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Woolworths strike costs supermarket $50m, couple win Keno jackpot on 50th anniversary, Laos factory shut after methanol deathsPublished 2:40 pm Tuesday, December 17, 2024 By PA News Jeff Darby, Jeff Ortiz, and Britton Jones have announced their candidacies for the May 3 election in Nederland as a united ticket to bring reform, transparency, accountability, and a brighter future for Nederland. Jeff Darby is running for Mayor of Nederland. He retired in 2023 after 33 years as an investigator with the United States Department of Labor in Beaumont. Since retiring, he has owned and operated JP Darby Services, LLC, a consulting and mediation firm. He has been a Professional in Human Resources through the Human Resources Certification Institute in Alexandria, VA, since 1992. Darby has held several leadership positions, including 18 years as president of his local union and five years as President of the Sabine Area Central Labor Council. He has been a member of AFGE Local 2139 since 1990. He previously ran for Mayor of Nederland in 2002 and 2004. Jeff has been married to Christy since 1988; they have three grown daughters and one grandson. Darby earned a BA in history with a minor in French from Lamar University in 1988 and a 40-hour certificate in basic mediation training from The Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at The University of Texas School of Law in 2022. He is competent in French and Spanish, as well as some Dutch, German, Italian, and Portuguese. His hobbies include language study, travel, genealogy, and reading. Jeff Ortiz is running for City Council Ward 4. He has owned Ortiz Menswear and Bridal in Nederland for 12 years. For the last 10 years, Jeff has served as Executive Pastor at Revive Church in Nederland. Ortiz has 13 years of experience in the financial industry, including four years as Vice President of a local credit union. He served on the Nederland City Council from 2009 to 2011 as Ward 1 City Council Member. Jeff has been married to Angie since 2021, and they have one daughter. He graduated from Nederland High School in 2001. Get the latest news sent to your inbox Britton Jones is running for City Council Ward 2. Britton has worked in the chemical industry in Port Arthur since 2016 as a technician and first responder for fire and medical; he is licensed as an Emergency Care Attendant through the Texas Department of State Health Services. He is a proud member of USW Local 13-423. Jones has owned Mid County ATM in Nederland since 2022. Britton married Kimberly earlier this year. Jones is active in the Nederland Heritage Festival, serving as Vice Chair for Emergency Services since 2022. He graduated from Nederland High School in 2014 and from Lamar Institute of Technology in 2016 with an Associate of Applied Science in Instrumentation Technology. In 2021, Jones earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology from Lamar University. “Enough is enough. It’s time we elect people who care, who have a heart and a passion for this town,” said Ortiz. “We three stand before you today and tell you: we have the heart, we have the time, and we have the passion to look at everything.”

Losses for big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3% from its record high a day earlier, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.6%. Losses for Nvidia, Microsoft and Broadcom were the biggest weights on the market. Dell sank 12.2% after reporting revenue that fell shy of forecasts, and HP dropped 11.4% after giving a weaker-than-expected outlook. Treasury yields fell in the bond market. U.S. financial markets will be closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will reopen for a half day on Friday. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House has announced, in a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration. Login or signup to continue reading The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained by China. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug charges while Li and Leung were imprisoned on espionage charges. "Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years," the White House said in a statement. The release comes two months after China freed David Lin, a Christian pastor from California who had spent nearly 20 years behind bars after being convicted of contract fraud. US-China relations have been roiled for years over major disagreements on trade, human rights, the production of fentanyl precursors, security issues that include espionage and hacking, China's aggressiveness toward Taiwan and its smaller neighbours in the South China Sea, and Beijing's support for Russia's military-industrial sector. The release of Americans deemed wrongfully detained in China has been a top agenda item in each conversation between the US and China. The development suggests a willingness by Beijing to engage with the outgoing Democratic administration before Republican President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House in January. Trump took significant actions against China on trade and diplomacy during his first term. He has pledged to continue those policies in his second term, leading to unease among many who fear that an all-out trade war will greatly affect the international economy and could spur potential Chinese military action against Taiwan. The State Department on Wednesday lowered its travel warning to China to "level two," advising US citizens to "exercise increased caution" from the norm when travelling to the mainland. The alert had previously been at "level three," telling Americans they should "reconsider travel" to China in part because of the "risk of wrongful detention" of Americans. The new alert retains a warning that the Chinese government "arbitrarily enforces local laws, including exit bans on US citizens and citizens of other countries, without fair and transparent process under the law." The White House has not confirmed whether any Chinese citizens in American custody had been returned home in a prisoner swap. Senators from both political parties praised the move. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, where Swidan's mother lives, said he was "overjoyed" and credited senior Biden administration officials for having "worked tirelessly to secure this achievement." Li, a Chinese immigrant who started an export business in the US and lived in New York, was detained in September 2016 after flying into Shanghai. He was placed under surveillance, interrogated without a lawyer and accused of providing state secrets to the FBI. A UN working group called his 10-year prison sentence arbitrary and his family has said the charges were politically motivated. Leung was sentenced last year to life in prison on spying charges. He was detained in 2021, by the local bureau of China's counterintelligence agency in the southeastern city of Suzhou after China had closed its borders and imposed tight domestic travel restrictions and social controls to fight the spread of COVID-19. Swidan had been jailed for the last 12 years on a drug charge and, along with Li and Leung, was considered by the State Department to be wrongfully detained. Australian Associated Press DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. Also includes evening update. 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