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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Municipal High Income ETF ( NASDAQ:FMHI – Free Report ) by 12.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,063 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 665 shares during the period. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in First Trust Municipal High Income ETF were worth $300,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Platform Technology Partners raised its stake in First Trust Municipal High Income ETF by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Platform Technology Partners now owns 59,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,939,000 after buying an additional 1,049 shares during the period. Core Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Municipal High Income ETF during the third quarter worth about $291,000. Mach 1 Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Municipal High Income ETF during the third quarter worth about $204,000. GSG Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Municipal High Income ETF by 22.3% during the 3rd quarter. GSG Advisors LLC now owns 52,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,580,000 after purchasing an additional 9,507 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its position in shares of First Trust Municipal High Income ETF by 9.3% in the 3rd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 19,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $967,000 after purchasing an additional 1,659 shares during the period. First Trust Municipal High Income ETF Stock Down 0.2 % FMHI stock opened at $48.73 on Friday. First Trust Municipal High Income ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.75 and a fifty-two week high of $49.51. The business has a 50-day moving average of $49.02 and a 200-day moving average of $48.72. First Trust Municipal High Income ETF Announces Dividend About First Trust Municipal High Income ETF ( Free Report ) The First Trust Municipal High Income ETF (FMHI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund is an actively managed fund that holds a broad range of US municipal bonds. FMHI was launched on Nov 1, 2017 and is managed by First Trust. Recommended Stories Receive News & Ratings for First Trust Municipal High Income ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Municipal High Income ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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Surfing collective launches trendy community café in Cornish tourist hotspot(CNN) — A bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released Friday slammed the CIA for its treatment of patients with a mysterious ailment known as “Havana syndrome,” determining that “many individuals faced obstacles to timely and sufficient care.” The report outlines 11 recommendations for the CIA to implement to address key concerns such as a lack of an “established clear and documented policies, guidance, and criteria for how it refers AHI (anomalous health incidents) reporters to facilitated treatment programs.” The recommendations also include developing written policies for medical care and benefit programs associated with AHIs, conducting a comprehensive organizational assessment of the CIA’s response to AHIs, and reestablishing a standard post-AHI evaluation to all AHI reporters who request one. Examples of insufficient care outlined in the report included patients who “experienced delayed, denied, or pre-conditioned care,” including “long wait times to access facilitated treatment options; were denied facilitated care by a CIA care adjudication board; perceived that their access to facilitated medical care was contingent on their willingness to participate in a NIH clinical research study.” A spokesperson for the CIA told CNN that during the periods covered in the report, the agency worked to both understand the problem and investigate the “possibility that foreign actors were harming US government personnel and their families.” “In that environment, supporting our officers and their families required us to dynamically adapt our programs and processes to changing needs and circumstances. Whether, in hindsight, we could have done better is for others to evaluate, but our commitment to ensuring that our officers and their families had access to the care they needed has never wavered,” the spokesperson said, emphasizing that the agency has “no greater responsibility than to care for the health and safety of our people.” The mysterious illness first emerged in late 2016, when a cluster of diplomats stationed in the Cuban capital of Havana began reporting symptoms consistent with head trauma, including dizziness and extreme headaches. In subsequent years, there have been cases reported around the world, including clusters of at least 60 incidents in Bogota, Colombia, and Vienna, Austria. There have been about 1,500 reported cases across the US government in 96 different counties, officials said last year, but the number of reported incidents has dropped significantly in recent years. One problem facing the medical community is that there is still not a clear definition of Havana syndrome, which the government refers to as “anomalous health incidents” (AHIs). These tests were done, in some cases, long after symptoms began, making it harder to understand what physically happened. The illness and its cause have remained frustratingly opaque to both the intelligence community and the medical community. Despite long-standing speculation that the illness could have been the result of a targeted campaign by an enemy of the US, the US intelligence community said last year that it cannot link any cases to a foreign adversary, ruling it unlikely that the unexplained illness was the result of a targeted campaign by an enemy of the US. The Senate report, however, recommends that the US intelligence community should continue research as “there remain many unanswered questions about these incidents given information and research gaps.” “The IC must remain objective and must continue to actively collect intelligence: conduct analysis and pursue information that could shed light on AHI reports in general and foreign adversary emerging technologies, to include directed energy weapons in particular.” “Moreover, U.S. adversaries are likely developing directed energy technologies that may plausibly explain some of the reported symptoms community associated with AHls,” the report states. The report also denounces the CIA for halting its collection of clinical research on Havana syndrome while the Pentagon’s research efforts continue. “CIA has halted its own internal clinical research efforts related to AHIs. Specifically, the Agency stopped promoting pre-AHI baseline medical assessments in December 2021 and stopped conducting post-AHI medical assessments in January 2022. As a result, CIA may be missing out on important clinical data that could advance its understanding of AHIs,” it says. The committee also warns about the risks posed by the CIA’s lack of preparedness to respond quickly. “The Committee nevertheless assesses that CIA may not be well postured to respond to future AHI reports and to facilitate quick, accessible, high-quality medical care for those who need it, particularly in the case of another AHI cluster.” Additionally, the report lays out three recommendations for Congress to consider, including codifying into law the two Federal Employees’ Compensation Act bulletins pertaining to AHI-related claims and amending the Expanded Care Program. The findings are “based largely off testimonial evidence provided by CIA officials, other USG (US government) officials, medical professionals who provided care to AHI reporters as part of a facilitated medical care program, and AHI reporters.” The-CNN-Wire TM & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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NoneThe Transport Ministry aims to invest almost 300 billion baht to expand a raft of double railway tracks next year. Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit announced the plan to accelerate work on second phase, which will cover six double-track railway projects. The routes span a total of 1,312 kilometres with a combined budget of 298 billion baht. Currently, the projects have received approval from the Budget Bureau and are awaiting review by the Finance Ministry and the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). Feedback from both agencies is expected by the end of this month, with the cabinet's approval anticipated by January, Mr Suriya said. The six routes are Pak Nam Pho-Den Chai (281 kilometres, 81.14 billion baht), Chira Junction-Ubon Ratchathani (308km, 44.1 billion baht), Hat Yai-Padang Besar (45km, 7.9 billion baht), Chumphon-Surat Thani (168km, 30.42 billion baht), Surat Thani-Hat Yai-Songkhla (321km, 66.27 billion baht) and Den Chai-Chiang Mai (189km, 68.22 billion baht). Additionally, the second phase of the high-speed railway project connecting Bangkok and Nong Khai, which stretches 357km and is worth 341 billion baht, is under review by the Finance Ministry and the NESDC. The review is expected to be completed within two months, with bidding anticipated within the next year. Meanwhile, the ministry also reported the latest developments in the construction of a double-track railway connecting Khon Kaen and Nong Khai in the northeastern region. The 28.7-billion-baht contract was recently signed by State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor Veeris Ammarapala and CHO Thavee-AS Construction, a joint venture. The project aligns with the government's logistics development strategy aimed at enhancing rail transport efficiency and connectivity with neighbouring countries, including Laos and China. The project includes building a new track parallel to the existing one, spanning 167km, with 14 stations, four stopping points, three freight terminals and advanced signal and telecommunication systems. Completion is expected by 2028.
LOS ANGELES — On election night, a Southern California pastor in a red MAGA hat filmed a message for his Instagram followers, cheering President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. Rob McCoy thanked God — and Charlie Kirk, one of the Republican Party’s most influential power brokers. “This is the epicenter of a rebirth of freedom,” McCoy said from the Phoenix headquarters of Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA. Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative firebrand, rallied his millions of online followers to support Trump, prompting conservative podcast host Megyn Kelly to say, “It’s not an understatement to say that this man is responsible for helping the Republicans win back the White House and the U.S. Senate.” The Atlantic dubbed Kirk “the right’s new kingmaker.” And the man the kingmaker calls his pastor is McCoy of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park. McCoy gained notoriety during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when he defied public health orders and continued to hold mask-free indoor church services. He sees in Trump a man persecuted by the left, who, while “flawed like the rest of us,” was chosen by God to lead a sinful nation that, in his opinion, allows too many abortions and is too accepting of transgender rights. “God saved us,” McCoy told his congregants in his first sermon after Trump won. “He gave us mercy. We didn’t deserve this.” McCoy, a vaccine skeptic who has been senior pastor at Godspeak for 25 years, told The Times he considers Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist whom Trump has chosen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, “a good friend.” At his church he has hosted MAGA luminaries like Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, and Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor. And, of course, Kirk. Kirk, a millionaire known for his memes and college campus tours meant to “own the libs,” has credited McCoy for persuading him to meld his right-wing politics, nationalism and evangelical faith. Although Kirk founded Turning Point USA in 2012 as an avowedly secular youth organization, he now declares that God is on the side of American conservatives, and that pastors have a divine duty to preach against progressive policies. There is, he has said, “no separation of church and state.” In a speech to Trump supporters in Georgia last month, Kirk said that “the Democrat Party supports everything that God hates” and that “there is a spiritual battle happening around all of us.” Kirk’s online reach is vast: 1.5 million followers on Rumble, 2.7 million on YouTube, 4 million on X and 5 million on TikTok. His nonprofit, Turning Point Action, largely ran Trump’s ground game in swing states like Arizona and Wisconsin. After Trump’s victory, McCoy joked from the pulpit: “This week, Charlie’s going back to Washington to meet with the president because he’s going to call in his markers.” Kirk, in recent days, has posted to social media from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where the president-elect has been naming MAGA loyalists to his Cabinet. After Trump tapped former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Kirk posted a video to X from the passenger seat of a vehicle. Gaetz was behind the wheel and joked that his new job was “Charlie Kirk’s driver.” Asked if Kirk is advising the president-elect or being considered for a role in the administration, Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, in a statement, said only that Trump’s appointments “will continue to be announced by him when they are made.” McCoy ran unsuccessfully for state Assembly in 2014. But as Kirk’s reach has grown, so, too, has McCoy’s. In early April 2020, the beginning of the pandemic, McCoy, a former mayor of Thousand Oaks, resigned from the city council, saying he planned to violate public health orders that banned in-person church services because they were deemed nonessential and dangerous. He dubbed Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom as “Newssolini,” decried government “tyranny” and had his YouTube page shut down — “censored,” he says — when the platform cracked down on misleading and inaccurate content about the virus and vaccines. After a San Diego judge allowed strip clubs to reopen, McCoy followed the suggestion of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and pretended his church was an “essential” adult entertainment venue; in the sanctuary, he danced to striptease music, throwing his tie into the congregation, where worshipers held up dollar bills. Ventura County sued McCoy’s church for defying public health orders. The county eventually dropped its suit, but Godspeak sued back, alleging its 1st Amendment rights had been trampled. In 2022, a state appellate court sided with the county, but one effect of the pandemic, McCoy says, was his congregation quadrupling to about 1,500. Kirk, whose college speaking gigs were hampered by campus closures, was welcomed in churches like McCoy’s. In a 2021 interview, Kirk said that McCoy, in their first meeting, told him: “You’re a Christian, and I want to tell you that not only does the Bible say a lot about civil government, not only does the Bible say a lot about how we should interact with our leaders, but I think you should talk more publicly about that.” Three years ago, Kirk shared the power of his Turning Points brand with McCoy, who helped launch TPUSA Faith, which offers training and networking for pastors wanting to be more politically outspoken. Turning Point USA and TPUSA Faith did not return requests from The Times for comment. Matthew Boedy, a professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of North Georgia, said that “Rob McCoy was the person who turned Charlie Kirk to Christian nationalism, and very specifically the Seven Mountains Mandate,” the idea that Christians should try to influence the seven pillars of cultural influence: arts and entertainment, business, education, family, government, media and religion. Christian nationalism holds that the United States was founded as a Christian nation and that Christianity should have primacy in government and law. “Charlie Kirk has tremendous power both in the evangelical world and Trump world and nationally, and he has tremendous resources that he is putting into all seven areas of cultural influence,” said Boedy, who is writing a book about Kirk. “Trump has allowed him to do that, given him space to do it. But Rob McCoy is the person that convinced him to do it.” In an interview with The Times, McCoy insisted he is “not a dominionist” — one who believes the country should be governed by Christians. He said Trump appears to be “searching” and growing in his own faith, but that he has been successful in each of the seven pillars and that God appears to be working through him. “He’s a bull in a China shop,” McCoy said. “But he also keeps his promises. ... I’m not looking for a pastor in chief. I’m looking for a bodyguard for Western civilization.” McCoy, like pastors on both sides of the political aisle, openly flouts the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law that bars tax-exempt organizations from participating in political campaigns and endorsing candidates. (Trump has said he wants to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, which would require an act of Congress.) McCoy said he is disgusted by Christians saying they “don’t do politics because politics is dirty, as though the rest of the world and they themselves are pure.” He also bristles at the term “Christian nationalist,” saying there’s nothing wrong with loving God and his country at the same time. Trump — who, polls show, won the support of 8 in 10 white evangelical voters in this election — is one of many Republican politicians who have courted evangelicals. But Trump, more than most others, has cast himself as a divinely chosen and wrongly persecuted protector of Christians, telling his supporters that he’s “standing between you and the secular left that is out to get you,” said Barry Hankins, a history professor at Baylor University who has written books about evangelicalism. As the United States has become more progressive and secular — at the same time congregations are shrinking and aging — Christians have lost much of their cultural power, leaving many to feel under assault, Hankins said. “Trump is brilliant at just picking up on this and marketing it and branding it for his own political purposes,” he said. The Republican Party platform, while vague on many topics, specifically says the GOP will champion prayer and reading the Bible in schools. McCoy, citing Trump’s ability to weather indictments, setbacks and assassination attempts, called his election a “miracle.” He likens Trump to Samson, a flawed biblical figure who was used by God for a greater purpose. “He’s got iconic hair and a propensity for women,” McCoy said of Samson. “Trump’s got iconic hair and a propensity for women.” As for restricting abortion, Trump — who has vacillated on the issue — is not exactly where the pastor would like him to be, but “has done more for the life movement than any other president in modern history, period,” McCoy said. Evangelical activists say they expect him to do more. In a letter to the Trump transition team, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention urged the Trump to take steps to curtail access to the abortion pill mifepristone. McCoy said that with Trump returning to the White House, he sees a golden era for his efforts and those of TPUSA Faith to “remove wokeness” — including diversity initiatives and critical race theory — from the American church. He said he plans to start a podcast in which he discusses politics. And in July, he will step down as senior pastor at Godspeak (though he will still have a speaking role), because of his growing role with TPUSA Faith. Days before the election, McCoy had preached that if Trump lost “life is going to take on catastrophic conditions” because of the evil espoused by the left. But after Trump’s victory, he changed his tune. “People who disagree with us are not the enemy,” he posted on Instagram. “They are the opportunity.”EMILY Ratajkowski hotfoots it to a trainer launch after splitting with her boyfriend. The US model, 33, wore a black halter-neck frock which plunged down to her belly button at a bash for the Puma Speedcat sneaker in Milan . Emily is now single after a string of dates with singer Shaboozey, 29, who had a big summer hit with A Bar Song (Tipsy). Emily is known for sharing many seductive images on her Instagram page. The London -born model posed in a plunging black bodysuit from her New York City bathroom earlier this year. "Decided I’m never beating the bimbo allegations, so why not lean in, you know?" the model captioned the post. The mum of one referred to a comment made in 2017 by TV host Piers Morgan - in which he called her a "global bimbo." Last year, Emily posed in sexy crystal lingerie as she opened up on her recent divorce. Emily was married to Sebastian Bear-McClard , but the couple split in 2022 after four years of marriage. They share one child, three-year-old Sylvester Apollo. Most read in Celebrity Speaking to Vogue Australia Emily previously shared: "I do think so many women are divorcing at younger ages, and it’s such a taboo and there’s such stigma around it." The social media star described her journey with opening up about her private life, and concluded: "I don’t know if it’s a bad thing, particularly when you think about the weight of the taboo of divorce, to say, 'No, it’s not bad. Actually, maybe it’s cool.'"The direction of our country seems dark. Insults against women on social media have spiked 4,000%. In Howell, Michigan, neo-Nazis waved swastika flags in protest of a dramatization of the Holocaust story “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Howell has a history as the Michigan center of the KKK. My husband used to record music there in a barn–like studio, and I was uneasy visiting. Nothing ever happened, but now this group echoed their hate history. I could go on, but given the season of Thanksgiving, I remember to give thanks “in every situation” as my faith prescribes — even if I do so with gritted teeth and downcast eyes. I could rehearse my thanks for my upbringing, my parents, my husband, stepchildren...on and on. And I do. But for a few moments, at least, I found my thanks sparked by, of all things, a football game and a team. I watched the interviews after a recent Detroit Lions game. They had a tight game, a come-from-behind victory against the Houston Texans, when kicker Jake Bates slid in two field goals, both by a hair. “If anything, I just hope people ... can see Jesus through my story,” Bates said . “That’s what I think I’m here to do, is not make or miss or be a good kicker or a bad kicker but spread the love of Jesus. Hopefully I’m able to do that on the stage I’m given.” I know it may sound cheesy, but unlike so many politicians and athletes, he sounded so real. Full of youthful, 25-year-old sincerity. I had to smile and remember gratitude. A healing attitude against despair. I’m thankful for the Lions. Under the leadership of owner Sheila Ford Hamp, General Manager Brad Holmes, and Coach Dan Campbell, we Detroit fans found a transformation. Here was a team the whole country dreaded watching on Thanksgiving. They’d groan while Lions fans sank into our seats, with brown bags over our heads. I’m thankful for a group of men who show character. “Grit.” They work hard to win, hitting opponents hard. Yet there’s mutual support. They support one another on the field and in the locker room. Even quarterback Jared Goff, having been humbled as an LA Ram, loves to praise his teammates. This includes Wide Receiver Amon – Ra St. Brown. He’s a terrific receiver, yes, but also impresses with his disciplined training from his American, former Mr. Universe father and his German mother who insisted he take the SAT test in English, German and French. During the summer, he led a football camp in Germany. Again, it may seem cheesy, but there’s a “tough but tender” character. I have to chuckle when I see men who may be 6’4” tall and 350 pounds, doting on their infant children or playing with their little girls. Perhaps Penei Sewell or Alex Anzalone. Although Jameson Williams has had off-the-field issues, overall, I see hardworking, intelligent, serious men who aren’t partying like those on the show “Ballers.” These men present an example of healthy masculinity. Nobody’s a showboat or a complainer – “Gimme the ball!” Leaving their toughness on the field, they seem to treat their wives, girlfriends, children, and colleagues with respect, honor and caring. Given the weak, insecure men insulting women, attacking Jews and Blacks, they’re good examples to witness.None
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