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Volta a Catalunya highlights: Ethan Vernon sprints to win as João Almeida assumes GC lead
Briton Ethan Vernon (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) sprinted to victory in a chaotic finish to Stage 5 of the Volta a Catalunya. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) and Dorian Godon (Ag2r-Citroen) made up the podium after a hectic finish. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) gained the one second required to assume the GC lead from Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic).
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LONDON (AP) — The 25-foot tall (7.6 meter) sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus Hanson-Heine’s house in rural Oxford, England, is now a protected landmark — and he’s not happy about it.
Hanson-Heine loves the installation, erected by his father and a local sculptor in 1986 as an anti-war, anti-nuke protest that still remains relevant now as bombs fall on Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin rattles his nuclear weapons.
But he says the Oxford City Council ignored his father’s other message this week when it designated the structure a heritage site that makes a “special contribution” to the community. Bill Heine installed the shark without the approval of local officials because he didn’t think they should have the right to decide what art people see, and the council spent years trying to remove the sculpture.
“Using the planning apparatus to preserve a historical symbol of planning law defiance is absurd on the face of it,” Hanson-Heine, a quantum chemist, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Bill Heine, an American expat who studied law at the University of Oxford, got the idea for the sculpture after he heard U.S. warplanes fly over his house one night in April 1986. When he woke up the next morning, he learned that the planes had been on their way to bomb Tripoli in retaliation for Libyan sponsorship of terrorist attacks on U.S. troops.
The image of a shark crashing through the roof captured the shock civilians must feel when bombs smash into their homes, Magnus Hanson-Heine said. His father died in 2019.
Heine and his friend sculptor John Buckley built the great white out of fiberglass, then installed it on Aug. 9, the 41st anniversary of the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
The shark’s anti-war message is just as important today as Russian bombs fall on Ukraine, Henson-Heine said.
“That’s obviously something that the people in Ukraine are experiencing right now in very real time,” he said. “But certainly when there’s nuclear weapons on the stage, which has been through my entire life, that’s always a very real threat.”
But the sight of three-quarters of a great white shark sticking out of the roof of a row of brick houses on a quiet suburban street isn’t always a serious subject.
The shark house has its own website, which features photos of Bill Heine and Buckley sharing a glass of wine alongside the sculpture and a young passer-by in a pose that makes it look as if she’s eating the shark.
Hanson-Heine recently had it repainted to restore the blue-green shimmer to the shark’s hide — keeping it in tip-top shape.
He laughs when asked whether the shark's head can be found inside the house.
“I believe it was an urban myth for a while that it was poking above the toilet,'' he said. “But no.” | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/UK-Shark-House-owner-dismayed-at-getting-17029245.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:31 | en | 0.962876 |
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem has vetoed a bill what would have removed old marijuana charges from South Dakotans’ criminal background checks.
The Rapid City Journal reported Friday that Noem had vetoed the bill. The measure would have automatically removed simple marijuana charges and convictions from public background records if the the violation was more than five years old. The person also would have had to fulfill sentencing and probation requirements and have no subsequent arrests.
The governor said in a letter to legislators that the bill would have allowed someone convicted of marijuana chares to hide their criminal history.
The bill’s chief sponsor, Sen. Mike Rohl, said he doesn’t think he can muster enough votes between the House and Senate to override the veto. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Noem-vetoes-bill-removing-pot-charges-from-17029385.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:34 | en | 0.974195 |
A COVID-19 outbreak on the Japanese team at the women's curling world championships forced them to compete one player down in one match and forfeit another on Friday.
The team skipped by Ikue Kitazawa had been in playoff contention heading into the final day of the round-robin before losing 11-3 in six ends to first-place Switzerland in the morning. Neither Seina Nakajima nor alternate Chiaki Matsumura competed in the match.
The team then decided to forfeit against South Korea on Friday afternoon, its final match of the preliminary round. The World Curling Federation said in a statement that the other players tested negative but “decided that for the health and safety of everyone involved in the championship, forfeiting their game and avoiding the possibility of further positive results impacting the competition was the best decision.”
Curling teams usually compete with four players and have an alternate standing by in case of injury. At the Canadian championships earlier this month, a team skipped by two-time Olympic medalist Brad Gushue competed with three players after a positive COVID test and won the event.
Scotland began play at the women's worlds with three curlers, but withdrew after two matches following two more positive tests.
The women's world's returned to Prince George, British Columbia, after the 2020 event there was canceled because of the pandemic. | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/sports/article/COVID-outbreak-hits-Japanese-team-at-women-s-17029292.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:35 | en | 0.978212 |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — For a month now, Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian medical facilities, striking at hospitals, ambulances, medics, patients and even newborns — with at least 34 assaults independently documented by The Associated Press.
With every new attack, the public outcry for war crimes prosecutions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, his generals and top Kremlin advisers grows louder.
To convict, prosecutors will need to show that the attacks are not merely accidents or collateral damage. The emerging pattern, tracked day by day by the AP, shows evidence of a consistent and relentless onslaught against the very civilian infrastructure designed to save lives and provide safe haven to Ukraine’s most vulnerable.
AP journalists in Ukraine have seen the deadly results of Russian strikes on civilian targets first hand: the final moments of children whose tiny bodies were shredded by shrapnel or had limbs blown off; dozens of corpses, including those of children, heaped into mass graves.
Deliberate attacks on hospitals will likely be a top priority for war crimes prosecutors.
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This story is part of an ongoing investigation from The Associated Press and Frontline that includes the War Crimes Watch Ukraine interactive experience and an upcoming documentary.
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This accounting of attacks on medical facilities is part of a larger effort by the AP and the PBS series Frontline to track evidence of potential war crimes committed during the one of the largest conflicts in Europe since the end of World War II.
The War Crimes Watch project launched by AP and Frontline includes details of apparent targeted attacks as well as indiscriminate destruction of civilian buildings and infrastructure. The AP/Frontline online database will continue to be updated as long as the conflict lasts. The goal is to provide an independent accounting of events, apart from potentially inflated claims by advocates, or misinformation spread by state-backed propaganda.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights confirms at least 1,035 civilians, including 90 children, have died in the four weeks since the start of the war. Another 1,650 civilians have been wounded. Those numbers are certainly an undercount since scores of bodies now lie under the rubble of demolished buildings or were hurriedly buried in mass graves.
Still, Russian officials have denied hitting civilian targets, deriding the mounting documentation of atrocities as “Fake News” and claiming without evidence that dead and wounded civilians photographed were “crisis actors.”
Military attacks on civilian populations and their property are generally forbidden under international laws governing armed conflicts going back more than a century. Attacks on medical facilities and staff are considered particularly heinous under international law, which stipulates they must be protected. Still, bombing a hospital is not necessarily a war crime. Prosecutors must show that the destruction is intentional or reckless.
But the evidence of such attacks in Ukraine verified by AP and Frontline is both mounting and horrendous, and belies Russian claims that they were staged, self-inflicted or militarily justified.
Among the most thoroughly documented strikes was the March 9 bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol. Two AP journalists, the last international media to remain in the city after it was encircled by Russian forces, arrived at the hospital minutes after the explosion.
They saw a smoldering two-story deep crater in the interior courtyard, surrounded by the twisted and burned remains of several cars. The force of the explosion tore the facades off three surrounding buildings, blowing out the windows and wrecking rooms inside.
The AP journalists took photos and video of stunned survivors coming out of the hospital. A pregnant woman being carried on a stretcher held her belly, blood staining her sweatpants, her face pale. She later died, as did her baby.
Another pregnant woman, Mariana Vishegirskaya, her face bloodied, clutched her belongings in a plastic bag and made her way down a set of debris-strewn stairs and out of the ruined hospital.
Vishegirskaya was taken to another nearby hospital, Mariupol Regional Intensive Care, where she gave birth the following day to a baby girl she named Veronika.
Kremlin officials admitted Russian aircraft had struck the hospital but insisted all patients and staff had been evacuated prior to the bombing. At a U.N. Security Council meeting the day after the strike, Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claimed the wounded pregnant women were “crisis actors,” playing the part of victims to frame Russia.
The assaults on medical facilities in Ukraine began with at least two attacks on the very first day of the war.
On Feb. 24, a local media organization posted a photo on Twitter of City Children’s Hospital No. 1 in Donetsk, struck by an artillery shell that damaged its top floor. AP found that the photo matches the pictures of the hospital from before the war.
Another photo posted on Twitter showed a large explosion and fire at Central City Hospital in Vuhledar, along with the crumpled nose cone of a rocket. Four civilians were killed.
Chris Weakley, a former U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, identified the cone as coming from a Russian Tochka ballistic missile, used to carry cluster munitions.
The stockpiling and use of cluster munitions is banned under an international convention signed by 110 countries, but Russia and Ukraine are not among them. However, their use in civilian areas is by definition indiscriminate — a violation of international humanitarian law.
Kharkiv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital No. 1 was also struck by a cluster bomb munition, wounding one staff member. Photos posted on the hospital’s social media account show an unexploded bomblet. Weakley identified it as a Russian-made 9N235 cluster submunition.
AP video from March 11 shows damage to ambulances and buildings at Dergachi Central Hospital, including expended cluster rocket canisters impaled in the ground. Weakley identified them as Russian-made 9M27K cargo rockets, which carry the same bomblets found in Kharkiv.
David Crane, who served as chief prosecutor of a United Nations-sponsored war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, said what is happening in Ukraine is worthy of prosecution.
“The bottom line is this is medieval warfare in the Ukraine,” Crane said. “It’s precisely the sort of warfare that the laws of armed conflict were designed to prevent."
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AP Investigative Reporter Michael Biesecker reported from Washington and News Verification Reporter Beatrice Dupuy from New York. AP reporters Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeny Maloletka in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sarah El Deeb in Beirut, Lebanon; Jason Dearen and Larry Fenn in New York; Juliet Linderman in Baltimore; Joshua Goodman in Miami; Richard Lardner and Helen Wieffering in Washington; Lori Hinnant in Paris; and James LaPorta in Wilmington, North Carolina, contributed. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/War-Crimes-Watch-Russia-s-onslaught-on-Ukrainian-17029302.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:37 | en | 0.960015 |
The Ricketts family's offer is one of four bids shortlisted to buy Chelsea, according to the Athletic.
The bid, along with those from Todd Boehly, David Blitzer and Josh Harris, and Stephen Pagliuca have reportedly been put forward to the next stage by the Raine Group.
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The Ricketts family faces an uphill battle to win over Chelsea fans, as the hashtag “NoToRicketts” trended on Twitter after Joe Ricketts was accused of Islamophobia in 2019.
The Raine Group intends to conclude its part of the sale by the end of April, at which point the preferred bidder will be put to the Premier League to ratify.
Chelsea are currently operating under a limited licence after the UK government placed sanctions on Blues owner Roman Abramovich.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The fate of an accused serial rapist is now in the hands of a Jury. Eli Kronenanker is accused of raping a teen girl in 2013 that he lured through texting by allegedly claiming to have a mutual friend. The case has seen delays over the years, due to crucial evidence being destroyed by a previous district attorney’s office.
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In Friday’s closing arguments the state said Kronenanker misrepresented himself to get the victim to meet up with them, then proceeded to force her to have sex with him using physical force and a gun, threatening her not to tell anyone. The defense said the two had built a relationship in the weeks prior to them meeting up and were in contact after the incident happened. Adding it was consensual and the victim is not telling the truth in order to distance herself from the fact that she had a sexual encounter with an older man.
Kronenanker was previously acquitted on other rape charges in 2015, involving another alleged teenage victim. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/fate-of-an-accused-rapist-goes-to-jury/ | 2022-03-25T20:44:39 | en | 0.964455 |
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's unemployment rate fell further below 4% in February, the state Commerce Department said on Friday, as the rolls of the unemployed continued to fall.
The seasonally adjusted jobless rate of 3.7% compared to 3.9% unemployment in January — extending a streak in which the state hasn’t logged a month-over-month rising rate since September 2020. The December rate was 4.1%.
The number of those unemployed declined by over 10,150 people to about 187,250, a department news release said, while those working grew by 18,100 to almost 4.83 million people.
With another counting format based on monthly worksite surveys, the agency reported seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment rose by 22,400 to almost 4.69 million. The leisure and hospitality services industry and professional and business services sector saw the largest percentage increases in employment in February.
Gov. Roy Cooper’s office, citing state economists, said last week that the state’s economy had recovered to pre-pandemic employment levels last July. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/North-Carolina-unemployment-rate-falls-to-3-7-in-17029291.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:40 | en | 0.968135 |
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that will pay for a variety of projects across the state, including building four new hybrid electric ferries, was signed Friday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Inslee split his signing ceremonies between two cities, starting the morning at the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal to sign the revenue portion of the package. Later in the afternoon, he was to head to Tacoma to sign the bill that covers the projects paid for by the package.
"There is no way to tackle climate change without tackling transportation and that’s what these bills do,” Inslee said. “In this package we’re entwining the ability to get better, more efficient transportation with the way to save our climate.”
The plan gets $5.4 billion of its funding from a carbon pricing program signed into law last year that requires the state’s largest emitters, like refineries, to purchase credits for allowed emissions if they exceed a cap set by regulators. The rest comes from several other sources, including federal infrastructure money, funding from the state budget, and higher fees on enhanced licenses and license plates.
In addition to the new ferries, it electrifies two existing ferries and provides funding for more walking and biking corridors, highway maintenance and fulfilling the state’s court-ordered obligation to replace fish passage culverts. Funding is also provided to ensure that those age 18 and younger can ride for free on public transportation, including the state's ferries and Amtrak.
It also pays for the state’s share of the cost — $1 billion — to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River that connects Washington and Oregon.
Republicans, who are the minority party in both chambers, continued to express frustration that they weren’t part of what has normally been a bipartisan process in the past, and said that the new fees people will pay will affect residents already dealing with high inflation and rising gas prices.
The cost for a new enhanced license or ID, which people will ultimately need to fly domestically under the REAL ID Act if they don’t have a passport or other qualifying identification, will increase from the current $78 for a six-year license to $96. And the cost for a license plate for a new car will increase from $10 to $50.
And the fee new residents pay when first registering their car in Washington to check that it isn’t stolen will increase from $15 to $50 on July 1 and then to $75 in 2026.
Rep. Andrew Barkis, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee, said that his proposal to use and redirect existing revenues in a way that would have avoided fee increases were not considered.
“We do need to address our transportation system," he said. “This process cut out the entirety of the Republican delegation. We were not considered in the policy."
Democratic Sen. Marko Liias, the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, said the package is “changing the framework for how we approach transportation forever in this state.”
“No longer will it be how much concrete we can pour,” he said. “The answer will be how many people and how much freight can we move on these corridors.” | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-17-billion-17029323.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:43 | en | 0.958193 |
Second practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was delayed by an attack on an oil facility in Jeddah.
Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack on the Aramco Depot just 22 kilometres from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit where the race is held, delaying the session by 15 minutes.
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A statement from the Saudi Motorsport Company read: "We are aware of the attack on the Aramco distribution station in Jeddah earlier this afternoon and remain in contact with the Saudi security authorities.
"The race weekend schedule will continue as planned. The safety and security of all our guests continues to be our main priority and we look forward to welcoming fans for a weekend of premium racing and entertainment."
When the session did get underway it was again the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc that set the pace.
Leclerc finished with a time of 1m30.074s, once again ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen with Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari completing the top three.
The Ferrari was forced to retire when Leclerc clipped a wall and damaged part of the front left suspension. He limped back to the pit lane with a snapped suspension strut that team engineers will toil to replace.
Sainz also limped home to finish the session early.
Lewis Hamilton could only manage fifth fastest and was half a second off the pace of Leclerc.
The Mercedes team switched the seat and tweaked the rear wing of Lewis Hamilton’s car as he continued to suffer from porpoising.
Speaking after the first practice session earlier in the day, Hamilton said: "It's different. It shouldn't be as bumpy as Bahrain. Bahrain is obviously an older circuit, more character because it's as old as it is.
“This track is super-fast but a different surface, [so] it will behave with the tires differently. [With] these long, long straights it might not be too fun with the bouncing if we still have it. But those that have the bounce are in the same boat and hopefully we will fix some of it."
Yuki Tsunoda drew another set of yellow flags when his Red Bull-powered AlphaTauri ran into trouble once again. With the Red Bulls failing to finish in Bahrain, their power train is yet to convince.
The Japan driver just made it into the top ten quickest times before hitting trouble.
Kevin Magnussen’s bad luck continued as he was forced from the track with half an hour of the session to run. He had asked his team for permission to push and within a matter of corners suffered a hydraulics issue that cut his practice short once again.
The 2022 car’s reduced visibility and larger size threw up further issues as the teams wrestle with the new regulations, with the tight pit lanes and track walls claiming their fair share of carbon fibre bodywork.
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1. Leclerc, Ferrari, 1m30.074s
2. Verstappen, Red Bull, 1m30.214s
3. Sainz, Ferrari, 1m30.320s
4. Perez, Red Bull, 1m30.360s
5. Hamilton, Mercedes, 1m30.513s
6. Russell, Mercedes, 1m30.664s
7. Norris, McLaren, 1m30.735s
8. Ocon, Alpine, 1m30.760s
9. Bottas, Alfa Romeo, 1m30.832s
10. Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, 1m30.886s
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Democratic Party endorsed two candidates for statewide offices on Friday, but tabled nominations for six other seats currently held by Republicans.
Participants at the convention in Minot voted to back Bismarck attorney Fintan Dooley for state Agriculture Commissioner, a position Doug Goehring has held since 2009. Democrats also endorsed Melanie Moniz, a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, for the seat on the public service commission currently held by Julie Fedorchak, who has been on the panel since 2012.
Democrats are expected to finish endorsements on Saturday.
Former Marine and Velva native Trygve Hammer announced this week that he would seek the second seat on the public service commission held by Republican Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, who was appointed to replace Brian Kroshus when Kroshus was appointed to be state tax commissioner. Haugen-Hoffart is running for the remainder of Kroshus’ four-year term.
The PSC regulates gas and electric utilities, coal mining, land reclamation, grain elevators and auctioneers.
Democrats have no announced candidates for attorney general, secretary of state, tax commissioner or the U.S. House of Representatives.
Two candidates have emerged for John Hoeven’s U.S. Senate seat: University of Jamestown engineering professor Katrina Christiansen and Fargo art and antiques dealer Michael Steele.
North Dakota Republicans have controlled both chambers of the Legislature since 1994 and hold every statewide office.
Just over 200 delegates attended the convention Friday, including 81 who participated online. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/North-Dakota-Dems-back-candidates-for-statewide-17029349.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:46 | en | 0.956755 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new art exhibit in Albuquerque is taking a deep dive into skateboarding and skate culture. The exhibit, “Synonymous.” opens March 31, at the South Broadway Cultural Center and will be on view through May 14.
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The exhibit features work from 50 Albuquerque artists. Their work looks at the vast influences of urban skateboarding culture. The public will be able to check out the new exhibit Tuesdays through Sundays between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/new-albuquerque-art-exhibit-highlights-skateboarding-and-skate-culture/ | 2022-03-25T20:44:47 | en | 0.920363 |
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Seeded women continue to have major struggles at the Miami Open.
Coco Gauff is one of the few exceptions.
The 14th-seeded American, whose home is about a 45-minute drive north from where she's playing this event, got past Wang Qiang of China 7-5, 6-4 on Friday — avenging a first-round loss to her in the Australian Open earlier this year.
“I think I hit a lot of good shots on the run,” Gauff said.
Gauff, who turned 18 earlier this month, made her WTA Tour debut three years ago at the Miami Open. She reached the second round that year, was ousted in the second round last year and now is in the third round at Miami for the first time.
“I was just super motivated today," Gauff said.
No. 16 Jessica Pegula felt right at home too, even though the tournament is held on the grounds where the NFL's Miami Dolphins practice and play — and her parents, Terry and Kim Pegula, just happen to own the Dolphins' AFC East rival Buffalo Bills. Pegula had little trouble beating 2018 Miami Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-4.
More than half of the women who were seeded going into the tournament won’t even be around for the first weekend, with four more — No. 10 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, No. 20 Elise Mertens of Belgium, No. 24 Sorana Cirstea of Romania, and No. 29 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia — getting eliminated in second-round matches Friday.
Their losses meant 15 seeded women have now lost their opening matches at the tournament, with 11 — including top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka — getting defeated Thursday alone. Another four seeded women have withdrawn with either injuries or ailments, meaning no more than 13 of the original 32 seeds will get to the third round.
Shelby Rogers of the U.S. used 15 aces — and saved nine of the 10 break points she faced — to beat Ostapenko, 6-3, 7-6 (0). It was Rogers’ second win over Ostapenko this month, after also topping her in a second-round matchup at Indian Wells.
“There are no easy matches out here,” said Rogers, who has now made the third round at Miami for just the second time; she also did it in 2017. “Whether you play the same people week to week or not, you’ve still got to go out there and perform. I just tried to focus on my side of the court and did the best I could.”
Madison Brengle of the U.S. beat Samsonova 6-4, 6-0. China’s Zhang Shuai needed only 53 minutes to beat Cirstea, 6-1, 6-1. Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic topped Mertens 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
Other seeded second-round women's winners Friday included No. 17 Elena Rybakina and No. 21 Veronika Kudermetova.
Later Friday, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland can clinch the world’s No. 1 ranking if she defeats Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in a second-round match. It’s Swiatek’s first match of the tournament; she, like all seeds, got a bye into the second round.
Swiatek would be assured of moving into the No. 1 spot because Ashleigh Barty, who had held the top spot until her retirement announcement earlier this week, has asked to be removed from the next set of rankings. The updated list will come out after the Miami Open concludes.
“We're going to definitely miss Ash on tour," Gauff said.
In men's second-round play Friday, No. 10 Cameron Norrie improved to 12-2 in his past 14 outings by beating fellow British player Jack Draper in straight sets. No. 17 Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 31 Fabio Fognini also prevailed.
Hugo Gaston knocked out No. 20 John Isner of the U.S., topping the 2018 Miami champion 7-6 (5), 6-4. Isner had 22 aces and was broken just once, but went 0 for 5 on his break chances.
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(WPRI) — Chick-Fil-A is cooking up new ways to help the energy crunch.
The popular chicken restaurant chain is partnering up with Darling Ingredients to turn its used cooking oil into clean-burning renewable biofuel, according to a press release.
“At Chick-fil-A, we are committed to caring – and that includes caring for others through our food and caring for our planet,” said Rodney Bullard, vice president of corporate social responsibility for Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Once the oil is removed, Darling says, it repurposes it at the company’s nearest biosecure processing plant.
“Our innovative partnership with DAR PRO Solutions helps us be responsible stewards of the resources at our restaurants and allows us to support the future of renewable transportation fuel – all while positively influencing the communities we serve,” Bullard said.
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The oil will be collected from all Chick-Fil-A restaurants across the United States and Canada.
“We admire Chick-fil-A’s commitment to reducing food waste and are proud to be part of a solution that keeps food waste out of our landfills while delivering a renewable fuel that reduces GHG emissions,” said Sandra Dudley, Darling Ingredients’ executive vice president of renewables and U.S. specialty operations.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a say in what books schools can and can't have in their libraries.
It will force all elementary schools to provide a searchable list of every book available in their libraries or used in instruction. School boards must let the public know when they plan to consider approving new instructional books and allow anyone to comment. Any objections to the material, by a parent or not, must be reported to the state.
“Unfortunately, we've seen some books in some of these libraries, I mean you're talking about kids in middle school, some of the stuff that has ended up there is incredibly, incredibly disturbing stuff,” DeSantis said. “Parents understand when they see this. They understand how to blow the whistle on this.”
The bill also sets a 12-year term limit for school board members.
Democrats opposed the bill during the legislative session that ended earlier this month, saying that it amounts to censorship and compared it to book burning. But it aligns with DeSantis' agenda to squash school district decisions he disagrees with.
“You have some groups that want to take away classic books like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,' but they want things like, ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir,’ which is a cartoon-style book with graphic images of children performing sexual acts. That is wrong," DeSantis said. “They want to eliminate ’Of Mice and Men,' but ‘Lawn Boy,’ a book containing explicit passages of pedophilia is somehow accepted."
Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon said the bill is part of the governor's culture wars designed to help him win the 2024 Republican nomination for president.
“The governor's actions today and his words just illustrate his political ambitions. He cares more about rallying a base of people who will support him in a future presidential bid than he does about making sure Floridians have access to housing, have access to quality health care,” she said. “The bill he signed today is going to cause more stress and strain on school systems.”
The books DeSantis mentioned were political flashpoints in Texas and Virginia and were removed from libraries. Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin campaigned on the issue.
“Gender Queer” is an autobiography by Maia Kobabe, who was born female, but now identifies as nonbinary and asexual. The School Library Journal described it as a “book to be savored rather than devoured, this memoir will resonate with teens.”
“It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand,” the review continues.
“Lawn Boy” is a semiautobiographical novel by Jonathan Evison. The Washington Post said, “Evison takes a battering ram to stereotypes about race and class" and said it's "spiked with angst and anger, but also full of humor and lots of hope."
After controversy about the book, Evison said he received death threats and explained that a passage some find objectionable is not about pedophilia, but rather an adult character recalling a sexual encounter he had as a fourth grader with another fourth grader.
DeSantis also used the bill signing ceremony to denounce critical race theory in schools, mask mandates in schools and Dr. Anthony Fauci. He also encouraged people to pay attention to school board races and vote members out.
“Florida now joins places like Russia and China, modern-day examples of what happens when free thought and free speech are tightly restricted in all levels of society, including in school,” Senate Democratic Leader said in a statement. “As a mom and a former classroom teacher — and simply an American who values freedom of speech — this is a very, very scary place to be.” | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/education/article/DeSantis-signs-bill-to-keep-explicit-books-out-of-17029306.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:49 | en | 0.978657 |
At the highest level, winning ugly is acceptable and Jimmy White got a huge slice of luck to help him take an ugly opening frame of his clash with Stuart Bingham at the Gibraltar Open.
White had the afternoon off on account of his opponent Anthony Hamilton’s withdrawal, so was understandably a little rusty against Bingham.
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But the standard was not good early on, and they served up an opening frame that will not live long in the memory banks.
Bingham was off colour and made a series of mistakes, but too often for White’s liking he kept leaving the table difficult for his opponent.
As such, it was a scrappy, drawn-out, low-scoring affair.
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With two reds remaining on the table, White led 28-24. He took on a red but missed it by some distance, only to see it flick two colours, travel round the table and into the green pocket.
“Wow, what a fluke,” David Hendon said on Eurosport commentary. “He was a mile away initially. But all sorts happened, kisses. There we go.
“He caught the pink and the black.”
Given the standard of play in the frame, it did not see White over the line but he kept chipping away and eventually took the opener - with his highest break of the frame being nine.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parole commissioners on Friday recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976.
The two commissioners decided Frederick Woods, now age 70, is no longer a danger to the public after previous panels had denied him parole 17 times.
The parole recommendation could still be rejected by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Woods’ accomplices, brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld, were freed years ago. An appeals court ordered Richard Schoenfeld released in 2012, and former Gov. Jerry Brown paroled James Schoenfeld in 2015.
All three were from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families when they kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla.
They buried the children, ages 5 to 14, along with their bus driver in a ventilated underground bunker east of San Francisco. The victims were able to dig their way out more than a day later.
Woods read an apology for his crime, according to a pool report from Friday's hearing by CBS News producer George Osterkamp.
“I’ve had empathy for the victims which I didn’t have then,” Woods said. “I’ve had a character change since then.”
“I was 24 years old," he added. "Now I fully understand the terror and trauma I caused. I fully take responsibility for this heinous act.”
California law now requires parole commissioners to give greater weight to freeing inmates who were youthful offenders when they committed their crime, and those who are now elderly and have served lengthy prison sentences.
All three were initially sentenced to prison for the rest of their lives. However, an appeals court later reduced their sentences to life with the possibility of parole.
The three planned for more than a year to ransom the children for $5 million from the state Board of Education.
James Schoenfeld once told parole officials that he envied friends who had “his-and-hers Ferraris.” Woods said during an earlier parole hearing that he just “got greedy.”
Madera County prosecutors in previous parole hearings said Woods' disciplinary infractions showed he had not yet learned to follow they rules.
But Woods and his attorney emphasized that he had a discipline-free record since his last parole hearing in October 2019.
They also previously questioned why some of the victims testified that Woods should be released, although others previously said he deserved to remain behind bars.
Two survivors, Larry Park and Rebecca Reynolds Dailey, spoke Friday in favor of Woods' parole.
But opposing Woods' release were survivors Jennifer Brown Hyde and Laura Yazzi Fanning; Matthew Medrano, son of survivor Jodi Heffington Medrano who has since died; and Carol Marshall, mother of survivor Michael Marshall, and Lynda Carrejo.
Woods' parole has also previously been backed by some prominent supporters, including Democratic U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo of Palo Alto in 2015. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Parole-recommended-for-inmate-in-1976-school-bus-17029367.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:52 | en | 0.980395 |
Fourth-seeded Arkansas used what amounted to a sneak attack to take down No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, not only knocking the Bulldogs out the NCAA Tournament but taking out a whole lot of fans still hoping to win bragging rights and office pools.
Then again, the number of busted brackets before the Elite Eight just might mean everyone gets a second chance.
Defending national champion Baylor? The first No. 1 seed to go down. Gonzaga and Arizona, two more top seeds and betting favorites, joined the Bears on the sidelines in the Sweet 16. Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn? All ousted before the opening weekend was even done.
In the case of the John Calipari's bunch, that meant getting bumped by No. 15 seed Saint Peter's in the opening round, a loss that probably doesn't feel any better even with the Peacocks topping Murray State to reach the Sweet 16.
It all left exasperated SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm to say: “My bracket's busted. It's just so bad right now.”
Then, after a beat: “I do have a lot of company though.”
No kidding.
The Bulldogs were a 10-point favorite to beat the Razorbacks and Arizona a 1.5-point favorite to beat Houston on Thursday night. Instead, they became the first 1-seeds to lose on the same day in the Sweet 16 or earlier since the 2011 tourney.
“Just being the underdog, man, use it to your advantage,” Arkansas' Trey Wade said. “They never see you coming.”
Very few people did anyway.
There were 17.3 million brackets filled out in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge and just 8.3% of them had Arkansas reaching the Elite Eight, an less than half of those have the Hogs going to the Final Four. By contrast, nearly 23% of brackets had Gonzaga winning it all.
In fact, nearly two-thirds of brackets had Gonzaga, Baylor or Kentucky advancing through their half of the bracket to reach the final in New Orleans.
Meanwhile, more brackets (19.9%) had Houston losing in the first round than advancing to the Elite Eight (14.2%), even though the Cougars made it to the Sweet 16 in 2019 and the Final Four just last year.
Houston, by the way, is now the favorite to win it all, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, ahead of No. 2 seed Duke and Kansas, the lone remaining 1-seed entering Friday.
The quest for a perfect bracket in the men's tournament? The NCAA said that was over before last weekend, the moment that No. 11 seed Iowa State beat LSU on Friday night to eliminate the final two perfect brackets remaining after the first 24 games.
And with the Cyclones playing No. 10 seed Miami on Friday night, at least one double-digit seed will be in the Elite Eight.
“You get seeded a certain spot, who cares about that? I tell the team all the time, if you’re in the dance, you’ve got a darned good team because you earned your way into the dance," said Miami coach Jim Larrañaga, who knows all about busting up brackets after taking No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.
“To me, it doesn’t matter what you’re seeded. It’s not reflective of who you are,” Larrañaga said. “It’s just a number put by your name to start the tournament. What matters is how you play and how you match up against your opponent."
Yet plenty of well-known prognosticators have had trouble figuring those matchups out.
Television star Jimmy Fallon lamented his fortunes after picking Gonzaga and Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Former President Barack Obama had the Bulldogs playing Arizona in the title game and he hasn't fared a whole lot better in the women's tournament, where he had Baylor advancing to the Final Four with South Carolina, UConn and Stanford. The Bears were upset by South Dakota in the second round.
“We don't need Barack Obama's bracket. We don't need Jimmy Fallon. We don't need none of that, OK?" said Hailey Van Lith, the star guard for the top-seeded Cardinals. “Look, we are still here. That is what it is.”
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CORYDON, Ind. (AP) — A man suspected in an Evansville double-homicide died early Friday when his vehicle crashed about 100 miles (161 kilometers) away in southern Indiana during a police pursuit, state police said.
Samuel Aaron Robb, 30, of Valparaiso, died about 5 a.m. EDT after his car became airborne along State Road 135 in Harrison County, struck a utility pole and came to rest upside down, Indiana State Police said.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by the county coroner.
The crash occurred after a state trooper tried to stop Robb after spotting him in his car it in a hotel parking lot in the town of Corydon, but he sped off at a high rate of speed and the trooper pursued him, police said.
Authorities had been advised to be on the lookout for Robb and his vehicle after he was identified as a suspect in a double homicide that occurred late Thursday night in Evansville, police said.
State police said in a statement that “the investigation reveals that the driver was, in fact, the suspect wanted in connection with the two murders in Evansville" and identified him as Robb.
Evansville police have not released information about the two homicide victims. Officers found two bodies in an Evansville home about 11:30 p.m. CDT after a 911 caller stated that she was inside a residence where shots had been fired, the Evansville Courier & Press reported. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Police-Suspect-in-Evansville-double-homicide-17029200.php | 2022-03-25T20:44:58 | en | 0.988367 |
Which tire inflator is best?
Flat tires are one of the most common reasons people get stuck on the side of the road. If all you have is a slow leak, equipping your vehicle with a portable tire inflator allows you to self-rescue in this situation, rather than waiting for a tow truck or limping your vehicle along driving on the rim.
Choosing the right tire inflator for your car or truck comes down to several factors, including the maximum working pressure, tire compatibility and the power source. The DeWalt 20-Volt Max Cordless Tire Inflator stands out in all of these regards, making it one of the best choices for nearly anyone. It can be powered by your vehicle’s battery, its own battery or from an AC wall outlet, and it comes with adapters for common household items like air mattresses and inflatable sports balls.
What to know before you buy a tire inflator
Understanding tire inflator specifications
You’ll see a few specifications when looking at tire inflators, the most important of which is PSI. This stands for pounds per square inch and is indicative of an inflator’s maximum working pressure.
Every tire has a recommended PSI to which you should inflate your tires. For most passenger vehicles, this is generally between 32 and 35 PSI, but it can be much higher than that on some large trucks and for bicycle tires. Before purchasing an inflator, check the recommended PSI on whatever tires you plan to use to ensure it will suit your needs. Ideally, the maximum PSI of your inflator should be well above that of the tires for efficient operation.
The next spec worth paying attention to is cubic feet per minute. This tells you how much air an inflator moves per minute, and the more it moves, the quicker it can inflate a tire. Using a tire inflator’s PSI and cubic feet per minute rating, you can get a good idea of its performance.
Tire compatibility
Along with the maximum working pressure, most tire inflators limit what size tires they are compatible with. This is often due to a combination of its maximum working pressure and the cubic feet or air it moves per minute. Large tires require a larger volume of air, which some inflators are not capable of. The tire compatibility should also be listed somewhere in the product’s details. If you have a vehicle with large tires and you don’t see the maximum tire size listed in a particular inflator’s product details, it is best to opt for a different one.
Power source
Inflators may use your car as a power source or rely on their own internal battery. Those that use your car as a power source may either connect directly to your vehicle’s battery via alligator clips or they may plug into a 12-volt DC outlet. Most people will find the latter to be the more convenient option, but those that attach directly to the battery are often capable of a higher PSI.
Cordless inflators are nice because you don’t have to worry about being limited by the length of the power cable. However, you must remember to charge them regularly or else you could end up in a situation where you have a flat tire and an inflator with a dead battery. They are also limited in their run time and often aren’t as powerful as corded models.
Features to look for in a quality tire inflator
Gauge
Every tire inflator will have a gauge that lets you know the current PSI of your tire as you inflate it. Analog gauges are reliable since they don’t rely on any electronic components. Many people will find digital gauges easier to read through, especially in dim light. Neither type is necessarily more accurate than the other, so choose whichever you find most convenient.
Smart shutoff
Some tire inflators allow you to set your desired tire pressure and automatically shut off when it is reached. This removes the chance of user error, so you don’t have to worry about ever accidentally overinflating your tire. Smart shutoff is only found on models with a digital gauge.
Adapters
To increase their versatility, many tire inflators come with additional adapters that can be used on other items, such as pool floats, air mattresses and sports balls.
Flashlight
Flat tires happen both day and night. For that reason, some tire inflators have a built-in flashlight, so you won’t struggle to see what you are doing in the dark.
How much you can expect to spend on a tire inflator
Most tire inflators cost $25-$150.
Tire inflator FAQ
Are tire inflators and air compressors the same thing?
A. Tire inflators are just portable air compressors. One of the main differences between small, portable tire inflators and larger air compressors is the former’s lack of a tank to store the compressed air. Because of this, tire inflators generally have a weaker flow and take longer to inflate a tire than a large air compressor.
How do I know the proper PSI of my tires?
A. On newer vehicles, the manufacturer’s recommended tire PSI is usually printed on a sticker inside the door. If you don’t see one there, you can also find it in the owner’s manual. The proper tire pressure is between 32 and 35 PSI for most passenger vehicles.
What is the best tire inflator to buy?
Top tire inflator
DeWalt 20-Volt MAX Cordless Tire Inflator
What you need to know: This powerful tire inflator has all the bells and whistles you could ask for and can be used cordless or connected to a DC or AC power source.
What you’ll love: It features onboard accessory storage and has a heavy-duty build that ensures it can stand up to plenty of wear and tear.
What you should consider: You’ll have to purchase the battery separately if you want to use it cordlessly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top tire inflator for the money
AstroAI Air Compressor Tire Inflator
What you need to know: Despite carrying an affordable price tag, the Astro AI inflator features a digital gauge and has a maximum working pressure of 100 PSI.
What you’ll love: It comes with adapters for bicycle tires, air mattress and sports balls. Plus, you can set it to your desired PSI and it will automatically stop inflating when it is reached.
What you should consider: It’s not suitable for any inflatables that require a very large volume of air.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Viair 88P Portable Air Compressor
What you need to know: This compact inflator is surprisingly powerful for its size and can be used on tires up to 33 inches in diameter.
What you’ll love: You should have no trouble reaching tires on long vehicles thanks to its 10-foot power cord and 16-foot air hose.
What you should consider: It requires a direct connector to your vehicle’s battery.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Seeded women continue to have major struggles at the Miami Open.
Coco Gauff is one of the few exceptions.
The 14th-seeded American, whose home is about a 45-minute drive north from where she's playing this event, got past Wang Qiang of China 7-5, 6-4 on Friday — avenging a first-round loss to her in the Australian Open earlier this year.
“I think I hit a lot of good shots on the run,” Gauff said.
Gauff, who turned 18 earlier this month, made her WTA Tour debut three years ago at the Miami Open. She reached the second round that year, was ousted in the second round last year and now is in the third round at Miami for the first time.
“I was just super motivated today," Gauff said.
No. 16 Jessica Pegula felt right at home too, even though the tournament is held on the grounds where the NFL's Miami Dolphins practice and play — and her parents, Terry and Kim Pegula, just happen to own the Dolphins' AFC East rival Buffalo Bills. Pegula had little trouble beating 2018 Miami Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-4.
More than half of the women who were seeded going into the tournament won’t even be around for the first weekend, with four more — No. 10 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, No. 20 Elise Mertens of Belgium, No. 24 Sorana Cirstea of Romania, and No. 29 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia — getting eliminated in second-round matches Friday.
Their losses meant 15 seeded women have now lost their opening matches at the tournament, with 11 — including top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka — getting defeated Thursday alone. Another four seeded women have withdrawn with either injuries or ailments, meaning no more than 13 of the original 32 seeds will get to the third round.
Shelby Rogers of the U.S. used 15 aces — and saved nine of the 10 break points she faced — to beat Ostapenko, 6-3, 7-6 (0). It was Rogers’ second win over Ostapenko this month, after also topping her in a second-round matchup at Indian Wells.
“There are no easy matches out here,” said Rogers, who has now made the third round at Miami for just the second time; she also did it in 2017. “Whether you play the same people week to week or not, you’ve still got to go out there and perform. I just tried to focus on my side of the court and did the best I could.”
Madison Brengle of the U.S. beat Samsonova 6-4, 6-0. China’s Zhang Shuai needed only 53 minutes to beat Cirstea, 6-1, 6-1. Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic topped Mertens 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
Other seeded second-round women's winners Friday included No. 17 Elena Rybakina and No. 21 Veronika Kudermetova.
Later Friday, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland can clinch the world’s No. 1 ranking if she defeats Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in a second-round match. It’s Swiatek’s first match of the tournament; she, like all seeds, got a bye into the second round.
Swiatek would be assured of moving into the No. 1 spot because Ashleigh Barty, who had held the top spot until her retirement announcement earlier this week, has asked to be removed from the next set of rankings. The updated list will come out after the Miami Open concludes.
“We're going to definitely miss Ash on tour," Gauff said.
In men's second-round play Friday, No. 10 Cameron Norrie improved to 12-2 in his past 14 outings by beating fellow British player Jack Draper in straight sets. No. 17 Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 31 Fabio Fognini also prevailed.
Hugo Gaston knocked out No. 20 John Isner of the U.S., topping the 2018 Miami champion 7-6 (5), 6-4. Isner had 22 aces and was broken just once, but went 0 for 5 on his break chances.
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PARKLAND, Wash. (AP) — A procession and memorial for slain Pierce County deputy Dominique “Dom” Calata was underway Friday in Tacoma.
Calata, 35, was shot and killed last week during a SWAT operation in which law enforcement Sgt. Rich Scaniffe was shot and wounded.
A procession began Friday morning at the Washington State Fairgrounds, following a route that concluded at the Church for All Nations in Parkland. A memorial service will start around 1 p.m. at the church.
The South Sound Gang Task Force was serving a warrant March 16 for second-degree assault for Jeremy Dayton, 40. The task force had asked for help from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department’s SWAT team due to Dayton’s prior felony convictions, according to Wendy Haddow, a spokesperson for the Tacoma Police Department, which is assisting with the investigation.
During the operation, gunfire was exchanged between Dayton and law enforcement, Haddow said. Calata and Scaniffe were shot. Dayton was killed at the scene.
Calata worked for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department for more than six years and was assigned to the patrol division of the Edgewood Police Department. He was also a U.S. Army Veteran and served in the National Guard for the past seven years.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Match Play (all times local):
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3 p.m.
Richard Bland won the Battle of Blighty and is headed to the knockout stage of the Dell Technologies Match Play.
The 49-year-old Bland faced 48-year-old Lee Westwood in an All-England match that featured the two oldest players in the field. They have known each other since junior golf. Bland won on the 17th hole and won his group.
Bland only became eligible for the 64-man field two months ago when he was runner-up in the Dubai Desert Classic. Now he still holds out hope of advancing far enough on the weekend to move into the top 50 and get to the Masters.
Dustin Johnson also is playing this weekend at Austin Country Club. He was 2 up over Max Homa, assured of a half-point he needed to win his group.
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2:30 p.m.
The winning streak of Billy Horschel at the Dell Technologies Match Play is over. No matter. He halved his match with Thomas Pieters, and that was all he needed to win his group and move into the knockout stage this weekend.
Horschel is the defending champion. His streak dated to the third day of round-robin matches last year and he still had effectively miles to reach Tiger Woods and his record 13 straight wins. That was when the entire tournament was single-elimination. Geoff Ogilvy once had 11 straight wins until losing in the championship match in 2007 the year after he won.
Tyrrell Hatton was undefeated in his group and advanced by beating Daniel Berger. Also advancing was Seamus Power of Ireland. That all but assures Power will stay in the top 50 in the world and get into the Masters.
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Which propane lantern is best?
Whether your idea of roughing it is a tent pitched in the backyard or a lean-to shelter deep in the backwoods, when the sun goes down, you’ll need some light. The best propane lantern provides long-lasting light right when you need it and is ready for wherever your adventures take you.
The Coleman QuickPack Deluxe Propane Lantern provides steady light for both small areas and large campsites. It’s easy to attach to its own 1-pound propane tank and is great for car camping trips both long and short.
What to know before you buy a propane lantern
Intended use
Propane lanterns come in a wide variety of fuel capacities. It’s important to consider your intended use when shopping for a new one. The rate of fuel usage will depend on how high you turn the light, how many mantles it’s illuminating and how efficiently it’s designed.
The majority of propane lanterns for camping, hiking and hunting will fit on a small propane cylinder, but some can be hooked to larger propane tanks, too. How long each of these lasts depends on how much you use the lantern.
Brightness
Brightness is measured in lumens, with higher numbers indicating a brighter lantern. Lanterns designed to illuminate an entire campsite might need to be 1,500 lumens or more, but most campers and hunters can get away with 1,000 lumens — about the brightness of a 60-watt light bulb.
Single- vs. double-mantle lanterns
One deciding factor in brightness is the number of mantles in the lantern. Lanterns come with one or two mantles, and double mantles mean extra brightness. Mantles are made of mesh fabric that is mixed with metal. The flame is produced by lighting the propane, and the mantles — which resemble tiny socks — contain and protect that flame while providing light.
Regardless of the number of mantles your propane lantern has, you’ll need to carry spare mantles in case one burns out or is not usable.
What to look for in a quality propane lantern
Compact features
Many propane lanterns are compact, small but mighty providers of light in the darkness. Even full-size lanterns can be broken down, detached from the base for easy packing. The smallest lanterns can be broken down to a height of around 6 inches, but most lanterns measure around 12 inches tall.
Some people opt for a lantern that is directly attached to the top of a 1-pound propane cylinder. The cylinder provides the stable base of the lantern and the fuel source all in one. If space is a concern, this is a good option, and you can detach the propane cylinder and use it for other camping gear when you don’t need your lantern.
Matchless lighting
Some double mantle lanterns can be tricky to light, but the best propane lanterns utilize matchless lighting. This technology is similar to the way you light a gas barbecue — open the fuel source and press the ignition button.
Easy fuel attachment
Struggling with adding fuel or attaching a fuel source is the last thing you want to be doing when darkness falls. Look for lanterns that come in sizes standard to propane tanks and lines or that come with their own fuel source provided.
Shatterproof glass
Lanterns can take a beating, both en route to the site and during the normal course of use. The glass globe should be shatterproof and resist cracks and nicks.
How much you can expect to spend on a propane lantern
Expect to spend $20-$60 on the lantern and an extra $6-$7 per mantle (these can also be bought in larger quantities for a reduced price).
Propane lantern FAQ
How long do mantles last?
A. There is no definitive answer to this question. Much of this depends on how often you use the lantern, for how long and at what brightness. Obviously, with rigorous use turned up all the way, your mantles will deteriorate and need to be replaced.
In general, a mantle lasts anywhere from one month to one year. Before heading out on a trip, check your mantles to see if they are torn or have holes. If they do, it’s time to replace them.
Are propane lanterns safe for indoor use?
A. No. Using propane indoors on any appliance is not recommended. Burning propane emits carbon monoxide that can be deadly. While it’s perfectly safe outside, never burn a propane lantern indoors or in a tent or RV.
What’s the best propane lantern to buy?
Top propane lantern
Coleman QuickPack Deluxe Propane Lantern
What you need to know: This lantern (and its light) are durable and long-lasting.
What you’ll love: PerfectFlow technology keeps the fuel steady and light consistent regardless of the weather. It has two mantles, lights easily with matches and features adjustable brightness.
What you should consider: It’s a smaller lantern and can be misplaced in the darkness.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top propane lantern for the money
Docooler Mini Portable Camping Lantern
What you need to know: It offers incredible illumination in a tiny, portable package.
What you’ll love: The aluminum and nickel alloy of the lamp body is durable and light. The lamp is shatterproof for safety, and this lantern can be hung by a lightweight chain.
What you should consider: You cannot use this lantern on a stand. It only hangs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Coleman NorthStar Propane Lantern
What you need to know: This lantern is perfect when you need light in a large area.
What you’ll love: A propane tank screws directly onto the lantern globe. InstaStart ignition does not require matches to bathe your entire campsite in far-reaching, bright light. The base folds for easy storage. The lid has ventilation and the metal parts of this lantern are sturdy.
What you should consider: Creating this bright light requires lots of fuel. Pack extra propane.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Match Play (all times local):
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3 p.m.
Richard Bland won the Battle of Blighty and is headed to the knockout stage of the Dell Technologies Match Play.
The 49-year-old Bland faced 48-year-old Lee Westwood in an All-England match that featured the two oldest players in the field. They have known each other since junior golf. Bland won on the 17th hole and won his group.
Bland only became eligible for the 64-man field two months ago when he was runner-up in the Dubai Desert Classic. Now he still holds out hope of advancing far enough on the weekend to move into the top 50 and get to the Masters.
Dustin Johnson also is playing this weekend at Austin Country Club. He was 2 up over Max Homa, assured of a half-point he needed to win his group.
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2:30 p.m.
The winning streak of Billy Horschel at the Dell Technologies Match Play is over. No matter. He halved his match with Thomas Pieters, and that was all he needed to win his group and move into the knockout stage this weekend.
Horschel is the defending champion. His streak dated to the third day of round-robin matches last year and he still had effectively miles to reach Tiger Woods and his record 13 straight wins. That was when the entire tournament was single-elimination. Geoff Ogilvy once had 11 straight wins until losing in the championship match in 2007 the year after he won.
Tyrrell Hatton was undefeated in his group and advanced by beating Daniel Berger. Also advancing was Seamus Power of Ireland. That all but assures Power will stay in the top 50 in the world and get into the Masters.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — State regulators are considering suspending Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson in light of his drunken driving conviction in December.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Friday that the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training began an investigation shortly after Hutchinson crashed his county-owned SUV near Alexandria on Dec. 8. He acknowledged he had been drinking at a sheriff's conference.
The sheriff was driving more than 126 miles per hour, wasn't wearing a seat belt and was carrying a loaded gun when he crashed. His blood alcohol level was more than 0.13% about three hours after the crash. Minnesota's legal limit is 0.08% but drops to 0.04% for anyone driving with a gun.
Hutchinson pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misdemeanor drunken driving and was sentenced to two years on probation.
The board is considering suspending Hutchinson's law enforcement license, which would render him unable to work as sworn officer and unable to make arrests. He could continue to work for the sheriff's department performing tasks not associated with sworn police work, the Star Tribune reported.
Hutchinson's attorney, March Schneider, declined to comment. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Regulators-may-suspend-sheriff-after-drunken-crash-17029345.php | 2022-03-25T20:45:11 | en | 0.983248 |
Senior executives from Meta, which owns Facebook and WhatsApp, are scheduled to depose before the standing committee on Information Technology on Monday with respect to the allegations on tampering of advertisement rates for different political parties, sources in know of the development said.
Apart from senior executives from Facebook and WhatsApp, senior officials from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology are also scheduled to appear before the standing committee led by Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor, one of the sources said.
The standing committee is likely to seek ministry officials’ views on the ways in which the internet and especially social media intermediaries can be kept safe and trusted for children and women, while it is likely to question Meta officials on the alleged discrepancies on advertisement rates for political parties.
The standing committee of Parliament on IT, led by Tharoor, includes 31 members, of which 21 are from the Lok Sabha, while the rest are from the Rajya Sabha.
Last week, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had asked the government to “put an end to the systematic interference of Facebook and other social media giants in the electoral politics of the world’s largest democracy”.
- The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards. | https://indianexpress.com/article/business/meta-meity-officials-to-depose-before-panel-7836743/ | 2022-03-25T20:45:12 | en | 0.959344 |
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has found a new leader for its basketball program, hiring Frank Martin as its coach Friday.
Martin, 56, takes over the Minutemen program from Matt McCall, who was fired this month after going 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst.
“It is evident that there is tremendous alignment in place to win and do it the right way,” Martin said in a statement. “Let’s all get on this ride together, let’s dream big and let’s be relentless at making our dreams a reality.”
Martin arrives following his own dismissal from South Carolina last week after 10 seasons and just one NCAA appearance with the Gamecocks. But that appearance to cap the 2016-17 season culminated in South Carolina’s first Final Four berth. Martin was 171-147 during his tenure at the school.
He had more NCAA tournament bids in his first head coaching job at Kansas State from 2007 to 2012, leading the Wildcats to March Madness four times including an Elite Eight berth in 2010. He finished 117-54 overall.
The move to Massachusetts will be a homecoming for Martin’s wife, Anya (Forrest), a 1998 UMass alum who ran track for the school.
Martin’s hiring by UMass was announced a day after former Chattanooga coach Lamont Paris was tapped as Martin’s successor at South Carolina.
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The Gujarat High Court on Friday stayed an FIR registered against the accused, who is already facing charges of forcible conversion in an earlier FIR stemming from his interfaith marriage in Vadodara. The stay comes after the complainant in the FIR — father-in-law of the accused in the case — indicated to the court of Justice Vipul Pancholi last week that he and the accused have reached an “amicable settlement”.
The case pertains to an FIR of February 2 registered at the Gotri police station in Vadodara where the father of a woman who married a man from another religion, had accused his son-in-law of “threatening to kill him” and “insulting him with obscene remarks”.
The FIR had booked the accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentionally insulting to provoke a person) and 506 (2) (punishment for criminal intimidation).
According to the FIR, when the man had come to the complainant’s house to pick up the latter’s daughter, a scuffle broke out between father-in-law and the man when he accused his son-in-law of beating his daughter. The complainant suffered minor injuries in the incident, the FIR said.
Less than three weeks after the incident, the complainant moved the Gujarat HC with a petition seeking “consent quashing” of the FIR.
The accused was earlier granted relief by the Gujarat HC in relation to a June 2021 FIR filed at the Gotri police station in Vadodara, where he was charged for the offences punishable under the provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 — the first FIR filed under the amended Act.
The man and other accused were granted bail by the Gujarat HC in a petition moved by the man and his wife seeking consensual quashing of the FIR.
While the June 2021 FIR lodged on the complaint by the accused man’s wife had alleged that she was subjected to “forcible conversion”, “casteist slurs”, “forcible sexual intercourse”, and “domestic violence” by her husband, the woman had informed the court subsequently that the FIR lodged was “incorrect” and “exaggerated version of the information” given by the woman complainant and that the couple wishes to continue with their marital relation.
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Which hydration vest is best?
Water is essential. When you are engaged in an activity such as running or hiking, where space is at a premium and there is no available source of fresh water to hydrate your body, you need to bring your own supply. That is the main purpose of a hydration vest.
The best hydration vests are rugged, fit snug and let you bring an ample supply of water. The Nathan Pinnacle 12L Hydration Vest is the top vest, featuring a sleek design with an insulated bladder that lets you bring 1.6 liters of water with you on your adventures.
What to know before you buy a hydration vest
How a hydration vest works
A hydration vest is a lightweight vest that you put on when you will be engaged in a physical activity — for instance, walking, running, kayaking or biking — for an extended period. The vest has several pockets that can hold bottles of water, a water bladder, food and your essentials (phone, wallet, keys, etc.). While you place the water bottles and fuel in front pockets for easy access, you carry the water bladder on your back. The water bladder has a convenient drinking tube that lets you take a quick sip whenever you get thirsty.
Benefits of a hydration vest
With a hydration vest, you do not need to interrupt your activity to unpack and open a bottle of water. If the tube is right by your mouth, you will drink more often, which will help you stay properly hydrated. A hydration vest also makes it easier to carry more water, and it lets you keep your hands free so you can better navigate difficult terrain.
What to look for in a quality hydration vest
Capacity
In general, you need to drink half a liter to a full liter of water for each hour you are engaged in a physical activity. When shopping for a hydration vest, look for one that can carry enough water to keep you sufficiently hydrated.
Lightweight, durable and comfortable
A hydration vest needs to be lightweight, durable and comfortable. The best are made with a moisture-wicking, breathable fabric that will hold up under rugged use.
Insulated bladder
If you prefer cold water, look for a hydration vest with an insulated bladder. Understand, however, that even the best ones won’t keep your water cold when you are in the sun for several hours.
Reflective markings
For safety, it is always wise to get a vest with reflective markings, so you are easier to see in low light. Choosing a vibrant color that stands out from the environment during the day is also smart, because it makes you easier to locate.
Additional storage space
Besides water, you may need to carry food, a smartphone, keys, identification and more. If this is the case, search for a hydration vest with extra storage.
Extras
Some hydration vests have areas that hold trekking poles, and others have a built-in emergency whistle. Sometimes, these minor aspects clearly make one vest better than all others.
How much you can expect to spend on a hydration vest
A budget hydration vest can cost as low as $25. You must be careful when purchasing these, because they might not have a durable build. On the high end, it is possible to spend up to $200 on a name-brand vest.
Hydration vest FAQ
How should a hydration vest fit?
A. A hydration vest needs to fit snugly. You do not want it sliding or bouncing around as you move because that will lead to chafing. It should provide a good fit when you tighten the adjustable straps about halfway — this gives you room to make adjustments either way as needed. Be careful about getting a vest that is too tight, however, as it might hinder the deep breathing required during physical exertion.
Do hydration vests come with a bladder?
A. Some do. Read the description to learn if the vest you are considering comes with a bladder. While it is not hard to find and buy a hydration bladder, some can cost as much as a low-end hydration vest.
What’s the best hydration vest to buy?
Top hydration vest
Nathan Pinnacle 12L Hydration Vest
What you need to know: This high-end hydration vest has a sleek design and a 1.6-liter bladder.
What you’ll love: Its insulated bladder helps keep water cold for longer. It has eight pockets, so you can also carry food and other essentials. The reflective details enhance visibility in low light. The moisture-wicking fabric wears like a shirt.
What you should consider: It resides at the top of the price scale.
Where to buy: Sold by Backcountry
Top hydration vest for the money
What you need to know: If you are looking for a compact, affordable vest that still provides a high degree of quality, this is a solid choice.
What you’ll love: It’s made of micro-mesh fabric that encourages multidirectional airflow for maximum comfort. There is a zippered pocket for securing a small item, such as a phone, and drawstring pockets give you quick access to your food. You can adjust the sternum straps up or down for a customized fit.
What you should consider: It doesn’t offer much space to pack anything besides the bladder and a couple smaller essentials. While this may be a negative for some, it is a benefit for others.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
Ultimate Direction Adventure 5.0 Hydration Vest
What you need to know: This lightweight vest offers an impressive 17 liters of overall storage.
What you’ll love: The versatile design of this hydration vest has 13 pockets for storage along with loops to stash your trekking poles. It has an integrated rain fly that keeps your gear dry and a bottle with an angled cap for easier drinking. The front zippered pockets are roomy enough to secure a large cell phone.
What you should consider: Because of its ample storage, this vest is better for hiking than running.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Backcountry
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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has found a new leader for its basketball program, hiring Frank Martin as its coach Friday.
Martin, 56, takes over the Minutemen program from Matt McCall, who was fired this month after going 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst.
“It is evident that there is tremendous alignment in place to win and do it the right way,” Martin said in a statement. “Let’s all get on this ride together, let’s dream big and let’s be relentless at making our dreams a reality.”
Martin arrives following his own dismissal from South Carolina last week after 10 seasons and just one NCAA appearance with the Gamecocks. But that appearance to cap the 2016-17 season culminated in South Carolina’s first Final Four berth. Martin was 171-147 during his tenure at the school.
He had more NCAA tournament bids in his first head coaching job at Kansas State from 2007 to 2012, leading the Wildcats to March Madness four times including an Elite Eight berth in 2010. He finished 117-54 overall.
The move to Massachusetts will be a homecoming for Martin’s wife, Anya (Forrest), a 1998 UMass alum who ran track for the school.
Martin’s hiring by UMass was announced a day after former Chattanooga coach Lamont Paris was tapped as Martin’s successor at South Carolina.
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Hundreds of tribals from various districts of Gujarat assembled at Satyagrah Chhavani in Gandhinagar Friday for the “Adivasi Satyagraha” against the Par-Tapi-Narmada river-linking project, demanding a white paper on the project.
Even as the crowd gathered at the venue, Minister for Tribal Development Naresh Patel assured that “not even an inch of land owned by tribals” would be acquired for the project, during a discussion on the river-linking project in the Gujarat Assembly on Friday, claiming that the project originated during the Congress regime.
Congress members staged a walkout from the assembly later in the day, demanding a written assurance that no land belonging to tribals would be acquired for the project.
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Jagdish Thakor, AICC incharge of Gujarat Raghu Sharma, Gujarat Congress working president Hardik Patel and former GPCC president Amit Chavda clashed with the police in Gandhinagar, trying to march towards the Vidhansabha and were temporarily detained.
Addressing the tribals gathered in Gandhinagar, Congress MLA from Vansda, Anant Patel, said, “Today, we have assembled to not just protest against dams and reservoirs but to save the Adivasi culture, identity and jal (water), jungle, jameen (land) of our people. We have come here to save the adivasi people by bringing in the PESA (Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act and schedule 5 of the Constitution dealing with the administration and control of scheduled areas and scheduled tribes…” He had taken part in four protest meetings held earlier in the tribal belt of South Gujarat.
President of the Chhota Udepur municipality, Sangram Rathva, said, “We want to tell the state government that we have pen and paper along with bows and arrows… Today, the tribal people are educated. We demand the rights given to us under schedule 5 of the Constitution.”
Promising that 50 lakh Dalits will stand by the adivasis, independent MLA from Banaskantha Jignesh Mevani who is now with the Congress said, “The pillars of Gujarat Vidhansabha were built with the sweat and blood of the Dalits, OBCs and adivasis… Malls, shopping centres, buildings of secretariat were made by our forefathers and today you (state government) want to run your bulldozers on the chests of the tribal people.”
Making a clarion call for the 2022 Assembly elections, Mevani said, “We raise a challenge to CM Bhupendra Patel that on not just 27 reserved seats, we will remove you from all 40 seats where the tribals are in majority. The election of 2022 will be between the adivasi people and the BJP.”
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WITH Central agencies serving notices to various leaders of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government over the last few days, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday hit back, daring the BJP to arrest him. He also came out strongly in support of arrested MVA leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik and taunted that had Devendra Fadnavis’s plan to form a government with the NCP been successful, the BJP would have happily sat in the government with the same people it was targeting at present.
“Put me in jail if you want to. If you want to attack me, then attack me. Why are you going after our families? Did we ever defame your families or go after them?… If you are so desperate for power, put me in jail. I am ready for it,” Thackeray said while speaking in the Legislative Assembly on the last day of the budget session.
With a number of Shiv Sena leaders facing probes by Central agencies, Thackeray also said that the harassment of his cadre needs to stop. “Do not harrass my Shiv Sainiks who were the ones to save Mumbai during the 1992-93 riots,” he said while replying to the Opposition’s last week’s proposal seeking minister Nawab Malik’s resignation for his alleged links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Defending Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik, the CM said that had the 80-hour experiment of the government of BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis and NCP’s Ajit Pawar been successful, the now arrested leaders would have been sharing power with Fadnavis.
He also questioned the constant targeting of the families of MVA leaders. “Defaming each others’ families is a despicable, reprehensible and perverse thing to do. If you are a man, come forward like a man. You are defaming our families by misusing Central agencies,” he added.
The CM asked how the central agencies did not get a whiff of Malik’s alleged activities all these years. “This is a person who has been elected five times and has served as a minister. What do they do? Do they just bang vessels and light lamps?” he asked.
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LONDON (AP) — The 25-foot tall (7.6 meter) sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of Magnus Hanson-Heine’s house in rural Oxford, England, is now a protected landmark — and he’s not happy about it.
Hanson-Heine loves the installation, erected by his father and a local sculptor in 1986 as an anti-war, anti-nuke protest that still remains relevant now as bombs fall on Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin rattles his nuclear weapons.
But he says the Oxford City Council ignored his father’s other message this week when it designated the structure a heritage site that makes a “special contribution” to the community. Bill Heine installed the shark without the approval of local officials because he didn’t think they should have the right to decide what art people see, and the council spent years trying to remove the sculpture.
“Using the planning apparatus to preserve a historical symbol of planning law defiance is absurd on the face of it,” Hanson-Heine, a quantum chemist, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Bill Heine, an American expat who studied law at the University of Oxford, got the idea for the sculpture after he heard U.S. warplanes fly over his house one night in April 1986. When he woke up the next morning, he learned that the planes had been on their way to bomb Tripoli in retaliation for Libyan sponsorship of terrorist attacks on U.S. troops.
The image of a shark crashing through the roof captured the shock civilians must feel when bombs smash into their homes, Magnus Hanson-Heine said. His father died in 2019.
Heine and his friend sculptor John Buckley built the great white out of fiberglass, then installed it on Aug. 9, the 41st anniversary of the day the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
The shark’s anti-war message is just as important today as Russian bombs fall on Ukraine, Henson-Heine said.
“That’s obviously something that the people in Ukraine are experiencing right now in very real time,” he said. “But certainly when there’s nuclear weapons on the stage, which has been through my entire life, that’s always a very real threat.”
But the sight of three-quarters of a great white shark sticking out of the roof of a row of brick houses on a quiet suburban street isn’t always a serious subject.
The shark house has its own website, which features photos of Bill Heine and Buckley sharing a glass of wine alongside the sculpture and a young passer-by in a pose that makes it look as if she’s eating the shark.
Hanson-Heine recently had it repainted to restore the blue-green shimmer to the shark’s hide — keeping it in tip-top shape.
He laughs when asked whether the shark's head can be found inside the house.
“I believe it was an urban myth for a while that it was poking above the toilet,'' he said. “But no.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/UK-Shark-House-owner-dismayed-at-getting-17029245.php | 2022-03-25T20:45:17 | en | 0.962876 |
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — For a month now, Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian medical facilities, striking at hospitals, ambulances, medics, patients and even newborns — with at least 34 assaults independently documented by The Associated Press.
With every new attack, the public outcry for war crimes prosecutions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, his generals and top Kremlin advisers grows louder.
To convict, prosecutors will need to show that the attacks are not merely accidents or collateral damage. The emerging pattern, tracked day by day by the AP, shows evidence of a consistent and relentless onslaught against the very civilian infrastructure designed to save lives and provide safe haven to Ukraine’s most vulnerable.
AP journalists in Ukraine have seen the deadly results of Russian strikes on civilian targets first hand: the final moments of children whose tiny bodies were shredded by shrapnel or had limbs blown off; dozens of corpses, including those of children, heaped into mass graves.
Deliberate attacks on hospitals will likely be a top priority for war crimes prosecutors.
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This story is part of an ongoing investigation from The Associated Press and Frontline that includes the War Crimes Watch Ukraine interactive experience and an upcoming documentary.
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This accounting of attacks on medical facilities is part of a larger effort by the AP and the PBS series Frontline to track evidence of potential war crimes committed during the one of the largest conflicts in Europe since the end of World War II.
The War Crimes Watch project launched by AP and Frontline includes details of apparent targeted attacks as well as indiscriminate destruction of civilian buildings and infrastructure. The AP/Frontline online database will continue to be updated as long as the conflict lasts. The goal is to provide an independent accounting of events, apart from potentially inflated claims by advocates, or misinformation spread by state-backed propaganda.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights confirms at least 1,035 civilians, including 90 children, have died in the four weeks since the start of the war. Another 1,650 civilians have been wounded. Those numbers are certainly an undercount since scores of bodies now lie under the rubble of demolished buildings or were hurriedly buried in mass graves.
Still, Russian officials have denied hitting civilian targets, deriding the mounting documentation of atrocities as “Fake News” and claiming without evidence that dead and wounded civilians photographed were “crisis actors.”
Military attacks on civilian populations and their property are generally forbidden under international laws governing armed conflicts going back more than a century. Attacks on medical facilities and staff are considered particularly heinous under international law, which stipulates they must be protected. Still, bombing a hospital is not necessarily a war crime. Prosecutors must show that the destruction is intentional or reckless.
But the evidence of such attacks in Ukraine verified by AP and Frontline is both mounting and horrendous, and belies Russian claims that they were staged, self-inflicted or militarily justified.
Among the most thoroughly documented strikes was the March 9 bombing of a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol. Two AP journalists, the last international media to remain in the city after it was encircled by Russian forces, arrived at the hospital minutes after the explosion.
They saw a smoldering two-story deep crater in the interior courtyard, surrounded by the twisted and burned remains of several cars. The force of the explosion tore the facades off three surrounding buildings, blowing out the windows and wrecking rooms inside.
The AP journalists took photos and video of stunned survivors coming out of the hospital. A pregnant woman being carried on a stretcher held her belly, blood staining her sweatpants, her face pale. She later died, as did her baby.
Another pregnant woman, Mariana Vishegirskaya, her face bloodied, clutched her belongings in a plastic bag and made her way down a set of debris-strewn stairs and out of the ruined hospital.
Vishegirskaya was taken to another nearby hospital, Mariupol Regional Intensive Care, where she gave birth the following day to a baby girl she named Veronika.
Kremlin officials admitted Russian aircraft had struck the hospital but insisted all patients and staff had been evacuated prior to the bombing. At a U.N. Security Council meeting the day after the strike, Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia claimed the wounded pregnant women were “crisis actors,” playing the part of victims to frame Russia.
The assaults on medical facilities in Ukraine began with at least two attacks on the very first day of the war.
On Feb. 24, a local media organization posted a photo on Twitter of City Children’s Hospital No. 1 in Donetsk, struck by an artillery shell that damaged its top floor. AP found that the photo matches the pictures of the hospital from before the war.
Another photo posted on Twitter showed a large explosion and fire at Central City Hospital in Vuhledar, along with the crumpled nose cone of a rocket. Four civilians were killed.
Chris Weakley, a former U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, identified the cone as coming from a Russian Tochka ballistic missile, used to carry cluster munitions.
The stockpiling and use of cluster munitions is banned under an international convention signed by 110 countries, but Russia and Ukraine are not among them. However, their use in civilian areas is by definition indiscriminate — a violation of international humanitarian law.
Kharkiv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital No. 1 was also struck by a cluster bomb munition, wounding one staff member. Photos posted on the hospital’s social media account show an unexploded bomblet. Weakley identified it as a Russian-made 9N235 cluster submunition.
AP video from March 11 shows damage to ambulances and buildings at Dergachi Central Hospital, including expended cluster rocket canisters impaled in the ground. Weakley identified them as Russian-made 9M27K cargo rockets, which carry the same bomblets found in Kharkiv.
David Crane, who served as chief prosecutor of a United Nations-sponsored war crimes tribunal over atrocities committed during Sierra Leone’s civil war, said what is happening in Ukraine is worthy of prosecution.
“The bottom line is this is medieval warfare in the Ukraine,” Crane said. “It’s precisely the sort of warfare that the laws of armed conflict were designed to prevent."
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AP Investigative Reporter Michael Biesecker reported from Washington and News Verification Reporter Beatrice Dupuy from New York. AP reporters Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeny Maloletka in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sarah El Deeb in Beirut, Lebanon; Jason Dearen and Larry Fenn in New York; Juliet Linderman in Baltimore; Joshua Goodman in Miami; Richard Lardner and Helen Wieffering in Washington; Lori Hinnant in Paris; and James LaPorta in Wilmington, North Carolina, contributed. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/War-Crimes-Watch-Russia-s-onslaught-on-Ukrainian-17029302.php | 2022-03-25T20:45:17 | en | 0.960015 |
Which milk frother is best?
If you love lattes, you don’t need to hit the coffee shop every morning on the way to work. The best milk frothers help you create a wide variety of espresso drinks, plus other delicious creations, right in your own kitchen.
For instance, the Capresso Froth Max Milk Frother is generously sized to create pillowy puffs of delicious foam for your caffeinated cravings.
What to know before you buy a milk frother
Cordless vs. corded vs. manual frothers
Milk frothers come in a variety of styles that can be used in the kitchen or on the go.
- Cordless: Cordless frothers are great for camping or off-grid living. They also work well when traveling and are frequently smaller than their corded cousins, making for easier storage when space is at a premium. You need to lay in a supply of batteries, or make sure that your batteries are charged when you’re ready to go.
- Corded: This type generally has more power and works faster, but it requires a plug to work. Corded frothers are also less portable and tend to cost more.
- Manual: These use a pump, almost like a French press, to foam milk. They are simple to operate, and some are microwave safe for frothing both hot and cold milk.
Capacity
If you are in charge of coffee operations for two or more people every morning, you’ll want a larger capacity milk frother. This is most important if your frother holds milk in a container while it’s foamed.
Battery-powered frothers need to hold enough of a charge to prepare milk for more than one beverage, too.
Frothing disk vs. wire whip
The frothing mechanism can vary, even if the effect is mostly the same. Electric frothing pitchers usually have a disc that is inset, but handheld frothers generally use a wire whip.
What to look for in a quality milk frother
Dishwasher safe
Dried milk can be challenging – and smelly – to clean. A dishwasher-safe milk frother eliminates this problem. Simply rinse and place in the top rack of the dishwasher.
Heated carafe
High-end frothers have a heated carafe that allows you to froth milk and then gently warm it. You control the temperature so milk does not overheat.
Microwave safe
The best manual milk foamers are microwave safe, too. Create froth with the pump before slowly heating it in the microwave.
Long battery life (or rechargeable)
If you opt for a cordless, battery-powered milk frother, look for one with a long battery life. Even better, environmentally friendly versions feature rechargeable batteries.
How much you can expect to spend on a milk frother
Spend as much or as little as you like on this touch of everyday luxury. Most versions cost $5-$25.
How to create fluffy frothed milk
- Start with ice-cold milk and a cold frothing container. You can place both in the freezer while you prepare your espresso.
- Choose your preferred milk. Whole milk is sweeter, but low-fat creates piles of billowy foam.
- Plant-based milk can be foamed, but look for special formulations designed to be frothed. Soy and some types of oat milk work best, but rice milk is nearly impossible to foam.
- For hand-held frothers (corded or cordless), tilt the frothing container so that the tip of the frother sits in the middle of the milk.
- Aim for smaller bubbles — tap the container on the counter and swish gently if bubbles get too big. You may also need to submerge the frother more deeply.
- Once your foam is optimal, gently warm your milk to 140-155 degrees. Too hot and it will taste scalded and lose its sweet notes.
Milk frother FAQ
What can you use a milk frother for?
A. The milk frother isn’t just for creating foam for espresso drinks. You can also use it for:
- Whipping cream
- Mixing up protein drinks
- Foaming hot cocoa
- Beating eggs
- Preparing powdered matcha tea
What’s the difference between espresso drinks?
A. Espresso drinks have different ratios of espresso/coffee to milk and foam.
- Latte: 1/3 espresso, 2/3 warmed milk, dollop of foam
- Cappuccino: 1/3 espresso, 1/3 warmed milk, 1/3 foam
- Macchiato: espresso with a shot of steamed milk and dollop of foam
Other drinks that use steamed milk but no foam include cortados, flat whites and latte macchiatos.
What’s the best milk frother to buy?
Top milk frother
Capresso Froth Max Milk Frother
What you need to know: This is a convenient, pitcher-style frother that makes for easy serving.
What you’ll love: The pitcher is BPA-free and heats 12 ounces of milk (froths 8 ounces). It sits on a base and has a stay-cool handle with an automatic safety shut off.
What you should consider: It’s a lot of money to spend for a uni-tasking appliance. It’s also big for small kitchens with limited counter space.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top milk frother for the money
What you need to know: This is perfect for the occasional frothing of individual servings of milk.
What you’ll love: This is battery-operated and takes up very little counter space with its own stand. It quickly froths a wide variety of dairy and non-dairy milks and is available in 37 colors.
What you should consider: It’s not very durable — users report they stop working after extended heavy use — but it does come with a lifetime warranty against parts breaking or rusting. Two AA batteries are not included.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Ninja Coffee Bar Easy Milk Frother
What you need to know: This froths hot or cold milk easily.
What you’ll love: This uses press froth technology in a clear glass beaker with a plunger. It’s microwave safe — heat and froth in the same glass — and dishwasher safe, too.
What you should consider: Because it is glass, there’s always the chance it can break.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Wayfair
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A nearly $17 billion, 16-year transportation revenue package that will pay for a variety of projects across the state, including building four new hybrid electric ferries, was signed Friday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Inslee split his signing ceremonies between two cities, starting the morning at the Mukilteo Ferry Terminal to sign the revenue portion of the package. Later in the afternoon, he was to head to Tacoma to sign the bill that covers the projects paid for by the package.
"There is no way to tackle climate change without tackling transportation and that’s what these bills do,” Inslee said. “In this package we’re entwining the ability to get better, more efficient transportation with the way to save our climate.”
The plan gets $5.4 billion of its funding from a carbon pricing program signed into law last year that requires the state’s largest emitters, like refineries, to purchase credits for allowed emissions if they exceed a cap set by regulators. The rest comes from several other sources, including federal infrastructure money, funding from the state budget, and higher fees on enhanced licenses and license plates.
In addition to the new ferries, it electrifies two existing ferries and provides funding for more walking and biking corridors, highway maintenance and fulfilling the state’s court-ordered obligation to replace fish passage culverts. Funding is also provided to ensure that those age 18 and younger can ride for free on public transportation, including the state's ferries and Amtrak.
It also pays for the state’s share of the cost — $1 billion — to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River that connects Washington and Oregon.
Republicans, who are the minority party in both chambers, continued to express frustration that they weren’t part of what has normally been a bipartisan process in the past, and said that the new fees people will pay will affect residents already dealing with high inflation and rising gas prices.
The cost for a new enhanced license or ID, which people will ultimately need to fly domestically under the REAL ID Act if they don’t have a passport or other qualifying identification, will increase from the current $78 for a six-year license to $96. And the cost for a license plate for a new car will increase from $10 to $50.
And the fee new residents pay when first registering their car in Washington to check that it isn’t stolen will increase from $15 to $50 on July 1 and then to $75 in 2026.
Rep. Andrew Barkis, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation Committee, said that his proposal to use and redirect existing revenues in a way that would have avoided fee increases were not considered.
“We do need to address our transportation system," he said. “This process cut out the entirety of the Republican delegation. We were not considered in the policy."
Democratic Sen. Marko Liias, the chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, said the package is “changing the framework for how we approach transportation forever in this state.”
“No longer will it be how much concrete we can pour,” he said. “The answer will be how many people and how much freight can we move on these corridors.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Washington-governor-signs-17-billion-17029323.php | 2022-03-25T20:45:24 | en | 0.958193 |
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — For the fourth time in five years, Northwest Missouri State’s men’s basketball team is heading to the Division II national championship.
A 70-57 win over Black Hills State on Thursday night cemented the Bearcats in the national championship.
NWMSU is led by one of the best players in the land in Trevor Hudgins, the two-time reigning NABC D2 Player of the Year.
The two-time defending national champs have had another memorable season this year, 33-5 record, a ninth straight MIAA regular-season title, an MIAA tournament championship and now a national championship berth.
All-MIAA players Diego Bernard (12 ppg, 6 rpg, 36% 3P%) and Wes Dreamer (13 ppg, 6 rpg, 40% 3P%) round out the Bearcats’ trio of top scorers.
NW will be facing the Augusta Jaguars in the national championship after Augusta defeated Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Thursday night.
The championship will be played at 2 p.m. CT Saturday on CBS. | https://fox4kc.com/sports/college/nw-missouri-state/nw-missouri-state-mens-basketball-to-play-in-d2-national-championship/ | 2022-03-25T20:45:27 | en | 0.939599 |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Saying Florida public schools are making sexually explicit books available to children, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to give parents a say in what books schools can and can't have in their libraries.
It will force all elementary schools to provide a searchable list of every book available in their libraries or used in instruction. School boards must let the public know when they plan to consider approving new instructional books and allow anyone to comment. Any objections to the material, by a parent or not, must be reported to the state.
“Unfortunately, we've seen some books in some of these libraries, I mean you're talking about kids in middle school, some of the stuff that has ended up there is incredibly, incredibly disturbing stuff,” DeSantis said. “Parents understand when they see this. They understand how to blow the whistle on this.”
The bill also sets a 12-year term limit for school board members.
Democrats opposed the bill during the legislative session that ended earlier this month, saying that it amounts to censorship and compared it to book burning. But it aligns with DeSantis' agenda to squash school district decisions he disagrees with.
“You have some groups that want to take away classic books like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,' but they want things like, ‘Gender Queer: A Memoir,’ which is a cartoon-style book with graphic images of children performing sexual acts. That is wrong," DeSantis said. “They want to eliminate ’Of Mice and Men,' but ‘Lawn Boy,’ a book containing explicit passages of pedophilia is somehow accepted."
Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon said the bill is part of the governor's culture wars designed to help him win the 2024 Republican nomination for president.
“The governor's actions today and his words just illustrate his political ambitions. He cares more about rallying a base of people who will support him in a future presidential bid than he does about making sure Floridians have access to housing, have access to quality health care,” she said. “The bill he signed today is going to cause more stress and strain on school systems.”
The books DeSantis mentioned were political flashpoints in Texas and Virginia and were removed from libraries. Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin campaigned on the issue.
“Gender Queer” is an autobiography by Maia Kobabe, who was born female, but now identifies as nonbinary and asexual. The School Library Journal described it as a “book to be savored rather than devoured, this memoir will resonate with teens.”
“It’s also a great resource for those who identify as nonbinary or asexual as well as for those who know someone who identifies that way and wish to better understand,” the review continues.
“Lawn Boy” is a semiautobiographical novel by Jonathan Evison. The Washington Post said, “Evison takes a battering ram to stereotypes about race and class" and said it's "spiked with angst and anger, but also full of humor and lots of hope."
After controversy about the book, Evison said he received death threats and explained that a passage some find objectionable is not about pedophilia, but rather an adult character recalling a sexual encounter he had as a fourth grader with another fourth grader.
DeSantis also used the bill signing ceremony to denounce critical race theory in schools, mask mandates in schools and Dr. Anthony Fauci. He also encouraged people to pay attention to school board races and vote members out.
“Florida now joins places like Russia and China, modern-day examples of what happens when free thought and free speech are tightly restricted in all levels of society, including in school,” Senate Democratic Leader Lauren Book said in a statement. “As a mom and a former classroom teacher — and simply an American who values freedom of speech — this is a very, very scary place to be.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/education/article/DeSantis-signs-bill-to-keep-explicit-books-out-of-17029306.php | 2022-03-25T20:45:30 | en | 0.97841 |
The hot — and expensive — housing market isn’t limited to just homebuyers. According to a new report from Redfin, rent prices are on the rise throughout the U.S., putting pressure on many already burdened by rising inflation.
Nationally, the average rental rate in February increased by 15% compared to the same time last year, Redfin’s analysis found. Rising rent costs can largely be blamed on the housing market, which is so competitive in some areas that bidding wars are becoming a common part of the homebuying experience.
“The cost of housing is going up for homebuyers and renters, but it’s going up more quickly for homebuyers,” said Redfin Chief Economist Daryl Fairweather. “That’s because mortgage rates have increased sharply, and will likely continue to do so.”
As owning a home becomes more costly, some buyers are opting to rent instead. That, in turn, is also pushing rental prices up, Fairweather explained.
Unfortunately for renters, many metro areas are seeing rates rise faster than the national average. In Austin, Texas, for example, rent is up 40% since Feb. 2021, according to Redfin. Portland, Oregon, isn’t far behind at 39%.
According to the report, these 10 metro areas experienced the fastest-rising rents over the last year:
- Austin, Texas: +40%
- Portland, Ore.: +39%
- New York City: +36%
- Newark, NJ: +36%
- Nassau County, NY: +36%
- New Brunswick, NJ: +36%
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla. +30%
- West Palm Beach, Fla. +30%
- Miami: +30%
- Denver: +29%
These 10 metro areas were on the opposite end of Redfin’s rent analysis, experiencing the smallest price jumps, according to the report:
- St. Louis, Mo.: +3.3%
- Minneapolis: +3.7%
- Chicago: +4.5%
- Cleveland: +5.3%
- Charlotte, NC: +7.5%
- Detroit: +8.2%
- Warren, Mich.: +8.2%
- Columbus, Ohio: +8.5%
- Anaheim, Calif.: +9.8%
- Los Angeles: +9.8%
Of the most populous metro areas, rent fell in only two: Milwaukee (-2.6%) and Kansas City, Mo. (-1.5%).
But despite similar reports that Kansas City rent is falling, local real estate experts disagree, saying the need for affordable housing is at an all-time high in Kansas City. The Mid-America Regional Council reports 93-94% of available housing in the city is occupied, and new renters are forced to pay high prices.
Redfin’s full report can be found here.
What to know about rising rent prices
A hot housing market isn’t the only reason for rising rent prices. Jon Leckie, a data journalist with Rent.com, believes there is a second contributing factor: migration.
“When the pandemic hit, a lot of people left major cities which increased prices in the suburbs and exurbs. But as rents fell in the core metros, people returned, including those who couldn’t previously afford to live in core metros,” Leckie told Nexstar. This caused demand and prices to increase to levels “at or beyond what we saw before the pandemic.”
People looking to move — while trying to dodge rising rents — might want to avoid secondary markets and try for the Midwest, according to Leckie.
“We’ve seen a lot of increases in areas surrounding Phoenix and other areas around Los Angeles, also in Orlando, Florida, and Portland, Oregon,” Leckie said. “We’re seeing decreases in a lot of Rust Belt cities like Toledo, Ohio; Indianapolis; and Pittsburgh, and in some Midwestern markets like Kansas City, Missouri, and Lincoln, Nebraska.”
While Leckie predicted rent prices will continue to rise through 2022, the rate of growth will likely be slower. He noted the year-over-year percent changes appeared extra high because of a dip in rent prices through 2020. | https://fox4kc.com/business/rent-has-risen-fastest-in-these-us-cities-analysis-finds/ | 2022-03-25T20:45:33 | en | 0.940412 |
Fourth-seeded Arkansas used what amounted to a sneak attack to take down No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, not only knocking the Bulldogs out the NCAA Tournament but taking out a whole lot of fans still hoping to win bragging rights and office pools.
Then again, the number of busted brackets before the Elite Eight just might mean everyone gets a second chance.
Defending national champion Baylor? The first No. 1 seed to go down. Gonzaga and Arizona, two more top seeds and betting favorites, joined the Bears on the sidelines in the Sweet 16. Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn? All ousted before the opening weekend was even done.
In the case of the John Calipari's bunch, that meant getting bumped by No. 15 seed Saint Peter's in the opening round, a loss that probably doesn't feel any better even with the Peacocks topping Murray State to reach the Sweet 16.
It all left exasperated SportsCenter anchor Hannah Storm to say: “My bracket's busted. It's just so bad right now.”
Then, after a beat: “I do have a lot of company though.”
No kidding.
The Bulldogs were a 10-point favorite to beat the Razorbacks and Arizona a 1.5-point favorite to beat Houston on Thursday night. Instead, they became the first 1-seeds to lose on the same day in the Sweet 16 or earlier since the 2011 tourney.
“Just being the underdog, man, use it to your advantage,” Arkansas' Trey Wade said. “They never see you coming.”
Very few people did anyway.
There were 17.3 million brackets filled out in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge and just 8.3% of them had Arkansas reaching the Elite Eight, an less than half of those have the Hogs going to the Final Four. By contrast, nearly 23% of brackets had Gonzaga winning it all.
In fact, nearly two-thirds of brackets had Gonzaga, Baylor or Kentucky advancing through their half of the bracket to reach the final in New Orleans.
Meanwhile, more brackets (19.9%) had Houston losing in the first round than advancing to the Elite Eight (14.2%), even though the Cougars made it to the Sweet 16 in 2019 and the Final Four just last year.
Houston, by the way, is now the favorite to win it all, according to FanDuel Sportsbook, ahead of No. 2 seed Duke and Kansas, the lone remaining 1-seed entering Friday.
The quest for a perfect bracket in the men's tournament? The NCAA said that was over before last weekend, the moment that No. 11 seed Iowa State beat LSU on Friday night to eliminate the final two perfect brackets remaining after the first 24 games.
And with the Cyclones playing No. 10 seed Miami on Friday night, at least one double-digit seed will be in the Elite Eight.
“You get seeded a certain spot, who cares about that? I tell the team all the time, if you’re in the dance, you’ve got a darned good team because you earned your way into the dance," said Miami coach Jim Larrañaga, who knows all about busting up brackets after taking No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.
“To me, it doesn’t matter what you’re seeded. It’s not reflective of who you are,” Larrañaga said. “It’s just a number put by your name to start the tournament. What matters is how you play and how you match up against your opponent."
Yet plenty of well-known prognosticators have had trouble figuring those matchups out.
Television star Jimmy Fallon lamented his fortunes after picking Gonzaga and Tennessee to reach the Final Four. Former President Barack Obama had the Bulldogs playing Arizona in the title game and he hasn't fared a whole lot better in the women's tournament, where he had Baylor advancing to the Final Four with South Carolina, UConn and Stanford. The Bears were upset by South Dakota in the second round.
“We don't need Barack Obama's bracket. We don't need Jimmy Fallon. We don't need none of that, OK?" said Hailey Van Lith, the star guard for the top-seeded Cardinals. “Look, we are still here. That is what it is.”
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Seeded women continue to have major struggles at the Miami Open.
Coco Gauff is one of the few exceptions.
The 14th-seeded American, whose home is about a 45-minute drive north from where she's playing this event, got past Wang Qiang of China 7-5, 6-4 on Friday — avenging a first-round loss to her in the Australian Open earlier this year.
“I think I hit a lot of good shots on the run,” Gauff said.
Gauff, who turned 18 earlier this month, made her WTA Tour debut three years ago at the Miami Open. She reached the second round that year, was ousted in the second round last year and now is in the third round at Miami for the first time.
“I was just super motivated today," Gauff said.
No. 16 Jessica Pegula felt right at home too, even though the tournament is held on the grounds where the NFL's Miami Dolphins practice and play — and her parents, Terry and Kim Pegula, just happen to own the Dolphins' AFC East rival Buffalo Bills. Pegula had little trouble beating 2018 Miami Open winner Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-4.
More than half of the women who were seeded going into the tournament won’t even be around for the first weekend, with four more — No. 10 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, No. 20 Elise Mertens of Belgium, No. 24 Sorana Cirstea of Romania, and No. 29 Liudmila Samsonova of Russia — getting eliminated in second-round matches Friday.
Their losses meant 15 seeded women have now lost their opening matches at the tournament, with 11 — including top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka — getting defeated Thursday alone. Another four seeded women have withdrawn with either injuries or ailments, meaning no more than 13 of the original 32 seeds will get to the third round.
Shelby Rogers of the U.S. used 15 aces — and saved nine of the 10 break points she faced — to beat Ostapenko, 6-3, 7-6 (0). It was Rogers’ second win over Ostapenko this month, after also topping her in a second-round matchup at Indian Wells.
“There are no easy matches out here,” said Rogers, who has now made the third round at Miami for just the second time; she also did it in 2017. “Whether you play the same people week to week or not, you’ve still got to go out there and perform. I just tried to focus on my side of the court and did the best I could.”
Madison Brengle of the U.S. beat Samsonova 6-4, 6-0. China’s Zhang Shuai needed only 53 minutes to beat Cirstea, 6-1, 6-1. Linda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic topped Mertens 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
Other seeded second-round women's winners Friday included No. 17 Elena Rybakina and No. 21 Veronika Kudermetova.
Later Friday, No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland can clinch the world’s No. 1 ranking if she defeats Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland in a second-round match. It’s Swiatek’s first match of the tournament; she, like all seeds, got a bye into the second round.
Swiatek would be assured of moving into the No. 1 spot because Ashleigh Barty, who had held the top spot until her retirement announcement earlier this week, has asked to be removed from the next set of rankings. The updated list will come out after the Miami Open concludes.
“We're going to definitely miss Ash on tour," Gauff said.
In men's second-round play Friday, No. 10 Cameron Norrie improved to 12-2 in his past 14 outings by beating fellow British player Jack Draper in straight sets. No. 17 Pablo Carreno Busta and No. 31 Fabio Fognini also prevailed.
Hugo Gaston knocked out No. 20 John Isner of the U.S., topping the 2018 Miami champion 7-6 (5), 6-4. Isner had 22 aces and was broken just once, but went 0 for 5 on his break chances.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Celebrate the start of spring with a new outfit! Oak Park Mall is hosting its Great Gift Card Giveaway at Francesca’s on Saturday, March 26. The first 25 people at the store starting at 10 a.m. will receive a $25 Francesca’s gift card.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Match Play (all times local):
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3 p.m.
Richard Bland won the Battle of Blighty and is headed to the knockout stage of the Dell Technologies Match Play.
The 49-year-old Bland faced 48-year-old Lee Westwood in an All-England match that featured the two oldest players in the field. They have known each other since junior golf. Bland won on the 17th hole and won his group.
Bland only became eligible for the 64-man field two months ago when he was runner-up in the Dubai Desert Classic. Now he still holds out hope of advancing far enough on the weekend to move into the top 50 and get to the Masters.
Dustin Johnson also is playing this weekend at Austin Country Club. He was 2 up over Max Homa, assured of a half-point he needed to win his group.
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2:30 p.m.
The winning streak of Billy Horschel at the Dell Technologies Match Play is over. No matter. He halved his match with Thomas Pieters, and that was all he needed to win his group and move into the knockout stage this weekend.
Horschel is the defending champion. His streak dated to the third day of round-robin matches last year and he still had effectively miles to reach Tiger Woods and his record 13 straight wins. That was when the entire tournament was single-elimination. Geoff Ogilvy once had 11 straight wins until losing in the championship match in 2007 the year after he won.
Tyrrell Hatton was undefeated in his group and advanced by beating Daniel Berger. Also advancing was Seamus Power of Ireland. That all but assures Power will stay in the top 50 in the world and get into the Masters.
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JASPER, Texas — A Jasper County convenience store clerk is accused of pocketing more than $53,000 from the register of a Buna gas station.
Sabrina Leanna Holmes, 37, of Buna, was arrested by Jasper County Deputies and Texas DPS Troopers on March 23, 2022, on a warrant for a third-degree felony charge of theft of property between $30,000 and $150,000 according to a probable cause affidavit.
Holmes had been working as a clerk at the Valero Convenience Store on Highway 96 in Buna since August 2021 and was fired on March 9, 2022, after admitting to her employer that she had been stealing from the store according to the affidavit.
The store manager noticed on March 9 that the store’s inventory was off and, when they investigated, found a large amount of refunds and voided sales the affidavit said.
After checking security camera footage for dates that matched the refunds and voids the manager said they noticed Holmes was only ringing up $.01 when checking out customers.
They observed her taking customer’s money and making change and then pocketing the receipts according to the affidavit.
The manager told deputies that Holmes would later tally up the receipts and take cash from the register.
Security video also showed Holmes taking money from the register according to the affidavit.
She also scanned other items such as phone chargers and vapes and would steal money worth the total of those items according to deputies.
After the theft was discovered and Holmes was confronted by the manager, she admitted to them that she had been stealing and was fired.
The investigation revealed that, in the roughly eight months of her employment, Holmes had stolen $53,657.38 from the store.
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She is being held in the Jasper County jail where her bail has been set at $10,000 according to the sheriff’s office.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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Riyadh: The Arab coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, announced that Iran-backed Houthi militia attacked a Saudi Aramco oil facility setting off a huge fire visible from Jeddah’s Formula One track as part of a series of attacks on Friday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
Images and Videos from the spot circulating showed a raging fire and large smoke clouds near the Formula 1 track, where several drivers took part in free practice.
The Iran-backed Houthis have targeted two tanks belonging to Aramco facility in Jeddah, the coalition confirmed.
Brig Gen Turki Al Maliki, the Saudi-led coalition spokesman, said the Aramco oil distribution plant was hit at 5.25 pm local time which led to a fire at the site. The fire was later brought under control by a civil defence team with no casualties reported.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy confirmed that the oil distribution plant in Jeddah, as well as the Al Mukhtara station in Jazan, were hit by a projected missile.
The coalition confirmed material damage to some civilian vehicles and residential homes and shops in Dhahran Al Janoub as a result of the attacks.
The coalition said forces had shot down the projectiles, they caused a small fire at an electricity distribution facility in the Jazan town of Samtah. There was also flooding around the national water company in Dhahran Al Janoub after the site was hit.
The Joint Forces Command of the coalition published video footage documenting the interception and destruction of a number of booby-trapped drones launched by the Houthi militia, and said that they targeted civilian objects and economic facilities.
The coalition, said six drones were launched during the early hours of Friday, and three more were intercepted later in the day prior to reports from Jizan and Dhahran, the South.
Houthi statement
In turn, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said that their forces carried out the “third operation to break the siege” in response to “the continuation of the siege and the inauguration of the eighth year of steadfastness.”
He revealed the targeting of “Aramco’s facilities in Jeddah and vital facilities in Riyadh with a batch of winged missiles,” in addition to targeting “Ras Tanura refinery and Rabigh oil refinery with large numbers of drones.”
The Houthis claimed a total of 16 attacks on several targets.
On March 19, Houthi attack targeted a water desalination plant in Al-Shaqeeq, an Aramco facility in Jizan in the south of the country, a gas station in Khamis Mushait, and a power station in Dhahran al Janub.
The militia used Iranian cruise missiles to target an Aramco distribution station in Jizan, as well as to target a water desalination plant in Al-Shaqiq. He also confirmed that the Air Defense Forces intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile that was launched to target Jazan.
On March 10, the kingdom’s oil refinery was attacked by drone, causing a small fire that did not cause injuries or affect supplies.
In January 2022, one of the biggest attacks on UAE soil ignited a fire at Abu Dhabi’s main international airport and set fuel tanker trucks ablaze in a nearby industrial area.
Houthi rebels often target airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil exporters, against the backdrop of the kingdom’s leadership of the military coalition against them.
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(The Hill) — A new male contraceptive was found to be 99 percent effective when tested in mice, according to research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Wednesday.
Gunda Georg, a medicinal chemist who leads the University of Minnesota lab conducting the research, said that human testing of the nonhormonal male contraceptive could begin as soon as the third or fourth quarter of 2022, according to a press release from the ACS.
“Scientists have been trying for decades to develop an effective male oral contraceptive,” said Abdullah Al Noman, a graduate student involved in the research.
Currently, no approved male birth control bills are on the market, he said.
The ACS noted that the majority of male birth control pills in the works use hormones to target testosterone, which could potentially cause side effects such as weight gain, depression and increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
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“We wanted to develop a non-hormonal male contraceptive to avoid these side effects,” Noman said.
When given orally to male mice for four weeks, the compound researchers tested was found to be 99 effective in preventing pregnancy in female mice. No observable side effects were detected, and male mice were able to reproduce within four to six weeks after they stopped receiving the compound.
“Because it can be difficult to predict if a compound that looks good in animal studies will also pan out in human trials, we’re currently exploring other compounds, as well,” noted Georg. | https://fox4kc.com/health/male-birth-control-pill-99-percent-effective-in-mice-study-finds/ | 2022-03-25T20:45:45 | en | 0.966082 |
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — UMass has found a new leader for its basketball program, hiring Frank Martin as its coach Friday.
Martin, 56, takes over the Minutemen program from Matt McCall, who was fired this month after going 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst.
“It is evident that there is tremendous alignment in place to win and do it the right way,” Martin said in a statement. “Let’s all get on this ride together, let’s dream big and let’s be relentless at making our dreams a reality.”
Martin arrives following his own dismissal from South Carolina last week after 10 seasons and just one NCAA appearance with the Gamecocks. But that appearance to cap the 2016-17 season culminated in South Carolina’s first Final Four berth. Martin was 171-147 during his tenure at the school.
He had more NCAA tournament bids in his first head coaching job at Kansas State from 2007 to 2012, leading the Wildcats to March Madness four times including an Elite Eight berth in 2010. He finished 117-54 overall.
The move to Massachusetts will be a homecoming for Martin’s wife, Anya (Forrest), a 1998 UMass alum who ran track for the school.
Martin’s hiring by UMass was announced a day after former Chattanooga coach Lamont Paris was tapped as Martin’s successor at South Carolina.
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HAMSHIRE, Texas — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help in locating a missing 61-year-old man who, "suffers from dementia and has some trouble speaking."
Glenn Earl Stanley was last seen on Wednesday, March 23 morning at his home located in the 13000 block of Mustang Trail in Hamshire, according to a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office release.
Deputies are asking residents within that area to check their property as “Mr. Stanley may have wandered away from home.”
Stanley is described as a White man who is about 5 foot 8 inches tall and 170 pounds. He has “salt and pepper” hair and a chest-length beard.
Stanley is reported to have last been seen wearing a light brown shirt, blue jeans, and flip-flops, according to the release.
Residents located in the area where Stanley was last seen will see an increased presence of law enforcement as deputies search for him.
Anyone with information that could lead to the location of Stanley is asked to contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 409-835-8411.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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From a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office release:
MISSING PERSON ALERT – JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS
Glenn Earl Stanley, Age 61
Description – White male, 5’8”, 170 lbs. His hair is salt and pepper in color and he has a chest length beard. He was last seen wearing a light brown shirt, blue jeans and flip flops.
Mr. Stanley suffers from dementia and has some trouble speaking. Mr. Stanley was last seen around 8:00 a.m. on 03/23/2022 at his residence located in the 13000 block of Mustang Trail – Sunchase Addition, Hamshire, Jefferson County, Texas.
Residents in that area are asked to check their property as Mr. Stanley may have wandered away from home. Neighbors will see an increased presence of Law Enforcement as Deputies continue to search the area.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office at 409-835-8411.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Morel mushrooms might look like something out of a horror movie, however, hunting for these small mushrooms from about March to early May is serious business.
A business so serious that according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, many mushroom hunters refuse to reveal their morel spots even to their closest friends and family.
So how do you find morel mushrooms?
According to the MDC, morels are finicky fungal organisms. The underground portion of the fungus only produces mushrooms in some years — mostly based on soil temperature and moisture availability (but other factors play a role, too).
Here are a few tips to help you narrow down good places to look for morel mushrooms in Missouri, according to the MDC.
- Morels commonly appear after warm, moist spring weather with daytime temperatures in the low 70s and nighttime temperatures in the 50s.
- South and west facing slopes are good sites to look for morels early in the season, with north and east slopes being better for later-season morel hunting.
- Morels tend to favor tree species such as elms, ashes, cottonwoods, and even domesticated apples. Look around recently dead trees but beware of falling branches.
- Areas disturbed by flooding, fire, or logging often produce loads of morels.
- Morels peak when lilacs bloom!
- Most public lands in Missouri allow the collecting of mushrooms for personal use, but always check the regulations before you collect to be sure.
The MDC said to remember these are just general guidelines and morels have been found growing in all sorts of locations and conditions.
Make sure knowing how to correctly identify morel mushrooms as consuming toxic mushrooms can lead to mild stomach issues, to organ failure or even death, according to the MDC. | https://fox4kc.com/news/how-to-find-morel-mushrooms-in-missouri/ | 2022-03-25T20:45:51 | en | 0.955554 |
An ice shelf the size of New York City has collapsed in East Antarctica, an area long thought to be stable and not hit much by climate change, concerned scientists said Friday.
The collapse, captured by satellite images, marked the first time in human history that the frigid region had an ice shelf collapse. It happened at the beginning of a freakish warm spell last week when temperatures soared more than 70 degrees (40 Celsius) warmer than normal in some spots of East Antarctica. Satellite photos show the area had been shrinking rapidly the last couple of years, and now scientists say they wonder if they have been overestimating East Antarctica’s stability and resistance to global warming that has been melting ice rapidly on the smaller western side and the vulnerable peninsula.
The ice shelf, about 460 square miles wide holding in the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from the warmer water, collapsed between March 14 and 16, said ice scientist Catherine Walker of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. She said scientists have never seen this happen in this part of the continent and that makes it worrisome.
“The Glenzer Conger ice shelf presumably had been there for thousands of years and it’s not ever going to be there again,” said University of Minnesota ice scientist Peter Neff.
The issue isn’t the amount of ice lost in this collapse, Neff and Walker said. It’s negligible. But it’s more about the where it happened.
Neff said he worries that previous assumptions about East Antarctica’s stability may not be so right. And that’s important because the water frozen in East Antarctica if it melted — and that’s a millennia-long process if not longer — would raise seas across the globe more than 160 feet. It’s more than five times the ice in the more vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet, where scientists have concentrated much of their research.
Scientists had been seeing the ice shelf shrink a bit since the 1970s, Neff said. Then in 2020, the shelf’s ice loss sped up to losing about half of itself every month or so, Walker said.
“We probably are seeing the result of a lot of long time increased ocean warming there,” Walker said. “it’s just been melting and melting.”
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A man who attacked a gate agent at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport has been banned from flying with Southwest Airlines.
The man, identified as Courtney Drummond, was also arrested and charged with simple battery, battery and obstruction.
Officers with the Atlanta Police Department say Drummond was aboard an aircraft that was scheduled to depart Tuesday morning, but he became unruly and “refused to comply with the flight attendants.” The plane returned to the gate, and Drummond was removed.
Afterward, police say Drummond threatened and assaulted a Southwest staffer. Footage of the incident that began circulating on social media appears to show the suspect stepping behind a gate agent’s desk and punching him in the face.
“Southwest Airlines has zero tolerance for any type of assault against our Employees or Customers,” the carrier wrote in a statement shared with Nexstar. “As a result of this inexcusable attack, the individual has been banned from flying with Southwest Airlines.”
Southwest thanked its team for attempting to diffuse the situation, as well as the Atlanta Police Department for responding to the scene. The airline “fully supports” the police investigation, the airline added.
Drummond was transported to a county jail following the incident, police confirmed in a press release.
Officials with the FAA had previously acknowledged a “disturbing increase” in reports of unruly passengers in early 2021, specifically noting a “proliferation” of such conduct stemming from passengers’ refusal to wear masks, and “following the January 6, 2021 violence at the U.S. Capitol,” according to an order signed by FAA Chief Steve Dickson.
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WASHINGTON — World Wrestling Entertainment star Paul "Triple H" Levesque has announced he has retired from in-ring competition after suffering "heart failure" last year.
"Triple H" made the announcement during an interview with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. Clips of their discussion were released Friday morning in which the WWE legend revealed he had a defibrillator implanted in his chest after what had previously been described as a "cardiac event" in Sept. 2021.
Levesque, 52, explained that he had been dealing with viral pneumonia at the time, which increasingly got worse and he eventually started coughing up blood. Doctors found he had fluid in his lungs and fluid around his heart.
"I was in heart failure, bad," Levesque described to Smith. "I was nosediving and sort of at the one-yard line...where you don't want to be."
"There's moments in there when they're putting you out for stuff and you think 'is this it,' 'do you wake up from this? It's tough to swallow," Levesque recounted about his time in the hospital.
WWE previously stated Levesque's "cardiac event" had been caused by a "genetic heart issue."
Levesque currently serves as WWE's Executive Vice President of Global Talent Strategy & Development. He wrestled for years as "Triple H" and was a 14-time world champion. In recent years, he's made sporadic in-ring appearances. He last wrestled in a match against Randy Orton in January 2021.
He now says that was his last-ever professional wrestling match.
"As far as in-ring...I'm done. I will never wrestle again," Levesque stated during the ESPN interview.
The full 15-minute interview will be released Friday evening on ESPN+.
After ESPN shared a preview of the interview, Stephen A. Smith explained that Levesque is still recovering and only around 50% of himself.
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TOPEKA (KSNT) – Nearly three years after a Washburn football player was shot to death on the same day his best friend was drafted to the NFL, a jury has reached a verdict Friday for the man accused of murdering him.
KSNT 27 News has had a reporter in the courtroom for the duration of the trial for Francisco Mendez. He was accused of killing Dwane Simmons in April 2019 outside a house party, where the football player was celebrating his teammate Corey Ballentine’s drafting to the NFL. The jury in Shawnee County District Court returned the following verdicts for the 12 counts Mendez faced:
- One count of first-degree murder – Guilty
- Four counts of attempted first-degree murder – Guilty
- Seven counts of aggravated armed robbery – Guilty
The verdict came after witness testimony wrapped up on Thursday. The courtroom heard from various people including Ballentine himself, people who attended the party for Ballentine, and investigators who worked on the case after Simmons’ death.
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Mendez, who was just 18 at the time of the shooting, had already been jailed three days after the shooting in connection with a separate crime. Shawnee County District Court records showed a judge dismissed the three aggravated armed robbery charges he faced in that case in July 2019. It was not until that month that investigators tied Mendez to the shooting that killed the football player.
The trial for Dwane Simmons’ murder has been long coming, seeing some delays with requests from Mendez’s attorney such as moving the trial to another venue, Mendez asking for a new attorney, and also court shutdowns from the pandemic. Even with a summer 2021 drop-in COVID-19 cases, the Shawnee County District Court again halted dockets for all proceedings except jury trials towards the end of the year.
With Shawnee County COVID-19 cases in the single digits since March 16, the jury trial for Mendez began on the same day. Ballentine took the stand on March 17 to testify about what happened to his best friend, describing a car pulling up to their house party and asking questions before driving away and shooting at them. He identified Mendez as the car’s driver from a photo lineup. | https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-news/dwane-simmons-trial-jury-reaches-verdict-in-topeka-murder/ | 2022-03-25T20:46:04 | en | 0.975481 |
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President Joe Biden asked former NFL running back Herschel Walker and TV personality Mehmet Oz, M.D., to step down from their positions on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. The two Republicans are running for U.S. Senate and were originally appointed to their positions by former President Donald Trump.
“President Biden is so scared about us beating Raphael Warnock that he has asked me to resign from my unpaid position on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition,” Walker tweeted on Thursday in reference to his opponent in the Georgia Senate race. “I'm not a quitter so you are going to have to fire me.”
In a video shared on Twitter, Oz also addressed a letter from the Biden administration asking that he resign from his position by close of business or he would be terminated.
Comedian Steve Hofstetter claimed in a viral tweet that Oz “violated the Hatch Act by running for Pennsylvania senate while employed by the government.”
THE QUESTION
Is it a violation of the Hatch Act to run for political office while working for the federal government?
THE SOURCES
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), federal agency tasked with enforcing the Hatch Act
- Congressional Research Service, nonpartisan public policy research institute of the U.S. Congress
- Advisory opinion from OSC Hatch Act Unit Chief Ana Galindo Marron
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
THE ANSWER
This claim needs context. While most federal employees cannot run for partisan political office under the Hatch Act, some special government employees can do so.
WHAT WE FOUND
The Hatch Act is a federal law passed in 1939 that limits certain political activities of federal employees, along with some state and local government workers connected to federally funded programs.
The provisions of the Hatch Act apply in one way or another to “all federal employees, other than the President and Vice President, in the executive branch of the federal government,” according to a 2014 report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
“The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation,” the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the federal agency tasked with enforcing the Hatch Act, explains on its website.
Federal employees who need to comply with the Hatch Act are classified into two groups: “less restricted” and “further restricted.” Most federal employees are in the first group. Both less and further restricted employees are not allowed to be candidates for partisan political office, according to the OSC and the CRS report.
Less restricted employees can engage in other political activities, including contributing money to campaigns or parties and attending political fundraising functions, among others. They can also run for office in nonpartisan elections, which are those not tied to a political party. Further restricted employees are those who work in intelligence and enforcement agencies, such as the FBI, and are prohibited from engaging in partisan political management or campaigns.
However, special government employees (SGEs), such as those who are part of a commission, may run for partisan political office, according to a 2019 advisory opinion issued by OSC Hatch Act Unit Chief Ana Galindo Marron. But they cannot participate in campaign-related activity while performing official government work.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition are considered special government employees and are not paid for their work. Former President Donald Trump appointed Oz and Herschel as council members, who advise the president on the council’s goals of expanding and encouraging youth sports participation, and promoting the overall physical fitness, health and nutrition of Americans.
Oz and Walker claim they were pushed out because they disagree with Biden’s policies. But a White House spokesperson told VERIFY the Biden administration does not allow candidates running for federal office to serve on presidential boards.
While it isn’t a violation of the Hatch Act for Oz and Herschel to run for Senate, they could have violated the act if they performed campaign work while they were on duty.
“While an SGE is generally not subject to the Hatch Act while off duty, a Commission member may not use their official title when engaging in off-duty political activity by, for example, including their Commission title in the signature block of a political fundraising letter. Doing so gives the appearance that the member is acting in an official capacity and, therefore, on duty. We consider such activity to be prohibited by the Hatch Act,” the 2019 advisory opinion says.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Lawmakers return to the Kansas statehouse next week after an overnight session extending into early morning hours on Thursday.
Another busy week lies ahead, kicking off Monday morning, as legislators work through different House and Senate bills in conference committees.
Bills that have recently passed could change, and other big election year items, like sports betting and eliminating the state’s food sales tax, could gain traction in the weeks ahead.
“AXE THE FOOD TAX”
Gov. Laura Kelly has pushed for a full elimination of the state’s food sales tax, touting her “Axe the Food Tax” plan in recent weeks. However, Senate and House plans for addressing the issue have shifted from the original proposal.
While the House is considering a gradual reduction, one Senate plan is pushing the date for a full elimination to go into effect to 2024. The governor’s original proposal would have eliminated the food tax by this summer.
Sen. Ethan Corson, a Democrat from Fairway, sits on the Senate committee that voted to pass out the plan. In an interview with Kansas Capitol Bureau, Corson said while he’s excited to see a bill that completely eliminates the tax, he’s hoping there will be room for negotiation once the bill moves to the floor.
“Part of the conversation should this bill get to the floor will be about what the right implementation date is,” Corson said. “I would favor an implementation date of June of this year.”
SPORTS BETTING BILLS
Sports betting is another bipartisan issue that’s made a comeback this year. Sen. Rob Olson, R-Olathe, who chairs the Senate committee on Federal and State Affairs, said the Senate is weighing options, like including “apps” for smart phones in their version of the bill.
“It’ll be the best benefit for Kansans that are using it. They’ll be able to have that app on their phone…the young people have kind of gone this modern way…” he said.
The House is also looking at their own version of the bill, House Bill 2740. In a hearing Tuesday, the bill received strong support from casinos, but pushback from the greyhound industry. Lawmakers in the House and Senate will have to reach an agreement to get something passed to go over differences in the bill.
“We’ll see if we can’t work ’em out, but we got to see what passes before because there could be additional amendments put on,” Olson said. “But, I think it’s a bill that when me and the House get together we’ll be able to hash out the differences.”
LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Other popular items, like medical marijuana, could also gain some traction.
Several days of hearings were held, as lawmakers heard from many supporters of a bill allowing medical marijuana sales and regulation.
The bill is still in committee, but in an interview, Sen. Cindy Holscher, D-Overland Park, who also sits on the Senate Fed and State committee, said supporters have helped push the issue forward.
“People are helping push this along to the point that conservative leadership feels that something needs to be done as far as addressing the topic,” Holscher said.
Proponents of the bill urged lawmakers to pass something this year.
“Let’s not let perfection be the enemy of this bill,” R.E. “Tuck” Duncan, representing the Kansas Cannabis Industry Association, said during the first day of hearings.
The lawyer and lobbyist said lawmakers will have to get “into the weeds” to make progress, touting that the bill has been “well-vetted.”
“This thing has been worked on for two years. There’s been lots of input, lots of conversations, huge conversations in the House…” Duncan said, mentioning a strong majority of lawmakers voting in favor of similar legislation last year.
According to Senator Rob Olson, R-Olathe, who chairs the committee, the measure is likely to gain support on both sides of the aisle.
“Almost every state in the country has passed some form of medical marijuana. I think there’s a good possibility that we come up with a bill that will pass out,” Olson said.
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ST. LOUIS — The state of Missouri is one step closer to legalizing sports wagering. The Missouri House overwhelming approved sports gaming legislation Thursday.
The House passed House Bill 2502 and House Bill 2556 with a vote of 115-33. The legislation must still be approved by the Senate before sports gaming could be legal in Missouri.
There has been a unified push this legislative session from professional sports teams and casinos to legalize sports wagering.
“We’re very excited about the possibility of keeping Missourians in the state of Missouri to enjoy a product that they’re requesting,” said Mike Jerlecki, vice president and general manager for Hollywood and River City Casinos.
He said guests routinely ask when sports wagering will be coming to Missouri.
“Every week thousands of people travel across state lines into Illinois to place wagers, and we’re excited to keep those folks at home,” Jerlecki said.
It’s not clear if the legislation will be approved in the Senate. Joe Futrell, owner of the Post Sports Bar and Grill in Creve Coeur, hopes lawmakers will legalize sports gaming before the legislative session ends in May.
“I think it will be great for business,” he said. “I have friends who will drive across the border just to go and place sports bets.”
A House financial analysis estimates the legislation could generate approximately $10 million annually for education.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Sheriff’s officials in Florida say a 14-year-old boy fell to his death from a ride at an Orlando amusement park Thursday was visiting from Missouri.
Sheriff’s officials and emergency crews responded to a call late Thursday at Icon Park, which is located in the city’s tourist district along International Drive.
The boy fell from the Orlando Free Fall ride, which opened late last year. Officials say he was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Friday afternoon, Orange County Sheriff John Mina identified the boy as Tyre Sampson. Mina says Samson’s family was visiting another family in the area. The Sheriff’s office is still investigating if the fall was an accident. “It appears t be a terrible tragedy,” Mina told reporters.
A separate investigation by the Florida Department of Agriculture will look at issues related to the ride itself.
The 430-foot ride opened late last year and is billed as the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower. Cell phone video captured the fall Thursday, which Mina said has already been flagged.
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NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Kansas City Chiefs lost another member of its Super Bowl team.
The New Orleans Saints announced Friday that they signed former Chiefs safety Daniel Sorensen. The terms of the deal haven’t been released.
Sorensen signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of BYU in 2014, and spent eight years with the team.
He was an unrestricted free agent with the Chiefs following the 2021-2022 season.
Fans had a lot of criticism for Sorensen throughout the season. They claimed he didn’t step up and often played poorly on defense.
The news comes the same week that former Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill signed a mega deal with the Miami Dolphins.
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Wrestling legend Triple H has revealed that he never plans to enter the ring again.
In an emotional interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Triple H confirmed that he’s retiring from in-ring activity after suffering a cardiac event last year, WTRF reports.
“There’s moments there where, when [the doctors are] putting you out for stuff, and you think, ‘Is this it? Do you wake up from this?’ That’s tough to swallow,” said Triple H, choking up.
The wrestler, whose real name is Paul Michael Levesque, told Smith that he first contracted viral pneumonia and began to cough up blood, prompting him to seek medical attention. Doctors found fluid around his lungs and heart, and informed him that he was experiencing heart failure and needed to get to an emergency room immediately, he said.
“I was nosediving, and sort of at the 1-yard-line of … where you don’t wanna be for your family and your future,” he said.
Triple H underwent a successful procedure at Yale New Haven Hospital following his cardiac event, which WWE said in September had been “caused by a genetic issue.” At the time, WWE added that Triple H was expected to make a full recovery.
When asked about his future in wrestling for ESPN’s interview, Triple H didn’t mince words.
“For me, as far as in-ring … I’m done,” he told Smith. “I won’t, no, I would never wrestle again.”
He also said he now has a defibrillator in his chest, and it was “probably not a good idea to get zapped on live TV.”
Triple H is the current executive vice president of Global Talent Strategy & Development at WWE. He is also the creator and executive producer of the WWE brand NXT. His full interview with Smith is scheduled to air Friday night on “Stephen A’s World.”
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NEW YORK — As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take to detect.
Despite disease monitoring improvements over the last two years, they say, some recent developments don’t bode well:
- As more people take rapid COVID-19 tests at home, fewer people are getting the gold-standard tests that the government relies on for case counts.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon use fewer labs to look for new variants.
- Health officials are increasingly focusing on hospital admissions, which rise only after a surge has arrived.
- A wastewater surveillance program remains a patchwork that cannot yet be counted on for the data needed to understand coming surges.
- White House officials say the government is running out of funds for vaccines, treatments and testing.
“We’re not in a great situation,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Brown University pandemic researcher.
Scientists acknowledge that the wide availability of vaccines and treatments puts the nation in a better place than when the pandemic began, and that monitoring has come a long way.
For example, scientists this week touted a 6-month-old program that tests international travelers flying into four U.S. airports. Genetic testing of a sample on Dec. 14 turned up a coronavirus variant — the descendant of omicron known as BA.2 — seven days earlier than any other reported detection in the U.S.
More good news: U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths have been falling for weeks.
But it’s different elsewhere. The World Health Organization this week reported that the number of new coronavirus cases increased two weeks in a row globally, likely because COVID-19 prevention measures have been halted in numerous countries and because BA.2 spreads more easily.
Some public health experts aren’t certain what that means for the U.S.
BA.2 accounts for a growing share of U.S. cases, the CDC said — more than one-third nationally and more than half in the Northeast. Small increases in overall case rates have been noted in New York, and in hospital admissions in New England.
Some of the northern U.S. states with the highest rates of BA.2, however, have some of the lowest case rates, noted Katriona Shea of Penn State University.
Dr. James Musser, an infectious disease specialist at Houston Methodist, called the national case data on BA.2 “murky.” He added: “What we really need is as much real-time data as possible … to inform decisions.”
Here’s what COVID-19 trackers are looking at and what worries scientists about them.
TEST RESULTS
Tallies of test results have been at the core of understanding coronavirus spread from the start, but they have always been flawed.
Initially, only sick people got tested, meaning case counts missed people who had no symptoms or were unable to get swabbed.
Home test kits became widely available last year, and demand took off when the omicron wave hit. But many people who take home tests don’t report results to anyone. Nor do health agencies attempt to gather them.
Mara Aspinall is managing director of an Arizona-based consulting company that tracks COVID-19 testing trends. She estimates that in January and February, about 8 million to 9 million rapid home tests were being done each day on average — four to six times the number of PCR tests.
Nuzzo said: “The case numbers are not as much a reflection of reality as they once were.”
HUNTING FOR VARIANTS
In early 2021, the U.S. was far behind other countries in using genetic tests to look for worrisome virus mutations.
A year ago, the agency signed deals with 10 large labs to do that genomic sequencing. The CDC will be reducing that program to three labs over the next two months.
The weekly volume of sequences performed through the contracts was much higher during the omicron wave in December and January, when more people were getting tested, and already has fallen to about 35,000. By late spring, it will be down to 10,000, although CDC officials say the contracts allow the volume to increase to more than 20,000 if necessary.
The agency also says turnaround time and quality standards have been improved in the new contracts, and that it does not expect the change will hurt its ability to find new variants.
Outside experts expressed concern.
“It’s really quite a substantial reduction in our baseline surveillance and intelligence system for tracking what’s out there,” said Bronwyn MacInnis, director of pathogen genomic surveillance at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
SEWAGE SURVEILLANCE
An evolving monitoring system is looking for signs of coronavirus in sewage, which could potentially capture brewing infections.
Researchers have linked wastewater samples to the number of positive COVID-19 tests a week later, suggesting health officials could get an early glimpse at infection trends.
Some health departments also have used sewage to look for variants. New York City, for example, detected signals of the omicron variant in a sample taken on Nov. 21 — about 10 days before the first case was reported in the U.S.
But experts note the system doesn’t cover the entire country. It also doesn’t distinguish who is infected.
“It’s a really important and promising strategy, no doubt. But the ultimate value is still probably yet to be understood,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, the health officer for Seattle/King County, Washington.
HOSPITAL DATA
Last month, the CDC outlined a new set of measures for deciding whether to lift mask-wearing rules, focusing less on positive test results and more on hospitals.
Hospital admissions are a lagging indicator, given that a week or more can pass between infection and hospitalization. But a number of researchers believe the change is appropriate. They say hospital data is more reliable and more easily interpreted than case counts.
The lag also is not as long as one might think. Some studies have suggested many people wait to get tested. And when they finally do, the results aren’t always immediate.
Spencer Fox, a University of Texas data scientist who is part of a group that uses hospital and cellphone data to forecast COVID-19 for Austin, said “hospital admissions were the better signal” for a surge than test results.
There are concerns, however, about future hospital data.
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With the best-picture race possibly too close to call and the best-actress category a true toss-up, there’s more suspense than usual for the biggest awards of the night at the Oscars 2022. But you don’t have to wait to see if CODA triumphs over The Power of the Dog for something unexpected to happen. We’ve handicapped 10 truly shocking things that might happen—sure, they might not be likely to happen, but it’s live TV, so it’s best to be prepared for anything.
Johnny Depp wins the fan-favorite award
The potential for chaos in the #OscarsFanFavorite category, which is not technically an Oscar category but will be part of the broadcast in some still-unexplained way, is really limitless. The data suggests that Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead had a lead when voting closed early this month, but it’s still very possible that the little-seen Johnny Depp movie Minamata will be celebrated onstage thanks to the power of Depp’s very online fan base.
Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons AND Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz win his-and-hers Oscars
Not only do we have two real-life couples nominated for Oscars in the same year, but they’re also all in different categories, meaning they could technically take home two Oscars per household. Even if they don’t win, they’re still part of a rich Oscar legacy.
Olivia Colman upsets, again
It’s one thing to win best actress twice in a span of four years, which Frances McDormand, Jodie Foster, Glenda Jackson, Katharine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Luise Rainer, and Bette Davis have all done. It’s quite another to do it twice while upsetting a many-times-nominated actress who was widely expected to take home the win. Can she do to Jessica Chastain what she did to Glenn Close? You’ll have to tune in to find out.
Or, Jessica Chastain could pull her makeup artist onstage with her to give the speech that might not make it to the air
Chastain, who could still very well win best actress, is one of the few stars to confirm she will be present for the untelevised hour ahead of the live ceremony, where her Eyes of Tammy Faye hair-and-makeup team will have their category announced. But given the controversy around the eight categories being presented before the broadcast, imagine if Chastain won best actress and used the time to bring the team up on live TV. If any acting-Oscar winner were to do that, it would be her.
DJ Khaled presents the “In Memoriam” tribute
Of all the unexpected people who will be presenters at Sunday’s show, as part of producer Will Packer’s effort to “connect with the casual moviegoer and casual movie fan,” DJ Khaled might be the most eye-popping. Sure, he might present best original song, a category far more connected to his career. But we’re thinking big here; who doesn’t want to see DJ Khaled solemnly introduce a tribute package to departed Hollywood luminaries?
Lady Gaga doesn’t win an Oscar…but her personal hairstylist does
We hardly need to remind you that the star of House of Gucci was overlooked by the Academy this year, failing to score a best-actress nomination for Ridley Scott’s campy biopic. At least she’s in august company: None of the other heavy hitters of House of Gucci were nominated either...with the exception of hair-and-makeup artists Göran Lundström, AnnaCarin Lock, and Frederic Aspiras. If that last name looks familiar, you might just be a Little Monster: Aspiras has styled Gaga’s hair for almost 15 years, including for her roles in A Star Is Born and American Horror Story. And while Gaga’s 2022 awards journey is over, his could reach a very different conclusion.
CODA breaks a nearly 100-year-old precedent
Sian Heder’s tender family comedy, which might just ride a late wave of guild love all the way to a best-picture win, would be a groundbreaking victor for a few reasons. But Oscar statisticians are probably most interested in this one: If CODA does get the big prize, it will be the first movie to win that category with three or fewer total Oscar nominations since Grand Hotel, the best picture of 1932 (which famously won best picture without being nominated in a single other category). Somewhere the ghost of Greta Garbo is...well, not exactly smiling, but gazing in a not-unfriendly manner.
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley make history
Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix both won Oscars for playing the Joker. Ariana DeBose, who inherited the role of Anita in West Side Story from Oscar winner Rita Moreno, is favored to manage a similar feat. But no two actors have ever won Oscars for playing the same character in the same film, as nominees Colman and Buckley do in The Lost Daughter. They aren’t, however, the only actors ever nominated for playing such roles; Gloria Stuart and Kate Winslet both got nods for playing Rose in Titanic, while Winslet and Judi Dench were also both nominated for playing the title role in 2001’s Iris. If they win, though, Colman and Buckley will achieve a first—and they may also be the only Oscar-winning pair who can peel an orange like a snake.
Amy Schumer gets Volodymyr Zelenskyy to show up after all
True story: The first-time Oscar cohost wanted to figure out a way to get the Ukrainian president, a former actor, to make a virtual appearance at the Oscars. “I wanted to find a way to have Zelenskyy satellite in or make a tape or something, just because there are so many eyes on the Oscars,” she explained to Drew Barrymore. Schumer implied to Barrymore that the idea was scrapped—“I am not afraid to go there, but it’s not me producing the Oscars”—but…who knows! Honestly, weirder things have happened at the Oscars.
Diane Warren could finally break her losing streak
”Maybe This Time” isn’t a song by Diane Warren, though it might as well be. The decorated hitmaker is one of the modern age’s foremost Oscar bridesmaids, with an astounding 13 nominations and not a single win. The competition this year is stiff; she’s up against almost-EGOT Lin-Manuel Miranda, the dynamic duo of Billie Eilish and Finneas, Grammy winner Van Morrison, and Beyoncé. But if the Academy does finally give Warren her due, she’ll be singing a different tune.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — After years of COVID-19 precautions, Johnson County Community College has decided it’s safe to ditch the masks.
The community college announced it will no longer require masks on campus beginning April 4. Anyone is welcome to continue wearing a mask, if they choose.
JCCC said other safety and wellness precautions will continue to be followed.
The college also announced earlier this month that it would hold in-person graduation ceremonies on campus for the first time in two years.
JCCC plans to hold two commencement ceremonies. Both will take place on Friday, May 20, in the JCCC Gym.
The ceremony for Associate of Applied Science degree and certificate candidates will begin at 4 p.m. Graduation for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science or Associate of General Studies candidates follows at 7:30 p.m.
There are no restrictions on the number of guests allowed at the Commencement ceremony, according to JCCC. That could change based on local restrictions or campus guidelines in the future.
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Senator Ted Cruz’s ranting and raving about the dangers of anti-racist literature at Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing this week turned out to be some great marketing for anti-racist literature. The End of Policing, by Alex Vitale, a copy of which Cruz brandished while grilling Jackson about critical race theory this week, shot up the Amazon best-seller list. The free advertising didn’t go unnoticed: “Thanks to Ted Cruz, The End of Policing is now the #1 Best Seller in Gov. Social Policy,” tweeted Vitale. Cruz also questioned Jackson about Antiracist Baby, a children’s book by Ibram X. Kendi, which subsequently became Amazon’s top-selling children’s book and number two best seller across all categories, per The Washington Post.
Vitale described Cruz’s personal condemnation of his 2017 book as its “best endorsement yet.” The book analyzes the racist history of policing in the U.S. and argues for alternative crime-reduction methods. “I can only hope that the Senator’s misguided efforts to suppress this history will backfire and inspire a generation of young people to seek out these ideas that are all too often absent in American schools,” Vitale said. As of Friday, The End of Policing sat atop Amazon’s sales chart for books on the sociology of race relations.
Cruz used most of his allotted time during Jackson’s hearing waving around copies of books he alleged promoted critical race theory, the almost exclusively graduate-level academic framework around the intersection of race and society. He also asked Jackson, who is the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, on another of Kendi’s children’s books, How to Be an Antiracist. Cruz highlighted the three books because they’re on Georgetown Day School’s student reading list, a pre-K–12 school in D.C. where Jackson serves as a board member. After reading off a number of decontextualized quotes from Antiracist Baby, he went on to ask Jackson if she agrees “that babies are racist.” (In reality, Antiracist Baby states that “even though all races are not treated the same, we are all human.”)
Jackson told Cruz that “equality” and “justice” are core tenets at Georgetown Day School, where her daughter is a student alongside some the children of some of Washington’s most elite families. “It’s a private school such that every parent who joins the community does so willingly, with an understanding that they’re joining a community that is designed to make sure that every child is valued, every child is treated as having inherent worth, and none are discriminated against because of race,” she said during her hearing. The senator has since attempted to clarify his comments, saying in a Wednesday interview that he did not intend to disparage Georgetown Day School or the families who send their kids there. “I’m saying that Judge Jackson is on the board of a school that aggressively teaches critical race theory,” he said, before distorting critical race theory as an “extreme and divisive theory that pits children against other children, divides us based on race, and teaches a false and revisionist history of our nation.”
Curiously, Cruz sends his own daughters to the comparable St. John’s School, which also takes an openly anti-racist posture, according to a New York Times report. While reacting to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer two years ago, leading St. John’s leaders released a statement declaring that the institution “must be antiracist and eliminate racism of any type—including institutional racism—within our school community and beyond.”
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(The Hill) – Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson officially ended on Thursday after four days of grueling questioning, heated exchanges and hours of testimony.
Jackson appeared patient throughout most of the questioning, as GOP senators pressed her on a variety of issues.
Jackson, a historic nominee who would be the first Black woman to serve on the court, is likely to be confirmed. Democrats can win her confirmation if all 50 vote “yes,” and there are no signs of defection. It’s also possible a couple of centrist GOP senators could back her, though that is not certain.
The committee is set to vote on April 4, with a confirmation vote on the floor later that week.
Here are five of the most memorable moments.
Jackson decries focus on child porn sentences
Jackson said she was disappointed that much of the focus during the hearing has been on her handling of child porn cases, as several GOP senators criticized what they said were light sentences for those convicted.
In one instance, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) pressed Jackson on her handling of a case involving an 18-year-old defendant sentenced to three months in prison on child pornography charges after federal prosecutors asked for a two-year sentence, saying the three-month sentence represented a “slap on the wrist.”
“Judge you gave him three months. My question is do you regret it or not?” he asked her.
“What I regret is that in a hearing about my qualifications to be a justice on the Supreme Court, we’ve spent a lot of time focusing on this small subset of my sentences,” Jackson replied.
When Hawley continued to ask Jackson whether she used sentencing enhancements, she replied that she had already been asked the question by other senators.
“Senator, I’ve answered this question many times from many senators who have already asked me, so I’ll stand on what I’ve already said.”
Cruz questions Jackson about critical race theory
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday repeatedly questioned Jackson about her views on critical race theory and asked her about several books being taught at Washington Day School, where Jackson is on the board of trustees.
The GOP senator specifically brought forward the book “Antiracist Baby,” which argues that babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist and there is no neutrality.
He showed blown-up pages of the book’s illustrations on poster-boards behind him, and asked Jackson if she agreed with the book.
Jackson appeared close to losing her patience with Cruz, answering: “I have not reviewed any of those books, any of those ideas,” Jackson said. “They do not come up in my work as a judge, which I am, respectfully, here to address.”
“I do not believe that any child should be made to feel as though they are racist or though they are not valued or though they are less than their victims, that they are oppressors. I don’t believe in any of that,” she added.
Durbin cuts off Cruz
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) cut off Cruz while he was asking Jackson a series of questions on her handling of the child pornography cases, leading to a sharp exchange between the two senators.
Durbin banged his gavel to inform his colleague that his 20 minutes of allotted time had expired and that he was no longer recognized. Cruz protested by saying that Durbin had taken up some of his time by interjecting during his increasingly tense back and forth with Jackson.
“You’re not recognized, senator,” Durbin told Cruz as he pressed Jackson further.
The senators continued back and forth as Cruz repeatedly requested for Jackson to answer his question.
“Why are you not allowing her to answer the question?” Cruz asked, visibly irritated. “Chairman Durbin, I’ve never seen the chairman refuse to allow a witness to answer questions.”
Durbin then began banging his gavel to bring Cruz to order, which Cruz exclaimed: “Bang it as loud as you want.”
“I can just tell you at some point you have to follow the rules,” Durbin told Cruz before recognizing Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) to begin his 20 minutes of questions.
Booker praises a tearful Jackson
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) gave a passionate speech declaring how grateful he is for her nomination to the Supreme Court and praised her for how she has handled two days of intense questioning, leading to Jackson tearing up.
“The way you have dealt with some of these things, that’s why you are a judge and I am a politician,” he said. “You have sat with grit and grace and have shown us just an extraordinary demeanor.”
He also warned that Republican attacks focused on the selected criminal cases are setting a “dangerous precedent.”
“There is absurdity to this,” he argued. “It is almost comical if it was not so dangerous.”
Booker also spoke on his own experience, noting that he was only the fourth Black person ever popularly elected to the Senate. He said he received letters from leaders of victims’ rights groups and survivors of assault supporting her nomination, adding that people of color also are feeling joy over her nomination.
“I want to tell you when I look at you this is why I get emotional,” Booker told Jackson, his voice shaking. “You’re so much more than your race and gender. You’re a Christian, you’re a mom. Your intellect.
“For me, I’m sorry, it’s hard for me … to look at you and not see my mom, not to see my cousins,” he said.
He called Jackson a “great American,” saying that she earned her spot.
Graham asks Jackson about Kavanaugh hearing
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sparked a fiery exchange with Jackson and Durbin during the hearing when he asked Jackson whether she watched Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh‘s hearing.
Allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh were raised during his confirmation. Kavanaugh denied the decades-old charges.
Graham and other Republicans have been angry over what they see as a double-standard to how nominees are treated.
“Did you watch the Kavanaugh hearings?” Graham asked Jackson.
After Jackson said she had not but knew of them, Graham asked: “What did you think about the Kavanaugh hearing?”
Jackson said she had no comment, but Graham continued the line of questioning, leading Durbin to grow visibly frustrated.
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For more than a month now, Russia, led by President Vladimir Putin, has engaged in horrific acts as it attempts to take over Ukraine. More than 2,571 civilians have been killed, according to the United Nations, including children. Thousands of anti-war protestors have been jailed. Hospitals and other health care facilities have been attacked. Over 2 million Ukrainian have been forced to flee their homes. The city of Mariupol has been devastated. “It’s like a horror movie,” one resident told The Washington Post.
The United States has declared that these unprovoked, unjustified actions constitute war crimes by Russia, and that its leader, Putin, is a war criminal. And to that, he says: I now know what it’s like to walk a mile in Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s shoes.
Yes, on Friday morning, the former KGB agent likened the treatment of Rowling to the treatment of Russia, decrying his country’s alleged cancelation. “They canceled Joan Rowling recently, the children’s author,” Putin said, referring, amazingly, to J.K. Rowling. “Her books are published all over the world…just because she didn’t satisfy the demands of gender rights. They are now trying to cancel our country. I am taking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia.” He added that cancel culture is akin to Nazi book burning, saying, “We remember the footage when they were burning books. It is impossible to imagine such a thing in our country and we are insured against this thanks to our culture. And it’s inseparable for us from our motherland, from Russia, where there is no place for ethnic intolerance, where for centuries representatives from dozens of ethnic groups have been living together.”
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What Putin describes as an attempt to “cancel” Russia is, of course, a global reaction to his unilateral decision to destroy millions of innocent lives. Incidentally, this isn’t the first time he, or a Russian official, or a Republican on Fox News has claimed the country is the victim of cancel culture. But it does appear to be the first time he’s invoked the author of the Harry Potter series to make his case.
As for Rowling, her alleged canceling is about people being offended by her relentless insistence that transgender women are not real women, though we’re not entirely sure one can make the case that someone who retains 13.9 million Twitter followers, whose book sales rose 7% the year she started going after trans people, and whose reported net worth was over $1 billion as of last year, has been “canceled.”
By the way, this isn’t the first time Putin has, incredibly, tried to cast himself as a victim, or suggested that he should be mad at the West. Earlier this month, the Russian Foreign Ministry demanded an audience with the U.S. ambassador, claiming that Biden’s description of the Russian president as a war criminal was “unacceptable,” and that such statements “put Russian–American relations on the verge of a breach.” In response, a spokesman for the State Department said, “It’s awfully rich to hear a country speak about ‘inappropriate comments’ when that same country is engaged in mass slaughter, including strikes and attacks that have resulted in civilian lives [lost], strikes and attacks, barrages that have leveled civilian cities, an invasion of 100,000 plus forces against a largely civilian population.”
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(The Hill) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is facing a shrinking pool of potential GOP supporters for her Supreme Court confirmation, as Republicans harden their opposition.
Democrats can confirm Jackson without any GOP support if all 50 of their members are united and Vice President Harris breaks a tie. But they are hoping to peel off at least one GOP “yes” vote.
Though Jackson avoided the type of misstep that would sink her nomination, GOP senators say the hearing did little to win over their members.
“I think the readout from the members who have been in the hearing room for those of us who haven’t been in the hearing room is that she’s not changing minds,” said Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican senator.
“They were thinking that she might win people over. I think if anything a closer examination of her record … has probably moved some of our members in the opposite direction.”
A second GOP senator added that “I didn’t think the hearings went as well for her as I thought they would,” pointing to Jackson’s handling of questions on sentencing.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) formally announced his expected opposition to her nomination after the hearings wrapped.
“After studying the nominee’s record and watching her performance this week, I cannot and will not support Judge Jackson for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court,” McConnell said.
Democrats and the White House remain hopeful that they will pick up Republican support for her nomination.
“We’re going to get some GOP support. …I feel like we’re going to get some folks,” former Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who is helping guide Jackson’s nomination through the Senate.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has been in contact with GOP senators and didn’t rule out that Jackson could get GOP votes.
“I still think there’s a chance. …I’ve talked to a few of them,” Durbin said, while declining to “name names.”
Total GOP opposition to Jackson, who would be the first Black female justice, would be historic.
Getting no Republican votes for Jackson’s nomination would make her only the second Supreme Court justice in history to be confirmed by only one party. Justice Amy Coney Barrett became the first to claim that title in 2020 when Democratic senators and GOP Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) voted against her. It would also make Jackson the first Supreme Court nominee to face a tie vote, which Harris can break, on the Senate floor.
Republicans are saying that they won’t boycott her vote in the Judiciary Committee, a hardball tactic they’ve used in other panels to try to bottle up Biden’s nominees including a recent high-profile fight over Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Federal Reserve nominee.
But Jackson appears increasingly likely to face a tie vote in the Judiciary Committee, which is evenly split 11-11.
GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) both voted to advance Jackson’s appeals court nomination in committee last year, letting her avoid a tie. Cornyn ultimately voted against her nomination before the full Senate and told The Hill that he wouldn’t split his vote in a similar way for her Supreme Court nomination.
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), who voted against Jackson’s appeals court nomination, has emerged as a potential sleeper “yes” vote to watch because of his more favorable interaction with Jackson during the high-profile committee hearings.
A tie vote in committee doesn’t sink Jackson’s nomination but if Democrats are required to move to discharge her nomination from the committee to the full Senate, it adds an extra procedural step and hours of time onto the Senate’s actions.
It would also be the first time a Supreme Court nominee has been forcibly discharged from the Judiciary Committee since 1853 with the nomination of William C. Micou, according to data from the Congressional Research Service. Micou was never confirmed to the Supreme Court.
It would also be the first tie vote for a Supreme Court nominee in the Judiciary Committee since Clarence Thomas’s nomination. The committee initially deadlocked 7-7, with an effort to favorably report his nomination to the full Senate failing. The committee then voted 13-1 to report his nomination to the full Senate without recommendation, according to CRS.
The committee will vote on Jackson’s nomination on April 4. That would put the Senate on track to confirm Jackson to the Supreme Court by the end of the week.
Asked about Jackson getting at least one GOP vote, Thune said that there was the potential that she could get “a few” and that no one was locked in yet.
Jackson previously got three GOP votes for her circuit court nomination in 2021: Graham, (R-S.C.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who is up for reelection in November and facing a Trump-backed challenger.
Graham is widely viewed as a no vote. It would be a shift from Graham, who backed both of then-President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees and all of then-President Donald Trump’s.
Graham said, with a laugh, that he wasn’t an official no vote yet, but went on a long gaggle with reporters about why he has concerns about Jackson.
“I don’t believe she has sympathy for child pornographers. I don’t believe … any rational person does. I do believe her sentencing practices undercut deterrence,” Graham said.
Collins meanwhile said that she was going to dig in deeper into the hearings but that she was asking the White House for “clarifications.”
“I’ve started but there’s a lot to do. Over the weekend I’ll be reading the excerpts. I’ve asked for some clarifications from the White House and some additional materials,” she said, asked if she had caught up on the hearings.
Other GOP senators to watch include GOP Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah), who pushed back against attacks from some of his Republican colleagues this week and has said that he’s open to voting for her. But Romney also voted against her nomination last year and has raised concerns about her judicial philosophy.
There are also retiring GOP senators who also haven’t said how they will vote.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who is retiring, said he thought the hearing had been “helpful” and that he was focused on her judicial philosophy and Jackson’s record. Portman hasn’t said how he will vote but voted against Jackson’s nomination last year and said that he still has some of the same concerns.
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Personal loan rates edge up: Still lower than same time last year
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The latest trends in interest rates for personal loans from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly. (iStock)
Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for 3-year and for 5-year fixed rates compared to the previous seven days.
For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender between Mar. 17 and Mar. 23:
- Rates on 3-year fixed-rate loans averaged 10.43%, up from 10.13% the seven days before and down from 11.76% a year ago.
- Rates on 5-year fixed-rate loans averaged 13.01%, up from 12.23% the previous seven days, and down from 13.39% a year ago.
Personal loans have become a popular way to consolidate and pay off credit card debt and other loans. They can also be used to cover unexpected expenses like medical bills, take care of a major purchase or fund home improvement projects.
Rates for 3-year and 5-year fixed personal loans rose over the past seven days. While rates for 3-year terms rose a slight 0.30%, rates for 5-year terms saw a larger increase of 0.78%. Borrowers can take advantage of interest savings with a 3-year personal loan right now.
Whether a personal loan is right for you often depends on multiple factors, including what rate you can qualify for. Comparing multiple lenders and their rates could help ensure you get the best possible personal loan for your needs.
It's always a good idea to comparison shop on sites like Credible to understand how much you qualify for and choose the best option for you.
Here are the latest trends in personal loan interest rates from the Credible marketplace, updated monthly.
Personal loan weekly rates trends
The chart above shows average prequalified rates for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender.
For the month of February 2022:
- Rates on 3-year personal loans averaged 10.52%, down from 11.09% in January.
- Rates on 5-year personal loans averaged 12.99%, down from 13.40% in January.
Rates on personal loans vary considerably by credit score and loan term. If you're curious about what kind of personal loan rates you may qualify for, you can use an online tool like Credible to compare options from different private lenders. Checking your rates won't affect your credit score.
All Credible marketplace lenders offer fixed-rate loans at competitive rates. Because lenders use different methods to evaluate borrowers, it’s a good idea to request personal loan rates from multiple lenders so you can compare your options.
Current personal loan rates by credit score
In February, the average prequalified rate selected by borrowers was:
- 8.32% for borrowers with credit scores of 780 or above choosing a 3-year loan
- 29.42% for borrowers with credit scores below 600 choosing a 5-year loan
Depending on factors such as your credit score, which type of personal loan you’re seeking and the loan repayment term, the interest rate can differ.
As shown in the chart above, a good credit score can mean a lower interest rate, and rates tend to be higher on loans with fixed interest rates and longer repayment terms.
How to get a lower interest rate
Many factors influence the interest rate a lender might offer you on a personal loan. But you can take some steps to boost your chances of getting a lower interest rate. Here are some tactics to try.
Increase credit score
Generally, people with higher credit scores qualify for lower interest rates. Steps that can help you improve your credit score over time include:
- Pay bills on time. Payment history is the most important factor in your credit score. Pay all your bills on time for the amount due.
- Check your credit report. Look at your credit report to ensure there are no errors on it. If you find errors, dispute them with the credit bureau.
- Lower your credit utilization ratio. Paying down credit card debt can improve this important credit scoring factor.
- Avoid opening new credit accounts. Only apply for and open credit accounts you actually need. Too many hard inquiries on your credit report in a short amount of time could lower your credit score.
Choose a shorter loan term
Personal loan repayment terms can vary from one to several years. Generally, shorter terms come with lower interest rates, since the lender’s money is at risk for a shorter period of time.
If your financial situation allows, applying for a shorter term could help you score a lower interest rate. Keep in mind the shorter term doesn’t just benefit the lender — by choosing a shorter repayment term, you’ll pay less interest over the life of the loan.
Get a cosigner
You may be familiar with the concept of a cosigner if you have student loans. If your credit isn’t good enough to qualify for the best personal loan interest rates, finding a cosigner with good credit could help you secure a lower interest rate.
Just remember, if you default on the loan, your cosigner will be on the hook to repay it. And cosigning for a loan could also affect their credit score.
Compare rates from different lenders
Before applying for a personal loan, it’s a good idea to shop around and compare offers from several different lenders to get the lowest rates. Online lenders typically offer the most competitive rates – and can be quicker to disburse your loan than a brick-and-mortar establishment.
But don’t worry, comparing rates and terms doesn’t have to be a time-consuming process.
Credible makes it easy. Just enter how much you want to borrow and you’ll be able to compare multiple lenders to choose the one that makes the most sense for you.
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Today's 30-year mortgage rates close week with slight drop | March 25, 2022
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Based on data compiled by Credible, mortgage refinance rates have risen for three key terms and remained unchanged for one term since yesterday.
- 30-year fixed-rate refinance: 4.625%, unchanged
- 20-year fixed-rate refinance: 4.625%, up from 4.500%, +0.125
- 15-year fixed-rate refinance: 3.875%, up from 3.750%, +0.125
- 10-year fixed-rate refinance: 3.750%, up from 3.625%, +0.125
Rates last updated on March 25, 2022. These rates are based on the assumptions shown here. Actual rates may vary. With 5,000 reviews, Credible maintains an "excellent" Trustpilot score.
What this means: Despite small, day-to-day fluctuations, mortgage refinance rates for longer terms continue to climb upward of 4.6%. Rates for 30- and 20-year rates are one full percentage point higher than they were this time two months ago. But refinance rates could still appeal to homeowners who want to tap their home equity with a cash-out refinance.
Today’s mortgage rates for home purchases
Based on data compiled by Credible, mortgage rates for home purchases have risen for three terms and fallen for one term since yesterday.
- 30-year fixed mortgage rates: 4.550%, down from 4.625%, -0.075
- 20-year fixed mortgage rates: 4.625%, up from 4.500%, +0.125
- 15-year fixed mortgage rates: 3.875%, up from 3.750%, +0.125
- 10-year fixed mortgage rates: 3.750%, up from 3.625%, +0.125
Rates last updated on March 25, 2022. These rates are based on the assumptions shown here. Actual rates may vary. Credible, a personal finance marketplace, has 5,000 Trustpilot reviews with an average star rating of 4.7 (out of a possible 5.0).
What this means: As mortgage rates for longer terms keep climbing, shorter-term rates continue to offer the best money-saving opportunities for homebuyers who can manage a higher monthly payment. Rates for 15- and 10-year terms remain well below the 4% mark. Buyers who lock in a rate today can secure that rate for the next 30, 60, or even 90 days. Shorter terms also allow buyers to pay off their mortgages much sooner.
To find great mortgage rates, start by using Credible’s secured website, which can show you current mortgage rates from multiple lenders without affecting your credit score. You can also use Credible’s mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly mortgage payments.
How mortgage rates have changed over time
Today’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac — 16.63% in 1981. A year before the COVID-19 pandemic upended economies across the world, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for 2019 was 3.94%. The average rate for 2021 was 2.96%, the lowest annual average in 30 years.
The historic drop in interest rates means homeowners who have mortgages from 2019 and older could potentially realize significant interest savings by refinancing with one of today’s lower interest rates. When considering a mortgage or refinance, it’s important to take into account closing costs such as appraisal, application, origination and attorney’s fees. These factors, in addition to the interest rate and loan amount, all contribute to the cost of a mortgage.
Are you looking to buy a home? Credible can help you compare current rates from multiple mortgage lenders at once in just a few minutes. Use Credible’s online tools to compare rates and get prequalified today.
Thousands of Trustpilot reviewers rate Credible "excellent."
How Credible mortgage rates are calculated
Changing economic conditions, central bank policy decisions, investor sentiment, and other factors influence the movement of mortgage rates. Credible average mortgage rates and mortgage refinance rates reported in this article are calculated based on information provided by partner lenders who pay compensation to Credible.
The rates assume a borrower has a 740 credit score and is borrowing a conventional loan for a single-family home that will be their primary residence. The rates also assume no (or very low) discount points and a down payment of 20%.
Credible mortgage rates reported here will only give you an idea of current average rates. The rate you actually receive can vary based on a number of factors.
Fixed vs. adjustable-rate mortgages: How they affect interest costs
Interest rates for fixed-rate mortgages don’t change over the life of the loan, but tend to be higher than the initial interest rate for adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs.
Initial interest rates for ARMs are typically lower than fixed-rate mortgages. But after the end of an introductory period, your interest rate will change — and it could increase significantly. Introductory periods can vary from several months to a year or a few years. After the introductory period, your interest rate will be based on an index your lender specifies. ARMs may or may not cap how much your interest rate can increase.
If you’re trying to find the right mortgage rate, consider using Credible. You can use Credible's free online tool to easily compare multiple lenders and see prequalified rates in just a few minutes.
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2022 Midterm Elections: How to register online to vote in New Jersey
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey has transitioned its elections to a combination of mail-in, drop-off, and in-person voting (including an early voting period). The state also implemented online voter registration in addition to registering in-person and by mail. These procedures began in 2020 and will continue for the 2022 Midterm Elections.
New Jersey’s Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 7, 2022. However, you can also vote in person during the early voting period, which is June 3–5, 2022. You can also fill out a vote-by-mail ballot and return it either by mail, in a secure ballot drop box in your county, or at your county’s Board of Elections office.
Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline
Under state law, you must register to vote at least 21 days before Election Day. That means the deadline to register to vote in New Jersey’s Primary Election is Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
3 Ways to Register to Vote
You can register through the state's online voter registration website, in-person at a designated state or county office, or by mail (you will need to print out a registration form to fill out and send to your county’s elections authority). Whichever way you choose to register, you will need to prove your identity and eligibility. To register online, you'll need to provide your date of birth and upload a document to prove your identity.
To Register to Vote in New Jersey, You Must Be
- A United States citizen.
- At least 17 years old — but you cannot vote until you are 18 years old (e.g. you must be 18 on Election Day).
- A resident of the county in which you are seeking to register for 30 days before the election.
- A person not serving a sentence of incarceration as the result of a conviction of any indictable offense under the laws of this or another state or of the United States.
To Register to Vote in New Jersey, You Must Provide
- Your driver's license or a non-driver ID card issued by New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission (it must be valid and current); the MVC will validate your identification and provide elections officials with your digitized signature.
—OR—
- Your Social Security number. You must be able to either sign on the screen or upload your signature. NOTE: If you can't provide a digital signature, you can't register online — instead, register in person or by mail.
After you gather your documents and information, go to voter.svrs.nj.gov/register to complete the process.
Important Dates for New Jersey's Primary Election
- Tuesday, May 17, 2022: Voter registration deadline for Primary Election.
- Tuesday, May 31, 2022: Deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot by mail for Primary Election.
- Friday, June 3, 2022: Deadline for application to receive Primary Election mail-in ballots by electronic means for qualified overseas civilian and military voters.
- Friday, June 3–Sunday, June 5, 2022: In-person early voting period for the Primary Election; hours: Friday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
- Monday, June 6, 2022, at 3 p.m.: Deadline for in-person mail-in ballot application for the Primary Election (at your county clerk’s office).
- Tuesday, June 7, 2022: Primary Election Day; polls are open 6 a.m.–8 p.m.
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4 Chinese badminton players found guilty of not playing seriously
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Four Chinese badminton players are on probation for two years for failing to try their best to win a doubles match in 2018.
The incident happened in the Fuzhou Open quarterfinals in China in November 2018.
Then world-ranked No. 2 pair Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen were playing No. 17-ranked He Ji Ting and Tan Qiang.
Danish players observing reported to the referee the match wasn't being played seriously. The referee and tournament manager intervened during the second game when He and Tan led 21-15, 7-11.
The umpire and ref asked both teams to play their best. After the intervention, the match noticeably increased in intensity and speed and He and Tan won 21-15, 14-21, 21-19 but all four players were charged.
In interviews the next month, the players denied any wrongdoing and spoke of their familiarity with each other's game. Li and Liu added they were in bad physical shape after a long, mostly successful year.
A disciplinary hearing wasn't held until November and December 2021, at which tournament referee Pencho Stoynov said he'd never seen an incident like it in a 14-year career as a ref.
The Badminton World Federation revealed on Friday the panel found the players guilty of failing to use their best efforts. They were each given three-month bans, suspended for two years from Jan. 25. They also had to forfeit their Fuzhou Open prize money, $12,250 for He and Tan, and $2,187.50 for Li and Liu.
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Blind basketball player makes shot in front of 2,500 fans
ZEELAND, Mich. - Jules Hoogland, a junior at Zeeland East High School, is a member of the school's basketball team. She also happens to be completely blind. So when she played in the last game of the season, 2,500 people in the packed gymnasium went completely silent, so she could listen for the tapping on the rim to know where to aim her free throw shot.
In the now-viral video, a woman is seen banging a stick on the back of the basketball hoop. Hoogland jumps and shoots the ball, and it sinks into the net. The crowd goes wild.
Hoogland plays on Zeeland's Unified Sports basketball team which is made up of students with and without disabilities.
The unified sports initiative helps special education students take part in sporting opportunities.
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"The positive and enthusiastic environment our student body created on Tuesday is something our athletes won’t forget!" Zeeland Public Schools teacher leader Nate Vande Guchte said.
The 17-year-old student has close to a 4.0 GPA and says that she is working on learning how to live independently.
Her mom says that she hopes her daughter's strength will inspire others.
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Funeral details released for Pennsylvania state troopers killed in I-95 crash
PHILADELPHIA - Pennsylvania State Police have released details surrounding the viewings and funerals for two troopers who were killed in the line of duty Monday morning.
Troopers Martin F. Mack and Branden T. Sisca were responding to a call for a person walking in the southbound lanes of I-95 around 1 a.m. Monday morning. Authorities say the troopers were escorting that man back to their patrol vehicle when 21-year-old Jayana Tanae Webb struck all three men with her vehicle.
The impact sent the three men over the median and into the northbound lanes. They were all later pronounced dead at the scene and Webb was taken into custody.
The third victim was later identified as 28-year-old Reyes Rivera Oliveras.
Webb faces more than a dozen charges, including three counts of third-degree murder, three counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, and two counts of second-degree manslaughter of a law enforcement officer.
Funeral Arrangements for Trooper Martin F. Mack
A public viewing for Martin F. Mack will be held on Wednesday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wade Funeral Home in Bristol.
A public funeral service for Mack will be held the following day, March 31, as St. Michael the Archangel Church in Levittown. The interment is also open to the public and a funeral procession will travel to Our Lady of Grace Cemetery in Langhorne.
Parking at the funeral home is reserved and not available to the public.
Funeral Arrangements for Trooper Branden T. Sisca
Public viewings will be held for Trooper Branden T. Sisca on Friday, April 1, from 12-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. at Boyd-Horrox-Givnish Funeral Home in Norristown.
Saturday, April 2, a public funeral service will be held for Sisca at noon at Perkiomen Valley High School. The funeral procession and internment will be private.
Webb faces more than a dozen charges, including three counts of third-degree murder, three counts of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, and two counts of second-degree manslaughter of a law enforcement officer.
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Harmony Montgomery case update: Father, stepmom formally indicted
The father and stepmother of a New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 at age 5 have been formally indicted on the charges they were arrested on earlier this year related to the child's well-being, the attorney general's office said Friday.
Adam and Kayla Montgomery have been jailed since January. Adam Montgomery had custody of his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, who vanished sometime in late November or early December of that year. But authorities did not know she was missing until last fall.
The search for Harmony remains active. Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, have received hundreds of tips, and photos of the child have appeared on billboards and social media sites.
"We're at it every day," Manchester Police Chief Allen Aldenberg said in an interview earlier this month.
Adam Montgomery in an undated booking photo. (Photo: Manchester Police)
A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted Adam Montgomery, 30, on March 21 on a charge of second-degree assault, a felony, alleging that hit struck Harmony in the face in July 2019. He also has been arrested on misdemeanor charges of interference with custody and endangering the welfare of a child.
Kayla Montgomery, 31, was indicted by the grand jury on a felony charge of theft by deception, alleging that she told state Health Department workers that Harmony was a member of her household from November 2019 to June 2, 2021, and that she received food stamp benefits for Harmony.
Both have pleaded not guilty, telling police that the child was living with her mother in Massachusetts. Her mother said she last saw her daughter during a phone video conversation around Easter 2019.
Kayla Montgomery, 31, was arrested in Manchester, N.H., and charged with welfare fraud. (Photo: Manchester Police Department) (Manchester Police Department)
Kayla Montgomery, who is estranged from Adam Montgomery, is scheduled for a court appearance on April 7. Adam Montgomery is scheduled for a June 28 court date. Messages seeking comments on the indictments were left with the lawyers.
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‘Name That Tune’ will feature celebrity contestants in Season 2, Randy Jackson says
LOS ANGELES - "Name That Tune" is back for its second season, and this time around, the show will feature celebrities battling it out for their favorite charities.
Host Jane Krakowski and band leader Randy Jackson are also back leading the charge and told FOX Television Stations Group filming Season 2 was a blast.
"It’s a new stage, you’ve got the celebrities, you’ve got actors, you’ve got singers, you’ve got Olympians, you’ve got Jane’s favorite NFL champions," Jackson, an award-winning producer, known for judging "American Idol" for 13 seasons, told FOX.
Each one-hour episode, comprised of two stand-alone half-hour contests, pits two players against each other, as they race against the clock to test their knowledge of songs, performed by a live band.
WATCH: "Name That Tune"
However, "Name That Tune" is not a new concept, but is a contemporary sequel and reboot of the classic TV series of the same name, and features a rotating variety of games from the original format.
NAME THAT TUNE: L-R: Randy Jackson and JoJo in the season premiere of NAME THAT TUNE airing Tuesday, March 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. CR: Lorraine O’Sullivan / FOX. © 2022 FOX MEDIA LLC. CR: FOX.
"It’s a really modern classic of a show you know and love, so it carries the nostalgia, but it also has a new impact, and a new bang for its buck," Krakowski, known for acting in hit shows including "30 Rock" and "Schmigadoon," said. "It was wonderful because this year celebrities show up, but they’re also playing for charity, so we got to raise a lot of money for charity. They played well, they came, they put themselves on the line, they entertained, and then they also got to win a lot of money for charities that are in need right now."
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The season premiere episode will feature TV personality and actress Kelly Osbourne playing for the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai. She will face off against pop singer and songwriter JoJo, who will play for The Hole in the Wall Gang. Then, former NFL star Vernon Davis will take the stage and play for the Vernon Davis Foundation, while former NFL star Victor Cruz will play for the Victor Cruz Foundation.
"It’s very unpredictable who’s going to get it and who’s not going to get it," Jackson added.
The player with the most money at the end of the "Bid-a-Note" contest will win the game and will take his or her bank into the final Golden Medley round for a chance to win additional cash and potentially a $100,000 grand prize.
"It’s a riot; it’s a party on wheels," Jackson concluded. "Who doesn’t like to have fun?"
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Oscars 2022: Where to stream ‘CODA’ and what our critics thought
Despite the usual snubs, flubs and surprises, the Academy Award nominations were actually pretty solid this year. In addition to honoring great performances like Penelope Cruz in "Parallel Mothers," Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick … Boom!" and Denzel Washington in "The Tragedy of Macbeth," the Academy also rounded up an appreciably diverse list of Best Picture nominees.
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All this week we’ll be spotlighting the 10 films nominated for the big prize. And since we could all use more stuff to watch these days, we’ve also rounded up recommendations for movies (and TV shows) that echo or influence them in some way — all of which are streaming (for free!) on Tubi. Next up: Sian Heder’s inspiring, barrier-smashing drama "CODA."
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About "CODA"
The premise: "Gifted with a voice that her parents can’t hear, seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones), is the sole hearing member of a deaf family — a CODA, Child of Deaf Adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family’s struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older brother (Daniel Durant). But when Ruby joins her high school’s choir club, she discovers a gift for singing and finds herself drawn to her duet partner Miles (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo). Encouraged by her enthusiastic, tough-love choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez) to apply to a prestigious music school, Ruby finds herself torn between the obligations she feels to her family and the pursuit of her own dreams."
The details: PG-13. 111 minutes. Written and directed by Sian Heder.
The cast: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo.
The nominations: In addition to its Best Picture nod, "CODA" is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder) and Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur).
Our critic’s take: A retro crowdpleaser with limits
Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant in "CODA," now streaming on Apple TV+ (Apple TV+)
The modest family drama "CODA" straddles two decidedly different eras of filmmaking. On the retro side, it’s an old-fashioned Sundance Film Festival crowdpleaser that won a Grand Jury prize and was snapped up by a big distributor. On the more contemporary side, the buyer in that deal was Apple, which has turned the film into a showcase for their expanding streaming service.
It turns out that the middle of the Venn diagram between the 1990s indie boom and the 2020s streaming boom is a project that resembles a sweet, well-intentioned, well-acted TV movie. That’s not necessarily a dig: "CODA" may impart certain warm life lessons, but boasts some cultural specificity to high-schooler Ruby (Emilia Jones) and her status as the only hearing member of a Deaf family.
Ruby struggles to assert her independence from her earthy father (Oscar-nominee Troy Kotsur) and mother (Marlee Matlin), spending most of her time helping the family with their fishing business while she shyly pines to dedicate more of herself to singing. With the encouragement of brusque music teacher Mr. V (Eugenio Derbez), she starts to find her voice — and leave her family’s orbit.
The plot points are relatively predictable. The steadiness of the execution is, paradoxically, less so; writer-director Sian Heder, adapting a French film from 2014, seems less thirsty for both laughter and tears than plenty of lesser Sundance-coms. The actors, especially Jones and Kotsur, are a major asset, grounding the uplift in emotional reality.
It’s a shame that the movie itself is so antiseptic, struggling to exceed the bare minimum of visual interest in its gritty Massachusetts setting. With some streaming titles, it’s easy to lament that they weren’t afforded a more lavish release. For better and worse, "CODA" feels right at home on your small screen. [Jesse Hassenger]
For another take, read Stephanie Weaver’s 2021 review of "CODA."
How to watch "CODA"
Streaming:
"CODA" is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+.
Rent or own:
No release date for a DVD and/or Blu-ray release of "CODA" has been announced.
On the big screen:
"CODA" is still playing in limited theaters across the country.
About the writer: Jesse Hassenger is a writer, editor, and film critic based in Brooklyn, New York. His reviews and essays have appeared in The A.V. Club, Polygon, Paste Magazine, The Week, and Decider, among others. He also co-hosts the horror podcast The New Flesh, sometimes writes fiction, and enjoys rock and roll. His tweets about the Brine King from Aquaman appear at @rockmarooned.
What to watch next
Troy Kotsur earned a well-deserved Oscar nomination for his great supporting turn in "CODA," making him the first deaf man nominated for an acting Oscar. And it’s worth seeking him out as a romantic lead in the 2016 period romance "Wild Prairie Rose." Meanwhile, if you enjoyed "CODA" for its quirky family dynamics and small-town Massachusetts setting, you can find those same elements in the sweet 1990 Cher/Winona Ryder/Christina Ricci comedy-drama "Mermaids."
Plus:
- Marlee Matlin in "In Her Defense"
- 2018 documentary "Cinemability: The Art of Inclusion"
- 2012’s "See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary"
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Oscars 2022: Where to stream ‘Don’t Look Up’ and what our critics thought
Despite the usual snubs, flubs and surprises, the Academy Award nominations were actually pretty solid this year. In addition to honoring great performances like Penelope Cruz in "Parallel Mothers," Andrew Garfield in "Tick, Tick … Boom!" and Denzel Washington in "The Tragedy of Macbeth," the Academy also rounded up an appreciably diverse list of Best Picture nominees.
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All this week we’ll be spotlighting the 10 films nominated for the big prize. And since we could all use more stuff to watch these days, we’ve also rounded up recommendations for movies (and TV shows) that echo or influence them in some way — all of which are streaming (for free!) on Tubi. Next up: Adam McKay’s divisive Netflix comedy "Don’t Look Up."
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About "Don’t Look Up"
The premise: "Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate. With the help of Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry). With only six months until the comet makes impact, managing the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it’s too late proves shockingly comical — what will it take to get the world to just look up?!"
The details: Rated R. 138 minutes. Written and directed by Adam McKay (from a story by Adam McKay and David Sirota).
The cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Melanie Lynskey.
The nominations: Beyond Best Picture, "Don’t Look Up" was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Adam McKay and David Sirota), Best Original Score (Nicholas Britell) and Best Film Editing (Hank Corwin).
Our critic’s take: The Terrible Movie That Could
Every year, the Academy nominates a movie so catastrophically bad, it makes one question whether there is any point in giving the Oscars an ounce of our time. Notable examples of this phenomenon include (shudder) "Crash," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "The Help" and "Green Book" — and this is without diving deep into the history of cinema before the turn of the 21st century. "Don’t Look Up" holds this year’s dubious distinction for being The Terrible Movie That Could.
"Don’t Look Up" shares some of the bamboozling strengths of its notorious predecessors. It’s helmed by Adam McKay, the celebrated director of such classics as "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" — a far more sociologically insightful film than this dreck — and the Oscar-winning "The Big Short." It boasts a star-studded cast whose talents might be the only reason this film is remotely watchable. And much to the delight of a Hollywood that desperately wants to fight any critiques of being "out of touch," it tackles such hot-button issues as climate change, clickbait wars, misinformation campaigns, political tribalism and the horror of social-media-infographic-as-substitute-for-intellectual-discourse trend.
The problem is "Don’t Look Up" is the cinematic equivalent of the social media infographic. The joke-a-minute humor is smug and heavy-handed, even more obvious than the gigantic meteor barreling towards Earth in the film. The punch these punchlines are meant to pack is thrown feverishly at so many targets that they have the impact of a slap on the wrist: the scientist enamored with his own fame (Leonardo DiCaprio), the president who only cares about her poll numbers (Meryl Streep), her bro-ish inept chief-of-staff son desperate for mommy’s love (Jonah Hill), the narcissistic tech billionaire who firmly believes himself to be humanity’s only hope (Mark Rylance).
In short, the movie simply isn’t as funny as it thinks it is — and it doesn’t seem to trust the audience’s intelligence on either side of the divide. A fatal flaw in a film that dubs itself satire.
There are scenes where you can glimpse a better movie than the one that was offered — Timothée Chalamet’s soulful and earnest discussions on faith, Cate Blanchett’s self-involved TV host choosing to get drunk as the planet waits for doom and a dinner scene near the film’s bitter end are all moments grounded in emotional vulnerability. One wishes we could have had some more of that humanity in a movie that tries to point out we are worthy of being preserved. [Ines Bellina]
How to watch "Don’t Look Up"
Streaming: "Don’t Look Up" is streaming exclusively on Netflix.
Rent or own: No release date for a DVD and/or Blu-ray release of "Don’t Look Up" has been announced.
On the big screen: "Don’t Look Up" is still playing in limited theaters across the country.
About the writer: Ines Bellina is a writer, translator, and bon vivant. You can read her work at The A.V. Club, Consequence, Shondaland, Chicago Magazine, and more. Follow her on Twitter at @ibwrites for her hot takes on #BachelorNation.
What to watch next
For better or for worse, "Don’t Look Up" is a comedic concoction all its own. That makes it hard to recommend a direct parallel for Adam McKay’s star-studded dark comedy about the end of the world. But if you mix the apocalyptic drepression of "Melancholia" with the principled debate of "12 Angry Men" and the political absurdity of "The Interview," you might come close. Maybe. Sort of. A little.
Plus:
- Leonardo DiCaprio in "William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet"
- Jennifer Lawrence in "American Hustle"
- Meryl Streep in "Ricki and the Flash"
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Pennsylvania care home workers accused of abusing residents
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. - Two men who worked in direct care at a western Pennsylvania residential facility inflicted what a grand jury alleges was "violent, demeaning and humiliating" abuse on people with severe physical and mental disabilities, federal prosecutors said Friday in announcing hate crimes criminal charges.
Zachary Lee Dinell, 28, and Tyler Smith, 31, are accused of abusing people who are not able to speak to report their injuries and lack the capacity to defend themselves.
Their 12-count indictment issued Wednesday describes that from mid-2016 to about September 2017 residents of McGuire Memorial in New Brighton were punched in the face and head, choked, kicked in the face, jumped on, had caustic substances and other liquids rubbed into their eyes and had liquids sprayed and thrown into their mouths.
Thomas King, McGuire Memorial's general counsel, said the abuse came to light when police investigating Dinell for another matter found texts and videos on his cellphone. An investigation concluded no others at McGuire were aware or involved, King said.
Four lawsuits by residents or their family members have been settled by the home's insurer, King said.
"This was a horrible event for everyone involved in McGuire," King said Friday, noting policies were changed and security cameras installed as a result. "We're trying to move forward from it."
Dinell and Smith are charged with concealing material facts about a health care matter, conspiracy and 10 counts of violating the federal hate crimes statute. Neither man has a lawyer listed in the court records, and messages were left for lawyers who have represented them in prior state court proceedings related to the same allegations.
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The indictment said the two men encouraged each other.
The grand jury said Dinell told Smith he considered burying one man in the garbage of a trash container and that he had already hurt another resident and was "about to suffocate him."
The two men, who are both white, used a racial slur to describe Black patients and spoke of killing the people they were paid to help, the jury said.
"He didn't ask to be born that way," Dinell allegedly texted Smith about a resident in January 2017. "But here we are sanitizing his eyes and beating him."
Many of the attacks described by the grand jury were allegedly committed by Dinell and documented in their text exchanges, including "slamming," "sanitizing his eyes," spraying ice cold water on a naked resident with hypersensitivity to cold, rubbing liquid irritant into a resident's eyes, kicking a resident in the head and punching a resident in the head three times with his fist.
Smith, the jury said, was recorded jumping on a 13-year-old resident in bed. He is accused of sending Dinell a photo of a resident with a reddish spot on a sheet near his head that Smith said was the victim's blood.
Dinell, a former resident of Freedom, Pennsylvania, is currently in state prison. A magistrate judge set Smith’s bail on Wednesday at $25,000. Prosecutors said Smith most recently lived in New Brighton, 44 miles (71 kilometers) northwest of Pittsburgh.
Smith was fired from McGuire in September 2017, Dinell in June 2018, the jury said.
The Felician Sisters of North America and the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese operate the 50-resident facility.
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Senate unanimously passes marijuana research bill
On Thursday, the United States Senate unanimously passed a bill that would streamline efforts into the medical and scientific research of marijuana.
The bill was sponsored by Senators Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, according to a news release from Feinstein’s official website.
"Current rules and regulations make it hard for researchers to study how marijuana and marijuana-derived medications can best be used to treat various conditions," said Feinstein. "This important legislation will cut the red tape around the research process, helping get FDA-approved, marijuana-derived medications safely to patients."
The bill would also encourage the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to create cannabis-based medicines and greenlight physicians to discuss both the known harmful and beneficial impacts of using marijuana products such as CBD, according to the bill.
"This bipartisan bill is critical to better understanding the marijuana plant and its potential benefits and side effects. It will empower the FDA to analyze CBD and medical marijuana products in a safe and responsible way so that the American public can decide whether to utilize them in the future based on sound scientific data. Researching marijuana is widely supported by my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and it’s a smart step forward in addressing this current schedule I drug," Grassley said.
Meanwhile, a bill to legalize marijuana on the federal level is set to be discussed on the House floor as soon as next week, according to The Hill.
The bill, titled Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, would essentially remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act list and decriminalize it.
The bill would also allow federal taxes on marijuana and cannabis-based products that would in turn fund programs to help communities impacted negatively by the war on drugs, according to a news release from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, who authored the MORE Act.
"In my view, criminal penalties for marijuana offenses, and the resulting collateral consequences, are unjust and harmful to our society. The MORE Act comprehensively addresses this injustice, and I urge all my colleagues to support this bill today," Nadler said in a September 2021 statement about the bill.
Separately, a recent study found that medical marijuana fails to improve symptoms of pain, anxiety and depression and effectively doubles the risk of developing addictive symptoms and cannabis use disorder (CUD).
The study, published by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital on March 18, also noted that up to one in five users of cannabis may develop CUD.
While marijuana has shown evidence of easing pain and a few other health problems, two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many other conditions with little scientific backing.
Although the effects of any substance vary from person to person, researchers found that those who consume cannabis with anxiety and depression had the highest risk of developing CUD.
"In this first study of patients randomized to obtain medical marijuana cards, we learned there can be negative consequences to using cannabis for medical purposes. People with pain, anxiety or depression symptoms failed to report any improvements, though those with insomnia experienced improved sleep," Professor Jodi Gilman, lead author of the study, said.
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Snoop Dogg says a BTS collaboration is coming
NEW YORK - Snoop Dogg is apparently going to collaborate with BTS.
The rapper revealed that he is working with the group while giving a red carpet interview at the American Song Contest.
Snoop told The A.V. Club, "I’m going to let them tell you about it. It’s official like a referee with a whistle. I love that entertainment world. It’s good music."
Snoop Dogg had previously said on the Mogul Talk podcast that he had received a request to work together from the K-pop artists.
Last month Snoop Dogg took over Death Row Records, the brand that launched his career decades ago.
"I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value," the 50-year-old Snoop Dogg said in a statement. "It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members. This is an extremely meaningful moment for me."
Snoop Dogg found his springboard to success during the 1990s while on Death Row Records. The label was founded in 1992 by Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the D.O.C. and Dick Griffey in the immediate aftermath of the breakup of N.W.A.
Snoop Dogg performed at the Super Bowl halftime show along with Dr. Dre and other rap legends.
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WWE legend Triple H announces in-ring retirement after suffering heart failure
LOS ANGELES - Wrestling legend Triple H has officially announced his in-ring retirement.
Speaking with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s "First Take," the WWE legend, whose real name is Paul Levesque, told Smith various health issues prompted the retirement.
Levesque disclosed his battle with heart disease following a bout with viral pneumonia that caused him to go into heart failure last year. The 52-year-old said he these health problems won’t allow him to safely enter the ring again.
"I will never wrestle again," Levesque said. "First of all, I have a defibrillator in my chest, which, you know, probably not a good idea for me to get zapped on live TV."
After Levesque said he was coughing up blood, he was told by doctors that his heart was barely working.
"I was nose-diving and sort of at the 1-yard line of where you don't want to be really, for your family and your future," Levesque said. "There's moments in there when they're putting you out for stuff and you think, 'Is this it? Do you wake up from this?' That's tough to swallow and makes you think differently."
The 14-time world champion made his WWE debut in 1995 and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019.
Levesque’s last match ever took place during an untelevised card in Tokyo in 2019.
In 2021, FOX News reported that Levesque had a heart procedure after a cardiac event.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:
Titan International Inc., up 72 cents to $15.75.
The wheel and tire supplier entered into a three-year deal to supply farm wheels and tires to CNH Industrial.
Cutera Inc., up $9.31 to $54.93.
The maker of laser skin treatments said the FDA cleared its AviClear device for the treatment of acne.
Tilray Brands Inc., up $1.59 to $8.56.
The cannabis company gained ground on news that the U.S. House of Representatives will consider a measure to legalize the drug.
Dexcom Inc., up $12.58 to $480.97.
The medical device maker announced a four-for-one stock split.
Huntsman Corp., down $4.48 to $35.98.
The chemical company said shareholders voted to elect all 10 of its director nominees, forgoing candidates from investor Starboard Value.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., up 49 cents to $22.59.
The home goods retailer reached a cooperation agreement with billionaire investor Ryan Cohen.
General Motors Co., down 70 cents to $43.65.
The automaker is shutting down a pickup truck factory in Indiana for two weeks because a computer chip shortage.
Bank of America Corp., up 66 cents to $43.73.
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Wheat for May gaind 16.500 cents at $11.0225 a bushel; May corn was up 5.75 cents at $7.54 a bushel, May oats advanced 34.75 cents at $7.38 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 9.50 cents at $17.1025 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Apr. live cattle was up .80 cent at $1.4047 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle was off .35 cent at $1.5642 a pound; while Apr. lean hogs gained 4.70 cents at $1.0747 a pound. | https://www.chron.com/business/article/Grains-higher-Livestock-mixed-17029296.php | 2022-03-25T20:53:35 | en | 0.951069 |
Stocks wound up mostly higher on Wall Street Friday after another day of bouncing around as traders try to figure out what’s next for the economy.
It was a fitting ending for a bumpy week that had both gains and losses for major U.S. indexes. Treasury yields rose sharply again and crude oil prices rose moderately.
On Friday:
The S&P 500 rose 22.90 points, or 0.5%, to 4,543.06.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153.30 points, or 0.4%, to 34,861.24.
The Nasdaq fell 22.54 points, or 0.2%, to 14,169.30.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 2.54 points, or 0.1%, to 2,077.98.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is up 79.94 points, or 1.8%.
The Dow is up 106.31 points, or 0.3%.
The Nasdaq is up 275.46 points, or 2%.
The Russell 2000 is down 8.16 points, or 0.4%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 223.12 points, or 4.7%.
The Dow is down 1,477.06 points, or 4.1%.
The Nasdaq is down 1,475.67 points, or 9.4%.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The following is a list of initial public offerings planned for the coming week. Sources include IPO ETF manager Renaissance Capital, and SEC filings.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
1-9-7
(one, nine, seven)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 3 Midday" game were:
1-9-7
(one, nine, seven) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-Midday-game-17029387.php | 2022-03-25T20:54:06 | en | 0.927907 |
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