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NEW YORK (AP) — Boston’s Marcus Smart is the first guard in over a quarter-century to win the NBA defensive player of the year award.
NBA officials announced the award on Monday. The last guard to win this honor was Seattle’s Gary Payton in 1995-96.
Smart helped the Celtics lead the NBA in defensive rating and scoring defense (104.6) while holding opponents to a league-low field-goal percentage (.434) and 3-point percentage (.339). The 28-year-old ranked seventh in the NBA in steals per game (1.68) and tied for sixth in total steals (119).
Smart received 257 total points and earned 37 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges finished second with 202 points and 22 first-place votes.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who had won the award in 2018, 2019 and 2021, finished third with 136 points and 12 first-place votes.
Smart, who started each of the 71 regular-season games he played, tied for fourth in loose balls recovered (75) and tied for 10th in deflections (106) and charges drawn (16). He had a career-high 3.2 defensive rebounds per game.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo won defensive player of the year in 2020.
Players received five points for each first-place vote, three for each second-place vote and one for each third-place vote.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
13-14-19-32-34
(thirteen, fourteen, nineteen, thirty-two, thirty-four)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
13-14-19-32-34
(thirteen, fourteen, nineteen, thirty-two, thirty-four) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-17089247.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:28 | en | 0.883273 |
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DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic is again out for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz, even though coach Jason Kidd said the young superstar guard is continuing to make progress in his recovery from a strained left calf.
Monday's Game 2 comes eight days after Doncic got hurt in the regular-season finale.
The Mavericks lost 99-93 in Game 1 against the Jazz on Saturday. Game 3 in the best-of-seven series is Thursday night in Utah.
Doncic has resumed individual shooting, and even swished a half-court shot during the team's walkthrough Monday morning.
Kidd didn't elaborate before the game about what type of progress Doncic was making.
The coach had said after the team's morning walkthrough that the 23-year-old All-Star was “definitely going in the right direction” and doing more each day.
“As I’ve said from the start, he’s in a great place mentally. He’s been happy, he’s been joking,” Kidd said. "Sometimes, when you get hurt, you can get grumpy. If you’re older and you get hurt, you get grumpy. But he’s young. He’s doing everything he can do up to this point and hopefully he can play soon, but if he can’t play, we got to play without him.”
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
02-06-10-11-24-27-31-34-36-42-44-46-48-61-65-67-70-71-74-75-78-79
(two, six, ten, eleven, twenty-four, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-six, forty-two, forty-four, forty-six, forty-eight, sixty-one, sixty-five, sixty-seven, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-eight, seventy-nine) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-17089246.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:34 | en | 0.814265 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Landon Donovan drives past his bronze statue Tuesday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, there will be a brief moment of nostalgia and gratitude.
Then it’ll be time to get to work.
Donovan will coach his San Diego Loyal against the team he once starred for, the LA Galaxy of the MLS, in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It’ll be the biggest match in the Loyal’s three-year history.
It probably wasn’t totally a coincidence that the second-division Loyal of the USL drew the Galaxy in the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest soccer tournament in the United States that serves as a national championship for all levels.
Donovan played the bulk of his MLS career with the Galaxy, from 2005-2014 and again in 2016. He scored a team-record 113 goals and 107 assists and led the Galaxy to MLS Cup titles four times.
“All in proper perspective, it’s really exciting,” Donovan said. “Having the opportunity, first, to travel there and play on their field, which is an iconic stadium in our country in soccer, is great for our players and very exciting. But then it’s an opportunity you may never get again as a player. There’s no guarantee you‘re going to get to play players of that quality again. I think that’s the way the guys will approach it and it’s really exciting for them.”
The Loyal have played MLS teams three times in exhibitions, including losing 1-0 to Vancouver this preseason. They beat FC Dallas 1-0 in the 2020 preseason and lost 1-0 to Seattle in 2021.
This will be the first time they’ve faced the Galaxy, who play 112 miles from the Loyal’s home stadium at the University of San Diego.
“They are prohibitive favorites,” Donovan said. “They have players on their roster who make $4 million, $5 million, $6 million, versus guys on our roster who in most cases make at most six figures. It’s a whole different animal.
“The experience will be literally priceless for our players,” he added. “But we’re not going there to just be a wall ornament. We’re going there to try to win the game. There’s no question. We will do our best to do so.”
It will be Donovan’s first time back at the suburban Los Angeles pitch since his bronze statue was unveiled in October to honor his legacy as one of the greatest players in MLS history as well as in American soccer overall.
The statue shows Donovan in a post-goal celebration, with his arms spread wide and mouth open. It’s not far from a statue of David Beckham.
“When we drive by it on Tuesday there will be a brief moment of nostalgia and appreciation for the Galaxy doing that for me but then I’m really just focused on the game,” Donovan said. “I’m very proud of it because I sacrificed a lot to have something like that, hopefully in perpetuity but at this point, it’s nothing more than that because I’m focused on the game.”
Donovan said he thinks the statue is an accurate likeness of him. “I haven’t really looked that closely. I think it’s probably always challenging to make it exactly lifelike. I’ll be honest, I’m not the most handsome guy so it’s always going to be a challenging task,” he said.
The Loyal, who are in first place in the USL’s Western Conference, beat Albion San Diego of the National Independent Soccer Association in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/sports/article/Donovan-s-Loyal-to-play-on-his-old-pitch-vs-LA-17089232.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:38 | en | 0.965949 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
9-9-1, FIREBALL: 2
(nine, nine, one; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
9-9-1, FIREBALL: 2
(nine, nine, one; FIREBALL: two) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17089195.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:40 | en | 0.880052 |
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A look at what’s happening around baseball Tuesday:
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18 INNINGS
Tuesday's schedule will feature two doubleheaders — the first in the majors this season and the first twinbills of nine-inning games since Sept. 28, 2019.
Major League Baseball used seven-inning doubleheaders in 2020 and ’21 amid rules changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic but did away with the shortened games for this season.
There were 31 scheduled doubleheaders on the calendar when the lockout-delayed season began, but these first two twinbills were added because of weather. Arizona's game at Washington and San Francisco's game at the New York Mets were postponed Monday because of rain.
The Diamondbacks and Nationals will play a split doubleheader with the first game at 1:05 p.m., while the Giants and Mets' conventional doubleheader will start at 3:10 p.m.
The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox played the most recent twinbill of nine-inning games on the penultimate day of the 2019 season. Host Chicago won the opener 7-1 and lost the second game 4-3.
SINGLE DIGITS
The Yankees don’t have any single-digit jersey numbers left, but their scoring is stuck there.
In 10 games this season, New York has scored 6, 4, 3, 0, 4, 4, 3, 1, 5 and 0 runs.
That adds up to 30, the Yankees’ second-fewest run total through 10 games since the American League adopted the designated hitter in 1973. New York has managed a 5-5 record.
The Yankees totaled 26 runs through 10 games in 1977, but that season worked out OK for them: The team went on to win the World Series.
MAX EFFORT
Perhaps pitching in his hometown of Los Angeles — and against former teammate Freddie Freeman — will fire up Atlanta's Max Fried, who is seeking his first win of the season.
Fried, who wore No. 32 to honor Sandy Koufax while pitching at LA's Harvard-Westlake School, is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two starts this season. He takes the mound for the Braves against the Dodgers' Walker Buehler (1-0, 3.38).
Although wins by starting pitchers get less attention than they used to, Fried's record from 2019-21 was an eye-popping 38-13. He's 40-20 in his career with a 3.40 ERA.
ACUÑA NEARS RETURN
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is scheduled to start an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett at Jacksonville. It will be his first game since July 10, when he tore his right ACL during a game at Miami.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
KH-2C-3D-9D-8S
(KH, 2C, 3D, 9D, 8S)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
KH-2C-3D-9D-8S
(KH, 2C, 3D, 9D, 8S) | https://www.expressnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-17089251.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:46 | en | 0.905155 |
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HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Trout was out of the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night, a day after the star center fielder was hit on his left hand by a pitch.
Team trainer Mike Frostad said an MRI on Monday was negative for a fracture and that Trout has a bruise. Frostad added Trout's return to the lineup will depend on pain tolerance.
Manager Joe Maddon said Trout is considered day to day with the injury but wasn’t sure if he’d return during this series with the Houston Astros, which ends Wednesday.
Trout said Sunday that when he first was hit, he thought he broke the hand. He had trouble seeing Spencer Patton’s pitch in the shadows at Texas and lowered his hands into the path of the ball to protect his midsection.
The three-time American League MVP is batting .222 with no homers and one RBI in eight games this season.
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STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death Monday on a high school campus by a man who had targeted her for the attack, authorities said.
The girl was stabbed several times at about 11 a.m. at Stagg High School in Stockton in California's Central Valley and died at a hospital, Stockton Unified School District Superintendent John Ramirez Jr. said at a news conference.
Her name wasn't immediately released.
The attacker, a man in his 40s, was quickly detained. His name was not released.
The man drove to the school and went through a campus gate, police said.
He attacked before security and staff could stop him, Ramirez said.
“We definitely will be re-evaluating” campus security, he said.
The school was placed on lockdown after the stabbing.
The teenager was targeted, school district officials said, but there was no immediate word on how the man knew the teen.
A motive for the killing remains under investigation, police said. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/15-year-old-girl-stabbed-to-death-at-California-17089206.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:53 | en | 0.991625 |
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
432 PM PDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sustained west winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts around 55
mph expected.
* WHERE...Kern County Desert.
* WHEN...From 4 AM PDT Tuesday until 1 AM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs may be blown down. Blowing dust will reduce
visibilities in some locations. Travel will be difficult,
particularly for high profile vehicles.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
limited to Highway 14, U.S. Highway 395, Highway 58 through
and below Tehachapi Pass, including the town of Mojave, and
Highway 178 through and below Walker Pass, including the town
of Inyokern.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said Monday that masks will be optional on their flights — after a federal judge voided the national COVID-19-related mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation.
The Seattle-based airline said in a statement that because of the judicial decision, guests and employees would have the option to wear a mask while traveling in the U.S. and at work.
“While we are glad this means many of us get to see your smiling faces, we understand some might have mixed feelings,” the statement said. “Please remember to be kind to one another and that wearing a mask while traveling is still an option.”
Alaska also said some passengers who were banned for violating the mask policy will remain banned.
“Based on our reports, we will have some guests whose behavior was particularly egregious who will remain banned, even after the mask policy is rescinded,” the statement said.
The decision Monday by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, found that U.S. health officials had exceeded their authority in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The mandate, recently extended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, covered transportation from airplanes and trains to city subways and ride-sharing vehicles.
The White House said the court ruling means that for now the mask order “is not in effect at this time.”
The Justice Department declined to comment when asked if it would seek an emergency stay to block the judge’s order. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Alaska-Airlines-Masks-now-optional-on-flights-17089213.php | 2022-04-19T00:19:59 | en | 0.973606 |
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
657 PM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...SNOW LATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN WESTERN
ORANGE COUNTY NY...
A period of accumulating snow of 2 to 4 inches is expected for
higher elevations near and to the west of Interstate 84 late
tonight in Western Orange County NY.
Temperatures will be cold enough locally for snow to stick to
surfaces, especially any non-paved and non-treated surfaces.
Watch out for slippery conditions and reduced visibilities in
these conditions.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona is flush with cash but lawmakers are weeks into an impasse over the coming year's state budget and now looking at unusual solutions to try to break the logjam.
Republicans who hold just one-vote majorities in both the Senate and House began openly talking about enacting a “continuation budget,” that funds government at only the current year's level plus inflation adjustments last week.
That plan surfaced Monday in the House, although its prospects appear iffy at best.
The current budget is $12.8 billion, and Republican Gov. Doug Ducey had proposed increases for the coming fiscal year to being spending to $14.3 billion.
The new plan would leave a whopping $5.3 billion in surplus cash sitting in the state treasury, even after accounting for $1.7 billion in income tax cuts enacted by the Legislature over unified Democratic opposition last year. The actual tax cuts are on hold because opponents collected enough signatures to block them until voters can approve or reject them in November.
Republican-aligned groups sued over the referendum, but a judge in December said voters have a right to decide the issue. The Arizona Supreme Court is hearing an appeal of that decision on Tuesday, the same day lawmakers hit the 100th day of the 2022 session, when they are supposed to adjourn for the year. GOP lawmakers hope to avoid the referendum by repealing the tax cuts and reenacting them.
A host of other priorities would also be bypassed, with an eye toward enacting them after the main budget or in a special session.
"We have one constitutional duty and that is to pass a budget,” Republican Senate President Karen Fann said last week. “We have been waiting five weeks to get moving on the budget and we have not been able to do it because we have a member who is trying to negotiate the budget all on his own.”
House Republican Majority Leader Ben Toma also used the “constitutional duty” term.
“And passing a continuation budget appears to be just a good option at this point,” Toma said. “We don’t have to (adjourn) right away afterwards. However, that is an option. And once we have finished with our constitutional duty, then we can do that, and if members want to stay unreasonable then at least we did what we were supposed to do.”
The one person that Fann was referring to is Republican Sen. Paul Boyer of Glendale, who wants to use $850 million to boost K-12 school funding nearly to the level voters approved in 2020 the now-dead Proposition 208.
Boyer also wants school vouchers for all low-income students, which does not have the votes in the House. He's seeking the elimination of a constitutional spending cap on schools that almost led to a statewide shutdown earlier this year, and a permanent solution to a looming school funding “fiscal cliff” looming from Proposition 123. Voters approved that measure designed by Ducey in 2016.
It boosts yearly withdrawals from the state land trust and added new state cash to increase school funding by about $300 million a year but those stop after 2025. Boyer wants voters to continue that funding and to eliminate a provision that caps school funding at 50% of the state's general fund spending.
School spending is close to that mark, and any funding increases or cuts in other parts of the state's spending would trigger an end to yearly school inflation increases.
Also left behind if a basic budget is enacted would be a host of priorities Ducey laid out in his January budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The $14.3 billion spending plan envisions spending $1 billion over three years for new water projects, spending on a new earned income credit for low-income taxpayers and much more.
“I could be wrong, but I don’t know that he wants his legacy to be leaving $5 billion for his predecessor and not tackle water,” Boyer said.
Boyer said he also believes it is unrealistic to assume anything can be accomplished in a special session. That's especially true in an election year when members want the session to end so they can campaign.
Ducey spokesman C. J. Karamargin said Monday that the governor is confident a budget deal will be reached considering his shared priorities with GOP lawmakers and agreement on important policy matters.
“And because of the policies we have worked on together we have created a $5 billion surplus," Karamargin said, "This will get worked out."
House Speaker Rusty Bowers said weeks of impasse has left the Legislature “stymied."
“We can move around, but the governor's said he’ll veto anything that isn’t part of the budget plan that he wants," Bowers said.
Sen. Rebecca Rios, the Democratic minority leader, acknowledged that there's an interest among Republicans to get around Boyer by passing a basic budget with some Democratic support. But she said she doubts if anyone actually believes Ducey will sign it given his stated spending priorities, which includes big raises for the Department of Public Safety and a host of other new spending.
“I really don’t see him all of a sudden saying OK, yeah, never mind,” Rios said. “So why spin our wheels and send something to the governor that we’re pretty darn sure he’s going to veto?” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Cash-flush-Arizona-lawmakers-seek-options-to-17089154.php | 2022-04-19T00:20:05 | en | 0.973259 |
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WFO PORTLAND Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
407 PM PDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow above 4000 feet. Additional snow accumulations of
4 to 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.
* WHERE...South Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...Until 5 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
For the latest road conditions call 5 1 1, or visit
for Oregon: https://www.tripcheck.com
and for Washington: https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/map
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The FBI might not have found any Civil War-era gold at a remote woodland site in Pennsylvania — but it's definitely got records of the agency's 2018 dig, and will soon have to turn them over to a father-son pair of treasure hunters.
A federal judge has ordered the FBI to speed up the release of records about the search for the legendary gold, ruling Monday in favor of Finders Keepers, the treasure hunting outfit that led FBI agents to the remote site. The group accuses the Justice Department of slow-walking their request for information.
The FBI must turn over 1,000 pages of records per month, starting in 30 days, and the first batch of records must include a key report sought by Finders Keepers, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta ordered.
The ruling came four months after Finders Keepers sued the Justice Department over its failure to produce records on the FBI’s search. The FBI has long insisted its March 2018 dig came up empty, but Finders Keepers says the government has acted suspiciously throughout the four-year saga.
Finders Keepers’ owners, the father-son duo of Dennis and Kem Parada, spent years looking for the fabled 1863 shipment of Union gold that was supposedly lost or stolen on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The pair eventually led the FBI to a remote site 135 miles (220 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh where they say their instruments identified a huge hunk of metal.
The FBI brought in its own contractor — the geophysical consulting firm Enviroscan — which said its sensitive equipment detected a 9-ton metallic mass suggestive of gold, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed last year at the request of news organizations including The Associated Press.
On Monday, Mehta ordered the government to include Enviroscan's report to the FBI, along with FBI photos taken at the site, in the first batch of documents it turns over to Finders Keepers.
But the judge declined to compel the Justice Department to explain a discrepancy in the number of video files it says it has of the dig. Finders Keepers said in a court filing last month that the FBI initially said its records included 17 video files. Now, the government claims there are only four videos. Federal officials have not explained the discrepancy, the treasure hunters said.
Mehta said the Freedom of Information Act only requires that an agency produce records, not answer questions from the person requesting them.
The FBI initially claimed it had no files about the investigation at all. Then, after the Justice Department ordered a more thorough review, the FBI claimed its records were exempt from public disclosure. Finally, in the wake of the treasure hunters’ appeal, the FBI said it had located records it could potentially turn over — but that it would take years to do so. That prompted the treasure hunters’ Freedom of Information Act suit seeking to compel production. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Judge-orders-FBI-to-produce-records-on-Civil-War-17089158.php | 2022-04-19T00:20:11 | en | 0.959729 |
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ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A man died Monday after his SUV crashed into the St. Joseph River in northern Indiana, police said.
The crash occurred shortly after 11:30 a.m. at McNaughton Park in Elkhart, police said.
A bystander approached an officer near the scene when it happened and the officer jumped in to try to save the man, but the vehicle was already fully submerged, police said.
At that point, Elkhart Fire and Rescue was sent to the scene, said Jessica McBrier, an Elkhart police spokeswoman.
“The Elkhart County Homicide Unit has come to the scene, and they’ll be taking over the investigation. It is protocol for the homicide unit to respond to any suspicious deaths within the county," McBrier said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Monday it is barring anti-satellite missile testing by the United States, a move that White House officials say is meant to underscore its hopes of establishing new norms for military action in space.
The U.S. has sharply criticized Russia and China for conducting anti-satellite missile tests, although it also used an interceptor missile fired from a U.S. Navy warship more than 14 years ago to destroy a malfunctioning spy satellite.
The issue is one that’s taken on greater urgency after Russia in November launched a missile to destroy a defunct Soviet-era satellite. Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Russian action as an “irresponsible act.” The strike created more than 1,500 pieces of space debris that increased risk to U.S. and Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station and China’s Tiangong space station, according to U.S. Space Command.
Harris, who chairs the White House National Space Council, planned to discuss the U.S. commitment to bar anti-satellite missile testing and establishing norms for space during a speech on Monday evening at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the central coast of California, according to the White House.
The Russian test occurred as it was massing troops ahead of its latest invasion of Ukraine. The more than seven-week-old war has left thousands dead and has caused to U.S. and its allies to hit Russia with massive economic sanctions.
A similar weapons test by China in 2007 also resulted in widespread debris.
“The long-lived debris created by these tests now threaten satellites and other space objects that are vital to all nations’ security, economic, and scientific interests, and increases risk to astronauts in space,” the White House said in a statement. “Overall, these tests jeopardize the long-term sustainability of outer space and imperil the exploration and use of space by all nations.”
The Biden administration announcement of the anti-satellite missile testing ban comes months after Harris announced at a meeting in December that White House National Security Council officials would work with officials at the Pentagon, State Department, and other U.S. national security agencies to develop proposals for national security space norms.
The U.S. is the first country to announce such a ban.
The kind of direct-ascent weapon that the Biden administration is committing not to fire relies on interceptor missiles that travel from the Earth’s surface to strike a satellite target hundreds of miles into space.
Since the 1960s, the United States, China, India and Russia have conducted more than a dozen anti-satellite tests in space that destroyed satellites and created more than 6,300 pieces of orbital debris, according to the Secure World Foundation, a nongovernmental group that advocates for sustainable and peaceful uses of outer space.
At least 4,300 pieces of that debris are still in orbit today and pose long-term threats to human spaceflight, science and national security missions, and the future economic development of space, according to the foundation.
Anti-satellite missile tests by the U.S. in 2008 as well as one by India in 2019 targeted satellites at much lower altitudes, well below the space station at about 260 miles (420 kilometers).
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the destruction of a satellite in low-earth orbit by missile was meant to demonstrate India’s capacity as a “space power” alongside the U.S., Russia and China. He ordered the launch weeks before national elections.
The defunct Russian satellite Cosmos 1408 was orbiting about 40 miles (65 kilometers) higher when it was destroyed in November by a missile fired from northern Russia.
Brian Weeden, director of program planning at the Secure World Foundation, called the Biden administration's move a significant one that puts pressure on China and Russia to take similar action.
“They have made a lot of diplomatic noise the last decade about preventing a space arms race, while also testing their own (anti-satellite) weapons and creating orbital debris,” Weeden said of Russia and China. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/White-House-commits-to-barring-anti-satellite-17089255.php | 2022-04-19T00:20:30 | en | 0.950915 |
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A jury convicted a woman of three counts of first-degree murder and arson Monday for setting a fire that killed her boyfriend’s mother and two grandsons.
The Ingham County jury needed just 80 minutes to return the convictions against Abbieana Williams in the Sept. 3, 2020, fire, the Lansing State Journal reported.
She was charged in the deaths of 53-year-old Melissa Westen, 8-year-old Aston Griffin and 4-year-old Jesse Kline IV.
“And for what? Because she was jealous and revengeful because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her,” John Dewane, Ingham County’s deputy chief assistant prosecutor, said during closing arguments in Williams' trial.
Because she was convicted of first-degree murder, Williams will be sentenced to a life in prison without parole.
All three victims died from smoke inhalation, said Michael Markey, a medical examiner at Sparrow Hospital.
Mariah Westen, the boys’ mother, said “justice was served.”
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers signed defensive lineman Kemoko Turay to a one-year deal on Monday.
Turay was originally drafted by Indianapolis in the second round in 2018 and spent the past four seasons with the Colts.
Turay played 13 games last season and finished with nine tackles, a career-high 5 1/2 sacks and the first fumble recovery of his career.
Turay has played 38 career games with 33 tackles, 12.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Boston’s Marcus Smart is the first guard in over a quarter-century to win the NBA defensive player of the year award.
NBA officials announced the award on Monday. The last guard to win this honor was Seattle’s Gary Payton in 1995-96.
Smart helped the Celtics lead the NBA in defensive rating and scoring defense (104.6) while holding opponents to a league-low field-goal percentage (.434) and 3-point percentage (.339). The 28-year-old ranked seventh in the NBA in steals per game (1.68) and tied for sixth in total steals (119).
Smart received 257 total points and earned 37 first-place votes from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges finished second with 202 points and 22 first-place votes.
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who had won the award in 2018, 2019 and 2021, finished third with 136 points and 12 first-place votes.
Smart, who started each of the 71 regular-season games he played, tied for fourth in loose balls recovered (75) and tied for 10th in deflections (106) and charges drawn (16). He had a career-high 3.2 defensive rebounds per game.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo won defensive player of the year in 2020.
Players received five points for each first-place vote, three for each second-place vote and one for each third-place vote.
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DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic is again out for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Utah Jazz, even though coach Jason Kidd said the young superstar guard is continuing to make progress in his recovery from a strained left calf.
Monday's Game 2 comes eight days after Doncic got hurt in the regular-season finale.
The Mavericks lost 99-93 in Game 1 against the Jazz on Saturday. Game 3 in the best-of-seven series is Thursday night in Utah.
Doncic has resumed individual shooting, and even swished a half-court shot during the team's walkthrough Monday morning.
Kidd didn't elaborate before the game about what type of progress Doncic was making.
The coach had said after the team's morning walkthrough that the 23-year-old All-Star was “definitely going in the right direction” and doing more each day.
“As I’ve said from the start, he’s in a great place mentally. He’s been happy, he’s been joking,” Kidd said. "Sometimes, when you get hurt, you can get grumpy. If you’re older and you get hurt, you get grumpy. But he’s young. He’s doing everything he can do up to this point and hopefully he can play soon, but if he can’t play, we got to play without him.”
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Landon Donovan drives past his bronze statue Tuesday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, there will be a brief moment of nostalgia and gratitude.
Then it’ll be time to get to work.
Donovan will coach his San Diego Loyal against the team he once starred for, the LA Galaxy of the MLS, in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It’ll be the biggest match in the Loyal’s three-year history.
It probably wasn’t totally a coincidence that the second-division Loyal of the USL drew the Galaxy in the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest soccer tournament in the United States that serves as a national championship for all levels.
Donovan played the bulk of his MLS career with the Galaxy, from 2005-2014 and again in 2016. He scored a team-record 113 goals and 107 assists and led the Galaxy to MLS Cup titles four times.
“All in proper perspective, it’s really exciting,” Donovan said. “Having the opportunity, first, to travel there and play on their field, which is an iconic stadium in our country in soccer, is great for our players and very exciting. But then it’s an opportunity you may never get again as a player. There’s no guarantee you‘re going to get to play players of that quality again. I think that’s the way the guys will approach it and it’s really exciting for them.”
The Loyal have played MLS teams three times in exhibitions, including losing 1-0 to Vancouver this preseason. They beat FC Dallas 1-0 in the 2020 preseason and lost 1-0 to Seattle in 2021.
This will be the first time they’ve faced the Galaxy, who play 112 miles from the Loyal’s home stadium at the University of San Diego.
“They are prohibitive favorites,” Donovan said. “They have players on their roster who make $4 million, $5 million, $6 million, versus guys on our roster who in most cases make at most six figures. It’s a whole different animal.
“The experience will be literally priceless for our players,” he added. “But we’re not going there to just be a wall ornament. We’re going there to try to win the game. There’s no question. We will do our best to do so.”
It will be Donovan’s first time back at the suburban Los Angeles pitch since his bronze statue was unveiled in October to honor his legacy as one of the greatest players in MLS history as well as in American soccer overall.
The statue shows Donovan in a post-goal celebration, with his arms spread wide and mouth open. It’s not far from a statue of David Beckham.
“When we drive by it on Tuesday there will be a brief moment of nostalgia and appreciation for the Galaxy doing that for me but then I’m really just focused on the game,” Donovan said. “I’m very proud of it because I sacrificed a lot to have something like that, hopefully in perpetuity but at this point, it’s nothing more than that because I’m focused on the game.”
Donovan said he thinks the statue is an accurate likeness of him. “I haven’t really looked that closely. I think it’s probably always challenging to make it exactly lifelike. I’ll be honest, I’m not the most handsome guy so it’s always going to be a challenging task,” he said.
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A look at what’s happening around baseball Tuesday:
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18 INNINGS
Tuesday's schedule will feature two doubleheaders — the first in the majors this season and the first twinbills of nine-inning games since Sept. 28, 2019.
Major League Baseball used seven-inning doubleheaders in 2020 and ’21 amid rules changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic but did away with the shortened games for this season.
There were 31 scheduled doubleheaders on the calendar when the lockout-delayed season began, but these first two twinbills were added because of weather. Arizona's game at Washington and San Francisco's game at the New York Mets were postponed Monday because of rain.
The Diamondbacks and Nationals will play a split doubleheader with the first game at 1:05 p.m., while the Giants and Mets' conventional doubleheader will start at 3:10 p.m.
The Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox played the most recent twinbill of nine-inning games on the penultimate day of the 2019 season. Host Chicago won the opener 7-1 and lost the second game 4-3.
SINGLE DIGITS
The Yankees don’t have any single-digit jersey numbers left, but their scoring is stuck there.
In 10 games this season, New York has scored 6, 4, 3, 0, 4, 4, 3, 1, 5 and 0 runs.
That adds up to 30, the Yankees’ second-fewest run total through 10 games since the American League adopted the designated hitter in 1973. New York has managed a 5-5 record.
The Yankees totaled 26 runs through 10 games in 1977, but that season worked out OK for them: The team went on to win the World Series.
MAX EFFORT
Perhaps pitching in his hometown of Los Angeles — and against former teammate Freddie Freeman — will fire up Atlanta's Max Fried, who is seeking his first win of the season.
Fried, who wore No. 32 to honor Sandy Koufax while pitching at LA's Harvard-Westlake School, is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two starts this season. He takes the mound for the Braves against the Dodgers' Walker Buehler (1-0, 3.38).
Although wins by starting pitchers get less attention than they used to, Fried's record from 2019-21 was an eye-popping 38-13. He's 40-20 in his career with a 3.40 ERA.
ACUÑA NEARS RETURN
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. is scheduled to start an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett at Jacksonville. It will be his first game since July 10, when he tore his right ACL during a game at Miami.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Mike Trout was out of the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night, a day after the star center fielder was hit on his left hand by a pitch.
Team trainer Mike Frostad said an MRI on Monday was negative for a fracture and that Trout has a bruise. Frostad added Trout's return to the lineup will depend on pain tolerance.
Manager Joe Maddon said Trout is considered day to day with the injury but wasn’t sure if he’d return during this series with the Houston Astros, which ends Wednesday.
Trout said Sunday that when he first was hit, he thought he broke the hand. He had trouble seeing Spencer Patton’s pitch in the shadows at Texas and lowered his hands into the path of the ball to protect his midsection.
The three-time American League MVP is batting .222 with no homers and one RBI in eight games this season.
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WFO SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 20, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
432 PM PDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM PDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...Sustained west winds 25 to 35 mph, with gusts around 55
mph expected.
* WHERE...Kern County Desert.
* WHEN...From 4 AM PDT Tuesday until 1 AM PDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs may be blown down. Blowing dust will reduce
visibilities in some locations. Travel will be difficult,
particularly for high profile vehicles.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways affected include, but are not
limited to Highway 14, U.S. Highway 395, Highway 58 through
and below Tehachapi Pass, including the town of Mojave, and
Highway 178 through and below Walker Pass, including the town
of Inyokern.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
657 PM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...SNOW LATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN WESTERN
ORANGE COUNTY NY...
A period of accumulating snow of 2 to 4 inches is expected for
higher elevations near and to the west of Interstate 84 late
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Temperatures will be cold enough locally for snow to stick to
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Watch out for slippery conditions and reduced visibilities in
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WFO PORTLAND Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
407 PM PDT Mon Apr 18 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT
TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow above 4000 feet. Additional snow accumulations of
4 to 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.
* WHERE...South Washington Cascades.
* WHEN...Until 5 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
For the latest road conditions call 5 1 1, or visit
for Oregon: https://www.tripcheck.com
and for Washington: https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/map
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First Alert Forecast: DRY & COOLER...FOR NOW
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Dry and breezy weather is moving in for much of this week. A little chill will be felt in the air tonight and in the morning with lows in the lower 40s. Sunny skies return Tuesday with highs in there upper 60s. 70s return Wednesday and 80s kick in on Thursday and will last into this weekend. The humidity will build by then and we’ll see the next chance for showers and thunderstorms Sunday and Monday. It’s nice to break the streak of stormy Tuesday and Wednesdays. The next threat of storms will be monitored for severe potential, but this looks low for now. Average high is 77 and the average low is 54 this time of year. Today’s high only reached 64 degrees behind the cool front that brought us storms Eastern evening. Sunrise is 6:27am and the sunset is 7:33pm. Northerly wind at 15mph tonight and northeasterly at 10mph Tuesday with higher gusts possible tonight and Tuesday.
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How severe weather is impacting homes across Central Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it was hail the size of golf balls coming down on residents in the Jackson metro. Thirty-one reports of hail around central Mississippi left behind a lot of damage.
“Yesterday was the first time and it took us by surprise. We had the vehicles out of the garage and I panicked a little bit and danced around at the door because I couldn’t get them,” Clinton resident, Fran Peacock, said.
While the Peacock family saw only pea-sized hail, according to Watkins Construction and Roofing Salesman, Ryan Bell, others saw larger and denser hail that damaged parts of homes.
“Think about a ice cube coming out of your freezer that’s the size of a golf ball falling from the sky, that’s going to be a lot more damaging than some of the places that we’ve been,” Bell explained.
And with recent storms involving both hail and high winds, Bell said it’s important people look around their home and see if their is any damage.
“Hail coupled with wind can really affect the roof because then you have that hail that’s coming in, you have strong winds, it’s slamming into the roof just a little bit harder,” Bell said.
But Bell says even the hail that sounds small could do enough damage that needs to be examined
“Like the white noise on your tv when it can’t find a channel. Sometimes you’d hear a few ‘thunks’ like when it hit a car or something,” another Clinton resident said.
“If you’ve been in the storm of the week club, and in those areas, you’ve probably had several incidences as your instances at your house. So let’s get somebody out there to take a look at it. It may be nothing, it may be it may be completely damaged roof and something that you won’t know until you haven’t looked at,” Bell said.
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JPD searching for suspect involved with armed robbery of business
Published: Apr. 18, 2022 at 6:08 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson Police Department is investigating an armed robbery of a business that occurred around 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
JPD says the man entered the business with a handgun and demanded cash.
If you have any information, contact Jackson Police Department at (601) 960-1234 or Crime Stoppers at (601) 355-8477.
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LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas — A 70-year-old Liberty County man has been arrested and charged with murder after authorities said he shot his 60-year-old neighbor to death during an argument over his loose dog.
Investigators said the shooting appears to be the culmination of an ongoing neighborhood dispute between the men over the dog running loose.
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office said Eric Lee Elliott was arrested and booked into the county jail shortly after the deadly shooting last weekend.
What happened
According to investigators, Elliott was doing yard work at his home on County Road 2683 around 2:45 p.m. Friday when William Duncan Womack's dog got loose and entered Elliott's yard.
Investigators said Elliott saw Womack's step-daughter and told her that if they didn't keep their dog out of his yard, he would kill it.
The step-daughter told Womack about the threat to the family dog and he walked to the street to talk to Elliott. When the two men met in the street, according to witnesses, Elliott kicked Womack in the leg and pulled a gun from his waistband.
Investigators said Elliott shot Womack one time in the stomach with a .45-caliber handgun, put the gun in his truck, and continued with his yard work "as if nothing had ever happened."
During the confrontation in the street, investigators said, Womack's wife and step-daughter were screaming and trying to call for help.
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Pixel 6a could miss out on Pixel 6's fun Motion Mode feature
1It's not unusual for Google to port features that debuted on a new device to older phones. Thus, it may disappoint some fans to hear that the forthcoming Pixel 6a might not offer the Motion Mode feature.
Motion mode adds blurs to moving elements in still images. It comes with two options: long exposure, which blurs the moving part, and action pan, which applies a blur effect to the background. XDA Developers reports that developer Kuba Wojciechowski and the outlet's former editor Mishaal Rahman may have found evidence that indicates the Pixel 6a will lack this feature.
Software can only go so far
The code for displaying Pixel Tips about Motion Mode has excluded a device codenamed "bluejay," which is said to be the identifier for the Pixel 6a. Google's hands could be tied because the phone will apparently not be equipped with Pixel 6's 50 MP main camera. It will instead stick with the 12.2MP primary sensor that is on Pixel phones from 3a to 5a. It looks like Motion Mode needs a higher-resolution sensor to work.
The Pixel 6a apparently has other things going for it though. For instance, it's likely to get Pixel 6's 12MP ultrawide sensor as well as its 8MP front camera, and this could make it the best budget phone of 2022.
The phone is also likely to have the same overall design as the Pixel 6 and will sport a 6.2-inches screen. It will run on the same Tensor chip as the Pixel 6 duo and recently leaked benchmark scores indicate that it might actually be faster than the Pixel 6.
The phone will likely be available in black, white, and green, and Google will lift the lid on the new phone in May. It will allegedly not go on sale immediately though, but the good news is that it will probably be more widely available than Google's Pixel 5a which was only sold in the US and Japan.
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Rise in ‘at-home’ COVID tests could skew case counts, experts say
(CNN) – It’s a lot easier these days to get “at-home” COVID-19 tests, but many of those test results are not being reported, leading to a drastic undercount of cases.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimates only 7% of positive COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now being detected.
That would mean case rates are actually more than 14 times higher than officially reported.
While cases have been undercounted throughout the pandemic in some states, including Ohio and New York, no longer use positivity rates in the fight against COVID.
The CDC is now emphasizing hospitalization rates over case counts.
To get a more reliable count of COVID-19 cases, the National Institute of Health is now working with laboratories to help streamline easier ways to report test results.
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California cannabis mega-factory eyes federal legalization of weed
The company behind a cannabis mega-factory in California is hoping federal legalization of the substance will allow it to expand distribution of joints, oils and edibles beyond the borders of the most populous U.S. state.
California legalized recreational cannabis in 2016, but it remains on the federal list of controlled substances. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on April 1 to end the federal ban on marijuana, though the measure is seen as unlikely to pass the Senate.
Joshua Krane, vice president of operations for cannabis operator 4Front, said the company's 170,000-square-foot (15,793 square meter) manufacturing and processing space outside of Los Angeles has the capacity to supply the U.S. west coast with cannabis products, if restrictions are lifted "This facility was designed to really be future-proof for us in terms of being able to service not just the entire California market, but once we have the ability to transport cannabis and sell cannabis across state lines, to be able to really feed the West Coast of the country," he said.
The factory, which opened in November 2021, is operating at 20-25% of capacity, Krane said. "As we see the natural ramp-up of the industry, that will likely meet an additional demand curve as we get into federal legalization," he added. "And so we would continue to ramp up more and more production from this building as the state and hopefully this side of the country would require."
Krane said the highly automated facility is the largest in California. It manufactures both in-house and partner brands, including oils, tinctures and several types of candies. Edible items are the most popular, and demand has soared since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, Krane said.
"It's been somewhat difficult to keep up with the additional demand in terms of manufacturing enough for those new customers. There's been a tremendous pivot from alcohol and other vices to cannabis." In March 2020 as lockdowns went into effect, sales of recreational cannabis across key U.S. markets rose almost 50% from a year earlier, according to cannabis point of sale and data platform Flowhub.
With a machine that can roll 2,000 joints per hour and a kitchen capable of producing 400,000 pieces of candy in a single shift, the factory in Commerce, California, is ready for the demand to continue.
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AUSTIN, Texas — For those interested in buying a house in Austin's booming market, it might come with some challenges.
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Many people are realizing their money isn't stretching as far as it used to in Central Texas.
"I moved here back in 2012 and I can absolutely remember when I first moved here feeling like it was bizarre how cheap housing was in Austin," said Austin resident, Wade Redfearn.
That memory quickly faded for the Travis County resident. Redfearn says he used to pay $1,500 split between three roommates for a house off William Cannon. Now, he's paying $2,000 a month for a two bedroom near South Congress knowing prices could go up.
"Literally the first thing everybody started talking about was like, are we going to get rent increases? Have you heard about other people getting rent increases? Do you know other tenants that are getting rent increases? Everyone is paranoid about it," said Redfearn.
In a recent report from personal finance website, MoneyGeek, experts took a look at changes in home ownership costs and median incomes from 2019 to 2022. On the list, 26 counties throughout the U.S. were revealed as no longer having an affordable housing market.
Travis and Williamson County made number 3 and 4 on the list.
According to MoneyGeek, the reason owning a home is unaffordable in Travis County is due to high demand for homes with few houses in supply.
In Williamson County, it's because an influx of people moving to the suburbs which is increasing home costs.
"Austin has been growing at like 8% population wise year over year for like 12 years. Is that going to stop all of a sudden just because we get more expensive? No, it's just going to change who buys here that's all," said Redfearn.
During the month of March, the median price for a home in Central Texas was more than $520,000. In the city of Austin, it was $624,000.
For those who can afford to buy a home, that comes with a new set of struggles as according to the U.S. News & World Report the real estate market is expected to see rising prices continue throughout 2022.
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The NBA and Google want you to visit the virtual Pixel Arena during playoff games
0In case you didn't know, Pixel is the official fan phone of the NBA. That is why the "Greek Freak," Milwaukee Bucks center Giannis Antetokounmpo, is seen with a Pixel 6 Pro in his hand during a Pixel promotional video.
This past weekend, the NBA Playoffs kicked off and fans witnessed an incredible game one contest between the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets that was won by Boston at the buzzer. At the other extreme, the team that will win the title (and my favorite squad), the Miami Heat, blew out the Atlanta Hawks in their game one match.
If you love professional basketball, Google and the NBA have created the Pixel Arena. According to Google, "The NBA and Google Pixel Arena is a virtual space based on live in-game action where you can create, play, share and celebrate your 2022 NBA Playoffs skills."
You can enter Pixel Arena at halftime of a game in progress, or between games, by installing the NBA app from the Google Play Store. Once you install the NBA app, tap on the More tab at the bottom right corner of the display. From there, tap on Pixel Arena and you'll be inside the virtual arena from where you will select a specific NBA Playoff game.
During halftime and the postgame of playoff contests, you can visit the Pixel Arena to see 3D shot recaps based on the shots taken during each half of the game you've selected. You can also try to answer NBA trivia with questions based on that particular game. Visit Pixel Arena more and more and you will earn additional chances to climb the leaderboard, create more content to share with others, and unlock new levels and more swag to use for your avatar.
And you don't need to own a Pixel to enter the Pixel Arena. In fact, Google is making this experience available "For all the fans." No matter what brand handset you own, even if it is an iPhone using iOS, the Pixel Arena is accessible via the NBA app. If you are toting an iPhone these days, you can install the NBA app from the App Store. Earlier in this story, we gave you a link to the Android version of the app.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Officers rescue mother, children from burning apartment building
Published: Apr. 18, 2022 at 7:06 PM CDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
(CNN) – Dramatic video captured officers in Indiana rescuing a mother and her two toddlers from an apartment fire.
The rescue happened in the early hours of April 11.
A mother was trapped on the second floor along with her 2-year-old and 3-year-old.
Three officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department rushed to the back of the building, where the mother dropped her children down to the officers.
She jumped down after them.
Authorities say the flames started when a candle was knocked over by a resident, setting a blanket on fire.
One person was slightly injured, with 20 people in the apartment complex being displaced.
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U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Soon after the announcement, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines relaxed the restrictions effective immediately on all domestic flights.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, an appointee of President Donald Trump, came in a lawsuit filed last year in Tampa, Florida, by a group called the Health Freedom Defense Fund. Judge Mizelle said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had exceeded its authority with the mandate, had not sought public comment and did not adequately explain its decisions.
A U.S. administration official said while the agencies were assessing potential next steps, the court's decision meant CDC's public transportation masking order was no longer in effect. The administration could still opt to appeal the order or seek an emergency delay in the order's enforcement. "Therefore, TSA will not enforce its Security Directives and Emergency Amendment requiring mask use on public transportation and transportation hubs at this time," the official said in a statement.
"CDC recommends that people continue to wear masks in indoor public transportation settings." The ruling comes as COVID-19 infections rise again in the United States, with 36,251 new infections reported on average each day, and 460 daily deaths, based on a seven-day average - the highest number of reported total COVID-19 deaths in the world.
The White House called the ruling "disappointing." Last week, U.S. health officials extended by 15 days the mandate requiring travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains, and in taxis, ride-share vehicles or transit hubs, saying they needed time to assess the impact of a recent rise in COVID-19 cases.
Industry groups and Republican lawmakers had wanted the administration to end the 14-month-old mask mandate last week. United Airlines said Monday masks are no longer required on domestic flights and select international ones, or at U.S. airports. Alaska Airlines said face masks are now optional on its planes.
The TSA and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) declined to comment. The CDC declined to comment. The CDC first issued a public health order requiring masks in interstate transportation in February 2021. The TSA issued a security directive to enforce the CDC order.
Since January 2021, there have been a record 7,060 unruly passenger incidents reported, 70% involving masking rules, according to the FAA. After the ruling, Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, urged "calm and consistency in the airports and on planes. The last thing we need for workers on the frontlines or passengers traveling today is confusion and chaos."
Airlines for America, which represents major U.S. passenger airlines, said after the announcement they are "strong advocates for eliminating pandemic-era policies and are encouraged by the lifting of the federal transportation mask mandate." The U.S. Senate voted 57-40 last month to overturn the public health order requiring masks on airplanes and other forms of public transportation, drawing a veto threat from President Joe Biden.
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ODESSA, Texas — Heads up, phone down and drive: it's the message TxDOT is wanting you to remember when you're on the road.
Just last year, the Texas Department of Transportation has seen a 17% increase in traffic deaths related to distracted driving.
"In 2021, we had 431 people die because of distracted driving, and we have to realize that's just what we can document. But sometimes there's crashes where you can't prove distracted driving so that number is probably a lot higher," said Gene Powell with Odessa TxDOT.
At just 55 MPH, you can drive about the length of a football field in about four and a half seconds and that's a long time to not be looking at the road.
"You pull up to any red light in Odessa and Midland, look at the people around you, someone is on their phone. Chances are they were on their phone going down the road too and that's pretty scary," said Powell.
As for distractions, cell phones are just one of the many things taking driver's attention off the road.
"Distracted driving takes a lot of different forms. The cellphone is the obvious one but eating and drinking, putting on your makeup, shaving, reading, playing with navigation system, yelling at kids in the backseat. Anything that takes your attention off the road is a dangerous thing," he said.
According to Powell, crashes caused by distracted driving are happening all across West Texas.
"10 of them were in the rural areas of our 12 counties, so like Pecos County, Reeves County, Andrews County, Ward County, Crane County, those kind of places. 36 serious injuries and 23 of those again rural areas, not Odessa/Midland so it's a problem everywhere," Powell said.
Which is why for Distracted Driving Awareness Month, they're asking you to put away the distractions and drive safe, for you and those on the road with you.
"We'll continue the message but we really need the traveling public to pay attention to what they're doing and pay attention to the road when they're behind the wheel," said Powell. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/distracted-driving-deaths-up-in-texas/513-42bb51a1-3dc6-4047-8de3-4ae5293ca943 | 2022-04-19T00:22:17 | en | 0.983808 |
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BRIEF-American Airlines Says Face Masks Will No Longer Be Required For Customers And Team Members At U.S. Airports And On Domestic Flights
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WASHINGTON — Migrants attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the highest level in two decades as the U.S. prepares for even larger numbers with the expected lifting of a pandemic-era order that turned away asylum seekers.
Immigration authorities stopped migrants 221,303 times along the Southwest border in March, a 34% increase from a month earlier, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data filed with a federal court in Texas.
The new figures were disclosed as the Biden administration comes under increasing pressure over the looming expiration of a public health order that enabled U.S. authorities to turn back most migrants, including people seeking asylum from persecution.
The number of migrant encounters has gone up nearly every month since President Joe Biden took office, becoming fodder for political opponents who point to the increase as evidence that this administration is weaker on border security than its predecessor.
A backlog of people waiting outside the country to seek asylum, as well as dire economic and political conditions in much of Latin America and the Caribbean, is partially responsible for the increase in migrants. Administration critics blame Biden, arguing his administration's moves to roll back Trump-era policies has encouraged people to come.
The number of illegal crossings, or those outside official ports of entry, totaled 209,906 in March, surpassing the previous high of Biden’s presidency of 200,658 set in July, and the highest level since March 2000, when it reached 220,063.
Former President Donald Trump also faced a sharp increase in migrant border crossings but the number plummeted with the start of the pandemic. In March 2020, the previous administration invoked Title 42, a little-used public health authority to quickly expel nearly anyone encountered along the Southwest border.
U.S. authorities have expelled migrants more than 1.7 million times under Title 42 authority, named for a 1944 public health law, using the threat of COVID-19 to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum as required under U.S. law and international treaty.
With COVID-19 cases in decline, the Biden administration has said it intends to end the use of Title 42 at the border on May 23.
Several moderate Democrats have joined Republican leaders to call for an extension of Title 42 authority. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat up for election this year, toured the border last week and warned that the Biden administration is unprepared for asylum restrictions to be lifted.
The rapid expulsions under Title 42 are a significant component of the increase. Migrants are turned back without any legal consequences, and many simply try to cross again and are therefore counted more than once in the total.
More than half of the 221,303 stopped were quickly turned away, without being given a chance to apply for asylum, either to Mexico or their homelands, according to data supplied to a federal court in Texas as part of that state's challenge of Biden administration immigration policies.
Most of the rest were processed under immigration authority, known as Title 8, and their ultimate fate varies. About 34,000 were allowed to remain in the U.S. under parole, which will allow them to pursue asylum or legal residency through other avenues. If they are unsuccessful, they could face deportation.
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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Ukraine said Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east of the country, with explosions reported all along the front lines as well as attacks in other regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had begun the "Battle of Donbas." FIGHTING * Ukraine says the "Battle of Donbas" has begun with a new Russian assault on the east.
Ukraine said Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east of the country, with explosions reported all along the front lines as well as attacks in other regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had begun the "Battle of Donbas." FIGHTING * Ukraine says the "Battle of Donbas" has begun with a new Russian assault on the east. * Lviv governor Maksym Kozytskyy said preliminary reports suggested there had been four hits on Lviv -- three strikes on warehouses that are not currently being used by the military, and another on a car service station. * The United States military expects to start training Ukrainians on using howitzer artillery in coming days, a senior U.S. defense official said. * No fewer than 1,000 civilians are hiding in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the city council said, adding that Russia was dropping heavy bombs on the Ukranian-held factory. * Russia said it had launched mass strikes overnight on the Ukrainian military and associated military targets. * Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said that Russians advanced overnight and took the town of Kreminna.
DIPLOMACY * French President Emmanuel Macron said that his dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin has stalled after mass killings were discovered in Ukraine. * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy formally submitted a completed questionnaire on European Union membership to an envoy on Monday and said he believed this step would lead to his country gaining candidate status within weeks. * Humanitarian ceasefires between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Ukraine are not on the horizon right now, but may be possible in a couple of weeks, the U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said. ECONOMY * Russia's invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine's infrastructure at a cost of $100 billion, a Ukrainian minister said, adding reconstruction could be achieved in two years using frozen Russian assets to help finance it. * Russia flagged a likely further cut in interest rates and more budget spending to help the economy adapt to biting western sanctions as it heads for its deepest contraction since 1994.
QUOTES "This is what hell looks like on earth ... It’s time (for) help not just by prayers. Save our lives from satanic hands," Major Serhiy Volyna, commander of Ukraine's 36th marine brigade which is still fighting in Mariupol, wrote in a letter to Pope Francis. (Compiled by Robert Birsel, Alexandra Hudson, Keith Weir and Cynthia Osterman)
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NEW YORK — Telecommunications giant Verizon announced that it is raising its minimum wage of most employees to at least $20 an hour.
In a press release Monday, the wireless conglomerate said that new employees joining as customer service or sales employees can expect this new minimum rate, and current employees who do not yet meet this standard will have their wage automatically raised.
Assistant managers who work on holidays, Sundays or who are bilingual will also be eligible for premium pay differentials, the company said.
“These changes are the direct result of employee feedback and will help us remain an attractive employer in this competitive environment," said Krista Bourne, Chief Operating Officer for Verizon Consumer Group.
In addition to the wage raise, Verizon is also offering sign-up bonuses for retail specialist and assistant manager positions, as stated in the the press release. The bonus amount depends on the responsibilities of the position and location of the market.
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Although the federal minimum wage of $7.25 hasn't been raised in 13 years, some companies are responding with their own salary changes as they try to fill blue-collar job vacancies as consumer demand for products from business like retailers and fast-food chains skyrocketed during the pandemic, according to Fortune Magazine.
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FEATURE-Turkish workers fight for pay rises as inflation bites
Earlier this year, she and dozens of her colleagues launched a strike and protests outside the plant as annual inflation topping 60% triggers a slew of demands for higher wages and labour rights among low-paid Turkish workers. "We've learned during this resistance that no one will give us our rights, we have to fight for them," Sogut, 30, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation during a protest at Farplas Automotive, her former workplace.
* Annual inflation running at 60% hits workers * Turkey sees jump in strikes, labour unrest this year
* Protests could revive interest in unions, say experts By Jennifer Hattam
ISTANBUL, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For five years, Zahide Sogut asked her bosses at a car parts factory on the industrial fringes of Istanbul for a pay rise. With inflation soaring, they finally agreed, but for Sogut it was too little, too late. Earlier this year, she and dozens of her colleagues launched a strike and protests outside the plant as annual inflation topping 60% triggers a slew of demands for higher wages and labour rights among low-paid Turkish workers.
"We've learned during this resistance that no one will give us our rights, we have to fight for them," Sogut, 30, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation during a protest at Farplas Automotive, her former workplace. Sogut and about 150 of her colleagues who had tried to unionise workers at the factory were fired and police were brought in to break up the ensuing protests. The fired workers have been demonstrating outside the factory ever since.
Farplas Automotive did not respond to a request for comment, but the chief executive of its parent company Fark Holding told local media the firm had not interfered in union organising, and denied the protests were linked to wages or labour rights. Turkey is ranked https://www.ituc-csi.org/2021-global-rights-index among the world's 10 worst countries for workers by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) citing widespread union-busting, repression of strikes, and arrests and prosecutions of union leaders.
"Otherwise successful unionisation drives are prevented by sacking union leaders, relocating them to workplaces hundreds of miles away, or calling in police with pepper spray," said ITUC Deputy General Secretary Owen Tudor. The Labour Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
However, workers from couriers to shipbreakers have launched a series of strikes in recent months, in some cases winning rare concessions. At least 108 strikes were staged in January and February – more than the average annual total seen in recent years – according to data gathered by the Labour Studies Community, a group of researchers studying workers' rights in Turkey.
All but one was considered unauthorised by officials. "Due to the huge economic precariousness, workers, especially young ones, are interested in new forms of collective action and organising," said Isil Erdinc, a researcher on Turkish trade unions and politics who is affiliated to the Sorbonne University in Paris.
BARRIERS TO STRIKES Unions have long faced a difficult road in Turkey, where many were shuttered after a 1980 military coup.
Legal barriers to enter into a collective bargaining process or declare a strike remain high, and laws on workers' rights are often poorly enforced, labour advocates say, noting a high level of informality in the workforce. Only about one in 10 employees are in a union, showed the latest 2019 data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TUD, though membership was on the rise.
However, much of that growth has been in conservative-leaning unions with ties to the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Erdinc. Following a failed coup in 2016, Erdogan's government has tightened rules which heavily limit the right to protest.
Those rules are often used to prevent strikes, said Alpkan Birelma, an assistant professor at Ozyegin University in Istanbul. Since 2016, police have intervened in almost one in five labour-related protests, compared to about 5% previously, he said.
In one of the most high-profile recent protests, warehouse workers for the supermarket chain Migros were detained by police and then fired from their jobs, drawing public sympathy and calls for a boycott https://www.duvarenglish.com/turkish-public-figures-call-for-boycott-of-migros-over-dismissal-of-protesting-workers-news-60381. LOW-BALLED INFLATION?
Seeking to limit the impact of inflation on workers, the government raised the minimum wage by 50.4% from January, but union confederation Turk-Is https://www.turkis.org.tr/ocak-2022-aclik-ve-yoksulluk-siniri said that scarcely put low-paid workers above the hunger threshold. Opposition parties and some economists have cast doubt on official inflation data, suggesting the real figure could be much higher, and polls show Turks believe inflation is higher than official data suggests.
Like Sogut at the car parts factory, many workers say they decided to protest because pay offers meant to compensate for inflation were insufficient to cover surging living costs. Some of the most prominent protests have been in sectors that gained visibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, from mass walkouts by healthcare workers to noisy street demonstrations by couriers for the major Turkish e-commerce platform Trendyol.
The Trendyol couriers and the workers from the Migros supermarket chain were eventually offered increased wages, and the fired Migros workers were reinstated. "Their gains weren't huge, we shouldn't exaggerate them, but labour protests in Turkey aren't usually that successful," said Birelma, noting many of the recent strikes were organised by workers themselves or with help from small independent unions.
Turkey's unions will need to modernise their approach if they are to attract new members on the back of the protesters' successes, said Huseyin Sevgi, an associate professor of labour economics and industrial relations at Kirklareli University. They must convince younger workers of their relevance, improve their use of social media and outreach to service-sector workers, he said.
Standing outside the Farplas Automotive factory, fired employee Betul Oral said she and her colleagues had been inspired by the concessions won by other protesting workers. "People were scared to go out on the street (but) seeing that gave us hope," she said.
"The Migros workers won; if we stay standing, others can win as well."
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Shanghai reports 7 COVID deaths on Monday
That was up from three deaths on Sunday. For April 18, the city reported 17,332 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases, down from 19,831 on the previous days. Symptomatic cases stood at 3,084, up from 2,417, though this included 974 asymptomatic people who later developed symptoms.
The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai said on Tuesday seven people infected with COVID-19 died on Monday. That was up from three deaths on Sunday.
For April 18, the city reported 17,332 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases, down from 19,831 on the previous days. Symptomatic cases stood at 3,084, up from 2,417, though this included 974 asymptomatic people who later developed symptoms.
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WRAPUP 14-Ukraine says Russia begins eastern offensive, missiles kill 7 in Lviv
Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling killed another four people in the eastern Donetsk region on Monday, while a man and a woman were killed in Kharkiv, in the northeast, when shells hit a playground near a residential building. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces had begun the "Battle of Donbas" after senior officials said Moscow had begun a new offensive push along most of Ukraine's eastern flank.
Ukraine said on Monday Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east of the country while a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv, the first civilian victims in the western city about 60 km (40 miles) from Poland. Ukrainian officials said Russian shelling killed another four people in the eastern Donetsk region on Monday, while a man and a woman were killed in Kharkiv, in the northeast, when shells hit a playground near a residential building.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces had begun the "Battle of Donbas" after senior officials said Moscow had begun a new offensive push along most of Ukraine's eastern flank. "A very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on this offensive," Zelenskiy said in a video address, adding: "No matter how many Russian troops they send there, we will fight. We will defend ourselves."
Ukrainian media reported a series of explosions, some powerful, along the front line in the Donetsk region, with shelling taking place in Marinka, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Ukrainian officials and local media also said further explosions were heard in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv in the south and Zaporizhzhia in the southeast. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the reports.
Earlier, Ukraine's top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, said Russian forces attempted to break through Ukrainian defences on Monday "along almost the entire front line of Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv regions." Zelenskiy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak called it "the second phase of the war" and assured Ukrainians their forces could hold off the offensive. "Believe in our army, it is very strong," he said.
Maksym Kozytskyy, the governor of Lviv, said preliminary reports suggested there were four strikes there, three on warehouses and another on a car service station. "It was a barbaric strike at a service station, it's a completely civilian facility," he told a news conference.
The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadoviy, said the blast also wounded 11 and shattered windows of a hotel housing evacuees from elsewhere in the country. "Seven peaceful people had plans for life, but today their life stopped," he said.
Driven back by Ukrainian resistance in the north, Moscow has refocused its ground offensive in the two eastern provinces known as the Donbas, while launching long-distance strikes at other targets including the capital, Kyiv. The regional governor of Kharkiv said authorities were continuing to evacuate people from two areas where they expect fighting to take place.
Russia's defence ministry said it had hit hundreds of military targets in Ukraine overnight. It said air-launched missiles had destroyed 16 military facilities across Ukraine. It added that the Russian air force had launched strikes against 108 areas where Ukrainian forces were concentrated and Russian artillery struck 315 Ukrainian military targets.
HOWITZER TRAINING Western capitals and Kyiv accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression.
Russia denies targeting civilians in what it calls a special operation to demilitarise Ukraine and eradicate dangerous nationalists. It rejects what Ukraine says is evidence of atrocities, saying Ukraine has staged them to undermine peace talks. Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, expanding the aid to include heavy artillery ahead of a wider Russian assault expected in eastern Ukraine.
The U.S. military expects to start training Ukrainians on using howitzer artillery in coming days, a senior U.S. defence official said on Monday, adding the training would take place outside Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday his dialogue with Putin had stalled after mass killings were discovered in Ukraine.
'HELL ON EARTH' Russia has been trying to take full control of the southeastern port city of Mariupol, which has been besieged for weeks and which would be a huge strategic prize, linking territory held by pro-Russian separatists in the east with the Crimea region that Moscow annexed in 2014.
Major Serhiy Volyna, commander of Ukraine's 36th marine brigade which is still fighting in Mariupol, appealed for help in a letter to Pope Francis, saying women and children were trapped among fighters in the city's steel works. "This is what hell looks like on earth ... It's time (for) help not just by prayers. Save our lives from satanic hands," the letter said, according to excerpts tweeted by Ukraine's ambassador to the Vatican.
No fewer than 1,000 civilians were hiding in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal steel plant, the city council said on Monday. Video and audio footage showed explosions rumbling and smoke rising from the steelworks, which contain myriad buildings, blast furnaces and rail tracks.
Azovstal is the main remaining stronghold of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol. The city's defenders include Ukrainian marines, motorised brigades, a National Guard brigade and the Azov Regiment, a militia created by far-right nationalists that was later incorporated into the National Guard. Denis Prokopenko, a lieutenant colonel of the Azov Regiment, said in a Telegram video post that while he was at the steel plant, Russian and separatist forces were dropping anti-bunker bombs and blasting the area with rockets and other weapons, including from ships, "knowing that there are civilians here."
Russia's invasion has damaged or destroyed up to 30% of Ukraine's infrastructure at a cost of $100 billion, a Ukrainian minister said, adding reconstruction could be achieved in two years using frozen Russian assets to help finance it. The United Nations said on Monday the civilian death toll from the war had surpassed 2,000, reaching 2,072 as of midnight on April 17 from the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24.
About 4 million Ukrainians have fled the country.
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