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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following a 53 to 47 vote, the United States Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first first Black Woman on Supreme Court.
Jackson will take the seat when Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer. She joined President Biden at the White House to watch the vote, hugging as it came in.
Oregon Senator, Ron Wyden tweeted his support for Judge Jackson saying, "Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is one of the most qualified nominees I’ve seen, and will be a critically important voice on the Supreme Court. This is a historic day for our country, and a significant step in the battle to defend Americans’ rights for years to come."
Other Senators showed their support as well.
Washington Senator Maria Cantwell says, "History is being made in the United States of America. We will have a new Justice on the highest court of the land that makes the bench look more like America."
She added, "All women and women of color should be so proud of this moment."
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley says he was proud to vote yes on her nomination, "Congratulations, Justice Jackson!"
Washington Senator Patty Murray echoed her fellow Senators saying, "Today is truly a historic day. I am so proud to have voted to confirm her to the Supreme Court."
Jackson will solidify the Liberal wing of the 6-3 Conservative-dominated court.
Once she is sworn in, she will be the second youngest member of the court after Barrett, 50-years old. She'll be joining a court on which no one is yet 75. This is the first time it's happened in nearly 30 years.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. - As the days begin to get warmer, speeds begin to increase and reckless drivers are being seen more often.
Officer Trujillo from the Kennewick Police Department says parents should be teaching their young adults about those consequences.
Officer Trujillo explained to me saying "you can lose your license, go to jail, you enter a lot of court costs and fees, but mostly it is the danger of hurting yourself or others..or killing yourself and I think that with some of the cases that we’ve seen recently that reality has become very real."
Some of those costs include paying thousands of dollars, serving months of jail time or even getting an ignition interlock installed into your car…which forces you to blow into the device before being able to start your car and that device will also cost you around $2,000.
Besides the financial costs, a DUI on your record can ruin all future opportunities.
"The DUI does stay on your driving record and it can affect you down the line, I mean anything a young person does, especially someone who has their whole life ahead of them, you can shut a lot of doors for sure…that includes military service, to getting into a university to getting a job," Officer Trujillo continued to explain.
It's good to teach young adults, before getting behind the wheel, to have a backup plan and have a sober adult or guardian take them home because these consequences will follow them for the rest of their lives.
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Yakima Valley College hosting 13th Annual Grape to Glass Gala Briana Chavez NBC Right Now Reporter Briana Chavez NBC Right Now Reporter Author email Apr 7, 2022 8 min ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save YAKIMA, WASH. - Yakima Valley College is hosting its 13th Annual Grape Gala as part of the Vineyard and Winery Technology Program.A Winemaker's Dinner Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Tags Gala Grape Yakima Valley College Food Vineyard Yakima Wash. Program Briana Chavez NBC Right Now Reporter Author email Follow Briana Chavez Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Local Weather Currently in Kennewick 67° Sunny67° / 37° 4 PM 68° 5 PM 69° 6 PM 68° 7 PM 66° 8 PM 61° 7-Day Radar Alerts Most Popular Articles Images Videos Commented ArticlesUPDATE: Missing Kennewick woman found dead near Columbia Point Marina2 people are dead 1 arrested from a car crash in Kennewick Sunday nightSix drugs found in 25-year-old's system after deadly crashUPDATE: Yakima police arrest man after hours-long standoffPasco community coming together to honor Roger Morfin, beloved skateboarderRight lane blocked from semi-truck not chaining up, westbound on Snoqualmie PassKennewick Police Department releases the identity of the two killed in Sunday's crashBothell police share video of suspect in 3-year-old Amber AlertPasco Police warns people to stay extra vigilant after cougar sightingDriver in a two car collision dies at Harborview in Seattle Images Videos CommentedSorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. e-Newsletters Sign up to get breaking news, weather forecasts, and more in your email inbox. Sign Up Now {{title}} {{summary}} Notifications Settings You don't have any notifications. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Topics Breaking News Subscribe Weather Alert Subscribe TriCities Top Stories Subscribe Yakima Top Stories Subscribe
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"History made": Black women celebrate Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation
Former First Lady Michelle Obama joined other Black women leaders in commemorating Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, thanking Jackson for giving Black girls and women "a future we can all be hopeful for."
Why it matters: Jackson will be the first Black woman to ever serve on the nation's highest court, and the first justice to have served as a public defender.
What they're saying
- Former First Lady Michelle Obama: "I was so moved to see Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed this afternoon. Like so many of you, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride—a sense of joy—to know that this deserving, accomplished Black woman will help chart our nation’s course."
- "So many women of color now have a new role model to look up to as she serves on the highest court of the land. Thank you, Justice Jackson, for giving Black girls and women everywhere—including my daughters—a new dream to dream, a new path to forge, and a future we can all be hopeful for."
- U.S. ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield: "History made. In recent weeks, we have seen this extraordinary, highly-qualified nominee rise to the moment."
- "Now, we will watch her rise to the highest court in our land. I look forward to calling her 'Justice' Ketanji Brown Jackson."
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.): "Watch your step, concrete ceiling just shattered. Congratulations to the Honorable SUPREME. COURT. JUSTICE. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Now read that again."
- "Today is for soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson," Pressley tweeted earlier Thursday. "And it’s for Black women & girls everywhere who have been told we don’t belong in halls of power."
- Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams: "Anchored by intellectual rigor, compassion and fortitude, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joins the U.S. Supreme Court and the annals of history. We are grateful for service that brought her here and the work yet to come. Congratulations, America!"
- Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.): "Qualified. Confirmed. United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. All rise."
- Vice President Kamala Harris: "This is a historic day for America."
The big picture: Jackson will begin hearing cases when the next term begins in October.
Go deeper: Ketanji Brown Jackson recognizes "historic" moment
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Dems seek to preempt McConnell SCOTUS blockade
Democrats are discussing how they might preempt Republican efforts to block President Biden from filling a Supreme Court vacancy should the GOP regain the Senate in the midterms.
Why it matters: While Democrats succeeded in getting Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to commit during an Axios interview to filling any more seats if he becomes majority leader next year.
Driving the news: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) told Axios he's "talking with a number of my [Republican] colleagues about how we prevent" a nominee from being denied hearings.
- The discussions are very preliminary, Axios was told, and would only carry real weight in the highly unlikely event McConnell himself signed on.
- The harsh reality is Democrats would lack any clear options to force votes on Biden nominees in a GOP-led Senate, barring a critical mass of Republicans placing pressure on McConnell to do so.
- Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said he wants an "improved process," but conceded they would "have to get enough [senators] to agree, 'This will be the process.'"
Some progressive Democrats said their party needs to get aggressive.
They argued for statutory solutions to what they see as an erosion of institutional norms.
Any changes would be a long shot with narrow congressional majorities for either party — including the current 50-50 Senate.
- Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) said his bill to expand the Supreme Court is the only way to "meet the moment" and "neutralize this threat" while Democrats still hold power.
- Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.), who has a bill to create Supreme Court term limits, said it "probably should" include a requirement that nominees be granted votes.
What they're saying: "I'm certain that the Republicans, if they had a majority, are going to try to block key appointments," Kaine told Axios.
He also predicted the opposition won't be limited to Supreme Court nominees.
- "Oh, that's so wrong," Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said of McConnell's comments. "I think that's our responsibility. We take an oath of office to do our job. ... I just hope he doesn't mean that."
The other side: Most Republican senators who spoke to Axios either declined to weigh in or endorsed McConnell's unwillingness to discuss hypotheticals.
- Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) dismissed "highly speculative" questions about future nominees: "I think the best thing to do is just make no commitments about anything."
- "To me, you have to wait and see," said Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.). "You can't predict the future. You're asking something that's a hypothesis, so to speak."
Other Republicans went a step further than McConnell's non-committal answers— arguing Republicans should wield all the power at their disposal.
- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said the GOP "should not confirm a radical leftist to the Supreme Court," predicting a Republican majority would have a "moderating effect" on Biden's nominees.
- "That's where we'll start," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said of Cruz's comments. "The bottom line is it will be a negotiation."
- "It's always been the case that the majority decides what comes to the floor."
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Sports gambling apps face huge liability if Tiger Woods wins Masters
Oddsmakers will be biting their nails this weekend if Tiger Woods has a serious chance to win the Masters.
What’s happening: Bets have poured in on the golf legend to win the tournament in his dramatic return to golf after a devastating car crash in February last year.
- The major sports gambling apps — such as DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars and BetMGM — are poised to suffer huge losses if Woods pulls off the impossible, Bloomberg reported.
- The pre-tournament odds on Woods to win hovered in the range of about 50-to-1, meaning you'd net $50 for every $1 bet if you wagered on him to capture the title.
- DraftKings alone would lose “millions and millions of dollars,” the company told Bloomberg, while PointsBet told ESPN that bettors gambled seven times as much on Woods to win than anyone else.
Catch up quick: Woods finished his first round -1 on Thursday, well within reach of the leaders in the four-round tournament.
Be smart: Don’t cry any tears for the sportsbooks, even if Woods somehow prevails. The house always wins in the end.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Apr. 5, 2022) The Honorable Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, and performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy, eats lunch with midshipmen in King Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey)
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Amazon accused a new union at one of its New York warehouses of threatening workers unless they voted to organize, an assertion an attorney for the labor group called “really absurd.”
The National Labor Relations Board is giving Amazon until April 22 to back up objections to last week’s election, in which Staten Island workers voted to form the company’s first American union. Amazon had requested extra time to provide evidence because its objections are “substantial,” it said in a filing Wednesday.
A certified election result would give organized labor a foothold in the United States’ second-largest private employer, with the potential to alter how Amazon manages its finely tuned operation.
Some 55% of workers who voted at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island opted to join the Amazon Labor Union, which has demanded higher pay and job security. Since the result, US workers from another 50 buildings have contacted the union, the group’s leader has said.
Among Amazon’s planned objections to the outcome are that the ALU interfered with employees in line to vote and that long waits depressed turnout, Amazon’s filing said. Some 58% of eligible voters cast ballots in person over several days.
Eric Milner, an attorney representing the ALU from law firm Simon & Milner, dismissed Amazon’s claims as false and said they would be overruled.
“To say that the Amazon Labor Union was threatening employees is really absurd,” he said. “The Amazon Labor Union is Amazon employees.”
The ALU has filed various unfair labor practice charges against Amazon’s conduct.
The retailer faces a high bar in demonstrating that the ALU not only violated rules for engagement with employees, but that those violations influenced the outcome, said John Logan, a labor professor at San Francisco State University. The NLRB also typically treats employers’ alleged violations more seriously than alleged wrongdoing by unions because companies have greater power over workers, he said in a telephone interview.
“It’s going to be really tough” for Amazon, he said.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk meets with U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets in Mitchell Hall during a tour hosted by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark on April 7, 2022. Musk met with Academy senior leadership and delivered remarks to a crowd of cadets and faculty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R. Pacheco)
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk after arriving outside of Aronold Hall for the Ira C. Eaker Distinguished Speaker Presentation on April 7, 2022 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor cokley)
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It’s bad omens for “Tales of the Walking Dead.”
Filming for the spinoff AMC series in Georgia was briefly on hold this week as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launches an investigation into an accident that occurred on Monday.
A crew member reportedly fell from a riverboat, hitting a lower level rail before splashing into the lake at Stone Mountain Park outside of Atlanta, according to Deadline.
The nature of her injuries were not shared — however, the unidentified victim reportedly underwent surgery as a result.
“OSHA initiated an investigation into this incident, and therefore we are unable to share anything further at this time,” a spokesperson for the US Department of Labor said in a statement.
Production halted on Tuesday following the incident, but resumed Wednesday, said Deadline.
The boat and dock said to be involved in the accident were previously used on the set of Netflix’s “Ozark,” as a floating casino.
The Post has requested comment from the AMC network with regard to the investigation.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks with Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, during the Ira C. Eaker Distinguished Speaker Presentation in the Academy's Arnold Hall on April 7, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor cokley)
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Video shows the moment a trio of thieves had their getaway foiled by NYPD officers after stealing more than $70,000 in pricey goods from a Soho boutique Sunday, police said.
The video posted on TikTok shows cops beating on the windows of the crew’s Dodge Charger with their batons and eventually arresting two women and a man who attempted to get away in the vehicle, according to police.
The stop came a short time after the three suspects allegedly went into Kirna Zabete at 477 Broome Street and “removed items from the display cases and racks,” the NYPD said. The threesome then ran out of the store and jumped into the Charger.
“When officers attempted to conduct a lawful car stop, the vehicle refused to pull over and recklessly drove through traffic,” an NYPD statement said.
The thieves stole a Dior jacket, Dior pants, Gucci jackets, Gucci pants, Sacai jackets, a Bottega crossbody and a Bottega Jodie bag worth a total of $14,400.
Driver Janavia Marable, 29, Brianna Grier, 27, and Jahil Pamplin, 29, were all charged with grand larceny, reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer and resisting arrest. They are all from Newark, NJ.
Cops said it wasn’t the first time the women struck at the same store.
The females were also charged with robbery for an incident that occurred around 4 p.m. Feb. 6 at the shop.
That time, four suspects entered the location and removed 26 handbags with an approximate value of $50,000.
One of the thieves in that incident flashed a gun in his waistband when he was approached by a store employee, cops said. The suspects fled the location in two white SUVs in an unknown direction.
The investigation is continuing.
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CHEYENNE – Laramie County District Attorney Leigh Anne Manlove could owe the state's attorney oversight board more than $91,000.
An "Affidavit of Costs and Expenses" was filed with the Wyoming Supreme Court March 11. That was the same day a panel chosen from the Wyoming State Bar's full Board of Professional Responsibility filed its official recommendation with the court to disbar Manlove.
That official report reiterated the recommendation the hearing panel issued Feb. 11, following the conclusion of a seven-day disciplinary hearing. It found Manlove had violated six rules of professional conduct for attorneys in the state.
The list of costs, accompanied by copies of invoices and receipts, was submitted to the Supreme Court "for review for purposes of determining assessment of costs, if any, in the proceeding," the affidavit said. It totals $91,196.96.
The affidavit articulating these costs was made public following the Supreme Court's approval Monday of a motion by the DA. The motion sought to make certain documents filed with them in the case part of the public record.
At $64,635.75, the largest set of costs were those associated with the hearing taking place at Little America Hotel & Resort: lodging, meals, meeting space and use of audio/visual equipment.
The Wyoming Room, the ballroom in which the disciplinary hearing was held, cost $1,200 each day – except for the two Fridays the ballroom was used, when the price increased to $2,600.
Other costs included $12,882.75 in expenses for transcription services, and $2,803.18 in additional mileage, lodging and meal expenses for the three members of the hearing panel.
Also listed was $9,332.28 in investigation and hearing expenses incurred by Special Bar Counsel Weston W. Reeves, who represented the Bar in the case. Invoices for Reeves' Park Street Law Office in Casper, related to formal complaints filed with the Bar against Manlove, were submitted dating back to March 4, 2021. Most of the line items were redacted.
Manlove's attorney in the case, Stephen Melchior, said Thursday that Manlove's response to the hearing panel's recommendation would address the cost and expense claims.
The district attorney has until May 2 to file a formal response to the panel's recommendation, following an extension recently granted to her by the Supreme Court.
The state Supreme Court will ultimately decide what disciplinary action is taken against Manlove, including how much of the more than $91,000 she may ultimately owe. This process will likely take several months.
Formal charges filed by the Office of Bar Counsel last year with the State Bar alleged Manlove had mishandled the prosecution of cases in Laramie County and inappropriately dismissed certain cases, and that she created a hostile work environment for employees of the district attorney’s office, among other accusations.
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"The Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests extend from north central Colorado to central Wyoming," according to its website, from which this photo was captured via screenshot on April 6, 2022.
LARAMIE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is hiring hundreds of positions in recreation and archaeology across the nation. Some of those jobs are in Wyoming.
Jobs are open April 6-19, the agency announced in an email Wednesday. The spots "are available in a variety of exciting and rewarding locations, including the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland."
Medicine Bow-Routt is located in Colorado and the central and northeastern parts of Wyoming. Thunder Basin is in northeastern Wyoming.
“We are looking for talented, diverse applicants to help us manage the recreation and archaeology of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland,” said Russ Bacon, a forest supervisor. “If you’re interested in working outdoors, stewarding public lands and serving our local communities, I encourage you to apply.”
"Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early, as some of the announcements will close after 800 applications are received," according to the Forest Service.
The agency listed several contacts for Wyoming. For Laramie, it listed Frank Romero, whose email address is frank.e.romero@usda.gov.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Lyoya family moved from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United States to escape violence.
An interpreter and spokesman for the family said they never expected this to happen in the United States of America.
He restated what the father said Swahili, "'I witnessed this thing in Africa. I never expected to see it happen in America'", said Israel Siku, the Lyoya family spokesperson and interpreter.
READ: Man identified in Grand Rapids officer involved shooting
As the Lyoya family mourns their son, they keep asking the same question, "Why?". They want to know why their son was shot and why they still don't have any answers.
"Patrick's personality, even in the community was a good guy. He was a good kid," said Siku.
Siku said Patrick's father is confused on the events that played out on Monday which ultimately killed him.
"The man is hurting. It is his first born. Patrick was the first born," said Siku.
READ: GRPD Chief on delaying release of video: 'This is not a cover up'
26-year-old Patrick Lyoya leaves behind two children, a two-year-old and a three-month-old.
His family, who live in Lansing, are part of a tight knit West Michigan Congolese community of 700.
"I’m not saying that our community is perfect, but we raise a kid to be respectful. Patrick was not a trouble maker, the way they are trying to portray him. That is what is making his father mad, how they are portraying his son like a criminal," said Siku.
Siku said despite any criminal history, the father believes it shouldn't have played out like it did.
He restated what the father said in Swahili, "'I would like to see him handicap than dead. They could shoot him in the leg. They can shoot him in the back, maybe they could give a chance to call his father, but shoot him on the back of the head? That is inexcusable. You cannot explain that.' To him, it is an execution style. That is it," said Siku.
Now, the Lyoya family is hoping to do right by their son.
Siku said they have hired a lawyer and are ready to take action.
"He wants justice. He wants the officer to be arrested. His wants the officer to be persecuted. He wants the officer to be fired. He wants justice for his son," said Siku.
The Grand Rapids Police Department has yet to release the name of the officer involved in the shooting to the family or why Patrick was shot.
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HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – Two Henderson County schools were evacuated Thursday after a suspicious package was found.
Before 8:00 a.m., the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call about a suspicious package on the campus of North Henderson High School.
“The suspicious package was described as something that we believe could be potentially harmful,” Sheriff Lowell Griffin said.
Griffin said they treated it as a bomb threat to the school.
“We deployed our bomb squad and our explosives detection K9,” Griffin said.
Henderson County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. John Bryant said both the high school and Apple Valley Middle School, which sits right next door, were evacuated.
“We made determinations that those evacuations ultimately needed to be a dismissal from those school campuses, giving law enforcement ample opportunity to ensure the safe clearance of our campus,” Dr. Bryant said.
Everyone was bused to Fruitland Baptist Bible College, where students were picked up by family members.
“That kept the campus secure at all times, it kept students and staff safe at all times.” Dr. Bryant said.
The investigation found no explosive devices
“We used the appropriate procedures that we would with any potential explosive device to render that package safe,” Griffin said.
Griffin said in the last two days, there have been 16 threats like this across North Carolina schools.
“There’s a point where we wonder sometimes, is this actually a real event or is this a hoax, but ourselves and Henderson County public schools, we will choose to err on the side of caution. We want to make sure above all that our students are safe and if it’s a hoax we’ll deal with that subsequently,” Griffin said.
Deputies said they are in their very early stages of investigation and there is a chance this case could make it to the federal level.
Dr. Bryant said, along with classes, all extracurricular activities were canceled Thursday and class will go back into session Friday.
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In the hundreds of pages of patient, carefully worded responses to senators’ lingering questions, or grievances, about her judicial record or fitness, Ketanji Brown Jackson showed she would have the final word in what was a grueling and often absurd confirmation process. With her dignified written response to Senator Josh Hawley’s undignified query about whether she believed “that men may become pregnant or give birth,” she put him in his place, one hopes.
“Respectfully, I am not aware that any prior Supreme Court nominee has been asked to explain whether men can become pregnant or answer related questions, for example, about biological differences between men and women,” Jackson wrote. The judge could’ve left it there and let the sting of her words linger. But she continued, acknowledging this moment in American politics, where the latest culture wars raging on Fox News appear to take precedence over her own Black excellence. “And I am aware that the reason these questions are being posed to me is because there are active conversations happening in the public sphere—among policymakers and others—regarding LGBTQ individuals, especially transgender individuals, and their participation in various activities. This is precisely why I, as a federal judge and as a nominee, must decline to answer these questions.”
Jackson, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Thursday with only three Republican votes in her favor and Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the Senate, is a justice for our times. What might have been soul-crushing and hard to watch for the many Black women who were rooting for her turned out to be an asset, or a feather in her cap, as Jackson’s star rose ever higher as Republican senators sank lower and lower—debasing themselves with suggestions or accusations that she’s a critical race theorist, a jurist with a murky “judicial philosophy,” and a person who doesn’t treat the role of sentencing with the gravity the practice deserves. None of these things bears any connection to the reality of her actual background, judicial writings, and the diversity, professional or otherwise, that she would bring to a court that has never welcomed a public defender to its ranks. The Supreme Court needs her.
But the Supreme Court is also in desperate need of a boost in public confidence that it simply doesn’t have. This goes beyond the toxicity of the revelations about Ginni Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas, who ethicists far and wide believe should have nothing to do with any legal controversy related to the January 6 insurrection or the 2020 election. As Thomas goes, so goes the Supreme Court, which has brought much of this disrepute on itself—by dint of its overreach on voting rights, the legality of mandated workplace vaccines, and the future of abortion access, to name some of its recent actions. Jackson’s own impressive level of public support may well rub off on a Supreme Court that doesn’t deserve it—and that, as of last year, Americans didn’t hold in very high regard.
Just this week the Supreme Court once again went out of its way to side with Republican and industry interests in reviving a Trump-era regulation that made it harder for states to protect their waterways under the federal Clean Water Act. The details of this otherwise wonky case are less important than how aggressively, once again, the five most conservatives justices—Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett—are moving to get the results they want. And how isolated, once again, Chief Justice John Roberts appears, joining the three more liberal justices to criticize how the majority is twisting the rules to get its way. Jackson, it’s fair to say, can be expected to join this vocal minority for many years to come.
“Read the opinion,” urged Barrett earlier this week as she tried to explain how the Supreme Court reaches its most polarizing decisions. But increasingly, on issues big and small, there’s no opinion. That’s one of many realities Jackson will be facing later this summer, and all eyes will be on her as she transitions into her role as the junior-most justice. Will she grin and bear it, as she did under the glare of Ted Cruz and other Republicans who caricatured her record? Or will she use her perch to dissent from a Supreme Court that has gone off the rails and crossed the Rubicon, as close observers of the Court have warned? No one knows. What we do know is that Jackson’s historic confirmation, as she told Senator Patrick Leahy during her hearings, may well bolster public confidence in a body that hasn’t done much to earn it.
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Arizona conservative representative Paul Gosar is once again attempting to brush off ties to far-right organizations. Last week, the far-right group American Populist Union listed Gosar as a “featured guest” at an April 20 event in Tempe, Arizona—a date that happens to coincide with Adolf Hitler’s birthday, and is celebrated by some white extremists. But shortly after the Arizona Mirror reported Gosar’s billing at the event, which the House lawmaker had also promoted on his own Instagram account, the Republican’s campaign consultant claimed full ignorance. Yes, this keeps happening.
“I never approved this event and have never spoken to this group,” said Gosar campaign consultant Rory McShane in a Thursday statement to The Washington Post. “The only event we have that day is a farm tour.” McShane went on to claim that he “didn’t approve” using Gosar’s Instagram account to promote the ticketed event. Meanwhile, American Populist Union head C.J. Trapeur chalked up Gosar’s apparent change of heart to “a misunderstanding and scheduling conflict” in a statement to The Post. (He also told the outlet that the date of the upcoming event is unrelated to Hitler’s birthday.)
This isn’t the first time Gosar has had a run-in with a far-right group that he then said was accidental. In February, the lawmaker appeared in a prerecorded video at the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), an event organized by white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene also addressed the AFPAC. The two Republicans were since lightly scolded by House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for their “unacceptable” involvement with the conference. Gosar’s excuse for participating in that event? It was an innocent “miscommunication” caused by his “short-handed” staff, he told Politico last week. “It wasn’t supposed to go to Nick’s group,” Gosar said, referencing the video message that was broadcast for AFPAC’s attendees. The congressman then said the clip was meant to be a general “welcome video” for other groups. Not to mention that Fuentes, who the Department of Justice has labeled a “white supremacist,” said on a recent livestream that he and Gosar will continue to “collaborate behind the scenes.”
That said, Gosar hasn’t always tried to distance himself from his apparent ties to the far right. Last June, the lawmaker appeared to defend Fuentes after a flyer surfaced showing Gosar was set to hold a fundraiser with the AFPAC founder. “Not sure why anyone is freaking out. I’ll say this: there are millions of Gen Z, Y and X conservatives. They believe in America First,” Gosar said on Twitter. “They will not agree 100% on every issue. No group does. We will not let the left dictate our strategy, alliances and efforts. Ignore the left.”
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Remember when it came out that, in addition to regularly shredding presidential documents and possibly trying to flush some down the toilet, Donald Trump had absconded to Mar-a-Lago with numerous presidential records, some of which were marked “top secret”? As it turns out, the Department of Justice believes that’s worth looking into.
The Washington Post reports that the DOJ “has begun taking steps to investigate former president Donald Trump’s removal of presidential records,” according to people familiar with the matter. The probe is said to be in “very early stages,” and it remains unclear if officials have reviewed the materials or interviewed people with knowledge of them. The Justice Department is reportedly in contact with the National Archives, which retrieved 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago in January. Asked about the matter earlier this year, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the DOJ would “do what we always do under these circumstances—look at the facts and the law and take it from there.” A spokesperson for the FBI told the Post, “We can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation.” Trump’s spokesman has, of course, previously claimed that “anonymous, politically motivated government sources” are simply trying to take down the ex-president by trafficking in “fake news.”
As we learned in February, it was the Archives that uncovered the fact that Trump had helped himself to documents that weren’t his to take. In addition to the top secret material, he also took some mementos: the infamous doctored hurricane map and what, in his own words, were the “love letters” he had exchanged while in office with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. (Given his affection for despots, you can see how these would be important to him.) Shortly before that, it had come out that Trump had also spent his presidency consistently shredding documents that were meant to be preserved and turned over to the Archives without issue. “The ripping was so relentless that Trump’s team implemented protocols to try to ensure that he was abiding by the Presidential Records Act,” the Post reported at the time. Said protocols apparently involved “aides from either the Office of the Staff Secretary or the Oval Office Operations team [coming] in behind Trump to retrieve the piles of torn paper he left in his wake,” with White House Office of Records Management staff then painstakingly “jigsawing the documents back together, using clear tape.” A source familiar with the matter told the Post that Archives employees were “stunned at how many papers they received from the Trump administration that were ripped,” calling it “unprecedented.”
So yeah, it’s nice to hear the DOJ is looking into all this, though, as with most things related to the 45th president, it probably wouldn’t be wise to get any hopes up that he’ll actually be held accountable.
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Has Donald Trump changed in the 14 months since he’s been out of office? Has the time away given him any perspective on the many mistakes his administration made? Has the distance allowed him to pause, reflect, and consider that maybe he shouldn’t have tried to overturn the last election? Has nature healed all of the things that are wrong with him? Given that in the last two months alone, Trump has sued Hillary Clinton for trying to “destroy his life,” reportedly suggested that the U.S. should start a war between China and Russia, asked a murderous autocrat to help him take down the current president of the United States, and never once stopped repeating the very false claim that he won the 2020 election, the answer is quite obviously a very big no. Nevertheless, The Washington Post wanted a little more proof—to look under the hood and hear it from the deranged horse’s mouth that, yes, he is still a lying sociopath. And they got it!
In a 45-minute interview from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump treated reporter Josh Dawsey to a dazzling array of bullshit, lies, pathological narcissism, and a clear picture of what it would be like if Trump were reelected in 2024 and return to the White House for a second term, i.e. so, so much worse.
For starters, despite everything we know about what took place on January 6, 2021—namely, a violent insurrection led by Trump supporters that left several people dead—Trump told Dawsey that he remains hugely regretful that he was unable to march with the rioters to the Capitol, where they laid siege to the building in the hopes of blocking the certification of Joe Biden’s win. “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute,” he said. He also said he had no regrets whatsoever about having invited his followers to come to Washington in the first place via a tweet telling them things would “be wild!” and falsely claimed that he urged only peace and patriotism. (In fact, he told the group assembled to “fight like hell,” filled their heads with lies about the election having been stolen, and repeatedly threatened Mike Pence—which, and we’re just theorizing here, may have led to the rioters’ “hang Mike Pence” chants at the Capitol.)
Naturally, being a deeply disturbed individual with a documented obsession with crowd sizes, Trump also complained to Dawsey that he didn’t get enough credit for the sheer number of people at the rally that preceded the insurrection, which would be like Lee Harvey Oswald griping that he never gets enough credit for all he prep work that went into assassinating JFK. “The crowd was far bigger than I even thought. I believe it was the largest crowd I’ve ever spoken to. I don’t know what that means, but you see very few pictures. They don’t want to show pictures, the fake news doesn’t want to show pictures,” Trump insisted. “But this was a tremendous crowd.”
As for the violence that subsequently went down, which Trump still claims he didn‘t cause, he’d like people to know that it was actually Nancy Pelosi’s fault. “I thought it was a shame, and I kept asking why isn’t she doing something about it?” Trump said, like only a true sociopath could. “Why isn’t Nancy Pelosi doing something about it? And the mayor of D.C. also. The mayor of D.C. and Nancy Pelosi are in charge. I hated seeing it. I hated seeing it. And I said, ‘It’s got to be taken care of,’ and I assumed they were taking care of it.” As Dawsey notes, Pelosi shares control of the Capitol with the Senate majority leader, and “most decisions on securing the Capitol are made by a police board.“ In a statement, Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi, told the Post: “The former president’s desperate lies aside, the speaker was no more in charge of the security of the U.S. Capitol that day than Mitch McConnell.”
As the Post’s Philip Bump notes, it’s more than a little rich of Trump to suggest that he thought the violence was terrible but that he was merely waiting for Pelosi to stop it, since (1) he was the president, (2) he continued to attack Pence as the violence went down, and (3) we know that he was loving the attack. (According to his former press secretary, he “gleefully” watched the insurrection on TV, saying, “Look at all of the people fighting for me,” an accounting of the day that tracks with that of Republican senator Ben Sasse, who said in an interview on January 8, 2021, that senior White House officials had told him that as the insurrection unfolded, “Trump was walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team weren’t as excited as he was.”)
Unsurprisingly, the ex-president told Dawsey that he has no idea why there is a seven-hour-plus gap in his phone logs as the Capitol was being sacked, and that despite having a “very good” memory, could not recall exactly who he spoke to that day. (As a reminder, amidst the violence, he called at least one senator to urge him to continue to block Biden’s win, a conversation that, curiously, is reportedly among those left out of the official presidential record.) Trump also appeared to suggest that Biden should be forced to vacate the White House, and that he should replace him. “If you are a bank robber, or you’re a jewelry store robber, and you go into Tiffany’s and you steal their diamonds and get caught, you have to give the diamonds back,” he said.
And, most disturbingly, he indicated that a 2024 run is likely. “I don’t want to comment on running, but I think a lot of people are going to be very happy by my decision,” he told Dawsey.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Germany will need to use the full transition period to implement a ban on Russian coal.
The ban comes under a fifth round of European Union sanctions.
The coal embargo has a 120-day wind-down period. This is intended to give EU member states time to find alternative suppliers (good morning from Australia BTW).
Also, Japanese media is carrying the reports that circulated yesterday that Japan is considering its own ban on coal imports from Russia.
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1st Moments of Jussie Smollett's Stint in Jail Revealed in Just-Released Video
Smollett was handcuffed and taken for fingerprints. Once at his cell, he changed into clothes and shoes issued by the jail and put his street clothes into a bag.
Newly released bodycam video shows actor Jussie Smollett in the first moments of his incarceration at Cook County Jail.
Moments earlier, the actor shouted as he was led from court to begin his 150-day sentence for staging a hate crime and lying to Chicago police.
Smollett was handcuffed before beginning the long walk to his cell. One officer tried to reassure the actor.
“Mr. Smollett, we are the E.R.T. team, the emergency response team. We handle all the high-profile guys. We had R. Kelly when he was here. You are in safe hands with the whole situation,” the officer said.
Smollett was taken for fingerprints. Once at his cell, he changed into clothes and shoes issued by the jail and put his street clothes into a bag.
“This is going to be where you are going to be for now. In a little while they'll probably bring you sheets and blankets and all that stuff. We're going to be posted out here. And like I said, doctors will come and see you in a little bit,” an officer told Smollett.
Smollett was released after six days. The rest of his sentence is on hold while he appeals his case.
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If you want a prime example of a high-growth stock that has taken an almighty beating since the turn of the year, then FuboTV (FUBO) is a more than apt case.
Interestingly, the sports-focused streamer’s shares sit ~60% into the red on a year-to-date basis, while the top-line and the sub count are growing at a rapid pace. But that has meant little for investors as the losses have kept piling up. The company is banking on ad revenue and sports betting to address the ongoing losses but it has now taken another step to help mitigate the bleeding.
FUBO is now raising the price of its $65/month basic vMVPD (virtual multichannel video programming distributors) package by $5/month to $70/month. The last time the company hiked prices was back in July 2020, when the price rose by $5/month to $65/month.
Basically, the company has merged the basic plan with the Pro offering, which still stands at $70/month. By mid-May, FUBO expects to have 100% of its “basic” subs paying $70/month. There will be no change to the Elite tier offering which will stay at $80/month, while both tiers will include the $33/quarter Latino plan.
So, what’s the difference between the two? The Pro has the same sports and news and entertainment channels as the old basic tier, but DVR storage is upgraded to 1,000 hours and it includes unlimited screens. The new Magnolia Network is also included (before this was only available with the Elite package).
“These added features are designed to lower churn,” says Needham’s Laura Martin, who notes that following A/B testing to decide what approach to take regarding the price hikes, FUBO found that “because its more expensive plans include more channels and hours of DVR storage as well as more simultaneous streams of viewing, customers were more engaged and churn was lower.” And this “maximizes the LTV (lifetime value per customer) per customer.”
Nevertheless, Martin expects the price hike to result in “higher churn” in Q2, although the positive effect will be “higher margins and more FCF.”
All in all, the 5-star analyst maintained her Buy rating on FUBO shares along with a $15 price target. This target puts the upside potential at a whopping 145%. (To watch Martin’s track record, click here)
Martin’s objective is just below the Street’s $15.25 average target which is set to generate returns of ~150% in the year ahead. Those are some big gains, which are projected despite the mixed ratings; the analyst consensus views this stock a Moderate Buy, based on 6 Buys vs. 5 Holds. (See FUBO stock forecast on TipRanks)
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2 Killed; More than 10 Wounded When Gunman Opens Fire in Tel Aviv
The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, the Associated Press reported.
At least two people were killed and more than 10 wounded when a gunman opened fire in a popular area in central Tel Aviv on Thursday night, according to Israeli authorities, The Washington Post reported.
The two fatalities were men in their 30s, according to Israel’s emergency services. Medics said the others wounded suffered gunshot wounds to their chests and stomachs, the news outlet reported.
The Thursday night attack began when at least one gunman opened fire at a bar named, Ilka located on Dizengoff Street, according to the Times of Israel, the BBC reported.
Dizengoff Street is one of the busiest streets in central Tel Aviv, and Thursday night, the start of the weekend, and a popular area where many gather is lined with trendy restaurants and bars, the Associated Press reported.
Police said after the shooting, the gunman fled the scene into a dense residential area, the news outlet reported.
The shooter was identified as someone from the West Bank, authorities said, The Washington Post reported.
Evelyn Gertz, 34, who was eating next door to where the shooting happened told the BBC, "We dove under the tables and people started crying, it was horrible," she said.
Video from CCTV shows chaos of people scrambling trying to escape from the downtown area as emergency vehicles rushed in, a report said.
Police urged the public to stay at home and get off the streets until the gunman is caught, the BBC reported.
"Don't leave your homes. Don't stick your heads out of the window. Stay off your balconies," police spokesman Eli Levy said on Channel 13 television, the news outlet said.
Two hours after the shooting, the gunman was still on the loose and at least 1,000 police officers and additional IDF soldiers were searching the area, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The suspect was said to be dressed in black shorts and a black shirt and was carrying a handgun, according to police, the news outlet reported.
Special forces, including units from the IDF’s Sayeret Matkal and Shaldag Units and police’s Yamam elite counter-terror unit, were searching for the gunman with senior agents from the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), The Jerusalem Post reported.
The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, the AP reported.
Sourasky Medical Center said at least four of the wounded were in serious condition, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Police said there were “indications” that Thursday's shooting was a politically motivated attack, the AP reported. It was the fourth deadly assault in Israel in less than three weeks at a time of heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions, the news outlet said.
The militant Hamas group ruling Gaza did not take responsibility for the attack but praised the attack in Tel Aviv, The Washington Post reported.
In a statement on its website Thursday, Hamas called it a “heroic operation” that “led to the killing of a number of occupying soldiers and Zionist settlers, the news outlet reported.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, and Operations Directorate OC Maj.-Gen. Oded Basyuk was at the Kirya Military headquarters in Tel Aviv are receiving regular updates, The Jerusalem Post reported.
*** This is a developing story.
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80-Year-Old 'Sidewalk Karen' Charged With Assault After Pushing Kid on Bike
“He tried to run us down on the sidewalk and lied to us,” the alleged perpetrator told the boy's mom. But video from his GoPro camera tells a different story.
An 80-year-old California woman has been charged with assault after she was seen on video pushing a kid riding his bicycle on the sidewalk.
“Get the hell off the sidewalk, now!” Susan Garcia tells the 12-year-old boy, while appearing to shove him backward.
The encounter was captured on the boy’s GoPro camera in an upscale gated community in Santa Ana.
“Excuse me? Please don't touch me. Why'd you just hit me?” the boy responded.
“Want me to hit you again?” the woman responded.
Garcia then headed to the boy’s front door to speak to his mom, Whitney Gregory.
“You hit my child? Are you serious?” Gregory said.
“He tried to run us down on the sidewalk and lied to us,” Garcia said.
But video from the camera tells a different story. The boy stopped his bike well before reaching her on the sidewalk.
“It's a great thing that there's a camera strapped to his chest,” the boy’s mom says.
“Good! Come on boy! Just giddy-on. Let me see it!” Garcia said.
Gregory tells Inside Edition that she had told her son to ride on the sidewalk.
“As you can see, he still has a scab from almost getting hit by a car. He had to stop really fast and flew off of his bike and got pretty scraped up. So I was a little bit paranoid and said, ‘Jeffrey please, just stay on the sidewalk. I don’t want you out on the street,’” Gregory said.
It's not the first run-in the family and others in the neighborhood say they have had with the woman, who is a member of the local homeowners association. After looking at the video, Gregory called the police, and Garcia was charged with assault.
Garcia is now being dubbed “Sidewalk Karen” on social media. She didn’t answer when Inside Edition knocked on her door.
“You’re not really supposed to ride your bicycle on the sidewalk, but unless you’re in willful disregard of somebody’s safety, it’s not a violation of the law. The video shows he wasn’t at fault. She was the aggressor,” legal analyst Royal Oakes said.
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American Airlines to Create Bus Service for Philadelphia Regional Routes
The plan will help connect Philadelphia to other nearby areas like Lehigh Valley and Atlantic City.
American Airlines is teaming up with bus company Landline to create routes for regional Philadelphia, Airline Weekly reported.
American is doing this as it and many other airline companies are facing a pilot shortage primarily hitting regional operators, Airline Weekly said. Aside from the shortage, airlines are also facing a major hike in fuel prices which is causing fewer flights to take off, the news outlet added.
The bus service will start June 3 and will go between Philadelphia International Airport and airports in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, the airline said Thursday, according to SF Gate.
The plan is believed to help customers connect to the airline’s international flights from Philadelphia, Brian Znotins, American’s vice president of network planning, said, according to ABC News.
The idea of replacing regional flights with buses in areas like Philadelphia is a reflection of American infrastructure as there is no direct railway that brings people intercity in the area, Airline Weekly said.
In other countries like France and Germany that face similar circumstances there are rail lines to connect nearby metropolitan areas, Airline Weekly pointed out.
Landline, based in Fort Collins, Colorado, has similar deals with United Airlines in Denver and Sun Country Airlines in seven cities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, SF Gate said.
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Boy, 2, Accidentally Shoots Sister, 4, While in Car in Pennsylvania Gas Station in Shocking Tragedy, Cops Say
Many people who knew the family said that the father was a “doting” dad, a report said.
A 4-year-old girl died by a single gunshot when her 2-year brother accidentally pulled the trigger as both children sat in a car in a Pennsylvania gas station, officials said.
The tragic incident happened on Tuesday just after 10 a.m. at Eagle Save Mart in Chester in Delaware County officials said, CBS Philadelphia reported.
The two children were sitting in the car parked at a gas pump while their father had been outside of the vehicle, witnesses said, according to CBS News.
According to Chester police, the boy was handling a gun inside of the car that had been parked at a gas pump and discharged the gun, striking his 4-year-old sister, Chester Police Department said in a statement on Facebook.
Witnesses said they heard the gunshot come from inside the vehicle, CBS News reported.
People on the scene immediately rushed the little girl to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where she died, CBS News reported.
The investigation is ongoing and is being led by Chester Detective Raheem Blanden, officials said.
Many people who knew the family said that the father was a “doting” dad, CBS News reported.
“It was a morning ritual, I’d see them every morning,” Theodore Thaddeus Crump told CBS News Philly. “He was a good dude. He went to work everyday. He kept his kids right there beside him. It’s the number one thing that he did.”
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Detective Blanden at 610-447-8420.
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Capitol Hill COVID-19 Outbreak Traced to Gridiron Club Annual Dinner
Dozens of lawmakers and Washington insiders have come down with COVID-19. Weddings are also a concern, with 2.5 million couples expected to tie the knot this year.
The COVID-19 outbreak in our nation's Capital is spreading, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest politician to test positive.
Reporters found out as they were waiting for Pelosi to show up at a press conference.
There are fears that President Joe Biden could be in jeopardy after Pelosi stood right beside him Wednesday without wearing a mask. They were also together on Tuesday, when former President Barack Obama visited the White House.
Pelosi is currently asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and boosted.
Dozens of lawmakers and Washington insiders have come down with COVID-19. The outbreak has been traced to the Gridiron Club's annual dinner, which is a highlight of the D.C. social calendar.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says every precaution is being taken to protect the president.
“We have continued to implement stringent and strict protocols,” Psaki said.
Cases are also on the rise in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco — all sparked by the highly contagious BA.2 Omicron subvariant.
One major concern is weddings. An estimated 2.5 million couples are expected to tie the knot this year, which is 25% more than last year.
Many couples are taking extra precautions to prevent their big day from becoming a super spreader. Among them are Jenna Mantis and Sam Cutler, who are getting married in Connecticut in three weeks.
They're asking all their guests to provide proof of vaccination, including a booster shot, and everyone must test negative before the wedding.
“Very important to have testing available to you. Bring high-quality masks with you. If you’re at high risk, you should really consider, is going to the wedding worth it for you?” Dr. Anne Rimoin said.
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Father and Daughter Lucky to Be Alive After Being Struck by Lightning in Florida
“I was out cold and Ashley actually thought I was dead,” John Moberg tells Inside Edition. The father-daughter duo miraculously survived being struck by lightning.
A day at the ballpark in Florida turned into a near-death experience for a father and daughter when they were both struck by lightning and hospitalized with paralysis and severe burns.
John Moberg and his 19-year-old daughter Ashley were at a New York Yankees spring training game in Tampa when the game was rained out in the sixth inning. As they headed back to their car, there was a bright flash and a loud bang.
“I felt myself get launched into the air, and my dad, I saw him flying through the air and hit his head,” Ashley said.
For a time, Ashley was partially paralyzed and John was completely paralyzed in the incident.
“I was out cold and Ashley actually thought I was dead,” John said.
Photos taken at the hospital show a mark on Ashley where the necklace she was wearing burned her.
John suffered a broken cheekbone and bruising. He says he still is experiencing numbness on one side of his face.
“The paramedics actually told us the rubber souls on our shoes are what saved us,”
After they were treated in the hospital, the father-daughter duo returned to the ballpark to photograph the spot as a souvenir of their brush with death.
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Minnesota Police Are Looking for a Pet Monkey Stolen From a Grocery Store Parking Lot
“Coco is all I’ve got,” said the monkey's owner, Zaurice Steward, 25. “I feel like I failed as a parent.”
Have you seen this monkey? She answers by the name Coco Chanel and is from the Capuchin family. She was last seen at a grocery store in the Minnesota area before she was stolen, officials said.
The 1-1/2-year-old monkey has an all-white-face surrounded by white fur, and big brown eyes. And, and according to her owner, Zaurice Steward, 25, she is very “loving and cuddly,” the Star Tribune reported.
Maplewood Police were called to the “Cub Food” parking lot on theft from an auto report on Tuesday night. Officials said the monkey was left inside a vehicle in a pink carrier in the parking lot at 2390 White Bear Avenue North Maplewood. When the owner of the vehicle returned the monkey and carrier were gone, according to a press release by the Maplewood Police Department.
Maplewood Police Lt. Joe Steiner told Inside Edition Digital the monkey has not yet been found.
“We have had some leads but nothing substantial. We are hopeful that the stolen monkey being publicized will bring the monkey back or someone who knows where it is will help us out,” Steiner said.
Steward told the Star Tribune she had her friend care for Coco while she was moving from Texas to Wisconsin. When she returned from her trip she learned the devastating news that Coco had been stolen and was missing, the Star Tribune reported.
“Coco is all I’ve got,” Steward, 25. “I feel like I failed as a parent.”
Police are asking anyone who noticed suspicious activity Tuesday night between 8 and 8:30 p.m. in that area to contact them.
“People are inquiring about the status of the monkey. They are interested in the monkey’s safety,” Steiner said, who told Inside Edition Digital that this was “the first stolen monkey report I have ever dealt with.”
Anyone who has information on Coco’s whereabouts is asked to call Lt. Joe Steiner at 651-249-2608 or email him at joe.steiner@maplewoodmn.gov.
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Mother Holds School Accountable for Bullying and Suicide Attempt by 9-Year-Old Daughter
“Trying to hold the school district accountable is not a witch-hunt,” Marissa Geopfrat, the girl's mother, said. “It is advocating for your child and other children, helping them know that bullying is not okay. That harassment [and] assault is not okay.”
An Iowa mother, whose 9-year-old daughter attempted suicide twice after allegedly being bullied and harassed about her hair and skin tone by her classmates, is speaking out amid her terrifying ordeal, according to published news reports
Marissa Geopfrat said her daughter, Reighlynn Geopfrat, had been bullied since the school year started. She said the harassment has caused her daughter to attempt suicide twice, and run away from home, WHO13 News reported.
She claimed that the school never reached out to her until she contacted them, the news outlet reported.
“What if she would have been successful? What if her friends decide to do the same because they can’t take it? It’s just horrible,” Geopfrat told WHO13 News, in part. “They are 9 years old. You shouldn’t be thinking things like that at 9 years old.”
Geopfrat said her daughter is getting therapy but is not comfortable returning to school.
Feeling frustrated with the system, Geopfrat decided to share her daughter’s ordeal on social media. She hired an outside company to investigate, according to WHO13 News. It was her way to be more proactive and help her child and other children who are victimized, the news outlet reported.
“Trying to hold the school district accountable is not a witch-hunt,” Geopfrat said. “It is advocating for your child and other children, Helping them know that bullying is not okay. That harassment [and] assault is not okay.”
Currently, there is an active investigation into the school district, the news outlet reported.
Jennifer Lane, director of communications and community relations at Fort Dodge Community School District, sent Inside Edition Digital a statement, regarding the allegations.
“The Fort Dodge Community School District’s number one priority is the safety and well-being of our students. We take all bullying and harassment allegations seriously and are investigating the current allegations according to our policies and procedures,” the statement said.
“The Fort Dodge Community School District does not condone and will not tolerate bullying. We will continue to work to ensure all students feel safe and welcome in our schools.”
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Sarah Lawrence College 'Cult' Leader Convicted of Extortion and Sex Trafficking
Lawrence V. Ray was arrested in 2020 following a New York Magazine article which exposed what he was doing during a decade-long reign of terror at the small, private college in upstate New York.
The leader of the so-called Sarah Lawrence College sex “cult” has been convicted of 15 crimes including trafficking and extortion, The New York Times reported.
Lawrence V. Ray was found guilty in a Manhattan, New York, courtroom Wednesday of all charges against him and faces life in prison when he is sentenced by Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Liman in September, New York Post reported.
Ray, 62, moved into his daughter’s room in 2010 during her sophomore year at Sarah Lawrence College after he was released from prison on an unrelated case. Soon after moving into the room, he began giving "therapy sessions" to her roommates, purporting to "help them with psychological problems," according to an indictment People obtained.
Ray was arrested a decade later in 2020.
During his so-called “therapy sessions,” Ray would "eventually lead these young adults to become unwitting victims of sexual exploitation, verbal and physical abuse, extortion, forced labor and prostitution," FBI Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr., said at the time of his arrest.
In 2011, many of the students moved into Ray's apartment on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where the “sessions” continued, said prosecutors.
His 2020 indictment, obtained by People, said Ray presented himself as a father figure, a psychologist and a spiritual advisor.
Ray extorted his victims and even forced one of them into prostitution while laundering the proceeds of his scheme, which totaled millions of dollars, the New York Post reported.
“When his victims were completely subdued, when they were under his control, he committed crimes to get them to pay — extortion, forced labor, sex trafficking, obstruction of justice, financial crimes,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Mollie Bracewell told jurors in her closing argument Wednesday.
“The defendant did all of this for control, for his own greed, and to increase his power, to cement his position in the organized group that he led.”
Federal authorities began investigating Ray after a 2020 New York Magazine article highlighted what he was doing at Sarah Lawrence College.
"Twelve years ago, Larry Ray moved into his daughter's dorm room at Sarah Lawrence college. And when he got there, he met a group of friends who had their whole lives ahead of them. For the next decade, he used violence, threats, and psychological abuse to try to control and destroy their lives,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “He exploited them. He terrorized them. He tortured them. Let me be very clear. Larry Ray is a predator. An evil man who did evil things. Today's verdict finally brings him to justice."
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Teen Who Cops Say Drove 151 MPH Killing Six People in Crash Is Busted
The six victims were leaving work on a nearby farm when they were hit from behind.
A teen driver has been arrested four months after six people lost their lives in a car crash in which cops say the driver was going over 150 miles an hour on a Florida road.
Noah Galle, who was 17 at the time of the crash and now 18, was arrested Wednesday by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Following his arrest for the January incident, cops posted the announcement and his mugshot on Twitter.
Galle faces six counts of vehicular homicide.
Cops say Galle was driving his BMW in Delray Beach and say he was going 151 miles per hour when he crashed into the back of a Nissan Rogue, which had six passengers on board, CBS 12 News reported.
The Rogue had rolled over, leaving five of the people inside the SUV, all of whom were pronounced dead on the scene, CBS 12 News reported. The sixth passenger died after being transported to the hospital, the news outlet added.
Authorities released the identifies of five of the victims, driver Mirlaine Julceus, 45, and passengers Remize Michel, 53; Marie Louis; Filaine Dieu, 46 and Vanice Percina, 29. The passenger who perished at the hospital has not been identified.
Authorities said the victims were all local farm workers who had just left work before they were hit.
Galle suffered minor injuries in the crash, WPTV reported.
"This process takes time and we can't go fast," Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said in a press conference Wednesday following the arrest. "We've only got one opportunity here to get this right. If we make a mistake and these people walk, it's back on us and it's not what the family and the community expect."
Following Galle’s arrest, cops they found no signs of any braking prior to the crash and they also said the toxicology report on Galle came back clean.
Galle is being held at the Juvenile Detention Center.
Inside Edition has reached out to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for comment and has not heard back.
It remains unclear if Galle has obtained an attorney and if he has entered a plea.
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Tennessee Bill Could Legalize Child Marriage and Eliminate Age Requirements
The bill, which already passed the House subcommittee, went before the House Civil Justice Committee on Wednesday. On Thursday the full Senate will hear the bill.
Lawmakers in Tennessee this week will vote on a bill that would establish common law marriages between “one man and one woman” and potentially legalize child marriage in the state, according to published news reports.
There would be no age requirements on the proposed legislation, raising concerns that it may open a corridor for child sex abuse, The Hill reported.
While others concede that the bill could threaten those in the LGBTQ community and compromise the landmark Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, the news outlet reported.
Currently, 24 Tennessee Republicans are sponsoring the proposed legislation, according to NBC Action News5.
Under current Tenessee law, a person as young as 17 may be married with parental consent, The Hill reported.
Several states have outlawed child marriage, but the practice remains legal in 44 states, including Tennessee, the news outlet reported.
According to Unchained, a non-profit organization that combats forced and child marriage in the U.S., nearly 300,000 minors, under age 18 and as young as 10, were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018. Most were girls who wed adult men an average of four years older, according to its website.
In 2017, Delaware and New Jersey became the first two states to end what Unchained called “human-rights abuse.” Followed by American Samoa in 2018, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Pennsylvania. Minnesota ended child marriage in 2020 and Rhode Island and New York in 2021, Unchained reported on its site.
The bill, which already passed the House subcommittee, went before the House Civil Justice Committee on Wednesday and on Thursday the full Senate will hear the bill, according to NBC Action News5.
State Rep. Tom Leatherwood (R), the bill's sponsor has argued that the bill would create a new marriage option for Tennessee residents, The Hill reported.
“All this bill does is give an alternative form of marriage for those pastors and other individuals who have a conscientious objection to the current pathway to marriage in our law,” Leatherwood said as he debated the legislation, ABC-affiliate WKRN reported.
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Workers Pushing Back on Office Return After 2 Years of Remote Work
“We're more productive at home. We're happier at home. We're doing what the company asks of us, and so going back in is only really a form of micromanaging. We don't want any part of it,” one employee tells Inside Edition.
After two years of working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses across America are bringing workers back to the office. But many employees are ardently pushing back on the idea.
Social media is loaded with videos of people refusing to return to the office.
“Why am I dying to get out of my 9 to 5?. I’d much rather be home, wrapped in a blanket in front of my laptop,” one person said.
When Sara Nasah was asked to go back to work as a paralegal, she quit.
“When you go from fully remote and then to the office, I'm like, why am I doing this? It seems pointless. I was so much more tired. I would come home exhausted. I wouldn't go to the gym. I wouldn't want to read a book. I wouldn't really want to make dinner,” Nasah said.
The 24-year-old found a new job that allows her to work remotely.
“Five days a week in the office, 9-5, that's just unreasonable,” Nasah said.
Data analyst Hannah Williams, 25, also quit when she was asked to return to the office. She has also now found a fully remote job.
“We're more productive at home. We're happier at home. We're doing what the company asks of us, and so going back in is only really a form of micromanaging. We don't want any part of it,” Williams said.
Fox Business correspondent Susan Li says these days, employees have the upper hand.
“Workers have never had this kind of power, ever, in corporate America. You know that we have near-record 11.5 million job openings. You have the unemployment rate close to 50-year low at 3.5%, and that means there is a lot of pricing power out there for employees,” Li said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In less than two weeks, state lawmakers will again try to craft congressional redistricting maps in a special session. Some lawmakers doubt they will be successful.
The governor vetoed the last pair for violating the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. His attorneys cited the minority-controlled fifth district as containing "racial gerrymanders."
DeSantis told reporters this week he expected the two branches of government would reach a compromise.
"It's going to end up working out," DeSantis said Tuesday. "At the end of the day, we're not going to just let a court draw the congressional map."
State Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, however, doesn't think it will be that easy.
"I think there's a great chance that the courts end up drawing the maps because the Legislature and the governor can't agree," Brandes said.
Brandes told us that lawmakers followed Florida's "Fair Districts" provision aimed at protecting minority voters.
He called the governor's argument "interesting" but suggested this wasn't the time or place as primary and general election dates draw closer.
"You're asking the Legislature to knowingly violate the state constitution in order to create a legal precedent to go to the U.S. Supreme Court," Brandes said. "I think it's a legal battle that's not going to be resolved in the next six weeks, which is when essentially you have to have the maps done in order to have candidates file for the appropriate districts."
Advocacy groups, meanwhile, have started pressuring the House and Senate to hold firm on their maps.
Equal Ground, which focuses efforts on boosting Black voters, launched a digital campaign this week targeting 2.5 million Floridians, urging them to contact lawmakers and send this email.
"There are communities at stake here … and we know that our governor has plans that are driven by his ambition to be president," said Jasmine Burney-Clark, Equal Ground's founder. "Black representation is a factor in whether or not he can fulfill those hopes and dreams."
The group will face a formidable challenge.
The governor wields considerable political sway over the GOP majority and has yet to approve the budget. It contains many member projects DeSantis could easily veto.
Lawmakers gavel in the special legislative session on April 19. It will conclude on April 22. Despite calls to broaden its scope, for now, its focus remains on congressional maps.
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(WTXL) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida.
The CDC adds the outbreak is primarily among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, including those living with HIV.
The disease has also affected some who have traveled to the state.
In response to an ongoing outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida, state health officials are recommending all gay and bisexual men living in the state get vaccinated with one dose of a MenACWY vaccine to help protect against meningococcal disease.
Florida health officials are also emphasizing the importance of routine vaccination against meningococcal disease for people with HIV. For the best protection, people with HIV should make sure they have gotten their 2-dose primary series of a MenACWY vaccine and are up to date with booster doses.
The Leon County branch of the Florida Department of Health said as of Wednesday that there have been no new cases of meningococcal disease documented in Leon County.
“We stand at three confirmed cases in individuals in Tallahassee aged 18 to 22. DOH Leon continues to emphasize that getting vaccinated is the best way to protect against this disease, and that the Department offers meningococcal disease vaccines,” the department of health said in a news release to ABC 27 Wednesday.
The Florida Department of Health Leon County announced Friday, April 1 it confirmed three cases of the disease in the county.
The department notes due to data and privacy protection laws, DOH Leon is restricted on providing any additional information on the populations that are impacted, directly or indirectly, by this disease.
An official with Florida State University acknowledged to ABC 27 Thursday that the department of health confirmed one case of meningococcal disease within the FSU population on Friday, April 1.
The official was unaware of the status of that case or if there were any additional cases of meningococcal disease within the FSU population.
An official with Tallahassee Community College noted Thursday there are no confirmed cases of meningococcal disease on TCC's campus.
As of Thursday evening, a request for comment on the status of the disease on its campus was not returned by Florida A&M University.
The CDC says Florida health officials recommend anyone with HIV, who are gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men along with individuals previously mentioned who have received the MenACWY vaccine more than five years ago to get vaccinated.
The two types of meningococcal infections are meningitis, which impacts the lining of the brain and spinal cord, and bloodstream infection.
Individuals who want to be vaccinated for the disease may schedule an appointment with the Florida Department of Health Leon County by calling 850-404-6403.
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(LONDON) — Pink Floyd are releasing their first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine.
“Hey Hey Rise Up” features group members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox. It is Pink Floyd’s first original recording since “The Division Bell” in 1994.
The song features Khlyvnyuk singing a patriotic Ukrainian song, from a clip he recorded in front of Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral and posted on social media.
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Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced on Thursday that she has tested positive for COVID-19.
As lawmakers attended the confirmation vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's process to reach the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, the Republican Senator was in attendance. As Axios reported, Collins wore an KN-95 mask while the vote was taking place. Collins was one of a minority of lawmakers in the chamber wearing a face covering.
A statement from Collin's office said, “Senator Collins has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently experiencing mild symptoms. The Senator will isolate and work remotely in accordance with CDC guidelines.”
Collins' announcement follows a list of White House officials and members of Congress who have announced positive COVID-19 tests this week.
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Blood Assurance has once again issued an urgent alert for blood donors. It's a reminder of why it really matters when it comes to rolling up your sleeve to help save lives.
You see the social media posts and hear the news reports about the urgent need for blood, but may not really give it that much thought. But, we never know who will be that next emergency in desperate need of blood to save their life.
I never thought it would be me, but it was.
Johnequia Stormer with New United MBC says, “We do know everybody has heard your story and how much blood you had to get.”
It was a massive amount. I will forever be grateful to those donors.
That’s why I felt it was important to take part in this weekend’s upcoming blood drive and family fun day event with Blood Assurance and New United Missionary Baptist Church.
Caitlyn Stanley with Blood Assurance says, “So it is really important for all groups to donate and give back. One donation can save up to three lives.”
As we move into the warmer months and what is known as “trauma season” that need increases.
Stanley says, “So not only is it spring break season. So a lot of high school and college students, families are traveling and on the road so unfortunately with things like that come increased trauma. So the need for blood does increase.”
Stanley says they encourage everyone who can to donate blood, but there is certainly a need to get more minority donors and those with the universal blood type to roll up their sleeves.
Stanley says, “The universal blood type is Type O [negative]. It is greatly needed. It is what is used in an emergency situation when medical professionals don’t know what blood type you are. They lean on type O.”
Whatever your blood type, it is needed.
Stormer says, “We want to make sure that everybody comes out. We are also going to have a community fun day where we will have bounce houses and inflatables. We are going to have music, food, so we definitely want to make this a family event.”
The Blood Drive and Family Fun Day will be on Saturday, April 9, at Brainerd High School from 10am-2pm.
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A new mural has been revealed at Reflection Riding Nature Center in Chattanooga.
The mural was created by artists at UTC in an effort to highlight Reflection Riding's bird migration system known as Motus.
Reflection Riding's President and CEO Mark McKnight said it's the future of bird research.
"Essentially what you do is you capture a bird, you put this little -- its kind of like a backpack -- it goes over the wings and sits right on their back," McKnight said.
He said this piece of technology sends a signal to the tower.
"In the future once we get these all over the place you will actually get to see bird migration happening in real time, essentially," McKnight said.
The mural is now on display at Reflection Riding Nature Center.
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As President Joe Biden sat at a signing desk in a crowded room at the White House on Wednesday, he was flanked by lawmakers who stood shoulder to shoulder to celebrate a rare bipartisan win: a new law that will modernize the US Postal Service.
Had it taken place at nearly any other time, the perfunctory event in Washington might have come and gone. But in the age of a pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's close proximity to the President during the signing -- just a day before she would announce that she had tested positive for Covid-19 -- has triggered alarm.
And elsewhere in Washington, a slew of cases among political partygoers illustrates the push and pull between returning back to "normal" life and continuing efforts to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
Following the Gridiron Club Dinner over the weekend, an annual event where members of the press hobnob with prominent Washington officials, more than a dozen attendees tested positive -- including two members of Biden's Cabinet.
The attendees who have disclosed they tested positive include: Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; Attorney General Merrick Garland; Vice President Kamala Harris' communication director, Jamal Simmons; Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas; Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California; Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine; and the President's sister, Valerie Biden Owens.
Simmons was a close contact of the vice president, the White House said in a statement. A close contact is defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as being within 6 feet for a cumulative total of 15 minutes over a 24-hour period.
The President and vice president have continued to test negative for Covid-19 and have both received their second Covid-19 vaccine booster doses in recent days.
Testing Biden's bubble
The President, who is 79 years old, is at an increased risk for a more severe case of Covid-19 because of his age, although the CDC says older adults who are up-to-date on vaccines and boosters significantly reduce their risk of hospitalization and death.
Biden's bubble, the White House maintains, goes beyond the CDC's guidelines to insulate him from potential infection -- testing individuals close to him and implementing physical distancing when possible. And yet, as this week's events have transpired, the limits of the White House bubble have been tested -- with Covid currently affecting at least four individuals in the line of succession to the President to varying degrees.
Officials and visitors have not been required to wear masks or socially distance at large White House events since the CDC updated its new metrics to guide Covid-19 restrictions such as mask-wearing in late February. Covid cases in Washington have declined since their peak in early January, when the country was facing a wave of Omicron variant cases.
The White House says that only individuals who are in "close contact" with Biden are tested immediately before meeting or attending events with him, and that not everyone who attended Wednesday's event on the Postal Service was tested. It also says additional testing protocols for Biden will be up to his doctors.
Pelosi, along with other members of Congress at the White House on Wednesday, tested negative ahead of the signing event.
She and the dinner attendees who have tested positive are not considered to be close contacts of the President.
Harris, who is considered a close contact to someone who tested positive this week, did not need to quarantine because of Simmons' positive test, the White House said, adding that she would follow CDC guidance for close contacts. The CDC recommends that people who are exposed to Covid and are up-to-date on vaccinations be tested at least five days after the close contact as well as wear masks around other people for 10 days following the contact.
But on Thursday, as she presided over the confirmation vote for incoming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the vice president was seen maskless at the Senate dais. Harris sometimes could be seen putting her hand up, as if to request a senator not approach too closely, but there were times when individuals, masked and unmasked, did approach her.
Asked whether Harris had breached protocol by remaining unmasked inside the chamber, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said she had not done "further analysis" and noted that the vice president was sitting on a dais slightly away from the Senate floor.
She later confirmed that Harris would follow CDC protocols at other events, such as celebrations at the White House for Jackson's confirmation.
Psaki said on Wednesday that the administration feels it has the appropriate measures in place necessary to continue its "return to work" policy.
On Friday, the White House will hold an outdoor celebration for Jackson's confirmation.
The reception has already drawn some parallels to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's nomination announcement in the White House Rose Garden in late September 2020, which ended up being a likely Covid-19 superspreader event, and preceded then-President Donald Trump's Covid-related hospitalization by less than a week.
The Biden White House has noted, importantly, that unlike at the time of Barrett's reception, Americans now have wide access to Covid-19 vaccines.
"At that point in time, vaccines weren't available. People were not vaccinated. It certainly puts us in a different space," Psaki said on Thursday, emphasizing that Friday's event will be outdoors.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
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A Des Moines survivalist who allegedly faked his own death and fled the state to avoid trial on alleged child pornography charges is back in custody, according to a statement from the US Marshals in the Southern District of Iowa.
US Marshals found and arrested 28-year-old Jacob Greer in Spanaway, Washington, on Monday. He had been on the run since 2016, authorities said.
"The arrest of Jacob Greer after six years is a testament to the tenacity of Deputy US Marshals and our investigative partners," Ted Kamatchus, US Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa, said in the Tuesday statement.
"Even though the case went cold, they would not quit," Kamatchus said.
Greer is currently at the Federal Detention Center in Seattle and will be transported to Des Moines to stand trial, accoring to the statement. He will be assigned counsel when he returns to Iowa, the Iowa public defender's office said.
Greer was initially arrested in April 2016 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on charges of alleged receipt and possession of child pornography. He was released on bond the next day under pretrial supervision with an ankle monitor. He was living with his grandmother in Des Moines at the time.
On May 31, 2016, Greer's probation officer was alerted that Greer's ankle monitor had been removed, resulting in a multiagency search effort, the US Marshals statement said.
Authorities found Greer's car with a suicide note inside, but searchers never found his body and a federal arrest warrant for Greer was issued. Investigators later discovered another vehicle associated with Greer at a campground in Flathead, Montana, which he had purchased with a $1,000 loan from a friend, the statement said.
The US Marshals Service said Greer was last seen at a Walmart in Kalispell, Montana, in June 2016, wearing a camouflage hat.
Greer had allegedly fled Iowa with money, a bow, arrows and a backpack full of survival gear and "had plans to live off the land in remote areas of the upper western states or southern Canada, hiding out in abandoned cabins," the statement said.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama praised Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday, thanking the judge, newly confirmed to the US Supreme Court, for giving Black women and girls "a new dream to dream, a new path to forge, and a future we can all be hopeful for."
"I was so moved to see Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed this afternoon," the former first lady wrote in an Instagram post. "Like so many of you, I can't help but feel a sense of pride -- a sense of joy -- to know that this deserving, accomplished Black woman will help chart our nation's course. So many women of color now have a new role model to look up to as she serves on the highest court of the land."
Expressing her gratitude, Obama continued: "Thank you, Justice Jackson, for giving Black girls and women everywhere -- including my daughters -- a new dream to dream, a new path to forge, and a future we can all be hopeful for."
Hours earlier, Jackson made history as the first Black woman confirmed to serve on the nation's highest court. Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to serve as vice president, presided over the chamber during the vote in her capacity as president of the Senate.
Jackson will be sworn in after Justice Stephen Breyer retires sometime this summer.
Former President Barack Obama, who made history as America's first Black president, also congratulated Jackson in a tweet, saying, "This is a great day for America, and a proud moment in our history."
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Additional trash services will be provided in Iberia Parish for the next two weeks.
Iberia Parish President M. Larry Richard says that starting Friday, April 8, 2022, there will be extra Waste Connection trucks throughout Iberia Parish.
These trucks, they say, will be dedicated to collecting bulky/yard waste for the next two weeks. Residents in the parish are asked to put bulky/yard waste out to anticipate pick up.
Questions on the waste pickup should be directed to the Iberia Parish Public Works Department at (337) 364-8474.
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(WASHINGTON) – The U.S. Congress has overwhelmingly voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and ban the importation of its oil, ratcheting up the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid reports of atrocities.
House action came Thursday after the Senate approved the two bills and the measures now go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Biden has already taken executive action to ban Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal to the United States. The legislation puts the effort into law.
The bill to end normal trade relations with Russia paves the way for Biden to enact higher tariffs on various imports, such as certain steel and aluminum products, further weakening the Russian economy under President Vladimir Putin. It also ensures Belarus receives less favorable tariff treatment.
The bills also provide the president with the authority to return normal tariff treatment for Russia as well as resume trade in Russian energy products subject to certain conditions.
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A second suspect is now in custody in connection with a February homicide.
Police say in that shooting on February 14, 2022, 26-year-old Corey Rosette Jr. was found dead from gunshot injuries in his home on Nicole Lane.
Thursday morning April 7, Opelousas Police say 19-year-old Lenny Bruce of Deridder was taken into custody in Leesville.
OPD says several agencies assisted in Bruce’s apprehension, including the Deridder Police Dept., Leesville Police Dept., Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s office.
Lenny Bruce was transported back to Opelousas and will be booked into the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office for the following charges: Armed Robbery, 1St Degree Murder, and Illegal Carrying of a firearm.
In February, Opelousas Police arrested 18-year-old Jaleel Malik Durisseau of Opelousas.
He was booked on charges of First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, & Illegal Carrying of a Weapon. Police say critical information gathered at the scene linked Durisseau to the homicide.
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Police say in that shooting on February 14, 2022, 26-year-old Corey Rosette Jr. was found dead from gunshot injuries in his home on Nicole Lane.
Thursday morning April 7, Opelousas Police say 19-year-old Lenny Bruce of Deridder was taken into custody in Leesville.
OPD says several agencies assisted in Bruce’s apprehension, including the Deridder Police Dept., Leesville Police Dept., Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s office.
Lenny Bruce was transported back to Opelousas and will be booked into the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office for the following charges: Armed Robbery, 1St Degree Murder, and Illegal Carrying of a firearm.
In February, Opelousas Police arrested 18-year-old Jaleel Malik Durisseau of Opelousas.
He was booked on charges of First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, & Illegal Carrying of a Weapon. Police say critical information gathered at the scene linked Durisseau to the homicide.
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Kicking off the festivities for this Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, as usual, was Thursday’s Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame induction ceremony on the west side of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center off Pine Ave.
Two drivers – Redondo Beach native Bill Auberlen and Italian great Alex Zanardi – joined 33 others whose medallions adorn the sidewalk there.
Auberlen, 53, is an IMSA driver who has won more races – 63 – in that series than anyone else. He twice was a class winner in Long Beach in 2013 (GT) and 2015 (GTLM) and has nine top-5 finishes there in 14 starts since 1990. He’s also a two-time class winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona.
He is still active and will be racing this weekend on the streets of Long Beach.
Jim Michaelian, CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, sang his praises.
“As of today, Bill Auberlen holds the record for the most victories in IMSA history at 63,” Michaelian said, as onlookers braved the mid-90s, late-morning temperatures. “That’s a phenomenal achievement, especially when you think about how many great drivers have come through the IMSA ranks over the years.”
Auberlen was not shy about what the induction meant to him.
“First off, what a total honor to be inducted into the Long Beach Walk of Fame,” he said. “It’s beyond words to express my gratitude for this honor. I’m totally humbled; it’s crazy. Who would have thought?”
Auberlen recalled his first taste of the Grand Prix.
“It was 1975 and I stood right there,” he said, pointing across Pine Avenue. “I was 7 years old, I was at this track and I had a tape recorder in my little hand and I would record the sounds of every race car.
“And then I would take it home and I would listen to these sounds. And if we played ‘Name That Car,’ in two notes I could hit it like that.”
Auberlen spoke like he almost couldn’t believe how things have turned out for him.
“At 7 years old, I couldn’t even have had a dream big enough that would have somehow put me in a race car in this beautiful, symbolic track,” he said. “This goes to show that even the biggest dreams do come true.”
Zanardi, 55, won at Long Beach in 1997 and 1998 during the race’s CART days. He also won the series championship those two years.
After a brief return to Formula One – where he raced from 1991-94 – in 1999, he returned to CART in 2001. In the 15th race of the season, he was in an accident at the American Memorial in Germany, resulting in the amputation of his legs.
Undaunted, Zanardi returned to racing less than two years later – driving a car with hand controls – and earned four wins in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005-09. He wasn’t done. Zanardi eventually became a gold-medal winner in handcycling in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio De Janeiro.
Zanardi is recuperating from a handcycling accident in 2020 in Italy and was not in attendance Thursday. Former teammate Jimmy Vasser, also a member of the Walk of Fame, accepted for him.
IndyCar owner Chip Ganassi was Zanardi’s boss during his first three seasons in CART.
“Alex is the type of person that strung together a life that any 10 men could call lives; he strung it together in one life,” said Ganassi, who lauded Zanardi’s ability to move forward after he lost his legs.
“The point I want to get across to everyone this morning is I think I talked about Zanardi and his accident, his legs, I think I talked to him one time about it and then his life moved on from there,” Ganassi said. “We never mentioned his legs again, or lack of legs.”
The medallions that get embedded in the concrete were delayed, so “pseudo medallions” – so named by Michaelian – were unveiled after each driver was enshrined.
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DENVER — The Dodgers will carry 16 pitchers on their season-opening roster and stash six more on the injured list.
Because of the shortened spring schedule, teams will carry 28 players on the active roster through April. With the Dodgers opening the season at Coors Field – always a challenge to a pitching staff – they have opted to start the season with those 16 pitchers and only 12 position players.
Three more pitchers will start the season on the 60-day IL – Dustin May and Jimmy Nelson (recovering from Tommy John surgeries) and Danny Duffy (recovering from flexor tendon surgery). May and Duffy are expected back at some point in the second half of the season. Nelson might not pitch this season.
Three more were placed on the 10-day IL to start the season – Caleb Ferguson and Tommy Kahnle (recovering from Tommy John surgery) and Victor Gonzalez (elbow inflammation). All three pitched in games this spring and could be ready to be activated when eligible.
Reliever Phil Bickford was optioned to Triple-A to start the season.
Here is the full season-opening roster:
CATCHERS (2) – Will Smith, Austin Barnes
INFIELDERS (7) – Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy, Trea Turner, Justin Turner, Gavin Lux, Hanser Alberto, Edwin Rios
OUTFIELDERS (3) – Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger, Chris Taylor
PITCHERS (16) – Walker Buehler, Julio Urias, Clayton Kershaw, Tony Gonsolin, Andrew Heaney, Tyler Anderson, Justin Bruihl, Garrett Cleavinger, Blake Treinen, Daniel Hudson, Brusdar Graterol, Craig Kimbrel, Evan Phillips, David Price, Alex Vesia, Mitch White
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — He walked among the azaleas with just the slightest hint of a limp.
He couldn’t quite bend over to read the putts on Augusta National’s tricky greens.
Otherwise, there was nothing to indicate that Tiger Woods nearly lost his right leg 14 months ago in a devastating car wreck.
Woods’ greatest comeback yet got off to an electrifying start Thursday when he shot a 1-under-par 71 in the opening round of the Masters.
“To end up in the red,” he said confidently, “I’m right where I need to be.”
As Woods walked briskly toward the clubhouse after a grueling day that stretched to nearly 5½ hours, he heard shouts of “Way to go, Tiger!” from the spectators.
He was just three strokes off the lead – with roughly half the field still on the course – after making three birdies, a pair of bogeys and a whole lot of solid pars – many of them salvaged by his deft touch around the greens.
Woods pulled off one last Houdini act at No. 18. After yanking his tee shot into the towering pine trees on the right, he had to lay up short of the green.
But he pitched to 6 feet and rolled in the putt to keep his score under par.
“I felt good,” Woods said. “Once the adrenaline kicks in and I get into my own little world, I knew I should be able to handle business.”
Yep, there’s still a long way to go. Woods still must prove his body can bounce back day after day – four of them, should he make it to Sunday.
“I’m only three back,” Woods said. “We’ve got a long way to go. This golf course is going to change dramatically – cooler, drier, windier. You can hear the SubAirs on out there. This golf course is going to change, and it’s going to get a lot more difficult.”
But it feels as if he is already a winner.
“You just can’t not watch him,” said Australia’s Cameron Smith, among those tied for the lead after shooting a 68. “It’s an inspiration with him coming back and playing golf.”
With storm clouds giving way to brilliant spring sunshine, Woods defied everyone’s expectations.
Except his own.
When Woods delivered an emphatic clutch of the right fist after rolling in a 30-footer for birdie at the 16th hole, it seemed like old times at one of golf’s most hallowed courses.
From the collapse of his marriage to multiple surgeries, Woods has always found a way to bounce back.
He’s doing it again, looking every bit like the guy who has won five green jackets and defied the odds time and time again.
A tap-in birdie at No. 6 sent the patrons into a frenzy. A sloppy bogey at the par-5 eighth brought some groans, but Woods’ brilliant short game kept him from posting one of those big numbers that can spell doom at Augusta.
He made it clear he had every intention of winning when he decided to make the Masters his first competitive tournament since that horrific car wreck in Rolling Hills Estates in February 2021 led him to say doctors said his right leg might need to be amputated.
Woods started the round with five straight pars – he just missed a birdie at the tough No. 5 hole when a 15-foot putt lipped out – before delivering a vintage tee shot at the par-3 sixth.
The ball climbed up a ridge on the green and stopped 2 feet short of the flag, leaving Woods with a gimme that put him in red numbers for the first time.
A wedge shot and errant chip led to a bogey at No. 8, a hole that should be a prime birdie opportunity. “A loss of concentration there,” he moaned.
But Woods bounced back with a tricky downhiller from 8 feet to save par at No. 9.
Woods insisted his hands still held the amazing touch that has helped him win 15 major titles – the first of them 25 years ago at this very place – and capture a record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour.
Beginning at No. 7, he missed the green on five consecutive holes, but he kept recovering with his short irons and putter.
Wearing a pink shirt and black pants, Woods was greeted by thunderous applause when his name was announced to a huge gallery surrounding the first tee.
Woods failed to make solid contact with his first shot: a 264-yard drive that faded behind a bunker on the right side of the fairway. His approach rolled off the front of the green, but he sank a 10-foot putt to save par, bringing another huge roar from the patrons.
Woods walked slowly, knowing that he faced four tough days on an extremely hilly course if he manages to make the cut.
He couldn’t fully bend over to read putts, forcing him to rely more on caddie Joe LaCava to help him judge the treacherous greens at Augusta National.
But those felt like minor inconveniences after all he’s been through.
He hadn’t played in an official event since November 2020, when he tied for 38th at the Masters, which was played later that year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am as sore as I expected to feel, but it was amazing,” Woods said. “Like I was telling the team all week, come game time, it will be a different deal. My adrenaline will kick in. I’ll get into my own little world, and I’ll get after it. It’s about the training that we’ve done to have the stamina to go.”
Woods’ career was in jeopardy after the car wreck left him confined to a hospital bed for three months. Woods was out of the public eye until last November, when he posted a video of him swinging a club with a simple message, “Making progress.”
His lone tournament in the 508 days since he last competed was a just-for-fun event in December in which he rode in a cart and was paired with his 13-year-old son, Charlie.
Despite the long layoff and the obvious physical limitations with screws and rods still holding the bones in place in his right leg, Woods clearly thinks he can win his sixth green jacket.
At 46, he would be the oldest Masters champion by three weeks over Jack Nicklaus.
The biggest question is how Woods holds up over 18 holes over four straight days, presuming he makes the cut as he always does at Augusta.
He walked 18 holes last week – his first big test – during a scouting trip with his son.
Playing an entire tournament will be much more challenging.
What now?
“Lots of ice,” he said, breaking into a big grin.
Just like old times.
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A gas station in Loudoun County has reached a settlement with Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares over price-gouging accusations during the Colonial Pipeline shutdown last spring.
Lovettsville-based Wheeler & Wheeler Inc., doing business as West End Motors, violated the Virginia Post-Disaster Anti-Price Gouging Act, Miyares said in a news release.
Miyares’s complaint alleges West End Motors significantly raised the prices of all three grades of gasoline between May 11 and May 14, after a state of emergency declared May 11.
On those days, the gas station charged average prices of as much as $3.51 for regular unleaded gasoline, $3.799 for midgrade and and $3.999 for premium.
Those highest levels represented, respectively, 23.78%, 20.58%, and 22.22% increases over what the gas station was charging during the 10 days immediately preceding the state of emergency, the release said.
Because those prices are averages, the Attorney General alleged the prices charged may have climbed even higher during that period. Miyares also alleged the increases were not attributable to additional costs incurred by the business. A violation of Virginia’s price gouging law is also a violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, the release said.
Under the terms of the settlement, West End Motors agreed to stop any further violations, pay $6,567.53 in restitution for affected consumers and pay the state $1,250 in civil penalties and $1,250 in attorneys’ fees, the release said.
Consumers should file complaints with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section to receive consideration for reimbursement if they purchased gasoline on May 11, 12 or 14.
The settlement, in the form of an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance, has been filed for approval with the Loudoun County Circuit Court.
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When the invasion of Ukraine began, singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk cut his U.S. tour short, returned home and took up arms to defend his homeland.
A few days later, the Boombox singer posted a clip on Instagram that showed him in military fatigues, a New York Yankees baseball cap and a rifle performing "The Red Viburnum In The Meadow," a Ukrainian protest song written during World War I.
"A little motivation from the leader of the group 'Boombox' Andriy Khlyvnyuk," he wrote.
Now, rock legends Pink Floyd have taken Khlyvnyuk's vocals and composed a charity single around it — the band's first new original music since 1994's "Division Bell."
The track, "Hey Hey Rise Up," features 90 seconds of David Gilmour's string-bending solo, and Floyd drummer Nick Mason. (Needless to say, estranged bassist Roger Waters is noticeably absent.)
The title references the last line of the protest song: "Hey hey, rise up and rejoice."
How the song came about
"We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invaded and having its people murdered by one of the world's major powers," Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren, said in a statement on the band's website.
"Then I saw this incredible video on Instagram, where he stands in a square in Kyiv with this beautiful gold-domed church and sings in the silence of a city with no traffic or background noise because of the war," the statement added. "It was a powerful moment that made me want to put it to music."
Gilmour said he spoke to Khlyvnyuk, who is recovering from a shrapnel injury, and played him a snippet.
"He gave me his blessing," Gilmour said.
The proceeds from the single will go to Ukrainian humanitarian relief, the band said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane police arrested a man who purchased thousands of dollars worth of goods through stolen credit cards, according to a release.
The suspect, 50-year-old Jerrame A. Kimble, was arrested in Northeast Spokane. The arrest followed a vehicle prowling incident on Feb. 26, 2022, within the Dishman Hills Conservation Area.
According to a press release from the Spokane Police Department (SPD), Kimble's arrest was the result of an ongoing investigation into multiple car prowling and theft cases in which Kimble and various accomplices are suspects.
SPD officials say this is not Kimble's first arrest for similar crimes. On Mar. 3, 2022, a female victim discovered that her car had been broken into and that her purse had been stolen. The victim reportedly parked next to Kimble and another woman, who used the stolen credit cards to make purchases at Lowes, Walmart, gas stations and other locations.
In that case, Kimble was booked into the Spokane County Jail for eight counts of second-degree theft, two counts of money laundering and one count of second-degree identity theft.
Kimble has an extensive history of vehicle prowling, as Airway Heights police have probable cause to arrest Kimble on eight charges, including identity theft and money laundering from an incident on Mar. 20, 2022. In that incident, a vehicle was broken into and credit cards were stolen. At this time, Kimble has 13 felony convictions.
In a press release, SPD urged residents to not leave valuable items in their cars, including guns, wallets and purses.
At this time, Kimble is under arrest for first-degree identity theft, five counts of money laundering and two counts of second-degree possession of stolen property.
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SPOKANE, Wash. —
The North Central High School (NCHS) received a $35,000 donation from the American Indian Community Center to pay for new uniforms with the new Wolfpack logo.
The mascot's name change at North Central in 2021 came with efforts made since 2020 by students and faculty at North Central High School. The school decided to change their mascot name from the Indians to the Wolfpack.
The change also comes after Governor Jay Inslee signed a measure to ban the use of Native American names, symbols and images as school mascots, logos and team names at most public schools in 2021.
American Indian Community Center Executive Director Linda Lauch said in a statement that the donation would help pay for the uniforms of many students, as they are expensive and not all of the students in the athletics department own a uniform with the new logo.
The $35,000 donation comes from a partnership between the Better Health Together Community Resiliency Fund, AICC and Stop and Listen. It will contribute toward the $54,000 needed to pay for all students' new uniforms.
People who would like to help pay for the new uniforms can donate here.
The NCHS is not the only school that changed its mascot. Spokane Garry Middle School also changed its mascot name to the Ravens in 2021.
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.
Pelosi, D-Calif., received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. He said she had tested negative earlier in the week.
“The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided,” Hammill said. Pelosi, he said, will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly.”
The White House said Biden and Pelosi had only “brief interactions over the course of the last two days” and that the president was not considered a close contact of the speaker by CDC guidance — sustained unmasked contact within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes over a 24-hour period.
“Last night as a part of his regular testing cadence, the President tested negative,” the White House said in a statement. “He will continue to be tested regularly. The President wishes Speaker Pelosi a speedy recovery.”
The 82-year-old Democratic leader’s announcement came ahead of her weekly press appearance on Capitol Hill, which was abruptly called off. The House is set to start a two-week spring recess.
Pelosi also postponed a planned congressional delegation trip to Asia she was scheduled to lead.
Washington has experienced a rush of new COVID-19 cases as restrictions have lifted and more events and gatherings are happening across Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced positive tests. The officials were among more than a dozen attendees of the Saturday night Gridiron Club dinner to test positive for the virus. Pelosi did not attend the dinner, her spokesman said.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also announced Thursday that she tested positive for COVID-19 and would “work at home while following isolation protocols.”
Several lawmakers have announced positive test results and are isolating, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Collins' office announced she had tested positive late Thursday, shortly after the Senate voted to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The CDC says people vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 are much less likely to suffer adverse outcomes, including serious illness and death, from the virus compared to those who are unvaccinated.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki has faced a flurry of questions in recent days about the COVID-19 protocols surrounding Biden, as more members of the administration and others in Washington have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Psaki said Biden planned to continue with his public schedule despite the uptick in cases, including hosting large events, such as one on Friday celebrating Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
“The most important message we’re sending to the public is that we have steps in place that we can take to continue to address it, and even as we’re continuing to fight COVID we can, for the most part, return to our normal routines,” she said Thursday.
Asked whether there was a concern that the Friday event could be a “super-spreader” for the virus, like President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden ceremony announcing the nomination of now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Psaki emphasized that the risks from the virus are now much lower now because of vaccinations and treatments.
“At that point in time, vaccines were unavailable, people were not vaccinated, it certainly puts us in a different space,” Psaki said.
Biden has not been identified as a close contact by the White House Medical unit, despite being photographed hugging and kissing Pelosi, because they did not spend more than 15 minutes in close proximity over a 24 period — the CDC’s standard.
Psaki said if he was ever identified as a close contact Biden would follow the CDC’s guidance, including wearing a mask when around other people. “If he is in close contact, that is exactly what he will do,” she told reporters.
Psaki also defended Vice President Kamala Harris’ decision not to wear a mask in the Senate chamber while presiding over the Jackson vote, despite being identified as a close-contact of a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19.
CDC guidance recommends close-contacts who are fully vaccinated wear a tight-fitting mask when around other people.
“I know that she was alone kind of on the dais for most of that, but of course she’s been wearing a mask otherwise,” said Psaki.
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NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of Texas by President Donald Trump, had issued a nationwide injunction against the requirement in January.
When the case was argued at the 5th Circuit last month, administration lawyers had noted that district judges in a dozen jurisdictions had rejected a challenge to the vaccine requirement for federal workers before Brown ruled.
The administration argued that the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Lawyers for those challenging the mandate had pointed to a recent Supreme Court opinion that the government cannot force private employers to require employee vaccinations.
Thursday's ruling was a rare win for the administration at the 5th Circuit, with 17 active judges dominated by Republicans, including six Trump appointees.
Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform act cited by the administration.
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SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — The National Guard is set to host a training response exercise for Washington National Guard members in Spokane on Saturday.
The Homeland Response Force (HRF) disaster-response exercise aims to train guards to be prepared to assist in case a catastrophic event happens.
More than 500 Washington National Guard members will participate in the HRF training exercise. They will be trained on activities following a potential disaster, including search and rescue, decontamination and medical training.
The training will take place on Saturday, April 9 at the Spokane Readiness Center.
"Being ready for any event, but most importantly one that can expose Washingtonians to dangerous materials is important,” Bret Daugherty, major and adjutant general, said in a statement. “These exercises are necessary because when lives are at risk, we want to be ready to deploy these troops and provide assistance as quickly as possible."
The HRF has highly-trained soldiers and airmen from across the state that iare organized and equipped to identify and respond during a catastrophic event. The HRF responds to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) events.
The HRF was activated as part of the Washington National Guard’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from March 2020 to August 2021. The HRF helped with COVID-19 testing and test kit assembly with the Department of Health across the state.
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Two days after announcing it is testing the addition of an edit button, Twitter said it has started rolling out a way for users to remove themselves from conversations they don't want to be a part of.
The tool, which Twitter calls Unmentioning, would allow users to leave a conversation where someone has tagged the user with their @ Twitter handle.
Twitter, in a tweet, called it "a way to help protect your peace."
A tagged user will be able to open a dropdown with a "Leave this conversation option." By leaving, the username will stay, but it will be untagged from the original tweet and all replies.
Twitter said it will also prevent someone from tagging the user again in the conversation, so there's no risk of someone continuously re-mentioning. The tool will also stop further notifications about the conversation.
Twitter said it is "experimenting" with the feature and it's already available for some users on the web version. Twitter did not mention when the unmentioning tool might be available on the app.
Twitter tweeted Tuesday that it is working on a way for users to edit their 280-character messages. The company said it had nothing to do with the fact that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the company's largest shareholder and new board member, tweeted out a poll asking people if they wanted such a feature.
Twitter said it will test the edit feature in its paid service, Twitter Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.” So it may be a while before most Twitter users get to use it, if they ever do. Twitter spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to say whether an edit feature might be rolled out for all users.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods' 91st competitive round at the Masters will start like all the rest.
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Thursday, the five-time champion stuck his tee into the ground at Tea Olive, the name of the first hole at Augusta National, took a couple of practice swings and continued a familiar walk that began over a quarter-century ago.
It's what happens when Woods stuffs his driver back into his bag that will determine whether his surgically rebuilt right leg — or the rest of the 46-year-old Hall of Famer for that matter — is ready for a test unlike any other he's faced in his career.
The five-mile or so walk between the Georgia pines at Augusta National is 11,000-plus steps of up and down and up again. It requires hitting shots from uneven lies. Of digging into the pine straw when required. Of trying to peak over bunkers that can run so deep — as it does on the par-3 fourth hole — you need to jump if you're going to see the flag.
No one other than Jack Nicklaus has navigated the sprawling course as well as Woods. No active player is as well-versed in the contours of every inch of perfectly manicured Bermuda grass.
That's why Woods wasn't complaining when he said on Tuesday “walking is the hard part.” He's merely stating a fact. And he's hardly the only one who knows how physically draining competing in the Masters can be.
Two-time U.S. Open champion Curtis Strange used to leave the tournament with shin splints. And Strange didn't have to do it while working with a leg crammed with rods and plates metal detectors shudder when they see you coming around the corner.
“You know, 72 holes is a long road, and it’s going to be a tough challenge and a challenge that I’m up for,” Woods said.
At least in theory. He hasn't played 18 holes at Augusta National on consecutive days since shredding h is leg in a car accident in February 2021 that led doctors to consider amputation. Now he's asking the same leg that anchored 15 major championships and a PGA Tour record-tying 82 victories to hold up for four rounds in the span of 81 or so hours.
That doesn't even include the warm-up or recovery, routines that require far more time than they did when he fist-pumped his way to his first green jacket 25 years ago.
It's asking a lot. Yes, it's just walking. Only it's no ordinary walk. And it's no ordinary week. For Woods or anyone else.
“I think most of the stress that we have is probably more mental than physical,” said world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who at 25 was born less than a year before Woods captured his first Masters title.
The stress is no longer between Woods' ears, but underneath his feet. The elevation changes are nearly constant from your opening shot. Down the hill to the first fairway, then back up toward the green. Down a hill again at No. 2. Rolling terrain on No. 3. An elevated tee at No. 4. Uphill nearly all the way at No. 7. Ditto No. 8. A climb to the turn at No. 9.
The back nine is a jumble. The 10th fairway could double as a ski slope. Another trek down the 11th into Amen Corner. The 12th and 13th offer a bit of a respite. Mounds and a slanted fairway on the 14th, where a flat lie is basically a myth. A gentle downhill to the 15th green. The 16th provides a respite, before the 17th tee begins one last climb back to the clubhouse.
Woods admits his mobility is so limited he ditched Nike cleats for FootJoys because it provided more comfort. He's hoping the jolt of adrenaline fueled by the first capacity crowd to come to Augusta since his titanic victory in 2019 will help him get by.
Still, golf is golf. Throw in the crucible that is the Masters and Woods knows adversity is unavoidable. He stressed he wouldn't come back just to be a field filler. That's simply not his way. He's not going to ask his leg to simply help him get around, but to stand on the 18th green late Sunday afternoon and have Hideki Matsuyama drape a sixth green jacket over his shoulders.
It sounds impossible. It very well may be impossible.
“When I decide to hang it up when I feel like I can’t win anymore, then that will be it,” he said. “But I feel like I can still do it, and I feel like I still have the hands to do it, the body’s moving good enough. I’ve been in worse situations and played and won tournaments.”
Yes and no. He won the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines basically on one leg. Yet he was just 32 then. He's closer to 60 now than that brilliant Father's Day weekend in the sun back home in California.
The spirit remains willing. It has since the first time he ducked inside the ropes at Augusta as an amateur in 1995.
It's the rest of him, particularly the right ankle that will have to bear the weight of so much — including internal and external expectations that come when your name happens to be Tiger Woods — that will determine whether this long walk will be spoiled.
“I don’t have to worry about the ball striking or the game of golf, it’s actually just the hills out here,” he said. “That’s going to be the challenge, and it’s going to be a challenge of a major marathon.”
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JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was also sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The charges arose from the deaths of nine eagles at three wind farms in Wyoming and New Mexico.
In addition to those deaths, the company acknowledged the deaths of golden and bald eagles at 50 wind farms affiliated with ESI and NextEra since 2012, prosecutors said. Birds were killed in eight states: Wyoming, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Colorado, Michigan, Arizona and Illinois.
NextEra, based in Juno Beach, Florida, bills itself as the world’s largest utility company by market value. It has more than 100 wind farms in the U.S. and Canada and also generates natural gas, nuclear and solar power
Almost all of the eagles killed at the NextEra subsidiary's facilities were struck by the blades of wind turbines, prosecutors said. Some turbines killed multiple eagles and because the carcasses are not always found, officials said the number killed was likely higher than the 150 birds cited in court documents.
Prosecutors said the company's failure to take steps to protect eagles or to obtain permits to kill the birds gave it an advantage over competitors that did take such steps — even as ESI and other NextEra affiliates received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal tax credits from the wind power they produced.
NextEra spokesperson Steven Stengel said the company didn't seek permits because it believes the law didn't require them for unintentional bird deaths. The company said its guilty plea will resolve all allegations over past fatalities and allow it to move forward without a continued threat of prosecution.
The criminal case comes amid a push by President Joe Biden for more renewable energy from wind, solar and other sources to help reduce climate-changing emissions. It also follows a renewed commitment by federal wildlife officials under Biden to enforce protections for eagles and other birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Criminal prosecutions had been halted under former President Donald Trump for birds killed inadvertently by industry.
It’s illegal to kill or harm eagles under the migratory bird act. However, a wide range of industries — from energy firms to manufacturing companies — have lobbied for years against enforcing the law for accidental bird deaths.
The bald eagle — the U.S. national symbol since the 1700s — saw its populations widely decimated last century due to harmful pesticides such as DDT and other problems. Following a dramatic recovery, it was removed from protection under the Endangered Species Act in 2007. Biologists say more than 300,000 bald eagles now occupy the U.S., not including Alaska.
Golden eagles have not fared as well, with populations considered stable but under pressure from wind farms, collisions with vehicles, illegal shootings and poisoning from lead ammunition.
Most of the eagles killed at the ESI and NextEra wind farms were golden eagles, according to court documents.
There are an estimated 31,800 golden eagles in the Western U.S. with an estimated 2,200 killed annually due to human causes, or about 60% of all deaths, according to a study released last week by leading eagle researchers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other entities.
The study concluded that golden eagle deaths “will likely increase in the future” because of wind energy development and other human activities.
Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty law if they take steps to avoid deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
Charging documents said company representatives, including ESI's president, were warned that eagles would be killed if the company built two wind farms in central and southeastern Wyoming, and also knew about a risk to eagles when they authorized the repowering of a New Mexico wind farm, about 170 miles (274 kilometers) from Albuquerque.
The company proceeded anyway and at times ignored further advice from federal wildlife officials about how to minimize the deaths, according to court documents.
“For more than a decade, ESI has violated (wildlife) laws, taking eagles without obtaining or even seeking the necessary permit,” said Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division in a statement.
ESI agreed under a plea deal to spend up to $27 million during its five-year probationary period on measures to prevent future eagle deaths. That includes shutting down turbines at times when eagles are more likely to be present.
Despite those measures, wildlife officials anticipate that some eagles still could die. When that happens, the company will pay $29,623 per dead eagle under the plea deal.
NextEra President Rebecca Kujawa said collisions of birds with wind turbines are unavoidable accidents that should not be criminalized. She said the company is committed to reducing damage to wildlife from its projects.
“We disagree with the government's underlying enforcement activity,” Kujawa said in a statement. “Building any structure, driving any vehicle, or flying any airplane carries with it a possibility that accidental eagle and other bird collisions may occur.”
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A proposed bill in Tennessee is drawing criticism from social media users across the country due to a couple of provisions related to marriage allegedly included in the bill.
Some people suggested the bill proposed by a Republican lawmaker “creates a separate, privileged class of marriage for heterosexual couples” in Tennessee. Meanwhile, several others (here, here, and here) claimed the bill would allow children of any age to get married without parental consent. The backlash led to the hashtag #TennesseeRepublicans trending on Twitter.
VERIFY looked into both claims.
THE SOURCES
- Tennessee Code
- Tennessee House Bill 233
- Tennessee Senate Bill 562 - Amended Version
- Tom Leatherwood, Tennessee State Representative
- Sarah Warbelow, Legal Director, Human Rights Campaign
- Whitney Traylor, legal expert and retired associate professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver
THE QUESTION
Would a new bill make it legal for anyone to marry a child in Tennessee?
THE ANSWER
No, a new bill in Tennessee would not make it legal for anyone to marry a child, but an early version of the bill did omit an age requirement.
WHAT WE FOUND
In the United States, there is no federal law in place that sets a minimum age requirement for marriage. Instead, states set their own guidelines, and currently, 20 U.S. states do not require a minimum age for marriage, according to human rights organization Equality Now.
Under Tennessee law, children who are 17 years old can get married with parental consent, but children under the age of 17 cannot legally marry. In January 2022, Tennessee Republican state Rep. Tom Leatherwood proposed Tennessee House Bill 233 (HB 233) that would create a new “common law” marriage in the state. In an early version of the bill, the text left out any rules relating to age minimums for that common law marriage.
According to legal expert Whitney Traylor, the age limits in Tennessee’s current marriage law would not automatically transfer to the new common law marriage stipulated in HB 233. Traylor explained the omission of the age requirement created a loophole that could potentially allow children to marry.
On April 6, HB 233 and its companion bill in the Tennessee Senate, SB 562, were amended to reflect the updated age requirement. The amended bill now says that “one man and one woman” may file for a common law marriage if “both have attained the age of majority,” which is 18 years old in Tennessee.
In an email, a Tennessee House GOP spokesperson told VERIFY that HB 233 “would not have ever allowed minors to marry.”
Leatherwood also told VERIFY in a statement that HB 233 “does not allow minors to get married.”
THE QUESTION
Would a bill proposed in Tennessee create a separate class of marriage only for heterosexual couples?
THE ANSWER
Yes, a bill proposed in Tennessee would create a separate class of marriage only for heterosexual couples.
WHAT WE FOUND
If passed, House Bill 233 (HB 233) would create a new common law marriage in Tennessee. A common law marriage is a “legally recognized marriage between two people who have not purchased a marriage license or had their marriage solemnized by a ceremony,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The language used in HB 233, however, stipulates that this new common law union must be “between one man and one woman.”
Leatherwood told VERIFY in a statement that HB 233 does not change Tennessee’s current marriage laws. Instead, he says this new common law option appeals to people with “deeply held religious convictions” and “conscientious objections” to the current law that allows same-sex couples to receive a marriage license in Tennessee.
Legal expert Whitney Traylor told VERIFY if HB 233 were to be passed in Tennessee, it would not apply to same-sex couples. Traylor said that by including the “one man and one woman” clause in the bill, Republican lawmakers are trying to “get around the law that says same-sex marriage is lawful, and you have to recognize same-sex marriages, even from other states.”
In 2015, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. In the landmark case, Obergefell v. Hodges, the court ruled that heterosexual and same-sex couples had equal rights to marriage in all 50 states under the Fourteenth Amendment. The court also said bans on same-sex marriages are unconstitutional.
Although HB 233 would not ban same-sex marriages in Tennessee, Sarah Warbelow, who serves as the legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, told VERIFY that the exclusion of same-sex couples in this common law marriage could still lead to legal challenges in the future if passed.
“The intent of the primary sponsor of the bill is to have this other mechanism by which people can marry that same-sex couples would be excluded from. That would make it ripe for a legal challenge because the Supreme Court in deciding Obergefell really made clear that same-sex couples were entitled all the same rights, benefits, obligations, and the institution of marriage itself. Coming up with an alternative way of letting people get married is still a problem under the Obergefell decision,” Warbelow explained.
As of April 7, the bill is still working its way through the Tennessee Legislature. It will be heard by the House Civil Justice Committee on April 13 and presented in front of the full Senate on April 14.
More from VERIFY: No, political ads on TV aren’t required to be factual
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga forward Drew Timme announced via Twitter that he will be entering the NBA draft on Thursday. He did not specify in his note whether or not he has hired an agent.
If he has hired an agent and they are certified by the NBPA and NCAA, then Timme can retain his collegiate eligibility as long as he withdraws from the draft by June 1st at 9 PM PT. If he has hired an agent that is not NBPA or NCAA certified, then his days in playing in college are officially over.
In a tweet, Timme wrote coming to Spokane and playing basketball for Gonzaga was one of the best decisions he ever made. He said playing for the Zags has forever changed him "into a better person and basketball player."
"The dream has always been to play professionally," Timme wrote. "After lots of thought and discussion, I will be putting my name in the NBA draft."
Timme also thanked Gonzaga basketball head coach Mark Few and the entire Gonzaga University basketball staff for his time on the team.
"The love and support have made my years at GU some of the best I will ever experience!" he wrote.
Timme is coming off of his second straight season earning All-American honors as the junior averaged 18.4 points per game this season, along with 6.8 rebounds per game, and 2.8 assists per game. If this is the end of the road for his Gonzaga career, he finishes with the most points a Bulldogs' player has ever scored in the NCAA Tournament over a career at 204. He only played in two NCAA Tournaments due to Covid his freshman season. He also finishes with the 15th most points scored in a Gonzaga career.
Highlights of Timme's career include putting up a career-high 37 points against Texas in The Kennel and taking a charge in the final second in regulation against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. That forced overtime and eventually set up Jalen Suggs' game-winning half court shot.
Timme is currently seen a fringe prospect in the NBA meaning he may get drafted in June, but he may also not hear his name get called.
The big question for a lot of Gonzaga fans is whether Timme will return to Spokane for his senior season or try his luck in the NBA draft. KREM 2 Sports Director Brenna Greene weighed in on the debate and you can read her analysis here.
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SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. — Experts are warning of an increased risk of avalanches throughout the Cascade Range.
The Northwest Avalanche Center warns of "uniquely dangerous" conditions as temperatures rapidly warm, causing the snow to become unstable.
"Large natural avalanches could occur," the Avalanche Center tweeted. "Some of these slides could be big enough to bury, injure, or kill a person."
Avalanche danger around midday Thursday was "considerable" from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest up to the Canadian border, with an exception in the North Cascades National Park, where avalanche danger is "high," according to the avalanche center.
The NWAC categorizes avalanche risks using a five-point Avalanche Danger Scale. The ratings are determined by the likelihood, size, and distribution of the avalanches.
RELATED: How is avalanche danger determined?
The danger comes following a storm that brought heavy snow to the mountains earlier this week. Snoqualmie Pass, for example, received about 6 inches of snow between 6 a.m. on April 3 and 6 a.m. on April 4.
Temperatures then began warming, with highs in the 60s on Wednesday with some areas of western Washington expected to see temperatures in the low 70s by Thursday afternoon.
People heading into the backcountry are asked to use extreme caution and check the avalanche and weather forecast.
The NWS previously shared the following warning signs of unstable snow and possible avalanches:
- You see an avalanche happen or see evidence of previous slides
- Cracks form in the snow around your feet or skis
- The ground feels hollow underfoot
- You hear a "whumping" sound as you walk, which indicates that the snow is settling and a slab might release.
- Heavy snowfall or rain in the past 24 hours
- Significant warming or rapidly increasing temperatures
- You see surface patterns on the snow made by the force of strong winds. This could indicate that snow has been transported and deposited in dangerous drifts that could release
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I love newspaper food pages, what with their Bolognese sauce recipes and reviews of locavore bistros. They tell us how to eat well, and that’s something of real value. Putting thought into what we put in our bodies is never a bad thing.
That said, sometimes I just wanna grab some garbage food and shove greedy handfuls of it into my dumb face. There’s not much coverage of junk food in the food pages, and this feature seeks to remedy that.
In every biweekly edition of Pat Eats Garbage Food, I’ll review a different fast food item or convenience store snack and let you know what works and what doesn’t. (You’ll note I didn’t say what’s good and what’s bad; it’s all bad. That’s the point.)
The food
For this, the first Garbage Food column in more than two years, I had to go with a real classic: McDonald’s Egg McMuffin. It’s not new or Xtreme or Nacho-Blasted or whatever else your average wad of drive-thru dough and animal fats is these days; it’s just a simple, almost elegant breakfast sandwich with egg, cheese and Canadian bacon. (OK, maybe “elegant” is the wrong word — DEFINITELY “elegant” is the wrong word — but in a fast-food landscape that passed the point of self-parody long before taco shells were even made out of fried chicken, it’s nice to be able to order something that is recognizably “breakfast food.”)
The damage
$4.39 through DoorDash, because I’m not loading three kids in the car on a Saturday morning unless I have to. This is a fine, fair price, though as I’ve mentioned many times previously, I have developed that old-guy thing where I think all food should cost what it did when I was younger. “Why I remember when Egg McMuffins cost a dollar! And did we have them delivered? With our cellphones? No! We drove there. It took three weeks by buggy. The weaker among us didn’t make it.”
The other damage
310 calories, 13 grams fat, 6 grams saturated fat, 30 grams carbs, 17 grams protein, 3 grams sugar, 770 mg sodium, 250 mg cholesterol. One McMuffin contains 34% of the protein you need each day (which would be great if it didn’t also contain 83% of your daily cholesterol allotment).
Official description
“Our Egg McMuffin breakfast sandwich is an excellent source of protein and oh so delicious. We place a freshly cracked Grade A egg on a toasted English Muffin topped with real butter and add lean Canadian bacon and melty American cheese.”
They’re really touting that protein. And good for them. They omitted this part, though: “Eat three and get your entire day’s worth of protein! Plus a prescription for Lipitor!”
My description
It’s the old standby. It was the first McDonald’s breakfast item (launched in 1973) and it holds up. It’s not as good as the Sausage McGriddles or the Bacon, Egg and Cheese Biscuit, but Matisse wasn’t as good as Cezanne or Van Gogh. And people still liked him a lot.
How does it feel
It feels OK. If you’re eating one, you’re probably either hungover or in your car. In the former case, it’s a pleasant salve that’ll help you survive the morning. In the latter, it’s a nice bit of sustenance that’s easy enough to hold in your hand while driving. If you’re both hungover AND in your car, you have permission to order two McMuffins.
Will I eat it again?
Yes. It’s not exciting, but it’s reliable. In this crazy, ever-changing world, I appreciate knowing it will always be there. (Me in 2046, on break from the sulfur mines on planet XK-458: “One Egg McMuffin please. Extra Soylent Green.”)
Overall rating
6 out of 10, a fine score for a fine piece of garbage food.
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Brody Mills remembers attending West Valley’s baseball camp during spring break when he was in elementary school and now it’s his turn to give back this week.
Listen up well, kids. This multi-tool junior knows what he’s talking about and demonstrated all of it on Tuesday.
Despite a chilling, hard wind that confronted him each time he squared his shoulders on the left side of the mound, Mills threw five scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts and was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI as the Rams came off their bye week with a 10-2 victory over Sunnyside to start their CBBN series with the Grizzlies.
“I’ve been working with the pitchers at camp, talking about mechanics and pick-off throws and different things,” said the 6-foot-1 lefty and Arizona State commit. “It’s always fun but it sure has been cold and windy this week.”
There was, in fact, a dusting of snow on the field Tuesday morning. And while conditions warmed up by the afternoon and the sun was out, that classic West Valley wind barreling over the orchards was raw and disruptive.
But for Mills, not so much.
“On days like this I think the hitters struggle more because it’s hard to loosen up and feel good up there,” he said. “For a pitcher the wind can cause a little added movement and I felt that. It was a good day because my control was there and I didn’t walk very many. I threw a lot of strikes.”
Indeed he did, fanning six batters the first time through Sunnyside’s lineup. After an infield single with two outs in the fourth, Mills got three of the next four outs via strikeout to close out his impressive day. He walked one.
“Brady threw well today and we swung it early,” assessed West Valley coach Ryan Johnson. “There were times it felt like we took our foot off the gas and didn’t take advantage of having guys in scoring position. But overall a good game for us.”
The top of West Valley’s underclass-driven lineup was plenty productive. Leadoff hitter and third baseman Jackson May had two hits and two runs scored, veteran shortstop and No. 2 hitter Drew Johnson had two hits with a triple, stolen base, two runs and RBI in his first two at-bats and then came Mills, who drove in runs with each of his first three at-bats.
John Sullivan, one of five juniors in the lineup, was 3-for-4 with two RBI and pitched the sixth and seventh.
“That bye week is a long stretch without games (10 days), especially when we need those now,” the coach said. “But in the past we’ve had the bye week at the end and I’m glad we don’t have that this season. We want to built consistency and momentum this month and hopefully get ready to make a run.”
Ranked No. 8 in the WIAA’s first Class 4A state RPI rankings this week, West Valley improved to 3-1 in the CBBN and 5-1 for the season. The Rams will finish this three-game series with a doubleheader at Sunnyside on Friday.
Highlights: Brody Mills (WV) 5 IP, 1 hit, 1 BB, 10 K, 3-4, 2b, 3 RBI; John Sullivan (WV) 3-4, run, sb, 2 RBI, 2 IP, 2K; Jackson May (WV) 2-4, 2 runs; Drew Johnson (WV) 2-5, 3b, sb, 2 runs, RBI; Diego Arteaga (S) 2-2, sb, RBI.
DAVIS 11, EASTMONT 8: At Davis, the Pirates fell behind 8-0 but erupted for 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to keep their unbeaten record.
Nathan Gonzalez and Corbyn Aills both hit triples in the big inning and combined for seven RBI as the Pirates moved to 7-0 in league and 8-0 overall. Davis resumes the series with a doubleheader at Eastmont on Friday.
Davis highlights: Nathan Gonzalez 1-3, 3b, run, 4 RBI; Corbyn Aills 1-4, 3b, run, 3 RBI; Trent Williams 3-3, 2b, run; Chase Hansen 2-3, 2 2b, 3 runs, RBI, 4 IP, 2 ER, 6 BB, 6 K; Joel Fernandez 1-3, 2b, run.
WENATCHEE 7, EISENHOWER 1: At Wenatchee, Jacob Manley doubled and scored for the Cadets. They’ll host Wenatchee for two games on Friday.
Ike highlights: Anson Schumacher 1-3, 2b; Machai Lincecum 1-3, 2b; Jacob Manley 1-3, 2b, run.
NONLEAGUE DEER PARK 12, ELLENSBURG 11: At Ellensburg, Ryker Fortier and Cade Gibson contributed three hits each, including a double, but the Bulldogs lost an early 7-3 lead. They’ll host Cedar Park Christian in a nonleague doubleheader on Saturday.
Ellensburg highlights: Ryker Fortier 3-5, 2b, 3 runs, sb; Cade Gibson 3-4, 2b, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Joe Bugni 2-5, run, 2 RBI; Garrett Loen 2-3, 2b, 2 RBI; Luke Sterkel 2-4, RBI; Jack Morrill 2-3, run, 2 RBI.
KITTITAS 21, LA SALLE 5: At Kittitas, Michael Towner hit for the cycle and drove in seven runs to lead the Coyotes (5-2), who will play at Sunnyside Christian on Tuesday.
Highlights: Jacob Rettig (LS) 2-3, RBI; Eddie Messer (LS) 1-3, HR; Zach Silva (LS) 1-1, 2b, run; Michael Towner (K) 4-4, 2b, 3b, HR, 2 runs, 7 RBI; Conner Coles (K) 1-3, 2b, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Camden Eddings (K) 3-4, 3b, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Hunter Smith (K) 2-4, 3b, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jet Tamez (K) 3-3 2b, HR, 3 runs, 5 RBI; B. Coles (K) 1-2, 2b, 2 runs, RBI.
BOYS SOCCER
CBBN DAVIS 1, WENATCHEE 0: At Davis, the Pirates extended their home winning streak to three games with its most impressive win yet on Tuesday as Cipriano Acosta’s second-half goal beat Wenatchee, the last undefeated team in CBBN play.
Goalkeeper Alex Capi made six saves to preserve the shutout for Davis, which will travel across town to face rival Eisenhower at Zaepfel Stadium Friday night.
First half: 1, Davis, Cipriano Acosta (Edwin Diaz), 51:00.
Second half: No goals.
Saves: Alex Capi 6; Wenatchee T. Russell 1.
EASTMONT 1, EISENHOWER 0: At Eastmont, the Cadets gave up a second-half goal to Christian Maldonado. In other league play, Moses Lake edged Sunnyside 2-1.
First half: No goals.
Second half: 1, Eastmont, Christian Maldonado, 41:00.
CWAC
In Tuesday’s action, Ellensburg beat Prosser 4-0 and Othello blanked Ephrata 4-0 while Selah earned a 1-1 tie against Chelan in nonleague play.
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Two children and a Yakima police officer were injured when a stolen pickup truck crashed into a minivan in downtown Yakima Thursday.
Yakima police booked the driver, a 32-year-old man, into the Yakima County jail on suspicion of first-degree assault in the crash, YPD Capt. Jay Seely said.
A Yakima police officer spotted a stolen Chevrolet Avalanche around South First and East Walnut streets around 9:45 a.m., Seely said. With information that the suspect might be armed with a semiautomatic rifle, the officer followed the Avalanche without activating lights as it went east on Walnut.
The Avalanche cut through a parking lot at South Third Street and got on East Chestnut Avenue and sped through the intersection at South Naches Avenue, Seely said.
Seely stressed that the YPD was not actively pursuing the suspect.
In the intersection of South Naches Avenue and East Walnut Street, the Avalanche hit a minivan broadside, Seely said, causing both vehicles to spin, which resulted in a YPD vehicle being hit, injuring the officer, Seely said. Seely said the YPD officer had turned on his lights to try to warn the minivan’s driver.
A 2-year-old girl in the minivan was injured and taken to a local hospital. A 5-year-old boy had minor injuries, Seely said.
The suspect was arrested after a brief foot chase, Seely said.
Washington State Patrol is investigating the crash because of the involvement of a YPD officer. Yakima’s crash investigator was on medical leave, Seely said.
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State health officials recommend limiting consumption of sturgeon from the lower Columbia River, which extends from the mouth of Columbia upriver to the Bonneville Dam, based on contaminant levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the fish tissue.
The health advisory for consumption of sturgeon came Thursday from the Washington State Department of Health in accordance with findings from the Oregon Health Authority, according to a news release.
A meal of sturgeon is comparable to the size of the palm of the hand. Meal limit recommendations for sturgeon from the lower Columbia River are:
• No more than seven meals per month for pregnant women, nursing mothers and children
• No more than eight meals per month for all other adults
PCBs can exist in sediment where sturgeon feed, state health officials said. Sturgeon can live long lives and their meat is high in fat in regions where PCBs accumulate over time. Consuming large amounts of fish contaminated with PCBs can cause negative health effects over time and can lead to potential learning and behavioral problems.
Mothers can pass PCBs to children during pregnancy and while nursing. Babies and young children are the most vulnerable to negative health effects from these contaminants, the health department said.
People shouldn't stop consuming all fish, though, health officials said. A diet with a variety of fish sources has health benefits.
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A prediction of heavy snowfall in the Cascades on Friday night and Saturday could make traveling to the west side of the state difficult, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the east slopes of Cascades above 3,000 feet from 5 p.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday. It calls for up to 12 inches of snow, with higher amounts at the crests, and wind gusts as high as 45 mph.
A chance of snow remains in the Sunday and Monday forecasts.
Motorists are advised to plan for slippery road conditions and should allow extra time for travel, the advisory states. For updated road conditions, check wsdot.com/travel/real-time/mountainpasses.
While no accumulating snow is expected in the Yakima Valley, the NWS predicts strong winds beginning Friday evening, with gusts up to 34 mph. Strong winds are predicted on Saturday, with a chance of rain or snow Saturday night.
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A prediction of heavy snowfall in the Cascades on Friday night and Saturday could make traveling to the west side of the state difficult, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the east slopes of Cascades above 3,000 feet from 5 p.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday. It calls for up to 12 inches of snow, with higher amounts at the crests, and wind gusts as high as 45 mph.
A chance of snow remains in the Sunday and Monday forecasts.
Motorists are advised to plan for slippery road conditions and should allow extra time for travel, the advisory states. For updated road conditions, check wsdot.com/travel/real-time/mountainpasses.
While no accumulating snow is expected in the Yakima Valley, the NWS predicts strong winds beginning Friday evening, with gusts up to 34 mph. Strong winds are predicted on Saturday, with a chance of rain or snow Saturday night.
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After slashing her career best for 1,600 meters to 5:07.86 last week, Alvarado is poised to go even faster this weekend at the Arcadia Invitational in California. Since the start of her sophomore season she has won 12 straight track races of 800 meters or longer and last Saturday’s victory at the Holder Relays featured a tight duel with Ellensburg’s Kate Laurent, who was second in 5:10.33. Alvarado also runs third leg on Eisenhower’s 4x400, which at 4:12.28 leads the Valley and the CBBN.
Chase HansenDavis baseball,
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The Pirates are off to an 8-0 start and Hansen has contributed in many ways. Last Friday in back-to-back walk-off wins over Eisenhower, he combined with Bryan Alcazar to throw a no-hitter and was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the opener and then drew four walks in the nightcap. On Tuesday against Eastmont, Hansen pitched four innings with six strikeouts and was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs. Davis, ranked No. 9 in this week’s 4A state RPI, resumes the series at Eastmont on Friday.
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Post Doctoral Onderwijspositions 2 / 846 Postacademische job 28 februari 2OO7\nSolar Carpology for Phytorhaphenotechnische Oosterhoff Wagenwage A woman who has remained unidentified has withdrawn a civil suit against the rapper Snoop Dogg she filed, accusing him of sexual assault and battery after a 2013 show, court documents reported on by Reuters state.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the Central District of California, was dropped on Wednesday, almost two months later. The rapper, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, released a statement through a representative.
In the statement, the representative for the rapper said, "It is not surprising that the plaintiff dismissed her complaint against the defendants. Her complaint was full of false allegations and deficiencies."
The unidentified woman was described as a model, host, actress and dancer who reportedly worked for Snoop Dogg, Reuters reported.
According to Billboard, the suit was filed on Feb. 9 and alleged that both Snoop Dogg and Bishop Don "Magic" Juan, described by MTV as a former pimp, assaulted her separately over a 24-hour time period in May of 2013.
A statement from Snoop Dogg said the lawsuit was a “thinly veiled attempt to extort defendant for money” and said “nothing remotely resembling plaintiff’s story” happened, Billboard reported.
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Yakima Valley College baseball coach Kyle Krustangel, softball coach Renae Koppenhafer and athletic director Ray Funk will be featured guests at the Monday Morning Quarterbacks luncheon next week.
The meeting begins at 11:45 a.m. Monday in the Players Club Lounge at Suntides Golf Course. Lunch service is available, and the public is invited.
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No.2 seed Paula Badosa survived an incredibly stern test in the Round of 16 of the Credit One Charleston Open on Thursday, overcoming Claire Liu 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-1 to eke into the quarterfinals.
Badosa, a semifinalist in Charleston last season, had lost her two previous meetings against Liu in 2017 and 2018, when both were ranked outside of the Top 100. Liu came close to improving to 3-0 against Badosa, which also would have marked her first win over a Top 10 opponent.
However, Badosa, currently ranked at a career-high World No.3, charged back from the loss of the first set and gritted through a tense second-set tiebreak, eventually triumphing in two-and-a-half hours.
Badosa battles on 💪@paulabadosa fights past Liu in three and faces Belinda Bencic next!#CharlestonOpen pic.twitter.com/HnZrwnTH6n
— wta (@WTA) April 7, 2022
In only her second match against a Top 10 player, Liu started strong, breaking Badosa for a 5-3 lead and serving out the first set from there.
Badosa had a chance to level the match at 5-3 in the second set, but Liu broke the Spaniard and the pair moved into a tightly-contested tiebreak.
Liu was two points away from victory four times in the latter stages of the breaker, but she was never able to hold match point as the Badosa power game stayed solid. Badosa at last converted her fourth set point with a backhand winner to capture the 72-minute second set.
After winning that battle, Badosa zipped through the third set to earn her first victory over Liu and queue up a quarterfinal showdown against former Top 5 player Belinda Bencic.
It will be a rematch on the green clay of Charleston: Badosa notched her first career Top 20 win over Bencic in Charleston just last year, in their first meeting. Badosa has beaten Bencic two more times since then.
Continuing her fine form on the east coast 🙌
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🇨🇭 @BelindaBencic downs Keys and awaits Badosa or Liu in the #CharlestonOpen last eight! pic.twitter.com/3aotFW07Y6
Reigning Olympic gold medalist Bencic moved into the Charleston quarterfinals for the third time in her career, as the No.10 seed from Switzerland bested No.9 seed and former titlist Madison Keys of the United States 6-4, 6-4.
Keys had won two of their three previous meetings, but the 2019 Charleston champion was toppled by Bencic this time after an hour and 34 minutes of play, split by a roughly 2-hour rain delay directly after the first set.
That first set was nearly taken by Keys, who led 4-3 and had three break points for 5-3. But Bencic charged back in that game to hold for 4-4, the won the next two games to swipe the one-set lead.
Keys was up a break in the second set at 4-2, but Bencic immediately pulled back on serve with a crunching return winner. The Swiss then moved ahead for good after another break for a 5-4 lead, and she forced an error from Keys with a forehand to convert her first match point in the final game.
Meanwhile, Magda Linette of Poland knocked out No.7 seed Leylah Fernandez of Canada 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a topsy-turvy affair, at last completing the second round which had been affected by numerous rain delays throughout the week.
World No.19 Fernandez, who had a first-round bye, never got onto court until Thursday, but the Canadian looked in control as she took the first set against 64th-ranked Linette.
However, Linette, who suffered a three-set loss to Fernandez at 2020 Roland Garros in their only prior encounter, took the second set to level affairs and line up a gripping decider.
Linette was up a break three times in the first eight games of the final set, and each time Fernandez was able to claw back on serve up to 4-4. Fernandez then had two game points to garner a crucial hold for 5-4, but Linette once again blasted her way to a service break.
Serving for the match at 5-4, Linette had to hold her nerve in a 17-minute final game, saving four break points before converting her seventh match point to pull off the upset.
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Why Haydn’s marriage to Maria Anna Keller was doomed from the start
Joseph Haydn and Maria Anna Keller tied the knot in 1760, though it would prove anything but happy ever after
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Wednesday 26 November 1760 should have been a happy day for Joseph Haydn, and perhaps it was. Aged 28, he already had a good job working as music master for an aristocrat, and had recently written the first of his 104 symphonies. Romantically, he had seemingly hit the jackpot too – that November day he married Maria Anna Keller in St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, where two decades previously he had been a chorister. Years of happiness, both personal and professional, seemed to stretch out before him.
Unfortunately it didn’t work out that way. While Haydn continued to flourish as a musician – a career-defining appointment with the Esterházy family was just around the corner – his marriage to Maria Anna quickly crumbled to an untidy mess that would come to an end only with her death nearly 40 years later.
Who was Haydn’s wife, Maria Anna Keller?
What went wrong? The clue probably lies in how the relationship first got started. Maria Anna was the daughter of a wigmaker, whose brother introduced Haydn to the Keller family. But Maria Anna was not the daughter who first attracted Haydn’s eye. That was Therese, her younger sibling, to whom Haydn taught piano and with whom he fell in love. Therese, however, had been earmarked by her family for the religious life, and eventually joined a nunnery.
And there the matter might have ended, had not a bright idea occurred to her father Johann Keller. If Haydn couldn’t marry Therese, what about her older sister? Might Maria Anna be a suitable replacement? Haydn was not exactly enthusiastic about the idea – it took five years of prompting by Herr Keller, plus the influence of what one acquaintance coyly dubbed ‘a young man’s natural urges’, for him to finally name the wedding day.
Who was to blame for their disastrous marriage?
Haydn’s initial reluctance to act on Johann Keller’s masterplan proved prescient. Virtually from the outset, he and Maria Anna proved drastically incompatible. She had no empathy for music, he claimed, and didn’t care whether he was ‘a cobbler or an artist’. Haydn’s friend and biographer Georg August Griesinger expanded on the list of the hapless Maria Anna’s alleged deficiencies. She had ‘a domineering, unfriendly character’, he wrote. She was a spendthrift, and also a religious bigot. It was even rumoured that she used her husband’s music manuscripts to line pastry tins or curl her hair.
But what of Haydn himself? Was he blameless in the disintegration of his marriage? Likely not, as Haydn himself appears to indicate in a remark he made to Griesinger. ‘My wife was incapable of having children,’ he said, ‘and thus I was less indifferent to the charms of other women.’ His partner’s infertility suggested as a reason for his own infidelity? It hardly paints a flattering picture of the composer. Or was Maria Anna simply averse to any sexual contact with her new husband?
We will never know for sure. What is certain is that both Haydn and Maria Anna had extra-marital dalliances – he with the Italian singer Luigia Polzelli, a mezzo-soprano with the Esterházy company.
How long was Haydn married for?
Today, the Haydns’ unhappiness with one another would probably have ended in divorce court. But that was impossible for a Catholic couple in 18th-century Vienna and the pair were still officially married – though leading largely separate lives – when Maria Anna died in 1800, aged 69, of arthritis. Haydn outlived her by nine years, but did not re-marry.
‘Papa Haydn’ is the beneficent image of the composer passed down to posterity through oil paintings and his genial, life-enhancing music. But his dysfunctional marriage is a sharp reminder that beneath the magnificent accomplishments of an artistic career, personal failures and imperfections can linger as a discomfiting blemish.
Find out more about Haydn and his work
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Ketanji Brown Jackson may be Biden's last justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson is not only the first Supreme Court justice confirmed under Joe Biden's presidency — but, perhaps, also his last, based on comments Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made Thursday to Axios' Jonathan Swan.
Why it matters: During an Axios News Shapers interview, McConnell declined repeatedly to say whether he could commit to holding hearings on any Supreme Court nominee by President Biden if Republicans regain the Senate majority in November and a seat opens in 2023.
- "I choose not to answer the question," McConnell finally said, after repeated pressing.
Between the lines: 2023 is not an election year, and therefore doesn't fit under McConnell's "Merrick Garland" rule.
He used that construct to block President Obama's 2016 nomination of Garland by refusing to hold hearings for Supreme Court nominees during an election year in which the opposing party controls the Senate.
- What McConnell appears to be at least contemplating — refusing hearings no matter the stage of a presidency — is without precedent in recent American history.
- Asked whether he's developing an argument for not holding hearings if it isn't an election year ... McConnell declined to answer.
If a Majority Leader McConnell does this, it would create a new paradigm: No Supreme Court justice can be allowed a confirmation process — let alone be confirmed — when the opposition party controls the Senate.
- The result would be a Supreme Court with an even number of justices.
- And that would create the possibility of a deadlock on any number of issues, such as affirmative action, voting rights and religious liberty — for years.
The backstory: In 2016, McConnell made what he called a principled argument for not holding hearings on Garland — who held the same appellate court seat as Jackson.
- McConnell said it was an election year, and he would therefore wait until the next president was elected to hold any hearings. He said voters deserved to have a say in picking the next Supreme Court justice.
- The rest is history: McConnell blocked Obama from filling the vacancy left after the death of revered conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Then Donald Trump surprised nearly everyone and beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
- Instead of a liberal justice filling Scalia's seat, Trump appointed a strict constructionist conservative justice, Neil Gorsuch. Trump also was able to fill two more seats and change the balance of the court. It's now a 6-3 conservative majority.
The 80-year-old McConnell has said his decision to hold open the Scalia seat — despite tremendous opposition from the left — was the most consequential thing he's ever done.
- Few would doubt it.
The bottom line: Swan says, "I've done some difficult interviews over the past few years, including President Trump in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic. But McConnell might be the most challenging subject in American politics.
- "The Senate minority leader's usual tactic in interviews is to simply refuse to answer questions he doesn't like. He did this repeatedly Thursday. But unlike every other politician I've interviewed, McConnell remains utterly disciplined and refuses to answer, no matter from how many different angles one comes at him.
- "For a sense of this dynamic, watch this exchange in which I ask McConnell about his "moral red lines."
- "I asked McConnell how he could go from saying that former President Trump was "practically and morally responsible" for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to, two weeks later, saying he would "absolutely" support Trump if he's the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.
- "McConnell's response tells you a lot about how he sees his political world," Swan said.
📺 Go deeper: Watch the whole 30-minute interview via this link.
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Why is there a bridge sitting in a field along Mulberry Street? Here's what we found out
It has sat in a field where weeds once eaten by goats have regrown among it, a hulking metal bridge that goes nowhere, drawing questions by those driving along east Mulberry Street.
Why was the bridge moved there and what are the plans for it?
This question came to the Coloradoan through Coloradoan Answers, our reader-driven series that answers your pressing questions about news in Northern Colorado.
Here's the answer:
The bridge was moved to the site after the $9.6 million renovation of the Mulberry Street bridge over the Poudre River that was completed in 2015.
Two pedestrian bridges were located at the site and set aside at Kingfisher Point Natural Area for future use, according to Kurt Friesen, director of the city's Park Planning and Development.
One of those bridges was repurposed as part of the Poudre River trail crossing at Lemay Avenue and Mulberry Street.
The remaining 165-foot long and 12-foot wide pedestrian bridge sitting on city property just west of Fort Collins Nursery, 2121 Mulberry St., is tentatively planned for a trail crossing over railroad tracks south of the Willow Springs neighborhood and west of South Timberline Road as part of a future trail connection to the Power Trail.
Friesen said in an email that his department is looking at options that meet requirements of the railroad and Platte River Power Authority to determine if the existing bridge will work in the location. He added there is no definitive timeline for completion of the trail crossing of the railroad track.
Crews in recent months installed an underpass at South Timberline Road as part of a road widening and trail connection project.
Road construction projects: Here is a look at what to expect in 2022
Reporter Miles Blumhardt looks for stories that impact your life. Be it news, outdoors, sports — you name it, he wants to report it. Have a story idea? Contact him at milesblumhardt@coloradoan.com or on Twitter @MilesBlumhardt. Support his work and that of other Coloradoan journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today.
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Fort Collins hosting hiring fair Saturday for seasonal parks and recreation positions
Fort Collins' Parks and Recreation departments are hosting a hiring fair this weekend as the city looks to fill a range of seasonal and hourly positions.
The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Foothills Activity Center, 241 E. Foothills Parkway.
Hiring managers and current employees will be at the event to tell candidates about the open positions and walk them through the application process. Candidates are encouraged to bring a copy of their resume to the fair so they can apply on-site.
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Some of the positions available include: lifeguards, summer camp directors, clerical aides, facility attendants, parks ground workers and parks equipment operators, among others. Applicants need to be at least 15 to 21 years old, depending on the position. Some positions also have educational and job experience requirements.
The hourly wage for most of the positions ranges between $13.25 and $18.50. See a full list of the open positions and specific requirements at fcgov.com/parks/join-us and fcgov.com/recreation/join-us.
Jacy Marmaduke covers government accountability for the Coloradoan. Follow her on Twitter @jacymarmaduke. Support her work and that of other Coloradoan journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today.
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Edinburgh Airport: Jet2 flight makes emergency landing in Edinburgh
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Edinburgh Airport earlier this afternoon, after a passenger onboard fell ill.
By Anna Bryan
Thursday, 7th April 2022, 5:16 pm
Jet2 declared an emergency situation on flight LS776, while it was flying over the Yorkshire Dales this afternoon.
The flight, which had come from Alicante, made an emergency landing in Edinburgh less than an hour later.
A spokesman for Jet2 confirmed that the flight had been re-routed due to a customer onboard requiring medical assistance.
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Pause on Fort Collins city manager search raises more questions from community
There was little optimism this week in the conversation where we asked, "How concerned are you about Fort Collins City Council's 'paused' city manager search?"
"It's extremely disappointing that after all that work and due diligence that none of the candidates could be agreed upon," commented John M. "How exactly would extending the process another six months make the systemic problems that caused the inability to compromise be resolved? Perhaps our acting manager is doing the job well enough that we're not desperate enough to make the leap of faith in hiring? That right there says that perhaps we have decided on a finalist."
GET CAUGHT UP:Fort Collins City Council declines to pick new city manager, hits pause on search
A few commenters suggested that the disagreement might have had something to do with a difference in political philosophies among candidates and council members. We don't know if that's a factor because council discussion of the candidates is done behind closed doors in executive session.
Looking back at the departures of top city staff, there are questions about whether the two situations could be related. "After all of the top city managers who have left over the last two years, this pause in replacing the top one looks bad," Peter O. commented. "I wonder what directions City Council is trying to give to city staff and how staff members are receiving it. Apparently many staff leaders disagree with council and are either leaving on their own or being pushed out by council, but these were good leaders."
Turnover:Fort Collins leadership turnover nears 30% as 'Great Resignation' reaches city management
"I don’t know what the issue is, but it needs to be fixed quickly. Someone needs to emerge as a calm balanced leader, even if only informally. A skilled consultant may be needed to help navigate the water." – Edward R.
Conversations on equity initiatives
Last week we also asked you: "What is Fort Collins' government's place in addressing inequities detailed in a city report?"
This is a complex topic, so we plan to offer additional conversation opportunities in the weeks ahead to bring out more thoughtful discussion. Stay tuned for that, and for a synthesis of the ideas. In the meantime, you can still join that conversation at Coloradoan.com/opinion.
READ THE STORY:A Fort Collins report 'pulled the veil back' on the community's inequities. Now what?
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Meet the Hailstorm: What to know as Northern Colorado's new pro soccer team opens first season
Colorado's newest professional sports team officially starts its inaugural season this week.
Enter the Northern Colorado Hailstorm.
The club will be based out of Windsor at the brand-new Future Legends Complex and play in USL League One.
The team began its official existence with a U.S. Open Cup win at in-state foe Colorado Springs Switchbacks on Wednesday at Weidner Field.
The Hailstorm's first league season kicks off Saturday, April 9 (6:30 p.m. ET/4:30 MT) at the Richmond Kickers.
As the franchise begins play, here's what you need to know about the NoCo Hailstorm:
Meet the coach
Éamon Zayed is the club's first-ever coach, only a couple years removed from his own playing career.
The Irish native played 19 seasons worldwide with 13 teams across five countries, including his last five years in the United Soccer League or USL League One. He scored 226 career goals in 441 matches and also played for Libya's national team from 2011 to 2015.
The 38-year-old brings plenty of USL experience and is a charismatic, high-energy character with a clear vision for the Hailstorm.
"I want them to give (Northern Colorado) a team they can make their own, one where they see some of their own identity in the club," Zayed said. "Something where they don’t have to drive an hour to find a pro team to get behind ... I’m still getting to know NoCo myself, and it's absolutely blooming. We want to field a team ready to grow with it."
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Players to watch
Irvin Parra: The 28-year-old California native was the first player to score 10 goals with 10 assists in one season in USL League One play for the Charlotte Independence in 2021.
What Zayed said: "He arguably has the best experience in America of any player on the club. Just a proven scorer who likes to attack the goal and find the net."
Nortei Nortey: The English-Ghanian midfielder comes to NoCo after seven seasons in England's National League, where he received minor attention in the British press for his unique name.
What Zayed said: "He's a center-mid who is all over the pitch every match. He will be one of the best midfielders in the whole league."
Marky Hernandez: Don't be fooled by the California native's 5-foot-4 frame. The attacking left-footed winger is a whirling dervish on the pitch and joins the Hailstorm from the Chattanooga Red Wolves.
What Zayed said: "He's got a build that makes him stand out, you want to root for him already. And then he's a dynamic player on top of that who can have fans on the edge of their seats."
Jerry Desdunes: The "Flying Haitian," as he's nicknamed on the team, Desdunes is just 20 and already scored the franchise's first goal in that U.S. Open Cup win over the Switchbacks after playing with Albion San Diego and Peachtree City MOBA in USL League 2 last year.
What Zayed said: "I think he could go on and have a career at a very high level. He was recommended to me, so we took a chance on him and he's been great. If he develops and excels and grows on our team, he could go on and play in the MLS or even better."
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What is USL League One?
The league is only four years old and operated by the United Soccer League at a Division III level, a tier below the USL Championship League.
The 2022 season will feature 11 teams from 10 different states, with three more clubs set to join for the 2023 season. Though there is no relegation system per se in U.S. soccer, USL teams have moved up or become part of the MLS Next Pro development league.
Union Omaha is the defending USL League One champion, winning the regular-season and playoff titles in 2021.
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What they've done so far
It's been a busy 2022 already for the Hailstorm. It culminated in that 1-0 win at Colorado Springs despite being down a man after Parra drew a red card.
It was a huge win for several reasons.
The Switchbacks are an established club in the USL Championship League, a Division II league that is a tier above USL League One. It also gives Northern Colorado a chance to keep advancing in the cup, which is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States and features 100 clubs (including MLS squads).
And that's just on the field.
The Hailstorm have been bringing in players slowly but surely for months, while also putting its marketing, merchandise, photo and staffing in place right up through the preseason, when they went 4-1-1 against other pro and collegiate teams.
The team also unveiled its official kits on April 1 at New Belgium Brewing Co., which is the Hailstorm's jersey sponsors.
A tough 2022 schedule
The Hailstorm will face a 30-game schedule that runs from April to October and includes three games each against USL League One's other 10 squads.
The first part is especially difficult. Since the Future Legends Complex is still under construction, the Hailstom will play their first seven matches and nine of their first 12 on the road.
Northern Colorado's first home match is set for June 8 vs. North Carolina FC.
The lengthy road stretch will be a challenge, but Zayed said it doesn't dampen his already high expectations for the team.
"Coaches always talk passionately in public about their group of players and chances of being successful," Zayed siad. "And in private, they might say, 'Let’s just hope we can make the playoffs.'
"That's not the case for us. Having been around this league I absolutely believe and know that we have the quality in our staff and players to do really well and be a contender even in year one."
Where will the Hailstorm play?
The Hailstorm will play in TicketSmarter Stadium, the 6,500-seat main stadium that is the centerpiece of Future Legends’ 118-acre multipurpose sports complex in Windsor.
They'll share the complex with Pioneer League Baseball team Northern Colorado Owlz and a slew of prep sports events, club tournaments and concerts. TicketSmarter Stadium will have a concert capacity in excess of 20,000.
Expect a lot of future summer nights there with fun outdoor sports entertainment options, and it all starts with the Hailstorm's inaugural campaign.
How to watch the Hailstorm
All Northern Colorado Hailstorm and USL League One games are available to watch on ESPN+.
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Hibs boss Shaun Maloney speaks on ideal position for Harry Clarke
Shaun Maloney hopes Harry Clarke can have a strong finish to the campaign after fighting back from injury to score on his Hibs debut against Dundee United last week.
The versatile defender signed an 18-month loan deal at Easter Road, joining on a temporary basis from Arsenal in early January, but less than a week later he had suffered a hamstring injury and spent three months on the sidelines.
Clarke was handed a start last weekend and scored on the stroke of half-time as he netted on his first appearance in green and white.
Despite starting in a slightly unfamiliar position of left-wingback, Maloney believes the 21-year-old can help provide what his team has been missing in recent months.
"Harry has big attributes. He's really good at attacking open spaces, really fast, a very good athlete,” he told the Evening News.
"He's very good in that final third so he definitely brings us something we were missing. That's why we went for him, but he has big attributes defensively as well, as we saw against Dundee United.
"I'm just really happy to have him back after his injury. He was out a long time so we don't want to put too much pressure on him but at the same time, I'm really looking forward to him replicating what he produced for Ross County, and increasing on that in the last period of the season, the most important.
"He's such an infectious character for the squad so it’s a really big boost for the staff but also for the players.”
Best form of defence is attack
Hibs’ trials and tribulations in the final third have been well documented, and while Clarke is mostly viewed as a defender, Maloney is keen that the number two contributes more in the attacking areas, having already opened his account in green and white.
"Harry can play numerous positions. He gives us an option to play a back four, which we've done recently. He can play on both sides and he can operate as a wingback, full-back, and as one of the wide centre-backs in a three,” Maloney explained.
"He gives us loads of options, but at the moment I see him making more of an impact in the final third, bringing us that speed and power that maybe we've lacked in the last couple of months.
"Going forward I see him more as a wingback but hopefully now, once we get into the final third, we can really use his attributes.
Competition and complements
Maloney’s wingbacks combined for Clarke’s goal against the Terrors, Cadden providing the cross for his fellow wideman, and the Hibs boss is eager for those on the flanks to chip in with more goals and assists.
"Chris has had a really good season and been excellent for me, but he definitely should have had more assists. Some of that's been down to finishing; if we'd been more clinical then I think he would have five or six more assists.
"But I'll be expecting the same from Harry.
"Demi Mitchell is another who can play that role, but he's still a few weeks away.
"We've missed him – he's scored two goals, which is as many as I think any player has scored for me since I've been here.
"Hopefully Harry can continue to bring a goal threat for us."
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Along with the upcoming increase in per-passenger gratuities, Carnival Cruise Line has recently announced other increases for onboard services. What prices are increasing, and what does this mean for a cruise traveler’s budget?
Gratuity Rates Increase
The per person, per day gratuity rates for Carnival cruisers will be increasing for all voyages setting sail on or after May 1. In an April 4 email sent to guests booked on upcoming voyages, the company stated that for voyages from May 1 and onward, gratuities would be $14.50 for standard staterooms, and $16.50 for suites.
“Our shipboard team members work hard to provide exceptional and friendly service, so we hope you will agree that this slight increase is well deserved,” the email read.
Prior to the change, gratuity rates are $13.99 per day for standard staterooms, and $15.99 for suites. Both rates are changing by just $.51 per person, per day, an increase of 4% for standard staterooms, and 3% for suites.
Passengers may lock in the current gratuity rate if they choose to pre-pay gratuities prior to boarding, regardless of when their cruise sets sail. If the gratuities are pre-paid, no further gratuity charge would be added to guests Sail & Sign accounts during their cruise, other than for services purchased during the sailing, such as the automatic 18% gratuity added to all drink purchases.
Other Prices to Increase
These increases, however, are not the only rising costs guests will soon see on Carnival cruises.
The email concluded by saying, “Although we’ve done our best to minimize the impact of rising costs, we will be implementing nominal changes to some of our onboard services while still providing you the best vacation value, on land or at sea.”
That notation was followed by encouragement for guests to pre-purchase additional services and lock in current rates before prices increase. Drink packages, WiFi access, and specialty dining were all listed with “up to” savings, though actual new prices were not immediately detailed.
Drink Package Pricing to Go Up for All Cruises
While Carnival Cruise Line has not been explicit in listing the new prices for onboard packages and services, deeper investigation on the cruise line’s help webpage does reveal details.
For cruises that still depart in April, the Cheers! beverage package, which includes a wide variety of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, is priced at $51.95 per person per day for sailings 5 days and longer, and $54.95 for sailings of 3-4 days, but only if the package is pre-paid. The onboard rate is currently $56.95 per person per day for longer sailings, and $59.95 for 3-4 day cruises.
Effective May 1, 2022, the Cheers! package price will rise to $59.95 per person per day when purchased before sailing, and $64.95 per person per day when purchased onboard. There will no longer be separate pricing based on cruise length.
These new prices are a roughly 15% price increase.
The cruise line’s Bottomless Bubbles package, which only covers fountain sodas and juices, is currently $5.95 per person per day for guests 17 years old and younger, and $8.50 per person per day for guests 18 years and older.
On May 1, those prices will increase to $6.95 and $9.50, respectively, an increase of 11%.
Both Cheers! and Bottomless Bubbles will continue to add the 18% built-in gratuity to the package pricing, which is not reflected in the daily package rate.
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No price increases have been announced for individual drinks purchased without a beverage package, but it is likely those onboard prices may also rise somewhat in the coming weeks.
Specialty Dining Prices Increasing
While Carnival Cruise Line does offer many included dining options, from the elegance of the main dining rooms to the casual vibe of the Lido buffet to fun options such as Guy’s Burger Joint, the Blue Iguana Cantina, Swirls ice cream, 24-hour pizzerias, and more, many cruise passengers enjoy the curated menus and elevated dining experiences at specialty restaurants.
As of May 1, prices at many of the most popular specialty restaurants will also increase as follows:
- Steakhouse / Fahrenheit 555 increasing from $38 to $42 per person (+10%)
- Steakhouse Selections in main dining rooms increasing from $20 to $23 (+15%)
- Cucina del Capitano increasing from $15 to $18 per person (+17%)
- Bonsai Teppanyaki increasing from $32 to $35 per person (+9%)
- JiJi’s Asian Kitchen increasing from $15 to $18 per person (+17%)
- Rudi’s Seagrill increasing from $38 to $42 for adults and $12 to $13 for kids (+11%/+8%)
- Green Eggs and Ham event breakfast increasing from $6 to $7 (+16%)
- Chef’s Table premium dining experience increasing from $80 to $99 per person (+24%)
No announcements have been made for increased prices for other dining options, such as a-la-carte offerings at cafes, celebration cakes, or sweets and treats from the cruise line’s Cherry On Top stores, but those, too, could see increases soon.
WiFi Package Pricing Hikes
Carnival Cruise Line offers a variety of WiFi packages to suit different travelers’ connectivity needs. The “Social” package permits guests to access social media websites and related apps, as well as airline websites, while the “Value” internet access plan includes everything from the Social package plus email, news, entertainment, sports, weather, and banking sites, but without streaming services.
Prices for these internet plans vary based on cruise length and when the plan is purchased. The Social plan, when purchased before the cruise, is $6.80 per day, or $10 per day when purchased onboard.
The Value plan, which also has faster speeds than the Social plan, starts at $10.20 per day when pre-purchased or $13 per day onboard. A 24-hour Value plan is also available starting at $17 per 24-hour period.
As of May 1, these internet prices will also go up, with the Social plan increasing to $8.50 per day when pre-purchased (+25%), and the Value plan increasing to $11.05 when pre-purchased (+8%). There is no information yet available about whether or not onboard pricing will change, or by how much if it is increased.
The fastest, most all-inclusive internet plan, the “Premium” plan, is priced at $13.60 per day, and is not anticipated to increase at this time.
What This Means for Cruise Budgets
Cruises have long been recognized as a budget-friendly option for vacation travel, but as prices rise for different onboard services, cruise passengers may find themselves with more unexpected expenses for their getaways than they may have anticipated.
The best way to save is to carefully consider what packages and services are necessary and offer the best value, and to pre-pay packages when possible to lock in the best savings.
Note: All prices quoted are subject to change without notice, and are listed as values in U.S. dollars (USD).
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It has been a busy week for Carnival Cruise Line, especially with all the fee changes coming from May 1. Between increasing gratuities, announcing a price hike for onboard services, sending no less than three cruise ships to Alaska, and saying goodbye to Carnival Sensation, there has been more than enough news to keep everybody talking.
The biggest news for Carnival Cruise Line itself will have been the CDC finally saying farewell to the advisory regarding cruise ship travel. The cruise line saw double-digit bookings increases over the previous seven-day averages in the same week.
Saying Farwell to Almost Three Decades Of Cruises
Carnival Sensation sailed her last voyage this week, and with that, many guests will have had some thoughts of the fun times that have been had onboard the Fantasy-class cruise ship over the last 30 years. Her career ended prematurely due to the effects of the pandemic and a shuffling of itineraries.
Due to the environmental concerns surrounding shipbreaking yards in Pakistan and India, Carnival Sensation was beached for scrapping at the Aliaga ship-breaking facility in Turkey, which has a far better reputation. Only three of the 8 Fantasy-class cruise ships remain, with Carnival Ecstasy already scheduled to be scrapped later this year.
Carnival Cruise Line has been on a mission to revive the fleet and do away with older, less efficient cruise ships. Between the start of the worldwide pause in operations and when Carnival Ecstasy leaves the fleet, the cruise line has sold and/or scrapped no less than six cruise ships.
Cruising Becomes More Expensive
Taking the family on a fun vacation while still enjoying the perks that cost extra will be a little more expensive come May 1. Carnival announced a price hike for several of its onboard services, including the WIFI, onboard specialty dining options, and drinks packages.
With Carnival Cruise Line feeling the effects of inflation, increased basic commodities, and increased oil prices, many expected prices to go up. However, with some prices going up by as much as 17%, many guests will have viewed the increase as an unpleasant surprise.
It’s not all either. Carnival Cruise Line announced it would raise gratuity prices by 0.51 cents. For Standard Staterooms, the new rate per person, per day will be $14.50. For Suites, the new rate per person, per day will be $16.50. Many will be less upset by this change; after all, the money ends up with the hardworking crew members.
More Focus On Alaska
Carnival will be sailing with three fun ships in Alaska this year. It is the single biggest deployment the cruise line has ever done in the northern state.
Carnival Miracle will be sailing from San Francisco on eleven ten-day cruises to places such as Sitka, Icy Strait Point, Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, and Victoria, British Columbia.
The biggest surprise will likely be for the crew members working onboard Carnival Spirit and Carnival Splendor. Both ships usually sail in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. This year, they will sail on 6-, 7-, and 8-day itineraries from Seattle, Washington, on what will certainly be somewhat colder weather than the crew and officers are used to.
Guests who wish to profit from the early bookings savings can do so until April 8; the bonus sale includes $100 savings per stateroom.
Huge Booking Week for Carnival Cruise Line
How much influence the CDC has on cruises we saw this week, as several cruise companies reported the strongest week of bookings ever. This includes Carnival Cruise Line, which said it saw a double-figure increase in bookings during the seven days following an announcement from the CDC it would do away with the negative travel advice it had advised for two years.
With all ships operational this summer, the news from the CDC could not have come at a better time:
“The excitement of the industry’s restart, our successful return of our entire fleet, the guest reaction to Mardi Gras, our loyal guest response to our 50th birthday this year, the support of our travel advisor partners — and of course, the amazing work of our Carnival team — have all contributed to the strong demand we are seeing, and this record-breaking booking week,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.
The news from Carnival Cruise Line will be seen by many that the cruise industry is finally back. This, after more than two years where a forced pause in operations cast doubt over when cruising and if it would return to how we know it.
Carnival Glory Repairs
Guests who are booked on Carnival Glory’s April 10 sailing out of New Orleans have been informed by the cruise line of an itinerary change.
Due to the Conquest-class vessel experiencing an issue with its docking machinery, the scheduled call to Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan in Honduras has been canceled. Carnival Glory will instead replace the port with a call to Progreso, Mexico on Friday, April 15, 2022.
Repairs are set to continue through the cruise and it comes after the cruise line also changes the ship’s March 27 sailing for the same reason.
The Carnival Glory will be departing on April 10 on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise. there will still be a scheduled visit to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, and then the addition of Progreso.
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The Legislature got its way, keeping renewal of mayoral control of New York City public schools out of this year’s budget, leaving the issue to the rest of the session in a juvenile slap at Mayor Eric Adams. When will they stop playing games with children’s futures?
Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul had pushed for a four-year extension of mayoral control along with the budget. It’s really a no-brainer, since no one seriously argues that defaulting back to the old, unaccountable city Board of Education would be an improvement — and any transition would leave the system in limbo for weeks if not months.
Control should be permanent: The main hostility to mayoral control stems from the United Federation of Teachers, whose power prospered under the BOE.
But the Legislature enjoys making mayors come crawling every few years to beg lawmakers to do the right thing and/or to bribe the UFT with wage hikes or other concessions to give its Albany puppets the go-ahead.
This year, Adams also peeved the leadership with his truth-telling on the urgent need for fixes to their recent criminal-justice reforms: They insist their work was near-perfect and get hissy at suggestions that it paved the way for soaring crime. (Spoiler: It did.)
It surely didn’t help that Adams has also said he wants to slash the city’s bureaucracy, putting unionized jobs at risk (public-employee unions all hold great sway in the Legislature). And he and Chancellor David Banks mean to do the same with the school system, where they also intend to institute serious measures of accountability, further enraging the UFT.
Perhaps worst for the teachers union, Adams is friendly to charter schools, and Banks even ran one. That’s a major threat to all adult interests that feed off the public schools.
It’s also a reminder of why mayoral control is so vital. Adams, who won without the UFT’s blessing, is free to choose what’s best for the kids, not for Mike Mulgrew’s union. (Indeed, he’s already faced down the UFT by refusing to even think about school closures over the phantom Omicron threat.)
Again, it’s unlikely the Legislature will risk disaster by letting mayoral control lapse. But its leaders are all too likely to demand concessions to serve the special interests, leaving the system’s future in doubt for weeks or months.
Yes, New York’s top lawmakers are so small-minded as to leave the fate of nearly a million schoolchildren in limbo simply to cut down to size a mayor they deem uppity. We’d call it shameful, but they plainly have no shame.
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