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Summer Solstice brings return of triple digit heat
Today was the last day of Spring in Middle Georgia and it certainly felt more like mid-Summer.
Highs today warmed to the mid 90s, but believe it or not, it will be the coolest day of the week.
High pressure will be keeping us dry and hot through much of the week, with record high temps possible.
Expect highs in the 100s for the rest of the week.
The good news is that humidity will be staying low, so although we won’t see storms to cool us down, it won’t feel quite as miserable.
By the end of the week we will start to see the ridge of high pressure break down, allowing more moisture into the area.
Unfortunately, it will still be hot, even as we see increasing humidity, so by Saturday our heat index values could be near 110°.
After a mostly dry week, Friday will bring back a chance for isolated showers and thunderstorms.
Our rain chances will be slowly increasing through the weekend and into next week.
Not only will we see better rain chances for the weekend, but our high temps will slowly start to come down a bit.
It will still be hot (and warmer than normal), but it shouldn’t be quite as miserable/record breaking as this week and last week.
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Drivers are being warned to expect major disruptions on the roads as the nationwide rail strike forces passengers to find other means of transport.
The AA is predicting a surge in traffic as travellers take to the road while services are disrupted around Britain.
Major motorways as well as rural and suburban routes are expected to bear the brunt of added traffic as commuters seek alternative ways to get to work and festival goers and sports fans make their way to a series of major events.
Drivers in Scotland and Wales are expected to face long queues as most railway lines there will be closed during the industrial action on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The M74, M8 and A9 in Scotland and the M4, A55, A5, and A483 in Wales could see severe traffic, according to the AA, while the RAC is predicting that roads in the home counties will also be far busier.
On Tuesday morning, the AA’s traffic monitoring service showed major congestion on the M25 around London, the M6 near Birmingham and the M60 on the outskirts of Manchester.
Drivers are also being urged to avoid routes around venues set to host major cultural and sporting events this week. Glastonbury Festival begins in Somerset on 22 June while Goodwood Festival of Speed gets underway in West Sussex on Thursday 23.
An AA route planner spokesman said: “Even though the strike is for three days, many travellers will give up on the trains for the whole week.
“It coincides with big events like Glastonbury and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, so drivers not going to those locations are advised to give the areas a wide berth.
“Generally we predict a big increase in traffic in Scotland, Wales and major routes across the UK.
“The impact will be slightly cushioned by record fuel prices deterring some and more commuters deciding to work from home but congestion will still be a problem.”
Cricket fans are set to descend on Leeds for a test match between England and New Zealand on 23 June, while Manchester is set to see an increase in traffic as it hosts the British Athletics Championships on 24-25. Concertgoers heading to gigs by Sir Elton John and the Rolling Stones in London’s Hyde Park on 24 and 25 June are also likely to be affected by major travel disruption, leading to busier roads.
RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said the strikes will “inevitably lead to the roads being used more”.
He commented: “Major city routes as well as those serving the home counties are likely to see some of the biggest increases in traffic volumes as, even if rail lines are still open, there will be significantly fewer trains running.
“With strikes like these planned it’s perhaps little wonder that so many drivers across the country are dependent on their vehicles.
“Traffic jams aside, using a car often turns out to be the most practical and reliable way of getting around.”
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Kellogg Co., the maker of Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies and Eggo, will split into three companies focused on cereals, snacks and plant-based foods.
Kellogg’s which also owns MorningStar Farms, the plant-based food maker, said Tuesday that the spinoff of the yet-to-be-named cereal and plant-based foods companies should be completed by the end of next year.
Kellogg’s had net sales of $14.2 billion in 2021, with $11.4 billion generated by its its snack division. Cereal accounted for another $2.4 billion in sales last year while plant-based sales totaled around $340 million.
“These businesses all have significant standalone potential, and an enhanced focus will enable them to better direct their resources toward their distinct strategic priorities,” said CEO Steve Cahillane.
Cahillane will become chairman and CEO of the global snacking company. The management team of the cereal company will be named later. The board of directors has approved the spin-offs.
Shareholders will receive shares in the two spin-offs on a pro-rata basis relative to their Kellogg holdings.
Kellogg said it would explore other options for its plant-based business, including a possible sale.
The company’s corporate headquarters will move from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Chicago, but it will maintain dual headquarters in both cities for its snack company, which makes up about 80% of current sales. Kellogg’s three international headquarters in Europe, Latin America, and AMEA will remain in their current locations.
Big-name companies have begun to split up at an accelerated pace, including General Electric, IBM and Johnson & Johnson, but such splits are more rare for food producers. The last major split in the sector was in in 2012, when Kraft split to create Mondelez.
It is a particularly perilous time in the industry due to rising costs, both for labor and for material. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed grain prices higher and this month, the U.S. reported that inflation is hitting four-decade highs.
Last fall, about 1,400 workers at Kellogg’s cereal plants went on strike for nearly three months before winning a new contract with immediate, across the board wage increases and enhanced benefits for all workers. In March, few hundred other workers at a plant the makes Cheez-Its won a new contract with 15% wage increases over three years.
Shares of Kellogg Co. jumped 8% to $73.29 before the opening bell Tuesday.
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All the Royal Family’s heartfelt birthday tributes to Prince William
The Clarence House social media accounts, representing Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, posted five sweet photos of William through the years. The accompanying message reads: ‘Wishing The Duke of Cambridge a very happy 40th birthday! 🎂🎈⬅️ Swipe through the decades!’
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The first photo shows a baby William, swaddled in his father’s arms on the steps of St Mary’s Hospital where he was born; in the second, the father-son-duo sport 90s ski-wear as they ride a ski lift on holiday; the third shows William and Charles with the Ayrshire Cattle at Duchy Home Farm; while in the fourth, Charles and Camilla stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony beside William and his eldest son, at Prince George’s first Trooping the Colour in 2015. The final image shows Charles and William in a warm embrace, with the Prince of Wales resting his head on his son’s shoulder – a sweet family snap taken by the Duchess of Cambridge in 2019.
The official Royal Family account also paid tribute to the Queen’s grandson, with an in-depth Twitter thread delving into his biography and contributions as a working royal. The opening tweet says: ‘🥳 Happy Birthday to The Duke of Cambridge! As the second in line to the throne turns 40, learn more about His Royal Highness 🧵👇.’
The series of tweets begins by chronicling William’s birth, with a poignant photo of the newborn prince in the arms of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. It goes on to explore chapters in his life including his university career; his days as an Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; his marriage to Kate Middleton; his work as an Air Ambulance Pilot; his role as a father; and his ‘charitable activities and projects, with a particular focus on the environment, young people and mental health.’
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As for how the duke has acknowledged the milestone himself, William opted to break with recent royal tradition, which typically sees the release of new official photos for milestone birthdays of senior royals (such as the Duchess of Cambridge’s memorable trio of 40th birthday portraits). The prince instead featured on the cover of The Big Issue, in a bid to raise awareness around homelessness – a cause that was also close to the heart of his mother, Princess Diana.
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The Duke of Cambridge revealed why he joined fellow vendors in central London to distribute the magazine
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned on Monday amid political pressure from top lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro. José Mauro Coelho held the job for less than two months.
A filing of the oil giant to Brazil’s security authority said that Coelho chose to resign, as lawmakers in capital Brasilia openly discuss setting a congressional inquiry on Petrobras and Bolsonaro blames the state-run company for rising gas prices.
Bolsonaro had already announced on May 25 he would fire Coelho, but until Monday the Petrobras executive refused to leave before stockholders voted on his successor.
The move comes as Bolsonaro faces an uphill battle for reelection, and rising gas prices dent his chances of overcoming former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who leads all polls.
Petrobras said in another filing that director Fernando Borges will remain as interim chief-executive until a Bolsonaro appointee is approved by one of the company’s councils.
Coelho replaced retired Army Gen. Joaquim Luna e Silva, who was fired in March amid political pressure also due to rising gas prices.
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Eunice Police have arrested one person in their investigation of a double homicide but the alleged shooter is still wanted.
Lorraine M. Guillory, 36, of Eunice, was arrested June 17 and booked with obstruction of justice - evidence tampering. If convicted, she faces up to 40 years in prison, police say.
Gullory is accused in connection with the shooting that happened on June 16 on East Maple Avenue; two people, ages 17 and 18, died in the shooting. She's accused of removing a handgun from one of the victims after the shooting, police say.
Investigators still are looking for Travis Godfrey, 25, who is accused of being the shooter.
The vehicle Godfrey was in at the time of the shooting has been located and seized by Eunice Police.
Investigators are asking that anyone with any information about the shooting or the whereabouts of Travis Godfrey to call the Eunice Police Department at 337-457-2626 or 337-948-TIPS (8477) or report using the P3 app. All callers will remain anonymous.
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Barclays Research discusses the USD outlook and sees a scope for another 3% rally against its key major counterparts.
"In the near term, another COVID flare-up in China, natural gas shortages in Europe and sticky inflation prints in the US have the potential to drive the dollar up another 3% against key major counterparts. To sell the dollar here is to underwrite those risks and it may still be too early for this," Barclays notes.
Easing of tail risks and policy convergence can help reduce USD overvaluation one year out. Our economic forecasts envisage moderation in US activity and inflation, a gradual but steady rebound in Chinese activity and an ultimate bounce back to European activity after a sharp slowdown. Therefore, we expect dollar overvaluation to moderate in the medium run. For reference, we have kept our EUR$ 12m forecast unchanged at 1.10," Barclays adds.
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For the Fourth of July, Target expands its military discount
Veterans and active-duty military service members will be able to take advantage of a military discount offered by Target ahead of the Fourth of July this year.
Specifically, they'll be able to use Target's military discount during the week leading up July 4th.
The national big-box department store announced that it’s expanding its usual 10% Veterans Day discount to Independence Day as a way to celebrate the holiday — and to show its support for service members.
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Up to two purchases will be eligible for the discount — either online or during in-store shopping — from Sunday, June 26, to Monday, July 4.
To access the limited-time discount, veterans and service members will need to create a Target Circle rewards account.
They'll need to enter documentation that verifies their military status.
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A military or veteran ID card would be an acceptable document, according to a Target press release.
The company will highlight Target employees and customers who have shared their stories about why they chose to serve on the Team Target Instagram account.
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In November 2021, Target offered the same two-time 10% off promotion leading up to Veterans Day.
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The UEFA Women’s European Championship of 2022 is fast approaching, with tournament hosts England set to get the competition underway on July 6 at Manchester United’s Old Trafford.
With more professional female football stars than ever before, and a game growing monumentally by the months, intrigue around the tournament has perhaps never been higher than this summer, as a number of nations go head to head to compete for the title of Europe’s best side.
Hopes are high in the Lionesses squad that they can repeat the feat of the Dutch in 2017 and win the trophy on home soil – and with the Wembley final already sold out, there couldn’t be a better time for Sarina Wiegman’s side to do it.
However, with a host of talented squads competing across the month long tournament, it won’t be easy. Led by Barcelona superstar Alexia Putellas, Spain will be looking to win their first major tournament trophy, while the Netherlands are unlikely to give up their title without a challenge.
Here are the bookies favourites* for the tournament.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising and its parent company will subject itself to court oversight to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday.
In a release, U.S. government officials said Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., said Tuesday it reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit filed the same day in Manhattan federal court.
According to the release, it was the Justice Department’s first case challenging algorithmic discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. Facebook will now be subject to Justice Department approval and court oversight for its ad targeting and delivery system.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams called the lawsuit “groundbreaking.” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke called it “historic.”
Ashley Settle, a Facebook spokesperson, said in an email that the company was “building a novel machine learning method without our ads system that will change the way housing ads are delivered to people residing in the U.S. across different demographic groups.”
She said the company would extend its new method for ads related to employment and credit in the U.S.
“We are excited to pioneer this effort,” Settle added in an email.
Williams said Facebook's technology has in the past violated the Fair Housing Act online “just as when companies engage in discriminatory advertising using more traditional advertising methods.”
Clarke said “companies like Meta have a responsibility to ensure their algorithmic tools are not used in a discriminatory manner.”
According to terms of the settlement, Facebook will stop using an advertising tool for housing ads that the government said employed a discriminatory algorithm to locate users who “look like” other users based on characteristics protected by the Fair Housing Act, the Justice Department said. By Dec. 31, Facebook must stop using the tool once called “Lookalike Audience,” which relies on an algorithm that the U.S. said discriminates on the basis of race, sex and other characteristics.
Facebook also will develop a new system over the next half-year to address racial and other disparities caused by its use of personalization algorithms in its delivery system for housing ads, it said.
If the new system is inadequate, the settlement agreement can be terminated, the Justice Department said. Per the settlement, Meta also has pay a penalty of just over $115,000.
The announcement comes after Facebook already agreed in March 2019 to overhaul its ad-targeting systems to prevent discrimination in housing, credit and employment ads as part of a legal settlement with a group including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Fair Housing Alliance and others.
The changes announced then were designed so that advertisers who wanted to run housing, employment or credit ads would no longer be allowed to target people by age, gender or zip code.
The Justice Department said Tuesday that the 2019 settlement reduced the potentially discriminatory targeting options available to advertisers but failed to resolve other problems, including Facebook's discriminatory delivery of housing ads through machine-learning algorithms.
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Four weeks after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 young students and two teachers, one of the state's top law enforcement officials offered a minute-by-minute breakdown of the police response -- and called it an "abject failure."
On Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Col. Steven McCraw shared a new timeline into the morning of the tragedy, one that offered new details from a previous breakdown he had shared with reporters.
"Three minutes after the subject entered the (school), there was a sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor, to isolate, distract and neutralize the subject," McCraw told the Texas Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans.
The only thing stopping those officers, McCraw said, was the on-scene commander who "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children." That commander was Uvalde school district police chief Pedro "Pete" Arredondo.
"One hour, 14 minutes, and eight seconds. That's how long the children waited and the teachers waited ... to be rescued," McCraw said.
This is the latest timeline from the director, detailing how the tragedy unfolded with the help of funeral home footage, school surveillance 911 and phone recordings and law enforcement body worn camera. (CNN has rounded the seconds in the timeline.)
The moments before the attack
At roughly 11:28 a.m. on May 24, the suspect crashes his grandmother's pickup truck in a ditch in front of the school and a funeral home, McCraw said. The 18-year-old gunman had been living with his grandparents, whose home was less than 0.3 miles from the elementary school, according to the director.
(Prior to that crash, the gunman was home and messaging a teen in Germany, CNN has previously reported. In those messages, he complained about his grandmother and at 11:21 a.m. texted: "I just shot my grandma in her head." Moments later, he said he was going to "shoot up" an elementary school.)
At about 11:29 a.m., two men from the funeral home go out to see the crash. Meanwhile, seconds later, a teacher who was inside the school calls 911 and reports a man with a gun, McCraw said.
At roughly 11:31 a.m., after firing at the men from the funeral home, the suspect begins shooting at the school from outside, McCraw said. The gunman fired 27 times while he was outside, shooting into classrooms, according to McCraw.
When the shooter reached the door he entered through, at the school's west entrance, it was unlocked, McCraw said.
(The door had been propped open by a teacher and later closed by the same teacher before the shooter entered, McCraw said. That educator was the one who called 911 about a man with a gun, McCraw said.)
A school resource officer who was not on campus but heard the 911 call drove to the area around that time and sped to the back of the school, to a person he thought was the suspect but was a teacher, McCraw said last month.
"In doing so, (the school resource officer) drove right by the suspect, who was hunkered down behind a vehicle, where he began shooting at the school," McCraw had said at the time.
At Tuesday's hearing, McCraw said that officer reported he was heading for the subject, which also caused confusion early in the police response.
Suspect enters the school
At 11:33 a.m., the suspect enters the school, according to a timeline that accompanied McCraw's testimony.
The shooter begins walking and turns into a hallway that leads him to the adjoining classrooms 111 and 112. Roughly 30 seconds after entering the building, he begins firing into one of the two rooms, according to the timeline.
He pulls the door of one of the rooms open and walks in, McCraw said. According to the timeline, the shooter exited and re-entered one of the classrooms within moments.
Just before 11:36 a.m., three Uvalde Police Department officers with two rifles enter from the same door as the gunman, according to the timeline.
At 11:36 a.m., one officer with the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, as well as Arredondo, the district chief, and two Uvalde Police Department officers enter through another door of the school.
Three seconds later, three additional Uvalde Police Department officers and one district officer enter through the same door as the gunman, according to the timeline.
At 11:37 a.m., the suspect, from inside the classroom, shoots and injures officers approaching the classroom doors. Two of those officers received grazing wounds, McCraw said last month.
More than 100 rounds were fired between the time the shooter first attacked the classroom to when he shot at the officers, according to the timeline.
At roughly 11:38 a.m., an unknown officer says the subject was "contained in this office," according to the timeline, which cites body worn cameras. (This footage has not been released, but McCraw testified Tuesday his agency plans to eventually do so.)
That was not the right report for an active shooter, McCraw said.
At roughly 11:40 a.m., Arredondo, who did not have his police radio with him, called the Uvalde Police Department's landline, according to the timeline. (Earlier this month, Arredondo told The Texas Tribune he didn't consider himself the incident commander and left his police radio and campus radio outside the school because he thought carrying them would slow him down.)
McCraw shared a transcript of that landline conversation, during which Arredondo reportedly told the dispatcher the gunman had "shot a whole bunch of times," asked for the building to be surrounded and for more forces, saying, "We don't have enough firepower."
Moments later, the suspect fired one round, according to the timeline.
Officer whose wife was killed arrives on scene
At roughly 11:41 a.m., a Uvalde police officer says, "We believe that he is barricaded in one of the offices," but adds, "there's still shooting," the timeline states, citing body camera footage.
A dispatcher asks if the door is locked. A police officer responds, "I am not sure but we have a hooligan to break it."
Shortly before 11:42 a.m., four first responders enter from a hallway. "Officers continue to flood into the particular area," McCraw said at Tuesday's hearing. Several moments later, a DPS trooper and two Uvalde police officers enter from the hallway.
At 11:44 a.m., the suspect fires another round. Shortly after that, a Uvalde police officer says, "Have some officers that are available to get everybody back," according to the timeline.
At roughly 11:48 a.m., school district police officer Ruben Ruiz -- whose wife, teacher Eva Mireles, was killed in the attack -- enters through the same building door as the gunman and is heard on body cam footage telling other officers, "She says she is shot," the timeline states.
"He got a call from his wife. His wife was in room 112," McCraw said Tuesday.
Local officials have previously said Mireles spent some of her final breaths on the phone with her husband, telling him she was dying.
Shortly before 11:51 a.m., an unknown officer says, "They need to get out of the hallway," according to the body cam footage. A Uvalde police officer says, "Chief is in there, Chief is in charge right now, hold on."
Moments later, seven border patrol agents enter through the same building door as the gunman. Nearly a minute after that, the first ballistic shield enters through that door, according to the timeline.
A Uvalde police officer is heard saying units were just "showing up," and asks, "Can you help with crowd control?"
"So officers after 11:52 are being diverted to crowd control activities," McCraw says.
'Are kids still in there?'
At roughly 11:53 a.m., an unknown officer tells a DPS special agent all they need is a perimeter, according to the timeline.
Someone comments on whether there are still children inside. The DPS special agent responds, "If there is then they just need to go in," per the timeline.
Shortly after 11:54 a.m., a DPS special agent enters the school building and is directed to where the focus is, according to the timeline. He asks an officer, "Are kids still in there?" The officer responds, "It is unknown at this time."
A Uvalde police officer says the shooter is in classroom 111 or 112, adding, "Chief is making contact with him. No one has made contact with him."
Shortly after 11:56 a.m., an unknown officer asks if authorities don't know whether there are children inside. The DPS special agent says if there are, "We need to go in there." He repeats it a moment later. The unknown officer responds: "Whoever is in charge will determine that."
A police department channel recording says, "It is critical for everybody to let PD take point on this." An unknown officer asks where the gunman is, and another responds, "The school chief of police is in there with him."
Shortly after 11:58 a.m., the DPS special agent says the situation sounds like "a hostage rescue situation," adding, "they should probably go in," according to the timeline.
The agent then indicates he wants to clear more rooms in the school, according to the timeline. An unknown officer asks whether a supervisor should approve that. The special agent responds, "He's not my supervisor," according to the timeline.
Shortly after 12:03 p.m., a young girl from inside one of the adjoining classrooms calls 911, identifies herself and whispers the classroom she is in, McCraw previously said. The call lasted a minute and 23 seconds. She calls back several minutes later and says multiple people are dead.
"She's in room 112. And she was actually the only child in room 112 that was uninjured. There (were) eight children killed, two teachers killed in that room," McCraw said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the second ballistic shield enters the building. Less than 30 seconds later, a third one enters, according to the timeline. "And yet, there's no action," McCraw says during the hearing.
At roughly 12:09 p.m., a Uvalde police officer is heard on body cam telling someone to "get the master key to the rooms."
Roughly a minute later, members of the Border Patrol's tactical unit, BORTAC, begin arriving at the school.
Arredondo requests a key, then a breaching tool
At 12:11 p.m., Arredondo now requests a master key. Roughly three minutes later, he instructs officers to have a sniper on the roof.
At 12:13 p.m., the girl calls 911 again, McCraw said previously.
A little after 12:15 p.m., a BORTAC member arrives inside the building.
Around 12:16 p.m., the girl calls 911 again and tells dispatchers there are eight to nine students alive, McCraw has said.
Around the same time, Arredondo is heard through body cam footage saying he needs a key. About a minute after that, he is heard telling people to wait, adding, "No one comes in," according to the body camera footage.
At 12:19 p.m., another person calls 911 from one of the adjoining classrooms and hangs up when another student tells her to, McCraw said last month.
Meanwhile, a fourth ballistic shield enters the building. The suspect then fires four rounds.
The timeline then quotes from body cam footage that offers a glimpse into Arredondo's actions in the minutes before the shooting:
Shortly after 12:21 p.m., he is heard asking for a breaching tool.
After 12:23 p.m., Arredondo says, "We've lost two kids. These walls are thin. If he starts shooting we're going to lose more kids. I hate to say we have put those to the side right now." He then tries to communicate with the suspect in English and Spanish.
"The entire communication was always one-way. The suspect never communicated, so it was not communication," McCraw said Tuesday.
At roughly 12:26 p.m., an officer says there's a teacher shot inside, and another officer responds, "I know."
'People are going to ask why we're taking so long.'
At roughly 12:27 p.m., Arredondo is heard saying: "People are going to ask why we're taking so long. We're trying to preserve the rest of the life," according to the timeline.
Seconds later, he asks if there's a team ready and roughly a minute later, is heard saying he would get more keys to test on the door. Seconds later, he says the master keys are not working.
McCraw said Tuesday there was more than one master key for the classrooms in the school, which would explain why the one Arredondo had did not work.
At 12:30 p.m., Arredondo says authorities have cleared out everyone in the school except for the adjoining classrooms, according to the timeline. He adds they are ready to breach but that the room's door is locked.
More than three minutes later, he adds, "I say we breach through those windows and shoot his f**king head through the windows."
After 12:35 p.m., the Hooligan breaching tool enters the school. Meanwhile, Arredondo attempts to talk to the suspect again shortly after in both English and Spanish.
At 12:36 p.m., the student who initially called 911 calls again, is told to be very quiet and tells dispatchers, "He shot the door," McCraw previously said. She would later go on to ask dispatchers multiple times to send the police.
At approximately 12:41 p.m., Arredondo is heard saying authorities believe there are injuries in the room, according to the timeline. He adds shortly after that the rest of the building has been evacuated, so "we wouldn't have anymore besides what's already in there."
At roughly 12:42 p.m., the timeline states the district chief is again heard saying authorities are having trouble getting in the room because of the locked door. "He's got an AR-15 and he's shooting everywhere like crazy," he says, adding the gunman has stopped.
About a minute later, Arredondo says they need more keys. Three minutes later, he is heard telling others, "If y'all are ready to do it, you do it, but you should distract him out that window," according to the timeline.
Shortly before 12:48 p.m., a sledgehammer enters the building.
At 12:50:03 p.m., authorities enter the room and shoot and kill the gunman. Seven officers went in, with four going in first, followed by three more, McCraw said. Five officers fired at the subject, he added.
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Alligood fills new position at Macon-Bibb Fire Department
A promotion ceremony took place Tuesday morning
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb County Fire Department filled its newest position during a promotion ceremony, Tuesday.
After 30 years with the department, Battalion Chief James T. Alligood will now serve as Deputy Fire Chief. A promotion ceremony took place Tuesday morning at the Fire Headquarters on Oglethorpe Street.
“Chief Alligood has served the Fire Department for nearly 30 years and has always proven to have natural leadership abilities,” said Fire Chief Shane Edwards. “He promotes an ability to seek out new innovative means to manage divisions and the self-motivation to continue the Vision and Mission of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department.”
Recent department restructuring led to the creation of the new position. The position will supervise Fire Prevention, Fire Training, Arson Investigations, and Emergency Vehicle Fleet Technicians.
You can watch the ceremony on the Fire Department Facebook page.
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Baldwin County mourns death of former commissioner
David was 95 years old
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Baldwin County community is mourning the death of former county commissioner Geneva Davis.
Davis passed away Saturday at her home in Milledgeville and surrounded by family. She was 95 years old.
Geneva Davis served as the District 1 representative on the Baldwin County Commission following the death of her husband, Commissioner Oscar Davis Sr. Their daughter Emily David currently serves on Baldwin County Commission.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 11:00AM from Trinity CME Church 321 North Wilkinson Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061. The Interment will follow in the Baldwin Memorial Gardens, Milledgeville, Georgia.
In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations be made in her memory to Trinity C.M.E. Church Missionary Department.
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Broadway theaters drop their mask mandate starting in July
NEW YORK (AP) — In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July.
The Broadway League announced Tuesday that mask-wearing will be optional next month onward, a further loosening of restrictions. In May, most Broadway theaters lifted the requirement that audience members provide proof of vaccination to enter venues.
The policy will “be evaluated on a monthly basis as we continue to monitor the science,” according to the League, which represents Broadway producers. It also said that “audience members are still encouraged to wear masks in theaters.”
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Habitat for Humanity turns empty lots into homes
Macon-Bibb has demolished nearly 200 structures as a way to get rid of local eyesores and deter crime.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Habitat for Humanity is building affordable homes in empty lots left by Macon-Bibb County in its fight against blight.
Macon-Bibb has demolished nearly 200 structures as a way to get rid of local eyesores and deter crime.
“We know that if you get a homeowner into a neighborhood take these blighted lots, put a family into a new home, that helps the entire neighborhood it helps the schools in the area,” said Executive Director of Macon Habitat for Humanity, Ivey Hall.
Macon-Bibb approved the use of a $500,000 grant for Habitat for Humanity to use to build homes.
Sharon Tolbert moved into her Habitat for Humanity’s home about a year ago.
“I was crying I was just… it was just joyful just to know and I always have my grandbaby with me… just to see the smile on her face and know she’s going to have a new home and everything,” said Tolbert.
Hall said the new homes will help diversify the Macon community, by bringing people together from different economic backgrounds.
Habitat for Humanity hopes to build 10 homes by this fall.
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Hard Hats and Hotdogs event gives kids a look at future careers
"We recognize that going to a four year college may not be for everyone."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- What do drills, gloves and hotdogs have in common? They were all apart of the “Hard Hats and Hotdogs” event that happened at Camp Zion.
Lakesia Toomer is the Executive Director of Next Level of Macon. Her group partnered with Stafford Builders and Bibb Zion Baptist Church to teach kids through project based learning.
“We recognize that going to a four year college may not be for everyone. We are a college and career readiness program and so we wanted young people to be exposed to other options that are out there via trade school and via other careers that they can actually take a part in.” said Toomer.
Shawn Stafford who started Stafford Builders and Consultants, helped begin the event. Stafford says he wants to expose younger generations to the idea of taking jobs like construction, because most have never been exposed.
“See if we couldn’t bring something to this program to maybe introduce these kids to our industry. Give them an opportunity to at least see it and if it’s something they decide they want to do at a later date, they’ve been given some type of foundation to build upon.” said Stafford.
Stafford said he wanted to give the kids something to consider outside of college, in case they want to find a different path to success.
The event had stations to teach kids about electrical safety, drilling and sawing wood, how administration works and how construction equipment is operated.
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Vaccines not yet available in Middle Georgia for toddlers, small children
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Macon Confederate monuments to be moved this week
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two of Macon’s Confederate Monuments are set to be relocated this week.
According to a release from the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Clark Memorial– a monument moving company– will begin the moving of the confederate monuments at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning, where the statue of the confederate soldier in the triangle at Cotton Avenue and Second Street will be removed, wrapped up, and re-erected at Whittle Park in front of Rose Hill Cemetery over a 2-day process.
The same is set to happen on Friday, June 24th, to the Women’s Confederate Monument located on Poplar and First Street, which will be moved to Whittle Park as well.
Two historical organizations, the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy have worked with Former Macon Mayor Reichert, a landscape architect, City Attorney Michael McNeill, and others to relocate the monuments. The Sons of Confederate Veterans state that the monuments were dedicated to honor those who died fighting for the confederacy, and to show appreciation for the women who supported the soldiers as well.
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Mercer Professor explains the Summer Solstice
"So you have the sun rising in the east, setting in the west but it doesn't really rise due east and set due west."
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Tuesday marked the Summer Solstice. It’s the first official day of Summer, and the longest day of the year.
We spoke with Matt Marone, who is an Astronomy professor at Mercer University. He says the Solstice changes the movement of the sun.
“So you have the sun rising in the east, setting in the west but it doesn’t really rise due east and set due west, and so if you watch it over the years you may see the sun setting a little south of west.”
You can see the effects of the Summer Solstice over the next few weeks.
If you wake up before sunrise and look east, you might see a few planets.
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Record high temps possible Wednesday
We are now officially in Summer and it is hot in Middle Georgia.
Tomorrow will bring another very hot day to the area with highs warming to around 104°(which would break the old record of 101°).
There is currently not a heat advisory in place, because of the low humidity, but it is possible one could be issued tomorrow.
It is also possible we could see high fire danger Wednesday due to low humidity and dry fuels in the area.
As we head into the rest of the week, the high pressure ridge that is keeping us hot and dry will start to break down.
A weak surface front will push south and bring an increase in our rain chances for the end of the week.
We could see storm chances as early as Thursday, coupled with highs around 104° (again!).
The biggest change for the end of the week will be increasing humidity and moisture.
This means our heat index, which hasn’t been an issue for most of this week, will have a greater impact on how comfortable the weather will be through the weekend.
Friday will usher in a return for the regular summertime pattern that we are used to.
Scattered showers and storms will be possible Friday afternoon, but highs will once again warm to the 100s.
Saturday looks to really bring back widespread shower and storm activity to the area, but also help to cool it down a bit.
Highs for the weekend will be staying in the mid 90s as yet another front approaches for the start of next week
By Tuesday we should be returning close to normal for our temperatures.
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Texas top cop: Uvalde police response an ‘abject failure’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety says three minutes after a gunman entered a school where he slaughtered 19 elementary students and two teachers there was sufficient armed law enforcement on scene to stop the gunman.
Yet police officers armed with rifles stood and waited in a school hallway for more than an hour while the gunman carried out the massacre. Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response “an abject failure.”
He says police radios did not work within the school and that school diagrams officers used were wrong.
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Thousands flock to Stonehenge to mark summer solstice
LONDON (AP) — Thousands of druids, pagans and New Age revelers have greeted the summer solstice at Stonehenge on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
Local police said about 6,000 people gathered at the ancient stone circle in southern England to watch the sun rise at 4:49 a.m. Tuesday. It was the first time revelers have been permitted to gather for the solstice since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Police said the atmosphere was “convivial” and there were only two arrests.
Stonehenge was built between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago. It is aligned so that on summer solstice the sun rises behind the Heel Stone and rays of sunlight are channeled into the centre of the circle.
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Triple digit heat returns to Middle Georgia for first day of summer
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Today is the first day of summer and highs are likely to eclipse 100 degrees in many Middle Georgia locations.
Today
It was another pleasant morning around the region as most spots began the day in the mid 60s. The lower humidity is sticking around again today, meaning we shouldn’t see much difference between the heat index and the actual temperature. However, highs this afternoon are most certainly going to be hot for the Summer Solstice. Upper 90s and triple digits are expected across the region. Cloud cover will be reserved to mainly high level clouds and only a few mid level cloud fields. We will not see any rain today. The wind throughout the day will primarily come in from the north-northwest at around 5 mph.
Tonight we will see clear skies all around Middle Georgia. A couple of clouds may fill in ahead of the morning tomorrow. These will be lower level clouds. Overnight winds will come in from the north-northeast at around 5 mph and low temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 60s again.
Tomorrow
Wednesday will be the hottest afternoon of the week. The skies will be almost clear throughout the afternoon as the humidity stays low, however highs will range from 101 to 107 degrees around Middle Georgia. With the lower humidity, however, the heat indices should be about the same as the actual temperatures. Winds will come in from the north-northeast at 5-10 mph.
The heat will stick around a bit as we head into the overnight hours. Humidity will begin to fill back in a little bit, but we should still see the drier conditions persist for the most part. Lows will be in the low to mid 70s around the region. Winds will be north-northwesterly at 5-10 mph.
Thursday and Beyond
Thursday will be another scorcher as highs soar into the triple digits once again. While Thursday is not forecast to be as hot as Wednesday, highs will still range from 99-105 around Middle Georgia. Humidity will be slightly higher however, allowing cloud fields to develop in the afternoon and increasing heat indices. Some isolated storms may also fire up during the afternoon/evening hours. These are associated with a weak cold front to the north that will not be impacting Middle Georgia (at least not yet). Overnight lows will drop into the lower 70s.
Friday will still be hot with about half of the region topping off in the triple digits. Heat indices could reach dangerous levels as humidity continues to rise. Isolated storms (likely more than Thursday) will fire up in the afternoon and evening. Lows will drop into the lower 70s.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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US pools close, go without lifeguards amid labor shortage
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer.
The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. It comes as much of the nation is hit by a second heat wave in as many weeks.
Summer shortages aren’t unusual, but U.S. pools are also dealing with fallout from earlier in the pandemic when they closed and lifeguard certification stopped. Starting pay also lags behind many other jobs. In Chicago, Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareño attributes the scarcity in part to post-pandemic labor shortages as workers push for better hours, wages, and opportunities.
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Vaccines not yet available in Middle Georgia for toddlers, small children
The South Central Health District says vaccine distribution is different for the new age group.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Even though the FDA and CDC have approved the Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5-years-old, you won’t find it in Middle Georgia just yet.
“Pfizer is actually a three shot vaccine and Moderna is a two shot,” said Melissa Brantley the Public Information Officer for the South Central Health District.
Brantley says vaccine distribution is different for the new age group. The South Central Health District ordered its shipment of vaccines, but don’t know when it will arrive.
“I’m excited to finally see it expand down to that younger population,” said Brantley.
The 13 counties in the North Central Health District are also seeing no signs of vaccine for the 4-years-old and younger age group.
Michael Hokanson the Public Information Officer for the NCHD says they’re also waiting in its shipment of vaccines, and guidance from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
“As soon as we begin the vaccination process for that new age group, we will ensure that we are letting people know about it,” said Hokanson.
We reached out to the Georgia Department of Public Health to find out when Middle Georgia could be placing shots in the arms of the new age group. The departments response was the CDC already approved the vaccines and once shipments arrive vaccinations can begin.
In the mean time, the NCHD says it’s offering vaccines to those 5-years-old and older.
“This expansion to the younger crowd might have a small impact on the amount of people coming into our health departments,” said Hokanson.
Both health districts will announce on social media once the vaccines become available.
For more information on the vaccine for the new age group just click here.
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WATCH LIVE: January 6 Committee Hearing on Capitol Attack
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee is set to hear from local officials who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack resumes Tuesday with testimony from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about Trump’s call asking him to “find 11,780” votes to prevent Joe Biden’s election victory. His deputy Gabe Sterling and Arizona’s Republican state leader Rusty Bowers are also key witnesses. The panel will focus on how Trump pressured battleground state officials with schemes to reject state tallies and electors, all fueled by his false claims of election fraud.
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We fought Trump pressure, GOP state officials tell 1/6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee has opened, hearing from state and local officials who fended off Donald Trump’s pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack resumed Tuesday with testimony from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about Trump’s call asking him to “find 11,780” votes to prevent Joe Biden’s election victory. His deputy Gabe Sterling and Arizona’s Republican state leader Rusty Bowers were also key witnesses.
The panel is focused on Trump’s pressuring battleground state officials with schemes to reject state tallies and electors, all fueled by his false claims of election fraud.
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Wilcox county man charged with Child Molestation
The Wilcox County Sheriff's Office says a report of child molestation was made on June 11, and the victim is under the age of 10-years-old.
PITTS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)—A Wilcox County man was arrested Tuesday on child molestation charges.
The Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office says a report of child molestation was made on June 11, and the victim is under the age of 10-years-old.
After an investigation and multiple interviews, Jon McWhorter was arrested when investigators found evidence of molestation during search warrants at two separate locations.
Here are the charges McWhorter faces:
- Child Molestaion
- Aggravated Child Molestation
- Rape
- Sodomy
- Aggravated Sodomy
- Statutory Rape
- Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
- Sexual Battery
- Aggravated Sexual Battery
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime
- False Imprisonment
The Sheriff’s Office says the investigation is ongoing, and more charges are forthcoming.
If you have any information regarding this case, call the Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office at (229) 467-2322.
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England boss Sarina Weigman has been dealt a blow in her preparations for next month’s UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, with star striker Ellen White ruled out of tomorrow’s friendly against the Netherlands at Elland Road.
Confirmed by the English Football Association earlier today, the Manchester City striker’s positive COVID-19 test is said to have been recorded during the last 24 hours and, as a result, the player has been sent home to rest and recover, though there hope White will return to camp as soon as possible to continue her preparation for the upcoming home tournament.
At the time of writing, no other members of the Lionesses squad are believed to have been effected, and it has been confirmed Wiegman will not call up a replacement for tomorrow’s game, and will instead take a 22-player squad for the Euro 2022 warm-up game against the Dutch.
White, a key player for the Lionesses, has scored an astonishing 50 goals in 105 games since scoring on her debut against Austria in 2010. White is just three goals shy of Wayne Rooney's England goalscoring record, having become the top-scoring female for her country last November.
The City star will likely be replaced by Chelsea forward Bethany England for tomorrow night game against the Dutch.
Wiegman’s side started their tournament warm-up games with an impressive dismantling of Belgium last week, who they defeated 3-0 thanks to goals from Chloe Kelly, Rachel Daly and a own goal from Belgian ‘keeper Nicky Evrard.
Despite that three goal margin though, the Lionesses boss called for her side to show more “ruthlessness” in front of goal, saying she hope they would be more clinical when the tournament begins in July.
England will kick the tournament off on July 6, as they face familiar foes Austria at Old Trafford, with a sold out crowd expected at the 74,140 seater stadium.
They will then travel to the south of England, as they take in Group A games against Norway and Northern Ireland at Brighton and Southampton respectively.
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. markets are poised to open lower Wednesday ahead of congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who is expected to address the central bank’s response to stubborn inflation that has thrown global markets into turmoil.
Futures for the Dow Jones industrials slipped 1.2%, while S&P 500 futures fell 1.3% and oil prices tumbled more than 4%.
European benchmarks declined by midday after shares in Asia finished lower, including in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China.
Stocks have been mostly sliding in recent weeks as investors adjust to higher interest rates that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are increasingly doling out to temper record-high inflation. Investors are worried that the Fed risks slowing economic growth too much and bringing on a recession.
The Biden administration is very aware of the political risks of runaway inflation in an election year. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months with hopes of easing financial pressures at the pump.
Powell’s appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday is the first of two days of testimony as part of the central bank’s semi-annual monetary policy report.
“For now, the fundamental catalyst for a more sustained rebound seems fragile, with all eyes on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony ahead to further drive expectations of policy outlook and inflation,” Yeap Jun Rong, market strategist at IG in Singapore, said in a commentary.
In Europe, Germany’s DAX slumped 1.9%, France’s CAC 40 lost 1.6% and Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 1.1%.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.4% to finish at 26,149.55. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.2% to 6,508.50. South Korea’s Kospi tumbled 2.7% to 2,342.81. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 2.6% to 21,008.34, while the Shanghai Composite sank 1.2% to 3,267.20.
Last week, the Fed hiked its key short-term interest rate by triple the usual amount. It has also just begun allowing some of the trillions of dollars of bonds it purchased through the pandemic to roll off its balance sheet. That should put upward pressure on longer-term interest rates and is another way central banks are yanking supports earlier propped underneath markets to bolster the economy.
The Fed’s moves are happening as some discouraging signals have emerged about the economy, including sagging spending at retailers and soured consumer sentiment. The Fed could consider another such mega-hike at its next meeting in July, but Powell has said increases of three-quarters of a percentage point would not be common.
The worries over inflation and interest rates have been worsened by a spike in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The price of U.S. crude oil is up about 52% for the year. That has taken a bigger bite out of people’s wallets at the gas pump and is prompting a slowdown in spending elsewhere.
Oil prices fell back on Wednesday, with benchmark U.S. crude shedding $5.04 to $104.48 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, declined $4.73 to $109.92 a barrel.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar inched down to 136.15 Japanese yen from 136.64 yen. The euro cost $1.0515, down from $1.0537.
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STROE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of farmers gathered in the central Netherlands Wednesday to protest against the Dutch government’s plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, driving their tractors across the Netherlands and snarling traffic on major highways.
The protest was organized earlier this month after the government published nationwide targets for reducing emissions, sparking anger from farmers who claim their livelihoods — and those of thousands of people who work in the agricultural service industry — are on the line.
Calling it an “unavoidable transition,” the government mandated reductions in emissions of up to 70% in many places close to protected nature areas and as high as 95% in other places. The government has been forced to act after courts in recent years began blocking permits for infrastructure and housing projects because the country was missing its emissions targets.
By early afternoon, many had arrived at a green field in the small agricultural village of Stroe, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) east of the capital, Amsterdam, where a stage was set up for speakers to address the crowd and music blared out of speakers while children bounced in a giant inflatable pig.
Farmers hooted their tractors’ horns as they drove onto the field, where a banner on a truck read, in Dutch, “What The Hague chooses is deeply sad for the farmer,” a reference to lawmakers in the city that houses the Netherlands’ parliament. Another banner on a tractor said: “We can no longer be stopped.”
The national infrastructure authority urged motorists to delay travel as slow-moving convoys of tractors defied appeals not to use highways as they drove toward the demonstration.
In The Hague, a few dozen farmers and their supporters, some wearing T-shirts with the text “No farmers, no food,” gathered for a breakfast early Wednesday before heading to the protest.
“This is where the rules are made,” said dairy farmer Jaap Zegwaard, who parked his tractor on the edge of a park in the city. “I was asked to come here and provide breakfast so we can show we are food producers, not pollution producers.”
The ruling coalition has earmarked an extra 24.3 billion euros ($25.6 billion) to finance changes that will likely make many farmers drastically reduce their number of livestock or to get rid of them altogether.
The plans, which have to be carried out by provincial governments, have been opposed even by members of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s own party and other members of his coalition. Provincial governments have been given a year to formulate plans to meet the reduction targets.
One government lawmaker, Tjeerd de Groot, tweeted that he had planned to attend to discuss the plan with farmers but called off his trip on the advise of a government security agency.
“Does the law of the tractor apply in our country?” he tweeted.
Farming is a key sector in the Dutch economy, with exports worth nearly 105 billion euros last year. But it comes at a cost of producing of polluting gases, despite farmers taking steps to reduce emissions.
Zegwaard said farmers were prepared to talk about how to reduce emissions, but objected to the industry shouldering most of the blame.
“Now the agricultural sector is dismissed as a major polluter and that is not right,” he said.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — As part of a deal they struck to avoid extradition to the United States, two men pleaded guilty Wednesday in New Zealand to their involvement in running the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload.
The pleas by Mathias Ortmann and Bram van der Kolk at the Auckland High Court ended their 10-year legal battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges that included racketeering.
Those charges will be dropped under a deal with prosecutors from both countries after the pair pleaded guilty in New Zealand to being part of a criminal group and causing artists to lose money by deception. They have been released on bail pending sentencing and face a maximum ten years in prison.
The U.S. is still seeking to extradite Megaupload’s founder Kim Dotcom, who also lives in New Zealand and has said he now expects his former colleagues to testify against him.
Prosecutors say Megaupload raked in at least $175 million — mainly from people who used the site to illegally download songs, television shows and movies — before the FBI shut it down in early 2012 and arrested Dotcom and other company officers.
Ortmann told news website Stuff that after a decade of living in New Zealand on bail, the pair had firm roots in the country and were contributing to society through Mega, a legitimate cloud-storage website they set up after their arrest.
“There’s absolutely no point in dwelling on these proceedings any longer and we are putting it behind us, and accepting our responsibility,” Ortmann said.
Van der Kolk said they had learned from their mistakes.
“We’ve worked incredibly hard on Mega and we strongly feel that our rehabilitation process has started a long time ago,” he told Stuff.
Lawyers for Dotcom and the other men had long argued that if anybody was guilty in the case, it was the users of the site who chose to pirate material, not the founders. But prosecutors argued the men were the architects of a vast criminal enterprise.
Dotcom and the two other men were once close friends but had a falling out after their arrest and subsequent work on the Mega website.
U.S. prosecutors had earlier dropped their extradition bid against a fourth officer of the company, Finn Batato, who was arrested in New Zealand. Batato returned to Germany where he died from cancer earlier this month.
In 2015, Megaupload computer programmer Andrus Nomm, of Estonia, pleaded guilty in the case to conspiring to commit felony copyright infringement and was sentenced to one year and one day in U.S. federal prison.
Last year, New Zealand’s Supreme Court ruled the trio could be extradited. But the nation’s justice minister has yet to make a final decision on whether the extradition — now just of Dotcom — will go ahead.
Even that decision could be appealed and spend still more time in the slow-moving New Zealand legal system.
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WAPITI, Wyo. (AP) — Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come.
Park managers raised the gates at three of Yellowstone’s five entrances for the first time since June 13, when 10,000 visitors were ordered out after rivers across northern Wyoming and southern Montana surged over their banks following a torrent of rainfall that accelerated the spring snowmelt.
Some of the premier attractions at America’s first national park will again be viewable, including Old Faithful — the legendary geyser that shoots towering bursts of steaming water almost like clockwork more than a dozen times a day.
But the bears, wolves and bison that roam the wild Lamar Valley and the thermal features around Mammoth Hot Springs will remain out of reach. The wildlife-rich northern half of the park will be shuttered until at least early July, and key routes into the park remain severed near the Montana tourist towns of Gardiner, Red Lodge and Cooke City.
It’s unknown how many visitors will show up in the flooding’s immediate aftermath, but the lines indicate many tourists stuck to their plans despite uncertainty last week on when it would reopen. License plates at the east entrance near Wapiti, Wyoming, indicated they were from Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio, Colorado, British Columbia in Canada and other places. The first visitors going through didn’t have to contend with other traffic, but they had to watch for marmots on the road.
Park managers had been bracing for throngs as the park celebrated its 150th anniversary a year after it tallied a record 4.9 million visits.
Muris Demirovic, 43, of Miami and his 70-year-old mother arrived at the east entrance at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and were second in a line of dozens of cars. He and his mother, who is from Bosnia, were on a cross country trip visiting national parks and Yellowstone was at the top of their list.
However, when they arrived, it was closed due to flooding. Demirovic and his mother toured Cody, Wyoming, went to a rodeo, walked some trails and visited a museum. They had planned to leave the Yellowstone area on Monday, but stayed when they learned the park would re-open this week.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime trip for me and my mom, so I had to make sure she sees this,” he said.
To keep visitor numbers down while repairs continue, park managers will use a system that only allows cars with even-numbered last digits on their license plates to enter on even days, while vehicles with odd-numbered last numbers can come on odd days.
Groups of visitors traveling together in different cars are exempt from the license plate system as well as people with reservations at campgrounds and hotels in the park.
If traffic along the park’s 400 miles (644 kilometers) of roads becomes unmanageable, Sholly said officials will impose a reservation system to enter the park.
Before the park opened, dozens of RVs, trucks and cars were stacked up at the East Entrance.
The reopening comes as officials in Yellowstone are still tallying the scope of the damage. Based on other national park disasters, it could take years and carry a steep price tag to rebuild. It’s an environmentally sensitive landscape with a huge underground plumbing system that feeds into the park’s geysers, hot springs and other thermal features. Construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall, a narrow window that means some roads could receive only temporary fixes this year.
That’s turned some Montana communities into dead ends instead of being gateways to Yellowstone, a blow to their tourism-dependent economies. They’re also still struggling to clean up damage to several hundred homes and businesses that were swamped by flooding on the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Clarks Fork rivers.
In Red Lodge, one of those gateway towns cut off from the park, most businesses are open even as flood cleanup continues. The Montana Department of Transportation is beginning repairs to the road between Red Lodge and the scenic Beartooth Highway and the National Park Service is working to restore access to some areas in the northern part of the park.
“We have to remain optimistic, but we also have to remain realistic that there’s a lot of things going on and a lot of moving pieces to make it happen,” said Tim Weamer, who does marketing for the Red Lodge Chamber of Commerce.
“We’re optimistic that we’ll survive,” he said. “We’re not going to have the summer we were hoping for.”
For others the rebound may come faster. Yellowstone tour guide Derek Draimin said he’s fully booked up Wednesday with four groups that will be headed into the park.
“I think there will be cars stacked up trying to get in, to be the first people to enter the park after the thousand-year flood,” he said Tuesday.
Draimin lost about 25 tours because of the flood and says fewer visitors might come thinking that the park is badly damaged. But with most of the park expected to be accessible within weeks, Draimin said it’s also possible business could get a bump as tourists who can’t get in through the park’s northern entrances get funneled through West Yellowstone, where his company, Yellowstone Adventure Tours, is based.
“I have no idea what to expect,” he said. “I could see both things happening.”
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Dr. Dan Sims shares plans for Bibb County Schools
"I will focus primarily on listening and learning, engaging and collaborating with different individuals throughout the district and the community."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Becoming the Bibb County Schools Superintendent is something Dr. Dan Sims said he prayed and dreamed for.
Now that he prepares to officially take on the role, he hopes to build on ‘Victory in Progress’ by creating paths to success for each student.
“I think that individual student focus is something we have to have these days,” Dr. Sims said. “So that we actually save every single student because we’ve given them a path to success.”
Dr. Sims presented his plans for the district Tuesday. He says he’s not going to rebrand or change anything during his first year as Superintendent. He shared what his first 90 days will look like.
“I will focus primarily on listening and learning, engaging and collaborating with different individuals throughout the district and the community,” he said.
Christopher Canady is the Vice President of the Macon Alumni chapter for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. Canady says he’s looking forward to collaborating with the district under Dr. Sims’ leadership.
“Dr. Sims and I both share the same fraternity,” Canady shared. “So I know he brings some of the same leadership values and his academia and his background. So I feel very very confident.”
Canady isn’t a parent yet, but says he wanted to learn more about what Dr. Sims will bring to the district for when he does become a parent.
“I do hope to have children one day. It’s really a part of my desire to better understand what’s going on in the Bibb county school district,” he said. “As well as just building relationships with our leadership, and being a resource for whatever they may need.”
Dr. Sims says his biggest goal is for every student to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
“If we can make that happen in every single school,” Dr. Sims said. “And put the right supports behind every single school, and every single leader, in every single community. I believe all of our students will move mountains.”
Dr. Sims’ swearing in ceremony will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m., at the Professional Learning Center on Riverside Drive in Macon.
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Gary Bechtel elected over Desmond Brown for MWA Chairman
Bechtel received 8,499 votes to Brown's 3,818.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— There were several runoff races in Middle Georgia and across the state Tuesday, including the race for Macon Water Authority Chairman.
Former Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Gary Bechtel, beat opponent former District 2 Macon Water Authority Board Member Desmond Brown for the role.
Bechtel received 8,499 votes to Brown’s 3,818.
The race went to a runoff following the May election, because no candidate received 50% of the vote.
We spoke with Bechtel about what he’s looking forward to now that the election is over.
“I want to thank the voters of Bibb County. I think they made a good choice. We are excited about the opportunity that we have to lead the Macon Water Authority,” he said. “I look forward to meeting with the executive director and other board members.”
Bechtel will take over for the current Chairman Samuel Hart in January.
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Houston County school bus driver allowed new trial for deadly crash
Charges stem from a January 2018 bus accident in Houston County.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Supreme Court rules a Houston County school bus driver should get a new trial due to juror misconduct.
In 2019, a jury found bus driver Shalita Jackson Harris guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree and reckless driving. The charges stem from a January 2018 bus accident where six-year-old student Arlana Haynes was thrown from the bus and later died.
According to court documents, Harris filed a motion for a new trial, claiming jurors engaged in misconduct during deliberations. The appeal claims that jury members Googled the available sentences for her charges. During an appeal hearing, two jurors testified that, during deliberations they Googled the difference between first- and second-degree homicide by vehicle. And one of the jurors testified that she shared her research with other jurors.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision and denied Harris’ motion for a new trial. However, in an unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court concluded that the trial court “erred in failing to accord a presumption of prejudice to Harris upon its finding that jurors engaged in improper extrajudicial research with the potential to deprive Harris of due process.”
“For nearly 50 years now, Georgia courts have routinely instructed jurors that they ‘are only concerned with the guilt or innocence of the defendant’ and ‘are not to concern selves with punishment,’” Justice Verda M. Colvin writes. “The concern with injecting sentencing considerations into the guilt-innocence phase of a trial is that, if the jury can ‘discern what sentence(s) the defendant on trial is facing,’ it might ‘use that knowledge to fashion a verdict that will result in the sentence the jury wishes to see imposed upon the defendant being tried,’ rather than deciding the defendant’s guilt or innocence based on the evidence and underlying substantive law provided by the court.”
The high court also concluded that the trial court applied the wrong standard of proof in assessing prejudice. And the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that a juror’s obtaining extrajudicial sentencing information is always harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
The high court’s decision now sends Harris’ case back to the trial court for further consideration of her motion for a new trial under the correct legal test.
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The Sizzle Squad is the mastermind behind the Macon Bacon’s gameday entertainment
"If you want a pie in the face, just let us know. We'll make that happen."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — “Our mission here is to create memorable experiences for our fans. And for years down the road, that they will forever remember their Macon Bacon games that they went to,” said Bacon president Brandon Raphael.
For the Bacon’s entertainment crew, more famously known as the Sizzle Squad, it’s important to give fans a different experience than one they can get while sitting right at home.
“These days, fans don’t just come to watch the sport because you can do that from TV,” said Savannah Simpson, the lead intern for marketing and entertainment. “They come to be there in the stands, so when there’s nothing going on in the field, there’s always something going on with getting people involved so that they feel like they are a part of the game, and they are coming for the experience rather than just watching the sport.”
With plenty of games throughout the season, the Sizzle Squad keeps its best skits and scripts for weekend and rivalry games.
“We have a list of games we have done over the past few years, and we know what works,” said Ty Van Duyn, marketing and digital media manager. “We call it our A scripts, B scripts. We know what the best games are. We know the ones that may not be our best, but ones we still want to do sometimes. And if we have anything new, we’d like to try it on a weekday game and see how it works. If it goes well, we’ll bring it out to a weekend game, we got a nice full sold-out crowd, and the crowd usually loves it. We’ve had a lot of good skits this year.”
With COVID-19 affecting fans’ willingness to participate in hands-on entertainment over the last two years, this season has brought a revamped energy.
“Our fan engagement has gone up so much since last year when I was here. I started last year as an intern, and we would do stuff; some people would get into it, but it was never the whole crowd. And I think this year really showed with two of them. We did a stadium sing-off, and it was just echoing throughout the whole stadium; I was like, that sounds awesome,” said Van Duyn. “And then we started doing a congo line. We did our first one this year on a Thursday night game which usually isn’t a big one for us. When we finished our congo line at the start, we were walking out of the seating bowl; I turned around, and on the opposite side of the seating bowl, people were still filing into it, so it’s awesome seeing the fans engage for it and it’s really rewarding for us as well.”
And fans of all ages, if you want to get involved, the Sizzle Squad has one piece of advice for you.
“Come out and see us. If you haven’t seen any of our skits, you should. If you want to participate in them, find one of us in the blue polos or the Sizzle Squad shirts, we would love to get you in a skit. And if you want a pie in the face, just let us know. We’ll make that happen.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a pointed back and forth, the head of Chevron complained Tuesday that President Joe Biden has vilified energy firms at a time when gasoline prices are at near record levels and the president responded that the oil company CEO was being “mildly sensitive.”
The president in recent weeks has criticized oil producers and refiners for maximizing profits and making “more money than God,” rather than increasing production in response to higher prices as the economy recovers from the pandemic and feels the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Michael Wirth, chairman and CEO of Chevron, sent Biden a letter via email on Tuesday that said the president’s own words have been self-defeating in terms of encouraging companies to boost their output.
Chevron is investing in more production, Wirth wrote, but “your Administration has largely sought to criticize, and at times vilify, our industry. These actions are not beneficial to meeting the challenges we face and are not what the American people deserve.”
The oil company CEO said he wanted a more cooperative relationship with the government.
“Let’s work together,” Wirth wrote. “The American people rightly expect our country’s leaders and industry to address the challenges they are facing in a serious and resolute manner.”
Asked about those comments, Biden displayed no sympathy.
“He’s mildly sensitive,” Biden said. “I didn’t know they’d get their feelings hurt that quickly. Look, we need more refining capacity. This idea that they don’t have oil to drill and to bring up is simply not true.”
Average gas prices are nearly $5 a gallon nationwide, a strain on commuters and a political albatross for Biden’s fellow Democrats going into the midterm elections. That has left the White House scrambling for solutions, including a possible suspension of the 18.4 cents a gallon federal gas tax .Biden plans to decide by the end of the week if the tax should be suspended, a move meant to relieve price pressures and that would need approval from a reluctant Congress.
The gas tax funds highways, but Biden said Tuesday any lost revenue would not have a major impact on road construction because of last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure law.
The clash between the Biden administration and oil producers and refiners unfolded ahead of a Thursday meeting that Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will hold with energy companies.
Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have previously voiced skepticism about the benefits of suspending the gas tax. But Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is sponsoring a bill that would put the gas tax on hold through the end of 2023.
Schiff said in a statement that he has been in touch with the White House to encourage the gas tax holiday, adding, “But we shouldn’t stop there. We should also hold Big Oil accountable for the price-gouging that is driving prices up in the first place.”
The House has approved legislation to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil companies, but the bill has stalled in the Senate. Democratic proposals to impose a “windfall profits” tax on oil producers have generated little support in Congress.
The possibility of a gas tax holiday has drawn criticism from economists and the business community for not fixing the underlying supply challenges.
In an address Tuesday at the Economic Club of New York, a non-profit, non-partisan business group, Target CEO Brian Cornell called the gas tax holiday a temporary “mini stimulus” that does nothing to fundamentally change the supply and demand curve for fuel and transportation.
“We have a classic supply-and-demand challenge,” Cornell told the audience. ”In all due respect, the gas holiday is only going to fuel demand. It’s doing nothing to increase the supply.”
Harvard University professor Jason Furman, formerly the top economist in the Obama White House, said a gas tax suspension would not address the supply pressures.
“Refineries are even more constrained now so supply is nearly fully inelastic,” he wrote on Twitter. “Most of the 18.4 cent reduction would be pocketed by industry — with maybe a few cents passed on to consumers.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the administration is looking into as many ways as possible to provide consumers with some relief at the gas pump. But the administration does not plan to tell Americans to drive less during the July 4 holiday and reduce some of the supply pressures.
“Americans are going to do what they feel is right for themselves and for their family,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s not something for us to make a judgment on.”
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AP reporters Matthew Daly in Washington and Anne D’Innocenzio in New York contributed to this report.
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Kicking off amid the excitement of the Edinburgh Festival, hugely-popular food and drink venue Bonnie & Wild is hosting a series of ceilidh nights that’ll have dancers whirling and twirling in popular dances such as the Dashing White Sergeant, Gay Gordons, and the much-loved Strip the Willow.
Inspired by the White Heather Club, the iconic BBC TV show of the 1960s, the Scottish country dances will take place on the last Thursday of every month at Bonnie & Wild, on Level 4 of the St James Quarter, Edinburgh.
The renowned musician Charlie Kirkpatrick and his band will perform at the launch night on Thursday, August 25, with Charlie taking dancers through the moves of traditional dances, from the Highland Schottische to the Military Two-Step and other ceilidh favourites.
Charlie, a regular presence on the BBC show Tak the Floor, said: “We’re all excited and looking forward to bringing a bit of Scottish country dancing and ceilidh culture to Bonnie & Wild.
“These dances are for anyone and everyone. Even if you don’t know the dances we’ll call the steps and make sure everyone enjoys themselves and has a good night!”
Charlie added: “Although critics mocked its kitsch tartanry, the White Heather Club was an iconic BBC show of the 1960s that broadcast ceilidh music and dancing into people’s living rooms and made household names of the likes of Jimmy Shand and Andy Stewart.
“Our own ambitions aren’t quite so lofty. We just want to see folk coming to Bonnie & Wild and having a great time.”
Kate Russell, General Manager, said: “I can’t wait for our White Heather Club ceilidh nights to kick off with Charlie Kirkpatrick and his band.
“We’re looking forward to welcoming locals keen for a hoolie as well as overseas visitors to Edinburgh wanting to experience the unique atmosphere only a traditional Scottish ceilidh can bring!”
Ms Russell added: “Like the best ceilidhs I’ve ever been to, entry to Bonnie & Wild’s White Heather Club is free, although dancers are of course welcome to use the Scottish Marketplace for a bite to eat from one or more of our fabulous concessions, or a drink from one of our three bars.”
Ms Russell said: “Bonnie & Wild has one of the best food and drink offers in Scotland, but we’re much more than a food court. We’ve amazing collaborations going on, corporate events, private parties, book launches, bagpiping workshops, food tastings, plus regular live music every Friday with local musicians, DJs, and singer-songwriters, and now these White Heather Club dances every month.”
Ms Russell added: “We’ve all had a few hard years, and although things are far from easy for people, now that Bonnie & Wild has truly established itself with a stronger line-up than ever before we feel it’s time to celebrate, kick off our shoes and throw a party. What better way to do that than with some ceilidh dancing with family and friends.”
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10 local organizations receive grant from Rotary Club of Downtown Macon
Each organizations wrote a grant explaining how they plan to use the money.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The Rotary Club of Downtown Macon is giving back to the community. On Wednesday. the club gave 10 local organizations a total of $10,000.
The 10 organizations are:
- Habitat for Humanity
- Jericho Road community Center
- Center Hill Baptist Church
- Greater Little Rock Church
- Fuller Center
- Campus Club
- Street to Success
- Macon Periods Easier
- Mediation Center
- Rebuilding Macon
Each organizations wrote a grant explaining how they plan to use the money.
Charles Richardson is the President of the Rotary Club of Downtown Macon. He says each year they give grants to local organizations.
“Rotary is here to serve others and we’re obviously not big enough to serve every part of the community,” said Richardson, “Also, these organizations help extend our reach and while it’s just a check they’re the ones out there getting their hands dirty and doing the real hard work.”
The Rotary Club will follow up with each organization to make sure the money is used for the purpose intended.
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Another day of record heat possible Thursday
It was a scorching day in Middle Georgia and Macon crushed the old daily high temp record by reaching 105°!
We will be staying warm tonight across the area, with lows in the 70s.
Tomorrow will bring another day of potentially record breaking heat to the area, with highs back in the 100s.
A Heat Advisory has been issued for the Middle Georgia area Thursday starting at noon.
We will be seeing an increase in our low level moisture tomorrow, which means humidity will be returning.
A cold front will drop into the area tomorrow, along with the increase in moisture, bringing a chance for showers and storms.
Any storm activity will likely start after 2pm Thursday, but severe storms are not expected.
As the front continues to push south it will weaken, and eventually fall apart.
Friday will bring a small cool down to the area, with highs warming to the upper 90s.
Despite the cooler temps, increased humidity will keep the heat index in the 100s.
Scattered showers and storms will once again be possible for Friday afternoon.
Saturday brings a better rain chance for Middle Georgia with widespread showers possible through the day.
Rain and clouds will help to keep temps in the mid 90s, signaling the end of the intense heat.
Sunday should be mostly dry across the area, but more rain and storms are on the way for next week.
Showers and storms will continue for the start of next week as a front moves into the area.
This front should bring temps back to where they should be for this time of the year.
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BS Report: June 22nd – Max Fried: Star Pitcher
Is Max Fried the pitcher that can bring the Braves back to the 90's?
Is Max Fried the pitcher that can bring the Braves back to the 90’s? Bill Shanks wants to talk about why Fried might belong in the conversation with Smoltz, Maddux and Glavine.
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Confederate Monument on Cotton Avenue moved to new location
A Confederate Monument that stood in Cotton Avenue for more than 66 years is now gone.
MACON, Georgia—- The relocation process for two Confederate Monuments in Downtown Macon began Wednesday morning on Cotton Avenue.
The statue in the plaza of Cotton Avenue has been there since 1956, until construction crews began the three piece relocation project. This has been a two year process of planning and public feedback.
Alex Morrison, Executive Director of the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority, said they’ve worked hard to make sure the monuments aren’t damaged in the process
“We are working with experts with Clark Memorial and Macon Machines. Experts in that sort of work to make sure this is done as safely as possible,” said Morrison.
The Community Foundation of Central Georgia raised $160,000 of private funding to pay for the move. Clifford McDonald helped in raising funds for the relocation project.
“I’m glad that progress is being made,” McDonald said. “I’m excited you know for that process now two years in the making is to be finally done.”
The Macon-Bibb UDA also worked closely with local preservation groups. Renee Sullivan, President of the Sidney Lanier Camp 25 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, says it’s going to a more appropriate place.
“It seemed it was in the best interest of everyone to go ahead and relocate them, and if it causes peace then so be it,” said Sullivan.
The monument will be taken to Whittle Park located in front Rose Hill Cemetery, where it will re-erected in its permanent location.
Plans for the location where statue was, is to turn it into a plaza for business or residential use.
The monument dedicated to the Women of the Confederacy on Poplar Street, is scheduled relocated on Friday.
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Dr. Dan Sims sworn in as Bibb County Schools Superintendent
Dr. Sims says his biggest focus is getting to know his team. He won't make changes anytime soon, but says he will when the time is right.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Dr. Dan Sims is the newest Bibb County Schools Superintendent on Wednesday. His swearing in ceremony was an emotional one.
After working in education for more than 20 years, Dr. Sims is excited to take on the role of Superintendent.
“I believe in service and to now serve at the highest level in public education.” Dr. Sims says, “It’s gratifying to know that I can take all of my talents all of my skills all of my experience and put it on the table for Bibb County.”
Dr. Sims says his biggest focus is getting to know his team. He won’t make changes anytime soon, but says he will when the time is right.
“I plan to treat every child like that child is mine and I’m going to encourage and push every staff member to do the same thing. I also want parents to know how much I’m counting on them to be partners with us for their children,” said Dr. Sims.
Dr. Sims addressed his loved ones and school leaders in a message he wrote just days before his interview for the position. A position that Dr. Thelma Dillard, the President of the Bibb County School Board says will come with change.
“Everybody can have input now, this is an opportunity for every stake holder to have input and to help our school system to move in the direction that they think it should go.”
Dr. Nancy Forde, Executive Director of Supplemental Services for the school district, says he’s most looking forwards to seeing Dr. Sims forming connections.
“The number one thing that Dr. Sims talks about is putting our students and our children first all of them.”
Doctor Sims says he wants to take care of every child even after they graduate.
“I’m just excited about the future, I prayed for this day and it’s happened and now I’m ready to work,” said Dr. Sims.
In his first 90 days, he will spend time listening and engaging with individuals in the school district and the community.
Dr. Sims will officially resume the role of Superintendent on July 1.
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Hamlin Hills plants new attraction
The flowers range in height, with the tallest standing at nearly six feet. The flowers also vary in colors including yellow, red, and orange.
FORSYTH, Ga. (41NBC/WMGT)- Hamlin Hills Farm in Monroe County planted 3 acres of sunflowers for the summer. Visible from Interstate 75, the flowers started as an attraction for drivers.
“We’ve had people come from all over we have a path through the sunflowers you can walk all the way around like a maze and we’ve had photographers, people come from California before,” said Hamlin Hills, Chief Executive Farmer Lee Hamlin.
The flowers range in height, with the tallest standing at nearly six feet. The flowers also vary in colors including yellow, red, and orange.
Seeds for the flowers come from a mixture of both up state and local Forsyth feed and seed.
Hamlin said watering the sunflowers has been the most difficult part of maintenance. His last water bill was about $1,100, and he’s still waiting on about half of the crop to bloom.
Hamlin expects the flowers to stay in bloom for another five to six weeks.
Hamlin Hills Farm is located at 477 Dames Ferry Road. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day, and the flowers are free to see.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from June 22, 2022
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Houston County school bus driver allowed new trial for deadly crash
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
Houston County school bus driver allowed new trial for deadly crash
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Jan. 6 panel in possession of new Trump documentary footage
WASHINGTON (AP) — New footage of former President Donald Trump and his inner circle taken both before and after Jan. 6, 2021, is now in the possession of the House committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol.
The revelation of the never-before-seen footage came to light Tuesday amidst the committee’s public hearings.
British filmmaker Alex Holder revealed on Twitter that he had complied with a congressional subpoena sent last week to turn over all the footage he shot in the final weeks of Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. He said he plans to go in for a deposition with lawmakers on Thursday.
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Man found not responsible for Times Square vehicle rampage
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who used his car to hit pedestrians in Times Square has been cleared of responsibility because of mental illness. The verdict came Wednesday at the New York City trial of Richard Rojas.
The jury affirmed an insanity defense claiming Rojas was so mentally ill he didn’t know what he was doing during the 2017 attack. It injured 20 people and killed a young tourist.
The judge has said the finding would qualify Rojas an open ended “involuntary mental commitment” instead of a lengthy prison term. He ordered Rojas held while he drafts an examination order, and said there would be a hearing on the matter Thursday.
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Murder conviction overturned in Georgia hot car death case
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court has overturned the murder and child cruelty convictions against a man whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours.
The Georgia Supreme Court opinion released Wednesday says the jury saw evidence that was “extremely and unfairly prejudicial.” Justin Ross Harris, 41, was convicted in November 2016 on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.
A judge sentenced him to life without parole as well as 32 more years in prison for other crimes. The high court upheld Harris’ convictions on three sex crimes committed against a 16-year-old girl that Harris had not appealed.
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‘Nowhere I feel safe’: Election officials recount threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Georgia election worker in gripping testimony has told the House Jan. 6 committee about the onslaught of threats that she and her family received after former President Trump and his allies falsely accused her and her mother of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase.
Wandrea “Shaye” Moss told lawmakers Tuesday how her life was upended when Trump and his allies latched onto surveillance footage from November 2020 to accuse her and her mother of committing voter fraud, allegations that were quickly debunked. The committee also heard from high-ranking elections officials in Georgia and a lawmaker in Arizona who were also on the wrong end of Trump’s pressure campaign.
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Walmart expands health services to address racial inequality
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is expanding health care coverage for employees who want to use a doula, a person trained to assist women during pregnancies, in an effort to address racial inequities in maternal care.
After first offering doulas to employees in Georgia last year, Walmart said Wednesday that it will expand the same benefit to its employees in Louisiana, Indiana and Illinois. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women.
Walmart says it chose to extend coverage to states where the impact would be immediate. It said the mortality rate in Louisiana is five times higher for Black mothers than it is for white mothers and that in Indiana, 33 counties don’t have OB-GYN services.
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Yellowstone park reopens after changes wrought by flood
WAPITI, Wyo. (AP) — Several thousand cars, trucks and recreational vehicles are backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopens following destructive floods that closed the park last week.
Park managers raised the gates Wednesday at three of Yellowstone’s five entrances for the first time since June 13.
That day, 10,000 visitors were ordered out after rivers across northern Wyoming and southern Montana surged over their banks following a torrent of rainfall that accelerated the spring snowmelt. The cost and scope of the damage is still being assessed.
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Many say that coming out as gay shouldn’t be that big of a deal. But for people like Chicago’s 15th ward alderman Raymond Lopez, it was.
"I remember being in high school and being in the closet," Lopez said.
Lopez came out more than 20 years ago to his Latino family and friends. Now he’s one of two openly gay candidates running for mayor of Chicago. If elected, Lopez would be the first openly gay man and Latino mayor for the windy city.
"I think is an extraordinary testament to how far we've come in this city and in this country," Lopez said.
But growing up gay was more like living a secret life. He went to an all-boys catholic school, which he says made it not so easy for boys who were hiding their true identity.
"Thinking back, you know, to see classmates of mine who eventually came out and just reliving what it was like with them," Lopez said ."It was a more difficult world to navigate for young people."
Shamed by the stigma in his community and fear of what his loved ones would think of him, he kept his secret to himself. Now he reminisces about the first time he ever told someone.
"A former high school friend of mine who was in college, and I actually ran into him in one of the these meetings," Lopez said. "And, you know, he told me he was bisexual, and I think that was the first time that I actually said that I was gay, like out loud."
Recent data from the Center for American Progress shows that Hispanic LGBTQ+ individuals have experienced discrimination 15% higher than white LGBTQ+ members. The disparities are more evident in access to critical services such as mental health and educational settings.
NEWSY'S AXEL TURCIOS: Why do you think it's still a taboo to talk about your sexuality, especially when you come from a Hispanic background?
RAYMOND LOPEZ: The strong sense of Christian faith within the Latino community. I think that makes people uncomfortable, and it's not something that they've ever heard of in church, to be accepting and welcome people who are different.
Lopez says it hasn't been an easy road, but he says he wants his story to inspire not only Hispanic teenagers but everyone who's struggling to come out to feel proud of who they are.
Lopez says many in the Latinx community don't have a lot of role models to look up to.
It’s a thought shared by Mexican-American David Gauna, a board member of the LGBTQ+ non-profit Alma.
"I didn't feel safe because i wasn't sure how others were going to perceive me," Gauna said. "Being gay wasn't something that was communicated to me at all or spoken about in my home, and therefore it felt very foreign and unfamiliar and scary."
Gauna says more spaces for LGBTQ youth need to be created to make them feel more comfortable in their communities and possibly in coming out.
"To this day here in Chicago, for example, there are no spaces that are designed to explore and build and create a safe space that explores the intersectionality of young queer youth who are both queer and Latino," Gauna said.
"You don't have to just be defined by your sexuality, and you're not, and you don't have to be put in a box simply to make other people feel good about themselves," Lopez said.
Lopez is now married and has seven dogs. He and Gauna have different lives, but share the same story: their struggle to come out as gay.
They say their fight for equal rights continues so new generations of LGBTQ+ members can feel safe to be themselves.
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A 9th-inning bullpen collapse gives the Savannah Bananas the victory over the Macon Bacon
The Bacon gave up five runs in the top of the ninth inning.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Bacon finally defeated their rivals, the Savannah Bananas, in their last matchup. However, tonight, a ninth-inning collapse from the Bacon bullpen once again put the Bananas over the Bacon.
The Bananas quickly scored their first run of the game in the top of the first inning; however, in the bottom of the fourth, Bryce Matthews tied the game with a solo home run.
Savannah reclaimed the lead in the top of the fifth 2-1.
The sixth inning brought two runs for the Bananas, but in the bottom of the frame, the Bacon tacked on four runs of their own to take their first lead of the game, 5-4.
Still holding the lead in the top of the ninth, the Bacon gave up five runs to Savannah as they quickly went up 9-5. Macon only scored one run in the bottom of the frame and once again fell victim to their rivals, losing 9-6.
Bananas now lead the season series 7-1, and the teams face each other once again tomorrow in Savannah.
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Critical Care for Animal Angels hosts fundraiser
Critical Care for Animal Angels says it's at capacity with the amount of dogs they can take in.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— A Byron dog rescue traveled to Macon to sing karaoke Wednesday night, and raise money for their cause.
Critical Care for Animal Angels says it’s at capacity with the amount of dogs they can take in, which is similar to many other rescues across Middle Georgia.
CCAA hosted a fundraiser with Macon’s Dueling Piano Bar to help with the costs of food and medication for dogs in their care. We spoke with Angela Polk, fundraising coordinator for the rescue. She says donating money isn’t the only way you can help them.
“Offers of time to take the dogs out on what we call out and abouts,” Polk explained. ” It’s where they get socialized in places like Lowe’s and Home Depot, to get familiar with going out in the community. Also to interact with other people without a time or monetary commitment from the volunteer.”
If you have the ability to donate, you can go to the Critical Care Animal Angels website. They have a list of what donations they need, and information on how to donate to their Paypal account.
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Man arrested after running from deputies in Monroe County
According to a Facebook post by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies pulled over Dontavious Hicks on I-75 north just past the Johnstonville Road exit.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)—The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrests a man Wednesday after he ran from deputies.
According to a Facebook post by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies pulled over Dontavious Hicks on I-75 north just past the Johnstonville Road exit.
During the stop, Hicks ran off.
After a brief manhunt, deputies were able to find Hicks and take him into custody.
He’s charged with obstruction of law enforcement officers.
That is all the information we have at this time.
Stay with 41NBC for more information as it becomes available.
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FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials have ordered vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market.
It’s the biggest blow yet to the embattled company that is widely blamed for sparking a surge in teen vaping. The announcement Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration is part of a sweeping regulatory review of e-cigarettes, which faced little regulation until recently. Since last fall, the FDA has greenlighted a few e-cigarettes that account for a tiny share of the vaping market.
To stay on the market, manufacturers must show their products help reduce the harm of smoking for adults, without appealing to kids.
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‘Sparks Over the Park’ returns to Lake Tobesofkee in Macon
The event will take place on Monday, July 4, 2022
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 26th Annual Sparks Over the Park Independence Day Celebration makes a return to Lake Tobesofkee. The event will take place on Monday, July 4, 2022.
“We’re expecting several thousand people on the lake and beaches throughout the holiday,” says Lake Tobesofkee Director Donald Bracewell. “It’s going to be a great day for our community to be at the lake, and we know people are going to love the show this year.”
According to a Macon-Bibb County news release, there will be normal activities during the day, such as swimming, boating, picnics, disk golf, and more. The Travis Bryant Band will perform from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at Sandy Beach Park Pavilion, and the fireworks show will start at 9:15 p.m.
Gates at all Lake Tobesofkee parks (Claystone, Sandy Beach, and Arrowhead) will open at 9:00 a.m. and will close at 8:00 p.m.
Admission to the parks is $3.00 per person, and children ages six and under are free .
No Alcohol or glass containers are allowed in the parks.
SAFETY TIPS & RULES
- Anyone interested in boating laws can pick up a boating safety handbook at any DNR office
- A new boating law went into effect July 1,2014, that requires anyone born on or after January 1, 1998, must take a boating safety class approved by DNR to operate a personal watercraft or boat, as well as other restrictions
- All persons on boat must have a PFD that is Coast Guard approved, in good condition, fits the person that intends to wear it, and is always accessible.
- Children under 13 must always wear a PFD (personal flotation device) on a moving vessel
- Any person 16 or over who operates a boat on Georgia waters must have picture ID on board
- All boats must be registered and have registration on board. Operators must obey rules of the road and be familiar with all boating laws
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has struck down a New York gun law in a ruling expected to directly impact half a dozen other populous states.
The justices’ 6-3 decision is expected to allow more people to legally carry guns on the streets of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Boston — and elsewhere.
About a quarter of the U.S. population lives in states expected to be affected by the ruling, the high court’s first major gun decision in more than a decade.
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Bank of America Global Research maintains a bullish bias on the USD through the second half of the year.
"As the USD has rallied to our out-of-consensus bullish forecasts, we expect it to remain strong. Four drivers have supported the USD this year and we still see them in force.
1-The Fed is among the most hawkish central banks in G10, as it is dealing with high inflation in an overheating economy, while the rest are mostly trying to address second-round effects from negative shocks. 2- The US is energy independent and its terms of trade have not deteriorated as a result of high energy prices, particularly compared with the Eurozone and Japan," BofA notes.
"3- The equities sell-off, to a large extent because of Fed policy tightening, has supported the USD, even against JPY as we are still seeing outflows from Japan to take advantage of carry. 4- China's weak economy, as the country sticks to its zero-COVID policy, and CNY weakness have supported the USD, particularly against EUR, as the US is less dependent on China for its exports," BofA adds.
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AP — Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead.
The capability, unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to mimic the voice of a specific person based on a less than a minute of provided recording.
Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, said at the event Wednesday that the desire behind the feature was to build greater trust in the interactions users have with Alexa by putting more “human attributes of empathy and affect.”
“These attributes have become even more important during the ongoing pandemic when so many of us have lost ones that we love,” Prasad said. “While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last.”
In a video played by Amazon at the event, a young child asks “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa then acknowledges the request, and switches to another voice mimicking the child’s grandmother. The voice assistant then continues to read the book in that same voice.
To create the feature, Prasad said the company had to learn how to make a “high-quality voice” with a shorter recording, opposed to hours of recording in a studio. Amazon did not provide further details about the feature, which is bound to spark more privacy concerns and ethical questions about consent.
Amazon’s push comes as competitor Microsoft earlier this week said it was scaling back its synthetic voice offerings and setting stricter guidelines to “ensure the active participation of the speaker” whose voice is recreated. Microsoft said Tuesday it is limiting which customers get to use the service -- while also continuing to highlight acceptable uses such as an interactive Bugs Bunny character at AT&T stores.
“This technology has exciting potential in education, accessibility, and entertainment, and yet it is also easy to imagine how it could be used to inappropriately impersonate speakers and deceive listeners,” said a blog post from Natasha Crampton, who heads Microsoft’s AI ethics division.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gave up an early gain and turned mixed in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday as investors remain focused on inflation and rising interest rates.
The S&P 500 was up 0.1% as of 2:23 p.m. Eastern. It was up as much as 1% earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 78 points, or 0.2%, to 30,410 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%.
Major indexes are still on track for weekly gains. Trading has been turbulent in recent weeks, and the benchmark S&P 500 has fallen for 10 of the last 11 weeks. Stocks have swung between sharp gains and losses as investors try to determine whether a recession is looming.
The Federal Reserve is attempting to temper inflation’s impact with higher interest rates, but Wall Street is worried that it could go too far in slowing economic growth and actually bring on a recession.
Investors monitored Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s second day of testimony to Congress Thursday. He testified to a House committee, a day after testifying to a Senate committee.
Powell again stressed that the Fed hopes to rein in inflation without knocking the economy into a recession but acknowledged “that path has gotten more and more challenging.”
He also acknowledged that the Fed’s tools to combat inflation are blunt and risk causing damage to the economy.
Powell has previously acknowledged that a recession is ”certainly a possibility” and that the central bank is facing a more challenging task amid the war in Ukraine essentially pushing oil and other commodity prices even higher and making inflation even more pervasive.
On Thursday, Powell stressed: “I don’t think that a recession is inevitable.”
Encouragingly for the Fed, many households and businesses still seem to expect inflation to eventually come back down. If that were to change, it could spark a self-fulfilling vicious cycle that only worsens inflation.
“Our whole framework is about keeping inflation expectations well and truly anchored,” he said Thursday. Powell emphasized the importance of getting inflation down to the Fed’s goal of 2%. “We can’t fail on this,” he said.
Powell spoke to Congress a week after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point, its biggest hike in nearly three decades. Fed policymakers also forecast a more accelerated pace of rate hikes this year and next than they had predicted three months ago, with its key rate to reach 3.8% by the end of 2023. That would be its highest level in 15 years.
Earlier Thursday the Labor Department said fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, though it was slightly more than economists expected. The solid job market is a relatively bright point in an otherwise weakening economy, with consumer sentiment and retail sales showing increasing damage from inflation.
Companies are signaling slower-than-expected growth, however, according to surveys from IHS Markit. While weak economic data is discouraging for the broader economy, it could also mean that the economy is already slowing enough to allow the Fed to ease up on its planned rate hikes.
Inflation remains stubbornly high, squeezing consumers with higher prices on everything from food to clothing. That has pressured people to shift spending from big ticket items like electronics to necessities. The pressure has been worsened by record-high gasoline prices that show no sign of abating amid a supply and demand disconnect.
Big technology and health care companies did much of the heavy lifting. Microsoft rose 1.7% and Johnson & Johnson rose 1.9%. Energy stocks fell as oil prices slipped. Valero fell 8.8%.
Bond yields fell significantly. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which helps set mortgage rates, fell to 3.06% from 3.15% late Wednesday.
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AP Business Writer Stan Choe contributed. Veiga reported from Los Angeles.
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TOKYO (AP) — An American executive who resigned from Toyota after being arrested in Japan in 2015 on suspicion of drug law violations is back at the Japanese automaker, the company said Thursday.
Julie Hamp has been hired by Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American operations to support its chief executive, Akio Toyoda, and advise the company on global management, sustainability, governance and global media relations.
She was arrested on suspicion of importing the prescription painkiller oxycodone, which is tightly controlled in Japan, after arriving in the country to head Toyota’s public relations in 2015.
Toyota said her return was not a problem because she was never prosecuted.
“Toyota believes the incident in 2015 will not hinder her career going forward,” it said in response to a query from The Associated Press.
In 2015, prosecutors said Hamp arranged with her father to have 57 oxycodone pills sent via air mail from the U.S. to a Tokyo hotel. They decided not to pursue charges.
Toyota officials repeatedly apologized for the arrest, but Toyoda commented how he wished he could have done more to help Hamp. He also publicly defended her as an important member of the Toyota team.
Hamp’s was the first high-profile female promotion at Japan’s top automaker. She joined the company in 2012, overseeing marketing and communications for the Toyota, Lexus and Scion brands in the U.S. She earlier worked for PepsiCo Inc. and General Motors Co.
In her latest assignment with Toyota, Hamp will also work on the English version of Toyota’s own media, Toyota Times, according to the maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models.
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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese High Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a former brokerage manager alleging on-the-job harassment and unlawful dismissal after he took parental leave while working at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley.
The case of Glen Wood, a Canadian who has lived in Japan for more than three decades, has come to symbolize concerns over “paternity harassment,” or “pata hara.” Wood’s is a rare case, for Japan, of a father seeking to take parental leave. Maternity harassment is more common.
Wood began his fight in 2017, alleging he was harassed and forced from his job after taking parental leave when his son was born in 2015.
The company rejected Wood’s request for parental leave. His son was born prematurely and he rushed to see him though the company told him to just keep working, according to the lawsuit.
When Wood returned to work in 2016, he was stripped of some of his responsibilities and excluded from business meetings, according to court testimony. The company dismissed him in 2018.
In a 21-page ruling, the Tokyo High Court rejected the harassment claims. It defended the company’s acts as “inevitable.”
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley said Thursday’s ruling showed the company’s view had been accepted.
Wood said he would take his case to the Supreme Court, even if that means the legal battle might continue until his son, now 6, is in college.
“Harassment is never an acceptable form of management,” he said at a news conference at the health and labor ministry.
Wood now heads his own company, which provides transport management, corporate governance, environmental solutions and other services.
Japan’s population is shrinking and its birth rate is among the lowest in the world. Despite the outcome of Wood’s case so far, the government has made parental leave a policy priority, allowing absences of up to 12 months. But actual practice hasn’t lived up to the law.
The Tokyo District Court ruled against Wood in 2020, saying it did not find “reasonable grounds” for believing there was harassment. It also criticized Wood for taking his case public instead of quietly resolving the dispute with the company, which has made some changes to its parental leave policies since Wood’s dismissal.
Yoshitatsu Imaizumi, one of Wood’s lawyers, said the case still could be contested on various grounds including Woods’ dismissal for having complained about harassment. That would potentially violate the right of workers to bring up harassment, he said.
Wood, who has appeared in court and news conferences with his son, said he was not giving up his fight to ensure men can take parental leave without fear of retaliation.
“Standing up for parental rights is actually a gift that I’ve been given. And I’m happy to do that, not only for Japan but for the world,” he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris met with attorneys general from seven Democratic-led states on Thursday and suggested they might be able to lead legal challenges of any new state abortion restrictions that grow out of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling expected to weaken the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
Harris has increasingly become a leading White House voice on the issue since the leak last month of a draft high court opinion suggesting that justices are on the brink of overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide. In recent weeks, she’s held virtual meetings with women’s rights organizations and with abortion providers from states with some of the country’s strictest restrictions — while also discussing the issue in person with faith leaders in Los Angeles.
This time she was joined at the White House complex by Attorneys General Josh Kaul of Wisconsin, Aaron Ford of Nevada, Raoul Kwame of Illinois and Venus Johnson, California’s chief deputy attorney general.
Participating virtually were Attorneys General Kathleen Jennings of Delaware, Tish James of New York and Bob Ferguson of Washington state.
The vice president said attorneys general “have the power to assess and potentially challenge the constitutionality of laws that are being passed in their states.” They can also convene legal organizations and other support groups “to offer services to the folks who will be affected by the laws in their states,” she said.
Like President Joe Biden, Harris has argued that other key court rulings allowing access to contraception and legalizing same-sex marriage could also be threatened. Still, the White House has few options available to protect abortion nationwide after legislation to codify the Roe v. Wade decision in federal law failed last month in the Senate.
Harris further noted Thursday that attorneys general have jurisdiction in many states giving them “the ability to direct law enforcement resources” and guaranteeing that such resources are “actually effective in ensuring the safety and the well-being of the people in their state.”
Harris noted that the attorney general is elected in 43 states nationwide, and suggested voters choose accordingly: “I urge the people of our country to know the power that they have to have an impact on the way the laws of their state are enforced.”
The vice president, who has argued that abortion restrictions are examples of gender discrimination designed to take away women’s rights, said voters should view the issue of abortion in terms of their state’s attorneys general “enforcing the principles, the spirit and the ideals of the Constitution of the United States in a way that is about equal treatment of all people.”
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatican announced Thursday, amid renewed debate about the legacy of its World War II-era pope.
The documentation contains 2,700 files of requests for Vatican help from Jewish groups and families, many of them baptized Catholics, so not actually practicing Jews anymore. The files were held in the Secretariat of State’s archives and contain requests for papal intervention to avoid Nazi deportation, to obtain liberation from concentration camps or help finding family members.
The online publication of the files comes amid renewed debate about Pius’ legacy following the 2020 opening to scholars of his archives, of which the “Jews” files are but a small part. The Vatican has long defended Pius against criticism from some Jewish groups that he remained silent in the face of the Holocaust, saying he used quiet diplomacy to save lives.
One recent book that cites the newly opened archives, “The Pope at War,” by Pultizer Prize-winning historian David Kertzer, suggests that the people the Vatican was most concerned about saving were Jews who had converted to Catholicism, the offspring of Catholic-Jewish mixed marriages or otherwise related to Catholics.
Kerzer asserts that Pius was loath to intervene on behalf of Jews, or make public denunciations of Nazi atrocities against them, to avoid antagonizing Adolf Hitler or Italy’s Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
The Vatican’s foreign minister Paul Gallagher said it was hoped that the digital release of the “Jews” files would help scholars with research, but also descendants of those who had requested Vatican help, to “find traces of their loved ones from any part of the world.”
In an article for the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Gallagher said the files contained requests for help, but without much information on outcomes.
“Each of these requests constituted a case which, once processed, was destined for storage in a documentary series entitled ‘Jews,’” he wrote.
“The requests would arrive at the Secretariat of State, where diplomatic channels would try to provide all the help possible, taking into account the complexity of the political situation in the global context,” Gallagher wrote.
He cited one case found in the files: A Jew who was baptized Catholic in 1938, Werner Barasch, who sought help from the pope in 1942 to be freed from a concentration camp in Spain. According to the archives, his request was forwarded to the Vatican embassy in Madrid, but the documentation then went cold.
“As for the majority of requests for help witnessed by other cases, the result of the request was not reported,” Gallagher wrote. “In our hearts we immediately inevitably hope for a positive outcome, the hope that Werner Barasch was later freed from the concentration camp and was able to reach his mother overseas.”
Subsequent online research, including at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, found that Barasch did indeed survive and was able to join his mother in the United States in 1945, Gallagher reported.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The good news for stocks is that this year’s sell-off means they no longer look eye-wateringly expensive.
The bad news: That won’t matter if corporate profits give out.
A stock’s price rises or falls for essentially two reasons: how much cash a company generates and how much an investor is willing to pay for it.
So far, Wall Street’s focus has been only on that second part.
With the Federal Reserve jacking up interest rates to knock down inflation, investors are much less willing to pay sky-high prices for stocks when safe bonds are offering better returns.
Analysts and professional investors look at something called the price-earnings ratio to gauge investors’ willingness to own stocks. It shows how much investors are paying for each $1 of a company’s earnings, with a few variations.
Across the largest 1,000 companies, one measure has investors paying nearly 29% less for the median than in November, according to Scott Opsal, director of research and equities at Leuthold.
That meant their drop in stock prices, a median of roughly 25%, was entirely because of investors’ decreased willingness to pay high prices. On the profit side, analysts actually raised their forecasts.
“Investors are coping with the problems of the day by letting the air out of bubbly valuations,” Opsal wrote in a report.
Some pockets of the market still look pricey, such as high-growth and smaller stocks, according to strategists at Credit Suisse. But across the S&P 500 index, stock valuations are now only marginally above their average for the last 50 years, after earlier soaring to their most expensive levels since the 2000 dot-com mania.
The risk for Wall Street going forward is that even though a lot of air has come out of the bubble, more could still leak out. Another dangerous possibility is if corporate profits weaken sharply.
If that were to happen, investors could get hit with a double-whammy pulling down both stock price levers.
With inflation seemingly still accelerating, that risk is growing. Several big-name retailers including Target have warned recently about their customers changing their buying behavior as the pandemic wanes. All companies are meanwhile contending with higher costs for fuel as gasoline prices soar and for labor as workers demand higher wages amid a red-hot jobs market.
Companies are soon to report how much profit they made during the spring. Analysts are forecasting growth weakened to the slowest pace since the end of 2020, according to FactSet.
Some critics say those forecasts as still too optimistic. If earnings expectations come down, it would trigger another lurch downward for stocks.
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After the bad breakup with the Braves, Freddie Freeman returns to Atlanta to accept his ring wearing the Dodgers blue.
After the bad breakup with the Braves, Freddie Freeman returns to Atlanta to accept his ring wearing the Dodgers blue. Bill Shanks feels some type of way about that, and how the deal went down.
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Lane closures expected for cleanup of Twiggs I-16 crash
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A wreck involving 2 tractor trailers on I-16 has left a man with severe injuries and several lanes of the road closed a day later for authorities to clean up.
According to a notice from the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office, starting at 8 p.m. Thursday there will only be one lane open beginning at mile marker 17 on I-16 West so that authorities can remove the crashed semi-truck and clean up debris from the Wednesday crash. TCSO warns that there will be times when both lanes are closed, and travelers should expect delays or use alternate routes off exit 18 onto Bullard Road to either highway 129 or highway 80.
The Georgia State Patrol reports that the initial crash happened around 4:50 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, when 2 tractor trailers travelling west on I-16 were driving beside each other and one of the trucks’ tires blew out. The first truck, which blew it’s tire out, veered into the path of the second truck, striking it. The driver of the second truck then lost control, left the road, and overturned into a creek.
Lanes on I-16 were shut down for several hours in order to remove the driver from the truck around 8:20 p.m.– he was left with severe leg injuries.
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By Matt Kirouac
Jun 23, 2022
Photo by Kenny Lam/Visit Scotland
Inverness may be smaller than its more famous city cousins, but it packs a lot in.
Flanked by seas and full of natural wonders, this region is worth the journey.
With international travel restrictions waning, and the United States lifting its COVID testing requirements, this summer is prime time to dust off the passport. But while some travelers may still be wary about cramming into the Louvre or partying in Berlin, the wide-open spaces of Scotland’s Highlands are an ideal setting for those itching to venture abroad while sticking to unfrenzied locales.
Located in northwest Scotland, flanked by the Atlantic to the west and the North Sea to the east, the Highlands is a comparatively quiet region marked by tall peaks and deep lochs. Its biggest city, Inverness, has just 47,000 people, while most of the populous towns, like Wick and Fort William, are tranquil harbor-side hamlets with a few thousand residents.
A realm of otherworldly natural wonders, it’s a singular setting where you can see dolphins and reindeer on the same day, where mythical beasts and Hogwarts-sized castles share lore, and where national parks and distilleries offer distinct heritage all their own.
The gateway to the Highlands, Glencoe valley is the entry point for many visitors, considering its proximity to Glasgow to the south. As you drive up A82, the road ascends into the clouds and the terrain shifts into a sprawling, moss-green landscape that looks more Lord of the Rings than United Kingdom. Lined with lakes and creeks, the road zigzags through a mountainous valley carved by glaciers and volcanoes, with huge boulders, cascading waterfalls, and cottages along the route. It’s an epic departure from the urban areas in southern Scotland—a larger-than-life natural landscape that looks like dragons could live here.
The drive is a scenic show-stopper, but if you’d like to explore a bit more, Glencoe Mountain Resort offers mountain biking, tubing, skiing, and sledding. Summer chairlift tickets are £15 (US$18) per adult for hikers, and £30 (US$37) for mountain bikers.
Further north, things reach their literal peak with Ben Nevis. The tallest mountain in the U.K., Ben Nevis rises 4,413 feet over nearby Fort William, making it popular with hikers and rock climbers. With a name that translates in ancient Gaelic to “mountain with its head in the clouds,” Ben Nevis is frequently immersed in clouds.
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An iconic element of the Highlands is Loch Ness, a mighty body of fresh water that stretches 23 miles through a hilly valley, with an average depth of 433 feet and plenty of room for mythical monsters. Companies like Cruise Loch Ness (starting at £14 per adult) and high-speed Beastie Boats (starting at £28) offer tours of the loch, or you can learn more at the Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition, which hosts sonar-equipped cruises (in case you find “Nessie”) and features exhibits examining the history of Loch Ness, as well as Nessie. Exhibition entry is £9 for adults, and cruises go for £14.
The coolest vantage point is from Urquhart Castle, a derelict stone fortress perched on the shores along A82. The centuries-old castle is as storied as Nessie, with exhibits delving into the castle’s role in the battles between the Scots and the English in the Wars of Independence. Nowadays, cannon fire has waned, providing a peaceful panorama of the eerily jet-black loch. Tickets are £12 online or £13 at the gate.
If you’d like to linger, Loch Ness Lodge is the size of a modern-day castle, with modern amenities to match. The intimate property features nine extravagantly appointed nature-inspired rooms, plus private cottages, along with a spa and gorgeous grounds with gardens and sweeping views of the water. Nearby, enjoy dinner at Cobbs Restaurant, where local ingredients and Scotch shine in a dining room overlooking Loch Ness.
Just northeast of Loch Ness is the urban center of the Highlands, Inverness. With less than 50,000 people, it’s a far cry from Scotland’s urban hubs of Glasgow and Edinburgh, yet still teems with big-city luster.
On Scotland’s northeast coast, it’s a city where old meets new—where the ancient Inverness Castle shares an area code with live music venues and contemporary cuisine. For the latter, visit the Mustard Seed, a wood-fired restaurant in a former church slinging piri piri prawn bruschetta and black pudding–stuffed chicken, or stop by the White House for glamorized pub grub like haggis bon bons and beetroot burgers in a suave white-washed space. Inverness also has surprisingly robust nightlife, with hip haunts like Hootananny, where musicians casually play around tables, and Gellions Bar, a long-standing spot to dance to bands. Then there’s Market Bar, a pint-sized watering hole located down an alley and up a flight of stairs, where the jazzy stage takes up about half the space.
Stay at the elegant boutique Kingsmills Hotel, home to luxury confines, cozy rooms, a spa, and a large indoor pool under a ceiling of light wood. The hotel also has a fully loaded Whisky Bar for Scotch connoisseurs and a locally sourced fine dining spot, Inglis Restaurant, with seasonal dishes like coffee-roasted venison loin, carrot and chestnut tart tatin, and cheese soufflé with pickled walnuts.
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Outside the city, nature and history abound. Moray Firth, northeast of Inverness, is a coastal enclave with brisk beaches, golf courses (like Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club, one of the world’s oldest), and the iconic Chanonry Point Lighthouse, one of the best places in the U.K. to spot bottlenose dolphins. Home to about 200 dolphins, Moray Firth has the most northerly population of the species on Earth.
A few miles east of Inverness, Culloden Battlefield tells the story of the 1745 Battle of Culloden—where some 1,600 men died in one of the bloodiest battles on British soil during the final Jacobite rising against the Duke of Cumberland. Consisting of expansive fields and a visitor center, the museum costs £14 per adult, but the outdoor grounds are free to explore, with trails winding past gravestones denoting Scottish clansmen who died in battle.
For something that’s aged a bit more peacefully, the Singleton of Glen Ord Distillery is one of the most famed whisky distilleries in the U.K. At this Hogwarts-sized facility in the village of Muir of Ord (about 15 miles northwest of Inverness), visitors can tour the distillery (£9 per person), sample aged Scotch, and snag a coveted bottle. (Bottles of Glen Ord are famously rare to find outside of the distillery.)
Beyond dolphins and loch monsters, the Highlands are also home to the U.K.’s only free-ranging reindeer herd, in Cairngorms National Park. Most of the 150-animal herd freely roams the Cairngorms Mountains, while others can be seen in the paddocks at Cairngorm Reindeer Centre. The center works to safely manage breeding and prevent disease transmission, and reindeer are rotated in and out to keep them acclimated to the wilderness. Folks can visit the center to see the animals up close (and look for elf dolls, of course), or book a guided hills trip to see them in their natural habitat. Hill trips cost £20 for adults, while a stop at the paddocks is £3.50.
When you’re not living out your North Pole fantasies, Cairngorms National Park—located on the east side of the Highlands—has loads of other activities, from mountain biking and hiking to kayaking and paddle boarding on crystalline lochs. Trails on the mountains and hills span from leisurely jaunts to arduous treks, including the Speyside Way and the Cateran Trail. If you’re looking to summit a munro (the Scottish term for mountains exceeding 3,000 feet), Cairngorms is home to the most extensive range of them in the U.K.
From summits that disappear into the clouds to wildlife that teeters on folkloric, Scotland’s Highlands needs to be seen, sipped, and hiked to be believed. In a region where reindeer and lochs seem to outnumber the humans, it’s the perfect re-entry into international travel, during a season when ingredients are freshest and reindeer are roving.
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. (WPRI) — Changes may be coming to the vacant Ann & Hope building in Cumberland.
Hartford Holdings LLC, which purchased the historic mill building earlier this year, has submitted its detailed master plan to breathe new life into the property.
The plan features 241 rental units with 48 of those being billed as affordable housing. It also calls for the ground floor to be utilized as commercial space, which may include a food market and a café.
The separate brick power house on the property is slated to become a brewery and restaurant, should the plan be approved.
“On Broad Street opposite Ann & Hope, there are vacant buildings, there are vacant storefronts,” Cumberland Town Planner Glenn Modica said. “There are storefronts that have been converted for residential use. We want to change that, we want to fill up these spaces and make it attractive, vibrant and active for the community.”
“Ann & Hope isn’t going to do that on its own, but we think it will be a catalyst,” he continued. “It’s the start of bringing some life and some activity back to this neighborhood.”
Since the Rhode Island-based discount retailer’s Cumberland location used to be inside the mill building, the developer is seeking Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credits to rehabilitate the property in an appropriate and way.
Ann & Hope decided to close all of its Curtain & Bath Outlet locations back in June 2020, citing the pandemic’s financial impacts.
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BCSO and Piedmont share the dangers of leaving kids, pets in a hot car
“Even on a 80 degree day a car can get to dangerously high levels within the first five minutes."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— It’s officially summer, and temperatures are reaching the 100 degree mark. With it being that hot outside, a parked car’s inside temperature can soar.
Dr. Gary Godlewski, Emergency Room Attending at Piedmont Macon North, says that’s why you should never leave a child or a pet behind in a parked car.
“Even on a 80 degree day a car can get to dangerously high levels within the first five minutes. A baby who doesn’t have as much protection can succumb very quickly,” he explained.
Major Brad Wolfe with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, says it has been several years since the county has seen a child die from being left in a hot car.
He says if you bring your child or pet to wherever you’re going, make sure they get out of the car with you.
“Even a minute or two is too long to leave them in the car in these conditions. Even if the windows are cracked, or even if the car is running with the air conditioner on,” he said. “It’s just too hot and too enclosed of an environment.”
Major Wolfe says leaving a pet or a child in a hot car could mean criminal charges. He says you could face animal cruelty charges leaving a pet in a hot car. If it’s a situation where a child is left in the car, the charges are even more serious.
“It would depend on the circumstances and what happened and what condition the child was in,” he explained. “But it could be up to as far as murder, or reckless conduct that lead to a murder.”
Dr. Godlewski says it’s not just triple digit temperatures where hot car deaths or injuries could happen. He says it’s also possible with temperatures in the 60’s or 70’s.
“Don’t even make it a habit to do even the smallest errand with a child in the car,” he said.
The Sheriff’s Office says if you happen to see a child or a pet locked in a hot car, call 911 immediately.
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Circle K on Gray Highway in Macon robbed at gunpoint
Investigators say a man wearing all black, entered the store with a gun and demanded money from the clerk.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery at a Macon gas station Thursday night.
It happened at the Circle K on Gray Highway just after 10:30 p.m.
Investigators say a man wearing all black, entered the store with a gun and demanded money from the clerk. After getting cash he ran off.
No one was injured during this incident.
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Dublin VA offers tips on how to celebrate July 4th with veterans
"You're in that situation repeatedly, and so when you heard something that sounds like a gun shot that meant you needed to prepare yourself."
DUBLIN, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- The Dublin VA Hospital is offering tips on how to celebrate Independence Day with veterans who may deal with PTSD.
Clyde Anderson is a supervisor of Psychologist at the Dublin VA. He says PTSD is often triggered by loud noises that can set off a veteran’s fight or flight reflexes.
“You’re in that situation repeatedly, and so when you heard something that sounds like a gun shot that meant you needed to prepare yourself and defend yourself and the people that you’re with,” said Anderson.
Anderson said the best approach is asking a veteran what they’re comfortable with doing, and then adjust the celebration.
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Georgia College introduces Ryan Aquino as the head coach of the men’s basketball program
Ryan Aquino is the first Georgia College alumnus to be the men's basketball head coach.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Ryan Aquino was officially introduced as Georgia College’s men’s basketball program’s eighth head coach of all time and the first alumnus to hold the position.
Aquino spent eight seasons as an assistant coach and the head recruiting coordinator. He has been accustomed to Milledgeville and Georgia College for a while as he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees there.
“This has been my home since 2008,” said Aquino. “And if you had told me when I got here in 2008, I’d still be here; I’d probably think you’re crazy. I’ve been here every year since then except for one when I moved all the way across the world to Germany, and Coach Gainous and Coach Sellers, when they brought me back, they were like, “Man, you missed us so much you got to come all the way back to Milledgeville. It’s just like Germany.'”
Aquino spent that one year away from Georgia College playing professional basketball in Germany.
You can see Coach Aquino and the Bobcats in action this fall.
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Georgia State Patrol, GDOT share summer travel safety tips
"Get your good night's sleep before you travel....Please don't ever get out of your vehicle"
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The Georgia Department of Transportation is promoting safe driving with their slogan ‘Arrive Alive’.
Distracted driving, DUI’s, and reckless driving all factors that can lead to car accidents according to GDOT.
Corporal Josh Augusta with Georgia State Patrol in Dublin, says you should prepare multiple days before a long drive properly prepare, including bringing water and getting rest.
“Get your good night’s sleep before you travel a lot of times that’s where we have a lot of problems where they get fatigued they fall asleep especially when they’re trying to do longer travel down the road,” said Cpl. Augusta.
District 3 Communications Director for GDOT, Gina Snider, says wait for help if you’re ever in an accident.
“Please don’t ever get out of your vehicle just try to stay in your vehicle because we see a lot of injuries and fatalities and injuries when people get out of their vehicles and people are going that fast on our road ways,” said GDOT Communications Director Gina Snider.
With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, Snider says non-essential lane closures will be suspended July 1 through July 5 to make travel easier.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from June 23, 2022
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Rain chances increase Friday
A weak front is pushing through Middle Georgia this evening, bringing scattered showers back to the forecast.
Behind the front we will see highs in the mid 90s and easterly winds.
The easterly winds will be pushing in more moisture, and in turn increasing our humidity.
Not only will we increase our humidity, but we will also increase our rain chances.
Scattered showers and storms will be possible Friday, with a few strong storms possible as well.
Saturday will bring yet another day of scattered showers and storms.
It doesn’t look like a complete rain out, but you will need to keep an eye on the skies if you are going to be outdoors.
Highs for Saturday will be staying in the mid 90s, with cooler temps possible as showers pop up.
Sunday will be our driest day of the weekend as we see a temporary drop in our humidity.
Another system will be approaching the area by Tuesday, bringing more rain and another cool down.
With this frontal passage, we are not expecting severe weather, but you can expect some pockets of heavy rain.
Rain chances will stick around for most of next week.
Highs will be hanging around normal for much of next week, in the low 90s.
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Rutland High School adding computer science course to its career pathways
The national program known as 'Computer Science for All, or CSforAll, partners with underprivileged schools to implement computer science.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Rutland High School is preparing students for a future career computer science.
The national program known as ‘Computer Science for All, or CSforAll, partners with underprivileged schools to implement computer science.
Jaylah Gary is one student who will benefit in the new career pathway offered.
“I’m most excited about learning how to get around the technology and the problem solving. It gets my brain to work,” she said. “I like to see the difficult situations you know there are going to be problems occurring but I like to find solutions.”
The AP computer science class is aimed at getting students involved in careers in computer science.
“The career path that I have chosen for myself does involve cyber security and I’ll be excited to do that,” said Gary.
Keith Allen is the JROTC Senior Marine Instructor at Rutland. He’ll now be teaching the course too. Allen says students will learn about cyber security and coding.
“They’ll learn the basics and then more advanced skills, and then their sophomore, junior and senior year it’s sustainable skills that progresses in complexity and then at the senior year they have that opportunity to get that college credit,” said Allen.
Joemarion Frye is a junior at Rutland High School. He heard about computer science in JROTC, and decided to take for his love of technology.
“I like to mess with computers and stuff so it’s good to learn about it,” he said.
Rutland High school says the new career path will open the doors for job opportunities at Robins Air Force Base and Amazon.
The school has partnered with MGA to help students further their degree in computer science.
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Salvation Army of Macon cooling center seeing hundreds a day
The center opened nearly two weeks ago for anyone needing to get out of the heat.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The heat is impacting everyone throughout Middle Georiga. As a result, the Salvation Army says hundreds of people are taking advantage of its cooling center.
The center opened nearly two weeks ago for anyone needing to get out of the heat.
Charles Pope, Housing Manager with the Salvation Army, says people tend to show up during the earlier hours of the day. He says some people even need to stay the night.
“It’s bigger than just us, the salvation army here we really care about people and we care about this neighborhood, because when the neighborhood hurt we hurt, so it goes both ways,” said Pope.
The cooling center is located at 1955 Broadway in Macon. Doors open at 8 a.m.
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Sen. Warnock’s insulin cap included in bipartisan bill
He proposed the Affordable Insulin Now Act in February. It would cap costs for insulin at $35 a month.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Law makers in Congress are working together to make insulin more affordable. One of the law makers is Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock.
He proposed the Affordable Insulin Now Act in February. It would cap costs for insulin at $35 a month.
His bill is now included in a bipartisan bill with Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Susan Collins, who will address the high cost of insulin and lower out of pocket costs.
Senator Warnock says he’s looking forward to getting the bill passed.
“If you need insulin it’s not optional. It’s not something you could decide to skip this week or that week,” he said. “It’s a matter of life and death, and we got to make sure people can get the medication they need.”
The House of Representatives passed the $35 insulin cap with bipartisan support. The legislation is expected to go to the Senate floor for a vote soon.
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BOISE, Idaho — On June 17, the FDA authorized the first COVID-19 shots for children 6 months and older.
The FDA approved the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for the youngest age group yet. Some parents are toiling with the decision to vaccinate their children, while others have been waiting for this moment for years.
"We heard last Wednesday when the FDA had approved it and it was actually mine and my husband's ninth anniversary,” Jessica Kerns said. "We started to cry happy tears, because - and I'm going to do it now - but it has been really hard."
Kerns brought her twin babies into the world during the pandemic. A pandemic world is all they have known. Kerns said she’s feared for their health ever since.
“It has been hard. Our kids have been sick off and on,” Kerns said. “They did get COVID in January and one of our twins got viral pneumonia in March and had to go into the hospital for three days. So, both of those have to deal with lungs, so especially after that, we were really, really scared."
Kerns has taken precautions to keep her and her family safe throughout the pandemic. She has been patiently waiting for a vaccine to come out for her babies for years. It's been eight months since the FDA gave a green light for children aged 5 and older to get vaccinated.
"It kind of trickled down to ages and then it just stopped at five for the longest time," Kerns said.
Kerns and her husband took their kids to get vaccinated just days after the vaccine became available for them.
“I do trust science for many reasons,” Kerns said. "I would rather my kids have small side effects that we can deal with and that they are alive and that they don't have crippling things from long COVID. Those pros out weight the small cons."
Kerns is aware and understands that not all parents are running to their pediatricians with the same request, but for her, it was the right decision to make for her kids.
"I totally understand the people that can't wrap their head around that stuff, why they are hesitant and they want to see how other kids would do first. I get that,” Kerns said. “It's hard. It's hard to jump off that and be in it 100%, because once it's in there, you can't take it back. I get that, but for us, it was that pros and cons list and one outweighed the other."
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Several cars broken into at Macon fire station
The crew was out on a call
MACON-BIBB COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several cars were broken into this morning while parked at a local fire station.
The Bibb County Sheriffs Office confirmed that around 3am this Friday morning the crew at Fire Station 1 across from the Coliseum was out on a call.
While the station was unattended there were several cars broken into in the parking lot, windows of the cars were broken and items were taken from inside.
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court’s landmark abortion cases.
Friday’s outcome overturning Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito.
REACTION
“I’ve always believed a patient’s room is too small a space for a woman, her doctor and the United States government,” said Senator Reverend Warnock. “The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade ends a core protection for women to make their own health care decisions, and is a departure from our American ideals to recognize and protect basic rights. This misguided decision is devastating for women and families in Georgia and nationwide.”
Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) said: “I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision. In the decades since Roe v. Wade, more than 62 million innocent lives have been lost to abortion. This ruling comes amidst an unprecedented campaign of intimidation targeting the Justices of the Court, who have shown tremendous resolve in the face of violent threats. I remain committed to upholding the sanctity of life during my tenure in Congress.”
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Local reactions to the overturning of Roe V. Wade.
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- Nearly 50 years of guaranteed abortion protection have now been rolled back.
Friday morning the United States Supreme Court officially overturned Roe V. Wade
The Kolbe Center is a local organization that helps mothers meet their needs.
Director of the pro-life organization says she looks to help moms in anyway she can.
“Our goal, my goal is to always help a mom how she is most comfortable and I will tell, I have never had a mom tell me I’m glad I had that abortion,” said Ann Beall.
Dr. Nadine Becker is an OBGYN in the Atlanta area she said that this ruling will not decrease the number of abortions but will only increase the number of unsafe abortions.
“There is no place for judges or politicians in the exam room, and it’s unconscionable that both our supreme court justices and state leaders would try to take away our patients’ bodily autonomy and control over their health,” Said Atlanta OBGYN Dr Mimi Zieman.
When asked about abortions in the instance of rape or endangerment to the mother’s life Beall offered this response.
“We’re talking about a really small percentage of the abortion that are done in our country and what I will say is that is still a human,” said Beall.
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Macon Bacon defeat the Florence Flamingos on Bark in the Park Night
The game was cut short due to lightning.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Macon Bacon hosted the Florence Flamingos with special fans in attendance: the dogs.
The Bacon got things rolling early as in the bottom of the first, Bryce Matthews scored a run on an RBI single, and Davis Heller followed with a two-run home run to take an early 3-0 lead.
The Flamingos would tack on a run in the third and fourth innings; however, the Bacon answered with a two-RBI single by Kyle Bork in the bottom of the fifth.
The game ended after the fifth inning due to lightning, and the Bacon won 5-2.
Bacon back in action tomorrow in two games as they are splitting their squad. Half of the team will face the Savannah Bananas on the road, while the other half will face the Eggs at home.
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Mom to Mom: Fourth of July marshmallow delight
(41NBC/WMGT) — If you have a July 4th party coming up, you’re going to want to bring a dish. Try this fun holiday themed 4th of July dessert, especially because it’s super easy and you probably already have the ingredients in your house.
So what you’re going to need for this are some strawberries, toothpick, some sugar sprinkles, make sure that they’re blue and of course, marshmallow fluff, or you could also use white chocolate as well. We find it easier, because it’s hard to melt chocolate and the marshmallow tastes extra yummy. So what you want to do first is you want to take your toothpick and put it in the top of the strawberry. Now once you have it in the strawberry, you are going to dip your strawberry into the marshmallow fluff. We recommend taking a knife and kind of spreading it around the top, because it looks a lot smoother that way. Once you have your marshmallow on top of that, then you’re going to take your blue sprinkles and sprinkle it on the bottom, making a blue, white, and red theme for your 4th of July party.
The best part about this is they’re super healthy as well, minus is the sugar sprinkles, but it’s still delicious and everybody’s going to love the way it looks at your party.
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Peach County is home to Middle Georgia’s’ first Megasite
FORT VALLEY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Middle Georgia officially has it’s first Megasite located in Peach County.
The more than one thousand acre property is located right off of highway 96, near I-75.
Bj Walker is the Executive Director of the Development Authority of Peach County. He says Peach County is joining several other in the state who have a megasite.
“The ultimate goal is to locate large manufacturing projects. Projects that you’ve seen announced throughout the state in the past two years.” Walker says for example, “with Rivian in east Atlanta and recently Hyundai in Bryan county.”
The county is unsure what business the site will attract. But Walker says that business will meet industry and community needs.
“Not just the quantity of jobs but the quality of jobs, the pay that benefits the culture surrounding the company. It’s so important for our families to be able to have a working wage but to be able to enjoy their family too,” said Walker.
Chairman of the Peach County Board of Commissioners, Martin Moseley says the site is a big deal.
It can even help attract potential industries who require access to a railroad.
“We’re at a time right now where a lot is going on, a lot of moving around, a lot of interest in electric vehicles and a lot of interest in everything that goes with that. ”
The Megasite could take up to several year to develop.
Chairman Moseley is most excited to see what business will call Peach County its home.
“These kind of things can be absolutely transformative to a rural county, a rural place like us, fort valley, peach county.”
Click here for a closer look at the plans.
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Perry Fire and EMS obtain new medical license
PERRY, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The Perry Fire and Emergency Services Department now has a new medical license.
It gives the department the ability to ensure effective medical care.
Prior to receiving the first responders license, the department was providing medical care through a partnership with Houston Healthcare.
Now when the department is called to an incident, they can expediate emergency medical needs.
According to Assistant Fire Chief, Kirk Crumpton, this is a benefit for them and the community.
“We wanted to continue to provide or improve the level of service that we’re able to give to them medically. Medical calls make up 60 to 65 percent of our call volume, so that is a very large portion of what we do each day. So we just want to make sure that each time we’re called, we’re operating like we should.”
Crumpton also says local hospitals are dealing with staffing shortages.
So the license helps supplement needed emergency care.
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Return of Lake Tobesofkee fireworks
MACON, Ga (41NBC/WMGT)- For the first time in 2 years Lake Tobesofkee is holding its Sparks at the Park Fourth of July celebration.
This is the 26th year for the celebration.
The park gates will open at 9 a.m. on the 4th and will close at 8 p.m..
The fireworks will then begin at 9:15 p.m., and will last about 15 to 20 minutes according to park authorities.
The office manager for Lake Tobesofkee says bringing the community together to celebrate will be a return to normalcy.
“It’s a really great thing to bring people back out to the park getting people back outside and feeling a little bit more comfortable trying to get used to our new normal,” said Shan Towns
Entry to the park will be three dollars a person, children under 6 are free. Towns suggests that visitors bring chairs or towels to sit on. Alcohol is not permitted.
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Senator Warnock shares thoughts on gun reform
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Friday U.S. lawmakers passed a bill on federal gun restrictions. It ended a decades long grid lock on the matter. This follows the bill the Senate passed Thursday night.
The legislation would enhance background checks for 18 to 21 year old buyers, restrict gun access for domestic violence offenders, and fund school safety and mental health programs.
We spoke with Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock Thursday. He says he supports the legislation.
“We’ve had about 30 years of no action from Congress on gun safety. Meanwhile there is agreement in the American public that there needs to be reform. We don’t all agree on everything that needs to be done,” Senator Warnock said. “But American people are counting on us to get something done.”
President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law as soon as it reaches his desk.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders agreed Friday that Croatia will join the group of countries using the euro, bringing the number of nations sharing the currency to 20 starting in January.
“The euro is the monetary expression of our shared destiny and has been part of our European dream,” said EU Council President Charles Michel, who chaired a summit of bloc leaders in Brussels. “Now, the dream comes true for Croatia.”
Following talks with EU lawmakers and the European Central Bank, the process will conclude with the expected adoption in July of three legal acts that will enable the switch.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The fate of hard-nosed technology executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani is now in the hands of a jury that will weigh criminal charges alleging he joined disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, his former partner, in an elaborate fraud that jarred Silicon Valley.
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila handed the case to the jury Friday afternoon after federal prosecutors in San Jose, California, finished a rebuttal to more than 11 hours of closing arguments methodically laid out by one of Balwani’s lawyers, Jeffrey Coopersmith.
The jury will pore over testimony, emails, salacious texts, and other evidence submitted during a three-month trial as they sort through the 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy filed against Balwani for his role at Theranos, a blood-testing company founded by Holmes when she was just 19.
Balwani, 57, began dating Holmes, now 38, around the same time she dropped out of Stanford University in 2003 to found her startup. He helped Holmes behind the scenes until 2010 when he became Theranos’ chief operating officer while he was living with Holmes. The couple broke up in 2016 as Theranos began to collapse amid revelations about serious problems with Theranos’ technology that they had concealed from investors and patients.
A separate jury spent seven days deliberating over the evidence in Holmes’ trial before convicting her on four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy and acquitting her on four counts of patient fraud and conspiracy earlier this year. She could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison by Davila in a hearing scheduled for late September. The jury in Balwani’s trial is aware of Holmes’ conviction but has been ordered not to consider that in their deliberations.
The case revolves around allegations that Holmes and Balwani duped investors and patients about a Theranos blood-testing technology that they bragged would revolutionize health care and generate huge profits.
But the blood tests never consistently worked as Holmes and Balwani had promised, even as prominent investors such as Silicon Valley billionaire Larry Ellison and media mogul Rupert Murdoch poured nearly $1 billion into Theranos. Meanwhile, Theranos was running tests of its technology as part of a partnership with Walgreens that were delivering inaccurate results to patients that threatened to jeopardize their health.
By 2014, the Theranos stakes of Holmes and Balwani were worth a combined $5 billion. Holmes, who served as Theranos’ star attraction and chief visionary, owned $4.5 billion of that amount, with the rest belonging to Balwani, who oversaw the company’s day-to-day operations with a sometimes-abrasive management style.
All that wealth evaporated once it became known Theranos’ technology wasn’t living up to Holmes’ brash promises. The downfall transformed Theranos — and the couple that once ran it — from a Silicon Valley sensation into a cautionary tale about how horribly things can spiral out of control when ambitious entrepreneurs exaggerate the capabilities of a nascent technology.
Federal prosecutors provided evidence showing Balwani grossly exaggerated Theranos revenue projections that helped Holmes woo investors while also overseeing the company lab and covering up flawed tests of patients’ blood.
“The plan here was not to get caught,” federal prosecutor John Bostic told the jury Friday. “The plan was not for the company to fail. The plan was to get away with it.”
To underscore Balwani’s influential role, prosecutors used their closing arguments to highlight a July 2015 text that he sent to Holmes. “I am responsible for everything at Theranos,” Balwani reminded Holmes. “All have been my decisions too.”
Balwani’s lawyers countered by depicting him as a loyal soldier who not only pledged about $15 million of his own money to help prop up Theranos from 2009 to 2011, but also a tireless worker focused on doing everything to help Holmes achieve her goals. They also insisted Balwani fell under the same spell that Holmes cast while wooing investors and convincing powerful men such as former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz and former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis to join the Theranos board of directors.
Holmes “certainly has to be as charismatic a person as you can possibly be,” Coopersmith, Balwani’s lawyer, told the jury at one point during a closing argument that unfolded over the course of three days this week.
In his rebuttal, Bostic argued Holmes leaned heavily on Balwani’s advice because he was older and more experienced than her, having previously sold a startup that made him rich.
“They were partners in every sense of the word,” Bostic said of Holmes and Balwani.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Back-to-back world leader summits in Europe opening this weekend will focus on uniting Western nations behind Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion and overcoming Turkey’s opposition to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden.
The Group of Seven leading economic powers — the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan — are set to hold their annual gathering Sunday through Tuesday in the Bavarian Alps in Germany, which holds the G-7’s rotating presidency this year.
After the G-7 concludes, leaders of the 30 countries in the NATO alliance will then gather for their annual summit, which is being held Wednesday through Thursday in Madrid.
A look at some of the key issues and themes on the table as President Joe Biden prepares to join both summits:
UKRAINE UNITY
Russia’s war in Ukraine will loom large over both summits as leaders seek to project a united front against Kremlin aggression that has devastated Ukraine and plunged Europe and much of the world into economic and other crises.
Nations represented at the back-to-back gatherings have sent billions of dollars in aid and arms to Ukraine and closed ranks in their strident condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Ukraine got another boost Thursday when European Union leaders swiftly and unanimously approved its application to become a candidate to join the 27-nation bloc, though the process of joining will likely take years.
The United States and European Union have imposed damaging economic sanctions on Moscow and Putin’s oligarchs, but major markets including China and India continue to buy Russian oil, watering down the effects of Western sanctions.
NATO FOR FINLAND AND SWEDEN
A major unresolved issue for the NATO summit is membership for Finland and Sweden.
Russia’s war in Ukraine spooked both Nordic countries enough that they abandoned long-held neutrality policies and applied to join the military alliance. All 30 member nations must sign off on the applications. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg supports the bid, and Biden demonstrated his strong backing by hosting both countries’ leaders in the Oval Office.
But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan so far has stalled their quick admission, objecting to membership and pressing both countries to alter their stance on Kurdish rebels that Turkey considers terrorists.
All sides have been trying to find a way through the impasse, but whether Erdogan’s concerns can be addressed to his satisfaction in Madrid remained an open question. Sweden and Finland were invited and are expected to attend.
COUNTERING CHINA
Founded to contain the Soviet Union, NATO is set to declare for the first time that confronting China’s rise is also part of its mission.
In Madrid, the alliance will unveil a new “Strategic Concept,” the first update to its guiding principles since 2010, that explicitly references addressing challenges from China. The alliance also has invited Pacific leaders from Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia to the summit.
The document marks a significant milestone in efforts by the U.S., under multiple presidents, to expand the alliance’s focus to China, even in the face an increasingly bellicose Russia.
The Biden administration maintains that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “firmed up” democracies on the threats from autocracies in both Moscow and Beijing.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accuses NATO of trying to “start a new Cold War” and warned against the alliance “drawing ideological lines which may induce confrontation.”
CLIMATE
Leaders of the G-7 economies will consider backing a package of new climate change measures that senior officials agreed to last month. These effectively require countries to quit burning coal for electricity by 2035, transparently report on their fossil fuel subsidies and ensure electric cars dominate new auto sales by the end of the decade.
Senior G-7 officials also acknowledged for the first time the need to provide developing countries with additional financial aid to cope with the loss and damage already happening because of global warming. Wealthy nations have long resisted such a move, fearing they could be on the hook for costly compensation payments for decades of greenhouse gas emissions.
Poor countries want the G-7 to commit actual money, having seen past pledges for $100 billion in climate aid by 2020 go unfulfilled.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes they will also back his idea for an international “climate club” whose members would agree on minimum standards to avoid a patchwork of rules and emissions-related tariffs.
ENERGY
Russia sees Europe’s need for natural gas as a wedge issue that could weaken the alliance backing Ukraine. That means Biden must bring as much liquefied natural gas from the U.S. to Europe as possible, which requires new terminals for shipping. Natural gas prices in the U.S. futures markets are up roughly 70% so far this year.
Russia is also a major oil producer, and the war has sent global benchmark prices up about 40% so far this year, causing higher gasoline prices in the U.S. and around the world.
Biden views near $5-a-gallon gas in the U.S. as a risk for fellow Democrats heading into the midterm elections, a preview of the risks European leaders could face this winter due to natural gas costs.
Shortages of natural gas and higher prices are putting tremendous financial pressure on Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, the Czech Republic and Denmark, among others.
Russia has cut exports of natural gas needed to generate electricity and provide heating, causing Germany, which has relied on Russia for 35% of its gas imports, to call on factories to cut power usage and shift toward coal as an energy source.
FOOD SECURITY
Summit participants will also discuss how Russia’s war is affecting global food security.
Russia is blocking about 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain from being shipped to the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Asia, potentially worsening hunger and food security in those regions. A global fertilizer shortage is also of concern.
In response, Western powers have pledged billions of dollars in assistance. The U.N. has been working on a deal that would enable Ukraine to export food, including via the Black Sea, and let Russia bring food and fertilizer to world markets without restrictions.
To deliver Ukraine’s food supplies to the world, Europe is also looking to increase shipments by railroads and trucks, but their efforts have made up for only a fraction of the Black Sea ports capacity.
Russia blames Western sanctions for the crisis, although the measures imposed by Europeans do not prohibit the import and transportation of Russian agricultural goods or payment for Russian imports.
GLOBAL INFLATION AND THE ECONOMY
The repercussions of higher food and energy costs appear likely to tip much of Europe into a recession, creating a troubling dynamic as Germany and other countries juggle both high inflation and the risks of a severe downturn.
G-7 leaders likely will focus on how to simultaneously encourage growth while also reducing inflation, a unique challenge as central banks raise interest rates to slow economic activity.
The value of the euro has tumbled over the past year relative to the U.S. dollar as multiple reports point to a slowdown taking hold.
Biden, meanwhile, also is fending off predictions by top economists that a U.S. recession is likely. He told The Associated Press in an interview last week that a downturn is “not inevitable.”
But avoiding a recession would require the Federal Reserve to raise its benchmark interest rates in order to pull inflation down from a 40-year high without causing a spike in unemployment.
DOMESTIC SHADOWS
Biden will arrive at both summits in a different place politically than he was last year.
He is trailed to Europe by a U.S. public approval rating in the high 30s — the lowest of his presidency — and with consumers complaining about sticker shock at the grocery and gas pump. He also faces the prospect of his party losing control of Congress in November’s elections.
Biden will face pressure from abortion rights advocates to act after the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, ending constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years.
Some of Biden’s counterparts are in similar straits.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is weakened after surviving a recent no-confidence vote. He suffered fresh blows this week when voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special elections and the party chairman quit after the results were announced.
French President Emmanuel Macron overcame a strong challenge from a far-right rival to win reelection in April, but his centrist alliance later failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections.
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Associated Press writers Josh Boak and Zeke Miller in Washington, Frank Jordans in Berlin, Mike Corder and Samuel Petrequin in Brussels, and Joe McDonald in Beijing contributed to this report.
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A boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Gillingham. The child was struck by a silver Seat Leon at around 8pm yesterday (June 24).
The collision happened on the crossing in Woodlands Road near the junction with Cornwallis Avenue. Emergency services rushed to the scene and the boy was flown to a London hospital in an air ambulance where he remains in a serious condition.
A 40-year-old man from Chatham was arrested in connection with the incident and taken into custody. Police are now asking for any witnesses to come forward.
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A Kent Police spokesman said: "An investigation is ongoing by the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) who would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident. Anyone who has private CCTV or dash cam footage taken in the area at the time of the collision is also urged to come forward."
Witnesses should call the SCIU appeal line on 01622 798 538 or email sciu.td@kent.pnn.police.uk quoting RY/LB/65/22.
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Whether you are a Golden State Warrior or Boston Celtic, the postseason journey you just completed is a testament to the NBA being the best basketball league in the world. The Warriors prevailed; the Celtics fell short. Yet both franchises brought the joy of basketball to a global audience.
But sorrow sometimes accompanies the sports that bring smiles to many of our faces.
The Purdue men’s basketball program confirmed on Monday night that former Boilermakers’ star and 2017 NBA first-round draft pick Caleb Swanigan had died at 25. No cause of death was released.
Swanigan was Mr. Basketball in Indiana in 2015 and was one of the nation’s most highly sought recruits. After first opting for Michigan State, he decided to play close to home at Purdue.
He was named Big Ten Player of the Year his sophomore season and was then drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers. Within a year Swanigan’s life and body changed.
He gained weight. He became too heavy to be an effective NBA player. A “then and now” pair of photos of Swanigan hit social media and went viral.
He was traded to the Sacramento Kings after two seasons, and only played three years in the NBA.
Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard reminded the social media community of the destruction callous online comments can bring to a person’s life.
“Remember when that photo of Caleb Swanigan’s weight gain went viral and the entire internet [crapped] on him? Yeah, maybe we should stop doing that to people going through tough times,” Lillard wrote on Twitter.
Another basketball dream turned to nightmare on Monday in Harlem, New York.
Darius Lee, a basketball standout at Houston Baptist University who was home for the summer in his native Harlem, was killed in a late-night shooting that left eight other people wounded.
He was at a Juneteenth celebration and barbecue. The site was also serving as backdrop for a music video.
Lee, 21, was scheduled to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in December. He would have entered his senior year as the 2021 HBU Male Student-Athlete of the Year.
HBU coach Ron Cottrell, said in a statement, “We are devastated.”
“As great of a basketball player as he was, he was an even better person. I can’t even think of basketball right now. I can only think of what a light Darius was during his short time on earth. He was a joy to coach, and we loved him so much. Please keep his mom, sister, and family in your prayers,” Cottrell said.
Gun violence strikes again.
The Reid Roundup
Former NBA superstar Reggie Miller, who never won an NBA championship, had these words of advice for Jayson Tatum during an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show: “Understand and relish in the disappointment of that series. It’s painful. I’ve been there. [Y]ou can’t discredit what he did throughout this postseason against some of the all-time greats in our game.”… Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is an unabashed liberal. He catches heck from conservatives who apparently know nothing of his father’s tragic death in diplomatic service - and even less about basketball. He received thousands of congratulatory calls, texts, and emails after his team clinched its fourth NBA title in four years. But one stood out. “I got a text from President Obama, which was pretty cool. That was pretty special.” …Obama also shared a message of congratulations with Finals MVP Steph Curry through a telephone call…Jaylon Brown scored 34 points in the Celtics’ Game 6 loss, and consoled Tatum following the game. "I just gave him a hug, man. I know it was a tough last game." It stings that we kind of didn't play to our potential, but it is what it is. You've got to learn from it and move on.” …Celtics coach Ime Udoka is hardly discouraged heading into the 2022-23 NBAA season. “The future is bright and we're just getting started,” he said on Twitter following his team’s season-ending loss.
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APC will win next year’s general election in Zamfara — Gov Matawalle
Governor Bello Mohammed has assured that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the 2023 general election.
He was speaking in his home town of Maradun where he hosted the national women leader of the APC, Dr Betta Edu, who was in the state to launch her national empowerment scheme for party women.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media, Zailani Bappa on Saturday quoted the governor as saying that the state will deliver a minimum of 99% performance in the oncoming general elections.
“The various factions of the Party have now become one. The initiative to reconcile has brought all the active politicians that matter in the state under one umbrella. This is a first step to success”, Gov Matawalle said.
He commended the national women leader of the APC for her choice of his state to launch her programme and assured her that the women in the state will not disappoint the party.
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He further challenged all political leaders in the stare to borrow a leaf from the women leader who, in spite of being a non-indigene in the state, chose to empower its women.
In her address, Dr Edu said she has learnt a lot from her visit to Zamfara state where she was told a lot of negative things to discourage her from coming.
“What I saw, to the contrary, is a state with good roads, hospitable Women, great ongoing and completed infrastructure development and near opposite of what is said about its security situation”, she revealed.
A total number of 500 women were financially empowered with cash ranging from N20,000 to N100,000 each.
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Business shower hopes to help entrepreneur
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— If you’ve ever opened a business you know just how hard it can be. Javarious Knight is the owner of Plus Shirt, where “you dream it and he prints it.”
He says he’s been screen printing for ten years, the only things that’s missing is a physical business address. That’s where the business shower comes into play.
“We’re trying to raise $30,000 to get equipment, a building, and to put back into the neighborhood,” Knight said.
Quashanda Washington is the CEO of the Be Smart Movement. She came up with the idea of the business shower to help young entrepreneurs like Knight. By doing this she’s hoping to curb poverty in high crime areas.
“I want to be an example for people from poverty communities that really need the help, because they are very vulnerable people. They’re very easy to be manipulated,” Washington said. “Anyone can go in those areas and say something and they’ll believe it. So I really want to step up to the plate and help them become successful.
Washington explains what a business shower is.
“It’s kind of like a baby shower but you’ll be gifting money, donations, helping this young man become successful. He’ll be making shirts and hats, he’ll have some on hand and you can contact him too,” she said.
Knight says they plan to help other businesses going forward because his goal is to improve Macon.
“I got a t-shirt called MMBA, that’s ‘Make Macon Better Again’,” he said. “We’re trying to make Macon better again. Trying to tackle every neighborhood. We’re just trying to make Macon better.”
The business shower is from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in Carolyn Crayton park. If you can’t make it to the business shower or if you’re interested in hosting one, call the Be Smart Movement. Their phone number is 404-438-1979.
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