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Gophers third-year receiver Doug Emilien said Saturday he intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., native played in two games during the 2021 season, but didn’t record a statistic. The all-Big Ten academic student-athlete did not play in the 2020 season.
Emilien is the 17th scholarship player on Minnesota’s 2021 roster to enter the portal since October; he follows running back Mar’Keise “Bucky” Irving, who was a surprise addition on Friday.
DEPARTURES (new school)
WR — Doug Emilien (unknown)
RB — Mar’Keise Irving (unknown)
RB — Ky Thomas (Kansas)
OL — Curtis Dunlap (Rutgers)
QB — Jacob Clark (Missouri State)
WR — Mnamdi Adim-Madumere (Central Arkansas)
WR — Dylan Hillard-McGill (Pittsburgh State)
QB — Zach Annexstad (Illinois State)
LB — Jaqwondis Burns (Southern Methodist)
DL — MJ Anderson (Iowa State)
WR — Brady Boyd (Texas Tech)
RB — Cam Wiley (Akron)
TE — Austin Henderson (Liberty)
DL — Rashod Cheney (South Florida)
LB — DJ Gordon (South Florida)
OL — Saia Mapakaitolo (Arizona)
WR — Peter Udoibok (unknown)
K — Michael Lantz* (unknown)
* — wasn’t on 2021 roster, announced transfer in December
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Orioles manager Brandon Hyde sees the value of right-hander Jordan Lyles as a veteran presence and innings-eater. Although he brought both of those traits to the Tropicana Field mound Saturday for his Orioles debut, Lyles also carried the same run-prevention issues he’s had throughout his career.
The Tampa Bay Rays hit Lyles hard and often in a 5-3 victory as Baltimore dropped its first series of the season. The Orioles have lost 14 straight games to the reigning American League East champions and will try to avoid a sweep Sunday.
One of only 20 pitchers to throw 180 innings in 2021, Lyles, 31, is the highest paid and most experienced member of Baltimore’s pitching staff, with a deal guaranteeing him $7 million being the largest free-agent contract Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias has given out in four offseasons at the organization’s helm.
But that collection of innings last year for the Texas Rangers were not always quality ones. Lyles led the majors in home runs allowed and posted a 5.15 ERA, leaving his career mark at 5.21 across 11 campaigns.
It ticked up Saturday, with Lyles allowing five earned runs in five innings. With Francisco Mejía taking him deep in the third, the outing marked his major league-leading 13th since 2019 in which he lasted five or fewer innings, gave up five or more earned runs and allowed at least one home run. The two-run shot was one of 10 balls put in play against Lyles at 101 mph or harder, tied with Ubaldo Jiménez for the most allowed by an Orioles starter since Statcast was introduced in 2015.
Two came in a quick first in which Lyles needed only 10 pitches, but a 34-pitch second in which the Rays scored three times followed. In the top of the third, Ryan Mountcastle provided the Orioles’ first hit of the year with a runner in scoring position, homering the other way after Jorge Mateo walked and stole second, but Mejía’s homer in the bottom half pushed the deficit back to three.
Lyles worked a scoreless fifth before giving way to Keegan Akin, who pitched three excellent innings of relief. Expected to piggyback with Tyler Wells on Sunday, Akin instead needed only 31 pitches for three shutout innings, throwing only four balls and inducing 10 swing-and-misses.
Mateo doubled in a run in the ninth, but pinch-hitter DJ Stewart struck out to end the game, leaving the Orioles with two double-digit strikeout totals to open the year. They are 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position.
This story will be updated.
ORIOLES@RAYS
Sunday, 1:10 p.m.
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When spring training started last month, there were a lot of questions for Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers, who suddenly were the two elder statesmen of the Twins bullpen.
“We showed up and all of the sudden we were getting a lot of questions, and you look around and you realize, ‘It happened,’ ” Duffey said.
Now Rogers is gone, traded to San Diego in the late deal that brought pitchers Chris Paddack and Emilio Pagan to Minnesota, and Duffey is the last man standing, the longest-tenured pitcher, bullpen or otherwise, on the team. There are older pitchers — recent additions Chris Archer, Sonny Gray and Joe Smith among them — but none has been around Minnesota as long.
“You don’t see it coming,” he said. “It just kind of happens.”
Well, yes and no. Duffey, 31, has survived a mammoth overhaul of the pitching staff because he has been so reliable since he was moved from the rotation to the bullpen before the 2019 season — a 2.69 earned-run average in 144 appearances with 174 strikeouts in 144.0 innings pitched.
“Wherever you need him, he’s available,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He goes out there and pitches when things get tough and things get challenging, and he’s been able to handle all of that very well. There’s no reason we wouldn’t look to him to throw some of the final innings to these games, but he’s also going to pitch in some other spots, too.
“With Duff, he’s proven himself to us time and time again, and I think he’s capable of anything in the bullpen. And so we’ll look to him a lot.”
The big right-hander from Rice (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) is part of a small group that remains part of the team’s homegrown core with Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Max Kepler. Duffey, Buxton and new shortstop Carlos Correa were all taken in the 2012 amateur draft. He’s making $3.8 million on a one-year deal in his last season season of arbitration.
“I tell people at home, ‘I’m baseball old now,’ ” Duffey said. “They say, ‘But you’re just a kid!’ and I tell them, ‘When I go there, I’m not.’ ”
FLAME THROWER
It was a pitcher’s day in the season opener for the Twins and Mariners on Friday, a 2-1 victory for last season’s Cy Young Award winner, Seattle’s Robbie Ray, on a cold day at Target Field.
Yet the most electric performance of the day came for Twins rookie Jhoan Duran.
Making his major league debut, Duran pitched two innings and fanned four while throwing three of the fastest pitches of the day in all major league games — 100.7 mph, 100.3 mph and 100.1 mph. Perhaps more impressive was his poise.
Starting the fifth inning with a 2-0 deficit, Duran allowed the first two runners to reach base on singles and moved them to second and third with a wild pitch. Then he struck out the side to keep the Twins in the game. He got Mitch Haniger swinging at a 99 mph sinker, Eugenio Suarez swinging at a 95 mph sinker and Jarred Kelenic looking at an 87mph curve.
The Twins were ecstatic.
“He has taken to a lot of the things we’ve talked about, but you can only talk and mock things out and simulate them so much,” Baldelli said. “It’s different when the game starts and there are people in the stands and you’re facing the other side and it counts.”
Responding to a jam is difficult for any pitcher, and the Twins were impressed by the way Duran, 24, recovered. He became just the first Twins pitcher to throw at least two scoreless innings and strike out four batters since Mike Walters fanned four in 4.2 innings against Cleveland on July 8, 1983.
“He responded the way that we would have wanted,” Baldelli said. “He kept his cool. He just focused on making pitches and he found himself.”
BRIEFLY
Luis Arraez, who hit a big pinch-hit single in the ninth inning on Friday, started at third base on Saturday and homered in his first-at bat off Seattle starter Logan Gilbert.
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The Lynx are in a good, yet tight spot with their current roster. They’re low on salary-cap space and open roster positions. Which puts Minnesota in an interesting spot entering Monday’s WNBA draft, especially considering the Lynx possess the No. 8 and the No. 13 selections.
How do you add to a seemingly full roster?
“We think we’re at the point in the league where it’s challenging for any of these prospects to not only make a team, but then carve out space on said team,” Lynx coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said.
There are a few alternative routes Minnesota could take rather than adding a player for this year’s roster. Minnesota made a habit out of trading late first-round selections during the meat of its dynasty. That could be in play again Monday. The Lynx could also select an international player — such as Mali center Sika Kone or Australian guard Jade Melbourne and see if they can delay the arrival of that player for a year or two.
Reeve noted “everything is on the table” Monday.
But should Minnesota keep its first two selections, the Lynx will essentially be aiming for players who can only increase the level of competitiveness in their upcoming training camp. Bringing in more talent can only make this year’s team better.
“Our approach is we’re going into the draft, and we want to select the best players possible (that) we think we’ll have a shot to make the team. And then obviously you get in training camp and they’ve got to show that they can do that,” Reeve said. “We’ll look for talent, we’ll look for need, and we’ll put a training camp together that might be one of the most competitive in the league this year.”
Maybe that a rookie does come in and surprisingly outplay a more veteran player to earn a roster spot.
Reeve described this draft class as “a good class.” What it potentially lacks for generational players, it may make up for in potentially “serviceable players.”
“There’s certainly value in serviceable, reserve players,” Reeve said. “So I think if that’s the minimum, if that’s the floor, then that’s a pretty decent class.”
There’s a good chance a prospect the Lynx draft at No. 13 is just as good as the prospect they draft at No. 8. And without a set “draft need,” Minnesota can take those selections any direction in which it’d like.
“What we’ll do at No. 8 and No. 13 is see how the draft goes, and we’ll probably have some balance to those picks,” Reeve said. “We’ll try to cover some ground positionally with those picks, and I think we’re pretty solid from our roster standpoint, and we’ll see what direction the next few weeks brings and goes from there. We’re not going to be pigeon-holed in terms of position when we select. If you see us select something at eight, it might be different at 13, and vice-versa.”
The goal is to add training camp competition to multiple positional groups. It’s no secret the Lynx have pushed many of their chips to the center this offseason with the goal of winning a championship in Sylvia Fowles’ farewell season. Monday likely won’t veer from that.
“I’m hoping the draft itself will reflect a player that we think could help us to our mission of this season. I think we’re in a little bit of a short-term view right now with our team,” Reeve said. “So I think whoever that we have a chance to draft, is going to be given an opportunity in training camp. If they make the team, it has to be somebody that we think can help us toward the goal of winning a championship.”
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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana All-Big Ten forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has declared for the NBA Draft while staying eligible to return to school.
The 2019 Indiana Mr. Basketball made the announcement on his Instagram account Saturday afternoon.
“I am ready to continue the journey,” Jackson-Davis wrote in his post. “After long consideration and prayer, I have decided to declare for the 2022 NBA Draft while also maintaining my eligibility.”
Jackson-Davis has started all 94 games he’s played for the Hoosiers, averaging 16.9 points and 8.5 rebounds per game over three seasons.
The junior led Indiana in scoring (18.3 ppg) and rebounding (8.1 rpg) last season, helping the Hoosiers to their first NCAA Tournament since 2016. He was second team All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Tournament.
His sophomore season was his best statistically, as he averaged 19.1 ppg and 9.0 rpg to earn third team All-America and first team All-Big Ten honors.
He had a strong freshman campaign in Bloomington, making third team All-Big Ten and the conference’s All-Freshman team.
“These last three years at IU have been a blessing,” wrote Jackson-Davis. “I have cherished every moment wearing the candy stripes uniform with pride.”
Jackson-Davis is 15th on Indiana’s all-time scoring list with 1,588 points and set the Assembly Hall record for points in a game with 43 against Marshall in 2021.
He’s the second player in program history with 1,500 points, 750 rebounds and 150 points joining Alan Henderson.
Jackson-Davis averaged 22.0 ppg and 9.0 rpg as a senior at Center Grove High School, leading the Trojans to the IHSAA semi-state round and becoming a McDonald’s All-American.
NCAA rules allow for student-athletes to return to school as long as they use an NCAA-certified agent while gathering information on their draft stock. Jackson-Davis has until June 1 to withdraw his name from the draft.
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OXFORD — Losers of two-straight games, No. 9 Ole Miss will try to get back on track against Alabama Saturday afternoon. Senior John Gaddis will get the start for the Rebels. Follow along on our Facebook page and with beat reporter Michael Katz on Twitter.
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1. SS Jacob Gonzalez
2. CF Justin Bench
3. 1B Tim Elko
4. LF Kevin Graham
5. DH Kemp Alderman
6. RF Calvin Harris
7. 3B Reagan Burford
8. C Hayden Dunhurst
9. 2B Peyton Chatagnier
First inning:
Gaddis made quick work of the Crimson Tide in the first in a 1-2-3 inning. Ole Miss went down in order as well. Scoreless headed to the second.
Second inning:
For the second time in as many innings, Gaddis retired the side in order. Sophomore Kemp Alderman hit a double in the bottom of the inning but wound up stranded on third. Still scoreless heading to the third.
Third inning:
Gaddis surrendered the game's first run and was in-line for more damage with runners on first and second. A ball was scorched to right field, and sophomore Calvin Harris — a catcher by trade — made a diving catch to save at least one run from scoring. Junior second baseman Peyton Chatagnier hit a solo home run to left to tie the game in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore shortstop Jacob Gonzalez hit a go-ahead home run on the very next pitch. Ole Miss leads 2-1 headed to the fourth.
Fourth inning:
The Crimson Tide tied the game on a hit by pitch and a pair of singles. A ground ball to third was steps away from becoming a double-play, but the throw to first was just late, allowing the go-ahead Alabama run to score. Sophomore third baseman Reagan Burford tied the game with a solo home run to center.
MICHAEL KATZ is the Ole Miss athletics reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at michael.katz@djournal.com.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Kyle Shondel has been building towards this moment since taking over the Indiana Tech men’s volleyball program.
Indiana Tech has been a juggernaut throughout the regular season, only losing one match all season. The Warriors also rolled through conference play, earning WHAC regular season and tournament championships.
Many of the players on this year’s roster were part of the Warriors’ run to the NAIA tournament last year. Indiana Tech went 1-1 in pool play and did not advance to the semifinal round.
“They understand it’s fun, and you’ve enjoyed a little bit of enjoyment, but it’s business,” said Shondel. “This is as good of a chance as some of these guys may ever have to win a national title.”
Core players like Dante Siracusa, Daynte Stewart and Chase Christiansen have played a huge role for the Warriors this year as the team departs for West Des Moines.
“We know it’s a big challenge coming up for us, but we haven’t fought this season just to lose,” said Indiana Tech junior Dante Siracusa. “We’re hoping to bring the fight to Des Moines and hopefully come home with a trophy.”
Indiana Tech begins NAIA tournament play against Georgetown College on Tuesday. If the Warriors advance past pool play, they would play the winner of Pool B in the semifinal round.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Just 10 years ago, weed enthusiasts looking to smoke cannabis legally would have been out of luck unless they booked a trip to Amsterdam.
However, since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, the so-called “Green Rush” of legal weed has grown — and now plenty of states offer pot-lovers a legal place to puff in peace.
With recreational cannabis now greenlit in 18 states, it seems there are more options than ever for stoners to set up shop. However, a new list of the “Best Weed Cities in the U.S.” suggests that not all kush is created equal.
The list, compiled by Real Estate Witch, ranked each city on a number of weighted factors, including legality, price (in relation to average annual income), dispensaries per capita, and — no kidding — the number of Taco Bell restaurants in the area.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Denver — also known as the Mile High City — came out on top.
“Although there are many popular places to smoke weed in Colorado, none is better than the state’s capital,” Real Estate Witch wrote. “Weed is easily accessible in Denver, with 7x the number of dispensaries (9.8 per 100,000 residents) and nearly 3x the number of head shops (2.2 per 100,000 residents) as the average city.”
Denver also ranked high in terms of cannabis affordability, behind only Sacramento, California, and Portland, Oregon — the two cities that took the third- and second-place spots on the list, respectively.
A ranking of the top ten “weed cities” as determined by Real Estate Witch is below:
- Denver, Colorado
- Portland, Oregon
- Sacramento, California
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- San Jose, California
- Seattle, Washington
- San Francisco, California
- San Diego, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Phoenix, Arizona
A complete ranking of all 50 cities included in the study can be found at Real Estate Witch.
To determine the best weed-friendly cities, Real Estate Witch used data from 2022 to analyze marijuana laws, including “publicly available data” from the Census Bureau, Google Trends, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Yelp, among others.
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AMHERST, Mass. (StudyFinds.org) – A new study is suggesting that a particular factor can determine whether someone holds racist or prejudice attitudes — their belief in the theory of evolution.
Researchers from the United States and Israel say they’ve found a link between people who don’t believe in the theory of evolution and higher levels of prejudice, racist, and discriminatory behavior towards people from other backgrounds.
In the U.S., study authors from the University of Massachusetts Amherst say the link led to more discriminatory behavior towards Blacks, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. In the Middle East, Israeli researchers found a person’s disbelief in evolution made it less likely that they would support peace between Arabs, Jews, and Palestinians.
This link also crossed over political and religious lines, showing that evolution is a universal topic which influences how people from all backgrounds relate to each other.
“Regardless of whether one considers religion an important part of their life, belief in evolution relates to less prejudice independently from belief, or lack thereof, in God or any particular religion,” says lead author and UMass Amherst Ph.D. candidate Stylianos Syropoulos in a university release.
“This whole effect and pattern seems to be present in all major political systems. It’s very much a human phenomenon, no matter where you are in the world,” adds senior author Bernhard Leidner, associate professor of social psychology.
Does evolution bring everyone together?
Researchers started with a theory that believing in Charles Darwin’s 19th century theory of evolution increases a person’s identification with the rest of humanity. Simply put, they would relate to other people better through their common ancestry and this would lead to less prejudicial attitudes.
“People who perceive themselves as more similar to animals are also people who tend to have more pro-social or positive attitudes toward outgroup members or people from stigmatized and marginalized backgrounds,” Syropoulos explains. “In this investigation, we were interested in examining whether belief in evolution would also act in a similar way, because it would reinforce this belief that we are more similar to animals.”
To test this, the international team conducted eight studies in different areas of the world, using data from the American General Social Survey (GSS), the Pew Research Center, and three online crowdsourced samples during their investigation. Researchers accounted for several factors including education, political affiliation, religious beliefs, cultural identity, and scientific knowledge.
“We found the same results each time, which is basically that believing in evolution relates to less prejudice, regardless of the group you’re in, and controlling for all of these alternative explanations,” Syropoulos reports.
Darwin’s theory does not promote racism
Contrary to claims that the theory of evolution actually promotes racism and homophobia, the researchers found the exact opposite is true. Researchers explain that Darwin’s phrase “survival of the fittest” — referring to the process of natural selection — has often been looked at in a negative context.
“There have been theoretical accounts that predict the opposite of what we found, so it was exciting for us to show that this actually is not the case, that the opposite is true and that belief in evolution seems to have pretty positive effects,” Leidner says.
While it’s difficult to paint everyone with the same brush when it comes to their personal beliefs about science and other controversial topics, the team found consistent results across several continents and among people from vastly different cultures.
In the Islamic world, study authors found that people who believed in evolution harbored fewer prejudice attitudes towards Christians and Jews. In Eastern Europe, Orthodox Christians were more accepting of Romani, Jewish, and Muslim people if they accepted evolution as fact.
Syropoulos suggests that the belief in evolution expands a person’s “moral circle,” and leads them to believe that “we have more in common than things that are different.”
The study is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas -- A 26-year-old woman has been charged with murder in Texas after authorities said she caused "the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," in a state that has the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S.
The video above is from a previous report.
It's unclear whether Lizelle Herrera is accused of having an abortion or whether she helped someone else get an abortion.
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Herrera was arrested Thursday and remained jailed Saturday on a $500,000 bond in the Starr County jail in Rio Grande City, on the U.S.-Mexico border, sheriff's Maj. Carlos Delgado said in a statement.
"Herrera was arrested and served with an indictment on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion," Delgado said.
Delgado did not say under what law Herrera has been charged. He said no other information will be released until at least Monday because the case remains under investigation.
Texas law exempts her from a criminal homicide charge for aborting her own pregnancy, University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck told The Associated Press.
"(Homicide) doesn't apply to the murder of an unborn child if the conduct charged is 'conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child,'" Vladeck said.
A 2021 state law that bans abortions in Texas for women who are as early as six weeks pregnant has sharply curtailed the number of abortions in the state. The law leaves enforcement to private citizens who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
RELATED: Texas now bans medical abortions after 7 weeks of pregnancy
The woman receiving the abortion is exempted from the law.
However, some states still have laws that criminalize self-induced abortions "and there have been a handful of prosecutions here and there over the years," Vladeck said.
"It is murder in Texas to take steps that terminate a fetus, but when a medical provider does it, it can't be prosecuted" due to U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding the constitutionality of abortion, Vladeck said.
Another Texas law prohibits doctors and clinics from prescribing abortion-inducing medications after the seventh week of pregnancy and prohibits delivery of the pills by mail.
Medication abortions are not considered self-induced under federal Food and Drug Administration regulations, Vladeck said.
"You can only receive the medication under medical supervision," according to Vladeck. "I realize this sounds weird because you are taking the pill yourself, but it is under a providers' at least theoretical care."
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In Rio Grande City on Saturday the abortion rights group Frontera Fund called for Herrera's release.
"We don't yet know all the details surrounding this tragic event," said Rockie Gonzales, founder and board chair of of the organization.
"What we do know is that criminalizing pregnant people's choices or pregnancy outcomes, which the state of Texas has done, takes away people's autonomy over their own bodies, and leaves them with no safe options when they choose not to become a parent." Rockie said.
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Miller reported from Oklahoma City and Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas. Associated Press reporter Juan Lozano in Houston contributed to this report.
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Comedian Chris Rock kept Will Smith's name out of his mouth during a stand-up show at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, only making a brief reference to being slapped by the actor at last month's Oscars.
"I'm OK, I have a whole show and I'm not talking about that until I get paid. Life is good. I got my hearing back,'' Rock said upon taking the stage Friday night.
While Rock poked fun at other celebrities and politicians, including Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle and the Kardashians, he made no other reference to the slap.
Rock was on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood to present an Oscar for best documentary when he made a joke referencing Jada Pinkett Smith's bald head during the live television broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards on March 27. Pinkett Smith -- Will Smith's wife -- suffers from the hair-loss condition alopecia.
Will Smith walked onto the stage and smacked Rock in the face, then returned to his seat and twice shouted at Rock to "keep my wife's name out of your (expletive) mouth.''
Smith later won the best-actor Oscar for his work in "King Richard,'' but the evening was marred by his outburst and on Friday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences barred him from attending the annual Oscars ceremony for the next 10 years.
Smith said he would "accept and respect'' the ban in a brief statement issued Friday. Smith had announced his resignation from the Academy last week, saying his actions were "shocking, painful and inexcusable.''
Rock's general avoidance of the topic during his one-night stop in the Inland Empire was in keeping with the rest of his "Ego Death'' world tour.
During the tour's opening show at The Wilbur in Boston a few days after the Oscars, Rock briefly addressed the "slap heard 'round the world.''
"How was your weekend?'' Rock said as he began that show. "I don't have a bunch of (expletive) about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I have a whole show I wrote before this weekend.
"I'm still kind of processing what happened. So, at some point I'll talk about that (expletive). And it will be serious and funny.''
An audience member then chanted "F--k Will Smith!'' before Rock continued. "I'm going to tell some jokes. It's nice to just be out,'' he said before beginning his material.
Ticket prices for Rock's comedy tour have soared since the Oscars.
TickPick, a secondary ticket seller, has seen a 641% price increase.
"We sold more tickets to see Chris Rock overnight than we did in the past month combined,'' the company tweeted the day after the Oscars.
Rock was set to perform Saturday night at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno, Nevada.
The tour is scheduled to conclude at the Dolby Theatre -- site of the infamous Oscars incident -- on Nov. 17-19.
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Jussie Smollett is putting his thoughts to music.
On April 8, the former Empire star, 39, shared a clip of his latest single, titled "Thank You God...," on Instagram, adding that all its proceeds would be donated to charitable causes. The lyric video opens with a signed statement by Smollett that reads: "Channeling these thoughts the best way I know how. Love you."
The track was released around the time of his March 10 sentencing for staging a hate crime against himself. Lyrics include, "It's like they're hellbent on not solving the crime / Taking out the elements of race and trans and homophobia that's straight taking lives / But turn around and act like I'm the one that killed the strides."
Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months of probation for filing a false report after he told investigators that he was the victim of an alleged hate crime in 2019. He was later released after six days behind bars after his lawyer appealed his conviction.
Jussie Smollett Released From Jail After 6 Days
Set to music, Smollett claims that he was never trying to grab attention or "chasing that clout" with his actions.
"Just remember this...this ain't that situation / You think I'm stupid enough to kill my reputation? / Just simply to look like a victim, like it's something fun?" He raps. "Y'all better look at someone else, you got the wrong one."
While Smollett gave a shout out to "the people who kept it real, who kept it true," he also leveled with others who might not have sided with him, sharing that with "the narrative they played / I really over-stand the reason why y'all felt betrayed."
"They had my own people, thoughts going off the wall / That's why from L.D. to Don I still got love for y'all," he raps. "I know we'll meet again / Talk like real men instead of sharing shade in rooms and up on CNN."
The artist adds in the track that "all I ever really wanted to do was make my people proud."
In the video's caption, Smollett revealed that "100% of the profits" from the song will be donated toward The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Illinois Innocence Project and Secure The Bag Safety. "With Love...," he wrote, before adding the hashtag #ThankYouGod.
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More than two dozen dogs were saved this week from "filthy conditions" at a Brooklyn home where the many of the animals allegedly went without access to food or clean water.
The ASPCA entered the Bed-Stuy home on Thursday at the request of the NYPD to rescue 27 dogs and began providing the animals with immediate treatment. Veterinary and behavior experts examined the long-neglected dogs.
“Upon arriving at the property, it was clear these animals needed to be immediately removed from the filthy environment where they were living so they could receive much-needed medical treatment and care,” said David Little, ASPCA Senior Law Enforcement Liaison.
ASPCA said many of the animals will need time to bounce back. Recovery teams found some of the dogs in crates covered in feces and urine, while some were in the building's basement without access to proper ventilation.
Some of the animals suffered from dehydration and were underweight, according to a statement from the ASPCA and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. Vets began treating the animals for ear and skin infections, overgrown nails and dirty hair coats "with fecal staining and a strong urine odor."
“We have no tolerance for animal neglect in Brooklyn and I’m grateful to our partners at the ASPCA and the NYPD for their hard work rescuing these dog victims from the allegedly squalid conditions where they suffered in cramped cages without food or clean water," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
Officers arrested 27-year-old Jason Nunez, who faces 28 counts of failure to provide proper sustenance and failure to provide proper food and drink to an impounded animal. Attorney information for Nunez was not immediately known.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers were poised Friday to use the state's $220 billion budget to make it easier for judges to incarcerate certain people awaiting trial.
The Democratic-led Senate and Assembly began taking votes Thursday and Friday on parts of the spending plan, which contains a cornucopia of policy initiatives, including pay bumps for health care and home care workers, and suspending the state’s gas tax through December because of high fuel prices.
Lawmakers were expected to continue debating and voting on budget bills late Friday and likely into Saturday. Hochul, a Democrat, is expected to sign the bills.
Some left-leaning Democratic lawmakers voted against parts of the spending plan, and chastised Hochul for pushing a big subsidy for the Buffalo Bills’ billionaire owners and trying to roll back bail reform: “We cannot legislate based on reactionary scare tactics,” State Sen. Julia Salazar said.
Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, a Republican, said Democrats’ tweak to the bail law wouldn’t do anything to address crime. “Don’t be fooled: this is political window dressing to create the illusion of solving the problem,” he said.
Hochul said she doesn’t want to undo a landmark 2019 bail law that did away with pretrial incarceration for people accused of most nonviolent offenses. But she has faced pressure from centrist Democrats and Republicans who want legislative action in response to a rise in violent crime during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The budget released Friday would follow through with Hochul's proposal to give judges more power to jail people who were repeatedly ticketed for minor theft or property damage offenses.
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Judges would have to release people if the court determines the alleged theft is “negligible” and not “in furtherance of other criminal activity.”
The budget bill doesn't include more sweeping measures proposed by Hochul: She pitched a dangerousness provision that would have put defendants into a “bail or jail category” while allowing judges to consider a defendant’s criminal history and potential for more harm.
Still, criminal justice advocates say the legislation will lead to more poor and minority New Yorkers being held behind bars while awaiting trial.
“Bail-setting in gun cases has actually increased in the last year, and the same is true for so-called ‘repeat offenders,’” said Scott Levy, the managing director of policy with the Bronx Defenders, a legal services organization. “Judges already have broad discretion to set bail in most cases where a person is rearrested.”
New York is also set to add more firearm possession crimes to the list of offenses that could land people who can't afford bail behind bars.
All told, the changes could lead to about 4,500 more people a year newly exposed to bail, jail or other consequences, according to Zoe Towns, vice president for criminal justice reform at FWD.us, an advocacy organization.
The budget deal would also expand Kendra's Law, which gives the state the power to order mental health treatment for people perceived to be a threat to themselves or others.
New York passed that law on a trial basis in 1999, when 32-year-old Kendra Webdale was pushed in front of a subway train by a man living with untreated schizophrenia. The law is set to expire June 30, but the budget would extend that expiration to 2027.
If the budget passes, courts could order people to undergo more assisted outpatient treatment if a physician determines their mental illness symptoms substantially increased, and if those symptoms interfere with a major life activity.
That provision would apply to people who finished court-ordered treatment within the last six months.
Harvey Rosenthal, CEO of the New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, said the bill's language is way too broad and is part of officials' efforts to equate violence with mental illness.
“It's a complete violation of rights, and our lawyers will sue and I'm confident we will win,” he said.
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Sixteen-year-old prodigy Alysa Liu is stepping away from figure skating. She officially announced her retirement from the sport on Saturday afternoon in an Instagram post.
“I started skating when I was 5 so that’s about 11 years on the ice and it’s been an insane 11 years,” Liu said via Instagram. “A lot of good and a lot of bad but that’s just how it is.”
Following her first Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, Liu has decided to hang up the skates. But who knows if it will really be her last? For now, the young athlete is happy with what she has accomplished and plans to take on something a bit more conventional for individuals her age: college.
“Now that I’m finally done with my goals in skating, I’m going to be moving on with my life,” Liu said. “I’m probably just gonna spend all my spare time with my family and friends, and I’m also going to study.”
The two-time national champion was forced to withdraw from the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships after testing positive for COVID-19 in January 2022, right before the women’s free skate competition in Beijing.
Refusing to give up the ultimate chance to showcase her talent, Liu became the first skater to petition for a spot in the Olympics since Michelle Kwan did so in 2006 due to a groin injury. And her persistence paid off. After qualifying for Team USA's figure skating team and being granted permission to compete, Liu ended up scoring a 69.50 to place eighth in the women’s short program at the Winter Games.
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Despite her choice to retire at such an early age, Liu has quite a colorful resume of accomplishments. She is content with her career and is ready to move forward.
“I feel so satisfied with how my skating career has gone,” Liu said.
Liu is a two-time World bronze medalist (2020, 2022), the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy champion and a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2020). She is also a two-time Junior Grand Prix champion, the 2019-20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, as well as the 2018 U.S. junior national champion.
Liu picked up the skates in 2010 and won her first national title at only 13 years old, making her the youngest-ever U.S. women’s national champion. A year later at age 14, Liu became the youngest to win two senior national titles.
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Produce PetePete Napolitano shares his tricks of the trade about how to pick the freshest fruits and vegetables
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MIAMI — Natives probably know the primary thing to do when they see those pretty blue and purple bubbles that look like partially deflated balloons on the beach.
Don’t pick them up!
Spring on South Florida beaches is not just for spring breakers and swimmers. Spring is also often about the return of Portuguese man o’ war.
These sea creatures are best viewed from afar because they have tentacles — and even when the creatures lie immobile on the beach, they’ve enough juice to sting.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Ocean Rescue has sent a warning about “this unwelcomed visitor” as strong winds and currents brought man-o-war to South Florida beaches.
Beachgoers have noticed the man o’ war in Miami-Dade and Broward, including the Crandon Beach, South Beach and Hollywood shorelines.
What is a Portuguese man o’ war?
The Portuguese man o’ war is often called a jellyfish, but is actually a species of siphonophore, a group of animals that are closely related to jellyfish, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Why the name?
The Portugues man o’ war resembles 18th-century Portuguese warships under full sail, according to NOAA. They are propelled by the wind and sea currents.
The man o’ war, which likes warmer waters in the tropics, has a balloon-like float and its colors can vary. The float can be blue, violet or pink and looms up to six inches above the waterline or shoreline once washed up on the beach.
What makes them a pain?
Under the floating bubble — a gas-filled bladder — you’ll find long strands of tentacles and polyps that can grow to an average of 30 feet and may extend by as much as 100 feet, NOAA says.
Those tentacles are what you especially don’t want to come into contact with because they contain stinging nematocysts — “microscopic capsules loaded with coiled, barbed tubes that deliver venom capable of paralyzing and killing small fish and crustaceans,” NOAA says.
Our body mass is larger than that of a small fish so the man o’ war sting is rarely deadly to people. That said, the sting, which will cause red welts and sometimes fever and nausea, can cause an allergic reaction in some people and in rare cases, heart failure, MDFR Ocean Rescue warns. Even when the man o’ war washes up on the sand and bakes on the beach for weeks, those long blue tentacles contain venom.
What to do if you’re stung? Here are some tips from American Oceans:
- Get the tentacles off your skin. But be careful how you do that. Don’t pluck them off with your bare hands lest you get stung there, too. Instead, wash them off with salt water and not fresh water because fresh could cause the sting to become more intense, according to oceanic experts. You can also use an object, like a stick or utensil, to get the tentacles off and away from you.
- Ice the stung area. This will reduce swelling and pain, which generally should subside after 30 minutes or so.
- Get medical attention if you are feeling lightheaded, dizzy or having trouble breathing.
- Listen to the lifeguards. If they tell you to get out of the water, do so. If you see flags posted on the shore warning of man o’ war, keep alert. Let a lifeguard know if you see them around. Sometimes they look like a blue plastic bag floating on a wave or discarded on the sand. They aren’t goodie bags left behind by a spring breaker.
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10-year-old boy called a hero after saving family from burning home
OXFORD, Miss. (WHBQ) - A 10-year-old Mississippi boy is being called a hero for helping save his family from a house fire.
According to the Lafayette County Fire Department, Bailey Doyle remained calm, cool, and collected and did exactly what he should have done.
“It’s something that you love seeing. That’s the reason we go into the communities and do what we do in the schools. We teach these things and love to see them implemented in situations like this,” said Casey Henderson, with the Lafayette County Fire Department.
As soon as he saw smoke, Bailey said he knew what to do and alerted his grandparents, who were visiting, to get out.
“I just thought as soon as I saw the smoke. OK, get my parents and go,” Bailey said. “I guess it was the firefighters coming to my school. They were the ones who taught me to wake up my parents and all that.”
His grandfather, Joe, said Bailey went off before the smoke detectors, buying them extra time.
“We are just happy that Bailey had the sense not to wait around to get the family up. He went right into action,” grandpa Joe said.
Bailey said many people have been making a big deal out of what he did, but he’s just thankful he was in the right place at the right time.
“A lot of people have been saying I am the hero. I am just glad everyone was able to get out of the house,” Bailey said.
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The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.
He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.
“No one wants to negotiate with a person or people who tortured this nation. It’s all understandable. And as a man, as a father, I understand this very well,” Zelenskyy said. But “we don’t want to lose opportunities, if we have them, for a diplomatic solution.”
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Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere. He spoke to the AP inside the presidential office complex, where windows and hallways are protected by towers of sandbags and heavily armed soldiers.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian troops that withdrew from northern Ukraine are now regrouping for what is expected to be an intensified push to retake the eastern Donbas region, including the besieged port city of Mariupol that Ukrainian fighters are striving to defend.
The president said those defenders are tying up “a big part of the enemy forces,” characterizing the battle to hold Mariupol as “the heart of the war” right now.
“It’s beating. We’re fighting. We’re strong. And if it stops beating, we will be in a weaker position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
Those included gruesome images of bodies of civilians found in yards, parks and city squares and buried in mass graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian and Western leaders have accused Moscow of war crimes.
Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. It also put the blame on Ukraine for the attack on the train station in Kramatorsk as thousands of people rushed to flee ahead of an expected Russian offensive.
Despite hopes for peace, Zelenskyy acknowledged that he must be “realistic” about the prospects for a swift resolution given that negotiations have so far been limited to low-level talks that do not include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy displayed a palpable sense of resignation and frustration when asked whether the supplies of weapons and other equipment his country has received from the United States and other Western nations were enough to turn the tide of the war.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
Still, he noted that there has been increased support from Europe and said deliveries of U.S. weapons have been accelerating.
Just this week, neighboring Slovakia, a European Union member, donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in response to Zelenskyy’s appeal to help “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.
Some of that support has come through visits by European leaders.
After meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he expects more EU sanctions against Russia even as he defended his country’s opposition to cutting off deliveries of Russian natural gas.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom responded to the images from Bucha with more sanctions, including ones targeting Putin’s adult daughters. While the EU went after the Russian energy sector for the first time by banning coal, it has so far failed to agree on cutting off the much more lucrative oil and natural gas that is funding Putin’s war chest. Europe relies on those supplies to generate electricity, fill fuel tanks and keep industry churning.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
In Kyiv on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented Ukraine’s leader with a questionnaire marking the first step for applying for EU membership. The head of the bloc’s executive arm said the process for completing the questionnaire could take weeks — an unusually fast turnaround — though securing membership would take far longer.
Zelenskyy turned introspective when asked what impact the pace of arms deliveries had for his people and whether more lives could have been saved if the help had come sooner.
“Very often we look for answers in someone else, but I often look for answers in myself. Did we do enough to get them?” he said of the weapons. “Did we do enough for these leaders to believe in us? Did we do enough?”
He paused and shook his head.
“Are we the best for this place and this time? Who knows? I don’t know. You question yourself,” he said.
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AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this story.
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Grandmother struck, killed by police patrol car
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) - The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a grandmother who was struck and killed by a police car.
Josefa Blandon, 82, was hit by a marked Merced Police squad car driven by a five-year veteran of the department.
The intersection of G Street and 16th Street is one of the busiest in Merced, California, since it leads to Highway 99. It’s also just a block away from the spot where Blandon was killed Thursday night.
Authorities said she was walking in the roadway when an on-duty Merced police officer, identified as Chase Wilson, hit her while driving a marked car.
Wilson is now on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure, as the investigation continues.
“We have accidents and as things like this evolve, it’s tragic and our sympathies and our heartfelt sympathies go out to all those who are involved in this type of tragedy,” Lt. Daniel Dabney with the Merced Police Department said.
This is not the first fatal collision involving Merced police.
Back in 2013, a Merced SWAT vehicle was involved in the death of a pedestrian, However, the officer who was driving was cleared of any wrongdoing.
“Anytime we have a tragic situation we always reflect back and see you know, the situation and try to evaluate it and we have some of the best training, you know, in the state of California,” Dabney said.
KFSN spoke with Blandon’s family Friday evening. They shared a video of her dancing in Tijuana last month for her birthday.
Her family said she loved to walk, and she was full of life. They said she would give anything to help someone in need.
“She was a great mother,” a family member, who didn’t provide their name, said. “She sacrificed a lot for her family.”
As the family continues to grieve, the highway patrol is investigating the traffic collision as the Merced Police conduct their own administrative investigation.
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Husker Athletics to introduce N-Vest Nebraska Program
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -The Nebraska Athletic Department will continue its commitment to Husker student-athletes by developing the N-Vest Nebraska program beginning with the 2022-23 academic year.
N-Vest Nebraska will reward Husker scholarship student-athletes for academic performance, success toward graduation and retention. Nebraska student-athletes who meet the established academic benchmarks will receive $5,980 per year for their academic achievement.
“We are very proud of our rich history of academic achievement at Nebraska, including leading the nation in Academic All-Americans and ranking among the Big Ten leaders in graduation rates,” Nebraska Vice Chancellor, Director of Athletics Trev Alberts said. “N-Vest Nebraska will continue our long-standing tradition of supporting Husker student-athletes at the highest level. We look forward to being able to reward our student-athletes financially for their hard work and success in the classroom.”
The N-Vest Nebraska program is expected to provide approximately $3 million in additional financial support to Nebraska student-athletes beginning in 2022-23. College athletic departments are allowed to provide their student-athletes up to $5,980 per year following the Supreme Court decision in the NCAA v. Alston case.
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Off-duty police officer’s home, car riddled with bullets in ‘targeted’ shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Iowa are investigating a shooting that involved one of their own officers.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department said officers responded to calls about multiple gunshots being fired in a Cherry Hill neighborhood late Friday night. Officials said several bullets struck an off-duty officer’s home, garage and take-home squad car.
KCRG reports there were no injuries in the shooting but officials are calling it a targeted incident toward the off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer.
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said he viewed the “intentional violent act as an extremely serious incident.” Officials also said that they were actively working to find those responsible and to hold them accountable.
“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Jerman said, in a statement.
Police said anyone with tips or more information should call the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5491.
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After 17 years, I'm leaving the Journal Star. Here's what I've learned to love about Peoria
Some people clearly are destined for their careers from an early age. Unlike Tiger Woods with a golf club or the animal-loving kid who becomes a vet, I was not one of them.
Saintly second-grade teacher Rose Hahn tried her best as we kids were encouraged to practice our writing by making journal entries each day in class. But this left-handed writer, hyperactive and with poor manual dexterity, did the bare minimum nearly every day. One sentence, four words: "Today I had fun."
By the end of the year — with constant, albeit kind, pressure — I was up to a few sentences.
It only snowballed from there.
I'm periodically reminded by a colleague about reporting and writing an 800-word story "about a bug" — the emerald ash borer's first confirmed appearance in Peoria — way too long for the subject, she said.
But the past 17 years of being paid by the Journal Star to write and edit hundreds of thousands of words owe themselves at least in part to that teacher's encouragement to do more, try more, learn more.
It's been an experience I could never have expected, from moderating an election forum in the tiniest township of Tazewell County with as many candidates as attendees, to spending a full day "inside the bubble" covering the president of the United States as he traversed west-central Illinois. And also spending 13 months growing a 10-inch beard to help highlight the dramatic effects of Illinois not having a budget.
And it might all have happened differently had I been anywhere else. It's one of many reasons I'm glad I stayed here after graduating Bradley University. It's why I'm staying here, though my tenure at the Journal Star is coming to an end as I leave for a new opportunity.
It's easy to find things to knock about Peoria every time you drive over a pothole or spot a seemingly random tax or fee. Or when you drive past the Hotel Pere Marquette and think about the millions of dollars its bankruptcy cost city taxpayers.
But sometimes those things we sneer at or snipe about confound our expectations and remind us why we're so fortunate to live here.
For years I drove by the empty site of Firefly Energy, a bungled economic development deal that cost taxpayers thousands. Today it's the headquarters of locally founded Natural Fiber Welding, which has expanded to two other Peoria sites and has investment from global clothier Ralph Lauren.
More:A long-vacant Peoria department store may soon have a new, high-tech use. Here's the plan
Residents resented — heck, still do — Caterpillar's decision to move its headquarters out of town rather than spending up to $1 billion on a new downtown site. But that location has new life thanks to a growing OSF HealthCare, and the blocks around it are beginning to be revitalized.
Thirteen years ago this month, voters by the narrowest of margins approved the construction of what is now the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Putting aside some early stumbles — remember the ridiculous alternate name proposals like the Amazeum? — it's now a major regional draw instead of a dilapidated, vacant department store that drew drug trafficking and prostitution.
City spending:Think you're being nickel-and-dimed on taxes and fees? How Peoria really spends the money
I admit I was among those who were skeptical, if not openly disbelieving, that the Warehouse District could become anything but a set of aging and crumbling buildings. And I realize how wrong I was every time I drive through or eat at Sugar Wood Fired Bistro or Casa de Arte. It took time and commitment on a bipartisan basis — including among Peoria's lawmakers, who look out for this community across the aisle even while they're vigorously disagreeing on other state or national subjects.
My new work at the Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin focuses on the institution of the U.S. Congress and the leaders from central Illinois, including Sen. Everett Dirksen and Reps. Bob Michel and Ray LaHood. The trio has had an impact on national issues, standing on principle while exemplifying comity, compromise and adult leadership.
Those are the same qualities — by leaders, residents and businesses — that have made those local projects possible. (And, by the way, every single one of these examples is proof positive that with some concentration the city's south side still can be improved.)
I firmly believe that attention from the Journal Star and our media colleagues has helped keep all of those projects I outlined before open and transparent. In some cases, I know it for sure.
Vibrant Peoria:14 years in the making: A look at the past, future of Peoria's Warehouse District
That's an advantage for readers and taxpayers. And some of it has come thanks to timely tips from citizens who take the time to be engaged in their community — to do more, try more, learn more.
Whether that's showing up to the Moss-Bradley Neighborhood Association candidates' forum — still among the best in town — or signing a petition or speaking up at a meeting, it's incumbent upon all of us to be involved and make this community what we want it to be.
Commentary:Why we decided to do a series on the past, present and future of South Peoria
In 17 years, the news in Peoria has never been dull, and there's always something new on the horizon. I'm excited to keep reading and find out what's next.
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The Peoria Rivermen will sell you the shirts off their backs. Here's how it works
PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen wore special jerseys for the final time this season in a rare loss on home ice Friday, absorbing a 5-1 setback to Quad City before 3,109 at Carver Arena.
Peoria has a league-best 23 home wins this season — and it also had a successful season with its specialty-themed jerseys.
When the game ended, the Rivermen stood on a stage on the ice and one-by-one held their jerseys for a live auction with fans. It's a ritual that follows every game in which special jerseys are worn, with 15 of those auctions alone this season.
The set worn Friday was a tribute to the 1990-91 Rivermen team that won a professional hockey record 18 straight games and the IHL's Turner Cup. The greatest team in Peoria's 40-year franchise history — and perhaps all-time anywhere in the minors — was honored with a team championship picture on the front of the jersey.
More:Our mythical set of awards for Peoria Rivermen players, plus playoff schedules
How Rivermen jersey auctions work
Team captain Alec Hagaman's No. 17 jersey sold for $550 to Eric Bishop, a facility engineer for Versa Press in East Peoria.
"I've known Alec for so many years, and I really wanted his jersey," said Peoria native Bishop, 42. "And this one is special because it has that Turner Cup championship team on it, such a great team and great era.
"I have a lot of memorabilia, I'm a collector. So I think I'm going to frame this one and hang it."
Hagaman came over and signed the jersey and took a picture with Bishop, then everyone cleared out while the next player's jersey went under the gavel. The process continued on through the entire roster.
Ten-year-old Karter Patre, who drove up for the game from Palmyra, Mo., stood nearby holding a hand-drawn sign that read: "Will trade M&Ms for a stick."
More:How the Peoria Rivermen honored 'favorite 40' players with special jersey, big win
Upstairs in the outer concourse, tables were prepared for a post-game autograph and picture session with all the fans, a season home finale tradition for the Rivermen.
The Vlasis-Ayers family bought goaltender Jack Berry's jersey for $300, and huddled with him for a picture in the Zamboni entrance. The family has won auctions this season for Brandon McMartin's No. 8, 40th season past logos jersey ($375), Cody Dion's No. 26 Veteran's Day American flag jersey ($325), Tanner Hildebrandt's No. 28 Veteran's Day jersey ($325) and Charlie Pelnik's No. 7, 40th favorite all-time players jersey ($325).
Who has the most expensive jerseys?
There have been 15 auctions this season after special jersey games, they typically raise $8,000 to $12,000 each. It's vital to a team trying to recover from a pandemic while fighting an economy in which the cost of travel expenses, equipment and services are rising rapidly.
The individual jersey champion this season? Hagaman's 40th season fan favorite all-time players jersey sold for $2,200.
The team sells its regular-season base jerseys, too. The Rivermen played with home jerseys in red, blue and white versions this year. All three sets were sold in an online auction that closed this week. At last look, those jerseys were selling for about $22,000. The blue set was leading with a total of $9,400.
More:How Rivermen played 'like champions' while 1984-85 title team members looked on
More:Here's a look at the 14 specialty jerseys Peoria Rivermen will wear this season
"The specialty theme jersey concept actually was started by the Peoria Rivermen in the old IHL," said Rivermen co-owner Bart Rogers, who started as an intern with the franchise in the IHL era. "In 1993-94 season we wore Hardees warmup jerseys, made by OT Sports. And with that, a whole new trend was set."
The Rivermen wore special themed jerseys in a game for the first time in 1996-97, their inaugural year in the ECHL.
"They were for Halloween, so they were orange and black," Rogers said. "They had a ghost on the front for a logo. The league thought we were crazy.
"But we did six of them that year, and with each one we gave out matching pucks. I didn't think it would ever catch on like this. We definitely found something fans like, and started a trend in the game."
Signed, sealed and returning
The Rivermen reached agreement with coach Jean-Guy Trudel on a one-year contract extension that will keep him at the helm through the 2022-23 SPHL season.
Trudel will spend his 10th season as Peoria's head coach — including the 2020-21 season in which the team opted out of league play because of the pandemic.
Trudel is a three-time SPHL Coach of the Year, and has led the Peoria franchise to five first-place finishes and three berths in the President's Cup Finals. He is the all-time winningest coach in Peoria's 40-year history, with a record in the SPHL of 285-98-53 (.715) heading into the final weekend.
"We are excited to be able to come to terms with Jean-Guy Trudel on a contract extension to continue forward as the head coach and general manager of the Peoria Rivermen for the 2022-23 season," Rogers said. "The attributes Jean-Guy brings to our franchise on and off the ice are hard to find in minor-league sports. His success guiding the team year in, year out, to give our fans a winning product is unmatched."
The Rivermen did not look good
The Storm burst out of the gate with intensity and aggressiveness Friday, and the Rivermen looked surprised and unable to match it in a first period spent mostly in their own end.
Jack Berry stopped a walk-in, and 30 seconds later Darick Louis-Jean arrived at the net and fired the puck in for a 1-0 lead just 62 seconds after the opening faceoff.
Sensational Rivermen rookie Marcel Godbout pulled Peoria into a 1-1 tie on a power play at 16:09 when he sent a bad-angle shot from the right endline over goaltender Kevin Resop's glove shoulder for his league-best 33rd goal.
BOX SCORE:Quad City 5, Rivermen 1 | STANDINGS:SPHL standings
But the Storm kept the pressure on and opened a 4-1 lead with goals from Connor Fries, Marcus Ortiz and Taylor Pryce in a span of 12:09 in the second period.
Berry was replaced by Eric Levine for the third period.
The Rivermen lost two consecutive games in regulation at home for the first time since Nov. 3-4 of the 2017-18 season against Pensacola. They slipped into third place in the SPHL race.
River Readings
The 2022 IHSA girls state champion Brimfield basketball team was guest of honor on Friday and drew an ovation when introduced at center ice during the second intermission. ... Rivermen defenseman Zach Wilkie his head into a mohawk and dyed it blonde before the game. "It's my playoff look, trying to recreate what guys did here on the (1999-00) ECHL Kelly Cup championship team," Wilkie said. He saw players from that team pictured in a Journal Star story from that season hanging on the wall in locker room. The whole team went blonde that postseason. ... The Rivermen corporate partner Homefield Energy, via its rep, Phil Jordan, presented a check for $7,000 to Peoria Promise in a pre-game ceremony. Homefield Energy pledged $100 for every power play goal scored by the Rivermen this season, and the team led the league in power play goals. The money will help Peoria Promise's tuition assistance program.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. Reach him at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @icetimecleve.
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The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.
He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.
“No one wants to negotiate with a person or people who tortured this nation. It’s all understandable. And as a man, as a father, I understand this very well,” Zelenskyy said. But “we don’t want to lose opportunities, if we have them, for a diplomatic solution.”
WARNING: Videos may contain graphic content.
Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere. He spoke to the AP inside the presidential office complex, where windows and hallways are protected by towers of sandbags and heavily armed soldiers.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian troops that withdrew from northern Ukraine are now regrouping for what is expected to be an intensified push to retake the eastern Donbas region, including the besieged port city of Mariupol that Ukrainian fighters are striving to defend.
The president said those defenders are tying up “a big part of the enemy forces,” characterizing the battle to hold Mariupol as “the heart of the war” right now.
“It’s beating. We’re fighting. We’re strong. And if it stops beating, we will be in a weaker position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
Those included gruesome images of bodies of civilians found in yards, parks and city squares and buried in mass graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian and Western leaders have accused Moscow of war crimes.
Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. It also put the blame on Ukraine for the attack on the train station in Kramatorsk as thousands of people rushed to flee ahead of an expected Russian offensive.
Despite hopes for peace, Zelenskyy acknowledged that he must be “realistic” about the prospects for a swift resolution given that negotiations have so far been limited to low-level talks that do not include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy displayed a palpable sense of resignation and frustration when asked whether the supplies of weapons and other equipment his country has received from the United States and other Western nations were enough to turn the tide of the war.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
Still, he noted that there has been increased support from Europe and said deliveries of U.S. weapons have been accelerating.
Just this week, neighboring Slovakia, a European Union member, donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in response to Zelenskyy’s appeal to help “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.
Some of that support has come through visits by European leaders.
After meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he expects more EU sanctions against Russia even as he defended his country’s opposition to cutting off deliveries of Russian natural gas.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom responded to the images from Bucha with more sanctions, including ones targeting Putin’s adult daughters. While the EU went after the Russian energy sector for the first time by banning coal, it has so far failed to agree on cutting off the much more lucrative oil and natural gas that is funding Putin’s war chest. Europe relies on those supplies to generate electricity, fill fuel tanks and keep industry churning.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
In Kyiv on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented Ukraine’s leader with a questionnaire marking the first step for applying for EU membership. The head of the bloc’s executive arm said the process for completing the questionnaire could take weeks — an unusually fast turnaround — though securing membership would take far longer.
Zelenskyy turned introspective when asked what impact the pace of arms deliveries had for his people and whether more lives could have been saved if the help had come sooner.
“Very often we look for answers in someone else, but I often look for answers in myself. Did we do enough to get them?” he said of the weapons. “Did we do enough for these leaders to believe in us? Did we do enough?”
He paused and shook his head.
“Are we the best for this place and this time? Who knows? I don’t know. You question yourself,” he said.
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AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this story.
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Off-duty police officer’s home, car riddled with bullets in ‘targeted’ shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Iowa are investigating a shooting that involved one of their own officers.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department said officers responded to calls about multiple gunshots being fired in a Cherry Hill neighborhood late Friday night. Officials said several bullets struck an off-duty officer’s home, garage and take-home squad car.
KCRG reports there were no injuries in the shooting but officials are calling it a targeted incident toward the off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer.
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said he viewed the “intentional violent act as an extremely serious incident.” Officials also said that they were actively working to find those responsible and to hold them accountable.
“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Jerman said, in a statement.
Police said anyone with tips or more information should call the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5491.
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10-year-old boy called a hero after saving family from burning home
OXFORD, Miss. (WHBQ) - A 10-year-old Mississippi boy is being called a hero for helping save his family from a house fire.
According to the Lafayette County Fire Department, Bailey Doyle remained calm, cool, and collected and did exactly what he should have done.
“It’s something that you love seeing. That’s the reason we go into the communities and do what we do in the schools. We teach these things and love to see them implemented in situations like this,” said Casey Henderson, with the Lafayette County Fire Department.
As soon as he saw smoke, Bailey said he knew what to do and alerted his grandparents, who were visiting, to get out.
“I just thought as soon as I saw the smoke. OK, get my parents and go,” Bailey said. “I guess it was the firefighters coming to my school. They were the ones who taught me to wake up my parents and all that.”
His grandfather, Joe, said Bailey went off before the smoke detectors, buying them extra time.
“We are just happy that Bailey had the sense not to wait around to get the family up. He went right into action,” grandpa Joe said.
Bailey said many people have been making a big deal out of what he did, but he’s just thankful he was in the right place at the right time.
“A lot of people have been saying I am the hero. I am just glad everyone was able to get out of the house,” Bailey said.
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The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.
He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.
“No one wants to negotiate with a person or people who tortured this nation. It’s all understandable. And as a man, as a father, I understand this very well,” Zelenskyy said. But “we don’t want to lose opportunities, if we have them, for a diplomatic solution.”
WARNING: Videos may contain graphic content.
Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere. He spoke to the AP inside the presidential office complex, where windows and hallways are protected by towers of sandbags and heavily armed soldiers.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian troops that withdrew from northern Ukraine are now regrouping for what is expected to be an intensified push to retake the eastern Donbas region, including the besieged port city of Mariupol that Ukrainian fighters are striving to defend.
The president said those defenders are tying up “a big part of the enemy forces,” characterizing the battle to hold Mariupol as “the heart of the war” right now.
“It’s beating. We’re fighting. We’re strong. And if it stops beating, we will be in a weaker position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
Those included gruesome images of bodies of civilians found in yards, parks and city squares and buried in mass graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian and Western leaders have accused Moscow of war crimes.
Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. It also put the blame on Ukraine for the attack on the train station in Kramatorsk as thousands of people rushed to flee ahead of an expected Russian offensive.
Despite hopes for peace, Zelenskyy acknowledged that he must be “realistic” about the prospects for a swift resolution given that negotiations have so far been limited to low-level talks that do not include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy displayed a palpable sense of resignation and frustration when asked whether the supplies of weapons and other equipment his country has received from the United States and other Western nations were enough to turn the tide of the war.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
Still, he noted that there has been increased support from Europe and said deliveries of U.S. weapons have been accelerating.
Just this week, neighboring Slovakia, a European Union member, donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in response to Zelenskyy’s appeal to help “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.
Some of that support has come through visits by European leaders.
After meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he expects more EU sanctions against Russia even as he defended his country’s opposition to cutting off deliveries of Russian natural gas.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom responded to the images from Bucha with more sanctions, including ones targeting Putin’s adult daughters. While the EU went after the Russian energy sector for the first time by banning coal, it has so far failed to agree on cutting off the much more lucrative oil and natural gas that is funding Putin’s war chest. Europe relies on those supplies to generate electricity, fill fuel tanks and keep industry churning.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
In Kyiv on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented Ukraine’s leader with a questionnaire marking the first step for applying for EU membership. The head of the bloc’s executive arm said the process for completing the questionnaire could take weeks — an unusually fast turnaround — though securing membership would take far longer.
Zelenskyy turned introspective when asked what impact the pace of arms deliveries had for his people and whether more lives could have been saved if the help had come sooner.
“Very often we look for answers in someone else, but I often look for answers in myself. Did we do enough to get them?” he said of the weapons. “Did we do enough for these leaders to believe in us? Did we do enough?”
He paused and shook his head.
“Are we the best for this place and this time? Who knows? I don’t know. You question yourself,” he said.
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AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this story.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Off-duty police officer’s home, car riddled with bullets in ‘targeted’ shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Iowa are investigating a shooting that involved one of their own officers.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department said officers responded to calls about multiple gunshots being fired in a Cherry Hill neighborhood late Friday night. Officials said several bullets struck an off-duty officer’s home, garage and take-home squad car.
KCRG reports there were no injuries in the shooting but officials are calling it a targeted incident toward the off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer.
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said he viewed the “intentional violent act as an extremely serious incident.” Officials also said that they were actively working to find those responsible and to hold them accountable.
“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Jerman said, in a statement.
Police said anyone with tips or more information should call the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5491.
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Police investigate gunfire in NW Rochester
Published: Apr. 9, 2022 at 3:39 PM CDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Rochester police are investigating gunshots in NW Rochester Friday night.
Police responded to a report of multiple gun shots in the 1100 block of 7th Avenue NW around 10 p.m. Authorities report multiple gun shots were fired at a home in the neighborhood. Three people were inside at the time, but no one was hurt.
Investigators are asking anyone with video or information about the incident to call RPD at 507-328-6800 or contact Crime Stoppers at www.rochesterolmstedcrimestoppers.org.
This is an active investigation.
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LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) Saturday morning, Indiana State Trooper Regen Smith was investigating a crash on I-65 near the 260.4 mile-marker. Police say she was sitting in her parked car with the emergency lights on when a speeding black Lincoln truck lost control and hit her.
The accident that Smith was sent to investigate was blocking the far-left lane of traffic. She parked behind the crashed car to protect the person in the vehicle, and to warn approaching drivers that the lane was blocked. The road was also icy from overnight rain and snow.
According to an investigation by Trooper Brandon Lankford, the truck that hit Smith was speeding and lost control, narrowly avoiding a tow truck that had arrived at the scene of the crash. Instead, the truck hit the back of Smith’s car.
She was transported to a hospital with complaints of pain, but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Lincoln, Rafael Montez, 34, from Hobart, Indiana, refused medical treatment at the scene. He will be cited for the following infractions:
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – An annual fundraiser is around the corner that brings more than 200 people together in support of Fort Wayne’s Sister Cities.
The Taste of Sister Cities Gala raises funds for global exchanges between Fort Wayne and cities in Germany, China, Poland, Japan, and the friendship city of Myanmar.
Board member Stephanie Mack talked with WANE 15’s Breann Boswell about how the gala aids our sister cities. The nonprofit has raised almost $100,000 for the Sister City of Plock, with so many Ukrainian refugees there in Poland, and the upcoming event adds to that cause along with aiding the four other cities.
Entertainment at the gala includes dancers and singers, as well as speeches from participants of the exchange program. There is also a three-course meal from Ceruti’s chefs incorporating recipes from each Sister City.
Tickets can be purchased online no later than Tuesday. The dress code is business casual. It’s all happening at Ceruti’s Diamond Room on April 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.
He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.
“No one wants to negotiate with a person or people who tortured this nation. It’s all understandable. And as a man, as a father, I understand this very well,” Zelenskyy said. But “we don’t want to lose opportunities, if we have them, for a diplomatic solution.”
WARNING: Videos may contain graphic content.
Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere. He spoke to the AP inside the presidential office complex, where windows and hallways are protected by towers of sandbags and heavily armed soldiers.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian troops that withdrew from northern Ukraine are now regrouping for what is expected to be an intensified push to retake the eastern Donbas region, including the besieged port city of Mariupol that Ukrainian fighters are striving to defend.
The president said those defenders are tying up “a big part of the enemy forces,” characterizing the battle to hold Mariupol as “the heart of the war” right now.
“It’s beating. We’re fighting. We’re strong. And if it stops beating, we will be in a weaker position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
Those included gruesome images of bodies of civilians found in yards, parks and city squares and buried in mass graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian and Western leaders have accused Moscow of war crimes.
Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. It also put the blame on Ukraine for the attack on the train station in Kramatorsk as thousands of people rushed to flee ahead of an expected Russian offensive.
Despite hopes for peace, Zelenskyy acknowledged that he must be “realistic” about the prospects for a swift resolution given that negotiations have so far been limited to low-level talks that do not include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy displayed a palpable sense of resignation and frustration when asked whether the supplies of weapons and other equipment his country has received from the United States and other Western nations were enough to turn the tide of the war.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
Still, he noted that there has been increased support from Europe and said deliveries of U.S. weapons have been accelerating.
Just this week, neighboring Slovakia, a European Union member, donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in response to Zelenskyy’s appeal to help “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.
Some of that support has come through visits by European leaders.
After meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he expects more EU sanctions against Russia even as he defended his country’s opposition to cutting off deliveries of Russian natural gas.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom responded to the images from Bucha with more sanctions, including ones targeting Putin’s adult daughters. While the EU went after the Russian energy sector for the first time by banning coal, it has so far failed to agree on cutting off the much more lucrative oil and natural gas that is funding Putin’s war chest. Europe relies on those supplies to generate electricity, fill fuel tanks and keep industry churning.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
In Kyiv on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented Ukraine’s leader with a questionnaire marking the first step for applying for EU membership. The head of the bloc’s executive arm said the process for completing the questionnaire could take weeks — an unusually fast turnaround — though securing membership would take far longer.
Zelenskyy turned introspective when asked what impact the pace of arms deliveries had for his people and whether more lives could have been saved if the help had come sooner.
“Very often we look for answers in someone else, but I often look for answers in myself. Did we do enough to get them?” he said of the weapons. “Did we do enough for these leaders to believe in us? Did we do enough?”
He paused and shook his head.
“Are we the best for this place and this time? Who knows? I don’t know. You question yourself,” he said.
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AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this story.
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Baby formula shortage worsens, may take weeks to improve
(CNN) - A baby formula shortage in many parts of the United States is forcing retailers to ration their supplies.
Walgreens is limiting shoppers to three infant and toddler formula products per transaction.
A recent review of supplies at 11,000 stores indicates that nearly 30% of popular baby formula brands may be sold out.
Cities like San Antonio and Minneapolis are reporting out-of-stock rates for certain formulas even higher than that, well above 50%.
Part of the problem stems from an Abbott Nutrition recall in mid-February for select lots of Similac and other formulas made in Sturgis, Michigan.
Manufacturers are ramping up production to make up the difference, but they admit it may take weeks for them to catch up.
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Cold tonight, brighter Sunday ahead
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - After a cloudy start to the weekend, we finally get a chance to soak up some sunshine for the second half of the weekend! But it will be short lived..
Temperatures going into the new week will stay above average for several days.
Here’s the latest forecast!
Evening & Tonight (Saturday)
After a cloudy Saturday with a few rain/snow showers earlier in the day, trends will be for clouds to decreasing going into the evening and overnight hours.
Less cloud cover will allow temperatures to dip down into the 20s overnight with a NW wind around 5-10 mph.
No precipitation is expected for tonight.
Sunday
This will be one of the brighter days we get for the next several days! Expect partly to mostly sunny skies for the morning and afternoon hours.
Highs Sunday will be mild for many back in the upper 40s and low 50s. Areas closer to the immediate lakeshore will likely be a touch cooler in the low to mid 40s with winds from the NW around 5-10 mph.
Enjoy the sun while you can.. clouds return quickly from the west going into the evening and overnight into Monday morning. Chances for some scattered showers will be on the table especially overnight into Monday morning.
Lows Sunday night drop back near 40.
Next Week
While we have rain chances returning, the bigger story will be above average temperatures in the 50s and even 60s! The greatest chance for 60+ will be from Monday thru Thursday.
Chances for rain will be best Monday AM, Wednesday, and Thursday AM. We could have enough instability Wednesday evening to talk about a few thunderstorms. Stay tuned!
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Deaf dog learns sign language in Beaverton
BEAVERTON, Mich. (WNEM) - A mid-Michigan woman taught her dog sign language with help from a book.
“And we do this one for Cage, this means stop and this means bad,” said Beaverton resident, Joanne Sparkman.
Joanne Sparkman had to teach 14-year-old Maya, her deaf Jack Russell Terrier, hand signs.
“We kept trying to get her attention and talk to us and it’s like, we noticed that when we’d speak, she wouldn’t turn her head and look at you. She never did none of the stuff. So, we said I don’t think she can hear us,” Sparkman said.
Sparkman said many dogs born blind or deaf end up euthanized, but that wasn’t an option for Maya.
“By that time, we’d already fallen in love with Maya, we weren’t gonna give her back, we weren’t gonna give her up, so the best thing to do is train her how to communicate with us. Or train us how to communicate with her,” Sparkman said.
Sparkman did some research and found the book ‘Living with a Deaf Dog,’ by Susan Cope Becker.
“In the book it says to use treats or something to get them to where they look at you, and then once they start looking at you, then you give them a sign as to what you want them to do. Then every time they do what you want then you give them a treat as a reward,” Sparkman said.
So, both the dog and owner are set about learning a new language.
“It was probably harder on me to learn all the signs. And some of them we had to improvise on, because if they’re too many movements in them it’s harder for her to catch them. If they’re just simple one hand or two hand commands, then she can follow them better,” Sparkman said.
Just like any other dog, Maya still won’t listen when she doesn’t want to.
“She thinks she’s like everybody else, so. And when you’re born deaf you don’t realize you’re missing something. So, to her she’s not missing anything,” Sparkman said.
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Off-duty police officer’s home, car riddled with bullets in ‘targeted’ shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Iowa are investigating a shooting that involved one of their own officers.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department said officers responded to calls about multiple gunshots being fired in a Cherry Hill neighborhood late Friday night. Officials said several bullets struck an off-duty officer’s home, garage and take-home squad car.
KCRG reports there were no injuries in the shooting but officials are calling it a targeted incident toward the off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer.
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said he viewed the “intentional violent act as an extremely serious incident.” Officials also said that they were actively working to find those responsible and to hold them accountable.
“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Jerman said, in a statement.
Police said anyone with tips or more information should call the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5491.
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JACKSONVILLE — Payday candy bars are timeless, peanutty goodness with caramel glue. In Rich Rodriguez’s version of Jacksonville State football, they made nice rewards for good plays.
Had Rodriguez a Payday in his mouth while ripping his offense after Saturday’s J-Day, peanuts would’ve fired like missiles.
“I was so mad, afterwards, that I forgot about Paydays,” he said. “I was more interested in running sprints.”
And run sprints the offense did after working through a 100-play exhibition for a crowd estimated at 2,500 on a cool, windy day on Burgess-Snow Field.
No score or official stats were kept.
Punishment for the offense wasn’t so much about George Steele’s 50-yard pick-6 of a Zion Webb pass out the gate. Or Matthew Caldwell’s intercepted pass. Or Chance Newman’s.
It wasn’t so much all of the situational possessions that ended in field goals … 46, 39 and 50 yards by Brenton King; and 34, 39 yards and 34 yards by returning starter Alen Karajic.
For the offense, J-Day was a continuation of a spring when defense is dominated. Some of that is to be expected, Rodriguez said. It happens when his new teams adapt to his tempo.
“Sometimes, I get frustrated because I keep forgetting I’ve done this 30 years in the same system, and they guys have done it for less than 30 days,”Rodriguez said. “I have to remind myself that they’re still learning that part, and we’ve got to be a little bit more patient.”
Still, he saw plenty wrong. Well, he saw all the things wrong.
“Oh, the pace, and the effort, and the intensity, and the execution, all of that,” he said. “Just a few of those things.
“We had made some progress in that regard, coming up to this point. For today, I’ve got to watch the film,but I know I don’t want to, because I don’t know what happened. I don’t know if it was something they ate in their biscuits this morning, but it was gross.”
Rodriguez’s offense is known for its pace, and JSU’s players have spent the spring learning what pace means to him. Still, Saturday’s problems were more than pace.
“It was too slow, too soft, no concentration and a poor job coaching and getting them ready for the practice,” he said.
So miffed at the offense was Rodriguez that he found it hard to evaluate the defense. He went so far as to mention the 40 to 50 new players who will arrive in June. That includes former four-star quarterback Aaron McLaughlin, a transfer from North Carolina State, and three-star signee Te’Sean Smoot.
“Half of the roster is going to be new coming into camp, but we’ve got enough good players with us now to have success, if they have a great summer,“ he said.
OK, so the offense had moments.
Starting each drive from the minus 35-yard line for the first half of the scrimmage, Webb atoned for his interception by hitting Ahamad Edwards on a 35-yard deep fade for a touchdown.
In red-zone offense, with each drive starting at the plus 25, Caldwell completed three consecutive passes to set up Matt LaRoche’s 2-yard touchdown run.
Both of JSU’s top two quarterbacks in camp played with black non-contact jerseys because of knee injuries. Webb suffered his injury nearly a year ago, in the FCS playoffs.
Rodriguez cited progress from Webb this spring but also rough edges Saturday. About to enter his sixth JSU season in a career where he’s waited his turn, wound up waiting more after record-setter Zerrrick Cooper transferred in, shined while Cooper was injured then got hurt himself, Webb sees Rodriguez’s challenge as the latest test of his mettle.
“It’s just another obstacle I have to get over, I have to conquer,” he said. “I feel like I’m heading toward that way to conquer it.”
Caldwell tore his left meniscus last week. He suffered a torn ACL in the same knee at Auburn High School.
He plans to undergo arthroscopic surgery after spring practice.
“We called the doctor, and he said, before surgery, you can’t really tear it anymore, honestly,” he said. “I couldn’t really sprint as much as I wanted to on some plays, and it kind of hurt us, but it’s no excuse.
“I’ve got to make more plays with my arm, and I know I can.”
Whether making plays with their arms or legs, JSU’s quarterbacks have to make plays quickly, get their eyes to the sideline for the next play then get lined up for the next. Sprint to the line after a long play, all while getting the signal from the sideline.
Either sprint now, or sprint later, after practice.
“Basically,” Webb said, “if you’re walking, you’re wrong around here.”
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Though millionaire banker Keith Owen died in 2007, his legacy lives on in a beautiful and tangible way.
Every year, 153,000 daffodils, snowdrops and crocus bulbs bloom across 50 sites in the coastal town of Sidmouth in Devon, England, all thanks to a generous donation from Owen himself. Now, in 2022, the yellow flowers are brightening the English countryside with “beautiful golden light” after what Sidmouth resident Julie Hudson called a dark, long winter in an interview with the BBC.
Born in the nearby town of Totnes, English native and Canadian resident Owen planned to retire to Sidmouth. When Owen, 69 at the time of his death, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and learned he had weeks to live, decided to leave his life savings of 2.3 million pounds (approximately $3 million) to a Sidmouth-based voluntary countryside conservation society, the Sid Vale Association (SVA).
Owen told the SVA he wished for his money to be used for big, imaginative ideas and to “support local projects, which made use of voluntary labor, and in particular to sustain the ambience and way of life, recognized in Sidmouth and its surroundings,” according to Good News Network.
The beautiful blooms were planted during a community effort over two or three years. They come back every year, making for a memorial that lives on in perpetuity.
Twitter user @nidpor snapped a sweet photo of the daffodils back in 2015:
Beautiful #Daffodils in #Sidmouth #Devon today #flowers http://t.co/M980KfgfkD pic.twitter.com/28cpmzLLNR
— nidpor (@nidpor) March 14, 2015
Just a year later, Laura Tobin (@lauratobin1) posted this peaceful picture:
Daffodils in Sidmouth part of 1000's planted as a dying wish of Keith Owen who left his fortune to plant a million. pic.twitter.com/SD9fpSnBBr
— Laura Tobin (@Lauratobin1) March 15, 2016
And in 2017, Julia Bramble, Ph.D., (@juliabramble) treated the timeline to these stunning photos of the blooms beside the sea:
Sidmouth was looking amazing today – sea and daffodils are a wonderful combination! #devon #eastdevon pic.twitter.com/ocgD3jm89e
— Julia Bramble Ph.D. (@JuliaBramble) March 13, 2017
The town of Sidmouth has of course embraced the generous gift, even highlighting it on their tourism website, Visit Sidmouth. Dubbed “The Valley of a Million Bulbs,” Visit Sidmouth refers to the big bloom as an annual event.
“This annual event sees the whole community come together to honor the legacy of one of the town’s most loved visitors and helps create a beautiful sight that visitors and residents alike can enjoy every spring and summer,” reads the site.
SVA chairman Ed Harrison echoed the sentiment in his interview with the BBC, saying, “Every year it brings back happy memories of this man who did this amazing thing for the town.”
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Did you miss out on spending a semester abroad when you were back in school? What if it’s not too late to do so now? And what if you were studying wine in the rolling countryside of Tuscany?
For the Love of Travel (FTLO), a group travel agency for working professionals, launched Sojrn in 2020. Sojrn calls itself “a study abroad experience for working professionals.” The company helps adults who can work remotely to have a month-long immersive experience in an exciting location.
The fee to join a “chapter,” or destination with a theme, starts at about $2,800, depending on which program you enroll in. The fee covers all arrangements, from accommodations and a Wi-fi-connected co-working space to a local host and a “curriculum” of curated activities to fill your free time. In addition, each “chapter” has up to 20 people, so travelers have a built-in group of new friends to study their surroundings with.
Travelers have private accommodations, which can vary between studios, a room in a shared apartment or a hotel room. However, flights and meals are not covered by the fee.
The theme of the activities is closely connected to the location.
“In Tuscany we have a winery visit where you go experience the vineyard and meet the winemakers or a wine pairing workshop with a local sommelier,” Tara Cappel, founder of FTLO, told Full-Time Travel. “In Stockholm, we have a ‘design and drinks’ night where you do a bar hop through these carefully selected bars that are very design-forward. For philosophy in Athens, we have a workshop that takes place in the space which was once Plato’s Academy.”
Chapters scheduled for 2022 and 2023 include History in Rome, Art and Architecture in Barcelona, Cuisine in Mexico City, Fashion in Paris, and Biodiversity in Cape Town, among others.
The Wine Varietals in Tuscany program is available five times in the next two years: May 1-28, May 29-June 25, Oct. 16-Nov. 12 of 2022, and April 16-May 13 or Oct. 8-Nov. 4 or 2023. Participants have access to the Sojrn Club House for work and three tiers of accommodation that range from $4,099-$5,499 (book with a partner or roommate and that person gets 50% off). The curriculum is separated into four-week portions: how wine is made, tasting wine, pairing wine and ordering wine.
To join Sojrn, you will need to answer some questions about yourself and what you are looking for on this page. Then, a community manager will verify your profile and connect with you about suggestions of chapters they think you’ll like, along with more details about the program.
Bon voyage!
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Calais Campbell is returning to the Baltimore Ravens on a two-year deal.
The team announced Saturday it had agreed to terms with the 35-year-old defensive lineman. Campbell played the past two seasons with Baltimore as well.
Campbell started 14 games last season and finished with 1 1/2 sacks. He has 93 1/2 sacks in 14 NFL seasons with the Cardinals, Jaguars and Ravens.
Campbell has appeared in 213 games in his career, with 194 starts. The Ravens acquired him in a trade with Jacksonville in 2020.
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What transpired Friday in the prelude to a potential parting of the ways between the Yankees and Aaron Judge was the classic case of dumb and even dumber.
For Hal Steinbrenner to offer a seven-year $213 million ($30.5 AAV) extension to the 30-year Judge, who’s had only two fully healthy seasons with the Yankees and missed 156 games due to injuries since 2017, would more than qualify him for winning the One Dumb Owner distinction for this off-season.
But for Judge to reject that offer and gamble on having an MVP season in ‘22 to force the Yankees into giving him Mike Trout money was even dumber. And make no mistake, this negotiation from the start was all about Mike Trout — who himself has played only 90 games in the first three years of his $430 million extension — and his $36M AAV. As Judge continued to maintain to the Yankees, he honestly believes he is as good or better player than Trout and intends to be paid accordingly. Only problem with that assessment is that Trout currently has three MVP awards to Judge’s none.
Steinbrenner got a hint that this was going to be a very difficult negotiation in the arbitration process last month when the Yankees’ filed at $17M, which represented one of the highest raises in arbitration history, and Judge countered at $21M, which would more than double his 2021 salary. The Yankees don’t often go to arbitration with their players, but when they do, they don’t compromise from their number and always win – which bodes ominously for this acrimony with Judge.
I’m told that a number of agents, when they saw the Yankee offer to Judge, were astounded Steinbrenner had elected to go that far out in both years and money. Certainly he had to know like all of these six- and seven-year deals to players in their 30s, the contract will eventually become an albatross. But Steinbrenner obviously didn’t care. Judge is a homegrown Yankee whom the team has heavily marketed as their franchise player and Steinbrenner loves him and was determined to lock him up.
Assuming Judge, as he’s vowed, now takes this into free agency after the season, he’d better have an MVP year — which is already potentially compromised if he fails to get vaccinated and has to miss nine games in Toronto against the Yankees’ chief AL East rival, the Blue Jays. And what if he doesn’t have that year? Does he really believe Steinbrenner will continue negotiating against himself and improve on what is already an offer no other club but the Yankees would be willing to make to him?
I doubt if Judge is much of a student of baseball history. However, if he should encounter an untimely early batting slump or some tightness in that dreaded oblique, he might want to take a look at the case of Juan Gonzales in 2000. Gonzales was also 30 and had already won two MVP awards when the Rangers traded him to the Tigers, who then sought to keep him out of free agency by offering him an eight-year/ $140M contract extension. Gonzalez rejected the offer, had an injury-plagued subpar year for Detroit in 2000, and wound up getting a puny one-year/ $10M free agent deal from the Indians. Four years later he was “Juan Gone” — as in out of baseball.
Meanwhile, it was interesting that, at the same time the Yankees were unable to come to agreement with Judge on an extension, the Red Sox reached an impasse with their own homegrown mainstay, 29-year-old shortstop Xavier Bogaerts. The difference is, as Hal Steinbrenner clearly demonstrated he wants to keep Judge a Yankee, the Red Sox seem perfectly content to let Bogaerts opt out of his three-year/ $60M contract and walk at the end of the season — starting with their signing of Trevor Story for six years/ $140M this offseason. It wouldn’t be the first time the Sox parted ways with a star player who they deemed had gotten too expensive (see Jon Lester in 2014 and the Mookie Betts trade in 2020), but other than trying hard to lock up 25-year old third baseman Rafael Devers, the Red Sox are operating on the loyalty-be-damned analytics credo of no long term contracts for players in their 30s.
Being as the Yankee under Brian Cashman are married to analytics as much as any other team in baseball, it says even more that Hal Steinbrenner proposed to extend Judge to age 38 with the second highest AAV in baseball. In addressing the media after Friday’s game, Judge said: “I’m just disappointed because I have been vocal about wanting to be a Yankee for life.” This, after walking away from $230 million, which would have done just that. Please.
IT’S A MADD, MADD WORLD
Speaking of players who rejected multi-million extensions, do you think Carlos Correa, who reportedly turned down a 10-year/ $275M offer from the Tigers prior to the lockout, realizes he has to pay two agents for their services this winter? Back in January, there was a report in the Athletic that William Morris Endeavor Agency, which represented Correa, was in danger of losing their MLBPA certification because their purchase of a number of minor league teams, under the purview of a subsidiary organization Diamond Baseball Holdings, was a potential violation of union regulations which prohibit agents from having financial interests in professional baseball teams. But according to a longtime union operative, these agent reprimand/sanction/decertification processes are always kept in house and always resolved privately without ever being made public. No one knows how it got out but by sheer coincidence, a week after the Athletic report, Correa fired his Endeavor agent and hired Scott Boras, who eventually got him a three-year/ $105M deal with the Twins. Nevertheless, it is stipulated Correa will have to pay both Boras and Endeavor — whose issue with the union is still unresolved — the same 5% commission for all the work they did for him … Between their multi million deal with DraftKings, the launch of “Pregame Spread” betting tips daily studio show on MLB network last week, and the posting of the “money lines” on their bottom of the screen of their TV broadcasts, isn’t it about time baseball ended this hypocrisy about gambling on baseball and allow Pete Rose to be eligible for the Hall of Fame? I mean they welcomed two-time convicted steroid cheat Alex Rodriguez, who sued them, back into their good graces as the face of one of their network TV partners, and gave a pass to all of the sign-stealing cheating Astros, C’mon! Rose has long since paid his due for his transgressions. Let a Veterans Committee of his peers decide his fate — especially now in context with how baseball has done a complete turnaround in regard to gambling.
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Erik Spoelstra is leaving the higher math to others. Tyler Herro is keeping an eye on the Brooklyn Nets. And Bam Adebayo already is studying ahead.
The Miami Heat not only have to wait until the completion of games on Sunday to see how the NBA play-in round will be seeded, but then wait for that preliminary postseason tournament to conclude on Friday before learning their first-round opponent for their playoff opener next Sunday at FTX Arena.
The Heat will face whichever of the four play-in teams exits that round with the No. 8 seed, with the Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets or Cleveland Cavaliers to be their first-round opponent.
“I was never good at math,” Spoelstra said with a smile. “And I’ve had everybody explain all the scenarios. That’s when you’ll lose me in 30 seconds.”
The Heat close out their schedule Sunday at 7 p.m. against the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center. Games at 3:30 p.m. Sunday involving the Nets, Hawks, Hornets and Cavaliers will determine the seeding for the play-in round.
“All the other trigonometry, that’s for everybody else,” Spoelstra said of Sunday’s equation for Nos. 7-10 in the Eastern Conference. “It’ll play out the way it’s supposed to play out. That just confuses me.”
Most eyes are on the Nets, now that Kyrie Irving, even while non-vaccinated, has been cleared to appear in all games, giving Brooklyn a formidable 1-2 punch alongside Kevin Durant.
“I know how it works,” Herro said. “I’m not paying too much attention to it. Obviously, Brooklyn is the team that we’re looking at, seeing who they’ll match up against. I mean, whoever we’ll play in the first round, it is what it is.”
Kyle Lowry is of similar thought.
“Any team that we would possibly play would be a challenge,” the veteran point guard said. “It’s the playoffs. There are reasons that they’re in the playoffs. So whoever we match up against, we know they’ve going to give us their all, we’re going to play our best.
“But whoever we match up against, we have to go out there and still do our job, no matter what it is. It’s not going to be easy at all.”
That has Adebayo already going to school.
“I’m watching. I’m watching film,” he said. “I’m looking at guys’ tendencies, reading plays, seeing how they play in transition, how they play on certain schemes. So I’m paying attention.”
But also not getting caught up in the seeding possibilities.
“I mean, in the playoffs, you can’t run, anyway, in my opinion,” he said. “So you can’t try to duck somebody. If you win that matchup, you’ve got to play ‘em in the next round or the round after that. It’s like, you got to face that.
“So, you know, I don’t feel like anybody here is running from anything.”
Of the 16 possible permutations from Sunday’s games involving the Nets, Hawks, Hornets and Cavaliers, Brooklyn would be positioned to play for the No. 7 seed in all but two.
Butler doesn’t travel
Jimmy Butler and P.J. Tucker remained behind when the Heat departed Saturday for Orlando, with Tucker dealing with a calf strain.
The Heat listed five others as questionable: Dewayne Dedmon (ankle), Haywood Highsmith (hip), Markieff Morris (hip), Gabe Vincent (toe) and Omer Yurtseven (non-COVID illness).
The expectations remains that even though they traveled, Adebayo, Herro and Lowry will get the night off, as could other rotation players not on the injury report.
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The Orlando Magic (20-61) will be without multiple starters for their Sunday season finale vs. the Miami Heat at Amway Center.
Cole Anthony (sprained left toe), Wendell Carter Jr. (sprained left wrist), Jalen Suggs (bone bruise in right ankle) and Franz Wagner (sprained right ankle) will be sidelined
Starting big man Mo Bamba was listed as questionable on the injury report because of a sprained right ankle he suffered in Thursday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
This story will be updated.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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Orlando Magic forward Admiral Schofield and center Robin Lopez were fined for their roles in the on-court altercation during Thursday’s 128-101 road loss to the Charlotte Hornets, the NBA announced Saturday afternoon.
Schofield was docked $20,000 while Lopez was fined $15,000 for escalating an incident between the two teams in the fourth quarter.
Hornets big man Montrezl Harrell also was fined $15,000.
The altercation started shortly after Jalen McDaniels fouled R.J. Hampton on a layup attempt with 7:45 remaining.
According to the league: “Lopez escalated the incident when he aggressively approached and made contact with the Hornets’ PJ Washington, who was acting as a peacemaker between Hampton and McDaniels.
“Harrell, who then made contact with Lopez, was shoved forcefully in the back by Schofield. Both Schofield and Harrell were deemed to have further escalated the incident.”
Lopez, Schofield and Harrell were ejected after the incident.
The Magic (20-61), who have the East Conference’s worst record, will close out their season vs. top-seeded the Miami Heat (53-28) on Sunday at Amway Center.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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For most of two games this season, the Twins’ bullpen had been spotless and the lineup had been listless. That all changed in the eighth inning Saturday at Target Field, but the final result was the same.
Byron Buxton’s mammoth two-run home run gave the Twins a 3-2 lead heading into the ninth, but Seattle plated a pair of two-out runs off veteran reliever Tyler Duffey (0-1) and the Mariners rallied to beat the Twins, 4-3.
The Twins fell to 0-2 in their season-opening, four-game series. Andres Munoz (1-0) gave up Buxton’s 436-foot home run into the third deck but earned the victory. Diego Castillo pitched the ninth for his first save of the season. Five Seattle pitchers combined for 14 strikeouts.
Luis Arraez gave the Twins a 1-0 lead with a one-out, solo home run in the first inning, but the Twins’ bats fell all but silent over the next six innings and it appeared the 20,867 in attendance might be in for a rerun of Friday’s 2-1 loss.
After Arraez’s homer, the Twins managed just two more hits, and put only four on base, through seven innings and trailed 2-1 before Nick Gordon started the eighth with a walk. Buxton then took the first pitch he saw from Andres Munoz (0-1) into the third deck in left for his first hit of the season and a 3-2 lead.
Tyler Duffey gave up a lead-off double to Julio Rodriguez — his first major league hit — before getting a groundout from P.J. Crawford and a strikeout from Tom Murphy. But with Rodriguez at third, leadoff hitter Adam Frazier hit a liner into left-center that dropped in for a double and tied the game, 3-3.
Ty France followed with a single to right to put the Mariners back on top.
Murphy, the Mariners’ No. 9 hitter, hit a solo home run in the fifth inning off Twins starter Sonny Gray and scored on a double by France in the third as the Twins fell to 0-2.
Seattle starter Logan Gilbert gave up one run on three hits and struck out seven over five innings to earn the win.
Gray, making his first start since being acquired in a trade with Cincinnati on March 13, was charged with two earned runs on four hits and a pair of walks in 4.2 innings. He gave up a two-out double to France that tied the game 1-1 in the third, then a solo homer off the ribbon board in right-center to Murphy with one out in the fifth.
He was pulled for Caleb Thielbar after giving up a two-out single to France. Thielbar induced a pop-up from Jesse Winkler to end the inning.
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LOUSVILLE — The St. Paul Saints’ offense came alive for 14 hits in an 11-1 Triple-A baseball victory over the Louisville Bats on Saturday afternoon at Louisville Slugger Field.
All nine St. Paul batters finished with a hit, eight of them scored a run and eight of them drove in a run as the Saints improved to 4-1 on the young season.
Caleb Hamilton led the way, finishing with three hits. Three other players had two hits apiece — Royce Lewis, Daniel Robertson and Jake Cave. Lewis homered in the third inning and walked three times in the game. Chance Sisco added a fifth-inning home run. Both Saints homers were solo shots.
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St. Paul Art Crawl
Begins April 22: The St. Paul Art Crawl marks 31 years and now stretches from a weekend to a series of live events over several weeks throughout St. Paul that include open art studios, live music, dance, performances and interactive demonstrations. Upcoming Art Crawls will take place: April 22-24, Harriet Island Arts District and Cathedral Hill Arts District; April 29-May 1, West Seventh Arts District; May 6-8, Raymond Station Arts District; May 13-15, Lowertown Arts District. For more info, see stpaulartcollective.org.
Minnesota Museum of American Art
Through June 12: Co-presented with Grupo Soap del Corazon, “Mestizaje: Intermix-Remix” can be viewed in the street-level windows and skyway entrance of the Minnesota Museum of American Art (The M). It features works from eight Latinx artists identifying as Chicano, Chilean, Colombian, Mixteco, Mexican and Mexican-American. According to the M, the artists “explore what it means to claim a mixed-race identity consisting of both Indigenous and European descent.” A conversation with the artists via Zoom is planned for May 12. The M, 350 Robert St., St. Paul; mmaa.org.
American Swedish Institute
Through July 10: “Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories” explores the similarities between how dragons are used in both Nordic and Chinese culture and tradition. Danish papercut artist Karin Bit Vejle and Chinese artist and professor Xiaoguang Qiao began a cross-cultural collaboration in 2010. Over more than a decade, the partnership grew to become a world-traveling exhibition that explores the intersections of art, culture and tradition through papercuts that are intricate and at times massive in scale. American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave., Minneapolis; adult admission $12; 612-871-4907 or asimn.org.
The Museum Of Russian Art
Through Aug. 14: “The Art of Still Life: Alek Buzhaker” showcases a selection of still-life paintings by the Minnesota artist Alek Buzhaker. Drawn from the artist’s studio and painted during the recent decade, these works express his passion and admiration for this time-honored genre. Buzhaker was born in Crimea in 1947. His father was an engineer and, in 1949, the family transferred to Leningrad (now known as St. Petersburg), where Buzhaker went on to graduate from the Mukhina College of Art and Design. In 1978, he and his family emigrated to the United States where he has resided since. The Museum Of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave., Minneapolis; adult admission $13; 612-821-9045 or tmora.org.
Walker Art Center
Opening April 30: “Liz Larner: Don’t put it back like it was” presents 30 pieces from Los Angeles-based artist Liz Larner, who has explored the material and social possibilities of sculpture in innovative and surprising ways. Her use of materials ranges from the traditional – such as bronze, porcelain, glass and stainless steel – to the unexpected, including bacterial cultures, surgical gauze, sand and leather. Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis; discount timed tickets are $7.50 through April 29, after which they revert to $15; 612-375-7600 or walkerart.org.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Opening May 14: “Reflections on Reality: Drawings and Paintings from the Weisberg Collection” collects works from French and Belgian artists who, in the mid-1800s, chose to focus on everyday lives, particularly rural folk, in their art. Fifty years ago, University of Minnesota professor Gabriel P. Weisberg and his wife, Yvonne, began to collect drawings and small paintings by these Realists, later adding examples of Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Their collection is a promised gift to Mia and will be shown in two rotations: Works 1830-1900 (May 14-Feb. 19) and Works 1900-1930 (opens March 4). Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 Third Ave S.; free; 612-870-3000 or artsmia.org.
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Here’s a look at what’s happening this spring and summer on area stages.
‘The Prom’
Opens April 12: “The Prom” follows four Broadway actors, lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to a conservative Indiana town to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom. The original Broadway production earned six Tony nominations. Ryan Murphy directed and produced a film adaptation that hit Netflix in 2020. Through April 17: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; $105-$40; 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org.
‘Atacama’
Opens April 20: Set in the landscape of Chile’s Atacama desert, this play takes the audience on a metaphoric quest beginning with the meeting of two strangers searching for the remains of children killed by the Pinochet regime. Chile’s history becomes an examination of the opposing choices, views and actions that tear families and countries apart. Through May 1; Park Square Theatre, 20 W. Seventh Place, St. Paul; $35-$16; 651-291-7005 or parksquaretheatre.org.
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid the Musical’
Opens April 22: The popular musical inspired by the best-selling book series by Jeff Kinney and the subsequent film adaptations is back. Children’s Theatre Company first developed the musical in 2016 with producer Kevin McCollum (“Six,” “Rent,” “In the Heights”) and audiences can expect to see some new updates. Through June 18; Children’s Theatre Company, 2400 Third Ave. S., Minneapolis; $78-$15; 612-874-0400 or childrenstheatre.org.
‘A Raisin in the Sun’
Opens April 30: Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” debuted on Broadway in 1959 to instant acclaim. The New York Drama Critics’ Circle named it the best play of 1959 and today it’s considered to be one of the best plays ever written. It tells the story of a Black family’s experiences with housing discrimination, racism and assimilation in south Chicago. It’s directed by Twin Cities actor, director and co-founder of New Dawn Theatre Company Austene Van. Through June 5; Guthrie Theater, 818 S. Second St., Minneapolis; $80-$15; 612-377-2224 or guthrietheater.org.
‘Runestone!: A Rock Musical’
Opens May 7: It’s 1898 and Swedish immigrant Olaf Ohlman digs up a rock on his property near Kensington, Minn., with “a story on carved runes” that tells that the Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in Minnesota. He is praised for his discovery but soon a controversy erupts, and his life is turned upside down with claims of fraud in this comic rock ‘n’ roll musical. Through May 29; History Theatre, 30 E. 10th St., St. Paul; $65-$30; 651-292-4323 or historytheatre.com.
‘Airness’
Opens May 11: “Airness” follows five rock fanatics performing in dingy bars and cramped stages all across the nation vying for a place at the National Air Guitar Championship. Santa Barbara Independent said: “If you are looking for an amazing piece of theater that will get you on your feet tapping, wailing and clapping in mid-air – while also moving you to reflect on and care for yourself – look no further.” Through June 5; Park Square Theatre, 20 W. Seventh Place, St. Paul; $55-$16; 651-291-7005 or parksquaretheatre.org.
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’
Opens May 18: Based on Baz Luhrmann’s hit film, “Moulin Rouge!” is set in a Paris cabaret at the turn of the 20th century and follows the story of a young composer who falls in love with the cabaret’s star actress. The musical’s score weaves together original songs and pop songs both from the original film and that have been released in the years since its debut. Through June 5: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; $149-$59; 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org.
‘Twelve Angry Men’
Opens June 8: Theater Latte Da presents the world premiere of this new American musical adapted from one of America’s greatest dramas. In a small New York City jury room, on the hottest day of the year, 12 men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father. Through July 17; Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave. N.E., Minneapolis: $51-$34; 612-339-3003 or latteda.org.
‘Cambodian Rock Band’
Opens June 11: A co-production with Theater Mu, it’s the story of Chum, who fled Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge regime in 1978 and returns 30 years later to look for his daughter. The show is backed by a live band of actor/musicians playing contemporary Cambodian hits and classic oldies. Through July 31; Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis; $45; 612-822-7063 or jungletheater.com.
‘Ashe Lab Festival’
Opens June 14: The culmination of Penumbra’s multi-year artist residency, the Ashe Lab Festival celebrates Black artists coming together to remake the world through language, choreography, sound and story. Participating artists include Orlando Hunter, Ricarrdo Valentine, Queen Drea Reynolds and Erin Sharkey. Through June 26; Penumbra Theatre Company, 270 N. Kent St., St. Paul; $25-$15; 651-224-3180 or penumbratheatre.org.
‘Emma’
Opens June 18: Based on the novel by Jane Austen, “Emma” follows matchmaker Emma Woodhouse in her attempt to convince young Harriet Smith to reject a marriage proposal in favor of her own hand-picked bachelor. The Guthrie has said it’s not your grandmother’s “Emma”: “It’s a joyous, feminist take in conversation with the classic. You’ll see gorgeous Regency-era trappings with quirky, modern twists that speak to both then and now.” Through Aug. 21; Guthrie Theater, 818 S. Second St., Minneapolis; $80-$15; 612-377-2224 or guthrietheater.org.
‘Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations’
Opens June 28: Based on the story of the famed Motown act the Temptations, “Ain’t Too Proud” uses nearly 30 songs from the band (and some other Motown acts), including “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Ball of Confusion” and the title track. It earned 11 Tony nominations and one win for best choreography. Through July 10: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; $139-$40; 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org.
‘Holmes and Watson’
Opens July 12: Sherlock Holmes is presumed to be dead in this mystery. But when Dr. Watson receives a telegram from a mental asylum saying three patients are claiming to be Holmes, Watson wonders if the world’s greatest sleuth faked his own demise. It was written by Jeffrey Hatcher (“Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders,” “Mr. Holmes; The Good Liar”). Through Aug. 21; Park Square Theatre, 20 W. Seventh Place, St. Paul; $55-$16; 651-291-7005 or parksquaretheatre.org.
‘Sweat’
Opens July 16: This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is set in a blue-collar Pennsylvania factory town with generations of hardworking folks dealing with the reality of a changing economy. It confronts issues of race, immigration, deindustrialization and the ever-slipping grip on middle-class life. Through Aug. 21; Guthrie Theater, 818 S. Second St., Minneapolis; $80-$15; 612-377-2224 or guthrietheater.org.
‘Wicked’
Opens July 27: Elphaba the green-skinned witch from “The Wizard of Oz” gets her due in this smash musical, which takes place long before Dorothy came to Oz. It debuted on Broadway in 2003 and went on to win three Tony Awards and launch the careers of its stars Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. In 2019, with its 6,681st performance, it surpassed “Les Miserables” to become Broadway’s fifth-longest running show. Through Aug. 28: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; tickets are currently available only to donors, groups and subscribers; 800-982-2787 or hennepintheatretrust.org.
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Tiger Woods three-putted – and even four-putted – his way to a 6-over 78 on Saturday at Augusta National.
But there were some positive moments for Woods during the third round of the Masters. Despite temperatures in the low-50s, with a wind chill in the 40s, Woods striped his tee shot 364 yards on the par-5 second hole. After coming up short of the green with his second shot, he nearly holed out from the bunker.
That was Woods' first birdie of the day. He didn't make another one until the par-3 12th, and then followed that by hitting the par-5 13th in two and two-putting for back-to-back birdies.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WANE) – Star forward Trayce Jackson-Davis has declared for the upcoming NBA Draft, according to his social media accounts on Saturday. The IU junior added he will maintain his eligibility, leaving the door open for a return to Bloomington.
Jackson-Davis averaged over 18 points per game this past season for the Hoosiers while helping end a 6-year NCAA tournament drought. The junior was also named all-Big Ten for the third straight season.
The deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft is June 1.
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(KTLA) – A near-perfect issue of the first Captain America comic sold for $3.1 million at auction on Thursday.
“Captain America Comics” debuted at newsstands in December 1940, in the midst of World War II. The issue’s cover, well known to die-hard comic-book fans, famously featured an image of Captain America punching Adolf Hitler in the face.
“What better way to introduce a hero clad in the American flag during World War II than by showing him decking Hitler?” writes Marvel of the issue, which was written by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
The comic was a hit. But original copies are harder and harder to come by — especially copies in near-mint condition.
One such copy (given a condition grade of 9.4) went up for auction Thursday as part of a Heritage Auctions’ Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. Heritage Auctions had previously facilitated the sale of a different copy of the exact same comic book in 2019 — when it sold for just $915,000 — but bidding on this particular issue opened at $1,825,000 on Friday.
The issue eventually sold for $3,120,000, marking the fourth-highest price ever paid for a comic book at auction.
Other popular comics also set records at this week’s auction, including the issue that introduced the Fantastic Four and a “splash page” from 1964’s “Tales of Suspense” featuring Captain America.
“Every time I looked up during the comic art portion of the session, a new record was falling, and with the comic books, that trend continued,” said Barry Sandoval, the vice president of Heritage Auctions. “We knew this was a selection of truly exceptional material, and we’re thrilled bidders agreed with that.”
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DETROIT, Mich (AP) — Jack White surprised fans by marrying musician Olivia Jean on stage during his Detroit homecoming show Friday.
The Detroit-born singer, songwriter and producer invited Jean onstage to join his performance and introduced her as his girlfriend.
White asked her to marry him during a rendition of song ‘Hotel Yorba’ and right before the lyric “let’s get married.”
Jean, a fellow Detroit native, teared up and said yes, the Detroit Free Press reported. White then carried her offstage.
The two later re-emerged for an encore and married in an onstage ceremony officiated by Ben Swank, a co-founder of White’s record label.
Jean is part of the label’s garage goth rock band Black Belles, which is on hiatus, and is also signed by his label as a solo artist.
White, who founded the White Stripes, was previously married twice. His Friday show was his first hometown solo show since 2018, and kicked off his Supply Chain Issues Tour and release of his new album “Fear of the Dawn.”
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Become a sleuth at the Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Show, where you could be the one to crack the case, or you could be the culprit undercover.
Ensemble member Beth Kriner said the show tests how well you really know your friends and family– because one of them could be the murderer behind it all.
Everyone in the audience is a suspect as they work to solve a case, findings clues and being interrogated in this interactive event that includes dinner and a show. Whoever solves the case goes home with a prize.
The event is in the Courtyard by Marriott Fort Wayne Downtown at the Grand Wayne Convention Center on April 23 and 29 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each night. Tickets, which are $59.95 each, can be purchased online.
Joey Hain, another member of the ensemble, warned, “You might leave in handcuffs. You might not leave at all.”
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(The Hill) — Georgia congressional candidate Vernon Jones (R) on Thursday argued that gay rights should not be compared to civil rights for people of color because being gay is a choice.
In an interview with former Trump aide Steve Bannon on his podcast “War Room,” Jones argued that the civil rights movement for African Americans and the civil rights movement for the LGBT community are “two different things.”
“Civil rights for Blacks and civil rights for gays are two different things,” Jones told Bannon. “I don’t know what you are unless you tell me what you are if you’re gay. But when I walk into that room, you can tell that I’m Black from cradle to grave. Let’s not get that confused.”
Jones, who is running for a U.S. House seat in Georgia’s 10th district, has been endorsed by former President Trump.
He told Bannon that members of the LGBT community could change their identity.
“They can actually change. You can go from being straight to being gay to being transgender and all these other genders,” Jones continued. “But when you’re Black, I don’t have a choice. I don’t have a choice. So to compare the two … it rubs me the wrong way.”
Jones initially launched a bid for Georgia governor but announced in February he was dropping out of the race after he met with Trump and the former president had endorsed former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) for governor.
LGBT rights, specifically revolving around the transgender community, have become a key issue in the lead up to the 2022 midterms.
Republican-led state legislatures across the country have introduced or passed bills that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
States including Florida, Utah and Alabama have passed legislation that would ban transgender women and girls from participating on the sports team that corresponds with their gender identity.
During Thursday’s interview, Jones accused Democrats of “breaking down the moral fiber and fabric of the African American community” with woke ideology.
“To see what’s happening now, it’s un-American,” Jones added. “It’s going to take conservative African Americans to save the Republican party. Because they saved us from slavery.”
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(The Hill) — Idaho’s Supreme Court put a temporary halt on the state’s newly passed six-week abortion ban on Friday.
The law, which was signed by Gov. Brad Little (R) last month, bans abortions after six weeks and allows family members to sue a person who performs an abortion after the legal timeframe.
The Idaho Supreme Court’s decision will block the law from going into effect pending further review. It was set to take effect April 22.
The court gave the state until April 28 to respond to the ruling.
Although Little said he supported the ban on abortions in the law, he expressed reservations about its civil enforcement mechanism.
“While I support the pro-life policy in this legislation, I fear the novel civil enforcement mechanism will in short order be proven both unconstitutional and unwise. Deputizing private citizens to levy hefty monetary fines on the exercise of a disfavored but judicially recognized constitutional right for the purpose of evading court review undermines our constitutional form of government and weakens our collective liberties,” Little wrote.
Planned Parenthood, which sued to block the abortion ban, celebrated the court’s decision on Friday.
“Patients across Idaho can breathe a sigh of relief tonight,” Rebecca Gibron, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, said in a statement. “We are thrilled that abortion will remain accessible in the state for now, but our fight to ensure that Idahoans can fully access their constitutionally protected rights is far from over.”
“Anti-abortion lawmakers have made clear that they will stop at nothing to control our lives, our bodies, and our futures. Planned Parenthood will continue fighting for every person’s ability to access basic health care, no matter their race, zip code, or economic status. We look forward to our day in court,” she continued.
The decision comes as the Supreme Court is set to weigh on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban later this year.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — This week, dozens of top government officials and others tested positive for COVID-19 after a high-profile Washington dinner last weekend.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., are the latest victims.
Possibly the highest profile positive case — Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She abruptly canceled her weekly press conference after testing positive on Thursday.
Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged President Biden could be vulnerable.
“Like anyone, the President may also test positive for COVID-19,” said Psaki.
Shortly before testing positive, Speaker Pelosi was spotted hugging and even kissing the president on the cheek.
Thursday, the Vice President’s communications director also tested positive.
The Vice President and the President have since tested negative.
“The Vice President wore a mask inside today, when she was both with the President and with her staff,” Psaki said.
She said what’s most important is the President is prepared.
“He has taken a range of precautions, as we all have, but he’s also taken steps like getting his second booster, as he did last week.” Psaki said.
Earlier this week, Chief Medical Advisor to the President Doctor Anthony Fauci said the fourth shot is proven to prevent serious illness or death.
According to the Speaker’s office, Pelosi is fully vaccinated, boosted and only experiencing mild symptoms, as are most others who reported positive cases.
The White House says the President will continue his public schedule.
“His doctors are comfortable that he can carry out his duties,” said Psaki.
That continued Friday when the President held a rather large gathering on the south lawn of the White House to celebrate the confirmation of justice-to-be, judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. There was some concern that the event could end up being another super-spreader event, as was there not many masks outdoors.
There are no public events for the President today. He is back home in Delaware for the weekend.
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Funko to combine distribution centers into single mega-site in Buckeye
BUCKEYE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- A long-awaited announcement in the West Valley is finally here. Iconic pop culture brand Funko is relocating several distribution sites into one mega-site in Buckeye.
The company says it is leasing a 958,000 square-foot facility in Buckeye, which will distribute Funko Pops, Paka Paka, Funko Games, Loungefly, GOLD, and much more. Officials say the distribution center will include a gym for employees, green outdoor and indoor spaces, and will also host a future retail store. It’s also expected to be environmentally conscious, with 1,500 solar panels covering 200 parking spots. It should generate 1.24 million kilowatt-hours of power.
“Demand for Funko products globally is as high as it’s ever been[...] The consolidation of several warehouses to one single facility will better improve our customer experience and maximize growth opportunities as our business scales,” said Funko CEO Andrew Perlmutter. He says Arizona was strategically located because of accessibility to major transportation networks and because the state has a strong talent pool. “The possibility of over 300 jobs available to residents benefits Buckeye and the West Valley. Providing our residents an opportunity to work closer to home will improve their quality of life, with a shorter commute and a career that pops,” added Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn.
Company officials say the corporate headquarters will remain in Washington, but Funko expects the Buckeye site to open later this month.
Company officials say the corporate headquarters will remain in Washington, but that Funko expects the site to open later this month. Applications for jobs are being taken now on Funko’s website.
More stories about growth in the West Valley
- Williams-Sonoma chooses Glendale for next distribution center
- Nestle to build $675 million factory in Glendale; will create hundreds of jobs
- West Valley boom puts Surprise on U-Haul list of fastest-growing cities
- Massive ‘Village at Prasada’ retail and restaurant hub to open in Surprise
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Alex Jones accused of hiding assets over Sandy Hook lawsuits
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 4:47 PM MST|Updated: 22 hours ago
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Infowars host Alex Jones is facing a new lawsuit in Texas.
Family members of some of the 20 children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are accusing the conspiracy theorist of hiding millions of dollars in assets after they began taking him to court.
The families have already won defamation lawsuits against Jones after he said the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, never happened.
An attorney for Jones said there was no attempt to hide assets and called the suggestion “ridiculous.”
Trials are set for later this year to determine how much Jones should pay the families.
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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Wind picks up this weekend
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - High pressure will shift east tomorrow. Dry, warm and windy conditions this weekend have prompted a fire weather watch to go into place Sunday into Monday. Winds will be from the southwest gusting between 35-45 miles hour. Any fires that do start have the potential to spread rapidly. Slim chance for rain Tuesday along with much cooler temperatures.
TONIGHT: Clear with overnight lows in the upper-50s.
TOMORROW: Sunny with highs in the low-90s.
SUNDAY: Sunny with highs in the upper-80s. Windy.
MONDAY: Sunny with highs in the mid-80s. Windy.
TUESDAY: 20% chance for showers. Highs in the low-70s. Windy.
WEDNESDAY: Sunny with highs in the low-70s.
THURSDAY: Sunny with highs in the upper-70s.
FRIDAY: Sunny with highs in the low 80s.
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Judge blocks Tucson’s move to bring water rate lawsuit to arbitration
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A judge rejected the city of Tucson’s attempt to move the water rate lawsuit between the city and Pima County to arbitration.
The suit will proceed with Maricopa County Judge Randall Warner presiding.
The Tucson City Council voted for a 10% water rate increase that went into effect on Dec. 1 for about 70,000 Tucson Water customers living in unincorporated areas.
In mid-December, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted in November to sue the city over the rate increase, and the suit was filed the next month.
The suit alleges that Tucson’s water rate increase
- Violated a state law that requires water rates to be “just and reasonable”
- Is discriminatory
- Violates the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and Article II, Section 13 of the Arizona Constitution, which provides for equal protection under the law and protection against race-based discrimination.
- Violates Article IV, Part 2, Section 19 of the Arizona Constitution, which prohibits governments from enacting “special laws.”
The city of Tucson filed a motion to compel arbitration and seal court proceedings from the public, citing previous sewer and water agreements between the city and county.
Warner denied that motion, saying the current dispute is not about previous agreements, but “concerns matters of constitutional, statutory, and common law duties allegedly owed to ratepayers.”
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Kevin Spacey asks judge to dismiss Anthony Rapp’s sex abuse suit
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Kevin Spacey asked a judge Friday to throw out actor Anthony Rapp’s sex abuse lawsuit, saying through his lawyers that allegations that he abused the then-teenage Rapp at a 1980s party are false.
The lawyers wrote in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that the alleged events Rapp described never occurred. Rapp has appeared in “Rent” on Broadway and in “Star Trek: Discovery” on television.
He alleged in his lawsuit that he went to a party in 1986 at Spacey’s Manhattan home, where a 26-year-old Spacey, without Rapp’s consent, “engaged in a sexual advance” by grabbing Rapp’s buttocks and lifting him onto a bed and laying on his body. Rapp claimed he “was forced to extricate himself” before leaving the party.
Spacey’s lawyers argued the alleged encounter cannot qualify as sexual abuse under New York’s laws because the only alleged contact with an “intimate” part of the body by Spacey was when his hand grazed the 14-year-old Rapp’s buttocks when the older actor picked him up. The lawyers said Rapp “wriggled out” with no resistance during an encounter of less than 30 seconds.
There was no other evidence that would suggest any fleeting contact between Spacey’s hand and Rapp’s buttocks was for the purpose of sexual gratification or to degrade or abuse Rapp, the lawyers wrote.
The lack of evidence means Rapp’s claims for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress must fail, the lawyers said.
They said Spacey “flatly denies” that any of what Rapp described took place.
Lawyers for Rapp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When Rapp first spoke publicly of his claim in 2017, others went public too and Spacey’s then-celebrated career abruptly halted. At the time, Spacey issued a statement saying he didn’t remember the encounter but apologized.
Spacey won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in “American Beauty,” a 1999 film in which he played a frustrated suburban father who lusts after his daughter’s best friend.
In recent filings, Rapp’s lawyers have asked to transfer the case to state court, saying Spacey cannot prove he has been living in Maryland and qualifies for the diversity of citizenship necessary to remain in federal court.
In fact, they argue, he has been mostly living in London since 2003.
They said he only lived in Maryland when he was acting in his Emmy-winning role in “House of Cards” from 2014 through 2017. He was fired from the show days after Rapp went public and former show workers claimed that Spacey made the production a “toxic” workplace and one ex-employee alleged the actor sexually assaulted him.
In November, an arbitrator said Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind the Netflix political thriller $31 million because of losses they incurred after his firing.
Spacey appealed the decision to a panel of three more private arbitrators, who found for the plaintiffs, making the decision final, and public.
A criminal case brought against him, an indecent assault and battery charge stemming from the alleged groping of an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket resort, was dismissed by Massachusetts prosecutors in 2019.
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Police: Couple facing charges after 3 children go missing for weeks
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A Missouri-area prosecutor has charged a mother and her wife in the disappearance of three children.
KY3 reports Brittany Barnes and Ceairah Beverly have been charged with three counts of interference with custody or removed from the state.
Investigators said Barnes told Beverly’s mother, their legal guardian, she was taking the children to a court appearance on March 23. However, they never showed up to that appearance.
The children, Ryder Green, 10, Resean Green, 9, and Ramello Green, 8, have not been seen since. Police said they believed the women took them to Arizona.
Investigators said they contacted Barnes’s mother, and she initially told them the women and the kids were in Arizona. However, she later changed her story and said she would not cooperate with the investigation.
A children’s food stamp card was used at a Walmart in Queen Creek, Arizona, according to police.
The FBI has since been called to help work the case, and authorities urged anyone with further information to contact the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810.
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VIDEO: Bystanders step in to help police stop attempted bank robbery
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - A witness captured video of the moment police and bystanders stepped in to stop a man who was allegedly trying to rob a bank.
Honolulu police said they responded to the Bank of Hawaii in Pearl City around 1:30 p.m. Thursday for an attempted robbery call.
Kylee Sili had stopped by the bank on her lunch break when she saw the man apparently going behind the counter and harassing the tellers.
When police arrived, customers in the bank helped the officers detain the man and try to wrestle him down.
“So we went over there, and the uncle really helped. He immediately went to go help the cops take the guy down. There was another guy too, like another civilian guy. They were trying to take him down,” Sili said.
“The suspect was giving them a hard time, I don’t know what he was doing, what he was trying to do, trying to run.”
HNN has reached out to police for more information on the suspect and his charges.
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10-year-old boy called a hero after saving family from burning home
OXFORD, Miss. (WHBQ) - A 10-year-old Mississippi boy is being called a hero for helping save his family from a house fire.
According to the Lafayette County Fire Department, Bailey Doyle remained calm, cool, and collected and did exactly what he should have done.
“It’s something that you love seeing. That’s the reason we go into the communities and do what we do in the schools. We teach these things and love to see them implemented in situations like this,” said Casey Henderson, with the Lafayette County Fire Department.
As soon as he saw smoke, Bailey said he knew what to do and alerted his grandparents, who were visiting, to get out.
“I just thought as soon as I saw the smoke. OK, get my parents and go,” Bailey said. “I guess it was the firefighters coming to my school. They were the ones who taught me to wake up my parents and all that.”
His grandfather, Joe, said Bailey went off before the smoke detectors, buying them extra time.
“We are just happy that Bailey had the sense not to wait around to get the family up. He went right into action,” grandpa Joe said.
Bailey said many people have been making a big deal out of what he did, but he’s just thankful he was in the right place at the right time.
“A lot of people have been saying I am the hero. I am just glad everyone was able to get out of the house,” Bailey said.
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2nd time the charm? Jennifer Lopez announces engagement to Ben Affleck
Published: Apr. 9, 2022 at 10:43 AM MST|Updated: 4 hours ago
(Gray News) - Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are engaged for a second time.
The actress made the announcement in her newsletter Friday night along with a video post on Twitter.
“So I have a really exciting and special story to share,” Lopez said in the video. “It is my inner circle where I share my more personal things and this one’s definitely on the JLo.”
According to People, Lopez’s message included a clip of her admiring a large, green diamond on a silver band on her ring finger. The image was also shared by her sister on social media.
Lopez and Affleck reportedly called off a previous engagement back in 2004.
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3 killed in Georgia gun range shooting; suspects not in custody
COWETA COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) – Three members of the same family were killed during a robbery at their family shooting range in Grantville, Georgia.
The robbery took place at the Lock Stock & Barrel shooting range sometime after 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to Grantville Police Department.
WGCL reported when police arrived, they found the range’s owner, his wife, and their grandson had been killed.
Police have identified the owner as Richard Hawk.
“Let’s keep Richard Hawk and Family in our prayers,” Grantville Police said in a Facebook post Saturday morning.
Grantville Police said approximately 40 guns and the security camera DVR were taken from the scene.
Both the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the ATF were called to help investigate the case. The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office is also assisting in the investigation.
Police are asking for the community’s help in gathering any information about the incident. They said anyone in the area who may have driven by the range between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday may have seen vehicles other than a white Ford dually truck and a black Ford Expedition.
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Accused shooter in Lady Gaga dog theft mistakenly freed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought, authorities said Friday.
James Howard Jackson, 19, was facing an attempted murder charge when he was released from Los Angeles County’s jail on Wednesday “due to a clerical error,” the county Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The Major Crimes Bureau is working on finding him, the statement said.
Jackson is one of five people arrested in connection with the Feb. 24, 2021, attack in Hollywood. Prosecutors said Jackson and two other alleged gang members had driven around looking for expensive French bulldogs to steal, then spotted, tailed and robbed Ryan Fischer as he walked Lady Gaga’s dogs near Sunset Boulevard.
During a violent struggle, Fischer was hit, choked and then shot in an attack captured by the doorbell camera of a nearby home.
The camera recorded the dog walker screaming “Oh, my God! I’ve been shot!” and “Help me!” and “I’m bleeding out from my chest!”
Fischer lost part of a lung.
“While I’m deeply concerned at the events that led to his release, I’m confident law enforcement will rectify the error,” Fischer said in a statement obtained by KABC-TV. “I ask for Mr. Jackson to turn himself over to the authorities, so resolution to the crime committed against me runs its course, whatever the courts determine that outcome to be.”
The pop star’s dogs were returned two days later by a woman who claimed she had found them tied to a pole and asked about Lady Gaga’s offer of a $500,000 reward if the dogs were returned “no questions asked.” The singer was in Rome at the time filming a movie.
She’s charged with receiving stolen property and the father of another suspect is charged with helping him avoid arrest.
Jackson already had been charged in the attack and had pleaded not guilty when the county district attorney’s office filed a superceding indictment Tuesday charging him with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit a robbery and assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
The move was done “to speed up the legal process” and Jackson was arraigned Wednesday under a new case number, the DA’s office said in a statement.
“Mr. Jackson was subsequently released from custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. We are unsure as to why they did so,” the statement said.
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Amazon seeks to overturn union win, says vote was tainted
(AP) - Amazon is seeking to overturn the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses, arguing in a legal filing Friday that union organizers and the National Labor Relations Board acted in a way that tainted the results. It now wants to redo the election.
The e-commerce giant listed 25 objections in the filing obtained by The Associated Press, accusing organizers with the nascent Amazon Labor Union of intimidating workers to vote for the union, a claim an attorney representing the group has called “patently absurd.”
“The employees have spoken,” Eric Milner, the attorney, said Thursday in a statement after Amazon’s initial planned objections were made public in another legal filing. “Amazon is choosing to ignore that, and instead engage in stalling tactics to avoid the inevitable — coming to the bargaining table and negotiating for a contract” on behalf of the workers, he said.
Warehouse workers in Staten Island cast 2,654 votes — or about 55% — in favor of a union, giving the fledgling group enough support to pull off a victory last Friday.
In one objection, Amazon said organizers “intentionally created hostile confrontations in front of eligible voters,” by interrupting the mandatory meetings it held to persuade its employees to reject the union drive. In a filing released last week, the company disclosed it spent about $4.2 million last year on labor consultants.
In another objection, Amazon targeted organizers’ distribution of cannabis to workers, saying the labor board “cannot condone such a practice as a legitimate method of obtaining support for a labor organization.” New York legalized the recreational use of marijuana last year for those over 21.
The company had initially signaled it planned to challenge the election results based on a lawsuit the NLRB filed in March in which the board sought to force Amazon to reinstate a fired employee who was involved in the union drive.
The company pointed to the lawsuit in one of its objections filed Friday, saying the regional NLRB office that brought the suit “failed to protect the integrity and neutrality of its procedures,” and had created an impression of support for the union by seeking reinstatement for the former employee, Gerald Bryson.
“Based on the evidence we’ve seen so far, as set out in our objections, we believe that the actions of the NLRB and the ALU improperly suppressed and influenced the vote, and we think the election should be conducted again so that a fair and broadly representative vote can be had,” Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement.
Bryson was fired in the early days of the pandemic after leading a protest calling for the company to do more to protect workers against COVID-19. While off the job during the protest, Bryson got into a dispute with another worker and was later fired for violating Amazon’s vulgar-language policy, according to his attorney Frank Kearl.
The NLRB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Its spokesperson, Kayla Blado, has previously said the independent agency has been authorized by Congress to enforce the National Labor Relations Act.
“All NLRB enforcement actions against Amazon have been consistent with that Congressional mandate,” she said.
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The AP Interview: Zelenskyy seeks peace despite atrocities
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he is committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world, and he renewed his plea for more weapons ahead of an expected surge in fighting in the country’s east.
He made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press a day after at least 52 people were killed in a strike on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, and as evidence of civilian killings came to light after Russian troops failed to seize the capital where he has hunkered down, Kyiv.
“No one wants to negotiate with a person or people who tortured this nation. It’s all understandable. And as a man, as a father, I understand this very well,” Zelenskyy said. But “we don’t want to lose opportunities, if we have them, for a diplomatic solution.”
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Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere. He spoke to the AP inside the presidential office complex, where windows and hallways are protected by towers of sandbags and heavily armed soldiers.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian troops that withdrew from northern Ukraine are now regrouping for what is expected to be an intensified push to retake the eastern Donbas region, including the besieged port city of Mariupol that Ukrainian fighters are striving to defend.
The president said those defenders are tying up “a big part of the enemy forces,” characterizing the battle to hold Mariupol as “the heart of the war” right now.
“It’s beating. We’re fighting. We’re strong. And if it stops beating, we will be in a weaker position,” he said.
Zelenskyy said he is confident Ukrainians would accept peace despite the horrors they have witnessed in the more than six-week-long war.
Those included gruesome images of bodies of civilians found in yards, parks and city squares and buried in mass graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian and Western leaders have accused Moscow of war crimes.
Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged. It also put the blame on Ukraine for the attack on the train station in Kramatorsk as thousands of people rushed to flee ahead of an expected Russian offensive.
Despite hopes for peace, Zelenskyy acknowledged that he must be “realistic” about the prospects for a swift resolution given that negotiations have so far been limited to low-level talks that do not include Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelenskyy displayed a palpable sense of resignation and frustration when asked whether the supplies of weapons and other equipment his country has received from the United States and other Western nations were enough to turn the tide of the war.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
Still, he noted that there has been increased support from Europe and said deliveries of U.S. weapons have been accelerating.
Just this week, neighboring Slovakia, a European Union member, donated its Soviet-era S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in response to Zelenskyy’s appeal to help “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.
Some of that support has come through visits by European leaders.
After meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv earlier Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he expects more EU sanctions against Russia even as he defended his country’s opposition to cutting off deliveries of Russian natural gas.
The U.S., EU and United Kingdom responded to the images from Bucha with more sanctions, including ones targeting Putin’s adult daughters. While the EU went after the Russian energy sector for the first time by banning coal, it has so far failed to agree on cutting off the much more lucrative oil and natural gas that is funding Putin’s war chest. Europe relies on those supplies to generate electricity, fill fuel tanks and keep industry churning.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also made an unannounced visit to meet Zelenskyy, with his office saying they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
In Kyiv on Friday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented Ukraine’s leader with a questionnaire marking the first step for applying for EU membership. The head of the bloc’s executive arm said the process for completing the questionnaire could take weeks — an unusually fast turnaround — though securing membership would take far longer.
Zelenskyy turned introspective when asked what impact the pace of arms deliveries had for his people and whether more lives could have been saved if the help had come sooner.
“Very often we look for answers in someone else, but I often look for answers in myself. Did we do enough to get them?” he said of the weapons. “Did we do enough for these leaders to believe in us? Did we do enough?”
He paused and shook his head.
“Are we the best for this place and this time? Who knows? I don’t know. You question yourself,” he said.
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AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this story.
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“BaBari the Brave” fundraiser set for Saturday
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A fundraising event for a local Tucson girl will be held Saturday, April 9.
The fifth grader, named BaBari, is at Texas Children’s Hospital fighting for her life against multiple diagnoses.
She’s been fighting since May 2021.
The “BaBari the Brave” Fun Run and Auction kick off at 8 a.m. and Esmond Station School.
BaBari’s mother, Anna Ganago, says this journey and being away from their family here in Tucson during this time has been hard.
“It’s been going on a year now, and I’m a registered nurse. And, I haven’t worked for over two years. Because I’m not going to leave my child,” she said.
All proceeds will go toward helping BaBari’s family with medical bills.
It’s $10 to register.
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Baby formula shortage worsens, may take weeks to improve
(CNN) - A baby formula shortage in many parts of the United States is forcing retailers to ration their supplies.
Walgreens is limiting shoppers to three infant and toddler formula products per transaction.
A recent review of supplies at 11,000 stores indicates that nearly 30% of popular baby formula brands may be sold out.
Cities like San Antonio and Minneapolis are reporting out-of-stock rates for certain formulas even higher than that, well above 50%.
Part of the problem stems from an Abbott Nutrition recall in mid-February for select lots of Similac and other formulas made in Sturgis, Michigan.
Manufacturers are ramping up production to make up the difference, but they admit it may take weeks for them to catch up.
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CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturning the result if Trump’s father lost, CNN reported Friday.
The text was sent two days before Joe Biden was declared the winner, according to CNN. It reportedly laid out strategies that then-President Donald Trump’s team pursued in the following months as they disseminated misinformation about election fraud and pressured state and federal officials to assist in that effort.
The cable news network reported that Trump Jr.’s text made “specific reference to filing lawsuits and advocating recounts to prevent certain swing states from certifying their results.” It also suggested that if those measures didn’t work, lawmakers in Congress could dismiss the electoral results and vote to keep President Trump in office.
Trump Jr.’s lawyer Alan S. Futerfas, in a statement Friday to CNN, said: “After the election, Don received numerous messages from supporters and others. Given the date, this message likely originated from someone else and was forwarded.”
CNN said the Trump Jr. text had been obtained by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. In the last week, the committee has interviewed former President Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Their virtual testimonies are the closest lawmakers have gotten to the former president.
Separately on Friday, Ali Alexander, a conservative activist who helped found the “Stop the Steal” movement, said he had received a subpoena to provide testimony to a federal grand jury as part of the Justice Department’s wide investigation into the insurrection.
In a statement through his attorney, Alexander said the subpoena was seeking information about the “Save America Rally” that was held at the Ellipse — hosted by the pro-Trump nonprofit organization called Women for America First — which thousands had attended before a surge of Trump supporters stormed into the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“I don’t believe I have information that will be useful to them but I’m cooperating as best I can further reiterating that I’m not a target because I did nothing wrong,” he said.
Alexander voluntarily appeared for hours in December before the House panel investigating the insurrection, providing congressional investigators with a slew of documents and information about his communications with lawmakers.
In court documents, Alexander’s lawyers have said he told congressional investigators that he remembers having “a few phone conversations” with Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and had exchanged some text messages with Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., in the run-up to the Jan. 6 rallies.
“I did nothing wrong and I am not in possession of evidence that anyone else had plans to commit unlawful acts,” Alexander said. “I denounce anyone who planned to subvert my permitted event and the other permitted events of that day on Capitol grounds to stage any counterproductive activities.”
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Couple charged with child endangerment after police find ‘bags of feces’ inside home
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS/Gray News) - A Missouri couple was arrested after police discovered unsafe, unsanitary living conditions inside their home with their five children.
KFVS reports the Poplar Bluff Police Department was called to a home to follow up on information about drug activity at a residence.
Responding officers reported they noticed numerous trash bags that were full on the side and in front of the home. Trash was also scattered everywhere in the front yard and driveway.
Officers said they smelled an odor of bad personal hygiene and an extremely foul odor coming from the residence.
According to the PBPD, Aaron and Teyrsa Medley lived at the home with their five children from ages 1 to 9 years old. And the couple granted officers to enter their home.
Officers said they were immediately hit with what was described as a “pungent odor that made their stomachs churn” when entering the home.
Each room was covered with loose trash and large bags of trash, animal/human feces, urine and dirt.
A dark, hard substance coated the flooring and piles of dirty clothing, trash, used toilet paper and diapers covered the bathroom flooring, according to police.
Police Chief Danny Whiteley responded to the scene and said he had been inside hundreds of residences with the same foul odor. Those houses consisted of unsanitary, unhealthy and unsafe living conditions.
According to police, the inside of the refrigerator and freezer had several spills of unknown liquids and food with numerous dead roaches inside of them. A cooking dish had dead maggot larvae under the glass lid. Dozens of flies were present flying around.
With the assistance of the Butler County Juvenile Office, Butler County Children’s Division and Butler County Social Services, the five children were removed from the residence.
Police said Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor also responded to the home to examine it first-hand.
The couple was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child and booked into the Butler County Justice Center.
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Experts warn of rattlesnakes and scorpions amid rising temperatures
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Higher temperatures are a fan-favorite for critters like scorpions and rattlesnakes. This past week alone, animal and poison control experts are getting more and more calls about rattlesnake and scorpion sightings and bites.
Marc Hammond with Arizona Animal Experts said just this week, his calls for rattlesnakes have increased dramatically. But, there’s ways to make sure you’re protected.
“Rattlesnakes are totally deaf. So, many times when snakes rattle it’s a defense mechanism,” Hammond said.
Meaning, they don’t want to hurt you unless they feel threatened.
He added that the snakes rattle to let you know they are present.
“They are basically saying ‘I’m here, I’m here, I don’t want to bite you,’” he said.
But, sometimes rattlesnakes can be a silent lurker. That’s when Hammond advised to bring in man’s best friend for some help with rattlesnake training.
“By doing that, not only are you protecting your dog from being bit or killed by a rattlesnake because it protects your family. Because once your dog is trained and you let him out the back door, he’ll know right away if there is a rattlesnake,” he said.
He added that dogs can be trained to let you know when a snake is nearby, potentially saving you and your family from a dangerous situation.
Hammond said snakes need to be in a coil position to strike. If you need one removed, you should be trained to do so properly.
Now, scorpions on the other hand, are a bit harder to see. But, Banner Poison and Drug Information Centers warn their stings can also be dangerous.
Maureen Roland said they’ve already seen an increase in calls.
“This is the time when we start to see an increase. So, rattlesnakes and scorpions are coming out. The rattlesnakes are out on the trails. We want people to be very careful when they’re out,” she said.
However, Roland added while a scorpion sting can typically be treated at home a snake bite is an instant trip to the emergency room.
“We’ve had a couple of pediatrics cases too. So that’s one thing we’ve already been a big component of talking to kids at a very young age. Showing them pictures of scorpions and rattlesnakes and saying ‘ouch’ or something like that,” she said.
Whether you have questions for you or your kids, Poison Control Center is open 24/7 for those who have questions about presentation and treatment options. You can reach the poison center at 1-800-222-1222.
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Father of 4 young kids shot, killed in argument at gas station; gunman remains on loose
PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK/Gray News) - A family in Arizona is trying to put the pieces of their life back together after losing a loved one in a deadly shooting at a gas station.
Rene Sanchez lost his life last weekend after getting into an argument with another man while at a QuickTrip convenience store in Phoenix. Rene Sanchez was shot while he was walking away, his bother told Arizona’s Family.
Eddie Sanchez, Rene Sanchez’s brother, said the shooting took place in the afternoon, and the family remains heartbroken and wants justice. Rene Sanchez was also a father of four young children.
“We are missing that piece of the puzzle, and that is Rene,” Eddie Sanchez said. “It makes me sad that people like that don’t care about human life and people’s family it affects.”
The Phoenix Police Department released a picture and video from that afternoon’s shooting that showed an unidentified man leaving the scene on a bicycle. However, no arrests were immediately reported.
“To tell them [Rene’s kids] their dad won’t come home. To tell them he was murdered at a gas station. It’s just frustrating not to see him and know we won’t see him again,” Eddie Sanchez said.
Rene Sanchez was an electrician with the goal of starting his own business, according to his brother. But currently, the family is just waiting on updates on the case and wanting answers.
“It’ll be a big load off of our shoulders to find this person,” Eddie Sanchez said. “He will get caught eventually and pay for what he did.”
Eddie Sanchez said people will remember his brother, and the family has created a GoFundMe to help raise money for funeral expenses and the four kids and wife Rene Sanchez leaves behind.
Phoenix police urged those with any further information to contact authorities. There is a $2,000 reward.
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Feds accused of ignoring asbestos, mold at women’s prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog has found a “substantial likelihood” the federal Bureau of Prisons committed wrongdoing when it ignored complaints and failed to address asbestos and mold contamination at a federal women’s prison in California that has already been under scrutiny for rampant sexual abuse of inmates.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel now wants Attorney General Merrick Garland to step in to investigate the allegations after multiple whistleblower complaints were filed earlier this year. The office detailed its findings in a letter this past week and has asked Garland to submit a report within 60 days.
The whistleblower complaints, filed by union officials at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, alleged that senior Bureau of Prisons officials had failed to act to resolve the allegations of workplace contamination. The union had repeatedly complained that correctional officers and other prison workers and inmates were being exposed to potentially hazardous mold and asbestos but says those concerns were ignored.
“Management’s failure to address unsafe and dangerous working conditions at FCI Dublin has put the health and safety of both employees and inmates at considerable risk,” Dublin union president Edward Canales said. “We look forward to the outcome of this investigation, which we hope will result in the unsafe conditions being remedied and appropriate disciplinary actions being taken against the managers who failed to act.”
The Justice Department has already been investigating serious misconduct at Dublin, where five employees — including the former warden — have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. An Associated Press investigation this year revealed a pattern of sexual misconduct and detailed a toxic culture that enabled it to continue for years.
After the AP’s investigation was published, whistleblowers at the prison said they were being attacked for speaking up. The Bureau of Prisons launched a task force of 18 senior executives who visited the prison in March to assess the conditions there and work to reform the facility. The agency’s director, Michael Carvajal, also visited the prison.
The Justice Department said Saturday it had received the letter and “appreciates OSC’s responsiveness to these concerns.” It said the Bureau of Prisons was “addressing concerns raised by staff at Dublin and working to ensure that all facilities are operating under safe, healthy conditions.”
In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said its staff members perform weekly fire, safety and sanitation inspections and staff members are encouraged to report unsafe or unhealth conditions to their supervisors. It said anyone who believes that such a condition exists could report it to the warden, other prison system officials or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
“All safety concerns reported by staff at Dublin are being addressed,” Bureau of Prisons spokesman Emery Nelson said in a statement.
The Office of Special Counsel said that while it found “a substantial likelihood of wrongdoing” based on the complaint that was filed, the referral to Garland does not constitute its final determination. The case remains open until the agency submits its final report, which is then forwarded to President Joe Biden and Congress.
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FIRST ALERT FORECAST: Hot and breezy Saturday in Southern Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Above normal temperatures and gusty winds will continue for the weekend. Early next week, a weather system will move through the region bringing stronger winds as well as cooler temps and chances for showers on Tuesday.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. Southeast wind 10 to 18 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 60. West wind 11 to 16 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Monday: Patchy blowing dust after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 86. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Breezy.
Tuesday: A 30% chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Patchy blowing dust after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 71.
Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday Night; Clear, with a low around 48.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
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Four young kids left without a father after QuikTrip shooting in west Phoenix
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Four young children are without their father after he was shot and killed in broad daylight. This happened at a QuikTrip on 75th Avenue and Indian School Road. The family is struggling and heartbroken, but what makes this even harder for them to find closure is the fact that the gunman has still not been found.
Rene Sanchez’s family is trying to learn how they will live on without him. Suddenly and tragically, they lost Rene on Saturday. He was shot and killed in the middle of the day. His brother Eddie says police told him Rene got into some sort of argument. As he walked away, he was shot and killed. “All of us together, that’s just going to feel like we are missing that piece of the puzzle now that is Rene,” Eddie Sanchez, Rene’s brother said. “It makes me sad that there are people like that who don’t care about human life and people’s family it affects.”
Phoenix Police have released a picture and video of a man walking out of the QuikTrip. Police say an unidentified Hispanic man fled the scene on a larger type bicycle. At the time of the shooting, the suspect was seen with an unidentified Black male, only known by the nickname “Slow Motion”. “To tell them (Rene’s kids) their dad won’t come home, to tell them he was murdered at a gas station, it’s just frustrating not to see him and to know we won’t see him again,” Eddie said.
Eddie says Rene was an electrician with the goal of starting his own business. Now the family waits for answers and for justice. “It’ll be a big load off of our shoulders to find this person is no longer in the streets,” Eddie said. “He will get caught eventually, and he will pay for what he did.”
We asked Eddie what his message is to the person that did this. “You killed someone whose memory will not end. People will remember my brother,” Eddie said. The family has created a GoFundMe, raising money for funeral expenses and for his four kids and wife left behind. You can find that link here.
If those men look familiar to you or you have any information contact police or silent witness at 480-WITNESS. There is a $2,000 reward.
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Grandmother struck, killed by police patrol car
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) - The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a grandmother who was struck and killed by a police car.
Josefa Blandon, 82, was hit by a marked Merced Police squad car driven by a five-year veteran of the department.
The intersection of G Street and 16th Street is one of the busiest in Merced, California, since it leads to Highway 99. It’s also just a block away from the spot where Blandon was killed Thursday night.
Authorities said she was walking in the roadway when an on-duty Merced police officer, identified as Chase Wilson, hit her while driving a marked car.
Wilson is now on paid administrative leave, which is standard procedure, as the investigation continues.
“We have accidents and as things like this evolve, it’s tragic and our sympathies and our heartfelt sympathies go out to all those who are involved in this type of tragedy,” Lt. Daniel Dabney with the Merced Police Department said.
This is not the first fatal collision involving Merced police.
Back in 2013, a Merced SWAT vehicle was involved in the death of a pedestrian, However, the officer who was driving was cleared of any wrongdoing.
“Anytime we have a tragic situation we always reflect back and see you know, the situation and try to evaluate it and we have some of the best training, you know, in the state of California,” Dabney said.
KFSN spoke with Blandon’s family Friday evening. They shared a video of her dancing in Tijuana last month for her birthday.
Her family said she loved to walk, and she was full of life. They said she would give anything to help someone in need.
“She was a great mother,” a family member, who didn’t provide their name, said. “She sacrificed a lot for her family.”
As the family continues to grieve, the highway patrol is investigating the traffic collision as the Merced Police conduct their own administrative investigation.
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GRAPHIC: More flee as Ukraine warns of stepped-up Russian attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilian evacuations moved forward in patches of battle-scarred eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a day after a missile strike killed at least 52 people and wounded more than 100 at a train station where thousands clamored to leave before an expected Russian onslaught.
In the wake of the attack in Kramatorsk, several European leaders made efforts to show solidarity with Ukraine, with the Austrian chancellor and British prime minister visiting Kyiv — the capital city that Russia failed to capture and where troops retreated days ago. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where Johnson’s office said they discussed Britain’s “long-term support.”
Zelenskyy noted the increased support in an Associated Press interview, but expressed frustration when asked if weapons and other equipment Ukraine has received from the West is sufficient to shift the war’s outcome.
“Not yet,” he said, switching to English for emphasis. “Of course it’s not enough.”
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More than six weeks after Russia first invaded Ukraine, it has pulled its troops from the northern part of the country, around Kyiv, and refocused on the Donbas region in the east. Western military analysts said an arc of territory in eastern Ukraine was under Russian control, from Kharkiv — Ukraine’s second-largest city — in the north to Kherson in the south. But Ukrainian counterattacks are threatening Russian control of Kherson, according to the Western assessments, and Ukrainian forces are repelling Russian assaults elsewhere in the Donbas region in the southeast.
Ukrainian authorities have called on civilians to get out ahead of an imminent, stepped-up offensive by Russian forces in the east. With trains not running out of Kramatorsk on Saturday, panicked residents boarded buses or looked for other ways to leave, fearing the kind of unrelenting assaults and occupations by Russian invaders that delivered food shortages, demolished buildings and death to other cities elsewhere in Ukraine.
“It was terrifying. The horror, the horror,” one resident told British broadcaster Sky, recalling Friday’s attack on the train station. “Heaven forbid, to live through this again. No, I don’t want to.”
Ukraine’s state railway company said in a statement that residents of Kramatorsk and other parts of the country’s contested Donbas region could flee through other train stations. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 10 evacuation corridors were planned for Saturday.
Zelenskyy called the train station attack the latest example of war crimes by Russian forces and said it should motivate the West to do more to help his country defend itself.
Russia denied it was responsible and accused Ukraine’s military of firing on the station to turn blame for civilian casualties on Moscow. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman detailed the missile’s trajectory and Ukrainian troop positions to bolster the argument.
Western experts and Ukrainian authorities insisted that Russia launched the weapon. Remnants of the rocket had the words “For the children” in Russian painted on it. The phrasing seemed to suggest the missile was sent to avenge the loss or subjugation of children, although its exact meaning remained unclear.
Western experts dismissed Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s assertion that Russian forces “do not use” Tochka-U missiles, the type that hit the train station, which is in Ukrainian government-controlled territory in the Donbas.
“There are (Russian) soldiers talking with their parents about what they stole and who they abducted. There are recordings of (Russian) prisoners of war who admitted to killing people,” he said. “There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb. There are also investigations being conducted based on the remains of the dead.”
Ukrainian authorities have warned they expect to find more mass killings once they reach the southern port city of Mariupol, which is also in the Donbas and has been subjected to a monthlong blockade and intense fighting.
As journalists who had been largely absent from the city began to trickle back in, new images emerged of the devastation from an airstrike on a theater last month that reportedly killed hundreds of civilians seeking shelter.
Military analysts had predicted for weeks that Russia would succeed in taking Mariupol but said Ukrainian defenders were still putting up a fight. The city’s location on the Sea of Azov is critical to establishing a land bridge from the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine eight years ago.
Many civilians now trying to evacuate are accustomed to living in or near a war zone because Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014 in the Donbas.
The attack came as Ukrainian authorities worked to identify victims and document possible war crimes by Russian soldiers in northern Ukraine. The mayor of Bucha, a town near Kyiv where graphic evidence of civilian slayings emerged after the Russians withdrew, said search teams were still finding bodies of people shot at close range in yards, parks and city squares.
Workers unearthed the 67 bodies Friday from a mass grave near a church, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general. Russia has falsely claimed that the scenes in Bucha were staged.
Ukrainian authorities and Western officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of committing atrocities in the war that began with Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. A total of 176 children have been killed, while 324 more have been wounded, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Saturday.
Speaking to AP inside the heavily guarded presidential office complex in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said he is committed to negotiating a diplomatic end to the war even though Russia has “tortured” Ukraine. He also acknowledged that peace likely will not come quickly. Talks so far have not included Russian President Vladimir Putin or other top officials.
“We have to fight, but fight for life. You can’t fight for dust when there is nothing and no people. That’s why it is important to stop this war,” he said.
Ukrainian authorities have said they expect to find more mass killings once they reach the southern port city of Mariupol, which is also in the Donbas and has been subjected to a monthlong blockade and intense fighting.
As journalists who had been largely absent from the city began to trickle back in, new images emerged of the devastation from an airstrike on a theater last month that reportedly killed hundreds of civilians seeking shelter.
Military analysts had predicted for weeks that Russia would succeed in taking Mariupol but said Ukrainian defenders were still putting up a fight. The city’s location on the Sea of Azov is critical to establishing a land bridge from the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine eight years ago.
Many civilians now trying to evacuate are accustomed to living in or near a war zone because Moscow-backed rebels have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014 in the Donbas, a mostly Russian-speaking, industrial region.
Ukrainian officials have pleaded with Western powers almost daily to send more arms, and to further punish Russia with sanctions, including the exclusion of Russian banks from the global financial system and a total European Union embargo on Russian gas and oil.
The deaths of civilians at the train station brought renewed expressions of outrage from Western leaders and pledges that Russia would face further reprisals. On Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry tried to counter the dominant international narrative by again raising the specter of Ukraine planting false flags and misinformation.
A ministry spokesman, Major Gen. Igor Konashenkov, alleged Ukraine’s security services were preparing a “cynical staged” media operation in Irpin, another town near Kyiv. Konashenkov said the plan was to show — falsely, he said — civilian casualties at the hands of the Russians and to stage the slaying of a fake Russian intelligence team that intended to kill witnesses. The claims could not be independently verified.
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said during a visit to Kyiv that he expects more EU sanctions against Russia, but he defended his country’s opposition so far to cutting off deliveries of Russian gas.
A package of sanctions imposed this week “won’t be the last one,” the chancellor said, acknowledging that “as long as people are dying, every sanction is still insufficient.” Austria is militarily neutral and not a member of NATO.
Johnson’s visit, which was not announced in advance, came a day after the U.K. pledged an additional 100 million pounds ($130 million) in high-grade military equipment to Ukraine.
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Anna reported from Bucha, Ukraine. Robert Burns in Washington, Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka in London and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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High school student arrested for attempted murder, sexual assault of teacher, police say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A high school student was arrested after he reportedly attacked a teacher and assaulted her when the two were discussing his grades.
KVVU reports the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was called to Eldorado High School Thursday afternoon, where a teacher was injured.
Arriving officers were directed to a classroom where a female teacher was being treated by medical personnel for multiple injuries, police said.
According to the LVMPD, an investigation by the department’s Sexual Assault Section indicated that the teacher was in her classroom when a 16-year-old student entered to talk about his grades.
At some point, police say, the student got violent and began punching the teacher and strangled her until she lost consciousness.
Police said the student left the classroom after the attack, and another school employee later found the teacher.
Police were able to identify the student, and Clark County School District police officers took him into custody in a nearby neighborhood.
According to police, the 16-year-old was transported to the Clark County Detention Center and booked on charges that included attempted murder, sexual assault and robbery.
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(KTLA) – A near-perfect issue of the first Captain America comic sold for $3.1 million at auction on Thursday.
“Captain America Comics” debuted at newsstands in December 1940, in the midst of World War II. The issue’s cover, well known to die-hard comic-book fans, famously featured an image of Captain America punching Adolf Hitler in the face.
“What better way to introduce a hero clad in the American flag during World War II than by showing him decking Hitler?” writes Marvel of the issue, which was written by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
The comic was a hit. But original copies are harder and harder to come by — especially copies in near-mint condition.
One such copy (given a condition grade of 9.4) went up for auction Thursday as part of a Heritage Auctions’ Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. Heritage Auctions had previously facilitated the sale of a different copy of the exact same comic book in 2019 — when it sold for just $915,000 — but bidding on this particular issue opened at $1,825,000 on Friday.
The issue eventually sold for $3,120,000, marking the fourth-highest price ever paid for a comic book at auction.
Other popular comics also set records at this week’s auction, including the issue that introduced the Fantastic Four and a “splash page” from 1964’s “Tales of Suspense” featuring Captain America.
“Every time I looked up during the comic art portion of the session, a new record was falling, and with the comic books, that trend continued,” said Barry Sandoval, the vice president of Heritage Auctions. “We knew this was a selection of truly exceptional material, and we’re thrilled bidders agreed with that.”
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Hiker rescue calls ramp up as hotter temperatures arrive in Southern Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Rising temperatures means danger for hikers. Members of the Southern Arizona Rescue Association tell us it’s that time of year where they see calls for rescues ramp up.
One of the most important things for us here in the desert is staying hydrated. The Southern Arizona Rescue Association says if you’re out on a hike and you only have about half your water left. It’s time to turn around and go back before it’s too late.
“Sometimes we can have three calls in a day. On these hot days, on occasion we may have two to three rescues going on at the same time,” SARA volunteer John Perchorowicz said.
As temperatures climb, your body hasn’t adjusted to the heat yet. Whether a native or an out of state visitor, the hotter temps can creep up on you and lead to a dangerous and potentially deadly situation.
We spoke with hikers at Sabino Canyon about what they do to stay safe.
“Preparing for hiking in this climate, because I’m from the northern part of New York state, what surprised me was how much water I had to drink,” Joe Giovenco said.
Damon Gerstein says he, “Drank a lot of water and took a break.”
“It’s good to take a break and look around instead of always going and dehydrating yourself,” he said.
It’s also important to pick the right time of day to go hiking and pack a bag with things you’ll need like sun protection, a fully charged phone, and sturdy shoes.
“Before we came here today, the first thing we did was check the weather. The next thing was we decided what time we were going to come here because you know the temperature can change drastically during the day,” Giovenco said.
SARA says when people need help, sometimes they wait too long to call. Their response time is anywhere from 30 minute to an hour to go to the trail head.
“If you feel like you’re in distress, call for help. Our services are free and the last thing we want folks to do is think is, ‘if I have to pay for this, I better keep going and try to get myself out,’ and get in more trouble,” Perchorowicz said.
Volunteers also recommends against hiking alone. But if you do hike alone, make sure you tell someone where you will be and what time you will be back.
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(The Hill) — Idaho’s Supreme Court put a temporary halt on the state’s newly passed six-week abortion ban on Friday.
The law, which was signed by Gov. Brad Little (R) last month, bans abortions after six weeks and allows family members to sue a person who performs an abortion after the legal timeframe.
The Idaho Supreme Court’s decision will block the law from going into effect pending further review. It was set to take effect April 22.
The court gave the state until April 28 to respond to the ruling.
Although Little said he supported the ban on abortions in the law, he expressed reservations about its civil enforcement mechanism.
“While I support the pro-life policy in this legislation, I fear the novel civil enforcement mechanism will in short order be proven both unconstitutional and unwise. Deputizing private citizens to levy hefty monetary fines on the exercise of a disfavored but judicially recognized constitutional right for the purpose of evading court review undermines our constitutional form of government and weakens our collective liberties,” Little wrote.
Planned Parenthood, which sued to block the abortion ban, celebrated the court’s decision on Friday.
“Patients across Idaho can breathe a sigh of relief tonight,” Rebecca Gibron, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, said in a statement. “We are thrilled that abortion will remain accessible in the state for now, but our fight to ensure that Idahoans can fully access their constitutionally protected rights is far from over.”
“Anti-abortion lawmakers have made clear that they will stop at nothing to control our lives, our bodies, and our futures. Planned Parenthood will continue fighting for every person’s ability to access basic health care, no matter their race, zip code, or economic status. We look forward to our day in court,” she continued.
The decision comes as the Supreme Court is set to weigh on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban later this year.
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INDIANAPOLIS — One person is in critical condition following a shooting Saturday on Indianapolis’ north side, police said.
Police with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 600 block of West 39th Street after being dispatched around 3:50 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, officers said they found a person with injuries consistent with a gunshot wound or wounds.
The victim, whose name is not currently being released by police, is being treated for injuries and is in critical condition, IMPD said. Police also said no other information is being released at this time.
This is a developing story. This article will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
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Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress’ partisan path
WASHINGTON (AP) — A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process. The collapse of a bipartisan compromise for more pandemic funds. The departure of a stalwart of the dwindling band of moderate House Republicans.
Party-line fights on Capitol Hill are as old as the republic, and they routinely escalate as elections approach. Yet three events from a notable week illustrate how Congress’ near- and long-term paths point toward intensifying partisanship.
THE SENATE’S SUPREME COURT BATTLE
Democrats rejoiced Thursday when the Senate by 53-47 confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black female justice. They crowed about a bipartisan stamp of approval from the trio of Republicans who supported it: Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah.
Yet by historical standards, the three opposition party votes were paltry and underscored the recent trend of Supreme Court confirmations becoming loyalty tests on party ideology. That’s a departure from a decades-long norm when senators might dislike a nominee’s judicial philosophy but defer to a president’s pick, barring a disqualifying revelation.
Murkowski said her support for Jackson was partly “rejection of the corrosive politicization” of how both parties consider Supreme Court nominations, which “is growing worse and more detached from reality by the year.”
Republicans said they would treat Jackson respectfully, and many did. Their questions and criticisms of her were pointed and partisan, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying “the Senate views itself as a co-partner in this process” with the president.
Yet some potential 2024 GOP presidential contenders seemed to use Jackson’s confirmation to woo hard-right support. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., misleadingly accused her of being unusually lenient on child pornography offenders. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., suggested she might have defended Nazis at the Nuremburg trials after World War II, before she was born.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said some Republicans “went overboard, as far as I’m concerned, to the extreme,” reflecting “the reality of politics on Capitol Hill.” Cotton was “fundamentally unfair, but that is his tradition,” said Durbin.
SUPREME COURT BATTLES PAST
Senate approval of high court nominees by voice vote, without bothering to hold roll calls, was standard for most of the 20th century. Conservative Antonin Scalia sailed into the Supreme Court by 98-0 in 1986, while liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg won 96-3 approval seven years later.
There were bitter fights. Democrats blocked conservative Robert Bork’s nomination in 1987 and unsuccessfully opposed Clarence Thomas’ ascension in 1991 after he was accused of sexual harassment.
Hard feelings intensified in early 2016. McConnell, then majority leader, blocked the Senate from even considering President Barack Obama’s pick of Merrick Garland to replace the deceased Scalia. McConnell cited the presidential election nearly nine months away, infuriating Democrats.
Donald Trump was elected and ultimately filled three vacancies over near-unanimous Democratic opposition.
Democrats opposed Brett Kavanaugh after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman decades earlier, which he denied. They voted solidly against Amy Coney Barrett after Trump and McConnell rushed through her nomination when a vacancy occurred just weeks before Election Day 2020, a sprint Democrats called hypocritical.
COVID SPENDING FIGHT, TRANSFORMED
Senators from both parties agreed to a $10 billion COVID-19 package Monday that President Joe Biden wants for more therapeutics, vaccines and tests. With BA.2, the new omicron variant, washing across the country, it seemed poised for congressional approval.
Hours later, bargainers led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, seemed blindsided when their compromise was derailed. Republicans wanted to add an extension of an expiring crackdown on migrants crossing the Mexican border that Trump imposed in 2020, citing the pandemic’s public health threat.
Many Republicans were skeptical that more COVID-19 money was necessary. But their demand for an immigration amendment transformed a fight over how much more to spend on a disease that’s killed 980,000 people in the U.S. into a battle over border security, tailor-made for GOP political campaigns ahead.
Immigration divides Democrats, and Republicans believe the issue can further solidify their chances of winning congressional control in November’s elections. Playing defense, Schumer postponed debate on the COVID-19 bill.
Democrats deserved some blame for being outmaneuvered. House Democrats shot down a $15 billion agreement in March, rejecting compromise budget savings to pay for it.
And in glaringly tone-deaf political timing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced April 1, just as bargainers were completing their latest compromise, that the Trump-era immigration curbs would lapse May 23.
That gave Republicans an irresistible political gift to pursue.
A MODERATE’S FAREWELL
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., announced his retirement Tuesday. He’s the fourth of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump last year to say they won’t seek reelection.
Upton attributed his departure to running in a new district, but that didn’t stop Trump from proclaiming: “UPTON QUITS! 4 down and 6 to go.” The House impeached Trump over his incitement of supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but the GOP-run Senate acquitted him.
Now in his 18th term, Upton’s departure subtracts another moderate from a GOP that’s shifted rightward in recent years, particularly when it comes to showing fealty to Trump.
The pro-business Upton, 68, was a driving force on one law spurring pharmaceutical development and has worked with Democrats on legislation affecting energy and the auto industry. His bipartisan work and affability placed him in the ever-smaller group of Republicans who draw Democrats’ praise.
“To him, bipartisan and compromise are not forbidden words,” said Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.
PARTY DIFFERENCES, THEN AND NOW
Pitched battles are now habitual over bills financing federal agencies and extending the government’s borrowing authority. When those disputes are resolved and federal shutdowns and defaults averted, lawmakers hail as triumphs what is their most rudimentary task — keeping government functioning.
Despite the divisions over COVID-19 money and Jackson, there has also been cooperation.
Congress overwhelmingly voted Thursday to ban Russian oil and downgrade trade relations with that country following its invasion of Ukraine. There’s progress on bipartisan trade and technology legislation, and a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure measure became law last year.
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LOS ANGELES (NewsNation) — Lawmakers have proposed a permanent “no-fly” list for unruly passengers, as part of an effort to address and stop violent incidents on airplanes.
Under the “Protection From Abusive Passengers Act,” proposed Wednesday, people convicted of assaulting crew members aboard an aircraft could be placed on a “no-fly” list that would be maintained by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In addition, those people could be barred from special programs that allow for expedited passenger screening, including the TSA’s PreCheck program or Global Entry, which is managed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Last year, the TSA tallied nearly 6,000 unruly passenger reports, with more than 4,000 related to mask compliance. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also launched investigations into more than 1,000 of those cases.
Pilots, airline representatives and flight crews nearly universally agreed that a no-fly list across the industry would make them feel more comfortable doing their jobs and protecting passengers in the sky.
Over the past two years, scenes of agitated passengers becoming physically and verbally abusive toward pilots, flight crews and fellow passengers have become too familiar.
“If you cannot keep yourself physically or emotionally in check, you need to not get on that aircraft,” said Capt. Laura Einsetler, a pilot.
Currently, each airline carefully maintains its own list of individuals barred from flying, but there’s currently a loophole: If someone misbehaves and getes banned from one airline, they can book a flight through a different one.
This bill would allow airlines to share their data and enforce a no-fly list across the industry.
“It’s been way overdue, and we just need to get this done so we can protect our passengers, our crew members, and the safety of our skies,” Einsetler said.
Pilots hope a no-fly list will allow passengers to realize the stakes are too high before acting up.
“If you’re going to disrupt the crew’s operation, then you will no longer fly on airlines anymore,” Einsetler said.
In February, a similar attempt to pass a federal no-fly list was cut short when several Republican senators pushed back, saying this would equate unruly passengers to terrorists and bar them from their constitutional right to travel freely.
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Off-duty police officer’s home, car riddled with bullets in ‘targeted’ shooting
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) - Police in Iowa are investigating a shooting that involved one of their own officers.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department said officers responded to calls about multiple gunshots being fired in a Cherry Hill neighborhood late Friday night. Officials said several bullets struck an off-duty officer’s home, garage and take-home squad car.
KCRG reports there were no injuries in the shooting but officials are calling it a targeted incident toward the off-duty Cedar Rapids police officer.
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman said he viewed the “intentional violent act as an extremely serious incident.” Officials also said that they were actively working to find those responsible and to hold them accountable.
“It was deliberate. It was an act of intimidation and we will not tolerate it,” Jerman said, in a statement.
Police said anyone with tips or more information should call the Cedar Rapids Police Department at 319-286-5491.
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(NEXSTAR) — As Americans deal with rising costs on ordinary food items, one alcoholic treat may also come at a higher price soon.
Global efforts to move away from Russian oil and energy amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine have led to surging fuel prices — and wine bottles are now more expensive to make.
“The cost of glass bottles in the U.S. has risen by as much as 20%, according to some brand owners, although most operators have seen much more modest price increases,” said Stephen Rannekleiv, global strategist in the beverages division of financial services company Rabobank, according to MarketWatch.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration explains the glass manufacturing industry is among the most energy-intensive, with the majority of fuel coming from natural gas. New York Mercantile Exchange data found the war in Ukraine has affected European wineries more than American companies, likely due to proximity and reliance on Russian supplies, Marketwatch reports.
Wineries in Europe saw a more than 500% increase in natural gas costs since last year. Meanwhile, American natural gas prices rose from around $2.56 in March 2021 to $4.69 in March 2022.
Rannekleiv wrote in Rabobank’s Q2 wine outlook that that some glass suppliers could implement additional price increases as the year goes on, too.
If all else fails, there’s always boxed wine, which in addition to its affordability is also more eco-friendly. It’s estimated the average box of wine contains about the same amount as one bottle of vino.
Wine Spectator sommelier Dr. Vinny explains: “The wines can be as good as their bottled contemporaries… As an added bonus, boxed wines are usually made from recycled materials, and weighing less than glass, they can have a lighter impact on the environment.”
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Pair arrested in possession of drugs, stolen vehicles and neglected animals, police say
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:24 PM MST|Updated: 19 hours ago
APOPKA, Fla. (Gray News) - Police in Florida said a tip led them to help rescue several neglected animals along with the arrest of two people.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies in Apopka found 10 guns, one of which was stolen, over a pound of marijuana, three stolen vehicles, and 17 animals that were being mistreated when checking out a recent drug tip.
Deputies took two people into custody. The items and animals were recovered, according to police.
The sheriff’s office didn’t immediately release the identification of the two arrested.
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Part of Sunset Road closed after crash
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 6:50 PM MST|Updated: 20 hours ago
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Pima County sheriff’s deputies are at the scene of a collision that left part of the road closed on Friday, April 8.
According to authorities, Sunset Road is closed between Camino de Oeste and Silverbell Road.
Traffic in the area will be delayed, and drivers are asked to find alternate routes.
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Pedestrian dies following crash near Fort Lowell, Alvernon
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A man has died following a crash near Fort Lowell Road and Alvernon Way on Friday, April 8.
Officers responded to the intersection of North Alvernon Way and East Blacklidge Drive just before 9:00 p.m for the report of a crash involving a pedestrian.
The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives determined that the man was trying to cross Alvernon Way from east to west when he was hit by a vehicle traveling southbound in the curb lane.
Officers said the driver stopped and cooperated with the investigation. Detectives determined the driver was not impaired.
Investigators learned that the man was in an unmarked crosswalk when he was hit. Detectives are also reviewing witness statements, which say that the man was hard to see as he crossed the street.
The investigation is ongoing. Officers said there are no charges or citations at this time.
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Police: Teen dies after boys shoot at each other while wearing body armor
BELLEVIEW, Fla. (Gray News) - A Florida teenager is dead and two others have been arrested after police said the boys took turns shooting at each other while wearing body armor.
The Belleview Police Department responded to a call of a shooting over the weekend at a house and found 16-year-old Christopher Leroy Broad Jr. shot inside of the home. He was transported to a hospital but died from his injuries.
Police said through their investigation they found 17-year-old Joshua Vining and Broad were taking turns shooting at each other while wearing a vest that contained a form of body armor. BPD Sgt. Michael Miley said Broad Jr. died after he was hit by a bullet fired by Vining, according to the evidence found.
On Thursday, police arrested Vining and 17-year-old Colton Whitler.
Vining was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child with a firearm and Whitler was charged with providing false information to law enforcement, according to Belleview police.
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Steelers QB Dwayne Haskins killed in auto accident
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was killed Saturday when he was hit by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway.
Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Indiana Miranda confirmed the accident on westbound Interstate 595. Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miranda didn’t say why the 24-year-old Haskins was on the highway at the time. The accident caused the highway to be shut down for several hours.
“He was just walking on the highway and got hit,” Miranda told The Associated Press.
Haskins’ death sparked an outpouring of grief from multiple corners of the NFL, particularly with his former teammates with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders.
“I am devastated and at a loss for words with the unfortunate passing of Dwayne Haskins,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “He quickly became part of our Steelers family upon his arrival in Pittsburgh and was one of our hardest workers, both on the field and in our community. Dwayne was a great teammate, but even more so a tremendous friend to so many. I am truly heartbroken.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Kalabrya, and his entire family during this difficult time.”
Haskins was selected by Washington in the first round of the 2019 draft out of Ohio State. He started seven games as a rookie, going 2-5. He was 1-5 in six starts the next season for the team, then was released.
Washington coach Ron Rivera said he was “absolutely heartbroken” to learn of Haskins’ death.
“Dwayne was a talented young man who had a long life ahead of him,” Rivera said in a release. “This is a very sad time and I am honestly at a loss for words. I know I speak for the rest of our team in saying he will be sorely missed. Our entire team is sending our heartfelt condolences and thoughts and prayers to the Haskins family at this time.”
Ohio State posted a photo of Haskins on its Twitter feed. It read: “Leader. Legend. Forever a Buckeye.”
The Steelers gave Haskins a chance to resurrect his career in January 2021 when they signed him a month after being released by Washington. Humbled by the decision, Haskins stressed he was eager to work hard and absorb as much as he could from Ben Roethlisberger and Mason Rudolph. He made the roster as the third-stringer but only dressed once, serving as the backup in a tie with Detroit after Roethlisberger was placed into the COVID-19 protocol the night before the game.
“The world lost a great person today,” Steelers star T.J. Watt posted on Twitter. “When Dwayne first walked into the locker room I could tell he was an upbeat guy. He was always making people smile, never taking life for granted.”
Tomlin and general manager Kevin Colbert both praised Haskins for his improvement since joining the team, and the Steelers re-signed him to a one-year deal as a restricted free agent in March. He was expected to compete with Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky for a spot.
“Dwayne meant so much to so many people,” Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward posted on Twitter. “His smile was infectious and he was a guy you wanted to be around. We are all in shock about losing him. We are going to miss the heck out of him as well. We lost you way too early. Luckily I got a chance to get to know you. RIP DH.”
ESPN was the first to report Haskins had died.
Haskins appeared to be working in South Florida this week with several teammates, including Trubisky, running back Najee Harris and tight end Pat Freiermuth.
“Devastated,” Rudolph said on social media.
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Vehicle collides with food truck in Austin, Texas; 11 hurt
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven people were injured in a “major collision” Friday night in Austin, Texas, involving pedestrians and two vehicles, one of which hit a food truck, authorities said.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted that two of the victims sustained potential life-threatening injuries. Seven others sustained non-life-threatening injuries requiring medical evaluation. The other two didn’t require hospitalization.
The collision occurred in a popular area near downtown Austin where there are frequently several food carts stationed.
Jennifer Dunn, an employee at a nearby restaurant, told The Associated Press that a group of 25 people had just left to get ice cream at a food truck a few feet away when patrons inside the restaurant heard a loud boom.
Dunn said several members of the group then ran back inside injured and asking for help. Dunn said she and others ran to the scene where several people, including the drivers, appeared severely hurt.
“We work in the restaurant industry, so we are used to helping,” Dunn said. “I have been doing this for a long (time), so have the servers and we just wanted to help.”
Austin is the Texas state capital and home to the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
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BOSTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boston Architectural College (BAC) announces the launching of its newest video venture, BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas. This ongoing program will offer a series of exclusive, insightful, and one-on-one conversations between President Mahesh Daas and thought leaders from around the design professions and related industries.
Each episode aligns with the BAC's critical mission to diversify the design professions through expanded access to excellence in design education. Another key program goal includes increasing awareness of the design discipline to advance design literacy within the public sphere.
The BAC is honored to kick-off its inaugural episode of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by featuring Professor Balkrishna Doshi—India's first and only Pritzker prize winning architect, educator, guru, and the BAC's 2021 honorary alumnus. As President Daas noted, "While the number of his projects might be measurable, the impact of his influence is immeasurable."
In this first episode, which was filmed during the height of the global pandemic, Professor Doshi and President Daas speak candidly about his life and career spanning nine decades, discussing design education, theory, rituals, space, architecture as well as the immense impact on our global structures and society during a global pandemic.
Watch this unique conversation during the inaugural launch of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas—experience a candid discussion, and delve into the prodigious life of a leading architect, guru, and educator of our time, Professor Balkrishna Doshi.
Stay tuned for more information on upcoming episodes of BAC Channel with Mahesh Daas by visiting our website.
Dr. Mahesh Daas, ACSA Distinguished Professor, serves as the eighth president of The Boston Architectural College. President Daas is the author of two books, Leading with Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of President Charles M. Vest at M.I.T. (2015, 2019) as well as co-edited volume Towards A Robotic Architecture (2018). He also serves as the current Chancellor of the ACSA College of Distinguished Professors and on the editorial board of Construction Robotics Journal. Boston Magazine hailed "The BAC's Mahesh Daas is on a Mission to Reinvent Design Education."
Founded in 1889, The Boston Architectural College (BAC) is an internationally recognized institution with a diverse student and alumni population representing more than 54 countries. Providing excellence in practice-integrated design education, the BAC was Ranked #1 for Best Graduate School for Earning Potential and #4 for Best Architecture School Offering Bachelor's Degrees in the U.S. in 2020 by GradReports. The BAC offers bachelor and graduate degrees in architecture, interior architecture, landscape architecture, design studies as well as offering continuing education certificates and courses. The BAC upholds the importance of inclusive admission, diversity, innovation, dedicated faculty, and the intrinsic value of both academic and experiential education.
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HOUSTON, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marble Capital, a Houston-based investment advisory firm focused on multi-family rental housing across the United States, announced today that the firm has signed definitive agreements to enter into a partnership with Navigator Global Investments (ASX: NGI). The transaction is expected to close in late April 2022. In the deal, Navigator will purchase a minority stake in the business and become a passive, non-voting minority partner. Most of the capital will be used to support Marble Capital's near term growth initiatives, including funding larger general partner commitments to Marble Capital funds.
With Navigator, Marble will benefit from the deep experience and relationships of the Navigator leadership team. Additionally, as Navigator is a portfolio investment of Dyal, a division of Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL), Marble is joining a broad ecosystem of leading alternative asset managers with access to a team that focuses on sharing insight into industry best practices and access to various capital providers. The partnership will allow the firm to invest more significantly in its various funds while also providing balance sheet capital to create and implement new products.
"We are extremely pleased to partner with Navigator as we enter into the next stage of growth at Marble Capital," said Adam Allen, co-founder and managing principal at Marble Capital. "We believe Navigator's commitment to the company validates our strategy, underwriting process and the team we've assembled over the last five years."
David Oelfke, Marble Capital co-founder and managing principal added "a partnership with Navigator provides us a long term and aligned partner to accelerate certain growth initiatives, gain access to a deep industry network and best practices to leverage over time."
Michael Shepherd, Navigator Chairman commented "This is a strategic and compelling opportunity to partner with a successful and growing asset manager that brings diversification to our existing investment portfolio and will create value for Navigator shareholders. We look forward to continuing to support the Marble Capital team."
Colchester Partners LLC served as financial advisor to Marble on the transaction. Holland & Knight LLP served as legal counsel to Marble. Sidley Austin LLP served as legal counsel to Navigator.
About Marble Capital
Established in 2016, Marble Capital currently manages $1.4 billion in AUM across a series of closed-end private equity funds. The company provides flexible capital solutions for multifamily real estate developers and operators across the United States with a portfolio consisting of more than 20,000 multifamily units across US$4.5bn in transactions. Marble is headquartered in Houston, TX and is managed by a group of accomplished real estate professionals with 150 years of combined experience in real estate finance, capital markets, development and operations. For more information, please visit https://marblecapitallp.com
About Navigator
Navigator Global Investments Limited (ASX: NGI) is a diversified asset management holding company dedicated to partnering with leading management teams who operate institutional quality businesses globally, primarily in the alternative investment management sector. Navigator has US$21.6 billion of AUM (31 December 2021) on an ownership adjusted basis across Lighthouse Partners and its strategic investment portfolio. For more information, please visit www.navigatorglobal.com.au
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