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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military. The bill is traditionally strongly bipartisan, but some Democratic lawmakers opposed the inclusion of a ban on transgender medical treatments for children of military members if such treatment could result in sterilization. The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows. Lawmakers are touting the bill's 14.5% pay raise for junior enlisted service members and a 4.5% increase for others as key to improving the quality of life for those serving in the U.S. military. Those serving as junior enlisted personnel are in pay grades that generally track with their first enlistment term. Lawmakers said service member pay has failed to remain competitive with the private sector, forcing many military families to rely on food banks and government assistance programs to put food on the table. The bill also provides significant new resources for child care and housing. “No service member should have to live in squalid conditions and no military family should have to rely on food stamps to feed their children, but that's exactly what many of our service members are experiencing, especially the junior enlisted,” said Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. “This bill goes a long way to fixing that.” The bill sets key Pentagon policy that lawmakers will attempt to fund through a follow-up appropriations bill. The overall spending tracks the numbers established in a 2023 agreement that then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached with President Joe Biden to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avoid a federal default in exchange for spending restraints. Many senators had wanted to increase defense spending some $25 billion above what was called for in that agreement, but those efforts failed. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who is expected to serve as the next chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the overall spending level was a “tremendous loss for our national defense," though he agreed with many provisions within the bill. “We need to make a generational investment to deter the Axis of Aggressors. I will not cease work with my congressional colleagues, the Trump administration, and others until we achieve it,” Wicker said. House Republicans don't want to go above the McCarthy-Biden agreement for defense spending and are looking to go way below it for many non-defense programs. They are also focused on cultural issues. The bill prohibits funding for teaching critical race theory in the military and prohibits TRICARE health plans from covering gender dysphoria treatment for children under 18 if that treatment could result in sterilization. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington state, the ranking Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, said minors dealing with gender dysphoria is a "very real problem." He said the treatments available, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy, have proven effective at helping young people dealing with suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression. “These treatments changed their lives and in many cases saved their lives,” Smith said. “And in this bill, we decided we're going to bar servicemembers' children from having access to that.” Smith said the number of minors in service member families receiving transgender medical care extends into the thousands. He could have supported a study asking medical experts to determine whether such treatments are too often used, but a ban on health insurance coverage went too far. He said Speaker Mike Johnson's office insisted upon the ban and said the provision “taints an otherwise excellent piece of legislation.” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, called the ban a step in the right direction, saying, “I think these questions need to be pulled out of the debate of defense, so we can get back to the business of defending the United States of America without having to deal with social engineering debates.” Smith said he agrees with Roy that lawmakers should be focused on the military and not on cultural conflicts, “and yet, here it is in this bill.” Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, said his team was not telling Democrats how to vote on the bill. “There's a lot of positive things in the National Defense Authorization Act that were negotiated in a bipartisan way, and there are some troubling provisions in a few areas as well,” Jeffries said. The defense policy bill also looks to strengthen deterrence against China. It calls for investing $15.6 billion to build military capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. The Biden administration had requested about $10 billion. On Israel, the bill, among other things, includes an expansion of U.S. joint military exercises with Israel and a prohibition on the Pentagon citing casualty data from Hamas. The defense policy bill is one of the final measures that lawmakers view as a must-pass before making way for a new Congress in January.Sports Columnist {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. This has been a brutal season at times for Sabres winger Jack Quinn. No other way to say it. In 19 games, he entered Saturday night's contest in San Jose with one goal, five points and a minus-7 rating. Barring some major pump in production over the final 60 games, Quinn has answered the question about whether he's going to need a long-term, big-money deal going into next season. He's not getting one and JJ Peterka probably is. General manager Kevyn Adams had to keep some cap space open in case both were getting big deals next summer. Now he knows he doesn't have to and can look for more help for this team. Lots of rumors that he's already been doing that, and those will only grow if the Sabres stay in the playoff race. The Sabres' Jack Quinn has just one goal and a minus-7 rating in 19 games this season. Quinn is coming back from two major injuries. His torn Achilles in June 2023 cost him the first half of last season and then he needed ankle surgery and was out more than two months after a collision Jan. 27 with Tomas Hertl late in a win at San Jose. Quinn was back at the scene of the crime Saturday at San Jose's SAP Center. Until playing a strong game Friday in Anaheim, it seemed like he should be a healthy scratch as soon as Tage Thompson returned to the lineup. It leads to the inescapable conclusion that he's just not healthy. Quinn, who has seemed to lack much acceleration in his skating at times, pushed back on the subject of his injuries when this corner broached the subject before the Sabres headed West. "Physically, I feel great to be honest. I'm happy where I'm at," Quinn said. "It's my game that hasn't been where I've wanted it to be. I've got to get that up to par. But on a positive note, my body and physical fitness feels great." Jiri Kulich completed the Sabres' comeback with an OT goal to beat the Ducks. Lance Lysowski's takeaways from Anaheim, where Buffalo moved above .500 and back into a playoff spot. Quinn looked good in Anaheim because he was skating with conviction. He was getting to spots in the offensive zone that were giving him scoring opportunities but his shot continues to be a trouble spot, as he had seven attempts but only two that landed on net. What's been the problem with an offensive game that's produced just one goal on 29 shots? "I'm not really sure. I don't think it's luck," Quinn said. "It's a little bit more about confidence in that I've got to find a way to shoot the puck more. I'm a shooter, I'm a goal-scorer, and I feel like I haven't been able to find shots this year. You're not going to score if you can't get shots. So got to find a way to be shooting more and probably confidence correlates to some more shots." Turnovers can be an issue. Quinn nearly had a major gaffe at his own blue line Friday night in overtime but was able to corral the puck before it got away from him. And seven shot attempts is a step forward. Quinn skated well in the game, got some ice time in OT and was noticeable on a line with Dylan Cozens and Peyton Krebs. It's a small victory but it's a start. Quinn wasn't a first-round pick to be a role player. He's got to score and coach Lindy Ruff seems to have plenty of patience for him. Now he's got to reward that faith. Standings always matter Hey, social media: Stop telling me the standings don't matter because it's only November. I'm tired of getting that reply every time I mention where the Sabres are in the wild-card race or the Atlantic Division. I say it matters big-time and you might say it doesn't. The decisive vote here comes from Ruff, who put the standings on the locker room video screens for every Buffalo player to see Monday before they left for the trip. Buffalo News hockey reporters Mike Harrington and Lance Lysowski discuss why it's not too early to look at the NHL standings. "You need to know where you are, whether it’s a point or two out of a wild card or three or four or five points out of the third spot in your division," Ruff said. "You need to have that awareness. Some people say they don’t like to look at the standings. Well, we’re playing games where you have to know where you’re at if you want to know where you want to get to.” Since the 2005 lockout, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman has kept track of teams in playoff spots by American thanksgiving and roughly 80% make the postseason. Maybe only one or two teams each year make it when they're not in a spot by Thanksgiving, so it matters. Big time. And if the Sabres were 10 points out, I know darn well a lot of you would be referencing the standings with your trade and firing requests. So you can't have it both ways. PITTSBURGH – On the eve of the Stanley Cup final, one of the goofiest questions to ponder is this one: Why in the world can’t the San Jose Sharks ever do much against the Buffalo Sabres? While the Pittsburgh Penguins have beaten Buffalo eight straight times, the Sabres are 9-0-1 in their last 10 games against the Western Conference 'Jumbo' night Saturday's game against the Sabres was a big one for the Sharks, with Joe Thornton's No. 19 slated to be retired in a pregame ceremony. The Bearded One known as "Jumbo" played 15 seasons for the Sharks after being acquired in trade with Boston early in the 2005-06 campaign and helped get them to the Stanley Cup final against Pittsburgh in 2016. Thornton's first game with the Sharks after the trade came in KeyBank Center vs. the Sabres on Dec. 2, 2005, and he had two assists in a 5-0 San Jose win that was the Sharks' last one in Buffalo for nearly 10 years. From his first game with the Sharks until his departure in 2020, no NHL team accumulated more standings points (1,443) and only Pittsburgh won more regular season games (660-659). Ovechkin at KeyBank? LAS VEGAS — There's a picture of a young Alex Ovechkin that's floated around the internet for several years showing the Washington Capitals star during his childhood in Russia wearing a Buffalo Sabres jacket. As the theory goes, Ovechkin was a big Alexander Mogilny fan and, by extension, maybe a Sabres fan growing up. After suffering a fractured fibula in a freak collision last week in Utah, Alex Ovechkin won't be on the ice when the Sabres play in Washington on Dec. 15. But a timeline of 4-6 weeks leaves open the possibility of the Great Eight playing Jan. 6 in his only trip of the season to KeyBank Center. Longtime Caps website writer Mike Vogel noted that Ovechkin has missed just 60 games in his career, with 36 for injuries and the others for assorted reasons that include six suspensions totaling 10 games. The Caps are 26-29-5 without him in those games — but just 4-14-0 in the last 18. So it obviously bears watching if Washington falls out of the top three of the Metropolitan Division and enters the wild card race because Ovechkin missed a lot of time. Johnson gets his due Former Sabres defenseman Erik Johnson played his 1,000th career game last weekend for Philadelphia against Buffalo and was honored for the milestone Monday night against Colorado. Johnson's old team surprised him with a presentation from injured captain Gabriel Landeskog. Johnson is the only current member of the Sabres with a Stanley Cup title on his résumé. What was it like watching the clock tick away in Game 6 with the Cup in the building waiting to be grabbed? Landeskog (knee) has not played since the 2022 Stanley Cup final but is still trying to get his career resumed. The night of the Avalanche's clinching victory at Tampa Bay, Landeskog got the Cup from NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and the first player he gave it to was Johnson in a move they had discussed several years earlier. A good Johnson trivia note from Sportsnet's Friedman: His 1,000th game made the 2006 Draft the first in which the top seven selections reached that milestone. Retired former Sabres captain Kyle Okposo went No. 7 and got to 1,000 last November. Picks 2 through 6 were Jordan Staal, Jonathan Toews, Nicklas Backstrom, Phil Kessel and Derick Brassard. The only one still active is Staal, now in his 12th season in Carolina after six in Pittsburgh. Around the boards • Tweet on old friend Jeff Skinner from veteran Edmonton-based columnist Mark Spector of Sportsnet during the Oilers' 5-3 loss Thursday night to Minnesota: " Oilers a train wreck in their own zone on Minny's 3-2 goal. Skinner flees zone rather than collecting a puck, leads to the goal. If there was a fifth line, (coach Kris) Knoblauch would put him on it at this point." Major ouch. • In the wake of the Hockey Hall of Fame's latest induction ceremony, quite the dilemma has already emerged for next season. There is a limit of four males in the player category and the list of first-time eligibles includes luminaries like Thornton, Zdeno Chara, Ryan Getzlaf, Duncan Keith and Carey Price. Which one of those five gets left out? Yikes. And you can thus forget about Alexander Mogilny or Keith Tkachuk getting a call next year. • Florida coach Paul Maurice , speaking on his multiyear contract extension signed last month, to Pierre LeBrun of the Athletic "If you don’t get it done, it becomes a conversation: 'What’s going to happen?' And you actually start getting asked that toward the end of the year and the playoffs, which is the last thing you would want. It wasn’t a negotiation. (Panthers GM Bill Zito) made me a real generous offer. I said, 'Thank you very much.' And that was it." • More Maurice, giving a tip to Chicago reporters before the Blackhawks beat the Panthers for the third straight year in United Center with Thursday's 3-1 win: " You guys came to the rink for 20 years, won Stanley Cups and beat the hell out of everybody, and you just assume that's the way it should go every year. But you've got good young players. Got a superstar (Connor Bedard). It's just a matter of time." • Connor McDavid is 27 and got his 1,000th career point earlier this month for Edmonton. The next-youngest active player past 1,000 is Toronto's John Tavares — and he's 34. It seems McDavid will have a legitimate shot at joining Wayne Gretzky as the only 2,000-point men in NHL history someday. Get in the game with our Prep Sports Newsletter Sent weekly directly to your inbox! Sports Columnist {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.

Tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is heading to another recountWashington, D.C., Dec. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RAINN , the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, today announced it has been selected as a winner of the 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant , a public grant opportunity open to registered charities in the United Kingdom and Ireland and registered 501(c) nonprofit organizations in the United States who are using technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. The grant will support RAINN’s efforts to expedite access to trauma-informed support for sexual violence survivors of all ages, delivering critical interventions where people already communicate. Now in its seventh year, the AWS IMAGINE Grant provides vital resources to nonprofit organizations looking to deploy cloud technology as a central tool to achieve mission goals. As part of the program, AWS seeks proposals for big ideas on how to leverage cloud technology in new and innovative ways to accelerate impact in local and global communities. RAINN was named a winner in the Pathfinder – Generative AI category, which recognizes highly innovative, mission-critical projects that leverage generative AI. RAINN will receive up to $200,000 in unrestricted funding, up to $100,000 in AWS Promotional Credits, and implementation support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center . Proposals were judged on several factors including the innovative and unique nature of the project, impact on mission-critical goals, and clearly defined outcomes and milestones. RAINN will use AWS generative AI services to integrate RAINN’s National Sexual Assault Hotline and additional support mediums for survivors directly into social media, gaming, and social networking sites. Through this integration, RAINN aims to expedite access to trauma-informed support for sexual violence survivors of all ages, delivering critical interventions where people already communicate. “RAINN is honored to be a 2024-2025 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Pathfinder recipient,” said Bill Bondurant , Chief Technology Officer for RAINN. “AWS enables RAINN support specialists to connect with survivors, especially those from vulnerable populations, where they are already communicating and may be most comfortable accessing support. Reaching out for help is already difficult, and removing barriers to accessing crisis support for survivors is a critical component of RAINN’s mission. Together, utilizing AWS services, we will help more survivors and work towards creating a world free from sexual violence.” "At AWS, we're inspired by the nonprofit sector's unwavering commitment to preserving the dignity and health of people and our planet," said Allyson Fryhoff, managing director of nonprofit and nonprofit health at AWS. "Our Imagine Grant winners are pioneering groundbreaking, technology-driven approaches that will amplify their mission impact and build a more equitable and compassionate world. We are thrilled to work alongside these organizations, helping them leverage the transformative capabilities of the AWS Cloud to bring these projects to life.” Since the launch of the IMAGINE Grant program in 2018, AWS has awarded over $14M in unrestricted funds, AWS Promotional Credits, and expert technical guidance to over 130 nonprofit organizations in support of their technology-driven goals. Previous winners are currently using AWS services to tackle critical challenges such as eliminating barriers to food security , improving maternal health outcomes , helping millions access clean and safe drinking water globally, tackling rare disease research, and more. Over 85,000 nonprofit organizations worldwide use AWS to increase their impact and advance mission goals. Through multiple programs tailored specifically to the nonprofit community, AWS enables nonprofits of all sizes to overcome barriers to technology adoption, while enhancing the scale, performance, and capabilities of mission operations. For more information on the AWS IMAGINE Grant, visit https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/aws-imagine-grant-program/ ### About RAINN RAINN , the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization, created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help survivors, help organizations improve their sexual assault prevention and response programs, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, free, confidential help is available 24/7 by calling 800.656.HOPE (4673) or visiting hotline.RAINN.org . Contact: Erinn Robinson Director of Media Relations media@rainn.org Erinn Robinon Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) 8133351418 ErinnR@rainn.orgMessage of development endorsed, politics of lies defeated: Modi on poll results

Does third loss mean end of the road for Congress in Maharashtra?HOUSTON — An elaborate parody appears to be behind an effort to resurrect Enron, the Houston-based energy company that exemplified the worst in American corporate fraud and greed after it went bankrupt in 2001. If its return is comedic, some former employees who lost everything in Enron’s collapse aren’t laughing. “It’s a pretty sick joke and it disparages the people that did work there. And why would you want to even bring it back up again?” said former Enron employee Diana Peters, who represented workers in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. Here’s what to know about the history of Enron and the purported effort to bring it back. RELATED: What we know about the company representing itself as Enron Once the nation’s seventh-largest company, Enron filed for bankruptcy protection on Dec. 2, 2001, after years of accounting tricks could no longer hide billions of dollars in debt or make failing ventures appear profitable. The energy company's collapse put more than 5,000 people out of work and wiped out more than $2 billion in employee pensions. Its aftershocks were felt throughout the energy sector. Twenty-four Enron executives , including former CEO Jeffrey Skilling , were convicted for their roles in the fraud. Enron founder Ken Lay’s convictions were vacated after he died of heart disease following his 2006 trial. RELATED: What we can VERIFY about Enron’s return to the internet On Monday — the 23rd anniversary of the bankruptcy filing — a company representing itself as Enron announced in a news release it was relaunching as a “company dedicated to solving the global energy crisis.” It also posted a video on social media, advertised on at least one Houston billboard and a took out a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle In the minute-long video full of generic corporate jargon, the company talks about “growth” and “rebirth.” It ends with the words, “We’re back. Can we talk?” In an email, company spokesperson Will Chabot said the new Enron was not doing any interviews yet, but "We’ll have more to share soon.” Signs point to the comeback being a joke. In the “terms of use and conditions of sale” on the company's website, it says “the information on the website about Enron is First Amendment protected parody, represents performance art, and is for entertainment purposes only.” Documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office show College Company, an Arkansas-based LLC, owns the Enron trademark. The co-founder of College Company is Connor Gaydos, who helped create a joke conspiracy theory claiming all birds are actually government surveillance drones. Peters said she and some other former employees are upset and think the relaunch was “in poor taste.” “If it’s a joke, it’s rude, extremely rude. And I hope that they realize it and apologize to all of the Enron employees,” Peters said. Peters, 74, said she is still working in information technology because “I lost everything in Enron, and so my Social Security doesn’t always take care of things I need done.” “Enron’s downfall taught us critical lessons about corporate ethics, accountability, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Enron’s legacy was the employees in the trenches. Leave Enron buried,” she said. But Sherron Watkins, Enron’s former vice president of corporate development and the main whistleblower who helped uncover the scandal, said she didn’t have a problem with the joke because comedy “usually helps us focus on an uncomfortable historical event that we’d rather ignore.” “I think we use prior scandals to try to teach new generations what can go wrong with big companies,” said Watkins, who still speaks at colleges and conferences about the Enron scandal.

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