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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson posted the fastest lap of his career Thursday as IndyCar drivers got back to work Thursday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This time, there were no spins, no crashes and not as much talk about the slick warmup lane.
Instead, drivers raced toward the top of the speed chart on a busy second and final day of testing on the historic 2.5-mile oval. Thirty-one of the 32 drivers entered in the Indianapolis 500 next month participated with speeds topping out above 229 mph.
And once the rain cleared, warm, sunny, calm conditions created a tamer environment than Wednesday as hundreds of fans watched from the mounds near the speedway’s museum..
“Things feel really good on the No. 2 car. It’s not like two steps forward and one back or vice versa,” two-time series champ Josef Newgarden said after posting the best lap at 229.519. “I feel really confident with what we’ve got and feel good about showing up anywhere.”
He should. Newgarden has won two straight.
Takuma Sato of Japan, a two-time Indy winner, had the second-best lap at 229.427. Tony Kanaan, the Brazilian who won the 500 in 2013, was third at 228.767 and seven-time NASCAR champ. Johnson was eighth at 227.900 as Chip Ganassi Racing claimed five of the top 10 spots.
But the lingering question was never about speed.
Everyone wanted to see whether track officials solved the warmup lane problem that caused three race winners to spin and led to two crashes Wednesday. The results kept Kanaan on the phone with speedway president Doug Boles late into Wednesday night, and before the track opened after a four-hour rain delay, Kanaan advised colleagues to take it slowly and use common sense.
Boles said track workers spent five hours dragging tires through the apron in hopes of providing more grip. An inspection revealed the historic 2.5-mile oval had 25% more grip than the exit to pit road, believed to be at least in part because there was more traffic on the actual course since Rapid Penetrating Emulsion was added to the surface last fall.
The substance helps the track dry quicker, which helped everyone get back to work Thursday, and Kanaan thought the late-night work made a difference.
“It was better in lane one today, but they know they have a lot of work to do,” Kanaan said. “If there’s a track that’s going to get it done, it’s this one.”
Kanaan said he’s been assured track officials will grind the track, if needed, before the May 29 race.
Ideal weather conditions kept most cars on the track for the entire session but even when cars did pit, none spun, a welcome reprieve.
Will Power, the 2018 Indy winner, said it felt like he was driving through water Wednesday when his car did a 360-degree spin that sent him dangerously close to traffic near the first turn. Power’s car forced promising 22-year-old Colton Herta to take a higher line, which sent Herta into the wall.
Herta’s crash, the second in less than an hour, prompted series officials to end Wednesday’s testing early so a more thorough inspection could be conducted.
“The eye test tells you the grip level will be back up, the tennis shoe test tells you it will be,” Boles said Thursday morning.
It’s not the first time the 113-year-old speedway has faced worries from drivers.
Only six Formula One cars started the 2005 U.S. Grand Prix because of worries over Michelin’s tires lasting no longer than 10 laps. Three years later, NASCAR’s Brickyard 400 was marred by a similar situation with Goodyear tires. Both races were held on the oval.
Last year, Cup drivers used Indy’s road course for the first time and the race was marred by deteriorating curbing that sent some cars airborne and damaged others. NASCAR officials red-flagged the race so track workers could remove the curbing before the 200-mile race was completed.
Then came Wednesday.
Before a single lap was turned, Alexander Rossi, the 2016 Indy winner, spun on the warmup lane. Then with about 80 minutes left in the day’s third and final two-hour test session, Brazil’s Helio Castroneves was sent sliding through a grass strip and hard into the second turn wall.
Castroneves and Herta were both examined at the track’s infield medical center and released shortly after they hit the wall.
Both were cleared to drive for Thursday, but the damage to Castroneves’ car was too severe.
Boles said he called Castroneves to apologize.
“I take this so personally because you want this to be the most special racetrack in the world,” Boles said. “What I want and, I’m sure we can solve by race day, is to get in and our of the pits as fast as you can go.”
But the biggest winner may have been Johnson.
“It’s a very cool sensation and now I understand why when I ask the guys what it’s like to go fast around here they just smile,” Johnson said. “I’m starting to get that grin and I’m looking forward to having that smile.”
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 23, 2022
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HIGH WIND WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
403 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, southwest winds 35 to 45 mph
with gusts up to 70 mph. For the High Wind Watch, west winds
35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible.
* WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
Saturday. For the High Wind Watch, from Saturday morning
through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
vehicles. Severe turbulence near the mountains will be hazardous
for low flying light aircraft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds will be particularly hazardous at higher elevations where
the strongest winds are likely to occur. Be especially careful
driving in these mountainous areas. People driving high-profile
vehicles should strongly consider postponing travel until the
winds subside.
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/
* WHAT...South winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Central and Southern Lea county, the Permian Basin, and
Pecos county.
* WHEN...Until 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture and
other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. The high winds can
topple trees, down power lines and damage some structures.
Remember, a High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind is
imminent or occurring.High winds could make driving difficult for
motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans,
and tractor trailers.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...South to southwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to
55 mph.
* WHERE...In New Mexico, Eddy County Plains, and Northern Lea
County. In Texas, Eastern Culberson and Loving Counties, and
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Reeves County Plains.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARMSTRONG BAILEY BRISCOE
CARSON CASTRO COCHRAN
CROSBY DALLAM DEAF SMITH
DONLEY FLOYD GARZA
GRAY HALE HANSFORD
HARTLEY HOCKLEY HUTCHINSON
LAMB LUBBOCK LYNN
MOORE OCHILTREE OLDHAM
PARMER POTTER RANDALL
ROBERTS SHERMAN SWISHER
TERRY YOAKUM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
141 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA
BEAVER CIMARRON TEXAS
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
ARMSTRONG CARSON DALLAM
DEAF SMITH DONLEY GRAY
HANSFORD HARTLEY HUTCHINSON
MOORE OCHILTREE OLDHAM
POTTER RANDALL ROBERTS
SHERMAN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMARILLO, BEAVER, BOISE CITY,
BOOTLEG, BORGER, BOYS RANCH, BUFFALO LAKE, BUSHLAND, CANYON,
CHANNING, CLARENDON, CLAUDE, CODMAN, CONLEN, DALHART, DAWN,
DUMAS, FARNSWORTH, FORGAN, FOUR WAY, GOODNIGHT, GRUVER, GUYMON,
HARTLEY, HEREFORD, KEYES, KINGSMILL, LORA, MASTERSON, MIAMI,
PAMPA, PANHANDLE, PANTEX, PERRYTON, ROMERO, SKELLYTOWN, SPEARMAN,
STRATFORD, UMBARGER, VEGA, WAKA, WARE, WASHBURN, WAYSIDE,
WHITE DEER, WILDORADO, AND WOLF CREEK PARK.
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
BAILEY COCHRAN CROSBY
FLOYD GARZA HALE
HOCKLEY LAMB LUBBOCK
LYNN TERRY YOAKUM
BRISCOE CASTRO PARMER
SWISHER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMHERST, BOVINA, BROWNFIELD,
CROSBYTON, DENVER CITY, DIMMITT, FARWELL, FLOYDADA, FRIONA,
HALE CENTER, HAPPY, HART, LAKE ALAN HENRY, LEVELLAND,
LITTLEFIELD, LOCKNEY, LUBBOCK, MEADOW, MORTON, MULESHOE,
NEW HOME, ODONNELL, OLTON, PLAINS, PLAINVIEW, POST, QUITAQUE,
RALLS, SILVERTON, SLATON, SUNDOWN, TAHOKA, TULIA, WELLMAN,
WHITEFACE, AND WOLFFORTH.
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A Rigby Democrat recently announced her campaign to represent Idaho’s 2ndCongressional District.
Wendy Norman, a 50-year-old first-grade teacher at Jefferson Joint School District 251, announced in a Thursday news release she is seeking to unseat Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, who has represented the district since 1999.
Norman considers herself a centrist but filed to run as a Democrat last month because she believes Simpson has moved too far to the right, the release said.
“Simpson used to be an independent thinker,” Norman said in the release. “But in recent years he has put his own political survival ahead of the needs of his constituents and his country. That’s wrong and he knows it.”
Although Norman agrees with Simpson on some issues, such as his plan for salmon recovery in the Snake River and his work on the Boulder White Clouds Wilderness Area, Norman is critical of Simpson voting against the American Rescue Plan and the $1 trillion Infrastructure bill, the latter which both Sen. Mike Crapo and Sen. Jim Risch voted in support of, the release said.
According to Norman’s campaign website, she also decided to run because her younger sister died years ago partly due to unaffordable health care, despite her sister working a full-time job. Norman said in the release she was disappointed when Simpson voted against a bill to cap insulin costs and one of her goals is to provide all Americansaccessto quality and affordable health care.
She said in the release she was also motivated to run because the other candidates in the Republican primary demonstrate further far-right extremism and “hate-filled” campaigns.
“Their rhetoric is full of misinformation, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories,” Norman said in the release. “It’s gotten so bad that I just had to stand up and try to do something about it.”
Norman is the only Democrat who filed to run for Simpson’s seat. She will move on to the state’s general election in November and face the Republican nominee. The five-way race for the Republican nomination in the May 17 primary election includes Simpson, Bryan Smith, Flint Christensen, Daniel Algiers Lucas Levy and Chris Porter.
The Idaho Press reported Simpson’s and Smith’s campaigns are engaging in a “who’s the Trumpiest” contest to prove they’ve been more supportive of former President Donald Trump. Smith, a vice chairman of both the Idaho Freedom Foundation and the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee, challenged Simpson in the 2014 Republican primary and collected 38% of the vote in his loss to Simpson.
Simpson and Smith both initially opposed Trump’s 2016 Republican nomination but have turned to express support for Trump in recent years, theIdahoPress reported.
By JAKOB THORINGTON
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Beach photos mark Prince Louis' birthday
- Published
Photographs of Prince Louis have been released to mark his fourth birthday on Saturday.
The pictures were taken earlier this month in Norfolk by his mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.
They show Louis - the youngest of her three children - enjoying a trip to the beach and holding a cricket ball.
To mark the prince's third birthday, his parents released a photograph of him on his bike about to go to nursery for the first time.
Prince Louis is fifth in line to the throne.
He was born at the private maternity Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London at 11:01 BST on 23 April 2018, weighing 8lb 7oz
His mother Catherine's photos have regularly been used to mark her children's birthdays.
The 40-year-old is patron of the Royal Photographic Society, and also released a pandemic photography book in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery last year.
Hold Still featured 100 photographs taken by members of the public during the pandemic, and the Duchess said it would serve as a "lasting record of what we were all experiencing".
- 23 April 2021
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President Joe Biden made a special trip from Washington D.C. to Seattle on Friday to mark Earth Day and to tout his climate change agenda.
Tune in as I discuss my bold agenda to tackle the climate crisis, expand affordable clean energy, safeguard our nation’s forests, and bolster our resilience in the face of threats like wildfires. https://t.co/k5YwYxXiod
— President Biden (@POTUS) April 22, 2022
BIDEN: "You know our natural wonders, uh, are uh, you know, inspired and the reflection inspires to take action." pic.twitter.com/zfoViwNrdU
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 22, 2022
Air Force One emits 8.75 pounds of carbon per mile. The distance between D.C. and Seattle is approximately 2700 miles, clocking in a round trip at 23,625 pounds of carbon emissions.
During his remarks, Biden said his administration plans to transform the military and turn U.S. forces away from fossil fuels.
"We're gonna start the process for every vehicle in the United States military, Every vehicle is going to be climate friendly," Biden said.
NOW - Biden: "In the US military, every vehicle is going to be climate-friendly. We're spending billions of dollars to do it."pic.twitter.com/3T16NHebY6
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 22, 2022
Earlier this week Climate Czar John Kerry expressed the importance of not allowing fossil fuel use to grow. He did not mention his regular use of a private jet or dozens of trips across the ocean to discuss climate change with foreign leaders.
KERRY: “If unabated fossil fuel is allowed to grow…that is a deep, unbelievably costly challenge for the world.” pic.twitter.com/zk53YfpXyV
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 20, 2022
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BALDWYN • An Alabama-based writer and producer wants to bring the unexpected to Baldwyn.
Tiffany LaMeia, of Decatur, Alabama, will have her play, “The Other Woman, I Am Her,” performed Saturday, April 30 at the Baldwyn High School Auditorium. There is a 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. performance. The auditorium can seat 300. Tickets cost $30. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Boys & Girls Club of Baldwyn to purchase additional film equipment for its filmmaking program.
“We’re just excited,” said Baldwyn Mayor Roslynn Clark. “It’s extremely important that we share our different types of cultural art and to expose all of our people to cultural diversity.”
At a media event Wednesday at the Station on 2nd, LaMeia shared that “The Other Woman'' was first a book about a portion of her life. After releasing the book, she felt prompted by God to write a play. Though they share the same title, the play differs from the book.
“I’m big on play on words, so while there are some infidelity and things that happen in the stage play, ‘The Other Woman’ is something that most people don’t expect it to be,” LaMeia said.
The play’s central conflict is when the husband, Jereme, decides he no longer wants to be married to his wife, Meme, due to his interest in another woman, Kizzie. He leaves, “only to find out that things aren’t always what they seem,” LaMeia said. His friends are Bobby and MJ.
Meanwhile, Meme is on the road to recovery and healing thanks to the arrival of Deacon Smith and support of her mom Ma Vicktory, her dad and friend D’Asia. LaMeia plays the role of life coach and counselor. The play features Alayna MaShay Gray. LaMeia is grateful to her cast, crew, and acting coach Tracie Bailey, who makes sure everyone is staged correctly.
“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be inspired, and so that’s the ultimate goal of the stage play,” LaMeia said.
This is LaMeia’s first play. It took 10 months to write, with largely original music penned by LaMeia. “The Other Woman” originally debuted in October 2017 at The Princess Theatre in Decatur, Alabama and had additional shows in different venues before COVID-19. To build momentum, she posted the play on YouTube, where it has garnered over 230,000 views. COVID-19 also made rehearsals difficult, as cast members largely rehearsed via Zoom.
Baldwyn’s show is the first since the pandemic began. A few years ago, Heather Hill of Baldwyn reached out and connected her with Clark. They originally envisioned the play for Tupelo, but after COVID-19 delayed it and Clark became mayor, she decided to bring it to Baldwyn instead. After talking back and forth and speaking with the superintendent, they decided to bring the stage play to the high school auditorium.
“The plays and anything that we’re going to have in the future is about and for empowering the whole community as a whole,” Clark said.
LaMeia hopes her play ministers to others and brings unity into marriages. Through her experience with divorce, she saw how others can get stuck in heartbreak and rejection. In previous performances, she’s more often received feedback from men about how the play gave them insight into their relationship.
“I am a minister, but I’m just a person,” LaMeia said. “The entire undertone of this is to find your strength in God, to find your own beauty and to walk in that and to own it, whether other people acknowledge it or not.”
Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at www.myevent.com/theotherwoman.
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China's tech crackdown has disrupted its financial markets
China has enforced strict regulations on its tech platforms over the past year. But this crackdown has sparked such instability in financial markets that the government may be having second thoughts.
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Air pollution a growing problem for US, report finds
(Gray News) - More Americans are being exposed to unhealthy air, a new report reveals.
According to the American Lung Association’s air quality report, released Thursday, nearly 9 million more people were impacted by potentially deadly particle pollution, and there have been more days with very unhealthy or hazardous air quality than has ever been measured in the 23-year history of the report.
More than 137 million Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of particle pollution or ozone, and people of color are more likely to live in counties with unhealthy air, the report said.
The group said that long-term improvement in the nation’s air quality through decades of work to reduce emissions has been offset by the effects of hotter, drier conditions caused by climate change. Western wildfires also led to a sharp rise in particle pollution in several states.
People can look up their county’s air quality in the report.
The American Lung Association’s “report card” tracks and grades Americans’ exposure to unhealthy levels of short-term spikes in particle pollution (also known as soot), annual particle pollution and ground-level ozone air pollution (also known as smog) over a three-year period. The report this year covers 2018-2020.
The coronavirus shutdowns in early 2020 offered no obvious improvement to air quality, the report also said.
The American Lung Association said it is urging the Biden administration to strengthen limits on short-term and year-round particulate matter air pollution that threatens Americans’ health.
Particle pollution and ozone impact health at every stage of life, “increasing the risk of premature birth, causing or worsening lung and heart disease, and shortening lives,” the American Lung Association said.
A separate study said unhealthy air increases the chances of catching COVID-19.
This new study found that a particular individual’s exposure to it, even in the short term, increases risk.
Scientists looked at hundreds of individual COVID-19 cases in Stockholm, Sweden and studied pollution levels around their homes at the time they became sick.
The study concluded the type of pollution associated with dust on roads, farms, and construction sites increases the risk by 6.9%.
Pollution from cars and trucks increases it by 6.8%, and pollution from paper, pulp and sawmills increases it by 5.9%.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, didn’t look at the risks in children or older adults.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. CNN Newsource contributed to this report.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 23, 2022
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HIGH WIND WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
403 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, southwest winds 35 to 45 mph
with gusts up to 70 mph. For the High Wind Watch, west winds
35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph possible.
* WHERE...Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
Saturday. For the High Wind Watch, from Saturday morning
through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
vehicles. Severe turbulence near the mountains will be hazardous
for low flying light aircraft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds will be particularly hazardous at higher elevations where
the strongest winds are likely to occur. Be especially careful
driving in these mountainous areas. People driving high-profile
vehicles should strongly consider postponing travel until the
winds subside.
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/
* WHAT...South winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Central and Southern Lea county, the Permian Basin, and
Pecos county.
* WHEN...Until 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture and
other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. The high winds can
topple trees, down power lines and damage some structures.
Remember, a High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind is
imminent or occurring.High winds could make driving difficult for
motorists driving high profile vehicles such as campers, vans,
and tractor trailers.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...South to southwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to
55 mph.
* WHERE...In New Mexico, Eddy County Plains, and Northern Lea
County. In Texas, Eastern Culberson and Loving Counties, and
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Reeves County Plains.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ARMSTRONG BAILEY BRISCOE
CARSON CASTRO COCHRAN
CROSBY DALLAM DEAF SMITH
DONLEY FLOYD GARZA
GRAY HALE HANSFORD
HARTLEY HOCKLEY HUTCHINSON
LAMB LUBBOCK LYNN
MOORE OCHILTREE OLDHAM
PARMER POTTER RANDALL
ROBERTS SHERMAN SWISHER
TERRY YOAKUM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
141 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF OKLAHOMA
BEAVER CIMARRON TEXAS
IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES
IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS
ARMSTRONG CARSON DALLAM
DEAF SMITH DONLEY GRAY
HANSFORD HARTLEY HUTCHINSON
MOORE OCHILTREE OLDHAM
POTTER RANDALL ROBERTS
SHERMAN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMARILLO, BEAVER, BOISE CITY,
BOOTLEG, BORGER, BOYS RANCH, BUFFALO LAKE, BUSHLAND, CANYON,
CHANNING, CLARENDON, CLAUDE, CODMAN, CONLEN, DALHART, DAWN,
DUMAS, FARNSWORTH, FORGAN, FOUR WAY, GOODNIGHT, GRUVER, GUYMON,
HARTLEY, HEREFORD, KEYES, KINGSMILL, LORA, MASTERSON, MIAMI,
PAMPA, PANHANDLE, PANTEX, PERRYTON, ROMERO, SKELLYTOWN, SPEARMAN,
STRATFORD, UMBARGER, VEGA, WAKA, WARE, WASHBURN, WAYSIDE,
WHITE DEER, WILDORADO, AND WOLF CREEK PARK.
IN NORTHWEST TEXAS
BAILEY COCHRAN CROSBY
FLOYD GARZA HALE
HOCKLEY LAMB LUBBOCK
LYNN TERRY YOAKUM
BRISCOE CASTRO PARMER
SWISHER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMHERST, BOVINA, BROWNFIELD,
CROSBYTON, DENVER CITY, DIMMITT, FARWELL, FLOYDADA, FRIONA,
HALE CENTER, HAPPY, HART, LAKE ALAN HENRY, LEVELLAND,
LITTLEFIELD, LOCKNEY, LUBBOCK, MEADOW, MORTON, MULESHOE,
NEW HOME, ODONNELL, OLTON, PLAINS, PLAINVIEW, POST, QUITAQUE,
RALLS, SILVERTON, SLATON, SUNDOWN, TAHOKA, TULIA, WELLMAN,
WHITEFACE, AND WOLFFORTH.
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By ADAM SCHRECK
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory Thursday in the battle for Mariupol despite an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters still holed up at a giant steel mill, ordering his troops not to storm the stronghold but to seal it off “so that not even a fly comes through.”
Putin expressed concern for the lives of Russian troops in deciding against sending them in to clear out the sprawling Azovstal plant, where the die-hard defenders were hiding in a maze of underground passageways.
Putin’s comments came as satellite image provider Maxar Technologies released photos showing more than 200 of what it called new mass graves in a town where Ukrainian officials say the Russians have been burying Mariupol residents killed in the fighting. The imagery shows long rows of graves stretching away from an existing cemetery in the town of Manhush, outside Mariupol.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko accused the Russians of “hiding their military crimes” by taking the bodies of civilians from the city and burying them in Manhush.
As many as 9,000 civilians could be buried in mass graves in Manhush, the Mariupol City Council said Thursday in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
Boychenko labeled Russian actions in the city as “the new Babi Yar,” a reference to the site of multiple Nazi massacres in which nearly 34,000 Ukrainian Jews were killed in 1941.
In a statement, Maxar said a review of previous images indicates that the new graves were dug in late March and expanded over the past couple of weeks.
After nearly two lethal months of bombardment that largely reduced Mariupol to a smoking ruin, Russian forces appear to control the rest of the strategic southern city, including its vital but now badly damaged port.
But a few thousand Ukrainian troops, by Moscow’s estimate, have stubbornly held out for weeks at the steel plant, despite a pummeling from Russian forces and repeated demands for their surrender. About 1,000 civilians were also trapped there, according to Ukrainian officials.
Instead of sending troops to finish off the defenders in a potentially bloody frontal assault, Russia apparently intends to maintain the siege and wait for the fighters to surrender when they run out of food or ammunition.
Boychenko rejected any notion that Mariupol had fallen into Russian hands.
“The city was, is and remains Ukrainian,” he declared. “Today our brave warriors, our heroes, are defending our city.”
The capture of Mariupol would represent the Kremlin’s biggest victory yet of the war in Ukraine. It would help Moscow secure more of the coastline, complete a land bridge between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014, and free up more forces to join the larger and potentially more consequential battle now underway for Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, the Donbas.
At a joint appearance with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin declared, “The completion of combat work to liberate Mariupol is a success,” and he offered congratulations to Shoigu.
Shoigu predicted the steel plant could be taken in three to four days, but Putin said that would be “pointless” and would risk Russian lives.
“There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities,” the Russian leader said. “Block off this industrial area so that not even a fly comes through.”
The plant covers 11 square kilometers (4 square miles) and is threaded with some 24 kilometers (15 miles) of tunnels and bunkers.
“The Russian agenda now is not to capture these really difficult places where the Ukrainians can hold out in the urban centers, but to try and capture territory and also to encircle the Ukrainian forces and declare a huge victory,” retired British Rear Adm. Chris Parry said.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian troops kidnapped a local official heading up a humanitarian convoy in the southern Kherson region. She said the Russians offered to free him in exchange for Russian prisoners of war, but she characterized that as unacceptable.
Vereshchuk also said efforts to establish three humanitarian corridors in the Kherson region failed Thursday because Russian troops did not hold their fire.
Russian officials for weeks have said capturing the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas is the war’s main objective. Moscow’s forces opened the new phase of the fighting this week along a 300-mile (480-kilometer) front from the northeastern city of Kharkiv to the Azov Sea.
While Russia continued heavy air and artillery attacks in those areas, it did not appear to gain any significant ground over the past few days, according to military analysts, who said Moscow’s forces were still ramping up the offensive.
A senior U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the Pentagon’s assessment, said the Ukrainians were hindering the Russian effort to push south from Izyum.
Rockets struck a neighborhood of Kharkiv on Thursday, and at least two civilians were burned to death in their car. A school and a residential building were also hit, and firefighters tried to put out a blaze and search for anyone trapped.
Western nations, meanwhile, rushed to pour heavy weapons into Ukraine to help it counter the offensive in the east.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance, including heavy artillery, 144,000 rounds of ammunition and drones. But he also warned that the $13.6 billion approved last month by Congress for military and humanitarian aid is “almost exhausted” and more will be needed.
All told, more than 100,000 people were believed trapped with little or no food, water, heat or medicine in Mariupol, which had a prewar population of about 430,000. Over 20,000 people have been killed in the siege, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The city has seized worldwide attention as the scene of some of the worst suffering of the war, including deadly airstrikes on a maternity hospital and a theater.
Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of launching attacks to block civilian evacuations from the city. On Thursday, at least two Russian attacks hit the city of Zaporizhzhia, a way station for people fleeing Mariupol. No one was wounded, the regional governor said.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said that Russia probably wants to demonstrate significant successes ahead of Victory Day on May 9, the proudest day on the Russian calendar, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
“This could affect how quickly and forcefully they attempt to conduct operations in the run-up to this date,” the ministry said.
In other developments, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Ukrainians living in areas of southern Ukraine under Russian control not to provide Russians with their IDs, which he said could be used “to falsify a so-called referendum on our land” to create a Moscow-friendly government.
“This is a real possibility,” he said in his nightly video address to the nation. “Beware.”
In the continuing war of sanctions and countersanctions between Russia and the West, Moscow announced it has barred U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and 27 other prominent Americans, including foreign affairs commentators, from entering Russia.
The move was a response to “ever-widening anti-Russian sanctions” by the Biden administration, the ministry said in a statement, and targeted people it said were shaping a “Russophobic narrative.”
Similar restrictions were imposed on 61 Canadians.
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Associated Press journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Felipe Dana in Kharkiv, Ukraine; Yesica Fisch in Kramatorsk, Ukraine; Danica Kirka in London; and Robert Burns and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report, as did other AP staff members around the world.
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Financial Conduct Authority raises concerns over how so-called challenger banks tackle financial crime
The City watchdog has raised concerns over how so-called challenger banks tackle financial crime.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said smaller digital lenders – which have been popping up in ever-growing numbers in recent years – were often failing to run sufficient checks on their customers.
They should be collecting more data about where their clients are making their income and what their jobs are so they can better spot criminals and money-launderers, the FCA said.
Concern: The FCA said smaller digital lenders were often failing to run sufficient checks on their customers
And in a warning that has taken on greater significance following the sanctions on Russian oligarchs, the FCA said some lenders were not applying greater checks to the so-called 'politically exposed', who may be more likely to be involved in corruption or bribery offences.
Fully digital challenger banks are still relatively new to the UK. They began springing up in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis – but as they became bigger, many did not invest enough in their risk departments. Unlike the major High Street lenders, they had little in the way of resources and staffing. And because they operate solely online, they have had to come up with digital checks to verify a customer's authenticity which may formerly have been done by a person.
The FCA said some banks were also not being specific or detailed enough when they submitted so-called Suspicious Activity Reports to regulators, flagging potentially dodgy transactions.
The watchdog did not disclose which banks were included in its review, but said it spanned six retail lenders which were primarily digital with a combined total of more than 8m customers.
Starling confirmed it was one of them and praised the FCA for 'taking financial crime seriously'. Others are likely to include Monzo and Atom Bank, though neither responded to a request for comment.
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By DAVID KEYTON and YESICA FISCH
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia shifted a dozen crack military units from the shattered port of Mariupol to eastern Ukraine and pounded away at cities across the region, Ukrainian authorities said Friday, as the two sides hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland.
Meanwhile, Russia reported that one serviceman was killed and 27 others were left missing after the fire on board the warship Moskva, which sank a week ago following what the Ukrainians boasted was a missile attack. Moscow previously reported everyone aboard had been rescued.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not acknowledge an attack on the ship. It continued to say a fire broke out after ammunition detonated, without explaining how that happened. The loss of the guided missile cruiser — the flagship of Russia’s Black Fleet — was a humiliating setback for Moscow.
In Mariupol, reduced largely to smoking rubble by weeks of bombardment, Russian state TV showed the flag of the pro-Moscow Donetsk separatists raised on what it said was the city highest point, its TV tower. It also showed what it said was the main building at Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant in flames.
The Kremlin has thrown over 100,000 troops and mercenaries from Syria and Libya into the fight in Ukraine and is deploying more forces in the country every day, said Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
“We have a difficult situation, but our army is defending our state,” he said.
Numerous cities and villages came under bombardment in the Donbas — the industrial region in the east that the Kremlin has declared the new, main theater of war — as well as in the Kharkiv region just to the west, and in the south, authorities said.
Russian forces pummeled an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters holed up inside the sprawling Azovstal plant, the last known pocket of resistance inside the strategic southern port city, the mayor’s office reported.
“Every day they drop several bombs on Azovstal,” said Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor. “Fighting, shelling, bombing do not stop.”
A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the battle for Mariupol despite the steel-mill holdouts. He ordered his forces not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off instead in an apparent bid to force them to surrender.
Mariupol has taken on outsize importance in the war. Capturing it would deprive the Ukrainians of a vital port and complete a land corridor between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Putin seized from Ukraine in 2014.
It would also enable Putin to throw more of his forces into the potentially climactic battle for the Donbas and its coal mines, factories and other industries, or what the Kremlin has now declared to be its main objective.
Danilov reported that some 12 to 14 of Russia’s elite military units have, in fact, left Mariupol and begun moving to the east to take part in the fighting there.
“It will now be difficult for our forces, because our guys in Mariupol were taking (those units) on themselves. It is their courage and feat,” he said.
Danilov also said Kyiv was able to deliver weapons via helicopter at great risk under cover of night to the Mariupol steelworks, which have been bombarded for weeks.
Putin said Russia gave Ukrainian forces inside the plant the option to surrender, with guarantees to keep them alive, and offered “decent treatment and medical care,” according to an account of a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel, provided by the Kremlin.
“But the Kyiv regime does not allow them to take this opportunity,” Putin charged.
More than 100,000 people — down from a prewar population of about 430,000 — are believed trapped in the city with little food, water or heat, and over 20,000 civilians have been killed in the nearly two-month siege, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Repeated attempts to evacuate civilians from the city have failed because of what the Ukrainians said was continued Russian shelling.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said no humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations would be open in Ukraine on Friday because it was too dangerous. She urged civilians to “be patient” and “hang in there.”
Days into the Russian offensive to take the east, the campaign has yet to become a full-out assault, with military analysts saying Moscow’s forces are still ramping up and have yet to achieve any major breakthroughs in the Donbas or gain any significant ground.
But shelling attacks killed three civilians in a small town and two villages Friday in the Donetsk region, which is part of the Donbas, the regional governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, posted on a messaging app. Kyrylenko said the Russians opened fire on at least 20 settlements in the region.
Slovyansk, a city of about 100,000 in eastern Ukraine, came under fire during the night, according to the mayor, who said no injuries were reported but urged residents to leave via bus convoy. In Rubizhne, Russian fire prevented attempts to bring buses in, the regional governor said.
Intensive shelling was also heard overnight in Kharkiv, a northeastern city that lies outside the Donbas but is seen as one of the gateways the Russians intend to use to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Donbas from the north, south and east.
In other developments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said talks between the two countries have “ground to a halt” because Moscow hasn’t received a response from Kyiv to its latest proposals, the details of which have not been released.
Putin’s lead negotiator at the talks, Vladimir Medinsky, said he held several lengthy conversations Friday with the head of the Ukrainian delegation. He gave no further details.
Also, Rustam Minnekayev, a senior Russian military official, publicly outlined Russian war aims that appeared to be wider than what the Kremlin has stated in recent weeks. He said Russia’s forces aim to take full control of not just eastern Ukraine but southern too.
He said such a move would open the way to the nation of Moldova, where Russia backs the breakaway region of Transnistria. Moldovan officials are warily watching Putin’s actions in Ukraine.
On Thursday, satellite photos from Maxar Technologies revealed what appeared to be rows upon rows of more than 200 freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol, prompting accusations that the Russians are trying to conceal the slaughter of civilians taking place in the city.
Initial estimates from the Ukrainians said the graves could hold 9,000 bodies.
There was no immediate reaction from the Kremlin to the satellite pictures.
The U.N. Human Rights office again condemned the Russian invasion.
“Over these eight weeks, international humanitarian law has not merely been ignored but seemingly tossed aside,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said.
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Fisch reported from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Associated Press journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Felipe Dana in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv and Robert Burns and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report, as did other AP staff members around the world.
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(KDVR) — New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says COVID was the third-largest cause of death through 2021.
According to a CDC release, about 460,000 deaths occurred in the U.S. through 2021 for which COVID-19 was the underlying cause. Accounting for roughly twice as many deaths as accidents, COVID was associated with more deaths than any single cause but cancer and heart disease for the second year in a row.
COVID related deaths were about as concentrated in older age groups as with non-COVID deaths. About 80% of COVID deaths occurred in ages 55 and older.
Men accounted for about 50% more COVID deaths than did women.
COVID death rates were highest among American Indian/Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islanders and lowest among non-Hispanic Asians and whites.
Whites were 66% of COVID deaths, followed by Hispanics at 16% and Black non-Hispanics at 13%.
Coronavirus-related complications were also the third leading cause of death in 2020, CDC reports. There were 350,831 COVID-19 deaths in 2020, which was the year the disease became widespread. Overall, there were about 60,000 more deaths in 2021 than 2020.
There’s been some confusion since the start of the pandemic over what constitutes a COVID death.
CDC Dr. Robert Anderson, chief of Mortality Statistics, explains COVID-19 is often listed as the “underlying cause” on death certificates of those who die from COVID.
“The underlying cause of death is the condition that initiated the chain of events leading to death,” Anderson said in a CDC interview. “When the death certificate is filled out, the person who’s reporting the cause of death is asked to identify a chain of events, sort of a causal pathway, working from the immediate cause back to the underlying cause.”
Anderson explained that COVID-19 could allow for a potential other condition, like flu, to infect a person and then the flu could be what kills them. In this instance, COVID-19 would still be considered a cause of death, per CDC.
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In the midst of the closure of Exclusive Company records stores, past and present employees are raising money to reopen the Greenfield location under a new name.
“There are no other stores like us around,” said Isabella Charles, an employee at Exclusive Company
Greenfields Exclusive Company is among the oldest record stores in the state and is celebrating its 30th year of having its doors open. Charles says she’s always amazed at the constant support.
“When things shut down [for the pandemic] we were still doing great in sales here even though we were closed and still doing curbside or online orders. It really proved to us how important physical media is to our community here,” said Charles.
That Girl Records, an idea being brought into fruition by Isabella and her coworkers hopes to buy the remaining inventory in the store, as well as the fixtures that make the store what it is.
If you want to support the transition of Greenfields Exclusive Company into That Girl Records, Charles and her coworkers have set up a go fund me to help with operation costs.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Traffic was heavily congested on I-5 in Clark County Friday afternoon after a crash in the northbound lanes briefly stopped all traffic in both directions, officials said.
The Washington State Department of Transportation said the crash happened before 1:30 p.m. at milepost 6 near Salmon Creek.
All northbound lanes of the freeway were quickly shut down and by 1:45 p.m., WSDOT said in a Tweet that all southbound lanes had been closed, too. By 2:17 p.m., the southbound lanes reopened, officials said in a follow-up Tweet.
Officials said in an update to Twitter at 2:16 p.m. that northbound traffic had been backed up for about 3 miles in the area. Five minutes later, officials said another crash had occurred on I-5 S near milepost 5.4 and blocked the exit to 99th Street.
Authorities did not immediately release details on what caused either of the crashes.
Officials urged drivers to use caution in the area and expect delays. Road conditions change quickly. For the most up-to-date information, follow WSDOT on Twitter or the interactive traffic map through ODOT.
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Report: Production halts on Bill Murray film ‘Being Mortal’ after behavioral complaint
(Gray News) - Searchlight Pictures has reportedly halted production on a film starring Bill Murray following allegations of inappropriate behavior.
According to reports from the New York Times and Variety, the studio issued a letter to cast and crew on Wednesday saying that filming had been suspended due to an unspecified complaint.
The New York Times reports the letter did not provide information on the nature of the complaint but a person working on the production said that the movie was shut down because of inappropriate behavior by Murray.
According to IMDb, Aziz Ansari is the director of the film that is planned to be released in 2023. “Being Mortal” also stars Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer.
The movie is based on surgeon Atul Gawande’s 2014 nonfiction book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” according to the online movie database.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
442 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN CIMARRON...NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN
AND EASTERN DALLAM COUNTIES...
At 442 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of
Conlen, or 12 miles northeast of Dalhart, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Stratford, Griggs and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Selling Sunset season 5 saw an influx of realtors working at the Oppenheim Group, twins Brett and Jason’s Los Angeles-based high-end real estate brokerage at the center of the hit Netflix reality series. But not everyone made it to the end, with several notable departures from the company.
In addition to longtime employees Maya Vander, Mary Fitzgerald, Heather Rae Young, Christine Quinn, as well as Chrishell Stause, who joined in season 1, and Amanza Smith, who joined in season 2, former employee Davina Potratz made her return to the company after initially parting ways in season 3. Not only that, but Christine convinced the twins to add season 5 newcomer Chelsea Lazkani to the roster on top of season 4’s additions, Emma Hernan and Vanessa Villela.
And as Mary puts it this season, “There’s only so many seats at the office, so we’re going to have to take a look at who’s not pulling their weight,” leaving the likes of Davina and Vanessa worried they’re on the chopping block after failing to make any notable sales up until that point.
In the end, neither the twins nor Mary have to lay off any of the staff, but two of them -- Vanessa and Maya -- left the company with Christine seemingly fired, or at least on the outs after an unexpected scandal erupts in the finale.
Here’s what you need to know about the big cast shakeups in season 5:
Vanessa Villela
This season, romances were front and center, with the relationship between Chrishell and Jason garnering most of the attention while Heather’s marriage to Tarek El Moussa opened the finale. However, they weren’t the only two couples in love, with Emma becoming increasingly smitten with her new client, Micah, as the two bonded over home renovations, mezcal and empanadas.
Additionally, Vanessa revealed halfway through the season that her personal life was taking priority over her professional one. “I also feel a little disconnected from a lot of things right now. I’m in a long-distance relationship with my boyfriend,” she told Amanza at one point, before a flashback showed her telling Nick that she cannot travel due to work.
“Our relationship is so magical that our love is getting stronger and stronger and deeper and deeper, and that obviously makes it harder to be apart. So, maybe the real estate market in Los Angeles is not meant for me,” Vanessa continued to explain to her co-worker.
Later, Nick showed up at the office to give Vanessa a promise ring before having to leave the country again for work. And after grabbing lunch with Davina, who convinced her to follow her heart, Vanessa seemingly decided to move to England and was last seen with her luggage at the airport.
Choosing love ended up working out for her, because in January it was revealed that Nick, who goes by Tom Fraud on social, proposed to Vanessa on the steps of the Griffith Observatory. Vanessa took to Instagram to share a video of her beau on one knee, writing, “Our love story is like a movie and you are my prince!”
Maya Vander
After hinting in previous seasons that she wanted to stop splitting her time between the East and West Coasts, Maya, who is pregnant with her third child, made the formal decision to move to Miami to be with her husband and two growing children.
“At the end of the day, I know I have to take a break from bouncing to L.A.,” she said during a goodbye lunch with the team, adding later, “It is, in a way, closing a chapter, and it’s bittersweet. But at the same time, I’m very excited to focus on what's really important in life, which is my family.”
While the cameras don’t follow Maya to Miami, it’s since been revealed that she had a stillbirth 38 weeks into pregnancy. “Yesterday was the hardest day of my life,” she posted to Instagram. “I always heard of it but never imagined I’ll be part of the statistics. Instead of delivering a baby, I get to go home with a memory box… I do not wish this on anyone.”
She added, “Given I share my pregnancies in the show I knew I’ll have to post about this and avoid the 'when is your due date' question.”
In an interview with the New York Post, Maya revealed that she has no plans to return to the series. Instead, she’s focused on motherhood as well as managing her own firm, Maya Vander Group. “My business in Miami is really doing well. I started my own team here,” she shared. “I have a few girls that work with me. And the market in Miami is great.”
Christine Quinn
After giving birth to her first child with her husband, Christian Richard, Christine was largely on maternity leave during season 5. But being a new mom didn’t stop her from drumming up all the drama that played out in the new episodes, including stealing the spotlight at Heather’s bridal shower, continuing to feud with Chrishell and Mary, talking poorly about her one ally, Davina, while introducing another named Chelsea.
But the Selling Sunset villain’s antics may finally have gone too far when it’s revealed that she attempted to bribe one of Emma’s clients into not working with her and choosing to go with Christine instead. “He’s known me for 10 years. He knows I’m a good person inside and out, and, like, thank God he told me,” Emma said, before relaying what Christine told her client: “She’s out to sabotage you in any way possible.”
“She clearly has a vindictiveness to her that is seriously concerning,” Jason said later, when discussing what to do about Christine’s status at the brokerage with Mary after she failed to show up to a meeting with him.
“When you’re lying, you’re doing these awful things, it’s hard to keep up with the story. So, it was easier not to show up,” Emma later told ET about Christine’s actions in the finale.
While the season ends with Christine’s position at the Oppenheim Group unclear, it’s likely that she’s on the way out. “Obviously, I’m not the boss. But it’s come to a point where she’s hurt each and every single one of the girls on the show, on the cast, in the O Group,” Emma said. “So, Jason’s going to have to make that decision… But he’s the boss, so TBD. I don’t think anyone knows at this point.”
Selling Sunset is now streaming on Netflix.
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Florida says math textbooks taught critical race theory
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — After a delay of nearly a week, the Florida Department of Education has released two examples that it says back up its rejection of dozens of math textbooks because they contained questions and exercises based on Common Core or critical race theory, issues that opponents say are not actual problems.
The state did not identify which textbooks the examples come from, but one appears to be from an advanced high school algebra or statistics textbook and begins with the phrase, “What? Me? Racist?” It has students work with data reported by an online test that researchers say uncovers hidden attitudes toward different races.
The other appears to come from a teacher’s guide to a kindergarten or first-grade textbook. The lesson is entitled “Social and Emotional Learning - Building Student Agency”; students work together as they put the numbers 1 to 5 in proper order so they can “build proficiency with social awareness as they practice with empathizing with classmates.”
The state rejected more than 50 math textbooks — about 40% of those submitted. Despite the state’s disapproval, under Florida law individual districts can still buy the texts if at least half their book spending is on approved material.
“It seems some publishers attempted to slap a coat of paint on an old house built on the foundation of Common Core, and indoctrinating concepts like race essentialism, especially, bizarrely, for elementary school students,” Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement when the rejections were announced late last week. The examples were released Thursday.
Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz, a former Miami mayor, said in a statement that Florida has long had a system for picking appropriate books, but it is being politicized by the DeSantis administration.
“What Florida politicians are trying to do now is ignore the judgement of professionals and impose their own political views (behind closed doors) on every parent and child in Florida,” he said.
The Common Core standards are benchmarks adopted by more than 40 states to describe what students should know after completing each grade. The standards were developed by the National Governors Association but became a frequent target of Republicans after the Obama administration pushed states to adopt them.
Opponents contend Common Core includes inappropriate curriculum that is being forced on states. Florida adopted Common Core in the 2000s under Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, who was a strong proponent. But it dropped Common Core in 2020 under DeSantis, who said it was being replaced by “Common Sense.”
Critical race theory centers on the idea that racism is systemic in U.S. institutions and that they function to maintain the dominance of white people in society. There is little to no evidence that critical race theory is being taught to K-12 public school students, though some ideas central to it, such as lingering consequences of slavery, have been.
DeSantis signed a bill Friday that bars instruction that makes members of a race feel guilty for past actions committed by people of that same race, and bars teaching that meritocracy is racist. It also expands language on requiring teaching on the history of slavery and racial oppression.
The state education department said that the math examples released Thursday are not an exhaustive list of problems it says were reported in the rejected texts by parents. If the publishers want to re-seek approval, they have two weeks to resubmit their books without the content the state found problematic.
The high school example centered around racism is based on data released by the Implicit Bias Test, an online set of surveys whose organizers say uncover hidden attitudes on a variety of subjects. It is operated by Project Implicit, which was founded in 1998 by professors from three institutions: Harvard University, the University of Virginia and the University of Washington.
The rejected textbook does not ask the students to take the Implicit Bias Test, but the surveys are readily found online. In the race test, participants are shown a series of photos of white and Black faces mixed with positive and negative words such as “glad” or “sadness.” In one round, participants are asked to press as quickly as possible the same letter when presented with a white face or a positive word and another letter when presented with a Black face or a negative word.
In the next round, the mixture is reversed — users press the same key when presented with a white face or negative word and the other when presented with a Black face or a positive word. There are more rounds where keys are further reversed. Using accuracy and speed, the organizers believe they can uncover a person’s hidden bias to a particular race, if one exists.
In the example released by the state, students are asked to work with Project Implicit data that says younger and older people are more racially prejudiced than those in middle age and conservatives are more racially biased than liberals.
“If you want to teach your kid Woke Math, where ‘2+2=4′ is white supremacy, you’re free to buy any CRT math textbook you want. You just cannot force Florida taxpayers to subsidize this indoctrination,” the governor’s press secretary, Christina Pushaw, said on Twitter.
But Democratic Party Chair Diaz, a son of Cuban refugees, said the Republicans are trying to bend facts to their own narrative.
“Maintaining or advancing their power requires they control our lives and what we think. My parents did not escape communism in order to have their children live in another authoritarian government, plain and simple,” he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged Friday that it failed to alert Capitol Police about a parachute jump at a nearby baseball stadium, a misstep that led to a security alert and evacuation of the Capitol.
“We deeply regret that we contributed to a precautionary evacuation of the Capitol complex and apologize for the disruption and fear experienced by those who work there,” the FAA said in an unsigned statement.
The FAA said it was “taking immediate steps to ensure that we always coordinate well in advance with other agencies to avoid confusion over future aviation events in the Washington, D.C., area.”
The agency said its review of the incident in heavily restricted airspace was continuing.
The FAA didn't tell Capitol Police that a small plane would circle overhead on Wednesday evening, on its way to drop members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who parachuted into Nationals Park for Military Appreciation Night. Not knowing the plane's mission, congressional staffers fled the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., promised a congressional review of the FAA’s actions, which she called “outrageous and inexcusable.”
Many people who work on Capitol Hill have remained on edge more than a year after hundreds of rioters loyal to then-President Donald Trump pushed their way past overwhelmed police officers, broke through windows and doors and ransacked the Capitol as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win.
The FAA is being led by an acting administrator, Billy Nolen. The previous head of the agency, Stephen Dickson, stepped down at the end of March. The White House has not nominated a replacement.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Giants placed two more players on the injured list before their game against the Nationals, losing their second starting pitcher in three days.
Anthony DeSclafani followed Alex Cobb onto the IL, and while Cobb is expected to miss the minimum 10 days, DeSclafani’s status is unclear. He has right ankle inflammation similar to that he incurred last Aug. 18 when covering first base, but a cortisone shot cleared that up at the time - it was thought. The ankle issue resurfaced recently and probably has contributed to his stuff being less effective and a dip in his velocity.
In addition, outfielder Steven Duggar was placed on the 60-day DL with what manager Gabe Kapler described as a “moderate” oblique strain. That enabled the team to place outfielder Luis Gonzalez on the 40-man roster, and Gonzalez, who impressed the Giants this spring as a non-roster player, was activated for Friday’s game at Washington. Like Duggar, Gonzalez is a left-handed hitter.
RIght-hander Jakob Junis was called up from Triple-A Sacramento and he was an option if needed Friday night in relief of lefty Sam Long, who was expected to be go three-plus innings. Junis also might slip into DeSclafani’s spot should he not get used before that turn comes up Tuesday against Oakland at Oracle Park.
Kapler said that DeSclafani had felt the ankle at different points last season and he will get an MRI on Monday in the Bay Area.
“We all have optimism,” Kapler said. “We recognize how good he was for us last year. We had like a six 0week stretch where he was one of the better right-handed pitchers in baseball. We know that level of excellence is in there for him and we want to send him out on the mound with the confidence that that's something that he can give this club.”.
Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser
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Seahawks face critical draft beginning with No. 9 selection
RENTON, Wash. (AP) - For the better part of a decade, the first-round of the NFL draft has proved to be rather boring for the Seattle Seahawks.
Whether it was late opening-round picks that usually were traded, or not even owning a first-rounder, the opening night of the draft was regularly dull in Seattle.
Not this year. Not entering perhaps the most important draft for the Seahawks since the 2012 grab bag that landed Seattle a bounty of future stars.
Coming off the first losing season in a decade there is heightened pressure and expectation on general manager John Schneider and coach Pete Carroll that the Seahawks must hit in this draft, beginning with the No. 9 overall pick.
"There´s a lot of planning. A lot of thoughts that go through your head. A lot of different scenarios," Schneider said. "We may pick at nine, we may not. We don´t know yet. We´re gonna do whatever we can to help this football team as much as we possibly can. It´s obviously exciting, but it´s not necessarily a place that you want to be drafting."
If the Seahawks truly believe they are reloading and not fully rebuilding after an offseason of major changes, then coming out of this draft filling some significant needs seems to be a requirement.
Quarterback will be a focal point following the trade of Russell Wilson to Denver, which landed the Seahawks the ninth pick, along with a bounty of other selections. But Seattle seems set on giving Drew Lock, Geno Smith and Jacob Eason a chance at earning the starting job, and while a QB may be selected, it seems unlikely to be the choice at No. 9.
There are too many other needs.
Neither offensive tackle position is set. Seattle lost starting cornerback D.J. Reed in free agency. Pass rush seems to be a never-ending priority, especially in a new 3-4 defensive scheme.
And Bobby Wagner, one of the best linebackers of this generation, was released in a salary-cap move and signed with the division rival Rams, leaving one of the inside linebacker spots unaccounted for.
"There is definitely an excitement about this because there´s only so many things that can happen when you´re picking 25th or 28th and down there. There´s a million scenarios," Carroll said. "This is not like that. It´s a little different."
UNDER CENTER
The last time the Seahawks selected a quarterback in the first round was Rick Mirer in 1993. The last time they selected a quarterback in any of the first three rounds was 2012 when Wilson was picked and became a 10-year starter.
At some point among Seattle´s eight picks a quarterback is likely to be selected. But in a year when there´s no clear options at the position in the top 10, it seems unlikely Seattle would use the No. 9 pick on a QB.
The better likelihood is seeing if someone like Matt Corral or Desmond Ridder is available late in the first or early in the second round.
END OF THE LINE
The last time Seattle had a top 10 pick came in 2010, the first draft under Schneider and Carroll. The No. 6 pick that year was used on left tackle Russell Okung, who started all 72 regular-season games he played for the Seahawks over six seasons.
Don´t be surprised if Seattle looks to find its next left tackle with the No. 9 pick.
Veteran Duane Brown remains a free agent after spending the past 4 ½ seasons in Seattle. The Seahawks seem hesitant to commit a lengthy deal to Brown, who will turn 37 before the start of next season.
The top tackles in the draft have all been linked to the Seahawks, including Mississippi State´s Charles Cross, Alabama´s Evan Neal and Ickey Ekwonu from North Carolina State. If one of those players is still available at No. 9 it´ll be very attractive for the Seahawks.
CORNERING THE MARKET
If offensive tackle isn´t the choice at No. 9, it very likely could be cornerback. Seattle saw Reed depart for a bigger deal with the Jets, leaving Sidney Jones and Tre Brown, who was injured midway through last season, as the primary options.
Ahmed "Sauce" Gardner fits the size profile Seattle has sought in the past at 6-foot-3, but seems to be rising in mock drafts and could be gone by the time Seattle picks. Other possible early first-round options could be LSU´s Derek Stingley Jr. and Clemson´s Andrew Booth.
Whether the first pick is used on a cornerback or not, expect Seattle to take one or two in the draft.
TRADE OUT
As is always the case with Schneider, a trade is entirely possible. The second day of the draft is likely to be loaded with talent and a trade down by the Seahawks to nab more second- and third-round picks might be the most likely outcome for Seattle. But top 10 picks have been rare in the past dozen years for Seattle so this could be the time the Seahawks finally use that first-rounder.
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LAKEWOOOD, Colo., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aphelion Aerospace is proud to announce reaching a major milestone in developing the company's commercial launch services with the completion of critical propulsion system testing. The team recently spent two weeks at the company's test facility in Wyoming integrating a rocket engine and support systems on a ground test stand and conducting a series of hot fire tests. The test activity was conducted with support from Aphelion Aerospace's propulsion R&D partner, Frontier Astronautics, at their facility near Chugwater, WY.
This ground testing is a critical phase of research and development because Aphelion Aerospace utilizes a proprietary chemical blend that has not been used in the space industry previously. While there has been prior government-funded research in a laboratory, Aphelion is the first company to use it in a flight-scale rocket engine to commercialize the technology. By conducting extensive testing on the ground, the company is maturing the technology to retire technical risks on the path toward qualification of the complete propulsion system, including rocket engines, electric pumps, and engine controllers.
With the successful completion of this phase of research and development, Aphelion is proceeding with maturing the propulsion technology using advanced proprietary materials and additive manufacturing. This work will culminate in fabrication and qualification of low-cost flight-ready rocket engines for the company's Helios nanosatellite launch vehicle.
The Helios launch system is a low-cost, dedicated nanosatellite launch vehicle designed to provide low-cost, on-demand launch services for commercial and government customers. It utilizes ground-breaking proprietary non-toxic, non-cryogenic, and environmentally friendly "green" propulsion technology that lowers launch costs, increases reliability, and enables rapid response.
In parallel with propulsion system development, Aphelion is continuing with the design of its launch vehicles, subsystems, and ground support in anticipation of a first suborbital launch as early as the end of 2022 and eventual orbital launch in 2024.
Aphelion Aerospace is a space transportation company on a mission to operate a dedicated nanosatellite launch service that allows for both on-demand and regularly scheduled orbital access with unprecedented mission flexibility and low price.
Aphelion Aerospace expresses its gratitude to its private investors and individuals who have already invested in the company on StartEngine.
To learn more about Aphelion Aerospace, please visit their website at https://aphelionaerospace.com and StartEngine campaign page at https://www.startengine.com/aphelion-aerospace.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA) — A Cape Coral man was arrested Thursday after he was caught in a child’s bed, according to police.
The Cape Coral Police Department said officers were called after Christian Matthew Kimbrough, 18, was caught hiding under the child’s bedsheets.
According to police, Kimbrough rode his bicycle to the child’s house to see the child.
He then climbed through the child’s window while they were sleeping and battered the child, police.
Cape Coral police said Kimbrough knew that the child was underage. The man first contacted the child through Snapchat around a month before the incident, officers said.
Kimbrough was charged with lewd or lascivious battery (victim 12-16 years old) and booked into the Lee County Jail.
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PAS 2022, taking place April 21-25 in-person and on demand, connects thousands of pediatricians and other health care providers worldwide.
DENVER, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, the premier North American scholarly child health meeting, is returning in-person to Denver, April 21-25.
The PAS Meeting connects thousands of pediatricians and other health care providers worldwide. This international gathering, delivered in-person and on demand after the live event, provides a global audience of physician-scientists, clinicians and educators at all career stages with opportunities to hear from renowned pediatric leaders on a multitude of topic areas. Attendees will receive first-hand access to the latest science and education, share their research with over 6,000 attendees, network, collaborate and make meaningful connections to help advance their professional careers. The PAS Meeting, now in its ninety-first year, was first launched by the Society for Pediatric Research in 1931.
PAS 2022 will feature a full scientific program with more than 60 specialties presenting, 500 hours of content, including 2,500 posters and over 600 oral abstract presentations. Attendees can track sessions, speakers, abstracts, topic areas and more through the program guide.
PAS is pleased to again offer an on demand registration option. Pre-recorded presentations will be available for viewing starting at the conclusion of the in-person meeting (April 26).
"The PAS Meeting presents the latest in pediatric research with scientific breakthroughs, innovative studies and medical advances," said PAS Program Chair Patrick D. Brophy, MD, MHCDS. "After three years, we are excited to return in-person to Denver, while still offering an on demand option. We look forward to connecting with this exceptional community of pediatric researchers from around the world."
PAS 2022 will feature three keynote speakers during the Opening General Session on Friday, April 22:
- Grace M. Lee, MD, MPH, associate chief medical officer for practice innovation at Stanford Children's Health and professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine;
- Shaquita L. Bell, MD, interim medical director at Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and clinical associate professor; and
- O. N. Ray Bignall II, MD, FAAP, FASN, assistant chief diversity and health equity officer at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Bignall also serves as director of Kidney Health Advocacy and Community Engagement for the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
The Opening General Session will include the presentation of the 2022 Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. Fernando Mendoza, MD, MPH, is this year's award recipient. Dr. Mendoza is an inspirational leader, tireless advocate for our most underserved pediatric populations, and pioneering researcher focused on immigrant health and policy. His greatest legacy may be his impact on diversity in medical education, with special attention on the pipeline for underrepresented minorities.
PAS 2022 is grateful for the support of its sponsors. The Platinum Sponsors are Reckitt-Mead Johnson, Children's Hospital Colorado and Sobi.
For more information about PAS 2022 and to register, please visit www.pas-meeting.org.
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The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting is the premier North American scholarly child health meeting. The PAS Meeting connects thousands of pediatricians and other health care providers worldwide. The PAS Meeting is produced through a partnership of four pediatric organizations that are leaders in the advancement of pediatric research and child advocacy: American Pediatric Society, Society for Pediatric Research, Academic Pediatric Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. For more information, please visit www.pas-meeting.org. Follow us on Twitter @PASMeeting, Instagram PASMeeting and #PAS2022, and like us on Facebook PASMeeting.
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Letter: Dean's 'case' against union was lame
A reader looking at the headline of a recent column, “Indiana University dean makes case against graduate students unionizing,” might wonder whether the dean was making the case, that is a conclusive argument, or simply a case, not necessarily convincing, and perhaps simply parroting official policy.
After reading the piece, the reader ascertains that it is a nothing more than a case, and a lame one at that. The dean’s argument was lame insofar as it assumed that grad students were either students or workers and couldn’t be both at the same time, and that they needed to depend for their well-being on the benevolence of their employers.
It was also woefully out of date, insofar as it ignored the fact that thousands of grad students — at institutions stretching across the United States, from the University of California and the University of Washington to Columbia and MIT — have successfully unionized without compromising their status as students.
Oscar Kenshur, Bloomington
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War in Ukraine: Mum and son fled for life in Shetland
By John Johnston
BBC News, Shetland
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A Ukrainian mother has told how she and her teenage son are adapting to life in Shetland after fleeing the conflict.
Tatyana Safronova and 14-year-old Serhii are finding their feet far from Dnipro with Tony and Helen Erwood.
They were among the first Ukrainian refugees to be flown to Scotland after being granted visas.
A grateful Tatyana said: "I really hope that we will soon be back to Ukraine, and will dream that we will live our usual life."
Her partner Oleksandr urged them to leave after the Russian invasion.
"He told me that we should leave the city," she said.
"He said he would feel more comfortable serving in the army if he knew that we were safe."
They arrived in Scotland at the end of March, and flew to Shetland on 3 April to meet their hosts.
The pilot gave them a hug when they landed and told them they were safe.
Tatyana, through an interpreter, told BBC Radio Shetland: "In Ukraine we had to leave our entire lives in the city of Dnipro, my partner remained, he serves in the army.
"We had to leave our cat, and all our friends and relatives. Many have gone to serve in the army."
Tony explained: "We saw pictures on TV and it's just almost unbelievable, I never thought we'd see things like that in our lifetime. It was just horrific.
"We see all these people trying desperately to get out of Ukraine and we thought we have got space here and we could provide accommodation for some people."
Freedom to grow
Helen said that if it happened to them they would want somebody to offer "sanctuary and kindness".
She said: "I am old enough to be Tatyana's mum and Serhii's granny - sort of surrogate grandparents in a way, looking after them.
"We feel very strongly that we have a duty of care, to protect their privacy, to allow them the freedom to grow, to do whatever they want here, to learn about our culture.
"And we are, very badly, learning a bit of Ukrainian as we go.
"Also introducing them to foods they haven't had - pickled onions have been a revelation, and potato waffles."
Tony laughed: "When Tatyana and Serhii arrived in the UK the first meal they wanted was fish and chips - which they got."
Helen said the Shetland weather and driving conditions had been a challenge.
"It's been so cold since they got here, winds that cut through you, they're not used to it," she said.
"And explaining to Tatyana when she's driving - she's learning to drive one of our cars - that she's got to park into the wind, otherwise you might damage the doors. She's never come across that before.
"I think for her personally single-track roads have been quite a challenge, particularly where there are sheep wandering about."
Tatyana said the local community had been fantastic. Serhii is settling in and has just started secondary school.
She said: "Serhii behaves like a typical teenager, he spends a lot of time at the computer and on the phone.
"But he spends his time also walking around the island with great interest, studying the nature.
"I hope that the time spent at the local school will do him some good, and he will improve his English."
During World War 2 Tony and Helen's house was a base for ferrying agents, resistance fighters and refugees between occupied Norway and Shetland.
More than 75 years on it is once again a sanctuary for those seeking refuge.
Helen said: "It gave hope to the Norwegians, and I think it's very poetic in a way that we're trying to give hope to Ukrainians here again.
"One or two people have said it's completely fitting that they should be staying here."
The hosts said Tatyana and Serhii had "joined the family", but hoped it would not be too long before they could visit them when they were back in Ukraine.
Helen said: "We want to help them rebuild their lives."
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Hold on to your hats everybody, because I have a huge sleeper for you. But here's the thing; you can't go telling everybody. I need all of you to agree to keep cool, and not spread this around. No Tomfoolery. No chicanery. Nothing! So here it is. My top sleeper for this season is (wait for it) ... Ezekiel Elliott.
Mind blowing, right?
All right. The secret is out about Elliott. Kind of like when Robert Logia (RIP) tells President Whitmore that the secret is out about Area 51 in "Independence Day." Which I mean, come on. The aliens know so much about us, but don't know about Area 51? That's really the only unrealistic plot-point of that movie.
Speaking of unrealistic, how about those expectations for Elliott, amirite? Seriously. (Expletive) is starting to get a little out of hand, right? Just think about this tweet I blasted the moment Elliott was drafted by the Cowboys.
And now he's being talked about as a first-rounder. Maybe even the first running back off the board. Speaking of which, to see where I have him ranked for the coming season, you're going to need to check out my Rank's 111 -- my top 111 fantasy players headed into 2016. Spoiler alert, he's in the top 100.
So there is no sense burning a sleeper spot for Elliott. He's in the mix. Heavily. All right, I can't contain myself. He's going to be the top running back off the board. If you don't think so, think of where Todd Gurley placed last year. Gurley was on a worse team, with a coach who doesn't really know what he's doing and there was little to no real NFL talent around him. Well, it was real NFL talent. Just not real good NFL talent. Like Tavon Austin would own if he showed up at UCLA and played intramurals. But he's not super great compared to NFL players.
Still read Rank's 111. Plus Alex Gelhar and Marcas Grant provided their top 100s as well. You might want to get a consensus of what they think and see how it jives with how you feel. Really, what we all do is read the guy who thinks a lot like you and ranks plays like you do. Which is why I love Brad Evans and Jake Ciely.
But let's get down to business with Rank's 11. It's not going to be 11. These are my top rookie sleepers; but I've got to keep the Rank's 11 brand going. We're all about brand building here. By the way, be sure to purchase your "That Helps No One" T-shirt!
All right, here are my guys.
Shepard is like adding bacon to your sundae. You never knew that you needed it; but once you have it, you can't live without it. The Giants already have a pretty prolific offense. Eli Manning is a solid fantasy option. (I have him as the No. 6 fantasy quarterback headed into the season and he will likely be the guy I end up taking to be my quarterback for the year because I'm going to wait. I'm also going to take Stephen Gostkowski in the fifth-round, because I always blow my fifth-round picks.)
Figures the Patriots would end up with this guy. Now, Bill Belichick has whiffed pretty hard on receivers in the past. But here he's got a guy who was in a legitimate pro-style offense at Georgia and excelled. His route running is amazing and he has great hands. His production at Georgia isn't eye-popping, but when you play on a team with Todd Gurley and Nick Chubb, well, your production is going to take a hit. He's going to be a sneaky good role player towards the end of the season, especially when Tom Brady returns from his vacation.
D.J. Foster, WR, New England Patriots
He's an undrafted free-agent. He might not even make the main roster this season. But the dude is the real prototypical Bill Belichick type of guy who can be asked to do a lot of different things. Foster played running back at Arizona State before he converted to wide receiver. Foster is somebody to keep in mind in your dynasty drafts. Probably deep dynasty drafts, but I do want you folks to watch him during camps to see how he progresses. I'm excited already to see him in preseason games.
Maybe I'm a touch biased because I remember Thomas having the game of his life against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl (which will be his home for the next few years). I like that he's going into a situation where he has a great quarterback. He's got Brandin Cooks to play with too, so that should free him up a little bit. He's got the size to make an impact in the red zone. Brees likes to look at his tight ends, but Thomas could body-up to make some plays. He's the kind of guy who could score five to six touchdowns. But given Brees' knack to cluster his receiver's production, you need to know which three weeks those touchdowns will come from.
I already feel like he's the Giants' best running back on the roster. Man, he really never got credit for what he did for the Bruins. Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen got all of the media attention out here in Los Angeles, but I always thought Perkins was a pretty great back. I really feel UCLA lacks imagination offensively, and even though it has a former NFL head coach at the top of the program, it has underachieved greatly. Seriously, Jim Mora is always rumored to be headed back to the NFL, and I'm like, shouldn't he have done something with the Bruins first? The talent is there. The wins, not so much.
Going back to Perkins, he's going to be a huge surprise for a lot of folks this season. He's going to be one of my last picks, but I'm already planning to stash him and laugh at everybody later. Seriously, thank you all for not staying up late to watch UCLA games. I'm going to appreciate that this year.
This was such an amazing pick. Hahaha. Man, I'm just kidding. What the (expletive) Bucs? I'm the guy who will take Gostkowski in the fifth round, but this is way too much. Shoot, I'm a huge Seabass fan and even I think this might be a little crazy. Mostly the trading up part.
First of all, tell me his middle name starts with an H. I will be happy to call him Double H this season. I can't wait to cut Triple H promos in the Danger Zone, too. But let me tell you something, this dude can straight-up ball. Antonio Gates is going to fall off huge this year. Henry is going to get busy for your fantasy team. Look, if you don't want to take Austin Hooper because rookie tight ends rarely produce, that's cool. Henry is going to be a monster. Rob Gronkowski had 10 touchdowns during his rookie season. I feel like Double H can post similar returns.
I think we'll call it right now before I start talking about Daniel Lasco or something.
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Boy, 16, charged with alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl he contacted online before meeting her at a train station and taking her to city's public toilets
- Boy, 16, allegedly physically, sexually assaults girl after chatting on social media
- They met at Kogarah station, Sydney, and its alleged he took her to a public toilet
- St George Police alerted by a call from St George Hospital on Tuesday
- The boy was refused bail in Children's Court and will reappear in June
A teenage boy has been arrested and refused bail after allegedly sexually and physically assaulting a young girl in a public toilet after grooming her online.
The boy, 16, contacted the girl, who is aged under 16, on a social media app in March before arranging to meet her at Kogarah train station near his home.
Police allege he took her to a public toilet in the Kogarah town centre where he sexually assaulted and choked her, causing 'actual bodily harm'.
A teenage boy has been arrested and refused bail for allegedly sexually and physically assaulting a young girl in a public toilet after grooming her online
Police allege he took her to a public toilet in the Kogarah town centre where he sexually assaulted and choked her, causing 'actual bodily harm'
Officers were alerted by a call from St George Hospital that a young girl had been injured in an assault on Tuesday.
After local police investigated, the incident was taken up by the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.
Specialist forensic officers established a forensic crime scene.
Detectives raided a home at Kogarah on Friday, seizing several items and arrested the boy, taking him to Kogarah police station.
He was was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault on a victim under the age of 16 years, aggravated sexual assault including inflicting 'actual bodily harm on victim, choke etc'.
The boy was refused bail at the children's court and will appear again on June 7.
Officers were alerted by a call from St George Hospital that a young girl had been injured in an assault
'The Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad is comprised of detectives who are specially trained to investigate matters against children and adults, including sexual assault, serious physical abuse, and extreme cases of neglect,' a police statement said.
Police urged anyone with concerns about suspected child abuse or exploitation to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Joe Biden has a new plan to tackle America’s drug problem.
White House Drug Czar Dr. Rahul Gupta says the plan takes historic new steps to help beat the epidemic.
“Our strategy focuses on saving as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible,” Gupta said.
The plan focuses on untreated addiction with $40 billion for expanding access to things like drug reversal medication, test strips, syringes and treatment programs.
“It is important that we meet people where they are. And in order to do that, we’ve got to make sure that we’re saving the lives first,” Gupta said.
Advocates like Grant Smith with the Drug Policy Alliance say it’s encouraging to see a focus on harm reduction strategies.
“We should be humanizing them and not criminalizing them or marginalizing them, and that’s what harm reduction does,” Smith said.
In order to be implemented, this drug control plan would need congressional support. Republican Rep. Rick Allen of Georgia says he does believe our country needs a plan to address drug overdoses.
“We have to have treatment. We have to help folks get off of the drugs and then we’ve got to make these drugs unavailable,” Allen said.
The Biden administration says a large part of the plan also includes funds to stop drug trafficking.
“Reduce the inflow of drugs into our communities so it gives the opportunities for our public health investments to take place,” Gupta said.
Rep. Allen says he likes the idea of investing more in border protection, but doesn’t think Biden’s plan does enough to stop the drug supply.
“The only way to stop the flow is to secure our border,” Allen said. “I didn’t see anything in it that said we’re going to secure our border. We’re going to build a wall.”
To take on the drug epidemic, lawmakers will have to find common ground.
“This is America’s issue. And we must come together to solve it as America’s issue,” Gupta said.
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Sure, we’ve all now heard about the mega comet heading into the solar system, but even C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is going to have to go a long way to reach the iconic status of 1P/Halley.
Halley’s Comet is the most famous comet of all. It measures nine miles by five miles/15 km by 8 km wide, which may be nothing on the mega-comet’s estimated 80 miles/128 km diameter, but it’s still a very big deal. It’s the only naked eye comet that can appear twice in one human lifetime.
But why is it suddenly in the news? It’s because of what it left in the solar system last time it was here.
When Halley’s comet was last seen
Classed as a short-period comet, it was last seen in the inner solar system in 1986 and, before that, in 1910. In fact it’s been observed every 75 years since 240 BC, though only in 1705 did English astronomer Edmund Halley work out that the same bright object that kept returning to the night sky.
Sadly, Halley never got to see the comet that bears his name. He died 16 years before its 1758 appearance, which he had accurately predicted using historical observations.
When Halley’s comet is coming back
So when is Halley’s comet next paying us a visit? That won’t be until 2061—by which time NASA’s new mission to Uranus will likely be wrapping-up—though it should be a much better show than in 1986 because this time Earth will be closer to the comet. So it should be a brighter object—as bright as the brightest star Sirius, some say.
The Uranus connection is ironic because on January 24, 1986—just as Halley’s Comet was last at its closest to the Sun—NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft conducted a flyby of Uranus for humanity’s first and only glimpse of the “Bull’s Eye” planet.
Where Halley’s comet is right now
Can you find Halley’s comet in the night sky? Not physically see it, of course—it’s about 35 au distant (35 times the Sun-Earth distance), which is roughly the distance from Earth to dwarf planet Pluto—but can you locate where it is? At this precise moment it’s in the constellation of Hydra, but close to bright star Procyon in the constellation of Canis Minor.
You can find Procyon—the eighth brightest star in the northern hemisphere’s night sky—by looking to the southwest sky this week immediately after sunset. You'll be able to clearly see the “Winter Triangle” of three bright stars—Sirius, Betelgeuse and, highest above the horizon, Procyon.
The position of Halley’s comet is really close to the apparent position of Procyon, though of course the comet is much closer. Procyon is 11.5 light-years away.
The Eta Aqaurid and Orionid meteor showers
If it’s not here right now then how is it causing “shooting stars” in the night sky?
In April/May and October each year Earth moves through streams of particles left in the inner Solar System by Halley’s Comet from that last pass in 1986.
The Eta Aquariids is a meteor shower that last from April 19 to about May 28 and peaks on May 5/6 each year. It produces about 10-30 “shooting stars” each hour as seen from the northern hemisphere and up to 60 from the southern hemisphere.
It’s going on right now just as the Lyrids meteor shower is peaking.
Running from October 2 through November 7 is the Orionids meteor shower, peaking on October 21/22 when observers can expect to see about 20 “shooting stars” per hour after midnight.
What’s going to happen to Halley’s comet?
Though it returns to the inner solar system every 75.3 years on average, that can change to between 74 to 79 years because Jupiter and Saturn’s gravity can alter its orbit.
Indeed, some calculate that its close approaches to Jupiter and Venus in future will mean that Halley’s Comet will one day be ejected from the Solar System altogether ... perhaps to become an interstellar interloper like ‘Oumuamua. Others think it could evaporate within 25,000 years, or collide with something.
So catch a “shooting star” from the solar system’s (for now) most famous comet by getting yourself outside around midnight, particularly around May 5/6. If there’s a clear sky and you’ve got the patience then you may just see a speck of dust from Halley’s comet put on a show.
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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'An absolute FARCE': AFL umpire dissent rules are blasted after Dan McKenzie cops 50m punishment during St Kilda's win over GWS Giants - and even Brisbane gun Mitch Robinson says: 'I can't watch footy anymore'
- The AFL's umpire dissent crackdown has been hit with more pundit criticism
- St Kilda's Dan McKenzie was punished for pointing to the ground against GWS
- Nick Riewoldt labelled the latest decision 'an absolute farce' on Friday night
- AFL stars including Brisbane's Mitch Robinson blasted the call on social media
The AFL's new umpire dissent rule has sunk to a new low after St Kilda's Dan McKenzie was harshly punished in what has been described as 'an absolute farce'.
McKenzie was deemed to have disrespected the umpires after GWS star Callan Ward was awarded a mark during the second term at Manuka Oval on Friday night.
After the mark was paid, McKenzie pointed to the turf to indicate that the ball had hit the ground before Ward grabbed it - an action that the umpires said breached their dissent rules.
The AFL's new umpire dissent rule has stirred up controversy yet again after Dan McKenzie was harshly punished on Friday night
However, McKenzie's teammate Ben Long and GWS star Braydon Preuss escaped punishment for extending their arms after a decision, in clear violation of the new rules.
As expected, the rulings have once again left pundits seething, with Nick Riewoldt labelling the call 'an absolute farce' while commentator Brian Taylor fears for the game's future.
'I mean really? Is this what we want?' he said on air.
'I know they aren't going to change their decision ... the words were: 'It hit the ground'. It's hard isn't it?
The St Kilda star pointed to the turf to indicate that Callen Ward had not marked the ball
However, the umpire determined that McKenzie's gesture amounted to dissent and he was punished with a 50m penalty
'I just pray that the grand final is not going to be made with a decision like that.'
'To the letter of the law, he is questioning the umpire's decision here, so you can't dispute that. But was it demonstrative? I don't know,' Daisy Pearce added.
'The trouble we're going to have with this rule is two out of the three umpires aren't paying that, but one is.
'We saw Ben Long throw his arms out in the first quarter and no free kick.
AFL stars past and present have expressed their disdain in the latest controversial decision
Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes said: 'That's rubbish. I bet they don't pay that in the finals. You can't pay goals against for that. All he was saying is "it hit the ground", no swearing.'
AFL stars of past and present also had their say on Twitter, with Mitch Robinson, Paddy Ryder and Jude Bolton not mincing their words.
'We are setting the umpires up for failure by imposing the harshness of the interpretation of the dissent rule,' Bolton posted. 'There are already so many things they have to concentrate on. It doesn’t help the game - or assist them in the duties.'
Robinson said: 'I can’t watch footy anymore,' while Ryder posted: 'Wow'.
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The Clear Lake Sea Wall discussion regarding a rehabilitation process that has lasted for many months at city council may be coming to an unexpectedly quick end.
On Monday, the Clear Lake City Council discussed the Sea Wall rehabilitation project, and announced that the timeline for the completion of the project had been massively accelerated.
Originally, when the initial bid from TNT Tuckpointing & Building Restoration out of Stockton was accepted, City Administrator Scott Flory said he anticipated the project wouldn't begin construction even until the end of this spring.
On Monday, Flory announced that TNT would actually begin the rehabilitation process of the Sea Wall on Monday, April 25, with an expected completion date of Memorial Day weekend at the end of May.
"That's very positive, and a very aggressive schedule," Flory said. "Hopefully it can be done and over with, and a have very different looking, much improved looking, Sea Wall project for our visitors and residents to enjoy this summer."
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The bid from TNT that was accepted in Clear Lake's April 4 meeting ended up being a welcome surprise to members of the city council.
The bid from TNT was the lowest of the three bids received by the city council, coming in at a total of $186,930. Flory noted that the bid came in well below the initial estimated cost of the project of $250,000.
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"I think we're very fortunate to have gotten this bid," council member Bennett Smith said. "I think it's also very fortuitous that the schedule you described will get it done in the early part of the summer...I don't see how that could have worked out any better for us, frankly."
The Sea Wall has been a historic part of Clear Lake for over 85 years and was constructed along Clear Lake and near downtown in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Clear Lake City Council unanimously approved the final step to allow for construction on the Sea Wall to begin, approving the contract and bonds with TNT.
Zachary Dupont covers local government and business development for the Globe Gazette. You can reach him at 641-421-0533 or zachary.dupont@globegazette.com. Follow Zachary on Twitter at @ZachNDupont
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
538 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Sherman, eastern Dallam and northeastern Hartley Counties through 615
PM CDT...
At 538 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles east of Dalhart, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dalhart, Stratford and Conlen.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3595 10236 3606 10254 3641 10242 3638 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 214DEG 42KT 3607 10240
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
709 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Randall,
western Carson and eastern Potter Counties through 745 PM CDT...
At 709 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Amarillo, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Amarillo, Canyon, Lake Tanglewood, Mescalero Park, Timbercreek Canyon
and Pantex.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3497 10215 3559 10186 3558 10135 3518 10159
3518 10162 3512 10162 3496 10172
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 207DEG 56KT 3517 10185
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHERN
HALE AND NORTHEASTERN LAMB COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CASTRO...SWISHER AND SOUTHWESTERN BRISCOE
COUNTIES...
At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Kress, or 11 miles east of Hart, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Tulia, Kress, Happy, Claytonville and Nazareth.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A man who fell ill while hiking Friday on the Appalachian Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was rescued by a helicopter team.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park received emergency assistance from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and their Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team to rescue a hiker from the Appalachian Trail Friday morning.
Michael Elmore, 74, of Newville, AL was hiking the Appalachian Trail north from Fontana Lake when he began experiencing severe chest pains. The park’s Emergency Communications Center received a notification of the situation and conducted a complex rescue operation.
The rescue took place at approximately 10:28 a.m. on April 22.
The patient was hoisted into the helicopter through a litter carry out procedure. Elmore was brought to a landing zone and transferred to the Mountain Area Medical Airlift. He was then taken to mission hospital in Asheville, North Carolina for treatment.
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Tom Brady spent two decades with the New England Patriots and for the most part, we did not see him as having much of a personality. For whatever reason, the public never saw the real side of the legendary quarterback.
With Bill Belichick running a tight ship, every press conference was met with almost robotic answers at times as Brady played a straight bat to most questions.
However, since moving to Tampa, we have seen a whole new side to the 44-year-old. He laughs, jokes, and, in general, looks very happy with how things are going in his life. The difference in Brady when he was in New England compared to Tampa is startling and NFL fans have been quick to troll Belichick over it.
The trolling began after a tweet by the quarterback that saw him make a Tiktok video trying to look cool before being caught out.
One NFL fan named John Smith commented, saying that the quarterback is living his best life after leaving New England.
"Brady left NE and been living his best life."
A user named Brian replied, asking if Belichick really told Brady not to be this cool for 20 years.
One Twitter user thinks that the 44-year-old enjoyed his Super Bowl win in Tampa more than all the others he won as a Patriot.
One NFL fan named Juan said that the quarterback is much cooler now that he isn't with Belichick.
Another Twitter user commented on the tweet and said that this is just more proof that Belichick was holding the 44-year-old back.
One user asked how the 44-year-old could keep this kind of thing hidden for 20 years.
A fan named Tasha said that she loves how the quarterback is being himself.
One Twitter user replied and said that all of a sudden, the quarterback has a personality, hinting that while in New England, he didn't.
One user asked why Brady is so likable these days and said that it's like the Patriots told him that having a personality isn't in his contract.
Another Twitter user responded to the video and said that the 44-year-old couldn't do this during his Patriots days.
Tom Brady hunting for ring number eight
After retiring and then coming back after 40 days, Tom Brady is hunting for an incredible eighth Super Bowl ring. With Tampa still having the majority of the roster that made it to the Divisional Round last year, they are in good hands to at least get back to the playoffs.
As we know, once in postseason mode, the 44-year-old is a different animal. Having been there more times than most players, he knows what it takes to win and will be wanting to ride off into the sunset yet again.
Whether he in fact does reach the highs of his first season in Tampa remains to be seen. But you would be a fool to bet against the greatest ever to do it.
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Which lip gloss set is best?
When you want a fresh-faced, glistening look, nothing is as flexible and flattering as a great lip gloss. Since different shades go with different moods and occasions, it’s best to have a selection on hand. A great gloss set gives you options for day and night, with a bit of shimmer thrown in for good measure.
If you’re looking for a high-quality lip gloss set, Babo Botanicals Nutri-Shine Hydrating Luminizer Vegan Lip Gloss 4-Piece Set is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a lip gloss set
Your lip gloss can do a lot of heavy lifting
Gone are the days of goopy, messy hot-pink lip gloss. Today’s lip glosses can serve as hydration, color, plumping and definition for your lips. Day-friendly glosses come in sheer shades that give a hint of color while allowing your natural look to show; shimmery and more color-saturated glosses are the perfect companions for your evening look.
Simple gloss vs. shimmer
Traditionally, lip gloss just added shine to your lips. You may want to look for a set of glosses that also add a bit of shimmer. It gives you more options when you want your lips to stand out, and works well with summery nighttime vibes.
What to look for in a quality lip gloss set
Level of pigmentation
Lip glosses come in barely-there clear shades, as well as fully saturated deep colors. For evenings, look for a gloss with a lot of pigment in it in an eye-catching hue. For daily wear, more sheer, light glosses give you a breezy, clean put-together look without making you seem heavily made up.
Plumping gloss
Look for a set of lip glosses that includes at least one with a plumping ingredient. Lip plumping glosses don’t just add shine or color, but also contain ingredients that can cause the lips to appear fuller. Some achieve this through a deep moisturizer such as hyaluronic acid, while others contain a mild irritant like capsicum or peppermint, which causes increased blood flow to the area, temporarily making lips fuller.
Moisturizing
Lip gloss used to be made with mostly sticky ingredients that didn’t offer a lot to the health of your lips. Today’s glosses are chock-full of moisturizing ingredients that make your skin kissably soft, even after you’ve removed them for the night. If you are plagued by chapped, flaky lips, be sure your lip gloss set includes highly moisturizing ingredients such as beeswax, shea butter or ceramides.
Flattering to your skin tone
Lip glosses can run the gamut from cool tones to warm, sunny ones. Being aware of your skin’s undertones gives you the tools to buy a lip gloss set whose colors will look awesome on you. If you tend to burn easily in the sun, the chances are good that your skin tone is cool, and will look best in pinks and mauves. If you tan and don’t burn easily, you’re most likely warm-toned, and peaches and rose colored glosses will be the most flattering.
How much you can expect to spend on a lip gloss set
For a good drugstore lip gloss set, expect to pay in the $10-$15 range. A department store brand, particularly one with a plumping ingredient, will range from $20-$40.
Lip gloss set FAQ
Do lip gloss sets expire?
A. The liquid consistency of lip glosses makes them expire more quickly than other lip care products, such as lipsticks or balms. While you’ll want to check your lip gloss to know for sure, the average life of one is about a year to 18 months.
You’ll know a lip gloss is beginning to reach the end of its usefulness when it clumps or changes color, or its scent changes. Label it with the date you bought it and replace it by the expiration date to prevent applying a gloss that may harbor bacteria or whose ingredients are breaking down.
How do I prep my lips to make lip gloss wear longer?
A. Lip gloss can be a more casual look than lipstick, so if you are going to be on the go all day, expect to have to reapply. But some preliminary work can help it last longer on your lips.
The first order of business is to exfoliate your lips well, gently but thoroughly. You may benefit from a weekly lip mask or a homemade treatment such as a raw sugar and olive oil scrub. Moisturize your lips, unless your gloss has specific emollients or other hydrating ingredients. Then apply your gloss. Finally, a bit of clear lip liner applied to the edge of your lips will keep the gloss from running or feathering.
Is it true that you shouldn’t wear lip gloss after a certain age?
A. You’ve probably heard the rule that mature lips should not wear gloss. This is out-of-date advice that no longer holds, if it ever did.
The thinking behind this rule was that the fine lines that can form around lips as they age will make lip gloss look feathery and messy as it makes its way in. Good prep will prevent this, as will a clear lip liner, a trick lips of any age will benefit from. In fact, the moisturizing qualities of today’s lip glosses make them a great choice for any age.
What’s the best lip gloss set to buy?
Top lip gloss set
Babo Botanicals Nutri-Shine Hydrating Luminizer Vegan Lip Gloss 4-Piece Set
What you need to know: This up-and-coming brand takes its ingredients seriously, making sure to source only the purest, all-natural ingredients
What you’ll love: Not only are these colors pretty, they also offer the moisturizing effects of coconut oil, as well as all-natural sun protection to protect your lips.
What you should consider: There’s no plumping option in this set, so if you want a big pout for a night out, this isn’t the set to achieve that.
Where to buy: Sold by Ulta Beauty
Top lip gloss set for the money
Morphe X Avani Gregg Lil Beb Mini Lip Gloss Kit
What you need to know: Morphe makes great glosses, and this little kit will give you an option for every mood.
What you’ll love: This versatile set gives you clear, creamy and shimmery options in buttery, glide-on glosses that aren’t at all sticky.
What you should consider: If you’re sensitive to smells, note that the glosses in this set have pronounced scents. Many users find them pleasant, but you may want to sample one before buying.
Where to buy: Sold by Ulta Beauty
Worth checking out
Lancome Mini Juicy Tubes Lip Gloss Set
What you need to know: This premium brand creates glosses that feel light and are highly hydrating.
What you’ll love: The five tiny glosses in this set range from clear to creamy to shimmery, all with a glassy shine.
What you should consider: The tubes are designed for direct application onto your lips and don’t provide an applicator. If you’re a stickler for an applicator or don’t like the idea of pressing your lips to the tube, use a swab or buy a pack of disposable applicators.
Where to buy: Sold by Sephora or Ulta Beauty
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Which fidget popper purse is best?
If you know a kid who loves fidget popper toys, you might want to consider getting them a fidget popper purse. A fidget popper purse is fun and practical, combining those satisfying pop features with a cute bag. It’s great for situations where you are worried a fidget popper toy might get lost or become distracting. A purse’s strap makes it less likely to get misplaced, and the functionality makes it feel less like a toy and more like a fashion accessory. The Umogy Pop Purse Crossbody Body Handbag is a great starter purse with a fun fidget popper twist.
What to know before you buy a fidget popper purse
Compartment closures
Most fidget popper purses feature a zipper closure at the top for keeping bag contents secure. Some have a fold-over flap that shields contents but does not secure them entirely, while others feature both a zipper and a fold-over flap. There are also fidget popper purses that don’t close at all. These closures are mostly used on large shoulder bags or little bags for children who struggle with zippers.
Themes and designs
Does your child want a fidget popper purse shaped like an adult bag or one with a fun character design? Some of these purses come in basic square or rectangular shapes, while others are molded to look like unicorns, butterflies, bunnies and more. Like fidget popper games, most fidget popper purses feature colorful rainbow or tie-dye patterns.
Purpose of the bag
Before selecting a fidget popper purse, consider what you want out of it. If the popping elements are the most important feature, then check to make sure the purse you’re considering has popping elements on both sides because not all of them do. If storage is a priority, pay attention to the dimensions. Consider a fidget popper backpack if the purse options look too small. Animal-shaped purses are cute and fun, but their unusual shapes can make it more difficult for the wearer to put items in and take items out.
What to look for in a quality fidget popper purse
Adjustable and removable straps
The strap is part of what elevates a fidget popper toy to a usable accessory. A good strap matches the color palate of the purse. Additionally, the strap should be adjustable to accommodate children of different sizes. Since the strap is typically the only fabric component on a fidget popper purse, choose a removable option for an easier cleaning process.
Food-grade silicone
Food-grade silicone doesn’t contain harmful components like lead, phthalates or harmful industrial chemicals, such as bisphenol A (also known as BPA). It’s also durable and lightweight, making it perfect for a purse. The texture is smooth and makes for satisfying popping elements.
Eye-catching colors
A fidget popper purse deserves a color scheme that catches the eye. All color blocking or tie-dye patterns should look vibrant, feel intentional and be designed to stand out against any backdrop. Most importantly, a really good fidget popper purse comes in the colors advertised without glaring discrepancies.
How much you can expect to spend on a fidget popper purse
A fidget popper purse usually costs $5-$15, while a fidget popper backpack can cost up to $20.
Fidget popper purse FAQ
How big is a fidget popper purse?
A. Most fidget popper purses are small, measuring between 3 inches in width to 10 inches in height or width. The size depends on the shape, as many of the purses are in playful animal or dessert shapes.
What is the best age range for a fidget popper purse?
A. Fidget popper purses are geared toward children, but anyone can use one. Most of them are designed to appeal to children ages 3-13.
How do you clean a fidget popper purse?
A. While silicone is technically dishwasher-safe, the best way to clean a fidget popper purse is with warm, soapy water or a with a wet paper towel.
What’s the best fidget popper purse to buy?
Top fidget popper purse
Umogy Pop Purse Crossbody Body Handbag
What you need to know: This pink and blue crossbody fidget popper purse is 8.7 inches wide and 4.5 inches tall. It has a zipper closure and a pink and white strap.
What you’ll love: It’s wide enough to fit a cellphone, pencils, crayons or other small accessories. It has popping pieces on the front and the back. The strap has a fun pattern and is adjustable.
What you should consider: It’s not very durable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top fidget popper purse for the money
Lakdun Unicorn Crossbody Pop Purse
What you need to know: This rainbow unicorn-shaped crossbody fidget popper purse is 5 inches wide and 6 inches tall. It had a zipper closure and a matching rainbow strap.
What you’ll love: The shape offers a bold unicorn silhouette. It has an adjustable and removable strap. The zipper is durable, and the unicorn horn is prominent but not sharp.
What you should consider: It’s smaller in person than it looks in the photos.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Oumee 2-Pack Cat and Heart Pop Purses
What you need to know: This set comes with a heart-shaped fidget popper purse and a cat-shaped fidget popper purse. Both purses are 5.7 inches wide and about 5 inches tall. They both have zipper closures.
What you’ll love: It comes with two bags for the price of one, so your child can switch up their style or have a backup purse close at hand. The matching rainbow strap is thick and adjustable. The cat purse has a pink silicone bow and silicone whiskers.
What you should consider: Only one side of each purse has fidget popper components. The set only comes with one strap for the two purses, so it’s not ideal for two children.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NSW, Victoria drop home isolation
Australia's most populous states have recorded more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases and 29 virus-related deaths as restrictions are eased around the country.
NSW posted 12,633 infections and 16 fatalities on Saturday morning, Victoria 8120 cases and 13 deaths.
Seven-day isolation for close contacts ended in the two southern east coast states on Friday evening, while Queensland will soften quarantine and scrap it entirely for unvaccinated international arrivals next Thursday.
In the ACT, household contact quarantine rules will be ditched after Anzac Day.
South Australia will drop the requirement for close contacts to isolate from April 30 but five rapid antigen tests over seven days will be required.
Residents will also need to wear masks outside the home, are banned from high-risk settings like aged care centres and must inform employers and schools of their status.
Vaccination status and check-in requirements for pubs, restaurants, theatres and sports venues also continue to be wound back in Victoria.
Vaccine mandates for Victorian workers in multiple industries are being retained, while NSW is shifting to a risk assessment based model.
The change means household contacts of positive cases will no longer need to isolate at home for seven days, so long as they continue to test negative.
They should still work from home where possible and avoid high-risk settings.
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee says it would be appropriate to drop some stricter restrictions once the current wave of infections has peaked.
However authorities also warn infection rates may spike as restrictions ease.
Omicron cases are plateauing in NSW, with a steady decline in overall infections in young people.
The health surveillance report for the week ending April 16 also shows unvaccinated NSW residents are still over-represented in hospital admissions.
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese will continue his election campaign from isolation after testing positive to COVID-19 on Thursday.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has also tested positive while in quarantine as a close contact of a family member.
LATEST 24-HOUR COVID-19 DATA FROM ACROSS AUSTRALIA:
NSW: 12,633 cases, 16 deaths, 1617 in hospital, 60 in ICU
Vic: 8120 cases, 13 deaths, 449 in hospital, 35 in ICU
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
714 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CARSON AND
NORTHERN POTTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN HUTCHINSON AND EASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...
At 713 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest of
Sanford, or 16 miles northwest of Borger, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Fritch, Stinnett, Sanford, Lake Meredith and Pringle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Customers of big mobile providers overpay and are underserved, says Which?
Phone users could be paying more than they need to and receiving worse service by staying with the UK’s biggest mobile networks, consumer champion Which? has said.
O2, EE, Vodafone and Three ranked lower on customer service and value for money than lesser-known rivals, according to a survey of phone users.
This is despite virtual networks using the same phone masts and other infrastructure as the so-called Big Four rather than running their own services.
Three scored the lowest of the Big Four and received the lowest rating out of any network for reliability.
Nearly half (45%) of Three users experienced problems in the past year compared to three in ten (29%) across all mobile network customers surveyed.
Virtual network Smarty uses the same infrastructure as Three but came first place in the table with five out of five stars for value for money.
Three had the worst network reliability (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
The largest UK network, EE, came 11th out of the 16 providers analysed with users reporting mediocre customer service, technical support and value for money. The network’s download speeds were the only category to gain a four star rating.
The Big Four providers currently service three quarters (76%) of customers in the UK, according to Ofcom.
But consumer champions Which? say the flexibility offered by virtual networks keeps mobile costs down and could better support consumers facing a household budget squeeze.
It found customers pay on average almost £10 a month less than Big Four customers across all contract types.
Natalie Hitchins at Which? Said: “The vast majority of mobile users are with one of the Big Four providers, but our research suggests consumers could save money during the cost-of-living crisis and get better service by switching to one of the networks challenging their dominance.
“Anyone looking for a reliable carrier that offers a flexible contract and good value for money should consider one of the virtual networks, who continue to outperform the Big Four year after year.”
Which? said customers of the Big Four experienced price hikes of up to 11% but remained the most loyal, with more than half of EE, O2 and Vodafone users being with the provider for more than five years.
Experts warn these longer-staying customers are likely to be paying more than they need to for their phone contract.
Which? suggests challenger providers have an edge over bigger players by focusing on rolling monthly sim deals over phones with lengthy contracts.
Retail sales dropped in March as the rising cost of living hit households and shoppers cut back on unnecessary purchases, the ONS reported on Friday.
And steaming giant Netflix reported a sharp drop in subscribers in a sign consumers are cutting back on subscription services to save money.
An EE spokesperson said: “EE customers enjoy being part of the UK’s biggest and fastest network with more 5G coverage than any other provider and EE has been named the UK’s best network for the past eight years by RootMetrics.
“We provide the best customer service across the industry reflected in the most recent Ofcom complaints data”.
Three and O2 were contacted for comment.
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LONDON, UK — Prince Louis is turning 4 on Saturday and his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are celebrating by sharing new photographs of their youngest son.
The photos were taken earlier this month in Norfolk, England, by his mother, Kate. The young prince can be seen in the photos playing with a yo-yo and exploring a beach area.
He is fifth in line to the British throne behind his grandfather Prince Charles, his father Prince William, his older brother Prince George, and his older sister Princess Charlotte.
It has become a birthday tradition for Kensington Palace to release snapshots on George, Louis and Charlotte's birthdays that were taken by their mother.
Louis is a great-grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, who turned 96th on Thursday and celebrated her birthday privately. This is also the queen’s platinum jubilee year, marking her 70 years on the throne. Public celebrations will take place June 2-5, when four days of jubilee festivities have been scheduled to celebrate.
George turns 9 in July, while Charlotte turns 7 in May.
"4 years old tomorrow!" William and Kate captioned a post on social media in honor of Louis' birthday on Saturday.
Last year, Louis' birthday also coincided with him starting preschool, so the palace shared a photo of the young prince on a bike before he left for his first day of preschool.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
649 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Texas,
northwestern Hansford and northeastern Sherman Counties through 715
PM CDT...
At 648 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Texhoma, or 18 miles southwest of Guymon, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Guymon, Goodwell, Optima, Eva, Hough and Texhoma.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3647 10144 3649 10191 3699 10191 3700 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 204DEG 65KT 3653 10174
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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HARTFORD, W.Va. — The Wahama softball team took out the Ravenswood Devilettes at home 13-0 Thursday evening in five innings.
The Lady Falcons (15-1) started things off in the first inning with two runs, then proceeded to get four more in the second.
After getting two more runs in the third, the White and Red had their highest-scoring inning in the fourth.
First, Bailee Bumgarner grounded into a fielder’s choice to bring in Kate Reynolds.
After Tori Sigman scored on a passed ball, Mikie Lieving hit a home run into right field to bring in herself, Bumgarner and Payton Staats for a total of five runs.
On the other side, the Devilettes (9-5) couldn’t do much against the Wahama defense.
The Lady Falcons outhit their opponents 9-4.
Leading the White and Red in hits were Lieving, Amber Wolfe and Lauren Noble with two each.
Rounding out the Wahama hitting were Bumgarner, Morgan Christian and Kalyn Christian.
Lieving led in runs with four while herself and Wolfe led in RBIs with three each.
Getting the win on the mound for the Lady Falcons was Elissa Hoffman, who allowed four hits, no runs and one walk while striking out five in five innings pitched.
Athens tops Lady Marauders, 12-2
ROCKSPRINGS, Ohio — The hole was just too deep.
Visiting Athens scored five runs in the top of the first inning and ultimately cruised to a 12-2 victory over the Meigs softball team Thursday night in a Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division matchup.
The host Lady Marauders (5-6, 3-3 TVC Ohio) trailed 6-0 before plating a run in the bottom of the second for a 6-1 deficit as Hailey Roberts singled home Lily Dugan with two away.
The Lady Bulldogs countered with two runs in the fourth, one in the sixth and three more in the seventh to build a 12-1 cushion.
Malia Payne scored on an error in the bottom of the seventh as the hosts closed to within 10 runs, but they ultimately ran out of luck from there.
Athens outhit the Lady Marauders by a 16-9 overall margin and committed only one of the three errors in the contest. MHS stranded eight runners on base, while Athens left seven on the bags.
Payne, Roberts and Mara Hall led Meigs with two hits apiece, followed by Dugan, Delana Wright and Jess Workman with a safety apiece.
Banks paced AHS with five hits and three runs scored, while Hammonds added three hits and three RBIs. Walburn also had two safeties and a team-high four RBIs.
Fairland edges Blue Angels, 5-4
PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — The Gallia Academy softball team scored a 5-4 loss to the Fairland Lady Dragons Thursday evening in an Ohio Valley Conference matchup.
The Blue Angels (5-5, 3-3 OVC) got the first runs of the game, netting two in the first inning.
However, the Lady Dragons (5-4, 3-1) got a run of their own in the bottom of the inning to halve the Blue and White lead.
After the visitors got two more runs in the next inning, the home team permanently took the lead in the bottom of the second with four runs of their own.
Neither team were able to find home base throughout the rest of Thursday’s ballgame.
The Blue Angels were outhit 9-8 by their opponents.
Leading the Blue and White in hits was Jenna Harrison with three.
Behind her with two hits was Abby Hammons.
Rounding out the Gallia Academy hitting were Grace Truance, Emma Hammons and Colbie Nida.
Truance led in RBIs with two.
Getting the loss on the mound for the Blue Angels was Taylor Mathie, who allowed six hits, two runs and one walk while striking out four in three innings pitched.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Firefighters are bracing for the return of ferocious winds in the Southwest after a brief reprieve allowed them to attack flames from the air for the first time in days as a half-dozen large wildfires burn in Arizona and New Mexico.
The reprieve Thursday also finally allowed local authorities to enter rural neighborhoods near Flagstaff, Arizona, partially burned Tuesday by whipping flames 100 feet (30 meters) tall and determine that 30 homes were destroyed. Damage also included 24 properties with an unspecified number of destroyed outbuildings and a total of 109 properties were “impacted by the fire,” the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday night in a statement.
Authorities previously estimated that 30 structures were burned but had no breakdown of that figure.
More than 500 firefighters were manning fire lines in the two states and more help was on the way Friday when the largest type of management team is scheduled to take command of resources at one of the biggest, most dangerous fires near Flagstaff, Arizona.
Spirits were lifted Thursday as helicopters were able to start dropping water on that blaze for the first time. It has burned more than 32 square miles (83 square kilometers), forced evacuations of 765 homes and destroyed at least two dozen structures since it broke out on Sunday.
Aerial attacks also resumed in northern New Mexico, where at least one airtanker was able to join the effort northeast of Santa Fe — something that’s likely to be impossible on Friday.
Sheriff’s deputies called for additional evacuations Thursday of scattered homes and closed some roads at a big fire burning in a rural area southeast of Taos, New Mexico, where no structure damage has been reported.
But fire officials and weather forecasters across the region warn the worst may be yet to come.
“There is high confidence that a widespread extreme and catastrophic fire weather event will occur on Friday,” Santa Fe National Forest officials said late Thursday.
“We are urging the public to stay vigilant, to continue to watch for expected changes in evacuation status and be prepared to leave in a rapid manner,” officials said.
Sustained winds of 30-50 mph (48-80 kph) are forecast there Friday morning, with gusts from 60-80 mph (97-129 kph) in the afternoon from the Gila Mountains up through the Rio Grande Valley to neighboring highlands.
The combination of the high winds, warmer temperatures and extremely dry conditions will make for an atmosphere that’s “pretty much on steroids,” said Scott Overpeck with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque.
“This is not typical,” he said, looking ahead to what he said could be potentially explosive fire growth on Friday. “This is really one of those days we need to be on our toes and we need to be ready.”
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency in Flagstaff’s Coconino County. The declaration clears the way for state funding for evacuations, shelter, repairs and other expenses. However, the money can’t be used to reimburse home and business owners for losses.
On Thursday, firefighters fanned out across blackened landscape in Arizona’s high country, digging into the ground to put out smoldering tree stumps and roots as helicopters buzzed overhead with buckets of water to drop on a massive blaze.
Wildfire has become a year-round threat in the West given changing conditions that include earlier snowmelt and rain coming later in the fall, scientist have said. The problems are exacerbated by decades of fire suppression and poor forest management along with a more than 20-year megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change.
At a fire that’s consumed about 3 square miles (8 square kilometers) of timber and brush and forced evacuations near Prescott, Arizona, Forest Service officials reported the blaze continues to burn “in continuous thick, dry, dead and down fuels in very rugged terrain.”
“Erratic winds and fire behavior is making conditions hazardous for firefighters,” who are “being directed to not put themselves in situations where the risks are high and probability of success is low,” Prescott National Forest officials said in an update Thursday.
Popular lakes and national monuments closed in Arizona — including Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument outside Flagstaff because the wildfire moved directly over it, blackening trees, and burning tools and vehicles in a maintenance yard, said monument spokesman Richard Ullmann.
The Coconino National Forest has closed where the wildfire is burning but has not enacted broader fire restrictions or closures. A sign at a gate warns of potential loose debris, falling trees and branches, and flash floods.
Fire restrictions go into effect Friday at National Park Service sites in New Mexico, including Valles Caldera National Preserve and Bandelier National Monument.
In Colorado, firefighters got a handle on two small wildfires in the southern and northern part of the state on Thursday while contending with strong winds.
The Boulder County blaze was sparked by the battery of a crashed drone that researchers were using to study severe weather, the sheriff’s office said Thursday. Researchers used a fire extinguisher, but the fire spread quickly in high winds, authorities said. The other fire damaged or destroyed an estimated 15 structures, including homes, in Monte Vista, a community of about 4,150 people surrounded by farm fields, police said.
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Associated Press writers Paul Davenport in Phoenix, Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, and Colleen Slevin in Denver contributed to this report.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined to provide any new information Friday explaining his decision to call off the state’s first scheduled execution since the start of the pandemic, but said more details will likely be provided next week.
The night before, the Republican governor had issued a statement saying there had been an “oversight in preparation for lethal injection” as he granted a temporary reprieve to 72-year-old inmate Oscar Smith. An attorney for Smith, Amy Harwell, later told reporters that her office had been told there had been a “mishandling” of the drugs.
“I granted a temporary reprieve because of a technical oversight,” Lee told reporters on Friday. “I have high expectations for our departments, and the death penalty is a serious matter that requires attention to detail. We are digging into this, and I expect we will have more to report next week.”
Smith was convicted of the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons. Shortly before the governor intervened, the U.S. Supreme Court had denied a last-hour bid by Smith’s attorneys for a stay.
The inmate had been scheduled to receive a three-drug injection at a Nashville maximum security prison and was preparing for his final moments with his spiritual advisor when he received the news, according to Harwell.
He had already had what was to be his last meal and was finishing communion before he was to be escorted to the death chamber.
“When the wardens walked in, the spiritual adviser very graciously said, ‘I have consecrated more communion, would you guys like to join us?’ And the warden said, ‘No, I need to give Oscar some news. There’s not going to be an execution tonight,’” Harwell told The Associated Press.
Smith slumped with relief, Harwell recalled, and both he and the Rev. Matthew Lewis praised God.
“Our prayers have been answered,” Harwell remembered the two saying.
Lewis said Smith was “stunned” by the news and had been “fully preparing to die in the next hour.”
Smith’s reprieve is in effect until the beginning of June, but in the interim, attorneys and death penalty watchdog groups are already calling for an independent investigation into the matter.
“I think that it is imperative that there be an independent evaluation of what happened,” said Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. “And the reason I say that is because our experience across the country has been that departments of corrections hide the truth.”
Dunham said what happened in Tennessee adds a new chapter to a long history of states struggling to follow their own rules and procedures when carrying out executions. He noted that these processes are often shrouded in secrecy and paranoia that only increase the risk of mishaps.
In 2021, Texas officials determined that new personnel and procedures along with insufficient oversight led to reporters not witnessing the state’s first execution in nearly a year. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice later said the incident was “preventable and inexcusable.”
In Oklahoma, the state’s use of a new drug combination in 2014 led to a botched execution where the inmate writhed and clenched his teeth on the gurney before eventually dying from a heart attack. Nearly two years later, a grand jury found that the top lawyer for then Gov. Mary Fallin urged prison officials to go forward with a planned execution of Richard Glossip despite receiving the wrong drug. The report found the deputy attorney general told prison staff to “Google it” to confirm if the wrong drug could be used.
Then last year, an Oklahoma man convulsed and vomited during his lethal injection in an execution witnessed by an Associated Press reporter. Correction officials later said the execution was carried out “without complication.”
And in 2015, Georgia prison officials were forced to halt an execution at the last minute when the lethal injection drug turned cloudy, a circumstance state officials struggled to explain, according to court documents.
“States can manufacture reasons for being incompetent, but there is no excuse for being incompetent,” Dunham said.
Tennessee uses a three-drug series to put inmates to death: midazolam, a sedative to render the inmate unconscious; vecuronium bromide, to paralyze the inmate; and potassium chloride, to stop the heart.
Officials have said midazolam renders an inmate unconscious and unable to feel pain. Expert witnesses for inmates, however, say the drugs would cause sensations of drowning, suffocation and chemical burning while leaving inmates unable to move or call out. The assessment has led to more inmates choosing the electric chair over lethal injection, which is an option for some in Tennessee.
Lethal injection drugs have been a challenge to obtain for some states as many pharmacies and manufacturers refuse to supply the medications for executions. Most recently in South Carolina, officials decided to forge ahead with plans for a firing squad after it struggled to find the necessary drugs. That execution has since been delayed as well.
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Associated Press writer Jonathan Mattise contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting next week in Germany of defense officials and military leaders from more than 20 countries to discuss Ukraine’s immediate and long-term defense needs.
The Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby, said Friday that about 40 nations, including NATO members, were invited and that responses are still arriving for the session to be held Tuesday at Ramstein air base. He did not identify the nations that have agreed to attend but said more details will be provided in coming days.
The meeting comes as Russia gears up for what is expected to be a major offensive in eastern Ukraine.
The agenda will include an updated assessment of the Ukraine battlefield as well as discussion of efforts to continue a steady flow of weapons and other military aid, Kirby said. It will include consultations on Ukraine’s post-war defense needs but is not expected to consider changes in the U.S. military posture in Europe, he said.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Possible mass gravesnear Mariupol shown in satellite images
— EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol’s steel mill matters
— EXPLAINER: Why Washington is boosting heavy arms for Ukraine
— UN rights chief sees ‘horror story’ of violations in Ukraine
— US to welcome Ukraine refugeesbut no longer through Mexico
— Follow all AP stories on Russia’s war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
The Russian Defense Ministry said Friday that one serviceman died, 27 more went missing and 396 were rescued after a fire on the flagship missile cruiser Moskva last week.
The statement comes a week after the vessel sunk.
Shortly after the incident, the ministry said the entire crew of the ship, which was presumed by the media to be about 500 people, had been rescued. The ministry did not offer an explanation for the contradicting reports.
Ukraine said it hit the cruiser with a missile strike.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s security chief said Friday that the main battles in the country are taking place in the Donbas, the industrial heartland in the east, with Russia deploying more and more troops every day.
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told The Associated Press that over 100,000 Russian troops are currently fighting in Ukraine, including mercenaries from Syria and Libya.
Some of Russia’s elite military units have left the strategic Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which was declared “liberated” by the Kremlin on Thursday, and are now moving to the east of the country to participate in the fighting there, Danilov said.
Danilov said a nighttime helicopter delivery brought weapons to Mariupol’s steel mill, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in the city. He urged Ukraine’s Western partners to speed up the delivery of weapons to his country.
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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to meet Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin to press for fighting to stop in Ukraine.
The U.N. chief will travel to Moscow for conversations with Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.N. spokesperson Eri Kaneko said Friday. She said discussions about a similar visit to Ukraine are under way.
“He wants to discuss with the leadership steps that can be taken right now in order to silence the guns, in order to help the people and in order to allow the people who need to get out” to do so safely, she said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Guterres is due to meet Tuesday with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and that Putin will also host the U.N. chief.
Guterres asked to meet with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in their respective capitals. Ukraine has welcomed the idea.
Guterres had appealed for a four-day “humanitarian pause” in fighting leading up to Sunday, when Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — The Moldovan government strongly criticized comments Friday by a Russian military official suggesting that Russia’s forces are aiming to take control of not just eastern Ukraine but southern Ukraine as well, creating “another way” to the region of Transnistria in Moldova.
Moldova’s government on Friday called Rustam Minnekayev’s comments “not only unacceptable but also unfounded.” The statement added that his words will “lead to increased tension and mistrust in society.”
Minnekayev said at a defense industry event earlier Friday that broader control of Ukraine would open the way to Moldova, where Russia backs the breakaway region of Transnistria.
Transnistria broke away after a short civil war in the early 1990s and is unrecognized by most countries. An estimated 1,500 Russian soldiers have been stationed there since the civil war.
Since Russia launched its attacks on Ukraine on Feb. 24, fears have grown that Moldova could be next in Russia’s crosshairs. Moldova is not a member of the European Union or NATO.
The war has prompted Moldovan officials to try to speed up the country’s bid to join the 27-nation EU, which it applied to do last month. The process, however, will likely take many years.
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MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat says talks to end the fighting in Ukraine have “ground to a halt,” because Moscow hasn’t received any response from Kyiv to its most recent set of proposals.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference on Friday that “right now, they (talks) have ground to a halt, because another proposal we passed on to Ukrainian negotiators about five days ago, which was drawn up with their comments taken into account, it remains without a response.”
Lavrov also charged that recent statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his advisers suggest “they don’t at all need these talks, they have put up with their destiny.”
However, Vladimir Medinsky, President Vladimir Putin’s aide and Russia’s lead negotiator at the talks with Ukraine, confirmed reports that he held several lengthy conversations Friday with the head of the Ukrainian delegation.
He didn’t offer any details as to what was discussed or if any progress was made.
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia gave Ukrainian forces inside a Mariupol steel plant the option to surrender, with guarantees to keep them alive.
The comments came during a phone call between Putin and European Council President Charles Michel, according to a readout of the call provided by the Kremlin. Putin also said the Ukrainian forces were offered “decent treatment and medical care.”
“But the Kyiv regime does not allow them to take this opportunity,” Putin charged, according to the Kremlin.
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LVIV, Ukraine — A city official in besieged Mariupol says Russian forces are continuing to bomb a massive steel mill where Ukrainian fighters are holed up.
Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor, told The Associated Press on Friday that “every day they drop several bombs on Azovstal, despite false promises not to touch the defenders.” Andryushchenko added that “fighting, shelling, bombing do not stop.”
The Azovstal plant is the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, which the Russians has blocked for nearly two weeks and declared victory over this week. Ukrainian authorities have estimated that 1,000 civilians are inside the plant along with the fighters.
A day after satellite images came to light that indicated mass graves outside the port city in southeastern Ukraine, Andryushchenko said local residents reported that Russian forces were using mobile crematoria at two locations.
Initial estimates said the apparent mass graves could hold up to 9,000 bodies, but Andryuschenko said there could be more.
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BERLIN — The International Atomic Energy Agency says its director general will visit the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant next week, on the anniversary of the 1986 disaster there.
The Vienna-based IAEA said Friday that Rafael Mariano Grossi will head a team of experts from the U.N. nuclear watchdog that will be at Chernobyl on April 26, which is 36 years since the day a reactor at the plant exploded.
The IAEA says the team will deliver “vital equipment” and conduct radiological and other assessments at the site, which Russian forces held for five weeks until they withdrew on March 31.
The experts will repair remote monitoring systems that stopped transmitting data to the IAEA’s headquarters at the start of the war.
Grossi said in a statement that the Chernobyl visit “will be followed by more IAEA missions to this and other nuclear facilities in Ukraine in the coming weeks.”
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WASHINGTON — Pentagon press secretary John Kirby says assessments show Ukrainian troops are still contesting the southern city of Mariupol despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim of victory in the battle for the city in Ukraine’s industrial heartland, home to coal mines, metal plants and heavy-equipment factories.
Putin on Thursday ordered his troops not to storm a giant Mariupol steel mill where an estimated 2,000 Ukrainians remain holed up but to seal it off — in an apparent bid to free up his troops for the broader campaign in the east.
Kirby said it was “unclear” why Putin did that and Putin’s words need to be viewed with skepticism.
“They made this big show yesterday of him saying he wasn’t gonna go into that plant and try to eradicate the people that are there,” Kirby told CNN on Friday. “I think we have to watch and see what the Russians actually do here. What we would tell you this morning is that we still assess that Mariupol is contested, that it hasn’t been taken by the Russians and that there’s still an active Ukrainian resistance. So they continue to fight for that city.”
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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s Foreign Ministry says it’s trying to confirm intelligence that a South Korean citizen who had come to Ukraine as a volunteer fighter to defend the country against the Russian attack has been killed.
The ministry said Friday it received the information from an unspecified foreign government but didn’t immediately provide more details.
The ministry said there were at least four South Koreans who went into Ukraine without government authorization. It pleaded them to quickly return home as the war escalates with Russia’s new offensive in eastern Ukraine.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The three Baltic prime ministers want more sanctions against Russia.
Latvian Prime Minister – Krisjanis Karins pointed out Friday that it is necessary to lessen Russia’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine, and this includes sanctions at the European Union level on all Russian banks and all energy resources, including natural gas and oil.
His Lithuanian counterpart Ingrida Simonyte stressed the importance of continuing to put pressure on the Kremlin by strengthening sanctions. Kaja Kallas of Estonia agreed. They spoke after a meeting of the Baltic Council of Ministers, the Baltic News Service said.
The parliaments of Latvia and Estonia on Thursday adopted a statement on Russia’s war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.
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BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is defending his center-left party’s record on relations with Russia against criticism following the war in Ukraine.
Scholz’s Social Democrats have long been proud of the legacy of Cold War rapprochement pursued by former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. But critics accuse it of having clung too much to close relations with Russia, particularly over recent years.
Scholz made clear in an interview with weekly Der Spiegel published Friday that he sees no need for the party to chew over its stance, and said that it “doesn’t have to accept” the criticism. He argued that its policies of détente set the ground for overcoming Europe’s Cold War-era division, and said it always backed a strong German military and integration with the West.
Scholz decried what he called “distorting and defamatory portrayals” of the Social Democrats’ policies toward Europe and Russia going back to West Germany’s early post-World War II years.
He did not, however, mention ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s ties with the Russian energy industry, which Scholz has urged Schroeder to end.
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KYIV, Ukraine — A top Ukrainian official says no humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations will be open in Ukraine on Friday because it is unsafe.
In a post on the messaging app Telegram, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk asked people awaiting evacuation from war zones to “be patient” and “hang in there.”
Vereshchuk said Russian forces offered to open a corridor for military surrender but not for an estimated 1,000 civilians sheltering at a steel mill that is the last Ukrainian stronghold in besieged southern city of Mariupol.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said Moscow was ready at any moment to introduce a “regime of silence” for both the troops and civilians at Azovstal. But Ukrainian troops must raise white flags in determined areas around the plant before evacuations can begin, the ministry said.
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. is looking at sending tanks to Poland to replace the Soviet-era T-72 tanks the Poles are shipping to Ukraine.
Johnson made the comments Friday during a news conference in New Delhi, where he held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I think perhaps what I haven’t said publicly before is we’re also looking more at what we can do to backfill in countries such as Poland who may want to send heavier weaponry to help defend the Ukrainians,” Johnson said. “So we’re looking at sending tanks to Poland to help them as they sending some of their T-72s to Ukraine.”
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. plans to reopen its embassy in Ukraine’s capital next week.
Johnson announced the planned action on Friday during a trip to India. Diplomats from other European nations have returned to Kyiv since Russian troops withdrew from the capital region to focus on eastern Ukraine.
Johnson made a surprise visit to Kyiv this month to show solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At the time, the prime minister detailed a new package of financial and military aid, and Zelenskyy said the U.K. had pledged to help rebuild the city after the war.
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BERLIN — The U.N. human rights chief says that international humanitarian law appears to have been “tossed aside” in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Geneva-based human rights office said in a statement Friday that “Russian armed forces have indiscriminately shelled and bombed populated areas, killing civilians and wrecking hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure — actions that may amount to war crimes.”
The office said its mission in Ukraine so far has verified 5,264 civilian casualties, including 2,345 deaths, since the war began on Feb. 24. It said that 92.3% of those were recorded in Ukrainian government-controlled territory.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet added that “the actual numbers are going to be much higher as the horrors inflicted in these areas of intense fighting such as Mariupol come to light.”
She said that “over these eight weeks, international humanitarian law has not merely been ignored but seemingly tossed aside.”
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PRAGUE — The Russian embassy in the Czech capital has a new address after Prague authorities renamed a section of the street where it is located.
Friday’s official ceremony comes after the decision to change the name to “Ukrainian Heroes” was approved by the City Hall at the request of the Prague 6 district where the embassy is located.
Prague’s mayor Zdenek Hrib unveiled the new street sign in the presence of Ukrainian ambassador to Prague, Yevhen Perebyinis, and the ambassadors of several European Union countries.
Hrib previously said the move honors the “unbelievable bravery of Ukrainian fighters.”
Neither the Russian government nor the embassy made any immediate comment on the modification.
Two years ago, Prague renamed a square in front of the Russian Embassy after Boris Nemtsov, honoring the slain Russian opposition leader. That modification prompted the embassy to change its address, using the name of the street that has now been renamed.
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Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr for allegedly spreading “false information” about the country’s armed forces, his lawyer said Friday.
Russia adopted a law criminalizing spreading false information about its military shortly after its troops rolled into Ukraine in late February, in an attempt to control the narrative around the invasion.
The offense is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Human rights advocates have counted 32 cases under the new law by late April, targeting those critical of the invasion.
Kara-Murza was detained earlier this month and jailed for 15 days for disobeying a police officer. Lawyer Vadim Prokhorov says Kara-Murza was due to appear in court Friday.
Kara-Murza was hospitalized with poisoning symptoms twice, in 2015 and 2017. He is a a journalist and associate of late Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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MOSCOW — A Russian military official says a “second phase” of the operation in Ukraine has begun with an aim to establish full control over the eastern industrial heartland of Donbas and southern Ukraine.
Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of Russia’s Central Military District, on Friday told a defense industry event that the second phase started “just two days ago.” Minnekayev says control over eastern and southern Ukraine “will provide a land corridor to Crimea, as well as influence (over) the vital objects of the Ukrainian economy.”
Russia had previously said it had full control over Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson on the coast of the Azov Sea and partial control over the neighboring southern region of Zaporizhzhia.
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Nayebare on a coaching path no woman has dared tread on
What you need to know:
- Trailblazer. It has been more than three decades for a woman to coach at the national post-primary football championship. In Anita Nayebare, Nyamitanga SS have broken grounds although the 28-year-old former winger does not consider herself a trailblazer.
When an animated Anita Nayebare was on the touchline shouting instructions to her players at the PTC playground in Arua, a significant milestone in schools’ football had been finally reached.
The 28-year-old from Mbarara District had become the first woman to coach a boys’ team at the annual post-primary games. Past accomplishments in the championship that dates back to 1986 but became a national championship in 1993, included women referees and games teachers.
“I’m really so happy. We’ve been stopping at zonals but now we are in the nationals. It is wonderful. As a coach that is a great opportunity. I am fortunate to be in this position and I hope this will encourage more women to know that they can achieve the same,” Nayebare said.
There has been little concern for women to be at the helm of school teams at what is dubbed as the schools’ world cup but the slow rate of uptake is thought to be due to a lack of role models.
Nayebare says only a couple of years she has been confident enough to concentrate full time on football.
She has previously coached at Nyamityobora in the Fufa Big League while she is a member of the coaching team at Mbarara Soccer Academy (MSA). She took charge at Nyamityobora during the financial crisis this season, handling the first round while also working as the team’s medic and team manager.
Coaching qualification
Her Fufa Beginner’s coaching licence complemented by two other grassroots certificates saw her rewarded with the opportunity to lead Nyamitanga to their second appearance since they made a debut in 1996.
At school football, her team’s qualifying was not prolific but you have to work extra hard to beat Nayebare’s teams.
She lost the district and regional finals but she had already made a name when she stopped the dreams of regular campaigners Mbarara High School, whom they beat in the zonal semifinals on penalties.
They then beat St Joseph’s on penalties to qualify for the district qualifiers.
Nyamitanga SS had lost the regional semifinal 1-0 to western Uganda giants Welden School but they progressed to the final after their conquerors were sanctioned of using an ineligible player.
“We had not prepared for the game when we were called. Some players were fasting but we took the opportunity with both hands and we knew it was our chance to shine,” she says.
A journey cut short
Nayebare played football in Kyeizoba Girls during her O-Level and later at Ntakke SS Wampeewo. She picked the interest in Senior One while she watched other girls play football.
“I started in goalkeeping since I was good at netball. Then I tried all positions to find where I could fit. As a left-footed player, I settled for the wing,” she said.
Losing her parents at a tender age, her guardians had reservations on her playing career and it was an opportunity for them when she got a knee injury that stopped her playing career. They had all along wanted her to become a doctor.
“I got the injury during the second term in Senior Five. My guardians were not happy and transferred me to Valley College in Mbarara. I felt bad and I wanted to escape from home. I could not think of life without football. But I resisted the temptation and followed their advice,” Nayebare said.
During her Senior Six vacation in 2017, she trained netball in Mbarara and later played for the university team. To continue with her passion, she founded a netball club last year that plays in the second division.
Graduating as an architect from Kyambogo University, she tried her hand at her profession at Chez Engineering Company but later chose to go her own way.
“From the little savings I started a boutique and a printing company. I later started an events business where I concentrate on ushering and decoration,” she said.
“Actually, even in engineering I was forced. I liked science but I was too much into sports. I thought I could instead be a designer,” she added.
The new journey
An opportunity arose to train as a grassroots coach under the “Women Take the Lead” course held in Kabale by Coaches Without Borders. Later she attended a beginner’s coaching course at Fufa Technical Centre, Njeru, and Premier Skills coaching course.
Before she had even qualified, she was in charge of City High School Mbarara in 2020. The team had qualified for the district finals before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
“It was from that time that I realised my potential,” she said.
Nayebare had been part of the backroom staff at Nyamityobora as team manager but when a crisis hit the already relegated team, she upgraded to the role of first team coach.
“Nyamityobora had financial challenges to an extent that we could assemble players on the eve of a league game. Coordinating their play on the pitch would be a big challenge. But this taught me to be strong if I wanted to succeed. It was an invaluable lesson and that is why I don’t give up,” Nayebare, who for most of her tenure used 11 players, said.
She highlights Nyamitanga’s games teacher Sarah Nabbosa who was courageous enough to pick interest in her with recommendation from western region football chairman Mutaka Seka.
“I had been with Nyamityobora in the Big League and I found the work simple. At first some teachers doubted until I proved them wrong. When we went for zones and eliminated Mbarara High, they now support football,” she said.
The school team has actually been accompanied by five teachers who are sponsoring their stay in Arua.
“They now love football and everyone is happy,” Nayebare said.
Without a sponsor, the school struggled to make it to Arua and it shows. The team only has a dozen jerseys while an attempt to raise funds from the school alumni was almost in vain.
But after the nationals, she hopes to build momentum by playing in UMEA games.
“I see a bright future. Many coaches are encouraging me to push on and it is encouraging,” Nayebare, whose role model is Caf instructor Majidah Nantanda, said.
Nayebare’s coaching philosophy
You have to credit her tactical approach. Anita, who updates her tactical bank with YouTube coaching tutorials has hardworking teams. She does not use a single approach to the game.
When they played Jinja Progressive in their opening game in Arua, for instance, she deployed five midfielders and four defenders troubling the opponents’ attack.
In fact when Jipra took a 2-0 lead, she changed tactics and employed a flying winger on the left and a roving attack-minded midfielder. Her efforts were rewarded with a goal and the closing minutes were dominated by Nyamitanga.
“My tactics depend a lot on the circumstances. If it is a strong team, I play defensively and wait for counter-attacking opportunities. The good thing is that my players are passionate and they will not give up until the final whistle,” Nayebare said.
At Nyamitanga, she is not only the head coach but also the most qualified trainer and physio. While she plans the training sessions a day before, she also conducts the conditioning sessions and takes care of the minor injuries of the players.
“Preparation is key for me. Young players like cramming and if you get something wrong, they lose track. These players have trained with other coaches before and you have to be careful,” she said.
She credits her career path as being down to dedication and ability.
“When the games teacher introduced me, several staff members were surprised. They had their own expectations. I knew I would be under scrutiny but I am trying to do what I really enjoy doing and trying to be really good at it. I am preparing myself for bigger things and that will involve obtaining more coaching licences,” Nayebare added.
Most good schools have an abundance of talent with students on bursaries but for the Muslim-founded Nyamitanga, only 11 players are on full scholarship. None of her players has played in national games before.
“It was the first time to have bursaries for football players. We recruited randomly and assembled a team,” she says of a team that only has two players in A-Level.
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Earl and Countess of Wessex: Why Grenada wanted to talk to royals about slavery
By Laura Trevelyan
BBC News
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Negative headlines followed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of the Caribbean, while hours before they they landed for their own tour, the Earl and Countess of Wessex cancelled a visit to Grenada. So what did Grenadians want to tell the royals about Britain's past?
For those wondering why not just the British government but the Royal Family are being asked by Caribbean nations to apologise for slavery, look no further than the Royal African Company.
Set up in the 17th Century with a charter granted by King Charles II, this company - with royal blessing - brought tens of thousands of captive Africans to the Americas.
George II was a prominent supporter of the slave trade and plantations. Slavery was sanctioned by the Royal Family at its inception.
This is why members of Grenada's Reparations Commission on slavery wished to meet with the Earl and Countess of Wessex during their visit - and doubtless why the Palace felt this would be a fraught encounter.
My family, the Trevelyans, owned about 1,000 slaves on five different sugar plantations in Grenada in the 17th and 18th centuries.
When slavery was abolished in 1834, our family, along with 46,000 others in the UK, received compensation from the British government for the loss of our property.
We received about £3m in today's money. The enslaved got nothing.
In fact, they had to work for their owners for free for another eight years - another form of enslavement.
This rank unfairness is fuelling calls for more than expressions of profound sorrow from the UK government and the Royal Family that slavery ever happened.
A crime was committed, said Nicole Phillip-Dowe of Grenada's National Reparations Commission when I visited the island in February, trying to understand the legacy of slavery.
The commission wants an apology from the British government - and commission chair Arley Gill wants an apology from Queen Elizabeth herself, for the Royal Family's role in sanctioning and endorsing the theft of west Africans from their homeland, so they could work in brutal conditions on the sugar cane plantations of the British Empire.
"Our ancestors, enslaved Africans, worked on the plantations for free. They were kidnapped. They were enslaved, forced labour. They were kept in horrific conditions," Mr Gill said.
That exploitation enabled the Industrial Revolution and was a foundation for the wealth of countries such as France, the UK, the Netherlands and Germany, he said.
"We believe for one, there must be a full-fledged apology from the colonial powers to begin with, and acceptance that what they have done in the practising of the slave trade and slavery is a crime against humanity," he said.
"We cannot leave out the monarchy. Yes, we cannot leave the queen of England. The queen of England and the Royal Family played a critical role in sanctioning and participating in the slave trade and slavery. That is a stain as far as I'm concerned on the British monarchy and the British government."
Grenada's reparations commission wants the colonial powers of France and Britain to invest in health and education, to try and repair the damage done by slavery.
Diabetes and hypertension are common in Grenada, a legacy of the poor diet of the enslaved.
Caribbean intellectuals are now beginning to see slavery as a genocide - because of the systemic way slaves were brutalised and abused by a system which took all the wealth out of the islands, leaving a legacy of poverty, illiteracy, racial degradation and ill-health.
For many Grenadians, whose grandparents can remember their great-grandparents who were slaves, slavery is not a dim and distant memory. It is the living present.
This is why the Royal Family's acknowledgment that slavery was abhorrent is seen as wholly inadequate.
Laura Trevelyan's documentary, Grenada: Confronting the Past, will be on BBC radio and BBC Sounds on 10 May and on BBC World News on 14 May and 15 May.
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LA VISTA, Neb. (KMTV) — Progress is being made at putting in 12 new youth soccer fields in Sarpy County despite numerous past attempts at building a youth sports complex around 120th and Giles Streets, which have not worked out.
Efforts to put in a youth sports complex on the site, just east of the Giles Road I-80 exit, have been ongoing since 2016 when they broke ground.
The complex never was completed. But this week, the La Vista City Council approved zoning changes for a new complex.
In a statement, Mike Casseling — who leads the Nebraska Multisport Complex Board of Directors — says the project will benefit the community and the entire state.
“We are currently working through the necessary planning steps to make the vision a reality,” said Casseling.
The project includes 12 multipurpose turf fields, more than 1,000 parking spots and room for around 5,000 people a day.
Casseling said the goal is to attract local, regional and national events with the idea that bringing out of town folks who “will drive increased sales and occupation tax revenue for the La Vista area, positively impacting nearby retail shopping and hotels and enhancing tourism development.”
Jovan Sudar is director of boys coaching with Omaha United and says they could use more fields.
“Well it’s really difficult just because Omaha does have five-to-six large clubs and everybody is fighting for a spot,” said Sudar.
He's pleased a new complex could be coming to the area, as he says they travel out of state about four times a year and, while that’s beneficial, it’s nice to play close to home.
“We would be able to attract a lot of teams to come here where we don’t have to travel and compete here locally and have teams from out of the state,” said Sudar.
Past efforts to do this, including putting in a pool, fell short. This plan just includes fields, but space for a field house is included in the plans if developers seek that out down the road.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
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Western Armstrong County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Eastern Randall County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast
of Happy, or 14 miles southeast of Canyon, moving northeast at 50
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HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
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Canyon, Claude, Lake Tanglewood, Wayside, Washburn, Palo Duro
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Police say at least 4 shot as active threat continues in Washington, DC
Police and federal agents swarmed into a northwest Washington neighborhood on Friday after at least four people were shot in a flurry of gunfire. City officials warned people to stay inside because of an “active threat” as dozens of officers in tactical gear searched for the suspect.
The law enforcement officers responded to the scene near Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness St. in the Van Ness neighborhood of Washington shortly before 3:30 p.m. The gunfire rocked the normally quiet neighborhood that's home to several schools and colleges and dozens of embassies.
Hours later, the Metropolitan Police Department said investigators were seeking to question a 23-year-old man from Virginia they identified as a person of interest. The man was “linked to social media postings” that emerged as part of the investigation, Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said.
The victims included a 54-year-old man, a woman in her 30s, a woman in her mid-60s who was grazed in the back by a bullet, and a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the arm, Emerman said. All of the victims were expected to recover. Police warned people who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Cleveland Park and Van Ness to shelter in place for hours.
The gunfire erupted just as parents were picking up their children from the Edmund Burke School, a private college preparatory school, sending frantic parents running from the scene and putting Burke and other nearby schools on immediate lockdown.
Bibi Stewart of Anne Arundel, Maryland, was approaching the line to pick up her 12-year-old twins when she heard the gunfire ring out. She said it sounded like the shots were coming from above and at a distance.
“They did it right at dismissal,” she said.
Stewart said she saw glass shattering in a bridge connecting different wings of the school and she saw the tires of cars in the pickup line shot out.
“They’re just saying they’re OK” and hiding in the school with their friends and adults, she said of her children.
Police in tactical gear were seen escorting people — including college students from nearby campuses — out of apartment buildings in the area. Officers pointed their rifles upward toward other buildings and windows as the people moved quickly down the street with their hands raised above their heads.
“I had to look in parents’ eyes tonight who are terrified ... thinking of what might happen to their children,” District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference. “And we have experienced this too much in our country. The epidemic of gun violence, the easy access to weapons, has got to stop. People should not be scared taking their children to school.”
Police were going door-to-door in area buildings as they searched for the shooter.
Emerman said police were also aware of a video posted online that may be connected to the shooting, though he cautioned that investigators hadn't yet authenticated the video. Police were questioning witnesses at the scene and were still trying to discern a motive for the shooting, he said.
Video posted on Twitter captured the sound of bursts of rapid gunfire.
The University of the District of Columbia, which is located nearby, went into lockdown, telling students and staff to shelter and stay in place. In a tweet, the college said there was an “active shooting incident near student housing” and the suspect remained at large.
Eduardo Bugay, a student at the college, said he was in his first-floor apartment in the AVA building when he heard the shots.
“At first I was confused,” he said, not sure what he was hearing. Then, he said, he got scared.
Bugay said the university sent emails telling students to stay in place. About 30 to 40 minutes after he first heard the gunshots, police came knocking on his door to escort him and others from the building.
A slew of law enforcement officials and emergency crews were sent to the scene. Agents from the FBI arrived in an armored vehicle and the U.S. Secret Service said its officers were aiding police in the search and at the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were also assisting in the investigation.
Separately on Friday, emergency medical crews were called to the U.S. Supreme Court around 6:30 p.m. after a man attempted to set himself on fire outside the building. The man was rushed by police helicopter to a local hospital and his condition wasn't immediately known.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than two years after he started work on it, Gov. Tom Wolf is set to enact the centerpiece of his plan to fight climate change, making Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy — but it might be a short-lived victory.
One lawsuit is already challenging Wolf’s regulation and more are expected. And the term-limited Democratic governor has eight months left in office and may be replaced by a successor who is hostile to it.
On Saturday, a legislative agency is set to publish Wolf’s carbon-pricing rule in the official record of state agency actions, authorizing Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multistate consortium that sets a price and declining limits on planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
It comes after a long regulatory vetting process and fights with a hostile Legislature controlled by Republicans who are historically protective of Pennsylvania’s coal and natural gas industries.
Heavily populated and fossil fuel-rich Pennsylvania has long been one of the nation’s biggest polluters and power producers, and the jury is out on whether the carbon-pricing program on power plants will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mark Szybist, a senior attorney for the New York-based Natural Resources Defense Council, said joining the consortium — nicknamed RGGI — is the farthest-reaching step being taken in Pennsylvania to fight climate change, and policymakers there should be asking themselves what else they can do.
“RGGI will do more than any other policy on the books in Pennsylvania right now to drive down emissions,” Szybist said.
Wolf’s administration estimates that joining RGGI will reduce Pennsylvania’s carbon dioxide emissions by 97 million tons to 225 million tons through 2030. That compares to its estimate that Pennsylvania emitted 269 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2018.
Under the cap-and-trade program, owners of fossil-fuel power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or more must buy a credit for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit.
As a result, roughly four dozen power plants fueled by coal, oil and natural gas in Pennsylvania must buy hundreds of millions of dollars in credits annually that the state could then spend on clean-energy or energy-efficiency programs.
That gives fossil fuel plants an incentive to lower their emissions, and makes non-emitting plants — such as nuclear plants, wind turbines and solar installations — more cost competitive in power markets.
Pennsylvania would be, by far, the biggest emissions state in the consortium.
Wolf administration officials say the consortium’s quarterly auction in September should be the first in which Pennsylvania’s power plant owners participate, and money could start rolling in to the state’s coffers shortly after that.
Still, whether Pennsylvania’s membership in the consortium will survive for even that long is anybody’s guess.
One lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s participation in the consortium is already in the courts. In that suit, a court briefly barred the publication of the regulation before lifting the order. And more lawsuits are expected.
In this year’s gubernatorial campaign, energy is a constant theme for candidates vying for the Republican nomination to succeed Wolf.
“We have a governor that wants to put us in a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that will literally eliminate gas in Pennsylvania,” Republican candidate Lou Barletta told a forum in Erie last month. “So the first thing I’m going to do for energy is withdraw Pennsylvania from RGGI.”
Barletta’s claim that it will eliminate gas is baseless: even some operators of higher-efficiency gas plants support the move.
Still, Barletta’s sentiment — that he would end Pennsylvania’s participation in the consortium — is echoed by other Republicans.
It is also opposed by coal- and natural gas-related interests that fear higher input costs, industrial and business groups that fear higher electricity bills and labor unions that fear its workers will lose jobs maintaining power plants, building gas pipelines and mining coal.
Critics and even independent analysts say it will drive at least some business — and carbon dioxide emissions — to gas- and coal-fired power plants in neighboring Ohio and West Virginia, where input costs are lower and there are no emissions caps.
Pennsylvania may not stay in the consortium even if Wolf’s successor is Democrat Josh Shapiro, the party’s presumed nominee who is endorsed by Wolf.
Last October, Shapiro broke with Wolf, with his campaign telling The Associated Press that it’s not clear that the cap-and-trade program meets Shapiro’s test to “address climate change, protect and create energy jobs and ensure Pennsylvania has reliable, affordable and clean power for the long term.”
Gene Barr, the president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, which opposes the regulation, said the big questions are how the state’s Supreme Court will rule — it has a Democratic majority — and what Shapiro will do, if elected.
“It is hard to guess,” Barr said. “But regardless of what happens this year, there’s both legal and implementation challenges to RGGI.”
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Rolling out the red carpet: Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex receive warm welcome in Saint Lucia and exchange gifts with island's Prime Minister on first day of their Caribbean tour - after postponing their trip to Grenada due to backlash
- The Earl and Countess of Wessex had the red carpet rolled out for them on their arrival to the island yesterday
- A guard of honour welcomed the pair to the island nation as they began a week-long tour of the Caribbean
- The pair exchanged gifts with Prime Minister Philip Pierre giving them a painting of one of the island's turtles
- In return they gave him a Jubilee box when they met at his residence, along with a photo of themsleves
- It comes after their trip to Grenada was cancelled at the 11th hour after discussion with the Governor General
Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex received a warm welcome in Saint Lucia as it rolled out the red carpet at the delayed start to their Caribbean tour.
Things got off to a smooth start as the Earl and Countess of Wessex exchanged gifts with the Prime Minister of the island yesterday, days after the Grenada leg of their trip was postponed at the 11th hour.
It marked the beginning of their seven-day tour of the Caribbean where they are also scheduled to visit two other nations, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex, pictured here at Hewanorra International Airport, started their week-long tour of the Caribbean in Saint Lucia on Friday
The Earl and Duchess of Wessex exchanged gifts with Prime Minister Philip Pierre. They are also scheduled to visit two other nations, Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines during their tour
The couple were greeted by Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Pierre, at a reception at his residence on the island in the evening
The Platinum Jubilee tour was organised to mark the Queen's 70-year reign, and it comes shortly after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were criticised for some elements of their recent Caribbean tour, deemed to hark back to colonial days.
Sophie and Edward presented Prime Minister Philip Pierre with a photograph of themselves and a Jubilee box as a 'token of appreciation' when they met him at his residence on Friday evening.
In return, Saint Lucia's PM gave the pair a painting of one of the island's turtles rolled up in a long black tube, and before discovering what the gift inside the tube was, Edward joked: 'It's not a fishing rod.'
The couple then signed the guest book to complete their first day of engagements.
They exchanged gifts with Mr Pierre giving the Earl and Countess of Wessex a watercolour painting of one of the islands turtles
In exchange the couple gave him a signed photograph of themselves. The tour forms part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations
Before meeting Mr Pierre, Sophie and Edward visited the acting governor general Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles.
The week-long tour will see Sophie and Edward 'meet communities, local entrepreneurs and craftspeople, and young people' as well as athletes training for the Commonwealth Games.
The couple's trip to Grenada was cancelled after consultations with Island's government there and Governor General.
While there is a definite sense of the country, which secured independence from Britain in 1974, inevitably progressing to become a republic one day, it is not a nation where the issue is particularly prevalent at the moment.
Prince Edward was given a Guard of Honour on their arrival at the airport on Friday. The couple had been forced to delay the start of their trip after their stop off in Grenada was postponed at the last minute
The Wessexes' went to a reception hosted by Mr Pierre on the first day of their tour. The week-long tour will see Sophie and Edward 'meet communities, local entrepreneurs and craftspeople, and young people' as well as athletes training for the Commonwealth Games
But sources have indicated that lengthy discussions with the Grenadian government and local officials to ensure the Wessexes' itinerary would meet the aims of the tour - to celebrate the island's heritage and ongoing successes as well as marking The Queen's Platinum Jubilee - had thrown up problems.
As a result of those discussions, the Governor General Cecile La Grenade advised that the trip should be postponed.
She was unwilling to discuss the specifics of the problem yesterday but an aide said: 'All I can say at this stage is that it was a mutual decision.'
Prince Edward pictured here receiving a black tube which had the watercolour painting of the turtles inside. Edward joked: 'It's not a fishing rod'
As well as a picture of themselves, the Wessexes' gave Mr Pierre a Jubilee box as a 'token of appreciation' for the warm welcome they had received
The trips to the Caribbean islands will see the senior royals on a charm offensive following in a bid to shore up support for the monarchy in the region.
However, it will be an uphill battle with Antigua presenting an open letter on reparations during the visit.
The chairman of the Antigua and Barbuda Reparations Support Commission, Dorbrene O'Marde has told a local radio station: 'Essentially, it supports the positions taken by other…people as far as the issue of reparation is concerned and the inability of the absence of an apology from the Crown both as family and as an institution for their role in the enslavement of African people in the slave trade and in the slavery of African people.'
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — As Dewon Holt toured a Utah ballot counting center, she listened intently and questioned election officials about concerns circulating since the 2020 election — about voting machines, people mailed multiple ballots and dead voters.
Holt came away confident in the integrity of the vote count after the tour in one of the state’s Republican strongholds and even suggested election officials do more to publicize the tours.
“Because we had this national fraud thing going on, everybody thinks there’s fraud here,” the 76-year-old Republican said in Provo. “I feel like Utah County is good. But I don’t know if we have problems in the rest of the counties in the state.”
Distrust in elections continues to reverberate around the U.S. and subject election officials to new levels of scrutiny, even in Utah where universal mail-in voting has been widely embraced since the GOP-controlled Statehouse allowed counties to adopt the policy a decade ago.
Pushed by constituents like Holt swept up in fears of widespread fraud, lawmakers made election security a central focus in the Statehouse this year, with 35 proposals considered. They ultimately passed laws tightening voter ID, requiring 24-hour surveillance at ballot drop boxes and making it easier for people to opt out of mail voting, but rejected more drastic proposals, including one to end universal vote by mail altogether.
Despite a newfound focus on outreach and education from election officials, doubters remain. Opposition to the state’s vote-by-mail policy has grown.
“It’s completely upended the work that election officials do,” said Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Utah’s top election official said of election misinformation. “What gets really problematic is when the fervor from a loud few in the in the populace gets to elected officials. And then the elected officials start saying ‘Well, I got to address the concerns.’”
Utah, where then-President Donald Trump won the last election by 20 percentage points, is the only Republican-led state to mail all active voters ballots each election.
A decade before Trump called it “the greatest scam in the history of politics,” lawmakers championed the practice as a way to boost turnout and make voting more convenient in rural areas. Before 2020, the top concern voiced by election officials was parents of those serving missions for the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filling out their children’s ballots.
By 2019, every county in the state had opted into the state’s policy allowing counties to mail all active voters ballots making Utah the fourth state to conduct “all-mail” elections. On Election Day, a limited number of polling places remain open.
The practice was so popular that in Utah County — where Holt toured the ballot center — there was an outcry from residents after officials in 2018 decided against mailing ballots to all active voters, one year after implementing the policy for the first time.
“This is just blatantly wrong. It isn’t the American way,” a city official complained about the decision at the time. “Don’t we want high turnout?”
The county later reversed the decision.
Fast forward several years: Mail-in ballots remain the overwhelmingly popular method for voting, with 92% using them in the 2020 general election. But disproven claims that they open the door for widespread fraud are transforming the policy discussion, provoking rancorous opposition and newfound skepticism.
Opponents crowded five overflow rooms to listen to a legislative hearing on a proposal to abolish universal voting by mail earlier this year.
Fresh off a failed effort to gather signatures and qualify a measure for the 2022 ballot that would end voting by mail in Utah, members of the anti-mail ballot crowd referring to themselves as “We, the People,” said they had heard of ballots mailed to voters who had died and urged lawmakers to require post-election independent audits.
The proposal’s sponsor, GOP Rep. Phil Lyman, claimed without evidence that certain precincts had recorded 300% voter turnout in recent elections.
“We’re blanketing communities with ballots and assuming that the people that we’re sending them to are legitimate on the voter rolls whether they requested it or not. And what we’re finding in Utah and other places is that that’s not always the case,” he said.
Opposition to mail-in ballots has also emerged in other Republican-led states that expanded their use before the 2020 election.In Nebraska, counties with fewer than 10,000 people may conduct all-mail elections. In Georgia, the secretary of state mailed absentee ballot request forms to every voter ahead of the 2020 election.
In many of these places, a schism has emerged between veteran Republican lawmakers who considered election-related bills for years before they became politicized and ones who ascended to office during the Trump era.
In Georgia, Republicans since 2005 have gradually expanded practices such as early voting and no-excuse absentee ballots. Ed Lindsey, a former state lawmaker who now serves on the Georgia’s election board, said he observed such a generational divide.
Last year, veteran lawmakers, Lindsay said, were prepared to tweak rules to make ballots more secure, but fought efforts to end no-excuse absentee voting entirely. “They certainly weren’t prepared to throw the baby out with the bathwater because they’d seen that this was something their constituents liked,” he said.
Georgia lawmakers ultimately kept no-excuse absentee voting but added provisionsmaking it more difficult to request mail ballots.
Election officials there and in Utah are unsure whether trends will continue showing more people choosing to vote by mail, or whether opposition will lead people to return to polling places and potentially long lines.
In Utah County, the rancor contributed to the sitting county clerk’s decision not to seek reelection.
Unlike what he and others in the election office had grown accustomed to before 2020, officials are “facing a constant barrage of scrutiny,” Clerk Josh Daniels said.
“It’s like playing a game of whack-a-mole, trying to respond to questions and concerns, records requests and things like that — some of which are very interesting and bizarre,” he added.
Daniels’ likely replacement, Republican Aaron Davidson, is a universal vote-by-mail opponent who told an applauding audience in a March debate he planned to petition the Legislature to end the practice.
Davidson plans to follow state laws, which currently require he mail all active voters ballots. “But I’m going to do everything I possibly can to make sure if we’re doing vote by mail, it’s going to be as clean as possible,” he said in an interview.
Rep. Steve Eliason, a Republican who sponsored the 2012 legislation allowing counties to implement all-mail elections, said its opponents were vocal, but still very much a minority. Regardless of the growing number of calls he may field about elections, after seeing all counties gradually switch to universal vote by mail over the past decade, he’s confident it’ll survive challenges, even in deep-red Utah.
“We got ahead of the curve when it wasn’t politicized,” he said. “It’s largely been institutionalized. They’re what people are used to. It’s convenient.”
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Police say at least 4 shot as active threat continues in Washington, DC
Police and federal agents swarmed into a northwest Washington neighborhood on Friday after at least four people were shot in a flurry of gunfire. City officials warned people to stay inside because of an “active threat” as dozens of officers in tactical gear searched for the suspect.
The law enforcement officers responded to the scene near Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness St. in the Van Ness neighborhood of Washington shortly before 3:30 p.m. The gunfire rocked the normally quiet neighborhood that's home to several schools and colleges and dozens of embassies.
Hours later, the Metropolitan Police Department said investigators were seeking to question a 23-year-old man from Virginia they identified as a person of interest. The man was “linked to social media postings” that emerged as part of the investigation, Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said.
The victims included a 54-year-old man, a woman in her 30s, a woman in her mid-60s who was grazed in the back by a bullet, and a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the arm, Emerman said. All of the victims were expected to recover. Police warned people who live in the nearby neighborhoods of Cleveland Park and Van Ness to shelter in place for hours.
The gunfire erupted just as parents were picking up their children from the Edmund Burke School, a private college preparatory school, sending frantic parents running from the scene and putting Burke and other nearby schools on immediate lockdown.
Bibi Stewart of Anne Arundel, Maryland, was approaching the line to pick up her 12-year-old twins when she heard the gunfire ring out. She said it sounded like the shots were coming from above and at a distance.
“They did it right at dismissal,” she said.
Stewart said she saw glass shattering in a bridge connecting different wings of the school and she saw the tires of cars in the pickup line shot out.
“They’re just saying they’re OK” and hiding in the school with their friends and adults, she said of her children.
Police in tactical gear were seen escorting people — including college students from nearby campuses — out of apartment buildings in the area. Officers pointed their rifles upward toward other buildings and windows as the people moved quickly down the street with their hands raised above their heads.
“I had to look in parents’ eyes tonight who are terrified ... thinking of what might happen to their children,” District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference. “And we have experienced this too much in our country. The epidemic of gun violence, the easy access to weapons, has got to stop. People should not be scared taking their children to school.”
Police were going door-to-door in area buildings as they searched for the shooter.
Emerman said police were also aware of a video posted online that may be connected to the shooting, though he cautioned that investigators hadn't yet authenticated the video. Police were questioning witnesses at the scene and were still trying to discern a motive for the shooting, he said.
Video posted on Twitter captured the sound of bursts of rapid gunfire.
The University of the District of Columbia, which is located nearby, went into lockdown, telling students and staff to shelter and stay in place. In a tweet, the college said there was an “active shooting incident near student housing” and the suspect remained at large.
Eduardo Bugay, a student at the college, said he was in his first-floor apartment in the AVA building when he heard the shots.
“At first I was confused,” he said, not sure what he was hearing. Then, he said, he got scared.
Bugay said the university sent emails telling students to stay in place. About 30 to 40 minutes after he first heard the gunshots, police came knocking on his door to escort him and others from the building.
A slew of law enforcement officials and emergency crews were sent to the scene. Agents from the FBI arrived in an armored vehicle and the U.S. Secret Service said its officers were aiding police in the search and at the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were also assisting in the investigation.
Separately on Friday, emergency medical crews were called to the U.S. Supreme Court around 6:30 p.m. after a man attempted to set himself on fire outside the building. The man was rushed by police helicopter to a local hospital and his condition wasn't immediately known.
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Which cute bed sheets are best?
Cute bed sheets are a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, their designs bring a smile to your face and help you feel a little happier when waking up and going to bed. On the other hand, they’re often hard to appreciate considering most people cover their sheets with extra layers, such as blankets and duvets, that are rarely available in designs that match said cute sheets. Regardless of how you approach that problem, you can find the best cute bed sheets in the Erosebridal Bed Sheet Set collection.
What to know before you buy cute bed sheets
Cute vs. novelty
As with most aspects of appearance, cute is in the eye of the beholder. Some may think chibi animals are cute, while others may like stylized flowers. However, there’s a thin line where cute becomes novelty. Novelty bed sheets tend to be lower quality and have more extravagant designs. They may be good enough for a gag gift or to complete a heavily themed room but shouldn’t be relied upon for nightly use.
Size
Cute bed sheets can be found in all standard sizes: twin, full, queen and king. However, it is rare to find them in any variant sizes, such as twin XL or California king. Cute bed sheet designs appeal to fewer people, so manufacturers need to print their designs onto sizes that are most likely to sell to avoid having unsellable stock. You can still find cute bed sheets in variant sizes, but you’ll have far fewer designs from which to choose.
What’s included
Cute bed sheet sets include one fitted sheet and one pillowcase at a minimum, and most sets also include a flat sheet. The size typically dictates whether a set includes an extra pillowcase. Twin and full sheet sets typically include just one pillowcase.
What to look for in quality cute bed sheets
Material
Most cute bed sheets use synthetic fibers, such as polyester or microfiber polyester. The biggest reason for using synthetic fibers is that they cost less than natural fibers, so manufacturers make larger profit margins with each sheet set sold. Additionally, designs are easier to print onto synthetic fibers.
A quality set of synthetic microfiber sheets will still feel soft and be breathable. The sheets will also be hypoallergenic, wrinkle-resistant and stain-resistant.
Pocket depth
Pocket depth refers to how deep the fitted sheet is, or in other words, how thick of a mattress it will fit snuggly on. Most cute bedsheets have deep pockets of 16 inches compared to the average depth of 8 inches, so they’ll fit most mattresses. After all, you can tuck the extra fabric under the mattress, but nothing can be done if it’s too short.
How much you can expect to spend on cute bed sheets
Cute bed sheets typically cost $30-$60 because most are made of the same material and use the same printing systems for their designs. That said, sheets on the lower end of the price range are more likely to have designs that bleed.
Cute bed sheets FAQ
What should I use to stay warm at night without covering my cute bed sheet’s design?
A. That’s a difficult question to answer. The easiest answer is to find a duvet cover or similar top layer with a design that matches your cute bed sheets. In practice, this is highly unlikely. To find a perfect match, you’d need to pick sheets from a manufacturer that also sells top layers in matching designs, but this is rarely an option. You could try to custom order your preferred top layer to match your sheets, but this is expensive, and it’s unlikely that the order would sufficiently match the sheets.
You’re then left with two options: Use a blanket smaller than your sheets so the cute sheet design can be seen, or use a top layer that covers them up. The blanket won’t keep you as warm and will shift around your bed, but at least your sheets can still be seen and enjoyed.
Do cute bed sheets have special cleaning requirements?
A. Generally speaking, no. Most are just as machine-washable as the average monochromatic bed sheet. That said, some manufacturers recommended washing a new set of cute bed sheets two to four times before using them as normal. This helps to rinse out any extra dye that may bleed when coming in contact with your natural body oils.
What are the best cute bed sheets to buy?
Top cute bed sheets
What you need to know: There’s a design for everyone somewhere among this brand’s 40-plus options.
What you’ll love: Each design includes one fitted sheet with a 16-inch pocket, one flat sheet and one or two pillowcases, depending on the sheet size. Each item is made from microfiber for a breathable and soft sleeping experience. They are also machine-washable, and the designs resist fading.
What you should consider: Most designs aren’t available in all sizes. Some consumers received sheets with mismatching sizes, while others had issues with tearing over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cute bed sheets for the money
What you need to know: It’s a full set with a few cute designs at a great price.
What you’ll love: There are six designs to choose from, including three animal-based designs and one covered in hearts. It comes in all major bedding sizes. Each item is made of a machine-washable cotton and polyester blend. Matching duvet covers can be purchased from the manufacturer.
What you should consider: Some customers had issues with the designs bleeding after coming in contact with their natural body oils or during washing. Others received sheets with misaligned printing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: It only includes a fitted sheet and pillowcases, which is perfect if you dislike using a flat sheet.
What you’ll love: There are 45 designs to choose from, all of which come in each major bedding size except for king. The designs are also fade- and bleed-resistant. Each item is made from machine-washable microfiber, and the fitted sheet has a 16-inch pocket depth.
What you should consider: There’s no way to add a matching flat sheet should you want one later. Some purchasers had issues receiving incorrectly sized flat sheets.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A jury began deliberating Friday in the murder trial of a man charged with fatally shooting a Tulsa police sergeant and with wounding an officer.
Deliberations began about 5:30 p.m. in the trial of David Anthony Ware, 34, who is accused of killing Sgt. Craig Johnson and wounding Officer Aurash Zarkeshan. The death-penalty trial is Tulsa County's first in more than a decade.
In closing arguments, Ware’s attorney again showed jurors a still from a police video in which Johnson is seen kicking Ware during the traffic stop early on June 29, 2020. Defense attorney Kevin Adams told jurors that Ware feared for his life because the officers beat, kicked, pepper-sprayed and shot him with a stun gun.
“You guys have done something that most members of the Tulsa Police Department haven’t. You watched the video,” defense attorney Kevin Adams told jurors. By such actions, police "stop being a law enforcement officer and become a lawbreaker.”
“All lives matter, and you should support law enforcement — when they’re upholding the Constitution of the United States,” Adams said.
However, prosecutor Kevin Gray told jurors that Ware brought the violence on himself by refusing to comply with Johnson’s instructions and resisting.
“He deprived Sgt. Johnson of his unalienable right to life,” Gray told the jury.
Gray had told jurors during opening statements that Zarkeshan pulled Ware over about 3 a.m. after he saw him run a stop sign and take a wide turn into another lane of traffic. Ware then failed to produce a driver’s license or proof of insurance when Zarkeshan asked him to provide those documents, Gray said.
Matthew Hall was convicted of being an accessory to a felony for driving Ware from the scene after the shooting.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Armstrong County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Eastern Randall County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles northeast
of Happy, or 14 miles southeast of Canyon, moving northeast at 50
mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Canyon, Claude, Lake Tanglewood, Wayside, Washburn, Palo Duro
Canyon and Timbercreek Canyon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Save money and our planet this Earth Day with Professional and Beautifully Designed Custom
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LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Earth Month is a time to remember the critical nature of designing more sustainable processes in every industry. For eCommerce businesses, consumer concerns around sustainability have built momentum around sustainable packaging.
"You're not breaking the bank when choosing sustainably sourced packaging, you just have to make decisions around your brand and recognize who your target audience is," says founder Phillip Akhzar. "If they're eco-conscious already, you could get Compostable Mailers because your customers will know how to dispose of them responsibly. If they're an average buyer who is probably going to throw the bag away anyways, they'd be guilt free if you sold them a product in a 100% PCR Mailer because that material is at the end of its life!"
This shift in focus is led by millennials and Gen Zers, who are quickly becoming the largest consumer segment. Of those ages 21 to 34, 90 percent say that they are willing to spend more money on a product that contains environmentally friendly or sustainable ingredients.
In response, both new and legacy eCommerce businesses are hunting for options to satisfy their customers' desire for sustainability. Arka provides affordable, customizable, sustainable packaging options for businesses.
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Choosing to invest in sustainable packaging not only saves businesses money in the long run, but it's also an investment for the planet. Get eco-friendly custom packaging at the best prices, lowest minimums, and quickest turnarounds with Arka.
"Even if a client doesn't want to pay for eco-friendly packaging, they can do a carbon neutral checkout. It's seriously easier than ever to have a positive impact and let your customer base know" says Venture for America fellow and Head of Customer Success at Arka Amelia Lord.
A recent McKinsey & Company report shows that one out of four consumers say they are planning to focus more on environmental issues and will pay more attention to social aspects in their shopping behavior. Furthermore, First Insight's survey report shows that generation Z is influencing other generations to shop and spend more on sustainable brands.
"We're psyched to be able to provide this offering, it's new for us but it's something we're proud of. It's important to "democratize access" to sustainable packaging because it's seemed so out of reach for people but we'd like to make it easy," Akhzar says.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
759 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Carson County
through 830 PM CDT...
At 759 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Washburn, or 8 miles southwest of Panhandle,
moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Borger, Panhandle, White Deer, Groom and Skellytown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
LAT...LON 3519 10162 3525 10162 3563 10141 3562 10109
3518 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 206DEG 67KT 3524 10146
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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Westbound I-4 lanes closed due to crash involving multiple vehicles
ORLANDO, Fla. - Law enforcement officers are responding to a crash that has shut down westbound lanes of Interstate 4 in Orlando. I-4 Express Lanes are not impacted by this closure.
Around 5:50 p.m., Orlando police officers responded to a crash involving three vehicles on I-4 near Conroy Road. One of the vehicles is a motorcycle and that motorcyclist has been transported to the hospital with serious injuries.
Westbound lanes remained closed around 9 p.m. with traffic is being diverted off the interstate and onto John Young Parkway. Drivers are being asked to use alternate routes whenever possible.
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Tory MP demands police probe into Keir Starmer's lockdown beer with colleagues in the wake of PM's Partygate fine
- Sir Keir Starmer faces calls for his own Partygate probe over office beers in 2021
- The Labour leader was pictured having a beer with colleagues during lockdown
- He has already been cleared by Durham constabulary of breaking the rules but the force is under pressure to reopen the case
Sir Keir Starmer could face a fresh police probe for having a beer with colleagues during lockdown in the wake of the Partygate fine handed to Boris Johnson.
The Labour leader was photographed ‘drinking and socialising’ in an MP’s office when households were banned from mixing indoors.
He was cleared of breaching any rules after Durham Constabulary looked at footage of the event, which took place during campaigning for the Hartlepool by-election a year ago.
The Labour leader was photographed ‘drinking and socialising’ in an MP’s office when households were banned from mixing indoors
But the force is under pressure to reopen the case after Scotland Yard began handing out fixed-penalty notices to politicians and officials for breaking Covid laws while working in Downing Street and Whitehall.
The Prime Minister and Rishi Sunak have been fined £50 each for gathering in No 10 in June 2020 so Mr Johnson could be wished happy birthday. More penalties will be issued next month.
Richard Holden, Tory MP for North West Durham, wrote to Durham’s Chief Constable Jo Farrell urging her to look again at the decision to take no further action against Sir Keir.
He said there was a strong public interest in reassessing the Labour leader’s case in light of the fines issued to the PM and the Chancellor.
Mr Holden added: ‘I do not believe the photographed activity meets the “functional but not social” test in the guidance on political campaigning in campaign rooms.’
Labour and Durham Constabulary declined to comment last night.
When the images emerged in January, Sir Keir said: ‘We stopped for something to eat and then we carried on working. No party, no breach of the rules and absolutely no comparison with the Prime Minister.’
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Widener University Male Students Walk Through Campus In Heels To Raise Awareness For Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse
By Howard Monroe
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CHESTER, Pennsylvania (KYW) — On Friday, male students at Widener University learned a painful lesson for a good cause. It’s a sight you don’t see every day: about 20 male students at Widener University walking through campus in heels.
The painful walk is part of “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes.”
Reporter Howard Monroe: How do your feet feel? Student Jacob Dingman: They hurt but I’m trying to not fall.
Reporter Howard Monroe: What’s the hardest part of this? Student Ryan Schreiber: It’s a little harder than I thought. Reporter Howard Monroe: Did you ever have to concentrate while walking before? Student Ryan Schreiber: Not till now.
Although it’s a fun event, the walk is a nationwide movement to call attention to domestic violence and sexual assault.
“It’s really meaningful for all of us girls because we have been through so much of sexism and sexual assault,” student Natalie Gallagher said.
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nationally 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. On a typical day, 20,000 calls are made to domestic violence hotlines. And domestic violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime
“It’s an outstanding thing for these guys to pick up at such a young age before they go out in the world,” Joseph Henson with the Domestic Violence Center said.
By the end, some of the men gained confidence, even running to the finish line. But the lesson was learned in the mile in her shoes.
“I just want to go home. I want to go to sleep,” student Sam Alghamdi said.
For more information on the walk, or if you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence visit the resources below.
RESOURCES:
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes walkamileinhershoes.org
National Domestic Hotline thehotline.org
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence ncadv.org
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
847 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HANSFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB
AND NORTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Farnsworth, or
9 miles west of Perryton, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Perryton, Booker, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Farnsworth, Boyd and Balko.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
FOR NORTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHEASTERN CARSON...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY
AND NORTHWESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES...
At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Claude, moving
north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
Panhandle, Claude, Groom and Goodnight.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Armstrong County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Eastern Randall County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southern Carson County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Gray County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Northwestern Donley County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 812 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast
of Palo Duro Canyon, or 18 miles east of Canyon, moving northeast
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Panhandle, Claude, Groom, Wayside, Washburn, Palo Duro Canyon,
Goodnight and Pantex.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
TX
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ARMSTRONG CARSON DALLAM
DEAF SMITH DONLEY GRAY
HANSFORD HARTLEY HUTCHINSON
MOORE OCHILTREE OLDHAM
POTTER RANDALL ROBERTS
SHERMAN
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CARSON...SOUTHERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND
SOUTHERN ROBERTS COUNTIES...
At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of
Panhandle, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Pampa, Borger, Stinnett, White Deer, Skellytown, Sanford, Kingsmill
and Pringle.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN
ROBERTS AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR HANSFORD AND WESTERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest of
Spearman, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Perryton, Spearman, Gruver, Waka, Morse and Farnsworth.
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Jury finds man guilty of murder in shooting of Tulsa police
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - A man whose attorney said he fatally shot a Tulsa police sergeant and wounded another because he feared for his life during a traffic stop was convicted of murder Friday.
A Tulsa County jury deliberated about three hours before convicting David Anthony Ware, 34, in the death of Sgt. Craig Johnson and wounding of Officer Aurash Zarkeshan. Ware faces a possible death sentence when that phase of the trial begins Monday.
In closing arguments, Ware´s attorney, Kevin Adams, again showed jurors a still photograph taken from a police video in which Johnson is seen kicking Ware during the traffic stop early on June 29, 2020. Adams argued that Ware feared for his life because the officers beat, kicked, pepper-sprayed and shot him with a stun gun.
With those actions, police "stop being a law enforcement officer and become a lawbreaker," Adams told jurors.
However, prosecutor Kevin Gray told jurors that Ware brought the violence on himself by refusing to comply with officers' instructions and resisting.
"He deprived Sgt. Johnson of his unalienable right to life," Gray told the jury.
David Ware is led to a courtroom by Tulsa County Sheriff's deputies at the Tulsa County Courthouse for his trial in the shootings of Tulsa Police Officer Aurash Zarkeshan and Sgt. Craig Johnson, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. Johnson died from the shooting. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
Gray had told jurors during opening statements that Zarkeshan pulled Ware over about 3 a.m. after he saw him run a stop sign and take a wide turn into another lane of traffic. Ware then failed to produce a driver´s license or proof of insurance when Zarkeshan asked him to provide those documents, Gray said.
Zarkeshan testified that he had not watched video of the shooting because "I don´t want to see myself or my friend be shot."
Adams told jurors during closing arguments, "You guys have done something that most members of the Tulsa Police Department haven´t: You watched the video."
Matthew Hall was convicted of being an accessory to a felony for driving Ware from the scene after the shooting.
David Ware is led to a courtroom by Tulsa County Sheriff's deputies at the Tulsa County Courthouse for his trial in the shootings of Tulsa Police Officer Aurash Zarkeshan and Sgt. Craig Johnson, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. Johnson died from the shooting. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
FILE - This image from video from the body camera of Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Aurash Zarkeshan shows David Anthony Ware in his vehicle during a traffic stop on Monday, June 29, 2020. On Monday, April 18, 2022, Ware's lawyers said he was in fear for his life after officers beat, kicked, pepper sprayed and shot him with a stun gun after a traffic stop. Ware shot two police officers, killing Sgt. Craig Johnson and seriously wounding Zarkeshan. (Tulsa Police Department/Tulsa World via AP, File)
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LEADING OFF: Miggy still after 3,000, Sasaki's perfect roll
A look at what's happening around baseball Saturday:
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CABRERA REIGNS
Miguel Cabrera should get to swing for his 3,000th career hit after his pursuit was delayed a day by a rainout.
The Tigers are set for a day-night doubleheader against Colorado at Comerica Park. The teams were washed out Friday.
Cabrera got to 2,999 hits on Wednesday night, then struck out in his final at-bat of the game. The 39-year-old went 0 for 3 with an intentional walk on Thursday.
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera gestures to the crowd in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Detroit, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Antonio Senzatela (0-1, 2.16 ERA) is ready to pitch the first game of the twinbill for Colorado. The Rockies right-hander and Cabrera are both from Venezuela.
"He´s going to go down as one of the best hitters of all time," Hall of Famer and former Tigers shortstop Alan Trammell said Friday.
"He realizes that it´s getting toward the end, but he still has something left in the tank. When it´s all said and done this year, I think he´s going to have a heck of a year," he said.
JAPANESE PERFECTION
The baseball world will be watching this weekend to see whether Roki Sasaki can do it again.
The 20-year-old Japanese pitcher with the 100 mph fastball and devastating splitter has thrown 17 straight perfect innings. He´ll start Sunday for the Chiba Lotte Marines against the Orix Buffaloes in Osaka.
Sasaki pitched a perfect game against Orix on April 10, the first in Japan in 28 years. He followed up with eight more perfect innings on April 17 before he was pulled by manager Tadahito Iguchi after 102 pitches. Sasaki struck out a combined 33 in those games.
Sasaki grew up in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Iwate. His father was killed in the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown on three nuclear reactors that devastated that part of the country.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson is appealing his second suspension this season after Major League Baseball banned him for one game Friday after he gave fans the middle finger two days earlier.
Anderson had three errors in the first two innings of Chicago´s 11-1 loss Wednesday in the opener of a doubleheader. The frustrated 28-year-old made the gesture toward a fan while out in the field. Anderson will remain with the White Sox until his appeal is heard.
Anderson also missed the firt two games of the season serving a two-game suspension for making contact with umpire Tim Timmons during the ninth inning of a game on Sept. 27. Anderson successfully appealed that suspension down from three games.
GIANT PAIN
San Francisco's injured list is getting crowded after right-hander Anthony DeSclafani and outfielder Steven Duggar hit the shelf Friday.
DeSclafani went on the 10-day IL with right ankle inflammation a day after allowing five runs in five innings during a loss to the Mets. Manager Gabe Kapler says DeSclafani will get an MRI on Monday.
Duggar was added to the 60-day IL with a left oblique strain. He was pulled from Thursday's loss in the second inning.
The pair joins starter Alex Cobb and hitters Evan Longoria, LaMonte Wade Jr. and Tommy La Stella on the IL.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Beaver County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Southeastern Texas County in the Panhandle of Oklahoma...
Northwestern Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Eastern Hansford County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 821 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spearman,
moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Perryton, Spearman, Booker, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Farnsworth,
Boyd, Waka and Balko.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
836 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RANDALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHERN CARSON...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES...
At 835 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Claude, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible. Hail
damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Panhandle, Claude, Groom, Washburn, Goodnight and Pantex.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CARSON...
SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND SOUTHERN ROBERTS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
847 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HANSFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Oklahoma...and the Panhandle of Texas.
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BEAVER...SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...NORTHWESTERN LIPSCOMB
AND NORTHERN OCHILTREE COUNTIES...
At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Farnsworth, or
9 miles west of Perryton, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Perryton, Booker, Elmwood, Bryans Corner, Farnsworth, Boyd and Balko.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
FOR NORTHEASTERN ARMSTRONG...SOUTHEASTERN CARSON...SOUTHWESTERN GRAY
AND NORTHWESTERN DONLEY COUNTIES...
At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Claude, moving
north at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
Panhandle, Claude, Groom and Goodnight.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
09-10-19-21-24
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "MassCash" game were:
09-10-19-21-24
(nine, ten, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-four)
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In 1866, a French engineer named Peccadeau de l'Isle was working on the construction of a railway line in southern France, digging for artifacts along the banks of the River Aveyron in his spare time. Some 23 feet (7 meters) down, he found a number of prehistoric flint tools and prehistoric art. They included the famed Swimming Reindeer sculpture and a carved spear thrower in the shape of a mammoth, as well as numerous engraved flat stones called plaquettes, all created by the Magdalenian people sometime between 16,000 and 13,500 years ago.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill to dissolve a private government controlled by Disney that provides municipal-like services for its 27,000 acres (nearly 11,000 hectares) in the Sunshine State.
The new law is largely seen as retribution for Disney’s criticism of a new state law that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay,” which bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The entertainment giant has not commented publicly on the proposal to dissolve its government, which has been in operation for 55 years.
WHAT DOES THE LAW DO?
The bill, which the Legislature passed on Thursday and DeSantis signed into law on Friday, would eliminate the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the Disney government is known, as well as a handful of other similar districts by June 2023.
The measure does allow for the districts to be reestablished, leaving an avenue for Disney and lawmakers to renegotiate their deal between now and June 2023.
“By doing it this early, we have until next June or July to this put together, so we’re actually giving ourselves more time to be thoughtful,” said Republican Senate President Wilton Simpson. “I don’t know how the end will come, but I know that this is a very worthy process that we’re taking and I think whatever comes out of it will be better than what we have today.”
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Although details are far from clear, the proposal could have huge tax implications for Disney. Democratic state lawmakers who oppose the bill also have warned that it could result in homeowners getting hit with big tax bills if they have to absorb costs the company used to pay.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, whose county is partially home to Disney World, said it would be “catastrophic for our budget” if the county had to assume the costs for public safety at the theme park resort. Reedy Creek currently reimburses the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for public safety costs.
“If that district goes away, and they no longer pay for those public safety costs, and it then has to fall to the county’s other budgets, that is a net sum loss to the rest of the taxpayers of Orange County,” Demings said.
WHY DOES DISNEY HAVE ITS OWN GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA?
The company sold the idea to Florida lawmakers in 1967 as part of its plans to build an expansive East Coast theme park that would include a futuristic city.
The city never materialized, but Walt Disney World nevertheless became an entertainment juggernaut in Orlando, while still retaining governmental powers that have allowed it to decide what and how to build and to issue bonds and provide services such as zoning, fire protection and utilities.
The Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the Disney government is known, has been allowed to build its own roads, run its own wastewater treatment plants, operate its own fire department, set its own building codes and inspect Disney buildings for safety.
The district had $169 million in revenues and $178 million in expenditures in the current budget year.
Disney is a major political player in Florida, as well as the rest of the country. The Walt Disney Co. and its affiliates made more than $20 million in political contributions to both Republicans and Democrats in the 2020 campaign cycle, the most recent year for which figures are available, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks such spending.
That same year, Disney-related entities funneled $10.5 million to the America First Action committee, which supports Republican former President Donald Trump. Disney also contributed $1.2 million to support President Joe Biden’s campaign.
In response to the gender instruction law, Disney announced it was suspending political donations in the state and would support organizations that oppose it.
WHY ELIMINATE THE GOVERNMENT NOW?
DeSantis has railed against Disney after the company’s public opposition to the gender instruction law.
This week, as lawmakers were returning to the Capitol for a special legislative session focused on congressional redistricting, DeSantis issued a proclamation allowing them to also take up legislation eliminating the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
For the governor, the attack on Disney is his latest salvo in a culture war waged over policies involving race, gender and the coronavirus, battles that have made him one of the most popular GOP politicians in the country and a likely 2024 presidential candidate.
“If Disney wants to pick a fight, they chose the wrong guy” the governor wrote in a fundraising email. “As Governor, I was elected to put the people of Florida first, and I will not allow a woke corporation based in California to run our state.”
Republican Rep. Randy Fine, sponsor of the bill to scrap the district, said it is time for a change.
“You kick the hornet’s nest, things come up. And I will say this: You got me on one thing — this bill does target one company. It targets the Walt Disney Co.,” Fine said. “You want to know why? Because they are the only company in the state that has ever been granted the right to govern themselves.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged Friday that it failed to alert Capitol Police about a parachute jump at a nearby baseball stadium, a misstep that led to a security alert and evacuation of the Capitol.
“We deeply regret that we contributed to a precautionary evacuation of the Capitol complex and apologize for the disruption and fear experienced by those who work there,” the FAA said in an unsigned statement.
The FAA said it was “taking immediate steps to ensure that we always coordinate well in advance with other agencies to avoid confusion over future aviation events in the Washington, D.C., area.”
The agency said its review of the incident in heavily restricted airspace was continuing.
The FAA didn’t tell Capitol Police that a small plane would circle overhead on Wednesday evening, on its way to drop members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who parachuted into Nationals Park for Military Appreciation Night. Not knowing the plane’s mission, congressional staffers fled the Capitol and House and Senate office buildings.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., promised a congressional review of the FAA’s actions, which she called “outrageous and inexcusable.”
Many people who work on Capitol Hill have remained on edge more than a year after hundreds of rioters loyal to then-President Donald Trump pushed their way past overwhelmed police officers, broke through windows and doors and ransacked the Capitol as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win.
The FAA is being led by an acting administrator, Billy Nolen. The previous head of the agency, Stephen Dickson, stepped down at the end of March. The White House has not nominated a replacement.
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(CNN) — Now that most U.S. cities and states have dropped masking requirements and other precautions against COVID-19, you may be wondering about your chances of getting infected or, worse, being hospitalized or dying if you happen to get sick.
Researchers have been digging into that question, and in general, what they’ve found is that for people who are considered up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines — that means getting a booster when it’s recommended — protection against illness drops off over three or four months after your last dose, but protection against hospitalization and death remains high.
Here’s why: Antibodies — the front-line defenders of the immune system — gradually drop off after an infection or vaccination. Over a few months, they fade away, and that’s normal. But it leaves your body open to another viral invasion.
The good news is that although immune defense begins with antibodies, it doesn’t end there. Other cells like B cells and T cells remain imprinted with the memory of the virus or vaccine, so they can make another antibody army if they encounter that pathogen again.
It takes some time to build that army, so while your body is gearing up to fight, you might get a few symptoms. In the end, though, your immune system should ride to the rescue and help you recover without too much fuss.
In general, this is how it’s supposed to work. But sometimes, this process doesn’t go as planned for everyone. Older adults and those with lower immune function may need extra help to prevent the worst outcomes from a COVID-19 infection.
Protection after infection
Data presented this week to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices breaks this down.
Here’s how protection is holding up in real life against an infection by the omicron coronavirus variant that causes symptoms. If you got:
- Two doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, they’re are 30% effective between two and four months after your shots.
- One dose of Johnson & Johnson and one dose of an mRNA shot from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna, your vaccines are 55% effective between months 2 and 4.
- Three doses of an mRNA shot, your vaccines are 63% effective between months 2 and 4.
After five months, boosters offer almost no protection against omicron infection, according to data from the UK’s Health Security Agency.
Protection against hospitalization with low immune function
When it comes to emergency care or hospitalization, the protection you get from vaccines really depends on your immune function.
Sara Tartof, an epidemiologist for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, has been studying how well a third dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine is doing at keeping adults in her health system out of the hospital.
Up to three months after a third dose, the vaccine’s effectiveness against hospitalization was 85%, but it fell to 55% after three months. After a closer look, though, she found that these results were largely driven by immune status.
“We saw no evidence of waning but in the immunocompromised,” Tartof said. “In the immunocompromised, vaccine effectiveness basically starts low and gets lower.”
But for people with regular immune function, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization stayed high — about 86% — after three months.
Her initial study results are published in The Lancet Repiratory Medicine. Tartof says she plans to update them soon with results by immune status.
In general, researchers are finding that for adults 50 and older whose immune systems are working normally, protection starts high and remains high — about 84% — for up to six months after a booster dose, when it comes to the risk of being hospitalized with an infection caused by the omicron variant.
For adults 50 and older who have reduced immune function, such as those who’ve had solid organ transplants or who are getting cancer treatment, protection from a booster is initially good but falls faster.
For example, up to two months after a booster dose of an mRNA vaccine, an immunocompromised adult can expect 81% protection from hospitalization if they get an infection caused by the omicron variant, but that drops to about 49% after four months, according to new CDC data. This is one of the reasons this group has been prioritized for additional boosters.
Immune protection after infection
A study published this week in the journal JAMA Network Open found that unvaccinated people who had recovered from COVID-19 were about 85% less likely to get it again, compared with people who were unvaccinated and uninfected. People who had recovered from infection were about 88% less likely to be hospitalized than those were unvaccinated.
The researchers said this protection was on par with that conferred by mRNA vaccines and remained stable up to nine months after the infection.
The CDC says that about 90% of people who get COVID-19 will generate antibodies after their infections. But how much protection you get from an infection depends on your symptoms. People with symptoms will make more antibodies than those without, and people who were hospitalized make more antibodies than those who were not.
However, all bets are off when it comes to omicron. A recent study from Qatar found that while a prior infection was highly protective — about 90% — against reinfection by the alpha, beta and delta variants, it fell to just 56% against omicron. Serious outcomes after infection were rare.
Experts agree that getting a COVID-19 infection isn’t a great way to build immunity because it can be so unpredictable, even deadly. But if you’ve had one, you are likely have some protection from it, and people should be able to count on that when thinking about risk, Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
“COVID is a high-risk, high-consequence way of getting immunity. But if you had COVID and you went through that and you have immunity, that is something we need to respect, and we need to incorporate in the ways we draw the new social contract of COVID,” Segev said.
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(CNN) — On Saturday, nearly 100,000 spectators will gather at Wembley Stadium to watch British boxers Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte face off in the biggest heavyweight battle of the 21st century.
The fight will mark Fury’s first fight in the United Kingdom in over four years as he defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) world heavyweight title against Whyte.
When is the fight?
The fight will take place on Saturday at London’s Wembley Stadium. Fury and Whyte will emerge for their ring walks at around 10 p.m. UK time or 5 p.m. ET.
Before their legendary faceoff, a few smaller bouts will take place, starting at around 7 p.m. BST or 2 p.m. ET. The undercard features Fury’s half brother, Tommy Fury, facing off against Daniel Bocianski.
What to look out for
The fight will set the record for the largest attendance for a fight in the 21st century and the largest in Europe. But it will also mark significant turning points in both athletes’ careers.
Fury, a two-time world heavyweight champion, is one of the world’s most accomplished heavyweight boxers. But at 33, the legend is preparing to hang up his gloves — making Saturday’s match the last time fans may see Fury fight in the flesh.
“I know nobody believes me because they all think I’m after money or whatever else,” Fury told Top Rank on Tuesday. “I’m walking away. I’ve got nothing to prove to nobody, I’ve done what I’ve had to do and that’s it.”
Fury is no stranger to his challenger: A decade ago, the two young fighters sparred in training camps. But Wednesday’s news conference was the first time the two came face-to-face “in years,” according to Fury.
In interviews, Whyte, 34, has made it clear that he is eager to take on the world title and to knock Fury off his pedestal.
“Tyson Fury is not this massive giant superstar everyone says he is, he’s not,” the London-born boxer told Sky Sports. “The fight at Wembley is sold out because it’s Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, not Tyson Fury and someone else.”
How to watch
The 94,000 tickets for Saturday’s fight sold out in just hours when they were released in March.
But fans who couldn’t buy one can still catch the fight online. ESPN and Fox Sports will be broadcasting the fight in the US, and BT Sport Box Office will show the fight in the UK.
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Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against a prominent opposition activist and remanded him in pre-trial detention Friday for allegedly spreading “false information” about the country’s armed forces.
A court in Moscow ordered Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. held in detention until June 12. Lawyer Vadim Prokhorov told reporters that the false information case against Kara-Murza cited a March 15 speech to the Arizona House of Representatives, in which he denounced the war in Ukraine, as the basis for the latest charges. The activist rejects the accusations.
Russian media reported that similar charges were being drawn up against outspoken tech executive Ilya Krasilshchik, the former publisher of Russia's top independent news site, Meduza. The moves against the two Kremlin critics are part of a widening crackdown against individuals speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Russia adopted a law criminalizing spreading false information about its military shortly after its troops rolled into Ukraine in late February. The offense is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Human rights advocates so far have counted 32 cases targeting critics of the invasion.
Kara-Murza is a journalist and a former associate of late Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was assassinated in 2015, and oligarch-turned-dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed for years in Russia. Kara-Murza himself was hospitalized with poisoning symptoms twice, in 2015 and 2017.
Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers denounced the Russian government's moves against Kara-Murza.
“I am deeply disturbed over news reports regarding the arrest and political persecution of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza," Bowers said in a statement. “Don’t forget about these freedom fighters, like Vladimir Kara-Murza. We must remember names!"
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey tweeted: “Kara-Murza’s brave opposition to Putin has inspired us all. Arizona will always stand for freedom. And we will support those like Kara-Murza who take a stand against oppression.”
Krasilshchik, the tech executive who left Russia in early March, told Meduza that he had learnt about the case against him from news reports, which by Friday evening remained unconfirmed. Russian media have linked the charges to an Instagram post, featuring what Krasilshchik said was the photo of charred human remains in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.
“You can’t recover after seeing the images from Bucha,” the photo caption read. “You feel that the army of this country of ours, it’s capable of anything … and so is the country. That we’re just an order away from mass executions.”
Also Friday, veteran Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov said in an online statement that he was “temporarily” leaving the country.
Ponomaryov, a former State Duma lawmaker who had helped found Russia’s oldest human rights organization in the 1980s, has been a vocal opponent of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, and initiated multiple public petitions against it.
In his statement Friday, he claimed to be “allowing himself to take a vacation” to “look after my health …, but also think through the difficult situation in which we all find ourselves, and plan further (campaigning) activities, which we cannot stop by any means.”
“I doubt my time away will be long,” he added.
In a separate move Friday, the Russian justice ministry added Kara-Murza and several other prominent Kremlin critics to the registry of “foreign agents.” The designation implies additional government scrutiny and carries strong pejorative connotations that can discredit those on the list.
The new additions to the registry included Leonid Volkov, top ally of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Alexei Venediktov, former editor-in-chief of Russia's oldest critical radio station, Ekho Moskvy. The station was taken off the airwaves shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Associated Press writer Bob Christie in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Marcus Mariota: Brenner was 'more than capable of having an opportunity of playing in the NFL'
Doug Brenner's ability to communicate and his versatility would have made him valuable to an NFL team, former Ducks star quarterback Marcus Mariota testified Friday.
Mariota, who graduated from the University of Oregon in 2014, was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2015 as the second overall pick and will start as quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in the coming season, said he "absolutely" believes Brenner was in the same league as players who have had a professional football career.
"He was more than capable of having an opportunity of playing in the NFL for sure," Mariota testified in Lane County Circuit Court.
Brenner, who was an offensive lineman, has sued UO, two former Ducks coaches and the NCAA.
In the lawsuit, Brenner says players were required to perform hundreds of pushups and up-downs without rest and were denied water during the first day of conditioning as coaches told them to keep at it and said if they stopped, they were quitting on their teammates and the team.
Brenner is seeking $100 million from the NCAA as a punitive measure and $25.5 million from UO, former football coach Willie Taggart and former strength coach Irele Oderinde for pain and suffering stemming from the series of controversial workouts in 2017.
Shortly after he arrived in Eugene in late 2016, Oderinde was suspended for one month without pay following the hospitalization of Brenner, fellow offensive lineman Samuelu Poutasi and tight end Cam McCormick after workouts he led.
All three players were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening condition in which muscle tissue breaks down and is secreted through urine. Poutasi filed a similar lawsuit as Brenner but settled just before the trial was set to begin, and McCormick chose not to file a lawsuit.
Brenner and his attorneys claim his injuries from the extreme workouts cost him an NFL career.
Attorneys for UO and the former coaches have argued he wouldn't have had a professional career for various reasons, including his height.
Read previous trial coverage:
●Former Ducks football player's injuries result of 'idiotic culture of toughness,' attorney argues
Mariota said he doesn't think height and stature are "really that important" when NFL teams are considering whether to bring in a player.
Qualities that make players stand out are more important, he said, and he saw Brenner demonstrate the "intangibles" when they played together.
In addition to being strong and quick, Brenner could communicate on the field, Mariota said, and he was a "keg cog" in the run of a play.
He added Brenner's qualities would have made him a good offensive lineman and "just a good teammate."
The civil trial is in its second week and is expected to last four weeks in total.
Contact city government watchdog Megan Banta at mbanta@registerguard.com. Follow her on Twitter @MeganBanta_1.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” runs a mere 72 minutes and yet packs in a lifetime of enchantment. It is, she says, “a pocket film you can take home.”
The film, which opened in theaters Friday, is the French writer-director’s follow-up to her 2019 award-winning love story “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” Whereas that film took a specific 18th period setting, “Petite Maman” is more contemporary yet still out of time.
It’s told largely from the perspective of 8-year-old Nelly (Joséphine Sanz), whose grandmother has just died. While her mother, Marion (Nina Meurisse), wrestles with grief and her father (Stéphane Varupenne) cleans out her grandmother’s house, Nelly is left to explore her surroundings. In the woods behind the house, she meets a girl who looks exactly like her (played by Sanz’s twin sister, Gabrielle). With the gentle spell of a fairy tale, it becomes clear that this is Nelly’s mother as a child. Where did she come from? “From the path behind you,” she answers.
“It’s short to watch but it’s not short to live,” Sciamma said smiling in a recent interview over Zoom from her apartment in Paris.
On a spring afternoon with light pouring through the windows, Sciamma reflected on “Petite Maman,” her fifth and in some ways most personal film, one set in the Paris suburb Sciamma grew up in, Cergy-Pontoise.
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AP: There isn’t a lot that “Petite Maman” and “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” have in common, but they’re both centered on two characters who connect outside of daily life, free of the baggage of their roles, whether its mother and daughter, or artist and subject.
SCIAMMA: My films have kind of always had the same structure. It’s always about one character exploring the world. It’s a few days out of society. It can happen because you’re on an island. It can happen because you’re on a holiday. It can happen because you just moved somewhere. It can happen because you’re traveling in time. It’s a moment, an opportunity to transform. Now, I see film even more as an opportunity to transform myself, and to transform the people watching.
AP: Your films seem to pull out not just tropes but traditional frameworks of conflict. There’s still the possibility of wonder and change, but it’s not happening through a clash. Is that conscious?
SCIAMMA: Yes, because it’s very counterintuitive to get rid of formal conflict. Especially with a story like that where there’s natural conflict because of this time paradox. “Petite Maman” is a timeless film. We don’t know when it’s set. There’s no time traveling machine. It’s a high concept, meeting your parents as a kid. It’s like a mythology. You can explore it. It’s not that conflict is unfolding and I’m censoring it. It feels like avoiding it makes me work more, think more, explore more. It comes quite naturally now, I must say. I don’t have to fight a lot. I’m taking that road deliberately. It’s like when you know a drug will work really well.
AP: What sent you back to childhood in the first place? Was there something brewing in you that reflected back on your beginnings?
SCIAMMA: My personal question was: If I met my mother as a kid, would she be my sister? That’s a very particular question. I tried to expand the film around it, including in casting. The two lead performers, the mother and the daughter, are played by sisters. I decided to shoot in my hometown not because of the vibes. Of course you’re going to get the vibes. But I know this place very well. Those woods are not even really beautiful. We came up with a lot of leaves from elsewhere to get the colors we wanted. The forest is the most democratic nature you can put on screen. Not everybody knows about the sea, the beach or the mountains. But the forest. That’s why it’s the setting of most fairy tales.
AP: Were you thinking about your own relationship with your mother?
SCIAMMA: It’s very linked to my own personal life. Even the house in the film — it’s studio built — and it’s a synthesis of both my grandmother’s houses. The character of the grandmother is based on my own maternal grandmother and she wears her old clothing and stuff. It was the first time I was working with ghosts.
AP: You made this film during the pandemic. How did that inform it?
SCIAMMA: The pandemic made the film more urgent. I started writing the film just before the first lockdown in France just after I got back from the release of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” I wrote the first five scenes and then lockdown didn’t happen for two months. When I went back again and the first scene was a kid saying goodbye to several women in a nursing home. The situation that the film is looking at — somebody is emptying the house of someone they couldn’t say goodbye to — felt strongly connected. It meant the film could be needed, could be helpful.
AP: It’s an uncommonly authentic depiction of childhood. Did you find it easy to get into that frame of mind?
SCIAMMA: It’s just that I take children seriously enough to write them as they’d want to be. I don’t think I write these characters differently if they’re adults or kids. It’s about the level of curiosity. My films are always about someone gazing obsessively about things. That’s why I love to work with kids, because it’s a given. You don’t have to put in perspective why a kid would gaze so much at things. Everyone knows it’s survival. Nobody’s saying it like that, but it is. It’s a great tension for cinema.
AP: Why do you think gazing is so foundational to your films? They are often about who’s looking and how they’re seeing.
SCIAMMA: So far, that’s what I’ve been looking for. I’m really interested to go in another direction. I could be really interested in having a film with multiple characters’ point of view. I would like to try that. I’m feeling curious.
AP: Maybe it’s a masculine way of thinking but many filmmakers who try to follow up an international success like “Portrait” with something grand and expensive. You made a tender, small film in the woods of your hometown.
SCIAMMA: My definition of success is that you can do what you want, at least for a moment. And that’s exactly what I wanted to do. I hope everyone does that, what they really want. I actually feel less pressure. I did something I really care about and now it’s living its own life. I could retire! (laughs) But there are so many things to do.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt helped slow down rookie fireballer Hunter Greene, Steven Matz pitched one-run ball over five innings and the St. Louis Cardinals stretched the Cincinnati Reds' losing streak to 10 games with a 4-2 victory Friday night.
Greene delivered 39 fastballs at least 100 mph in his previous start, the most in a game since pitch tracking began in 2008, but the 22-year-old topped out at 97.2 mph Friday.
Goldschmidt and the Cardinals took advantage. The veteran slugger had three hits and two RBIs. Both runs were charged to Greene (1-2), who walked four and was charged with three runs over 3 1/3 innings.
Matz (2-1) and the bullpen made the lead stick, with the right-hander striking out six and allowing seven hits before leaving with no outs and a man on in the sixth.
Decimated by free agent departures, trades and injuries, the Reds have their worst skid since losing 11 straight in 2016. Brandon Drury's RBI single in the fifth snapped a scoring drought of 16 innings.
Cincinnati scored another in the ninth on a fielder's choice groundout by Kyle Farmer, but Drury flied out to center as Giovanny Gallegos closed out his fourth save.
The Reds have been outscored 63-20 during the current slide.
Greene had been one of the few bright spots during Cincinnati's 2-12 start, but the zip was missing from his fastball in his home debut. He worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the first after the Cardinals pushed a run across on back-to-back hits by Dylan Carlson and Goldschmidt and an error by left fielder Tommy Pham.
St. Louis loaded the bases again with one out in the fourth. Greene was pulled in favor of Jeff Hoffman, who gave up a two-run single to Goldschmidt.
The Cardinals took the opener of the weekend series after winning 2 of 3 against the Miami Marlins this week.
MOVES
Cardinals: Made their first roster move since opening day, placing RHP Drew VerHagen (right hip impingement) on the 10-day injured list and recalling LHP Packy Naughton from Triple-A Memphis.
Reds: Activated RHP Lucas Sims from the injured list. RHP Ryan Hendrix was sent to Triple-A.
UP NEXT
The Cards send RHP Dakota Hudson (0-1, 7.71) against Reds RHP Tyler Mahle (1-1, 7.82) on Saturday.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
06-13-15-18-30
(six, thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, thirty)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
06-13-15-18-30
(six, thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, thirty)
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By GRANT SCHULTE
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Republican Nebraska governor candidate who is backed by former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against a GOP state lawmaker who accused him of groping her at a local party event in 2019.
The campaign of Charles W. Herbster alleges in the lawsuit that state Sen. Julie Slama falsely accused him and hurt his reputation in an effort to derail his campaign ahead of the state GOP’s hotly contested May 10 primary.
The suit in state district court describes Herbster as “the victim of a politically motivated and groundless attack by a political opponent, who resorted to false and malicious lies” accusing him of scandalous behavior.
Herbster is locked in a competitive race with University of Nebraska Regent Jim Pillen and state Sen. Brett Lindstrom, among other candidates. Pillen won the endorsement of prominent party officials, including Slama and multimillionaire Gov. Pete Ricketts, who has sharply criticized Herbster as unqualified for the job and has acknowledged that he has spent money on dark-money ads against him.
Slama has said Herbster, a wealthy business owner and loyal Trump ally, reached under her skirt and groped her at the Douglas County Republican Party’s annual Elephant Remembers dinner in Omaha when she was 22 years old. The Nebraska Examiner, an online, nonprofit news outlet, first reported the accusations, along with similar charges from seven other women. None of the others have been publicly identified and The Associated Press hasn’t been able to confirm their accounts.
Slama has publicly acknowledged her allegations against Herbster and previously alluded to the incident in a February floor speech, although she didn’t name Herbster at the time. She later confirmed the Nebraska Examiner’s reporting of the incident, saying she didn’t want the attention but wasn’t going to lie about it.
Slama did not return a message late Friday seeking comment about the lawsuit.
In it, Herbster said the accusations “lack even a shred of credibility” and have damaged his reputation.
“Plaintiff has never and would never engage in this type of conduct of which he is accused,” Herbster’s attorney wrote.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Herbster is widely viewed as a top contender for governor and has flaunted the endorsement of Trump, who remains popular in Republican-dominated Nebraska. The accusations against him surfaced around the time Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. visited Nebraska to campaign for Herbster. The former president is also expected to visit the state Friday at an event featuring Herbster.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former teammates and coaches bid farewell to Dwayne Haskins during an emotional memorial service on Friday, a little less than two weeks after the 24-year-old quarterback died after being struck while walking on a South Florida highway.
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and current Ohio State coach Ryan Day were among several hundred mourners that attended a 90-minute service at Allegheny Alliance Church in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood, not far from Heinz Field, where the Steelers play their home games.
Tomlin, Haskins’ wife, Kalabrya, former NFL teammate Steven Sims, Haskins’ agent, Cedric Saunders, and longtime friends Mohamed Jabbie and Mykel Traylor-Bennett spoke during the service, which was closed to media outlets. Attendees were handed yellow roses after walking out the front of the church and three doves were released in tribute to Haskins.
The service is the first of three to honor the former Ohio State star and 2019 first-round pick of the Washington Commanders. Haskinsjoined the Steelers in January 2021 after being let go by Washington and signed a one-year contract to stay in Pittsburgh in March.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday in Rockaway Township, New Jersey, near where Haskins was born. The Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, where Haskins played in high school before signing with Ohio State, is slated for one for Sunday evening.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, April 22, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Wheeler County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Gray County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southeastern Roberts County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southwestern Hemphill County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 934 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest
of Lefors, or 10 miles south of Pampa, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Pampa, Miami, Lefors, New Mobeetie, Lora, Codman, Kellerville and
Mobeetie.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GRAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, large hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
the Panhandle of Texas.
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WFO LOS ANGELES Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 23, 2022
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
758 PM PDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...North of Point Conception, Large breaking waves of 10
to 14 feet. South of Point Conception, waves of 4 to 7 feet.
Dangerous rip currents will continue.
* WHERE...San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County Central Coast
Beaches and Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast. Largest
west and northwest facing shores.
* WHEN...Until 5 PM PDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...There is an increased risk for ocean drowning. Rip
currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Large
breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches and
rocks, and capsize small boats near shore.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions, or stay
near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly in
such conditions, stay off the rocks.
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of of 5 to 8 with dangerous rip
currents.
* WHERE...Ventura County Beaches, Los Angeles County Beaches,
Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands. Largest west facing shores.
* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 5 PM PDT Saturday.
* WHAT...West facing shores, large breaking waves of 4 to 7 with
dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Friday to 5 PM PDT Saturday.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, April 23, 2022
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
922 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, minor coastal flooding.
For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Islands of Calhoun, Aransas, Kleberg and Nueces
Counties.
* WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 7 PM CDT
Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday
evening.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only
isolated road closures expected. Rip currents can sweep even
the most experienced swimmers away from shore into deeper
water. These rip currents can become life-threatening to
anyone entering the surf.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be
closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of
unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone
property.
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-11-13-14-41
(nine, eleven, thirteen, fourteen, forty-one)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
09-11-13-14-41
(nine, eleven, thirteen, fourteen, forty-one)
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ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
07-28-29-58-59, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 3
(seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-nine; Mega Ball: ten; Megaplier: three)
ATLANTA (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were:
07-28-29-58-59, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 3
(seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-nine; Mega Ball: ten; Megaplier: three)
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CHARLESTON — Time was more of the essence Friday than there had been at any other point for a trial in which the State of West Virginia is seeking accountability from three pharmaceutical manufacturers for the opioid abuse epidemic in the Mountain State.
By the end of the third week of the trial, which began April 4, Mercer Circuit Judge Derek Swope had taken seven legal pads worth of notes.
Attorneys representing the defendants — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries LLC and a group of companies that are part of Allergan Finance LLC — pointed out attorneys for the state had used up about half of the agreed-upon time each party gets to present their case to Swope.
Swope told the attorneys he “turns into a pumpkin” on May 27, the last day for which the Ceremonial Courtroom in the Kanawha County Courthouse is reserved for the trial.
The state alleges Teva and Allergan executives and sales representatives engaged in deceptive marketing practices, leading to the over prescription of opioid medicines and subsequent substance abuse epidemic in the state at the onset of the 21st century.
The state spent Friday playing video depositions of former Teva employees as part of their evidence in the case.
Nathalie Leitch worked as the director of specialty prescriptions products for Watson Pharmaceuticals, which became part of Actavis in 2010, which became part of Teva in 2013.
Leitch discussed Watson’s purchase of the drug Kadian, an opioid-based prescription medication, in late 2008.
Watson purchased Kadian, a form of morphine, from Alpharma and adapted the Alpharma marketing materials for their own marketing, not knowing Alpharma had been under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for some of its marketing tactics.
The patent on Kadian was set to expire in 2011, meaning Watson had a short amount of time before the drug was open to the generic market with a drug that already was declining in sales, Leitch said.
“Given our short runway with the product, we had a very limited time on the market, we believed, until the patents expired,” Leitch said. “We decided that taking a very modest approach to building a sales team and putting a commercial effort behind the product was the way to go.”
Watson simply changed the company logos and cleared the marketing information with their legal and regulator departments before sending an eventual sales force of 46 people throughout the country to meet with doctors with high rates of prescribing opioids to inform them about the benefits of Kadian.
A couple of the key benefits of Kadian they pushed were its perceived lower likelihood for addiction and the belief it was safer than other opioids for people who experience alcohol abuse.
The sales representatives received their base salary plus incentive compensation based on the prescription rates of Kadian, Leitch said. The average incentive compensation for Kadian sales representatives was $10,066, according to an internal Watson/Actavis email the state entered as evidence.
Actavis in February 2010 received a letter from the FDA saying the company’s marketing literature was misleading and minimized the risk of addiction and other side effects of Kadian. The FDA said Actavis promoted an “unsubstantiated superiority” of Kadian compared to other opioids.
By the fall of 2010, Actavis had corrected its marketing materials and shared corrected information with prescribers to the extent that the FDA was satisfied with the corrective action the company had taken.
“We took the warning letter very seriously and our responsibility and what we agreed to do with the FDA very seriously,” Leith said. “Part of that was communicating a corrective message with prescribers.”
In the months leading up to Kadian becoming available as a generic medication, Actavis altered its marketing strategy to increase its market share of new patients taking either Kadian or its generic counterpart.
Marketing materials said the goal was to convert people who took generic MS Contin, another morphine-based medication, to patients taking generic Kadian.
Swope on Friday also heard pre-recorded testimony from Tom Napoli, who worked Watson, Actavis, then Teva through their mergers.
Napoli was responsible for ensuring the companies were compliant with U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency standards for prescription medications.
He said he was laid off from Teva not long after the merger since the company already had a DEA compliance officer.
Napoli said the company had a monitoring system for suspicious orders from pharmaceutical distributors. The system was one he said they updated at least twice to provide better data tracking and investigative tools to flag orders that could be suspicious.
Factors that indicated a suspicious order included an unusual volume of pills, an unusual pattern of ordering, or an uptick in the frequency at which a drug distributor ordered the pills, Napoli said.
Napoli recalled reporting at least three drug distributors to the DEA while he was with Teva’s predecessors, but he said the suspicious order monitoring system, referred to as SOMS, often gave pharmaceutical auditors and investigators “false positives.”
Napoli’s testimony included the introduction of an email he received in June 2010 saying the company shouldn’t flag larger-than-normal orders from certain drug distributors, including McKesson, Cardinal, and ABC.
Napoli said it was common before major holidays for distributors to order more opioids than normal, although he said he didn’t recall the specific circumstances that led to that email.
Friday was the 15th day of the trial in which the state alleges the pharmaceutical companies created a public nuisance and violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by mischaracterizing and failing to disclose the serious risk of addiction of prescription opioids medications.
West Virginia also alleges the companies overstated the benefits of chronic opioid therapy and promoted the idea that doctors should prescribe higher dosage amounts without disclosing the greater risk involved.
Attorneys for the pharmaceutical companies have argued that their sales representatives appropriately and legally marketed their opioid medications.
They’ve also argued that their respective opioid medications took up so little of West Virginia’s overall opioid market share that they couldn’t be declared a public nuisance.
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey originally filed the lawsuit in Boone County Circuit Court in 2019. It later was moved to West Virginia’s Mass Litigation Panel, where Swope became the presiding judge.
The state is seeking an injunction to require the companies to accurately disclose the “significant risk and limited benefits” of opioid drugs and not to market opioid medications as front-line treatment for chronic pain.
The state additionally wants Swope to assess civil and other financial penalties against the companies. Those penalties would be disbursed among 54 of West Virginia’s 55 county governments and other municipal governments.
There originally were three defendants in the lawsuit, but Johnson & Johnson and the state reached a $99 million settlement Monday. Johnson & Johnson is the parent company to Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., which no longer is a defendant in the case, as per the settlement.
The trial will resume at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Swope is returning to Mercer County Monday to preside in hearings in Mercer Circuit Court.
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Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence that day, according to transcripts released late Friday night.
Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a special assistant in the Trump White House, told the committee “there were concerns brought forward” to Meadows ahead of the riot but it was unclear what Meadows did with that information.
“I just remember Mr. Ornato coming in and saying that we had intel reports saying that there could potentially be violence on the 6th,” Hutchinson said, presumably referencing Anthony Ornato, a senior Secret Service official. “And Mr. Meadows said: ‘All right. Let’s talk about it.’”
The filing Friday also reinforced how certain Republican members of Congress were deeply involved in White House discussions about overturning the election in the months leading to the deadly insurrection.
Hutchinson describes several calls involving Meadows and members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus in late November and early December in which participants discussed what Vice President Mike Pence’s role could be on Jan. 6, besides the ceremonial role he was required to play.
On those calls, according to Hutchinson, were representatives from Trump’s legal team, including Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, as well as Reps. Jim Jordan and Scott Perry.
The filing from the committee is in response to a lawsuit Meadows brought in December in Washington’s federal court against the committee and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The lawsuit asked a judge to invalidate two subpoenas that Meadows received from the committee, alleging they were “overly broad and unduly burdensome.” The lawsuit went on to accuse the committee of overreaching by issuing a subpoena to Verizon for his cell phone records.
Shortly after the complaint was filed, the select committee sent a contempt of Congress charge against Meadows to the House floor, where it passed on a near-party-line vote. It was the first time the chamber had voted to hold a former member in contempt since the 1830s.
While an earlier contempt referral against former Trump adviser Steve Bannon resulted in an indictment, the Justice Department has been slower to decide whether to prosecute Meadows.
The criminal case against Meadows is more complex than that presented against Bannon, in part because Meadows had begun to cooperate with the committee, even providing documents to the nine-member panel.
Meadows’ attorney, George Terwilliger, has previously defended his client by noting that due to Meadows’ willingness to turn over records, he should not be compelled to appear for an interview. Terwilliger did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday night.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore City high school baseball team is asking for the city’s help after the team was forced to cancel most of its games this season due to various issues.
Baltimore City College’s baseball team has played only four games this year with its most recent game canceled because of weather.
“One day was because there were no buses,” said BCC’s coach Mike Miazga. “Other days it’s because there are no fields available. Our field has been mostly unplayable this year. Other days, it’s because of there’s no officials available.
On Thursday, Miazga posted a video on social media of the team using vacuums to clean up the field because the rain made it unplayable.
He also said there were no other fields available across the city to play.
Miazga added these are issues other schools are facing as well.
“Most of the city schools have only played one or two games,” Miazga said. ”This is an issue of inequity for sure. I want more of my black students to be into baseball, excited about baseball, I have a number of them who are , but we have these obstacles we keep running into.”
It’s been frustrating for all the players, especially the seniors.
“It’s sad to say last year, a COVID-19 season, I was glad we had a season, but that season turned out better than what this is turning out to be and it’s sad to say that,” said Jaden Randolph, who is set to play college baseball next year.
Miazga said he understands bus shortages and lack of umpires are statewide problems, but he thinks the city could support BCC more by helping them maintain the field.
“You probably got a half dozen fields that are usable in the city, so we need to double that or triple that,” Miazga said. “And then we would have enough fields to make this work.”
Randolph added, “If we were able to get more support, we can get more umpires, more money and more buses so that we can play these games.”
BCC is also in fear of missing the playoffs because of not playing enough games.
Miazga said the team must play 10 more games to reach 14 to qualify.
He hopes the Maryland High School Sports Association changes the requirement for this year because of the issues the team has faced this season.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) is anticipated to trade range-bound next week between 1,590 and 1,610 amid a lack of major catalysts to influence investors’ risk appetite.
Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd equity research vice-president Thong Pak Leng said the market would likely see bargain-hunting activities as the FBM KLCI almost touched the support level of 1,600 on Friday.
“As such, we expect the index to hover in the 1,590-1,610 range next week with immediate support at 1,580 and resistance at 1,620,” he told Bernama.
Meanwhile, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid forecast the FBM KLCI would linger at around 1,600 points next week as the latest Consumer Price Index print showed that inflation remained steady at 2.2 per cent for two consecutive months (February and March) from 2.3 per cent in January.
He said that given that the government continued to maintain the fuel subsidies, the inflation rate would likely remain contained.
“As for Bank Negara Malaysia, the monetary policy accommodation can be maintained as inflation continues to be fairly steady.
“In other words, policy support from the government and central bank will be the key underpinning factors for growth. However, external factors such as the US Federal Reserve, the war in Ukraine, and supply chain disruption would result in cautious sentiment among investors,” he added.
On a Friday-to-Friday basis, the FBM KLCI rose 12.96 points to end the week at 1,601.97 from 1,589.01 in the previous week.
On the index board, the FBMT100 Index added 66.65 points to 11,127.99, the FBM Emas Shariah Index rose 41.63 points to 12,089.20, and the FBM Emas Index gained 70.36 points to 11,484.06.
Meanwhile, the FBM ACE retreated 61.14 points to 5,725.36 and the FBM 70 lost 12.76 points to 13,768.59.
Sector-wise, the Plantation Index increased 242.60 points to 8,597.87, the Industrial Products and Services Index was marginally higher at 0.28 of-a-point to 214.75, and the Energy Index added 16.24 points to 767.51.
The Financial Services Index gained 212.20 points to 16,848.20, the Healthcare Index shed 7.23 points to 2,080.22, and the Technology Index inched down 0.61 of-a-point to 71.83.
Weekly turnover fell to 11.04 billion units valued at RM8.26 billion from 17.33 billion units valued at RM10.46 billion last week.
The Main Market volume decreased to 6.33 billion shares worth RM7.37 billion versus 11.55 billion shares worth RM9.33 billion in the previous week.
Warrants volume shrank to 1.04 billion units valued at RM160.21 million against 1.46 billion units valued at RM236.16 million previously.
The ACE Market volume slumped to 2.66 billion shares worth RM729.55 million from 4.30 billion shares worth RM889.94 million the week before. — Bernama
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