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Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
“Gilbert’s brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but,” Gottfried’s friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. “Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder.”
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Fentanyl behind doubling of teen overdose deaths over past decade, study says
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 1:44 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) – More and more teens are overdosing on fentanyl, according to new research.
Adolescent drug overdose deaths doubled from 2010 to 2021, according to a study published Tuesday in the Medical Journal JAMA.
The research says there were about 500 adolescent overdose deaths in 2010 and more than 1,100 in 2021.
Fentanyl was involved in more than 75% of deaths in 2021.
Researchers say the increase isn’t because more teens are using drugs. It’s because drug use is becoming more dangerous.
Annual drug overdose deaths for all ages have reached record highs in the U.S. recently.
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Nebraska partners with Altius Sports to bolster NIL Program
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Athletics has partnered with Altius Sports Partners, a name, image and likeness advisory and education firm, to bolster the school’s Name, Image and Likeness Program.
A UNL spokesperson said the Altius NIL launch platform includes ongoing guidance, assessment of departmental initiatives, corporate partner strategies, as well as comprehensive and customized educational services benefitting all internal and external Nebraska stakeholders as the NIL space continues to change.
“We are committed at Nebraska to do everything we can to support the ability of our student-athletes to maximize name, image and likeness opportunities. I am excited to add Altius as a partner to assist us in the NIL realm,” said Nebraska Director of Athletics Trev Alberts. “Their expertise, guidance and creativity will be an important component of Nebraska being a national leader in the area of name, image and likeness.”
According to UNL, key elements of the partnership include guidance on overall NIL policy and the development of corporate-partnership strategy as well as consultation to empower Nebraska’s student-athletes. The team at Altius will also help student-athletes, coaches and administrators through NIL education from experts in all related areas including group licensing, marketing, branding, financial literacy and recruiting.
“Nebraska is investing in the maximum level of support, education and resources to help its athletes and other stakeholders successfully navigate NIL. We are proud to partner with the Huskers and bolster their efforts to prepare and thrive as a leader in the ongoing evolution of collegiate athletics,” said Altius Sports Vice President, Collegiate Partnerships Andrew Donovan.
Supported by operational leadership and a client services team, the Altius cross-disciplinary network of partners and advisory team members includes:
- John Entz, 14-time Emmy winner and former President of Production at Fox Sports, SVP at MLB Network and producer at ESPN.
- Gabe Feldman, Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance and Co-Director of Tulane Center for Sport.
- Renie Anderson, CRO and EVP, Partnerships at the NFL.
- David Carter, Executive Director of the USC Sports Business Institute, and a professor of sports business at USC’s Marshall School of Business.
- Jené Elzie, former Pac-12 athlete and current Chief Growth Officer for Athletes First Partners, sister company of Athletes First, the nation’s largest NFL talent agency.
- Oliver Luck, sports business leader and former Commissioner of the XFL, EVP for Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Partnerships for the NCAA, and Athletic Director at West Virginia.
- Michael O’Hara Lynch, former global head of sponsorship marketing at Visa, Inc. and global head of consulting at Nielson Sports, currently partner in 3 Emerald Marketing.
- Jessica Mendoza, former Pac-12 athlete and Olympic gold medalist is a broadcaster for ESPN.
- Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sport Institute, and professor at Arizona State.
- Malcolm Turner, sports business executive and former Vice Chancellor and Athletics Director at Vanderbilt and President of the NBA G League.
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VIDEO: Officer injured after metal luggage rack goes through patrol car’s windshield
MESA, Ariz. (KNXV) - A detective in Arizona is recovering after a scary incident over the weekend while he was behind the wheel.
Part of a metal luggage rack went through Mesa Police Department Det. Nick Cureton’s patrol car’s windshield as he was driving on the highway.
“I saw the item coming through the windshield and didn’t really have a lot of time to react,” Cureton said.
The officer said he didn’t know what item initially came through his windshield, but the piece of metal sent glass flying into his eyes.
“It hit me in the ribs as it ended up wedging itself between my left arm and my ribs,” Cureton said.
The luggage rack ended up bruising Cureton, who said he had to bring his car to a stop during the incident immediately.
“I tried to slow my car down as best as I could. After a while came to a complete stop, I threw my lights on, put my car in park, took a couple of deep breaths and then just tried to figure out if that item had actually gone into me or was just resting alongside me,” Cureton said.
Officials with Arizona’s Department of Transportation report debris on the roads is a problem and something the team continues to combat.
“It is so important for safety’s sake to ensure that any large items you’re hauling somewhere are safely secured and strapped to your vehicle,” said Ryan Harding, with ADOT.
Representatives with Arizona’s Department of Public Safety said driving with an unsecured load is illegal, and drivers can face citations and hefty fines.
According to the department, more than 300 drivers have been cited each year for failing to secure their load over the last three years, but nearly 150 yearly collisions have still occurred.
“It comes to those questions: ‘Would I feel safe driving behind my vehicle as it is, or would I be nervous?’” Harding said.
Cureton said he was taken to the hospital after last week’s incident, but he is recovering and hopes his story can help prevent future issues.
“I think it’s definitely a responsibility of all the drivers that are going to be out there to make sure that they secure whatever is in their vehicles to try and stop this from happening,” Cureton said.
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Yelp to cover travel expenses for workers seeking abortions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yelp will cover the travel expenses of employees who must travel out of state for abortions, joining the ranks of major employers trying to help workers affected by new restrictions in Texas and other states.
The benefit announced Tuesday covers all 4,000 employees at the online review service, but seems most likely to have its biggest immediate impact on its 200 workers in Texas, which has passed a law banning abortions within the state after six weeks of pregnancy.
“We’ve long been a strong advocate for equality in the workplace, and believe that gender equality cannot be achieved if women’s healthcare rights are restricted,” said Miriam Warren, Yelp’s chief diversity officer.
Other states, including Oklahoma, are also are clamping down on abortions, prompting Yelp, based in San Francisco, and several other companies to draw up policies aimed at helping their workers get reproductive health care in other states.
Last month Citigroup, based in New York, disclosed plans to cover the travel expenses of any of its more than 220,000 employees, thousands of whom work in Texas, who travel to another state for an abortion.
The two largest U.S. ride-hailing services, Uber and Lyft, last year announced they will pay the legal fees for drivers who could get sued under the new Texas law for transporting a passenger to an appointment for an abortion.
The policies expose companies to potential backlash from those who support abortion restrictions, but they could be an advantage for employers with a footprint in states like Texas in an increasingly competitive job market.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — TinCaps baseball is back at Parkview Field! Tuesday is the team’s home opener against the South Bend Cubs and it could set a record for the warmest home opener at the stadium since it opened.
WANE 15 caught up with fans purchasing tickets for the game to discuss their excitement to see some baseball.
“Cause it’s easy. It’s close by. I love baseball and the TinCaps have been good for Fort Wayne. [You] Can’t go wrong, especially with the prices,” Dale Gossett said.
First pitch against the South Bend Cubs is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. WANE 15 will have live team coverage from the ballpark on First at Five and at 6 p.m. | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tincaps-fans-are-excited-for-the-home-opener/ | 2022-04-12T20:10:29 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/local-news/tincaps-fans-are-excited-for-the-home-opener/ |
Alex Caruso and Zach LaVine were cleared to fully participate in the first Chicago Bulls practice Tuesday ahead of the NBA playoffs, somewhat easing injury concerns as the team prepares to face the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 Sunday.
The Bulls went full speed in a series of scrimmages to prepare for their first postseason since 2017. Coach Billy Donovan said this provided an important test for LaVine’s and Caruso’s physical readiness.
“It was more like a training camp practice,” Donovan said.
The longevity of the Bulls’ postseason run could rely on the health of LaVine (knee) and Caruso (back), who were sporadically sidelined through the latter half of the season. LaVine began experiencing tightness and discomfort in his left knee in February, taking a week to receive injections in California before the All-Star break.
LaVine maintained his offensive production despite the injury, but the lack of mobility sometimes limited his aggression slashing toward the rim.
Caruso’s injury is similarly unpredictable. He returned from a seven-week long recovery for a fractured wrist only to begin experiencing back spasms last month, asking out of a game against the Miami Heat before missing the last two games of the season. Donovan said the two-game break appears to have alleviated Caruso’s discomfort, but the repetition of the playoff series will be the ultimate test.
“Obviously we’ll have to monitor just how he’s feeling after this,” Donovan said. “This is the best he’s felt, according to him. Recovery and time helped.”
If his back spasms remain alleviated, Caruso could return to the starting lineup for the series as starting point guard. The Bulls will need an unrestricted version of both guards to compete with the reigning champion Bucks, who swept them 4-0 this season.
Donovan said the Bulls won’t practice at the same intensity through the rest of the week, but he plans to structure scrimmages to help both players regain their comfort with potential lineups for the series.
“From a chemistry standpoint, getting them back playing again is important,” Donovan said. “These guys for so many months, outside of the guys that have been injured, have been in some kind of rhythm pretty much every other day or back to back.”
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The Chicago White Sox remain cautiously optimistic that pitcher Lucas Giolito will miss two starts.
The team placed the right-hander on the injured list with an abdominal strain, one of four moves announced by the Sox before Tuesday’s home opener against the Seattle Mariners at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Right fielder AJ Pollock also went on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Sunday, with a strained right hamstring that occurred Saturday.
The Sox recalled pitchers Jimmy Lambert and Anderson Severino from Triple-A Charlotte. Lambert is in line to start Thursday’s series final.
Giolito’s IL stint is retroactive to Saturday. The injury occurred in Friday’s season opener at Detroit. He left after pitching four scoreless innings.
“It was just like this one weird thing,” Giolito said Tuesday. “The super frustrating part is I was preparing, preparing, preparing all offseason long, spring training and then the first game I have this little weird injury.
“Best way to describe it is extremely frustrating, but with each day that’s passed, I’ve felt better and better. I really don’t think that it’s a big deal. Unfortunately, I’ve just got to let it heal up, that’s the way it goes sometimes.”
Pollock suffered his injury Saturday after leading off the third inning with a single. He is 4-for-7 with a double, RBI and run in two games.
“He is back in Arizona for the birth of a child,” Sox general manager Rick Hahn said Tuesday. “We knew that obviously he wasn’t going to play Sunday after needing to leave Saturday’s game with what would have been a paternity leave. He was going to be away from us for five games.
“Not necessarily knowing how he is going to feel on Day 6 and wanting to err on the side of caution, we thought putting him on the IL is probably the more prudent move.”
Lambert went 1-1 with a 6.23 ERA and 10 strikeouts in in four games (three starts) for the Sox last season. He allowed one run on one hit in three innings Thursday for Charlotte against Norfolk.
“When you’re gong back and forth between Triple-A and the big leagues, you never know if you’re going to get that opportunity again,” Lambert told the Tribune. “So definitely don’t take it for granted. Definitely feels good to be back.
“I just want to continue to build on what I was doing last year. It starts with health. Being able to take the ball whenever they ask.”
Lambert described his spring as a “little slow.”
“I threw a couple of times, mainly because I had COVID and I was a little bit behind going into spring,” he said. “But it was good, it was healthy. I threw the ball pretty well. Just want to continue to build off that.”
Severino, who has no major-league experience, gives the Sox another left-handed option out of the bullpen.
“Anderson was a little behind due to a visa issue so he didn’t quite get the full spring,” Hahn said. “He came in not too dissimilar from Bennett Sousa as one of our young lefties we were excited to see in camp. Anderson’s experience in spring was a little uneven because of his late arrival perhaps. But the stuff is there, plus fastball, slider, real nice mix to keep guys off balance and dominate an AB.
“We’ll see what he has to offer.”
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Wide receiver Tyreek Hill may not be the last 2021 Kansas City Chief the Miami Dolphins are adding this offseason.
And no, this is not a development with free agent safety Tyrann Mathieu.
Three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Melvin Ingram, who has made his mark in the NFL over nine seasons with the Chargers but found a resurgence late last season with the Chiefs, is coming to Miami for a visit with the Dolphins on Tuesday, according to a league source.
Ingram, who turns 33 later this month, has 55 career sacks between regular season and postseason play since entering the league as a first-round pick in the 2012 draft.
After consecutive Pro Bowl campaigns from 2017 to 2019, Ingram suffered multiple knee injuries in 2020 that cut his final year with the Chargers short and caused him to miss more than half the season. He signed a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of training camp in 2021, and the Steelers then traded him at the deadline to the Chiefs.
In the second half of the 2021 season in Kansas City, he started six games, making 15 tackles and a sack. He then started all three of the Chiefs’ playoff games, adding five tackles and two postseason sacks. He was touted for the number of quarterback pressures he provided during the stretch, on top of the three total sacks.
The Dolphins also showed interest in Ingram, who has a home and trains in South Florida, last offseason and brought him to team facilities for a visit before he inked with Pittsburgh.
Adding Ingram (6-foot-2, 247 pounds) would provide another edge defender that can play defensive end or outside linebacker for the Dolphins defense. He can fit in with fellow versatile edge Jaelan Phillips, who set a Dolphins rookie sack record with 8 1/2 last year, defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah and outside linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel. Jerome Baker can also play either as an inside or outside linebacker.
Last year Miami had one of the most blitz-happy defenses in the NFL, often bringing extra linebackers and even safeties in their pass rush, while relying on cornerbacks to play single coverage.
The Dolphins, on Friday, also brought in inside linebacker Reuben Foster for a visit as the team surveys options to bolster its linebacker corps at different spots.
Earlier this offseason, Miami re-signed inside linebackers Elandon Roberts, Duke Riley and Sam Eguavoen, who can also play outside, as well as outside linebacker Brennan Scarlett. The Dolphins also already return linebackers Baker, Phillips, Van Ginkel, Calvin Munson and Darius Hodge.
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By ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
“Gilbert’s brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but,” Gottfried’s friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. “Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder.” | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/gilbert-gottfried-standup-comic-and-actor-dies-at-67/ | 2022-04-12T20:13:42 | 0 | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/gilbert-gottfried-standup-comic-and-actor-dies-at-67/ |
Kevin Durant said Joel Embiid deserves the MVP. He’s doubtful he’ll win it, though, because the Sixers center is not as likable as the two other leading candidates.
“There’s a lot of players that’s been controlled by their narrative,” Durant said. “Some of it has been because of the player and some of it has been about the perception other people have about that player. In Joel’s case, more people just like Giannis (Antetokounmpo) and (Nikola) Jokic.
“It’s as simple as that. His personality, his story I guess. As a basketball player, if people look at just the game and what is on the floor,” Durant continued, “then narrative and who you are and your personality, that stuff doesn’t really matter or shouldn’t matter. Joel, they probably just like those guys better. It’s not fair. But that’s how it goes at time. If I had a vote, I would choose Joel.”
The media has already submitted its votes for MVP and it should be a tight race between the three frontcourt All-Stars. Jokic, who led the latest ESPN media straw poll, won the award last year. He averaged 27 points with 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists while carrying a shorthanded Nuggets squad to the West’s sixth-seed.
Antetkounmpo, who already owns two MVPs, averaged 29.9 points with 11.6 boards for the East’s third-seed. Embiid, gunning for his first MVP, led the NBA in scoring at 30.6 points with 11.7 rebounds for the fourth-seeded Sixers.
Durant said Embiid’s empty MVP trophy case should be another reason to give him the nod, and the threshold for back-to-back awards — as Jokic could accomplish and Embiid already did — should carry a higher threshold.
“I feel like if you are going to win back to back MVPS, it should be like Steph Curry. His first MVP, he averaged 23 points and seven rebounds. His next one, he stepped up such an enormous level (averaged 30.1 points for a 73-win team),” Durant said. “If you are going to get two in a row, you can’t duplicate the same thing you did the year before. That’s just how I feel. … To win two in a row you have to do something way bigger than the year before. I think back-to-back MVPS are special and the season you have to have team-wise and individual-wise, all has to come together to win back-to-back. I feel like Jokic had an incredible season but Joel season was just as good, if not better.”
Durant has his own case for a second MVP, albeit separated from his first by eight years, after lifting Brooklyn through a chaotic season into the play-in tournament. He averaged 29.9 points — and the Nets were 35-19 with him in the lineup — but the 33-year-old said he understands why he’s not in the conversation with xx missed games.
If he never wins again, however, Durant will go down as one of the greatest ever without multiple MVPs.
“There’s a lot of what ifs. In this game, if such and such didn’t get hurt, they would’ve have won this. If it bounced a different way, they wouldn’t be looked at this way,” Durant said. “There’s a lot of ‘what ifs.’ I felt I played at a level where I got better throughout the season and my teammates played well off of me and I played well off of them. I felt like I came in and approached every day like a most valuable player. That’s good enough for me.”
Nets coach Steve Nash, who won back-to-back MVPs for the Suns about 15 years ago, said it’s not an indictment on Durant’s legacy.
“It’s just the way it is. It’s circumstantial. It’s the time. The year. The story. The narrative,” Nash said. “My best year was the third year (in 2007) and Dirk Nowitzki got MVP. Every year there’s a case for someone else, so it’s not a linear thing where the best player gets it every year. It’s always how does the season go? How many games did they miss? Who else had an exceptional year? What’s the narrative? So it’s one of those things that’s not linear.”
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“The Machine” can’t get out of the shop.
Minnesota United fullback Romain Metanire — with a nickname to reflect his high work rate and reliability — might have aggravated his hamstring injury during his 2022 season debut, Sunday’s 1-0 loss at Austin FC. The 2019 MLS All-Star was a second-half sub against Verde and then missed Tuesday’s training session. He will have an MRI test to assess the situation.
“It would be a huge blow considering we’ve missed him for really the last four months,” manager Adrian Heath said. Tuesday. The club, which plays host to Colorado Rapids at Allianz Field on Saturday, will know more about Metanire’s status later this week..
Metanire originally injured the muscle in the MLS Cup Playoffs last November, then tweaked it during preseason, and with an additional toe injury, missed the opening five games this season. Hassani Dotson has been a primary fill-in at right back. | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/loons-checking-on-injury-setback-for-fullback-romain-metanire/ | 2022-04-12T20:13:55 | 0 | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/loons-checking-on-injury-setback-for-fullback-romain-metanire/ |
Enough negative coronavirus tests are going unreported under new federal guidelines that it is impacting Minnesota’s COVID-19 outbreak metrics, and state health officials will no longer report test-positivity rates.
Starting Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health will stop reporting how many COVID-19 tests are conducted, said Andrea Ahneman, a health department spokeswoman. Additionally, the state will no longer update weekly tests per capita and a delayed test-positivity rate on its “public health risk measures” webpage.
Testing data will be archived in the health department’s weekly COVID-19 report released on Thursday. The state’s latest positivity rate, which is delayed by a week or more to allow for data corrections, is 3.5 percent.
“As the pandemic has evolved, the metrics that we look at to tell us about what is happening with COVID-19 have also evolved. The focus has shifted to monitoring severe disease and impact on the health care system,” Ahneman wrote in an email, noting that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes community risk levels each week.
Last week, a federal change in reporting rules allowed schools, nursing homes, jails and other facilities that routinely test for infections to only report positive tests to the state.
Throughout the pandemic, test-positivity was seen as an important tool for the severity of the state’s coronavirus outbreak. The state reported a rate of nearly 24 percent during the winter omicron wave, which was the worst of the pandemic.
However, as more people use at-home test kits and fewer results are reported to the state, test-positivity has become a less useful measure.
“COVID-19 is not going away, but we are at a point where it has become less of an imminent threat for many Minnesotans thanks to vaccines and other tools available to us,” Ahneman added. “Our team is remaining vigilant and working hard to ensure that Minnesotans have ongoing access to tools and resources they need.”
The change comes as case numbers are on the uptick, driven by the latest coronavirus subvariant, omicron BA.2. Twin Cities sewage data from the Metropolitan Council shows BA.2 accounts for more than 80 percent of coronavirus genetic material found in metro wastewater.
Minnesota added 1,339 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday — data from multiple days over the weekend. That’s a 23 percent increase from the week before.
Without accurate test-positivity data, the next best measure of the state’s outbreak is likely new cases per capita. That measure stands at about 7.6 cases per 100,000 residents, which falls between the health department’s caution and high-risk thresholds.
The rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths has slowed dramatically since the winter peak that was driven by the original omicron variant.
Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported Tuesday: a St. Louis County resident in their 80s and a Steele County resident who was more than 100. One resided in long-term care and the other in a private home. Since the pandemic began, about 46 percent of the state’s 12,449 COVID-19 deaths were residents of nursing homes or assisted living.
There are 190 COVID-19 patients in Minnesota hospitals including 30 in intensive care. The last time the state recorded this few severe cases was last summer, before the wave caused by the delta variant.
Health officials say vaccines are the best way to avoid a serious illness and to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But protection from vaccines wanes significantly after five months and boosters are recommended to anyone 12 and older.
Fourth shots were recently approved by federal officials for residents 50 and older and those with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe illness.
Minnesota has administered 9.6 million doses of vaccine including 2.2 million boosters. About 66 percent of the state’s 5.7 million people have completed their initial series of shots, but only 46 percent are up-to-date with all their recommended doses. | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/unreported-covid-tests-mean-minnesota-will-no-longer-report-positivity-rates/ | 2022-04-12T20:14:01 | 1 | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/12/unreported-covid-tests-mean-minnesota-will-no-longer-report-positivity-rates/ |
In a message posted to the actor's Twitter page, the Gottfried family said that he died "after a long illness."
Please note: The video in the player above is from 2019 appearance.
"In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend, and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor," the message said.
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 12, 2022
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian's comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
Gottfried began doing standup as a teenager in New York City. He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children's television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney's "Aladdin."
"Gilbert's brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but," Gottfried's friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. "Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder."
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — You're about to remember the 17th night of September!
Earth, Wind & Fire will be dancin' in September at the Simmons Bank Arena.
The music of Earth, Wind & Fire is more alive than ever as they continue to inspire new audiences and thrill those who have been with them from the beginning.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. and range from $60-$150.
You can buy tickets at ticketmaster.com or the arena box office.
Editor's note: The video shown above is from October 2021. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/entertainment/earth-wind-fire-simmons-bank-arena-september-2022/91-f2038d3e-daed-4b91-8d39-d77423568f80 | 2022-04-12T20:24:07 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/entertainment/earth-wind-fire-simmons-bank-arena-september-2022/91-f2038d3e-daed-4b91-8d39-d77423568f80 |
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DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
HUSBAND MAKES A CONNECTION AS 17-YEAR MARRIAGE TEETERS
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 17 years with three great kids. My wife and I have struggled on and off during those 17 years. I often feel like maybe I don't love her. We are complete opposites. I'm adventurous, daring and extroverted. She denies me sex a lot. This last time was for four months.
During that time, I met someone who has the same adventurous spirit as I do. We have hung out and we text often. She's currently getting a divorce. I'm falling for her and I have expressed it to her. She likes me, but she doesn't want a relationship right now because she isn't sure what she really wants. She's also afraid we both won't really leave our spouses if we start something.
I stopped texting her, but she said she will wait for me. How do I manage this because I'm hurting in my marriage and hurting by not texting her? -- TORN IN OHIO
DEAR TORN: Inform your wife that the current status of your marriage is no longer acceptable. Denying marital relations appears to be her way of punishing you, which is unfair, so offer her the option of marriage counseling. If she refuses, I hope you will go alone to help you decide rationally which, if any, next steps you want to take.
If you decide to leave your marriage, there is no guarantee the woman you have been seeing will follow through with her divorce, but let her know what your plans are. I should add that for many people, the first relationship after a divorce does not lead to marriage, if you're contemplating jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
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DEAR ABBY: I was a birth mom 45 years ago. My mother forced me to give up my child at birth. Not one person supported my wish to keep my child. My heart and mind screamed, "No, don't do it!" Now, the birth father says he's sorry because he's having serious health problems and thinks he could be dying. I have forgiven everyone involved, over and over. But I've lived with depression, PTSD, etc., all these years and I cry about it still. The older I get, the more loss I feel.
I found my adult child 15 years ago. It started out OK and went downhill from there. My heart aches so much to have a connection with this child of mine. I'm shutting down inside while still waiting. I'm too tired to keep going on. My dreams are gone. My hopes are shattered. I'm ready to curl up and die. What can I do? -- DESTROYED IN WASHINGTON
DEAR DESTROYED: I am sorry for your overwhelming pain. What you need to do -- and quickly, before you shut down further -- is summon the strength to seek help from a licensed mental health professional.
Forty-five years ago, attitudes about out-of-wedlock births were far different than they are today. Neither you nor the father of that child were equipped to properly care for the baby. Because you have forgiven everyone else over and over, it is time to find a way to forgive yourself and put a stop to your endless grieving.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Tyson Foods is committing more than $1 million to help team members who are immigrants in the United States.
Tyson says the company comprises employees from more than 160 countries who collectively speak more than 50 languages.
The Tyson Immigration Project (TIP) supports employees by providing legal services that can help them acquire U.S. citizenship. Over the past year, the program has supported seven Tyson facilities and is now expanding to help employees at 40 locations across 14 states.
The company works with nonprofit organizations Immigrant Connection and, in the company's home state, Arkansas Immigrant Defense, to help employees with legal services, including employment authorization renewals and petitions for citizenship.
The program has helped more than 500 Tyson employees in the last year. The company also reimburses its team members for citizenship application fees, costing up to $725.
"We care about our team members and want to help them achieve their goals, including those who have dreams of becoming U.S. citizens and having greater access to opportunities our country has to offer," said John R. Tyson, Executive Vice President, and Chief Sustainability Officer, Tyson Foods. "We're working hard to help team members who want and need assistance with their lawful immigration status or the complex and expensive process of becoming a citizen. We want to be the most sought-after place to work, and this is one way we hope to do that."
Arkansas Immigrant Defense is set to visit 13 locations across the state, while Immigrant Connection will see around 27 locations throughout the country. Both will host monthly informational meetings for Tyson employees regarding their support.
Tyson Foods facilities that have benefited from this partnership include Berry Street, Berryville, Chick-N-Quick, Clarksville, Dardanelle, Green Forest Plant 1, Green Forest Plant 2, Fayetteville, and Randall Road (Springdale), Russellville/Tyler Road, Tyson of Rogers and Van Buren.
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Dr. Melissa Thomas speaks during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
Dr. Melissa Thomas speaks during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
Dr. Melissa Thomas hugs Catherine Shack, the First Lady of her church, after Thomas was named the next principal of Tupelo High School after the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday.
Dr. Melissa Thomas walks to the podium to speak during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
Family members of Dr. Melissa Thomas listen as she speaks during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
Dr. Melissa Thomas speaks during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
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Dr. Melissa Thomas hugs Catherine Shack, the First Lady of her church, after Thomas was named the next principal of Tupelo High School after the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday.
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Dr. Melissa Thomas walks to the podium to speak during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
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Family members of Dr. Melissa Thomas listen as she speaks during the Tupelo Public School District's board meeting on Tuesday after being named the next principal of Tupelo High School.
TUPELO • Dr. Melissa Thomas will be the next principal of Tupelo High School. In doing so, she breaks two historic barriers by becoming the first Black person and the first woman hired to lead THS.
Thomas — who over her 19-year career has been a teacher, coach, principal and curriculum director — said she believes this new role "is my calling."
“I have had an opportunity to see teaching and learning on every level within K-12 education,” Thomas said. “Each of these opportunities has expanded my ability to see the big picture in educating a child from start to finish. I’m very grateful for Dr. Picou and the Board for this opportunity."
Superintendent Dr. Rob Picou recommended Thomas to the Tupelo Public School District Board of Trustees, who approved the hire at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday.
He called Thomas one of the best instructional leaders with whom he’s had the pleasure of working during his career.
"She’s a natural motivator and gifted public speaker, and she’s very skilled at establishing a culture of mutual responsibility," Picou said. "She is personable, approachable, compassionate and truly dedicated to the well-being of all students and staff."
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Thomas will take over the role of principal on July 1. She replaces Art Dobbs, who stepped down after five years leading THS to become the district’s executive director of educational enhancement and workforce development.
Scott is the first Black principal to lead the high school. She is also the first woman to take on the role in a permanent capacity. Glenda Scott served as interim principal at THS for a semester in 2010 when then-principal Mac Curlee resigned.
As TPSD director of secondary curriculum for the past three years, Thomas has helped develop and implement new curriculum paths and models to better prepare students for life beyond high school.
She’s also worked with Positive Alternatives for Continuing Education (PACE), a program designed to help students who have fallen behind catch up with the assistance of accelerated programs. She also has been instrumental with science curriculum and classroom upgrades in grades 6-12.
Thomas has been with Tupelo Schools for eight years, serving as assistant principal and principal at Lawndale Elementary School.
A 1998 graduate of Nettleton High School, Thomas earned both her bachelor’s degree and doctorate from the University of Mississippi.
She and her husband, Daniel, have two daughters — 11-year-old Maliyah and 9-year-old Mia. | https://www.djournal.com/news/education/melissa-thomas-tupelo-high-school-principal/article_6e05c159-35e8-57e7-af22-b5b783c0a62e.html | 2022-04-12T20:24:14 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/news/education/melissa-thomas-tupelo-high-school-principal/article_6e05c159-35e8-57e7-af22-b5b783c0a62e.html |
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Governor Asa Hutchinson and his wife Susan took time to recognize the systems that support Arkansas children facing abuse with a proclamation that "April 11th is Children's Advocacy Center Day across Arkansas," the governor said.
State Representative DeeAnn Vaught (D-87) has seen the work child advocacy centers do to help stop abuse firsthand. Now, she's sharing her own experiences through advocacy for children today.
"We're talking about it. We're getting it out in the open. We're shining light on this issue," Vaught said.
And she's working alongside Susan Hutchinson's Shine Hope campaign to spread awareness of child abuse in the state.
"We can shine the hope and get the help to the children that need it...This stuff does go on a whole lot more than we would dare think it does," Susan Hutchinson said.
And DHS says that awareness could help more people learn how to report possible cases of abuse.
Director of the Division of Children and Family Services for DHS, Mischa Martin advised anyone concerned, "You don't have to know for certain that it's happening, you don't have to prove the case. If you suspect child abuse, you need to call and go ahead and report it and let the Arkansas State Police determine whether it gets investigated or not."
And Arkansas leaders want to continue helping as many kids as they can.
"I know what they're going through. I know what it feels like. And it is amazing to be able to turn around and help others like somebody helped me," Vaught added.
The Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline is open 24/7 for reports at 1-800-482-5964.
The Arkansas Capitol will be lit up blue Monday to honor Child Abuse Awareness month. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/arkansas-officials-importance-child-advocacy-centers/91-f0118f18-2966-453f-9cd1-30a907d98a20 | 2022-04-12T20:24:20 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/arkansas-officials-importance-child-advocacy-centers/91-f0118f18-2966-453f-9cd1-30a907d98a20 |
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WASHINGTON — Legendary comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, known for his shrill-voice and crude humor, has died, his family announced on Tuesday afternoon. He was 67.
On Gottfried's Twitter account, the comedian's family uploaded a message saying that Gottfried had been suffering from a "long illness," but they did not provide further details about his passing.
"In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children," the statement read. "Although today is a sad day for us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor."
Besides his raunchy comedic style using an exaggerated, grated voice, Gottfried was also known for his numerous voice acting roles, including the sassy-mouthed parrot "Iago" in "Aladdin," and the iconic Aflac Duck for Aflac Insurance.
Back in January, Gottfried shared a photo featuring himself and two other comedy legends who had recently passed away, Bob Saget and Louie Anderson.
"This photo is very sad now. RIP Bob Saget and RIP Louie Anderson. Both good friends that will be missed.," Gottfried wrote at the time.
Comedian and "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander paid tribute to Gottfried in a tweet: "Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift. I did not know him well but I loved what he shared with me. My best wishes and sympathy to his family."
New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff also paid tribute on Twitter, writing that despite his vulgar public persona, Gottfried was an "an unexpectedly gentle guy." | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67/507-ecb87ac4-0b99-40d8-8097-8860989ac29a | 2022-04-12T20:24:26 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/nation-world/gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67/507-ecb87ac4-0b99-40d8-8097-8860989ac29a |
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BYLINE: By Keith Roach, M.D.
TITLE: Searching for the cause of shortness of breath
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old male and have exercised daily all my adult life. I take a baby aspirin and 10 mg pravastatin daily. I have eaten very little red meat since I was 40.
I had an EKG in 2020 that showed a heart attack, but my cardiologist said that with no shortness of breath, "not to worry -- the EKG was probably wrong." In 2021 I had an echocardiogram that showed my mitral valve is leaking. The report reads "mild mitral valve regurgitation." I am very short of breath now. Do I need valve replacement? -- S.K.
ANSWER: "Trivial" or "mild" valvular insufficiency or regurgitation (both words mean that the valve leaks and that the blood flows backward, from the left ventricle the wrong way across the mitral valve up into the left atrium) is a common finding on echocardiogram, and certainly does not mean you need a valve replacement.
The EKG is sometimes wrong about having a heart attack. The echocardiogram did not show signs of you having a heart attack, but I can't say for sure whether you did or did not.
The valve issue is not causing your shortness of breath. I read the rest of your echocardiogram report, which also noted "grade 1 abnormal relaxation of the left ventricle," also called diastolic dysfunction. This is a possible cause of shortness of breath, in which case it is called "heart failure with preserved ejection fraction." It's not clear what exactly is causing your shortness of breath. Additional testing on your heart, lungs and blood might be necessary.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I was taking metoprolol and losartan for about eight or nine years, and my shortness of breath became very uncomfortable with exertion. I would like to note that if you read all of the side effects for both of these meds you will find shortness of breath near the end of this list. I am a former smoker and quit in 1989; that, of course, is the reason doctors have told me that I have shortness of breath. I no longer take either one of these meds, at my request. It is getting more difficult for me to breathe properly with exertion. I feel strongly that these two medications contributed to the shortness of breath that I have now. It would be interesting to hear your opinion on this matter. Thank you. -- A.O.
ANSWER: Shortness of breath can come from many different problems in either the heart or lungs, as well as anemia, anxiety and other conditions. If you were a longtime smoker, even if you quit decades ago, you still might have some chronic lung disease due to smoking. Quitting smoking, in most cases, causes the lung disease to slow its progression, but it doesn't usually cause it to get better. If that is the case, then metoprolol, a beta blocker, can sometimes worsen the obstruction in the lungs (that's probably why it is listed as a possible side effect). However, most people with chronic lung disease tolerate metoprolol quite well. I'd be concerned about your heart and why you were prescribed metoprolol and losartan (which almost never causes any shortness of breath).
A test of your lung function would answer the question about smoking-related lung disease, but an echocardiogram or stress test might be helpful to identify any cardiac cause of shortness of breath, such as angina or heart failure.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The 2022 NBA postseason is here. But, for the second-straight year, only the top six seeds for each conference are set as the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds in each conference are up for grabs.
This will come in the form of a play-in tournament, adopted by the NBA last season for the first time.
Eight teams total, four from each conference, can play their way into the playoffs.
- Western Conference: Minnesota Timberwolves (7), Los Angeles Clippers (8), New Orleans Pelicans (9), San Antonio Spurs (10)
- Eastern Conference: Brooklyn Nets (7), Cleveland Cavaliers (8), Atlanta Hawks (9), Charlotte Hornets (10)
How the NBA play-in tournament works
On Tuesday, the NBA's play-in tournament begins as the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers play the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The winner of Cavs-Nets becomes the 7-seed in the playoffs and will face the the Boston Celtics in a playoff series.
The loser of Cavs-Nets will play the winner of Hawks-Hornets, who play on Wednesday. The winner of that third game becomes the No. 8 seed in the East and will face the Miami Heat in the playoffs.
On the Western Conference side, the winner of Clippers-Wolves becomes the No. 7 seed in the West and will face the 2-seed Memphis Grizzlies. The loser of Clippers-Wolves will play the winner of the Pelicans-Spurs game slated for Wednesday. Then the winner of that third game moves on to take on the 1-seed Phoenix Suns in a playoff series.
NBA play-in tournament schedule
Tuesday, April 12
- East: No. 8 Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 7 Brooklyn Nets, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
- West: No. 8 Los Angeles Clippers at No. 7 Minnesota Timberwolves, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Wednesday, April 13
- East: No. 10 Charlotte Hornets at No. 9 Atlanta Hawks, 7 ET p.m. (ESPN)
- West: No. 10 San Antonio Spurs at No. 9 New Orleans Pelicans, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, April 15
- East: Winner of Charlotte/Atlanta vs. loser of Cleveland/Brooklyn, TBD (ESPN)
- West: Winner of San Antonio/New Orleans vs. loser of Los Angeles/Minnesota, TBD (TNT)
NBA teams in the playoffs
Western Conference
- No. 1 Phoenix Suns vs. No. 8 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 2 Memphis Grizzlies vs. No. 7 TBD (series begins Sat. April 16)
- No. 3 Golden State Warriors vs. No. 6 Denver Nuggets (series begins Sat. April 16)
- No. 4 Dallas Mavericks vs. No. 5 Utah Jazz (series begins Sat. April 16)
Eastern Conference
- No. 1 Miami Heat vs. No. 8 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 2 Boston Celtics vs. No. 7 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. No. 6 Chicago Bulls (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 4 Philadelphia 76ers vs. No. 5 Toronto Raptors (series begins Sat. April 16)
Previewing Tuesday's NBA play-in tournament games
On the Locked On NBA podcast, hosts Matt Moore and David Ramil previewed Tuesday night's lineup of games in the NBA play-in tournament between the Cavs and Nets and Clippers and Wolves.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Brooklyn Nets
The Nets are favored by eight points in Tuesday night's game against the Cavaliers. The Nets are at home, and have star power in Durant and Kyrie Irving. While the Cavaliers surpassed expectations this season, they have dealt with significant injuries for much of 2022 and will likely be without key center Jarrett Allen on Tuesday.
David Ramil: “My feeling is that the Cavs surpassed expectations for this season and then there’s been this constant punch to the gut with injuries this season, it’s just very tough for this roster to keep it together. They’ve had superb play from Garland and Kevin Love. While they’d like to continue to build on that success they’ve already surpassed, it’s hard to do when you’ve got a team like Brooklyn, who is absolute desperate for something to hang their hat on.”
Matt Moore: “Darius Garland is going to have to have a great game for Cleveland to have any shot in this game. He’s gotten points and he was great on Friday night against Brooklyn. But it didn’t matter. The Cavs just don’t have enough weapons. I don’t think the Nets are even that great of a team. If the Cavs had Jarrett Allen I think it changes things…but without Allen, there’s just enough breakdowns on the perimeter. You throw in the fact that Durant can go for 40 easily. We’re probably getting Nets-Celtics, which will be a fascinating series.”
Los Angeles Clippers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
After a 46-38 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2018 and for just the second time since 2005. But, they won't have an easy task getting the No. 7 seed as they face the experienced Los Angeles Clippers.
Matt Moore: “My big question for this is the Wolves defensive scheme tries to apply pressure on the ball handler. They want to skirmish and they want to force turnovers. The Clippers are 10th best in limiting turnovers. On paper this is a pretty poor matchup for the Wolves, and that shows in the fact that the Clippers handedly won the season series.”
David Ramil: “I just feel like you’re looking at this Clippers roster and i like their chance. I think Reggie Jackson is going to have a big game and he’s going to be able to swing this game in the Clippers favor…A monster game from Karl-Anthony Towns is the only thing that can save Minnesota’s chances. L.A. is too experienced and too well coached.” | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nba/nba-play-in-tournament-preview-nba-playoff-scenarios-brooklyn-nets-phoenix-suns-milwaukee-bucks-cleveland-cavaliers-los-angeles-clippers/535-e0a8685d-e43d-421c-91a1-96b2ba21982d | 2022-04-12T20:24:32 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nba/nba-play-in-tournament-preview-nba-playoff-scenarios-brooklyn-nets-phoenix-suns-milwaukee-bucks-cleveland-cavaliers-los-angeles-clippers/535-e0a8685d-e43d-421c-91a1-96b2ba21982d |
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OXFORD – Sooner or later, J.J. Pegues had a feeling he would end up back home.
The former Oxford High star was a four-star recruit who began his college career at Auburn. Pegues moved from tight end to defensive line between his freshman and sophomore seasons and racked up 16 tackles – including two for loss – in the 2021-22 season.
The Tigers underwent a coaching change between his freshman and sophomore seasons, and Pegues tried to make it work at Auburn. But he “didn’t really like the environment” and knew that the time to return to Mississippi was sooner than later. After Auburn's season concluded, Pegues said he began having second thoughts about being there.
Upon entering the transfer portal, Pegues said he listened to other offers. But in his heart of hearts, he was always going to play at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the place he spent most Saturdays as a kid watching games. There’s something to be said about getting homecooked meals from grandma, Pegues said with a big smile.
“I always wanted to come back. I just never knew when … I knew it was always Ole Miss (when I entered the portal),” Pegues said.
The more he looks back on it, there’s a moment during his senior year of high school he has come to regret.
It was when newly-named Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin tried to schedule a last-minute meeting with then-recruit Pegues by calling his coach at Oxford High. Pegues was on his way to the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Game and just wanted to focus on the game at that point.
“I feel like that’s a big regret in the past,” Pegues said. “But all of it worked out. I’m back.”
Kiffin has lauded Pegues’ attitude and enthusiasm. Pegues said it’s something he has picked up from fellow defensive lineman K.D. Hill. Hill, a senior, also “brings the juice.” Pegues is listed as a defensive lineman but is still taking some reps at tight end and fullback, the 6-foot-2, 315-pounder said: “I can’t never get the offense out of me. It’s a God-given talent.”
“He’s got great energy. Awesome to be around. Which, we lost a lot of really good players, but we lost a lot of really neat kids in that last class with a lot of energy and, like we say, juice, positivity,” Kiffin said. “So it’s really cool, that we knew he was a good player, but to get that too.”
Pegues admits that when he first decided to return home, he thought there might be added pressure. Having family, friends and lifelong acquaintances around can add to the already lengthy expectations of a blue-chip player.
But after a bit of time, that’s worked itself out, too.
“Everyone who went to my high school and family was still around, I felt like they had so much expectations for me,” Pegues said. “But at the same time, I have to humble myself, and my family always talking to me like, ‘You don’t have to worry about what they think, just do what you have to do, and whatever happens, it’s in God’s plan.’” | https://www.djournal.com/sports/college/ole-miss/i-always-wanted-to-come-back-former-oxford-high-star-j-j-pegues-discusses-transfer/article_5b03cdb0-d71a-58a8-91ba-e209aeb12355.html | 2022-04-12T20:24:38 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/sports/college/ole-miss/i-always-wanted-to-come-back-former-oxford-high-star-j-j-pegues-discusses-transfer/article_5b03cdb0-d71a-58a8-91ba-e209aeb12355.html |
OXFORD — No. 25 Ole Miss erupted for 14 hits and scored five runs in the sixth inning to cruise past Murray State 8-2 on Tuesday afternoon, snapping a four-game losing streak.
The Rebels (20-12) got a solid pitching performance from junior Drew McDaniel, who gave up one run in five innings and struck out eight Racers (15-16). Sophomore shortstop Jacob Gonzalez and senior outfielders Kevin Graham and Justin Bench each drove in two runs.
Gonzalez led the team with three hits, and four additional players had two hits apiece.
Also of note is the fact that reliever Max Cioffi pitched for the first time in about 14 months since arm surgery.
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Cioff gave up one hit but struck out two in a scoreless inning. He could be a factor moving ahead, Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said.
Already up 3-0, Gonzalez, Bench and Graham each hit doubles to drive in runs in the lopsided sixth inning. Rebels pitching allowed just four hits and struck out 16 Murray State batters. The Racers loaded the bases in the eighth, but sophomore Josh Mallitz was able to strike out the final hitter and get out of the inning.
Ole Miss (4-8 SEC) heads to South Carolina (15-16, 4-8) for a three-game series beginning on Thursday. First pitch for Game One is 6 p.m.
MICHAEL KATZ is the Ole Miss athletics reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at michael.katz@djournal.com. | https://www.djournal.com/sports/college/ole-miss/ole-miss-snaps-4-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-murray-state/article_f8e338b0-3f45-5f31-b797-fb2de77ae1a1.html | 2022-04-12T20:24:44 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/sports/college/ole-miss/ole-miss-snaps-4-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-murray-state/article_f8e338b0-3f45-5f31-b797-fb2de77ae1a1.html |
Kate Osbirn got a taste of being a head coach earlier this year. Now she gets to do it on a full-time basis.
Osbirn was announced as Pontotoc’s new volleyball coach on Tuesday. She replaces Annie McGregor, who left to be head coach at Itawamba Community College.
When McGregor was on maternity leave early last season, Osbirn filled in as head coach for the first six games. The Lady Warriors went 3-3 during that stretch.
“She’s been baptized,” McGregor said. “It was a great experience for her and for me, because she knows she wants (the job) now.”
Pontotoc went on to have a historic season, claiming the Class 4A state championship – the program’s first.
Osbirn, 25, was glad for her brief head coaching experience.
“I definitely learned a lot from those losses, but I think that’s a huge part of coaching and life in general is learning from your mistakes,” Osbirn said. “Those wins we learned a lot, too, like what works for us as a team.”
Osbirn was a member of Pontotoc’s inaugural volleyball team and played for McGregor. After college, she came back in 2019 as an assistant varsity coach and head JV coach. She’s been with the team’s rising seniors since they were freshmen.
“She knows where we’ve been, she knows where we’re going, and she’s going to take the program in the direction it needs to be,” McGregor said. “She knows volleyball, she knows Pontotoc, and there couldn’t be a better fit.”
Pontotoc loses some key players, including All-Area selections Audrey Hamill and Caroline Howard. And of course, there’s the pressure of being state champs.
“It’s the good kind of pressure,” Osbirn said. “I wouldn’t want it any other way.” | https://www.djournal.com/sports/high-school/osbirn-promoted-to-pontotoc-volleyball-head-coach/article_92d3dba4-154e-5fbf-acdb-58b2325fcd7a.html | 2022-04-12T20:24:50 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/sports/high-school/osbirn-promoted-to-pontotoc-volleyball-head-coach/article_92d3dba4-154e-5fbf-acdb-58b2325fcd7a.html |
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. — A candidate for Hendricks County sheriff will stay in the race despite his recent arrest in a drunk driving case.
Danville police arrested Terry Judy on two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in the early hours of Sunday, April 10.
The Danville Police Department didn’t provide any additional information about the circumstances surrounding Judy’s arrest. He was booked into the Hendricks County Jail.
Judy is running for Hendricks County sheriff. In a statement released Tuesday, he said he’s staying in the race:
“After consulting with family and friends, I have decided to remain a candidate for sheriff. While I make no excuses for what happened last weekend, I am heartened and humbled by the outpouring of kindness and support from the Hendricks County community.”
Terry Judy
In a previous statement, Judy apologized for his “poor judgment” and said he would consult with family, friends and supporters before making a final decision on his candidacy.
Judy retired from the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department in 2021 and is not currently employed there. He served in various positions, including jail deputy, field training officer and juvenile and sex crimes investigator in his 30-plus years with the department. | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/candidate-for-hendricks-county-sheriff-will-stay-in-race-despite-weekend-drunk-driving-arrest/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:19 | 0 | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/candidate-for-hendricks-county-sheriff-will-stay-in-race-despite-weekend-drunk-driving-arrest/ |
MOORESVILLE, IN – More than two years after a powerful tornado damaged several structures in and around the downtown area, residents and local business owners are wondering about the future of one building that remains badly damaged.
“We’re hoping that they can do something soon,” said Stephanie Myrick, co-owner of Bud and Bloom Florist. “It’d be nice if it was taken care of and downtown could get back to normal.”
An EF1 tornado struck the downtown Mooresville area on the night of April 8, 2020. Two years later, most of the downtown area has recovered.
However, a two-story building at the corner of Main and Indiana Streets looks unchanged since the night of the storm. More than two years after the storm, the building is partially collapsed with most of its roof and two sidewalls missing.
“Part of the shame is that it almost feels normal now,” said Julie Warbenburg, owner of Silver Owl Therapeutic Massage. “I look out there and I don’t expect to see anything else.”
“I hear from constituents all the time,” said Mooresville Town Council member Shane Williams. “They’re very frustrated that it’s such an eyesore in the downtown.”
According to town officials and records, the building’s current owner, Finmar Properties LLC, purchased the building in November 2020 with initial plans to repair and renovate the structure. In December 2021, Finmar obtained a demolition permit from the town and hired LaFary Group to tear it down.
“The town’s issued permits along the way, done what we can,” Williams said. “I know our department heads have worked with them. And we’re just trying to get the building down.”
However, officials said the two companies have failed to come to terms on the demolition. A scheduled demolition for the building in February 2022 did not happen.
Now, the town is taking steps to enforce its Unsafe Building ordinance. In early March, the Mooresville Town Council voted to move forward with enforcing the ordinance. An order issued by the town is giving Finmar until the end of April to have the building torn down. If that doesn’t happen, the town will begin the process of taking over demolition. If that happens, the cost of tearing down the building will be billed as a lien against the property.
“I think there’s been a lot of patience, but it’s time to get a move-on and I understand that the public’s frustrated,” Williams said. “Just know that the town is moving as fast as it can at this point.”
While change at the corner of Main and Indiana appears imminent, the future of the building remains unclear beyond demolition, which could take place in the next two-to-three months.
Representatives for Finmar Properties and LaFary Group declined to comment when reached by phone today. | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/mooresville-building-still-damaged-from-2020-storm-town-moving-to-step-in-with-demolition/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:25 | 0 | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/mooresville-building-still-damaged-from-2020-storm-town-moving-to-step-in-with-demolition/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — A lengthy investigation into illegal guns and drugs led to a police chase and crash last Tuesday on Indy’s northwest side.
Police said the investigation began in January on the east side of Indianapolis. Even though it ended with a crash at W. 38th Street and Moller Road, police insist cases like this are making the city safer.
During a raid of a home on Catherwood Avenue in January and a second home on East 24th Street, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said it seized several illegal guns, pictured below.
Seven suspects were arrested as a result of the raid and numerous drugs were confiscated, police said, including meth, cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
“The investigation did not stop there,” said IMPD East District Commander Richard Riddle. “They followed up on leads to another house on East District where they think the drug operation continued.”
After setting up surveillance on a third home, last week IMPD tried to pull over a car with three more suspects. However, the driver did not stop and the vehicle crashed into three cars stopped at a red light on West 38th Street.
Police arrested all three men and seized more drugs along with two handguns, one of which was previously reported stolen.
“Every single person in that vehicle, three of them, qualify to be charged as a serious violent felon in possession of a handgun,” said Riddle.
In fact, court records show the driver, Brian Lane, had five outstanding warrants for drug and weapons cases spanning from Marion County to DeKalb County.
“Those are people we are very concerned about committing further crimes,” said Riddle. “East District is targeting violent individuals that have a propensity to commit violent crimes in these communities.”
The investigation was orchestrated by IMPD’s East District Violence Reduction Team. Officials said their goal is to reduce violence by cracking down on illegal guns and targeting specific repeat offenders.
Commander Riddle said he believes that work is saving lives.
“Big picture, if you look across the city our violence numbers are trending in a direction we’re happy about,” said Riddle. “So, that’s exactly what we are focusing our efforts on, is to prevent that violence.”
The three suspects arrested on 38th Street are all being held on bonds that range from $100,000 to $200,000. Pictured below is some of the evidence recovered during the investigation.
IMPD posted the following narrative regarding the case:
“The East District Violence Reduction Team (Day Shift) was conducting surveillance on a residence on the east side of Indianapolis. This was a continuing investigation that started in January of this year. Several suspects in the investigation were career criminals with previous firearm related convictions. One suspect in the investigation was a “Sexually Violent Predator” (I.C. 35-38-1-7.5) as defined by Indiana statute. All suspects met the statutory requirements to be considered “Serious Violent Felons” (I.C. 35-47-4-5) in the state of Indiana.
On April 5, 2022, Officers conducted surveillance in an undercover capacity reference the investigation. They followed the suspects from the eastside to the northwest side of Indianapolis. Sgt. Kavanaugh assisted in his fully marked patrol vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop at the 3400 block of Falcon Drive. The driver did not stop.
A pursuit ensued and it ended at the intersection of W. 38th Street and Moller Road when the driver crashed into two other vehicles. There were no injuries sustained from the vehicle crashes. The driver fled from the scene of the crash on foot.
Sgt. Kavanaugh a veteran of 20 years, using his cat like reflexes and super human speed, gave chase on foot. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sgt. Kavanaugh suddenly had to rely on younger officers to continue the foot chase. Using his common sense and cunning veteran knowledge, Sgt. Kavanaugh stayed with the suspect vehicle anticipating the driver may double back. A few seconds later and to the relief of Sgt. Kavanaugh’s pride, the driver popped out between two houses running back to their vehicle. The suspect knew their plan had been foiled and they gave up to Sgt. Kavanaugh as other officers arrived on scene to assist. The two passengers that remained in the vehicle were taken into custody without further incident.
While at the scene of the crash, Sgt. Kavanaugh observed one of the passengers throw a small bag out of the passenger side window of the vehicle. An IMDP Interdiction Officer’s K9 partner, Panda, did a sniff of the bag and got an immediate indication for narcotics.
We wanted to highlight the great work by East District Violence Reduction Team (Day Shift) over the last several months on this investigation. At the scene of the arrest, we wanted to recognize Northwest District Officers, Officers of the Indiana Crime Gun Task Force, and IMPD Interdiction officers who assisted.
During the investigation, the following was discovered:
- 2 Handguns
- 45 grams of meth
- 30 grams of heroin
- 9 grams of crack
- 10 grams of marijuana
- $747 Cash
All three suspects were arrested for firearm possession by a serious violent felon along with narcotic offenses. The driver faced additional charges for resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident. Along with the additional charges, the driver had five outstanding warrants. One of those warrants was for a possession of a firearm by a serious felon. | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/investigation-into-illegal-guns-and-drugs-leads-to-police-chase-and-crash-on-indys-northwest-side/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:31 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/investigation-into-illegal-guns-and-drugs-leads-to-police-chase-and-crash-on-indys-northwest-side/ |
Beloved comedian and voice actor Gilbert Gottfried has died at age 67 after a “long illness,” Gottfried’s family announced Tuesday on his official Twitter account.
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” Gottfried’s family said.
Gottfried, a Brooklyn, New York native, began performing stand-up comedy in New York City as a teenager and continued the art until his death. He went on to become a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” in 1980, made an appearance on “The Cosby Show” in 1987 and was a favorite on “The Howard Stern Show.”
Many know Gottfried from his voice acting roles. Perhaps none were more notable than his role as the parrot Iago in Disney’s 1992 animated film “Aladdin.” He also provided the voice of the duck in Aflac commercials, Digit in “Cyberchase” and Mister Mxyzptlk in “Superman: The Animated Series,” just to name a few.
Gottfried is survived by his wife, Dara Kravitz, daughter, Lily and son, Max. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/legendary-comedian-voice-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dies-after-long-illness/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:37 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/legendary-comedian-voice-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dies-after-long-illness/ |
(NewsNation) — An unimaginable tragedy is sending chills through a small Georgia community.
On Saturday, someone walked into the Lock Stock and Barrel shooting range in Granville, about 50 miles outside of Atlanta, and gunned down owners 75-year-old Richard Hawk and his wife and their 17-year-old grandson Luke.
The local coroner made the gruesome discovery that the shooting victims were his parents and his son.
Investigators say the three were killed in what appears to be a ruthless robbery. The person responsible got away from the range with an estimated 40 guns, plus the security footage from the shop.
While authorities returned to the range Monday afternoon looking for clues, Blake Harr stopped by to pay his respects.
“These people went out of their way to help others and it’s just senseless for his to happen,” Harr said.
While investigators track down leads, the close-knit community is in mourning.
“Hurt, frustrated, confused. Why this place, why these people?” Harr said. “Those guns weren’t worth the lives that were lost.”
The shooting suspect is still on the run. Authorities say there is a $15,000 reward for information leading to the person responsible for the deadly shooting. The investigation continues. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/manhunt-underway-after-georgia-coroner-finds-family-dead-at-shooting-range/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:43 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/manhunt-underway-after-georgia-coroner-finds-family-dead-at-shooting-range/ |
NEW YORK CITY (NEXSTAR) – Ten people were shot on Tuesday morning during an attack in a subway car in Brooklyn, where officials said they also found “several undetonated devices,” according to police and fire officials in New York City.
Suspect opened fire on N train
At a press conference on Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the suspect — who remains at large — was riding the N train at approximately 8:24 a.m. when he put on a gas mask and detonated a smoke canister. He opened fire as the train filled with smoke, hitting people both in the subway car and on the platform at the 36th Street subway station in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Sunset Park, according to Sewell.
10 people shot, 16 injured
The FDNY first got reports of smoke coming from the subway station at around 8:30 a.m. First responders arrived to find at least five people had been shot, but a representative who spoke with Nexstar’s WPIX said the number of shooting victims was likely higher. At a press conference following the attack, the FDNY confirmed 10 people were shot, and five were in critical but stable condition.
Six others were said to be injured, according FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh, but the extent of their injuries was not specified. Kavanaugh said some of the other victims may have suffered from “panic”-induced injuries or smoke inhalation.
The victims were being treated at local hospitals, including NYU Langone and Methodist, the FDNY told Nexstar. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening.
Suspect wore gas mask, green vest
At Tuesday’s press conference, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell confirmed the victim had worn a gas mask and a green “construction-type vest” over a gray hooded sweatshirt. Sewell declined to say if the suspect was attempting to pass as an MTA or city employee.
The suspect is described as a Black male, approximately 5-feet, 5-inches, with a “heavy build,” Sewell said.
Police are currently asking the public for assistance or tips, “no matter how insignificant,” that may lead to the suspect’s identification and arrest, she said. Anyone with information is being urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
The suspect’s motive remained unclear at the time of the press conference, Sewell said.
No ‘explosive devices’ on NYC subway trains
The FDNY said Tuesday morning that “several undetonated devices” were found at the station, but the NYPD later wrote on Twitter that there none were active.
At the press conference, Sewell stated that there were “no known explosive devices” on the city’s trains. NYC Mayor Eric Adams, in a statement shared to his website, also said authorities had “not found any live explosive devices, but the suspect in today’s attack detonated smoke bombs to cause havoc.”
The incident is not currently being investigated as an act of terrorism, but Sewell said police are not ruling out the possibility.
Startling video emerges on social media
Footage believed to be taken at the 36th Subway Station appeared to show panicked NYC commuters rushing to exit a train on Tuesday morning. In one video, which began circulating on social media shortly after the attack, passengers flee train cars that appeared to be filling with smoke or gas.
One person looked to be hobbling from the train on an injured foot, the video shows. The rider then layed down on the subway platform.
An MTA employee over the loudspeaker could also be heard instructing passengers to quickly board a different train, located across the platform.
NYC’s Department of Emergency Management warned the public to expect delays, disruptions and cancellations due to the investigation, especially on and D, N or R trains in either direction. Commuters are being told to avoid the area, which continues to be an active crime scene.
President Biden briefed on situation
White House officials said Tuesday morning that President Joe Biden was briefed on the situation in Brooklyn. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki also confirmed the White House was in touch with NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the city’s police commissioner “to offer assistance.”
The mayor’s office is asking New Yorkers to avoid the station and the surrounding area during the city’s investigation.
“While we gather more information, we ask New Yorkers to stay away from this area for their safety and so that first responders can help those in need and investigate,” the mayor’s press secretary tweeted.
New Yorkers ‘sick and tired,’ gov says
At Tuesday’s press conference, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would devote the full resources of the state to fight “surging crime.”
“It has to end and it ends now,” she said. “We are sick and tired of reading headlines about crime, whether they’re mass shootings, or the loss of a teenage girl or a 13-year-old. It has to stop,”
The NYPD and FDNY said additional briefings would be held later on Tuesday. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/nyc-subway-shooting-what-we-know-about-the-suspect-victims/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:49 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/nyc-subway-shooting-what-we-know-about-the-suspect-victims/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio man with four children to feed, and who has seen his rent and food bills increase, decided to get a B1DNSUX license plate to share his thoughts with fellow drivers.
Joseph Haig, of Pickaway County, owns a painting business. Like many small business owners, he’s been hurt by increased costs.
“I got the license plate because I didn’t like the gas prices, I didn’t like that my rent had gone up, I didn’t like that the food and formula and diapers for my baby had gone up and was becoming harder to find, and I blamed the current administration,” he said.
Haig applied for the plate eight months ago.
“I did think it was funny,” Haig said. “I also didn’t think it would get approved. It was kind of like a joke to the teller that was doing the paperwork. And she said, ‘Spell it out.’ So I wrote it on a piece of paper, and she laughed, and she gave me a paper copy.
“For three weeks I didn’t think the hard copy was ever going to come — and then,” Haig said with a grin, “it came.”
Most people like the license plate, Haig said, and it’s a good talking point.
“Very few negative feedbacks compared to the positive feedback,” he said. “It makes my day every time somebody gives me a thumbs up. … I’ve even had somebody get out of a car at a Wendy’s and pound on my window and tell me that he loved it.”
Even though Haig is frustrated with the current administration, he said he followed pandemic rules — “I wore my mask inside people’s houses” — and he’s also pitched in when somebody gets hurt: He pulled a victim of a tubing accident from Alum Creek into his fishing boat in 2020. Haig said the victim died as Haig tried to keep him alive.
Haig is not the only person to have a plate that sounds off about the administration. A BIDN SUX plate was seen in a nearby neighborhood in March.
Although Ohioans have been able to show their frustration with President Joe Biden on license plates, they haven’t been able to disparage Michigan in a similar way. Two references were denied in 2020 related to the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry: “MCHSUX” and “UM SCKS.”
In 2021, the BMV denied 827 vanity plates, including at least 48 plates referencing Biden or making a similar comment, according to an analysis of an internal list received via public records request. | https://fox59.com/news/whats-trending/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ | 2022-04-12T20:25:55 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/whats-trending/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ |
(NEXSTAR) — Netflix unveiled its latest feature on Monday: the Double Thumbs Up, which the streaming giant says allows users tell its algorithm they love (not like) certain shows and movies.
But how does a Double Thumbs Up change your recommendations versus a Thumbs Up?
Netflix’s Director of Product Innovation Christine Doig-Cardet writes: “Consider Double Thumbs Up as a way to fine-tune your recommendations to see even more series or films influenced by what you love. A Thumbs Up still lets us know what you liked, so we use this response to make similar recommendations. But a Double Thumbs Up tells us what you loved and helps us get even more specific with your recommendations.”
Doig-Cardet explains Thumbs Up will push content that’s similar in genre or mood to the top of your recommendations, while Double Thumbs Up would prioritize content starring a show’s specific actors and creators.
Netflix’s top film last week was the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi action movie “The Adam Project.” With Netflix’s Double Thumbs Up, if you double-liked this movie you might see more Reynolds action movies (the 2019 Michael Bay thriller “6 Underground” and 2011’s critically panned “Green Lantern” adaptation) or more show episodes/movies involving “The Adam Project” director Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things” and “Shadow and Bone”). | https://fox59.com/news/whats-trending/what-does-netflixs-new-double-thumbs-up-do/ | 2022-04-12T20:26:01 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/whats-trending/what-does-netflixs-new-double-thumbs-up-do/ |
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Deputies in Orange County arrested a man whom they said tried to take a child into his SUV Monday.
Deputies said Vinh Nguyen, 37, grabbed the child as he tried to lure them into his vehicle at 8 a.m.
NBC affiliate WESH reported that surveillance video showed Nguyen grab the child when the minor tried to cut through the drive-thru lane of the Fritanga La Nueva restaurant.
The child managed to escape and reported the attempted kidnapping when they got to school, according to deputies.
After posting video of Nguyen and his RAV4, the sheriff’s office identified him as the suspect when a citizen tipped deputies off.
Deputies are looking to see if there are any other victims. If you have information, call Crimeline at 800-423-8477. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida-man-accused-of-grabbing-luring-child-into-suv/ | 2022-04-12T20:27:44 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida-man-accused-of-grabbing-luring-child-into-suv/ |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Women will have to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion under a ruling by a Florida judge in a nearly seven-year battle over the waiting period.
Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey in Tallahassee tossed out a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Gainesville women’s clinic, saying other medical procedures have a similar waiting period and other important decisions like getting married, getting divorced and buying a gun have longer waiting periods.
She said 24 hours is the minimum amount of time to let a woman think over the decision after consulting with a doctor.
Former governor and current U.S. Sen. Rick Scott signed the bill into law in 2015 and it was immediately challenged. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/judge-tosses-challenge-to-floridas-abortion-waiting-period/ | 2022-04-12T20:27:50 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/judge-tosses-challenge-to-floridas-abortion-waiting-period/ |
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A man and a teen were arrested Monday after deputies said they tried to steal a dirt bike during the sale meetup.
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said Antonio Greene and a teen met the seller of a 2003 Suzuki dirt bike on social media and arranged to meet him at his home.
At the meetup Greene asked to test drive the bike, according to deputies, which the seller let him do. Green then drove off “like a mad man,” according to the press release.
Deputies said with the bike out of view, the victim all of sudden could not hear the bike anymore, making them think the bike was shut off. The victim and his family then got in their car in search of Greene and the bike.
The victim was able to find Greene and the teen on Centralia Road, according to deputies, where they saw the pair loading the bike into a parked U-Haul truck. The victim tried to speak with the them, but they quickly took off and at times drove into oncoming traffic to get away. The victim followed the truck for a time, but eventually lost sight of it.
The sheriff’s office said as they were on their way to where the truck was last seen when they got a call from someone to report a suspicious U-Haul truck parked behind a church on Kearsarge Lane. Deputies immediately headed in that direction.
Once they arrived at the church, deputies said they immediately arrested Greene and the teen. The two identified themselves, and Greene told deputies there was a gun in the truck.
Deputies said they found a black semi-automatic handgun in the cup holder and the stolen bike in the back of the truck. Deputies said the victim identified as the two as the people who took the bike.
When deputies interviewed Greene, they said he told them he took the bike for a test drive, but it broke down right next to the rented truck. They said Greene admitted to putting the bike in the truck, but told deputies he planned on returning the bike to the victim.
Greene told deputies they got “freaked out” when they saw the victims drive up to the U-Haul, because he thought the victim was going to “rob him,” so they drove off, but pulled over behind the church when they lost sight of the victim.
The bike was returned to the victim.
Greene faces grand theft auto and possession of firearm in the commission of a felony charges. The teen was charged with grand theft auto and taken to the juvenile detention center. | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/hernando-county/hernando-county-man-and-teen-steal-dirt-bike-during-sale-deputies-say/ | 2022-04-12T20:27:56 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/hernando-county/hernando-county-man-and-teen-steal-dirt-bike-during-sale-deputies-say/ |
HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Hernando County deputies allege an intoxicated 72-year-old man left a Red Lobster Monday, leading to a chase and crash outside a Walmart.
According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Jack Faria attempted to leave the Red Lobster, located at 2328 Commercial Way in Spring Hill, without paying his bill.
When employees confronted Faria he got into his car and drove away, deputies said. When deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop, Faria continued to drive on Commercial Way.
The sheriff’s office said in a news release Faria proceeded right on to Tarpon Boulevard before making a left onto Osowaw Boulevard before striking an illuminated concrete sign as he attempted to turn into the frontage road leading to Walmart.
Faria proceeded to drive to the parking lot of Denny’s on Wendy Court where the deputy was able to corner him in the parking lot where he collided with the deputy’s vehicle.
The deputy took Faria into custody without further incident.
Faria was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center on charges of defrauding an innkeeper, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving under the influence.
It was also determined after his arrest that Faria is a registered sexual offender. He is being held in lieu of $4,000 with conditions of GPS monitoring upon release.
Additionally, the U.S. Marshal Service has placed a hold on Faria for an active warrant out of North Carolina. | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/hernando-county/registered-sex-offender-leaves-red-lobster-without-paying-crashes-into-sign-hernando-deputies/ | 2022-04-12T20:28:02 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/hernando-county/registered-sex-offender-leaves-red-lobster-without-paying-crashes-into-sign-hernando-deputies/ |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio man with four children to feed, and who has seen his rent and food bills increase, decided to get a B1DNSUX license plate to share his thoughts with fellow drivers.
Joseph Haig, of Pickaway County, owns a painting business. Like many small business owners, he’s been hurt by increased costs.
“I got the license plate because I didn’t like the gas prices, I didn’t like that my rent had gone up, I didn’t like that the food and formula and diapers for my baby had gone up and was becoming harder to find, and I blamed the current administration,” he said.
Haig applied for the plate eight months ago.
“I did think it was funny,” Haig said. “I also didn’t think it would get approved. It was kind of like a joke to the teller that was doing the paperwork. And she said, ‘Spell it out.’ So I wrote it on a piece of paper, and she laughed, and she gave me a paper copy.
“For three weeks I didn’t think the hard copy was ever going to come — and then,” Haig said with a grin, “it came.”
Most people like the license plate, Haig said, and it’s a good talking point.
“Very few negative feedbacks compared to the positive feedback,” he said. “It makes my day every time somebody gives me a thumbs up. … I’ve even had somebody get out of a car at a Wendy’s and pound on my window and tell me that he loved it.”
Even though Haig is frustrated with the current administration, he said he followed pandemic rules — “I wore my mask inside people’s houses” — and he’s also pitched in when somebody gets hurt: He pulled a victim of a tubing accident from Alum Creek into his fishing boat in 2020. Haig said the victim died as Haig tried to keep him alive.
Haig is not the only person to have a plate that sounds off about the administration. A BIDN SUX plate was seen in a nearby neighborhood in March.
Although Ohioans have been able to show their frustration with President Joe Biden on license plates, they haven’t been able to disparage Michigan in a similar way. Two references were denied in 2020 related to the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry: “MCHSUX” and “UM SCKS.”
In 2021, the BMV denied 827 vanity plates, including at least 48 plates referencing Biden or making a similar comment, according to an analysis of an internal list received via public records request. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ | 2022-04-12T20:28:08 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ |
CHICAGO (WGN) – Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has released a new song in which he again claims to be innocent of lying to Chicago police about a racist and homophobic attack in 2019.
Smollett, who was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct last December, had been sentenced to serve 150 days in jail following his conviction in March. He was released after six nights pending an appeal of his conviction.
On Friday, the embattled actor once again declared his innocence in a snippet of a song called “Thank You God,” which he shared to his 4.4 million followers on Instagram. In the minute-and-a-half-long clip, he claims that the authorities are “hell bent on not solving the crime” and downplaying the “elements of race and trans and homophobia that’s straight taking lives.”
In the song, Smollett says: “Some people searching for fame, some people chasing that clout, just remember this, this ain’t that situation, you think I’m stupid enough to kill my reputation?”
The singer/songwriter adds: “Y’all better look at someone else, you got the wrong one.”
In his Instagram post, Smollett also claimed that all proceeds from the song will be donated to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Illinois Innocence Project, and STB (Secure the Bag) Safety.
After a jury found Smollett guilty, Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced the actor to 150 days in jail with 30 months probation. Linn also ordered Smollett to pay the city just over $120,000 in restitution and pay an additional $25,000 fine.
Smollett has remained silent since walking out of Cook County Jail on March 16. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jussie-smollett-claims-innocence-in-new-song-thank-you-god-after-jail-release/ | 2022-04-12T20:28:14 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/jussie-smollett-claims-innocence-in-new-song-thank-you-god-after-jail-release/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida’s first Black supreme court justice, Joseph W. Hatchett, of Clearwater, died on April 30, 2021. An effort to honor his legacy by renaming the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee after him failed in the U.S. House of Representatives, on largely partisan lines.
Had it passed, the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building located at 111 North Adams Street in the state capital would have been named after Hatchett.
Most of Florida’s Republican Congressional delegation members did not vote to support the effort. Six of Florida’s GOP members voted in favor of the measure, sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.). Those members were Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL25), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL26), Bill Posey (R-FL8), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL27), Michael Waltz (R-FL6), and Daniel Webster (R-FL11).
One Democratic member of the U.S. House also voted against the bill, John Garamendi (D-CA3).
Hatchett was born in Clearwater and attended Pinellas High School, still segregated at the time.
He was a Florida A&M University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in 1954, then served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant from 1954 to 1956, before attending and then graduating from Howard University School of Law in 1959. Following graduation, he practiced law privately in Daytona Beach until 1966, while also working with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Hatchett served in multiple federal and state courts throughout his career and in a number of positions during his career. From 1966 to 1971, Hatchet was the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. After, he served as the U.S. magistrate for the district. In 1976, Hatchett was elected to the Florida Supreme Court, following a 1975 appointment by Gov. Reubin Askew.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter named Hatchett to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was the first Black judge to serve on a federal appeals court in the South. To serve on the federal court, Hatchett resigned from the Florida Supreme Court.
Hatchett served in the Fifth Circuit until 1981, when federal judiciary archives say he was reassigned to a new seat created by the Appellate Court Reorganization Act of 1980. He served as chief judge there from 1996 to 1999, before retiring in May of that year and returning to private practice in Tallahassee.
Hatchett died in 2021, at the age of 88. Six months later, Rubio and Scott introduced Senate Bill 2938 in the U.S. Senate, which would have renamed the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building on North Adams as the “Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building.” It passed the Senate on Dec. 9, 2021.
Having failed to pass in the U.S. House by not gaining two-thirds of the House’s support, the courthouse will not be named in Hatchett’s honor. | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/vote-to-name-florida-courthouse-after-1st-black-state-supreme-court-justice-fails/ | 2022-04-12T20:28:20 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/vote-to-name-florida-courthouse-after-1st-black-state-supreme-court-justice-fails/ |
(WRIC) — Gilbert Gottfried’s family announced that the popular American comedian passed away after a long battle with illness.
The announcement came in the form of a post from Gottfried’s Twitter account Tuesday afternoon.
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” the post reads. “In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor. Love, the Gottfried family.”
Gottfried is best known for his iconic voice acting as Iago in Disney’s Aladdin, and Kraang in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/comedian-gilbert-gottfried-dead-at-67/ | 2022-04-12T20:35:02 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/comedian-gilbert-gottfried-dead-at-67/ |
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Chesterfield County Police Department is now accepting applications for the Summer Citizens Police Academy.
This session of the Citizens Police Academy is one of five to take place this year. It runs from May 12 to June 23.
Applications, which can be found here, are due by May 6.
During the program, participants will:
- Learn about specialized police units, including forensics, K-9 and SWAT
- Conduct traffic stop scenarios with the Traffic Safety Section
- Ride with a police officer on patrol (if desired)
- Participate in scenarios (if desired)
- Learn about officer accountability from the Office of Professional Standards and County Attorney
In order to take part in the academy, applicants must be adults who reside, own a business or belong to a civic organization in Chesterfield County.
Applicants will be screened for activities that may disqualify them from participating.
For more information, you can contact Corporal Matt Rogers by phone at 804-318-8549 or via email at RogersMW@chesterfield.gov. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-county-opens-applications-for-citizens-police-academy/ | 2022-04-12T20:35:08 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/chesterfield-county/chesterfield-county-opens-applications-for-citizens-police-academy/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 26 of the nearly 850 bills that the Virginia General Assembly sent to his desk this year. All of the nixed bills were introduced by Democrats.
Youngkin, the first Republican to win statewide since 2009, signed 700 pieces of legislation into law and amended over 100 bills. He vetoed 26 of the 841 bills approved this legislative session, including nine from state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria).
“I’m stunned at the governor’s unexplainable decision to veto meaningful, non-controversial, legislation. It is the polar opposite of what he campaigned on,” Sen. Ebbin wrote in a tweet Tuesday. “These vetoes, from protecting living organ donors to enhancing consumer’s data privacy to reforming the VEC are not in the best interest of Virginians.”
It’s not uncommon for governors to veto more bills from lawmakers of the opposite party. From 2019 to 2021, 33 of the 38 bills vetoed by former Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam were sponsored by Republicans.
Youngkin’s first veto as governor came before the legislature adjourned its 60-day regular session on March 12. The bill from Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), vetoed on March 1, would have allowed the Arlington County Board of Supervisors to appoint an independent policing auditor to support a civilian oversight board.
The next 25 were announced by Youngkin’s office hours before an 11:59 p.m. deadline Monday for the governor to take action on the bills that passed the General Assembly this year. Youngkin’s explanations for vetoing some of the measures have been made available while others have not yet been put online.
The House of Delegates and state Senate would both need two-thirds of its members present to vote to override Youngkin’s veto to pass the bills into law. Here are some of the bills that Youngkin vetoed and his reasons for doing so:
HB 1298
House Bill 1298, introduced by Del. Marcia “Cia” Price (D-Newport News), would prohibit high school student-athletes from signing endorsement deals. Lawmakers agreed to pass a proposal to create protections for college athletes seeking to sign name, image and likeness agreements, and some are already cashing in.
But Price’s bill would have prevented high school student-athletes from signing those types of deals. It passed both chambers of the General Assembly without a single vote in opposition, but Youngkin vetoed the measure on April 11.
Here’s Youngkin’s explanation for vetoing the bill:
“While I strongly believe in the value of amateur sports, we must recognize the rapidly changing landscape of amateur athletics and online economies.
“The claim that this bill is necessary to protect minors from predatory contracts ignores that minors in Virginia are generally prohibited from entering into contracts without parental consent. Virginia High School League policy also restricts paid endorsement deals.
“Further, this bill is a premature prohibition that fails to recognize the continually evolving marketplace for content creation and monetization and could have the unintended consequence of limiting young people from engaging in economic activity via social media unrelated to their athletic performance.”
HB 802
House Bill 802, another measure from Del. Price, would give localities authority to take action against negligent landlords for dangerous living conditions. The enforcement action could include seeking an injunction, damages or both.
The bill, which passed with bipartisan support, lists the conditions that must be met for a locality to get involved:
- if the property where the violations occurred is within the jurisdictional boundaries of the locality
- if the locality has notified the landlord who owns the property directly or through the managing agent of the nature of the violations and the landlord has not remedied the violations within a reasonable time after receiving such notice to the satisfaction of the locality
Youngkin wrote in his veto that the legislation has “unnecessary and duplicative provisions” that are already established under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC).
Here’s Youngkin’s explanation for vetoing the bill:
“It is also important to note that the existing USBC powers provide enforcement authority to localities to enforce the USBC against both the landlord and the tenant, whereas House Bill 802 proposes only to provide localities powers to enforce the VRLTA against the landlord. Under the USBC and the VRLTA, landlords and tenants both have responsibilities to maintain safe, decent, and sanitary housing.”
“It is neither clear why this language is necessary to enforce already existing provisions of state law, nor what the additional language contained in the legislation seeks to accomplish beyond what is already authorized in the USBC.”
“Landlords should be held accountable for unsafe and hazardous living conditions in which their tenants live. The existing regulations from the USBC, specifically Section 105.6 and the implementing regulations in 13VAC5-63-485, address the policy objective of the underlying legislation.”
HB 1197
House Bill 1197 from Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) would have convened a stakeholder workgroup to study “the feasibility and benefits” of the transferring responsibility over the Department of Juvenile Justice from the state’s Secretary of Public Safety Robert Mosier to the Secretary of Health and Human Services John Littel.
The measure received bipartisan support in the House, where it passed 64-35, and in the Senate, where it was approved on a 32-7 vote. Valerie Slater, executive director of RISE for Youth, called Youngkin’s veto “incredibly disappointed” and said it would have provided a first step to bringing a public health approach to youth justice.
“Research shows prisons don’t work for children. In order to truly break the cycles of community harm and resulting incarceration to make our communities safer, we need to address the root causes of young people’s trauma and behaviors by providing a continuum of care that includes community resources that help build healthy communities where youth and families are able to thrive,” Slater said in a statement.
In explaining in his decision, Youngkin said the Department of Juvenile Justice is fundamentally “a corrections agency” and that his administration believes a study would be “unnecessary.” The General Assembly, Youngkin wrote, should pass legislation to move the agency if that is the aim.
SB 297
Youngkin vetoed a bill from state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath) that would ban health care providers from beginning debt collection activities before a person receives money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.
The aim of Senate Bill 297 is to give victims of a crime who submit a claim to the Fund a way to avoid being harassed by debt collectors for unpaid medical bills before they receive their money or while the case is pending. The legislation received widespread bipartisan support in the General Assembly.
In a statement, Sen. Deeds said it was the first time one of his bills has been vetoed since 1999 and that he never received notice from Youngkin or his office.
“I am sorry that the Governor did not see the wisdom of this bill, and I am disappointed that he could not find the common courtesy to let me know he was going to veto the bill. I should have known not to expect more,” Deeds wrote in his statement.
An explanation for the veto has not been posted online.
SB 706
A bill inspired by the shutdown of Interstate-95 that left thousands of people stranded overnight in a snowstorm was also vetoed by the governor. State Sen. David Marsden (D-Fairfax) introduced the bill to keep tractor-trailers from moving out of the right-hand lane during severe weather.
The legislation was then changed to just prohibit the tractor-trailers from using cruise control or compression release engine brakes during similar storms, although the bill restricted authorities from pulling over trucks to ensure they are in compliance.
Youngkin’s explanation for vetoing the bill has not been made available online.
Stay with 8News for updates. | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/youngkin-only-vetoes-democratic-led-bills/ | 2022-04-12T20:35:14 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/capitol-connection/youngkin-only-vetoes-democratic-led-bills/ |
(WGHP) — Gilbert Gottfried has died at 67 after a long illness, according to a statement released by his family.
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” the family said. “In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor.”
Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
Gottfried is most well known for his role in Disney’s “Aladdin” as the parrot Iago and as Digit LeBoid in the PBS kid’s show “Cyberchase.”
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s. He was particularly fond of doing obscure and dated impressions for as long as he could milk them, including Groucho Marx, Bela Lugosi and Andrew “Dice” Clay.
Gottfried was especially beloved by his fellow comedians and performers.
“I am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried,” actor Marlee Matlin said on Twitter. “Funny, politically incorrect but a softie on the inside. We met many times; he even pranked me on a plane, replacing my interpreter.”
“Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander tweeted that “Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift.”
Gottfried is survived by his wife Dara, sister Karen, 14-year-old daughter Lily and 12-year-old son Max.
His final film, “Hassle at the Castle,” is currently in pre-production.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/comedian-gilbert-gottfried-dies-after-long-illness/ | 2022-04-12T20:39:17 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/entertainment-news/comedian-gilbert-gottfried-dies-after-long-illness/ |
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) — Krispy Kreme announced Monday that it will deflate the price of an Original Glazed dozen donuts to the average price of a gallon of regular gas.
“We know everyone could use a little doughnut deflation to sweeten the recent pain at the pump,” the company said on its website. “So for the next four Wednesdays, we are helping you fill your tank with Original Glazed ® Dozens by pricing them at the cost of the national average of 1 gallon of regular gas.”
Krispy Kreme is running the promotion every Wednesday from April 13 through May 5.
The price for April 13 is $4.11, but that will change week to week based on the national average price of a gallon of regular gas in the U.S.
Krispy Kreme will announce the new price for the dozen donuts every Monday on its Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as on its website.
The company said guests are limited to two Original Glazed dozens at participating shops. Purchases can be made in-store, via drive-thru or online. | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/krispy-kreme-matches-cost-of-dozen-doughnuts-to-us-average-gas-price/ | 2022-04-12T20:39:23 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/krispy-kreme-matches-cost-of-dozen-doughnuts-to-us-average-gas-price/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo woman accused of pepper spraying a medical office employee after refusing to comply with the office’s face mask requirement has been sentenced to three years of probation.
Deshawna Taylor, 28, was sentenced Tuesday morning before a State Supreme Court justice. According to the DA’s office, on Aug. 31, 2021, she entered a medical office on Main Street, near Humboldt Parkway. After being asked by an employee to comply with the office’s face mask requirement, Taylor left the building, returning a few minutes later with a can of pepper spray. She reached under the glass partition with the can and, with intent to cause injury, pepper sprayed the employee, who later received medical treatment.
Taylor pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor, on Feb. 4, 2022. A final no-contact order of protection issued on behalf of the victim, which remains in effect for three years.
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(NEXSTAR) — Netflix unveiled its latest feature on Monday: the Double Thumbs Up, which the streaming giant says allows users to tell its algorithm they love (not like) certain shows and movies.
But how does a Double Thumbs Up change your recommendations versus a Thumbs Up?
Netflix’s Director of Product Innovation Christine Doig-Cardet writes: “Consider Double Thumbs Up as a way to fine-tune your recommendations to see even more series or films influenced by what you love. A Thumbs Up still lets us know what you liked, so we use this response to make similar recommendations. But a Double Thumbs Up tells us what you loved and helps us get even more specific with your recommendations.”
Doig-Cardet explains Thumbs Up will push content that’s similar in genre or mood to the top of your recommendations, while Double Thumbs Up would prioritize content starring a show’s specific actors and creators.
Netflix’s top film last week was the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi action movie “The Adam Project.” With Netflix’s Double Thumbs Up, if you double-liked this movie you might see more Reynolds action movies (the 2019 Michael Bay thriller “6 Underground” and 2011’s critically panned “Green Lantern” adaptation) or more show episodes/movies involving “The Adam Project” director Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things” and “Shadow and Bone”). | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/what-does-netflixs-new-double-thumbs-up-do/ | 2022-04-12T20:39:29 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/entertainment-news/what-does-netflixs-new-double-thumbs-up-do/ |
(NewsNation) — An unimaginable tragedy is sending chills through a small Georgia community.
On Saturday, someone walked into the Lock Stock and Barrel shooting range in Granville, about 50 miles outside of Atlanta, and gunned down owners 75-year-old Richard Hawk and his wife and their 17-year-old grandson Luke.
The local coroner made the gruesome discovery that the shooting victims were his parents and his son.
Investigators say the three were killed in what appears to be a ruthless robbery. The person responsible got away from the range with an estimated 40 guns, plus the security footage from the shop.
While authorities returned to the range Monday afternoon looking for clues, Blake Harr stopped by to pay his respects.
“These people went out of their way to help others and it’s just senseless for his to happen,” Harr said.
While investigators track down leads, the close-knit community is in mourning.
“Hurt, frustrated, confused. Why this place, why these people?” Harr said. “Those guns weren’t worth the lives that were lost.”
The shooting suspect is still on the run. Authorities say there is a $15,000 reward for information leading to the person responsible for the deadly shooting. The investigation continues. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/manhunt-underway-after-georgia-coroner-finds-family-dead/ | 2022-04-12T20:39:35 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/manhunt-underway-after-georgia-coroner-finds-family-dead/ |
SALEM, Ore. — A man was shot and killed by a Salem police officer on Monday night, the Salem Police Department (SPD) reported.
According to police, two SPD officers were processing a stolen vehicle in a small business complex near the intersection of Center Street Northeast and 17th Street at around 8:30 p.m. Monday. A man inside the vehicle started a "physical confrontation" with both officers. In a news release, SPD referred to it as a "violent fight" during which one of the officers shot the man.
The officers provided first aid to the man, police said, until paramedics arrived and he was taken to the hospital, where he died.
The name of the man who was shot and killed has not been released. SPD said it will release his name after his family is informed of his death. Police also said the names of the involved officers won't be released at this time and didn't say when their names would be reported.
Oregon State Police has been assigned as the lead agency in the investigation into the shooting. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/salem-police-officer-fatally-shoots-man/283-3756a886-ec8d-4539-96d5-39fba371a157 | 2022-04-12T20:48:19 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/salem-police-officer-fatally-shoots-man/283-3756a886-ec8d-4539-96d5-39fba371a157 |
WASHINGTON — Legendary comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, known for his shrill-voice and crude humor, has died, his family announced on Tuesday afternoon. He was 67.
On Gottfried's Twitter account, the comedian's family uploaded a message saying that Gottfried had been suffering from a "long illness." Glenn Schwartz, Gottfried's publicist and longtime friend, confirmed in a statement that the comedian had died from myotonic dystrophy type II, a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat.
"In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children," the statement read. "Although today is a sad day for us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor."
Besides his raunchy comedic style using an exaggerated, grated voice, Gottfried was also known for his numerous voice acting roles, including the sassy-mouthed parrot "Iago" in "Aladdin," and the iconic Aflac Duck for Aflac Insurance.
Back in January, Gottfried shared a photo featuring himself and two other comedy legends who had recently passed away, Bob Saget and Louie Anderson.
"This photo is very sad now. RIP Bob Saget and RIP Louie Anderson. Both good friends that will be missed.," Gottfried wrote at the time.
Comedian and "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander paid tribute to Gottfried in a tweet: "Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift. I did not know him well but I loved what he shared with me. My best wishes and sympathy to his family."
New York Times writer Dave Itzkoff also paid tribute on Twitter, writing that despite his vulgar public persona, Gottfried was an "an unexpectedly gentle guy."
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67/507-ecb87ac4-0b99-40d8-8097-8860989ac29a | 2022-04-12T20:48:25 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67/507-ecb87ac4-0b99-40d8-8097-8860989ac29a |
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The 2022 NBA postseason is here. But, for the second-straight year, only the top six seeds for each conference are set as the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds in each conference are up for grabs.
This will come in the form of a play-in tournament, adopted by the NBA last season for the first time.
Eight teams total, four from each conference, can play their way into the playoffs.
- Western Conference: Minnesota Timberwolves (7), Los Angeles Clippers (8), New Orleans Pelicans (9), San Antonio Spurs (10)
- Eastern Conference: Brooklyn Nets (7), Cleveland Cavaliers (8), Atlanta Hawks (9), Charlotte Hornets (10)
How the NBA play-in tournament works
On Tuesday, the NBA's play-in tournament begins as the Cleveland Cavaliers play the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers play the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The winner of Cavs-Nets becomes the 7-seed in the playoffs and will face the the Boston Celtics in a playoff series.
The loser of Cavs-Nets will play the winner of Hawks-Hornets, who play on Wednesday. The winner of that third game becomes the No. 8 seed in the East and will face the Miami Heat in the playoffs.
On the Western Conference side, the winner of Clippers-Wolves becomes the No. 7 seed in the West and will face the 2-seed Memphis Grizzlies. The loser of Clippers-Wolves will play the winner of the Pelicans-Spurs game slated for Wednesday. Then the winner of that third game moves on to take on the 1-seed Phoenix Suns in a playoff series.
NBA play-in tournament schedule
Tuesday, April 12
- East: No. 8 Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 7 Brooklyn Nets, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
- West: No. 8 Los Angeles Clippers at No. 7 Minnesota Timberwolves, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Wednesday, April 13
- East: No. 10 Charlotte Hornets at No. 9 Atlanta Hawks, 7 ET p.m. (ESPN)
- West: No. 10 San Antonio Spurs at No. 9 New Orleans Pelicans, 9:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Friday, April 15
- East: Winner of Charlotte/Atlanta vs. loser of Cleveland/Brooklyn, TBD (ESPN)
- West: Winner of San Antonio/New Orleans vs. loser of Los Angeles/Minnesota, TBD (TNT)
NBA teams in the playoffs
Western Conference
- No. 1 Phoenix Suns vs. No. 8 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 2 Memphis Grizzlies vs. No. 7 TBD (series begins Sat. April 16)
- No. 3 Golden State Warriors vs. No. 6 Denver Nuggets (series begins Sat. April 16)
- No. 4 Dallas Mavericks vs. No. 5 Utah Jazz (series begins Sat. April 16)
Eastern Conference
- No. 1 Miami Heat vs. No. 8 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 2 Boston Celtics vs. No. 7 TBD (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. No. 6 Chicago Bulls (series begins Sun. April 17)
- No. 4 Philadelphia 76ers vs. No. 5 Toronto Raptors (series begins Sat. April 16)
Previewing Tuesday's NBA play-in tournament games
On the Locked On NBA podcast, hosts Matt Moore and David Ramil previewed Tuesday night's lineup of games in the NBA play-in tournament between the Cavs and Nets and Clippers and Wolves.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Brooklyn Nets
The Nets are favored by eight points in Tuesday night's game against the Cavaliers. The Nets are at home, and have star power in Durant and Kyrie Irving. While the Cavaliers surpassed expectations this season, they have dealt with significant injuries for much of 2022 and will likely be without key center Jarrett Allen on Tuesday.
David Ramil: “My feeling is that the Cavs surpassed expectations for this season and then there’s been this constant punch to the gut with injuries this season, it’s just very tough for this roster to keep it together. They’ve had superb play from Garland and Kevin Love. While they’d like to continue to build on that success they’ve already surpassed, it’s hard to do when you’ve got a team like Brooklyn, who is absolute desperate for something to hang their hat on.”
Matt Moore: “Darius Garland is going to have to have a great game for Cleveland to have any shot in this game. He’s gotten points and he was great on Friday night against Brooklyn. But it didn’t matter. The Cavs just don’t have enough weapons. I don’t think the Nets are even that great of a team. If the Cavs had Jarrett Allen I think it changes things…but without Allen, there’s just enough breakdowns on the perimeter. You throw in the fact that Durant can go for 40 easily. We’re probably getting Nets-Celtics, which will be a fascinating series.”
Los Angeles Clippers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
After a 46-38 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to make the playoffs for the first time since 2018 and for just the second time since 2005. But, they won't have an easy task getting the No. 7 seed as they face the experienced Los Angeles Clippers.
Matt Moore: “My big question for this is the Wolves defensive scheme tries to apply pressure on the ball handler. They want to skirmish and they want to force turnovers. The Clippers are 10th best in limiting turnovers. On paper this is a pretty poor matchup for the Wolves, and that shows in the fact that the Clippers handedly won the season series.”
David Ramil: “I just feel like you’re looking at this Clippers roster and i like their chance. I think Reggie Jackson is going to have a big game and he’s going to be able to swing this game in the Clippers favor…A monster game from Karl-Anthony Towns is the only thing that can save Minnesota’s chances. L.A. is too experienced and too well coached.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nba/nba-play-in-tournament-preview-nba-playoff-scenarios-brooklyn-nets-phoenix-suns-milwaukee-bucks-cleveland-cavaliers-los-angeles-clippers/535-e0a8685d-e43d-421c-91a1-96b2ba21982d | 2022-04-12T20:48:31 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nba/nba-play-in-tournament-preview-nba-playoff-scenarios-brooklyn-nets-phoenix-suns-milwaukee-bucks-cleveland-cavaliers-los-angeles-clippers/535-e0a8685d-e43d-421c-91a1-96b2ba21982d |
MIAMI — As if this NFL offseason hasn’t already been absolutely wild in almost every way between big trades involving Russell Wilson, Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, Khalil Mack, Carson Wentz, Amari Cooper (and more), the Brian Flores lawsuit against the Dolphins, Aaron Rodgers returning to Green Bay, Tom Brady retiring and unretiring, Bruce Arians and Sean Payton stepping down…OK, you get it…But there may have been even more craziness.
ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio has been reporting rumors, which he says come from sources inside the Dolphins organization, that Miami and Tom Brady may have been planning something huge.
Florio reported from multiple sources that the Dolphins were pursuing then-Saints head coach Sean Payton in some sort of trade. Interest that was ultimately declined by the Saints after Payton’s resignation in late-January. The Dolphins would have had to give the Saints some kind of compensation and then strike a deal with Payton to hire him.
Florio reported last week that after Brady retired on Feb. 1, the plan was that Brady would eventually be named a minority owner of the Dolphins.
“Then came the Brian Flores lawsuit. Filed (coincidentally or not) the same day Brady retired, the litigation resulted in the plug being pulled on the Payton/Brady plan,” Florio reported.
Florio said after Brady became a minority owner, Miami would have acquired the contractual rights from the Saints to employ Sean Payton, and then the Dolphins would have at some point gotten the rights from the Bucs to bring Brady onto the roster.
On Tuesday’s Locked On NFL podcast, Locked On Bucs host David Harrison and Locked On Vikings host Luke Braun discussed the wild rumor.
“Tom Brady’s retirement on Feb. 1, the day that Brian Flores’ lawsuit also dropped, was supposed to be, according to Florio, the first domino in this string of events that was going to happen and then Flores’ lawsuit basically kept all that from happening because they’re embroiled in all this controversy,” Harrison said on Locked On NFL.
Flores’ lawsuit filed the same day as Brady’s retirement named the Dolphins and other teams alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices after he was fired from Miami after his third season, in which they won eight of their last nine games and narrowly missed the playoffs.
The lawsuit also alleged owner Stephen Ross tried to bribe Flores to lose games in order to acquire a better draft position and also alleged that Ross tried to get Flores to break NFL tampering rules to bring in a high-profile quarterback in 2020, which had later been reported to be Tom Brady, according to Florio.
Florio asserts the Flores lawsuit is what prevented Brady from pursuing a minority stake in Miami after his retirement, at least for now.
“A lot people are passing this off as conspiracy, as conjecture…But with everything blowing up with Miami, Tom Brady decides he wants to play anyway and says he’s going to come back and play with the Bucs,” Harrison said.
If that sequence of events was to happen, where the Dolphins would get Payton, Tom Brady retires, Tom Brady becomes a minority owner in the Dolphins and then essentially trades from himself from the Bucs, how would that all even work?
“There’s so much to process about it, how would you work out in a modern day and age, how a player ownership would work?” Braun said. “I guess it would be Tom Brady that would do it. How would that trade have worked out? Would Tampa have played along with that, would they have had a choice? It really would’ve tested just how much command Tom Brady has over professional football. If anybody has the ability to push the envelope of how much power a player could have, it would be Tom Brady.”
Of course it would’ve cost a lot of draft capital for Miami to not only acquire Tom Brady, despite his age, but also the rights to former Saints head coach Sean Payton.
Florio did say he had anonymous sources inside the Dolphins organization confirming to him that this was going to happen. But even so, Harrison said it’s doubtful we’ll ever know the full truth.
“We know how these things work, without a smoking gun like the owner or general manager coming out and saying this was going to happen, we don’t really know and that would have all been tampering so it’s never going to happen,” Harrison said.
“What’s wild about it, is all of that, if true, would have been breaking the rules,” Braun said. “With everything that’s going on in that organization with the tanking and the lawsuit and all these people named and what happens with owner Stephen Ross, it’s a weird time to be a Dolphins fan. Especially because they went out and did a Tyreek Hill trade and they’re building up this team this offseason.”
Florio said rumors about Brady wanting to join Miami as a minority owner have been swirling for years, centered around Brady’s closeness with limited partner Bruce Beal, who is slated to eventually take the ownership reigns from Ross.
Florio reports that with Brady under contract for one more season in Tampa Bay and his deal containing a no-tag clause, Brady will be a free agent in 2023 and he will be able to sign with any team he chooses. That could be the time that he makes a move to Miami if the Flores lawsuit is worked out by then.
“I don’t think it would have nearly offered the same chance Brady has with the Bucs to ride off into the sunset as a Super Bowl champion,” Harrison said. “But, if it’s all true, and the Flores lawsuit gets worked out and Brady ends up buying a minority stake in the Dolphins in 2023, then maybe it confirms it.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nfl/nfl-offseason-rumors-did-tom-brady-almost-buy-a-stake-in-the-dolphins-and-try-to-play-for-them-sean-payton-saints-bucs-miami/535-ac43c46e-45f1-430c-b3f8-a292c437a642 | 2022-04-12T20:48:37 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-national/locked-on-nfl/nfl-offseason-rumors-did-tom-brady-almost-buy-a-stake-in-the-dolphins-and-try-to-play-for-them-sean-payton-saints-bucs-miami/535-ac43c46e-45f1-430c-b3f8-a292c437a642 |
4-year 2 months, female, Hound, 42 pounds
French fry enjoys stuffed kongs and toys that squeak. She likes pets from her humans and will bring you her kong when she is ready for a refill. French Fry does great in her crate and knows pottying is done outside. French Fry is working on mastering the rules of being an inside hound. Although she still has a few pounds to gain to get to her ideal weight, in just a few weeks she has learned that there will always be 2 square meals (and many treats!) a day and she doesn't need to hunt for her own food anymore. She enjoys spending time with her foster dog siblings but would do ok solo or in a pack. Does your family need a French Fry? Put in an application for this sweet girl today.
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Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” his family said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
He was particularly fond of doing obscure and dated impressions for as long as he could milk them, including Groucho Marx, Bela Lugosi and Andrew “Dice” Clay.
In his early days at the club the Comedy Store in Hollywood, the managers would have him do his impression of then-little-known Jerry Seinfeld at the end of the night to get rid of lingering patrons.
Gottfried was especially beloved by his fellow comedians and performers.
“I am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried,” actor Marlee Matlin said on Twitter. “Funny, politically incorrect but a softie on the inside. We met many times; he even pranked me on a plane, replacing my interpreter.”
“Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander tweeted that “Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift.”
Gottfried was born in Brooklyn, the son of a hardware store owner and a stay-at-home mom. He began doing amateur standup at age 15.
“Gilbert’s brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but,” Gottfried’s friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. “Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder.”
Gottfried is survived by his wife Dara, sister Karen, 14-year-old daughter Lily and 12-year-old son Max.
“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” his family said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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Multiple crashes on I-35 due to strong winds
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 3:26 PM CDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
NEAR MEDFORD, Minn. (KTTC) – There have been multiple reports of crashes on I-35 north of Medford due to strong winds.
According to Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), southbound lanes between Faribault and Medford were closed due to the crashes, but are back open again.
If traveling in that area be aware of numerous crashes.
More updates to come.
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Newborn surrendered to hospital staff under ‘safe haven’ law
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) – A newborn was handed over to officials in South Carolina under protection of the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act.
The Greenwood County Department of Social Services is caring for the baby, who was given to medical professionals at Self Regional Medical Center.
According to social services, the baby boy was born April 8 weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.
The child was turned over to hospital staff two days after he was born. Social services officials said the baby will be placed in a foster home.
South Carolina’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, also known as Daniel’s Law, allows a mother to surrender her unharmed newborn baby at a designated location without punishment. Babies up to 60 days old can be surrendered under this law.
“Daniel’s Law is intended to save babies,” the website of the South Carolina Department of Social Services reads. “It is not intended to hurt or punish anyone. It provides a safe option for mother and baby.”
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Photographer arrested after taking inappropriate pictures of young girl, police say
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 3:40 PM CDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A photographer in South Carolina was arrested Friday after deputies said they received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of a young girl, according to police.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Gregg Martin, 53, groomed the child and gave her illegal substances while she was under his care.
Police did not disclose the victim’s exact age but confirmed she is a minor.
Martin has been charged with engaging a child under 18 for sexual performance and unlawful conduct toward a child.
The sheriff’s department is asking anyone else who feels they have been a victim of Martin to contact them at (803)-576-3000.
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VIDEO: Officer injured after metal luggage rack goes through patrol car’s windshield
MESA, Ariz. (KNXV) - A detective in Arizona is recovering after a scary incident over the weekend while he was behind the wheel.
Part of a metal luggage rack went through Mesa Police Department Det. Nick Cureton’s patrol car’s windshield as he was driving on the highway.
“I saw the item coming through the windshield and didn’t really have a lot of time to react,” Cureton said.
The officer said he didn’t know what item initially came through his windshield, but the piece of metal sent glass flying into his eyes.
“It hit me in the ribs as it ended up wedging itself between my left arm and my ribs,” Cureton said.
The luggage rack ended up bruising Cureton, who said he had to bring his car to a stop during the incident immediately.
“I tried to slow my car down as best as I could. After a while came to a complete stop, I threw my lights on, put my car in park, took a couple of deep breaths and then just tried to figure out if that item had actually gone into me or was just resting alongside me,” Cureton said.
Officials with Arizona’s Department of Transportation report debris on the roads is a problem and something the team continues to combat.
“It is so important for safety’s sake to ensure that any large items you’re hauling somewhere are safely secured and strapped to your vehicle,” said Ryan Harding, with ADOT.
Representatives with Arizona’s Department of Public Safety said driving with an unsecured load is illegal, and drivers can face citations and hefty fines.
According to the department, more than 300 drivers have been cited each year for failing to secure their load over the last three years, but nearly 150 yearly collisions have still occurred.
“It comes to those questions: ‘Would I feel safe driving behind my vehicle as it is, or would I be nervous?’” Harding said.
Cureton said he was taken to the hospital after last week’s incident, but he is recovering and hopes his story can help prevent future issues.
“I think it’s definitely a responsibility of all the drivers that are going to be out there to make sure that they secure whatever is in their vehicles to try and stop this from happening,” Cureton said.
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If the winter weather left your hair a bit dry and lackluster, a hair mask is a great way to hydrate and nourish your locks. Using a hair mask not only makes your hair soft and shiny, but they can also repair split ends, which in turn makes it easier and quicker to style, saving you time during your busy mornings.
Not all hair masks are created equal, but this Sunatoria Premium Keratin Hair Mask for sale from Amazon has everything your hair craves, like vitamin E, omega 3 and omega 9 fatty acids. Vitamin E replenishes the shine that hair loses when exposed to chemicals, heat and styling products, while omega 3 and omega 9 increase moisture and hair elasticity.
Regularly priced at $27.50, it is currently on sale for less than $20. But you can save even more by clipping a coupon to take an additional 10% off, which brings the final price to $17.81. That’s a savings of nearly $10, or more than 35% off.
The mask is also made with 100% top-grade hydrolyzed keratin, which can deeply repair and condition hair while providing restoration and lasting protection. While it can be used on all hair types and textures, it’s great for dry, damaged, brittle and color-treated hair. Sunatoria promises it’s sodium, sulfate and paraben-free, and that it’s quality tested to ensure purity.
Using the mask is simple: first apply it to washed and towel-dried hair, spreading it throughout your hair from scalp to tips. Wait 5-10 minutes, then rinse your hair thoroughly.
The Reviews
With nearly 5,000 reviews so far, the Premium Keratin Hair Mask has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars, with 79% of reviewers giving it a perfect grade. Customers say it’s definitely recommended, smells great and leaves their hair soft and silky smooth.
One reviewer who gave the mask 5 stars says she recently went to the salon with semi-healthy hair, but after a lot of bleach was used on her hair, she worried about damage and a bought the mask.
“I was worried about damage, even though I had a keratin treatment before my hair was done. I feel a little ripped off since I spent so much more at the salon when I could’ve just gotten this product. Before I used it, my hair was SO DRY and brittle. About 3-5+ pieces of hair per brush stroke came out. Even when I brushed in the same exact spot immediately!!!” she wrote. “My hair literally feels like I had a treatment from the salon. I’ve noticed a dramatic decrease in breakage and my hair doesn’t tangle quickly anymore. The scent is lovely. It smells professional. Very powerful the first day. I will not wash my hair for three days after using this mask or use absolutely any heat on it”.
There are a few negative reviews, with a handful of people saying the mask did not work for their hair and they either didn’t notice a difference or that it seemed to dry it out.
Other Options
If you’re looking for a hair mask, but want something a bit cheaper, this Arvazallia Hydrating Argan Oil Hair Mask is less than $13 for roughly the same size container.
The argan oil hair mask deeply conditions, detangles, hydrates and revives dull and dry hair. With close to 39,000 reviews, it has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, with 72% of customers giving it a full 5 stars.
You can also buy a two-pack of a different keratin repair hair mask, this time from Natural Formula, that also comes with a serum. The package of two 11.8-ounce masks and two 4.8-ounce Keratin Intense Hair Serums was priced at $32.99 as of publication time.
The serum is formulated to rebuild strands from within and forms a protective coating around straightened hair, while the mask is formulated to restore, nourish and strengthen hair.
Have you had any luck with keratin hair masks? If you’ve wondered about them, it seems like a good time to grab one at Amazon.
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Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast meets reproductive care needs for people across southeast Texas.
For some women, it's the only available option within hundreds of miles to seek an abortion.
"We've been doing it for years, but now all of a sudden we have to say we're not able to, and instead, we're helping them get out of state," said Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a family physician at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast.
For decades, conservatives in the state have chipped away at abortion access, and restrictions have shut down many clinics.
In 2021, Texas lawmakers effectively banned termination of pregnancy after six weeks, even though medical experts say most women won't know if they are pregnant during that time period.
They also passed more restrictions on medicated abortion, which typically uses two pills to end a pregnancy.
Dr. Kumar says the restrictive laws compromise his ability to provide safe and legal medical care.
"But now our hands are tied, and having to say no to somebody, especially when I have the medical training and the expertise to provide that care," Dr. Kumar said.
"We've got the team of nurses and the staff and the techs, everyone available to do what they need to make them feel better and to make all the other things in their life somewhat better, and we're not able to do that."
In a report, the University of Texas Policy Evaluation Project says the law's effect reduced abortions in the state by about 50% around 2,100 in September of 2021.
It also says there are only 24 facilities for a state of 29 million people, forcing many women to travel out to places as far away as Colorado.
Dr. Rebecca Cohen from the Comprehensive Women's Health Center in Denver says some women travel hours to seek abortion care, with up to 20% of their patients being from Texas on some days.
The demand surge has lengthened wait times, as other surrounding states are following the Texas law.
"As hard as it is to kind of look to the horizon and see the tsunami, we know that it's coming," Dr. Cohen said.
The wave reproductive health providers expect is that the conservative-leaning Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision which legalized abortion.
"We know what happens when abortion is banned," Dr. Kuma said. "We know that people will continue to need access to this care, so we're not going anywhere. We'll continue this fight. But I think and what I hope will come out of this is more people will understand how critical abortion access is for people's health care and for families and for communities, and that we will begin to turn the tide the other way."
It'll be an uphill struggle for abortion rights in Texas, as anti-abortion conservative Republicans dominate the legislature.
The Texas laws have also created an underground network of sorts, with many legal funds and confidential logistical operations, to help women without the means find abortion clinics out of state and help them travel there, or to help women find access to medicated abortion.
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You love your plant babies. You water them with care, add fertilizer, make sure they are in the right amount of light, and maybe even talk and sing to them. But do you dust your plants?
You may not think it’s necessary to have shiny, dust-free flora in your home. But there’s actually a scientific reason to make sure your plant babies don’t get covered in too much grime (and that’s good reason to learn how to clean plant leaves properly!).
The leaves of your plants are what allow them to capture and convert sunlight into fuel for the plant through photosynthesis. If there’s a decent amount of dust on your plant leaves, that blocks sunlight and can stress your plant. Stressed plants can be more vulnerable to pests and other issues and may not grow as well.
Another reason to dust your plants (and your house) is that dust is an allergy trigger. Rid your house of it, and you’re less likely to have issues.
You’ll know it’s time to dust your plants when you run a finger across a leaf and come back with visible grime.
How To Clean Plant Leaves
One quick and easy way to get rid of dust and other dirt on your plants is to wash off the leaves under lukewarm running water when you are doing your regular soil watering. You can also spray the leaves down with a hose nozzle outside. Don’t use water that’s too hot or too cold and make sure to remove excess water from fronds. Some plants, like orchids, don’t love having any water on their fragile leaves.
But if you can’t move your plants very easily, or they aren’t outdoors, here are some other products that might help keep your plant babies looking their shiny best.
1. Miracle-Gro Leaf Shine
Miracle-Gro Leaf Shine ($5.22) is a water-based product with mineral oil that you spray directly on your plant leaves. Shake the bottle well and then spray an even mist across your plant to keep leaves clean. If your plant is particularly sooty, use a clean cloth to wipe the spray on each leaf.
While Miracle-Gro says its Leaf Shine won’t clog your plant’s “leaf pores,” be careful not to overdo the Leaf Shine or similar products. Too much of a coating on your plant leaves can also block photosynthesis. One top Amazon reviewer also recommends sticking to thicker leaf plants when using the Leaf Shine, such as “pothos, rubber plants, ivies, dracaena, parlor palm, and fiddle leaves.”
2. Southside Plants Cleaning Wipes
Facial wipes have become popular for cleaning your face. So it’s no surprise companies have come out with plant wipes. Southside Plants’ Plant Cleaning Wipes ($11.89) come in packs of 80 and are advertised as completely biodegradable and made from “renewable plant fibers.” They are infused with purified water, glycerin and cinnamon extract, the latter of which is good for deterring plant pests.
Amazon reviewers said they liked that the Southside Plants’ cleaning wipes are scentless and quick to use. But avoid trying them on spiny or fuzzy plants.
3. Chapin International 5000 Rose & Plant Duster Hand Sprayer
The Chapin hand sprayer ($15.69) can be loaded up with insecticide or just water to clean your plants. It has 901 ratings on Amazon with a 4.2-star average. Reviewers have suggested using this turned upside down for the most effective spraying technique.
4. OXO Good Grips Microfiber Delicate Duster
Not all plant leaves will handle a blast of water or liquid product just fine. For plants with leaves that shouldn’t be wiped with anything wet, you can use dusters and brushes like the OXO Good Grips Microfiber Delicate Duster ($8.50). It has 9,425 ratings with a 4.5-star average on Amazon. While the duster isn’t specifically made for plants, it works well on delicate leaves like those on African violets. The heads on the OXO delicate duster are easy to remove and replace when they get worn out.
5. Arum Indoor Plant Leaf Cleaner with Washcloths and Bamboo Brushes
The Arum Indoor Plant Leaf Cleaner with three washcloths and three small bamboo brushes ($25.85) for especially delicate plants like those with fuzzy leaves. The bamboo washcloths are biodegradable, and the corn bristle plant brushes are sustainable.
Now that you know how to clean plant leaves, what do you think? Will you dust your plants?
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s own Ashley C. Ford is going on tour across the Hoosier state this week, nearly a year after the release of her New York Times Bestselling memoir “Somebody’s Daughter.”
Ford is the inaugural speaker of the "Indiana Authors Awards Tour." The program is a statewide speaking tour featuring prominent Hoosier authors in conversation with local writers and thought leaders.
As part of the tour, Ford will be giving talks in three Hoosier cities. All events are free but require registration.
On Tuesday, Ford is at the Floyd County Library in conversation with poet Mitchell L.H. Douglas. Wednesday, she will be in Indianapolis at Arsenal Tech High School in conversation with writer Tamara Winfrey-Harris. Ford will then wrap up the week in her hometown of Fort Wayne on Thursday at the Allen County Public Library with radio host Terra Brantley.
Although Ford's debut book has only recently been published, much of the world knows her work. The writer has had several essays and articles published in numerous publications, from New York Magazine to The Guardian. She's a social media sensation, often voicing her opinions and critiques on everything from literature, politics, race, pop culture, and, her home, Indiana.
"I talk a lot about being from Indiana. I talk a lot about being a Hoosier. I talk a lot about being born here, and growing up here, because when I critique this state with love, I don't want anybody accusing me of being from somewhere else," Ford said in an interview with WRTV.
Ford moved back to Indiana from New York City almost two years ago. She's always loved Indiana and knew she would be back.
"I don't want anybody accusing me of being a person who doesn't get it, doesn't understand, is out of touch, doesn't recognize the unique beauty and unique struggles of living in a place like this — I want them to know that I'm speaking from my experience, but that my experience is informed," Ford noted.
Somebody's Daughter explores themes that her followers will recognize from her previous work, like race, body image, and education, but it also explores childhood and family.
If there's one thing Ford hopes readers take away from her memoir, it's an awareness and perhaps even an eagerness to recognize children's full humanity.
"Childhood is not a time in our life that just gets erased, and when we turn 18, we are blank slates who are building a life on even an equal footing. That's just not the case," Ford explained. "Our childhood counts, it matters, and it affects us for the rest of our lives. It's not a separate part of us. The person you were at five is the person you are at 50, just with a few more years under their belt."
Ford tells WRTV she hopes Hoosiers, more pointedly young Hoosiers, take away that their stories matter. Especially the stories of their childhood. This is something she will talk about during her tour.
"I hope that they walk away understanding how powerful their stories are. And I do mean their stories, not the stories that other people tell them about who they are, who they should be. But the story they have about themselves right now," Ford told WRTV. "That's an important story. That's a record worth keeping."
The Fort Wayne native and Ball State University graduate stated in a release about her upcoming tour with the Indiana Authors Awards that she was "going to force this place to claim me.”
Ford explains that she has always been lovingly supported and encouraged by her professors at Ball State and others in her community. However, she says, in other regards, "it took in some places being a New York Times bestseller to be recognized in this state the way I had been recognized in other places."
"Indiana's Black History is not something, in my opinion, that has been adequately supported by arts funding, by foundational funding, or by government funding. And a lot of that history gets lost. And it does not seem to me like that's on accident," Ford said.
Ford shared that it wasn't until her college years that she discovered how many notable Black people had come from or lived in Indiana.
As a Black Hoosier who was born and raised in Indiana, Ford says it's vital for Hoosiers of color to know the stories of other Black and Brown Hoosiers.
"You're not going to move somewhere else and be different. You're not going to go to a different college and become a different person. Wherever you go, you'll have to take you with you," Ford said.
"I just want people to know how important they are, how important their stories are, and the worthiness of their stories being told, especially people from Indiana, where we are sometimes told that nobody cares about us. And nobody cares about where we come from. But, you know, our stories end up on the New York Times bestseller list, too."
All three of Ford's talks this week will start at 7 p.m. You can learn more about Ford and order her book at ashleycford.net. She is also the host of a new podcast by Ben & Jerry's called Into the Mix, where Ford interviews notable cultural figures such as John Legend and Favianna Rodriquez.
WRTV Digital Reporter Shakkira Harris can be reached at shakkira.harris@wrtv.com. You can follow her on Twitter, @shakkirasays. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/education/im-going-to-force-this-place-to-claim-me-ashley-c-ford-on-indiana-speaking-tour | 2022-04-12T20:57:28 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/education/im-going-to-force-this-place-to-claim-me-ashley-c-ford-on-indiana-speaking-tour |
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (LEX 18) — William and Sherry Baird are in the process of wondering whether they will buy or build their next home.
The house they lived in for about 33 years was destroyed in December's tornadoes. Inside was a token of their love dating back to their high school days. A small note the size of a sticky note was one of the earliest foundations of the love they share.
On the night of the storm, the tornado swept the note from the home and sent it 150 miles away to Louisville. Thanks to the kindness of fellow Kentuckians, a woman found the note and posted it on Facebook to try and find the owner.
Walking around what was left of their property, Sherry couldn't help but notice flowers she planted five years ago started to bloom in springtime.
"They are coming up!" she said.
They remind them of more peaceful times. Deep in their home before the storm was that love note from 1982 that they had just coincidentally looked at a few days prior.
"We were kind of trying to get it retirement friendly for us to spend the rest of the days here," Sherry said.
"We were in the process of waterproofing our basement, and we were cleaning up a bunch of stuff," William said.
William says he wrote several notes to her back in those days.
"You feel very vulnerable when all your things are out there in the world," Sherry said.
It is the kindness of strangers that has touched them so very deeply.
"It's just overwhelming at times to think about how much people have cared," Sherry said. "It's a miracle, and it just shows God's in control, and what can be saved from the ashes and built upon don't have to be very big."
We talked with their son, Chris, back in December.
"They're not really that lovey-dovey type people," Baird said in December. "I thought it was sweet that he [William] actually did something like that."
"Ah, about right," William acknowledged. "She's more lovey-dovey."
"Well, we've been through a lot," Sherry responded.
Sherry can't help but chuckle when she says she remembers a Hershey Kiss that came along with the note. William chuckles when he says he probably got an actual kiss out of sending the note.
William and Sherry have fond memories of this place they've called home. It's all William has ever known.
"I thought this place was the prettiest place on the face of the Earth," he said. "I think it's more memories that I had of it."
The letter and photos that have been returned from people they don't even know will hang in a frame on the walls of wherever they call home next.
"We want all the people that took the time to send them back to be included in our chapter, so that's why we thought we'd put all of them together," she said.
While they have their note back, they acknowledge it is going to take years for Dawson Springs to recover. They're thankful for all the people who have helped put the pieces back together and returned lost, precious family memories. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/its-a-miracle-love-note-returned-to-high-school-sweethearts-in-dawson-springs | 2022-04-12T20:57:34 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/its-a-miracle-love-note-returned-to-high-school-sweethearts-in-dawson-springs |
BLOOMINGTON — A 19-year-old died Saturday after he was shot in the abdomen, police say.
Officers responded to the shooting about 4:22 p.m. in the 3200 block of East 10th Street, where they found the man wounded, according to Bloomington police Capt. Ryan Pedigo.
The man was then transported to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
No one has been arrested in connection with the shooting and there is not believed to be a threat to the public, Pedigo said.
Officers have interviewed witnesses and involved persons. It is not clear whether charges will be filed, Pedigo said.
This is a developing story.
TOP STORIES: IUPUI commencement ceremony subject of uproar as some students won't be able to walk | Gainbridge concertgoers say they were denied access to rescheduled Elton John show; told tickets invalid | Meteor likely cause of mysterious explosion-like noise that rattled parts of Indiana, AMS says | Carvana building demolished to clear way for construction of new I-465 interchange | Apple to pay $14.8M to iCloud subscribers over breached contract | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/man-dies-after-being-shot-over-weekend-in-bloomington-police-say | 2022-04-12T20:57:41 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/man-dies-after-being-shot-over-weekend-in-bloomington-police-say |
INDIANAPOLIS — A person is in critical condition after they were found shot Tuesday afternoon on Massachusetts Avenue across from the Bottleworks District.
Officers responded before 3:57 p.m. to the 800 block of Massachusetts Avenue, where they found the victim, said IMPD Officer William Young.
Young said the victim was awake and breathing when officers arrived and later said they were critically injured.
That person has been transported to a hospital for treatment.
Young said it's believed the person may have been shot at another location.
Police have not released additional information.
This is a developing story.
TOP STORIES: IUPUI commencement ceremony subject of uproar as some students won't be able to walk | Gainbridge concertgoers say they were denied access to rescheduled Elton John show; told tickets invalid | Meteor likely cause of mysterious explosion-like noise that rattled parts of Indiana, AMS says | Carvana building demolished to clear way for construction of new I-465 interchange | Apple to pay $14.8M to iCloud subscribers over breached contract | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/person-critically-injured-in-shooting-near-bottleworks-district-in-indianapolis | 2022-04-12T20:57:47 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/person-critically-injured-in-shooting-near-bottleworks-district-in-indianapolis |
INDIANAPOLIS — More than three years after a three month old baby and his uncle were killed in a triple shooting, a woman has been sentenced.
The Marion County Prosecutor's Office says Ivory Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison and two years suspended to probation.
She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and criminal recklessness for the August 2019 deaths of William Wilson Jr. and his nephew, Kahdor T. Wilson.
Smith, identified as William's girlfriend, told an officer "I shot him." The officer asked who and she replied, 'My fiancee.'
In court documents, Smith reportedly told police she and William got into an argument and physical altercation on Friday where she threw liquor in his face and he allegedly poured liquor in her hair. Smith claimed he pinned her down and she attempted to bite him but could not. She said he then bit her and began to choke her and threatened to kill her. He allegedly told her to get away from him and they went to bed.
According to court documents, when the couple woke up on Saturday, he reportedly told her to pack her stuff and leave. She refused and he became angry. The argument continued when he allegedly lunged at her, grabbing her foot and she kicked his hand away. She grabbed the gun, raised it and shot William multiple times after he told her, 'B---h, do it.'
Smith reportedly told police she was scared but that William was not trying to 'get her' when she shot him.
In court documents, Smith said William ran out of the room but she was unsure where he went. She said William has kept a gun in his mother's room in the past so she went to his mother's room. Smith told police she stopped in the doorway and started shooting at William's mother as she sat at the edge of the bed. She reportedly told police, 'I just snapped.'
Smith also reportedly told police she thought she was firing at William and fired until the gun went empty. She claimed to not know she shot the baby, according to court documents. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/woman-sentenced-to-32-years-for-2019-death-of-boyfriend-and-his-baby-nephew | 2022-04-12T20:57:53 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/woman-sentenced-to-32-years-for-2019-death-of-boyfriend-and-his-baby-nephew |
Human-caused climate change made the record-smashing 2020 Atlantic hurricane season even wetter.
A new study on the record busy hurricane year found it was 5% rainier than it would have been had there been no global warming from the burning of fossil fuels.
There were a record 30 named storms in 2020 and 11 of them — also a record — made landfall in the United States. The first study to look for a climate change fingerprint on an entire hurricane season found that the storms that reached hurricane status were 8% wetter.
Six hurricanes that impacted the United States in 2020 caused more than $1 billion in damages, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Scientists compared the reality to a computer-simulated world without climate change.
The projection says as the world warms up, hurricanes could become rainier.
“This work is also consistent with a recent assessment of at least a ‘medium-to-high confidence’ that an increase the projected future impacts of climate change on global tropical cyclone precipitation rates to be 7% per °C,” the research’s authors said. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/2020-hurricanes-rainier-because-of-climate-change-scientists-say | 2022-04-12T20:57:59 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/2020-hurricanes-rainier-because-of-climate-change-scientists-say |
Actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.
In a statement released on Gottfried's official Twitter page the actor's family wrote, "We are heartbroken." The statement said that he died after battling a long illness.
Gottfried's family said in their statement, "In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor."
— Gilbert Gottfried (@RealGilbert) April 12, 2022
Fellow actors and others expressed their condolences.
Actor Jason Alexander tweeted, "What a gift. I did not know him well but I loved what he shared with me. My best wishes and sympathy to his family."
Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift. I did not know him well but I loved what he shared with me. My best wishes and sympathy to his family. #ripGilbertGottfried
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) April 12, 2022
Gottfried's publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press that the actor died on Tuesday.
He first stepped into the national spotlight with appearances on MTV in its early days in the 1980s. He was also a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s. Gottfried was known for his voice work in children’s shows and movies. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/comedian-and-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dead-at-67 | 2022-04-12T20:58:05 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/comedian-and-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dead-at-67 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal data confirms that 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history.
New research is offering more insights into how it got that bad. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month quietly updated its provisional death statistics, showing there were more than 3.46 million deaths last year. That's about 80,000 more than 2020′s record tally.
Experts say COVID-19 was the major reason. But a new study released Tuesday shows an unprecedented spike in adolescent drug overdose deaths also played a role.
CDC data indicates that more than 373,000 Americans died from all causes in January 2021, a 108,942 increase from January 2020. January 2021 is widely considered the deadliest month of the pandemic in the U.S. with an estimated 95,000 deaths during the month. The United States did not record a significant number of COVID-19 fatalities until March 2020.
Researchers also believe U.S. life expectancy dropped another five or six months in 2021 — putting it back to where it was 20 years ago. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/covid-19-overdoses-pushed-us-to-highest-death-total-ever | 2022-04-12T20:58:11 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/covid-19-overdoses-pushed-us-to-highest-death-total-ever |
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is speaking out from jail.
"To everyone that has expressed your support, my family and I will never be able to thank you enough," Velasquez said in a statement posted from his Twitter account.
He is charged with attempted murder and multiple gun assault charges after authorities said he fired at a pickup truck carrying a man accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old family member.
Velasquez was arrested after he allegedly chased a pickup that the suspect was in, ramming the vehicle with his own pickup truck during the high-speed chase.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney says the suspect was on his way to get fitted for an electronic monitoring bracelet after being indicted on felony molestation charges.
The suspect was not injured in the incident. However, a 63-year-old relative of the suspect suffered a gunshot wound.
"This story is complex and slowly unraveling as we speak," Velasquez said.
The former mixed martial arts fighter also had a message for potential victims of the suspect he attempted to shoot.
"To the true victims of this case, may God give you the strength to come forward," he said. "Though it is most difficult to relive the pain that has happened to you, in speaking the truth, justice will be served and your won true healing will start."
Velasquez will remain in jail for the time being. He was denied bail at his initial hearing in March. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/jailed-former-ufc-champion-issues-statement-about-arrest | 2022-04-12T20:58:17 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/jailed-former-ufc-champion-issues-statement-about-arrest |
We have reached a point in the pandemic where most people have made the decision about whether to get vaccinated, but data suggests parents are still wavering due to lower-than-normal COVID vaccine efficacy in young children.
Two weeks after getting fully vaccinated, numbers from the Centers for Disease Control show the vaccine is 66% effective at preventing omicron infection in adults, 76% effective in 12-17-year-olds, and 66% effective in 5-11-year-olds.
The real surprise, however, comes when you fast forward another two weeks, and the vaccine’s effectiveness stays the same in adults, drops to 56% in teens, and plummets to 12% in children.
“The efficacy has gone down and that really is relating to the studies with other variants,” said Laura-Anne Cleveland, associate chief nursing officer at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver.
Cleveland says there are two things in play: the more recent COVID variants have mutated around the vaccines to a degree and are, therefore, less efficacious, and the dosage in the FDA-approved child vaccine is about a third of what it is in adults.
“[Manufacturers] are really trying to understand what doses of vaccine is needed for each variant and the side effects you might have,” said Cleveland. “You want both: you want the high enough dose to get the strongest efficacy, and the low enough dose so you won’t have side effects, so it’s that balancing act.”
According to the CDC, after the first 11 weeks of the vaccine becoming available, 51% of adults had gotten one shot and 41% had gotten two, but in kids 5-11 that number is only 28% for the first shot and 19% for the second.
Surveys by PLOS, a nonprofit science publisher, show effectiveness is the second-largest thing parents weigh when deciding whether to get vaccinated.
Despite the lower effectiveness of the vaccine in kids, health officials recommend the vaccine for every age group. However, some have urged manufacturers to reconsider dosing for kids. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/lower-efficacy-keeping-some-parents-from-vaccinating-their-children-against-covid-19 | 2022-04-12T20:58:23 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/lower-efficacy-keeping-some-parents-from-vaccinating-their-children-against-covid-19 |
Authorities in four states responded to the scene of deadly shootings over the weekend that took the lives of multiple people.
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police said two people died early Sunday morning when a shooting occurred inside a nightclub during a birthday party.
Police arrested 32-year-old Timothy Ladell Rush on Monday in connection to the shooting. Police believe one of the victims was the target.
The shooting left 10 people injured, and 25-year-old Michael Valentine and 35-year-old Nicole Owens were the victims killed.
Police in Indianapolis said one man died after a fight occurred during a birthday party at a nightclub early Sunday morning.
According to Scripps affiliate WRTV, 24-year-old Belansky Fanord was killed, and five others were injured. No arrests have been made.
In Georgia, authorities said the Coweta County coroner arrived at a gun range owned by his family and discovered his father, mother, and son were shot to death on Friday, CBS News and NBC News reported.
According to the Associated Press, 40 guns were stolen, and the surveillance camera was also taken from the Grantville business.
No arrests have been made, and a $15,000 reward has been offered.
In Willowbrook, California, police said a 17-year-old and a man were killed after gunfire erupted in a residential area around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities said four men and a woman also suffered gunshot wounds.
No arrests have been made. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/multiple-people-killed-across-u-s-after-deadly-weekend-shootings | 2022-04-12T20:58:29 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/multiple-people-killed-across-u-s-after-deadly-weekend-shootings |
To kick off national park week, the National Park Service is offering free entrance on the first day to celebrate.
National park week begins April 16 and ends April 24.
The NPS waives the entrance fee to any park only five days out of the year, including Veterans Day and Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
The agency says the fee-free days allow those to visit more than 400 parks that typically charge an entrance fee.
Some parks are free all the time.
The agency says visitors will still be responsible for amenity or user fees for activities including camping, boat launches, transportation, or tours. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/national-parks-to-waive-entrance-fees-to-celebrate-park-week | 2022-04-12T20:58:35 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/national-parks-to-waive-entrance-fees-to-celebrate-park-week |
NORTH CANTON, Ohio — A trip to Walt Disney World can easily cost families thousands of dollars.
One North Canton, Ohio, woman hoping to save some cash on the trip says she quickly learned some things are too good to be true, and now she said she's out nearly $5,000.
Corey Doyle said she, her husband, and friends were ready for a vacation after two years of the pandemic. Doyle, a wedding photographer, decided to head down to Disney World in November.
“It made more sense financially to rent a room that had two bedrooms instead of each of us renting separate rooms,” said Doyle.
Doyle said they all decided to rent Disney Vacation Club, or DVC for short, points.
This is how it works: Members of the club buy into a timeshare for a certain amount of points so they can book stays at Disney resorts. If they can't take a vacation, some rent them to non-members and book a reservation in the renter’s name rather than let the points go to waste.
Doyle said back in February she made a post in a DVC Facebook group looking for someone to rent points from.
“The lady who replied wanted $21 a point, which is a little on the high side, and then [another seller] wanted $17 a point, which is still common, but on the lower side,” said Doyle.
Doyle said she went with the cheaper option from a man we are not identifying and said she did her due diligence checking his track record in the group and calling other renters who did business with him.
"I looked them both up on the Facebook group, and she didn't have anything, but he had a bunch of posts where he had rented out a few nights a day and there was a couple of people who had said like, 'Hey, does anybody have references?' And people had replied and said, 'Oh yeah, I stayed with him and he was great,'" said Doyle. “He sent me other people saying like, 'Oh, these people have stayed with me in that same group. You're welcome to check in with them.' So I checked in with four people who had either stayed with him or had upcoming stays with him. And everybody wrote back and said, ‘Oh, no, yeah, he's great.'"
So she went forward with the transaction even after seeing some red flags.
Doyle runs a blog called ‘Stop Stealing Photos’ where she exposes photographers who steal others’ work and post it as their own. Doyle posted screenshots of the conversation she says she had with the seller on her blog. In them, he said he has issues with his PayPal and prefers payment through Apple Pay or Crypto.com. She said her bank declined multiple attempts at payment through Apple Pay, Cash App, and Zelle, flagging them as fraud. But eventually, she paid the entire $4,726 in $500 increments through Apple Pay.
Doyle said the seller told her once everything was paid in full, he'd send over a reservation number, but Doyle said that never happened.
"I'm new to this whole thing. So I didn't know that it doesn't cost someone who has DVC points, as their timeshare owner, it doesn't cost them anything to make this reservation. But in my mind, I was thinking, 'Oh no, he's already invested something. I need to make sure I get him paid quickly,'" said Doyle. "And then I find out after everything's settled that if you do this, you need to make sure that you get the reservation in your name and linked on your My Disney Experience app before paying because it doesn't cost them anything. They can make a reservation and cancel a reservation as many times as they want. It doesn't penalize them."
Then, she said she got a message from one of those references she had spoken to.
“That Friday, I get a message from one of the people I had sent a reference to. And she wrote back and said, ‘Hey, I don't know how you ended up booking with [the seller], but if you did, you need to start trying to do what you can do to get your money back because nobody has valid reservations,’” said Doyle.
Doyle said since then, she’s found two dozen people accusing the seller of false transactions–giving them fake reservation numbers or not sending one at all. Some even showed up at Disney's resort in Hawaii to find out no rooms had been booked.
She said she demanded a refund, but the seller gave her the runaround.
“I called my bank and they said, ‘You have to have a police report.’ So I made a police report and I told him, like, ‘Look I made a police report.’ And he was like, ‘Oh, well, then,’ you know, then he just pretty much just stopped talking to me,” said Doyle.
Now, she may never get her money back.
“If you're paying any way besides credit card, it can be incredibly difficult to get your money back,” said Ericka Dilworth, director of operations at the Cleveland Better Business Bureau.
Dilworth said apps that connect to a bank account like Zelle, Venmo, and Apple Pay are best used with friends and not strangers–and credit cards have more protections.
"When you use your credit card, there is actually a process through which you can dispute a charge. And so if you use your credit card and you've not gotten service or whatever came was something different than what you ordered, you can file a dispute with your credit card company and they will determine what has happened. And if you haven't gotten to use the timeshare or if you ordered a hoodie and it didn't arrive, that credit card company is going to do their homework, they're going to look at what happened," said Dilworth. "And in all cases, they actually get your money back right away while the dispute is kind of working through its process, and then at the end, they decide if the business can't come forward and say, 'This is why we believe that this person's not due their money back,' then the consumer will get to keep their money."
Doyle has rebooked her trip for real this time, using a third-party broker, at the same resort for $6,100.
She doesn't think she'll get her money back from the would-be Facebook seller, but she's hoping others learn from her mistake.
“Like, I'm probably not getting my money back, but at least hopefully I'll stop anybody else from giving him more money, hopefully,” said Doyle.
This article was written by Jade Jarvis for WEWS in Cleveland. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/ohio-woman-conned-out-of-nearly-5-000-by-disney-vacation-club-seller | 2022-04-12T20:58:41 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/ohio-woman-conned-out-of-nearly-5-000-by-disney-vacation-club-seller |
Stock indexes edged lower on Wall Street on Tuesday, shedding early gains as investors weigh new data on inflation.
The S&P 500 fell 0.3%. The pullback follows back-to-back losses driven by worries about the economic collateral damage as the Federal Reserve tackles high inflation more aggressively.
A report showed inflation is still at its highest level in 40 years. Still, a faint silver lining was that inflation unexpectedly slowed in March on a month-over-month basis, after excluding the costs of food and fuel. The Fed pays close attention to that number, and Treasury yields fell immediately after the report.
The Associated Press reported that inflation still wasn't as bad as economists had expected if the price of fuel and food is ignored. The Federal Reserve pays special attention to what is known as "core inflation," when setting policy as this is less volatile. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/stocks-give-up-gains-end-trading-day-lower-following-inflation-report | 2022-04-12T20:58:47 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/stocks-give-up-gains-end-trading-day-lower-following-inflation-report |
Working late is nothing new in American culture, but the pandemic may be changing the way some people work late.
Researchers at Microsoft noticed a pattern in some of the company's workers.
There is a sudden flurry of work-related activity right before bedtime.
"These were things they could do by themselves," said Mary Czerwinski, a Microsoft researcher. "Catching up on emails, reading documents, not such heavyweight work, but things they could do to catch up."
The Microsoft team, which has been tracking productivity for years, found about 30% of workers were logging in late at night.
It's not clear why people's habits have changed.
Pre-pandemic, they found most workers experienced a productivity peak shortly before and shortly after lunchtime, a phenomenon known as the "double peak day."
Czerwinski speculated the third productivity peak might be tied to the shift to remote work during the pandemic.
"Perhaps people are taking care of loved ones," she said. "Perhaps they are working out and taking care of themselves. And then, because they're adaptively taking care of themselves and their families, they choose to work later in the night to catch up on some things."
While there could be positive reasons for the late-night logins, Czerwinski said the third peak might also result from over-scheduling during the workday.
"We saw from the research that the average amount of meeting time went up significantly during the workweek," said Czerwinski. "People were very enthusiastic to see that productivity didn't take a hit when everybody was staying at home. It was a big surprise to all of us. Therefore, everyone got super enthusiastic about more Teams meetings, more Zoom meetings, and it just keeps going to the point where everyone got super exhausted and tired."
Some companies are now working on solutions to cut down on the feelings of burnout in employees.
Microsoft, which has employees on both coasts, has stopped scheduling most meetings after 5 p.m. Eastern out of respect for west coast employees.
Czerwinski also encourages managers to schedule their meetings to start at five past the hour as a built-in break between calls.
There's also a novel concept gaining traction: No meetings.
"The meeting-free day idea really took off, at least at Microsoft, during the pandemic," Czerwinski said, noting that her team is trying to go meeting-free on Mondays and Fridays.
"The statistics are kind of scary about how many more meetings we're having online and back-to-back during the day," she said. "At the expense of eating healthy meals, at the expense of people exercising. So something has to be done to make sure that our employees feel well at work, feel productive at work, and feel valued." | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/study-many-remote-workers-log-in-late-at-night-to-get-work-done | 2022-04-12T20:58:53 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/study-many-remote-workers-log-in-late-at-night-to-get-work-done |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yelp will cover the travel expenses of employees who must travel out of state for abortions, joining the ranks of major employers trying to help workers affected by restrictions in Texas and other states.
The benefit announced Tuesday covers all 4,000 employees at the online review service, but seems most likely to have its biggest immediate impact on its 200 workers in Texas, which has passed a law banning abortions within the state after six weeks of pregnancy.
New York's Citigroup recently disclosed plans to do the same for its more than 200,000 employees, 8,000 of them in Texas.
Uber and Lyft are paying the legal fees for drivers who could get sued under the new Texas law for transporting passengers to clinics.
The benefits come at a time when numerous states are restricting abortion rights. On Tuesday, Oklahoma's governor signed a bill into law that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The only exception is an abortion to save the life of the mother. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/yelp-to-cover-travel-expenses-for-workers-seeking-abortions | 2022-04-12T20:58:59 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/yelp-to-cover-travel-expenses-for-workers-seeking-abortions |
INDIANAPOLIS — On Friday morning, the IMPD Mounted team went to the scene of an accident involving a horse trailer on Interstate 70 east of Brazil.
Upon arrival one of three horses in the trailer was found to have died from the accident. The horse was in a trailer belonging to The National Mounted Police Academy, according to the department.
Both passengers of the truck were uninjured and the other two horses suffered minor injuries despite the trailer flipping multiple times, according to IMPD.
The two surviving horses are now recovering at the IMPD Mounted team facility.
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information pertaining to the death of a man found lying on the street with severe burns.
CAN YOU HELP? On 4/5, Suwayne James, 36, was found severely burned near S. Goldenrod Rd. & Rio Pinar Lakes Blvd. He died days later from his injuries.
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) April 12, 2022
Detectives are searching for information about what happened to him.
Call @CrimelineFL at 800-423-8477 if you know anything. pic.twitter.com/7PtLRVrWg8
Officers responded to a 911 call late April 5 about a burned man lying on the street near the intersection of South Goldenrod Road and Rio Pinar Lakes Boulevard, just east of Orlando’s Engelwood Park neighborhood.
Suwayne James, 36, was alive when found but has since died from his injuries, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff’s Office released a Tweet Tuesday afternoon seeking information.
OCSO asked anyone with information to call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS.
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WooSox 'chief ambassador' on why he loves helping fans cheer on the team at Polar Park
Friday is Opening Day for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. But the Worcester Red Sox — or WooSox as they're known — get to go first, with their home opener taking place Tuesday.
It'll be the second season for the Triple-A minor league team at Polar Park in Worcester. The team was previously based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for nearly 50 years.
There will be 9,500 fans in the stands for this Opening Day — four times as many as last year, since pandemic restrictions have been lifted.
Lots of fans will be greeted by a man with a big grin, big mustache and big personality: Rick Medeiros.
Medeiros' official title with the WooSox is chief ambassador. He talked with WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins about why he loves working at the ballpark and helping to build excitement around the WooSox.
This segment aired on April 12, 2022. Audio will be available soon. | https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/04/12/worcester-red-sox-woosox-fans-opening-day | 2022-04-12T21:11:10 | 1 | https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/04/12/worcester-red-sox-woosox-fans-opening-day |
Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from a rare genetic muscle disease that can trigger a dangerously abnormal heartbeat. his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” his family said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian's comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill it with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children's television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney's “Aladdin.”
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He was particularly fond of doing obscure and dated impressions for as long as he could milk them, including Groucho Marx, Bela Lugosi and Andrew “Dice” Clay.
In his early days at the club the Comedy Store in Hollywood, the managers would have him do his impression of then-little-known Jerry Seinfeld at the end of the night to get rid of lingering patrons.
Gottfried was especially beloved by his fellow comedians and performers.
“I am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried,” actor Marlee Matlin said on Twitter. “Funny, politically incorrect but a softie on the inside. We met many times; he even pranked me on a plane, replacing my interpreter.”
"Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift," wrote actor Jason Alexander wrote. "I did not know him well but I loved what he shared with me. My best wishes and sympathy to his family. #ripGilbertGottfried"
Gottfried was born in Brooklyn, the son of a hardware store owner and a stay-at-home mom. He began doing amateur standup at age 15.
“Gilbert’s brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but," Gottfried's friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. “Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder.”
Gottfried is survived by his wife Dara, sister Karen, 14-year-old daughter Lily and 12-year-old son Max. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/comedian-and-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67-family-says/3642842/ | 2022-04-12T21:12:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/comedian-and-actor-gilbert-gottfried-dies-at-67-family-says/3642842/ |
Yo, is it about that time to bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme?
While Mark Wahlberg told Ellen DeGeneres he would consider revisiting his Marky Mark rapper days under the right circumstances and for the right cause, his kids might not be on board.
"They've seen videos of me performing and they're mortified," the actor said on the April 12 episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." "Like, if they see the picture of me in the underwear, oh my god, they'd be so embarrassed."
Then again, Wahlberg -- who shares kids Ella, 18, Michael, 16, Brendan, 13, and Grace, 12, with wife Rhea Durham -- said his children are horrified by just about anything he does these days.
"My son has just recently turned 16, let's just say that, and he gets embarrassed by everything that I do," he said. "Even the stuff that other people think is, like, cool in 2022, like movies and stuff? 'Dad it's so dumb. Dad that's terrible.'"
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And it looks like his kids can be some of his toughest critics. "My son and my daughter went to see 'Uncharted.' They liked it a lot, but they were like, 'Dad, why didn't you play the main character?' I said, 'I'm too old to play the main character. I used to be the main character,'" Wahlberg recalled. "And then I showed my daughter and the kids a rough cut of 'Father Stu.' It was a little much for her. She was still 11 at the time... They were into 'Transformers' for a short amount of time. They were dying to see 'Ted,' but my wife wouldn't let them see it. So, they're not my biggest fans."
Although, he may have scored a few points in the cool dad category when he paid for his daughter Ella's tattoos for her 18th birthday. "Her boyfriend wrote 'I love you' with, like, a pencil and they copied that and then she wrote it on him," the Oscar-nominated star shared. "And then she's got a little tiny fairy here on her back."
While Wahlberg tried to dissuade his daughter's ink aspirations by bringing her along for his own tattoo removal and showing her how painful the process can be, the tactic wasn't a success. "Nothing worked," he said. "It didn't discourage her as well." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/mark-wahlberg-says-his-kids-are-mortified-by-his-marky-mark-videos/3642972/ | 2022-04-12T21:12:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/mark-wahlberg-says-his-kids-are-mortified-by-his-marky-mark-videos/3642972/ |
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights.
The bill, which takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns next month, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother. Abortion rights advocates say the bill signed by the GOP governor is certain to face a legal challenge.
Its passage comes as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court considers ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
“We want to outlaw abortion in the state of Oklahoma," Stitt said during a signing ceremony for the bill, flanked by anti-abortion lawmakers, clergy and students. “I promised Oklahomans that I would sign every pro-life bill that hits my desk, and that’s what we’re doing here today."
Under the bill, anyone convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. It does not authorize criminal charges against a woman for receiving an abortion.
Sen. Nathan Dahm, a Broken Arrow Republican now running for Congress who wrote the bill, called it the “strongest pro-life legislation in the country right now, which effectively eliminates abortion in Oklahoma."
Abortion rights advocates say the bill is clearly unconstitutional, and similar laws approved recently in Arkansas and Alabama have been blocked by federal courts.
“Oklahoma legislators are trying to ban abortion from all sides and merely seeing which of these dangerous, shameful bills they can get their governor to sign," Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Texas and Oklahoma and a board member at Physicians for Reproductive Health, said in a statement.
Although similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature in recent years have been stopped as unconstitutional, anti-abortion lawmakers have been buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow new Texas abortion restrictions to remain in place.
The new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion law to take effect in the U.S. in decades, leaves enforcement up to private citizens, who are entitled to collect what critics call a “bounty” of $10,000 if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion.
“The U.S. Supreme Court's failure to stop Texas from nullifying the constitutional right to abortion has emboldened other states to do the same," Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement. “We've sued the state of Oklahoma ten times in the last decade to protect abortion access and we will challenge this law as well to stop this travesty from ever taking effect."
Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing legislation similar to the Texas law this year.
The Texas law bans abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy and makes no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. Abortions in Texas have plummeted by about 50% since the law took effect, while the number of Texans going to clinics out of state and requesting abortion pills online has gone up.
One of the Texas-style Oklahoma bills that is one vote away from the governor's desk would ban abortions from the moment of conception and would take effect immediately upon the governor's signature. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/oklahoma-governor-signs-bill-into-law-making-performing-abortions-a-felony/3642990/ | 2022-04-12T21:13:05 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/oklahoma-governor-signs-bill-into-law-making-performing-abortions-a-felony/3642990/ |
Babysitter arrested after putting 4-year-old boy in dryer, police say
LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) -A babysitter in Florida has been accused of putting a child who was under her care in a dryer.
Authorities in Lake County, Florida, report Amber Christine Chapman, 35, has been charged with aggravated child abuse.
Investigators say that a 4-year-old boy was taken to the UF Health Leesburg Hospital on Feb. 1 and told medical staff that “Miss Amber” had put him in the dryer with towels, and he spun around.
Staff noted multiple areas of bruising on the boy’s head, back and both ears, as indicated by police.
In a recorded interview with the child on Feb. 7, police said the boy told them that Chapman placed him in the dryer, closed the door, and he spun around. The boy also said Chapman opened the door, closed it again, and then went around again.
On Feb. 2, the boy was examined at the Children’s Advocacy Center, according to police. Injuries were found on the boy’s head, abdomen and back.
The team was unable to determine if being placed in the dryer caused the boy’s injuries, but the team told police that the injuries to his back, face, forehead and ears were consistent with what he had told doctors of what had happened.
Police said the boy had frequently been watched by Chapman in the past.
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Russian military hackers attempted to knock out power to millions of Ukrainians last week in a long-planned attack but were foiled, Ukrainian government officials said Tuesday.
At one targeted high-voltage power station, the hackers succeeded in penetrating and disrupting part of the industrial control system, but people defending the station were able to prevent electrical outages, the Ukrainians said.
“The threat was serious, but it was prevented in a timely manner,” a top Ukrainian cybersecurity official, Victor Zhora, told reporters through an interpreter. “It looks that we were very lucky.”
The hackers from Russia's GRU military intelligence agency used an upgraded version of malware first seen in its successful 2016 attack that caused blackouts in Kyiv, officials said, that was customized to target multiple substations. They simultaneously seeded malware designed to wipe out computer operating systems, hindering recovery.
Authorities did not specify how many substations were targeted or their location, citing security concerns, but a deputy energy minister, Farid Safarov, said “2 million people would have been without electricity supply if it was successful.”
Zhora, the deputy chair of the State Service of Special Communications, said the malware was programmed to knock out power on Friday evening just as people returned home from work and switched on news reports.
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He said that power grid networks were penetrated before the end of February, when Russia invaded, and that the attackers later uploaded the malware, dubbed Industroyer2. The malware succeeded in disrupting one component of the impacted power station's management systems, also known as SCADA systems.
Zhora would not offer further details or explain how the attack was defeated or which partners may have assisted directly in defeating it. He did acknowledge the depth of international assistance Ukraine has received in identifying intrusions and the challenges of trying to rid government, power grid and telecommunications networks of attackers. The helpers include keyboard warriors from U.S. Cybercommand.
Cybercom was asked if it assisted in the emergency response but did not immediately answer.
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine thanked Microsoft and the cybersecurity firm ESET for their assistance in dealing with the power grid attack in a bulletin posted online.
Officials said the destructive attacks had been planned at least since March 23, and Zhora speculated it was timed by Russia to “invigorate” its soldiers after they took heavy losses in a failed bid to capture Kyiv, the capital.
Zhora stressed that Russian cyberattacks have not successfully knocked out any power to Ukrainians since this invasion began.
GRU hackers from a group that researchers call Sandworm twice successfully attacked Ukraine’s power grid — in the winters of 2015 and 2016. U.S. prosecutors indicted six GRU officials in 2020 for using a previous version of the Industroyer malware to attack Ukraine's power grid by gaining control of electrical substation switches and circuit breakers.
In the 2016 attack, Sandworm hackers used Industroyer to turn circuit breakers on and off in a sequence designed to create a blackout, said Jean-Ian Boutin, director of threat research at ESET.
“We know that Industroyer still has the capability to turn off circuit breakers,” he said.
Working closely with Ukrainian responders, ESET also determined that the attackers had infected networks at the targeted plants with disk-wiping software.
Successfully activating the malware would have rendered plant systems in operable, seriously hindering remediation and recovery and destroying the attackers' digital footprints, Boutin said.
One of the destructive malware varieties used in the attack, dubbed CaddyWiper, was first discovered by ESET in mid-March being used against a Ukrainian bank, he said.
Western prosecutors blame Sandworm for a series of high-profile cyberattacks including the most destructive, the 2017 NotPetya wiper virus that caused more than $10 billion in damage globally by destroying data on entire networks of computers of companies doing business in Ukraine including those belonging to the shipper Maersk and the pharmaceutical company Merck.
Russia’s use of cyberattacks against Ukrainian infrastructure during its invasion has been limited compared with experts’ pre-war expectations. In the early hours of the war, however, an attack Ukraine blames on Russia knocked offline an important satellite communications link that also impacted tens of thousands of Europeans from France to Poland.
In another serious cyberattack of the war, hackers knocked offline the internet and cellular service of a major telecommunications company that serves the military, Ukretelecom, for most of the day on March 28.
Zhora said “the potential of Russian (state-backed) hackers has been overestimated” and cited a number of reasons why he believes cyberattacks have not played a major role in the conflict:
— When the aggressor is pummeling civilian targets with bombs and rockets there is little need to hide behind covert cyberactivity.
— Ukraine has significantly upped its cyber defenses with the help of volunteers from sympathetic countries.
— Attacks as sophisticated as this effort to knock out power are complex and tend to require a lot of time.
“This is not an easy thing to do,” Zhora said.
Ukraine has been under steady Russian cyberattack for the past eight years, with Zhora noting that the attacks have tripled since the invasion when compared with the same period last year.
Russia has said its invasion was needed to protect civilians in eastern Ukraine, a false claim the U.S. had predicted Russia would make as a pretext for the invasion. Ukraine has called Russia's assault a “war of aggression,” saying it “will defend itself and will win.”
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Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died. He was 67.
Gottfried died from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II, a disorder that affects the heart, his publicist and longtime friend Glenn Schwartz said in a statement.
“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” his family said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and with a brief stint in the cast of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s.
Gottfried also did frequent voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
He was particularly fond of doing obscure and dated impressions for as long as he could milk them, including Groucho Marx, Bela Lugosi and Andrew “Dice” Clay.
In his early days at the club the Comedy Store in Hollywood, the managers would have him do his impression of then-little-known Jerry Seinfeld at the end of the night to get rid of lingering patrons.
Gottfried was especially beloved by his fellow comedians and performers.
“I am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried,” actor Marlee Matlin said on Twitter. “Funny, politically incorrect but a softie on the inside. We met many times; he even pranked me on a plane, replacing my interpreter.”
“Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander tweeted that “Gilbert Gottfried made me laugh at times when laughter did not come easily. What a gift.”
Gottfried was born in Brooklyn, the son of a hardware store owner and a stay-at-home mom. He began doing amateur standup at age 15.
“Gilbert’s brand of humor was brash, shocking and frequently offensive, but the man behind the jokes was anything but,” Gottfried’s friend and podcast co-host Frank Santopadre said in a statement. “Those who loved and him were fortunate enough to share his orbit knew a person who was sweet, sensitive, surprisingly shy and filled with a childlike sense of playfulness and wonder.”
Gottfried is survived by his wife Dara, sister Karen, 14-year-old daughter Lily and 12-year-old son Max.
“In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children. Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert’s honor,” his family said in a statement posted on Twitter.
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The Biden administration announced it will suspend a federal rule that bars higher levels of ethanol in gasoline during the summertime. The move is intended to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war with Ukraine.
A look at how that decision to authorize year-round use of so-called E15 will impact gas supplies, prices, your car's engine and the environment.
WHAT IS ETHANOL?
Ethanol is a biofuel derived from fermented corn, wheat, grain sorghum, barley and potatoes. It can also be made from sugar cane or sweet sorghum.
In the U.S., ethanol is predominately corn-based, and required by federal law to be blended in the nation’s gasoline supply. Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol, also known as E10. Refineries can however seek waivers if they can show that meeting the ethanol quotas would create a financial hardship for their companies.
WHAT IS E15 AND WHY IS BIDEN ALLOWING THE SALE OF IT?
In 2011, the EPA approved an increase of 15% ethanol blend for use in light-duty conventional vehicles of model year 2001 and newer, but prohibited gas stations from selling it between June 1 and Sept. 15 because of concerns that it adds to smog in high temperatures.
The EPA will issue an emergency waiver to allow widespread sale of E15, as the high-blend ethanol is known, during the summer months this year.
Senior Biden administration officials said the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at about 2,300 of more than 150,000 U.S. gas stations that currently sell E15. Those stations are mostly in the Midwest and the South, including Texas, according to industry groups.
Lawmakers from both parties and ethanol advocates have urged Biden and the EPA to allow year-round sales of E15, calling it a cheaper and readily available domestic alternative to traditional gasoline. The U.S. has banned imports of Russian crude oil since the country's late February invasion of Ukraine, disrupting global markets and raising prices.
Environmental groups contend the U.S. Clean Air Act prohibits year-round sales of E15, and court challenges may be arise.
WILL E15 HURT MY CAR'S ENGINE?
E15, often sold at the pump as Unleaded 88, for its octane rating, can safely be used in all cars, trucks and SUVs from 2001 on. Those model years represent more than 90% of vehicles on U.S. roads.
The ethanol industry says the fuel is one of the most tested in history and has no effect on vehicle drivability. More than 20 billion miles have been driven in cars and trucks using Unleaded 88, a number that continues to grow.
WHAT IS THE PRICE OF E15 GAS?
E15, or Unleaded 88, typically sells for 10 cents a gallon less than E10, which is regular unleaded gas. The price difference between Unleaded 88 and conventional gasoline without ethanol, the premium high octane gas, is around 40 cents.
WILL I GET BETTER MILEAGE WITH E15?
There is no noticeable difference between the mileage achieved when using E15 and mileage when operating on E10.
CAN I USE E15 IN MY LAWNMOWER OR OTHER SMALL-ENGINE EQUIPMENT?
E15 has not been approved by EPA for use in non-automotive engines such as boats, motorcycles, lawn mowers and other small engines. E10, the standard ethanol formulation, is approved for small engines.
HOW WILL THIS AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT?
Biden administration official say the short-term move will have little effect on the environment and that EPA will work with states to "ensure there are no significant air quality impacts through the summer driving season.''
Environmentalists questioned that, saying ethanol production contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and soil erosion and raises prices for corn and other crops.
A recent report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences revealed that the federal ethanol mandate inflated corn prices by 30% from 2008 to 2016, made corn-based ethanol more carbon intensive than gasoline and increased annual fertilizer use by up to 8%, polluting waterways.
HAS EPA DONE THIS BEFORE?
The EPA has lifted seasonal restrictions on E15 in the past, including after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Trump administration allowed for year-round E15 sales starting in 2019, but a federal appeals court struck down the policy change in July 2021, saying the EPA overstepped its authority.
The decision dealt a significant blow to the ethanol industry and corn farmers who had anticipated increased ethanol demand through year-round sales of the higher blend.
Senior Biden administration officials said they expected the EPA waiver to survive a likely court challenge, saying that unlike the open-ended Trump rule, the action is limited to this summer and is prompted by a supply disruption caused by the war in Europe.
Greater use of E15 "would be helpful to the American people and to help alleviate some of the pain that we’ve seen since Russia launched this war against Ukraine,” EPA Administrator Michael Regan told a Senate committee last week.
But critics said the only emergency is Biden's dropping poll numbers.
Emergency fuel waivers are reserved for acute supply disruptions, such as those resulting from a hurricane, said Chet Thompson, president & CEO of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, which represents petroleum refiners.
“An additional three months of E15 sales won’t do anything to address high crude oil prices, and 98% of retail (gas) stations can’t even sell the fuel,'' Thompson said. “This is politics, not a real solution for drivers.”
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Comedian, South Florida resident Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67
Actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried, whose shrill voice caught the attention of his early standup audiences and moviegoers, has died at the age of 67, according to his family.
"We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness," his family wrote in a statement shared on his verified Twitter account.
Gottfried, who had been living in South Florida for the past few years, made a name for himself with his piercing voice and often crude humor.
He spoke with WPTV as recently as January after the death of his friend and fellow comedian, Bob Saget, in Orlando.
"I thought, 'Oh, it's a sick joke,' and I was waiting for the punchline," Gottfried told WPTV's Tania Rogers.
WATCH: Gilbert Gottfried explains how he learned of Bob Saget's death
Gottfried had been scheduled to perform at the Palm Beach Kennel Club's Paddock Restaurant on May 13.
In addition to his standup, Gottfried had several bit parts in popular movies like "Beverly Hills Cop II," "Problem Child" and its sequel. He also provided the voice of Iago the Parrot in Disney's 1992 animated film "Aladdin."
Gottfried also served as the original host of "USA Up All Night," which featured mostly low-budget movies bookended by Gottfried's comedy skits and sardonic comments. The show aired from 1989 to 1998.
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COVID-19, overdoses pushed US to highest death total ever
NEW YORK (AP) — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work on death statistics.
The agency this month quietly updated its provisional death tally. It showed there were 3.465 million deaths last year, or about 80,000 more than 2020′s record-setting total.
Early last year, some experts were optimistic that 2021 would not be as bad as the first year of the pandemic — partly because effective COVID-19 vaccines had finally become available.
“We were wrong, unfortunately,” said Noreen Goldman, a Princeton University researcher.
COVID-19 deaths rose in 2021 — to more than 415,000, up from 351,000 the year before — as new coronavirus variants emerged and an unexpectedly large numbers of Americans refused to get vaccinated or were hesitant to wear masks, experts said.
The coronavirus is not solely to blame. Preliminary CDC data also shows the crude death rate for cancer rose slightly, and rates continued to increase for diabetes, chronic liver disease and stroke.
Drug overdose deaths also continued to rise. The CDC does not yet have a tally for 2021 overdose deaths, because it can take weeks of lab work and investigation to identify them. But provisional data through October suggests the nation is on track to see at least 105,000 overdose deaths in 2021 — up from 93,000 the year before.
New research released Tuesday showed a particularly large jump in overdose deaths among 14- to 18-year-olds.
Adolescent overdose death counts were fairly constant for most of the last decade, at around 500 a year, according to the paper published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. They almost doubled in 2020, to 954, and the researchers estimated that the total hit nearly 1,150 last year.
Joseph Friedman, a UCLA researcher who was the paper’s lead author, called the spike “unprecedented.”
Those teen overdose deaths were only around 1% of the U.S. total. But adolescents experienced a greater relative increase than the overall population, even though surveys suggest drug use among teens is down.
Experts attributed the spike to fentanyl, a highly lethal drug that has been cut into heroin for several years. More recently it’s also been pressed into counterfeit pills resembling prescription drugs that teens sometimes abuse.
The total number of U.S. deaths often increases year to year as the U.S. population grows. But 2020 and 2021 saw extraordinary jumps in death numbers and rates, due largely to the pandemic.
Those national death trends affect life expectancy — an estimate of the average number of years a baby born in a given year might expect to live.
With rare exceptions, U.S. life expectancy has reliably inched up year after year. But the CDC’s life expectancy estimate for 2020 was about 77 years — more than a year and a half lower than what it was in 2019.
The CDC has not yet reported its calculation for 2021. But Goldman and some other researchers have been making their own estimates, presented in papers that have not yet been published in peer-reviewed journals.
Those researchers think U.S. life expectancy dropped another five or six months in 2021 — putting it back to where it was 20 years ago.
A loss of more than two years of life expectancy over the last two years “is mammoth,” Goldman said.
One study looked at death data in the U.S. and 19 other high-income countries. The U.S. fared the worst.
“What happened in the U.S. is less about the variants than the levels of resistance to vaccination and the public’s rejection of practices, such as masking and mandates, to reduce viral transmission,” one of the study’s authors, Dr. Steven Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University, said in a statement.
Some experts are skeptical that life expectancy will quickly bounce back. They worry about long-term complications of COVID-19 that may hasten the deaths of people with chronic health problems.
Preliminary — and incomplete — CDC data suggest there were at least 805,000 U.S. deaths in about the first three months of this year. That’s well below the same period last year, but higher than the comparable period in 2020.
“We may end up with a ‘new normal’ that’s a little higher than it was before,” Anderson said.
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How much will expanded use of E15 gas lower prices?
Gas prices are still hovering around $4 a gallon, but the Biden administration hopes temporarily allowing an ethanol blend to be sold during the summer will help to lower costs.
So, will Tuesday's E15 announcement be a game-changer for drivers?
At a gas pump along Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach, WPTV found a driver who is spending a lot of money on gas.
"A week, almost $200, but I've been working seven days a week," said Nelson Picon of Miami.
Picon works in West Palm Beach, so he said any cheaper gas is something he would support.
"Absolutely, yes. It's cheaper now. I'm doing $40, $50 round trip," Picon said.
Most gas these days consists of 10% ethanol, but E15 is 15% ethanol and costs less.
David Holt with the Consumer Energy Alliance isn't convinced that temporarily allowing E15 to be sold during the summer will significantly lower gas prices.
Others like finance professor Sofia Johan of Florida Atlantic University believe anything will help the high costs of fuel.
"Five cents, if you are especially in Florida, if you are commuting or using up gallons and tens of gallons of gas on a daily basis, five cents adds up," Johan said.
Any savings at the pump though comes with a price for the environment.
The E15 gas will increase emissions and not every driver is sold on putting it in their tank.
If your vehicle is a 2001 model or newer, the E15 blend of fuel should be fine to use, but check your owner's manual or ask your mechanic.
The Department of Energy said don't use it in motorcycles, boats or equipment like lawnmowers.
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Inflation frustration hits consumers at grocery store
Inflation has hit a 40-year-high, and one of the main places consumers are feeling it is at the grocery store.
You can see the rising prices in almost every store you walk into. One woman on Tuesday told WPTV she spent about $50 more this year preparing for Easter dinner..
The rising prices have some people buying less and changing their shopping habits.
In the parking lot outside Winn-Dixie in Stuart, Denise Jagoda loaded her trunk after spending more for groceries than this time last year.
"I tell ya, I'm probably spending about 15% more," Jagoda said.
So now Jagoda is trying a new strategy to avoid wasting money.
"I just try to do BOGOs, Buy One Get One Free, and most of my shopping will only be BOGOs and I plan my menu around whatever is on sale," Jagoda said.
On Tuesday, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed inflation climbed to 8.5% in March, putting a squeeze on people's wallets. The 12-month jump is the sharpest year-over-year increase since December 1981.
"At that time I was married and my husband was working. It was a difficult situation. I didn't have to live on a fixed income, but it was still difficult but to me this is worse," said Barbara Bragagnini.
Bragagnini lives alone and said she's now spending at least $15 to $20 dollars more each week, which cuts into her social security.
"I do look for the ads in the paper and try and take advantage of coupons I see," Bragagnini said.
Grocery prices overall have jumped up some 10%. According to the Labor Department, Florida is on par with the national average.
Supply chain issues and disruptions to the global food market have been made worse by Russia's war with Ukraine.
Now shoppers are searching for sales, and in Bragagnini's case, sometimes doing without.
"I do buy a little less and if I know something is going to be on sale, then I can just wait," Bragagnini said.
We're told the Federal Reserve will likely continue to raise interest rates to fight inflation.
Experts tell WPTV they believe inflation will soon hit its peak, but that doesn't mean relief will happen right away.
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Newborn surrendered to hospital staff under ‘safe haven’ law
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) – A newborn was handed over to officials in South Carolina under protection of the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act.
The Greenwood County Department of Social Services is caring for the baby, who was given to medical professionals at Self Regional Medical Center.
According to social services, the baby boy was born April 8 weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.
The child was turned over to hospital staff two days after he was born. Social services officials said the baby will be placed in a foster home.
South Carolina’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, also known as Daniel’s Law, allows a mother to surrender her unharmed newborn baby at a designated location without punishment. Babies up to 60 days old can be surrendered under this law.
“Daniel’s Law is intended to save babies,” the website of the South Carolina Department of Social Services reads. “It is not intended to hurt or punish anyone. It provides a safe option for mother and baby.”
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MOODY — The Moody Fire Department was honored during the city council meeting on Tuesday for its 50 years of service to the community.
The council adopted a proclamation officially recognizing the department's work for the city over the last half-century.
According to Fire Chief Larry Horton, who gave a presentation during the meeting, the fire department started in 1972.
“I appreciate all of y’all coming out and helping us celebrate a milestone,” he said. “Obviously, a lot of us in this room weren't here 50 years ago in the fire department, but we’re still proud of where we’re at today, and it's because of what happened 50 years ago that we are here today.”
The Chief gave a brief history of the department during his presentation. He said the forestry service donated their first truck, but later the department bought its first fire truck for merely $21,000. Now, they have three engines, the most recent one purchased in 2018 cost $460,000.
In 1983, MFD brought in their first paid fireman. From there, they continued to grow with additional full-time, paid personnel. Now, they have 15 full-time workers and 10 part-time.
“As we’re here tonight to celebrate 50 years, I was going to think back over the accomplishments,” Horton said. "But we must remember that the commitment and dedication from a group of local volunteers who saw a need and was willing to step up and provide a service to the town of Moody is the foundation that allowed us to be here tonight." | https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/moody-fire-department-celebrates-50-years-of-service/article_b63e9f88-ba94-11ec-8a07-6b1a2bdc29a0.html | 2022-04-12T21:13:57 | 0 | https://www.annistonstar.com/the_st_clair_times/moody-fire-department-celebrates-50-years-of-service/article_b63e9f88-ba94-11ec-8a07-6b1a2bdc29a0.html |
Photographer arrested after taking inappropriate pictures of young girl, police say
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A photographer in South Carolina was arrested Friday after deputies said they received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of a young girl, according to police.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Gregg Martin, 53, groomed the child and gave her illegal substances while she was under his care.
Police did not disclose the victim’s exact age but confirmed she is a minor.
Martin has been charged with engaging a child under 18 for sexual performance and unlawful conduct toward a child.
The sheriff’s department is asking anyone else who feels they have been a victim of Martin to contact them at (803)-576-3000.
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SPRINGVILLE — After collecting three straight wins last week, the Tigers snapped their overall five-game win streak as they dropped a 4-3 loss against the No. 8 team in 6A softball on Saturday, April 9. It was the third game of the day for Springville, who now sits at 24-7 on the season.
Springville 13, Southside 8: Springville started out its game strong against the Panthers, jumping out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning. After the third inning, Springville still found itself ahead 4-2. However, the Panthers pulled ahead with six runs in the fourth inning.
Eventually, with both teams not yet willing to give up, the score evened up 8-8 by the end of the fifth inning.
In a last effort to secure the win, the Tigers rallied with five runs in the sixth and limited the Panthers to no runs in the final inning to put the game away.
Makayln Kyser led her team from the plate, going 3-for-4 driving in four runs total, including a double in the first and a home run in the sixth.
Shelby Hathcock also nabbed a home run while Leah Bowden secured a triple and Emmie Leopard slugged a double for the Tigers.
Hathcock was perfect going 3-for-3, while Tori Barnes went 3-for-4 from the plate.
Springville Head Coach John Paul Taruc commended his team on the win.
“We hit well late in the game to help us score runs. Also, Shelby Hathcock pitched the last three innings and gave up no runs to help us secure the win,” he said, adding Hathcock has been a vital player this season. “Shelby is a versatile player. She can hit the ball and pitch too.”
Scottsboro 4, Springville 3: Springville fell short a run to Scottsboro during their last game on Saturday. The Tigers tied things up in the top of the fifth, but Scottsboro rallied, adding a run in the final inning to win 4-3.
Bella Bullington took the loss, pitching six innings and allowing three runs on eight hits with a walk and a strikeout.
Bekah Hargrove went 1-for-3 and scored, while Makalyn Kyser went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI and scored.
Springville 12, Arab 1: The Tigers run-ruled the Knights, racking up seven runs in the second inning and limiting Arab to a single run in the fourth inning.
Bekah Hargrove went 2-for-2 with a walk and an RBI and scored three times.
Makalyn Kyser went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI, including a pair of doubles. Bella Bullington went 1-for-3 with two RBI and scored. Leah Bowden went 2-for-2 with an RBI and scored twice. Shelby Hathcock went four innings, allowing six hits and one run, striking out seven.
Springville 11, Ashville 0: The Tigers got a shutout in their first game of the day as Georgia Chancellor pitched three no-hit innings and run-ruled a county rival.
Leah Bowden went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice, while Tori Barnes went 3-for-3 with a single and two doubles, 5 RBI and scored twice. Shelby Hathcock went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI and scored.
Chancellor got the win, walking two batters and striking out six.
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VIDEO: Officer injured after metal luggage rack goes through patrol car’s windshield
MESA, Ariz. (KNXV) - A detective in Arizona is recovering after a scary incident over the weekend while he was behind the wheel.
Part of a metal luggage rack went through Mesa Police Department Det. Nick Cureton’s patrol car’s windshield as he was driving on the highway.
“I saw the item coming through the windshield and didn’t really have a lot of time to react,” Cureton said.
The officer said he didn’t know what item initially came through his windshield, but the piece of metal sent glass flying into his eyes.
“It hit me in the ribs as it ended up wedging itself between my left arm and my ribs,” Cureton said.
The luggage rack ended up bruising Cureton, who said he had to bring his car to a stop during the incident immediately.
“I tried to slow my car down as best as I could. After a while came to a complete stop, I threw my lights on, put my car in park, took a couple of deep breaths and then just tried to figure out if that item had actually gone into me or was just resting alongside me,” Cureton said.
Officials with Arizona’s Department of Transportation report debris on the roads is a problem and something the team continues to combat.
“It is so important for safety’s sake to ensure that any large items you’re hauling somewhere are safely secured and strapped to your vehicle,” said Ryan Harding, with ADOT.
Representatives with Arizona’s Department of Public Safety said driving with an unsecured load is illegal, and drivers can face citations and hefty fines.
According to the department, more than 300 drivers have been cited each year for failing to secure their load over the last three years, but nearly 150 yearly collisions have still occurred.
“It comes to those questions: ‘Would I feel safe driving behind my vehicle as it is, or would I be nervous?’” Harding said.
Cureton said he was taken to the hospital after last week’s incident, but he is recovering and hopes his story can help prevent future issues.
“I think it’s definitely a responsibility of all the drivers that are going to be out there to make sure that they secure whatever is in their vehicles to try and stop this from happening,” Cureton said.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio man with four children to feed, and who has seen his rent and food bills increase, decided to get a B1DNSUX license plate to share his thoughts with fellow drivers.
Joseph Haig, of Pickaway County, owns a painting business. Like many small business owners, he’s been hurt by increased costs.
“I got the license plate because I didn’t like the gas prices, I didn’t like that my rent had gone up, I didn’t like that the food and formula and diapers for my baby had gone up and was becoming harder to find, and I blamed the current administration,” he said.
Haig applied for the plate eight months ago.
“I did think it was funny,” Haig said. “I also didn’t think it would get approved. It was kind of like a joke to the teller that was doing the paperwork. And she said, ‘Spell it out.’ So I wrote it on a piece of paper, and she laughed, and she gave me a paper copy.
“For three weeks I didn’t think the hard copy was ever going to come — and then,” Haig said with a grin, “it came.”
Most people like the license plate, Haig said, and it’s a good talking point.
“Very few negative feedbacks compared to the positive feedback,” he said. “It makes my day every time somebody gives me a thumbs up. … I’ve even had somebody get out of a car at a Wendy’s and pound on my window and tell me that he loved it.”
Even though Haig is frustrated with the current administration, he said he followed pandemic rules — “I wore my mask inside people’s houses” — and he’s also pitched in when somebody gets hurt: He pulled a victim of a tubing accident from Alum Creek into his fishing boat in 2020. Haig said the victim died as Haig tried to keep him alive.
Haig is not the only person to have a plate that sounds off about the administration. A BIDN SUX plate was seen in a nearby neighborhood in March.
Although Ohioans have been able to show their frustration with President Joe Biden on license plates, they haven’t been able to disparage Michigan in a similar way. Two references were denied in 2020 related to the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry: “MCHSUX” and “UM SCKS.”
In 2021, the BMV denied 827 vanity plates, including at least 48 plates referencing Biden or making a similar comment, according to an analysis of an internal list received via public records request. | https://www.wane.com/news/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ | 2022-04-12T21:19:43 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/news/b1dnsux-license-plate-owner-why-i-got-it/ |