalled. THE QUESTION Is there a ground beef recall for potential E. coli contamination? THE SOURCES U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Minnesota Department of Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) THE ANSWER Yes, there is a ground beef recall for potential E. coli contamination, but the recalled meat was not sold in grocery stores. WHAT WE FOUND Wolverine Packing Co. is recalling about 167,277 pounds of ground beef products due to potential E. coli contamination, according to a Nov. 20 announcement from the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) . The recalled beef is not sold in stores. The FSIS says the beef was shipped to restaurant locations nationwide. The FSIS did not name the restaurants where the beef was distributed. Restaurants can identify the recalled beef by looking for establishment number “EST. 2574B” inside the USDA mark of inspection. Fresh products have a “use by” date of 11/14/2024, and frozen products have a production date of 10 22 24. The FSIS has shared a list of product labels for the recalled beef. The FSIS says the problem was discovered after the Minnesota Department of Agriculture notified them of a group of people who reported eating ground beef before becoming sick. On Nov. 15, the Minnesota Department of Health urged people to contact their healthcare provider if they ate a hamburger at a table-service restaurant anytime after Oct. 31 and developed diarrhea, particularly bloody diarrhea. At the time, the Minnesota Department of Health reported that infected people ate the contaminated meat between Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. The FSIS said all 15 reported infections so far have been in Minnesota. E. coli is a kind of bacteria that can be found in many places, including the intestines of people and animals. Most kinds of E. coli are harmless and part of a healthy intestinal tract, but some E. coli can make people sick with diarrhea, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, sepsis and other illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . The kind of E. coli found in the contaminated beef can cause dehydration, stomach cramps that last two to eight days and diarrhea that is often bloody, according to the FSIS, although the Minnesota Department of Health also notes that patients usually have no fever or a low-grade fever. Most people recover in five to 10 days, but about 5% of infections lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a severe complication that involves acute kidney failure, the Minnesota Department of Health says. HUS can occur to people of any age, but is most common in older adults and children under 5 years old, the FSIS says. Symptoms include easy bruising, pale skin and decreased urine output. People who experience these symptoms should immediately seek emergency medical care.California lawmakers to begin special session to protect state laws from second Trump presidencyTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republicans made claims about illegal voting by noncitizens a centerpiece of their 2024 campaign messaging and plan to push legislation in the new Congress requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship. Yet there's one place with a GOP supermajority where linking voting to citizenship appears to be a nonstarter: Kansas. That's because the state has been there, done that, and all but a few Republicans would prefer not to go there again. Kansas imposed a proof-of-citizenship requirement over a decade ago that grew into one of the biggest political fiascos in the state in recent memory. The law, passed by the state Legislature in 2011 and implemented two years later, ended up blocking the voter registrations of more than 31,000 U.S. citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote. That was 12% of everyone seeking to register in Kansas for the first time. Federal courts ultimately declared the law an unconstitutional burden on voting rights, and it hasn't been enforced since 2018. Kansas provides a cautionary tale about how pursuing an election concern that in fact is extremely rare risks disenfranchising a far greater number of people who are legally entitled to vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, championed the idea as a legislator and now says states and the federal government shouldn't touch it. “Kansas did that 10 years ago,” said Schwab, a Republican. “It didn’t work out so well.” Steven Fish, a 45-year-old warehouse worker in eastern Kansas, said he understands the motivation behind the law. In his thinking, the state was like a store owner who fears getting robbed and installs locks. But in 2014, after the birth of his now 11-year-old son inspired him to be “a little more responsible” and follow politics, he didn’t have an acceptable copy of his birth certificate to get registered to vote in Kansas. “The locks didn’t work,” said Fish, one of nine Kansas residents who sued the state over the law. “You caught a bunch of people who didn’t do anything wrong.” Kansas' experience appeared to receive little if any attention outside the state as Republicans elsewhere pursued proof-of-citizenship requirements this year. Arizona enacted a requirement this year, applying it to voting for state and local elections but not for Congress or president. The Republican-led U.S. House passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement in the summer and plans to bring back similar legislation after the GOP won control of the Senate in November. In Ohio, the Republican secretary of state revised the form that poll workers use for voter eligibility challenges to require those not born in the U.S. to show naturalization papers to cast a regular ballot. A federal judge declined to block the practice days before the election. Also, sizable majorities of voters in Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and the presidential swing states of North Carolina and Wisconsin were inspired to amend their state constitutions' provisions on voting even though the changes were only symbolic. Provisions that previously declared that all U.S. citizens could vote now say that only U.S. citizens can vote — a meaningless distinction with no practical effect on who is eligible. To be clear, voters already must attest to being U.S. citizens when they register to vote and noncitizens can face fines, prison and deportation if they lie and are caught. “There is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that only American citizens can vote in American elections,” U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, the leading sponsor of the congressional proposal, said in an email statement to The Associated Press. After Kansas residents challenged their state's law, both a federal judge and federal appeals court concluded that it violated a law limiting states to collecting only the minimum information needed to determine whether someone is eligible to vote. That's an issue Congress could resolve. The courts ruled that with “scant” evidence of an actual problem, Kansas couldn't justify a law that kept hundreds of eligible citizens from registering for every noncitizen who was improperly registered. A federal judge concluded that the state’s evidence showed that only 39 noncitizens had registered to vote from 1999 through 2012 — an average of just three a year. In 2013, then-Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican who had built a national reputation advocating tough immigration laws, described the possibility of voting by immigrants living in the U.S. illegally as a serious threat. He was elected attorney general in 2022 and still strongly backs the idea, arguing that federal court rulings in the Kansas case “almost certainly got it wrong.” Kobach also said a key issue in the legal challenge — people being unable to fix problems with their registrations within a 90-day window — has probably been solved. “The technological challenge of how quickly can you verify someone’s citizenship is getting easier,” Kobach said. “As time goes on, it will get even easier.” The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the Kansas case in 2020. But in August, it split 5-4 in allowing Arizona to continue enforcing its law for voting in state and local elections while a legal challenge goes forward. Seeing the possibility of a different Supreme Court decision in the future, U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt says states and Congress should pursue proof-of-citizenship requirements. Schmidt was the Kansas attorney general when his state's law was challenged. "If the same matter arose now and was litigated, the facts would be different," he said in an interview. But voting rights advocates dismiss the idea that a legal challenge would turn out differently. Mark Johnson, one of the attorneys who fought the Kansas law, said opponents now have a template for a successful court fight. “We know the people we can call," Johnson said. “We know that we’ve got the expert witnesses. We know how to try things like this.” He predicted "a flurry — a landslide — of litigation against this.” Initially, the Kansas requirement's impacts seemed to fall most heavily on politically unaffiliated and young voters. As of fall 2013, 57% of the voters blocked from registering were unaffiliated and 40% were under 30. But Fish was in his mid-30s, and six of the nine residents who sued over the Kansas law were 35 or older. Three even produced citizenship documents and still didn’t get registered, according to court documents. “There wasn’t a single one of us that was actually an illegal or had misinterpreted or misrepresented any information or had done anything wrong,” Fish said. He was supposed to produce his birth certificate when he sought to register in 2014 while renewing his Kansas driver's license at an office in a strip mall in Lawrence. A clerk wouldn't accept the copy Fish had of his birth certificate. He still doesn't know where to find the original, having been born on an Air Force base in Illinois that closed in the 1990s. Several of the people joining Fish in the lawsuit were veterans, all born in the U.S., and Fish said he was stunned that they could be prevented from registering. Liz Azore, a senior adviser to the nonpartisan Voting Rights Lab, said millions of Americans haven't traveled outside the U.S. and don't have passports that might act as proof of citizenship, or don't have ready access to their birth certificates. She and other voting rights advocates are skeptical that there are administrative fixes that will make a proof-of-citizenship law run more smoothly today than it did in Kansas a decade ago. “It’s going to cover a lot of people from all walks of life,” Avore said. “It’s going to be disenfranchising large swaths of the country.” Associated Press writer Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.

New Delhi: The AAP on Saturday criticised the BJP-led central government for not allocating space within the Rajghat complex in Delhi for the last rites of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and said that it “reflects poorly on India globally”. Singh was cremated at Nigambodh Ghat on Saturday in the presence of top dignitaries from India and abroad. He passed away on the night of December 26 at the age of 92. An order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday stated, “It has been decided by the Government that a state funeral will be accorded to Dr. Manmohan Singh. The funeral will take place at 11:45 am on 28th December 2024 at Nigambodh Ghat, New Delhi.” The AAP called on the BJP to clarify its stance and demanded an apology to Singh’s family and the Sikh community. “Manmohan Singh, a global icon and India’s only Sikh prime minister, was denied even 1,000 square yards of land for his cremation and memorial at Rajghat. Almost all former prime ministers were cremated there, but the BJP government refused this basic courtesy to Singh,” said AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of disrespecting the Sikh community and questioned the rationale behind the decision. “This is not just an insult to PM Singh, but to the Sikh community and all Indians who value his contributions. The BJP’s mindset is exposed — they are unwilling to honor a man who served India with distinction for a decade,” Singh said. Highlighting the significance of Singh’s contributions, senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj said, “His economic policies saved India during crises and propelled us forward. Yet, his funeral was relegated to Nigambodh Ghat, a decision that diminishes the dignity of his legacy.” AAP leaders argued that the denial of space at Rajghat sets a troubling precedent and reflects poorly on India globally. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to conduct the last rites of former PM Manmohan Singh at a place where a memorial can be built. The same day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, after a cabinet meeting, said the government would allocate space for the memorial and this had been communicated to Singh’s family and the Congress president.

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AVS and Estrela Amadora are in action for the last time in 2024 when they go head to head at the Estadio do Desportivo das Aves in round 16 of the Portuguese Primeira Liga on Saturday. The Tricolores, who have lost each of their six league games on the road since the 1-1 draw at Braga in August's season opener, will head into the weekend looking to end this dire run and close out the year on a positive note. AVS were involved in a share of the spoils for the third consecutive game as they played out a goalless draw with Boavista when the two teams squared off at the Estadio do Bessa last Saturday. A total of 22 shots were fired in the game, but with both teams fluffing their lines in front of goal, neither goalkeeper would end up picking the ball out of the back of the net, with a draw being a fair result upon reflection. While AVS have shown resilience in recent weeks, they have now gone nine back-to-back games without a win across all competitions, claiming four draws and losing five, including a somewhat disappointing 3-2 defeat against Campeonato de Portugal outfit Lusitano Evora in the Taca de Portugal fourth round on November 23. Daniel Ramos 's men have also failed to taste victory in any of their last 10 Primeira Liga matches, losing four and playing out six stalemates — a run stretching back to September 14, when they scraped a 1-0 victory against Rio Ave on home turf. Having gained promotion from the second tier last term, AVS have struggled to impose themselves in the big leagues as they sit 14th in the Primeira Liga standings with 13 points from 15 games, just two points above rock-bottom Arouca. On the other hand, Estrela Amadora maintained their impressive home form as they held on to see out a 1-0 victory over Rio Ave at the Estadio Jose Gomes on Monday. After 20-year-old Tiago Gabriel rose highest to head home Alan Ruiz 's corner in the 36th minute, the hosts turned in a solid shift in defence to repel Rio Ave and hand them their seventh league defeat of the campaign. Estrela have now won three home games on the trot, seeing off Nacional, Arouca and Rio Ave, and are unbeaten in each of their last six matches in front of their supporters, picking up four wins and two draws since losing back-to-back games against Famalicao and Casa Pia back in August. While Jose Faria 's side have been impenetrable at home of late, they have struggled for results on the road, where they have lost each of their last four outings across all competition — conceding 15 goals and scoring just once — and have managed the fewest number of points in the league this season (1). Having secured a 14th-placed finish last season, Estrela have endured a topsy-turvy first half of the season, claiming four wins and three draws from their 15 Primeira Liga matches to collect 15 points and sit 12th in the table, one point behind 11th-placed Rio Ave. AVS will take to the pitch without the services of Georgian midfielder Giorgi Aburjania , who has missed each of the last seven games since coming off with a thigh injury against Famalicao on November 3. He is joined on the club's injury table by 20-year-old goalkeeper Lucas Moura , who continues his long journey to full fitness after picking up a shoulder problem back in March. Following their solid defensive display against Boavista, we should see an unchanged back three of Christian Castro , Ignacio Rodriguez and Baptiste Roux , with Vasco Lopes , Lucas Piazon and 41-year-old Nene leading the attack. As for Estrela Amadora, veteran defender Miguel Lopes has missed the last two matches through injury and the 38-year-old is also out of contention for Saturday's clash. Fellow defender Ferro came off injured midway through the Tricolores' clash against Arouca on December 9 and the 27-year-old is also expected to sit out this weekend's matchup. AVS possible starting lineup: Bertelli; Rodriguez, Castro, Roux; Afonso, Silva, Mendonca, Fonseca; Lopes, Piazon, Nene Estrela Amadora possible starting lineup: Brigido; Travassos, Gabriel, Drame, Lima; Cordeiro, Jesus; Luiz, Ruiz, Nilton; Kikas It has been a dissapointing end to 2024 for AVS, who will be looking to snap their nine-match winless run and gather momentum ahead of the start of the new year. Estrela, meanwhile, have blown hot and cold in recent weeks, and while their form on the road leaves a lot to be desired, we predict they will hold out for a share of the spoils at the Estadio do Desportivo das Aves. For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here .

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His predecessor would undoubtedly have taken a dim view. Arne Slot, though, appeared happy to let the Kop enjoy themselves. A quickfire comeback prompted by goals either side of half-time had seen Liverpool wipe out Jordan Ayew’s shock early opener when, shortly before the hour, Reds supporters were compelled to break into a brief rendition of “Liverpool, Liverpool, top of the league”. There was more of the same after Mohamed Salah made the game safe inside the opening 10 minutes, while injury time also heard the tune being belted out with significantly greater gusto. Liverpool player ratings as Cody Gakpo brilliant and two others superb vs Leicester City Premier League release two statements after Liverpool VAR checks vs Leicester City The fog may have descended upon Anfield throughout this chilly evening but there was no real sense this would be a missed opportunity for Liverpool, even after taking a mildly concerning amount of time to start working through the gears. While festive football is new to Slot, he will soon discover the busy period isn’t a time for great football. It’s just about getting the results. Just ask Chelsea, who hours earlier threw away a lead to lose at home to neighbours Fulham. Just ask Manchester City, whose woes continued by letting victory against Everton slip through their fingers. By backing up last Sunday’s thrilling 6-3 triumph at Tottenham Hotspur with a more mundane 3-1 victory , Liverpool now stand seven points clear at the summit with a game in hand. Arsenal, nine points adrift, are emerging as their more realistic challengers. If nobody could have envisaged such a strong start to Slot’s reign – it’s now 22 wins, three draws and just the one defeat in all competitions – few could argue their Premier League advantage isn’t anything but deserved. Here Liverpool demonstrated the increased composure and control instilled in them by Slot to gradually wear down a Leicester side who, after a dangerous opening 20 minutes, gradually faded out of view as an attacking threat. Slot’s side were nowhere near their best for large periods here, but what didn’t alter was their unshakeable belief that their methods and approach would see them through. And any niggling fears the visitors could echo their East Midlands neighbours Nottingham Forest in landing an Anfield blow on Liverpool were ultimately well banished, the Reds showing they had learned the value of patience after that sole blemish on their campaign to date. Liverpool, Liverpool top of the league. And, approaching the halfway point in the season, they are fast becoming the team to beat.

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