A star reporter who lined Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential marketing campaign has been positioned on go away after admitting a relationship with a former reporting topic.

New York Journal mentioned in an announcement Thursday, first reported by Standing, that its Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, had didn’t disclose a “private relationship” with an unnamed marketing campaign topic whereas she was reporting on the 2024 election.

This was a violation of the outlet’s requirements on journalists declaring private pursuits that could possibly be seen to affect their protection, it mentioned.

“Had the journal been conscious of this relationship, she wouldn’t have continued to cowl the presidential marketing campaign,” the assertion mentioned. The journal mentioned that it reviewed her work, nevertheless, and located “no inaccuracies nor proof of bias.”

“She is at the moment on go away from the journal, and the journal is conducting a extra thorough third-party assessment. We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief,” it added.

Whereas neither Nuzzi or New York Journal named the reporting topic, Standing in addition to CNN and the New York Instances have reported that it was Kennedy.

Nuzzi mentioned in an announcement to The New York Instances on Thursday, with out elaborating on the precise nature of their relationship, that “some communication between myself and a former reporting topic turned private” earlier this 12 months.

She mentioned that regardless of having lined the topic beforehand she didn’t report on him straight throughout this time.

“The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to stop the looks of a battle. I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve disenchanted, particularly my colleagues at New York,” she mentioned.

NBC Information reached out to Nuzzi in a single day for remark.

Stefanie Spear, spokesperson for Kennedy, mentioned in a brief assertion to NBC Information that “Mr. Kennedy solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a success piece.”

Nuzzi wrote a prolonged article about Kennedy in Nov. 2023, headlined: “The Thoughts-Bending Politics of RFK Jr.’s Spoiler Marketing campaign.” Its subheading learn: “He’s a conservative. He’s a liberal. And he may flip the presidential race the other way up.”

A current article by Nuzzi, an interview with Trump, was revealed on Sept. 9. The web model has been up to date with a “word to readers” which hyperlinks to New York Journal’s assertion.

Kennedy, who gained prominence as an environmental lawyer after which as a number one anti-vaccine advocate, dropped out of the race final month and introduced he would help Trump.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Already an NBA MVP and an Olympic gold medalist, All-Star middle Joel Embiid now has till the tip of the last decade to attempt to win his first NBA championship with the Philadelphia 76ers.

With one other most contract secured, Embiid needs to chase that title in Philly — and stay a Sixer for the remainder of his profession.

“Philadelphia is dwelling,” Embiid wrote on Instagram.

A seven-time NBA All-Star, Embiid and the 76ers agreed to a $193 million extension with a participant choice for the 2028-29 season, an individual accustomed to the deal stated. The particular person spoke to The Related Press on situation of anonymity as a result of the phrases haven’t but been introduced.

The 30-year-old Embiid, who graduated from a Florida highschool and performed a season in school at Kansas, broke his personal information early Friday morning when he posted a photograph on Instagram of him signing a contract alongside staff proprietor Josh Harris.

“I wish to be right here the remainder of my profession. I like this group and all the things you’ve given me and my household,” Embiid wrote. “There’s much more work to do. You guys deserve a championship and I believe we’re simply getting began.”

Embiid, who dropped a franchise-record 70 factors final season towards San Antonio, signed off with the acquainted 76ers hashtag, “#trusttheprocess.”

Embiid — nonetheless within the second yr of a $196 million extension he signed forward of the 2021 season — turned the third cornerstone participant this offseason to signal an enormous contract with the 76ers. The staff hasn’t received an NBA title since 1983.

The 76ers enticed Paul George to go away the Los Angeles Clippers and signal a four-year, $212 million contract. The NBA’s Most Improved Participant final season, Tyrese Maxey, was rewarded with a five-year, $204 million extension. The 76ers dedicated greater than $400 million in wage to 2 gamers they consider place them as the highest contender to dethrone the NBA champion Boston Celtics.

George and Maxey each congratulated Embiid on the extension on Instagram.

Throw in Embiid’s deal and the Sixers are relying on a Massive Three that may contend for the lifetime of their contracts. Embiid, although, has a historical past of accidents and has but to result in the franchise out of the second spherical of the Jap Convention playoffs. Embiid has by no means performed greater than 68 video games in a season and averaged 34.7 factors in simply 39 video games final season.

Initially chosen by the 76ers with the No. 3 general choose within the 2014 NBA draft, Embiid was named NBA MVP within the 2022-23 season and he received a gold medal with Workforce USA at this yr’s Paris Olympics.

He has 5 All-NBA Workforce honors, seven consecutive All-Star choices from 2017-24, three All-Defensive Workforce nods, and twice has been the NBA scoring champion.

“Joel has cemented himself as one of many best Sixers of all time and is nicely on his option to being the most effective gamers to ever play the sport. We’re ecstatic that this extension retains him and his household in Philadelphia for years to return,” Harris stated. “Joel is a superb household man, chief, and particular person. He’s an elite two-way participant with a mixture of dimension, power, and athleticism that this league has hardly ever – if ever – seen. He’s integral to this franchise’s quest for one more NBA Championship, and we’re honored that he continues to decide on this group as his NBA dwelling.”

In 433 video games (all begins) with the franchise, Embiid has averaged 27.9 factors on 50.4% capturing, 11.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.7 blocked photographs throughout 31.9 minutes per contest. He ranks first in franchise historical past in scoring common (27.9 factors per sport), fifth in blocked photographs (720), tied for sixth in triple-doubles (seven), and seventh in whole factors scored (12,071). Embiid additionally ranks third on the franchise listing with eight 50-point video games.

“I had no thought after I was drafted as a 20-year-old child from Cameroon how fortunate I used to be to be in Philadelphia,” Embiid stated in a staff assertion. “By all of the ups and downs, this metropolis and the followers have been all the things, and I’m so grateful for a way they’ve embraced me.”

A youth soccer participant, Embiid didn’t choose up a basketball till he was a teen in Africa, when a buddy knowledgeable him that only a few 7-footers achieve soccer.

A couple of months later, Embiid was lured to a basketball camp within the capital of Yaounde run by NBA veteran Luc Mbah a Moute, considered one of simply two gamers from Cameroon to have performed within the NBA. Mbah a Moute persuaded Embiid’s mother and father to let him transfer 6,000 miles to Florida, and helped enroll him at Montverde Academy, the most effective highschool applications within the nation. He performed simply 28 video games in his lone season at Kansas earlier than leaving for the NBA.

Embiid missed his first two full seasons with accidents earlier than settling in as one of many prime huge males — and richest gamers — of his technology.

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A star New York Journal political reporter has been positioned on go away after admitting a private relationship with a topic, whom stories have recognized as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The journal stated in a press release Thursday that Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi had violated its requirements round conflicts of curiosity and disclosures by participating in a relationship with a “former topic related to the 2024 marketing campaign” whereas reporting on the election.

“Had the journal been conscious of this relationship, she wouldn’t have continued to cowl the presidential marketing campaign,” it wrote.

New York Journal editor in chief David Haskell stated in a be aware to employees Friday morning that editors discovered of the connection “just a few days in the past” and instantly “took her off the 2024 marketing campaign.”

He stated an inside evaluation of Nuzzi’s printed work since December discovered “no inaccuracies nor proof of bias” that require corrections. The journal is participating an unnamed unbiased third occasion to extra completely evaluation her 2024 tales, which Haskell stated will “affect our last disciplinary determination.”

“As I made clear to Olivia, she had created on the very least the looks of a battle, and, by selecting to not disclose this to her editors, had violated our insurance policies and probably broken our readers’ belief,” Haskell wrote.

Nuzzi, 31, has profiled political figures and chronicled presidential campaigns since becoming a member of the journal’s employees in 2017.

She is understood for her deeply reported options, by which she herself has at instances grow to be a part of the story — like a 2019 story about texting with Rudy Giuliani and a 2018 incident by which she entered the workplace of former Trump marketing campaign supervisor Corey Lewandowski with out permission.

Her latest tales embody a July piece a couple of Democratic “conspiracy of silence to guard” then-candidate President Biden and a dialog with former President Donald Trump that was one of many journal’s cowl tales final week. These have now been up to date with a hyperlink to the journal’s Thursday be aware on the prime of the web page.

Nuzzi additionally wrote a prolonged profile of Kennedy in November 2023 — when he was working for president as an Unbiased — by which she recounts accompanying him on a hike together with his canine, driving collectively together with his canine in a beat-up minivan (“the loss of life machine smells so dangerous I assumed I’d go out after about 15 seconds driving shotgun”).

Oliver Darcy’s media publication Standing, which first reported the Nuzzi information on Thursday, cites an unnamed supply as saying the alleged relationship didn’t start till after that profile was printed. Nuzzi informed the journal that the connection started in December 2023 — “after we had printed her November profile” — and ended towards the tip of August, Haskell wrote in his inside e mail.

Nuzzi stated in a press release shared with a number of shops, together with CNN and the New York Occasions, that “earlier this 12 months, the character of some communication between myself and a former reporting topic turned private.”

She stated she didn’t immediately report on the topic or use them as a supply throughout that point.

“The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to forestall the looks of a battle,” Nuzzi added. “I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve disenchanted, particularly my colleagues at New York.”

She didn’t establish the supply, however a number of shops, together with Standing, named Kennedy.

Kennedy, 70, has not commented immediately on the stories. However a spokesperson for the politician, who’s married to actor Cheryl Hines, informed CNN and NBC Information that he “solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in his life for an interview she requested, which yielded a success piece.”

Kennedy dropped out of the presidential race and threw his help behind Trump in August. Shortly afterward, Trump named Kennedy to his presidential transition group.

Kennedy, who rose to prominence as an environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist, ran a third-party marketing campaign dominated by a collection of beautiful private revelations: A worm ate a part of his mind; he was the one that dumped a lifeless bear in Central Park 10 years in the past; he didn’t eat a canine as stories urged, however quite a goat.

Most lately, Kennedy stated onstage whereas campaigning for Trump in Arizona final week {that a} federal legislation enforcement company is investigating him for allegedly taking dwelling the top of a lifeless whale 20 years in the past. Kennedy’s daughter Kick recounted the incident in a 2012 City & Nation interview that resurfaced in latest weeks.

The AP stories that Kennedy declined to elaborate when reporters on the occasion requested in regards to the investigation, saying the mainstream media solely needs to speak to him about “gossipy nonsense.”

SeafoodSource is intently following seafood processing and gear innovation by compiling an everyday round-up of updates from the sector.

– Fosnavåg, Norway-based seafood-processing, -handling, and -cooling gear supplier MMC First Course of has signed a cope with Nova Sea on a land-based holding pen resolution for fish.

MMC First Course of will design and ship a holding tank system to permit Nova Sea to carry its fish on land slightly than within the sea, permitting Nova Sea to maintain its salmon in optimum water high quality, temperature, and oxygen circumstances.

“Our programs make stress-free unloading of the tanks doable and that’s the key to reaching the prime quality that our prospects demand,” MMC First Course of CSO Dealing with Frank Edvard Vike mentioned. “We’ve been working with Nova Sea for a while on a tailored system, which is predicated on their necessities and environmental issues. One of these collaboration additionally contributes to our personal additional improvement as a provider of such programs.”

The mission consists of six holding tanks, which is able to every have a capability of two,600 cubic meters of water. MMC First Course of mentioned the system may have a complete biomass capability of two,050 metric tons of salmon.

“From our viewpoint, this can be a large funding in new know-how and with MMC First Course of’s expertise of comparable options we’re in secure arms,” Nova Sea Mission Supervisor Espen Gleinsvåg mentioned.

– AZTI, a science and know-how middle, has developed a brand new AI mannequin that it mentioned will determine fish faculties to a excessive diploma of accuracy.

AZTI mentioned its group has constructed an computerized classification mannequin that may determine the principle pelagic species within the Bay of Biscay – corresponding to anchovies, sardines, and Atlantic mackerel – based mostly on their education conduct. Utilizing acoustic echosounders and an AI mannequin, the know-how can determine the totally different species, which it mentioned will assist fishers goal the right species at sea and likewise improve surveys carried out by scientists.

“Automating species identification not solely reduces information processing instances for scientific surveys but in addition supplies new alternatives to review the education behaviour and develop new applied sciences for growing the effectivity and sustainability of the fishing trade,” Aitor Lekanda, a marine scientist doing his doctorate with AZTI.

– Garware Technical Fibers mentioned its passive sea lice prevention resolution has been adopted by eight salmon manufacturing facilities in Chile.

Garware developed a “skirt” surrounding fish pens that permits water to enter however prevents sea lice from penetrating the barrier. Corporations have been trialling the know-how, and in line with Garware, its know-how is seeing wider adoption in Chile.

“In Chile there are two facilities working with our Skirt in Cermaq, 5 in Mowi and one in Salmones Austral, backed by the optimistic outcomes obtained nationally and internationally, corresponding to in Cermaq Canada, for instance, the place they’ve facilities outfitted with this know-how,” Garware Technical Fibres Americas Supervisor Gopakumar Menon mentioned.

Their operational outcomes will likely be out there inside six months to a 12 months, which Garware mentioned will assist it confirm how efficient its skirts are in decreasing sea lice and serving to corporations keep away from different costlier options. 

“The usage of skirts is a non-pharmacological software, a part of an built-in well being technique to cut back sea lice infestations, decreasing the necessity for chemical remedies, which is a contribution that probably delays the era of resistance, by serving to to cut back its frequency,” Garware Techical Fibers Chile Enterprise Affiliate Marcos Jofré mentioned. 

In line with Jofré, the Garware skirt has roughly the identical price as a single bathtub therapy, however lasts for 2 full rising cycles. 

– Meals Animal Initiative (FAI), an aquaculture welfare analysis and improvement firm, has partnered with HydroNeo to combine the 2 firm’s shrimp welfare applied sciences.

Bangkok, Tailand-based HydroNeo has created a digital farm administration software for cell phones that can be utilized to observe water high quality on shrimp farms in real-time. Its Web of Issues-backed system additionally supplies its shrimp-farming shoppers with entry to third-party merchandise with the aim of accelerating their productiveness and profitability. 

FAI, in the meantime, has created a shrimp welfare evaluation framework, which it mentioned may help enhance the efficiency of shrimp farms.

“HydroNeo’s cellular farm administration software was developed to assist shrimp farmers, particularly small-scale operators in Asia, to observe essential manufacturing elements corresponding to water high quality extra simply,” HyrdoNeo Founder and CEO Fabian Reusch mentioned. “Including FAI’s shrimp welfare know-how to our present free Sensible Farm administration app was a logical subsequent step. By enhancing shrimp welfare on farms, we’re not solely serving to farmers develop happier animals, however they’ll be more healthy and carry out higher too. In addition to assembly the evolving expectations of shoppers concerning welfare practices when rearing shrimp, we’re additionally enhancing total farm efficiency.”

– New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Crimson’s Greatest is increasing its presence in New Bedford.

SouthCoastTODAY reported the corporate acquired a seafood processing plant on 11 Hassey Road in New Bedford for USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.2 million) and has since been refitting the power with USD 300,000 (EUR 268,000) in renovations.

The transfer will add to its present processing capability. Crimson’s Greatest was based in 2008, and has since expanded to 4 totally different processing amenities which course of, pack, and ship merchandise nationwide.

–  Aquabyte has launched a brand new biomass measurement and welfare scoring know-how for smolt manufacturing. 

In line with the Laksevåg, Norway-headquartered firm, its new camera-based system can measure and rating the welfare of smolt as small as 50 grams. The cameras accumulate pictures and use machine studying and newly developed algorithms to investigate every smolt. 

Monitoring smolt introduced a brand new problem for the corporate, in line with Aquabyte Senior Knowledge Scientist Mochi Liu.

“Monitoring smolt is totally different from monitoring fish in pens. The fish are smaller, the fish density within the tank is greater, and the behaviour of the fish is totally different,” Liu mentioned. “The algorithms used for weight measurement and welfare scoring have to be particularly developed for these circumstances.”

In line with Liu, Aquabyte’s system has a self-cleaning know-how to reduce upkeep, and has been tailored to make use of in smolt amenities to allow farmers to investigate smolt well being while not having to deal with the fish.

“It’s implausible that prospects can now monitor fish from the beginning of the smolt part. For farmers, it’s essential to know the scale and high quality of the fish they obtain to allow them to make the correct selections on the pen from day one, Aquabyte Perception Supervisor Kristin Aase mentioned.  

New York journal says that its extremely regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on depart after disclosing that she had a private relationship with a former reporting topic, violating the publication’s requirements.

The e-newsletter Standing, which broke the story, and The New York Occasions each cite unnamed sources in figuring out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the opposite individual concerned with Nuzzi. New York journal and Nuzzi haven’t confirmed Kennedy’s involvement, and Kennedy stated in an announcement that he had solely met her as soon as.

It’s an explosive improvement for the journal and Nuzzi, whose piece that includes an interview with Donald Trump, “Peering into Donald Trump’s Ear, and Soul,” was featured on its most up-to-date cowl.

In a observe to readers revealed late Thursday, New York stated that if it had been conscious of the connection, Nuzzi wouldn’t have been permitted to cowl the presidential marketing campaign.

New York stated an inside assessment of her work has discovered no inaccuracies or proof of bias, however that Nuzzi is on depart whereas a extra thorough third-party assessment is undertaken.

“We remorse this violation of our readers’ belief,” the journal stated, and a spokeswoman had no additional remark. A spokesperson for Kennedy, who’s married to the actress Cheryl Hines, didn’t instantly return a message from The Related Press.

Nuzzi stated in an announcement to Standing that in early 2024, the character of some communication between herself and a former reporting topic turned private.

“Throughout that point, I didn’t straight report on the topic nor use them as a supply,” she stated. “The connection was by no means bodily however ought to have been disclosed to stop the looks of a battle. I deeply remorse not doing so instantly and apologize to these I’ve disillusioned, particularly my colleagues at New York.”

It was not instantly clear how and when Nuzzi’s bosses on the journal grew to become conscious of the connection.

Nuzzi wrote a narrative about Kennedy’s marketing campaign that was revealed final November, “The Thoughts-Bending Politics of RFK Jr.’s Spoiler Marketing campaign,” the place she described a harrowing automobile trip and transient hike with Kennedy and his canines whereas interviewing him.

His title got here up in a March 2024 piece in The New York Occasions the place Nuzzi, Frank Bruni and Joe Klein mentioned the state of the marketing campaign on the time. “We’re forgetting or purposefully ignoring one thing moderately essential about this election: It’s not a two-man race. It’s a three-man race,” Nuzzi stated, noting that on the time Kennedy was “polling competitively.”

Standing quoted a consultant for Kennedy saying, “Mr. Kennedy solely met Olivia Nuzzi as soon as in her life for an interview she requested, which yielded a success piece.”

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David Bauder writes about media for the AP. Comply with him at http://x.com/dbauder.