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Quentin Randle, 33, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at his home residence in Booneville, MS. Services will be on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Union Baptist M.B. Church Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday, April 7, 2022 from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM at Union Baptist M.B. Church Cemetery. Burial will follow at Union Baptist M.B. Church Cemetery.
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Sharon Taylor Walls gained her wings while sleeping in the early morning hours of Monday, April 4, 2022 at her family residence north of Nettleton. She was 61 years old. Born in Jones County, Mississippi on Sept. 22, 1960 to the late Clarence Taylor and Bobbie Hanley Taylor, she grew up in Lamar County where she attended the public schools. She moved to Lee County 35 years ago. In 2004, she married James Lamar Walls of Pontotoc County. He died in October, 2020. Sharon worked for the last 20 plus years as a cashier at Kilgore Grocery where she made many friends and endeared herself to many customers. Sharon loved the outdoors, camping and boating. She was of the Baptist faith. A service celebrating her life will be held at 11 AM Thursday, April 7, 2022 from the Sadie Holland Memorial Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors-Tupelo with Bro. Scott Cockrell officiating. Burial will follow in Cruse Cemetery near Pontotoc. Visitation will be from 5PM-7PM Wednesday, April 6, 2022 and from 10 AM-service time on Thursday, all at Holland-Tupelo, which is honored to be serving their friends. For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed at www.hollandfuneraldirectors.com/Livestreaming. Sharon is survived by her two sons, James Williamson and wife, Amy of Plantersville and Jacob Williamson of Pontotoc; 3 grandchildren, Blake Williamson, Cody Williamson and Taylor Grace Williamson. Her sister, Sue Blackmer of Hattiesburg and her step children, Sherry Koebler, Jamie Taylor, Tonya Walls and Jaymar Walls and their families. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Robert, Ray and Billy Taylor. Condolences for the family may be emailed to hollandfuneraldirectors@comcast.net
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June Hammock, 84, died Monday, April 4, 2022 at North Ms. Medical Center, Tupelo, MS. She was born in Mississippi and was a bookkeeper for fifty years. June was a member of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, Golden, MS. Services will be Thursday, April 7, 4 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Belmont, MS with Bro. Dean Warren officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery, Golden, MS. Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, MS will be in charge of arrangements. She is survived by three children-Mark Hammock (Tammy), Angela Thomas (Marty) and Christopher Arle Hammock; six grandchildren - Zoe Hammock, Chloe Jones (Chase), Matthew Taylor, Rhiannon Clark, Benjamin Taylor and Krista Thomas and four great-grandchildren - Cole Clark, Cannon Clark, Sabella Zabarovska and Abby Taylor. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Arle Hammock and her parents, Sidney and Pearl Williams Pruitt. Pallbearers will be David Estes, Cole Clark, Tony Grady, Joel Horn, Dale Swindle and Andrew Bush. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 6, 6-8 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, MS.
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In her office at a nonprofit in central Nebraska, Karen Rathke routinely encounters residents still stung by the pandemic and hoping to get help with their rent.
Rathke, president of the Heartland United Way, was hoping to tap into an additional $120 million in federal Emergency Rental Assistance to help them. But that money, part of what's known as ERA2, is at risk after Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts said he doesn't want it.
Many other states have in recent months returned tens of millions of dollars in unused rental assistance because they have so few renters — but only Nebraska has flat out refused the aid.
"I'm very concerned about not having anything," Rathke said of the federal money, which can be allocated over the next three years for everything from rent to services preventing eviction to affordable housing activities.
"All these nonprofits, when people come to them asking for help, the bucket will be empty," she said. "It is hard to tell people no, to tell people that we don't have the funds to help them."
The debate is playing out across the country as the Treasury Department begins reallocating some of the $46.5 billion in rental assistance from places slow to spend to others that are running out of funds.
States and localities have until September to spend their share of the first $25 billion allocated, known as ERA1, and the second $21.55 billion, known as ERA2, by 2025. So far, Treasury says $30 billion has been spent or allocated through February.
Treasury announced earlier this month that over $1 billion of ERA1 funds would be moved, for a total of $2.3 billion reallocated this year. Larger states like California, New York, New Jersey and Texas are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in additional money. Native American tribes, including the Oglala Sioux Lakota in South Dakota and Chippewa Cree in Montana, are also receiving tens of millions of dollars in additional help.
Those losing money are almost all smaller Republican states with large rural populations and fewer renters. Many were slow to spend their share as required by program rules, so they either voluntarily returned money or had it taken. Some, like South Dakota, Wyoming and New Hampshire, unsuccessfully pitched to use the money for other things like affordable housing.
Treasury officials, housing advocates and many Republican governors argue there is still plenty of money to help renters in these states and that the reallocation gets money where it's most needed. Montana, for example, returned $54.6 million but still has $224.5 million. West Virginia returned more than $42.4 million but still has $224.7 million, according to Treasury.
"We are trying to reallocate the best we can," said Gene Sperling, who is charged with overseeing implementation of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package. "This is a balancing act, but one that is rooted in commitment to getting the most funds to the most people in need as possible."
North Dakota returned $150 million of its $352 million, saying it couldn't effectively spend all the money by the deadline. The state believes the remaining funds are sufficient to meet the needs of those who are eligible.
Some Democratic lawmakers disagree.
"Outrageous and unacceptable: turning back rental assistance funds when applications are piling up and people are being evicted," tweeted Democratic Rep. Karla Rose Hanson, of Fargo.
South Dakota was forced to return more than $81 million — though more than $9 million went to Native American tribes in the state. Gov. Kristi Noem suggested the money was not necessary, adding: "Our renters enjoy something even better than government hand-outs: a job."
But Democratic Sen. Reynold Nesiba said there was a lack of awareness about the rental assistance and criticized the state for not doing more to promote it. He pointed to a $5 million tourism advertising campaign that was paid for with coronavirus relief funds and questioned why that level of promotion didn't happen for pandemic relief programs.
Meanwhile, organizations that are helping administer the rental assistance still available expect a continued need. The state has long faced a run on affordable housing, which has only been exacerbated during the pandemic.
"Housing costs are just too high," said Sandy Miller, who coordinates the rental assistance program for an organization called Community Action in the western half of South Dakota. "It's harder for them to get in a home, it's harder for them to stay in their home."
Several states argued the reallocation addresses a flaw in the program, which created a funding formula based on population, not the number of renters in a state.
"Congress ... did not take into consideration Wyoming's small population, income levels, actual renters' needs, and that the majority of Wyoming households — 70% — are owner occupied," said Rachel Girt, the state's rental assistance communication coordinator, after the state returned $164 million out of $352 million. Another $2.8 million was shifted to the Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing Program and Eastern Shoshone Housing Authority.
Josh Hanford, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development, noted that the $352 million it received far surpassed the $25 million given to Memphis, which has a similar population.
"As long as we're able to serve all our eligible households, hopefully folks will see that there is greater need in other parts of the country that have received a lot less assistance per household," Hanford said when asked about the state returning $31 million.
In Nebraska, the loss of funds is projected to hit rural areas hardest.
The state program already reallocated $85 million of its $158 million in ERA1 to its biggest cities of Omaha and Lincoln and their respective counties. It still has nearly $30 million. Without the additional $120 million in ERA2 money, an analysis by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center on Children, Families and the Law found that tenants in Omaha and Lincoln will still have help after September, but those in other counties will not.
Ricketts, the Nebraska governor, defended the decision not to take the additional money.
The state "has received and distributed an unprecedented amount of federal funding to help Nebraskans weather the storm over these past two years," he wrote in an opinion column. "But at a certain point, we must acknowledge that the storm has passed and get back to the Nebraska Way. We must guard against becoming a welfare state where people are incentivized not to work and encouraged to rely on government handouts well after an emergency is over."
But housing advocates say his decision will leave many vulnerable tenants without a lifeline. Tenants in rural areas often have access to fewer resources, including affordable housing, internet access and reliable transport.
Lawmakers passed a bill last month requiring the state to apply for the money. But Ricketts vetoed the bill, saying the state "must guard against big government socialism." If lawmakers don't override his veto, the money is likely to be reallocated by Treasury to other states.
"We know from communities across Nebraska that the need is not only there, but is fairly severe," said Erin Feichtinger, director of policy and advocacy for the social service agency Together.
"There is really no good reason to pass up these funds. It's money that is allocated to Nebraskans," she said. "Nothing bad will happen if we accept this funding, but lots of bad things can if we don't."
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NEW YORK • Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy.
"A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library. And usually those calls would be for guidance on how to handle a challenge or for materials that support the value of the work being challenged," Caldwell-Stone told The Associated Press. "Now, we're getting three, four, five reports a day, many in need of support and some in need of a great deal of support."
"We're on the phone constantly," she added.
Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year and the ALA has included some numbers in its annual State of America's Libraries Report, released Monday. The association found 729 challenges — affecting nearly 1,600 books — at public schools and libraries in 2021, more than double 2020's figures and the highest since the ALA began compiling challenges more than 20 years ago.
The actual total for last year is likely much higher — the ALA collects data through media accounts and through cases it learns about from librarians and educators and other community members. Books preemptively pulled by librarians — out of fear of community protest or concern for their jobs — and challenges never reported by libraries are not included.
The number could well grow again in 2022, Caldwell-Stone said, as conservative-led school boards and legislatures enact more restrictions. Last week, the Georgia legislature passed a bill that would accelerate the process for removing books seen as "harmful to minors."
"Nothing would surprise me," Caldwell-Stone says.
The two most challenged books on the ALA's top 10 list have been in the news often: Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir about sexual identity, "Gender Queer," and Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy," a coming-of-age novel narrated by a young gay man. Both have been singled out by Republican officials.
Last fall in Virginia, Glenn Youngkin backed a local school board's banning of the two books during his successful run for governor. Around the same time, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster supported a school board's decision to remove "Gender Queer."
In Florida recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized "Gender Queer" and "Lawn Boy" upon signing a law that would force elementary schools to provide a searchable list of every book available in their libraries or used in instruction and allow parents, DeSantis said, "to blow the whistle."
Kobabe and Evison noted during recent interviews an irony of their books being targeted: Neither set out to write a story for young people. But they gained a following among students with the help of the American Library Association, which has given each book an Alex Award for works "written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18."
"I think a big part of our books getting so much attention is that they're award winners and ended up being purchased by libraries all over the country," Kobabe said.
Others on the ALA list, virtually all cited for LGBTQ or racial themes, include Angie Thomas' bestselling "The Hate U Give," centered on a police shooting of a Black teen; George Johnson's "All Boys Aren't Blue," Juno Dawson's "This Book Is Gay" and Susan Kuklin's "Beyond Magenta." Two older works that have been on the list before also appear: Sherman Alexie's autobiographical novel "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's debut novel "The Bluest Eye."
The library association defines a "challenge" as a "formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness." The ALA doesn't keep a precise figure for how many books have actually been removed, but cases have come up routinely over the past year. Last December, a school district in San Antonio, Texas, pulled hundreds of library books to "ensure they did not have any obscene or vulgar material in them."
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WASHINGTON • Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announced Monday night they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden's nominee a burst of bipartisan support and all but assuring she'll become the first Black female justice.
The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions ahead of a procedural vote to advance the nomination and as Democrats pressed to confirm Jackson by the end of the week. GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced last week that she would back Jackson, noting her "stellar qualifications" as a federal judge, public defender and member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
All three Republicans said they did not expect to agree with all of Jackson's decisions, but they found her extremely well qualified. Romney said Jackson "more than meets the standard of excellence and integrity." Murkowski said she will "bring to the Supreme Court a range of experience from the courtroom that few can match given her background in litigation."
With three Republicans supporting her in the 50-50 split Senate, Jackson is on a glidepath to confirmation and on the brink of making history as the third Black justice and only the sixth woman in the court's more than 200-year history. Beyond the historic element, Democrats have cited her deep experience in nine years on the federal bench and the chance for her to become the first former public defender on the court.
Both Collins and Murkowski said they believed that the Senate nomination process has become broken as it has become more partisan in the past several decades.
Murkowski, who is up for reelection this year, said her decision partly rests "on my rejection of the corrosive politicization of the review process for Supreme Court nominees, which, on both sides of the aisle, is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year."
After the vote, Murkowski said she had "assumed a level of risk" but "there's three of us that found ourselves in this place where I believe the strength, qualifications of the candidate are such that are appropriate for the court."
Biden nominated Jackson to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who will step down after the court's session ends this summer. Biden has sought bipartisan backing for his pick, making repeated calls to senators and inviting Republicans to the White House. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that administration officials would work the phones until the last minute to maximize support.
"Judge Jackson will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the Supreme Court," Biden tweeted earlier Monday. "She deserves to be confirmed as the next justice."
The Senate's 53-47 vote Monday evening was to "discharge" Jackson's nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee after the panel deadlocked, 11-11, on whether to send the nomination to the Senate floor.
The committee vote, split along party lines, was the first deadlock on a Supreme Court nomination in three decades.
The Judiciary committee's top Republican, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, said he opposed Jackson's nomination because "she and I have fundamental, different views on the role of judges and the role that they should play in our system of government."
The committee hadn't deadlocked since 1991, when Biden was chairman and a motion to send the nomination of current Justice Clarence Thomas to the floor with a "favorable" recommendation failed on a 7-7 vote. The committee then voted to send the nomination to the floor without a recommendation, meaning it could still be brought up for a vote.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky set the tone for most of his party last week when he said he "cannot and will not" support Jackson, citing GOP concerns raised in hearings about her sentencing record and her backing from liberal advocacy groups.
Republicans on the Judiciary panel continued their push Monday to paint Jackson as soft on crime, defending their repeated questions about her sentencing on sex crimes.
"Questions are not attacks," said Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, one of several GOP senators on the panel who hammered the point in the hearings two weeks ago.
Jackson pushed back on the GOP narrative, declaring that "nothing could be further from the truth" and explaining her reasoning in detail. Democrats said she was in line with other judges in her decisions. And on Monday they criticized their GOP counterparts' questioning.
"You could try and create a straw man here, but it does not hold," said New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
The questioning was filled with "absurdities of disrespect," said Booker, who also is Black. He said he will "rejoice" when Jackson is confirmed.
Derrick Johnson, president and chief executive officer of the NAACP, expressed disappointment with the committee tie, even as he noted that Jackson had cleared an important hurdle. He said "history will be watching" during the full Senate vote later this week.
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It's not the end of the world. It only seems that way.
Climate change is going to get worse, but as gloomy as the latest scientific reports are, including today's from the United Nations, scientist after scientist stresses that curbing global warming is not hopeless. The science says it is not game over for planet Earth or humanity. Action can prevent some of the worst if done soon, they say.
After decades of trying to get the public's attention, spur action by governments and fight against organized movements denying the science, climate researchers say they have a new fight on their hands: doomism. It's the feeling that nothing can be done, so why bother. It's young people publicly swearing off having children because of climate change.
University of Maine climate scientist Jacquelyn Gill noticed in 2018 fewer people telling her climate change isn't real and more "people that we now call doomers that you know believe that nothing can be done." Gill says it is just not true.
"I refuse to write off or write an obituary for something that's still alive," Gill told The Associated Press, referring to the Earth. "We are not through a threshold or past the threshold. There's no such thing as pass-fail when it comes to the climate crisis."
"It's really, really, really hard to walk people back from that ledge," Gill said.
Doomism "is definitely a thing," said Wooster College psychology professor Susan Clayton, who studies climate change anxiety and spoke at a conference in Norway last week that addressed the issue. "It's a way of saying 'I don't have to go to the effort of making changes because there's nothing I can do anyway.'"
Gill and six other scientists who talked with The Associated Press about doomism aren't sugarcoating the escalating harm to the climate from accumulating emissions. But that doesn't make it hopeless, they said.
"Everybody knows it's going to get worse," said Woodwell Climate Research Center scientist Jennifer Francis. "We can do a lot to make it less bad than the worst case scenario."
The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just issued its third report in six months. The first two were on how bad warming is and how it will hurt people and ecosystems, with today's report focusing on how the extent of disruption depends on how much fossil fuels are burned. It shows the world is still heading in the wrong direction in its fight to curb climate change, with new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure and forests falling to make way for agriculture.
"It's not that they're saying you are condemned to a future of destruction and increasing misery," said Christiana Figueres, the former U.N. climate secretary who helped forge the 2015 Paris climate agreement and now runs an organization called Global Optimism. "What they're saying is 'the business-as-usual path ... is an atlas of misery ' or a future of increasing destruction. But we don't have to choose that. And that's the piece, the second piece, that sort of always gets dropped out of the conversation."
United Nations Environment Program Director Inger Andersen said with reports like these, officials are walking a tightrope. They are trying to spur the world to action because scientists are calling this a crisis. But they also don't want to send people spiraling into paralysis because it is too gloomy.
"We are not doomed, but rapid action is absolutely essential," Andersen said. "With every month or year that we delay action, climate change becomes more complex, expensive and difficult to overcome."
"The big message we've got (is that) human activities got us into this problem and human agency can actually get us out of it again," James Skea, co-chair of Monday's report, said. "It's not all lost. We really have the chance to do something."
Monday's report details that it is unlikely, without immediate and drastic carbon pollution cuts, that the world will limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, which is the world's agreed upon goal. The world has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit). And earlier IPCC reports have shown that after 1.5 degrees, more people die, more ecosystems are in trouble and climate change worsens rapidly.
"We don't fall over the cliff at 1.5 degrees," Skea said, "Even if we were to go beyond 1.5 it doesn't mean we throw up our hands in despair."
IPCC reports showed that depending on how much coal, oil, and natural gas is burned, warming by 2100 could be anywhere from 1.4 to 4.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 to 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, which can mean large differences in sickness, death and weather disasters.
While he sees the increase in doom talk as inevitable, NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt said he knows first-hand that people are wrong when they say nothing can be done: "I work with people and I'm watching other people and I'm seeing the administration. And people are doing things and they're doing the right things for the most part as best they can. So I'm seeing people do things."
Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann said scientists used to think Earth would be committed to decades of future warming even after people stopped pumping more carbon dioxide into the air than nature takes out. But newer analyses in recent years show it will only take a few years after net zero emissions for carbon levels in the air to start to go down because of carbon being sucked up by the oceans and forests, Mann said.
Scientists' legitimate worries get repeated and amplified like in the kids game of telephone and "by the time you're done, it's 'we're doomed' when what the scientist actually said was we need to reduce or carbon emissions 50% within this decade to avoid 1.5 (degrees of) warming, which would be really bad. Two degrees of warming would be far worse than 1.5 warming, but not the end of civilization," Mann said.
Mann said doomism has become far more of a threat than denialism and he believes that some of the same people, trade associations and companies that denied climate change are encouraging people who say it is too late. Mann is battling publicly with a retired University of Arizona ecologist, Guy McPherson, an intellectual leader of the doom movement.
McPherson said he's not part of the monetary system, hasn't had a paycheck in 13 years, doesn't vote and lived off the grid for a decade. He said all species go extinct and humans are no exception. He publicly predicted humanity will go extinct in 2026, but in an interview with The Associated Press said, "I'm not nearly as stuck on 2026," and mentioned 2030 and changes to human habitat from the loss of Arctic summer sea ice.
Woodwell's Francis, a pioneer in the study of Arctic sea ice who McPherson said he admires, said while the Arctic will be ice free by the summer by 2050, McPherson exaggerates the bad effects. Local Arctic residents will be hit hard, "the rest of us will experience accelerated warming and sea-level rise, disrupted weather patterns and more frequent extreme weather. Most communities will adapt to varying degrees," Francis said. "There's no way in hell humans will go extinct by 2026."
Humans probably can no longer prevent Arctic sea ice from disappearing in the summer, but with new technology and emissions cuts, Francis said, "we stand a real chance of preventing those (other) catastrophic scenarios out there."
Psychology professor Clayton said "no matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. You can make a difference between bad and worse... That's very powerful, very self-affirming."
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NEW YORK • Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published Monday suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don't have such weapons at home.
"We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects" from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study.
The study has several shortcomings. For example, the researchers said they could not determine which victims were killed by the handgun owners or with the in-home weapons. They couldn't account for illegal guns and looked only at handguns, not rifles or other firearms.
The dataset also was limited to registered voters in California who were 21 and older. It's not clear that the findings are generalizable to the whole state, let alone to the rest of the country, the authors acknowledged.
But some outside experts said the work was well done, important and the largest research of its kind.
"I would call this a landmark study," said Cassandra Crifasi, a gun violence policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. "This contributes to our understanding of the potential causal relationship between guns in the home and homicides," she said.
California is unusual in that it offers gun ownership data and other information not obtainable in almost any other state. That allowed the researchers to follow millions of people over many years to try to better establish what happens when a person begins living in a home with handgun, they said.
The study focused on nearly 600,000 Californians who did not own handguns but began living in homes with handguns between October 2004 and December 2016 — either because they started living with someone who owned one or because someone in their household bought one.
The researchers calculated that for every 100,000 people in that situation, 12 will be shot to death by someone else over five years. In comparison, eight out of 100,000 who live in gun-free homes will be killed that way over the same time span.
"The rates are low" and the absolute risk is small, but it's important to consider the increase in a person's risk of being killed, Studdert said.
Those numbers suggest the risk rises 50%, but Studdert said it's actually higher: In a separate calculation designed to better account for where people live and other factors, the researchers estimated the risk was actually more than twice as high.
Separately, the researchers found that those who lived with handgun owners had a much higher rate of being fatally shot by a spouse or intimate partner. The vast majority of such victims — 84% — were women, they said.
The study was confined to California, but the risk is likely even greater in states with less stringent gun laws and where gun ownership is more common, Crifasi said.
Previous research estimated that nearly 3% of U.S. adults became new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021, which translates to about 7.5 million Americans. Of those, about 5.4 million previously lived in a home with no guns.
For decades, studies have shown guns in the home raise the risk of a violent death. Much of that work, including an earlier study by Studdert and his colleagues, focused on suicide.
The new study goes further in addressing the perception that handguns are still worthwhile because of the safety they provide against being murdered, some experts said.
"The reason people have guns in their home is for protection from strangers," said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard University's Injury Control Research Center. "But what this is showing that having a gun in the home is bad for people in the home."
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BUCHA, Ukraine • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russians of gruesome atrocities in Ukraine and told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that those responsible should immediately be brought up on war crimes charges in front of a tribunal like the one established at Nuremberg after World War II.
Over the past few days, grisly images of what appeared to be intentional killings of civilians carried out by Russian forces in Bucha and other towns before they withdrew from the outskirts of Kyiv have caused a global outcry and led Western nations to expel scores of Moscow's diplomats and propose further sanctions, including a ban on coal imports from Russia.
Zelenskyy, speaking via video from Ukraine to U.N. diplomats, said that civilians had been tortured, shot in the back of the head, thrown down wells, blown up with grenades in their apartments and crushed to death by tanks while in cars.
"They cut off limbs, cut their throats. Women were raped and killed in front of their children," he said. He asserted that people's tongues were pulled out "only because their aggressor did not hear what they wanted to hear from them."
Zelenskyy said that both those who carried out the killings and those who gave the orders "must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes" in front of a tribunal similar to what was used in postwar Germany.
Moscow's U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said that while Bucha was under Russian control, "not a single local person has suffered from any violent action." Reiterating what the Kremlin has contended for days, he said that video footage of bodies in the streets was "a crude forgery" staged by the Ukrainians.
"You only saw what they showed you," he said. "The only ones who would fall for this are Western dilettantes."
As Zelenskyy spoke to the diplomats, survivors of the monthlong Russian occupation took investigators to body after body of townspeople allegedly shot down by troops. Others simply surveyed the destruction.
In Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv, 25-year-old, Dmitriy Yevtushkov searched the rubble of apartment buildings and found that only a photo album remained from his family's home. In the besieged southern city of Mykolaiv, a passerby stopped briefly to look at the bright blossoms of a shattered flower stand lying among bloodstains, the legacy of a Russian shell that killed nine. The onlooker sketched out the sign of the cross in the air, and moved on.
Associated Press journalists in Bucha have counted dozens of corpses in civilian clothes and interviewed Ukrainians who told of witnessing atrocities. Also, high-resolution satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies showed that many of the bodies had been lying in the open for weeks, during the time that Russian forces were in the town.
The dead in Bucha included a pile of six charred bodies, as witnessed by AP journalists. It was not clear who they were or under what circumstances they died. One body was probably that of a child, said Andrii Nebytov, head of police in the Kyiv region. A gunshot wound to the head was visible on one.
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened an investigation a month ago into possible war crimes in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy stressed that Bucha was only one place and that there are more with similar horrors — a warning echoed by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg, meanwhile, warned that in pulling back from the capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin's military is regrouping its forces in order to deploy them to eastern and southern Ukraine for a "crucial phase of the war." Russia's stated goal currently is control of the Donbas, the largely Russian-speaking industrial region in the east that includes the shattered port city of Mariupol.
"Moscow is not giving up its ambitions in Ukraine," Stoltenberg said.
While both Ukrainian and Russian representatives sent optimistic signals following their latest round of talks a week ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow won't accept a Ukrainian demand that a prospective peace deal include an immediate pullout of troops followed by a Ukrainian referendum on the agreement.
In televised remarks Tuesday, Lavrov said a new deal would have to be negotiated if the vote failed, and "we don't want to play such cat and mouse."
Ukrainian officials said that the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv that were recaptured from Russian forces and that a "torture chamber" was discovered in Bucha.
Zelenskyy told the Security Council there was "not a single crime" that Russian troops hadn't committed in Bucha.
"The Russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country. They shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone who is alive. They killed entire families, adults and children, and they tried to burn the bodies," he said. They used tanks to crush civilians "just for their pleasure," he said.
On Tuesday, police and other investigators walked the silent streets of Bucha. Survivors who hid in their homes during the Russian occupation of the town, many of them past middle age, wandered past charred tanks and jagged window panes with plastic bags of food and other humanitarian aid. Red Cross workers checked in on intact homes.
Many of the dead seen by AP journalists appeared to have been shot at close range, and some had their hands bound or their flesh burned.
The AP and the PBS series "Frontline" have jointly verified at least 90 incidents during the war that appear to violate international law. The War Crimes Watch Ukraine project is looking into apparent targeted attacks as well as indiscriminate ones.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the images from Bucha revealed "not the random act of a rogue unit" but "a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities." He said the reports of atrocities were "more than credible."
"Only non-humans are capable of this," said Angelica Chernomor, a refugee from Kyiv who crossed into Poland with her two children and saw the photos from Bucha. "Even if people live under a totalitarian regime, they must retain feelings, dignity, but they do not."
Chernomor is among the more than 4 million Ukrainians who have fled the country in the wake of the Feb. 24 invasion.
Russia has rejected similar accusations of atrocities in the past by accusing its enemies of forging photos and video and using so-called crisis actors.
As Western leaders condemned the killings in Bucha, Romania, Italy, Spain and Denmark expelled dozens of Russian diplomats on Tuesday, following moves by Germany and France. Hundreds of Russian diplomats have been sent home since the start of the invasion, many accused of being spies.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the expulsions a "short-sighted" measure that would complicate communication and warned they would be met with "reciprocal steps."
The U.S., in coordination with the European Union and Group of Seven nations, will roll out more sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, including a ban on all new investment in the country, a senior administration official said, speaking on condition to discuss the upcoming announcement.
Also, the EU's executive branch proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia, in what would be the first time the 27-nation bloc has sanctioned the country's lucrative energy industry over the war. The coal imports amount to an estimated 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) per year.
Just hours before the latest proposal was announced, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that to prevent "new Buchas," the West must impose the "mother of all sanctions" — on Russian oil and gas.
"A few months of tightening your belts are worth thousands of saved lives," he said.
But Western nations are divided over how far to go. While some are calling for a boycott of Russian oil and gas, Germany and others fear that such a move could plunge the continent into a severe economic crisis.
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OXFORD – They’re supposed to be finishing their final semesters of high school, but Ole Miss cornerback Davison Igbinosun and running back Quinshon Judkins are playing beyond their years.
Igbinosun and Judkins were both members of the 2022 signing class and enrolled in school for the spring semester. Igbinosun was a four-star recruit while Judkins was a three-star with offers from Notre Dame, Florida, Auburn and more.
Both have seen extensive work in practices the last two Saturdays, including some with the starting lineups.
The Rebels are deep at both defensive back and running back, but Igbinosun and Judkins are making names for themselves early.
Ibinosun, a 6-foot-2, 185-pounder from New Jersey who was selected for the prestigious All-American Bowl, was ranked as the No. 160 player in the entire 2022 class by 247Sports. Judkins ran for 4,220 yards and 67 touchdowns in his career at Pike Road High in Alabama.
“I do (see them as potential early contributors). I think both those guys have come in with a unique mindset. They don’t seem like, remember, these guys are really high school seniors, they don’t seem that way,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. “Whenever you recruit guys, you see how they are as players, but you’re not really sure how they’re going to be maturity wise once they get here. They’ve done a good job learning things and are going in there and playing with the 1s.”
The Trigg/Dart connection
Sophomore Michael Trigg met with the media for the first time on Tuesday. The former USC tight end is roommates with sophomore quarterback Jaxson Dart, also a former Trojan.
The roommates are inseparable.
“Honestly, we do everything together. Like, if he’s hungry and I’m not hungry, we’ll go eat together (anyway). It’s just like that,” Trigg said. “That’s my brother.”
That bond extends to the field as well, where the two have shown off a connection this spring. At times, it’s like they can read each other’s minds. It was on display at Saturday’s practice on a deep ball.
“On the pass he threw in the middle, when we got home, he was like, ‘I knew you were going to be there.’ That was the first thing he said when he walked in the house,” Trigg said. “And was like, ‘I knew you were going to throw it there.’ I just had to run there.”
Quarterback battle
Dart and sophomore Luke Altmyer are battling to be the No. 1 quarterback come fall. Kiffin gave reporters the latest on the derby.
“I know it’s kind of coach speak, but both guys have made a lot of plays. It’s a good competition, without getting into too much depth … Jaxson’s made more plays down the field, but he’s made more mistakes too,” Kiffin said. “Where Luke’s been a little more consistent that way. Probably what would happen knowing one guy’s been in the system longer, so we’ll see.”
Viral video
A video of Trigg dunking a basketball over Kiffin’s son, Knox, made the rounds on the internet this weekend after Kiffin posted it on Twitter. Trigg, a high school basketball player, explained the context for the viral video.
“Kiff asked me, could I jump over him? I was like, of course. So I just did it,” Trigg said with a smile. “I wish I could have did a little bit more crazy, something crazier like a windmill or something. I might try it next time.”
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Sacramento police have arrested a second suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen more near a downtown nightlife district.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun, the Sacramento Police Department announced in a statement early Tuesday.
Martin was among the people seriously wounded in Sunday’s shooting and remains hospitalized under police supervision; police said he will be transferred to the county jail once his medical care is complete.
Martin is the older brother of Dandrae Martin, 26, whom police arrested Monday and named a “related suspect” in the incident. The younger Martin is charged with assault and illegal possession of a firearm.
No homicide charges yet
Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert in a Monday statement announcing Dandrae Martin’s weapons charges noted he was not arrested for any homicide in the April 3 shooting.
Detectives have executed warrants to at least three residences as they seek a motive for the shooting, in which “multiple” gunmen are believed to be involved.
Investigators recovered more than 100 spent shell casings at the scene, along with a stolen handgun police said had been “converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.”
Investigators are working to untangle what happened at the chaotic scene where gunfire broke out just after 2 a.m. Sunday along a stretch of downtown Sacramento known for bars and clubs, just a block from the state Capitol.
Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said Sunday that police arrived at the scene to the sound of gunshots and found a “very large crowd” and several shooting victims. The crime scene, Lester said, was “very complex and complicated.”
Lester said a “large fight” preceded the shooting. A video posted to social media shows a brawl unfolding on a sidewalk as the shooting erupts, although Sgt. Zach Eaton, a police spokesman, told The Washington Post on Sunday that “we can’t confirm if that fight is what caused the shooting, or if there were two things going on at once.”
The six people killed ranged in age from 21 to 57. They were identified Monday as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21; Devazia Turner, 29; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; Sergio Harris, 38; and Melinda Davis, 57.
About 100 people gathered in downtown Sacramento on Monday as the victims were named and loved ones mourned. A man who identified himself as Harris’s cousin spoke from the crowd and then was invited to speak from the microphones at the front.
“A change has to start,” the man, Jackie Henderson, said. “When the hell are we going to let it start?”
In an interview Tuesday morning, Schubert declined to discuss specifics of Sunday’s shooting, but addressed reducing gun violence.
“It doesn’t matter what side of any political aisle you stand on,” said Schubert, a Republican who was elected D.A. in 2014 and is running for California attorney general. “Nobody wants guns, illegal guns in the hands of felons and prohibited persons.”
Sunday’s mass shooting has been described as the deadliest in Sacramento history.
But the city has been touched by mass violence before.
Monday marked the 31st anniversary the hostage crisis at a local Good Guys Electronics store in south Sacramento. Six people died in the incident after a quartet of former store employees took 41 people captive; three of the hostages were shot to death by their captors while police shot and killed three of the suspects.
In 2001, a disgruntled former security guard named Joseph Ferguson fatally shot five people, including some former co-workers, before turning the gun on himself the following day. The incident occurred days before the Sept. 11 attacks and has largely been forgotten locally.
Sunday’s shooting has drawn wide condemnation, from the White House to the Sacramento mayor’s office, and has renewed attention — particularly from state lawmakers and law enforcement officials on the question of how to stem the flow of stolen or untraceable handguns, including “ghost guns.” It was unclear Tuesday whether weapons used in Sunday’s shooting were in either category.
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In February, during his State of State address Governor Chris Sununu announced exciting plans for a unique 15-acre veterans’ campus in Franklin, NH. The campus would be a collaborative partnership between the State, Easterseals NH and Swim With A Mission and be a significant investment in Franklin and the State’s veterans and their families. Once completed, this campus will offer affordable housing for our veterans and their families, as well as be a hub for services offered to veterans.
The location of the campus sits on Holy Cross Road along the Northern Rail Trail and is a short distance from the Merrimack River. If the project is approved, Easterseals NH will manage day-to-day operations and use the property’s existing buildings to create 21 apartments and units for both permanent and transitional veteran housing and 16 “retreat” beds for shorter stays. The campus will have onsite mental health and substance misuse treatment; home care services; a fitness center; and equine and pet therapy.
The veteran nonprofit Swim With A Mission (SWAM) is working with each NH based veteran service organization to get involved in the project. The goal is to bring all of the New Hampshire’s veteran service organizations together to facilitate programs and services collectively at the veteran’s campus in Franklin.
Last Wednesday the Executive Council gave initial approval for the veteran’s campus. The head of the State office dispensing pandemic aid walked away from the Executive Council meeting with permission to continue negotiating a $23 million contract to build the veterans campus in Franklin. Councilors said they support the intent of the project, but want more information about it and the state’s plans for a contract with Easterseals NH.
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Updated: April 05, 2022 05:10 PM
Created: April 05, 2022 03:40 PM
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - The New Mexico Corrections Department and New Mexico State Police are asking residents of the Rivers Edge neighborhood in Rio Rancho to stay indoors, secure their homes and vehicles, or, if possible, avoid the area.
On Tuesday, an inmate work crew from the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility’s minimum-security unit was out on assignment near Rivers Edge in Rio Rancho. Correctional staff members were reportedly supervising 12 inmates when inmate Manuel Villalobos walked off assignment after claiming to go to the restroom. Villalobos did not return and was not found in the restroom.
The New Mexico Corrections Department's Security Threat Intelligence Unit and Fugitive Apprehension teams are coordinating search efforts with New Mexico State Police and Rio Rancho police to find Villalobos. The remaining inmates on the work crew were accounted for and returned to the facility.
Villalobos is currently serving a sentence for breaking and entering, burglary of a vehicle, possession of burglary tools, and tampering with evidence. Villalobos would have been eligible for release in December 2024.
Authorities said to not approach the suspect. Call 911 if you believe you have had contact with the suspect or if you are in danger.
Report suspicious activity or any information on inmate Villalobos’ whereabouts to the Incident Command Center at 505-263-3623.
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Created: April 05, 2022 04:01 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico Department of Health reported 22 additional COVID-19-related deaths and 102 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday.
There are currently 77 individuals hospitalized in New Mexico with COVID-19.
The NMDOH has modified its daily reporting of COVID-19 data. Their data dashboard no longer includes a daily breakdown of new cases and deaths in each county.
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After serving as Big 12 Commissioner for the past 10 years, there's an end in sight for Bob Bowlsby.
The longtime commissioner will "step away" from his role with the Big 12 later this year, the conference announced Tuesday. Bowlsby will remain as league commissioner until a replacement is hired and then transition to an "interim role" with the conference.
"After more than 40 years of serving in leadership roles in intercollegiate athletics, including the last 10 with the Big 12, and given the major issues that college sports in general and the Big 12 specifically will address in the next several years, I have reached a natural transition point in my tenure as Commissioner, as well as in my career," Bowlsby said in a press release.
The news comes just a few months after Oklahoma and Texas, the conference's biggest universities, announced intentions to leave the Big 12 and join the Southeastern Conference. Last July, the board of regents for both universities unanimously voted to accept the SEC's membership offers to join the conference by no later than 2025, the year that the Big 12's "grant of rights" agreement between all 10 members expires.
A few weeks later, Bowlsby and the Big 12 extended membership offers to BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF, which were accepted. The four universities will join the conference by no later than the 2024-2025 academic year.
"The Big 12 will soon bring in our four new members and negotiate a new grant of rights and media rights agreements," Bowlsby's statement read. "I truly believe the Big 12 and our member institutions are in a strong position now and as we look into the future. As such, this is an appropriate time for me to step away from the Commissioner's role so that the next leader of the Conference can take the reins on these significant matters that will come to the forefront before the end of the term of my employment agreement in 2025 to set the stage for the Big 12's future ongoing success."
The Big 12 announced the search for Bowlsby's replace will begin in the next few weeks.
Bowlsby was appointed Big 12 commissioner of the conference in 2012 shortly after the conference went through significant realignment, which included the departures of Colorado, Missouri, Texas A&M and Nebraska along with the additions of TCU and West Virginia to finalize the league at 10 teams.
"I have consistently sought to align my professional actions with the best principles of higher education and intercollegiate athletics," Bowlsby's statement read. "Now, I look forward to the next chapters of my personal and professional activities and, as I do so, I am very confident in a vibrant, highly competitive, and prosperous future for the Big 12 Conference."
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With the home run record behind her, Jocelyn Alo has been focusing on getting the most out of her final season with the Sooners.
After tying Lauren Chamberlain’s career total at 95, the senior had a nine-game stretch without a home run before finally breaking the record. Alo was walked 18 times during those nine games.
With pressure mounting on every at-bat, Alo put all of that to rest with one swing of the bat in the top of the sixth inning against Hawaii.
The Sooners have had 11 runs rules in the 13 games since Alo’s record setting performance and the senior has continued to dominate at the plate.
“Definitely a big difference is being thrown at, that’s for sure,” Alo said. “ But yeah, no there’s no big difference. I would say I was still kind of staying in the moment even when that was the case, but sometimes I may have gotten a little bit ahead of myself or something like that, but I always kind of wheel myself back in.”
Oklahoma will look to keep its undefeated record alive when it faces Tulsa at Marita Hynes Field on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Although many pitchers have still been careful about pitching to her, Alo has drawn far fewer walks since setting the record. With more strikes comes more opportunities to hit home runs and Alo has taken advantage.
The reigning USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year has already added four more home runs to bring her season total up to 16. That mark is good enough to place her third in the country this season, and gives her an average of one home run every two games.
Though Alo says her focus has been the same, head coach Patty Gasso said she’s noticed some differences in the senior’s demeanor off the field over the last month.
“A lot of her focus has been on her teammates and not on herself,” Gasso said. “Before it was just the home run record and it was a lot of pressure. She’s breathing freely now and she’s really working on our team and trying to help them.”
With an undefeated record and one of the top offenses in the country behind her, Alo has put herself in a good position to finish out her senior season on a high note. Still, the Sooners haven’t been perfect this season, and Gasso said the team has plenty of things it needs to clean up on defense.
On Saturday against Alabama-Birmingham, Oklahoma found itself in a scoreless game in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jayda Coleman and Lynnsie Elam both homered and the Sooners’ pitching staff came up big to help pull out a 2-0 win.
“Run rules are falsely advertised,” Gasso said. “It looks wonderful in the scorebook … it just doesn’t do us well. It just doesn’t. We need to feel more things and feeling the pressure from UAB — I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
Having been a member of a national championship winning team last season, Alo and the other seniors play a big role in keeping the Sooners focused on continuing to improve throughout the season.
“There’s a lot of little things that we need to work on,” Alo said. “I would say on the field it’s not huge things that we need to work on, and you probably wouldn’t even see it in the game just watching, but coach kind of views the game in a different perspective than everyone else does. She sees things that we’re not, and she knows what it is that we need to work on here at practice today.”
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PHILADELPHIA -- Singer and Philadelphia native Bobby Rydell died on Tuesday at Jefferson Hospital, Action News has learned.
The 1950s teen idol was known for his hits 'Wildwood Days,' 'Volare,' 'Swinging School,' among many others.
Rydell also appeared in the movie 'Bye, Bye, Birdie' with Dick Van Dyke and Ann Margret in 1963.
The music legend was 79.
This is breaking news. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Bobby Rydell, singer known for 'Wildwood Days,' dies at 79
The 1950s teen idol was known for his hits 'Wildwood Days,' 'Volare,' 'Swinging School,' among many others.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Jorge Vassall has been fighting itchy eyes, sneezing and coughing.
"My car looks like a tennis ball if I left it outside, right?" he said. "I can't breathe."
His allergies are really kicking up, like those of many other people.
"Everyone's in the same boat, so good luck to everyone dealing with it," said Vassall.
Raleigh mom Johanna Burton said her daughter loves playing in Pullen Park, but a trip to the playground comes with a price.
"I'll probably be sneezing by the time we leave," said Burton.
People are searching for relief and some Triangle stores have bare shelves where allergy medication once stood.
UNC Health Allergist Dr. Edwin Kim said we are at the peak of allergy season and this year will feel more intense.
"Over the last couple years while we were wearing masks ... we probably were shielded from it," said Kim.
There are no mandates or stay-at-home orders this spring.
People are ditching the masks and are now fully exposed to all the microscopic pollens floating in the air.
It comes as COVID-19 is still circulating. The symptoms can be similar.
Kim said there is a way to distinguish.
"Allergies would not have any fever at all. So if you got that, you're really thinking this is some type of viral or COVID type of illness," said Kim.
Medical professionals say if your allergies are really acting up, try to limit time outdoors between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. when the pollen count is at its highest level.
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New NJ terror threat report: Which groups pose the highest risk?
The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness is out with a new detailed analysis of the Garden State’s threat landscape for 2022.
According to NJOHSP Director Laurie Doran, the three biggest threats that are classified in the high-risk category are from homegrown violent extremists, racially motivated white extremists and cyberattacks.
She said homegrown violent extremists are the hardest to track because they typically don’t have an arrest record and are not part of a specific organization.
They're loners
“They generally work alone, they’re self-radicalized, they’re looking at videos and propaganda and these are the people you normally think of sitting in their basement looking at stuff,” she said.
She said a lot of white racially motivated extremist activity is being conducted online and “they tend to operate more in small groups or in cells, which are not always necessarily the easiest to identify. Their tactics in New Jersey are to distribute propaganda and recruit new members.”
Doran said cyberattacks have been shifted to the high-risk category because they are becoming more and more frequent, and frequently involve ransomware.
Cyberattacks are everywhere
Last year there were more than 3,100 significant cybersecurity incidents, three times higher than the previous year.
She said in the moderate risk category threats are from:
— Anarchist extremists
— Anti-abortion extremists
— Anti-government extremists
— Black Racially motivated extremists
— Militia Extremists
— Sovereign Citizen Extremists
Doran said people associated with these extremist groups come from a variety of backgrounds and they "tend to be engaged in a lot of low-level criminal activity.”
She noted foreign terror groups including Al-Qaida, ISIS, Hamas and Hizballah are now in the low threat category because “they personally as a foreign terrorist organization have not successfully carried out a mass terrorist attack since 9/11.”
Animal rights and environmental extremists are also in the low threat category.
So what does all of this mean?
"The see something say something message is right out there as always, law enforcement does everything it can but we’re all part of Team New Jersey," Doran said.
Reporting anything out of the ordinary is important.
“If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t right and so we ask people to remain vigilant," she said.
David Matthau is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at david.matthau@townsquaremedia.com
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NJ university launches world’s first master’s degree in ‘happiness’
HACKETTSTOWN — In just two weeks, Centenary University has received applications from more than 130 people interested in being a master in the field of happiness.
Centenary, a private institution, is scheduled to launch the world's first Master of Arts in Happiness Studies this October in a fully virtual format.
"This online, 30-credit graduate degree is an interdisciplinary program designed for leaders who are committed to personal, interpersonal, organizational, and societal happiness," said Bruce Murphy, university president.
Murphy noted the fully-accredited degree is grounded in science and research; it's meant to prepare graduates to make an impact in a wide range of fields.
The program will be directed by Tal Ben-Shahar, the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy. According to Centenary, the new degree will incorporate aspects of many disciplines — from psychology and neuroscience, to music and business — to explore the implications of happiness for individuals and society, as well as at the workplace.
Murphy made the announcement about the degree on March 18 at the World Happiness Summit in Florida.
"The place went crazy," Murphy said. "We thought there would be sufficient demand for this, when we worked the numbers ahead of time, and it's proving to be so."
The deadline to apply to be part of the first cohort is Oct. 17. The cost of the seven-course program, which runs for 20 months, is $17,700.
Dino Flammia is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dino.flammia@townsquaremedia.com
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Pod squad: Union County, NJ rethinks social service interviews
ELIZABETH — Varying in size to accommodate single residents, families, and those with disabilities, Union County has debuted a group of 20 mobile pods at its Social Services building in the county seat, with the intent of ensuring cleanliness and confidentiality for appointments.
"There's plenty of individuals who sometimes feel a little uncomfortable when they visit their different social services buildings, and one of the great things about these pods is that they're completely soundproof," County Commissioner Sergio Granados said. "Nobody can hear your conversations that are taking place with a caseworker."
Granados said with lingering concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic in mind, the pods are renewed with fresh air every 70 to 100 seconds, and LED lights sanitize the individualized spaces between appointments.
He described the pods as "super cool" in explaining how they work.
"Somebody goes into the interview pod, they're met on an interview monitor by a caseworker who's able to talk to them and do the whole entire process within this pod," Granados said. "It's just a whole other level of knowing and showing our residents that we're taking their health and well-being first."
Funding for the pods was provided through the CARES Act by the state and county Departments of Human Services.
While all of the spaces are currently housed in Elizabeth, because they are fully mobile, there are plans to move some to an alternate location in Plainfield, to serve people on both sides of Union County.
Granados feels not only that other towns within the county may benefit, but eventually, other New Jersey counties could also adopt this technology for a variety of services they offer.
"We've already been getting feedback from residents visiting these pods and truly saying this is second to none," he said. "They're truly happy, truly supportive."
The next phase of the pod project will be in those that are handicap accessible: installation of infrared hearing links, for assistive listening audio signals.
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Amber Alert ‘kidnapper’ admits killing Rahway, NJ mom
EAST ORANGE — The man who triggered a wide-reaching Amber Alert in July by killing his ex-girlfriend and taking their young son has accepted a plea deal.
Rios pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree aggravated manslaughter along with second-degree desecrating of human remains. Both counts stem from the killing of 24-year-old Rahway mother Yasemin Uyar — a woman who had previously suffered violence at hands of Tyler Rios, 27.
A grand jury had indicted Rios on a first-degree kidnapping charge, which was dismissed as part of the deal to avoid trial.
Rios was arrested in the summer, nearly 800 miles away at a hotel in Monterey, Tennessee. He had taken his then 2-year-old son Sebastian Rios there after killing the boy's mother.
The day before, panic spread through Uyar's family after she did not show up for work. Adding to the anxiety, her son never arrived at daycare.
State Police issued an Amber Alert about their disappearances that reached millions of people. The urgent news hit private cell phones, social media, and electronic billboards along major highways in several states.
Investigators from the Garden State called the Putnam County Sheriff's Office at around 3 a.m. on July 10, 2021. The Union County Prosecutor's Office informed them both Tyler and Sebastian Rios could be at the Bethel Inn Hotel off Interstate 40.
Within 15 minutes, local authorities found Rios' silver Ford Fiesta at the hotel. But it was hours before they were able to locate Uyar's body.
Ultimately, it was Rios who led investigators to Uyar's remains. Her body was left in the woods off Route 70.
The Union County Prosecutor's Office said Rios killed Uyar in her Rahway home on July 8. He put her body in the trunk of his car before dumping her in the woods hundreds of miles away.
While Tyler Rios stayed in custody, Uyar's mother drove 15 hours to Tennesse to pick up her grandson.
"He's home, which he knows is part of his home because he stays with us all the time with my other two grandchildren, and he's doing well, eating really well and is not in any kind of distress at the moment," Karen Uyar said at the time.
Sebastian is now 3 years old. He turns 4 this August.
Karen Uyar also said her daughter was a victim of domestic violence.
Rios and Uyar started their relationship at Highland Park High School. Rios was a senior while Uyar was a freshman.
After graduating, Rios earned himself a lengthy rap sheet. His criminal record includes domestic violence charges.
"Her relationship with domestic violence and Tyler is a long relationship," Karen Uyar previously said of her daughter. "People have to understand that it's not just the person that goes through this, it's an entire family. We as a family have been there for Yazzi through everything that was involved in their relationship."
In 2018, Rios was charged with strangling Uyar. Her mother also posted several other detailed incidents on Facebook of other violent attacks.
Rios struck a deal with prosecutors in April 2021, months before he killed Uyar. The Union County Prosecutor's Office dismissed the strangulation charge and Rios pleaded guilty to third-degree aggravated assault on a domestic violence victim.
A judge then sentenced Rios to three months probation. But in this specific case, he spent no time behind bars.
Three months later, Uyar was dead.
Days after authorities found Uyar's body, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a new law upping the punishment for non-fatal strangulation. Instead of probation, abusers can now face up to 10 years in state prison.
For the aggravated manslaughter charge, prosecutors said they will ask for 25 years in state prison. The state will look to make this sentence fall under the No-Early-Release Act, meaning Rios would need to serve 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
His sentencing is set for June 10.
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Egg prices spike amid bird flu outbreaks at U.S. farms
(Gray News) - The cost of groceries continues to rise these days, and the price of eggs is also going up.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bird flu has affected 24 states and more than 46 million birds in the U.S. as of April 5.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is described by health officials as a highly contagious and deadly virus that affects chickens, turkeys and wild birds. It has been hitting farms hard across the country.
According to the Associated Press, Iowa is the nation’s leading egg producer, and bird flu has infected several farms in that area, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys.
According to the USDA, the average cost of a dozen eggs is currently $2.88 per dozen at supermarkets, up 52% since earlier this year.
The agency reports eggs are expected to be more in demand with the upcoming Easter holiday, but suppliers are not expected to run out of product.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the bird flu usually does not infect people and rare cases of human infection when it comes to the virus have been reported.
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Mistrial possible in Parkland shooting sentencing trial
There were major developments Tuesday afternoon during the second day of jury selection in the Parkland school shooter's sentencing.
Defense lawyers called into question a comment made by the judge, setting up a possible mistrial.
All of this comes as they look to seat a jury in the penalty phase for convicted killer Nikolas Cruz.
The court is now in recess after Cruz's defense team raised concerns about a possible procedural misstep.
They raised the issue after several jurors were released earlier Tuesday afternoon.
The judge asked a group of potential jurors in court if they could or could now follow the law.
About 11 or so jurors raised their hand saying, "no," that they could not. They were then released and sent out of the building.
Since the case is only in phase one of jury selection, Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer has been limiting questions to only if potential jurors had hardships for serving on a jury for several months.
Those hardships include having a vacation, wedding plans, a job issue or family problems.
The question if they can or cannot follow the law wasn't supposed to be asked until phase two, which is set to happen in May.
The defense is now saying those 11 or so jurors were excused without attorneys having the chance to further ask them questions.
The court is in recess and will restart Wednesday morning to pick this conversation back up and discuss the possibility of a mistrial.
Cruz has already pleaded guilty to killing 17 people during the 2018 rampage and faces the death penalty.
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Nevada toad’s entire habitat threatened, emergency protection issued
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
(CNN) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued emergency protection for a toad now threatened with extinction.
The Dixie Valley toad only exists in a remote area about 160 miles east of Reno in Nevada.
The 760-acre wetland area is fed by hot springs.
A geothermal project planned for the area could destroy the entire population of the small toads.
Emergency protections are rare. The last time the agency issued one was in 2011 for the Miami blue butterfly.
The new listing is good for 240 days and could be extended.
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PBSO, Coast Guard investigate body found near Peanut Island
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:06 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Officials said a man's body was found Tuesday near Peanut Island near Riviera Beach.
Multiple vehicles with the Riviera Beach Fire Rescue and police were spotted at the city’s marina just after 4 p.m.
The sheriff's office said the body was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway between the Port of Palm Beach and Peanut Island.
Investigators said it appears the man died from accidental drowning.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
No foul play is suspected, according to the sheriff's office.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Coast Guard are taking the lead in the investigation.
The name of the victim has not been released.
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Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio organized encrypted chats with Proud Boys members in the weeks before the attack, had a 42-second phone call with another member of the group in the building during the insurrection and took credit for the chaos at the Capitol.
Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered Tarrio to stay out of Washington.
Tarrio’s indictment said that instead of staying out of town, he met with Oath Keepers founder and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for about 30 minutes on Jan. 5.
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media.
A judge has postponed the May 18 trial for Tarrio and five others affiliated with the far-right group.
Prosecutors sought the postponement to give them more time to assess and share with opposing lawyers new information gathered in the investigation. Some defendants in the case agreed with the postponement request.
A new trial date is expected to be picked during an April 21 hearing.
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Grocery chain to pay $175K for egg price gouging in pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to resolve allegations that the grocer engaged in price gouging of certain organic and cage-free eggs at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, state authorities said Tuesday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that between March 4, 2020, and June 22, 2020, Smart & Final increased the price of four premium egg products beyond what was allowable during a state of emergency.
An investigation found that Smart & Final sold over 100,000 cartons of eggs that were marked up by more than 10%, violating the law, Bonta said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, triggering price-gouging protections through August 2020.
The attorney general’s office said that it received many complaints about dramatic increases in the cost of eggs after Newsom’s emergency declaration. Many related specifically to price spikes at Smart & Final stores across California.
“Today’s settlement should serve as a warning to grocers and other sellers of essential supplies, follow state price gouging laws or you will pay the price and be held to account,” Bonta said.
Smart & Final operates more than 250 retail stores throughout the western United States.
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Woman struck in head during Stuart carjacking
Police in Stuart are asking for the public's help to find the people responsible for a violent carjacking that occurred Monday night.
Investigators said a group of thieves stole a family's car, resulting in a woman being struck in the head.
The carjacking happened Monday night outside Crunch Fitness on Southeast Federal Highway.
Police said the robbers pulled up behind the victims as they were going into the gym and then demanded their keys at gunpoint.
One of the victims tried to stop the attackers, but police said one of the carjackers hit her in the back of the head with a weapon.
The victim's Dodge Charger was later found abandoned in the North Palm Beach area, but the carjackers are still on the loose.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A community group is more determined than ever to continue a food giveaway event that was marred last month by a deadly shooting in North Portland's Dawson Park.
Michael Tabor is a member of Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, which stands across the street from Dawson Park. He'd helped organize a community service event on March 1. That day, he heard gunshots nearby and rushed over to find Mark Johnson, 55, dead.
"Seeing someone killed senselessly made me cry for two days," Tabor said.
Tuesday, about a month after the deadly shooting, Tabor returned to the park — again helping give away food to neighbors in need.
"I've been homeless before, I've been drug addicted before," Tabor recalled.
He said his faith and other people helped him get back on his feet.
"And I promised [God] that if that ever happened, I would do the same for someone else."
He and other volunteers passed out hot meals, bags of groceries, toiletries and sleeping bags to a line of people in the park.
"This community right now needs some help," Tabor said.
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Three people have been shot and killed in Dawson Park since December 2020. Tabor said he is determined to make the space a safe community hub once again.
"Bringing people into the park I think will infuse it with life and also change those that need to be touched just by being part of the community," Tabor said. "If you can change one person, then that person may change someone else, and the ripple effect just continues to grow."
The group will continue hosting food giveaway events every first Tuesday of the month.
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WASHINGTON — Confronting the pandemic's lasting shadow, President Joe Biden on Tuesday is ordering a new national research push on long COVID, while also directing federal agencies to support patients dealing with the mysterious and debilitating condition.
The White House said Biden is assigning the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate an urgent new initiative across federal agencies, building on research already under way at the National Institutes of Health.
Biden also directed federal agencies to support patients and doctors by providing science-based best practices for treating long COVID, maintaining access to insurance coverage, and protecting the rights of workers as they try to return to jobs while coping with the uncertainties of the malaise.
Long COVID is the catch-all term for a hydra-headed condition whose symptoms can include brain fog, recurring shortness of breath, pain and fatigue. It is roughly estimated to affect as many as 1 in 3 people who recover from COVID-19, although the severity and duration of symptoms vary. Despite intense investigation, the causes of long COVID are not yet well understood and treatment largely focuses on helping patients cope with their symptoms as they try to rebalance daily routines.
The White House also acknowledged that long COVID appears to be a disability, meaning that patients could be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination on account of health conditions and seek to create pathways for leading productive lives.
“The administration recognizes that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in new members of the disability community and has had a tremendous impact on people with disabilities,” said a White House statement.
Some independent experts praised the Biden administration for a comprehensive plan to meet an emerging need but noted the lack of timeline for delivering results.
“This is a very important move on the part of the Biden administration to acknowledge that long COVID is real, that it is a significant threat, and that much more needs to be done,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner and commentator on the pandemic. “The emphasis on treatment for long COVID and the recognizing this could be a source of ongoing disability are long overdue.”
Medical research thus far has led to theories about what causes long COVID, but no single root. One theory revolves around lingering infection or virus remnants that may trigger inflammation in the body. Another possibility involves autoimmune system responses that mistakenly attack normal cells. Researchers are also investigating the role of tiny clots.
The White House said Biden's order will expand and build on a $1 billion research study already underway at NIH, called the RECOVER Initiative. One goal is to speed signing up 40,000 people with and without long COVID into the study. Around that effort, Health and Human Services will coordinate a government-wide research plan on long COVID.
Treatment is another major focus. An HHS unit called the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will investigate best practices and get useful guidance to doctors, hospitals and patients. The Department of Veterans Affairs, which already has 18 facilities running long COVID programs, will serve as an incubator of ideas and strategies for dealing with the condition.
Finally, the administration said its plan will provide direct support for patients by safeguarding access to insurance coverage and extending the umbrella of civil rights protections to people with long COVID. In keeping with Biden's focus on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care, part of the emphasis will be on minority communities that have borne a high toll from COVID-19.
Federal health programs, which can serve as a model for private insurance, will look for ways to make sure that treatments for long COVID are covered and paid for. “The administration is working to make long COVID care as accessible as possible,” said a White House overview of Biden's plan.
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PORTLAND, Ore — A team of Portland State University researchers have released a report examining the effectiveness of "tiny home" or "pod" villages as a means of addressing homelessness. The report includes a How-To Guide with tips for future village developers.
Portland is home to a number of existing villages with varying origins and governing structures, and the report comes at a time when the city’s government is leaning into the concept to try to address the growing homelessness problem.
Commissioner Dan Ryan’s office has spent the past year scouting locations for six new sites called Safe Rest Villages, which are scheduled to open later this year, though this study was not connected to that project.
The PSU study looked at six existing or former villages in the Portland area: Kenton Women’s Village, Hazelnut Grove, Dignity Village, Agape Village, St. Johns Village and the Clackamas County Veterans Village. Dignity Village is the oldest example of the concept in Portland, established in 2001.
Individual villages differ in terms of their size, configuration, available services and who manages them, so the report’s authors laid out three common factors to define a village: Private and individual shelter spaces with shared common facilities, a sense of community with shared agreements on behavior, and the ability for villagers to have some agency over their environment.
The study included interviews with more than 40 current residents across the six villages, along with input from the nonprofits that manage some of the sites and other residents who live near the sites. The authors recapped some of their findings at a news conference on Tuesday.
One of the biggest takeaways from the study was that village residents tend to be fairly happy with the village model; 86% of respondents said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their pod as a place to live, 69% said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their village, and 79% said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their neighborhood. However, 45% still reported facing food insecurity.
The report also found that local residential control is an essential piece of the puzzle, with 69% of respondents across all the villages stating that they should share in decision-making at the villages, making decisions in collaboration with staff and service providers.
“Overall, the feeling of having a voice in the village had major impacts on villager satisfaction and sense of community,” said Dr. Greg Townley, one of the study’s authors.
The report also found that the existing villages disproportionately served white residents, particularly white men. Only 17% of the villagers interviewed by the team identified as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color, even though those groups make up about 40% of Multnomah County’s unhoused population.
Participation in the study was voluntary, Townley said, so the disparity in the results could also happened because more white people volunteered for the interviews, but he said the results also aligned with what the team heard from village managers about disparities in the villages.
“We did find that villagers who are Black, Indigenous and other people of color reported lower levels of belonging and acceptance within their villages compared to white villagers,” he added.
LaQuida Lanford, who founded Afro Village, joined the press conference and said she was prompted to take action in part because she saw those same kinds of disparities while working as a case worker at the Urban League of Portland.
“Black people in particular didn’t feel accepted or wanted or welcomed in some of those previous spaces I was visiting – some of their shelters and existing villages at the time. I wanted to create a space and a community for Black folks and people displaced from their neighborhoods. But the idea was also to crate space for people from Portland and those newly arriving to Portland to participate in community.”
The report found that there were concerns among neighbors near villages, but the percentage of neighbors with concerns tended to drop once the villages were established.
“One of the top concerns that neighbors had before the village opened was the behavior of residents - that was at 44%,” said Dr. Marisa Zapata, another of the authors. “And once the village was actually open, that dropped to 29% - so seeing that the behaviors they were worried about weren’t actually playing out.”
Concerns about increases in trash did persist, she said, suggesting future village projects should emphasize setting up effective trash collection.
There was also broad support among neighbors for providing supportive services and housing as solutions to homelessness, she said, although a majority of neighbors mistakenly identified substance abuse as one of the leading causes of homelessness.
In terms of the physical configuration of new villages, the How-To Guide offers a few pointers. Smaller pods are easier to truck around, but if the site is secure and doesn’t need to be able to be moved quickly, residents tend to prefer slightly larger living spaces.
Residents also tended to prefer more organic site layouts, rather than a strict grid of pods, but the outside look of the pods tended to matter less than the ability of villagers to personalize the interiors of their own spaces.
Putting all the shared facilities in one centralized area can be highly efficient from a design standpoint, but the distance from each pod to the bathroom can quickly start to present access challenges, particularly for residents with disabilities.
There’s also an ideal village size in terms of the number of residents, in order to make sure everyone has access to support and to set up a fair distribution of work and duties.
“The number that we heard consistently is the ideal number of villagers was 20 to 30 people,” said Todd Ferry, one of the researchers.
That doesn’t mean it’s impossible for a village to be bigger, he added – Dignity Village, for example, has 60 residents – but it started off much smaller, and then gradually grew to that size while maintaining community cohesion.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — It was a storm that rocked the Pacific Northwest.
The deadliest tornado in the region’s history struck Vancouver, Wash., on April 5, 1972, killing six people and injuring hundreds more.
Just before 1 p.m., the tornado touched down in North Portland, moved across the Columbia River and tore a nine-mile path of destruction through Vancouver.
It demolished Peter S. Ogden Elementary School, where Rick Graser was in sixth grade. Today, at 62 years old, Graser vividly remembers that day.
“I've never ever seen the sky get that dark, that dark with clouds. It was crawling toward you, you could see it,” he said.
Graser recalls hiding under a desk in a classroom, covering his face with his baseball glove, just as the tornado struck.
“Thank God I moved, because I would have been sucked out through that hole. I witnessed my own death, five steps away,” said Graser.
His mother, Sharon Graser, wasn't as fortunate. She was working at a nearby bowling alley, caring for children.
“She told the kids to get under their tables. They were in the process of doing that when it was struck by the tornado,” recounted Graser.
After the tornado hit, Sharon and another employee took more than a dozen trips out of the bowling alley to get the children to safety.
Sharon insisted on taking one more trip inside to get the last child in the bowling alley, a baby girl.
“She was reaching out like this to hand the little girl to Earl and the wall fell down on her back and crushed her from her waist to above her head,” said Graser.
The impact killed Sharon instantly. But she had saved the baby.
“She loved those kids. I cried, my heart broke. When they say your heart breaks, it does. It hurts,” Graser said. He admits that the pain is just as intense even 50 years later.
He will forever remember the day he survived the tornado as the worst day of his life. But it’s also the day his mother became a hero: giving her life so that others could live.
“She was a hero. She is a hero and she's been my inspiration my whole life,” he said.
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Former teen idol Bobby Rydell, known for songs including "Forget Him," "Wildwood Days," "Volare" and "Wild One," has died, according to multiple reports out of Philadelphia. He was 79.
Rydell's career started in the 1950s, according to a biography on his website. He started at the age of nine as a drummer. By 19, he was the youngest person to headline at New York's Copacabana night club.
"Forget Him" was Rydell's biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1964.
Rydell was also a movie star, appearing with Ann-Margret in "Bye Bye Birdie."
To pay homage to Rydell, the fictional Rydell High School in "Grease" was named after him, his website reads.
Rydell was still touring and had upcoming dates in June and September.
According to his website, Rydell had almost died in 2012 before undergoing a double organ transplant, receiving one kidney and 75% of a liver.
"His life was about to end when the generous family of a dying child saved 8 lives by organ donation," the biography reads. Rydell returned to the stage half a hear later, dedicated to spreading awareness about how organ donation can save lives.
In a 2020 interview with a book blog, Rydell explained how his role on "Bye Bye Birdie" grew after he was cast: "I go see the play, and I’m looking at Hugo Peabody, and he doesn’t sing, there are no lines, there’s no dancing, he just stood there," he said. "But, when I go out to start filming, (George Sidney) saw some kind of magic between Ann Margaret and myself, and every day that I went back to Columbia Studios, my script got bigger, and bigger, and bigger."
"I’m not a movie star by any stretch of the imagination," Rydell continued, "But if I had to be in one picture, it’s a classic, such as Grease. And I’m really happy to be involved with something that was that wonderful."
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WASHINGTON — Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump's daughter and one of those closest to him during the insurrection at the Capitol, is testifying before the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee's chairman, said Tuesday afternoon that she had been answering investigators' questions on a video teleconference since the morning and was not “chatty” but had been helpful to the probe.
“She came in on her own" and did not have to be subpoenaed, Thompson said.
Ivanka Trump, who was with her father in the White House that day, is one of more than 800 witnesses the committee has interviewed as it works to compile a record of the attack, the worst on the Capitol in more than two centuries. She is the first of Trump's children known to speak to the committee and one of the closest people to her father.
Whether she gives the committee new information or not, her decision to cooperate is significant for the panel, which has been trying to secure an interview with her since late January. The nine-member panel is particularly focused on what the former president was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol and interrupted the certification of President Joe Biden's victory.
Ivanka Trump's testimony comes less than a week after her husband, Jared Kushner, testified to the committee in a separate virtual meeting that lasted more than six hours. Members of the panel said his testimony was helpful and were hoping to further fill in the gaps with her help.
The panel is using the interviews to compile a comprehensive record and will begin to release information in the coming months as it holds public hearings and releases a series of reports on the insurrection. While Congress doesn't have power to charge anyone with a crime, members of the panel say the objective is to create the most comprehensive record possible so nothing like it ever happens again.
Lawmakers have said they want to discuss what Ivanka Trump knew about her father’s efforts, including a telephone call they say she witnessed, to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject Biden's 2020 election win as part of his ceremonial role overseeing the electoral count. Pence rejected those efforts.
The committee is also interested in any concerns she may have heard from Pence’s staff, members of Congress and the White House counsel’s office about Trump's pressure on Pence.
Ivanka Trump's cooperation stands in contrast with some of her father's other top advisers, several of whom have refused to cooperate as the former president has fought the probe. Trump has tried to exert executive privilege over documents and interviews, but in many cases has been overruled by courts or Biden, who has that authority as the sitting president.
The House is expected to vote this week to recommend contempt charges for Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino, both of whom the committee says have been uncooperative. The committee previously voted to recommend contempt charges against longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon, who defied a congressional subpoena, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who ceased cooperating with the panel.
Bannon was later indicted by a federal grand jury and is awaiting prosecution by the Justice Department. The Justice Department has not taken any action against Meadows.
Other witnesses who are still close to the former president — and several who were in the White House that day — have declined to answer the committee’s questions.
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On April 4, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, purchased 9.2% of Twitter’s shares, enough to make him the company’s top shareholder. Twitter then appointed Musk to its board of directors.
Following the news, Musk tweeted a poll asking if users wanted an edit button on Twitter, and people in the replies requested changes to the website’s moderation policies.
Others on social media including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed Musk is now a majority stakeholder of Twitter, and can make decisions unilaterally.
THE QUESTION
Is Elon Musk now the majority stakeholder of Twitter?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, Elon Musk is not the majority stakeholder of Twitter and he cannot own a majority stake so long as he is serving on its board.
WHAT WE FOUND
Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) filings confirm Elon Musk bought 9.2% of Twitter’s stock on March 14, 2022. That’s stock worth more than $3.7 billion, based on Twitter’s closing price of $50.98 on April 5. According to online databases of Twitter’s shareholders, corroborated by Twitter SEC filings, that makes Musk Twitter’s top shareholder. The next two largest shareholders, Vanguard Group and Morgan Stanley, each hold between 8.5% and 9% of Twitter’s shares.
The SEC filing states Musk has a “voting power” of 73,486,938 — equal to the number of shares he owns in the company – or about 9.2% of the votes in shareholder decisions. More shares equals more voting power, and therefore more influence over the social media company’s direction. If Musk owned the majority of shares (over 50%), his vote alone could determine the company’s fate.
On April 4, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced that Twitter was appointing Musk to its board of directors. This was confirmed by a letter between Musk and Twitter that both parties signed and submitted to the SEC which states his current term on the board expires in 2024.
A different SEC filing states that as part of the agreement, Musk cannot, either alone or as a member of a group, become owner of more than 14.9% of the company’s stock while serving on the board and for 90 days thereafter.
That means that Musk cannot own a majority share of the company until sometime in 2024 at the earliest. His term expires after the company’s annual meeting of stockholders that year; this year’s meeting is in May. Should the meeting occur in May 2024, he wouldn’t be able to acquire 15% or more of Twitter’s stock until August 2024 at the earliest.
So Musk won’t be able to unilaterally decide to add an edit button, change Twitter’s moderation policies or any other change he wishes Twitter to make. He will just have some influence over such decisions as a member of its board.
Musk may remain on Twitter’s board beyond 2024. Unless he and Twitter come to a new agreement with different terms, he would be prohibited from acquiring a larger interest in Twitter for as long as he remains on the company’s board.
More from VERIFY: No, Netflix isn’t cracking down on password sharing in the U.S.
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Nevada toad’s entire habitat threatened, emergency protection issued
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:09 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued emergency protection for a toad now threatened with extinction.
The Dixie Valley toad only exists in a remote area about 160 miles east of Reno in Nevada.
The 760-acre wetland area is fed by hot springs.
A geothermal project planned for the area could destroy the entire population of the small toads.
Emergency protections are rare. The last time the agency issued one was in 2011 for the Miami blue butterfly.
The new listing is good for 240 days and could be extended.
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Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio organized encrypted chats with Proud Boys members in the weeks before the attack, had a 42-second phone call with another member of the group in the building during the insurrection and took credit for the chaos at the Capitol.
Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered Tarrio to stay out of Washington.
Tarrio’s indictment said that instead of staying out of town, he met with Oath Keepers founder and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for about 30 minutes on Jan. 5.
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media.
A judge has postponed the May 18 trial for Tarrio and five others affiliated with the far-right group.
Prosecutors sought the postponement to give them more time to assess and share with opposing lawyers new information gathered in the investigation. Some defendants in the case agreed with the postponement request.
A new trial date is expected to be picked during an April 21 hearing.
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Grocery chain to pay $175K for egg price gouging in pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to resolve allegations that the grocer engaged in price gouging of certain organic and cage-free eggs at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, state authorities said Tuesday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that between March 4, 2020, and June 22, 2020, Smart & Final increased the price of four premium egg products beyond what was allowable during a state of emergency.
An investigation found that Smart & Final sold over 100,000 cartons of eggs that were marked up by more than 10%, violating the law, Bonta said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, triggering price-gouging protections through August 2020.
The attorney general’s office said that it received many complaints about dramatic increases in the cost of eggs after Newsom’s emergency declaration. Many related specifically to price spikes at Smart & Final stores across California.
“Today’s settlement should serve as a warning to grocers and other sellers of essential supplies, follow state price gouging laws or you will pay the price and be held to account,” Bonta said.
Smart & Final operates more than 250 retail stores throughout the western United States.
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Snowfall accumulations are expected to be light
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A messy spring weather-maker will continue to impact the upper Midwest through Thursday evening. Rain, snow, and a wintry mix will be possible over the next 48-hours.
Scattered showers continue through Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall rates will be light to moderate through the day on Wednesday. As temperatures begin to drop Wednesday evening, we could see a change over to a rain/snow mix overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Light snow chance will continue through Thursday afternoon. Gusty winds are expected behind this weather-maker. Winds will be out of the NW around 20-25 mph with gusts reaching near 40 mph at times.
Rainfall amounts through Thursday will range from 0.25-0.75″. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, we’ve already received around 0.20-0.25″ of rain on the weather patio here at KTTC. Snowfall amounts Wednesday night into Thursday are expected to be minor. Snowfall accumulations should stay less than 1″.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Washington County residents who thought their rent would be paid through may are now trying to figure out how they will pay their rent or face eviction.
“I completely disassociated for probably two days and had a panic attack about it,” said Amare Roush.
Fayetteville resident, Amare Roush received 6 months of assistance from the Washington County Emergency Rental Assistance Program. They first got a letter saying that March rent assistance would be late, then on April 1 another letter saying April and May’s rent weren’t going to be paid either even though it was approved.
“I just ignored it at first to see if there was a clarification or something later but then my landlord called me and told me that it had been confirmed with them that they were not going to get paid for the 3 months and I know owned not only this month’s rent but last month’s rent as well,” said Rousch.
Roush is just one of the more than 3,000 Washington County residents that have been receiving rental assistance from the program. The county was given more than $12 million from the federal government in two rounds of the program. Roush worries for other people in a similar situation.
“I have a great landlord where I live, so I’m not getting evicted and they are working with me,” said Rousch.
Washington County sent out a letter on April first saying the county could no longer process or approve any more requests for assistance due to insufficient funds. It goes on to say that March’s rent would be paid but they didn’t know when and there is no funding guaranteed. Washington County Judge Joseph Wood says the federal government had still not released those funds in February that were needed to may march rent.
“We notified them in March again that April’s would be delayed as well as we are going to be ending the program because we have a lot of folks who are in the program already. The average tenant was receiving an average of between 5 to 8 months of rent,” he said.
Wood says this program was meant to be temporary but these funds not being released is an issue all across the country.
“We’ve been in contact with our constitutional legislative branch, congressmen, and senators to make them aware and they are aware, they also know. Again, it’s across the country, people are all saying the same thing, when is that money going to be released and no one knows,” he said.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville is holding a fundraiser on Facebook to help these people who were counting on the assistance program to pay their rent. So far, the donations from the community have been able to pay seven families' rent. They ask for donations, so they can help more families.
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Former teen idol Bobby Rydell, known for songs including "Forget Him," "Wildwood Days," "Volare" and "Wild One," has died, according to multiple reports out of Philadelphia. He was 79.
Rydell's career started in the 1950s, according to a biography on his website. He started at the age of nine as a drummer. By 19, he was the youngest person to headline at New York's Copacabana night club.
"Forget Him" was Rydell's biggest hit, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1964.
Rydell was also a movie star, appearing with Ann-Margret in "Bye Bye Birdie."
To pay homage to Rydell, the fictional Rydell High School in "Grease" was named after him, his website reads.
Rydell was still touring and had upcoming dates in June and September.
According to his website, Rydell had almost died in 2012 before undergoing a double organ transplant, receiving one kidney and 75% of a liver.
"His life was about to end when the generous family of a dying child saved 8 lives by organ donation," the biography reads. Rydell returned to the stage half a hear later, dedicated to spreading awareness about how organ donation can save lives.
In a 2020 interview with a book blog, Rydell explained how his role on "Bye Bye Birdie" grew after he was cast: "I go see the play, and I’m looking at Hugo Peabody, and he doesn’t sing, there are no lines, there’s no dancing, he just stood there," he said. "But, when I go out to start filming, (George Sidney) saw some kind of magic between Ann Margaret and myself, and every day that I went back to Columbia Studios, my script got bigger, and bigger, and bigger."
"I’m not a movie star by any stretch of the imagination," Rydell continued, "But if I had to be in one picture, it’s a classic, such as Grease. And I’m really happy to be involved with something that was that wonderful."
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ARKANSAS, USA — During his live press conference, Governor Asa Hutchinson addressed what is next for victims of the Springdale tornado and discussed the recent statewide spike in crime.
Springdale Tornado
As people are cleaning the damage to their homes, some are beginning to think long-term and are hoping for federal or state help.
Gov. Hutchinson says he's been in contact with those assessing the damage they've uncovered from the EF-3 tornado that tore through Springdale.
“I’ve spoken with the mayor, I’ve talked to others are there, as well about the recovery efforts and how we can be of assistance,” Gov. Hutchinson said “Director Gary, my Director of ADEM is available as long, as well as the local emergency manager and officials.”
On Monday, April 4, Springdale Mayor Doug Sprouse, the Red Cross, Washington County Emergency Management, and The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) met to share information on the extent of the damage and how to provide relief to those impacted.
ADEM will file that damage assessment report by early next week.
The hope is to get federal FEMA assistance for those devastated by this weather event. If not, they’re hoping for state assistance.
Governor Hutchinson expressed his sympathy for those impacted by the tornado.
“I grew up in Springdale and so I care a lot about the Springdale community,” said Gov. Hutchinson. "As needed I will be there in the community and my heart goes out to the community and grateful for all the volunteers that have come to the assistance and provided help.”
Crime Hike
Gov. Hutchinson is looking to address crime in Arkansas. Hutchinson says nationwide crime is on the rise and Arkansas isn’t exempt from the increase in violence.
The state will now expand the Intensive Supervision Program, which is an alternative for those who violate their parole.
“Supervision of offenders on parole and probation also requires that the state has adequate resources to provide for strict compliance with conditions of supervision,” said Solomon Graves, Cabinet Secretary with the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
This program is under the department of corrections and Governor Hutchinson announced it will consist of $1,910,000 in its first year.
It will focus on high-risk offenders that have a history of violence or gang affiliation, placing them under stricter supervision.
If violations involving guns are found, the violator will go back to prison. However, there is some concern on if this will impact our prisons which are overcrowded.
Governor Hutchinson says this is why they’ve asked for additional prison space, allocating nearly $75 million dollars to a new facility in Calico Rock.
The program expansion will be focused on four counties in central Arkansas. However, it could expand again in the future.
The program expansion will kick off once they hire more parole officers which won’t happen until they get legislative approval.
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Medical experts believe omicron subvariant BA.2 has some differences from the original version of omicron, including that it spreads faster.
BA.2 is the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. and many other parts of the world, beating out the original version of omicron. From March 27 through April 2, BA.2 accounted for about 72% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Amid claims that it is evading COVID-19 testing, BA.2 has earned itself the nickname “stealth” omicron. But some people on Twitter say that isn’t accurate, and COVID-19 tests can detect infections of the subvariant.
THE QUESTION
Can COVID-19 tests detect omicron subvariant BA.2?
THE SOURCES
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Virology Laboratory
- Christopher Doern, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and director of clinical microbiology at Virginia Commonwealth University
THE ANSWER
Yes, COVID-19 tests can detect omicron subvariant BA.2.
WHAT WE FOUND
BA.2 has been referred to as “stealth” omicron because it has “genetic mutations that could make it harder to distinguish from the delta variant using PCR tests” compared to the original version of omicron, the American Medical Association says.
But a spokesperson for the CDC says that nickname is a misnomer and “causes confusion,” adding that all tests – including at-home rapid and PCR tests – “do not have issues in detecting BA.2.”
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., a microbiologist who serves as director of the Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Virology Laboratory, agrees. He said rapid and PCR tests are still able to pick up BA.2, similar to the original version of omicron and prior COVID-19 variants.
So why did people initially refer to BA.2 as “stealth” omicron?
Some labs could recognize the original version of omicron as a different variant with a certain type of PCR test where one component would be negative but others would be positive. BA.2 doesn’t show those same results, Binnicker explained.
This partial failure, called S gene target failure or SGFT, differentiates omicron from many other variants. SGTF does not occur when testing for BA.2, the CDC spokesperson said.
There’s always the possibility of false negative results on rapid at-home tests. However, positive results on rapid tests are “very reliable” and should be treated as such, Christopher Doern, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology and director of clinical microbiology at Virginia Commonwealth University, said.
If you get a negative at-home COVID-19 test result, that doesn’t always rule out an infection, the CDC says. Some self-tests are designed to be used in a series, so people who test negative should consider repeating the test 24 to 48 hours later.
“Multiple negative tests increases the confidence that you are not infected with the virus that causes COVID-19,” the CDC writes on its website.
Some experts also recommend that people who have COVID-19 symptoms and test negative with an at-home test follow up with a PCR test since they may have received a false negative result.
More from VERIFY: No, there is not a new test to detect the omicron variant
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On April 4, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, purchased 9.2% of Twitter’s shares, enough to make him the company’s top shareholder. Twitter then appointed Musk to its board of directors.
Following the news, Musk tweeted a poll asking if users wanted an edit button on Twitter, and people in the replies requested changes to the website’s moderation policies.
Others on social media including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed Musk is now a majority stakeholder of Twitter, and can make decisions unilaterally.
THE QUESTION
Is Elon Musk now the majority stakeholder of Twitter?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, Elon Musk is not the majority stakeholder of Twitter and he cannot own a majority stake so long as he is serving on its board.
WHAT WE FOUND
Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) filings confirm Elon Musk bought 9.2% of Twitter’s stock on March 14, 2022. That’s stock worth more than $3.7 billion, based on Twitter’s closing price of $50.98 on April 5. According to online databases of Twitter’s shareholders, corroborated by Twitter SEC filings, that makes Musk Twitter’s top shareholder. The next two largest shareholders, Vanguard Group and Morgan Stanley, each hold between 8.5% and 9% of Twitter’s shares.
The SEC filing states Musk has a “voting power” of 73,486,938 — equal to the number of shares he owns in the company – or about 9.2% of the votes in shareholder decisions. More shares equals more voting power, and therefore more influence over the social media company’s direction. If Musk owned the majority of shares (over 50%), his vote alone could determine the company’s fate.
On April 4, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced that Twitter was appointing Musk to its board of directors. This was confirmed by a letter between Musk and Twitter that both parties signed and submitted to the SEC which states his current term on the board expires in 2024.
A different SEC filing states that as part of the agreement, Musk cannot, either alone or as a member of a group, become owner of more than 14.9% of the company’s stock while serving on the board and for 90 days thereafter.
That means that Musk cannot own a majority share of the company until sometime in 2024 at the earliest. His term expires after the company’s annual meeting of stockholders that year; this year’s meeting is in May. Should the meeting occur in May 2024, he wouldn’t be able to acquire 15% or more of Twitter’s stock until August 2024 at the earliest.
So Musk won’t be able to unilaterally decide to add an edit button, change Twitter’s moderation policies or any other change he wishes Twitter to make. He will just have some influence over such decisions as a member of its board.
Musk may remain on Twitter’s board beyond 2024. Unless he and Twitter come to a new agreement with different terms, he would be prohibited from acquiring a larger interest in Twitter for as long as he remains on the company’s board.
More from VERIFY: No, Netflix isn’t cracking down on password sharing in the U.S.
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On Tuesday, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta, coach John Harbaugh and director of player personnel Joe Hortiz took questions for 45 minutes at their predraft news conference and tried not to give anything valuable away.
The Ravens have 10 picks in this month’s NFL draft, and seemingly as many roster holes to fill. Given their considerable investment in the predraft process, team officials know better than to tip their hand. It’s called the “liars’ luncheon” for a reason. Last year, DeCosta said he was “insulted” by criticism of the Ravens’ unproven wide receiver group. His first pick less than two weeks later: Minnesota wide receiver Rashod Bateman.
Not every word from Tuesday’s session is worthy of scrutiny, but some topics merit deeper parsing. Here’s a look at what DeCosta said, whether he was bluffing and what he might actually be contemplating on draft day.
Will the Ravens draft a cornerback early?
DeCosta: “There are opportunities for us, again, in the first round, second round, third round. … We feel like we have the opportunity to take one or two corners in the draft that could come in and contribute right away.”
Verdict: Showing his hand. The Ravens need talented cornerbacks because, well, they don’t have a lot of them. DeCosta said Tuesday that he was “definitely concerned” about the depth at the position. Only Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters have started at least three games over the previous two seasons, and both are coming off season-ending injuries. Brandon Stephens can help out wherever he’s needed — in the slot, as a deep safety, as a box defender — but he’s not a full-time cornerback.
The Ravens not only need a slot corner to replace Tavon Young, but a potential successor for Peters out wide as well; he’s entering the final year of his contract and will turn 30 in January. With Cincinnati’s Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner unlikely to fall out of the top 10, the Ravens could have LSU’s Derek Stingley Jr. and Washington’s Trent McDuffie available at No. 14.
Or they could find a gem later in the draft. Four of Pro Football Focus’ six highest-rated rookie cornerbacks last season were top-33 picks, but the other two were a fifth-rounder (the Las Vegas Raiders’ Nate Hobbs) and an undrafted player (the Detroit Lions’ Jerry Jacobs).
Will the Ravens draft an offensive tackle early?
DeCosta: “We feel that there’s an opportunity in the draft to address the tackle spot at some point, whether it’s in the first round or the fourth round. There’s good players all throughout this year. It’s a very, very deep position class. And so there’s a lot of different ways for us to skin the cat. And we’ll do that at some point.”
Verdict: Bluffing slightly. Even with Morgan Moses signed to play right tackle and Ja’Wuan James apparently impressing team officials, the Ravens’ left tackle situation is perilous. DeCosta acknowledged that he’s “not sure how Ronnie [Stanley]’s going to rebound” from his second straight season-ending ankle injury. “We’re optimistic. I don’t want to speak for Ronnie, and I wouldn’t speak in specifics, but we feel like he’s on a good pace to come back.”
The Ravens “try to protect ourselves as best as we can,” DeCosta added later, and with the free-agent market unlikely to turn up another tackle like Moses, the draft is the safest path to stability. But how much security can a fourth-round pick offer? Only two tackles taken in the fourth round or later last year started more than four games as a rookie, and only one started more than eight. Even Orlando Brown Jr., a third-round pick in 2018, didn’t start regularly at right tackle until late October that season.
Are the Ravens comfortable drafting a developmental center?
DeCosta: “Our philosophy, honestly, is, we want big guys. We want big guys at every position across the offense, across the defense, in general. And so it’s a tough position to fill via the draft at times. And if there’s a guy, if there’s one or two outstanding prospects in the draft, they typically go pretty high. And then after that, you’re looking at a bunch of guys that might be pretty good, might not be pretty good.”
Verdict: Showing his hand. The Ravens have already signaled their commitment to Patrick Mekari at center. There’s only one center who’s considered a first-round prospect, Iowa’s Tyler Linderbaum, and he’s not necessarily a “big guy.” According to MockDraftable, he’s in the first percentile for wingspan and arm length and in the fifth percentile for weight (296 pounds) among offensive line prospects.
If the Ravens indeed pass on Linderbaum, DeCosta said the team has “four or five guys that we like that might not be first-round-type picks.” Versatility could be key. While Trystan Colon has been a solid reserve, Hortiz indicated that the Ravens could be in the market for college guards who could move over to center at the next level.
Could the Ravens draft a running back with a first- or second-round pick?
Decosta: “I don’t know about a first-round pick, because I just don’t see that player there for us. But as we get into the second round, third round, fourth round, we’re going to look at the best players. And if the best player happens to be a running back — I mean, let’s face it: We run the ball more than most teams do. … So if the right guy falls, we will certainly strike.”
Verdict: Slightly bluffing. The Ravens’ running back room is a work in progress. Harbaugh said at the NFL owners meetings last week that J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards could start training camp on the physically-unable-to-perform list as they work their way back from knee operations. Justice Hill is returning from a torn Achilles tendon. Ty’Son Williams struggled to distinguish himself after a promising start.
But even with the Ravens’ run-heavy approach, it’s hard to imagine DeCosta valuing a top running back in the second round over a top offensive tackle, edge rusher or cornerback. Teams find starting-caliber running backs year after year in the later rounds of the draft. Edwards wasn’t even drafted. The Ravens’ injury situation has made running back a need this offseason, but not a major one.
Is this draft deeper than previous ones?
DeCosta: “I think the last couple years, we’ve had more guys. I don’t know if our scouts were more optimistic or [whether] it was just more players. But we have approximately … 180 players, I think, give or take, on the front board that we think are draftable players for the Ravens. That number will probably be somewhere between 170-195 players when it’s all said and done.”
Verdict: Probably bluffing. Consider that, just a few minutes earlier, Hortiz had called it a “pretty deep draft,” citing the number of players who’d taken advantage of their extra year of NCAA eligibility to improve their draft stock. “When you look at our board, the volume of players on our board compared to previous boards, it’s probably a little bit higher,” Hortiz said.
The Ravens have been thinking about this draft “for the last year,” according to DeCosta, who made three trades during or after the 2021 draft to acquire later-round picks in the 2022 draft. Even if there are fewer bona fide prospects in the later rounds than expected, the Ravens should find great value in the fourth round, where they have five selections.
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A southwestern Minnesota farmer has been sentenced for defrauding the federal government of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
On Monday, the U.S. attorney’s office announced that Mark Alan Engelkes, 54, of Slayton had been sentenced to a year in prison, three years of supervised release and more than $435,000 in restitution for converting collateral that secured farm loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In October, Engelkes pleaded guilty in the case.
He was accused of pledging in 2015 more than 15,000 bushels of soybeans as collateral to the USDA Commodity Credit Corp. in order to obtain loan proceeds of nearly $80,000. Engelkes agreed to not move or dispose of the collateral until the loan was paid in full. But in 2016, the USDA learned that Engelkes had sold the grain without approval. In addition to the CCC loan, Engelkes also defaulted on other USDA financing, resulting in a $435,517 loss to the government.
This case was the result of an investigation conducted by the USDA Office of Inspector General.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsey Middlecamp and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Hillary Taylor prosecuted the case.
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A Mounds View business owner has been charged with tax fraud after federal authorities said he failed to pay several years’ worth of payroll taxes.
On Tuesday, the U.S. attorney’s office announced that Larry Wallace Lindberg, 68, was charged with one county of tax evasion.
According to prosecutors, Lindberg is a pharmacist and CEO of Midwest Medical Holdings, a pharmaceutical and medical equipment company based in Mounds View.
Lindberg is accused of failing to pay the Internal Revenue Service several hundred thousand dollars in quarterly federal payroll taxes over the years.
Prosecutors said that the IRS, beginning in 2011, spent years attempting to collect the taxes from Lindberg, who made several agreements with the agency to pay the debt. Lindberg ultimately failed to make the payments and defaulted on each of the agreements, federal authorities alleged.
Prosecutors said Lindberg diverted funds and assets to other business entities he controlled. In all, Lindberg and his company owe more than $6 million in federal income taxes.
He is scheduled to make his first appearance in U.S. District Court on April 21.
The case is the result of an investigation conducted by the IRS Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson is prosecuting the case.
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Fifteen minutes after South Carolina won the NCAA women’s basketball championship Sunday night, Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley sent a text to Sytia Messer.
An hour before the title game between South Carolina and UConn tipped, Messer had been named the next head coach of UCF women’s basketball.
“Dawn texted ‘Congratulations. What a great opportunity. What a great university. Go get it done.’ She’s definitely someone I’m going to lean on,” Messer said.
Messer was formally introduced Tuesday inside Addition Financial Arena with family and fans in attendance. She laid out the groundwork for her goals at UCF. She replaced Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, who left after six seasons for Georgia.
“I want us to win on the court, in the classroom and in the community,” Messer said. “We’re going to do those things.”
Messer served as an assistant coach under Kim Mulkey, 2022 Associated Press National Coach of the Year, from 2013-21 at Baylor and this past season at LSU.
Messer helped lead the Bears to eight Big 12 regular-season championships, six conference tournament titles, an NCAA title in 2019 and six Elite 8 appearances.
She’s also a former player who helped Arkansas reach its first NCAA Final Four in 1998.
“I’ve been fortunate to play and lead a team to the Final Four, I’ve been fortunate to help a team win a national championship … so I know what it takes to win,” Messer said. “Our previous coaches have set the foundation and I’m here to enhance it.”
Character, academics and basketball, in that order, are what Messer will focus on in rebuilding the Knights.
“Character because I’m invested,” Messer said. “I’m invested in people collectively and this community. We have to remember that the next generation is watching us so character is very important to me.
“Academics because I have to prepare you guys for life beyond the court. We have to be able to do that.
“I said basketball last but it’s definitely not least,” Messer said. “We’re going to be able to develop players. Recruiting is essential.”
Messer takes over a program that had the No. 1 scoring defense in the country. The Knights won their first American Athletic Conference regular-season title and tournament championship this year thanks to their defensive prowess.
That defensive mindset likely won’t change under Messer, but she likely won’t have Diamond Battles (AAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year) or Brittney Smith (AAC Sixth Player of the Year). Both entered the transfer portal after Abrahamson-Henderson’s departure a week ago.
“Defense wins championships,” she said. “I’m going to continue the defensive intensity that’s already enhanced here.”
The kind of players Messer recruits, however, will differ.
“I’m going to go out and recruit young ladies that can play multiple positions,” Messer said. “If you get the rebound, you push it up in transition and [score] quick baskets. That’s key.
“We want to be able to, from a defensive standpoint, create easy baskets and multiple possessions for our players.”
Like Staley, who won a national title with South Carolina over the weekend, Messer is accustomed to winning a lot.
“You’re used to championships. I’m used to championships,” she said. “Let’s do this.”
Email Jason Beede at jbeede@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @therealBeede.
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UCF football coach Gus Malzahn not injured in Auburn automobile accident
UCF football coach Gus Malzahn was involved in a car crash in Auburn, Alabama, on Monday night, a spokesman from the university's athletics department confirmed.
Brian Stultz, who covers Auburn for the Rivals network, was first to report the crash in which another man was airlifted in a helicopter. Malzahn was not injured in the incident.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Malzahn was in Auburn with his wife, Kristi, to assist her mother. Kristi's father, Wesley Otwell, died on March 23, she wrote in a Facebook post.
UCF held its ninth spring practice Tuesday morning. It was closed to the media, though offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey and two players were made available for interviews afterward.
Malzahn, 56, coached Auburn's football program from 2013-20. He previously served as the Tigers' offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2009-11, winning a national championship in the process.
He was named UCF's coach on Feb. 15, 2021, reuniting with athletic director Terry Mohajir, who hired him for the same position at Arkansas State a decade earlier.
Malzahn took time away from the program in January as Kristi was hospitalized with an infection. On Feb. 3, he shared a statement onto social media that his wife had "returned home and is doing significantly better."
UCF's spring football game is scheduled for noon on April 16.
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TUPELO • The Tupelo City Council has set the rules for growing and selling medical marijuana within the city.
Following a final, silent public hearing set to discuss the city’s plans for governing the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana throughout Tupelo, city officials voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve an ordinance that took weeks to shape.
A crowd of roughly two dozen people attended the public hearing, which preceded the council’s vote, although no one spoke either for or against the city’s proposed ordinance.
Drafted using existing laws governing liquor sales and pharmacies as a base, the ordinance prohibits cannabis facilities from locating within 1,000 feet of churches, schools and childcare centers.
The guidelines passed by the council include some tweaks from the version approved by the Tupelo Planning Committee on March 21: According to board attorney Ben Logan, officials removed their previously added restriction prohibiting marijuana growers and sellers from locating within 1,000 feet of correctional facilities and funeral homes.
“They weren’t churches per se, and there are only five or six (funeral homes) in Tupelo,” Logan told the Daily Journal Tuesday morning. “There was no definition of church in the legislature. We didn’t want to have that subject to challenge.”
The buffer can be reduced to 500 feet with a waiver from the protected place.
Dispensaries are also prohibited from locating within 1,500 feet of other dispensaries and are disallowed from establishing within the Fairgrounds subdistrict. City Planner Jenny Savely previously said this was because the administration is focusing on the residential growth of the area, and it is one of the few neighborhoods in a mixed-use zone.
City officials also added a permit and “nominal administrative fee” for those opening a medical cannabis facility. Logan said the exact fee would be established at a later date, and that money would go to pay the costs of reviewing and processing permits.
He noted those interested in establishing a medical cannabis facility would need to obtain a privilege license and building permit as well.
The city also added extra concessions to cultivation and processing facilities. Any facility with a growing space over 15,000 square feet will need planning committee approval.
Logan said those interested in opening a medical cannabis facility should contact the city planner with a letter of intent to kick off the process, advising that potential growers or sellers communicate with the city before starting the process of obtaining their licenses from the state.
“Get your place in the queue before you go off to Jackson and figure out you can’t have (a facility),” Logan said.
Ward 6 Councilwoman Janet Gaston asked Logan when the earliest dispensaries would reasonably have medical cannabis to distribute. Because any medical marijuana sold within Mississippi must also be sourced within the state, the earliest the city could expect business to start up would be December or January.
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GREENVILLE • A federal jury has convicted a Mississippi doctor of referring and certifying patients to hospice care who were not terminally ill and didn't know what sort of treatment they would be getting.
Dr. Scott Nelson, of Cleveland, was found guilty on Monday of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Mississippi said in a news release Tuesday.
"In almost all cases, the patients had no idea they were being placed on hospice," the news release said. It said patients testified that he didn't tell them he was referring them to hospice care or explain what it was.
Judge Debra M. Brown has scheduled sentencing for July 27, online court records show. He was convicted on one conspiracy count and seven of health care fraud. Each count carries up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Court documents and evidence show Nelson served as medical director for as many as 14 hospice providers from 2009 to 2014, receiving about $442,000 from them. Medicare paid the hospice owners more than $15 million based on Nelson's patient referrals and certifications, prosecutors said.
They said co-defendants Charline Brandon, Wendell Brandon and Annette Lofton have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
Authorities said hospice employees routinely brought prospective patients to Nelson's office and the doctor would then refer them to hospice, claiming to be their primary or attending physician.
He also certified patients as terminally ill when they were not, and he "robosigned" numerous medical records, allowing hospice owners to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services that were not medically necessary.
"This type of fraud drives up medical costs for those who truly need care and jeopardizes our entire health care system." U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said. "The U.S. Attorney's Office will continue to work with all federal, state and local partners to do everything in our power to eradicate it."
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- More than 77,000 commercial birds across North Carolina have been affected by the High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) or bird flu.
"These viruses can be massively devastating," said Dr. Mike Martin. North Carolina's state veterinarian.
The first case was detected last Wednesday at a commercial turkey farm in Johnston County. The state had to kill more than 32,000 birds that were affected. Since then, the virus was detected in two other Johnston County turkey farms and one in Wayne County.
"There's a lot of people that are hurting right now because of the loss of these flocks. And so it's hard to mitigate against that, you know, there's definitely some things that we just can't control," Martin said.
Test results are pending at three other Wayne County locations that could affect nearly 300,000 birds.
There are state and federal resources available to farmers to help mitigate the financial impacts.
"This is a significant disease to commercial, particularly commercial but also backyard poultry. Those animals would be depopulated so that the virus is not spread into the food system so that it's not spread amongst other birds," explained Sarah Van de Berg, a biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
The virus does not carry a health risk to humans.
"Throughout all the avian influenza breaks that we've seen across history in this country and others, there's been no evidence that this virus is transmitted through consumption of food products. So your food is safe. You're safe," Martin said.
He also said the flu cannot be spread from a live bird to a human.
Since February, more than 22 million birds across the United States have been affected by the virus in an estimated 24 states.
The outbreak is the worst in seven years. More than 50 million birds nationwide were affected in 2015 and the price of eggs nearly doubled.
"This is something that we haven't seen for a while, but in that outbreak in 2015, the poultry industry was able to learn so much from it and we have a lot of information that we gathered new protocols in place that have really helped us this time around and the response has been very well coordinated," explained Beth Breeding, the vice president for communications with the National Turkey Federation.
Already, the price of eggs has risen by 52% across the U.S. and local experts told ABC11 that this is still only likely to increase because of inflation and supply chain issues.
"It's a little bit too early to tell right now about the full impact. We are absolutely tracking that. At this point. We're about at 1% of annual turkey production that's been affected and for a frame of reference that was about over 3% back in 2015," Breeding explained.
Multiple wild birds have also been found with the bird flu. With 143 cases detected among wild birds, North Carolina is now reporting the highest number of cases in the U.S, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The state is reporting almost three times more cases among wild birds than any other state.
Van de Berg explained a lot of the reason for the higher numbers in North Carolina is because many wild birds are tested after they are harvested from duck hunting and duck hunting is popular throughout the state.
On Tuesday, the state announced all poultry shows and public sales are suspended. Martin is highly encouraging every bird owner to keep birds indoors and to report any sick birds.
"This virus isn't going to go away anytime soon, and it's throughout the state. So everybody needs to be taking precautions right now," Martin said, "We have to assume that we're in harm's way when it comes to this virus and take all precautions with our birds to try to keep them safe."
Warning signs of the virus include reduced energy, lower egg production, difficulty breathing, swelling of certain body parts, and odd behaviors like stumbling and circling.
Van de Berg said one of the biggest issues is all the unknowns. The bird flu in 2015 lasted for around six months but experts don't know how long this one will stick around.
"Is this here to stay or is this going to disappear as the birds migrated out and as the summer progresses? That's something we don't know. It's a lot easier to deal with this as a one-time event than it is to start making decisions about what do we do year in and year out," she explained.
Van de Berg said if people see multiple dead wild birds or birds acting particularly strange, they are encouraged them to report them to the state.
The public can report wild bird behavior to the NC Wildlife Helpline at (866) 318-2401, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., or email HWI@ncwildlife.org.
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Egg prices spike amid bird flu outbreaks at U.S. farms
(Gray News) - The cost of groceries continues to rise these days, and the price of eggs is also going up.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bird flu has affected 24 states and more than 46 million birds in the U.S. as of April 5.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, is described by health officials as a highly contagious and deadly virus that affects chickens, turkeys and wild birds. It has been hitting farms hard across the country.
According to the Associated Press, Iowa is the nation’s leading egg producer, and bird flu has infected several farms in that area, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys.
According to the USDA, the average cost of a dozen eggs is currently $2.88 per dozen at supermarkets, up 52% since earlier this year.
The agency reports eggs are expected to be more in demand with the upcoming Easter holiday, but suppliers are not expected to run out of product.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the bird flu usually does not infect people and rare cases of human infection when it comes to the virus have been reported.
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FIRST ALERT: Tornado spotted in Allendale County
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A tornado went through the downtown Allendale area late Tuesday afternoon, and there were reports of damage, including possible torn-off roofs.
A tornado warning was issued around 5:30 p.m. for the Swainsboro area. The tornadoes in Emanuel and Allendale counties were observed and not just radar-indicated.
The radar images indicated dust and/or debris being thrown into the air. The National Weather Service issued an alert about a large, damaging tornado, and posts on social media showed a wedge or possible multiple-vortex tornado.
The tornado was headed to the northeast, and News 12 First Alert meteorologists said the storm was headed toward Bamberg County. Orangeburg County was also an area of concern.
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Meanwhile, tornado watches or warnings were issued for several areas of the southern CSRA on both sides of the Savannah River. Other portions of the CSRA were seeing very heavy rain, and traffic on Interstate 20 in the Augusta area was at a standstill.
Meteorologists warned that this could just be the start of severe weather for the region, which could continue into the evening. Flooding was also a concern in some areas, particularly Edgefield County.
The weather forecast led to the cancellation of Masters practice rounds at Augusta National Golf Club, and patrons were sent home. They’ll have the opportunity to buy tickets for the Tuesday of Masters week next year, the golf club said.
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2nd day of deliberations ends with no verdict in Michigan governor kidnap plot case
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury emerged Tuesday with no verdict yet in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker thanked jurors for their “ongoing attentiveness and work” and told them to return Wednesday for a third day of deliberations.
Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with a kidnapping conspiracy. Three of them also face additional charges, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely an explosive.
The judge rejected a request for trial transcripts in the jury room. Jonker said there was a practical reason: Transcripts aren’t available yet. But even if they were, he added, the jury shouldn’t have them.
“You have to do your best as a group to recall, remember,” Jonker said.
The trial has covered 17 days since March 8, including 13 days of testimony. The jury heard hours of closing arguments and instructions Friday before beginning its deliberations Monday.
Prosecutors said the conspiracy against Whitmer was fueled by anti-government extremism and anger over her COVID-19 restrictions. With undercover FBI agents and informants embedded in the group, the men trained with a crudely built “shoot house” to replicate her vacation home in September 2020, according to testimony.
There is no dispute that the alleged leaders, Fox and Croft, traveled to Elk Rapids, Michigan, that same weekend to see the location of the governor’s lakeside property and a nearby bridge. Harris and Caserta have been described as “soldiers” in the scheme.
Another man, Ty Garbin, who pleaded guilty, said the goal was to get Whitmer before the fall election and create enough chaos to create a civil war and stop Joe Biden from winning the presidency. Much of the government’s case came from secretly recorded conversations, group messages and social media posts.
Defense lawyers attacked the government’s investigation and the use of a crucial informant, Dan Chappel. They claimed Chappel was the real leader, taking direction from the FBI and keeping the group on edge while recording them for months.
“There was no plan,” Croft attorney Joshua Blanchard told the jury.
Croft is from Bear, Delaware, while the others are from Michigan.
Whitmer, a Democrat, rarely talks publicly about the plot, though she referred to “surprises” during her term that seemed like “something out of fiction” when she filed for reelection on March 17.
She has blamed former President Donald Trump for fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn right-wing extremists like those charged in the case.
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White reported from Detroit.
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Nevada toad’s entire habitat threatened, emergency protection issued
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
(CNN) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued emergency protection for a toad now threatened with extinction.
The Dixie Valley toad only exists in a remote area about 160 miles east of Reno in Nevada.
The 760-acre wetland area is fed by hot springs.
A geothermal project planned for the area could destroy the entire population of the small toads.
Emergency protections are rare. The last time the agency issued one was in 2011 for the Miami blue butterfly.
The new listing is good for 240 days and could be extended.
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Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio organized encrypted chats with Proud Boys members in the weeks before the attack, had a 42-second phone call with another member of the group in the building during the insurrection and took credit for the chaos at the Capitol.
Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered Tarrio to stay out of Washington.
Tarrio’s indictment said that instead of staying out of town, he met with Oath Keepers founder and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for about 30 minutes on Jan. 5.
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media.
A judge has postponed the May 18 trial for Tarrio and five others affiliated with the far-right group.
Prosecutors sought the postponement to give them more time to assess and share with opposing lawyers new information gathered in the investigation. Some defendants in the case agreed with the postponement request.
A new trial date is expected to be picked during an April 21 hearing.
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Grocery chain to pay $175K for egg price gouging in pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Grocery chain Smart & Final has agreed to pay $175,000 in penalties to resolve allegations that the grocer engaged in price gouging of certain organic and cage-free eggs at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, state authorities said Tuesday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said that between March 4, 2020, and June 22, 2020, Smart & Final increased the price of four premium egg products beyond what was allowable during a state of emergency.
An investigation found that Smart & Final sold over 100,000 cartons of eggs that were marked up by more than 10%, violating the law, Bonta said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, triggering price-gouging protections through August 2020.
The attorney general’s office said that it received many complaints about dramatic increases in the cost of eggs after Newsom’s emergency declaration. Many related specifically to price spikes at Smart & Final stores across California.
“Today’s settlement should serve as a warning to grocers and other sellers of essential supplies, follow state price gouging laws or you will pay the price and be held to account,” Bonta said.
Smart & Final operates more than 250 retail stores throughout the western United States.
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Mother faces judge for first time, officially charged with killing 8-year-old son
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Criminal charges have been officially filed against a Wisconsin-area mother accused of killing her 8-year-old son.
WBAY reports Natalia Hitchcock, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide with the death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock.
The Sheboygan Falls Police Department said Natalia Hitchcock assaulted Oliver on March 30 at their apartment. He died two days later at a children’s hospital in Milwaukee due to his injuries.
“The children’s [Wisconsin] hospital makes miracles happen all the time, but couldn’t this time, unfortunately,” said SFPD Police Chief Eric Miller.
According to Miller, at least two officers wore body cameras, and the footage has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office.
The case has been handed to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, but Miller said this is a case that will never leave him.
“Because of the severity and nature of the victim. Yeah, none of us will forget,” Miller said.
Natalia Hitchcock appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time.
Miller said the second charge she is facing refers to another incident at the home that was something not reported to them previously.
“Many officers have kids that are either younger or older or in that same age group. It’s hard for them. We talked to doctors and staff; there was nothing else the officers could do,” Miller said.
Authorities said an autopsy on Oliver is scheduled for some time this week.
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Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he’d sign any anti-abortion bill that comes to his desk.
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
The Oklahoma bill, which passed the Senate last year, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother, said GOP state Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, who sponsored the bill. Under the bill, a person convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman,” Olsen said.
Similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but 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 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. Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing similar legislation this year.
The Oklahoma bill’s passage came on the same day as more than 100 people attended a “Bans Off Oklahoma” rally outside the Capitol in support of abortion rights.
“These legislators have continued their relentless attacks on our freedoms,” said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. “These restrictions are not about improving the safety of the work that we do. They are about shaming and stigmatizing people who need and deserve abortion access.”
Wales said Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic in Oklahoma has seen an 800% increase in the number of women from Texas after that state passed its new anti-abortion law last year.
The Texas law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Also Tuesday, the Oklahoma House adopted a resolution to recognize lives lost due to abortion and urge citizens to fly flags at half-staff on Jan. 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of state Rep. Jim Olsen’s name.
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Power outages reported across the Midlands
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 8:05 PM EDT|Updated: 53 minutes ago
MIDLANDS, S.C. (WIS) - Multiple power outages have been reported in the Midlands.
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According to the SC Electric Cooperatives, 2,568 outages reported.
Here is the breakdown by county as of 8:00 p.m.
Calhoun County: 0 outages
Clarendon County: 2,293 outages
Fairfield County: 3 outages
Kershaw County: 0 outages
Lee County: 0 outages
Orangeburg County: 154 outages
Lexington County: 9 outages
Richland County: 2 outages
Sumter County: 53 outages
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Woman facing animal neglect charges after emaciated dog found in crate in apartment
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Des Moines made an arrest Tuesday after the Animal Rescue League of Iowa rescued an emaciated Great Dane.
Alexandria Byron, 26, of Des Moines, faces animal neglect charges, KCRG reports.
ARL staff said the dog, named Kal, was found shut in a crate with no food or water in an apartment. Kal was immediately taken to the Animal Rescue League Emergency Care Team for treatment.
The Care team noted that Kal’s body had no muscle mass and weighed just 44 pounds. They noted he was so dehydrated and emaciated that his head and eyes were sunken in.
The ARL said Kal is now on a careful refeeding program and IV fluids in order to help him safely regain fluids and regain his weight.
In the latest update from police about this case, Kal is said to be gaining weight under the care of the Miracle Medical veterinary team at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- b:Rare Health, Inc. (www.brarehealth.com) and Brain Frequency LLC (https://brainfrequency.ai) announced today that the companies have a new partnership to provide patients with b:Rare Health Cognitive powered by Brain Frequency™, a revolutionary new brain therapy that utilizes pulsed magnetic energy to safely restore areas of the brain to their proper frequency.
b:Rare Health is responsible for expanding and building out a network of sponsored clinics where patients can access the new therapy. b:Rare will utilize its proprietary technology platform to deliver Brain Frequency™ as part of the company's focus on cognitive, physical, and sexual health experiences for adults.
Jerry Breen, CEO of b:Rare Health: "Our partnership with Brain Frequency LLC highlights b:Rare Health's commitment to deliver our customers the very best solutions to their needs as adults. b:Rare Cognitive powered by Brain Frequency™) brings safe & effective brain wellness treatments to patients as part of the evolution and improvement of the proven TMS therapy."
The program, to be known as, b:Rare Cognitive powered by Brain Frequency™ is a new product line in b:Rare Health's cognitive health program. The Brain Frequency™ is a ground-breaking therapeutic approach to treating multiple negative neurological and cognitive issues. Brain Frequency™ has developed a evolutionary software that does two things: First, using EEG data, it analyzes brain waves for optimal cognitive function and identifies various possible neurological imbalances. Second, based upon this progress report, it presents the provider with a recommended treatment plan using the Brain Frequency™ System. With over a 85% efficacy rate, this innovative, pain-free approach can relieve many negative neurological symptoms by adjusting the brain's electrical patterns and improving cognitive function.
About Brain Frequency LLC: Using science and technology, Brain Frequency is focused on helping to heal the global community, starting with the brain. Brain Frequency strives to restore balance to all areas of the brain, improve cognitive performance, and reduce negative neurological symptoms.
Shannon Malish, LCSW-S founder, and CEO of Brain Frequency™: "Our collaboration with b:Rare immediately made so much sense because Brain Frequency™ complements their holistic program. The cognitive, physical, and sexual functions of the body all start with the brain, so collectively Brain Frequency and b:Rare can make people feel better than they ever have before!"
Brain Frequency Contact: https://brainfrequency.ai/contact-us
About b:Rare Health, Inc.: The company provides personalized medical and wellness solutions for adults focused on active, vibrant living. The company is redefining how medicine is delivered to aging adults through proactive solutions, customized programs, and engaged customer service; culminating in a convenient customer journey that achieves each patient's personal health goals.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gogo Inc. (NASD:GOGO) will replace SPX FLOW Inc. (NYSE:FLOW) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Friday, April 8. Lone Star Funds has acquired SPX Flow in a transaction that closed today.
Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:
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S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spdji.com.
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SYDNEY, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HEAL Partners, an Australia and Cayman based global Growth and Follow-On Fund specialising in Health, Education and Lifestyle sector investments ("HEAL"), today announced it has signed a Strategic Relationship Agreement with affiliates of Elliott Investment Management L.P. ("Elliott"). HEAL will launch its US$ 350-500 million Fund II in H1 2022. As part of the Strategic Relationship, Elliott is expected to contribute a significant anchor commitment to HEAL's Fund II.
This Strategic Relationship follows Elliott's January 2021 investment in Removery, the world's largest tattoo removal business and a HEAL portfolio company founded by HEAL Partners' Mark Evans, Chris Chambers and Peter Chapman. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Removery has 90 studios across U.S., Canada and Australia and plans to open a further 200 studios during the next two years.
Removery founder and HEAL Partner Mark Evans said "Elliott has been a great partner at Removery and we are excited to build on this strong relationship through our future HEAL funds". On behalf of Elliott, Isaac Kim said, "We are pleased about this Strategic Relationship with the HEAL team. We believe HEAL's focus on bringing operational expertise and follow-on growth investment into strong business models, many of which the team has created, is genuinely differentiated. Our work together through Removery underscores our confidence in HEAL's active management approach and ability to generate significant deal flow."
HEAL's Investment Partners are Mark Evans and Chris Chambers from Normanby Capital, Peter Chapman and Martin Dalgleish from Asia Principal Capital and Martin Robinson.
HEAL is also backed by pre-eminent industry leaders in the Health and Education sectors, including Chris Rex (Former CEO of Ramsay Healthcare), Stuart Giles and Cathie Reid (Co-founders of Icon Group and Epic Pharmacy), and Rod Jones (Founder and Executive Chairman of Navitas), Dr Andrew Meikle, (Dental Corp Canada and The Fertility Partners) and Jonathan Sudharta (Halodoc) alongside other industry luminaries.
HEAL's Investment and Advisory Committees have collectively created more than $19bn of shareholder value in the targeted HEAL sectors of Health and Education.
HEAL launched Fund I in August 2020 with three cornerstone investments, demonstrating the calibre of high growth opportunities available to the Fund: Edge Early Learning Centres (Australia), Removery (Tattoo Removal, USA) and Fertility Partners (IVF, Canada) and has made several further investments across the U.S, Australia and Asia. Fund I has closed heavily oversubscribed with A$140 million of commitments, surpassing its initial target of A$100 million. HEAL Partner, Martin Robinson, said, "We are very pleased with the composition and performance of our Fund 1 portfolio companies. We have committed the majority of our funds to date, with the remainder to be deployed into the existing portfolio over the next six months or so. We have seen several third party investments across our portfolio companies at significant premiums to our initial entry prices".
HEAL targets Health, Education and Lifestyle assets that are high-growth and globally and/or regionally scalable and has a strong commitment to ESG. Aside from founding its own opportunities, HEAL invests in later stage rounds where it can be an active and engaged participant in the management and operation of the underlying asset.
"Since launching HEAL, we have been impressed with the large number of high quality and investible opportunities we have evaluated that demonstrates the seismic shifts underway across the HEAL sectors. For Fund II, we have a strong pipeline of exciting new opportunities in addition to the follow-on opportunities available in several of our Fund I portfolio companies", concluded Robinson.
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About HEAL Partners
HEAL is an early growth stage acceleration investment vehicle focused on revenue generating growth businesses in the health, education and lifestyle sectors with the potential for global scale or industry disruption. Led by a team of proven founders, investors, portfolio managers and operators, we are focused on capitalising on opportunities created by new specialties in developed markets.
Visit: www.healpartners.com
About Elliott
Elliott Investment Management L.P. manages approximately $51.5 billion of assets. Its flagship fund, Elliott Associates, L.P., was founded in 1977, making it one of the oldest funds under continuous management. The Elliott funds' investors include pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, funds-of-funds, high net worth individuals and families, and employees of the firm.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Korth Direct Mortgage Inc. ("KDM") a leading middle-money commercial real estate lender, today announced that on March 31, 2022, it has closed on a $100,000,000 warehouse facility with Signature Bank ("Signature").
The agreement provides access to a repurchase facility in an aggregate amount up to $100,000,000 until 3/14/2025, unless the facility is earlier terminated, in order to allow KDM to close first priority lien mortgages on commercial properties. The flexibility this line provides KDM will allow the company to more rapidly identify and close the types of high-quality, investment grade, institutional quality loans that are the hallmark of our lending model. In addition, the warehouse line is expected to open up new opportunities with respect to KDM's MSNs .
"Having the means to access this line to close on multiple high-quality loans and pool them together allows us to provide more predictable closing dates for our borrowers and access to more attractive Mortgage Secured Notes for our investors," said Holly MacDonald-Korth the company's President and CFO.
She continued, "We are eagerly looking forward to the opportunities that working with a partner like Signature will have for our business, as we look to continue in a sustainable way, the tremendous year over year growth of our originations business."
ABOUT KDM
KDM is a vertically integrated originator, lender, servicer, specializing in the securitization of first lien commercial real estate debt based in Coral Gables, Florida. KDM specializes in lending on income producing real estate, typically light industrial, warehouse, office, multi-family and medical properties. We provide flexible institutional capital as a common-sense lending partner and manage borrowers through the entire loan life cycle. KDM issues Mortgage Secured Notes ("MSNs") to fund its loans. MSNs are registered corporate bonds ("KDMMTG" on Bloomberg). You can find more information about KDM's lending platform at www.kdmfinancial.com and visit our corporate website at www.korthdirect.com.
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a national leader in consumer financial services, PLS is concerned about how inflation is affecting its customer base. To support the community and help New Yorkers struggling financially during these challenging times, PLS lowered their check cashing rates. PLS is charging 1.99% on cashing payroll checks, recurring government benefits, and PLS Money Orders. PLS continues to sell money orders with no fees attached. PLS operates 43 community financial services centers in New York.
To let New Yorkers know about the lower rates, PLS is launching an outdoor advertising campaign in New York. Running from April 4 - May 29, 2022, the PLS Loves NY advertising campaign will consist of strategically placed ads inside buses and subway trains, on subway platforms, bus shelters, and street kiosks. The integrated campaign will also be featured in digital and social media.
"We want to do what we can to help the people of New York save money with financial solutions that are more affordable, especially now with inflation concerns. We're excited to be able to offer the kind of exceptional service we're known for and help people when they need it most." said Dan Wolfberg, Co-President of PLS."
About PLS®
PLS, headquartered in Chicago operates over 200 community financial services centers across the country. PLS believes that customers deserve better than the existing services available in the marketplace to meet their critical financial needs. PLS financial service centers offer free money orders, discounted check cashing, Xpectations!® Visa® Prepaid cards, money transfer services, and bill payments. Some PLS locations offer auto insurance, vehicle license, and registration services. The PLS brand also includes automobile dealerships located in Indiana and Texas. PLS employs over 3,000 team members from the neighborhoods it serves. PLS does not offer any lending products. Visit PLS at www.pls247.com for additional information on products and services.
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STANFORD, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra.do, a global climate platform founded in 2020 with the mission to get 100 million people working in climate by 2030, announces that its co-founder and CEO, Anshuman Bapna, will present alongside other notable industry thought leaders in the EdTech space during the ASU + GSV 13.0 Summit at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA from April 4 - 6, 2022.
The company is excited to be a part of the Summit, which connects leading minds focused on transforming society and business around learning and work. This year, Terra.do has been named a GSV Cup semifinalist, known as the Elite 200, consisting of companies which represent the top pre-seed and seed startups in the Pre-K to Gray category. The Elite 200 come from a group of 750+ startups, judged by 175+ global leading venture capital firms and strategic partners in digital learning.
Furthermore, from the Elite 200 semifinalists category, Terra.do has qualified for the Cup's Top 20 companies who will compete in front of a live audience and panel of judges for the chance to win up to $1M in prizes. This event will take place on Tuesday evening, April 5 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm PST in the Seaport Ballroom A-E, Level 2 and on Channel StageX, with Andrew Yang a keynote speaker. Anshuman Bapna, CEO of Terra.do, will present on stage for the company.
Terra.do offers intensive cohort-based learning programs, a climate careers platform, and is home to a growing community of active climate professionals. It is estimated that nearly half of the world's GDP will be disrupted by climate change. Terra.do has already graduated several thousand fellows to meet these needs head-on. Programs range from the flagship Climate Change: Learning For Action, to sector-based deep dives such as The New Hydrogen Economy, and Climate Change for Software Engineers to name a few. The global Terra.do community comes from 25+ countries, and consists of climate experts, climate companies that are actively hiring, and mentors who are industry practitioners.
The ASU + GSV Summit is a collaboration between Arizona State University (ASU) and Global Silicon Valley (GSV) Ventures and was started in 2010. In its 13th year, the summit is a gathering of notable companies from various industries focused on the Education and Talent Technology (EdTech) industry. The event is a platform for companies to showcase their research, insights, and collaborate with others to advance the EdTech dialogue.
About Terra.do
Terra.do is a global platform for learning about climate change, meeting experts and peers, and building a career in climate. Founded in 2020, it is working on the mission to get 100 million people working in climate by 2030.
For more information, visit www.terra.do
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Shift to a leaner operation will also reduce environmental footprint
VANCOUVER, BC, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) announced today that it will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton, Alberta ("Hinton Pulp") by the end of this year. One of Hinton Pulp's two production lines will shut, and the remaining line will produce Unbleached Kraft Pulp ("UKP") rather than Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft Pulp ("NBSK").
"Hinton Pulp has been in operation since 1956 and these changes are necessary to simplify our operation, reduce capital requirements and greenhouse gas emissions, and better align with consumer expectations," said Ray Ferris, President & CEO, West Fraser.
The capacity reduction will see staffing levels transition from 345 positions to 270. West Fraser expects to mitigate the impact on employees through natural attrition, retirements and by offering employment opportunities at other West Fraser operations.
"Our Hinton Pulp team has been engaged in a comprehensive review process and I want to thank them for their creativity and commitment to the mill, our customers and the environment. We remain strongly committed to the community of Hinton, the future of the plant, and to our neighbouring lumber operation, Hinton Wood Products," said Ferris.
The environmental benefits of moving to a single UKP production line include:
- an estimated 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions ("GHGs"), which is equivalent to taking approximately 19,900 cars off the road per year
- an estimated 25% reduction in water use, air emissions and waste generation, and
- elimination of chlorine dioxide emissions
As the world moves away from single-use plastics, UKP is now used increasingly in a wide variety of everyday items including cardboard packaging, grocery bags, fibre-cement board and specialty products.
Since late 2021, the mill has undertaken several product trials and received positive initial customer feedback as to the quality and strength of the pulp produced. Currently, mill employees are preparing for the transition after satisfying all existing customer commitments for NBSK.
It is anticipated that an impairment charge of approximately US$13 million will be recorded in West Fraser's first quarter 2022 results associated with the write-down of equipment that will be decommissioned permanently as part of the transition to UKP.
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the Company produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy. West Fraser's products are used in home construction, repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials. For more information about West Fraser, visit www.westfraser.com.
This news release contains forward-looking information or forward-looking statements (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including those relating to the Company's plans to reduce the capacity at Hinton Pulp through decommissioning and transition from NBSK to UKP by the end of the year and our ability to meet the related objectives including simplifying operations, reducing capital requirements and GHG emissions and better aligning consumer expectations, expectations around the reduction of Hinton Pulp's environmental footprint and related environmental benefits, expectations on employee staffing levels and related mitigation strategies, and expectation around the financial impact in West Fraser's first quarter 2022 results of the decommissioning and transition to UKP. Any such forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us and are based on assumptions and analyses made by us considering our experience and our perception of historical trends and current conditions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties including our ability to undertake the required capacity reductions within the time period specified, and realize the expected benefits therefrom described in the news release, including achieving the environmental benefits. Readers should also refer to the risk factors set forth in the Company's annual information form and management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021, each dated February 15, 2022, available at SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml). There can be no assurance that the plans, intentions, or expectations upon which forward-looking statements are based will be realized. Actual results may differ, and the difference may be material and adverse to the Company and its shareholders. Except as may be required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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VANCOUVER, BC, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX: CMMC) (ASX: C6C) (the "Company" or "Copper Mountain") announces a revised date for its first quarter 2022 conference call and the release of its earnings results due to an ASX public holiday. The Company will now be hosting a conference call on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 7:30 am (Pacific Time) for senior management to discuss its first quarter 2022 results. The Company will be releasing its first quarter 2022 financial and operating results before markets open on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Dial-in information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8650
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 664 6383
Webcast: https://produceredition.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1540119&tp_key=3297d7e2a6
Replay information:
Toronto and international: 1 (416) 764 8677, Passcode: 910085#
North America (toll-free): 1 (888) 390 0541, Passcode: 910085#
The conference call replay will be available until 8:59 pm (Pacific Time) on May 3, 2022. An archive of the audio webcast will also be available on the company's website at http://www.cumtn.com.
Copper Mountain's flagship asset is the 75% owned Copper Mountain Mine located in southern British Columbia near the town of Princeton. The Copper Mountain Mine currently produces approximately 100 million pounds of copper equivalent per year. Copper Mountain also has the development-stage Eva Copper Project in Queensland, Australia and an extensive 2,100 km2 highly prospective land package in the Mount Isa area. Copper Mountain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CMMC" and Australian Stock Exchange under the symbol "C6C".
Additional information is available on the Company's web page at www.CuMtn.com.
On behalf of the Board of
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION
"Gil Clausen"
Gil Clausen, P.Eng.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Website: www.CuMtn.com
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) between April 27, 2017 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") of the important May 2, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Ericsson securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 2, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Ericsson overstated the extent to which it had reformed its business practices to eliminate the use of bribes to secure business in foreign countries; (2) Ericsson had paid bribes to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria ("ISIS" or the "Islamic State") to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq; (3) accordingly, Ericsson's revenues derived from its operations in Iraq were, in at least substantial part, derived from unlawful conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Ericsson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=3808 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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SHANGHAI, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Greater China and other parts of Asia, announced today that the findings of reduction in proteinuria and stabilization of eGFR in a Chinese subpopulation after 9 months of treatment with NEFECON are in line with topline results from Part A of the pivotal global Phase 3 clinical trial NefIgArd, which were reported in November 2020 by Calliditas Therapeutics AB (NASDAQ Global Select: CALT; NASDAQ Nordic: CALTX).
Everest Medicines secured exclusive license rights from Calliditas Therapeutics AB in 2019 to develop and commercialize NEFECON for the treatment of primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN) in Greater China and Singapore, which territory was expanded to include South Korea in March of this year.
"We are very pleased to see data from the Chinese subpopulation of NefIgArd that are consistent with the results of Part A of the global trial. These data will be included in regulatory filings in China in the second half of this year," said Zhengying Zhu, Ph.D, Chief Medical Officer for Internal Medicine at Everest Medicines. "We hope to bring this innovative treatment to IgAN patients in China and other markets as soon as possible."
In November 2020, Calliditas reported that topline results from Part A of the global trial provided evidence of a statistically significant reduction in proteinuria, after 9 months of treatment. The trial also met the key secondary endpoint showing a statistically significant difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate or eGFR after 9 months of treatment compared to placebo. NEFECON was generally well-tolerated.
About NEFECON
NEFECON is an oral, delayed release formulation of budesonide, a corticosteroid with potent glucocorticoid activity and weak mineralocorticoid activity that undergoes substantial first pass metabolism. NEFECON was designed as a 4 mg delayed release capsule and is enteric coated so that budesonide is released to the distal ileum. In June 2019, Everest Medicines entered into an exclusive, royalty-bearing license agreement with Calliditas, which gives Everest Medicines exclusive rights to develop and commercialize NEFECON in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore. The agreement was extended in March 2022 to include South Korea as part of Everest Medicine's territories.
About the NeflgArd Study
The global clinical trial NeflgArd is an ongoing Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo- controlled, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NEFECON once daily vs placebo in adult patients with primary IgAN (N=360) as an addition to optimized RASi therapy.
The global trial met its primary objective in Part A of demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in urine protein creatinine ratio, UPCR or proteinuria, after 9 months of treatment with 16 mg once daily of NEFECON compared to placebo. Patients taking NEFECON plus RASi (n=97) showed a statistically significant 34% reduction from baseline vs 5% with RASi alone (n=102) at 9 months, p=0.0001.
About Everest Medicines
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record of high-quality clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations both in China and with leading global pharmaceutical companies. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of eleven potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late-stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include oncology, autoimmune disorders, cardio-renal diseases and infectious diseases. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
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- Proxalutamide demonstrates a significant reduction in hospitalization/death rate with a protection rate reaching 100% for patients treated more than seven days (p <0.02).
- Proxalutamide reduced risk of hospitalization or death especially in those with high-risk factors.
- Proxalutamide demonstrates significant reduction in COVID-19 viral load and improved coronavirus-related symptoms.
- The Phase III multi-regional clinical trial (MRCT) enrolled 99% of patients in multiple centers across the United States.
SUZHOU, China, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited ("Kintor Pharma", HKEX: 9939), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative small molecules and biological therapeutics, today announced the top-line results of the Phase III MRCT of proxalutamide in outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 regardless of vaccination status and risk factors. Data from the study demonstrated that the protection rate of patients in the trial (regardless of age or risk factors) treated with proxalutamide for more than seven days reached 100% (p < 0.02). The treatment with proxalutamide significantly reduced hospitalization or death in COVID-19 patients, especially in the middle-aged and elderly with high-risk factors.
Top-line efficacy and safety data are summarized below:
Efficacy:
Proxalutamide effectively reduced the risk of hospitalization/death
- Among all randomized patients with at least one day of treatment (N=730), 8 patients who received placebo were hospitalized (including one death) compared to 4 patients who received proxalutamide (zero death). All hospitalizations were COVID-19-related. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 50% compared to the control group.
- Among patients with more than 1 day of treatment (N=721), 7 patients in the control group were hospitalized (including one death) compared to 2 patients (zero deaths) in the proxalutamide group. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 71% compared to the control group.
- Among patients with more than 7 days of treatment (N=693), 6 patients who received placebo were hospitalized (including one death) compared to no hospitalization/death in the proxalutamide group. Proxalutamide reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% compared to the control group (p﹤0.02).
Proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization/death in patients with high-risk factors, especially in patients 50 years of age or older and with at least 1 day of treatment.
- In the patients aged 50 years or older and with obesity, proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization/death by100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or death in the proxalutamide group.
- In the patients aged 60 years or older with or without underlying medical conditions, proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or deaths in the proxalutamide group.
- In the patients with age 60 years or older and with at least one underlying medical condition (such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, etc.), proxalutamide significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 100% (p﹤0.02), as there was no hospitalization or deaths in the proxalutamide group.
Proxalutamide significantly and continuously reduced SARS-CoV-2 viral load
- Proxalutamide significantly and continuously reduced SARS-CoV-2 viral load from Day 3 to Day 28, compared to the control group (p﹤0.01 on Day 3 and Day 28, respectively).
Proxalutamide improved COVID-19 related symptoms
- COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, and cough were improved through Day 28 compared to patients in the control group.
Safety:
Proxalutamide continues to demonstrate a positive safety profile
- The study demonstrated that proxalutamide was well tolerated and side effects were manageable in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. The incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) was comparable in the control and proxalutamide groups (7.9% and 9.6%, respectively). The majority of TEAEs were mild. The most common adverse event was dizziness (1.1 % in both proxalutamide and control groups). The incidence of any other adverse events was less than 1%. There was no serious adverse event in the study.
Dr. Tong Youzhi, the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Kintor Pharma commented, "The top-line data of this pivotal study demonstrates the clinical efficacy of proxalutamide in the mostly US COVID-19 population with a significant reduction of hospitalization and death rate in patients. It is important to note that proxalutamide has showed COVID-19 viral load reduction against both Delta and Omicron variants, which is important as new variants continue to arise. The continued increase in COVID-19 cases serves as a reminder that the world urgently needs effective and safe oral drugs with different mechanisms of action. Kintor plans to actively apply for emergency use authorization (EUA)/emergency approvals from healthcare authorities in China, the United States, and other countries. Separately, I'd like to thank the patients and doctors who participated in the trial and highlight the tireless work of Kintor's team since the start of the pandemic, their ability to overcome multiple challenges, and to thank them for their continued efforts."
About the Study
The multi-center randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled (1:1) registrational trial (NCT04870606), evaluated the efficacy and safety of proxalutamide in outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 illness. The study enrolled 733 male and female patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test and symptoms onset whether vaccinated or not and regardless of risk factors. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of the patients were recruited in the United States. The patients received either proxalutamide 200mg, once daily plus standard of care (SOC)("proxalutamide arm") or placebo plus SOC ("placebo arm") for 14 consecutive days.
The study endpoints included the percentage of patients who did not experience all-cause hospitalization for at least 24 hours, or did not require supplemental oxygen for at least 24 hours in response to SpO2 ≤93% and were alive by Day 28; the proportion of patients with all-cause hospitalization (defined as ≥24 hours), requiring supplemental oxygen orall-cause death by Day 28, and changes of SARS-Cov-2 viral load frombaseline to Day 28 as well as safety assessments.
About Proxalutamide
Proxalutamide is an ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) and TMPRSS2 (transmembrane protease, serine 2) proteins inhibitor that inhibits the entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into host cells. For COVID-19 patients with early symptoms, targeting the ACE2/TMPRSS2 signal axis by proxalutamide could significantly inhibit the entry of the virus into host cells. For severe patients, proxalutamide promotes the clearance of pathogens and decreases inflammation by activating the Nrf2 pathway, which inhibits the over-production of IL-6, proinflammatory cytokines, and chemokines, thus minimizing cytokine storms and tissues damage. In this way, proxalutamide might be well-positioned as an effective drug for COVID-19 patients from early symptoms to hospitalized/severe conditions.
About Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited
Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited is developing and commercializing a robust pipeline of innovative small molecule and biological therapeutics for androgen-receptor-related disease areas with unmet medical needs, including COVID-19, prostate, breast and liver cancers, alopecia and acne. For more information, visit www.kintor.com.cn.
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LAS VEGAS, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Rock Resorts, Inc. ("Red Rock Resorts", "we" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RRR) announced today that it will release the Company's financial results for the first quarter 2022 on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 and will hold a conference call on the same day at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT). The conference call will consist of prepared remarks from the Company and will include a question and answer session.
To listen to the conference call, please dial into the conference operator no later than 4:15 p.m. ET (1:15 p.m. PT) at (888) 317-6003 using the passcode: 1110192. For those of you dialing in internationally, your dial in number is (412) 317-6061. A live audio webcast of the call will also be available at www.redrockresorts.com.
A replay of the call will be available through May 10, 2021 by dialing in at (877) 344-7529 or internationally at (412) 317-0088 using conference ID: 4324189. An audio archive of the call will also be available at www.redrockresorts.com.
Red Rock Resorts is a holding company that owns an indirect equity interest in and manages Station Casinos LLC ("Station Casinos"). Station Casinos is the leading provider of gaming and entertainment to the residents of Las Vegas, Nevada. Station Casinos' properties, which are located throughout the Las Vegas valley, are regional entertainment destinations and include various amenities, including numerous restaurants, entertainment venues, movie theaters, bowling and convention/banquet space, as well as traditional casino gaming offerings such as video poker, slot machines, table games, bingo and race and sports wagering. Station Casinos owns and operates Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa Casino, Palace Station Hotel & Casino, Boulder Station Hotel & Casino, Sunset Station Hotel & Casino, Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino, Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Boulder, Wild Wild West Gambling Hall & Hotel, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Valley View, Wildfire Anthem and Wildfire Lake Mead. Station Casinos also owns Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel, Fiesta Rancho Casino Hotel and Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel, which have been closed since March 2020, and owns a 50% interest in Barley's Casino & Brewing Company, Wildfire Casino & Lanes and The Greens.
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NEW YORK, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Tivity Health, Inc. ("Tivity" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TVTY), in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by funds managed by Stone Point Capital. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $32.50 in cash for each share of Tivity common stock owned. The transaction is valued at $2 billion.
If you own Tivity shares and wish to discuss this investigation or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, visit our website:
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) Tivity's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $32.50 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates Tivity's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed. Notably, at least one analyst set a price target for the Company of $35 per share, $2.50 above the per-share merger consideration.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com.
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Discovery-based pharmaceutical company in Japan leverages Cloudera for greater speed to insights across its research, development, and post-market value chain.
SINGAPORE, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloudera, the hybrid data cloud company, today announced that Japanese pharmaceutical company, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has selected Cloudera to boost its data analytics capabilities for increased business performance and realize its vision of achieving data-driven innovation. Through this partnership, Shionogi hopes to democratize access to its vast amounts of data and promote data literacy to accelerate research and product releases.
As a discovery-based pharmaceutical company, Shionogi is focused on researching and developing more effective medications and pharmaceuticals to protect the health and well-being of patients. The extensive amounts of data that Shionogi generates and relies on reside in silos on varying platforms spread across various locations. To realize its vision of true data-driven innovation, Shionogi required a comprehensive data platform that could quickly aggregate and analyze this data in a secure and governed manner. Democratized accessibility to this data while maintaining data security and data governance was key.
Cloudera worked with Shionogi to upgrade its existing data platform to the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), a secure, organized platform that is easily integrated into the various other systems used by Shionogi. The company has integrated all of its data silos, with CDP functioning as a consolidated database. The single source of truth provides easy access to data, which has increased the productivity of its data engineers and scientists by facilitating the sharing of information across the organization, improving the data literacy within Shionogi. CDP seamlessly connects to business intelligence (BI) tools and analysis systems while ensuring security and governance, allowing Shionogi to accelerate the hypothesis and test cycles of drug discovery and development.
Dr. Yoshitake Kitanishi, Vice President, Data Science Department, Shionogi & Co. Ltd., said, "Shionogi believes that we will need to maximize the use of our collective data and knowledge to achieve true data-driven innovation. The Cloudera Data Platform is what we need - a secure, organized and integrated database. Its ability to aggregate and analyze a wide variety of internal and external data, structured or unstructured, lets it rapidly process large volumes of data. We can derive business insights quickly as it seamlessly connects to BI tools and analysis systems while complying with privacy protection and other compliance requirements."
"We are delighted to support Shionogi on using data to transform its business. The company is currently working on COVID-19 medications and we are proud to be able to be part of this process. Cloudera's scalable hybrid data cloud will help Shionogi achieve its goal of being a data-driven business," said Takeshi Osawa, Managing Director, Japan, Cloudera.
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- For more information on Cloudera Data Platform, please visit https://www.cloudera.com/products/cloudera-data-platform.html
About Cloudera
At Cloudera, we believe data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. Cloudera taught the world the value of big data, creating an industry and ecosystem powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community. We empower our customers, leaders in their industries, to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Through our hybrid data cloud platform, organizations are able to build their data-driven future by getting data - no matter where it resides - into the hands of those that need it. Learn more at Cloudera.com.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia and TORONTO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PT Sun Life Financial Indonesia (Sun Life Indonesia), a subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX: SLF) (NYSE: SLF), and PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk (CIMB Niaga; IDX: BNGA) announced today that they are deepening their existing partnership in Indonesia.
Sun Life Indonesia currently offers insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through digital and out-of-branch channels. This new agreement makes Sun Life Indonesia the provider of insurance solutions to CIMB Niaga customers through all channels for a term of 15 years starting in January 2025. It also extends the term of the existing relationship by six (6) years to 2039.
This partnership combines Sun Life Indonesia's comprehensive range of insurance solutions and expert Client care across all life stages with CIMB Niaga's extensive distribution network of 427 branches serving seven (7) million customers across Indonesia. Established in 1955, CIMB Niaga is the second largest private bank by total assets in Indonesia as of December 31, 2021. Sun Life is also the exclusive bancassurance partner for CIMB Group in Malaysia.
The Indonesian market is the largest economy in Southeast Asia and offers significant growth potential, reflecting a young, emerging middle class with low insurance penetration rates. This deepening partnership will accelerate Sun Life's long-term strategy to grow its distribution capacity, supported by bancassurance. It will also enhance the value proposition for CIMB Niaga customers and provide them with a comprehensive range of protection and long-term savings solutions to address their evolving needs.
"We are delighted to deepen our regional partnership with CIMB to help millions more Clients in Indonesia achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives," said Ingrid Johnson, President of Sun Life Asia. "It will also extend Sun Life's reach in a market with tremendous potential for further growth with a partner that shares our focus on building a brighter, more sustainable future for Clients, employees and communities."
"We are pleased to deepen our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia. This partnership marks another step in CIMB Niaga's continued efforts to be the bank of choice for Indonesian consumers and businesses. CIMB Niaga and Sun Life Indonesia have highly complementary strengths and a shared focus on providing an extraordinary experience for our customers. Together, we foresee that this partnership will help us create significant lasting value for our customers and key stakeholders," said CIMB Niaga President Director Lani Darmawan.
"As one of Indonesia's leading banks, our customers rely on us to deliver best-in-class products and services. By deepening our partnership with Sun Life Indonesia, we are reaffirming our commitment to provide high-quality solutions across wealth and insurance products to serve customers' needs today and in the future," said Noviady Wahyudi, Chief of Consumer Banking CIMB Niaga.
"It is a great honour to strengthen the partnership between Sun Life Indonesia and CIMB Niaga. CIMB Niaga is a quality bank with a well-known brand and has been a trusted partner to Sun Life Indonesia since 2009. During that time, we have developed a lasting partnership as we worked together to build a comprehensive range of protection and financial solutions for Indonesians at every life stage," says Elin Waty, President Director of Sun Life Indonesia.
Visit www.sunlife.com for slides and more information related to this announcement.
About Sun Life
Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing asset management, wealth, insurance and health solutions to individual and corporate Clients. Sun Life has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2021, Sun Life had total assets under management of $1.44 trillion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.
Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF.
About Sun Life Indonesia
Sun Life Indonesia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. It offers a variety of protection and financial management products, from life insurance, education insurance, health insurance, and retirement plans. Sun Life Indonesia partners with leading financial institutions, both national and international, to serve multi-channel distribution strategies and provide wider access to our insurance solutions.
For more information please visit www.sunlife.co.id
About CIMB Niaga
CIMB Niaga was established under the name PT Bank Niaga in 1955. Approximately 92.5% of CIMB Niaga's shares (including the 1.02% owned by PT Commerce Kapital) are owned by CIMB Group. As the second largest private bank in Indonesia by assets, CIMB Niaga offers a comprehensive portfolio of conventional and shariah banking services, including consumer banking, SME banking, commercial and corporate banking, treasury and capital markets, and transaction banking services, supported by nationwide 427 branch offices, 4,481 ATM units, branchless banking networks, as well as 12,217 employees (consolidated) as of December 31, 2021.
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Mother faces judge for first time, officially charged with killing 8-year-old son
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Criminal charges have been officially filed against a Wisconsin-area mother accused of killing her 8-year-old son.
WBAY reports Natalia Hitchcock, 41, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide with the death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock.
The Sheboygan Falls Police Department said Natalia Hitchcock assaulted Oliver on March 30 at their apartment. He died two days later at a children’s hospital in Milwaukee due to his injuries.
“The children’s [Wisconsin] hospital makes miracles happen all the time, but couldn’t this time, unfortunately,” said SFPD Police Chief Eric Miller.
According to Miller, at least two officers wore body cameras, and the footage has been turned over to the District Attorney’s office.
The case has been handed to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, but Miller said this is a case that will never leave him.
“Because of the severity and nature of the victim. Yeah, none of us will forget,” Miller said.
Natalia Hitchcock appeared in court on Tuesday for the first time.
Miller said the second charge she is facing refers to another incident at the home that was something not reported to them previously.
“Many officers have kids that are either younger or older or in that same age group. It’s hard for them. We talked to doctors and staff; there was nothing else the officers could do,” Miller said.
Authorities said an autopsy on Oliver is scheduled for some time this week.
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Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
With little discussion and no debate, the Republican-controlled House voted 70-14 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has previously said he’d sign any anti-abortion bill that comes to his desk.
The bill is one of several anti-abortion measures still alive in Oklahoma’s Legislature this year, part of a trend of GOP-led states passing aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
The Oklahoma bill, which passed the Senate last year, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother, said GOP state Rep. Jim Olsen, of Roland, who sponsored the bill. Under the bill, a person convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.
“The penalties are for the doctor, not for the woman,” Olsen said.
Similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature and in other conservative states in recent years have been stopped by the courts as unconstitutional, but 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 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. Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing similar legislation this year.
The Oklahoma bill’s passage came on the same day as more than 100 people attended a “Bans Off Oklahoma” rally outside the Capitol in support of abortion rights.
“These legislators have continued their relentless attacks on our freedoms,” said Emily Wales, interim president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes. “These restrictions are not about improving the safety of the work that we do. They are about shaming and stigmatizing people who need and deserve abortion access.”
Wales said Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic in Oklahoma has seen an 800% increase in the number of women from Texas after that state passed its new anti-abortion law last year.
The Texas law bans abortion once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, without exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
Also Tuesday, the Oklahoma House adopted a resolution to recognize lives lost due to abortion and urge citizens to fly flags at half-staff on Jan. 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of state Rep. Jim Olsen’s name.
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Twitter says it’s testing an ‘edit’ button
(AP) - Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is indeed working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages, although it says the project has nothing to do with the fact that edit-function fan Elon Musk was just revealed as the company’s largest shareholder and now sits on its board.
Twitter said it will test the feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry and McDonald’s corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. The company itself recently teased users with an April Fool’s Day tweet saying “we are working on an edit button.” The official Twitter account said Tuesday that the April 1 tweet wasn’t a joke and that it has been working on it since last year.
Twitter also said it didn’t get the idea from a Twitter poll launched by Tesla CEO Musk Monday evening. Musk, himself a Twitter power user, asked followers if they wanted an edit button, cheekily misspelling “yes” as “yse” and “no” as “on.” More than 4 million people had voted as of Tuesday evening.
Musk also tweeted that he is looking forward to making “significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Twitter’s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit function has for years been Twitter’s most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.”
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had said that Twitter had considered an edit button, but in a January 2020 Q&A maintained that “we’ll probably never do it.” He noted that Twitter’s current setup keeps the spirit of its text-message origins — texts can’t be edited — and the confusion that could result from users making changes to a tweet that has already been heavily circulated by others. Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021.
People who study Twitter also say adding an edit button would likely change the nature of Twitter, making it less valuable as a historical warehouse that stores official statements by politicians and other high-profile people. Twitter, for better or worse, “has become the de facto news wire,” said Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor and an expert on social media who researches propaganda.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead giving Twitter users a window of time to edit their tweets before they publish them.
Letting powerful Twitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening when Sullivan tweeted: “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
Musk, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes " sounds reasonable.”
Musk is someone who could seemingly use an edit button. His tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share, when funding was not secured, led to a $40 million SEC settlement and a requirement that Musk’s tweets be approved by a corporate lawyer. Musk is still embroiled in a fight over that settlement.
Twitter had earlier seemed to be taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to Musk’s poll. Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, retweeted the poll with a seeming reference to an earlier tweet by Musk, saying “The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully.” Musk had used the same language in a March tweet describing another of his polls that asked whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles.
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Woman facing animal neglect charges after emaciated dog found in crate in apartment
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Des Moines made an arrest Tuesday after the Animal Rescue League of Iowa rescued an emaciated Great Dane.
Alexandria Byron, 26, of Des Moines, faces animal neglect charges, KCRG reports.
ARL staff said the dog, named Kal, was found shut in a crate with no food or water in an apartment. Kal was immediately taken to the Animal Rescue League Emergency Care Team for treatment.
The Care team noted that Kal’s body had no muscle mass and weighed just 44 pounds. They noted he was so dehydrated and emaciated that his head and eyes were sunken in.
The ARL said Kal is now on a careful refeeding program and IV fluids in order to help him safely regain fluids and regain his weight.
In the latest update from police about this case, Kal is said to be gaining weight under the care of the Miracle Medical veterinary team at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.
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Peregrine falcons are continuing their comeback in New Hampshire, with more than two dozen pairs nesting throughout the state, up from one pair four decades ago.
The nesting is taking place “all over,” said Chris Martin, a senior biologist with New Hampshire Audubon, including on a skyscraper and a highway bridge in Manchester and at Rumney Rocks, a popular sport-climbing spot near Plymouth.
In Rumney, that popularity creates a challenge in balancing the best interests of the falcons and the climbers.
Rumney Rocks, said Ryan Twomey, the U.S. Forest Service’s assistant district director for recreation and wilderness, is “one of the good news stories” for climbers and peregrine falcons in that neither negatively impacts the other.
Sport climbing, in which climbers use fixed anchors and ropes to climb relatively short but athletically demanding routes, is booming, Twomey said, fueled by the indoor climbing trend.
Recognized as the fastest animal in the world — they can exceed 200 miles per hour in a dive — peregrine falcons are native to New Hampshire, but they, like other birds, were nearly wiped out decades ago by DDT, a powerful insecticide.
At their population’s nadir in the 1980s, there was only one known nesting pair in New Hampshire — in Franconia Notch, said Martin — but currently there are 26 pairs.
There are sites “from Dixville to Portsmouth to Hinsdale,” he said, mostly on cliffs like those found at Rumney Rocks, but also on buildings and bridges, including the Brady Sullivan Tower and the Interstate 293/Route 101 bridge in Manchester.
A nesting site at the top of Main Cliff at Rumney Rocks recently led to the closure of some 100 nearby climbing routes. The closure will remain in place until the last fledgling — assuming there are eggs that hatch — leaves the nest, said Martin.
Peregrines sit on their eggs for five weeks, Martin said, and the fledglings develop and begin to fly within six weeks after hatching.
He said the closure will help keep climbers, who have another 1,100 or so other routes to choose from, according to Ladd Raine, president of the Rumney Climbers Association, from disrupting the peregrines’ attempt to raise a family.
Raine said the Rumney Climbers Association educates climbers to “climb as safely as possible; to stay on trail and to respect endangered species,” which at Rumney Rocks includes peregrine falcons, fragrant ferns and trilliums.
Martin said no one has approached the nest to count the number of eggs so as to not disturb the peregrines. If the peregrine parents are spooked, the eggs could get too hot or too cold, Martin said, or they could be liable to predation from other birds, like crows, that are also nesting in the area.
Blessed with extremely acute vision, peregrines also don’t like to see potential threats, like humans, which is another reason for the climbing route closures.
“We’re very much trying to be responsive to the needs of the climbers,” but also of the peregrines, said Martin.
The climbing season has just begun at Rumney Rocks, Raine said. From now through October, there could be as many as 2,000 climbers a day on the cliffs.
Despite those numbers, Raine, who has been climbing at Rumney Rocks for 20 years, said there is little conflict between climbers and peregrine falcons “and for us, it’s just an indication of good land management.”
The nest at Rumney Rocks is in the same place as it was in 2020, said Martin, adding there is another nest in Rumney, at Polar Caves on Route 25.
Because of their cliff-rich topography, “the White Mountains are the core” for peregrine nesting in New Hampshire, Martin continued, with approximately a dozen sites from Lebanon to Lancaster to Berlin and down to Conway, and several sites on the Kancamagus Highway.
Listed as “threatened” by the state but no longer “endangered,” peregrines are legally protected in New Hampshire, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.
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CONCORD — A federal judge has kept alive a class action lawsuit brought against New Hampshire-based SIG Sauer Inc. over purported flaws in its SIG P320 semi-automatic handgun.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Laplante ruled last week that the lead plaintiff in the case, Arizona resident Derick Ortiz, has provided enough evidence to dispute the claims that the gunmaker’s voluntary upgrade package makes him whole after addressing the purported defect.
In 2019, Ortiz sued SIG Sauer, claiming that the P320, which is used by the military and police departments, misfires when dropped a certain way.
Laplante did find for SIG Sauer when it came to claims under Arizona and federal law dealing with warranty issues.
According to Laplante’s ruling, SIG Sauer knew the gun was prone to discharge when dropped, but determined it still met safety standards and started marketing the pistol in January 2014.
In late 2016 or early 2017 SIG Sauer started receiving reports of misfiring when dropped at a certain angle. It modified design for an Army pistol similar to the P320, and by August 2017, the company launched a voluntary upgrade program for the P320.
In 2016, Ortiz, an Arizona police officer, had purchased the P320 for both his on-duty and recreational shooting.
According to Laplante’s ruling, it took Ortiz five months to receive a response from SIG Sauer after the company promised to contact him shortly about the voluntary upgrade.
Ortiz’s surviving claims say SIG Sauer unjustly benefited by selling defective pistols. Other claims involve fraud because SIG Sauer claimed the pistols were safe when they were aware of the problems.
His lawyers say the defect reduced the value of his $539 pistol by 25%.
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Manchester man accused of robbing banks in NH, Mass. By Paul Feely New Hampshire Union Leader Paul Feely Author twitter Author email Apr 5, 2022 39 min ago Facebook Twitter Linkedin SMS Email Eric Mohan Facebook Twitter Linkedin SMS Email Print Save A Manchester man was arrested Monday on charges he robbed banks in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.Eric Mohan, 47, was arrested by police in both states working with the FBI as he exited a bank that had just been robbed in Hampton, officials said.Court documents show FBI agents had Mohan under surveillance, and followed him to a Service Credit Union in Hampton on Monday.The FBI was investigating several bank robberies, and allegedly caught Mohan in the act of robbing the credit union in Hampton.Tewksbury police said in a news release that a local Salem Five Bank at 2171 Main St. was robbed by an unarmed man on March 7.On March 30 the same Salem Five Bank was robbed again, this time by someone who was armed, police said.Tewksbury police said their investigation led to detectives identifying Mohan as a suspect in connection with the robberies. Facebook Twitter Linkedin SMS Email Print Save Paul Feely Author twitter Author email Follow Paul Feely Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today SUBSCRIBE TODAY Sununu backs closing loophole after Harmony Montgomery case Manchester man accused of robbing banks in NH, Mass. Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio pleads not guilty to charges tied to U.S. Capitol attack Brothers arrested in Sacramento mass shooting Adam Montgomery charged with theft, firearms charges +2 Keene man sentenced to 90 days in jail for entering U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 Load more {{title}} Most Popular Manchester police issue warning after third card skimmer in less than a week found in local store Maine armed robbery suspect caught in NH after high-speed chase Mother charged in connection with daughter's overdose to plead guilty Girlfriend of Adam Montgomery found dead; she told cops she never knew about Harmony Alleged Massachusetts child rapist arrested in New Hampshire Adam Montgomery charged with theft, firearms charges Award for information leading to missing child Harmony Montgomery grows to $150,000 Lee police searching for armed robber Maine man charged with threatening NH judge Police: Drugs found in Cadillac after pursuit, crash Request News Coverage
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More than nine months after the passage of the controversial “freedom from discrimination” bill, the state office charged with investigating complaints says it has not received any complaints that have met the minimum standards to become a formal “charge” of a violation.
The law, passed as part of the budget trailer bill in 2021, bars public schools and public-sector workplaces from instructing that one class is inherently oppressive, oppressed, superior or inferior to another class. Public-sector employees are bound by the law, and teachers found to have violated the law can lose their certifications.
New Hampshire’s two teachers unions, several educators and civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire are suing to block the law’s enforcement, arguing its vagueness chills free speech by making it unclear what is and is not allowed. The state moved last week to have the lawsuit dismissed, and a federal judge is considering if the suit should be allowed to move forward.
School leaders across the state and state officials have received inquiries from parents and community members, reporting books and their concerns about curriculum, but it’s the state Human Rights Commission’s job to investigate complaints that this law has been violated.
In response to a Union Leader Right-to-Know request for any records of intake questionnaires, complaints or other documents related to the enforcement of the law, Human Rights Commission Executive Director Ahni Malachi said there were no documents that could be released to the public, but wrote in a response:
“Zero charges have been filed since the Right to Freedom From Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education law went into effect.”
Allegations of discrimination submitted to the Human Rights Commission are reviewed to see if they meet the minimum standards to file a charge, Malachi explained.
If a claim meets those standards, the person who made the complaint will be asked to “verify” the allegation by signing the complaint in the presence of a notary. At that point, the complaint becomes a “charge of discrimination.”
In the more than nine months since the law went into effect, no allegations have reached that stage.
Because the commission has not docketed any charges or come to any decisions, the state Board of Education has not taken any actions to revoke teaching credentials, according to a Department of Education spokeswoman.
Still, said Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, the possibility of a career-ending investigation is a free-speech problem.
“It is the fear of a complaint — regardless of outcome — that causes self-censoring on important topics in the classroom, including those that address race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability,” Bissonnette said in an email. “All it takes is for an educator to guess wrong once as to what is covered under the law — a guess that could lead to the decertification of an educator who is simply trying to do the right thing and give students the tools they need to function in our increasingly diverse society.
Megan Tuttle, president of the National Education Association of New Hampshire, agreed.
“To NH educators, the threat of a complaint is extremely chilling whether one is actually made or not,” she said in a statement.
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The developer of the 250-apartment complex to be built between West Auburn and Depot streets contends few children will live in the development and is seeking a cut in Manchester’s school impact fee.
The developer of a project that would bring 250 market-rate apartments to downtown Manchester has asked the city to reduce by almost half the school impact fees the project would incur.
The five-story, $48.5 million building will be located in an area known as the Gaslight District across from the SNHU Arena. The project at 21 W. Auburn St. and 24 Depot St. is being developed by Jones Street Investment Partners of Boston.
Aldermen voted 9-3 in February to approve a tax break through the RSA 79-E tax credit program. That program lets developers who improve blighted properties in downtown areas delay paying property taxes on the value of the improvements for five years.
The waiver request to reduce the fee from $781,250 to $399,281 will be presented at a planning board meeting Thursday night. The school impact fee requires $3,125 per unit for multifamily developments. The fee does not distinguish between different types of units.
The 250-unit project includes 42 studios and 147 one-bedroom units, according to the application. Jones Street is asking for the fee to be reduced to the “townhouse” level of $1,104 per unit.
“Based on the size of the units and the location of the development, it is highly unlikely that any children will occupy any of the studio or one-bedroom residential units,” the application reads.
A survey of comparable projects downtown determined no children are living in the Pembroke Building, with 20 one-bedroom units on Elm Street, or WBC Estates, with 55 studios on Lowell Street. The apartments in the old Citizens Bank building owned by Red Oak Apartment Homes also have no children living there full-time.
Similar projects have received such waivers.
The Factory on Willow, with 66 studio units, had 100% reduction for all the small units, but other projects have been reduced to the townhouse level, according to the application.
In 2019, Elm Grove Properties reported one school-age child out of its 338 one-bedroom and single-room occupancy units.
Brady Sullivan Properties also weighed in, reporting that even two-bedroom lofts do not attract families with children. Arthur Sullivan, co-owner, estimated “maybe five units” with children between both its Mill West and 300 Bedford St. properties.
JSIP Manchester QOZB LLC, a Jones Street entity, purchased the properties on Feb. 11.
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DEAR ABBY: A dear friend I have known since we were children was murdered. She was lovely in every way, and I am bereft. I cannot process my grief over her untimely passing because it was accompanied by such trauma.
Images of her murder flash through my mind, especially at night while I’m trying to go to sleep. They also wake me up in the morning. Talking about it makes it worse because it revives the horror, and also because people want to know details as though it is just a story. I feel it is disrespectful to her memory and my affection for her to reduce it to that.
I’m usually a resourceful person, but I have no road map for this. It is of considerable relief that her killer was found, but the details revealed by the media have added to my trauma. I have had friends die at even younger ages from other causes, but not this. Some of our mutual friends are in the same boat as I am, so any guidance you can provide would be appreciated.
— BESIDE MYSELF IN ILLINOIS
DEAR BESIDE MYSELF: I am so sorry for your friend’s untimely and tragic death. Clearly, it was shocking and traumatizing for everyone she left behind. You are not obligated to satisfy the curiosity of anyone about the “details.” (There is no limit to the amount of curiosity something like this can generate.) All you have to say is you do not wish to discuss it. Period!
Although you didn’t mention how long it has been since you lost your friend, because it is causing you to have nightmares, please discuss this with a licensed mental health professional.
It may be painful, but it’s the most effective way to work through this.
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Write to Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
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DEAR HELOISE: I have shopped at the same store for several years now, and I know where everything is located. When I make out a list to take with me as I shop, I mentally move down the aisles, selecting the items I want. The first aisle has the pet food I need, while aisle two holds kitty litter. Aisle three has laundry soap and bleach, and so forth. This keeps me from having to run back and forth across the store looking for items. It saves me time and energy!
— Irene E., Phoenix
Irene, that’s an excellent idea. With so many grocery stores getting bigger all the time, it must save you a lot of energy!
— Heloise
Shrimp Dijon
DEAR HELOISE: We’re having friends over for Easter, and they’ve made a special request for Shrimp Dijon. I made it two years ago, and it was such a big hit with my guests that they mention it every time I see them. Sadly, I can’t find the recipe. Would you reprint it for me and my salivating guests?
— Cody R., Bloomington, Indiana
Cody, I’m flattered you and your guests enjoyed this recipe so much. Here it is. You’ll need:
1 1/2 pounds peeled, deveined shrimp
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 cups milk
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 6-ounce package cream cheese, softened
Melt butter or margarine in a frying pan, add shrimp and onions and saute for three minutes, but do not brown. Sprinkle flour into the mixture while thinning the mixture with the milk a little at a time to avoid lumping. Add mustard, nutmeg, salt and pepper and cook for three to five minutes. Stir in cream cheese until blended and warmed through, but do not boil. Serve over rice.
If you like easy to make meals in a short amount of time with minimal fuss, such as my Shrimp Dijon, then you’ll love my pamphlet “Heloise’s Main Dishes and More.” To get a copy, just go to www.Heloise.com or send us a stamped, self-addressed long envelope to: Heloise/Main Dishes, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. You’ll be glad you have this handy set of ideas at your fingertips!
— Heloise
Coupons
DEAR HELOISE: : It seemed like I was always forgetting my coupons or losing them, so I decided to try to organize the way I store them. I now place all my coupons in a small folder that I can place in my glove compartment. I organize according to the dates, which I also highlight in yellow. I usually cut out coupons while I watch a movie at home and take them out to my car during a station break.
--Laura T., Dawson, Georgia
Those who have less
DEAR HELOISE: I shop once a week, and while I’m out at the grocery store, I buy two or three family size cans of soup, stew or maybe some pasta to be donated to the food drive we have at my church. There are hungry people all over America who need a helping hand.
— Nell M., Hugo, Minnesota
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CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu lent his support Tuesday to a change in child protection laws that could give the state more tools to deal with an out-of-state custody case in the wake of the missing Harmony Montgomery of Manchester.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, proposed an amendment with Sununu’s backing to give child protection workers the power to conduct a “home study” of any child placed with non-custodial parents outside of New Hampshire.
The state Division of Children, Youth and Families probe into the Montgomery case last month found a need to update the Interstate Compact for the Protection of Children.
But Sununu noted in a letter to the House Children and Family Law Committee that update would not take effect until at least 35 states updated the changes.
Carson’s amendment to her Senate-passed bill (SB 397) would take effect immediately regardless of actions other states have taken.
House Committee Chairman Kimberly Rice, R-Hudson, said the change, if adopted, could prevent a case such as Harmony Montgomery falling through the cracks in the future. A House subcommittee will work on the language.
Harmony Montgomery has been missing since 2019 and more than $150,000 has been pledged as a reward for information leading to her whereabouts.
Her father, Adam Montgomery, has been charged with assault of his daughter and unrelated firearms charges.
Adam Montgomery’s estranged wife, Kayla, has been charged with theft in collecting federal government benefits while claiming Harmony was living with them, even though she was missing by then.
Sununu was upset to learn that a Massachusetts judge, now-retired Mark Newman, awarded custody of Harmony to Adam Montgomery even though a home study had not been done by New Hampshire officials as required under the interstate compact.
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Republican primary opponents pounced Tuesday on 1st Congressional District candidate Matt Mowers after voting records showed he voted in two different states during the 2016 presidential primary cycle.
Even 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton weighed in, accusing Mowers, an aide in former President Donald Trump’s State Department, of committing voter fraud despite the national GOP’s use of that claim as a “flimsy pretense” to restrict voting.
“Republican officials are so determined to transform voter fraud from a flimsy pretense for suppressing votes to an actual phenomenon, they keep committing it themselves,” Clinton posted on Twitter.
Election records show Mowers, state director of 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie’s campaign, voted in the New Hampshire primary by absentee ballot in February 2016.
Christie dropped out a day after his disappointing sixth-place finish here.
Mowers left the state and returned to his native New Jersey, gave his parents’ address to register to vote there in March and then voted for Donald Trump in New Jersey’s presidential primary on June 7.
Federal law bars voting more than once in any election, including in separate states for the same contest like a presidential primary, but the statute of limitations for voter fraud is five years, which has run out in this case.
When the Associated Press first reported on Mowers’ voting record, the candidate didn’t comment other than to issue a campaign statement that didn’t directly address the issue. Meanwhile a lawyer connected with the campaign belittled the controversy.
But after the story surfaced Tuesday, Republican foes Karoline Leavitt of Hampton, Gail Huff Brown of Rye, Timothy Baxter of Seabrook and Julian Acciard of Salem all attacked Mowers.
“My opponent @mowers potentially violated election law and he is hiding behind his attorney, calling the report ‘silly,’” said Leavitt, who served in Trump’s White House communications office.
“This is a very, very serious allegation. Election integrity matters. Voters deserves truth and @mowers owes them an honest answer.”
Integrity questioned
Brown said the GOP would abandon a signature issue if it nominates Mowers to challenge U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas again this November. The Manchester Democrat beat Mowers by 5% in 2020.
“The Republican Party is the party of election integrity, and we cannot nominate someone who has engaged in voter fraud and expect to be taken seriously on the topic,” Brown said. “We can do better.”
Mowers responded Tuesday afternoon with a detailed defense against the claim he had broken federal election law.
“I was proud to work for President Trump as the GOP establishment was working to undermine his nomination and accepted a job with his campaign in 2016, registered to vote and casted my vote in accordance with the law, and served as an elected Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention,” Mowers said in his statement.
“I was proud to be part of the historic effort to prevent Hillary Clinton from re-entering the White House, and we shouldn’t be surprised she’s joined in smearing my record.”
The Mowers campaign said New Jersey law requires someone to live in the state 30 days before voting, which he did.
“Being young and mobile is not a crime in New Hampshire and the fact is he had a lease at the time and had clearly established an intention to stay in the Granite State for the foreseeable future means that he easily met the requirements to cast a ballot in our elections,” said state Rep. Ross Berry, R-Manchester.
The Mowers campaign said the candidate moved to take a job with Trump’s campaign and ended up as a full-time national field coordinator and director of battleground states working at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
‘Raises a huge question mark’
Like other GOP contenders in this race, Mowers said voter fraud is a legitimate concern and he supports legislation to conduct audits to confirm election results.
“We need to make sure we have confidence in our elections,” Mowers told WMUR in January. “It is one of the most sacred obligations that we have.”
Former Democratic Party Chairman Kathy Sullivan of Manchester called the controversy a “game-changer” that could cost Mowers a Trump endorsement.
“It’s so hypocritical and raises a huge question mark about his judgment or lack thereof and his sincerity when he talks about voting,” Sullivan said.
“I think it’s a huge game-changer because it reveals him to be the arrogant phony that leading Democrats have always known he is.”
Possible reason offered
Others contend there is another legal defense for Mowers’ actions: June 7, 2016 was also the date New Jersey held its state primary election for other elective offices, large and small, up and down the ballot.
“You can make the argument that’s not the same election if, in addition to Trump, you are voting for candidates for state rep or Congress who might have solicited you to vote for them,” said Greg Moore, state director of Americans for Prosperity, a fiscally conservative group that has taken no position in the 1st District race.
Wayne Lesperance, provost with New England College, said the matter is a potential “vulnerability” Mowers needed to confront.
“On paper, you can imagine the attack ads the Democrats will run if this has any legs,” he began.
But Lesperance said it remains to be seen whether this is a significant controversy that deeply harms his chances for a primary victory.
“It would strike me as highly unlikely that Matt Mowers would intentionally vote illegally,” Lesperance said.
“It would be such a reckless decision to do otherwise for a young man who, by 2016, obviously had a bright political future.”
The story emerged the morning after former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley campaigned here for Mowers.
Mowers has already won the endorsement of five Republican state senators.
“All the other candidates aren’t getting any traction right now,” Lesperance said.
“The real goal for Matt Mowers is how to make this a one-day story, and that may be by plainly addressing it once, and then moving on.”
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E ASTER, the holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, will soon be celebrated by Christians around the world.
In Poland, Easter is the oldest and most important Christian holiday and is marked with many traditions.
The week before Easter includes preparations for the holiday including spring cleaning, when people in the countryside would repair and repaint their barns after a long winter. Another important tradition occurs on the Saturday before Easter, when people take their Easter baskets of food to church to be blessed.
Easter Sunday dinner usually features Zurek, a sour soup made with a rye starter, which is often served with a boiled egg and sausage such as kielbasa.
If you want to make Zurek, keep in mind you will have to make the rye starter a few days in advance so it can ferment.
But the soup is well worth the effort with a rich, sour flavor enhanced with a dollop of sour cream added before serving.
Another Polish specialty to try is Golabki, a stuffed cabbage dish made with ground meat and rice.
Don’t underestimate stuffed cabbage — the humble meal is full of flavor and could easily steal the show from a typical baked ham.
There are dozens of Polish desserts to pick from for an authentic Polish Easter celebration, including Paczi, deep fried dough balls with sweet fillings, similar to a donut; Babka, a sweet cake similar to an Italian panettone, and Mazurek, a tart with a shortcrust made from egg yolks, flour and ground almonds and finished off with a sweet topping.
Mazurek is simple to put together, and once you have the crust made you can add whatever topping you want. I used strawberry jam with fresh strawberries for garnish but you can choose any flavor of jam you’d like, or you could swap out the jam for a chocolate or hazelnut filling.
Zurek (Sour rye soup)
For the starter:
5 tablespoons rye flour
3 cups water
2 cloves crushed garlic
3 bay leaves
Put all the ingredients in a jar and stir well. Cover the top with a paper towel secured with a rubber band and leave on the counter for five days, swirling the contents once each day.
For the soup:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 onions, chopped
1 pound kielbasa, sliced
8 cups water
2 parsnips, peeled and chopped
4 potatoes, diced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1 tablespoon grated horseradish
1/4 cup sour cream, for serving, if desired
Fresh chopped parsley, for serving, if desired
4 eggs, hard-boiled, peeled and halved
Add olive oil to a stockpot and set over medium-high heat.
When the oil is warmed, add garlic and onions and sauté for 4 to 5 minutes or until the onions begin to brown. Stir in kielbasa and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until the kielbasa begins to brown slightly.
Add water, parsnips, potatoes, bay leaf, marjoram, salt and pepper and simmer for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes and parsnips are tender. Add 1 to 2 cups of the rye mixture (the more rye mix you add, the more sour the soup will be).
Adjust the seasonings to suit your taste.
To serve, add the desired amount of horseradish and a dollop of sour cream to each serving. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with one or two egg halves.
Golabki (Stuffed cabbage)
2 tablespoons butter
1 head of cabbage
1 large white onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 pounds ground beef
10-ounce can chicken and rice soup
1 cup rice, cooked
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 teaspoons dried marjoram
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
10 ounces of white mushrooms, sliced
10-ounce can golden mushroom soup
1/2 cup water
Fresh parsley for serving, if desired
Remove three to four of the dark outer cabbage leaves and set them aside. Lightly spray a roasting pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with the outer cabbage leaves and set aside.
Bring a large pot of water to boil.
Set the cabbage in the boiling water. Remove the leaves as they begin to peel off from the head and set in a colander to drain. Continue with remaining leaves then set aside.
Preheat an oven to 375 degrees.
Add butter to a large skillet. When the butter is melted, add the onions and garlic and cook for about 3 minutes or until the onions are translucent. Stir in the ground beef and cook until the beef is browned. Drain away any excess grease and transfer the meat to a large mixing bowl.
Add the chicken and rice soup, rice, egg, marjoram, salt and pepper and mix well.
Lay a cooked cabbage leaf flat on a clean work surface and trim away the thickest part near the bottom of the leaf to make it easier to roll. Place about 1/2 cup (more or less, depending on the size of the leaf) of the beef mixture toward the bottom of the leaf and fold up towards the center, wrapping the cabbage around the filling. Fold the left and right sides towards the center and continue to roll up the cabbage leaf.
Transfer to the baking dish, setting the roll on top of the uncooked leaves. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Cover the roasting pan with aluminum foil and place in the oven. Bake for one hour.
While the dish is baking, add the olive oil to a skillet and set over medium-high heat. When the oil is warmed, add the mushrooms and sauté for 6 to 8 minutes or until the mushrooms begin to brown.
Stir in the can of mushroom soup and the water and lower the heat to medium. Heat the soup and mushroom mix until the soup is warmed, then set aside.
After the cabbage rolls have baked for an hour, remove from the oven and peel back the foil. Spoon the mushroom mixture over the rolls and replace the foil. Return to the oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Remove from oven and serve with fresh parsley, if desired.
Mazurka Tart
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1 1/4 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
6 egg yolks, room temperature
1 teaspoon almond extract
3/4 cup ground almond flour
1 1/2 cups strawberry jam (or jam of your choice)
2 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur, such as Grand Marnier
Preheat oven to 350.
Put the butter in a mixing bowl and use an electric mixer to cream the butter until fluffy.
Put the eggs and almond extract in a separate bowl and whisk together.
Add the sifted flour, sugar and salt to another bowl and whisk together.
Add half the flour mix and half the egg yolks to the butter and beat well. Add the remaining flour mix and yolks and beat well, then stir in the ground almond flour until mixed well.
Line a 10-inch baking dish with parchment paper, then butter the sides of the dish and the parchment paper. Pat the dough into the baking dish, pressing the dough about an inch up the sides.
Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and remove the tart from the baking pan. Set aside to cool.
To make the filling: Add jam and liqueur to a small saucepan and set over medium-low heat. Stir often while warming the filling. Spread the filling in an even layer over the prepared tart crust.
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It’s been nearly 15 years since Bonsai’s Restaurant took over the former home of Spatt’s at the Massabesic Traffic Circle, but the ghosts of comfort food linger at this neighborhood meeting spot.
When Bonsai’s opened in 2008, it continued serving the American fare of its longtime predecessor along with Chinese specialties, so you can order your beef in a brown sauce with broccoli or as a filet mignon with a baked potato and a vegetable.
Over the years I’ve sampled from the American side, including a lobster-roll lunch special, but when my Lovely Dining Companion and I visit Bonsai’s I usually pick one of the dozen combination specials because it’s a ridiculous amount of food for a reasonable price — plenty to take home for another meal if you exercise some self-discipline.
I went with my go-to on a recent weekend night, ordering the Kung Po Chicken combo ($14.49), which comes with pork fried rice or steamed white rice (always the fried for me; I don’t have that much self-discipline) and a choice of two appetizers.
Here, too, I always go for the maximum value. Choose chicken wings, and you get two full-size wings, the equivalent of four wings from a sports bar. And the spring rolls come as a pair.
Add the mountain of pork fried rice and the generous portion of Kung Po Chicken, and you’ve got a calorie-buster you’d best not eat by yourself or all in one sitting. But, oh my, it’s delicious, with a fair amount of spice kick mixed in with meat, vegetables and peanuts.
My dining companion, who likes to share some of that forbidden fried stuff, on this occasion persuaded me to choose the Crab Rangoon as one of my two apps. Why not? It comes with four of them. I can share.
She chose to start with the Wonton Soup ($5.49), which was served in a bowl that was suspended over some tea light candles to keep the soup warm. The flame shining through the small round holes below the bowl made for an artful presentation.
The soup had some sliced mushrooms floating in the broth, which I picked out and enjoyed since my dining companion can’t stand them.
For an entree, she chose the Chicken with Mixed Vegetables ($11.99), served in a garlic brown sauce with snow peas, mini corn cobs, slices of carrots, red bell pepper and mushrooms. The chicken was tender and the sauce not overly salty. It was served on a white rectangular plate, with just enough room for a cup of (healthy) white rice.
The atmosphere at Bonsai’s is more like a neighborhood tavern than an Asian bistro and primarily attracts locals from Manchester and Auburn. Visit a few times and you start seeing familiar faces at the bar, where most of the diners tend to congregate. It’s a popular spot for couples sharing scorpion bowls.
The dining room has capacity for larger groups, and is a better fit for families. On New Year’s Eve, that room is HQ for the restaurant’s takeout business. Stuffed brown bags, with receipts stapled to the tops, sit on tables as customers flow in from the line snaking outside to claim them.
The restaurant recently added four new Chinese menu items that feature bok choy. That might be on our list for next time.
Unless we go for the prime rib.
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Chaim Bloom was watching a live stream of the Red Sox’ simulated game at JetBlue Park last week when top prospect Marcelo Mayer showcased his enormous potential, taking Nathan Eovaldi deep for a home run the 19-year-old won’t soon forget.
The Red Sox’ chief baseball officer certainly doesn’t want to overreact to a singular event, but it would be understandable if it made him excited about the future.
In just more than two years on the job, Bloom and the Red Sox’ progress in rebuilding the farm system has been significant. In February, they jumped 10 spots to No. 11 in Baseball America’s farm system rankings. That can be credited, in large part, to Bloom’s first two first-round draft picks — Nick Yorke in 2020, Mayer in 2021 — who rank 31st and 15th overall, respectively.
And though both are years away from sniffing the majors, their development has been promising. Yorke was the organization’s minor league Offensive Player of the Year in 2021, and Mayer has been impressive in his first spring.
“We’re really happy with where both of them are at, and really the credit should go to Paul (Toboni) and his staff for all the work they put in to put us in position to make selections,” Bloom said. “It’s a credit to the work that our amateur scouting staff did that we have that talent in the system. We’re not going to get them all right, but we’re really happy with how those two guys have started out their pro careers.”
Mayer and Yorke might be the headliners of the Red Sox’ system right now, but they’re just two pieces of the puzzle of Boston’s farm system rebuild.
Since the day Bloom was hired in 2019, he has consistently preached an emphasis to build a sustainable winner, and that starts with a strong foundation in the farm. He’s backed up his word. Of the Red Sox’ Top 30 prospects ranked by Baseball America entering 2022, 14 of them have been drafted or acquired during Bloom’s tenure.
It’s not just the high-end talent but the depth — which was left a bit barren by former president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski — that Bloom is trying to build up again, to give the organization greater opportunity to develop quality big leaguers who can one day become championship contributors.
“It has been a foundation of every championship this organization has won this century, one way or another, when you look at the impact of homegrown talent has had,” Bloom said. “No matter what your market size, no matter what kind of resources you have, it’s the only way to expect to sustain success. You might be able to experience success here or there without a really good pipeline, but if you want to be great every year, you have to find and develop talent really well, and if you do that, it really opens up the ability to do almost anything you want.”
That was on display last season. Looking to invest in a team that was surprisingly in the playoff hunt, Bloom struck a trade deadline deal to acquire Kyle Schwarber. The cost? Aldo Ramirez, a top pitching prospect. The deal was ultimately worth it as Schwarber helped carry the lineup within two wins of a World Series berth, and the cost of losing Ramirez was easier to stomach because of the organization’s pitching depth that Bloom and his staff continue to build.
There might be an idea that big-spending clubs like the Red Sox don’t need to commit so many resources to amateur scouting and development. But Bloom views it as important or even more important than any aspect of roster and championship-building.
“People think of building up the farm system as something that only rebuilding teams do,” Bloom said. “I think it needs to be a constant emphasis for us and so much of that goes to the staff we have in place, the process we put in place behind the scenes, everything we do to better identify talent, to better develop it, it really is a massive undertaking throughout the industry.
“If we want to be elite at it, we have to try to do it better than anybody else.”
The Red Sox are in good shape going into 2022. Bloom has held on to budding big leaguers like Triston Casas and Brayan Bello, who could each make their debuts this season. Their high-end talent is as good as any in baseball, and their growing depth gives them plenty of flexibility.
It’s certainly no finished product, but Bloom is happy with the progress that’s been made.
“I think we’ve made real strides,” he said. “I’m really proud of a lot of what’s going on, not just with the players we have but also how our people are coming together to get them better. With that said, we’re not even close to done, and we shouldn’t be satisfied. The bar is really, really high to really honestly say that you’re doing this as well or better than anyone else, and we still have a lot of work to do.”
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WITH the Masters set to begin Thursday, we asked former Hooksett resident Matt Paradis to pick the winner of this year’s event.
Why Paradis? Why not? He certainly knows a thing or two about winning golf tournaments. His resume includes a victory in the 2018 New Hampshire Golf Association’s Amateur Championship, better known as the State Am. Paradis, 26, beat medalist Pat Pelletier 6 and 5 in the 36-hole championship match at Hanover Country Club that year. It was his third straight trip to the final match of that tournament and produced his first State Am triumph.
He was the Manchester City Champion in 2015 and 2016, finished first in several college tournaments during his days at Southern New Hampshire University and has won two mini-tour events in Florida since turning professional in 2020 — once on the Minor League Golf Tour and once on the West Florida Golf Tour. Shortly after winning the State Am, Paradis qualified for the U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
So Matt, who are you betting on at Augusta?
“I love my guy, Will Zalatoris. He’s been playing really good. He’s been hot ever since getting out of college. He finished top five there (second) last year as a rookie. He’s built like me. He hits the ball an absolute mile for a skinny buck, and he’s one of the best ball-strikers in the world. My guy is Will if I had to pick one.”
For those of you who may not be familiar with Paradis, he graduated from Manchester Central and had an outstanding senior season for the SNHU golf team. He became the first All-American in the program’s history when he was selected to the Golf Coaches’ Association of America PING All-America Third Team.
Paradis averaged a team-best 71.7 per round in 25 rounds that season and was the medalist in five events, including the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional. He set an Northeast-10 record by shooting 8-under par at the conference championship tournament, where he became the first golfer since 2013 to win back-to-back NE-10 titles.
These days Paradis is working as a caddie at Calusa Pines Golf Club in Naples, Fla., trying to earn enough money to keep his dream of playing professional golf alive. Those who play mini-tour events often have their golf careers derailed by a lack of financial support.
“I’ve been trying to juggle the act of playing and working,” Paradis said. “It’s been tough so far. This mini-tour life is tough. It’s hard and it’s expensive. A lot of these guys play full time and are really dialed in. I haven’t been playing as well as I’d like lately, which means you have to work more, which makes the game worse, which makes you have to work more to support yourself.
“I’m enjoying it (caddying). I’m at a really high-end club. I think it’s top three in Florida, and consistently top 100 in the country. I’m trying to network as much as I can.”
Paradis said he’ll return to New Hampshire in May, and plans to play in as many state opens as he can. The goal, he said, is to have his game in good shape for the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying Tournament in September and October.
He was unsuccessful in his two previous attempts to make it through Korn Ferry Tour Q-School (2019 and 2021), although he made it through the pre-qualifying stage each time. Golfers need to make it to the tournament’s third stage to at least earn conditional status for the Korn Ferry Tour, which is to the PGA Tour what Triple-A baseball is to MLB.
“I hate to say it, but I’ll probably give it one last good run this summer and try to get some Korn Ferry Tour status and see what happens,” Paradis said. “I plan to play as much as I can. Hope to play 100 days straight, sharpen up the game and see what I can do. That’s what golf is about — getting streaky and putting it together for a few weeks. It just takes two or three good weeks to get the momentum going.”
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Democrats name their pick to fill Congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s seat as special election inches closer
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Senator Patty Pansing Brooks was met with handshakes, hugs and applause as the Democratic party named her as their pick for the June 28 special election to fill convicted former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s seat in Congress.
“It’s clear we need representation now to heal the wounds caused by the vacancy in this congressional seat,” Pansing Brooks said as she accepted the nominee.
Pansing Brooks said she believes she has a good shot at winning both the special election, but the primary and general as well, flipping the seat blue for the first time since the 1960′s.
“Not only did we get more Democratic during redistricting, we know in Lancaster County and the surrounding communities there’s a lot of enthusiasm for Democrats,” Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb said.
Pansing Brooks said this is a great opportunity, but it’s not how she thought this election would go.
“I think it will be a lot more work but I also think it’s an opportunity to get to meet national people and start spreading the word about Nebraska sooner and let people know what our needs are to be able to fight for Nebraska and I’m excited about it,” Pansing Brooks said.
She also said that even though this is an opening for the Democratic Party, it’s not a good thing for the district overall.
“It’s sort of embarrassing because we elected this person who was indicted, but I don’t wish anyone harm,” Pansing Brooks said. “I don’t wish anyone to have to endure the repercussions he’ll have to endure. I wish his family really, really well.”
Mike Flood, the Republican candidate who hopes his name will be next to Pansing Brooks’ on the special election ballot echoed a similar message in a press conference Tuesday.
Flood said Fortenberry served the state well and sacrificed a lot during his 18 years of service.
“Nobody celebrates this situation,” Flood said. “But the fact of the matter is this seat is vacant and will remain so until the citizens exercise their right to vote to find a temporary replacement.”
Flood said he’s working to ensure the Republican Party, then Nebraskans in CD 1, vote to chose him to be that replacement.
“I’m not owed anything,” Flood said. “I am running for an office I want. My job is to inspire the people making this decision to pick me. I’ve raised over $700,000 since Jan. 16. I’ve been in every county several times and I’ve dedicated every waking hour outside family time and my work in the legislature to winning this seat and I’m not leaving anything to chance.”
The Nebraska Republican Party will announce their candidate Saturday.
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