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Fraternity chapter hosts appreciation lunch for Houston County educators
Members of the Omega Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated held a teacher appreciation lunch at Huntington Middle School Friday as a part of National Teacher Appreciation Week.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Members of the Omega Gamma Gamma chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated held a teacher appreciation lunch at Huntington Middle School Friday as a part of National Teacher Appreciation Week.
“It’s everything,” the chapter’s co-chair of Teacher Appreciation, Joseph Harris, said. “Because at one point in time, we were sitting right where these children are, and what the teachers bring to the actual upbringing of these kids, sometimes what we don’t get at home we get here at school.”
Eighth grade gifted science teacher Lesham Ferguson says the Houston County School District does a wonderful job making teachers feel appreciated throughout the entire year.
Huntington Middle School principal Dr. Gwendolyn Taylor says they can always call on the district when they’re in need of supplies.
Harris says he’s appreciative of the opportunity to help the teachers.
“For us, seeing what they do day-to-day, because we know how hard it is to help be a part of that village to raise these children, but they know that they have tomorrow’s future in their hand,” Harris said.
The Omega Psi Phi chapter also provides mentorship for students in the district.
“The kids get a chance to talk to their mentors,” Dr. Taylor said. “Their mentor can show them and explore them to the world even if it’s through books. Giving them books to read, showing them just how to tie ties, just to be young men.”
This is the fifth year the chapter has hosted the appreciation lunch.
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Georgia Military College hosts Broadway star ahead of musical
Georgia Military College welcomed a Broadway star to its stage Friday afternoon.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Georgia Military College welcomed a Broadway star to its stage Friday afternoon.
Lila Coogan played ‘Anya’ in the traveling Broadway tour of Anastasia.
She met with students at GMC for a workshop as the students prepare for the school’s program.
Coogan tells us her love for theater began at a young age.
As students dove into the workshop, Coogan had some encouraging words.
“I think the biggest thing I want kids to take away from these types of things is ways to build confidence and fall more in love with the process of theater,” she said. “And just encourage them to nurture their creativity and find the love and joy in all of it.”
Coogan says she’s learned a lot about herself through being involved in theater.
GMC held a performance on Friday night incorporating the lesson learned from Coogan.
Coogan also took part in the musical performance.
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Macon-Bibb Clerk of Commission Janice Ross receives state honor
Janice is known as the glue that holds the Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners together
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb’s Clerk of Commission Janice Ross is the 2022 Clerk of the Year for the state of Georgia. The Georgia County Clerks Association (GCCA) and ACCG, Georgia’s County Association, announced the honor on Friday, April 29th, during the state conference in Savannah.
“The Commission and I are so proud of Janice for what she’s accomplished in her public service career and cannot thank her enough for her and her team ensuring we are always prepared to serve our community through policy decisions, public meetings, and more,” says Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller. “This award shows the entire state what we already know: she is a stellar local government leader dedicated to our entire community.”
According to a Macon-Bibb County news release, Janice is known as the glue that holds the Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners together.
The county says because of her, new commissioners have been able to “successfully onboard and transition into more seasoned leaders. From training to IT support, Janice ensures every commissioner is equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to be successful in their role.”
“Macon-Bibb has shown that it continues to be a leader in local government operations by how it always strives to better serve our community, and Janice is an integral part of our team,” says County Manager Dr. Keith Moffett.
According to the county, Janice played a pivotal role when the county consolidated in 2014. The news release goes on to say that she “took the lead to ensure every member was able to navigate the political and administrative change that significantly altered the way they operate. She is credited with being a strong leader who operates with professionalism and dedication. And, as any good leader does, she instills the same ideals in her team and those around her.”
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Twiggs school employees receive pay raise, candy for ‘appreciation week’
The TCPS school board unanimously approved a five percent raise for teacher
JEFFERSONVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Twiggs County Public Schools got an early start on Teacher Appreciation Week.
On Friday, April 29th, the Twiggs County School Board members visited classrooms and passed out Payday candy bars to teachers. This was ahead of Sunday’s distribution of a $2,000 state incentive that went to all teachers and staff.
Additionally, during an April 26th meeting, the TCPS school board unanimously approved a five percent raise for teacher. The board also approved a 4.5% cost of living adjustment step raise for all other staff; including bus drivers, custodians, and clerical staff.
“The increase is an intentional response to improving living wages for all of our employees,” said Superintendent Dr. Mack Bullard. “We value all of our team and having a competitive salary is important in retaining and attracting quality teachers as well as other employees.”
Bullard went on to say that the cost of living adjustment keeps district salaries aligned with the market value and helps to address the current national 8.5% inflation rate.
According to a news release from TCPS, the school district is proposing to raise the minimum wage rate to $10.00 per hour, along with improved substitute pay for bus drivers, maintenance, custodial, and school nutritional staff.
“The effort of improving salaries is to address rising inflation, a more competitive job market, and teacher shortages,” said TCPS Assistant Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer James Austin. “We had to consider that 65% of our employees commute over 25 miles one-way.”
Austin says there is no plan to raise the school system’s millage rate in FY23 or use the District’s fund balance. Instead, Austin says the district will spend up to $435,000.00 to cover the increases, with funds identified through restored austerity, maximizing the Quality Basic Education formula for state funding, and operational efficiencies.
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Work Program provides special needs students with work experience
Nicholas Haynes, a special needs student at Central High School, committed to Project Search on Friday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Nicholas Haynes, a special needs student at Central High School, committed to Project Search on Friday.
Project Search is a program made for graduating high school students with disabilities to build work skills.
Students will go through a 9-month program at Middle Georgia State learning on the job training.
Students work in a 10-week rotation at several employers including Kroger, Subway and the Middle Georgia State cafeteria.
Jennifer Wright, the Project Search instructor at Middle Georgia University, who’s also a special needs teacher and mother of a special needs child, says programs like Project Search give children with special needs the tools to live a full life and the ability to feel seen and needed.
Haynes said he’s been receiving a lot of love from his friends since getting accepted.
“Last night I only got like a few hours sleep, but I kept telling my grandma how much people congratulate me every day since I got accepted, and I’ve been so happy,” he said. “Just so happy.”
Haynes will begin his training in August.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News Top stories from May 6, 2022 May 6, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, Nearly 100 dogs rescued following investigation into animal fighting Central State Hospital Redevelopment Authority to add cameras to Renaissance Park Work Program provides special needs students with work experience For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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John Milledge Academy’s baseball team headed to the GISA 3A State Finals
The GISA 3A Baseball State Finals will take place Friday, May 13, at Grayson Stadium.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –The Trojans of John Milledge Academy looked to lock in a spot in the GISA 3A Baseball State Finals as they hosted the Tiftarea Academy Panthers in a doubleheader.
In game one, the ball game was tied one apiece after four innings of play.
However, the Trojans scored six unanswered runs in the bottom of the fifth, leading to their 7-1 victory in game one.
JMA carried game one’s momentum into game two as they scored four runs in the top of the first to take the early lead.
The Trojans would score two more in the top of the second and another two runs in the top of the third.
The majority of the damage takes place in the top of the fourth. After scoring one run on a walk with the bases loaded, the Trojans hit a perfect deep ball to the right-field corner scoring
three runs on a triple.
JMA would score another two runs in the inning and would win 13-1 in five innings due to the mercy rule.
The Trojans will face the winner of Westfield School and Pinewood Christian for the GISA 3A State title next Friday, May 13.
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PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, vowing to first take action to avoid any further escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine before going on to focus on promoting France and Europe on the world stage.
Macron wasreelected for five years on April 24 in a runoff that saw him beat out far-right rival Marine Le Pen.
“The time ahead will be that of resolute action for France and for Europe,” Macron said. He promised to “first take action to avoid any escalation following Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.”
Macron vowed to “take action relentlessly with a goal, which is to be a more independent nation, to live better and to build our own French and European responses to the century’s challenges.”
Macron also promised to find a “fair method” to govern the country and ease social tensions by making the government and parliament work together with unions, associations and other people from the political, economic, social and cultural world.
For a president at ease speaking for hours on end, Macron’s speech was surprisingly short — and handwritten. But afterwards, he took his time to shake hands, exchange cheek kisses and chat individually with scores of guests.
While he presided over strict lockdowns and coronavirus vaccine mandates as the pandemic swept through France, most restrictions have now been lifted and there was no sign of masks or social distancing at the inauguration.
The event seemed unusually child-friendly for French presidential ceremonies, with several dignitaries bringing their children — and at least two in baby strollers. Macron, 44, has no children of his own but has step-children and grandchildren, some of whom were there.
About 500 guests were invited to the ceremony. They came primarily from the world of politics, though also included actors, health care workers, military officers and former Presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy. Most of those who received a coveted invite to the event were white men in suits, despite a growing push for diversity in French politics.
At his arrival in the reception hall of the Elysee, Macron winked at his wife, Brigitte Macron.
The president of the Constitutional Council read out the results of the election and Macron was given the necklace of Grand Master of the Legion of Honor, France’s highest distinction, before making his speech.
He then went to the gardens of the Elysee palace and listened to 21 cannon shots being fired from the Invalides plaza to mark the event, in line with tradition.
Macron also reviewed the military. Troops present at the ceremony included part of the crew of the Monge, the French navy’s second-biggest ship that is key to France’s nuclear deterrent. It was notably used for the tests of France’s nuclear-capable submarine-launched M51 missiles.
The symbol can be seen as a show of force at times when France is deeply involved in efforts to stop Russia’s war against Ukraine, including via sending truck-mounted cannons and other heavy weapons.
Macron’s second term will formally start on May 14.
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Angela Charlton contributed to this story.
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Follow AP coverage of France’s 2022 presidential election at https://apnews.com/hub/french-election-2022
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein was widely expected to become the largest group in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time, giving it the right to the post of first minister in Belfast, as vote-counting in this week’s election resumed Saturday.
A Sinn Fein win would be a milestone for a party long linked to the Irish Republican Army, a paramilitary group that used bombs, bullets and other forms of violence to try to take Northern Ireland out of U.K. rule during decades of unrest — in which the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary, as well as Protestant Loyalist paramilitaries, were also strongly involved.
A victory would bring Sinn Fein’s ultimate goal of a united Ireland a step closer. But the party has kept unification out of the spotlight during a campaign that has been dominated by more immediate concerns, namely the skyrocketing cost of living.
With about 51 of 90 seats counted so far, results showed that Sinn Fein has 18 seats, while the Democratic Unionist Party, which has been the largest in the Northern Ireland Assembly for two decades, have 14.
The centrist Alliance Party, which doesn’t identify as either nationalist or unionist, has seen support surge and is set to be the other big winner of the elections. It has 10 seats so far.
Unionist parties have led the government since Northern Ireland was formed as a Protestant-majority state in 1921.
While a Sinn Fein win would be a historic shift that shows diluting support for unionist parties, it’s far from clear what happens next.
Under a mandatory power-sharing system created by the 1998 peace agreement that ended decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, the jobs of first minister and deputy first minister are split between the biggest unionist party and the largest nationalist one.
Both posts must be filled for a government to function, but the Democratic Unionist Party has suggested it might not serve under a Sinn Fein first minister.
The DUP has also said it will refuse to join a new government unless there are major changes to post-Brexit border arrangements, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol, that are opposed by many unionists.
The post-Brexit rules have imposed customs and border checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the U.K. The arrangement was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland, a key pillar of the peace process.
But it angered unionists, who maintain that the new checks have created a barrier between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. that undermines their British identity.
In February the DUP’s Paul Givan resigned as first minister as post-Brexit tensions triggered a fresh political crisis in Northern Ireland.
Polling expert John Curtice, a professor of political science at the University of Strathclyde, said the Northern Ireland results are a legacy of Brexit.
“The unionist vote has fragmented because of the divisions within the community over whether or not the Northern Ireland Protocol is something that can be amended satisfactorily or whether it needs to be scrapped,” he wrote on the BBC website.
Persuading the DUP to join a new government will pose a headache for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he added.
Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill said the party wanted to work “in partnership with others.”
“That is the only way we will achieve much, much more for people here, whether in terms of the cost-of-living crisis or trying to fix our health service,” she said.
She also said that with regard to Irish unification, there would be no constitutional change until voters decide on it.
Party leader Mary Lou McDonald indicated on Friday that planning for any unity referendum could come within the next five years.
The full results of the election, which uses a system of proportional representation, were expected later in the weekend.
The new legislators will meet next week to try to form an executive. If none can be formed within six months, the administration will collapse, triggering a new election and more uncertainty.
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Since 1970, a Lockheed P-2 Neptune, a Cold War-era anti-submarine plane, has been parked in a park in Brunswick.
After 53 years facing the Maine elements, the plane needs to be moved and repaired.
“For 68 years, Brunswick was the center of naval aviation in the Midcoast area, and this plane personifies that,” former P-2 pilot Bill Locke said.
Locke was the one who was originally tasked with bringing the plane, which was due to be scrapped, to Brunswick, according to CBS 13.
The Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum wants to move the plane half a mile down the road, to the grassy space in front of the museum. The plan is to place the P-2 next to the already restored Lockheed P-3 Orion in front of the museum. Once it has been moved, then the plane can be restored.
“This is a monumental process, moving the plane down to P-3 Park. We have to take the wings and tail off the plane to move it,” former P-3 pilot Mark Nowak said.
After it has been moved, it will have to be patched, have its tires replaced, have some metalwork done and a new paint job.
The museum has started a GoFundMe to help raise the $150,000 needed to move and restore the plane.
Locke also has a request for any former navy airman in the area.
“When we move this, we’re going to need help,” Locke said. “There are probably 1,000 former sailors in a 100-mile radius of Brunswick, many of whom worked on the P-2. They’re the ones with knowledge of where the bolts are that have to be taken off. We’d really appreciate their help for the restoration.”
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One of them is lying.
Heard has not yet finished telling the jury her side of things. Her testimony will continue May 16 after the trial — which has already stretched on for four weeks — resumes after a one-week break. Then she will face what one can safely assume will be an aggressive cross-examination.
Depp is suing Heard in Virginia for libel over an op-ed she wrote in December 2018 in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.”
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The Kansas City Royals and host Baltimore Orioles have to wait until Saturday night to open their three-game series after Friday’s game was rained out.
The Orioles went 4-3 against the Royals last season and are aiming to keep their good fortunes rolling. Baltimore is in fourth place in the AL East but has won four of its last six games, taking two wins apiece from the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins.
One common factor during this stretch for the Orioles: Outfielder Cedric Mullins has hit safely in every game, going 10-of-26 with four doubles and two homers.
“We’re playing exciting baseball,” manager Brandon Hyde said after Thursday’s 5-3 win over the Twins. “Our record doesn’t indicate, for me, the level of how we’re playing.”
The Orioles added an extra arm to their bullpen Friday, activating left-hander Logan Allen, who they claimed off waivers from Cleveland. Baltimore optioned righty Travis Larkins to Triple-A Norfolk.
Friday night’s matchup was supposed to feature Jordan Lyles (2-2, 4.50 ERA) on the mound for Baltimore, with Carlos Hernandez (0-1, 6.00) pitching for the Royals. Both right-handers are expected to start on Saturday instead.
Lyles won his last outing, allowing just one run in six innings against Boston, while Hernandez is coming off a loss to the Yankees in which he gave up three runs in four innings.
This series against the Orioles marks the Royals’ only trip to Baltimore this season.
While Baltimore has played well lately, Kansas City has lost five of its past six.
On Wednesday, the Cardinals beat the Royals 10-0. The pitcher who started that game, Kris Bubic, was moved to the bullpen on Friday, Royals manager Mike Matheny said. Bubic gave up four runs in a third of an inning in his start against St. Louis.
“We’ve seen it — the ‘pen got him a little bit more locked in on the breaking ball,” Matheny said, adding Kubic could pitch in relief as soon as Saturday. “… That’s where he is. He’s going to get through this, but right now, it’s not fun going through it.”
Friday’s game will be made up on Sunday as part of a doubleheader.
–Field Level Media
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NEW YORK (AP) — Last summer, Julio Carmona started the process of weaning himself off a fully remote work schedule by showing up to the office once a week.
The new hybrid schedule at his job at a state agency in Stratford, Connecticut, still enabled him to spend time cooking dinner for his family and taking his teenage daughter to basketball.
But in the next few months, he’s facing the likelihood of more mandatory days in the office. And that’s creating stress for the father of three.
Carmona, 37, whose father died from COVD-19 last year, worries about contracting the virus but he also ticks off a list of other anxieties: increased costs for lunch and gas, day care costs for his newborn baby, and his struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
“Working from home has been a lot less stressful when it comes to work-life balance,” said Carmona, who works in finance at Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families. “You are more productive because there are a lot less distractions.”
As more companies mandate a return to the office, workers must readjust to pre-pandemic rituals like long commutes, juggling child care and physically interacting with colleagues. But such routines have become more difficult two years later. Spending more time with your colleagues could increase exposure to the coronavirus, for example, while inflation has increased costs for lunch and commuting.
Among workers who were remote and have gone back at least one day a week in-person, more say things in general have gotten better than worse and that they’ve been more productive rather than less, an April poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows. But the level of stress for these workers is elevated.
Overall, among employed adults, the April AP-NORC poll shows 16% say they work remotely, 13% work both remotely and in-person and 72% say they work only in-person.
Thirty-nine percent of employees who had worked at home but have returned to the office say the way things are going generally has gotten better since returning in-person at the workplace, while 23% say things have gotten worse; 38% say things have stayed the same. Forty-five percent say the amount of work getting done has improved, while 18% say it’s worsened.
But 41% of returned workers say the amount of stress they experience has worsened; 22% say it’s gotten better and 37% say it hasn’t changed.
Even workers who have been in person throughout the pandemic are more negative than positive about the way the pandemic has impacted their work lives. Thirty-five percent say the way things are going in general has gotten worse, while 20% say it’s gotten better. Fifty percent say their stress has worsened, while just 11% say it’s gotten better; 39% say there’s no difference.
At least half of in-person workers say balancing responsibilities, potential COVID exposure at work, their commute and social interaction are sources of stress. But fewer than a third call these “major” sources of stress.
People with children were more likely to report their return was having an adverse effect, some of it stemming from concerns about keeping their families safe from COVID and maintaining a better work-life balance. Most said it could help alleviate stress if their employer provided more flexible work options and workplace safety precautions from the virus. But for some workers, a physical return — in any form — will be hard to navigate.
“A lot of people have gotten accustomed to working from home. It’s been two years,” said Jessica Edwards, national director of strategic alliances and development at the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a U.S.-based advocacy group. “For companies, it’s all about prioritizing mental health and being communicative about it. They should not be afraid of asking their employees how are they really doing.”
Companies like Vanguard are now expanding virtual wellness workshops that started in the early days of the pandemic or before. They’re also expanding benefits to include meditation apps and virtual therapy. Meanwhile, Target, which hasn’t set a mandatory return, is giving teams the flexibility of adjusting meeting times to earlier or later in the day to accommodate employees’ schedules.
A lot is at stake. Estimates show that untreated mental illness may cost companies up to $300 billion annually, largely due to impacts on productivity, absenteeism, and increases in medical and disability expenses, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Russ Glass, CEO of online mental health and wellbeing platform Headspace Health, said he has seen a fourfold spike in the use of behavioral health coaching and a fivefold spike in clinical services like therapy and psychiatric help during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic days. With apps like Ginger and Headspace, the company serves more than 100 million people and 3,500 companies. Among the top worries: anxiety over contracting COVID-19, and struggles with work-life balance.
“We haven’t seen it abate. That level of care has just stayed high,” Glass said.
The constant wave of new virus surges hasn’t helped.
Francine Yoon, a 24-year-old food scientist at Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, in Itasca, Illinois, has been working mostly in person since the pandemic, including at her current job that she started last fall. Yoon said her company has helped to ease anxiety by doing things like creating huddle rooms and empty offices to create more distance for those experiencing any form of anxiety about being in close proximity to colleagues.
But moving in last year with her older parents, both in their early 60s, has led to some heightened level of anxiety because she’s worried about passing on the virus to them. She said every surge of new cases creates some anxiety.
“When cases are low, I feel comfortable and confident that I am OK and that I will be OK,” she said. ‘When surges occur, I can’t help but become cautious.”
As for Carmona, he’s trying to lower his stress and is considering participating in his office’s online meditation sessions. He’s also thinking of carpooling to reduce gas costs.
“I am one of those people that take it day by day,” he said. “You have to try to keep your stress level balanced because you will run your brain into the ground thinking about things that could go haywire.”
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,085 adults was conducted April 14-18 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
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AP staff writer Haleluya Hadero in New York contributed to this report.
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WR man killed in argument over gun
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Warner Robins man was shot Saturday after an argument over a firearm turned deadly. According to a press release the 37 year old victim was at his home at 95 Shannonridge Dr at Breckenridge Mobile Home Park and on the phone with a caller while also arguing with an unknown suspect about a firearm. The argument turned physical and the call ended. The caller went to check on the male and found him dead from a gunshot wound. Anyone with information should call Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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For 34 years, Yakima native Michael Ross blocked the memory of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest from his mind. Then he pushed officials at two Catholic dioceses for acknowledgement of the abuse and, eventually, resolved a lawsuit over it.
Now Ross is taking his efforts to another stage — Yakima’s Calvary Cemetery, where Monsignor Joseph Sondergeld has been buried for more than 50 years in an area reserved for deceased clergy.
Ross has asked the Diocese of Yakima to remove Sondergeld’s remains from the priests’ circle, or at least acknowledge in the cemetery that multiple claims of abuse against him have been substantiated.
“Right now, in the Yakima diocese, he’s still a venerated priest,” Ross said of Sondergeld’s placement in the cemetery. “When people who have been abused, when family members of people who have been abused by Joseph Sondergeld walk by and see he’s there with an elevated priest status, it’s just not the truth.
“I’ve had several family members who’ve expressed to me that they don’t want to be buried (in Calvary Cemetery) with him there in the ground.”
Monsignor Robert Siler, episcopal vicar and moderator of the Curia for the Yakima diocese, said Ross’ request has been considered and will be denied.
“It has been our practice to celebrate with a minimum of ceremony the funeral Masses of priests accused of abuse,” Siler wrote in an email to the Yakima Herald-Republic. “However, burying the dead is one of the corporal works of mercy. These works are central to our response to the gift of the faith, and in our carrying out the mission of the Church.
“Sondergeld died in 1969 and was buried in the priests’ plot at Calvary, where his body will remain,” Siler wrote. “Our faith tells us he stood before the Lord Jesus to be judged at his death and that same faith reminds us it is God alone, ultimately, who is our judge.”
Abusive incidents
Ross, now in his late 60s, discussed his Catholic upbringing and details of his abuse by Sondergeld with the Herald-Republic during an April 30 interview in Yakima. Ross married and raised a family in Spokane and still lives there, although he has family members and friends in the Yakima Valley.
He grew up in a family of eight children, attended Mass and Catholic schools, played sports and was an altar boy.
“There were 1,300 kids at St. Paul’s elementary (kindergarten through eighth grade) at the time — it was bedlam,” Ross said. “I went to Carroll High School and graduated from there in 1972.”
Ross was a newspaper carrier for the Yakima Herald-Republic when he was in junior high school, and one of his customers was Sondergeld, a retired priest who lived with his sister in a home near St. Paul Cathedral school.
“I was never abused in the church or in the rectory. He always abused me in his house, and it was always when I collected for the newspaper,” Ross said. “I always looked through the window to make sure (the sister) was there, before I went in, but sometimes it got so late you would have to collect anyway. And he would always pay me $20 (much more than the cost of the paper) after he abused me, and sometimes he gave me candy.”
The final time he was abused — Ross described it as rape — Sondergeld’s sister returned home and witnessed the incident, Ross said.
“She went to the rectory — I found this out about 40 years later. But I remember she left the home in a hurry and dropped her groceries on the floor when she saw what was happening,” he added.
Ross said he was angry and hurt after discovering Sondergeld’s sister allegedly reported her brother’s abuse to the pastor, but it was never disclosed to police.
“(Diocese officials) have told me, ‘Oh, we didn’t do that back then.’ Well, why not? What’s right? If you’re a priest, or just a good Catholic person, aren’t you taught to be morally functioning in all ways? Or to protect children at the least? And they didn’t do it,” he said.
Abuse acknowledged, lawsuit settled
Ross attended college at Gonzaga University in Spokane, where he met his wife and “completely forgot about my abuse.” It remained that way for him until 34 years later, when he, mistakenly, believed his son was being groomed for abuse by a parish priest and “it just started coming back to me.”
Because Sondergeld was a priest in both the Spokane and Yakima dioceses — the latter was formed in 1951, from portions of the Seattle and Spokane dioceses — Ross went to both seeking counseling, and he filed a lawsuit. The Diocese of Yakima eventually settled the lawsuit for $50,000.
In his email to the Herald-Republic, the Yakima diocese’s Siler noted that Ross’ recent request regarding Sondergeld’s remains at Calvary Cemetery could violate the lawsuit settlement.
“The request does not seem to be in keeping with the agreement and release of claims Mr. Ross signed in 2004, when he received $50,000 from the Diocese (with $4,000 reserved for providing reimbursement to mental health counselors for therapy provided, if that might be of help to him),” Siler wrote. “In return, he forever discharged the diocese, its entities (including Calvary Cemetery) and its personnel from any claims regarding Sondergeld.”
In 2019, the Yakima diocese created a website identifying priests and deacons with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse of a minor during their ministries in Central Washington. The updated list includes 21 names, three of which are religious order priests who served in the diocese.
Sondergeld is found to have “multiple claims (of abuse) and lawsuits settled,” according to the diocese, which lists his assignments as Sacred Heart parish in Prosser and Immaculate Conception parish in Roslyn.
He is also on the Spokane diocese’s list of “admitted, proven or credibly accused clergy perpetrators of clergy sexual abuse,” although that list does not provide parish assignments.
The Spokane diocese also adopted, in 2010, a list of regulations regarding priests or deacons “removed from active ministry” or who have lost their clerical state. Among other things, these former priests or deacons may not be interred or inurned in the clergy section of a Catholic cemetery.
None of the sexual abuse allegations against him were publicly known when Sondergeld was buried in late 1969, and his body remains in the priests’ circle at Yakima’s Calvary Cemetery with 24 other priests, including the diocese’s first bishop, Joseph Dougherty, who died a few months after Sondergeld in early 1970.
Two other priests who died before Sondergeld (in 1962 and 1964) are buried in the circle, located in the central portion of the cemetery near a statue of the Virgin Mary and a pillar that states, “Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord. Diocese of Yakima Priests’ Burial Plot. Pray For Them.” The most recent priest buried there died in 2018.
Ross said he has researched Sondergeld’s past assignments, dating back to the 1920s, and has discovered at least 45 other victims. He believes there are others who were abused by Sondergeld and never reported it.
Yakima “is still a Catholic community,” Ross said. “I mean, I walked through the gravesites (at Calvary Cemetery) and I saw so many people that we knew as children. The parents and kids of people we knew. It’s a Catholic community.
“I don’t really want to cause problems here. I just want to see if there’s a way to remove this serial perpetrator who abused at least 35 people in the Spokane diocese and at least 11 here that I know of, including myself,” he added. “I hope something can be done for our family and the community.”
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Artists in Louisiana are wanted to create this year's Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival poster.
The festival, one of Louisiana's oldest chartered harvest festivals announced on Monday that it has begun the search for a 2022 poster. The contest is open to artists throughout the state and the winning design will be used for the official 2022 poster.
A $500.00 cash award will be presented to the winning artist.
Contest guidelines are now available by calling (985) 385-0703 or email info@shrimpandpetroleum.org. The deadline for submission of a design is June 20, 2022.
To learn more about the poster contest, click here.
The Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival will be held on Labor Day Weekend September 1, 2022, through September 5, 2022.
This event features the historic Blessing of the Fleet, the Music Stage, the Cajun Culinary Classic & the spectacular “Fireworks on the River” to name a few. The festival hosts many other family-oriented events during Labor Day Weekend and no admission is charged.
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Nine hospitals are set to offer a non-invasive option to stop thousands of men being left with gruelling side effects from prostate cancer surgery.
Every year, up to 12,000 men with early-stage prostate cancer will receive the same invasive treatment as those with advanced cancer, which often leads to urinary and erectile dysfunction.
But a new focal therapy that uses high focused beams of ultrasound (HIFU) or cryotherapy to target and treat the cancer leaving surrounding organs and tissue unharmed, is set to offer a new lifeline.
With three hospitals currently offering the treatment in the UK, a new campaign has launched to treble the number of hospital units offering the non-invasive option and help thousands of men access better treatment.
The One in Eight campaign by Prost8 - a charity that is fighting to make overtreatment a thing of the past and was created to help the one in eight men diagnosed with less aggressive prostate cancer access better treatment, also aims to put pressure on the NHS to encourage them to adopt the non-invasive options for men who are eligible.
Controlling cancer with fewer side effects
The launch of the campaign coincides with the results of a 10-year study which found focal therapy can control cancer just as well as radical surgery but crucially, it has better lifestyle outcomes.
Chair of Urology at Imperial College London, Professor Hashim Ahmed, who has been leading the UK's focal therapy study, said: "This research signals a huge breakthrough for focal therapy - as we now have long-term data from a number of sectors, surgeons and hospitals across the UK.
"The treatment, which could be available for nearly 12,000 men diagnosed each year with intermediate grade cancer that has not spread outside of the prostate gland, is showing excellent outcomes for cancer control with better quality of life.
“Men have a right to be treated locally - this is a national health service.
"It's critical that men are presented with options and are able to get the best treatment available to them and Prost8’s ONE in EIGHT campaign will enable that.
"Prost8 is extremely valuable as we need a charity that is focused on this treatment.
"Just as importantly, the few hospitals currently offering this treatment can't cope - we need more hospitals, we need more surgeons, we need more capacity.
"Many charities focus on survival at any cost - and while Prost8 doesn't degrade that aspect, they want to treat the cancer, they recognise that quality of life is just as important as quantity of life.
"Getting more focal therapy units into our hospitals shows that we recognise how you get there is just as important as if you get there."
Professor Ahmed revealed private options are available, but it costs each patient between £12,000 and £16,000 - which can be very limiting.
Prost8, the charity leading the rollout, was founded by Paul Sayer, after he received HIFU from Professor Ahmed three years ago.
Paul, 66 said: "People don’t realise that there are other forms of non-invasive treatment out there that can help you live longer and better following a prostate cancer diagnosis.
"I went in as a day case, had the treatment over an hour-and-a-half, came out with a catheter which was soon removed and that was it.
"I have just had my three-year check-up and it's totally clear.
"Before I had prostate cancer, I never got up in the night to wee and I still don't.
“This treatment allowed me to still be me. I have had no change in functionality.
"As a charity, we are currently helping around 50 men get access to this treatment as in almost every case when men speak with their consultant regarding their treatment - focal therapy is not presented as an option and only through word of mouth or research do they find it.
"I have conversations with guys where I'm in tears and they're in tears - these are tough conversations, and they need to know there's a great option available to them.
"The campaign is a very low ask to achieve such an important change and create a lasting legacy."
Focal therapy
The NHS currently offers surgery, radiotherapy or hormone treatment and for many men they are sent home on 'active surveillance' - effectively a watch and wait process.
Hospitals which currently offer the treatment include Imperial College, University College London Hospital and Southampton.
The new rollout will extend the unit at Southampton as well as create new focal therapy suites in Wrexham, Norwich, Norfolk, Scotland and London's Guys and St Thomas' and others nationally.
The focal therapy suites cost up to £500,000 each to deploy - as Prost8’s campaign aims to raise £3million for the first phase rollout.
With one in eight men diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, Prost8 is calling on one in eight of the adult male population (24 million) or their loved one to donate at least a £1, which will help create the £3 million needed for the six suites.
Grant Gooding was just 58 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and only found out about focal therapy after posting about his diagnosis on social media.
He said: "I had raised PSA levels and then the MRI scan showed shadowing - they gave me a whole bunch of leaflets on Prostate Cancer and what you can do with it.
"There were five routes - one was surgery, three were some form of radiotherapy and the fifth one was what they call 'active surveillance'.
"I put on social media about my diagnosis and asking if anyone had any recommendations over treatment - I began talking to lots of different men about the options and was surprised had how many had had it and their wide variety of experiences.
"I was also introduced to Paul at the Prost8 charity."
Grant, who worked as an analyst in London added: "I had a spreadsheet of various tabs going through the various routes and outcomes which was hard to analyse - HIFU which was one of the treatments, seems to be the better treatment really because of the side effects.”
Grant helped access the treatment through Paul and his team at Prost8 and had it in September last year.
The father-of-one told how he’s now supporting the campaign as his life has remained completely unchanged post-treatment and feels especially “grateful” to Prost8 for highlighting the treatment to him.
Go to http://www.prost8.org.uk/1in8/ to donate to Prost8’s 1 in 8 campaign.
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20 people displaced, 2 cats killed in apartment fire
TUCKER, Ga. (AP) — Firefighters say 20 people are without a home after a Saturday fire damaged an apartment building outside the city of Tucker.
News outlets reported that investigators determined the fire started in a kitchen after one of the residents tried to cook a pizza in a toaster oven.
Two units had fire damage and six units had smoke or water damage.
Officials said smoke alarms in the building were not working.
No injuries were reported, but two cats were found dead in one of the apartments.
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A voicemail may be the key to solving a Warner Robins murder
Warner Robins Police Sgt. Paul Peck says a witness told police they'd missed a call from Jackson. That call led to a voicemail in which Jackson could be heard arguing with someone about a firearm.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Octavius Jackson was found dead in his home from a gunshot over the weekend.
Warner Robins Police Sgt. Paul Peck says a witness told police they’d missed a call from Jackson. That call led to a voicemail in which Jackson could be heard arguing with someone about a firearm.
Peck said that argument became physical before the call ended.
Peck adds that due to the nature of the conversation, the suspect most likely knew Jackson.
Police are now asking for the public’s help to solve the case.
“The community is the first set of eyes that we have in any incident that we’re investigating,” he said.
If you have any information about this shooting, call Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME.
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Atrium Health Navicent celebrates ‘National Nurses Week’
National Nurses Week is this week, and hospitals across middle Georgia are celebrating with a week full of events.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — National Nurses Week is this week, and hospitals across middle Georgia are celebrating with a week full of events.
Atrium Health Navicent in Macon hosted therapy dogs Monday. They were there to provide comfort for nurses.
Courtney Anderson, a RN with Atrium Health Navicent, says it’s nice feeling comforted, because nurses are usually the ones comforting others.
Anderson says healthcare workers have had a tough time working throughout the pandemic, so seeing the dogs is positive.
“Everyone gets down on the dogs’ level, and they touch it, and they play with it,” she said. “It’s like for a moment all those fears, the anxiety, the stress, it’s gone, and all that they’re experiencing in that moment is just the joy and the excitement of touching the animals.”
As the week goes on, healthcare workers encourage you to thank a nurse for their hard work.
A game day and other events are planned for the rest of the week.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2022
FACT SHEET:
President Biden and Vice President Harris Reduce
High-Speed Internet Costs for Millions of Americans
Biden-Harris Administration Secures Commitments
from 20 Internet Providers to Cut Prices and Increase Speeds
High-speed internet service is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. But too many families go without high-speed internet because of the cost or have to cut back on other essentials to make their monthly internet service payments. Lowering prices—including the cost of high-speed internet service—is President Biden’s top priority. Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris are announcing that they have secured private sector commitments that will lower high-speed internet costs for millions of American families.
As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the President and Vice President worked with Democrats and Republicans to create the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which allows tens of millions of American households to reduce their internet service costs by up to $30/month (or $75/month on Tribal lands). To ensure the most efficient use of those public dollars and to deliver maximum cost savings to families, the Biden-Harris Administration has secured commitments from 20 leading internet providers—covering more than 80% of the U.S. population across urban, suburban, and rural areas—to either increase speeds or cut prices, making sure they all offer ACP-eligible households high-speed, high-quality internet plans for no more than $30/month.
From large providers like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon serving dozens of states, to smaller providers serving rural areas like Jackson Energy Authority in Tennessee and Comporium in North Carolina, the commitments will allow tens of millions of ACP-eligible households to receive high-speed internet at no cost.
The Biden-Harris Administration is also launching a comprehensive effort to make sure as many ACP-eligible households as possible take advantage of this new program by:
- Launching GetInternet.gov: GetInternet.gov is a simple, easy-to-use website with details on how Americans can sign up for ACP and find participating internet providers in their area.
- Reaching out to eligible households through federal agencies: Households qualify for ACP based on their income or through their participation in one of several other federal programs, like Pell Grants, Medicaid, or Supplemental Security Income. Agencies that manage these programs will be coordinating an effort to reach out to households that qualify for ACP through programs they help administer. For example, the Social Security Administration will email all 1.6 million Supplemental Security Income recipients who have a “My Social Security” account, letting them know that they are eligible for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
- Partnering with states and cities: The Administration is partnering with states and cities to spread the word as well. For example, Michigan, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Mesa, Arizona, and New York City will text millions of eligible households.
- Collaborating with public interest organizations: Public interest organizations, including the United Way, Goodwill, Catholic Charities USA, and UnidosUS, will train their national networks to conduct direct enrollment and outreach. And Propel, a mission-driven financial technology company, will provide information via the Providers app to connect more than 5 million low-income families with the program.
Today’s announcement is just one part of the President’s strategy for lowering the cost of high-speed internet for all Americans. New grant programs providing tens of billions of dollars for broadband infrastructure construction will require providers to offer affordable internet options. New rules will soon require providers to display a “Broadband Nutrition Label” that will make it easier to comparison shop for the best deal on internet. The FCC has adopted rules to ban sweetheart deals between internet providers and landlords that restrict the internet options available to millions of Americans who live in apartment buildings. And the President’s competition agenda is focused on providing Americans with more good options for internet service where they live—driving down prices and increasing the quality of service.
THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM (ACP)
President Biden and Vice President Harris worked with Democrats and Republicans to create the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)—the largest high-speed internet affordability program in our nation’s history. Experts estimate that 48 million households—or nearly 40% of households in the country—qualify for the ACP either because their income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, or because a member of the household meets one of the other criteria below:
- Participates in one of the following programs:
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps
- Medicaid
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA)
- Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit
- Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program, including at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Eligibility Provision schools
- Federal Pell Grant (received in the current award year)
- Lifeline
- Certain Tribal assistance programs, including Bureau of Indian Affairs General Assistance, Head Start (only households meeting the income qualifying standard), Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF), and Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
- Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating broadband provider’s existing low-income internet program.
Under the terms of the ACP, an eligible household that signs up for the program will receive a discount of up to $30/month on any internet service plan a participating provider offers. Households on Tribal Lands are eligible for a discount of up to $75/month. As of now, more than 1,300 internet service providers participate in the program, and more than 11.5 million households have signed up to receive the ACP benefit.
NEW PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITMENTS
To make the most of this program, the Biden-Harris Administration asked participating internet service providers to either reduce prices and or raise speeds to offer ACP-eligible households a high-speed internet plan for no more than $30/month. For these purposes, the Administration views a sufficiently high-speed plan as one that offers download speeds of at least 100 Megabits per second everywhere that the provider’s infrastructure is capable of it. That’s fast enough for a typical family of four to work from home, do schoolwork, browse the web, and stream high-definition shows and movies. In addition, the Administration asked providers to offer such plans with no fees and no data caps.
For example, as part of this initiative, Verizon lowered the price for its Fios service from $39.99/month to $30/month for a plan that delivers download and upload speeds of at least 200 Megabits per second, and Spectrum doubled the speed of the $30/month plan it makes available to ACP participants from 50 to 100 Megabits per second (download).
Each of the following companies committed to offer all ACP-eligible families at least one high-speed plan for $30/month or less, with no additional fees and no data caps.
These companies serve urban, suburban, and rural communities across the country. Collectively, they offer high-speed internet services in areas in which over 80% of the U.S. population lives, including nearly 50% of the rural population. The Biden-Harris Administration is grateful for the efforts of these companies, and encourages additional internet service providers to join this effort to close the digital divide by offering high-speed, low-cost plans.
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Call Trump or Pence? It’s decision time for Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people.
But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
As the investigation winds down, members of the committee are wrestling over whether to call the two men.
Their conflict over whether to certify President Joe Biden’s election win was at the center of the attack.
Some lawmakers on the panel have argued against calling Trump or Pence, saying they’ve obtained all the information they need without them.
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Carl Vinson VA Medical Center adding Women’s Health Clinic
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Officials at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center broke ground on the New Primary Care and Women’s Health Clinic earlier this year.
The goal is to help meet the growing demand of services for women veterans.
The Women’s Health Center at the VA currently serves 5,000 veterans, and the population continues to grow.
The new clinic will meet that demand.
It will have a private entrance for women, and women will be in charge of running it.
“Some people may be shy,” veteran Adrienne Clements said. “Or who may have issues they don’t want everybody knowing. They might come through the door, they might be having a bad day.”
Clements works and receives care at the VA. She says she’s hopeful more people will benefit from the services.
“I think it’s going to do good for the community as well, because then the other facilities won’t be spilled over with a lot of the employees or veterans,” she said. “They can come here and know that and be like, ‘Hey, this is a place where I can come, a safe haven.'”
Kim Thomas, a registered nurse and a PACT Care Manager for Women’s Health, says the new clinic will allow veterans to get their services all in one place.
“We’ll have gynecology services sometime in the near hopefully, mammogram services, labs, our women’s health social workers, pharmacists and of course our PACT teams,” Thomas said.
The VA says the new clinic will pave the way in providing better and more care for women veterans.
The $16 million dollar project is expected to be complete by April 2023.
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Carl Vinson VA Medical Center holds ‘Blessing of the Hands’ ceremony
The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin celebrated its nurses Monday with a "Blessing of the Hands" ceremony.
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin celebrated its nurses Monday with a “Blessing of the Hands” ceremony.
The ceremony was held as part of National Nurses Week to show appreciation to nurses past and present.
A prayer was said to request strength for the nurses as they continue helping veterans at the VA.
Each nurse then stepped forward to have their hands blessed.
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Confession, DNA at heart of trial in Georgia teacher’s death
OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — Jurors are hearing dueling arguments over the confession of a Georgia man standing trial for murder in the 2005 disappearance and death of high school teacher Tara Grinstead.
The trial of Ryan Duke opened Monday in rural Irwin County with prosecutors saying Duke’s confession to investigators, knowledge of the crime and DNA found at the scene all point to his guilt.
But defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant told the jury in her opening statement that Duke’s confession was coerced and there’s no evidence he killed Grinstead.
Grinstead’s disappearance in October 2005 remained a mystery for more than a decade.
Duke was arrested in 2017 after telling Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents he killed Grinstead in her home and burned her body.
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UPDATE: Macon-Bibb Coroner identifies victim of Monday night shooting
Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says one person is dead after a shooting Monday night.
UPDATE: (9:27 p.m.) – Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones identified the victim of Monday night’s shooting as 16-year-old Kymelo Early.
Jones says Early’s 17th birthday would have been May 31.
UPDATE (9:25 p.m.) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting took place in a parking lot of Friends Food Mart, located at 3350 Houston Avenue.
A news release from the sheriff’s office says deputies were told a “group of males” were in the parking lot of the business when one of the males was shot. The incident was called in at 8:09 p.m.
An ambulance took the victim to Atrium Health Navicent.
ORIGINAL STORY: (9:17 p.m.)
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says one person is dead after a shooting near the entrance of Pendleton Homes on Houston Avenue Monday night.
Jones says he doesn’t know the victim’s age or identity yet.
He says the shooting happened just after 8 o’clock. The victim was pronounced dead at 8:59.
Check back for updates.
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Georgia elections chief aims to shore up Republican support
ATLANTA (AP) — Brad Raffensperger says the Georgia and U.S. Constitutions should be amended to prohibit voting by noncitizens.
He oversaw a citizenship audit of the state’s voter rolls and has announced plans to further integrate citizenship checks into the voter registration process.
The Georgia secretary of state readily acknowledges that noncitizen voting is not a problem in Georgia.
But Raffensperger is nonetheless making the issue a centerpiece of his effort to win over diehard conservatives ahead of what could be a difficult bid to clinch the GOP nomination later this month for another four-year term in office.
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Georgia nuclear plant’s cost now forecast to top $30 billion
ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant being built in Georgia is now projected to cost its owners more than $30 billion.
A financial report from one of the owners on Friday pushed the cost of Plant Vogtle near Augusta to a forecast cost of $30.34 billion.
Vogtle is the only nuclear plant under construction in the United States, and its costs could deter other utilities from building such plants, even though they generate electricity without releasing climate changing carbon emissions.
The increase in the budget by co-owner Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia wasn’t a surprise.
Lead owner Georgia Power Co. announced delays and $920 million in overruns on March 3.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed now on 41NBC News Top stories from May 9, 2022 May 9, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, A voicemail may be the key to solving a Warner Robins murder Carl Vinson VA Medical Center adding Women’s Health Clinic Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning approves new apartment building For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning approves new apartment building
Macon Bibb Planning and Zoning approved a new, 62-unit apartment building in east Macon Monday.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon Bibb Planning and Zoning approved a new, 62-unit apartment building in east Macon Monday.
The apartments, located on Baconsfield Drive, will include one, two and three bedroom units.
Stanley Stewart, the Vice President of the Belvedere Manor Neighborhood Association, says he hopes that the apartments are made available for everyone.
“We wanted to make sure that it’s maybe a mixed-use blend between all economic backgrounds,” he said. “But at the same time, whatever he develops in that area will be a positive for that area.”
The head of the project, Ashok Patel, said during the Monday’s meeting that he expects the building to be complete within nine months.
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UPDATE: Missing Alabama officer dead, inmate back in custody
Vicky White, the former corrections officer who was on the run with an inmate for more than a week, has died, according to a report by NBC News Monday night.
UPDATE (9:30 p.m.) – Vicky White, the former corrections officer who was on the run with a fugitive for more than a week, has died, according to a report by NBC News Monday night.
Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear told NBC News the 56-year-old was pronounced dead shortly after 7 p.m. local time. He declined to say how she died, but an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
The fugitive, Casey White, was taken into custody.
(AP/41NBC/WMGT) — Alabama corrections officer Vicky White and fugitive Casey White are in custody after a chase that resulted in Vicky being hospitalized with injuries.
According to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton, the two were taken into custody after their vehicle crashed in Evansville, Indiana.
Earlier on, US Marshals found photos of who they believe to be Casey White on surveillance camera at a car wash in Evansville– this information was brought to authorities on Sunday night.
Singleton said at a news conference that marshals were pursuing a pickup driven by Casey White when the truck wrecked and he surrendered. Vicky White was taken to a hospital. The Marshals Service said a warrant was issued on May 2 for Vicky Sue White charging her with permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree.
More information will be added as updates come, stay with 41NBC for more.
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More human remains in Lake Mead found amid water level drop
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A week after a decades-old body in a barrel was found in Lake Mead, authorities in Las Vegas are trying to identify a second set of newly discovered human remains.
Two paddle boarders reported the find on Saturday in a bay of the lake.
The National Park Service confirmed the bones are human.
Las Vegas police say they aren’t treating the discovery has a homicide.
It came after a body in a barrel was found in the drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir between Nevada and Arizona.
In that case, police say the body was a man who had been shot in the 1970s or 1980s.
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Police: 6 shot, 3 fatally at a greater Atlanta condo complex
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a shooting in the greater Atlanta area has left three people dead and three others wounded.
Police in Dekalb County said the six people were shot Sunday night at a condominium complex near Clarkston in an eastern suburb of Atlanta.
A police spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 911 callers reported shots fired shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday and that officers found five people shot, three fatally.
The newspaper report added the two wounded were taken to hospitals with serious injuries and a final shooting victim arrived later at a hospital.
The condition of the sixth victim wasn’t immediately known and police said they made no immediate arrests.
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Preliminary 3.3 magnitude quake jolts South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A relatively rare East Coast earthquake centered northeast of South Carolina’s capital city has jolted large numbers of state residents awake.
Authorities say the quake occurred just after 1:30 a.m. Monday and had a preliminary 3.3 magnitude.
There were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries.
The pre-dawn temblor lasted only seconds but a number of people took to social media to describe being shaken from sleep.
A seismic analyst monitoring the quake for the USGS Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado called it the latest in a small series of shakes in recent months.
The epicenter was reported about 1.9 miles below the earth’s surface near Elgin, South Carolina.
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Trial to start in slaying of Georgia teacher Tara Grinstead
OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — More than 16 years after a popular high school teacher vanished in rural Georgia, a man is about to stand trial for her murder.
Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in the trial of Ryan Duke.
He’s charged with murdering Tara Grinstead, a 30-year-old teacher and former beauty queen whose disappearance in October 2005 remained a mystery for more than a decade.
Duke was arrested in 2017, after confessing to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that he killed Grinstead in her home and burned her body to ash in a pecan orchard. Duke’s defense attorneys say he made a false confession under the influence of drugs.
asAnother man, Bo Dukes, was convicted in 2019 for helping burn Grinstead’s body.
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Warmer weather returns Tuesday
It has been a cool day in Middle Georgia, with highs warming into the low and mid 70s.
This little taste of early spring is going to be short lived, as highs Tuesday warm back into the 80s.
High pressure over our area will be keeping it sunny for much of the work week.
At the same time as the high pressure is keeping us clear and dry, a cut off low will be hanging out off the coast.
This low, which is well below the main jet stream, will eventually meander west, back to Georgia by Thursday.
Changes move into the forecast with this low pressure to end the week.
With the low pressure, rain chances will return to the area by Friday afternoon.
We are not expecting a significant amount of rain, but considering how dry most of us have been, it will be welcome.
As the cut off low pressure system moves out, another cold front will be pushing into the area on Sunday.
This won’t have an impact on our temperatures, but we can expect a few showers and thunderstorms possible.
The heat will be continuing for the weekend and into next week, so hope you enjoyed the short cool down.
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Wisconsin anti-abortion office fire investigation ongoing
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No one has been arrested yet following a weekend fire and vandalism at the office of a prominent Wisconsin anti-abortion lobbying group.
The fire at the Wisconsin Family Action office in Madison comes after two Catholic churches in Colorado, including one known for its annual anti-abortion display, were vandalized last week.
The message “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” was spray-painted on the exterior of the office in Wisconsin.
The fire is being investigated as arson.
Madison police and fire officials, as well as the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have scheduled a Monday update.
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Crown Princess, which has only resumed service this week with her first cruise in more than two years, is experiencing ongoing engine issues that have required more itinerary changes and even port cancelations.
This is in addition to changes that were announced a week before the sailing due to scheduled maintenance on one of the ship’s diesel generators.
More Changes for Crown Princess
In an email sent the day before embarkation, guests were notified of the necessary itinerary changes, which included canceling the scheduled calls in Juneau and Icy Strait Point, rearranging the order of remaining port visits, and adjusting times in port.
The email said, “Crown Princess is currently experiencing a technical issue with one of her diesel generators. This is in addition to the diesel generator that is currently out of service for scheduled maintenance. While this in no way affects the safety of our guests or crew, which is our highest priority, it does restrict our ability to operate at full speed.”
The email explains that the issue is being worked on, but that the reduced cruising speed necessitates some additional itinerary changes.
On April 28, guests had already been informed of the scheduled maintenance and advised that the call on Ketchikan needed to be canceled, but a visit to Icy Strait Point was added to the itinerary. The call to Juneau was to be shortened by several hours, while the call on Skagway was to begin one hour earlier than originally planned.
Now, with a second diesel generator requiring repairs, the itinerary has been adjusted even further. Both the calls on Juneau and the new visit to Icy Strait Point are canceled, Ketchikan was added back into the itinerary, and the visit times in both Skagway and Victoria have been shortened.
In Skagway, the ship was supposed to be docked from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., but will now be visiting from 12-10 p.m., 3.5 hours less than the earlier revised itinerary. The call to Victoria, British Columbia was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight, but will now be from 8 p.m. to midnight.
No changes have been made to the ship’s return to Seattle.
Crown Princess set sail on this newly revised itinerary on Saturday, May 7, spent Sunday at sea, and called on Ketchikan from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Monday. The remainder of the itinerary is now:
- Tuesday (5/10) – Skagway – 12-10 p.m.
- Wednesday (5/11) – Glacier Bay National Park Scenic Cruising
- Thursday (5/12) – At Sea
- Friday (5/13) – Victoria – 8 p.m. to midnight
- Saturday (5/14) – Seattle – Arrival at 7 a.m.
Shore tours booked through Princess Cruises will automatically be rescheduled or refunded as necessary to accommodate the new port visits and times.
Compensation Offered
When the original itinerary changes were announced on April 28, guests were given a $100 per person onboard credit. Now, because of these further changes and port cancelations, all guests are also receiving a 20% Future Cruise Credit (FCC) based on the fare paid for this sailing.
This FCC can be used on any future Princess cruise, booked by December 1, 2022 and setting sail by December 1, 2023. The email does acknowledge that the compensation does not completely mitigate these last-minute changes.
“Although not a replacement for the missed ports, it is our sincere hope that the Future Cruise Credit will help you to create new cruise memories with us in the near future,” the email reads.
Future Itineraries Also Changing
While Princess Cruises has not made official announcements for further Crown Princess alterations, guests booked on upcoming sailings are also reporting similar itinerary changes later in May and into June.
Sailings in August do not appear to be affected, other than the possibility of a slightly earlier departure from Seattle.
Guests are understandably upset at these last-minute changes. While it is common for a cruise ship to have to change a port of call or adjust a visit due to weather, dock availability, or other issues, such extensive changes due to maintenance issues can be frustrating.
Because Crown Princess has only just re-entered service after her more than two-year pause, guests are questioning why such maintenance was not carried out while the ship was not in use.
Maintenance schedules, however, are often devised with the assumption that a ship will be continually sailing between repair cycles, and it is possible that unanticipated difficulties have arisen because of the ship’s long period out of service.
Guests booked on any cruise line should remain in close contact with their travel advisor or the cruise line in case of changes. At this time, it is essential to remain flexible about travel expectations as the cruise industry continues to adapt to returning to service.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — To join or not to join? The NATO question is coming to a head this week in Finland and Sweden where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the long-held belief that remaining outside the military alliance was the best way to avoid trouble with their giant neighbor.
If Finland’s president and the governing Social Democrats in both countries come out in favor of accession in the next few days, NATO could soonadd two members right on Russia’s doorstep.
That would be a historic development for the two Nordic countries: Sweden has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, while Finland adopted neutrality after being defeated by the Soviet Union in World War II.
NATO membership was never seriously considered in Stockholm and Helsinki until Russian forces attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24. Virtually overnight, the conversation in both capitals shifted from “Why should we join?” to “How long does it take?”
Along with hard-nosed Ukrainian resistance and wide-ranging Western sanctions, it’s one of the most significant ways in which the invasion appears to have backfired on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
If Finland and Sweden join the alliance, Russia would find itself completely surrounded by NATO countries in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic.
“There is no going back to the status quo before the invasion,” said Heli Hautala, a Finnish diplomat previously posted to Moscow and a research fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, the Western leader who appeared to have the best rapport with Putin before the Ukraine war, is expected to announce his stance on NATO membership on Thursday. The governing Social Democratic parties in both countries are set to present their positions this weekend.
If their answer is “yes,” there would be robust majorities in both parliaments for NATO membership, paving the way for formal application procedures to begin right away.
The Finnish Social Democrats led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin are likely to join other parties in Finland in endorsing a NATO application. The situation in Sweden isn’t as clear.
The Swedish Social Democrats have always been staunchly committed to nonalignment, but party leader and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has said there’s a clear “before and after Feb. 24.”
The party’s women’s faction, led by Climate and Environment Minister Annika Strandhall, has come out against NATO membership.
“We believe that our interests are best served by being militarily nonaligned,” Strandhall told Swedish broadcaster TV4. “Traditionally, Sweden has been a strong voice for peace and disarmament.”
Neither Finland nor Sweden is planning a referendum, fearing it could become a prime target of Russian interference.
Sweden and Finland have sought — and received — assurances of support from the U.S. and other NATO members in the application period should they seek membership.
Both countries feel they would be vulnerable in the interim, before they’re covered by the alliance’s one-for-all, all-for-one security guarantees.
The Kremlin has warned of “military and political repercussions” if the Swedes and Finns decide to join NATO.
Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president who is deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said last month it would force Moscow to strengthen its military presence in the Baltic region.
However, analysts say military action against the Nordic countries appears unlikely, given how bogged down Russian forces are in Ukraine.
Many of the Russian troops stationed near the 1,300-kilometer (830-mile) border with Finland were sent to Ukraine and have suffered “significant losses” there, Hautala said.
She said potential Russian countermeasures could include moving weapons systems closer to Finland, disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, economic countermoves and steering migration toward the Russian-Finnish border, similar to what happened on Poland’s frontier with Belarus last year.
There are signs that Russia already has increased its focus on Sweden and Finland, with several airspace violations by Russian military aircraft reported in recent weeks and an apparent campaign in Moscow with posters depicting famous Swedes as Nazi sympathizers. Putin used similar tactics against Ukraine’s leaders before launching what the Kremlin called its “special military operation.”
After remaining firmly against membership for decades, public opinion in both countries shifted rapidly this year. Polls show more than 70% of Finns and about 50% of Swedes now favor joining.
The shocking scenes playing out in Ukraine made Finns draw the conclusion that “this could happen to us,” said Charly Salonius-Pasternak, a researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
During the Cold War, Finland stayed away from NATO to avoid provoking the Soviet Union, while Sweden already had a tradition of neutrality dating to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. But both countries built up robust conscription-based armed forces to counter any Soviet threat. Sweden even had a nuclear weapons program but scrapped it in the 1960s.
The threat of a conflict flared up in October 1981 when a Soviet submarine ran aground off the coast of southwestern Sweden. Eventually the sub was tugged back out to sea, ending a tense standoff between Swedish forces and a Soviet rescue fleet.
As Russia’s military power declined in the 1990s, Finland kept its guard high, while Sweden, considering a conflict with Russia increasingly unlikely, downsized its military and shifted its focus from territorial defense toward peacekeeping missions in faraway conflict zones.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 prompted the Swedes to reassess the security situation. They reintroduced conscription and started rebuilding defensive capabilities, including on the strategically important Baltic Sea island of Gotland.
Defense analysts say Finland and Sweden have modern and competent armed forces that would significantly boost NATO’s capabilities in Northern Europe. Finnish and Swedish forces train so often with NATO that they are essentially interoperable.
Adding new members typically takes months, because those decisions need to be ratified by all 30 NATO members. But in the case of Finland and Sweden, the accession process could be done “in a couple of weeks,” according to a NATO official who briefed reporters on condition that he not be identified because no application has been made by the two countries.
“These are not normal times,” he said.
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Lorne Cook contributed to this report from Brussels.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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Peloton’s uphill struggle to generate sales as more people break from health routines forced during the pandemic continued in the third quarter and the company’s revenue outlook sent shares tumbling 17% at the opening bell.
The maker of high-end exercise bikes and treadmills thrived during COVID-19 outbreaks and sales growth for the New York City company doubled in 2020 and surged 120% in its last fiscal year.
The availability of vaccines and easing of COVID-19 restrictions, however, have opened up more workout options and Peloton has suffered. In February the company announced a major restructuringand abandoned plans to open its first U.S. factory, which would have employed 2,000 workers in Ohio. Co-founder John Foley stepped down as CEO and the company said it would cut nearly 3,000 jobs.
The latest data Tuesday raised more questions about how the company will move forward.
“After a couple of years of adoration, Peloton now finds itself in the unenviable position of having to justify its business model is both relevant and operationally sound in a post-pandemic era, said Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData. “Quite frankly, the jury is still out on both counts – but today’s results do nothing to make investors lean towards a favorable verdict,”
On Tuesday the company announced a binding commitment letter with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to borrow $750 million, but new CEO Barry McCarthy said in a letter to shareholders that Peloton ended the quarter with $879 million in cash, “which leaves us thinly capitalized for a business of our scale.”
Peloton ramped up fast during the pandemic, increasing its subscriber base from 700,000 to 3 million, but that growth has slowed, leaving the company loaded up with a substantial inventory of unsold bikes and treadmills.
McCarthy said the company has to rethink its capital structure at the same time that it pushes to expand its subscriber base to 100 million.
“Turnarounds are hard work,” McCarthy said in a letter to shareholders. “It’s intellectually challenging, emotionally draining, physically exhausting, and all consuming. It’s a full contact sport.”
McCarthy’s letter to shareholders emphasized again the company’s push to focus more on software, than on the hardware of bikes and treadmills.
That, according to UBS analyst Arpiné Kocharyan, would mean paying more to land customers compared with focusing on selling stationary bikes. After a cash flow burn of $747 million in the most recent quarter, Kocharyan believes that will lead to heightened concern about the cash Peloton has to work with.
Peloton Interactive Inc. lost $757.1 million, or $2.27 per share, for the three months ended March 31. Stripping out non-recurring items, it lost 98 cents per share, outpacing projections of a per-share loss of 85 cents, according to a survey by Zacks Investment Research.
The loss was far greater than last year when Peloton was $8.6 million in the red.
Revenue slid 15% to $964.3 million, which was also short of analyst projections.
Peloton said it’s looking at revenue this quarter to come in between $675 million and $700 million. That too soured investors in early trading. Industry analysts had been projecting fourth-quarter revenue of $820.3 million, according to FactSet.
Shares which have already fallen more than 60% this year, lost another $2.47 at the opening bell to sink to $11.66. At their peak, shares of Peloton cost as much as $171.
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TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter surged 67% to 111.1 billion yen ($852.7 million) from the previous year, as the Japanese entertainment and electronics company racked up profits in video game and movie divisions.
Tokyo-based Sony Corp.’s January-March quarterly sales edged up 1% to 2.26 trillion yen ($17 billion), as its music operations also did well, boosted by the popularity of streaming services, the company said Tuesday.
For the full fiscal year ended in March, Sony racked up a profit of 882 billion yen ($6.8 billion), down 14% despite thesuccess of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which contributed to theatrical revenue.
Sales in its TV division also grew from the licensing income of “Seinfeld” and other titles, Sony said.
Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki told reporters income from movie theaters was returning lately to levels recorded prior to the coronavirus pandemic, which brought on restrictions around the world to curb the spread of infections.
By reshaping its product lineup, profits improved in TVs and digital cameras, overcoming supply challenges that came from disruptions brought on by COVID-19, Totoki said. But several months may be needed to get over the new supply problems stemming from the recent restrictions in China, he added.
The reversal of a previous write-down of deferred tax assets last fiscal year also helped send the latest annual profit lower due to the absence of the tax-reduction perk.
Sales for the fiscal year through March 2023 are expected to benefit from the declining yen that will come on top of the expected growth in content sales. The dollar was trading at 116 yen, up from nearly 106 yen the previous year, according to Sony.
Sales were also boosted by Sony’s acquisition of Crunchyroll, which streams animation. Sony has also recently been banking on the metaverse, the immersive virtual world, where it faces rivals like Facebook, or Meta.
Sony, which also makes TVs and portable digital music players, expects to post a profit of 830 billion yen ($6.4 billion) for the fiscal year through March 2023.
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Yuri Kageyama is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yurikageyama
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government set out its agenda for the next year on Tuesday with sweeping promises to cut crime, improve health care and revive the U.K.’s pandemic-scarred economy — but no new help for millions of Britons struggling to pay their bills as the cost of living soars.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine had caused economic turmoil, but said “no government can realistically shield everyone from the impact.”
The government set out its legislative plans during a ceremony steeped in tradition, but without Queen Elizabeth II, who was absent for the first time in six decades.
The 96-year-old monarch pulled out of reading the Queen’s Speech at the opening of Parliament because of what Buckingham Palace called “episodic mobility issues.” Her son and heir, Prince Charles, stood in, rattling through a short speech laying out 38 bills the government plans to pass.
The speech, which is written by the government, promised Johnson’s administration would “grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of living for families.” There were plans to invest in railways, create a U.K. infrastructure bank and “level up” economic opportunity to poorer regions, as well as bills on education and health care funding.
Johnson said the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had created “huge disruptions to the global economy.” But the speech included no immediate measures to relieve households struggling with soaring prices for domestic energy and food.
“We cannot simply spend our way out of this problem,” Johnson told lawmakers. “We need to grow out of this problem by creating hundreds of thousands of new high-wage, high-skill jobs across the country.”
Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer accused the government of being “too out of touch to meet the challenges of the moment.” He called for an emergency budget and a windfall tax on oil and gas producers.
Many business groups and unions also were disappointed.
The Confederation of British Industry was “encouraged” by the speech’s ambition, but the British Chambers of Commerce said its measures “will come too late to help many firms.”
Christina McAnea, general-secretary of the Unison trade union, said the government had not “grasped the seriousness of the situation. Families are being forced into debt and are going hungry.”
Some of the planned laws appeared aimed at pleasing the government’s right-leaning voter base, including promises to seize “Brexit freedoms” by cutting red tape for businesses and overhauling financial services and data regulation now that Britain has left the European Union.
Law-and-order measures included a law to outlaw disruptive protest tactics favored by groups such as Extinction Rebellion, a proposal condemned by civil liberties groups. Human rights groups also criticized plans for a British Bill of Rights to replace current rights laws based on the European Convention on Human Rights.
Russia’sinvasion of Ukraine, which has upended the European security order, was reflected in plans to beef up spying laws, introduce a U.S.-style “foreign influence registration scheme” and toughen money-laundering laws — though the mild-sounding measures are unlikely to eradicate London’s reputation as a hub for ill-gotten gains.
Despite rumors beforehand, there was no legislation to alter post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, a move that would worsen already tense relations between Britain and the EU. But the government hinted it could act, stressing the importance of the “internal economic bonds” between all parts of the U.K., a key theme for Northern Ireland’s British unionists.
Johnson’s Conservatives hold 358 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, which should ensure easy passage of all its legislation. But the government has been repeatedly sidetracked by ethics scandals and internal Conservative dissent.
The opening of a new session of Parliament came days after Johnson’s Conservatives suffered a drubbingin local elections across the U.K.
Johnson’s personal popularity has been hurt by months of headlines over parties in his office and other government buildings that breached coronavirus restrictions. The prime minister was fined 50 pounds ($62) by police last month for attending his own surprise birthday party in June 2020 when lockdown rules barred social gatherings.
Johnson has apologized, but denies knowingly breaking the rules. He faces the possibility of more fines over other parties, a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled lawmakers about his behavior and a possible no-confidence vote from his own lawmakers.
The parliamentary opening ceremony is a spectacular pageant steeped in the two sides of Britain’s constitutional monarchy: royal pomp and political power. Traditionally the monarch travels from Buckingham Palace to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage and reads the speech to lawmakers from a golden throne, wearing a crown studded with 3,000 diamonds.
The queen has only missed two previous state openings during her 70-year reign, in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with sons Andrew and Edward, respectively.
Prince Charles travelled by car, rather than carriage, and did not wear the crown, which got its own cushioned seat. Charles was accompanied by his wife Camilla and his son Prince William, who is second in line to the throne.
Other symbolic elements were unchanged, including scarlet-clad Yeomen of the Guard and an official known as Black Rod who summoned lawmakers from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, where the ceremony takes place.
That, too, is symbolic. Ever since King Charles I tried to arrest lawmakers in 1642 and ended up deposed, tried and beheaded, the monarch has been barred from entering the Commons chamber.
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GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries, saying Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company’s deal allowing generic producers to make the drug was insufficient.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news briefing that Pfizer’s treatment was still too expensive. He noted that most countries in Latin America had no access to Pfizer’s drug, Paxlovid, which has been shown to cut the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization or death by up to 90%.
“We remain concerned that low- and middle-income countries remain unable to access antivirals,” Tedros said,
The WHO chief warned that the unequal distribution of COVID-19 drugs could ultimately mirror the grossly disproportionate distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
For example, while countries such as Britain have vaccinated more than 70% of their populations, fewer than 16% of people in poor countries have received a single dose.
Pfizer signed an agreement in November with the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool to allow other drugmakers to make generic copies of its pill, for use in 95 countries. Some large countries that suffered devastating COVID-19 outbreaks, like Brazil, were not included.
Tedros said the deal does not go far enough and called for Pfizer to lift its geographic restrictions on where the generic version of Paxlovid might be used, as well as to make the pill less costly for developing countries.
The U.S. paid about $500 for each course of Pfizer’s treatment, which consists of three pills taken twice a day for five days. Its price in developing countries has not yet been confirmed.
WHO’s chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said most of the world’s supply of Pfizer’s drug had already been booked by rich countries, similar to how they hoarded the vast majority of last year’s coronavirus vaccines.
She applauded Pfizer’s agreement to let other drugmakers produce its drug, but noted that manufacturing would not start until next year. Swaminathan also appealed to Pfizer to drop its requirement for some developing countries to assume product liability in case there are any problems once it’s rolled out.
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Atlanta rapper Young Thug arrested on RICO, gang charges
ATLANTA (AP) — The rapper Young Thug is in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail, accused of co-founding a criminal street gang.
The Atlanta rapper’s real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams and he was arrested Monday at his Atlanta home. He’s one of 28 people indicted Monday in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state’s RICO Act and street gang charges.
The indictment says Young Thug is one of three founders of the Young Slime Life, a criminal street gang in Atlanta that’s affiliated with the national Bloods gang. His first court appearance was set for 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Bibb County Sheriff’s Office looking for man last seen in February 2021
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who has been missing since February of 2021.
According to the BCSO, 47 year-old Walter Wilson Akers has not been in contact with his family that lives out of state since February of last year. It’s reported that Akers is homeless and known to frequent the downtown Macon area. While Akers is not believed to be in any danger, the family did state he has some medical and mental health issues.
Akers is described as being around 6 feet 2 inches in height, though he is an amputee and is missing his left leg, he also weighs around 170 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information as to where Akers might be is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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UPDATE: Victim identified in deadly hit-and-run case
It happened just before 11 o'clock Monday night on Mercer University Drive.
UPDATE: (7:32 a.m.) – The victim has been identified as 65-year-old Larry Simmons.
ORIGINAL STORY:
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A male pedestrian is dead after being struck by an “unknown vehicle” Monday night, and Bibb County deputies are asking for the public’s help to solve the case.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the incident was called in at 10:54 p.m. It happened on Mercer University Drive near its intersection with Burton Avenue, according to the release.
An ambulance took the victim to Atrium Health Navicent, where Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones says he was pronounced dead at 11:32 p.m.
Jones says the cause of death was blunt force trauma.
The victim’s name hasn’t been released pending notification of next of kin.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have any information.
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Perry and Houston County host Elite Eight matchups in the GHSA Baseball State Playoffs
Houston County to face Buford in a game three decider for a spot in the Final Four.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The GHSA baseball Elite Eight matchups began today, and the Perry Panthers hosted the Cedartown Bulldogs in the 4A bracket.
The Bulldogs scored three early runs in the top of the first; however, Perry scored two runs to cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the frame.
The score remained the same until the top of the sixth when Cedartown scored three runs after loading the bases. The Bulldogs added one more in the top of the seventh, and they went on to claim game one 8-3.
Cedartown took that momentum into game two, as they ended Perry’s season with a 5-2 win in game two.
Houston County hosted the Buford Wolves in the 6A Elite Eight.
Game one was scoreless until the top of the sixth when the Wolves hit two solo home runs; however, the Bears tied the game in the bottom of the inning.
Buford scored another two runs in the seventh, but the Bears couldn’t match it a second time as they lost game one 4-2.
Game two was tied at six until Houston County hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh to claim game two 7-6.
A game three decider for a spot in the 6A Final Four will be played tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Houston County.
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Temperatures to rebound around Middle Georgia
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Temperatures are returning to the 80s following a cooler weekend.
Today
Fully sunny skies are in store for Middle Georgia today from sun-up until sundown. There may be a couple of small clouds, but that will be all. Highs will reach the low to mid 80s around the region with the warmest spots likely to hit 85/86. Winds will continue to come in from the northeast at 5-10 mph. Gusts could reach speeds of up to 15 mph. The UV index for the day is 10, so anyone spending abundant time outdoors should keep the sunblock with them.
Conditions will remain clear heading into tonight as the wind backs off just a bit to 5-8 mph. Temperatures will drop into the low to mid 50s by tomorrow morning, so a light sweater out the door will be a good idea once again. Tonight’s moon is a waxing gibbous.
Tomorrow
We will see abundant sunshine around Middle Georgia again tomorrow afternoon. Highs will reach the low to mid 80s once again with most spots either remaining constant or warming by a degree or two compared to Tuesday. Winds will again come from the northeast, this time at 7-12 mph. There will be a few more clouds that fill in during the afternoon, but overall conditions will be sunny.
Skies will be mostly clear overnight heading into Thursday. Winds will come in from the north-northeast at 6-11 mph. Lows will warm slightly, however for the most part the region will only chill into the mid 50s. A few more clouds are likely to fill in heading into the sunrise hours of Thursday.
Thursday and Beyond
Cloud cover will begin to return en masse Thursday afternoon. Highs will reach the low to mid 80s again, likely a degree or two cooler than Wednesday. Winds will still be northeasterly, but this time there will be a bit more speed to them (10-15 mph) as our next storm system approaches from the east. Gusts could reach speeds of up to 25 mph. There will also be a chance for some showers late in the evening and overnight. Lows will drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s.
Friday will be the coolest day of the week as well as the cloudiest. Highs will mainly top off in the upper 70s around the region as the winds pump in from the north-northeast at 7-12 mph. As of right now, there is also a good chance for much of the region to see rain showers Friday afternoon as we catch the final wind of the storm system. Severe weather is not expected. A fair amount of cloud cover will likely last into Friday night, keeping lows warmer in the upper 50s and lower 60s.
The weekend will see a quick increase in temperatures as highs will return to the mid 80s by Saturday and the lower 90s by Sunday. Partly cloudy skies are expected both days this weekend with an opportunity for a couple of isolated showers and storms in the afternoon. Lows will continue to warm as well, dropping into the lower 60s both nights over the weekend.
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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TRI-CITIES, WA. - People in the community had a chance to receive a free gift card if they answered one trivia question correctly!
All trivia questions were based on the state of Washington, of course! Several people in the community were excited for their wins.
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First Phlebotomy independent school opens in Milledgeville
Doris Tuft opened 'Survival Kit of Phlebotomy Training' to share her love for the profession.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The first Phlebotomy independent school just opened in Milledgeville.
Doris Tuft opened ‘Survival Kit of Phlebotomy Training’ to share her love for the profession.
The class takes students through a six-week course in which they learn the steps of drawing blood.
You must be 18 or older and have a diploma or a GED to register.
Once you go through the program, you receive a two-year certificate and can get a job.
Tuft says Phlebotomists are important and a critical need right now.
“Due to Covid-19, it’s a lot of stuff that’s added on to Phlebotomy during the Covid-19 testing,” Tuft said. “I think Phlebotomy is a field that doesn’t really get a lot of talks on, but we are the field that we help patients, doctors draw labs to find out if a person is sick.”
The first graduating class will receive their certificates on May 21s.
Registration to join the second class is now open. You can apply here.
The school is located at 511 Cobb Street in Milledgeville.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News Top stories from May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, Man arrested and charged in shooting death of Warner Robins man Man arrested in connection to Kathryn Drive assault on husband and wife Bibb Board of Education votes to approve Dr. Dan Sims as next superintendent For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Lawyers seek to delay Georgia execution set for next week
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia man scheduled to be put to death next week for killing an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago are trying to delay the execution.
Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. is scheduled to die May 17 at the state prison in Jackson by injection of the sedative pentobarbital.
He killed the 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, on May 4, 1976.
Lawyers representing the Federal Defender Program, which represents Presnell, filed the lawsuit and an emergency motion Monday in Fulton County Superior Court.
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Man arrested and charged in shooting death of Warner Robins man
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 26 year-old man has been arrested in connection to the murder at Shannonridge Drive that had been partially overheard over a phone call.
The Warner Robins Police Department says that 26 year-old Braley Trayveon Hollis is behind the shooting death of 38 year-old Octavius Jackson that took place on Saturday, May 7th. It’s noted that Jackson was on a phone call while arguing with an unknown suspect about a firearm, and when the argument turned physical, the call was interrupted. The caller went to check on Jackson, and found him dead with a gunshot wound.
Officers have arrested Hollis and charged him with felony murder and aggravated assault.
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Man arrested in connection to Kathryn Drive assault on husband and wife
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man has been arrested in connection to an incident on Sunday, May 8th, that hospitalized a husband and wife.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, an aggravated assault took place around early Sunday at the 4900 block of Kathryn Drive, where a husband and wife were assaulted in their home– though the call to the 911 center wouldn’t come in until nearly 2 in the afternoon. The incident resulted in the couple being brought to Atrium Health Navicent for treatment, where the man is in stable condition and the woman is in critical, but stable condition.
Investigators worked to find 41 year-old Frederick Jackson as the suspect involved in the incident– he was found on Pansy Avenue, and taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division, and then the Law Enforcement center where he is being held without bond for 2 counts of aggravated assault, though additional charges are pending. Deputies say Jackson did know the couple, and that he was visiting when the incident occurred.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Summer Camp receives donation to continue operating
School may still be in session, but one summer camp is getting a head start in preparing for the fun.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — School may still be in session, but one summer camp is getting a head start in preparing for the fun.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is hosting its summer camp again as a way of introducing children to law enforcement.
Lieutenant Ken Blandenburg says it’s important to bring children to the sheriff’s office.
“We don’t want them to feel like all we do is write tickets and kick in doors and take people to jail,” he said. “It gives us an opportunity to connect with a child on a different level.”
Lieutenant Blandenburg is one of the organizers for the camp, which started five years ago.
The camp is usually held in June.
Each week, a new group of students gets to experience all the fun. They learn about ATV safety, water safety and more.
It’s also one of the few summer camps that has stayed in operation throughout the pandemic.
“It was challenging, because I had already planned all the trips, and then Covid-19 hit,” Lt. Blandenburg said. “But I was fortunate enough to find different trips that we could take that we could do outside and spread out.”
Several Monroe County leaders were on board with keeping kids involved this summer. The county commission approved $2,000 of discretionary funds to support the camp.
“It takes a village,” District 1 Commission Lamarcus Davis said. “Any little thing I can do to help anyone who’s trying to do something positive for the youth, if I’m able to, I’m going to do my best to help out.”
Commissioner Davis says that as a father, he knows the importance of ensuring kids are having fun while also learning.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office seeks donations throughout the year.
“I feel like us as leaders of this community, we should be willing to reach out and help,” Davis said.
For more information, check out the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook.
If you would like to help by donating, you can do so by visiting the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Forsyth.
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Most common sunscreen mistakes
(CNN) It’s the most common cancer in the U.S., but you can help lower your risk of ever getting skin cancer by protecting your skin from the sun. However, sunscreen can’t help, if it’s not put on properly.
As the weather gets warmer, don’t get burned by a lack of sun protection.
Dr. Susan Massick, a dermatologist at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center says the biggest sunscreen mistake people make is not using any. She says if you use sunscreen on a daily basis, an SPF of just 15, you can decrease your risk of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, by almost 40%.
Massick says sunscreen should be a daily routine whether it’s sunny or cloudy. She says you should use a wide broad-spectrum UVA and UVB protective sunscreen of at least 25 to 30 SPF for everyday use or at least 50 SPF when outdoors for a long time.
She recommends applying sunscreen about a half hour before you head out the door and then, reapplying every two to three hours because after some period of time, it’s not as protective as it once was when you first applied it.
Remember to hit the often forgotten areas like the tops of feet, hands, and the exposed areas of the chest and neck. Also, don’t forget to check the expiration date.
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Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because of supply disruptions and a massive safety recall by manufacturer Abbott.
Ongoing supply problems have intensified since Abbott shuttered its largest U.S. formula plant due to contamination concerns.
Pediatricians are urging parents who can’t find formula to contact food banks or doctor’s offices.
They warn against watering down formula to stretch supplies or using online DIY recipes.
Major retail chains including CVS and Walgreens are limiting how many containers customers can purchase at one time to conserve supplies.
Meanwhile, regulators with the Food and Drug Administration are looking at importing formula to boost U.S. supplies.
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Perdue raises $2.3M in challenge but trails Kemp
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican David Perdue raised $2.3 million in the three months ended April 30, the former U.S. senator’s campaign reported Monday.
That’s behind the $2.7 million incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp raised in only 26 days following the April 4 end of the Georgia legislative session.
Perdue is the top challenger to Kemp in the May 24 GOP primary.
Perdue loaned his campaign $500,000.
Perdue had about $900,000 in cash on April 30, while Kemp had $10.7 million. Kemp has collected more than $22 million for his reelection bid, compared to the $3.5 million Perdue has raised in a shorter period.
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Political reality: Congress can’t save — or end — abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fighting for decades over abortion policy, Congress is about to run into the political limits of its ability to act in either direction on the issue.
President Joe Biden has called on Democrats to enshrine the Roe v. Wade abortion access protections into law.
But a test vote Wednesday in the Senate is expected to fail, blocked by a Republican-led filibuster.
At the same time, Republicans led by Sen. Mitch McConnell face similar political problems trying to ban abortions nationwide, even if they wrest control of the chamber in the midterm elections.
Instead, the Supreme Court’s pending decision on the issue is igniting a new era of political fighting in Congress over abortion policy
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Prince Harry shows off his acting skills in new video May 10, 2022 41NBC Web Producer, (CNN) The Duke of Sussex starred alongside New Zealand actors Rhys Darby, Dave Fane and Rena Owen in a new video campaign for his nonprofit travel organization Travalyst. Categories: Around the World FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Sheriff: Alabama inmate, jailer were prepared for a shootout
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana sheriff says the Alabama murder suspect and jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week were heavily armed and preparing for a shootout when they were captured.
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said they were carrying four handguns and an AR-15 rifle along with $29,000 in cash.
He said convict Casey White showed no remorse over the death of jail official Vicky White, who was found mortally wounded with a gun in her hand.
He said they believe Vicky White killed herself, but a coroner will make the final determination.
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University: Georgia drug search intimidated Black athletes
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The president of a historically Black college says sheriff’s deputies in Georgia intimidated and humiliated the school women’s lacrosse team when officers pulled over the athletes’ bus and searched it for drugs.
Delaware State University President Tony Allen said in a letter to students and faculty Monday that campus officials are “incensed” over the April 20 traffic stop that occurred as the team was traveling home from a game in Florida.
Allen said the chartered bus was pulled over for a minor traffic violation, but then deputies with drug-sniffing dogs began searching the students’ bags and belongings.
Liberty County Sheriff William Bowen says his office is reviewing the stop.
The sheriff, who is Black, said his department doesn’t practice racial profiling.
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UPDATE: Bibb Board of Education votes to approve Dr. Dan Sims as next superintendent
Bibb County Board of Education members voted 6-2 Tuesday night to approve Dr. Dan Sims as the district's next superintendent.
UPDATE (5/10): Bibb County Board of Education members voted 6-2 Tuesday night to approve Dr. Dan Sims as the district’s next superintendent.
41NBC’s Ariel Schiller will have more coverage from the meeting during 41NBC News at 11.
ORIGINAL STORY (4/21):
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County School Board made the next step in the search for the school district’s next superintendent.
The School Board voted 6-2 Thursday night to name Dr. Dan Sims as the sole finalist for the superintendent opening. Dr. Sims currently serves as Associate Superintendent of Schools for the Atlanta Public School System.
Several people made public comments supporting the choice of an internal candidate. School Board Member Darryl Morton was one of the two “No” votes during a meeting Thursday. He says he would prefer an internal candidate as well.
“I rely on people who have expertise and passion to inform me about what the right choices are,” he said. “So please, if you have concerns, if this is something that bothers you, please contact your board members and let them know.”
We spoke with the Chief Communications Officer for the Bibb County School District, Stephanie Hartley, about the next steps.
“Where we go from here is that the board has to wait a minimum of 14 days before they can gather again and take a vote to officially appoint Dr. Sims as the superintendent for Bibb County School District,” she said.
Board President Dr. Thelma Dillard declined to speak on camera and referred us to Hartley for comments from the Board.
According to Hartley, Dr. Dillard advised other board members not to speak to media about the decision.
Dr. Curtis Jones, who has served as superintendent since 2015, is set to retire in June.
To learn more about Dr. Sims, you can visit the Bibb County School District’s website.
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Visit Macon provides grants for more than a dozen organizations to kick-start tourism
Visit Macon recently granted more than a dozen organizations a total of $500,000 to help kick-start tourism following the Covid-19 pandemic.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Visit Macon recently granted more than a dozen organizations a total of $500,000 in Rescue Plan funding to help kick-start tourism following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Visit Macon received more than 20 applications.
Downtown organizations included in their applications their visions for ways to bring in tourists.
The 567 Center for Renewal in Macon is one of the organizations to receive a grant. The $20,000 it will receive will go towards a new art festival.
567 Center Executive Director Melissa Macker says the art scene will help Macon.
“Art cultural tourists tend to spend more in the communities that they’re in and tend to have an economic impact, and so we’re excited for this festival and how it’s going to help build Macon as an art tourist destination,” Macker said.
The Macon Centreplex will also receive funding.
According to General Manager David Aiello, the money will be used to purchase a cheer mat to host GHSA (Georgia High School Association) cheerleading for the next three years.
Aiello says the GHSA cheer tournaments could bring in anywhere from $3 to $5 million dollars per year.
The following organizations received grant funding:
- Bragg Jam
- Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association
- Macon Area Tennis Association
- Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation
- Macon Film Festival
- Macon, GA International Cherry Blossom Foundation
- Macon Centreplex Coliseum
- Museum of Arts & Sciences
- NewTown Macon
- Nutcracker of Middle Georgia
- Rock Candy Tours
- The Big House Foundation
- The 567 Center for Renewal
This is the first of three rounds of grants from Visit Macon. Applications for the second round will open July 1.
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Warm weather continues Wednesday
It was another sunny day in Middle Georgia as our high temps warmed back to the mid 80s.
Clear skies and dry air will once again allow us to cool into the 50s tonight.
Tomorrow will be another repeat of what we saw today with highs in the mid 80s and plentiful sunshine.
By Thursday a cut-off low will approach the coast, bringing increased cloud cover and a few showers.
This low also be helping to keep us cool through the end of the week.
Highs on Thursday will still warm into the low 80s, but clouds overnight will keep us in the 60s through Friday morning.
By Friday the low pressure center will be over Middle Georgia, bringing us our best chance of widespread rain.
Even with the better rain chances, the rain amounts will still likely be less than 1/4″.
A few thunderstorms will be possible on Friday, but severe weather is not anticipated.
As the cut-off low gets swept back into the flow, and away from our area, we will keep the isolated chance for a shower over the weekend.
We will also see our temps climb quickly through the weekend.
By Sunday we will warm into the 90s, setting us up for a hot week, next week.
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NEW YORK (AP)Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as its lead football analyst once his playing career ends, the network said Tuesday.
When that actually happens is unclear, because Brady recently changed his mind about retiring and said he plans to continue playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for his 23rd NFL season.
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch made the announcement during a corporate investor call on Tuesday.
”Over the course of this long-term agreement, Tom will not only call our our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, he will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives,” Murdoch said.
Murdoch said it’s ”entirely up to” Brady when he decides to retire from football and join Fox. Brady led the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title following the 2020 season and NFC South championship last season. He teamed with coach Bill Belichick to win six Super Bowls during 20 seasons with the New England Patriots.
Fox recently lost its top football announcers, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, to ESPN. It replaced Buck with Burkhardt.
Murdoch offered no other details on the deal.
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Bibb School Board votes 6-2 to hire Dr. Dan Sims as next superintendent
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— We now know who will take over for Bibb County Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones once he retires in June. The School Board voted 6-2 Tuesday night to name Dr. Dan Sims as the next superintendent. Dr. Dan Sims went against the old adage, and put all his eggs in one basket when applying for a superintendent role. In this case, it paid off.
Dr. Sims says he knew the Bibb County School District was the perfect, and only fit for him because of the sense of community.
“I’m bringing my whole self to this district for everybody,” he said. “And I cannot wait to join forces with everyone who’s willing so we can do the best possible things for every single student, in every single school, in every single classroom, every single day.”
But the hire isn’t coming without concern from him and others due to him being an external candidate. That’s why Dr. Sims says he made the effort over the last few months to learn more about the school system and Macon-Bibb county.
“I just want to continue to build upon that so that hopefully in time as I engage with individuals, as I connect with them, as I listen to them… and they listen to me,” he said. “They’ll see the fabric of a person that I am and I’ve been all my life and they’ll see me as an insider.”
We asked School Board President Dr. Thelma Dillard for an interview after the vote. She handed us this statement that says:
“I want to thank Board members for their diligence to the search process and the community for its feedback and support. The Board wishes to congratulate Dr. Dan A. Sims on his selection. We are looking forward to working with Dr. Sims on a seamless transition and an exciting school year ahead.”
Dr. Sims says while he respects the VIP or Victory in Progress, his vision is for MVP, More Victory Planned.
“We want to continue to celebrate what Bibb County is,” he said. “We want to respect the work that Dr. Jones has done, and make the smoothest transition possible. We owe that to our children.”
Dr. Sims says he will start the transition process in June. His first day on the job is July 1.
We received a statement from the Atlanta Public School System Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring on Dr. Sims’ time with the district.
“Dr. Sims has been an invaluable member of the Atlanta Public Schools family. His knowledge, experience and passion for students has been an asset to our district. We will certainly miss him, and I am confident that he will usher in a successful season for our children in the Bibb County School System.”
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Nationally ranked Houston County fails to make the GHSA baseball playoffs semifinals
ACE Charter to host Social Circle in a game three decider for a spot in the 1A Final Four
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The 10th-ranked team in the nation, Houston County, hosted Buford in a game three decider for a spot in the GHSA Baseball playoffs 6A bracket.
The Bears strike first, scoring one run in the bottom of the first off a single to left field.
However, Buford answered with two runs in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead.
The top of the fourth inning was the changing point. Buford scored eight runs with two outs in the inning, taking a commanding 10-1 lead.
The Eagles scored one more in the top of the fifth, knocking off the reigning 6A state champions in the deciding game 11-1 in five innings due to the mercy rule.
Bleckley County was also in action hosting Pace Academy for a spot in the 2A Final Four; however, the Royals’ season ends losing game one 5-2 and game two 7-1.
Ace Charter hosted Social Circle in the 1A Public Elite Eight. The Gryphons lost game one 6-3 but bounced back and won game two 17-7. A game three decider will be played tomorrow at ACE at 6 p.m. for a spot in the Final Four.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An air traffic controller guided a passenger on a small private plane to land safely at Palm Beach International Airport after the pilot suffered an apparent medical issue.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident involving a single-engine Cessna 208 occurred Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m.
Two people were aboard the aircraft, FAA spokeswoman Crystal Essiaw said.
The air traffic controller was able to communicate with the passenger in the cockpit all the way to landing.
"Kudos to that new pilot," the air traffic controller said after the plane landed safely.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said one person was taken to a hospital. The person's condition was not immediately known.
The FAA is investigating the incident further.
This article was written by Monica Magalhaes for WPTV.
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Apple, Inc. (AAPL) recently announced a major change; it is closing the production of iPods, the portable music player that was launched about 20 years ago. Consumers will be able to buy only the remaining stock of the product available online or in stores.
iPods have remained a major Apple product for quite some time as they allowed people to hear music on the go. Also, it helped the company attract several customers.
However, with the technological development over the years, the need for iPods has been lost. Consumers can now hear music on each of the everyday use products, i.e., from the iPhone and Apple Watch to the iPad and Mac.
Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Greg Joswiak, said, “Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to hundreds of millions of users in the way iPod did impacted more than just the music industry — it also redefined how music is discovered, listened to, and shared.”
Wall Street’s Take
Recently, HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote Colisson maintained a Hold rating on Apple, with a price target of $160 (4.4% upside potential from current levels).
Overall, the rest of the Street has a bullish outlook on the stock, with a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 21 Buys and six Holds. The average Apple price target of $189.75 implies upside potential of about 23.8% from current levels.
Website Traffic
TipRanks’ Website Traffic tool, which uses data from SEMrush Holdings (SEMR), the world’s biggest website usage monitoring service, offers insight into AAPL’s performance.
According to the tool, in April, apple.com recorded an 11.1% monthly decrease in global visits compared to the previous year. However, year-to-date website traffic growth has improved 442.5% against the same period last year.
The Takeaway
The discontinuation of iPods is unlikely to impact the company’s financials. Notably, Apple had stopped reporting its sales separately for the past some years. Also, the stronghold of Apple in the portable devices market remains a key positive factor for the company.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A man who says he is “destroyed” after working as a content moderator for Facebook has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of human trafficking Africans to work in an exploitative and unsafe facility in Kenya.
The case against Meta Platforms, the Menlo Park, Calif. company that owns Facebook, and Sama, a San Francisco subcontractor, was lodged Tuesday with a court in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Daniel Motaung’s petition “calls upon Kenya’s courts to order Facebook and its outsourcing companies to end exploitation in its Nairobi moderation hub, where content moderators work in dangerous conditions,” said a statement by Foxglove, a London-based legal nonprofit that supports Facebook content moderators.
The first video Motaung watched as a Facebook moderator was a video of someone being beheaded, he told reporters during a call Tuesday. He stayed on the job for roughly six months, after relocating from South Africa to Nairobi in 2019 for the work. Motaung says he was dismissed after trying to spearhead efforts to unionize at the facility.
Motaung said his job was traumatizing and he now has a fear of death.
“I had potential,” Motaung said. “When I went to Kenya, I went to Kenya because I wanted to change my life. I wanted to change the life of my family. I came out a different person, a person who has been destroyed.”
Motaung says in his filing that once he arrived in Kenya for that work, he was told to sign a non-disclosure agreement and his pay was less than promised, with one monthly paycheck that was 40,000 Kenyan shillings, or roughly $350 U.S. dollars.
The lawsuit notes that Sama targets people from poor families across Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and other countries in the region with “misleading job ads” that fail to disclose that they will be working as Facebook content moderators or viewing disturbing content that expose them to mental health woes.
Applicants are recruited “through deceit,” said Mercy Mutemi, who filed the petition in court Tuesday morning. “We found a lot of Africans were forced into force labor situations and human trafficking. When you leave your country for a job that you didn’t apply for, that amounts to human trafficking.”
Content moderators are not given enough medical coverage to seek mental health treatment, the filing alleges.
The lawsuit also seeks orders for Facebook and Sama to respect moderators’ right to unionize.
Meta’s office in Nairobi said it takes seriously its responsibility to people who review content for the company and requires its “partners to provide industry-leading pay, benefits and support,” according to a statement issued by the company’s spokeswoman.
”We also encourage content reviewers to raise issues when they become aware of them and regularly conduct independent audits to ensure our partners are meeting the high standards we expect of them,” the statement said.
In 2020, Facebook agreed to pay $52 million to U.S. content moderators who filed a class action lawsuit after they were repeatedly exposed to beheadings, child and sexual abuse, animal cruelty, terrorism and other disturbing content.
Sama, which describes itself as an ethical AI company, did not immediately provide comment.
Sama’s Nairobi location is the largest content moderation facility in Africa, with approximately 240 employees working on the effort, according to the filing.
“We are not animals,” Motaung said in the statement. “We are people — and we deserve to be treated as such.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s appearance before a Senate committee took an unexpected and tense detour into the abortion debate Tuesday when senators questioned her about the potential impact of an abortion ban on the American economy.
“I believe that eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades,” Yellen said in response to a question from Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. He had introduced the topic with a question on how an abortion ban could financially harm women.
Yellen’s answer drew a sharp response from Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who asked her, “Did you say that ending the life of a child is good for the labor force participation rate?”
“I think people can disagree on the issue of being ‘pro-life’ or ‘pro-abortion’ — but framing it in the labor force participation rate feels callous to me,” he said, adding that the conversation “to me seems harsh.”
Yellen responded: “This is not harsh, this is the truth.”
She continued by saying an abortion ban “deprives them of the ability to continue their education,” and those impacted are most commonly young Black women.
The line of questioning at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee came after a Supreme Court draft opinion leakedlast week that suggests the court is poised to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half-century.
The hearing also touched on inflation, sanctions imposed on Russia and rising energy costs. Yellen said the U.S. “is focused on everything we can do to bring inflation down.”
The abortion issue came up multiple times. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he disagreed with Yellen’s perspective, and offered his own economic analysis.
“I look at low birth rates and an aging population,” he said, arguing that there are negative economic impacts from abortion.
A number of economic analyses indicate that limitations on access to abortion can negatively impact people financially and in other ways.
Sarah Miller, a researcher at the University of Michigan, authored a paper with two others on the impact of abortion restrictions. The trio evaluated data on women who sought abortions at 30 clinics in 21 states but were turned away because they were past the clinics’ gestation limit. Two-thirds ended up giving birth.
“As we show in our paper,” Miller said, an abortion ban “will have pretty severe economic consequences for women to keep their head above water,” adding that “there could also be physical and mental health consequences.”
Committee chair Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ended by saying that if Roe v. Wade were overturned, every woman’s decision to determine her reproductive future and health would be “handed over to politicians.”
“It shouldn’t be handed over to me, it shouldn’t be handed over to Secretary Yellen, and it shouldn’t be handed over to Mitch McConnell,” he said, referring to the Senate Republican leader.
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EA Sports announced this week that FIFA 22, which will be released later this year, will be the final one made with the FIFA label, ending a nearly three-decade partnership.
The game, which normally comes out late every summer, features leagues and teams from across the world. The game reportedly brings in millions in revenue for FIFA.
EA Sports says its FIFA line of games has more than 150 million players across the world.
In lieu of the EA Sports partnership with FIFA, the video game company said it will begin releasing EA Sports FC in 2023. EA Sports said it has secured licensing agreements with top leagues, including UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and MLS.
EA Sports FC will include 700 teams from across the world from more than 30 leagues.
“Our vision for EA SPORTS FC is to create the largest and most impactful football club in the world, at the epicenter of football fandom,” said Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson. “For nearly 30 years, we’ve been building the world’s biggest football community - with hundreds of millions of players, thousands of athlete partners, and hundreds of leagues, federations, and teams. EA SPORTS FC will be the club for every one of them, and for football fans everywhere.”
With EA Sports and FIFA expiring their relationship, FIFA-sanctioned events, such as the World Cup, will no longer be on EA Sports’ soccer video game.
Striking a defiant tone, FIFA President Gianni Infantino promised a video game that would more than compete against EA Sports FC.
"I can assure you that the only authentic, real game that has the FIFA name will be the best one available for gamers and football fans,” he said. “The FIFA name is the only global, original title. FIFA 23, FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and FIFA 26, and so on - the constant is the FIFA name and it will remain forever and remain THE BEST."
FIFA said several non-simulation games using the FIFA branding will come out later this year and in 2023. A full-simulation game using the FIFA moniker could come by 2024.
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In an amazing upsets tonight - 6 seed Wisconsin took care number the undecided - and all 3 lower SEEd Noble-50 Wisconsin beat and beat. In both matches were the team for number two 7 seated Kentucky, they faced a team from 14 ranked Florida Gators lost (WOOOW... I lost count of which in) games with a final record... Wisconsin. (GONES ........ Wisconsin) For No Noble EA Sports announced this week that FIFA 22, which will be released later this year, will be the final one made with the FIFA label, ending a nearly three-decade partnership.
The game, which normally comes out late every summer, features leagues and teams from across the world. The game reportedly brings in millions in revenue for FIFA.
EA Sports says its FIFA line of games has more than 150 million players across the world.
In lieu of the EA Sports partnership with FIFA, the video game company said it will begin releasing EA Sports FC in 2023. EA Sports said it has secured licensing agreements with top leagues, including UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, CONMEBOL Libertadores, Premier League, Bundesliga, LaLiga, Serie A and MLS.
EA Sports FC will include 700 teams from across the world from more than 30 leagues.
“Our vision for EA SPORTS FC is to create the largest and most impactful football club in the world, at the epicenter of football fandom,” said Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson. “For nearly 30 years, we’ve been building the world’s biggest football community - with hundreds of millions of players, thousands of athlete partners, and hundreds of leagues, federations, and teams. EA SPORTS FC will be the club for every one of them, and for football fans everywhere.”
With EA Sports and FIFA expiring their relationship, FIFA-sanctioned events, such as the World Cup, will no longer be on EA Sports’ soccer video game.
Striking a defiant tone, FIFA President Gianni Infantino promised a video game that would more than compete against EA Sports FC.
"I can assure you that the only authentic, real game that has the FIFA name will be the best one available for gamers and football fans,” he said. “The FIFA name is the only global, original title. FIFA 23, FIFA 24, FIFA 25 and FIFA 26, and so on - the constant is the FIFA name and it will remain forever and remain THE BEST."
FIFA said several non-simulation games using the FIFA branding will come out later this year and in 2023. A full-simulation game using the FIFA moniker could come by 2024.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Care New England President and CEO Dr. James Fanale is retiring, 12 News has learned, creating a vacancy in another one of the most important leadership positions in Rhode Island health care.
Fanale told 12 News he had been in discussions with the board of directors about a leadership transition for several months. He expects to remain in place as CEO into early next year, and then stay on for a few more years to assist his successor with the transition, he said.
“When you’re a physician, and a health care system leader, you can see the result of your actions,” Fanale, also a practicing geriatrician, said in a statement. “There is a personal reward that can never be matched. I wish that for everyone, no matter what industry they are in.”
Care New England, Rhode Island’s second-largest hospital group, is the owner of Women & Infants, Kent and Butler. The organization has roughly 7,500 workers, making it one of the state’s largest employers.
Charles Reppucci, Care New England’s board chair, said the organization owed Fanale “a debt of gratitude.” Fanale said he had declined an offer to remain in place through at least 2025.
Repucci said a search committee for the new CEO would include Fanale as well as board members, other executives and clinical leaders.
Fanale’s departure comes shortly after the leader of Rhode Island’s biggest hospital group, Lifespan President and CEO Dr. Timothy Babineau, unexpectedly announced he would be stepping down at the end of May.
The changes at the top come at a challenging time for both hospital groups, after their proposed merger was rejected by regulators in February and as each one faces financial headwinds.
Care New England’s operations lost $35 million during the first six months of its current fiscal year, which ended March 31. That compares with an operating profit of $42 million during the same period last year, when the organization benefited from tens of millions of dollars in COVID relief funds. However, patient revenue was up 6% year over year.
The failure of the Lifespan merger has left Care New England once again in search of a new merger partner, an effort that has been ongoing for much of the last decade, including aborted attempts to join forces with Mass General Brigham and Southcoast Health.
Fanale has previously indicated Care New England plans to begin exploring alternative merger options this spring and summer, but has not provided an update so far.
Fanale has led Care New England since the start of 2018, when he replaced Dennis Keefe. He earned about $1.5 million in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2020, according to the most recent available tax filing by Care New England.
Ted Nesi (tnesi@wpri.com) is a Target 12 investigative reporter and 12 News politics/business editor. He co-hosts Newsmakers and writes Nesi’s Notes on Saturdays. Connect with him on Twitter and Facebook
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Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — A veteran journalist for the Al Jazeera network was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin.
Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster’s Arabic language channel, was shot and died soon afterward early Wednesday.
Another Palestinian journalist who was working as her producer was wounded but in stable condition.
Al Jazeera has accused Israeli forces of “deliberately targeting and killing our colleague,” and vowed to take legal action.
Israel said it is investigating the incident. After initially suggesting she might have been killed by Palestinian fire, Israel’s army chief later said that it could not be determined at this stage by whose bullet she was killed.
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Cuba hotel blast toll rises to 43 — most hotel workers
HAVANA (AP) — The elegant Hotel Saratoga was supposed to reopen in Havana on Tuesday after a two-year pandemic break.
Instead, it has been a day of mourning for the 43 people known to have died in an explosion that ripped the building apart.
A spokesman for the hotel says experts’ estimate 80% of the hotel was damaged by Friday’s explosion, which hurled tons of concrete chunks into the streets and seriously harmed neighboring structures.
Officials reported Tuesday evening that a 43rd body had been recovered, but it was not immediately known if the latest victim had worked at the hotel.
Earlier, officials said 51 people were working to get the hotel ready for reopening and 23 of them were among the dead. They said three workers remained missing.
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Democrats’ bill would make Roe v. Wade law and expand it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion legislation facing a Senate test vote would enshrine into federal law the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Senate Democrats are moving quickly to try to codify the 50-year-old ruling after a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion suggested the court is poised to overturn the case.
Republicans are expected to block the Senate bill with Wednesday’s vote, giving Democrats few options to fight the court’s eventual ruling.
The bill would also expand protections, invalidating many state laws that Democrats and abortion-rights advocates say have infringed on the original ruling.
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Florida students win yearbook flap over “Don’t Say Gay” bill
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Students at a central Florida high school are declaring victory after taking their protest to their school board over plans to censor a yearbook page showing a student walkout against the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Seminole County School Board members listened to them and agreed to leave their photos of rainbow flags unobscured.
The board overruled the superintendent and voted to add a small sticker clarifying that Lymon High School didn’t endorse their walkout.
One board member called the censorship plan ridiculous, and several offered to pay for the fix out of their own pockets.
The students are now expected to get their yearbooks after all this week.
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Here’s how the Jan. 6 Committee plans to roll out its findings
The House select committee investigating January 6 is finalizing plans for its series of hearings set for next month, including its list of witnesses and topics that will be covered. CNN Ryan Nobles reports on the developments.
Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Text messages and testimony released by the House Jan. 6 panel shows the deep involvement of some House Republicans in President Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to stay in power.
The evidence provides new details about how — long before the attack on the Capitol unfolded in January 2021 — several GOP lawmakers were directly participating in Trump’s campaign to reverse the results of the election.
The exchange of ideas happened in private calls and texts and at several White House meetings in the weeks leading to the insurrection.
The majority of the lawmakers have since denied their involvement in those efforts.
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Highs to reach their peak for the week in Middle Georgia today
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Temperatures will peak for Middle Georgia today thanks to a system that will bring clouds and rain tomorrow and Friday.
Today
We will see sunshine all afternoon with only a few high level clouds passing through. Highs will reach the mid 80s this afternoon for the warmest spots, and all locations will be above 80 today. The wind will continue to come in from the northeast, once again with a speed of 5-10 mph and gusts upwards of 20 mph. No rain is anticipated today, even with the increase in temperature.
Tonight we will see a few more clouds fill in, but for the most part skies will be clear. Winds will remain steady from the northeast at 4-8 mph, and lows will drop into the mid to upper 50s. A decent amount of cloud cover is possible by the sunrise tomorrow.
Tomorrow
Cloud cover will begin to increase, especially once the late morning hours arrive. This will keep temperatures cooler; highs will mainly reach the lower 80s during the afternoon as scattered cloud cover develops. A few isolated showers will also be possible in the afternoon, however most spots in Middle Georgia will stay dry. The wind will be stronger as it blows at 10-15 mph during the afternoon, again coming from the northeast.
Cloud cover will increase further tomorrow night as the system approaches from the east. Some isolated showers with light to moderate rainfall will be possible during the overnight hours. The wind should back off a bit, still coming from the northeast but now at 5-10 mph again. Low temperatures will only drop into the lower 60s.
Friday and Beyond
Friday will be the cloudy day as scattered showers and thunderstorms move through during the afternoon. It will be the coolest day of the week as well with most spots in Middle Georgia only topping off in the upper 70s. Not everywhere in Middle Georgia is guaranteed to see rain, however Friday is the best chance for rain across the board. Rain could carry into the early parts of Friday night, however it should stop by around midnight. Lows will drop into the upper 50s and lower 60s.
Saturday will see a temperature rebound as some sun returns to the forecast. Highs will reach into the mid to upper 80s around the region under partly sunny skies. The winds will be variable around 5 mph. Lows will drop into the low to mid 60s.
Sunday will be hot as highs return to the lower 90s for most Middle Georgia locations. Skies will again be partly cloudy. Lows will drop into the low to mid 60s.
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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Mexico president threatens to skip Americas Summit
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he won’t attend next month’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles if the Biden administration excludes Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
That adds his voice to increasing warnings of a boycott by some leaders across the region.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been saying the U.S. government shouldn’t exclude anyone, but hadn’t previously threatened to stay home.
He said Tuesday his foreign affairs secretary would go in his place.
The Mexican president’s absence would be a blow to the summit, on which the Biden administration has worked for months to build regional consensus.
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New construction facility investment to bring hundreds of jobs to Dublin
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Governor Brian Kemp says that 400 jobs will be coming to Dublin in the next 2 years.
An announcement from Governor Kemp on Wednesday brought the news forward that Saint-Gobain ADFORS North America will be investing $28 million to expand its operations into Laurens County.
Kemp’s announcement describes Saint-Gobain is an international light and sustainable construction company that works to integrate solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings and the decarbonization of construction.
Saint-Gobain purchased a facility at 168 Willie Paulk Parkway in Dublin in June of 2020, and has been manufacturing products for insulation and heat protection, though with this new investment, workers will restart the facility’s furnace, and double its north American production of key materials, as well as hire for positions in site and operations management, engineers of all sorts, supervisors, and production workers.
Governor Kemp had this to say about the investment:
“We are excited for ADFORS North America to expand its operations in Dublin, and thank the company for its strong commitment to this community” and “Creating jobs and opportunities in rural Georgia has been a major focus throughout my administration, and I am proud of Georgia’s Technical College System for its part in making sure hardworking Georgians possess the necessary skills to succeed with companies in every corner of the state.”
Those interested in working at ADFORS and Saint-Gobain can learn more at https://careers.saint-gobain-northamerica.com/
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Reports: Hong Kong arrests Roman Catholic cardinal, others
HONG KONG (AP) — Reports say a Roman Catholic cardinal, a singer and at least two others have been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger China’s national security.
The U.K.-based human rights group Hong Kong Watch says Cardinal Joseph Zen, lawyer Margaret Ng, singer Denise Ho and scholar Hui Po-keung were detained Wednesday by Hong Kong’s National Security Police.
The group says the arrests are apparently related to their roles as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal aid to people who took part in 2019 pro-democracy protests that were quashed by security forces.
Scores of pro-democracy activists have been arrested under a sweeping National Security Law imposed on the city by Beijing in 2020.
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See moment passenger lands plane after pilot had medical emergency
(CNN) A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane at a Florida airport with the help of an air traffic controller after the pilot became incapacitated. The condition of the pilot is unknown at this time. CNN’s Pete Muntean reports.
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Tokyo to recognize same-sex unions but not as legal marriage
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s capital has announced it will start recognizing same-sex partnerships to ease the burdens faced by residents in their daily lives, but the unions will not be considered legal marriages.
Support for sexual diversity has grown slowly in Japan, but legal protections are still lacking for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Japan does not legally recognize same-sex marriages, and LGBTQ people often face discrimination at school, work and at home, causing many to hide their sexual identities.
The Tokyo government said applicants for a partnership certificate will be limited to adult residents of the capital but will include foreign nationals.
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Trump-backed US Rep. Alex Mooney wins W.Va. GOP primary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Congressman Alex Mooney has won the Republican nomination for one of West Virginia’s two seats in the U.S. House.
Former President Donald Trump had endorsed Mooney instead of another Republican incumbent, congressman David McKinley, who has represented West Virginia in the House since 2011.
Trump and Mooney sharply criticized McKinley for being one of 13 Republicans to vote in favor of President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
McKinley bet that infrastructure improvements would matter more to voters than Trump’s endorsement in one of the nation’s poorest states.
The incumbents were pitted against each other after population losses cost West Virginia a House seat.
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Unauthorized video of Jesse Williams onstage prompts outrage
NEW YORK (AP) — Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.
Williams is starring in a revival of “Take Me Out,” Richard Greenberg’s exploration of what happens when a Major League Baseball superstar comes out as gay, tracing the way it unsettles the team and unleashes toxic prejudices.
Williams earned a Tony Award nomination Monday as the superstar.
Second Stage Theater, which is producing the revival, has been using special locked pouches for all audience cellphones.
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US inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed in April after months of relentless gains, a tentative sign that price increases may be peaking while still imposing a financial strain on American households.
Consumer prices jumped 8.3% from 12 months earlier.
That was below the 8.5% year-over-year surge in March, which was the highest rate since 1981.
On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.3% from March to April, the smallest increase in eight months.
Still, Wednesday’s report contained some signs that inflation may be becoming more entrenched.
Excluding volatile food and energy costs, “core” prices jumped 0.6% from March to April — twice the rise from February to March.
Those increases were fueled by spiking prices for airline tickets, hotel rooms and new cars.
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US, others say Africa has become main target of IS group
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A senior U.S. official and other members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group have warned that the African continent is now the main target of the extremist group.
The comments came in speeches at a meeting in Morocco on Wednesday to discuss the campaign against the group.
The gathering is a reminder of the persistent threat from IS despite the overwhelming preoccupation with Russia’s war on Ukraine.
U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland says the threat from IS is particularly high in Africa and the world must remain vigilant.
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US overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting another tragic U.S. record.
That translates to roughly one overdose death every 5 minutes.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday released provisional data for 2021.
The estimate marked a 15% increase from previous record — set just the year before.
The CDC reviews death certificates to come up with the estimates.
Overdose death trends are geographically uneven. Alaska saw a 75% increase in 2021 — the largest jump of any state. In Hawaii, overdose deaths fell by 2%.
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2 lucky families become first-time homeowners thanks to Macon Area Habitat for Humanity
The social services organization held a dedication ceremony Wednesday for the families and their homes.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — Everyone has a dream of one day becoming a homeowner.
Two lucky families in Macon got that opportunity on Wednesday morning thanks to the Macon Area Habitat for Humanity.
The social services organization held a dedication ceremony for the families and their homes.
Doris Garey, one of those lucky homeowners, has lived in Macon her entire life, and now she’ll get to raise her children in her own home.
“Once they get older and go off to college, they’ll always have somewhere to come and visit,” she said.
For 35 years, the organization has built homes for more than 100 families, but the homes dedicated on Wednesday were delayed in the building process.
“What I’m mostly looking forward to doing once I finally move in is just coming outside and sitting on the porch,” Garey said.
Macon Area Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Ivey Hall says the two homes constructed at the Lynmore Estates neighborhood are just one way of helping revitalize the area.
“Long term, the neighborhood will be stabilized, and we will have homeowners who are making sure that this family continues to be a great place for many other families to grow,” she said.
60 habitat homes have been built in the neighborhood, letting homeowners like Sharon Tolbert interact with others who are also first-time homeowners.
“It feels good to just sit on your own porch and be able to meet your neighbors and other people that is in the neighborhood that has a habitat home,” she said. “I spoke with them, and we congratulated each other.”
Tolbert says the best thing about her new home is having a roof over her head.
If you’d like to apply for a Habitat home click here.
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UPDATE: 11-year-old Crawford County girl found safe
UPDATE (9:08PM): Crawford County Sheriff Lewis Walker says Tiffany Grimsley has been found near her home off Blasingame Road.
He says this is still an ongoing investigation by the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.
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FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — An 11-year-old girl is missing, and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding her.
According to a release from the Crawford County Sheriff’ Office, a call came in around 6 a.m. on Wednesday in reference to a missing girl from 966 Blasingame Road in Fort Valley. She was last seen at this location around 5:30 a.m.
The missing girl is named Tiffany Jade Grimsley, and is described as standing at 5 feet and 1 inch tall, and weighing around 130 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a gray hoodie and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about Tiffany is urged to call the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office at 478-836-3116.
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Houston County’s new solar energy project now operational
Houston County's 68-megawatt solar energy project is now operational.
ELKO, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Houston County’s 68-megawatt solar energy project is now operational.
Officially announced in November of 2020, the solar plant is made possible through a partnership between Silicon Ranch and Green Power EMC.
The 700-acre plant will produce 68 megawatts for the people of Houston County.
Sheep are being used to tend to the grass, and students from the Houston County School District will help tend to the sheep.
“It’s one thing we discussed yesterday with the team,” Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said. “The next step is going to be you have marketable products here; we need to expand processing capabilities here in Georgia.”
President of Green Power EMC Jeff Pratt says solar power will help keep energy bills down for residents, but residents will not feel an immediate impact.
The energy generated by the project, shared by 30 EMCs across the state, will provide enough energy to help power 11,000 EMC homes each year.
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Macon-Bibb files suit against Red Carpet Inn on Riverside Drive for being a center of illegal activity
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Macon-Bibb has filed suit in Superior Court against the Red Carpet Inn on Riverside Drive in connection to being the center of illegal activity. This is the second suit of its kind that Macon-Bibb has filed in the past 6 days.
According to a press release from Macon-Bibb, the County is filing suit against owners, agents, and corporations of the Inn in order to put an end to the “public nuisance” that has been perpetuated at the location. The release says between March of 2016 and February of 2022, EMS, Fire Department, and the Sheriff’s Office have received over 650 emergency calls to the Red Carpet and its predecessor property including armed robbery, rape, drug overdoses and possession, drug trafficking and distribution, aggravated assault, child molestation, and other serious criminal activity.
The amount of ambulance calls to the inn connected to drug overdoses due to the sale and use of drugs there would average to several times per month, and sometimes multiple times a day. These cases have been included in the suit, along with information passed along from law enforcement. The Sheriff’s Office has increased regular patrols on and around the property, diverting a substantial amount of public resources, attention, time, and operations there.
It’s due to these issues that Macon-Bibb County is asking that the court do these things:
- that this matter be scheduled for a hearing before in Superior Court;
- that the property be declared a public nuisance;
- that the Court temporarily and permanently enjoin and restrain Defendants from continuing to maintain this nuisance;
- that the Court award judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants for the requested equitable and declaratory relief sought in the Complaint;
- and that Plaintiff have such other and further relief as this Court deems just and equitable.
Mayor Lester Miller had this to say concerning the suit:
“We are continuing to take action to improve our public safety, and that means holding people accountable for the types of activity happening on their property,” and “These hotbeds of criminal activity must be addressed and stop them from being a drain on our public safety resources.”
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Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning seeking community input in formulating comprehensive plan
The first meeting took place in Macon City Hall Wednesday night, and meetings will continue through August.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb Planning and Zoning has started its public comprehensive plan meetings.
By Georgia law, the commission is required to update its comprehensive plan every five years.
The first meeting took place in Macon City Hall Wednesday night, and meetings will continue through August.
The board will be holding public involvement workshops on the following dates:
- May 24 at Porter-Ellis Center: 5987 Houston Road, Macon, Georgia 31216
- June 2 at Lundy Chapel Baptist Church: 2081 Forest Hill Road, Macon, Georgia 31210
- June 23 at Kingdom Life: 2138 Shurling Drive, Macon, Georgia 31211
- July 7 at Macon Mall: 3661 Eisenhower Parkway, Macon, Georgia 31206
- July 26 at MBPZ Office: 200 Cherry Street, Suite 300, Macon, Georgia 31201
Each public involvement workshop will take place at 5:30 p.m.
The second comprehensive plan meeting will be held August 11.
“Their visions, their desires, what they like about the community, what they don’t like about the community, where they want to see Macon be in the future,” P&Z Executive Director Jeff Ruggieri said. “It’s pretty simple. Just asking people about the quality of life, how they can see it improve. We’ll take that and turn that into actionable items and implement them over time.”
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Macon Judicial Circuit DA provides update on January officer-involved shooting in Crawford County
Denrick Stallings' family left the Crawford County Courthouse Wednesday feeling like there's no justice for his death.
KNOXVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Denrick Stallings’ family left the Crawford County Courthouse Wednesday feeling like there’s no justice for his death.
Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard got the case files back from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation regarding the January 9 shooting that resulted in Stallings’ death. After reviewing the case files, Howard says her office will not move forward with charges against Crawford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy William Owenby.
Elaine Gibson, Denrick Stallings’ mother, says the announcement wasn’t what she was hoping for.
“I feel like that officer should have been charged for what he did,” she said. “I mean, you don’t go around just killing people just because of a traffic stop.”
D.A. Howard says there is dashcam footage of the attempted traffic stop and of the car chase involving Deputy Owenby and Stallings. She also says there is video from several residences that confirm the direction of a foot chase after Stallings crashed, but, there’s no video of the shooting–only a re-enactment.
“Deputy Owenby demonstrated a re-enactment of the events for them to explain the struggle that led up to the shooting itself,” Howard said. “The GBI made a video of this re-enactment in real time.”
According to D.A. Howard, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office did not have body cameras at the time of the shooting. Since then, the sheriff’s office has requested around $16,000 in financial assistance from her office, which was paid in full.
“Per Sheriff Lewis Walker, the body cameras for his department were ordered on April 25, 2022, and should arrive in four weeks,” Howard said.
Pastor Charlotte Smith is the Stallings’ spokesperson. She’s concerned since this is Deputy Owenby’s second on the job shooting in Crawford County.
“The narrative always remain the same,” she said. “‘I felt threatened. The person reached for my weapon, and that’s when I used excessive force,'” Smith said.
Gibson says Deputy Owenby’s account of what happened between him and her son doesn’t sound like Denrick at all.
“He was not a violent person at all,” she said. “He was the sweetest child. He made everybody laugh. There’s no way.”
D.A. Howard urges anyone with evidence or information in this case to come forward. If you have any information, call (478) 987-4545.
The Stallings family is also moving forward with their own investigation.
We reached out to the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office for a response to D.A. Howard’s announcement, but we have not heard back.
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North Central Health District looking to fill several healthcare jobs
The North Central Health District is looking to fill various positions across its 13 counties.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The North Central Health District is looking to fill various positions across its 13 counties.
Available positions include nurses, administration support and positions in the district’s HOPE Center.
The Macon-Bibb County Health Department hosted the career fair at its new facility for the first time.
Around 20 people showed up with their resumes.
Macon-Bibb County Health Department administrator Dr. Jimmie Smith says the pandemic has created a need for more healthcare workers.
“Our folks do need assistance, so if you’re in one of those careers where you can help us, whether it’s nursing, WIC, environmental health, helping us address those social determinants of health, whether it’s health education, health promotion, wellness, we certainly would love to have you on our team,” he said.
On-site interviews were held at the health department Wednesday.
If you were unable to attend, you can apply for positions here.
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BERLIN (AP) — The European Union will no longer recommend medical masks be worn at airports and on planes starting next week amid the easing of coronavirus restrictions across the bloc, though member states can still require them, officials said Wednesday.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said it hoped the joint decision, made with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, would mark “a big step forward in the normalization of air travel” for passengers and crews.
The new guideline “takes account of the latest developments in the pandemic, in particular the levels of vaccination and naturally acquired immunity, and the accompanying lifting of restrictions in a growing number of European countries,” the two agencies said in a joint statement.
“Passengers should however behave responsibly and respect the choices of others around them,” EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said. “And a passenger who is coughing and sneezing should strongly consider wearing a face mask, for the reassurance of those seated nearby.”
While the new recommendations take effect on May 16, rules for masks may still vary by airline beyond that date if they fly to or from destinations where the rules are different.
Germany’s Health Ministry said it will continue to require all passengers over the age of 6 to wear medical masks on flights to, from or within the country, though they can be removed during meals.
Last week, German carrier Lufthansa denied a large group of Jewish travelers board a plane because some had refused to wear masks. The airline has since apologized for the incident.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control director Andrea Ammon said washing hands and social distancing should still be practiced, but airport operators are advised not to impose distancing requirements if these are likely to lead to a bottleneck.
The agencies also recommended that airlines keep systems for collecting passenger locator information on standby in case they are needed in future, for example if a new dangerous variant emerges.
Airlines welcomed the change in guidance and called for a consistent approach to mask mandates.
“We believe that mask requirements on board aircraft should end when masks are no longer mandated in other parts of daily life, for example theaters, offices or on public transport,” said Willie Walsh, director-general of the International Air Transport Association.
The decline in reported COVID-19 cases over the past weeks has prompted countries across Europe to roll back pandemic-related restrictions.
Germany said Wednesday that it was disbanding a crisis task force appointed to lead the official response.
And the French government announced separately Wednesday that people will no longer have to wear facemasks in any forms of public transport starting from Monday.
Health Minister Olivier Veran, speaking after a Cabinet meeting, said that the decision is part of policies to lift most restrictions as the pandemic is slowing down in the country.
French authorities reported this week about 39,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 each day on average, down by 30% compared to last week. The numbers of patients in hospitals have also been steadily decreasing in recent weeks.
Wearing facemasks will no longer be needed in metros, bus, trains and domestic flights. It is still be requested in hospitals and nursing homes, Veran said.
France lifted most coronavirus restrictions in March.
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Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed to this report.
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