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The 53-year-old actor was previously cast in ‘Fast and Loose’, but the movie has been quietly put on the backburner after Will smacked Chris Rock at the Oscars.
Hollywood Reporter. It’s been suggested that the streaming service could still make the project but with another actor in the lead role. The proposed movie focuses on a crime boss who loses his memory after being attacked. The central character then pieces together the clues and discovers that he’s led a double life as a kingpin and a CIA agent.
Elsewhere, work on ‘Bad Boys 4’ has been paused by Sony, while other projects in pre-production are likely to follow suit. Meanwhile, Will recently resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after he smacked Chris at the Oscars. The Hollywood star – who won the Best Actor gong after the on-stage confrontation – also insisted he would accept “any further consequences” the organization imposed. He said in a statement: “I have directly responded to the academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct. “My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home.
“I betrayed the trust of the academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken. “I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film. So, I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any further consequences the board deems appropriate. “Change takes time and I am committed to doing the work to ensure that I never again allow violence to overtake reason.”
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(NEXSTAR) — “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returned to a main-event slot at WWE’s biggest show beating current superstar Kevin Owens in a no-holds barred match to close out Saturday night’s edition of WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The 57-year-old hall of famer received one of the night’s loudest ovations in front of a rowdy home state crowd of more than 77,000 people. In what was billed as a special edition of The KO Show, Owens initially sat down with Austin for an interview but quickly challenged him to an anything goes match. Minutes later, a referee was in the ring and Austin was competing nearly 20 years after his retirement.
“The Texas Rattlesnake” started the match by roughing up Owens while he actively drank beer. Before you knew it, the pair was throwing punches out in the crowd and battling throughout the massive home of the Dallas Cowboys. They eventually worked their way back to ringside where Austin again downed a few beers while beating on his opponent.
It appeared Austin’s comeback may end in a loss when Owens hit Austin with his own version of the Stone Cold Stunner, but the more experienced competitor was able to kick out at the last second. Owens then brought a steel chair in the ring hoping to finish the job. The move backfired and Austin was able to nail a Stunner for a pinfall victory.
After the match, Austin celebrated by drinking even more beer and hitting Owens and announcer Byron Saxton with additional stunners as the excited crowd filed out of the stadium.
Weeks ago, Owens started running down the state of Texas as part of an effort to get his “WrestleMania moment” and lure Austin out of retirement. Wrestling insiders figured Owens might be biting off more than he could chew and that proved to be the case Saturday night.
Prior to this weekend, Austin’s final match took place at WrestleMania 19 against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
WrestleMania since retirement
Since retiring from the ring, Austin has had fairly regular appearances at WrestleMania. His highest profile role likely came at WrestleMania 23 when he served as referee for the “Battle of the Billionaires” featuring Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. On that night, he gave the future president a Stone Cold Stunner – a scenario we’ll likely never see again.
He’s made other appearances as a special guest enforcer and interview segment guest.
During the last WrestleMania at AT&T Stadium, Austin joined hall of famers Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley to battle off a bad guy group “League of Nations.” Following the WrestleMania 32 melee, the legends were asked to joined tag team The New Day for a dance off. As had been the case throughout his career, Austin made it seem like he’d play along but instead delivered a Stunner to New Day’s Xavier Woods.
Gallery: Stone Cold through the years
Becoming wrestling’s hottest act
25 years ago at WrestleMania, Austin competed in a career-changing match against Bret Hart. The submission match at WrestleMania 13 ended with Austin passing out in a pool of his own blood and Hart being declared the victor. Austin’s refusal to give up and eventual refusal to seek medical attention after the match led to him becoming a favorite with the fans.
In the months that followed, he’d be referred to as a “hellraiser” and prove to be a constant thorn in the side of McMahon’s on-air character. The pair had one of the hottest feuds in wrestling history and produced record box office and merchandising business. As an antihero, Austin became wrestling’s hottest act of the 90s.
His biggest in-ring rival proved to be The Rock. The pair would end up headlining three WrestleManias with Austin getting the better of Johnson in two of those matches. The pair credits each other for much of the success they respectively enjoyed in WWE.
At WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans, Austin and The Rock reunited in the ring with another wrestling titan, Hulk Hogan. The trio enjoyed beers to begin the anniversary broadcast.
Other WrestleMania notes
- During night one of Wrestlemania, Charlotte Flair defeated “The Baddest Woman on the Planet” Ronda Rousey by pinfall to retain her Smackdown Women’s Championship.
- YouTube superstar Logan Paul earned a WrestleMania win after his tag team partner The Miz pinned Rey Mysterio to defeat Rey and his son Dominik. After the victory, The Miz turned on Paul hitting the Skull-Crushing Finale and leaving him laying.
- Bianca Belair captured the RAW Women’s Championship defeating champ Becky Lynch.
- Rick Boogs suffered a serious leg injury in his WrestleMania debut. Boogs was unable to finish the match. The show’s announcers confirmed he’d need surgery.
- On Friday night, wrestling legend The Undertaker was inducted into WWE’s Hall of Fame as part of WrestleMania weekend. He appeared in front of the crowd on Saturday and received a standing ovation.
- WrestleMania will be headlined by a Sunday night showdown pitting WWE champion Brock Lesnar against Universal champion Roman Reigns in a “winner take all” match. It begins at 8pm ET and is available exclusively on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform.
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- Domestic sight deposits CHF 664.1 bn vs CHF 658.3 bn prior
That's a significant jump in overall sight deposits, suggesting that the SNB is seen stepping in to at least try and curb any excessive strength in the Swiss franc. However, that isn't quite so much evident in EUR/CHF or USD/CHF price action. That said, the former continues to keep above 1.0200 for now after the bounce off parity at the start of March trading.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A hiker who went missing two weeks ago was found dead in Griffith Park with his dog by his side, authorities said.
Oscar Alejandro Hernandez, 29, was reported missing on March 16. His body was found Thursday night in a remote area of the sprawling urban park. His dog, King, was alive but emaciated.
He apparently hadn’t left Hernandez’s side for two weeks, a relative told KNBC-TV. The family was there when the body was found, said Sgt. Ruben Arellano, a watch commander at the station in charge of Griffith Park.
Hernandez was last seen near the park merry-go-round’s hiking trails, according to a missing person flier posted by his family.
There was no immediate word on the cause of his death. There is no reason to believe foul play was involved, Arellano said.
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(NEXSTAR) – The honor of gracing the Grammys stage isn’t all you get as a performer or presenter at the awards show. Each A-lister is also gifted a swag bag full of luxury goods worth $49,000, according to the company that puts them together.
The gift bags are assembled by Distinctive Assets, the same folks behind the six-figure swag bag sent to all Oscars nominees.
This year’s gift bag, which will be hand out to artists like Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, BTS and the Foo Fighters, includes:
- Voucher for liposuction on your arms
- Popcorn that’s described as “flavor wrapped”
- Skincare products made from figs and tofu
- $10,000 worth of Botox, fillers and chemical peels
- CBD sleep aids
- An electric toothbrush
- Trucker hat from a genderless fashion line
- Bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon wine and three bottles of Grey Goose vodka
- Three-course tasting meal for two at Kokomo Restaurant in New York
- Perfume made by Mastercard
- Kit to make whipped coffee
- Book about Dr. Anthony Fauci
For this year’s Grammy Awards, there’s not just a gift bag – there’s a whole gift lounge. It’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a big room open to celebrities during the three days of Grammy rehearsals, where they can peruse freebies and take what they like.
The lounge has different gift options, like vegan running shoes, flower arrangements and a gift certificate for Topgolf.
Celebrities aren’t obligated to accept anything in the gift bag or gift lounge. Some accept the gifts, then donate them to charity. Others happily keep the luxury goods and take the lavish vacations. There is one catch to the free swag: Anything they do keep is taxable as income under federal tax code.
The Grammy Awards air Sunday, April 3 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
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Kansas softball traveled to Lubbock, Texas, over the weekend for a three-game series against Texas Tech. Though the Jayhawks dropped the first two games to the Red Raiders, the team avoided the sweep with a win on Sunday.
Sophomore pitcher Kasey Hamilton took the mound for Kansas to kick off the series on Friday, but was pulled after just one inning pitched and allowing three earned runs.
Texas Tech jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double from junior infielder Ellie Bailey. Four runs and capitalizing on two Kansas errors in the second inning gave the Red Raiders enough momentum to keep the rest of the game in their favor, though the Jayhawks kept fighting back despite an early deficit.
Kansas pulled itself within one run after three homers in the inning from sophomore utility player Lyric Moore, freshman utility player Olivia Bruno and junior shortstop Haleigh Harper. However, Texas Tech tallied two more in the bottom half of the inning on senior outfielder Peyton Blythe’s RBI single.
After a bases-clearing RBI double from junior centerfielder Shayna Espy the previous inning, Kansas went into the sixth down 10-7. Sophomore pitcher Savanna DesRochers’ two-run blast and her fifth home run of the season then brought them within one run of the Red Raiders.
However, two more Texas Tech runs in the bottom half proved to be the last nail in the coffin for game one, with the Jayhawks falling to the Red Raiders 12-9.
Game two started off in similar fashion. Texas Tech put itself on the board in the first inning after an RBI single from sophomore outfielder Carson Armijo drove home the first run of the day. Armijo then scored on another single from junior designated player Riley Ehlen.
Saturday’s game wasn’t as back-and-forth as Friday’s, however. The Jayhawks struggled at the plate in game two, only putting up two runs. Both of Kansas’ runs came in the third inning when Espy scored on a wild pitch and then junior third baseman Ashlyn Anderson stole home to tie the game at 2-2.
A two-run blast from Bailey pulled the Red Raiders ahead again in the bottom half of the third, and the Jayhawks couldn't recover. Kansas dropped the second game of the series 5-2.
The long ball was the Jayhawks’ saving grace in Sunday’s win. Anderson set the tone in the first with her eighth home run on the season, and senior second baseman Cheyenne Hornbuckle followed shortly afterwards with a three-run shot for the early 4-0 lead.
Kansas also saw home runs from freshman utility Sara Roszak and junior utility Peyton Renzi in the 10-4 victory.
Hamilton took the mound again on Sunday, this time pitching a complete game with four strikeouts and only two earned runs to secure the win.
Kansas moves to 12-20 on the season and hosts Baylor for a three-game series starting April 8. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Friday at Arrocha Ballpark.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — Jon Batiste may have won the most Grammy Awards with five on Sunday night, but in some ways he was a surprise.
He won the prestigious album of the year against heavyweights like Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ye.
Batiste's performance of “Freedom” also symbolized the Grammys' joyous night of music that washed away some of the bad taste from the Oscars the previous week.
Silk Sonic won four Grammys, including song and record of the year for their smooth R&B hit “Leave the Door Open.” Olivia Rodrigo, Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton and CeCe Winans won three Grammys each.
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WASHINGTON — Gas prices continue to set records across the country with the national average hovering around $4.20/gallon.
While President Biden took action last week to increase supply, can anything more be done by lawmakers to provide relief at the pump?
SOME RELIEF IS OCCURRING
The country seems to be in a much different place than it was in April of 2020 when gas prices were under $2 per gallon. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a severe impact on global energy markets.
Russia is the world's third-largest energy producer. The Biden administration is well aware of the impact the hike is having on Americans and has taken some action in the last few days.
Last Thursday, President Biden announced a plan to release one million barrels of oil each day for 180 days from the nation's strategic reserve.
"There isn't enough supply," President Joe Biden said on Thursday at the White House.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg also announced a plan last week to increase fuel efficiency standards in new vehicles beginning in 2024. The markets, however, have only moved marginally since those announcements.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Lawmakers typically have very little say when it comes to the price of gasoline because the energy market is so dependent on output from other countries. However, there are some options being considered on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Option #1: Pressure oil executives to produce more oil and limit profits.
This week, on Wednesday, the leaders of Shell, BP, Chevron, as well as ExxonMobil are expected to testify on Capitol Hill. Democrats are planning to push companies to do more to lower the cost.
"We want to know what’s causing these record-high prices and what needs to be done to bring them down immediately," Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) said, announcing the hearing.
Option #2: Fine oil companies for not drilling.
President Biden has called on Congress to penalize companies that have leases to drill on federal lands but currently are not. Some economists believe an increase in American energy production would offset what is being lost from Russia because of the conflict.
Energy companies have pushed back saying not every location is capable of producing oil. As a result, this idea is looking less likely to make it through a divided Senate.
Option #3: A gas tax holiday or rebate program.
One idea being floated by Democrats is to send $100/month to every American making under $75,000 for the rest of the year as long as gas is above $4/gallon.
However, that idea still lacks the necessary support for passage, with some on Capitol Hill preferring a suspension of the federal gas tax instead. Currently, the federal gas tax is 18 cents a gallon. That has some opponents as well.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the drawbacks to that idea last week during her weekly press conference.
“The con is the oil companies don’t pass that on to the consumer, they haven’t in the past,” Pelosi told reporters.
As a result, it's still unclear if anything can actually become law in the near future that will help you with the bills.
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Frank Gore’s next stop is 49ers’ front office: ‘He knows which guys love football’ (paywall)
“Gore’s potential as an NFL evaluator has been discussed since he was a young running back. The 49ers’ former general manager, Scot McCloughan, used to talk about Gore’s ability to single out truly tough-minded and gritty competitors, the type of players Gore referred to as “dog”.”
“I love looking at talent. I love evaluating talent and I love ball,” Gore said. “And they [the 49ers] know that I know football players, what it’s supposed to take to be a football player.”
The Not-So-Prodigal Son Returns: 49ers Legend Frank Gore Comes Home
“There’s a litany of reasons why, despite consistent rumblings amongst the fanbase, Gore was never able to come back and produce for the team that drafted him out of the University of Miami in 2005. But now, with the long wait finally over, we can sit back and absorb everything that’s transpired over the back half of Gore’s historic career.”
“The major focus for the next few weeks will be on how San Francisco will use the draft to fill out holes in the roster, a group that will rise to 90 strong before too long, and then shrinks down to 53 before the start of the regular season.”
“The Jets added a familiar face for most of the coaching staff, signing former 49ers and Raiders defensive lineman Solomon Thomas to a one-year deal.”
“McCloughan: I’ll never forget. We’re sitting there after the first week of training camp and we go around the room by position. And we get to the running backs. And (running backs coach Bishop Harris is) a character, anyway. And we’re like, “OK, Bish, what do you think? Who do we keep at running back?” And he said, “I know this: You could blindfold that No. 21 and he could run for more touchdowns this year than Barlow. Blindfolded! I’m telling you right now, guys.”
Terry Jackson, running back: You look at Kevan and say, “This guy, he has all the tools in the book and he’s 6-2, 230 and beautiful body and can move, and he’s got great feet.” You look at a Frank and you think, “What’s this guy gonna do?” You don’t see that power. You don’t see it when he’s walking on the field. You don’t see until the game starts.”
FROM THE VAULT: York describes ‘quasi-scout’ Gore’s influence on Lance pick
“I know Frank trains with a lot of people, and this is a weird year where our scouts really didn’t have the opportunity to do as much in person,” York said. “And I asked him if he knew any of the guys.”
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Orbán slams Zelensky after winning Hungary's elections
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as he claimed victory in the country's elections on Sunday night, per the BBC.
Driving the news: "We have such a victory it can be seen from the moon, but it's sure that it can be seen from Brussels," the far-right leader said in his Sunday night speech, in a nod to his government's long-standing tensions with the European Union, CNN reports.
- "We will remember this victory until the end of our lives because we had to fight against a huge amount of opponents," said the far-right leader, naming political rivals on the Hungarian left, Brussels "bureaucrats," international media, "and the Ukrainian president too."
Context: Zelensky has repeatedly criticized Orbán's policies, notably referring to Hungary's government as a "Russian branch in Europe" while urging EU leaders to "stop listening to the excuses of Budapest."
- Orbán's close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin came under scrutiny in the final stretch of Hungary's election campaign, Axios' Zachary Basu reports.
What to watch: The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) sent a full monitoring mission to Hungary to observe polling — a rare step for the security and rights watchdog to take in an EU member state, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty notes.
Background: The OSCE said in a preliminary report in February that its points about problems from the 2018 elections hadn't been addressed and expressed concerns about "bias in public media and the potential for postal vote abuses," the outlet notes.
Meanwhile, the OSCE said in a preliminary report in February that its points about problems from the 2018 elections hadn't been addressed and expressed concerns about "bias in public media and the potential for postal vote abuses," the outlet notes.
What they're saying: Opposition leaders called the election campaign "unfair and impossible circumstances," with state media largely ignoring opposition parties, per AFP.
By the numbers: Preliminary results show Orbán's Fidesz party won 53.1% of votes, with 98% of ballots counted, electing him to a fourth term, per the BBC.
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Trump endorses Palin for Congress
Former President Trump endorsed Sarah Palin in her bid to fill Alaska's only U.S. congressional seat following the death of Republican Rep. Don Young.
What he's saying: "Sarah shocked many when she endorsed me very early in 2016, and we won big," Trump said in an emailed statement of Alaska's former governor. "Now, it’s my turn!"
- Trump called Palin a "wonderful patriot," adding that she's "tough and smart and will never back down."
Why it matters: Trump's endorsement could help boost the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee Palin's chances in a crowded field of 51 candidates who've filed to run in the special election, with with primaries to be held on June 11 and the general election on Aug. 16.
The big picture: Trump has endorsed more than 100 GOP candidates on 2022 ballots as he seeks to build an unprecedented legacy for a former president by shaping the future of his party, Axios' Andrew Solender writes.
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Based on early results of the spriing high-school sports season, and looking forward a couple of months, there is a very good chance many local public-school teams in the Sun Gazette’s various coverage areas will dominate and win postseason district and region-tournament competitions.
After that, some likely might even win Class 6 state-tourney championships, as well.
With so many good teams in so many different team sports, those local teams could win upwards of 70 to 80 percent of all the girls and boys district and region tournaments in the many spring sports of baseball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and track and field.
Many of those teams won such championships last spring on the district and region levels.
There also is a high likelihood there could even be two teams from Sun Gazette areas facing off in many district and region-tourney championship games or matches.
Keep in mind, there are only two districts – the Liberty and Concorde – that make up the rather small 6D North Region. Of the 13 teams that compile the region, eight are within the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas in Arlington and Fairfax counties. So that meager total of teams significantly increases the percentages that some local squads will perform well during the postseason.
Local athletes in individual playoff competitions – like girls and boys tennis and outdoor track and field – also will possess a strong chance to become district and region champions later this spring.
Multiple Madison and Yorktown teams and individuals won such spring prizes in 2021, and both Oakton teams won region and state tennis crowns. So in a few weeks, expect many more local champions to be crowned.
We’ll see what happens in a few more weeks.
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Bishop O’Connell High School stayed within its house to hire a new head varsity girls basketball coach.
In recent days, Brittany Davis, who has been an English teacher at the school for five years, was hired to fill the position. Davis also serves as O’Connell’s director of diversity, equity and unity.
Davis was a four-year member of the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team, where she was chosen team captain her senior season. She previously worked as head girls basketball coach at both the high school and club levels, including at Montrose Christian School in Rockville and Reid Temple Christian Academy in Glenn Dale, Md. Davis also has coached AAU teams.
“I plan to instill a desire not only to compete but to learn, with constant reassurance that education is the stepping stone to any successful career as they go through life,” Davis said in a statement.
A parent-player meet and greet with Davis was scheduled for April 4 in the O’Connell library.
Slowed by injuries and COVID issues, O’Connell struggled this past season, finishing 4-19. The team’s one bright spot was upsetting higher-seeded Potomac School in a first-round Division I state-tournament game.
The Knights did not have a season in 2020-21 because of the pandemic, but the season before they posted a 23-7 record and finished second in the state tournament and lost in the second round of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament.
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Pakistan has been plunged into political crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved parliament ahead of a vote on a no-confidence motion in which he was widely expected to lose.
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Pakistan has been plunged into political crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved parliament ahead of a vote on a no-confidence motion in which he was widely expected to lose.
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Morning news brief By A Martínez, Rachel Martin Published April 4, 2022 at 2:04 AM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 11:22 The latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. The sentencing phase of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter begins Monday. Pakistan's prime minister dissolved parliament and called for a new election. Copyright 2022 NPR
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Sacramento's second mass shooting of the year took place over the weekend. Six people died. The shooting prompted President Biden to urge Congress to enact a set of gun control measures.
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Sacramento's second mass shooting of the year took place over the weekend. Six people died. The shooting prompted President Biden to urge Congress to enact a set of gun control measures.
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The University of South Carolina beat the University of Connecticut 64-49 Sunday to become the women's NCAA basketball champions. The men's winner will be decided Monday night when Duke faces Kansas.
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The University of South Carolina beat the University of Connecticut 64-49 Sunday to become the women's NCAA basketball champions. The men's winner will be decided Monday night when Duke faces Kansas.
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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote Monday to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, bringing President Biden's nominee a step closer to a confirmation vote before the full Senate.
No Republicans on the committee are expected to vote to advance Jackson's nomination, writing in a statement during her confirmation hearings that Jackson's record "shows regular misuse of judicial authority to impose liberal preferences instead of what the law demands."
The committee is made up of 11 Democrats and 11 Republicans but Jackson's confirmation would advance to the full House even with an 11-11 deadlock.
Democrats on the committee cite Jackson's judgment as reason for their support, writing that her "credentials, experience, and evenhanded approach to the administration of justice make her an outstanding nominee to the Supreme Court."
Republicans may throw up procedural hurdles before the House votes, but they do not have the votes to block Jackson's confirmation.
All 50 members of the Democratic caucus are expected to vote to confirm the nominee and one Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, said she would vote yes, so Jackson's confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but confirmed.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said he hopes to hold a vote in the Senate before it begins its Easter recess on Friday.
Jackson, 51, served eight years as a federal trial court judge and last June was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Prior to becoming a judge, Jackson worked as a public defender. If confirmed, she would be the first Supreme Court justice since Thurgood Marshall to have represented indigent criminal defendants.
Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court. Her confirmation would not change its ideological balance, a 6-3 conservative majority.
Jackson will join the court in the summer when Breyer retires.
Voters broadly support Jackson's confirmation. A poll from Marquette University Law School after her confirmation hearings showed that 66 percent of adults saying they would support her nomination, while 34% wouldn't.
Jackson was seen as at least "somewhat qualified" by 88 percent of the public while 12 percent see her as "not qualified," the poll found.
That popularity is in contrast to recently confirmed Supreme Court justices. Amy Coney Barrett, the last nominee confirmed to the high court, was supported by roughly half of Americans prior to her confirmation in 2020, according to Gallup polling. Support for Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch was in the mid-40s.
NPR's Susan Davis contributed to this report.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — A former finance minister who surprised many by making it into Costa Rica's presidential runoff vote has easily won that ballot and is to become the Central American country's new leader next month, while still fending off accusations of sexual harassment when he worked at the World Bank.
With nearly all polling stations reporting late Sunday, conservative economist Rodrigo Chaves had 53% of the vote, compared to 47% for former President José Figueres Ferrer, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal said.
More than 42% of eligible voters did not participate in Sunday's election, however, reflecting the lack of enthusiasm Costa Ricans had for the candidates.
In his victory speech, Chaves said he received the result with humility and called for unity to address problems like unemployment and a soaring budget deficit.
"For me this is not a medal nor a trophy, but rather an enormous responsibility, heaped with challenges and difficulties that we will all resolve," he said.
"Costa Rica, the best is to come!" Chaves said before celebrating supporters. His inauguration is scheduled for May 8.
Figueres conceded defeat less than an hour after results began to come in. He had led the first round of voting Feb. 6, with Chaves in second that day. Neither had come close to the 40% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff.
"Costa Rica has voted and the people have spoken," Figueres said. "As the democrats we are we will always be respectful of that decision."
He congratulated Chaves and wished him the best, adding that continues to believe that Costa Rica is in a "deep crisis" and he is willing to help it recover.
Figueres, who was Costa Rica's president from 1994 to 1998, represents the National Liberation Party like his father, three-time president José Figueres Ferrer. Chaves served briefly in the administration of outgoing President Carlos Alvarado and represents the Social Democratic Progress Party.
Both men waged a bruising campaign that highlighted past controversies.
Chaves' campaign is under investigation by electoral authorities for allegedly running an illegal parallel financing structure. He also has been dogged by a sexual harassment scandal that drove him out of the World Bank.
While working at the World Bank he was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, was eventually demoted and then resigned. He has denied the accusations.
The World Bank's administrative Tribunal last year criticized the way the case was initially handled internally.
The tribunal noted that an internal investigation had found that from 2008 to 2013 Chaves leered at, made unwelcome comments about physical appearance, repeated sexual innuendo and unwelcome sexual advances toward multiple bank employees. Those details were repeated by the bank's human resources department in a letter to Chaves, but it decided to sanction him for misconduct rather than sexual harassment.
"The facts of the present case indicate that (Chaves') conduct was sexual in nature and that he knew or should have known that his conduct was unwelcome," the tribunal wrote. The tribunal also noted that in the proceedings, the banks current vice president for human resources said in testimony "that the undisputed facts legally amount to sexual harassment."
More than 3.5 million Costa Ricans were eligible to vote, but with many voters underwhelmed by the options, turnout was even lower than the 60% in February.
Lines formed before voting started at some polling places in San Jose, the capital, while others appeared nearly empty.
Political analyst Francisco Barahona said Costa Ricans' lack of enthusiasm was the result of the multitude of personal attacks that characterized the campaign.
"In the debates they only heated things up in personal confrontations, mistreatment of each other," he said. "They didn't add depth to their proposals to resolve the country's problems. The debates didn't help to motivate the electorate."
"For a lot of people it's embarrassing to say they voted for one or the other, and many prefer to say they won't vote for either of the candidates or simply won't go to vote," Barahona added.
Figueres has been questioned over a $900,000 consulting fee he received after his presidency from the telecommunication company Alcatel while it competed for a contract with the national electricity company. He was never charged with any crime and denied any wrongdoing.
While Costa Rica has enjoyed relative democratic stability compared with other countries in the region, the public has grown frustrated with public corruption scandals and high unemployment.
In the February vote, Alvarado's party was practically erased from the political landscape, receiving no seats in the new congress. At the time of that first vote, the country was riding a new wave of COVID-19 infections, but infections and hospitalizations have fallen considerably since.
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Barcelona architecture firm Slow Studio presents a new identity with the “slow-paced” attitude in mind. Instead of leaning into the reckless, accelerated pace of modern times, this system by Atipus emphasizes a more careful approach to design. Earth-toned colors, a robust typography system, and delicate lines balance it all.
We’ve heard about slow fashion and slow food as an opposite philosophy of today’s frenzy living rhythm. “Slow” attitude is about taking the time needed to create something genuinely well made. This is the mindset of Jade and Victor’s architecture studio. Innovative, perdurable, and meticulous spaces solutions thoughtfully conceived by a professional team that shares the passion for a slow way of life. We embraced and connected with their viewpoint to create their new identity, translating those values into visuals.
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After having my son almost 19 years ago, I pretty much checked out of pop culture in favor of being a full-time mother. So when I heard of drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death, I wasn’t hit hard the way so many of my friends and fellow musicians had been. What did bother me were the headlines that told us “10 different substances” had been found in his body. The implication was tawdry and disrespectful; it was sensationalistic language that didn’t demand a back story. It basically left readers with the takeaway that this was just another sad and perhaps unremarkable casualty of rock ’n’ roll. Who needed to read further? Not having any previous sentiment for the man, I was surprised at how offended I was by these cheap headlines. There had to be more to the story.
Indeed, there was.
I read the Rolling Stone interview with Hawkins from last June. Despite his expletive-rich responses, he revealed himself to be soft and vulnerable on the inside. I recognized in Hawkins an aspect of myself. I saw this tender fallibility in many of my friends, too. This man was simply trying to do his job, just trying to get through. Imagine a musician playing huge arenas who must fight his fear to even be on that stage! There’s no place to hide. All he can do is power through it. Or medicate through it. A human does what he or she must, simply in order to get through.
It’s so easy to be star-struck. I’ve met a number of famous people, some who inspired me to offer up inane fan banter and some who later became known to me in human and intimate ways. You can feel their energy, their focus and perhaps you sense that they are existing in another sort of world. But at the same time, one must always remember that people of elevated visibility are not gods or goddesses. They are humans. And they are also just doing their best to get through.
My father was a harpsichordist of some note. His esteemed career took him to many stages in many countries. As a child, I would see him as two men: the fellow who shuffled around the house in his slippers and bathrobe, doting on his beloved cats, and that other man, the one who wore a white bow tie, tux and tails, who warmly received us backstage, the gentleman who greeted fellow musicians in French or German.
When I visited people in the early music circles, they knew who my father was. It was a point of pride for me, but it also gave me instant credibility and just a hint of my own star power by proximity. What I did not know about my father until just a few years ago was that he struggled with stage fright. From what I know through my experiences and what I’ve pieced together from anecdotes told about him many years later, I’ve come to suspect that I may have inherited a predisposition for depression and panic from him. My famous yet fearful father.
It’s the humanity of this fellow Hawkins that endears him to me. It’s the fact that he was not an irresponsible or reckless person, but rather a man dealing with recovery, with fame, with stress. Such a potent mix of things — a situation that few of us can understand. That this man dealt with insecurities and fear — even when he was at such a high level of fame and accomplishment — is a testament to the emotional frailty that is present in all of us.
None of us is the person we would have the world believe we are.
Let’s try to realize that there is so much more to every story than we will ever see. We need to trust that no one is having an easy time of it; this is a hard planet. Human beings are all doing the best they can, just to get through.
Be an attentive and forgiving audience; everyone is putting on the best show they possibly can.
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To the editor -- There is no excuse for assaulting anyone (Will Smith comes to mind.).
However, and with no intended defense for that behavior, Chris Rock’s so called comedy was abominable. Why have we become so consumed with hate that we can laugh when someone makes a joke about someone with a disability?
I don’t get it.
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To the editor -- I was disappointed to read Annette Cary’s article on the Lower Snake River Dams. In the roundtable discussions held Tuesday in Richland by Rep. Dan Newhouse, I read much misinformation from speakers regarding the plight of the Snake River salmon and steelhead.
Snake River salmon and steelhead remain listed under the Endangered Species Act, despite 40 years of effort to mitigate for the impacts of the four lower Snake River dams. Mitigation mandated in 1980 by Congress through the Northwest Power Act.
The development of the Snake River hydro system has a projected life span of 50 years, these dams are on their last legs.
In 2016 the U.S. Army CORP projected the cost of replacement of three turbines at Ice Harbor would be $58 million. More recently the contract was awarded at $73 million. Turbine replacement on the lower Snake River dams will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
It’s time for all our elected leaders on both sides of the aisle, to come together, find solutions to mitigate economic impacts from dam breaching and save these iconic salmonids for future generations and honor our tribal treaty obligations to the true salmon people of our state.
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To the editor -- Beyond the mind-numbing sadness most of us experience watching tragic events unfold in Ukraine, Putin’s invasion should force us to recognize the need for two critical climate-related actions.
First, we must move much faster to eliminate dependence on fossil carbon. By far the most effective approach is to impose a rapidly increasing fee on fossil carbon. This can be done equitably (https://citizensclimatelobby.org). Had the world moved aggressively toward renewable energy three decades ago when the carbon dioxide problem was already clear, the geopolitics of recent history, including Middle East wars and the invasion of Ukraine, might have been far different.
Second, we must pursue with much higher priority than it now receives, a push for international planning and cooperation to accommodate refugees. One of the most foreboding aspects of climate change is the displacement of huge populations due to crop failure and sea level rise. Handling millions of displaced Ukrainians will provide a test of current capabilities, but the response so far to climate refugees from the Middle East and Central America has not been encouraging.
Whether we like it or not, climate change is here and now. We need to address it.
MILES McPHEE
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It’s still unclear whether the smoke around Hunter Biden’s foreign financial connections actually indicates a fire. That’s what federal investigators are (and should be) exploring. But here’s what’s already clear about the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son: The president hasn’t responded by firing people, publicly lashing out at investigators or otherwise obstructing justice. Instead, he has responsibly stayed out of it. What a refreshing change from his predecessor’s campaign of obstruction and vengeance in response to legitimate questions about his own foreign entanglements.
What began as a federal inquiry into Hunter Biden’s unpaid taxes during the Obama administration — while Biden’s father was vice president — has since expanded to probe his profitable roles in troubled energy deals in Ukraine and China.
The probe was expanded during Donald Trump’s presidency, under a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney, even as Joe Biden’s political threat to Trump rose. Still, the same U.S. attorney has been allowed to pursue the case with the change of administrations. Contrast that to Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, his pardoning of cronies, his public trashing of investigators and other brazen steps designed to thwart the inquiry by the special counsel into Trump’s troubling Russia connections.
To hear some tell it, the Hunter Biden saga is a smoking gun that implicates President Biden in influence-peddling and other nefarious doings. In fact, there’s been no evidence of that reported. The younger Biden certainly tends to look shady with his documented past drug problems and his obvious attempts to leverage his family name to build what has been, to date, an unsuccessful business career. But if Joe Biden’s detractors have proof of illegality or even impropriety on the president’s part, they have yet to show it.
What they do have is a sinister-sounding phrase — Hunter’s laptop! — that they wield as if it’s proof of something other than sound and fury designed to obfuscate a sober examination of the facts.
It does appear some documents that are part of the investigation were found on a laptop that the younger Biden left at a Delaware computer repair shop. But the existence of the laptop itself isn’t especially relevant beyond its usefulness as a prop — which is how the Trump campaign used it when it sprung into the public discourse shortly before the 2020 election. And why not? They knew firsthand how well the equally irrelevant but sinister-sounding prop-phrase Hillary’s emails! worked for them four years earlier.
If Hunter Biden is found to have broken the law, he should be convicted and punished. If there’s any evidence that President Biden did anything improper, it should be revealed.
Meanwhile, it’s refreshing to have a president who responds to a federal inquiry into his own circle by staying out of the way and above the fray, instead of acting like a cornered mob boss.
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In recent weeks, revelations about political activity by Virginia Thomas, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, have evolved from alarming to beyond the pale.
First came a New Yorker investigation in January that detailed numerous ways Thomas and her political-lobbying firm, Liberty Consulting, are linked to right-wing groups with high-stakes cases before the court on abortion, affirmative action and gun rights. In some instances, she was paid by groups filing amicus briefs that her husband would presumably read in the course of his deliberations.
Then came a New York Times investigation showing how Thomas used her husband’s relationship with then-President Donald Trump to try to influence policy and personnel decisions in the White House. It also reported that she helped unite various groups participating in the Jan. 6 rally that resulted in the deadly attack on the Capitol as Congress was certifying Biden’s election. (Virginia Thomas rejected the report in an interview with the Washington Free Beacon, saying that she did not help organize the rally, but that she attended it until she got too cold.)
Most recently, a Washington Post investigation revealed that after the 2020 election, Virginia Thomas repeatedly pressured Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to pursue efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
In a series of jaw-dropping text messages — “Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!” and “The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History,” among them — Thomas spread falsehoods as she urged the president’s team to attempt to reverse the election results. All this was happening as Trump and his allies vowed to take their cockamamie allegations of election fraud to the Supreme Court.
Those cases, of course, were so flimsy that they never made it to the nation’s highest court, preventing us from knowing if Justice Thomas would have recused himself from ruling on the matter in which he clearly had a conflict of interest.
But in January, we got a glimpse of the justice’s frightful lack of judicial ethics. That’s when the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s plea to shield his White House records — which included communication with Virginia Thomas — from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Only one justice sided with Trump and dissented from the ruling: Clarence Thomas.
What a disgrace.
Of course Thomas should have recused himself from that case. And he must, for the sake of fairness and public trust, recuse himself from any other Jan. 6 cases that may come before the court.
Beyond that, the disturbing chain of events demonstrates that the Supreme Court desperately needs stronger ethics rules. Right now the nine justices of the Supreme Court — the most powerful judges in the country — essentially police themselves when it comes to ethics. While they’re supposed to be guided by the same code of conduct that other federal judges must follow, justices decide whether to recuse themselves in any given situation. That must change.
The Supreme Court’s power rests in the trust it earns from the public.
Americans may not agree with every ruling from the court, but they need to trust that the justices’ decisions are fair, backed by integrity and driven by sound interpretations of the law.
There is no room for personal favors from the bench. It’s time for the Supreme Court to establish a code of ethical conduct — and stick to it.
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U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Abigale Schlemmer, a combat engineer officer with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, moves through a trench system alongside Philippine Marines during Balikatan 22 in Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th and largest-ever iteration of the exercise. BK22 coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation and a shared commitment to advancing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Schlemmer is a native of Seattle, Washington. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Aubuchon).
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A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion inserts Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines while conducting an air assault alongside Philippine Marines during Balikatan 22 in Claveria, Philippines, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for ‘shoulder-to-shoulder,’ is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th and largest-ever iteration of the exercise. BK22 coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation and a shared commitment to advancing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Aubuchon).
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Sgt. Maj. Stephanie K. Washington, a senior enlisted leader assigned to 1st Theater Sustainment Command, serves as a panel member during a mentorship event for pre-command captains and lieutenants assigned to 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Mar. 29, 2022. Senior leaders with 3rd ESC have offered similar mentorship sessions for different cohorts of Soldiers throughout their deployment serving in support of 1st TSC. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger)
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Thiruvananthapuram: Indian roads draw blood literally as over 150,000 lives are lost annually in vehicle accidents. About 450,000 vehicle accidents are reported from the country every year, with the State of Kerala too contributing a fair share. The central government has directed the State to reduce road accidents by 50 percent by curbing overspeeding by making use of real-time camera tracking technology.
Nearly 4,000 lives are lost and over 40,000 injured on an average in vehicle accidents in Kerala every year.
Important roads in Kerala are being brought under the scanner of artificial intelligence-based cameras with the objective of reducing road accidents by half within two years.
Safety experts say traffic rules could be enforced more effectively once the software which evaluates violation of traffic rules and imposes fine automatically comes into being. Once the violation is captured on the camera, the footage will go directly to the central government’s server.
The vehicle owner will receive an SMS from the central server regarding the fine to be remitted for the violation and the information will also go to the special court simultaneously.
This limits the scope of influencing authorities to break free from the penalty.
High speed and over speeding are the main causes of accidents on Kerala roads. Even though changes were made in the speed limit on the national highway and other major roads in 2018, Kerala is still following the speed limits that were notified in the 2014 order. The speed limit for all vehicles near schools is 30 km/hour.
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Kochi: Fuel prices were hiked for the 12th time since March 22 on Monday. While petrol prices were increased by 44 paise, diesel rates went up by 42 paise.
Currently, petrol costs Rs 115.45 and diesel Rs 102.26 in Thiruvananthapuram. Petrol price rose to Rs113.46 in Kochi and diesel price touched Rs 100.4. It is Rs 113.62 and Rs 100.58 respectively in Kozhikode.
In the last 11 days, price of petrol has increased by Rs 9.15 and diesel by Rs 8.84.
The latest hike has been the 12th since March 22 which was preceded by a four-and-half-month hiatus when the rates were not revised apparently over polls in five states.
Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 103.81 per litre as against Rs 103.41 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 94.67 per litre to Rs 95.07, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers.
Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state, depending upon the incidence of local taxation.
Fuel pumps struggle to maintain stock
With fuel prices spiralling out of control, petrol pump owners in Kerala have been left in a lurch. Owners are struggling to find additional money to maintain their stock every day. Besides the soaring fuel prices, the unchanged commission for petrol and diesel is increasing the burden.
Owners have said that the government and oil companies are indifferent to their demands despite repeated requests. The vaporisation of fuel and the conversion of blended oil into water when filled in tanks have also increased the losses suffered by fuel pump owners.
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Thiruvananthapuram: This could make any car enthusiast turn green with envy. It has so far covered 23 lakh miles - or 3,701,491.2 km - and could still go strong.
The 1955-model Mercedes-Benz 180 T takes the pride of place in the garage of late Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the former Maharaja of the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore.
The vintage Merc will soon end up in the collection of LuLu Group's managing director M A Yusuffali.
The Karnataka-registered car bearing the registration plate “CAN 42” is now parked at the sprawling Kowdiar Palace. The royals have decided to gift the vehicle, which Uthradom Thirunal had used in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), to his close friend Yousuffali.
The car was bought for Rs 12,000 in the 1950s. According to palace estimates, Uthradom Thirunal had travelled 40 lakh kilometres - as driver and as passenger - since the age of 38. Of the total distance travelled, 24 miles was in “CAN 42.”
The car proudly displays a medal presented by Mercedes-Benz, certifying the distance it had covered. Uthradom Thirunal had even driven the car, at the age of 85.
Several prominent personalities had approached him offering handsome prices for the car. Benz too approached him with an offer: two brand new cars in exchange for the workhorse, which epitomised the company's slogan, "Das Beste oder Nichts (The best or nothing)," or as fans would call it, "Built like a tank."
The lucrative offers - from the Stuttgart, Germany-based manufacturer to others - did not move Uthradom Thirunal, who had an impressive collection of antique watches, cars and even a Rolleiflex camera purchased in 1936, three years before the the maker, Franke & Heidecke, introduced the 'new standard' camera in 1939. He kept the car, which he called "mile a minute" - referring to the speeds it could touch - with himself.
Uthradom Thirunals' decision was to hand over the car to Yousuffali. During a visit to Yusuffali's Dubai residence, Uthradom Thirunal invited him to his palace. Accepting the invitation, Yusuffali visited Pattom Palace, and Uthradom Thirunal informed him of his desire to gift the car.
After Uthradom Thirunal's death in December 2013, the car has been under the care of his son Padmanabha Varma and Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Foundation. The royals and the foundation have decided to gift the car to Yusuffali as per the wish of the former king.
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Thiruvananthapuram: This could make any car enthusiast turn green with envy. It has so far covered 23 lakh miles - or 3,701,491.2 km - and could still go strong.
The 1955-model Mercedes-Benz 180 T takes the pride of place in the garage of late Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the former Maharaja of the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore.
The vintage Merc will soon end up in the collection of LuLu Group's managing director M A Yusuffali.
The Karnataka-registered car bearing the registration plate “CAN 42” is now parked at the sprawling Kowdiar Palace. The royals have decided to gift the vehicle, which Uthradom Thirunal had used in Bangalore (now Bengaluru), to his close friend Yousuffali.
The car was bought for Rs 12,000 in the 1950s. According to palace estimates, Uthradom Thirunal had travelled 40 lakh kilometres - as driver and as passenger - since the age of 38. Of the total distance travelled, 24 miles was in “CAN 42.”
The car proudly displays a medal presented by Mercedes-Benz, certifying the distance it had covered. Uthradom Thirunal had even driven the car, at the age of 85.
Several prominent personalities had approached him offering handsome prices for the car. Benz too approached him with an offer: two brand new cars in exchange for the workhorse, which epitomised the company's slogan, "Das Beste oder Nichts (The best or nothing)," or as fans would call it, "Built like a tank."
The lucrative offers - from the Stuttgart, Germany-based manufacturer to others - did not move Uthradom Thirunal, who had an impressive collection of antique watches, cars and even a Rolleiflex camera purchased in 1936, three years before the the maker, Franke & Heidecke, introduced the 'new standard' camera in 1939. He kept the car, which he called "mile a minute" - referring to the speeds it could touch - with himself.
Uthradom Thirunals' decision was to hand over the car to Yousuffali. During a visit to Yusuffali's Dubai residence, Uthradom Thirunal invited him to his palace. Accepting the invitation, Yusuffali visited Pattom Palace, and Uthradom Thirunal informed him of his desire to gift the car.
After Uthradom Thirunal's death in December 2013, the car has been under the care of his son Padmanabha Varma and Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Foundation. The royals and the foundation have decided to gift the car to Yusuffali as per the wish of the former king.
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WASHINGTON — Gas prices continue to set records across the country with the national average hovering around $4.20/gallon.
While President Biden took action last week to increase supply, can anything more be done by lawmakers to provide relief at the pump?
SOME RELIEF IS OCCURRING
The country seems to be in a much different place than it was in April of 2020 when gas prices were under $2 per gallon. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a severe impact on global energy markets.
Russia is the world's third-largest energy producer. The Biden administration is well aware of the impact the hike is having on Americans and has taken some action in the last few days.
Last Thursday, President Biden announced a plan to release one million barrels of oil each day for 180 days from the nation's strategic reserve.
"There isn't enough supply," President Joe Biden said on Thursday at the White House.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg also announced a plan last week to increase fuel efficiency standards in new vehicles beginning in 2024. The markets, however, have only moved marginally since those announcements.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Lawmakers typically have very little say when it comes to the price of gasoline because the energy market is so dependent on output from other countries. However, there are some options being considered on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Option #1: Pressure oil executives to produce more oil and limit profits.
This week, on Wednesday, the leaders of Shell, BP, Chevron, as well as ExxonMobil are expected to testify on Capitol Hill. Democrats are planning to push companies to do more to lower the cost.
"We want to know what’s causing these record-high prices and what needs to be done to bring them down immediately," Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) said, announcing the hearing.
Option #2: Fine oil companies for not drilling.
President Biden has called on Congress to penalize companies that have leases to drill on federal lands but currently are not. Some economists believe an increase in American energy production would offset what is being lost from Russia because of the conflict.
Energy companies have pushed back saying not every location is capable of producing oil. As a result, this idea is looking less likely to make it through a divided Senate.
Option #3: A gas tax holiday or rebate program.
One idea being floated by Democrats is to send $100/month to every American making under $75,000 for the rest of the year as long as gas is above $4/gallon.
However, that idea still lacks the necessary support for passage, with some on Capitol Hill preferring a suspension of the federal gas tax instead. Currently, the federal gas tax is 18 cents a gallon. That has some opponents as well.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the drawbacks to that idea last week during her weekly press conference.
“The con is the oil companies don’t pass that on to the consumer, they haven’t in the past,” Pelosi told reporters.
As a result, it's still unclear if anything can actually become law in the near future that will help you with the bills.
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Many of us are planning our spring and summer home projects, such as replacing some appliances or redoing a bath or kitchen. But, beware because that home project or repair could run into all sorts of delays this year, and in some cases, the wait could be longer than it was in 2021.
Carolyn Nerenberg is at her wit's end when it comes to getting a new, working refrigerator. "They said, well you can have the floor model or we can order you another, and it will be about a year before you get it," she said. "A year!"
So she reluctantly took the floor model, but now says the ice maker has never worked, since day one.
"We went to use the ice and the water mechanism, and it doesn't work," she explained. "It leaks all over the inside of the refrigerator."
But, even though the fridge was under warranty, the repair company has tried 4 times to fix it. The company has been waiting weeks, at least, for some parts and it still leaks.
"The water all comes down through here, this whole thing is off, cause the water would fill up in here," she said, showing the vegetable crisper.
Many home projects take much longer
But, it's not just kitchen appliances where things are out of stock, parts are hard to find, or there are long delays. It seems no matter what home project you are doing, expect it to take a lot longer till you have it finished.
Homebuilder Ben Fry said, "we're seeing an increase in appliance costs, as well as extended lead times to get them."
But, Fry says fridges and dishwashers are not the worst: It can take up to a year to get custom-sized windows and garage doors.
So his advice to customers?
- Ask about appliances that are in stock, not special orders.
- Try to order a standard size window or door, or a size that the company has in its warehouse.
- Order months before your need it, if possible.
Fry is placing orders the minute home buyers sign on their new home.
"When the customer signs a contract," he said, "We're ordering windows, garage doors, appliances. You know bathroom fixtures. Everything we can that has set lead times to make sure it comes in on time."
We contacted Whirlpool for Carolyn Nerenberg, which is now looking into an expedited repair, or an exchange. She hopes to finally have a working fridge by summer.
"It's very frustrating," she said. "You get your heart set on remodeling, get in the groove and it has been a nightmare, after nightmare."
So, plan ahead so you don't waste your money.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Good Monday morning! It's a clear and comfy start to the day with temperatures in the lower 50's and mostly clear skies. We've got a pleasant start to the week on tap before storms and the potential for severe weather returns for Tuesday and Wednesday. Skies will be sunny this afternoon as high temperatures climb into the lower 80's with winds from the south-southeast.
Our next severe weather threat arrives on Tuesday. Scattered storms during the afternoon have the potential to produce strong wind gusts, heavy rain, and an isolated tornado or two. Storms will arrive in southern Georgia by the early afternoon with an enhanced risk issued from the NWS Storm Prediction Center.
Another round of storms will move in on Wednesday, once again driving up the severe storm potential. Strong storms are possible Wednesday and the primary threats are damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes.
A strong cold front will finally push the messy weather out of the area by Thursday. A few showers and a couple storms may linger during the morning, but there severe risk low.
Much colder and drier air will filter in for Friday into the weekend. High temperatures will only be around 70 degrees. Morning's will get cold again with low temperatures expected to plummet to the upper 30's to low 40's over the weekend.
As always, be sure to follow the ABC 27 First to Know Weather Team on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to download the Storm Shield App to get watches and warnings delivered straight to your phone to stay updated on your forecast through the week. Get the app today: iPhone/iPad | Android.
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Jon Batiste had the most Grammy Award nominations and his five wins outpaced everyone, yet he somehow seemed the biggest surprise on a joyous night for music that washed away some of the bad taste left by the Oscars a week earlier.
Batiste’s “We Are” won the prestigious album of the year award Sunday over music heavyweights like Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Ye, who changed his name from Kanye West. Batiste ended his dance-filled performance of “Freedom” during the show by jumping on Eilish’s table.
Silk Sonic won four Grammys, including song and record of the year for the duo’s smooth soul hit, “Leave the Door Open.” Olivia Rodrigo’s three awards included best new artist. Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton and CeCe Winans also won three each.
Yet Batiste captured the mood of a night where, despite some somber moments, the live performance skills of music’s best artists were on full display after COVID-19 had put much of the concert industry on pause.
“I was having such a good time,” Batiste said backstage after the show, describing the moment when Lenny Kravitz announced his best album victory. “I was hanging with my family, when my name came and the ‘We Are’ title was said by Lenny — such a full circle moment because we played together when I was 16. It was surreal.”
The versatile Batiste, music director on Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” also won Sunday for his song “Cry,” the video for “Freedom” and his work with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the soundtrack for “Soul.”
Kravitz had performed “Are You Gonna Go My Way” in a duet with H.E.R., his guitar skills and wardrobe unchanged since the song came out in 1993.
H.E.R. was still on a high backstage when she relived the moment.
“I watched Lenny growing up,” she said. “I literally studied all his videos of his performances. He’s one of the reasons why I wanted to play guitar.”
While sometimes-awkward performance partnerships have become a Grammy Award signature, Sunday’s show featured mostly sparkling performances by artists on their own. BTS high-stepped their way through “Butter,” rapper Nas fronted a big band, Rodrigo and Eilish powerfully channeled youthful angst, Stapleton delivered a bluesy version of “Cold” and Brandi Carlile, introduced by the formidable duo of Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt, lived up to the challenge.
“I think we’re all having a great time,” host Trevor Noah said.
The show was a clear contrast to the bad vibes from the Oscars a week earlier, which will forever be remembered for Will Smith smacking comedian Chris Rock after taking offense at one of his jokes.
There were a few quick references to that moment at the Grammys. Noah said that “we’ll be keeping names out people’s mouths,” a reference to Smith’s profane order to Rock not to talk about Smith’s wife. Questlove, onstage Sunday to present an award, said he trusted that people will keep their distance from him. The maker of the “Summer of Soul” film, which won a Grammy Sunday, received an Oscar last week moments after the Slap.
In a more ham-fisted exchange during the untelevised portion of the Grammys, actor LeVar Burton told the audience to “remain in your seat and keep your hands to yourself” in introducing comic Nate Bargatze, who came onstage wearing a helmet.
The Academy Awards had also decided against giving time on its show to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, even as some actors had advocated for it. The Grammys on Sunday played a special message from the wartime leader, who soberly reminded the audience that “our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos.”
His taped message was followed by a John Legend performance of “Free,” with accompaniment from three Ukrainian artists — a musician, singer and poet.
The Grammys also paid tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died a week ago while on tour. The band had been booked to play the Grammys. Eilish wore a shirt with Hawkins’ face as she performed her Grammy-nominated song, “Happier Than Ever.”
The Foo Fighters won Grammys for best rock performance, song and album — the latter for a record-setting fifth time in the category.
Bruno Mars made history as half of Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak. He tied Paul Simon as the only artist to win record of the year three times. Mars won with his own “24K Magic” in 2018 and in duet with Mark Ronson on “Uptown Funk” in 2016.
The victory for “Leave the Door Open” in song and record of the year was a mild upset in a year where Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” was ubiquitous and Eilish was bidding for her third straight record of the year following “bad guy” and “Everything I Wanted.”
.Paak was giddy following Silk Sonic’s fourth award of the night, telling the Las Vegas audience that drinks were on him.
“We are really trying our hardest to remain humble at this point,” .Paak said. “But in the industry, we call that a clean sweep.”
Bennett won in the traditional pop vocal album category for a staggering 14th time, this year with duet partner Lady Gaga. Now 95 and retired from performing because of Alzheimer’s disease, he introduced a Gaga performance via taped message.
The Grammys paid tribute to behind-the-scenes concert tour employees who had been largely out of work during the pandemic, inviting four of them on to introduce performances by Eilish, Stapleton, H.E.R. and Carrie Underwood. The show also spotlighted artists in more specialized categories like gospel and bluegrass by having them perform before commercial breaks from the roof of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It was the first time the Grammys, which had been delayed due to rising COVID-19 cases, was held outside Los Angeles or New York.
The location change allowed rap artist Baby Keem to enjoy a hometown Grammy in best rap performance for his collaboration, “Family Ties,” with cousin Kendrick Lamar.
“This is a dream,” he said.
Rodrigo, who starred in the “High School Musical” television series, thanked her parents for letting her follow dreams that briefly included being an Olympic gymnast. Alongside song, record and album of the year, best new artist is considered among the Grammys’ four most prestigious awards.
After some pre-show handwringing that included cancelling a planned performance by Ye due to some of his concerning online behavior. Ye wasn’t on hand to pick up either of the two Grammys he shared in on Sunday.
Mitchell won a best historical album Grammy for a project tracing her early work, while late Beatle George Harrison was honored for the 50th anniversary box of “All Things Must Pass.”
Louis C.K. won an award for best comedy album, five years after several women accused him of sexual misconduct.
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- Sees German growth of 2% this year
- But there are considerable risks
- The situation would be even worse if Russian oil and gas supplies were to be halted
- A significant recession in Germany would then be unavoidable
- Calls on ECB to end asset purchases and signal start of rate hikes
Again, no surprises that Germany is the one making this call but well, they have to look after their own interests. At the end of the day, self-preservation is still the most key aspect in politicking. As for their call for the ECB to tighten policy, I'm afraid it isn't going to do anything to fend off inflation
Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Read this Term pressures but they themselves know that very well.
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Talks were scheduled to resume today but so far there have been little signs of a potential breakthrough following the optimism from last week here. The good thing is that talks are still ongoing but the next big development to watch for - at least for risk trades - will be whether or not we will see talks pave the way for a Putin-Zelensky meeting.
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That's quite the boost and makes Twitter one of the big movers before the open later today. For some context, the stake makes Elon the single largest shareholder in Twitter. Here's a list of the other names (h/t @ itsTarH):
Just last week, Musk asked about creating a new social media platform because Twitter was "failing to adhere to free speech principles and undermining democracy". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Rescue Service assisted Lookout Mountain Fire & Police Department to rescue a 28-year-old man who fell 60-100 feet down a steep slope off-trail at Sunset Rock on Saturday.
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Rescue Service was dispatched to Sunset Rock at 7:45 p.m. for a report of a fall near the Bluff Trail.
The patient was hiking in an unmarked area near the cliff line when he slipped and tumbled up to 100 feet down a steep slope; he received medical care on-site before he was carried out of the woods by responding teams.
He sustained serious injuries and was transported to the hospital by Hamilton County EMS.
Captain Brandon Powers said, “The teams on scene did a great job of coming together quickly to make a plan and execute that plan to get everyone out of the woods safely and efficiently.”
Agencies that reported to the scene led by Lookout Mountain Police & Fire, included National Park Service and Hamilton County EMS.
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Three people are facing capital murder charges after an off-duty Harris County deputy was shot and killed while leaving a grocery store with his wife, officials said.
Deputy Darren Almendarez, 51, and his wife were walking to their truck at a Houston-area store around 8:35 p.m. Thursday when they saw a black Nissan Altima backed up to their vehicle and two men underneath the truck, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
The men were allegedly trying to steal the truck's catalytic converter, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter.
Almendarez told his wife to get somewhere safe and went toward the Nissan, which by that point had three people inside, according to the news release. As Almendarez approached, the people inside the car opened fire, hitting him multiple times, the news release said.
Almendarez was able to return fire, shooting at least two of the suspects before they quickly drove away, the release said.
Almendarez was taken to Houston Northwest Hospital where he was pronounced dead, officials said. A short time later, according to the sheriff's office statement, two of the suspects arrived at the same hospital in the Nissan Altima with gunshot wounds.
Joshua Stewart, 23, and Fredarius Clark, 19, were arrested early Friday after arriving at the hospital. Fredrick Tardy, 17, was arrested later Friday, court records show.
All three are charged with capital murder, according to the court documents.
Stewart was denied bond at a hearing Friday, records show, and he has a bail review hearing Monday. Clark and Tardy each have preliminary court appearances Monday morning, according to court records.
Meanwhile, a procession for Almendarez is planned for Monday morning.
He served with the Harris County Sheriff's Office for 23 years and spent the past year working in the agency's auto theft unit, Gonzalez said. "He loved being a deputy," the sheriff added.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the death penalty to be applied in the case.
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Police were called to assist a wayward traveler in Southampton, New York, Sunday after a baby seal was spotted scooting through a traffic circle.
"Some of our officers responded and found a baby harbor seal in the roadway," a Facebook post from the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Residents called police after the seal was seen wandering through a Long Island parking lot, police Sergeant Jim Cavanagh told CNN. The seal made its way toward the entrance of a nearby hotel before it was contained in the traffic circle, Cavanagh said.
"What we believe happened is that the seal swam up the Potomac River, probably behind a big school of alewife fish," Cavanagh explained. "The seal probably climbed up out of the river ending up in a park. There, it probably just got turned around and then traveled somewhere between 500 and 700 feet into the traffic circle."
The New York Marine Resource Center sent a team to help retrieve the baby seal and it was brought to a rehabilitation center in Riverhead, rescue center Program Director Maxine Montello told CNN.
"The animal is in good condition," Montello said. "We just think he wandered a little too far from the beach. Hopefully we'll be able to get him back to the beach as soon as possible."
Montello said cases like this are uncommon but not unprecedented. A seal was recently found underneath someone's car and another was found in a Staten Island backyard several years ago, she said.
Harbor seals are usually seen resting on rocks and beaches along the coast and spend their time foraging for fish, shellfish and crustaceans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Montello noted we are entering "seal season," when seals and humans are using Long Island beaches at the same time, and calls to the rescue hotline increase.
Seals are federally protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and experts say people should keep a minimum distance of 150 feet from the animals.
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Deputies: Man pretends to shop, then robs Dollar General
It happened after 10pm Saturday at the store located at 2797 Emery Road.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at the Dollar General, located at 2797 Emery Road. It happened around 10:06p.m. Saturday April 3rd.
A masked male entered the store and pretended to shop. He then walked towards the front and pulled out a knife. He demanded money from the cash register. Once he received an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled the store on foot.
The individual was described as a male, possibly in his late teens. He was last seen wearing a ski mask and he had on dark clothing.
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Deputies: Man pretends to shop, then robs Dollar General
It happened after 10pm Saturday at the store located at 2797 Emery Road.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at the Dollar General, located at 2797 Emery Road. It happened around 10:06p.m. Saturday April 3rd.
A masked male entered the store and pretended to shop. He then walked towards the front and pulled out a knife. He demanded money from the cash register. Once he received an undisclosed amount of cash, he fled the store on foot.
The individual was described as a male, possibly in his late teens. He was last seen wearing a ski mask and he had on dark clothing.
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MONTEZUMA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Montezuma man is dead after an accident involving an ATV. According to a release from the Montezuma Police Department, around 5pm Sunday 47 year old Eric Levontae Felton was riding a 4 wheeler on Spring Street in Montezuma when he struck a parked vehicle, flipping the 4 wheeler and sending it crashing into a dirt bike that was being ridden by a juvenile. The juvenile was transported to the hospital in Perry for observation and Felton was pronounced dead on the scene.
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MONTEZUMA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Montezuma man is dead after an accident involving an ATV. According to a release from the Montezuma Police Department, around 5pm Sunday 47 year old Eric Levontae Felton was riding a 4 wheeler on Spring Street in Montezuma when he struck a parked vehicle, flipping the 4 wheeler and sending it crashing into a dirt bike that was being ridden by a juvenile. The juvenile was transported to the hospital in Perry for observation and Felton was pronounced dead on the scene.
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Baltimore, MD (AP)- Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues.
FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and Orlando, as well as Baltimore, New York and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, Spirit and American Airlines were most affected, according to FlightAware, with JetBlue and Spirit canceling one-third of Sunday's scheduled flights. Local news reported storms in Florida on Saturday. Several airlines said Sunday that operations are returning to normal.
The spate of cancellations arrived as air travel is rebounding from the pandemic, with strong demand for spring-break flights. People on social media complained about waiting on hold or in lines for hours to get their canceled flights rescheduled and being stranded for days.
“Severe weather in the Southeast and multiple air traffic control delay programs have created significant impacts on the industry,” a JetBlue spokesperson said in an email. “Today’s cancellations will help us reset our operation and safely move our crews and aircraft back in to position.”
Southwest Airlines also cited “weather and airspace congestion” Saturday in Florida, as well as a “technology issue." It canceled about 1,000 flights over the weekend but said that as of 1 p.m. Eastern, it had no more cancellations on Sunday.
American said Florida weather Saturday affected its operations, and it was recovering today.
Alaska Airlines seemed to be dealing with a separate issue. The airline said Sunday that weekend flight cancellations that began Friday have affected more than 37,000 customers and, further cancellations were possible. The airline declined to say why it canceled flights, but referred in its statement to contract negotiations with its pilots. Off-duty pilots picketed in several U.S. cities Friday over stalled negotiations. They have been without a new contract for three years.
“Alaska Airlines failed to properly plan for increased travel demand and take the steps necessary to ensure it attracted and retained pilots,” the pilots union said in a Friday press release
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Forecast Updated on Monday, April 4, 2022, at 4:00am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs: 55-62. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
Tonight: Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of showers by the morning. Lows: 42-48. Winds: S 5-20 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with on and off showers possible throughout the day. Breezy. Highs: 63-68. Winds: S-SE 10-20+ mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy with periods of rain. Some of this rain will be heavy at times. Lows: 52-57. Winds: SE-E 10-20+ mph.
Wednesday: Lingering showers early will give way to a little sunshine by the afternoon hours. Breezy early. Highs: 63-68. Winds: NW-SW 5-20+ mph.
Thursday: Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few rumbles of thunder possible in the afternoon. Windy. Highs: 67-74. Winds: SW 15-30+ mph.
The forecast will turn unsettled this week with a few different storm systems bringing with it chances for some rain in the cards for all of us. Monday is the only real nice day on Delmarva for most of the workweek as sunshine will be around for much of the day and this will allow for temperatures to jump up into the 60s again for many places. Cooler at our beach towns and along the Chesapeake Bay with the wind coming in from the south and southwest. The clouds will start to increase late this afternoon and evening ahead of our first storm that will arrive overnight tonight.
A stationary front is going to park itself overhead and lay the foundation for these storms to move through the region for most of this week. The first wave arrives by the morning hours on Tuesday with some scattered showers moving through the area. We should get a break by the afternoon hours to allow for a little sunshine to peek through the clouds. Into Tuesday night and Wednesday, an area of low pressure arrives with a shield of rain throughout the night. That rain could be heavy at times and should leave behind 0.50 - 1.00” of rain with some locally heavier amounts possible.
We get a break for the start of Thursday before the pattern breaker arrives with scattered showers and maybe even a few thunderstorms by the afternoon and evening hours of Thursday. An upper-level low will break off to our north and west by Thursday night and will influence our forecast for Friday and the weekend. Expect to have some extra clouds around on Friday and to start things off on Saturday with temperatures below average throughout the weekend.
High pressure slides into the Bermuda High position early next week leading to sunshine and temperatures well above average!!!!
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Monday: W 10-20 knots. Seas: 3-4 feet.
Tuesday: S 10-15 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
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Monday: Small Craft Advisory until 11am. NW 10-20 knots. Waves: 1-2 feet.
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Monday: NW 10-20 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
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Apparent war crimes reported in Ukraine
Russian forces have retreated from the area around the capital Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian forces and civilians to take stock of the devastation. In Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukrainian troops and international journalists have reported finding brutalized bodies and evidence of mass graves, prompting fresh international outrage about possible war crimes.
- Plus, removing barriers to employment for people with criminal records.
Guests: Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch and Axios’ Emily Peck and Margaret Harding McGill.
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Sabeena Singhani, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected] You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
Go deeper:
- Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas (Human Rights Watch)
- Dashboard: Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Employers revamp background checks to help fight labor shortage
- America gets a clean record
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NIALA: Good morning! Welcome to Axios Today! It’s Monday, April 4th. I’m Niala Boodhoo. Today: removing barriers to employment for people with criminal records. But first, reports of possible war crimes in Ukraine. That's today’s One Big Thing.
Russian forces retreated in recent days from the area around the capital Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian forces and civilians to take stock of the devastation. In Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukrainian troops and international journalists have reported finding brutalized bodies and evidence of mass graves, prompting fresh international outrage about war crimes. Rachel Denber is the deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch, a international non-profit that documents human rights abuses worldwide – Hi Rachel.
RACHEL DENBER: Thank you so much for inviting me.
NIALA: You all published a report yesterday on the apparent war crimes in this war. What have you documented out of Bucha in particular?
RACHEL: Well, in Bucha, we documented one war crime. And that was the summary execution of a man on March 4th. We have an eyewitness who saw it happen. She saw Russian soldiers bring four young men out to a square. Forced them to their knees, shoot one in the back of the head. He fell over. And the other four, it's not clear what happened to them afterwards. But that is an undeniable, undisputable war crime. Now the thing is, there are many bodies that have been lying around in Bucha now. There was some very serious fighting in Bucha. There were a lot of different circumstances under which people were killed. What happens in Bucha and, uh, and other areas that have been under Russian forces, it needs to be the subject of proper investigations into apparent war crimes. And if, if there are mass graves, then Ukrainian authorities need to cordon them off until there can be professional examination, because attempts at reburial, really risks, just destroying, uh, important evidence.
NIALA: Rachel, from a Human Rights Watch perspective, how would you describe what you all are seeing and hearing on the ground, not just in Bucha, but throughout other parts of Ukraine that have been under attack?
RACHEL: Well, we've done extensive reporting on violations of the laws of war through the indiscriminate bombing and shelling of civilian areas. We've done extensive documentation of that and destruction of civilian objects, whether they were hospitals, apartment buildings, schools. In Kharkiv, in Chernihiv. In, obviously in Mariupol, where there's just a horrific situation. And a couple of other cities and locations. So I think generally that this has been a war that has taken, uh, you know, where the rules around conflict have not been observed, and that is taking a devastating toll on civilians.
NIALA: I feel like there are many people who might be listening, thinking, all of these things you're describing are horrific, but also part of what happens when war occurs.
RACHEL: Well, there are laws of war. The four Geneva conventions that are supposed to govern warring parties conduct in, in, in armed conflict. And there's customary humanitarian law, and these are the laws that say, when warring parties go at each other, they have to observe certain principles of distinction to always distinguish between a military target, a legitimate military target, and a civilian object. To always distinguish and to treat civilians with, uh, you know, with humanity and dignity. And not just civilians, but also people who've laid down their arms. So, those five young men who were rounded up in Bucha. We don't know who they are. Maybe they were civilians. Maybe they were local self-defense units, but it doesn't matter. It still violates the laws of war to line people up on their knees and shoot one of them the back of the head.
NIALA: Rachel Denber is the deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Human Rights Watch, an international nonprofit that documents human rights abuses worldwide. Rachel, thank you for your time.
RACHEL: Thank you so much.
NIALA: In a moment, we’re back with new ways employers and states are tackling the labor shortage.
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NIALA: Welcome back to Axios Today! I’m Niala Boodhoo. The tight labor market is causing some companies to rethink the way they're conducting background checks. For example, instead of looking at the last seven years, some are switching to a one-year check for potential employees. Axios’ Emily Peck is here now with the details. Emily, this is something civil rights advocates have been wanting to change for years. So why are employers making this switch now?
EMILY PECK: They're desperate! [singingly] Employers are desperate to hire. I mean, there is a labor shortage out there and it is real. And the more people they can get at the top of the funnel, the better off employers are. The less they'll have to raise wages to attract them.
NIALA: What are the pitfalls here?
EMILY: So, as you said, some employers are now, instead of looking at seven years of your background, they'll look at just one year. So that is a good thing. The pitfall is to make up for that, and it's debatable whether they actually need to make up for that. They will now be doing something called continuous monitoring. That's the major thing. There's been a 12% increase in the number of workers who are being continuously monitored. In other words, their employer has these services that they use that will flag any kind of like arrests or convictions or anything like that. The pitfall there is that in the U.S., people of color are more likely to get caught up with the law. More likely to be pulled over, arrested, more likely to face harsher charges. Right? So this continuous monitoring could trip up employees of color disproportionately.
NIALA: Emily Peck is one of the authors of Axios Markets. Thank you, Emily.
EMILY: Thank you.
NIALA: While employers try to clear some employment hurdles for people with criminal records, states are doing the same on a bigger scale. A growing number of states around the country are moving to automate the process that’s used to clear eligible criminal records. About 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record that would show up on a background check for employment or housing, that’s according to the Clean Slate Initiative. But many of the records eligible to be cleared never are, because it’s such a costly, burdensome process. These new efforts aim to change that…especially in light of the nation’s labor shortage. Axios’ Margaret Harding McGill has the story. Hi Margaret.
MARGARET HARDING MCGILL: Hey, how’s it going.
NIALA: Margaret, why has it historically been hard to get records cleared?
MARGARET: Most states have a process that's based on petitions. So in order to get a record cleared, and just to be clear, a record could be an arrest that never even led to a conviction. But that could still be a barrier on background checks. But just to get a record cleared, you'd have to: One, know that you're eligible. Two, file this petition. You might need to pay fees with the court. You might need to hire a lawyer. And then kind of go through this, this process. And that's a big burden to put on somebody when, according to the state, they shouldn't have this record.
NIALA: And is this a shift on behalf of these different advocacy groups to initiate this change to automation?
MARGARET: Yeah, there's a Clean Slate Initiative, which is a coalition of different groups that work on criminal justice. And then you have Code for America, which is a group of technologists that kind of trying to do tech for good with government. And they're teaming up to help states with this.
NIALA: So, how are these new automation efforts going to work?
MARGARET: It's a slow process to start. So one bill, for example, in Oklahoma, would require the state law enforcement to identify records eligible for expungement on a monthly basis. And then, if there are no objections from law enforcement, automatically do that process. The big idea, as Code for America told me, is it’s shifting the burden away from the person having to navigate that system and putting that work on the government so that the government is working for the people in this case.
NIALA: Do we have any idea how much of a difference this could make for worker shortages?
MARGARET: Utah recently worked with Code for America to implement its Clean Slate law. And that started with clearing the records of 500,000 eligible residents in the state. And that's going to continue as more records become eligible for clearing. But that's 500,000 people that no longer have some kind of record that will show up on a background check that may have prevented them from getting a job, or may have prevented them from getting the housing that they wanted, or affected their ability to obtain education. So I think it is going to make a difference in people's lives for sure.
NIALA: Margaret Harding McGill covers tech policy for Axios from Washington. Thanks, Margaret.
MARGARET: Thank you.
NIALA: That’s all we’ve got for you today! Text me your feedback and story ideas: I’m at (202) 918-4893. I’m Niala Boodhoo - thanks for listening - stay safe and we’ll see you back here tomorrow morning.
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Elon Musk reveals large stake in Twitter
Elon Musk has bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a regulatory filing published Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Why it matters: Musk recently told his around 80 million Twitter followers he's giving "serious thought" to building a social media platform to rival Twitter, which he criticized for "failing to adhere to free speech principles."
By the numbers: Twitter shares jumped more than 25% in premarket trading after news of Musk's purchase broke.
- Musk's 9.2% stake is equivalent to 73,486,938 shares of Twitter common stock and is worth $2.89 billion based on the company's closing price Friday.
- The stake would make Musk the company's largest shareholder, per the Financial Times. Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey holds a 2.25% stake.
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Jamie Dimon letter: "We are facing challenges at every turn"
JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon writes in his annual letter to shareholders, which is closely read on Wall Street, that consequences of the war in Ukraine could affect the world for decades.
"America and the rest of the world are facing the confluence of three important and conflicting forces," Dimon writes:
- "a strong U.S. economy, which, we hope, has COVID-19 in its rearview mirror."
- "high inflation, which means rising interest rates and, importantly, the reversal of quantitative easing (QE)."
- "the war in Ukraine and the accompanying humanitarian crisis, with its impact on the global economy in the short term, as well as its significant impact on the geopolitics of the future."
"These factors will likely have a meaningful effect on the economy over the next few years and on geopolitics for the next several decades," Dimon continues.
- "The war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia, at a minimum, will slow the global economy — and it could easily get worse.”
The bottom line: "We are facing challenges at every turn: a pandemic, unprecedented government actions, a strong recovery after a sharp and deep global recession, a highly polarized U.S. election, mounting inflation, a war in Ukraine and dramatic economic sanctions against Russia," Dimon adds.
- "During this difficult time, we have a moment to put aside our differences, offer solutions and work with others in the Western world to come together in defense of democracy and essential freedoms."
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Calvin Smyre, longest-serving Georgia state lawmaker, bids farewell
Calvin Smyre, the longest-serving member of the Georgia legislature, is saying goodbye to the General Assembly Monday. After nearly 50 years, the Columbus native is not running for re-election.
- The Democrat known as the “Dean of the House” will give a farewell address to the chamber in which he’s served since he was 26.
What’s next: Smyre is awaiting confirmation of his appointment by President Biden to be ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
Why it matters: Smyre is the only member of the Democratic caucus who knows what it’s like to have been in leadership back when Democrats had the majority said state Rep. Carolyn Hugley.
- As a result, “Calvin has political maturity that we rarely see now, because now we are tribal,” she tells Axios.
- “He knows what he told me when I first got here: no permanent friends, no permanent enemies. Issues always should be what's important. And, so, that’s how he operates.”
The legislator from Columbus served as the powerful Rules Committee chair, was the first Black person to serve as a governor’s floor leader, and is considered the most influential Democrat in the General Assembly.
The big picture: Republican House Speaker David Ralston said recently at an event for Smyre that the dean has been involved in every major policy achievement over the last five decades.
- He was instrumental in removing the Confederate battle symbol from Georgia’s state flag, passing the state’s hate crimes law and expanding MARTA, among much else.
Zoom out: Smyre was among the first group of Black lawmakers elected in Georgia after the Civil Rights movement, Neill Herring, a veteran environmental lobbyist, said. But Smyre was quicker to “master the details of the process," Herring tells Axios.
- “He knows which buttons to push, which wires to pull, how to lean, how hard to lean and when,” Herring said.
Of note: Smyre has also had influence on national Democratic politics for decades, beginning as an adviser to the Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign, later in roles including president of the National Caucus of Black State Legislators.
What they’re saying: Smyre has a skill set that “no one else possesses” at the Capitol, said Democratic strategist and lobbyist Tharon Johnson. He listens, identifies the obstacles, and then uses "his experience and credibility to find a third way solution to complex problems.”
- “Calvin has always been a gentleman. He's looked at issues rationally, and he's been willing to compromise. And he's just a quality human being,” veteran Republican state Rep. Alan Powell tells Axios.
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Central Ohio population grew during pandemic, but not in Franklin Co.
It took a once-in-a-century pandemic to halt the population boom in Franklin County, if only briefly.
- New U.S. Census data shows the county lost population between April 2020 and July 2021.
Why it matters: The latest data shows growth throughout the entire Central Ohio region outside of just the city center of Columbus.
By the numbers: Franklin County's population decreased 0.2%, or around 2,600 residents.
- Every other neighboring county gained population during that time period.
- The biggest gainers? Union and Delaware counties, which grew 3.5% and 3.1%, respectively.
State of play: Franklin County still recorded thousands of new residents moving in, but its year-to-year population loss came from a larger number of people moving out during the pandemic.
- The county also recorded nearly 1,500 coronavirus deaths during that period, though it was still among the few Ohio counties that saw more births than deaths.
Yes, but: This is almost certainly a blip amid the long term growth in the region, which is still expected to reach a population of 3 million people by 2050, according to the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission.
- Franklin County hadn't seen a population decline in the last decade, Census data dating back to 2010 shows.
The big picture: Other major cities like Nashville and Chicago also saw population declines between 2020-21 as workers took advantage of work-from-home arrangements and cheaper communities.
What they're saying: Franklin County should return to a net positive of population gain this year, says Michael Wilkos, a senior vice president of the United Way of Ohio who studies population and demographic trends.
- "This is a huge shift," he tells Axios. "But I am certain it is temporary and entirely (due) to the events of the past two years."
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Readers sound off on national Ohio commercials
We wrote about the national Ohio is for Leaders ad campaign last week and asked for your thoughts on the state trying to lure in new residents from the coasts.
👏 As always, you delivered — we received dozens of responses, each with a different (and stronger) opinion than the last.
Here are some of the highlights, edited for length and clarity:
- Bob Peterseim: "Even though there are plenty of the hipster types you allude to in the area already, we welcome everyone, always. That's just how we are over here in the state that's round on the ends and high in the middle."
- Charleta B. Tavares: "We do not need to recruit more people to our state as the growth in Columbus (my home and Capitol) is outpacing many east, west and southwest cities. We cannot currently keep up with the housing demands of our existing residents — let alone after the new Intel company relocates to Central Ohio."
- Adam W: "I applaud the effort by JobsOhio to draw people to the state. I have seen the majority of my college educated friends leave Ohio for opportunities elsewhere (myself included for a time), so an effort to draw people from other states is important to stop the brain drain. ... I think politics also plays a role. Ohio has gone from purple to red in the last 8 years. Drawing people from the coasts where there are typically more blue residents could be a way to rebalance the state."
- Baker C. Blanding: "As an Atlantan who relocated to Columbus in August 2021, I can say that one thing Ohio could definitely use is some increased diversity of thoughts and ideas. So, while I personally don't look to NYC for much, if the JobsOhio ads can convince people to move to Ohio and bring their style, nightlife, and energy with them to come and shake up some of this Midwest stagnation, then the more the merrier!"
- Jennifer Johnson: "Ohio is the center of the universe. That's it, the end."
- Sue H: "I can tell you that, in the last couple of years, I've been traveling to places where I had planned on living after work (Portland, Seattle, coastal North Carolina, Denver) and just bought my retirement home in Dublin, OH. Go and figure…"
- Gracie P: "I actually relocated to Columbus from NYC in January of 2019 for a job. I was living in Park Slope and was struggling a lot, both financially and emotionally. ... Columbus is a cool place that could benefit from more NYC transplants. ... It's a big-ish city, but can feel like a small town."
- Carole I: "... perhaps the companies seeking new employees should be doing their own advertising. As far as wages go, they need to be higher NOW! In two years they will need to boost them again."
- East coaster with Ohio roots: "Frankly, Brooklyn hipsters wouldn't seriously change anything Ohio doesn't already see in Short North, Victorian Village, Over-the-Rhine, or Oberlin. Foodies and coffee snobs galore inhabit those places the same as they do in Bushwick."
- Anonymous: "Outside of the major cities in Ohio, the workforce is not there for today's companies. When the big Intel splash occurred, the day after you had Intel saying they were going to have to invest in education to produce the workforce it needs. So what will occur in the meantime, similar to all the oil and gas development, is that you have out of staters coming in for those jobs and nothing really happens to build the local taxbase besides the hospitality industry."
- Joe H: "Why are they trying to attract the 'liberal coastal elite' which they love to bash? Is this an acknowledgement of failed conservative policy to grow the Ohio economy locally over the last 30 years?"
- Jeff Q: "If the world really is going to a more fully remote office, young professionals may start comparing the property they can purchase or the neighborhood they can live in at any price point between $400,000 and $1 million. All of a sudden, Columbus and Cincinnati might be in the running again, and we haven't even addressed the more subjective quality of life issues. In the Midwest we call it 'striking while the iron is hot.'"
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Philly Zoo temporarily closes bird exhibits over bird flu concerns
The Philadelphia Zoo has temporarily moved its birds indoors as bird flu spreads across the country.
What's happening: While there are no confirmed cases of the flu at the zoo, officials tell Axios they closed several bird exhibits, including penguins, emus, vultures and bald eagles, out of precaution last month.
- Philadelphia Zoo officials say this is the first time in the zoo's history that the risk is high enough to warrant the closing of exhibits.
Threat level: The move comes after bird flu was detected in nearby Cape May, New Jersey, in late February.
- The Pennsylvania Game Commission also confirmed one case in a bald eagle in Chester County in March.
The big picture: Concerns are growing nationwide that the fast-spreading disease could devastate the poultry industry. More than 20 states have confirmed cases in domestic or wild birds, but no human cases have been detected.
- It took several years to recover from a similar outbreak about a decade ago, per the New York Times.
What they're saying: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the current outbreak is at low risk to the general public.
- Although it is possible for humans to contract the virus, it's incredibly rare, according to Rachel Metz, the Philadelphia Zoo's vice president of animal well-being.
Be smart: The Pennsylvania Game Commission recommends observing wildlife from a safe distance and avoiding surfaces that could be contaminated with bird feces to prevent potentially coming into contact with the virus.
What's ahead: The zoo has not set a reopening date for the bird exhibits. Officials say it's possible they could stay closed until the fall.
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Tech companies, advocacy groups urge antitrust action
Yelp and DuckDuckGo are among the tech companies urging their users to support antitrust bills to rein in Big Tech as part of a day of action with advocacy groups Monday.
The big picture: The pleas aim to boost support on Capitol Hill for proposals that would ban Google and Amazon from favoring their own products in an anticompetitive way and come as key bills await floor votes in the House and Senate.
Driving the news: The antitrust day of action organized by Fight for the Future and other advocacy groups is meant to deluge lawmakers with support for antitrust bills, including Senate bills that would prohibit self-preferencing and regulate mobile app store practices.
- Participating companies include Match Group, Automattic, Spotify, ProtonMail, Basecamp and others.
- Yelp plans to link to the campaign page from its website and mobile app, while DuckDuckGo will have a link on its search results page, according to Fight for the Future.
The other side: NetChoice, a tech industry group critical of the antitrust measures, is organizing its own week of action with 24 other groups that plan to meet with lawmakers to oppose the bills.
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It almost feels like we saw two different Marquette women’s lacrosse teams on Saturday in their 18-15 loss to #21 Connecticut.
There’s Team A, the one that fell behind 6-0 in the first nine minutes of action while getting outshot 10-2 and forcing starting netminder Amanda Rumsey to make four saves just to keep the game that close. After breaking the run at the 2:17 mark of the first quarter, Team A then gave up another five consecutive goals to UConn to start the second quarter and fall behind 11-1 with 4:10 to go before halftime.
Team A wrapped up the first half trailing 12-2. Team A got outshot 19-9. Team A didn’t make a single save in the second quarter after Team A’s head coach replaced Rumsey with freshman Brynna Nixon after the opening nine minutes didn’t go Marquette’s way. Not “didn’t go Rumsey’s way,” because she was doing her best out there.
Team B.... Team B outscored UConn 13-6 in the final 30 minutes of the game. Team B scored five straight goals in the first 11 minutes coming out of the locker room, and then turned that into a 9-2 run stretching to the 11 minute mark of the fourth quarter. Team B outshot UConn 25-12 in the second half overall and 16-7 in shots on goal. Team B induced 11 turnovers from the Huskies and out-ground balled them 10-4 in the second half.
Unfortunately, Team B was forced to start the second half with Team A’s deficit. When Shea Garcia scored with a one woman advantage to cap that 9-2 run, the score stood at 14-11 with 11:49 to play. That’s a lot of time to play.... but only if you keep pouring it on to keep charging. Marquette did not manage that here, as this is where UConn scored three of their six goals in the second half. They came mixed in around a Kyra LaMotte strike, and when Kate Shaffer scored on a power play chance with 3:57 to play, she put UConn up 17-12.
In retrospect, that is where the game ended, although there’s a strong argument for “when MU fell behind 11-1.” Credit where credit is due: Marquette didn’t play like they were done with just under four minutes to play. LaMotte scored off a dish from Mary Schumar, one of SIX helpers on the day for the junior, just 27 seconds after Shaffer’s goal. A UConn penalty gave Emma Soccodato a shot to pull MU back within three, and less than 30 seconds later, Soccodato sent home a LaMotte pass to make it 17-15 with just under 90 seconds left.
There was, because this is lacrosse, a way for Marquette to win it here. They needed to win the next draw, and they needed to score immediately, and then win the next draw to get a chance to tie the game and force overtime. All of this in 86 seconds is not impossible, especially with UConn desperately afraid of what’s happening to them, and wildly afraid of committing a foul to give Marquette a free position shot to get either of the goals they need.
But UConn’s Lia LaPrise won the draw, her only DC of the game, and thus perhaps an even more important play than any of her three goals on the day. Marquette was stuck trying to play as hard as possible to force a turnover, and that turned into an Ellie Henry yellow card, which these things often do when a team needs the ball back late. Marquette couldn’t do a dang thing while down a player, Sydney Watson tacked on a goal, and that was that.
Schumar’s six assists drove her to a game high seven points to lead the Golden Eagles, while Garcia’s four goals topped the charts there. Defender Audrey Brett led Marquette with five ground balls, and Soccodato added a team high seven draw controls to her hat trick and three ground balls for a very great all-around game.
When she was on the field, Amanda Rumsey was pretty good for Marquette. Her field players failed her in the first nine minutes of the game, subjecting her to 10 shots. She ended up making just five saves in the game, as the Marquette field players only needed her to make one in the second half during their comeback. That’s the wildest part about it to me: Marquette won the second half 13-6, and heck, you could say 13-5 if you wanted since Watson’s last goal was a garbage time goal to a certain extent. Marquette was rolling, and not because they needed Rumsey to build a wall in the back end.
It almost makes you wonder what would have happened if head coach Meredith Black had let her go for the full 60. I’m not going to pin this loss on a freshman netminder, but the fact of the matter is that Brynna Nixon did not make a single save in her 21 minutes of action in the first half. Rumsey made four in nine minutes before the change was made. What about that 12-2 first half changes if Black lets Rumsey ride it out because her goalkeeping was absolutely not the problem for the first nine minutes?
Up Next: Marquette’s next four games are all at home. They will try to even their Big East record at 1-1 next Saturday when Villanova comes to town. First draw in the Valley is set for Noon Central, and the MU YouTube channel will have the live stream. The Wildcats are 4-8 on the year after dropping their Big East opener to Georgetown at home on Saturday by a score of 13-11.
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To a certain extent, Marquette men’s lacrosse ended their Big East opener against Providence in the first five minutes of the game.
Devon Cowan made his return to the lineup for the Golden Eagles against the Friars, and it took him 119 whole seconds before he made his presence felt with the first goal of the game.
Devon Cowan is back and better than ever.
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 2, 2022
His first goal of the day puts us up 1-0. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/yEQRnUp7mL
Then, Bobby O’Grady, 22 seconds later.
Bobby O'Grady follows Cowan, and the Golden Eagles take a 2-0 advantage. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/r7mtNvrnpX
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 2, 2022
Then, David Lamarca — yes, starting defenseman David Lamarca — 13 seconds later.
Offense is firing on all cylinders early. David Lamarca puts us up by three. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/n2oYGY9jZc
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 2, 2022
Then, faceoff man Luke Williams by himself six seconds after that.
Luke Williams extends our lead! #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/h8Xa50hkCB
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 2, 2022
Hayden Miller, 31 seconds later.
Absolutely amazing start for MU, as the Golden Eagles have scored five goals in under four minutes. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/Wy3a0h00ND
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Luke Blanc, exactly 10 minutes left in the first quarter.
Making a statement here in the first quarter. #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/xhXASTWdAw
— Marquette Lacrosse (@MarquetteMLax) April 2, 2022
6-0 Marquette, five minutes played. Six goals in 181 seconds.
Providence had the ball for a total of 110 seconds in the first five minutes of the game. PC didn’t get their third possession of the game until the 9:28 mark of the first quarter, trailing 6-0.
The Friars broke the run at six, and it took them over five minutes past MU’s sixth goal to do it. Marquette took grave offense to this, and then scored three times in the final three minutes of the quarter to make it — and this is not a joke — 9-1 at the end of 15 minutes. MU burned five minutes off the clock to open up the second, and Bobby O’Grady’s third straight goal and fourth of the game and second straight man-up goal made it 10-1.
With 39:48 left to play in the game.
As it turns out, this game was over. Marquette just had to guide this plane in from here. Yes, obviously, the Golden Eagles needed to execute to do it. They did that. It was 11-3 at halftime. Pierce Washburn made it 12-3 to break the ice on the second half. Marquette scored three straight goals in less than a minute late in the third to make it a 15-5 game.
Did it kind of go sideways on MU after that? Sure, if you want to panic about Providence outscoring Marquette 6-1 in the final 17 minutes of the game, go nuts. It was 16-8 with five minutes to go, so did it matter that PC got three more goals in the final five minutes? Head coach Andrew Stimmel will probably say a lot of “this is what coaches say” things about it, but did it matter? Not even in the slightest. Marquette wins, 16-11, for their third win of the season and a perfect 1-0 mark to open up Big East action.
Bobby O’Grady was absolutely ridiculous in this one, and you thought that when I told you that he had four goals. The freshman attackman finished with six goals, and he tacked on an assist to the top of the pile to beat out Devon Cowan for the team lead in points. Cowan put up trios in goals and assists in his first outing since March 1st to land one point behind O’Grady. Four different Golden Eagles had at least two points in this one, which is the kind of thing you expect to happen when you post your season high in goals for a game before the game reaches halftime.
Luke Williams crushed it on faceoffs, which you guessed from seeing MU score all those rapid fire goals early without PC even getting possession of the ball, going 18-for-28 on the dot and scooping up a team high eight ground balls to himself along the way. David Lamarca and fellow defender Mason Woodward tied for the team high in GBs amongst field players with seven.
While it’s clear that the offense did a whole hell of a lot to win this game for Marquette, Michael Allieri will be heard from here. The redshirt freshman goalie made 14 saves in this game, including eight in the first half as the Golden Eagles were pouring it on in the offensive end. It’s one thing to be absolutely electric with the ball on the attack, it’s another thing to be doing that while knowing that if you make a mistake, your guy in the cage on the other end is standing on his head to back you up.
Here’s a two minute highlight reel courtesy of GoMarquette.com and FloSports.
Up Next: Marquette will try to make it 2-0 in Big East action next week Saturday. That one means a road game, and they’ll be visiting St. John’s for an 11:30 am Central time start, with FloSports carrying the stream. The Johnnies are just 2-8 on the season after getting shelled 22-9 by #19 Villanova in their league opener on Saturday.
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Opening Day week is upon us, ending with Yankees-Red Sox on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” which will have a complete broadcasting overhaul.
In the main weekly booth, it will be Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and David Cone. There was some question about whether dugout reporter Buster Olney would be part of the broadcast. He will be at each game every week, but the plan is to de-emphasize his in-game contributions.
This brings us to our in-depth opening topic: Alex Rodriguez’s Manningcast-like alternative broadcast, which has been officially titled, “Kay-Rod.” It will feature YES play-by-player and ESPN New York talk show host Michael Kay teaming with Rodriguez for eight Sunday night broadcasts on ESPN2.
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Voters will choose new school board members in some of the largest districts in the Kansas City area on Tuesday, April 5.
They include the Liberty, Lee’s Summit, Independence, North Kansas City, Raytown, Blue Springs and Park Hill school districts.
School board elections were once low-profile affairs. But in recent years, school board meetings have emerged as frontline venues for debates over COVID precautions, racial justice, books in school libraries and other cultural wedge issues.
Some of those hot-button issues, including how schools should handle diversity and inclusion, feature in some of Tuesday's races. The elections come on the heels of a string of racist incidents at Kansas City area schools in recent months.
Missouri lawmakers have also weighed in, with bills that would require school board candidates to declare a party and move school board elections to November. Education leaders worry these changes would only deepen partisan divides.
Here’s a guide to the races and candidates on Tuesday’s ballot. A look at candidates' responses to a questionnaire can be found at The Kansas City Beacon.Jackson County
Voters can choose two of the following candidates.
Lee’s Summit School District
- Larry Anderson
- Anne Geanes
- Melissa Kelly Foxhoven
- Mike Allen (Incumbent)
- Joseph A. Yacaginsky
- Heather Eslick
- Jennifer Foley
- William Lindsey
Independence School District:
- Jill Esry (Incumbent)
- Greg Gilliam
- Anthony Mondaine
- Jason Vollmecke
- Matt Mallinson (Incumbent)
Blue Springs School District:
- Rhonda Gilstrap (Incumbent)
- Bobby Hawk (Incumbent)
- Nick Bleess
- William (Will) Hecht
Raytown School District:
- Edith Marsalis
- Bobbie Saulsberry (Incumbent)
- Michael Watson
- Natalie Johnson-Berry (Incumbent)
- Alexis Christopher
Hickman Mills School District
- Terri T. Barr-Moore
- Beth Ann Boerger
- Cecil E. Wattree (Incumbent)
- John Charles Carmichael
Clay County:
Voters can choose two of the following candidates.
North Kansas City Schools
- Terry Ward (Incumbent)
- Josiah Bechthold
- Laura Wagner
- Duane Bartsch
- Andrew Corrao
- Daniel Wartick
- Susan Hines
- Frances Yang (Incumbent)
The district is also asking voters to approve a $140 million general obligation bond issue to build and renovate school facilities and acquire school buses. The bond issue is not expected to increase the district’s current debt-service tax levy.
The district will also ask voters to permit the school board to raise the cap of its operating property tax levy. The move is not expected to increase the district’s total tax levy.
Liberty Public Schools
- Karen Rogers
- Matthew Sameck
- Daniel W. Currence
- Kyle Christopher Bryant
- James (Jim) Bates, (According to Ballotpedia and his campaign Facebook page, Bates has unofficially withdrawn from the race but will appear on the ballot.)
- Johnathan (Jon) Rhoad (According to Ballotpedia, Rhoad has unofficially withdrawn from the race but will appear on the ballot.)
Platte County
Voters can choose two of the following candidates.
Park Hill School District
- Cory Terrell
- Tammy M. Thompson
- Daryl Terwilleger
- Jason Richard Keck
- Shereka Denice Barnes
- Jeff Runyan
- Christopher Robyn LaCour
- Diona “Kelli” Johnson
The district is also asking voters to approve a $137 million general obligation bond to build and renovate school facilities, including a new elementary school. The bond is not expected to increase the district’s current debt-service tax levy.
The district will also ask voters to permit the school board to raise the cap of its operating property tax levy. The move is not expected to increase the district’s total tax levy.
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Last week, Oak Park High School sophomore Ethan Everly died of an overdose after taking a pill laced with the potent and dangerous opioid fentanyl.
Everly's death is only the latest warning that the drug epidemic is spreading quickly in Kansas City.
A decade ago, Missouri’s opioid crisis was fueled by prescription pills, and largely affected rural, mostly-white communities. But in the last five years, the crisis entered a new phase — one dominated by fentanyl, and focused in urban areas.
When it hit St. Louis, Morris Lockett saw the change first-hand. Lockett used drugs for most of his life, and ended up spending 17 years in prison. When he returned home in 2019, he found the scene had transformed.
“The drugs that was normally on the street wasn’t on the street,” Lockett said. “And the drugs that was on the street was pretty much laced with fentanyl.”
It didn’t matter if someone was looking for heroin or cocaine. Lockett said it was hard to find any drug that didn’t contain the opioid.
Fentanyl’s toll on Missouri was devastating and immediate. Starting in 2016, the opioid overdose rate among Black men across Missouri began climbing to nearly three times the overdose rate for white men.
After he left prison, Lockett briefly relapsed, but then made up his mind to stop using permanently. He was able to get into an inpatient treatment program with the help of Minister Nathanial Johnson, a former user who now runs a re-entry program in St. Louis.
St. Louis ranks among the most deadly cities in the country for overdose deaths among African Americans, and to Johnson, the Black community seems caught between organized crime’s fentanyl push and ineffective efforts to stop it.
“I believe it’s promoted and permitted in this country,” Johnson said.
Now Kansas City is seeing fentanyl overdoses increase too — a trend that was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
'We are making it so hard'
One of the most effective weapons in the fight against opioids is medication assisted treatment, where a patient takes a drug like buprenorphine every day to prevent cravings. The method has been shown to reduce both withdrawal symptoms and overdoses, and keep people engaged in treatment for longer.
But in Missouri, it’s difficult for people to access that help.
Rachel Winograd of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health says that’s because many treatment programs require patients to do extensive screenings, commit to therapy or lose treatment if they relapse.
“We are making it so hard to get treatment that it is next to impossible for a lot of people out there who are really, really struggling,” Winograd says.
These barriers leave people waiting for treatment, or having it taken away before they're ready.
Winograd has helped guide state efforts that encourage the “medication first” approach, by getting rid of many treatment requirements and providing medications to patients on the same day they start looking.
In one study, researchers found that Missouri programs that adopted this strategy saw the use of medications nearly double. These patients stayed in treatment longer, and the state saved money by preventing the need for additional future treatment.
Winograd explains that some programs have recently expanded their use of medication treatments.
“Utilization of buprenorphine and methadone — the two most efficacious medications for treating opioid use disorder — has broadly increased over the last four years,” Winograd said. “And that has been a net benefit to people who are enrolled in treatment services.”
Despite the evidence, however, most treatment centers haven't followed suit. Often that's because of a difference in philosophies — including an abstinence-based approach.
In Kansas City, though, a lack of access to treatment is already proving deadly. Opioid overdose death climbed to 145 in 2020, an increase of more than 50% from the previous year. Local experts say the number of overdoses is going up still.
There is some movement on the state level. Missouri Department of Mental Health launched a new campaign this year to reduce more barriers to medication assisted treatment, and train more medical professionals in prescribing these drugs.
'It has not worked'
Dr. Kanika Cunningham, who focuses on recovery for Black residents in St. Louis, say such steps from the state are welcome but overdue.
“Unfortunately, it took for this pandemic on top of this to really exacerbate this, I guess, for some people to see that this has been an urgency for years,” Cunningham said.
Black communities in Missouri are bearing much of the brunt of fentanyl. As of 2019, Missouri had the third highest Black overdose rate in the country, while the rate for white residents dropped below the national average.
Experts says Black communities have been especially vulnerable to fentanyl due to a constellation of factors including targeting by organized crime, disconnection from providers, treatment “deserts” and mistrust of the medical establishment.
Rev. Burton Barr — associate minister at West Side Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis — argues that a lack of economic opportunities in many lower income neighborhoods also contributes to the high rates of drug abuse.
A former heroin user, Barr says that many people in his community who use drugs are unable to find a fulfilling alternate lifestyle.
“They see the neighborhoods. All they see is a world of hopelessness,” Barr says. “They see no way out of this. You try to talk to them about getting a job or something like that. They don’t think that’s going to happen.”
The current crisis is further complicated because many people who obtain even non-opioid drugs on the street may not realize they are laced with fentanyl.
Substance abuse experts urge drug users to employ test strips that can determine whether drugs contain fentanyl, and they encourage people who are in contact with users to keep naloxone — an emergency drug that helps reverse an opioid overdose — close at hand.
For Cunningham, fully addressing the fentanyl crisis will require government leaders and health care professionals to better understand users’ life circumstances, and provide prevention strategies and treatment options based on their needs.
“What we’re done in the past historically have not worked — and specifically for the Black community — it has not worked,” Cunningham said. “Because if it did work, and it was working, why are Black overdose deaths increasing so significantly among the Black population?”
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Thousands of people in Missouris experience sexual assault and rape every year. For many, the trauma of the assault itself is only the beginning of the nightmare — in many cases, their own lives become the subject of scrutiny in the process of seeking justice for their assailants.
Senate Bill 775, which passed the Missouri Senate last week, seeks to prevent a victim’s prior sexual history and conduct from being used at trial. The so-called "Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights" now goes to the Missouri House for consideration.
"There is nothing that can justify someone sexually assaulting you, so why have that even as part of the questioning?" says Missouri Sen. Holly Rehder, who sponsored the bill. "That is only to harm the victim, the survivor. There is no other reason."
KCUR's Brian Ellison spoke with Rehder on Up To Date about where the legislation stands after the addition of a controversial amendment that prohibits school employees from providing sexually explicit material to a student.
Contact the show at news@kcur.org. Follow KCUR on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news.
Kansas City Today is hosted by Nomin Ujiyediin. It is produced by Byron Love with Trevor Grandin and edited by Gabe Rosenberg & Lisa Rodriguez.
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220402-N-NO901-0001 REYKJAVIK HARBOR, Iceland (April 2, 2022) The Germany Navy Sachsen-class frigate FGS Sachsen (F 219) is seen moored in Reykjavik Harbor prior to its participation in the U.S. Sixth Fleet-led and executed exercise Northern Viking 2022, April 2, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. (Icelandic Coast Guard photo by Árni Sæberg)
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Hollywood is coming to Fairfax County, but without the red carpet and high-fashion couture. Two famous actors embroiled in a bitter defamation case are scheduled to face off in a trial starting April 11 in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
Johnny Depp, 58, and Amanda Heard, 35, who were briefly married from 2015 to 2017, are set to begin their long-anticipated defamation trial with jury selection that day. The trial is expected to last through the end of May, and the case has drawn national and international attention. Depp is seeking $50 million from Heard for a 2018 Washington Post op-ed she wrote in which she discussed domestic violence.
Although Heard's op-ed did not mention Depp by name, Depp claims he sustained damage to his acting career as a result.
Andrea Ceisler, public information officer for the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, said the case is unusual.
"To my knowledge, there have not been high-profile celebrity trials in Fairfax County," she added. "Criminal trials that garnered national attention concerned the D.C.-area snipers in 2002 and the 1993 shootings at CIA headquarters."
The Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining safety on court grounds while the trial plays out. Judge Penney Azcarate, who will be presiding over the trial, issued an order last week stating that the public will not be allowed to congregate on the grounds except in pre-designated areas, which will be heavily monitored by sheriff's deputies. She stressed that impeding individuals from entering or exiting the courthouse grounds or blocking traffic in and around the courthouse is forbidden.
A limited amount of public seating is allowed in the courtroom and an overflow room and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis each day. The proceedings will be televised by Court TV, and press coverage is likely to be heavy.
Among witnesses expected to testify -- either in person or virtually-- are Elon Musk and actors James Franco and Paul Bettany. Actress Ellen Barkin is on Heard’s list of potential witnesses, along with representatives from Disney and Warner Bros.
Ceisler said the Fairfax County Sheriff's Department can pull law enforcement officers quickly from neighboring jurisdictions to control crowds and maintain peace if needed.
Depp sued in Virginia because the Washington Post's online editions are published through computer servers in Fairfax. Heard's lawyers asked to have the case moved to California, where the actors live, but the court ruled against that.
Additionally, Depp's lawyers filed the case in Virginia because the state's anti-SLAPP law, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, is more relaxed than the one in California. Anti-SLAPP laws prevent people from using courts, and potential threats of lawsuits, to intimidate others from exercising their First Amendment rights.
The court will impanel a jury of Fairfax residents.
"I think it would be really cool to be picked as a juror and watch the drama unfold while being that close to the actors," said Kelly Ramirez, a Fairfax resident, "but it's also very sad considering the circumstances."
Both Depp and Heard are scheduled to testify, and several other Hollywood figures are listed as potential witnesses. Depp and Heard met in 2011 on the set of "Rum Diary," in which they co-starred. They both are accomplished actors, and Depp has an extensive body of work as an actor, producer, documentary filmmaker and musician and has won numerous acting awards. He has consistently denied claims of domestic abuse.
In a separate lawsuit filed by Depp in 2018 against the British paper "The Sun" for referring to him as a "wife beater," the judge in that case found that Depp had, in fact, attacked Heard on at least 12 occasions. As a result, that libel lawsuit was ultimately dismissed.
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The latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. The sentencing phase of the Parkland, Fla., school shooter begins Monday. Pakistan's prime minister dissolved parliament and called for a new election.
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CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Mayor John Vieau has announced that the Chicopee Department of Planning and Development is collecting public input in an online survey regarding future expansion under the Willimansett Brownfield area-wide plan. Willimansett is a historic “industrial” village in Chicopee.
For many years during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Williamansett village served as both a city and region’s economic engine, but environmental impacts decreased sustainability. There are properties known as brownfields that are contaminated with hazardous substances, pollutant, or contamination that could make it difficult to expand, redevelop, or reuse them.
The Brownfields area-wide plan will identify former industrial properties and sites that can be assessed and cleaned up to become redevelopment opportunities for Chicopee. Former industrial properties and sites will be identified and cleaned up as Brownfields Area-wide plan possibilities for redevelopment in Chicopee. According to a news release from Chicopee’s Planning & Development Department, several benefits will accrue from new developments, including more jobs, an expanded tax base, improved quality of life, and natural resource preservation.
Planning Director Lee Pouliot noted that the focus on Brownfields in Willimansett, “ensures that the city provides equitable attention and investment on Brownfields in Willimansett following significant advancements in Chicopee Falls and Chicopee Center. The city’s strong partnership with the U.S. EPA and state agencies like the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) will provide a strong foundation to ensure Brownfields in Willimansett are addressed and redeveloped to meet current needs.”
The city of Chicopee has secured a grant that will comply with any of Brownfields redevelopment opportunities in Williamansett.
“Chicopee has a strong and successful history of planning, assessing and advancing cleanup of Brownfields sites across the city. Work on properties in Chicopee Center, and Chicopee Falls have resulted in significant redevelopment projects including the City’s RiverMills Senior Center, RiverMills Assisted Living, and the recently permitted mixed-use redevelopment of the former Baskin Parcel at Facemate. Bringing this same level of investment and focus to Willimansett will ensure this industrial neighborhood prepares for its future through the redevelopment of these often challenging and underutilized properties.”
Mayor John Vieau
The following are a few questions from the survey:
What do you want to see in Williamansett? Please choose your top 3 options below.
Answer choices include Grocery store, Teen hangout space, Classes, Downtown Beautification, Inter-generational Community Center, Bikeways and Recreational Amenities, Restaurants, Arts and Cultural Spaces, Playgrounds, Offices and Businesses, Retail and Shopping, New Housing, and Existing hosing updates.
What public co-benefits are most important when considering redevelopment options?
Answer choices include Revitalize the housing stock, revitalize commercial areas, reuse vacant areas, and develop tourism assets to support revitalization.
To view all of the questions from the Williamansett Brownfields area-wide plan survey click here.
The survey will remain active until June 30th.
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (NEWS10) – A call reporting a wire down after a tree branch fell on it on Glen Avenue, just south of East Avenue, came in around 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Before anything could be done, National Grid had to come and de-energize the line.
Power was lost in some surrounding areas while North Adams Fire Department members waited for the power company to arrive. The street was blocked off by North Adams Police because of the dangerous situation.
While on the ground, the downed wires caused a small fire. It was extinguished quickly by North Adams Fire, and no injuries were reported to firefighters, National Grid crew, or police. Power was restored later Sunday evening to all affected customers.
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(WWLP) – Massachusetts used to be known as “Taxachusetts” but the tax burden on residents isn’t as heavy as it used to be. The Massachusetts pay gap is compared to state taxes in other states with only 15 days left to file.
According to survey data from Wallet Hub, Massachusetts ranks 21st overall in tax burden which indicates what proportion of total personal income residents pay toward state and local taxes. In Massachusetts that number is just under nine percent. Massachusetts ranks 12th in overall property tax burden, sixth in income tax, and 45th in excise taxes.
Despite the fading popularity of “Taxachusetts,” it may apply to Massachusetts’ New England neighbors. Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Main are all inside the top seven. New York State takes top honors at almost 13-percent.
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A man's body has been removed from the River Stour and is thought to be that of missing Paul Goodwin's, police have confirmed. Officers had been searching for the 61-year-old since March 20.
Police had combed parts of Sandwich and had issued media appeals in a desperate bid to find him. But yesterday (April 3) a body matching his description had been found.
A statement from the police said: "Formal identification has not yet taken place, however, the family of a 61-year-old man from Sandwich who was reported missing on Sunday 20 March 2022 have been informed. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report is being prepared for the coroner."
READ MORE: Town's roads brought to a standstill as Operation Brock lorries block residential roads
As part of the efforts to find missing Paul, police issued dascham footage which potentially showed him walking along the Lord of the Manor Roundabout on the A299 near Ramsgate on March 19. The last official sighting was at Sandwich Marina the day prior.
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Fuel prices in Kent have started to stabilise as fuel cheaper than 160p per litre is now available in every major Kent area. However, these prices are still extortionate for thousands of Sussex families struggling through the cost of living crisis.
The cheapest part of Kent to buy fuel remains Dartford, with petrol available for 157.7p in Morrisons. Walderslade Morrisons sells the cheapest diesel for 165.7p
This comes after 18m households have been hit with an annual energy bill increase of £700, leading many charities to warn of the "detrimental" effect this could have on families across Britain.
READ MORE: Man dies after stabbing in Dartford car park
To help you locate the cheapest petrol as prices remain sky high at the pumps, we have compiled a list of the cheapest places to buy fuel in each part of Kent.
Unleaded
Ashford
Tesco Ashford Park Farm - 158.9p
Tesco Extra Ashford Crooksfoot - 158.9p
Low Prices Always Ashford - 159.8p
Canterbury
Asda Canterbury - 158.7p
Morrisons Canterbury - 158.7p
Tesco Extra Whitstable - 158.9p
Dartford
Morrisons Grays - 157.7p
Asda Greenhithe- 158.7p
Tesco Lakeside Extra - 158.9p
Dover
Tesco Extra Dover - 159.9p
BP A2 (Whitfield Services) - 161.9p
BP Limekiln Street - 162.9p
Folkestone
BP Seabrook Road - 159.9p
Gulf Canterbury Road - 159.7p
Sainsbury's West Park Farm - 160.9p
Medway
Asda Gillingham Pier - 158.7p
Morrisons Walderslade - 158.7p
Asda Chatham/Rainham High Street - 158.7p
Sevenoaks
BP London Road - 159.9p
Sainsbury's Sevenoaks - 161.9p
Tesco Sevenoaks Riverhead - 161.9p
Thanet
Tesco Ramsgate Manston - 158.9p
Sainsbury's Thanet - 158.9p
Tesco Extra Broadstairs - 158.9p
Tonbridge
Sainsbury's Tonbridge - 163.9p
Esso Paddock Wood - 163.9p
Harvest Energy Hildenborough- 164.9p
Tunbridge Wells
Sainsbury's Tunbridge Wells - 159.9p
BP Hastings Road - 163.9p
Shell Tunbridge Wells - 167.9p
Diesel
Ashford
Tesco Ashford Park Farm - 169.9p
Tesco Extra Ashford Crooksfoot - 169.9p
Low Prices Always Ashford - 175.8p
Canterbury
Asda Canterbury - 170.9p
Morrisons Canterbury - 170.7p
Tesco Extra Whitstable - 176.9p
Dartford
Asda Greenhithe - 169p
Tesco Lakeside - 169.9p
Sainsbury's Chafford Hundred - 169.9p
Dover
Tesco Extra Dover - 171.9p
Shell Dover - 175.9p
BP A2 - 179.9p
Folkestone
Sainsbury's West Park Farm - 174.9p
Tesco Folkestone - 176.9p
Gulf Canterbury Road - 179.9p
Medway
Morrisons Walderslade - 165.7p
Tesco Extra Gillingham - 169.9p
Sainsbury's Hempstead - 169.9p
Sevenoaks
Sainsbury's Sevenoaks - 174.9p
Tesco Sevenoaks Riverhead - 176.9p
BP London Road - 176.9p
Thanet
Sainsbury's Thanet - 168.9p
Tesco Ramsgate Manston - 168.9p
Tesco Extra Broadstairs - 168.9p
Tonbridge
Sainsbury's Tonbridge - 173.9p
Esso Pembury - 176.9p
Harvest Energy Hildenborough - 177.9p
Tunbridge Wells
Sainsbury's Tunbridge Wells - 172.9p
Sainsbury's Tonbridge - 173.9p
Esso Pembury - 176.9p
*These prices are correct as of 7.30am on April 4 according to petrolprices.com
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A man has suffered "life-changing" injuries in a crash with a lorry in Medway. The incident took place on the A228 on the Hoo Peninsula this morning (April 4).
Police were called at 7.13am to a report of a crash involving a car and a lorry near High Halstow. Officers remain at the scene.
The driver of the car, a man in his 30s, has been taken to a London hospital. Police say he has suffered serious injuries described as life-changing.
READ MORE: Body pulled from the River Stour in search for missing man
The A228 Malmaynes Hall Road remains closed. Accident investigation work between Ratcliffe Highway (St Mary Hoo) and The Street (Upper Stokes, Isle of Grain) is ongoing.
If you have seen or heard anything you think we should know about, or in relation to this, please contact the KentLive newsdesk by email at kentlivenewsdesk@reachplc.com
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us via our Facebook page or on Twitter @kentlivenews .
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The developer behind a controversial plan for flats Tonbridge has announced when the flats will be on sale and planning documents show why it is not building any affordable housing there. The four-storey scheme faced a barrage of opposition and refusal of the planning application by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council.
But the developer appealed the decision and as we reported last June, Government planning inspectors granted permission for the flats on the attractive river-side site of the former CAB building which is in Tonbridge Conservation Area. A petition against the scheme, which is 14.2m high, was driven by the district's Green Party councillors and had 3,200 signatures.
Shanly Homes has announced the flats will be on the market in the autumn next year. Objections included that it was a lost opportunity to improve the public realm in a place which was enjoyed by many, who sit, walk and play beside the River Medway. They also included the proximity of the flats to Tonbridge Castle, a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Read more:Tonbridge residents concerned about 'terrible' plan to close down WHSmith Post Office
The council also said there was no affordable housing planned, which was a "clear divergence from adopted policy". It also said the development would create "significant harm" to the setting.
But the planning inspector's stated reason for allowing the development was that the council was "unable to demonstrate a five year supply of deliverable housing sites". The inspector also noted the "significant social and economic benefits" of 36 new homes.
There had been many objections from individuals and others, including Tonbridge Civic Society, which in its second official response, said: "This site is, in terms of its visual importance to Tonbridge, probably the most important to come up for development in a generation." It had urged the council, before the plans were approved at appeal, to encourage the developer to improve the designs.
In its refusal of the plans, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has said: "The site occupies a prominent and visually sensitive area within the town centre. The proposed development, by virtue of the specific design and form of the building at the corner of River Walk and New Wharf Road, would appear as a disjointed feature which does not treat the corner in an acceptable way and as a result would be visually harmful to the immediate street scene and wider views towards the site."
"Furthermore, by virtue of the design characteristics of the (southern) elevation of the building fronting New Wharf Road, the development would not create a suitably animated frontage and would not make a positive visual contribution to the street scene. The identified significant harm is not outweighed by the acknowledged benefits associated with the provision of 36 residential units."
Planning documents show the developer's argument via an agent, why affordable housing could not be provided on site.
It stated:
- Affordable housing is more effectively secured by bringing existing housing back into use as affordable housing;
- management of affordable housing on the development site cannot be secured effectively (e.g. sheltered accommodation)
- providing affordable housing elsewhere in the borough is more likely to widen housing choice and availability
It said within its developer contributions - which is money a developer will pay towards improvements to the district, which included commuted payments and Section 106 monies - which totalled £540,488, it would pay £441,000 towards affordable housing provision.
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The 285 Tunbridge Wells to Hawkenbury bus service has been saved from the axe after Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark asked AXA and Berkeley Homes for more money to subsidise the route. He had held "intensive discussions" with company bosses, bus operators and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
The bus service was described as a "lifeline" by some users and campaigners but it was due to be abolished yesterday (April 1). The number of passengers did not cover the cost of running the Monday to Friday, said bus operator Nu-Venture.
The 285 has stops including at the railway station, Calverley Road and runs out along to Bayhall Road, stopping at Kingswood Road near Dunorlan Park, the village of Hawkenbury and beyond to the Kent and Sussex Crematorium in Benhall Mill Road. It is a valued service in the community and by employees at AXA Health's office.
Read more:Five Guys issues opening date update for new Tunbridge Wells restaurant
Mr Clark began contacting bus operators and other parties on February 28, after listening to residents' concerns about the 285 service on the doorsteps two days earlier. He had 12 meetings from March 2 onwards with parties including the UK chief executive officer of AXA, because it has a large office called International House in Hawkenbury; Berkeley Homes, which has developed a large scheme and school in the village, and the Nu-Venture boss, until the resolution on Thursday. (March 31)
Mr Clark said: "Following intensive discussions with officers of Kent County Council, bus operators, AXA, Berkeley Homes and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council I am delighted to announce that the 285 bus service will continue. I am very grateful to AXA and Berkeley Homes for agreeing to increase and bring forward subsidy for the service, and for the hard work of Kent County Council and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council as well as the support of local councillors and residents who contacted me.
"The 285 service is a vital link for many people - young and old - and I was determined to do everything possible to save it. It was nearly lost because of declining passenger numbers so the clear message is if you value the 285 please use it!”
As Kent Live previously reported, there was widespread alarm about the loss of the 285 with some people perhaps "not making it into town anymore". It is particularly used by residents of Sherborne Close, a long-established and large community of older people in the heart of Hawkenbury.
Tracy Garrad, chief executive officer of AXA said: "We are delighted that through collaboration with local government we’ve been able to continue to provide the 285 bus service. Continuing to financially contribute to the service was a high priority for us to support local residents and ensure our employees can travel to our offices in line with our sustainability goals, and our long term commitment to play a positive role in the local community."
Kent Live also reported how bus passengers including school children were going to be hit hard in a 'double whammy' of cuts to services. Kent County Council announced it would have to cut financial support to up to 54 bus services, as it looked to slash its budget spend by £3million. Then commercial bus operators revealed they would be cutting at least 20 services if the Government's Bus Recovery Grant was withdrawn on April 1. This included the 285 Tunbridge Wells to Hawkenbury.
Campaigners also fighting for the 285 included Siobhan O'Connell, a bus user and supporter of public transport, member of Friends of Hawkenbury Rec Committee and The Alliance, who started a petition, which today stands at 1,191 signatures. It asked Kent County Council to "ensure that the 285 bus route is supported financially so that it can continue operating on weekdays".
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In 1955, four Central Washington climbers summited Mount Rainier by way of Liberty Ridge, regarded by many as the hardest and most dangerous regular climbed route because of its remote location and sustained steep angle.
Climbers had reached the top of Rainier via Liberty Ridge before 1955. But Marcel Schuster, Dave Mahre, Gene Prater and Mike McGuire halved the time it took by using new techniques and equipment such as front-pointed crampons, said Peter Arnold, executive director of the Yakima Valley Museum.
Visitors to the museum will see video of Liberty Ridge and other landmarks on Rainier when they walk into a new exhibit, “Let’s Take the Sporting Route — Mountaineering in Central Washington 1949-1970.” It opens to the public Tuesday after invitation-only viewings Saturday and Sunday.
“We hired a helicopter to shoot this,” Arnold said of the round-the-mountain video shot by Jordan Rowland of Yakima Design about a year ago. The video loops on a large screen at the exhibit entrance and indicates geographical landmarks such as Liberty Ridge, glaciers, Camp Muir and other sites familiar to fans of Washington’s highest peak.
Arnold was along for the ride when Rowland shot the video. The helicopter moved much more slowly than a fixed-wing airplane, which made the video even more compelling. There were no doors on the helicopter so it was quite cold, Arnold said, but also spectacular.
“We were just so lucky with the weather. The weather can turn so fast.”
“Let’s Take the Sporting Route” is book-ended by 1949 — the year the Cascadians Outdoor Club reincorporated in Yakima after World War II — and 1970, when climbing, mountaineering and outdoor recreation spiked in popularity.
More than three years in discussion, design and construction, the new exhibit highlights the ground-breaking ascent in 1955 and other important contributions made by Eastern Washington mountaineers to the development of climbing and skiing in North America.
“These climbers and skiers, among others, were true pioneers in an era before proper equipment was readily available, no guidebooks had been written, weather data was unreliable, and the vast majority of the Cascades remained unexplored and most climbing routes untouched,” museum officials said in a news release.
Mountaineering
and mountains
Near the video of Mount Rainier, a “Hall of Fame” wall features photos and information about noteworthy climbers with Central Washington connections, including two women: Erline Reber and Marion Hessey.
A committee chose those climbers featured because they made specific impacts on the sport of mountaineering, Arnold said. Others are part of the exhibit, which is in English and Spanish and covers a broad spectrum of topics that fall into two major categories, mountaineering and the mountains themselves.
Dedicated to Robert “Bob” Kershaw, who died in 2019, the exhibit is “by far the most complex and sophisticated exhibit ever attempted by the museum,” officials said. Features range from historic climbing gear, photo murals and a hands-on activity center to touchscreen computers and intricate 3-D scale models of Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens. Visitors can also watch interviews of some Central Washington climbers and skiers.
They can learn about the geological structure and climate of the Cascade mountain range and check out an interactive touchscreen highlighting the fauna and flora of the region.
An augmented reality sandbox offers the chance to create mountains and valleys, and rivers and lakes in real time. “You can even make it rain,” Heath Lambe, the museum’s curator of exhibits, said of the mesmerizing feature.
“We’ve used a lot of technology in this,” Arnold said.
Climbing basics
The basics of mountaineering and skiing are highlighted along with the exhibit’s advanced offerings. The exhibit features more than 90 objects, most on loan, that were used in mountaineering, climbing and skiing. Among them are several versions of ice axes, showing changes over the years.
“A lot of the stuff these guys wore was Army surplus,” Lambe said.
Visitors will learn about the importance of Central Washington Mountain Rescue and the influence of the men of the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division, which played a pivotal role late in World War II. Some such as Schuster came to the United States eager to share the skills they had learned.
Kids can get the basics of climbing in an activity zone just for them. They will learn how to properly place some of the equipment, Lambe said of ice screws, nuts, hex, tri-cams and cams. They can check out displays made lower just for them and practice their skills with a compass.
Arnold praised Lambe’s work on “Let’s Take the Sporting Route,” which doesn’t have a closing date at this point. He thinks it will be open for several years.
“It’s a major step forward for us,” Arnold said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are launching a whirlwind of votes and Senate floor action Monday with the goal of confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court by the end of the week.
The Senate Judiciary Committee kicks off Monday morning with a vote on whether to move Jackson’s nomination to the Senate floor. Democrats will then wind the nomination through the 50-50 Senate, with a final vote in sight for President Joe Biden’s pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
After more than 30 hours of hearings and interrogation from Republicans over her record, Jackson is on the brink of making history as the third Black justice and only the sixth woman in the court’s more than 200-year history. Democrats — and at least one Republican — cite her deep experience in her nine years on the federal bench and the chance for her to become the first former public defender on the court.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday that the high regard for Jackson after a combative four days of hearings is “evidence of the strength that she brings to this nomination and the value that she will bring to the Supreme Court.”
The committee could deadlock on Monday’s vote, 11-11, meaning Democrats will have to spend additional hours on the Senate floor to “discharge” her nomination from committee. While it won’t delay the process for long, it’s another blow for Democrats who had hoped to confirm Jackson with bipartisan support.
A deadlocked vote would be “a truly unfortunate signal of the continued descent into dysfunction of our confirmation process,” said Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat on the committee.
The committee hasn’t deadlocked on a nomination since 1991, when a motion to send the nomination of current Justice Clarence Thomas to the floor with a “favorable” recommendation failed on a 7-7 vote. The committee then voted to send the nomination to the floor without a recommendation, meaning it could still be brought up for a vote.
Either way, Democrats are ready to spend time on the discharge Monday afternoon, if necessary. The Senate would then move to a series of procedural steps before a final confirmation vote later in the week.
While none of the Republicans on the committee is expected to support Jackson, Democrats will have at least one GOP vote in favor on the floor — Maine Sen. Susan Collins, who announced last week that she will support the nominee. Collins said that even though she may not always agree with her, Jackson “possesses the experience, qualifications and integrity to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court.”
It’s unclear so far whether any other Republicans will join her. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky set the tone for the party last week when he said he “cannot and will not” support her, citing GOP concerns raised in the hearing about her sentencing record and her support from liberal advocacy groups.
Collins and Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were the only three to vote for Jackson when the Senate confirmed her as an appeals court judge last year. Graham said Thursday he won’t support her this time around; Murkowski says she’s still deciding.
Collins’ support likely saves Democrats from having to use Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick, and Biden called Collins on Wednesday to thank her after her announcement, according to the senator’s office. The president had called her at least three times before the hearings, part of a larger push to win a bipartisan vote for his historic nominee.
It is expected that all 50 Democrats will support Jackson, though one notable moderate Democrat, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, hasn’t yet said how she will vote.
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Instant Genius: Oral Health, with Dr Kami Hoss
Dental health expert Dr Kami Hoss joins us on our podcasts, Instant Genius and Instant Genius Extra.
Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week's episode, we talk to Dr Kami Hoss.
He's a dentist and author of the new book If Your Mouth Could Talk: An In-Depth Guide to Oral Health (£22.99, BenBella Books).
Kami explains how to take care of our teeth, debunking myths about plaque, cavities, fluoride and more.
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Before the war, AZA NIZI MAZA (АЗА НІЗІ МАЗА) in Kharkiv was a creative space—especially for children—founded in 2012 by Mykola Kolomiets. With a focus on inclusivity, it has combined art classes on painting, graphics and sculpture for all ages; lectures on art; book projects; and shows, with the venue being “the best exhibition grounds in Ukraine.”
The main activity is on teaching. Instructors developed an approach to realize the potential of of each individual student. Classes have not been limited to techniques but also to introducing students to the modern context of art, and the history of art (in practice), showing how practitioners of different eras solved similar problems. The goal is to develop imagination and lead students to their own path and style.
On the day the Russians invaded, the AZA NIZI MAZA studio became a bomb shelter and a transfer point for many people. But creative projects are continuing despite the dangers. The current collaboration is a poster diary, “WHAT I SEE,” in which Mykola Kolomiets reinterprets students’ works in the context of wartime. This project has received a lot of attention in Ukraine and abroad.
“Because of the war, we put classes in the studio on hold, but we have launched the classes at one of the Kharkiv metro stations,” notes Mykola.
Please support Aza Nizi Maza Studio through Paypal. Contact: nikolaykolomiets1@gmail.com
Much thanks to Olga Severina.
Once again you can support Aza Nizi Maza Studio with Paypal, contact: nikolaykolomiets1@gmail.com
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A Houma woman was arrested Sunday following a fatal wrong-way crash on U.S. Highway 90 in Terrebonne Parish.
Troopers say they responded shortly before 3:00 a.m. on April 3 to the two-vehicle crash near LA Hwy 316.
The crash claimed the life of 77-year-old Joseph Sias of New Orleans.
State Police say a preliminary investigation revealed Katelynn Scott of Houma was traveling west on the eastbound off-ramp of U.S. Hwy 90 when she entered the eastbound lanes driving the wrong way and struck Sias's vehicle head-on.
According to Troopers, Sias and his front seat passenger were not restrained at the time of the crash.
Sias suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His passenger was transported to an out-of-area hospital with serious injuries.
LSP says Scott allegedly displayed signs of impairment following the crash and was arrested.
She provided a breath sample that allegedly showed a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. Troopers say a toxicology sample was collected from Sias and is awaiting analysis.
Scott was properly restrained at the time of the crash and suffered minor injuries.
She was booked into the Terrebonne Parish Criminal Justice Complex for Vehicular Homicide, 1st Degree Vehicular Negligent Injury, DWI 1st Offense, and Driving on Divided Highways.
The crash remains under investigation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gas prices continue to set records across the country with the national average hovering around $4.20/gallon.
While President Joe Biden took action last week to increase supply, can anything more be done by lawmakers to provide relief at the pump?
SOME RELIEF IS OCCURRING
The country seems to be in a much different place than it was in April of 2020 when gas prices were under $2 per gallon. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a severe impact on global energy markets.
Russia is the world's third-largest energy producer. The Biden administration is well aware of the impact the hike is having on Americans and has taken some action in the last few days.
Last Thursday, President Biden announced a plan to release 1 million barrels of oil each day for 180 days from the nation's strategic reserve.
"There isn't enough supply," President Joe Biden said on Thursday at the White House.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg also announced a plan last week to increase fuel efficiency standards in new vehicles beginning in 2024. The markets, however, have only moved marginally since those announcements.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
Lawmakers typically have very little say when it comes to the price of gasoline because the energy market is so dependent on output from other countries. However, there are some options being considered on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Option #1: Pressure oil executives to produce more oil and limit profits.
This week, on Wednesday, the leaders of Shell, BP, Chevron, as well as ExxonMobil are expected to testify on Capitol Hill. Democrats are planning to push companies to do more to lower the cost.
"We want to know what’s causing these record-high prices and what needs to be done to bring them down immediately," Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) said, announcing the hearing.
Option #2: Fine oil companies for not drilling.
President Biden has called on Congress to penalize companies that have leases to drill on federal lands but currently are not. Some economists believe an increase in American energy production would offset what is being lost from Russia because of the conflict.
Energy companies have pushed back saying not every location is capable of producing oil. As a result, this idea is looking less likely to make it through a divided Senate.
Option #3: A gas tax holiday or rebate program.
One idea being floated by Democrats is to send $100/month to every American making under $75,000 for the rest of the year as long as gas is above $4/gallon.
However, that idea still lacks the necessary support for passage, with some on Capitol Hill preferring a suspension of the federal gas tax instead. Currently, the federal gas tax is 18 cents a gallon. That has some opponents as well.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the drawbacks to that idea last week during her weekly press conference.
“The con is the oil companies don’t pass that on to the consumer, they haven’t in the past,” Pelosi told reporters.
As a result, it's still unclear if anything can actually become law in the near future that will help you with the bills.
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RICHMOND, Va. — An animal shelter received more than 400 requests for snuggle sessions with seven Pyrenees puppies after offering the chance for folks to "forget about the worries of the world."
"After 2 years of Covid, social upheaval and now a war, we think we could all use a little puppy cuddle time," Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Chipps-Peters posted on Facebook on Friday.
"So that’s just what we are offering! All day Sunday you can sign up for 30 minutes in a room at RACC to kiss these love buckets until your heart and soul is happy."
Officials said the pups, which all now have pending adoptions, were "tasked with a very special job" to "hug you and make you happy."
"These sweet Angel cake puppies are magic, puffy fluffy goodness stuffed with rainbows and sunshine," the Facebook post reads. "If you hug them even for a few minutes, you will forget about the worries of the world."
Officials said priority was given to first responders and health care professionals as well as "anyone who has recently lost a loved one/suffering from a broken heart/depression/anxiety."
Less than six hours after launching the post, officials said they had received more than 400 applications.
In a Facebook Live video Sunday morning, Peters said more than 50 "wonderful people in need that need to heal their hearts" were booked for the private hug room sessions.
However, officials promised to do the same with other litters of puppies in the future.
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RICHMOND, Va. — An animal shelter received more than 400 requests for snuggle sessions with seven Pyrenees puppies after offering the chance for folks to "forget about the worries of the world."
"After 2 years of Covid, social upheaval and now a war, we think we could all use a little puppy cuddle time," Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Chipps-Peters posted on Facebook on Friday.
"So that’s just what we are offering! All day Sunday you can sign up for 30 minutes in a room at RACC to kiss these love buckets until your heart and soul is happy."
Officials said the pups, which all now have pending adoptions, were "tasked with a very special job" to "hug you and make you happy."
"These sweet Angel cake puppies are magic, puffy fluffy goodness stuffed with rainbows and sunshine," the Facebook post reads. "If you hug them even for a few minutes, you will forget about the worries of the world."
Officials said priority was given to first responders and health care professionals as well as "anyone who has recently lost a loved one/suffering from a broken heart/depression/anxiety."
Less than six hours after launching the post, officials said they had received more than 400 applications.
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However, officials promised to do the same with other litters of puppies in the future.
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Confusing COVID counting could skew positivity rates
We recently explained that Chicago and Illinois officials do not count positive COVID-19 cases if they are detected through home tests.
- This seemed odd given that the data could affect positivity rates, which help guide policy.
Driving the news: Axios learned Friday that about half of all testing data the city does use to gauge positivity comes from weekly routine testing of about 57,000 CPS students.
- These are not kids who suspect they're sick, just those signed up for weekly surveillance. Still, their data is thrown into the general pot of positivity results.
What they're saying: "We never look at test positivity in isolation," CDPH medical director Isaac Ghinai tells Axios.
- "We also look at case numbers, hospitalization usage, severe disease like ICU admissions and deaths. We also have new surveillance metrics, like wastewater surveillance."
Zoom in: CDC wastewater data has consistently shown 1,000% COVID growth in recent weeks in samples representing millions of Chicago households.
- But as Ghinai notes, those CDC reports don't show baseline data, which was low before the exponential growth.
- He recommends CDPH's wastewater reports, which show baseline numbers but with a significant lag time. CDPH's latest analysis digs into data from … early February.
Between the lines: Ghinai says he understands that excluding home test data and including thousands of routine school tests each week can skew metrics, which is why city officials keep those factors in mind when reviewing the numbers internally.
The bottom line: World Health Organization officials say the recent reduction of COVID monitoring "inhibits our collective ability to track where the virus is, how it is spreading and how it is evolving: information and analyses that remain critical to effectively end the acute phase of the pandemic."
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How Colorado's minimum wage policies compare with other states
As employers raise wages to attract workers amid a widespread labor shortage, new data shows Colorado has one of the lowest percentages nationwide of people earning below $15 an hour.
By the numbers: 26.8% of Centennial State workers (about 860,000 people) make $15 per hour or less — well below the national average of 31.9%, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Oxfam America.
Why it matters: Our $12.56 minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum of $7.25, but over the years neither figure has kept up with the cost of living.
- A living hourly wage for a single adult with no children in Colorado is $17.56, per the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. If that adult has one child, the rate needed for a living wage is $34.68.
Driving the news: A new state law that took effect last week requires Colorado prison laborers who participate in certain offsite work programs be paid minimum wage, at least.
- Bill sponsor Sen. James Coleman (D-Denver) says the law is a first step to eventually ensuring all incarcerated laborers in the state earn minimum wage or more.
Zoom in: Significant gender and race disparities exist in the minimum wage discussion, per Oxfam's study.
- 34% of working women make less than $15 per hour in Colorado, compared with 20% of men.
- For people of color, the number jumps to 51% for women and 30% for men.
Flashback: Colorado voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2016 to raise the minimum wage, which was $8.31 per hour at that time.
Yes, but: This gradual yearly increase leaves Colorado's pay behind nearly a dozen other states, including California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Washington.
The big picture: A record number of cities and states are set to increase their minimum wages this year — with many exceeding $15, Axios' Oriana Gonzalez writes.
The moves come in the absence of any increases to the federal minimum wage, which has gone unchanged since 2009.
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Denver protesters' $14 million award carries national implications
A federal jury's groundbreaking decision to make the city of Denver pay $14 million to protesters who were injured by police during 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd's murder is rippling across the country.
Why it matters: The verdict could affect the outcome of dozens of similar pending lawsuits involving law enforcement's use of force during protests.
Details: At least 29 lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. based on officers firing rubber bullets, pepper balls and other less-lethal projectiles at protesters in summer 2020, the AP reports.
- The outcome of Denver's case may convince other cities to settle the cases rather than risk losing at trial and could give protesters' attorneys the confidence to ask for higher settlement rewards.
- The damages awarded in Denver could also persuade more protesters to pursue legal action.
What they're saying: "There's no doubt that the large jury verdict in Denver will influence the outcome of pending police misconduct cases brought by Black Lives Matter protesters across the country," Michael Steinberg, director of the Civil Rights Litigation Initiative, told the AP.
What to watch: As Axios Denver first reported, the city attorney's office is weighing whether to appeal the precedent-setting verdict.
- A challenge is likely, considering appeals in such significant cases are common, Gloria Browne-Marshall, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told the AP.
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New Gen of Indy Engines Taken For Road Test
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INDYCAR engine partners Chevrolet and Honda worked around weather issues this week during an extended, three-day test of their respective/new 2.4-liter powerplants on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road-Course.
The next generation of the series’ internal combustion engine, equipped with a hybrid power unit, is scheduled to debut in the NTT IndyCar Series in 2024. Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden and Will Power logged laps for Team Chevrolet, while six-time series champion Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing provided feedback for Honda Performance Development.
Despite weather too cold to record a full day of testing on Monday, March 28, Newgarden logged laps at-speed during the afternoon on a modified version of the 2.6-mile/13-turn layout. After another late start because of cold ambient and track temperatures on Tuesday, Power laid down lap after lap to add to the data collection. Because of the weather issues, the test was extended into Wednesday.
Internal combustion components of the 2.4-liter twin-turbo V6 are different from those currently being run in the 2.2-liter V6. Chevrolet reported logging more than 600 miles with its 2.4-liter unit, albeit not equipped with an energy recovery system delayed by supply chain issues.
Neither manufacturer reported significant problems in engines designed to produce approximately 800 horsepower. When equipped with the energy recovery system, the hybrid package will produce a projected 900 horsepower. The current 2.2-liter/134.25 cubic-inch V6 cranks out an estimated 550-700 horsepower, depending upon turbo boost pressure.
Rob Buckner, Chevrolet Engineering program manager for INDYCAR, termed the test “very successful and productive.”
“This was a big milestone,” Buckner said. “We have progressed from initial concept of the 2.4-liter design a few years ago and running extensively on the dyno to installing the engine into a car and now the landmark event of turning our first laps at the Indianapolis Road-Course.
“We are incredibly appreciative of the all the men and women at Chevrolet Performance and our partners at Ilmor for their commitment to a highly successful on-track debut for the 2.4-liter engine platform. We could race this engine tomorrow, which is the highest praise possible for a new engine. Special thanks to Team Penske for quickly building a reliable and safe test car along with Josef Newgarden and Will Power for looking after our prototype engine with first-rate feedback.”
David Salters, HPD president and technical director, said the test represented an important step “as the series moves into the electrified era.”
“The engine ran well throughout the three days, and we completed all planned test items, thanks to Chip Ganassi Racing and Scott Dixon,” Salters said of the 2008 Indy 500 champ and native of New Zealand. “But there are many more steps to take before the full, hybrid power unit debuts in 2024. The all-new 2.4-liter E85 bio-fueled engine has been designed, simulated, developed, dyno-tested, manufactured and assembled by the inspiring Honda men and women at HPD in (Torrance) California. We set ourselves these challenges to develop our people and technology here at HPD.
“We are very proud of the amazing team at HPD and our Honda ‘challenging spirit.’ There is still a very, very long list of things to be accomplished before the power unit is tested in competition, but this is certainly a major milestone for everyone at Honda Performance Development.”
Newgarden won the series’ most recent event _ the XPEL 375 on Texas Motor Speedway’s high-banked/1.5-mile oval in Fort Worth _ on March 20.
“It was a thrill to get to work with the Team Chevy engineering group and get to drive the new 2024 engine package,” said Newgarden, the series champion in 2017 and 2019 and driver of the No. 2 Hitachi Chevrolet. “It was a great collaborative effort to get the new engine on track to start testing for all the components needed in our Chevy.
“I always enjoy getting to work with everyone at Team Chevy and the cohesive unit we develop as partners with the same goals. For us, getting started early really emphasizes the importance of everything we are going to need in the future _ durability, power, fuel mileage. These are the things we’re always working on and I’m excited to see what the future is going to hold for Chevy in INDYCAR.”
Team Chevy engineers worked with Power, a native of Australia, to compile additional hot-lap data. “It was clear immediately that Chevy has put a lot of work into this already,’ said Power, the 2014 series champion and winner of the 2018 Indy 500. “It will obviously continue to get better and better. The Verizon 5G Chevy team did 150 laps, and I was impressed with the power of the engine throughout the day. I’m very excited about this addition to the series and can’t wait to continue to help develop it.”
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, a native of New Zealand, won the 2022 season-opener on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb. 27, with Newgarden adding his victory at TMS last month. Since returning to the series in 2012, Chevrolet has won 97 of 167 races, four Indianapolis 500s, six driver championships and six manufacturers’ titles.
Round 3 of the 17-race schedule _ the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach _ is scheduled for April 8-10 in Southern California.
“We now turn our focus back to the Chevrolet 2.2-liter and a high workload of team testing ahead of the Long Beach Grand Prix next weekend,” Buckner said. “It’s the most challenging time of the year for everyone involved in INDYCAR and I’m looking forward to watching the Chevrolet Competition group and our race teams execute. All our goals for 2022 are right in front of us and we are ready.”
Twenty-five years after winning its first INDYCAR manufacturers’ championship, Honda clinched its 10th overall, and fourth consecutive title, in 2021. Included was an historic, record-tying fourth Indy 500 victory for native Brazilian Helio Castroneves of Meyer Shank Racing last May 30.
Englishman Jack Harvey, sidelined after a crash during practice at Texas Motor Speedway on March 19, has been cleared by the INDYCAR medical team to compete in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 8-10.
Harvey, of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, crashed his No. 45 Hy-Vee Honda during the final one-hour practice on TMS’ high-banked/1.5-mile oval. Harvey was examined at the track’s infield medical center after the mishap and initially cleared to drive in Sunday’s XPEL 375.
Per IndyCar protocol, all drivers wear accelerometers that measure g-forces exhibited during an incident. These get evaluated after each incident and if the result of the g-forces surpasses the minimum threshold, drivers must be re-evaluated prior to returning to competition. Following this protocol, Harvey was re-evaluated Sunday morning and not cleared for racing.
Aspiring IndyCar driver Santino Ferrucci was hastily recruited to Fort Worth to drive the backup No. 45 Honda. Ferrucci delivered a solid, ninth-place finish after starting 27th and last.
RLLR said in a statement, “We would like to express our gratitude for the exceptional care that Dr. Billows, his staff including Dr. Julia Vaizer and Dr. Terry Trammell and the AMR INDYCAR Safety Team has given to Jack, both onsite in Texas and in the time since then.”
Ed Carpenter Racing has entered into a unique, humanitarian partnership with Building Tomorrow _an international not-for-profit organization supporting literacy and numeracy in Uganda _ for the GMR Grand Prix in Indianapolis on May 14.
Through the generosity of a longtime Building Tomorrow supporter, defending race-winner Rinus VeeKay of The Netherlands will compete in the No. 21 Building Tomorrow Chevrolet as “Month of May” activities get underway at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Together, Building Tomorrow and ECR have launched a “Ride with Rinus” campaign, allowing any contributor who donates $75 to have their name added to the livery of VeeKay’s Dallara chassis.
Founded in 2006, Building Tomorrow aims to improve learning outcomes in underserved communities throughout Uganda. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 1.2- million children were out of school across Uganda. The country then experienced the longest continuous school closures in the world due to the pandemic, with 10-million children out of school for nearly two years. Working in partnership with local communities, Building Tomorrow delivered its “Roots to Rise” literacy and numeracy programming to more than 40,000 children in 2021 and will reach over 100,000 learners in 2022.
(Editor’s Note: John Sturbin is a Texas-based journalist specializing in motorsports. During a near 30-year career with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, he won the Bloys Britt Award for top motorsports story of the year (1991) as judged by The Associated Press; received the National Hot Rod Association’s Media Award (1997) and several in-house Star-Telegram honors. He also was inaugural recipient of the Texas Motor Speedway Excellence in Journalism Award (2009). His list of freelance clients includes Texas Motor Speedway, the Dallas Morning News, New York Newsday, Rome (N.Y) Daily Sentinel, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller Times, NASCAR Wire Service and Ford Racing).
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Heidi Campbell enters the fray
State Sen. Heidi Campbell is running for the District 5 congressional seat, the first major Democrat to enter the fray.
Why it matters: While the Republican primary is shaping up to be a battle royale, Democrats had been waiting for a serious candidate to run.
Driving the news: Campbell entered politics as a neighborhood activist who opposed a retail development in Oak Hill. Following that zoning dispute, she won election to the town council and then ran for the state Senate in 2020.
- In order to win that seat, Campbell emerged from a competitive Democratic primary and then toppled incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Dickerson. Those hard-fought victories may prepare her for a race in which the Democratic primary winner will be the underdog.
What she's saying: "I'm not afraid of a scrap," Campbell tells Axios.
- "Every family deserves the freedom to thrive, living a good middle-class life and working a good job without the constant question of how you'll make ends meet," Campbell said in a press release.
State of play: The fifth congressional district had been a safe Democratic seat for generations.
- But Republicans created new district boundaries earlier this year that carved Nashville into three districts and converted District 5 into a seat favoring the GOP.
- Following redistricting, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, announced his retirement.
Be smart: A crowded field is forming on the Republican side of the race.
- Known candidates include former state House Speaker Beth Harwell, businessperson Baxter Lee, Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles, former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus, music video producer and activist Robby Starbuck and retired National Guard Brig. Gen. Kurt Winstead.
What's next: Campbell is holding a campaign kickoff Tuesday at noon at War Memorial Auditorium.
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NWACC hires new president
The Board of Trustees selected Dennis Rittle to lead NorthWest Arkansas Community College, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.
Why it matters: The president is the top job at NWA's flagship community college, which plays a fundamental role in offering low-cost degrees and training for the region's workforce.
What happened: The Board of Trustees on Friday unanimously voted to hire Rittle after a search committee recommended him and two other finalists.
- Fifty-three people applied for the job, the newspaper reported.
What they're saying: As to why the board picked Rittle, chairperson DeAnne Witherspoon told the newspaper, "He seems to know where he's going, and where he's going seems to be where we want to go."
About Rittle: He has been the president of Cowley College, a community college in Arkansas City, Kansas, since 2015.
- Rittle has worked in education since at least 2007.
Flashback: NWACC president Evelyn Jorgenson announced in February that she will retire when her contract expires on June 30, 2022.
- She has been president since 2013.
Of note: The vote means the school can start contract negotiations with Rittle. We don't know what his salary will be. Jorgenson's is $205,000 per year.
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Minnesota State Fair food vendors saw big drop in sales for 2021
Sales at the 10 most popular Minnesota State Fair food booths plummeted by 35% last year.
Why it matters: Hundreds of small businesses in Minnesota rely on the annual event and some have used it as a stepping stone to create year-round companies.
Driving the news: The State Fair released food vendor revenue data for 2021 after Axios requested it last week.
Context: The decline in revenue is in-line with a drop in attendance at the 2021 State Fair.
- With 1.3 million visitors in 2021, State Fair attendance was down 39% compared to 2019.
Driving the dip: The Delta variant dampened the fair's comeback after the full cancellation in 2020.
State of play: It's not yet clear how much the tough sales numbers from 2021 will affect turnover at the State Fair. While the big vendors will likely be fine, the smaller and newer ones don't have the same resources.
- About 150 vendors vendors pulled out before last year's fair.
- Fair staff typically renews and issues licenses in April and May and has a better indication of repeat vendors in June, according to a spokesperson.
What they're saying: Bill Wozniak, who owns Fresh French Fries with his family, is predicting a major bounce-back in State Fair attendance this summer, pending good weather.
- But rising costs are a major concern for vendors. For example, costs for soybean oil — one of the three ingredients for the Wozniaks' french fries — have tripled over the past two years.
The intrigue: Sweet Martha's Cookie Jar remains the most popular vendor by a mile. After hitting $5 million in sales in 2019, it came in at $3.3 million in 2021.
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U.S. to seek Russia's suspension from UN Human Rights Council
The U.S. will seek Russia's suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council in response to allegations that Russian forces committed war crimes in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Monday.
The big picture: Ukraine's forces retook the Kyiv region and northern areas of the country over the weekend. Officials and independent photographers have reported bodies of civilians — some with their hands tied behind their backs — strewn in the streets of the city of Bucha.
- Satellite images show a 45-foot-long trench in the grounds of a church in Bucha, where a mass grave was found.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has labeled what happened in Bucha as "genocide,"' saying late Sunday that "it is time to do everything possible to make the war crimes of the Russian military the last manifestation of such evil on Earth."
- French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and others have also condemned the reported atrocities.
- Russia's defense ministry rejected the reports.
What they're saying: "In close coordination with Ukraine, European countries and other partners at the UN, we are going to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council," ambassador Thomas-Greenfield said in Romania, where she is observing efforts to help refugees arriving from Ukraine.
- "My message to those 140 countries who have courageously stood together is: the images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us to now match our words with action,” she said, referring to the more than 140 countries that voted in early March to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
- "There will be accountability and justice for this brutality," she said in a tweet Sunday.
The International Criminal Court last month launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Ukraine.
Go deeper: What counts as a war crime and why they're so hard to prosecute
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RICHMOND, Va. — An animal shelter received more than 400 requests for snuggle sessions with seven Pyrenees puppies after offering the chance for folks to "forget about the worries of the world."
"After 2 years of Covid, social upheaval and now a war, we think we could all use a little puppy cuddle time," Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Chipps-Peters posted on Facebook on Friday.
"So that’s just what we are offering! All day Sunday you can sign up for 30 minutes in a room at RACC to kiss these love buckets until your heart and soul is happy."
Officials said the pups, which all now have pending adoptions, were "tasked with a very special job" to "hug you and make you happy."
"These sweet Angel cake puppies are magic, puffy fluffy goodness stuffed with rainbows and sunshine," the Facebook post reads. "If you hug them even for a few minutes, you will forget about the worries of the world."
Officials said priority was given to first responders and health care professionals as well as "anyone who has recently lost a loved one/suffering from a broken heart/depression/anxiety."
Less than six hours after launching the post, officials said they had received more than 400 applications.
In a Facebook Live video Sunday morning, Peters said more than 50 "wonderful people in need that need to heal their hearts" were booked for the private hug room sessions.
However, officials promised to do the same with other litters of puppies in the future.
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The ongoing war in Ukraine has prompted the Fairfax County Office of the Sheriff to donate 110 used ballistic vests to protect lives of people in that country.
The agency shipped the vests, which were in good condition but past their five-year warranty, to the Lift Up Ukraine campaign. A post on the Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page cited the “dire situation in Ukraine and the scarcity of body armor” and said that officials “hope our equipment will help protect the lives of Ukrainians as they defend their country from the Russian invasion.”
The Sheriff’s Office learned about the ballistic-vest initiative through an e-mail from the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, which directed the message to police chiefs and sheriffs.
“The Ukrainians are seeking new or used body armor for any threat level,” said Andrea Ceisler, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman. She did not know who exactly would receive the body armor, but said “Ukrainians can decide the best use of the vests.”
The vests are designed to stop small-arms fire and light shrapnel, said Ceisler, who did not have immediate knowledge of which company or companies manufactured the vests and how much each one cost.
Ceisler read the e-mail, inquired whether the agency’s Fiscal & Material Management Section had anything to donate and received an affirmative response. Sheriff Stacey Kincaid approved the request and the agency the following day transported the used vests to a collection point in Falls Church.
Officials then transported the donations to Richmond, where they were consolidated with ones from other areas and readied to be shipped to Ukraine, Ceisler said.
The Sheriff’s Office typically donates its used ballistic vests to Vests for Life, which helps law-enforcement agencies that cannot afford needed safety equipment, Ceisler said. The Sheriff’s Office decided to support the Ukrainian effort this time. The only person who needed to approve such a donation was Sheriff Kincaid, she said.
Asked whether there might be risks in effectively taking sides in an international conflict, Ceisler said no.
“The decision to support Ukraine is not controversial,” she said. “We support democracy and oppose genocide.”
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The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is taking part in this year’s international City Nature Challenge. County residents will be part of a Washington-metro-area team in the global collaboration built around identifying things in nature.
The challenge begins at 12:01 a.m. local time on April 29 and runs through 11:59 p.m. on May 2. Residents can take part by going outdoors in their neighborhood, backyard or a park, then look to see what’s there and take photos of wild plants, animals and fungi. Upload the photos through a free app provided by iNaturalist.
Identification will take place through crowdsourcing and results will be announced May 9.
For the event, Fairfax County is part of the Washington region that includes the District of Columbia, 14 Northern Virginia counties, five Maryland counties and Jefferson County, W.Va.
Volunteers can sign up on the Park Authority’s Website and log observations in any of FCPA’s 429 parks. Registrants will receive links to virtual trainings and log their volunteer hours through the Park Authority’s system.
For more information about participation in this fun and engaging volunteer opportunity, visit volunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov/custom/1380/opp_details/186725.
The City Nature Challenge is organized by the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. More information about the supporting parks can be found on the Park Authority’ Website at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks. Further information about the challenge is on the City Nature Challenge’s Website at citynaturechallengedc.org.
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Fairfax County Public Schools students won 50 Gold Key awards in the 2022 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards competition. In all, 226 Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable-mention awards were earned by FCPS students.
Thanisha Chowdury, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science &Technology, was named an American Voices Nominee for her flash fiction, “Heavenbound,” and Trini Rogando, also a student at Thomas Jefferson, was named an American Voices Nominee for her personal essay and memoir, “The Effect of First Loves on Religious Decay.”
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the nation. Writing categories include critical essay, dramatic script, flash fiction, humor, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction and fantasy, short story, and writing portfolio.
Students from the Sun Gazette coverage area who received top awards included:
• From Langley High School: Jenna Cai, Gold Key for “Four Glimpses of Grandpa” (Poetry); Tracy Gong, Gold Key for “Username: Crunchy Rabbit” (Short Story); Peyton Walcott, Gold Key for “The Killer Whale: An Economic Solution to Single-Use Plastics” (Critical Essay). • From Luther Jackson Middle School: Joonwon Lee, Gold Key for “The Scarce Water: Innovative Ways to Quench” (Critical Essay).
• From McLean High School: Marley Derienzo, Gold Key for “Ongoing Plans” (Flash Fiction); Minsong Ha, Gold Key for “Kyrie Irving on the Courts of Basketball and the Internet” (Critical Essay); Youngjae Kim, Gold Key for “Russia’s 2014 Conquest of Crimea: A Canary in a Coal Mine or the End of an Era?” (Critical Essay); Jennifer Li, Gold Key for “Face” (Flash Fiction); Jennifer Li, Gold Key for “ABC” (Personal Essay & Memoir); Zhiyi Li, Gold Key for “An Invisible Message: Behind Cultural Media Censorship and Democratization” (Critical Essay); Ellen Pan, Gold Key for “Forget Me, Forget Me Not” (Short Story); Olivia Zhang, Gold Key) for “The Grief Exam” (Personal Essay & Memoir); Aileen Zhao, Gold Key for “The Genesis” (Poetry); Aileen Zhao, Gold Key for “Eden: A Game About Choices” (Short Story); Jiayin Zou, Gold Key for “Calm Down” (Personal Essay & Memoir).
• From Oakton High School: Eric Chen, Gold Key for “Ending Modern Slavery by Targeting Enabling Environments and Treating the Vulnerabilities in Victims” (Critical Essay); Chloe Lee, Gold Key for “Hope to Restart” (Poetry).
• From Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: Arya Adake, Gold Key for “By Women, For “Women” (Poetry); Thanisha Chowdhury, Gold Key and American Voices Nominee for “Heavenbound” (Flash Fiction); Thanisha Chowdhury, Gold Key for “Least Common Factor” (Flash Fiction); Thanisha Chowdhury, Gold Key for “ Noah” (Science Fiction & Fantasy); Grace Guan, Gold Key for “ Bean Sprouts” (Personal Essay & Memoir);Richa Gupta, Gold Key for “All Good Things Come to an End” (Personal Essay & Memoir); Riva Jain, Gold Key for “Lost and Found” (Dramatic Script); Hannah Liu, Gold Key for “telescope of time” (Poetry); Jessica May, Gold Key for “The All-Encompassing Guide to Being A Couple At School” (Humor); Spencer Miller, Gold Key for “Senior Research Project, Science Fiction & Fantasy; Archana Parameswaran, Gold Key for “Happy New Year” (Personal Essay & Memoir); Kiari Quevedo, Gold Key for “Who We Could Be” (Poetry); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “a conversation over a dissected frog / burdened by the crucifix on the classroom wall” (Poetry); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “First-Gen Poet as Percussion Rehearsal” (Poetry); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “Listen” (Writing Portfolio); Trini Rogando, Gold Key and American Voices Nominee for “The Effect of First Loves on Religious Decay”; Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “Basic Biology” (Writing Portfolio); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “Holy Haibun in Las Vegas” (Poetry); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “Ghazal for “a Love Confession” (Poetry); Trini Rogando, Gold Key for “oscar wilde spoke of aestheticism” (Poetry); Lillian Sun, Gold Key for “Purple Corn” (Personal Essay & Memoir); Lillian Sun, Gold Key for “Public Libraries Are Underfunded, and It’s Time to Change That” (Critical Essay); Eli Tillemann, Gold Key for “Under Aristophanes’ Rock: My Journey” (Humor); and Jessica Wang, Gold Key for “In the Daisy Fields” (Poetry).
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Community members who find pink-plastic flamingos on their lawns in coming months likely will have received them for a good cause.
The Woman’s Club of McLean is holding an ongoing fund-raiser that encourages donors to pay to have the flamboyant lawn ornaments placed in designated people’s yards. The club will remove them for free after three days, but will take the flamingos away immediately for a $25 donation from those who received the ornaments.
Recipients willing to donate $80 will be able to designate specifically where the flamingos should be placed next.
Those who have been “flocked” should call or text Emma Lea Moorman at (619) 709-0611 about removing the flamingos.
To send flamingos to someone or purchase “flock insurance” (suggested donation: $30) to protect one’s lawn from the plastic birds, contact Moorman at the above number or e-mail her at emmalea712@att.net.
Proceeds will go directly to local charity groups such as Share Inc., McLean Volunteer Fire Department, Wounded Warriors Transitional Housing, Second Story, Falls Church/McLean Children’s Center, middle-school music programs and safety-patrol programs.
The Woman’s Club of McLean undertook the unusual fund-raiser because the pandemic forced cancellation of some of its previous Holiday Homes Tours, which normally give the organization its primary financial boost each year.
[Sun Gazette Newspapers provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.]
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Gonta bows out of state race, shifts campaign to county board
A local man is now seeking to be elected as a county commissioner after previously announcing a bid for a spot in the state Legislature.
John Gonta, an attorney based in Monroe, has withdrawn his candidacy for representative of the newly-formed 30th District.
A Republican, Gonta will now seek a seat on the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. He is vying for the seat representing District 6.
"While I may have changed from running from state representative back to running for county commissioner, my values have not changed,” Gonta said. “I still promote the ideas of smaller government, less red tape, and I refuse to accept donations for my County Commissioner campaign, as well. There is no outside influence here; What you see is what you get, and what you get is my commitment to reduce the bureaucracy.”
District 6 represents portions of the City of Monroe, and Monroe and Frenchtown townships. It is currently represented by Democrat Sharon LeMasters, who defeated Gonta’s previous bid for the seat in 2020. LeMasters, a former Monroe County Clerk/Register of Deeds, won by a slim margin — slightly more than a hundred votes.
Gonta said he made the decision in light of additional Republican candidates joining the race for District 30.
Those candidates represent strong Republican values, he said, adding recent redistricting also factored into his choice.
In 2018, Michigan voters approved a ballot measure to create an independent citizens redistricting commission. After the Census is conducted every ten years, legislative districts are redrawn to reflect changing population trends.
The ballot initiative shifted the responsibility of redrawing those districts from the Legislature and governor to the commission, which includes private citizens of both major parties and Independents.
New maps were recently unveiled, creating new districts in the state and federal governments. In the Legislature, Monroe County residents were previously represented by two districts.
The new maps now break the county into four separate districts, lumping communities into districts that include municipalities in neighboring Lenawee, Washtenaw and Wayne counties.
Gonta said when he initially launched his campaign for the Legislature, he did so with the idea he would be running in the former 17th District, which is currently represented by Republican Joe Bellino of Monroe.
The former district included the City of Monroe and sprawled to communities just north of Monroe County in Wayne. The new 30th District is very different geographically, Gonta said.
“It is important to note that when I initially opened my campaign committee for state representative, it was for District 17, and it didn't extend south past Jones Avenue in Monroe,” he added. “Due to redistricting, the area now extends to the Ohio line. District 30 is a very different district than District 17.".
Gonta is a veteran of the Army National Guard. He served active and reserve duty for more than 14 years, including at the former Monroe Armory. He earned the Army Commendation medal for his service as a recruiting sergeant.
He is a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association and an executive board member with the Monroe County Republican Party. He also is a member of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and serves as Defense Counsel to the Monroe County Veterans Court.
Gonta holds a law degree from Michigan State University and masters degrees from Wayne State and Eastern Michigan universities.
Gonta said he loves living and working in Monroe County, and wants to bring his strong Republican voice to the county board. He also will advocated for making the board’s meetings and decisions more accessible to the community.
“One of the first resolutions I will be working on when I am elected is to broadcast the commission meeting on YouTube; this way the public gets to see from their homes, exactly what the commission does or doesn't do for them,” Gonta said. “People have the right to access these proceeding to allow effective public oversight through modern technology."
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Monroe's jobless rate sees largest gain in state
Of the state’s major labor markets, the Monroe region saw the largest month-over-month gain, mirroring trends observed across the state.
New data from Michigan’s Department of Technology, Management and Budget places the local jobless rate at 6.3% in February. That’s up from 4.8% in January,
DTMB officials said it was the largest percentage gain seen in any of the 17 regional job markets monitored by the state.
Twelve markets overall saw unemployment rates climb last month, though most of those gains were slight. The remaining five markets saw negligible .1% improvements or no changes at all.
Statewide, the February unemployment rate was 5.3%, up from 5.1% in January.
Jobless rates are calculated using two metrics: the number of people paying payroll taxes and the number of people receiving unemployment aid from the state.
DTMB officials say the local Monroe metric is largely influenced by job losses related to automotive industry layoffs typical of this time of year. Such circumstance were observed in the Detroit market, according to DTMB data. Detroit’s jobless rate increased to 5.4% in February, up from 5.1% in January.
A DTMB spokesperson said there is marked improvement when comparing data to the previous year.
“Most of Michigan’s regional labor markets displayed only minor shifts in unemployment
in February,” said Wayne Rourke, associate director of the Bureau of Labor Market
Information and Strategic Initiatives. “Payroll jobs rose seasonally in government as
classes resumed at area schools and universities, and a few metro areas were
impacted by layoffs or recalls in the auto sector.”
The government sector, buoyed by education, added about 13,000 jobs statewide last month. It was trailed by the business sector, which contributed about 11,000 new jobs.
Monroe County’s labor market consisted of about 73,800 individuals, up from January’s tally of 72,700.
That net gain of about 1,100 people was solely reflected in those receiving economic payments from the state.
About 4,600 Monroe County residents received unemployment, up from 3,500 a month prior.
The figure of those considered employed — 62,900 — remained stagnant during that same time frame.
Year-over-year, the recent metric was better than the 6.7% jobless rate observed in Monroe in February 2021.
The Ann Arbor regional job market had the lowest rate in February at 3.7%.
The Northeast Lower Michigan market, which consists of twelve counties at the northern point of the Lower Peninsula, had the highest at 9.2%.
Despite having the sharpest unemployment gain, Monroe ranked mid-tier overall compared to other regional markets.
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