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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is the center of fierce fighting in the east. Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk says it’s holding out even though a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group went into a city hotel.
Stryuk said at least 1,500 people have been killed in Sievierodonetsk and about 12,000 to 13,000 remain in the city, where he said 60% of residential buildings have been destroyed.
Sievierodonetsk is the only part of the Luhansk region in the Donbas under Ukrainian government control, and Russian forces have been trying to cut it off from the rest of Ukrainian-controlled territory.
Stryuk said the main road between the neighboring town of Lysychansk and Bakhmut to the southwest remains open, but travel is dangerous.
He said only 12 people were able to be evacuated Thursday.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
— ‘This tears my soul apart’: A Ukrainian boy and a killing
— West mulls having Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions
— US aims to leverage Russia-Ukraine bloc against China
— Russia takes steps to bolster army, offer some Ukrainians citizenship
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Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded with the West on Thursday to send multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine as soon as possible to give it a chance against the Russian offensive in the eastern Donbas.
“We are fighting for Ukraine to be provided with all the weapons needed to change the nature of the fighting and start moving faster and more confidently toward the expulsion of the occupiers,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation.
He said Russian forces are wiping some eastern towns from the face of the Earth and the region could end up “uninhabited.”
“They want to turn Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk into ashes as they did with Volnovakha and Mariupol,” Zelenskyy said.
In the shelling Thursday of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Zelenskyy said at least nine people were killed and 19 wounded. Among those killed was a five-month-old baby and the infant’s father with the child’s mother seriously injured.
Zelenskyy also had harsh words for members of the European Union who are resisting imposing even tougher sanctions on Russia including a ban on the import of Russian oil and gas, the major source of revenue for Moscow.
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WASHINGTON — The move to reopen the U.S. embassy in Ukraine has brought one American military officer back into the country as part of the diplomatic team. But the Pentagon said Thursday that no other troops are going into Ukraine at this point.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the defense attache, a colonel, has gone back to Kyiv with other embassy staff. The defense attache, while a military officer, reports to the chief of mission and is there for diplomatic work, not security.
There have been ongoing questions about whether the U.S. will send a Marine security detachment back to the embassy. Kirby said that so far, the State Department is handling embassy protection with diplomatic security personnel and has not asked for Marines.
“Nothing has changed about the president’s direction that US troops will not be fighting in this war in Ukraine,” Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. He said active discussions about security are ongoing with the State Department.
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KOTELVA, Ukraine — Two Russian soldiers accused of war crimes in Ukraine appeared at a second trial hearing in the northeastern town of Kotelva.
The Russian servicemen, Alexander Alexeevich Ivanov and Alexander Vladimirovich Bobykin, are charged with shelling civilian infrastructure with a multiple rocket launcher. Both soldiers pleaded guilty at the hearing held at the Kotelevsky District Court.
If convicted, the servicemen could face up to 12 years in prison.
Their defense attorney asked for eight years, saying the two were only following their officers’ orders.
Asked if they wanted to make any declarations at the end of the hearing, Bobykin said: “I admit what I did, I regret the actions our troops committed, I believe that in the future the war will end and the peace we are all waiting for will come.”
Ivanov made no comment.
The trial is adjourned to May 31.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday he was forming a southern military command and sending battalion tactical groups to the area that borders Ukraine.
Lukashenko did not give details, but battalion tactical groups typically consist of mechanized infantry including tanks. The territory of Belarus was used for rocket attacks on Ukraine, but the military of Belarus did not take part in the Russian ground operation.
Ukrainian authorities have expressed concern that Belarus may agree to a wider participation in the war.
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BERLIN — Western allies are considering whether to allow Russian oligarchs to buy their way out of sanctions and using the money to rebuild Ukraine, according to government officials familiar with the matter.
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland proposed the idea at a G-7 finance ministers’ meeting in Germany last week.
Freeland raised the issue after oligarchs spoke to her about it, one official said. The Canadian minister knows some Russian oligarchs from her time as a journalist in Moscow.
The official said the Ukrainians were aware of the discussions. The official said it’s also in the West’s interests to have prominent oligarchs dissociate themselves with Russian President Vladimir Putin while at the same time providing funding for Ukraine.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly about internal G-7 discussions.
— By Rob Gillies and Frank Jordans
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KYIV — Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has become the latest European leader to visit Ukraine.
Marin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday in Kyiv.
Finnish public broadcaster YLE says she also visited the towns of Bucha and Irpin where Russian soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians.
Zelenskyy thanked Marin for Finland’s weapons deliveries and its support for sanctions against Russia.
Jolted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland recently broke with its policy of non-alignment and applied for membership in NATO, together with neighboring Sweden.
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MOSCOW — The head of the Russia-backed separatist region in eastern Ukraine says that there may be more Ukrainian fighters hiding at the sprawling Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, even after Moscow officially declared the operation of taking control over it successful and completed.
Denis Pushilin of the Donetsk People’s Republic said of the Ukrainian fighters on Thursday: “They could be hiding....They could be lost somewhere, lagged behind” the ones who surrendered and were captured.
The Russian military declared Azovstal and all of Mariupol “completely liberated” on May 20 and reported that a total of 2,439 fighters had come out of the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the besieged city.
Pushilin says any Ukrainians left behind at the plant don’t pose a threat to the Russian forces.
Russian officials have said the vast territory of the steel mill is being demined. Pushilin said it will be possible to say there is no one left there only after that process is completed, the rubble is cleared and the plant is thoroughly inspected,
“Unfortunately, we already have wounded sapper,” he said. “There are a lot of traps, booby traps. Technically, they had everything for this. Therefore, mine clearance is very thorough.”
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PRAGUE — The Czech Republic’s ambassador to Ukraine has returned to Kyiv as his country seeks to reinforce its embassy before it takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union in July.
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said Thursday that the work should help fulfill the priorities of the Czech presidency, which include supporting Ukraine with financial, humanitarian and political aid.
The Czech Republic is among the European nations that support a plan for Ukraine to quickly receive the status of a candidate for EU membership.
The government in Prague closed its embassy in Kyiv on Feb 24 after Russia invaded Ukraine. The embassy, which reopened in the middle of April, currently has five diplomats.
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Russia has started broadcasting its state television news in the ravaged port city of Mariupol and other locations it controls in eastern Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian officials said Thursday.
Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Situations, or MChS, said it has launched “three mobile complexes for informing and alerting the population” that will be “broadcasting news for two hours in different parts of Mariupol.”
Such mobile units also operate in the city of Volnovakha and the Lyman district of Ukraine's Donetsk province, broadcasting state news shows, “practical information” and cartoons for children, Russian state news agency Tass reported Thursday.
Petro Adnryushchenko, an advisor to Mariupol's Ukrainian mayor, posted on his Telegram channel footage of MChS trucks with TV screens broadcasting Russian news shows to crowds of people in the Russian-occupied city.
“Yesterday, the occupiers launched three mobile propaganda cars and additionally installed 12 75-inch TVs in places of mass gathering — humanitarian aid distribution points, paperwork points and water access points,” he wrote. “The practice of ‘nothing to feed, feed lies’ is gaining momentum.”
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West will fail in its attempts to isolate Russia and face growing economic problems.
Speaking Thursday via video link to members of the Eurasian Economic Forum, Putin said Russia wasn’t going to shut itself off from international cooperation. The forum includes several ex-Soviet nations.
Putin said that trying to isolate Russia is “impossible, utterly unrealistic in the modern world” and “those who try to do it primarily hurt themselves.”
The Russian leader cited growing economic challenges in the West, including “inflation unseen in 40 years, growing unemployment, rupture of supply chains and the worsening of global crises in such sensitive spheres as food.”
“This is not a joke,” he said. “This is a serious thing that will have an impact on the entire system of economic and political relations.”
He lambasted the West for seizing Russian reserves, saying that “the theft of others’ assets never brought any good.”
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KYIV, Ukraine — A regional governor in eastern Ukraine says shelling of the city of Kharkiv killed at least four civilians.
Kharkiv Gov. Oleg Synyehubov said that another seven residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city were wounded in Thursday’s shelling.
He urged people to stay in shelters, warning that the barrage might continue.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian governor of the eastern Luhansk region says Russian bombardments killed three people in and around the city of Lysychansk, which is a key focus of fighting.
Serhiy Haidai said Thursday that one person was killed in Lysychansk and two in the nearby village of Ustynivka amid a Russian artillery bombardment on Wednesday. He said strikes in the region had hit various targets including private houses and a humanitarian aid center, without specifying how the people died.
Haidai is the Kyiv-backed governor of the Luhansk region, where the Ukrainian government is holding onto a small area around Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the face of a focused push by Russian forces.
In the northern Kharkiv region, governor Oleh Synehubov said two men ages 64 and 82 had been killed in shelling of the town of Balakliya and 10 other people were injured, including a 9-year-old girl.
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DAVOS, Switzerland — Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov says that not enough strategic steps have been taken in recent years to prevent Europe’s growing dependence on Russian gas and to counter hybrid attacks.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Petkov said that the war in Ukraine “caused many crises to us because we had allowed ourselves to be dependent on Russia”.
Petkov said that after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Europe criticized Moscow but did nothing to reduce its dependence on it.
“While we linked the price of electricity to that of gas, Russia now can not only reduce gas supplies, but also regulate electricity prices in Europe,” he said.
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DAVOS, Switzerland — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his conviction that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t win the war in Ukraine.
“He has already failed to achieve all his strategic goals,” Scholz said Thursday in his speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
The chancellor said that “a capture of all of Ukraine by Russia seems further away today than it did at the beginning of the war. More than ever, Ukraine is emphasizing its European future.”
In addition, Scholz said Thursday, the “brutality of the Russian war” has prompted two states to move closer to NATO.
“With Sweden and Finland, two close friends and partners want to join the North Atlantic alliance. They are most welcome!” the chancellor said.
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MILAN, Italy — The World Food Program has been pushing to get wheat out of Ukrainian ports to help feed the hungry elsewhere in the world and avert growing food insecurity in vulnerable regions, while also making room for the harvest of grain that has recently been planted.
“We are pushing 100% to get the food that is stuck in that port out. It needs to be a continuous flow, it cannot be a few ships full. We need to get what we can out of there, not just for the Ukrainian economy but to get to people who need it in Yemen and Somalia and Afghanistan,’’ said WFP spokesman John Dumont.
Dumont was in Odesa a couple of weeks ago, and says the grain silos are full. “They are planting now. Where are they going to put that wheat when it is harvest time at the end of June and July? There is no place for it to go.”
“It needs to get out in a continuous way. It cannot just be a little one-off humanitarian convoy. The Black Sea needs to open.”
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MOSCOW — The Kremlin says it expects Ukraine to see what is happening in the country and to accept Moscow’s demands
Asked Thursday if Russia expects Ukraine to make territorial concessions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied: “Moscow expects the acceptance of its demands and the understanding of the real situation that exists de-facto.”
Russia has previously demanded recognition of its sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. It also is seeking acknowledgement of the independence of Russia-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials said in March that the status of Crimea and the separatist regions could be discussed later. In recent weeks, they have toughened their stand and said that Russian troops should pull back to where they were before Moscow launched a military action in Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Speaking in a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Peskov said: “Kyiv must acknowledge the de-facto situation and just have a sober assessment of it.”
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says Russian President Vladimir Putin is “trying to hold the world to ransom” by demanding that some sanctions be lifted before Russia allowed Ukrainian grain shipments to resume.
“He’s essentially weaponized hunger and lack of food among the poorest people around the world,” Truss said during a visit Thursday to the Bosnia. “We simply cannot allow this to happen.”
Truss vows that “will do all, with our allies and partners, to get the grain out of Ukraine and supply the rest of the world. “
But she says that the sanctions must stay in place to cut off funding for the war in Ukraine.
“We need to ensure Putin loses in Ukraine,” Truss says.” What we cannot have is any lifting of sanctions, any appeasement, which will simply make Putin stronger in the longer term.”
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MOSCOW — The Kremlin says that the West needs to lift some of its sanctions against Russia for grain shipments from Ukraine to resume.
Western allies have accused Russia of blocking grain exports from Ukraine in a move that is exacerbating food shortages in Africa and other regions.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that “we categorically reject the accusations and accuse Western countries of taking a series of unlawful actions that has led to the blockade.”
Speaking in a conference call with reporters, he added that the West, in particular, “must cancel the unlawful decisions that hamper chartering ships and exporting grain.”
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MOSCOW — The Russian military says it has destroyed a large Ukrainian unit with equipment at a railway station in the east.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Thursday that the Russian warplanes hit the railway station in Pokrovsk when an assault brigade that arrived to reinforce the Ukrainian forces in the region was unloading there.
Konashenkov also said that the Russian military destroyed Ukraine’s electronic intelligence center in Dniprovske in the southern Mykolaiv region, killing 11 Ukrainian soldiers and 15 foreign experts. His claims couldn’t be independently confirmed.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, the Russian artillery hit over 500 Ukrainian targets, including troops concentrations and artillery positions, he said.
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The General Staff of the Ukrainian military said Thursday that the Russian forces have continued attempts to press their offensive in several sections of the frontline in the east and also launched missile and air strikes at infrastructure facilities across the country.
Rodion Miroshnik, a representative of the separatist Luhansk region in Russia, said that about 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers are currently in captivity in the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk regions and their number is growing daily by the “hundreds.”
His claims couldn’t be independently verified.
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LONDON — Britain’s military says Russia has suffered substantial losses among its elite units because of “complacency” among commanders and failure to anticipate strong Ukrainian resistance.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense says the airborne VDV has been involved in “several notable tactical failures” since the Feb. 24 invasion, including the attempt to capture and hold Hostomel Airfield near Kyiv and failed attempts to cross the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine.
In its daily intelligence update, the defense ministry said the VDV had been sent on missions “better suited to heavier armoured infantry and has sustained heavy casualties during the campaign. Its mixed performance likely reflects a strategic mismanagement of this capability and Russia’s failure to secure air superiority.”
It said “the failure to anticipate Ukrainian resistance and the subsequent complacency of Russian commanders has led to significant losses across many of Russia’s more elite units.” | https://www.chron.com/business/article/Live-updates-Ukraine-says-Russia-presses-17199963.php | 2022-05-27T18:24:43 | en | 0.963738 |
- US dollar continues to pullback across the board.
- Yen loses momentum in the market amid risk appetite.
- USD/JPY fails to benefit from the rally in Wall Street.
The USD/JPY is about to end the week trading around 127.00. The pair bottomed on Tuesday at 126.35, the lowest level in five weeks and then rebounded finding resistance below 127.50. It is about to post the third weekly decline in a row.
The US dollar remains weak, and keeps correcting lower versus G10 currencies from multi-year highs. The improvement in risk sentiment boosted the retreat that was also driven by steady US yields.
The demand for Treasuries remained firm despite the rally in Wall Street. The S&P 500 is heading to a weekly gain of more than 5%. US yields edged lower during the week. The US 10-year yield stands at 2.74%, far from the 3.20% (May 9).
“In March, USD/JPY broke through 117 and moved sharply higher. IMM data shows Leveraged Funds’ short JPY position expanded over the following four weeks at the fastest pace in five years. Interestingly, despite the rally in risk this week USD/JPY has failed to rally and hit a new low on Tuesday. We continue to see downside risks over the coming weeks”, wrote analysts at MUFG Bank.
In the short-term, the bias in USD/JPY is tilted to the downside. A break under 126.50 should open the doors to more losses, targeting 126.20 and then 125.75. On the upside a recovery above 127.50 (horizontal resistance and downtrend line from recent top) should remove the negative bias.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz as it tries to expand its naval presence in waters vital to international energy supplies and beyond, satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press show.
The construction of the Shahid Mahdavi provides the Guard a large, floating base from which to run the small fast boats that largely make up its fleet designed to counter the U.S. Navy and other allied forces in the region.
Its arrival, however, comes after a series of setbacks for both the Guard and Iran's regular navy, including the loss of its largest warship less than a year earlier. As negotiations over Iran's nuclear deal with world powers also founder, further confrontations at sea between Tehran and the West also remain a risk.
“They are looking beyond the Persian Gulf and into the blue waters of the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea and the northern Indian Ocean,” said Farzin Nadimi, an associate fellow at the Washington Institute for Near-East Policy who studies the Iranian military.
The Shahid Mahdavi appears to be a retrofit of an Iranian cargo ship known as the Sarvin, based off of previous pictures of the vessel which also has a similar curve to its hull.
The Sarvin arrived off Bandar Abbas in late July last year and then switched off its trackers. By Jan. 29, satellite photos from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by the AP showed the vessel at drydock at Shahid Darvishi Marine Industries, a company associated with Iran's Defense Ministry just west of Bandar Abbas.
An image of the Shahid Mahdavi circulated first on social media. The ship appears to have crewed anti-aircraft weapons on its bow and stern, according to H.I. Sutton, a military ship expert who first identified the ship as being near Bandar Abbas. A flag for the Revolutionary Guard, showing its logo of a fist gripping an assault rifle with a Quran underneath and a globe behind it, hangs from the ship's bridge.
A high-resolution Planet image taken of the drydock Saturday on behalf of the AP showed the gun-metal gray Shahid Mahdavi still at the shipyard. Just next to it, one of Iran's Kilo-class, diesel-powered attack submarines appears to be undergoing a major overhaul. Iran is believed to have one Kilo-class sub that's operational while another is also nonfunctional, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
As the image of the Shahid Mahdavi circulated online, the semiofficial Fars news agency ran a story about the ship. Fars, believed to be close to the Guard, described the vessel as a “mobile naval city" capable of “ensuring the security of Iran’s trade lines, as well as the rights of Iranian sailors and fishermen in the high seas.”
“This range of new defense and combat innovations for the construction of heavy vessels, in line with the mass development of light vessels, and equipping them with various arrays can maintain Iran’s authority over the Persian Gulf and the (Gulf) of Oman always in the face of transregional enemies,” Fars said.
Such floating bases have been used before in the region, particularly by the U.S. Navy during the 1980s so-called “Tanker War" after Iraq invaded Iran. As Iranian mines detonated against crude oil shippers amid that war, the Navy began escorting ships out of the Persian Gulf through its narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz. The strait to this day sees a fifth of all oil traded pass through it.
During the conflict, U.S. special forces operated from commercial barges that served as forward operating bases. The Navy still works with the idea today — the Mideast-based 5th Fleet has been home to the USS Lewis B. Puller, a massive ship designed off an oil tanker that can host troops and attack helicopters.
“The Shahid Mahdavi looks like it will be configured to be an afloat forward staging base, to use the U.S. Navy term,” said Michael Connell, an expert on Iran at the Virginia-based Center for Naval Analyses. "The Puller was parked for many years in the Persian Gulf and the Iranian military witnessed its utility as a platform for expeditionary warfare and power projection."
For years, the Guard patrolled the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, while Iran's regular navy patrolled the seas and oceans beyond. Building the Shahid Mahdavi likely gives the Guard the ability to expand its presence into those waters once patrolled by the navy.
History also isn't something that has escaped Iran. The choice of the name for the Guard's newest ship — Shahid Mahdavi, or Martyr Mahdavi — comes from Nader Mahdavi, an Iranian Guardsman killed by the U.S. Navy in 1987 during the “Tanker War.”
America's killing of Mahdavi, which came after his forces opened fire on U.S. special forces helicopters, still resonates in Iran today. Tehran has alleged without evidence that America captured him alive and tortured him due to the condition of his body after it was returned. The American helicopters had strafed the Iranian vessels Mahdavi oversaw with machine guns, rockets and “fléchette” rounds — small metal darts.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself once gave a speech with a portrait of Mahdavi near him in 2019. That was around the time of a series of mine attacks on Mideast shipping that the U.S. Navy blamed on Iran amid the collapse of Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
Using Mahdavi's name suggests the Guard views this as a means by which to challenge the U.S. Navy in the Mideast, particularly with the new ship likely able to support the so-called “swarm attacks” Iran can launch against larger American warships.
Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a 5th Fleet spokesman, declined to comment specifically about the Shahid Mahdavi as “we're careful not to discuss intelligence-related matters.”
“But generally speaking, we pay very close attention to the maritime environment with our international partners in the interest of regional security and stability,” Hawkins said.
The arrival of the Shahid Mahdavi, which would be the biggest ship in the Guard's fleet, comes amid a series of naval disasters for Iran. The Kharg, the regular navy's largest warship, sunk last June. In 2020, a missile mistakenly struck a naval vessel during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15. An Iranian navy destroyer sank in the Caspian Sea in 2018.
Meanwhile, a cargo ship in the Red Sea believed to be a Guard intelligence base suffered an explosion suspected to be caused by Israel last year. The Shahid Mahdavi could serve a similar role in espionage and sabotage missions by special forces, said Nadimi, the analyst at the Washington Institute. It also could be potentially outfitted with long-range missiles as well.
“Nasty things can happen around this ship,” Nadimi warned.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s that time of year again. With the weather heating up and school out for nearly all New Mexico kids over the next week, the pools are back open for swimming.
Starting tomorrow (Saturday, May 28), Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque say they’ll open most of their indoor and outdoor pools. However, some will remain closed due to staffing issues and renovations.
Bernalillo County Pools
Starting with the county, the new Alameda Spray Park will open for Memorial Day weekend. So too will the Paradise Hills Pool and waterslide, the Rio Grande Indoor Pool and the South Valley Pool and splash pad.
The only county pool that will remain closed for the Memorial Day weekend will be the Los Padillas Aquatic Center near I-25 and Isleta. The county says due to a shortage of lifeguards and staff, Los Padillas is currently slated to open in “late June,” but no specific opening date has been selected.
For county pools, each facilities hours are the same across the board, for the most part. Summer recreational swim hours on Saturday and Sunday span two sessions. The first session is from noon to 2:15 p.m. The second session is from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. On weekdays, the county’s recreational swim hours span from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The county’s Alameda Spray Park near 4th Street and Alameda in northwest Albuquerque has somewhat different hours that are also broken up into two sessions. Session one is open from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Session two is open from 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
More information about Bernalillo County’s pool hours for adult lap swim, water aerobics and pool rentals can be found on the county’s website. Click here to visit bernco.gov’s pool hour website.
As for the cost, the price for general swimming is $4.25 for adults 18 and over, $3.25 for kids 17 to six years-old, $2 for kids 5 and under. Spectators are $3. Active duty military and veterans are free (with proof), as are seniors 60 and over.
Also, make sure you look at the county’s rules for “proper swim attire.”
City of Albuquerque Pools
Saturday, May 28 also marks opening day for most pools operated by the City of Albuquerque. The city says it’s Parks and Recreation Department will fully open 11 of their 12 outdoor pools for the summer season Memorial Day weekend. However, it will be a few more weeks before the city’s splash pads open.
The indoor pools opening Saturday include the West Mesa Aquatic Center, Highland Pool, Los Altos Pool, Betsy Patterson Pool at Sandia High School, and the Valley Pool at Valley High School. Outdoor pools that will open include the East San Jose Pool, Eisenhower Pool, Rio Grande Outdoor Pool, Sierra Vista Pool, Sunport Pool and Wilson Pool.
The only outdoor pool that won’t open is the Montgomery Pool off San Mateo, just south of Montgomery Blvd. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department says that pool will open on June 27 after contractors finish work on a water circulation system, new tile, plaster, and a gutter system.
The city also operates three splash pads. Two of them are free: Wells Park near 5th and Mountain; Cesar Chavez Community Center near Louisiana and Gibson. The third splash pad at Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center near Central and Eubank has admission fees. Those three splash pads are slated to open on June 13, through July 29. Hours vary, and can be found by clicking the links above to each respective site.
City operated pools also vary in hours and fee. Here’s a link to the city’s pool fee schedule and holiday closure schedule. Typically, day fees range between one dollar and three dollars for recreational swimming admission.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
03-05-10-11-13-21-27-28-29-43-46-47-49-58-59-62-63-66-72-75, BE: 3
(three, five, ten, eleven, thirteen, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-three, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-six, seventy-two, seventy-five; BE: three) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17203708.php | 2022-05-27T18:24:58 | en | 0.790803 |
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CANNES, France (AP) — “Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins.
This time, the film centers on the use of a “baby box,” a controversial method of anonymously dropping off newborns to be cared for by others used in Japan, South Korea and other parts of the world.
“In Japan, the biggest criticism was that the baby box was making it too easy for the mothers to give up on their responsibility to raise the child. But, on the other hand, some people said that these boxes were actually saving lives because otherwise, the children might die,” he said. “I just thought that was an interesting argument to base a film on.”
The director says his interest in the issue dates back to 2013. “When I was making ‘Like Father, Like Son.’ I researched the Japanese adoption system and it was then that I learned that Kumamoto Prefecture had Japan’s only baby box. So I got interested in that and started to research it. And I learned that Korea had the same kind of baby box, but that they had about 10 times as many babies put in baby boxes in Korea as in Japan,” he said.
“And then in 2016, I came up with the idea for a short plot based on the Korean baby box with Song Kang-ho, starring as a broker.”
Alongside Song (“Snowpiercer,” “Parasite,” “The Throne”), the South Korean drama also stars Bae Doona (“The Host,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Cloud Atlas”), Gang Dong-won (“Secret Reunion,” “The Priests”), and South Korean singer-songwriter Lee Ji-eun, known as IU.
“Broker” marks the director’s sixth time competing for the Palme d’Or. He was first nominated for Cannes’ top prize in 2001 for “Distance,” then again in 2004 for “Nobody Knows,” in 2013 and for “Our Little Sister” in 2015.
The Japanese director won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2013 for “Like Father, Like Son” and won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 festival for his highly-acclaimed movie, “Shoplifters.”
Single mothers have long faced stigma in South Korea because pregnancy when out of wedlock is considered inappropriate. They are often pressured and shamed into giving up their children because of deeply sexist and conservative culture, birth registration laws stacked against them, and a largely privatized adoption industry.
“They can find themselves disadvantaged by the system,” he said. “And the mother is the easiest one to criticize because the father isn’t there anymore. So he escapes the criticism.”
When asked whether the film poses a question about what it means to be a family today, Kore-eda called the tale “the story of a pseudo-family.”
“But more important in this case is the two women who have chosen not to be mothers. They are at the center of the story, as well as this life that has been thrown away. So, for me, in this case, life was more central to the film than the family.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –The Friday Night Market is back for its fourth season with live music acts, local artisan vendors, food truck and more.
Produced by Mariposa Music, the Friday Night Market is a free family and pet friendly event. It encourages the community to support local vendors. There will be live music by the Funk/Soul/Classic Rock act, Weather the Band as well as lots of food trucks.
The Friday Night Market will take place every last Friday of the month, through October. Friday Night Market kicks off May 29, 5-9 p. m. Venue is Fusion Forum.
For more information visit their website. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/free-family-event-at-the-friday-night-market/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:03 | en | 0.928577 |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Going on their seventh year, the 2022 New Mexico Science Fiesta is back. The organized by Explora and STEM-NM. It aims to teach kids more about science, technology, engineering, art and math.
They will be hosting a week-long summer camp running from June 11-18. Events for the whole family to enjoy, ending the week with the New Mexico Science Fiesta. The event will be located, Expo New Mexico. There will be a lot of STEM professionals doing demostrations of different things and free parking.
Explora is a science center and children’s museum in Albuquerque, with a mission of creating experiences in science, technology, egineering, art and math (STEM). Explora serves thousands of people of all backgrounds each year and is dedicated to improving New Mexico’s educational and economic outcomes.
For more information visit their website. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/new-mexico-science-fiesta-teaching-kids-about-stem/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:04 | en | 0.927233 |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of the largest natural gas utility in Alaska said it is selling the company to Canada-based TriSummit Utilities Inc. for $800 million.
AltaGas Ltd. announced Thursday that the sale includes Anchorage-based ENSTAR Natural Gas, associated pipelines and ENSTAR’s majority ownership in a gas storage facility, the Anchorage Daily News reported. AltaGas, also based in Canada, acquired Enstar in 2012.
TriSummit has about 133,000 customers in Canada. ENSTAR, which has about 150,000 customers in Anchorage and parts of south-central Alaska, has had about 1% annual growth in customers in recent years, AltaGas has reported.
AltaGas said the sale, in part, will allow the company to reduce debt and make “higher growth investments” in other operations, the company's president, Randy Crawford, said in a statement.
The sale is subject to regulatory approval. The companies expect it to close by early next year.
TriSummit in a statement said it plans to “retain all of ENSTAR’s dedicated employees and hire new Alaska employees to perform certain functions currently performed out of state.” ENSTAR Natural Gas has about 200 employees.
TriSummit President and CEO Jared Green once ran ENSTAR.
“Our top priority is ensuring a smooth transition, maintaining the strong relationships ENSTAR has in its communities, and to fully support ENSTAR as they continue to provide customers with safe, reliable and affordable service,” Green said in the statement. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Alaska-s-largest-natural-gas-utility-being-sold-17203595.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:04 | en | 0.961311 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Prosecutors are fighting to keep a suspected bosque arsonist behind bars Friday. Cristina Noble was arrested last week and accused of intentionally setting a dozen fires in the bosque near Second Street and Woodward.
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Noble has a history of property damage and other fire-related crimes. In a pretrial detention motion, prosecutors say Cristina Noble is too dangerous to be released considering the current high fire danger.
At a hearing last week, her attorney made it clear competency was going to be an issue because it has been in the past. The detention hearing is happening Friday. KRQE News 13 will provide an update to what happens. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/state-fights-to-keep-suspected-arsonist-behind-bars-until-trial/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:04 | en | 0.940215 |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old arrested for having a loaded gun at a South Carolina mall apparently sneaked a second loaded weapon into the facility where he was taken, authorities said.
A Columbia Police Department spokesperson called the incident “an egregious failure on many levels,” WLTX-TV reported.
It started Tuesday when the boy and a relative were arrested for having guns at Columbiana Centre Mall. Police said officers did an initial search of the boy and confiscated a loaded, 9mm handgun but they missed another gun he was hiding.
Department of Juvenile Justice Director Eden Hendrick told the television station that when the teen was transferred to their custody hours later, he was patted down, showered and dressed in facility clothes but the second weapon went undetected. It was not until the next day that the second weapon was discovered and later recovered by facility staff, Hendrick said.
In a statement to WLTX, Columbia Police called the lack of a thorough search by officers “unacceptable” and a risk to public safety. The department says the arresting officers who missed the gun have been put on administrative duty pending completion of training programs.
“This incident represents an egregious failure on many levels, including a violation of policy and procedure,” the police department said in a statement. “This lack of a thorough search is unacceptable and risked public and officer safety.”
Hendrick also said the Department of Juvenile Justice will revamp its intake process and all staff will be retrained on intake, search, and other safety procedures. She added that employees involved in the initial search have been suspended.
In addition to the teen, police also arrested La’Kenyatta Moore-Rhodes, 40. Police said that after reviewing surveillance video, investigators discovered Moore-Rhodes initially had the gun and gave it to the teen.
Police charged the teenager with unlawful gun possession by a minor, unlawful carrying of a gun and pointing and presenting a gun, The State reported. Moore-Rhodes was charged with unlawful carrying, pointing and presenting a gun and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the newspaper reported.
It was unknown if either of the suspects has an attorney who could comment for them. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Authorities-Teen-sneaks-loaded-gun-into-SC-17203608.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:10 | en | 0.982461 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The “Take a Ride on Us” campaign is offering discounted Uber rides this Memorial Day weekend. Beginning Friday, May 27, at noon through Tuesday, May 31 at 3 a.m. the campaign is offering 1,000 rides.
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Participants can redeem the Uber code MEMORIAL22 to get the discount. Each code is good for two riders per person, $10 per ride. The credit can only be used for rides and not Uber Eats.
According to a news release, Bernalillo County has contributed $60,000 to this annual effort. It also states that the program has provided a safe ride option to more than 27,000 riders in Albuquerque since 2017. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/take-a-ride-on-us-program-offers-free-rides-memorial-day-weekend/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:10 | en | 0.925872 |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens' assistance in the U.S. seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker this week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating Washington's crushing sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The raid marks the first major incident at sea in months as tensions remain high between Iran and the West over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. As Tehran enriches more uranium, closer to weapons-grade levels than ever before, worries mount that negotiators won't find a way back to the accord — raising the risk of a wider war.
The Guard issued a statement announcing the seizures, accusing the tankers of unspecified violations.
Greece's Foreign Ministry said it made a strong demarche to the Iranian ambassador in Athens over the “violent taking over of two Greek-flagged ships” in the Persian Gulf. “These acts effectively amount to acts of piracy,” a ministry statement said.
The ministry called for the immediate release of the vessels and their crews, and said these acts would have “particularly negative consequences” in bilateral relations and in Iran’s relations with the European Union, of which Greece is a member.
The ministry's statement said that earlier Friday, an Iranian helicopter landed on the Greek-flagged Delta Poseidon in international waters, some 22 nautical miles off the coast of Iran.
“Armed men then took the crew captive,” it said, adding that two Greek nationals were among the crew.
“A similar incident has been reported on another Greek-flagged vessel, that was carrying seven Greek citizens, close to the coast of Iran,” the ministry said.
A Greek official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the attack with a journalist, identified the second ship as the Prudent Warrior. Its manager, Polembros Shipping in Greece, earlier said the company was “cooperating with the authorities and making every possible effort to address the situation effectively.”
Greek officials did not identify the nationalities of the other crew onboard the vessels.
Both vessels had come from Iraq's Basra oil terminal, likely loaded with crude, according to tracking data from MarineTraffic.com.
A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said it appeared the two ships had come close to — but not into — Iranian territorial waters Friday. After the hijacking, they drifted into Iranian waters. The ships also had turned off their tracking devices, another red flag, the official said. However, neither had issued a mayday or a call for help, the official said.
Iran had threatened to take “punitive action” earlier Friday over Athens being involved in the U.S. seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Greek waters.
Nour News, a website close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, made the threat just as shipping news site Lloyd's List said it believed two Greek tankers had been seized in the Persian Gulf. Quoting anonymous industry sources, Lloyd's reported that the two ships had been boarded after Iranian military helicopters approached them on Friday afternoon.
The seizures came after Greece helped the U.S. seize crude oil aboard an Iranian-flagged tanker this week.
A Greek official said Thursday the move followed a “judicial intervention by U.S. authorities concerning the ship’s cargo.” The oil was “to be handed over” off the port of Karystos on the Aegean Sea island of Evia.
The official, who asked not to be identified in order to discuss the case, did not provide further details. A Justice Department spokesman in Washington and the U.S. Embassy in Athens declined to comment Thursday.
Iran’s seizure on Friday was the latest in a string of hijackings and explosions to roil a region that includes the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil passes.
The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members in 2021.
Iranian hijackers also stormed and briefly captured a Panama-flagged asphalt tanker off the United Arab Emirates last year, as well as briefly seizing and holding a Vietnamese tanker in November.
Tehran denies carrying out the attacks, but a wider shadow war between Iran and the West has played out in the region’s volatile waters. Meanwhile, the Guard is building a massive new support ship near the strategic Strait of Hormuz as it tries to expand its naval presence in waters vital to international energy supplies and beyond, according to satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Day" game were:
02-03-04-09-12-13-14-15-17-18-21-24
(two, three, four, nine, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one, twenty-four) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Day-game-17203628.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:14 | en | 0.854879 |
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Legislation providing a possible path to freedom for people convicted of felonies by non-unanimous Louisiana juries has been shelved for the current legislative session.
The bill would have allowed those convicted by non-unanimous juries to apply for a review by a five-member board appointed by the governor. The board would decide whether the applicant should become eligible for parole. But The Advocate reports that Democratic Rep. Randal L. Gaines withdrew his measure Thursday because of disagreements on whether the board's decision had to be unanimous.
District attorneys raised safety concerns in insisting that a unanimous board vote should be needed in cases involving convictions for violent crimes such as murder or aggravated rape.
“We need to reassure victims and survivors of the integrity and finality of the crimes against the community," Loren Lampert, executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, told the newspaper.
Gaines, a Laplace lawyer, had argued that no court in the federal or state system requires a unanimous vote of its panels of judges to decide an appeal.
“I understand their concerns,” Gaines said. “But the inconsistency; you can’t have an equitable system if it requires a unanimous vote to remedy a wrongful conviction from a non-unanimous jury.”
The commission envisioned in the bill would have included three retired appellate or Supreme Court justices, a retired district attorney and a retired public defender. The five would review the case file looking at factors such as the strength of the state’s case, the nature of the offense, the quality of counsel, any indications of racial animus, length of deliberations and whether the lack of unanimity was the result of jurors voting to acquit.
In 2018, Louisiana voters approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting non-unanimous verdicts in trials for crimes committed after Jan. 1, 2019. The vote followed a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of stories in The Advocate analyzing the origins of the law and the racial disparities in verdicts.
In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional, broadening the effect of the state constitutional amendment.
But in 2021, the Supreme Court made clear that its decision against non-unanimous verdicts applied only to future cases and cases in which the defendants’ appeals had not been exhausted.
Those convicted with non-unanimous verdicts in older Louisiana cases still might get relief from the state Supreme Court. That court heard arguments earlier this month on whether such verdicts must be thrown out retroactively. A ruling is pending. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Bill-to-aid-those-convicted-by-non-unanimous-17203562.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:16 | en | 0.960472 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making clear that he will defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers' testimony.
“For House Republican leaders to agree to participate in this political stunt would change the House forever,” the California lawmaker wrote Thursday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
The House panel believes testimony from the Republican lawmakers are crucial to their investigation as each of the men was in contact with then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the weeks and days leading up to the Capitol insurrection. Some participated in meetings and urged the White House to try and overturn the 2020 presidential results.
McCarthy has acknowledged he spoke with Trump on Jan. 6 as Trump’s supporters were beating police outside the Capitol and forcing their way into the building. But he has not shared many details. The committee requested information about his conversations with Trump “before, during and after” the riot.
His defiance presents a new challenge for the committee after lawmakers decided to take the extraordinary and politically risky step of subpoenaing their own colleagues. The committee now must decide whether to enforce the subpoenas even as it looks to wrap up the investigation and prepare for a series of public hearings in early June. It could refer the lawmakers to the House ethics committee or take steps to hold them in contempt.
The subpoenas were issued to McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan, and Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama in mid-May. The panel has already interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and collected more than 100,000 documents as it investigates the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries.
“I have no relevant information that would advance any legitimate legislative purpose,” Jordan said in a letter detailing his reasons for not cooperating. The others indicated after the subpoenas were issued that they too would not cooperate. A request for comment from Biggs, Brooks and Perry was not immediately returned.
The panel had previously asked for voluntary cooperation from the five lawmakers, along with a handful of other GOP members, but all refused to speak with the panel, which debated for months whether to issue the subpoenas.
McCarthy and the others were summoned to testify in front of investigators this week and next week. McCarthy, who aspires to be House speaker if Republicans take over the majority next year, indicated that the committee’s decision will have a lasting impact.
“Every representative in the minority would be subject to compelled interrogations by the majority, under oath, without any foundation of fairness, and at the expense of taxpayers,” he wrote in the op-ed.
In a separate move, McCarthy and the No. 2 House Republican, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, filed a court brief in support of Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon, who is facing criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena from the committee. In the brief, lawyers for the two write that the committee does not have the authority to issue subpoenas, an argument that has been dismissed in other court proceedings.
The lawyers also wrote that McCarthy and Scalise filed the brief “out of concern for the potential damage to House institutional," rules and order.
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Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Hobbs man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday on child pornography charges. Matthew Lee Dale Taylor, 31, faces 25 to 30 years in prison for transporting child pornography, possession of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children, and being a registered sex offender committing a felony offense involving a minor.
Taylor was previously convicted back in 2017 for possession of a visual medium of the sexual exploitation of children, requiring him to register as a sex offender.
According to Wednesday’s plea agreement, on July 14, 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received a report from the file hosting service Dropbox, identifying videos depicting what was believed to be child pornography. Court documents say on that date, Taylor uploaded 51 videos containing child pornography to a Dropbox account he created.
In Taylor’s plea, he acknowledged he knew the videos included children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Taylor will remain in custody until his sentencing hearing, which has not been scheduled. His prison sentence will be followed with supervised release for the rest of his life. | https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/hobbs-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:17 | en | 0.960174 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
6-3-8-5, FIREBALL: 1
(six, three, eight, five; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
6-3-8-5, FIREBALL: 1
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BOSTON (AP) — A bill that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses has landed on Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk after the Massachusetts House and Senate on Thursday gave final approval to the measure.
Baker, who has expressed opposition to similar efforts, can either sign or veto the measure, or send it back with recommended changes. He has 10 days to act.
Both chambers, dominated by Democratic lawmakers, passed the measure by margins wide enough to override a Baker veto.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia already have similar laws.
Under the proposal, those in the country illegally could apply for a driver’s license if they can provide the Registry of Motor Vehicles with a foreign passport or consular identification document.
The individual would also have to provide one of five additional documents: a driver’s license from another U.S. state or territory; a birth certificate; a foreign national identification card; a foreign driver’s license; or a marriage certificate or divorce decree from any U.S. state or territory.
Supporters say the measure would make driving safer by requiring immigrants show they can properly operate a car and that they have obtained the needed insurance in the event of an accident.
Critics say driver’s licenses are a privilege that should not be offered to those not in the country legally. They have also argued it could make it easier for those in the country illegally to vote.
The proposal would take effect July 1, 2023. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-access-to-driver-s-licenses-heads-17203661.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:23 | en | 0.95782 |
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a “pile burn holdover from January that remained dormant under the surface through three winter snow events before reemerging in April,” the Santa Fe National Forest said on Friday. The Calf Canyon Fire started on April 19. On Saturday, April 23, 2022, officials announced that the blaze had merged with the Hermits Peak Fire.
According to a news release, on January 29, crews concluded the Gallinas Canyon Wildland Urban Interface pile burn. On April 9, crews responded to smoke in the vicinity of the pile burn. The release states that crews lined the 1.5-acre Calf Canyon Fire and continued to monitor the fire over the next couple of days.
Then, ten days later on April 19, the Calf Canyon Fire reignited and escaped containment lines. Then, a wind event on April 22 caused “significant fire spread.”
“The Santa Fe National Forest is 100 percent focused on suppressing these fires with the support of the Type 1 incident management teams who are fully prepared to manage complex, all-risk situations,” SFNF Supervisor Debbie Cress said in a news release. “Our commitment is to manage the public lands entrusted to us by improving the forest’s resilience to the many stressors they are facing, including larger, hotter wildfires, historic levels of drought, rising temperatures, and insects and disease.”
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UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly 20 officers stood for about 45 minutes in the hallway outside the adjoining Texas classrooms where the gunman killed students and teachers this week before U.S. Border Patrol agents unlocked the door to confront and kill him, authorities said Friday.
At least some of the 911 calls made during the Tuesday attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde came from inside the connected classrooms where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was holed up, Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said during a contentious news conference.
The commander at the scene believed Ramos was barricaded inside and that the children were not at risk, McCraw said.
“It was the wrong decision,” he said.
McCraw released new details about the attack in which Ramos killed 19 children teachers, though his motive remains unclear.
The Border Patrol agents eventually used a master key to open the locked door of the classroom where they confronted and killed Ramos, he said.
There was a barrage of gunfire shortly after Ramos entered the classroom where officers eventually killed him, but that shots were “sporadic” for much of the 48 minutes when officers waited in the hallway, McCraw said. He said investigators do not know if or how many children died during that time.
Throughout the attack, teachers and children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including a girl who pleaded: “Please send the police now,” McCraw said.
Questions have mounted over the amount of time it took officers to enter the school to confront the gunman.
It was 11:28 a.m. Tuesday when Ramos' Ford pickup slammed into a ditch behind the low-slung Texas school and the driver jumped out carrying an AR-15-style rifle.
Twelve minutes after that, authorities say, Ramos entered the school and found his way to the fourth-grade classroom where he killed the 21 victims.
But it wasn't until 12:58 p.m. that law enforcement radio chatter said Ramos had been killed and the siege was over.
What happened in those 90 minutes, in a working-class neighborhood near the edge of the town of Uvalde, has fueled mounting public anger and scrutiny over law enforcement's response to Tuesday's rampage.
"They say they rushed in," said Javier Cazares, whose fourth-grade daughter, Jacklyn Cazares, was killed in the attack, and who raced to the school as the massacre unfolded. “We didn’t see that.”
Friday's briefing came only after authorities spent three days providing often conflicting and incomplete information.
According to the new timeline provided by McCraw, After crashing his truck, Ramos fired on two people coming out of a nearby funeral home, officials said.
Contrary to earlier statements by officials, a school district police officer was not inside the school when Ramos arrived. When that officer did respond, he unknowingly drove past Ramos, who was crouched behind a car parked outside and firing at the building, McCraw said.
At 11:33 p.m., Ramos entered the school through a rear door that had been propped open and fired more than 100 rounds into a pair of classrooms, McCraw said.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Travis Considine said investigators haven’t yet determined why the door was propped open.
Two minutes later, three local police officers arrived and entered the building through the same door, followed soon after by four others, McCraw said. Within 15 minutes, as many as 19 officers from different agencies had assembled in the hallway, taking sporadic fire from Ramos, who was holed up in a classroom.
Ramos was still inside at 12:10 p.m. when the first U.S. Marshals Service deputies arrived. They had raced to the school from nearly 70 miles (113 kilometers) away in the border town of Del Rio, the agency said in a tweet Friday.
But the police commander inside the building decided the group should wait to confront the gunman, on the belief that the scene was no longer an active attack, McCraw said.
The crisis came to an end after a group of Border Patrol tactical officers entered the school at 12:45 p.m., said Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson Travis Considine. They engaged in a shootout with the gunman, who was holed up in the fourth-grade classroom. Moments before 1 p.m., he was dead.
Ken Trump, president of the consulting firm National School Safety and Security Services, said the length of the timeline raised questions.
“Based on best practices, it’s very difficult to understand why there were any types of delays, particularly when you get into reports of 40 minutes and up of going in to neutralize that shooter,” he said.
The motive for the massacre — the nation's deadliest school shooting since Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago — remained under investigation, with authorities saying Ramos had no known criminal or mental health history.
During the siege, frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the school, according to witnesses.
“Go in there! Go in there!” women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began, said Juan Carranza, 24, who watched the scene from outside a house across the street.
Carranza said the officers should have entered the school sooner: “There were more of them. There was just one of him."
Cazares said that when he arrived, he saw two officers outside the school and about five others escorting students out of the building. But 15 or 20 minutes passed before the arrival of officers with shields, equipped to confront the gunman, he said.
As more parents flocked to the school, he and others pressed police to act, Cazares said. He heard about four gunshots before he and the others were ordered back to a parking lot.
“A lot of us were arguing with the police, ‘You all need to go in there. You all need to do your jobs.’ Their response was, ‘We can’t do our jobs because you guys are interfering,’” Cazares said.
Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, which works to make schools safer, cautioned that it’s hard to get a clear understanding of the facts soon after a shooting.
“The information we have a couple of weeks after an event is usually quite different than what we get in the first day or two. And even that is usually quite inaccurate,” Dorn said. For catastrophic events, “you’re usually eight to 12 months out before you really have a decent picture.”
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DETROIT (AP) — Fire destroyed a landmark restaurant and brewpub Friday in Midtown Detroit, but spared the neighboring Third Man Records store owned by musician Jack White as well as Shinola's flagship watch store.
No one was inside Traffic Jam & Snug when the blaze happened, according to fire officials.
“Such sad news. The Cass Corridor institution ‘Traffic Jam and Snug Restaurant’ suffers a total loss fire,” White, a singer and songwriter wrote Friday on Instagram. “My heart and support goes out to them and their workers for this loss."
The Detroit-born performer founded The White Stripes. He opened the Third Man Records store in 2015 and launched a vinyl record pressing plant there in 2017. The blaze did not spread to the record store, the Shinola store or other nearby businesses.
Detroit Fire Community Relations Chief James Harris said firefighters were called to the restaurant before 2 a.m., The Detroit News said. No injuries were reported and the cause wasn’t immediately known.
“It took us a couple of hours to contain the fire and we’re conducting a thorough investigation into how it started and where it started," Harris said.
Traffic Jam was established 1965, according to its website. Owner Scott Lowell told the newspaper that he was on a humanitarian mission at the border between Poland and Ukraine and that he was trying to return to Detroit.
“I’ve been watching it on the news and videos," Lowell said. "I don’t really have much to say. It just feels like a bad dream. I’ve watched it and I just feel helpless from here.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Blaze-destroys-landmark-restaurant-in-Detroit-s-17203397.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:25 | en | 0.977813 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
6-3-9-5, SB: 7
(six, three, nine, five; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
6-3-9-5, SB: 7
(six, three, nine, five; SB: seven) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17203633.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:26 | en | 0.897723 |
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If beer is your style this might be the event for you. New Mexico has some of the best local craft beers in the state. There are a variety of events hosted by ABQ Blues & Brews.
The 10th annual event is returning after three years. The event will have an 11-day celebration that starts today and runs until June 5. There will be local microbrew tastings, exciting tours, and some local entertainment. This is a 21 and over event. Tickets are available in a variety of ways. For more information, visit www.abqbeerweek.com/.
Tickets
- Non-Sampling Ticket
- $15
- Ticket includes: entrance to the festival, music, vendors, and games. One bottle of water for the first 100 ticket holders.
- General Admission
- $35 – Regular Advanced Tickets (before May 29)
- $40 – Day of Tickets
- Ticket includes: 3 hours of sampling, entrance to the festival, music, vendors, and games. Unlimited 2-ounce beer samples, souvenir tasting glass, event program, and entrance to our Grand Prize Drawing
- Early Access Admission
- $55 – Regular Advanced Tickets (before May 29)
- $60 – Day of Tickets
- Ticket includes: 4.5 hours of sampling, Early Access entrance to the festival, music, vendors, games, unlimited 2-ounce beer samples, souvenir tasting glass, event program, and entrance to our Grand Prize Drawing.
- VIP Admission
- $70 – Regular Advanced Tickets (before May 29)
- $75 – Day of Tickets
- Ticket includes: 4.5 hours of sampling, VIP Lounge access with seating, 2 full beers, and an acoustic stage. Early Access entrance to festival, music, vendors, games, unlimited 2-ounce beer samples, souvenir tasting glass, event program, and entrance to our Grand Prize Drawing. | https://www.krqe.com/new-mexico-living/albuquerque-beer-week-starts-this-weekend/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:29 | en | 0.926339 |
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Louisiana school board has narrowly chosen the district’s chief academic officer as its next superintendent.
The Calcasieu Parish School Board voted 8-7 Thursday night for Shannon LaFargue, the American Press reported.
The former principal was among three finalists to succeed Superintendent Karl Bruchhaus, who announced in February that he will retire June 30.
LaFargue said he and the board “are trying to be flexible, give teachers real autonomy, give teachers the opportunity to say, ‘I can have fun today in this class.’”
He has been the chief academic officer for the Calcasieu Parish School Board since 2019. He was the board’s chief operating officer from 2015-2019, and a principal from 2007-2014.
The School Board will meet on June 7 to arrange contract negotiations for LaFargue. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Calcasieu-academic-head-to-be-next-schools-17203514.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:31 | en | 0.978748 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-3-2, SB: 7
(four, three, two; SB: seven)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
4-3-2, SB: 7
(four, three, two; SB: seven) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Three-Midday-game-17203632.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:32 | en | 0.908886 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying.
Hundreds of the pelicans, which are a protected species in the state, have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since about May 13, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement.
“The pelicans have been found emaciated and frequently with secondary injuries or broken wings. Many of these birds died shortly after arrival at a facility,” it said.
Results of postmortem examinations and testing of pelicans brought to rehabilitation facilities indicate the birds are dying from starvation-related problems, and there are no indications of disease or unusual parasites.
“CDFW is unable to provide information on the underlying cause of this event at this time,” the department said.
The brown pelicans are an important part of the Pacific Coast ecosystem, feeding on northern anchovy, Pacific sardine and mackerel.
Wildlife authorities urged the public to call a local wildlife rehabilitation facility if they see a sick or injured pelican, and also email the state Wildlife Health Laboratory. But they cautioned people to not touch or try to feed the birds.
People can use an online mortality reporting form when they find a dead pelican.
The impact of the pesticide DDT, which caused eggshell thinning, led to the listing of California brown pelicans as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1970.
After DDT was banned, the species recovered and was removed from the U.S. endangered list in 2009. It remains protected under state law. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/California-investigating-sick-and-dying-brown-17203693.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:38 | en | 0.956972 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
05-10-19-20-45
(five, ten, nineteen, twenty, forty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $450,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
05-10-19-20-45
(five, ten, nineteen, twenty, forty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $450,000 | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17203711.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:38 | en | 0.821529 |
Musical Theatre Southwest is putting on a production of a musical. ‘Fun House’ is a story of self-discovery and more.
The play is getting ready to hit the stage next month. The showtimes will be from June 3 to 19 with shows running on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 P.M. or Sundays at 2:00 P.M. Tickets range from $23 to $25. The musical takes a dive into a graphic novelist’s life and tells the story of her unique childhood, understanding of sexuality, and the unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires after he passed away unexpectedly. For more information, visit www.mtsabq.org/. | https://www.krqe.com/new-mexico-living/fun-home-presented-by-musical-theatre-southwest/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:37 | en | 0.934131 |
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern Missouri and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.
Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield reported that the swastika was spray painted on the building on May 18 or 19. The NAACP and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the vandalism. A county parks crew removed the swastika.
During a news conference with the NAACP at the church Friday, the pastor, the Rev. Tracy Wolff, said her congregation was particularly disturbed that their church was targeted given recent violent hate crimes nationwide, including the deadly mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, that investigators have said was racially motivated.
“I want to be clear that this is not simply tagging. This is not graffiti. This is not vandalism," Wolff said. "This was a hate crime, and it is unacceptable.”
Pitts Chapel is Springfield's oldest historically Black church, Wolff said. It was founded in 1847 by a group of enslaved Africans.
“Though we are historically Black, on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m., we’re becoming one of the most diverse places in town. I don’t think a lot of people know that," she said.
Police have not identified a suspect and are asking witnesses or anyone with information to contact police. In the meantime, Wolff said, the church is beefing up security. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Cops-investigate-swastika-painted-on-Black-17203713.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:44 | en | 0.979984 |
(KTLA) — A man suspected of carjacking an 81-year-old woman who was feeding homeless people in California has been arrested, police said Thursday.
The incident was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of a Stater Bros. store in Redlands.
Nina Steinman told Redlands police she had been in the parking lot to provide meals to homeless people in the area, something she’s been doing since January.
While Steinman was handing out the last of the food she’d made herself from her open trunk, the suspect allegedly forcefully took the keys from her and got into the driver’s seat of her vehicle, police said.
Video released by police showed that Steinman managed to open the door after the carjacker got in, but the man shut it and she was not able to open it again.
“Let me tell you, I’m not afraid,” Steinman told KTLA. “I was going to grab his shirt and just drag that little puppy right out of the front seat, but I couldn’t get the door open.”
The suspect then drove off while Steinman was still holding onto the driver’s door, and she was knocked to the ground.
She was not injured but was left with bruises on her arm and without her wallet and purse.
Steinman said she had to change her locks because she was afraid the man would break into her home.
The man was then seen entering the westbound 10 Freeway, with the rear hatch of the stolen vehicle still open, police said.
Los Angeles Police Department officers spotted the stolen vehicle, a 2015 Kia Sportage, in a parking structure in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
The driver was identified as 24-year-old Roberto Carlos Sanchez Jr. and he was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a stolen vehicle, police said.
Redlands police later confirmed that Sanchez is suspected of a carjacking at the parking lot in Redlands.
He was transported to West Valley Detention Center in San Bernardino, California, where he was being held on suspicion of carjacking and elder abuse. His bail was set at $250,000.
Steinman had planned to go to Los Angeles on Thursday to recover her stolen vehicle, which was still driveable, she told KTLA. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/caught-on-video-man-carjacks-81-year-old-woman-who-was-feeding-homeless/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:45 | en | 0.989824 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
5-6-8
(five, six, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 3" game were:
5-6-8
(five, six, eight) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-3-game-17203590.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:45 | en | 0.939954 |
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Travelers to Cyprus will no longer be required to show either a valid COVID-19 vaccination or a recovery certificate and won’t need to produce a negative recent COVID-19 test of June 1, the Cypriot government said Friday.
The government also decided to abolish a requirement to wear face masks in all indoor areas in Cyprus as of June 1 with the exception of hospitals, nursing homes and other indoor medical facilities.
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the decision to lift COVID-19 screening requirements at airports signals the tourism-reliant island nation is ready to return to normality.
Over 10% of the island’s gross domestic product comes directly from tourism. Authorities are hopeful that a post-pandemic desire for travel will boost arrivals to Cyprus significantly, despite the loss of a significant number of Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Karousos said the estimate of travelers arriving in Cyprus in May will be more than three-quarters of the same month in 2019, when arrivals hit a record yearly high.
“Not only will we meet the target we had set regarding flight capacity and overall passenger numbers, we will surpass it,” he said.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
5-5-8-7
(five, five, eight, seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
5-5-8-7
(five, five, eight, seven) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17203545.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:51 | en | 0.931542 |
Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills.
But when an 18-year-old man arrived Tuesday at the school in Uvalde, Texas, intent on killing children, none of it stopped him.
Security failures allowed the shooter to massacre 19 students and two teachers, school safety experts say. The shooting already has led to calls to fortify schools further, on top of millions spent on equipment and other measures following earlier shootings. But more security offers drawbacks, with no guarantee of an end to mass violence. In the worst case, as in Uvalde, it could backfire.
“You can do the best job you can to prevent a school crisis, but we cannot read the minds of all the criminals who are out there,” said Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, a nonprofit that works with schools across the country. “We cannot prevent all crime.”
According to a district safety plan, Uvalde schools had a wide range of measures in place to prevent violence. The district had four police officers and four support counselors, according to the plan, which appears to be dated from the 2019-20 school year. The district had software to monitor social media for threats and software to screen school visitors.
Yet when the gunman arrived at the school, he hopped its fence and easily entered through an unlocked back door, police said. Behind the locked door of a fourth-grade classroom, he gunned down children and teachers.
Amid the attack, nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway because the on-site commander believed the gunman was barricaded in the classroom and children were not at risk, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said at a Friday news conference, saying “it was the wrong decision."
The case underscores that even the strongest security plans can be undermined by a seemingly simple lapse, said Curtis Lavarello, executive director of the School Safety Advocacy Council, which provides training on school safety. The Texas school appeared to be doing many things right, he said, but none of that mattered once the gunman was able to walk unobstructed into the building and into a classroom.
“All those things on paper mean nothing if they’re not followed in practice. And there seemed to be a number of gaps,” he said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, some Republicans have been calling for further investments in school safety to prevent more attacks. Some have pushed for more armed police in schools, along with metal detectors and measures to make it harder to enter schools.
Among those promoting physical security measures is Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, he brought up 2013 legislation that created grants to help schools install bulletproof doors and hire armed police officers among other measures.
If those grants had gone to Robb Elementary, Cruz said, “the armed police officers could have taken him out and we would have 19 children and two teachers still alive.”
Security experts say the Uvalde case illustrates how fortifying schools can backfire. A lock on the classroom door — one of the most basic and widely recommended school safety measures — kept victims in and police out.
U.S. Border Patrol agents eventually used a master key to open the locked door of the classroom where they confronted and killed the gunman, McCraw said at the Friday news conference.
Some argue that investments in school security have come at the expense of student welfare. Lockdown drills that have become routine for a generation of American students have traumatized students and added to strains on mental health, educators say.
Schools need more counselors and psychologists to help troubled students, not stronger buildings, said Dewey Cornell, a psychologist and director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project at the University of Virginia.
“We have systemically reduced the number of support staff in our schools, and focused too much on installing metal detectors and surveillance cameras and electronic door locks, which are very short term and reactive and very expensive," he said.
In the wake of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, schools across the country began spending huge sums of money on fortifications including bulletproof glass, metal detectors and armed security.
But such measures can create an atmosphere where students feel uncomfortable and less trusting, and it does not necessarily prevent attacks, said Matthew Mayer, a Rutgers associate professor who works on issues related to school violence.
“You’ll go down these sort of endless rabbit holes of how much security is enough. And when it comes to someone who’s coming in heavily armed, you’re not going to stop them,” Mayer said. “So the idea is you need to figure out why people do this in the first place and have ways — multi-level systems of prevention — to prevent it from happening.”
He advocates for a multi-faceted prevention approach that also includes steps such as improving mental health services, assessing threats more effectively and building trust so students and families are not afraid to speak up if they’re concerned someone has the means or intent to cause harm.
Still, schools can only do so much, he said, and he isn’t optimistic that public outrage over Uvalde will lead to significant change.
“The problem is that a lot of this public reaction, you know, sort of rises like a wave and then recedes over time, and the politicians have been accustomed to riding that out. You know, they make speeches and so forth, and sometimes there’s a commission that gets appointed, and they issue reports,” Mayer said. “But substantive change is lacking.”
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(NEXSTAR) – Americans on the move are largely heading to the South and West, especially to areas in Texas and Arizona, newly recently data from the Census Bureau has found. Yet while many cities and towns were growing, some of the nation’s largest were suffering population losses.
Between the summers of 2020 and 2021, Census data found cities in these regions – eight in the West, seven in the South – had the greatest rate of population growth. Seeing the largest increase was Georgetown, Texas, with a rate of 10.5%. Found about 30 miles north of Austin, Georgetown’s population could double in less than seven years if its growth continues at the same rate, researchers found.
Roughly 12 miles west of Georgetown is Leander, the country’s second-fastest-growing city. A third Texas city, New Braunfels, which is found between Austin and San Antonio, also landed in the top five fastest-growing.
Five Arizona cities ranked in the top 15 fastest-growing, while Idaho, Texas, and Florida each had three.
Here are the 15 fastest-growing cities in the U.S.:
When comparing the total number of people moving in, the Census Bureau found cities in the South and West still had the greatest increase. Again, a Texas city topped the list: San Antonio, with an increase of 13,626 people. Close behind was Phoenix at 13,224.
Seven cities had both high rates of growth and numeric growth: Port St. Lucie, Buckeye, New Braunfels, Georgetown, Meridian, Leander, and Fort Myers.
These 15 cities welcomed the most new residents between 2020 and 2021:
Among the nation’s most populous cities, more than half saw their population decrease between 2020 and 2021: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, and Indianapolis.
New York City, which suffered the greatest population decrease at 305,465, still held onto its title as the most populous. The Big Apple edged out Los Angeles and Chicago, with the rankings throughout the list remaining the same as they were in 2020.
Here are the U.S.’s 15 most populous cities:
Seven U.S. cities surpassed a major milestone in 2021 and recorded a population of 50,000 or more. Among those are three from Texas – Kyle, Burleson, and Little Elm. Also in that select group are the Indiana cities of Westfield and Jefferson, as well as Lincoln, California, and Newark, Ohio. Another six cities saw their population surpass 100,000 in 2021. Among those are Bend, Oregon; Fishers and Carmel in Indiana; and three in Arizona – Tuscaloosa, Goodyear, and Buckeye.
The majority of cities and towns in the U.S. have a population under 5,000, according to Census data, yet they are home to less than 1% of Americans. Cities with a population of 50,000 and more – of which there are less than 800 – hold more than 60% of the country’s people.
Reasons for population changes vary from city to city, driven by housing costs, jobs, births and deaths. The pandemic and the lockdown that followed in spring 2020 made living in a crowded city less appealing for a time, and those who could leave — workers who could do their jobs remotely, for example — sometimes did.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
3-9-4-1
(three, nine, four, one)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
3-9-4-1
(three, nine, four, one) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Midday-game-17203523.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:57 | en | 0.916099 |
BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international credit ratings agency warned Friday that the results of this month’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon make it difficult for any coalition to have a governing majority, potentially complicating implementation of reforms.
Shortly after the warning from Fitch Ratings, the Lebanese pound briefly hit new lows against the dollar, causing chaos in markets around the country. Lebanon is in the grips of the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history.
By late afternoon Friday, the pound made gains of nearly 20% after the central bank governor said those who have pounds and need dollars will be able to buy U.S. currency through local banks as of next week at a rate lower than that of the black market.
Gov. Riad Salameh's announcement appears to be another attempt to temporarily ease markets amid chaos related to the sharp drop of the pound, which has hit new lows on almost daily basis since the May 15 parliamentary elections brought a deeply-divided legislature.
The new lows — reaching 37,900 pounds to the dollar — came after Fitch’s warning said that efforts by any camp to form a stable governing majority in parliament will face challenges, further complicating “the country’s ability to implement financial and economic reforms.”
These reforms are preconditions for support from the International Monetary Fund and other international partners, which in turn could pave the way for Lebanon’s exit from default on its sovereign obligations.
Despite easing markets, Salameh’s move likely means that the central bank will be using its dwindling foreign currency reserves, which have been dropping at a dramatic rate since Lebanon’s economic meltdown began in October 2019.
After Salameh’s statement the dollar was selling for about 31,000 pounds.
Lebanon’s economic crisis is rooted in decades of corruption and mismanagement by the political elites that have dominated the country. Since the meltdown began, they have done almost nothing to implement reforms demanded by the international community to release billions of dollars in investments and loans. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Fitch-Ratings-warns-of-elections-impact-on-17203585.php | 2022-05-27T18:25:58 | en | 0.962154 |
(The Hill) — An 11-year-old student who survived the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says she covered herself in a classmate’s blood and played dead to protect herself from being shot.
Miah Cerrillo told CNN on Friday that she dipped her hands in the blood of a dead classmate after the shooter left her classroom and wiped it on herself to play dead in case he came back.
Cerrillo was treated in the hospital for wounds caused by bullet fragments, and her mother, Abigale Veloz, says the girl is “traumatized.”
Miguel Cerrillo, her father, confirmed to Fox News on Thursday that she has been discharged from the hospital, but added that she is “freaking out” after being in “survival mode” during the shooting.
The shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, walked into Miah’s classroom — where the fourth-grade students had been watching “Lilo and Stitch” — just as a teacher was walking toward the door to lock it.
Miah said that Ramos looked one of the teachers in the eye and said “Goodnight” before shooting her and then opening fire on the class.
Ramos allegedly then went into an adjoining classroom where Miah said she heard gunfire, screaming and downbeat music, which she described as “I want people to die” music.
The girl and a friend dialed 911 from the phone of their dead teacher and asked the police for help.
According to CNN, Miah began crying as she talked about the police waiting outside the school, saying she didn’t understand why the officers did not come inside and rescue them.
According to her aunt Blanca Rivera, Miah was deeply shaken when the reality of the shooting hit her on Tuesday night, hours after the incident.
“Around midnight, my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying like, ‘I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality. We’re home, and she’s just crying and having a panic attack,’” Rivera told Click2Houston on Tuesday.
Miah asked not to speak on camera because of her trauma.
Veloz has organized a GoFundMe to pay for Miah’s medical expenses and therapy, writing, “she will need a lot of help with all the trauma that she is going through. my daughter is amazing person and is a very good sister to her siblings. we will need help with her medical expenses that were caused by the bullet fragment on her back.”
Rivera said, “At this point, we just have to pray and ask God to help us move forward through this situation. I know it’s traumatizing and having an 11-year-old go through this, I can’t imagine what she’s feeling.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/uvalde-student-says-she-covered-herself-in-classmates-blood-played-dead-to-survive/ | 2022-05-27T18:25:58 | en | 0.987692 |
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
9-4-0, FIREBALL: 6
(nine, four, zero; FIREBALL: six)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
9-4-0, FIREBALL: 6
(nine, four, zero; FIREBALL: six) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Day-game-17203627.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:03 | en | 0.868697 |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged in Idaho with killing her two youngest children and her new husband’s previous wife will be tried alongside her husband and their trial has been delayed until early next year because the judge says that will give her lawyers enough time to effectively prepare a defense.
Judge Steven Boyce on Thursday ruled that delaying Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial another 90 days to Jan. 9 would not violate her rights for a speedy trial.
Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if they are convicted.
The Daybells are charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan.
Idaho law enforcement began investigating the Daybells in November 2019 after extended family members reported the children were missing. While the children were missing, police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts. Their bodies were found buried later on Chad Daybell’s property in rural Idaho.
Chad and Lori Daybell married just two weeks after his previous wife, Tammy Daybell, died unexpectedly. Tammy Daybell’s death was initially reported as “natural causes,” but investigators had her body exhumed after growing suspicious when Chad Daybell quickly remarried.
Lori Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Arizona in connection with the death of her previous husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, who claimed it was self-defense. Cox later died of what police said was natural causes.
Vallow in April entered a “not guilty” plea and invoked her right to a speedy trial, which legally needed to take place by October. That complicated plans for a combined trial for her and her husband.
On May 19, prosecutors asked that Vallow’s trial be postponed until Jan. 9. Prosecutors expressed concern that if Vallow was separately in October that an “improper severance” would happen with the couple’s cases.
Boyce also expressed concern whether Vallow’s recently appointed attorneys had enough time to prepare for the trial and said the 90-day delay would give them more. He noted that prosecutors have worked on the case since 2020. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Idaho-trial-for-Chad-and-Lori-Daybell-delayed-to-17203555.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:04 | en | 0.987625 |
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
0-7-5
(zero, seven, five)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
0-7-5
(zero, seven, five) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17203689.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:09 | en | 0.878658 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Majorities of U.S. adults think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get, and that schools and other public places have become less safe than they were two decades ago, polling shows.
Still, public attitudes on guns and gun policy are complicated, and the issue has seen little by way of federal legislative changes in more than a decade. In the wake of Tuesday’s massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Democratic governors and lawmakers are pleading for gun restrictions. Reforms will meet Republican resistance both in Congress and state legislatures and are unlikely to advance.
While it’s not unusual for polling to show higher support for restrictions among the general public after a mass shooting, attitudes on gun regulation are overall rather stable over time, said John Roman, senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago.
In 2020, about half of voters in the presidential election said U.S. gun laws should be made stricter, according to AP VoteCast, compared with about a third saying they should be left as they are and only about 1 in 10 saying they should be made less strict.
WHAT ELSE DO AMERICANS THINK ABOUT GUN LAWS?
In March 2019, an AP-NORC poll showed a majority of U.S. adults — 58% — saying they thought there would be fewer mass shootings in the U.S. if it were harder for people to legally obtain guns. Many specific measures that would curb access to guns or ammunition also get majority support, according to polls.
There is widespread agreement on one measure in particular: making private gun sales subject to background checks.
Attitudes on other gun policies vary starkly by partisanship. For example, new data from an AP-NORC poll conducted earlier in May shows 51% of U.S. adults favor a nationwide ban on the sale of AR-15 rifles and similar semiautomatic weapons, while 32% are opposed. An additional 18% say they hold neither opinion. Seventy-five percent of Democrats but just 27% of Republicans were in favor.
Erica Martinez, a 37-year-old in Lincoln, Nebraska, said she was “horrified” and “irate” after Tuesday's massacre and that there's obviously a gun problem in this country. Laws need to be stricter, she said, and it should be harder for someone to get a gun.
“These school shootings are becoming more prevalent now, and there’s just too many innocent little lives that are lost because this 18-year-old kid was able to just go and buy a gun," Martinez said. “I honestly and truly think that it could have been prevented.”
GUN OWNERSHIP IN THE U.S.
In April 2021, a Pew Research Center survey showed gun owners much more likely than those without guns to support expanding concealed carry and shortening waiting periods for legal gun purchases. Gun owners were much less likely to back bans on high-capacity ammunition magazines and assault-type weapons.
Forty-six percent of U.S. adults report living in a household with a gun, according to a March poll from NORC at the University of Chicago. Five percent said they purchased a gun for the first time during the pandemic, and those first time gun owners tend to share policy preferences with long term gun owners, NORC's Roman said.
Federal data also shows gun sales rose significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The number one reason why somebody buys a firearm is they feel like it puts them at less risk,” said Roman. “When you have an event like COVID, where people feel like the world is very unsafe in general, you see big spikes in people buying one.”
Mike Miller, a 68-year-old conservative in Woodland Park, Colorado, said he owns guns for home defense, along with hunting.
“I think it’s in our constitution, and I think we have the right to have our weapons," he said. "I don’t think that’s a problem with like the shooting that just happened. I think it’s bigger issues.”
WHO IS MORE MOTIVATED ON THE ISSUE?
Efforts to pass gun restrictions — even background checks — have been futile in Washington, met with opposition from Republican lawmakers.
Roman suggests people who own guns and oppose gun control have a louder voice in the political process because of their personal stake on the issue. Those who want stricter laws have strong opinions about the impact of guns on society, he said, but they often lack that personal connection.
“Your own costs and benefits are always more motivating, galvanizing, they create stronger preferences than the sort of conceptual, theoretical preferences,” he said.
The voices of those looking for restrictions tend to get louder after a mass shooting, Roman said, creating a window of opportunity for gun control policy before they recede again.
An AP-NORC poll conducted just after a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan showed 24% of Americans — including 41% of Democrats — named gun laws in an open-ended question as a priority for the government for 2022, a sharp increase from just 5% for 2021 and 12% for 2020.
“Either there’s going to be a quick movement towards some gun regulation and new gun laws or this moment will pass and next year, we’ll be talking about something else,” he said.
MENTAL HEALTH
Many Republican lawmakers have focused on mental health as a key factor in preventing mass shootings at schools.
The 2019 AP-NORC poll showed bullying, along with the availability of guns, were considered most responsible for shootings in schools. About half of Americans said these were both “a great deal” to blame. In the poll, there was bipartisan agreement on bullying, but Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to blame the availability of guns.
Derek Lavarnway, a 44-year-old political independent in Chaumont, New York, said his main concern is mental health.
“I think there’s a balance between gun control and, you know, figuring out ways to get people feeling better about themselves and their lives," he said. “We desperately need to somehow find a way for a society that creates individuals that don’t do these sorts of things.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Many-back-strict-gun-laws-but-opposition-tends-17203575.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:10 | en | 0.979551 |
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-3-2
(four, three, two)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-3-2
(four, three, two) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Midday-game-17203707.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:16 | en | 0.931916 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making clear that he will defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers’ testimony.
“For House Republican leaders to agree to participate in this political stunt would change the House forever,” the California lawmaker wrote Thursday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
The House panel believes testimony from the Republican lawmakers are crucial to their investigation as each of the men was in contact with then-President Donald Trump and his allies in the weeks and days leading up to the Capitol insurrection. Some participated in meetings and urged the White House to try and overturn the 2020 presidential results.
McCarthy has acknowledged he spoke with Trump on Jan. 6 as Trump’s supporters were beating police outside the Capitol and forcing their way into the building. But he has not shared many details. The committee requested information about his conversations with Trump “before, during and after” the riot.
His defiance presents a new challenge for the committee after lawmakers decided to take the extraordinary and politically risky step of subpoenaing their own colleagues. The committee now must decide whether to enforce the subpoenas even as it looks to wrap up the investigation and prepare for a series of public hearings in early June. It could refer the lawmakers to the House ethics committee or take steps to hold them in contempt.
The subpoenas were issued to McCarthy, R-Calif., Jordan, and Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama in mid-May. The panel has already interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and collected more than 100,000 documents as it investigates the worst attack on the Capitol in two centuries.
“I have no relevant information that would advance any legitimate legislative purpose,” Jordan said in a letter detailing his reasons for not cooperating. The others indicated after the subpoenas were issued that they too would not cooperate. A request for comment from Biggs, Brooks and Perry was not immediately returned.
The panel had previously asked for voluntary cooperation from the five lawmakers, along with a handful of other GOP members, but all refused to speak with the panel, which debated for months whether to issue the subpoenas.
McCarthy and the others were summoned to testify in front of investigators this week and next week. McCarthy, who aspires to be House speaker if Republicans take over the majority next year, indicated that the committee’s decision will have a lasting impact.
“Every representative in the minority would be subject to compelled interrogations by the majority, under oath, without any foundation of fairness, and at the expense of taxpayers,” he wrote in the op-ed.
In a separate move, McCarthy and the No. 2 House Republican, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, filed a court brief in support of Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon, who is facing criminal contempt charges for defying a subpoena from the committee. In the brief, lawyers for the two write that the committee does not have the authority to issue subpoenas, an argument that has been dismissed in other court proceedings.
The lawyers also wrote that McCarthy and Scalise filed the brief “out of concern for the potential damage to House institutional," rules and order.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
4-2-1-0
(four, two, one, zero)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
4-2-1-0
(four, two, one, zero) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17203690.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:17 | en | 0.914915 |
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's top schools administrator was cited for illegally passing a school bus while it was stopped to pick up students in a residential subdivision last week, even though a video of the incident reportedly “does not show the license plate of the vehicle involved,” her office said Friday.
Helena Police Lt. Jayson Zander said Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen was cited Thursday after speaking with an officer.
According to the police report, an East Helena bus driver said a vehicle driven by Arntzen passed his bus while it was stopped to pick up children just after 7:30 a.m. on May 19 in the Mountain View Meadows subdivision.
The bus driver recognized Arntzen and recorded the license plate number on the red pickup truck.
“Superintendent Arntzen does not recall the alleged incident," Brian O'Leary, spokesman for the Office of Public Instruction, said in a statement Thursday. “She does acknowledge she drives a red pickup and lives in the area.”
On Friday, Arntzen's office sent out a statement saying she would be cited, and thanking the bus driver for his vigilance.
Arntzen testified in favor of a bill passed by the 2021 Legislature to improve bus safety, including doubling the fine for illegally passing a school bus to a maximum of $1,000. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Montana-school-administrator-cited-for-illegally-17203607.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:22 | en | 0.972847 |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-3-9-5
(six, three, nine, five)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
6-3-9-5
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Pilot disorientation is listed as a probable cause of the 2019 small plane crash that killed five people in south Louisiana.
The Advocate reports that the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash said the pilot likely experienced “spatial disorientation” as he took off from the Lafayette airport in cloudy, low-visibility conditions.
“These weather conditions were conducive to the development of spatial disorientation,” the NTSB wrote.
The Dec. 28, 2019, crash killed five people. Victims included the pilot, 51-year-old Ian Biggs, 51, and 30-year-old Carley McCord, a sports broadcaster who was the daughter-in-law of former LSU football offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger Sr.
Other passengers killed in the crash were Robert Vaughn Crisp II, 59; Gretchen Vincent, 51; and her son, Michael Walker Vincent, 15.
Those aboard were headed to the Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
The Piper Cheyenne twin-engine turboprop plane was owned by Global Data Systems and Southern Lifestyle Development.
A surviving passenger told investigators the plane had “‘pitched up like the pilot was trying to get above or over the clouds’” and that a “'harder than normal pitching movement’” had occurred.
“Thus, the pilot had likely become spatially disoriented at this point in the initial climb due to the lack of visual references and the airplane’s increasing pitch attitude,” the report states. “Another indication that the pilot had become spatially disoriented was the airplane’s continuing and tightening turn to the left away from the intended course.”
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
7-9-5-4, Fireball: 8
(seven, nine, five, four; Fireball: eight)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
7-9-5-4, Fireball: 8
(seven, nine, five, four; Fireball: eight) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17203709.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:29 | en | 0.858636 |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — The new president of the Italian Conference of Bishops on Friday said he would launch an independent inquiry on sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Italy, but the announcement disappointed victims advocates because it will only go back 20 years.
The Italian church is coming under mountain pressure to confront its legacy of clerical sexual abuse. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who was appointed this week by Pope Francis, said the investigation will limit its scope to two decades in order to be “more accurate and accountable.”
Zuppi promised a report would be delivered by Nov. 18 by a panel of independent experts selected among university professors.
“We are starting from them (the victims),’’ Zuppi told a news conference. “It is clear that their suffering drives us, and it should stimulate us to give responses that are trustworthy and serious.”
Victims’ advocates say the initiative does not go far enough. They want investigations to span 50 years, and they want to be directly involved in drafting the report.
Francesco Zanardi, founder of Rete L’Abuso (Abuse Network), one of Italy’s main victims’ advocacy groups, said most of the victims report the abuse only after decades have passed.
“The maturation of a trauma takes between 30, 35 or 40 years, when it goes well,’’ Zanardi told reporters in Rome. “I, for example, spoke about my trauma (when I was) 40 years old ... more than 30 years went by ... this says that 20 years is not enough."
The Italian Catholic Church is one of the few in Western Europe that has not opened its archives to independent researchers to establish the scope of abuse and cover-up in recent decades.
Whether by government mandate, parliamentary investigation or church initiation, such reports in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France have shown systematic problems that allowed thousands of children to be abused by Catholic priests. The churches in Spain and Portugal have recently agreed to launch similar investigations.
By Zanardi’s count, 164 priests are under investigation for abuse in Italy and another 162 have been convicted. His group has gathered information another 161 new cases that have come to light this year. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/New-head-of-Italian-bishops-launches-sex-abuse-17203550.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:35 | en | 0.971563 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
5-6-8, Fireball: 3
(five, six, eight; Fireball: three)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Three-Midday" game were:
5-6-8, Fireball: 3
(five, six, eight; Fireball: three) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Midday-game-17203710.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:35 | en | 0.888475 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Midday" game were:
03-05-10-11-13-21-27-28-29-43-46-47-49-58-59-62-63-66-72-75, BE: 3
(three, five, ten, eleven, thirteen, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-three, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-six, seventy-two, seventy-five; BE: three) | https://www.chron.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Midday-game-17203708.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:37 | en | 0.790803 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign hid his partisan interests from the FBI as he pushed “pure opposition research” related to Donald Trump and Russia in the weeks before the election, a prosecutor asserted Friday during closing arguments of the attorney's trial.
But Michael Sussmann's legal team denied prosecutors’ claims that he lied. And even if jurors believed Sussmann did lie, the defense said the alleged false statement did not matter because he was presenting national security information that the FBI would have looked into no matter the source. At the time of Sussmann's meeting in September 2016, the bureau was already investigating whether Russia and the Trump campaign were colluding to sway the election won by Trump that November.
“They wouldn’t have done anything different. And it makes sense: They were given actual data that had national security implications," Sussmann lawyer Sean Berkowitz said.
The case is the first courtroom test of special counsel John Durham's work since his appointment three years ago to search for government misconduct during the investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign.
A guilty verdict would be cheered by Trump and his supporters, who have looked to the Durham investigation to undercut the original Trump-Russia probe that have long seen as politically motivated. But the case against Sussmann is narrow in nature, involves a peripheral aspect of that probe and alleges misconduct by a tipster to the government rather than by anyone at the FBI.
Nonetheless, the two weeks of testimony in federal court in Washington have exposed the extent to which Democratic interests, opposition research, the media and law enforcement all came to be entangled in the run-up to the presidential election.
“It wasn’t about national security,” Jonathan Algor, a prosecutor on Durham’s team, said of Sussmann's concerns. “It was about promoting opposition research against the opposition candidate, Donald Trump.”
Sussmann is charged with a single count of making a false statement. That charge carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, though if convicted, Sussmann is likely to get far less — if any — prison time. He did not take the stand during the trial.
The criminal case turns on a Sept. 19, 2016 meeting in which Sussmann presented the FBI's top lawyer, James Baker, with computer data that Sussmann said suggested a secret communications back channel between a Russia-based bank and the Trump Organization, the candidate's company.
Such a back channel, if it existed, would have been explosive information at a time when the FBI was examining links between Trump and Russia. But after assessing the data, the FBI quickly determined that there was no suspicious contact at all.
Prosecutors say Sussmann lied to Baker by saying he was not participating in the meeting on behalf of a particular client. They say he was actually there on behalf of the Clinton campaign and another client, a technology executive whom the Durham team says tasked researchers with looking for internet traffic involving Trump aides and Russia.
Sussmann lied about his clients, prosecutors allege, to give the material extra credibility and because he figured that the information would not be investigated if the FBI thought it was being pushed by the Clinton campaign.
“The defendant knew he had to hide his clients if there was any chance of getting his allegations into the FBI — and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the defendant lied,” Algor said.
Algor said the fact that Sussmann repeatedly billed the Clinton campaign for his work on the Alfa Bank matters is proof that he was acting on the campaign's behalf when he met with the FBI. But Berkowitz noted that Sussmann billed his taxi ride to FBI headquarters for the meeting to his law firm, rather than the campaign.
Berkowitz also tried to cast doubt on what exactly was said in the meeting. Prosecutors showed jurors a text message Sussmann sent Baker the night before the meeting in which he requested a sit-down on a sensitive matter and said he would be coming by himself and not on behalf of a client.
But Berkowitz reminded jurors that the only false statement that was charged took place during the following day's meeting and that no one can be sure exactly what was said because Baker and Sussmann were the only participants and neither took notes.
Berkowitz also suggested that it was technically accurate if Sussmann suggested he was not acting on behalf of a client because he never asked the FBI do anything with the information he was providing.
“When you go somewhere on behalf of a client, you’re advocating for a client, you’re asking for something,” Berkowitz said. “Mr. Sussmann didn't ask Jim Baker for anything.”
Though Baker testified under questioning from a prosecutor that he was “100% confident” that Sussmann had told him that he was not acting on behalf of a client, Berkowitz cited 116 instances in which Baker suggested that he could not recall or remember the answer.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of the largest natural gas utility in Alaska said it is selling the company to Canada-based TriSummit Utilities Inc. for $800 million.
AltaGas Ltd. announced Thursday that the sale includes Anchorage-based ENSTAR Natural Gas, associated pipelines and ENSTAR’s majority ownership in a gas storage facility, the Anchorage Daily News reported. AltaGas, also based in Canada, acquired Enstar in 2012.
TriSummit has about 133,000 customers in Canada. ENSTAR, which has about 150,000 customers in Anchorage and parts of south-central Alaska, has had about 1% annual growth in customers in recent years, AltaGas has reported.
AltaGas said the sale, in part, will allow the company to reduce debt and make “higher growth investments” in other operations, the company's president, Randy Crawford, said in a statement.
The sale is subject to regulatory approval. The companies expect it to close by early next year.
TriSummit in a statement said it plans to “retain all of ENSTAR’s dedicated employees and hire new Alaska employees to perform certain functions currently performed out of state.” ENSTAR Natural Gas has about 200 employees.
TriSummit President and CEO Jared Green once ran ENSTAR.
“Our top priority is ensuring a smooth transition, maintaining the strong relationships ENSTAR has in its communities, and to fully support ENSTAR as they continue to provide customers with safe, reliable and affordable service,” Green said in the statement. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Alaska-s-largest-natural-gas-utility-being-sold-17203595.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:43 | en | 0.961311 |
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DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic drew laughter from reporters by saying he would take about a week off after Dallas lost to Golden State in the Western Conference finals, ending the longest season of the young superstar's career.
The question won't be a joke when Doncic is asked how much he weighs when training camp opens in about four months.
The 23-year-old's conditioning and how the roster fits around him will be the hottest offseason topics as the Mavericks try to build on their first trip beyond the first round of the playoffs since their only championship 11 years ago.
“Basically I didn’t stop playing basketball since the start of last season NBA,” Doncic said after a 120-110 loss to the Warriors in Game 5. “I’m going to take probably one week off basketball and then back to it. The healthiness is the most important thing in basketball. If you’re not healthy, you’re not going to play.”
Or in his case, if you're not in shape, you're not going to play well.
Doncic was criticized early in the season for that — and acknowledged it was an issue — as he struggled by his lofty standards and the Mavericks started slowly under first-year coach Jason Kidd, the point guard on Dallas' title team.
Doncic didn’t get much of a break in the last offseason after Dallas’ first-round loss because the season started late. The All-Star then carried Slovenia to its first Olympic berth, then the semifinals in Tokyo before two losses kept his home country from a medal.
A COVID-19 absence during the season was extended to give Doncic time to work on his conditioning and recover from an ankle injury. He returned about the time Dallas started its surge from 16-18 to the fourth seed in the West at 52-30.
Kidd said he would visit Doncic this summer on his “home turf,” and hinted that conditioning will be part of the conversation.
“I think the next step is just understanding how long the season really is if you want to win a championship,” Kidd said. “And I think this is a good start for them.”
LUKA'S SIDEKICKS
The Mavericks gave up on pairing Doncic with Kristaps Porzingis, trading the 7-foot-3 Latvian to Washington and changing the mix around their star. It was the first big move for new general manager Nico Harrison.
Now they will again face the question of whether Doncic needs a co-star, starting with whether to re-sign Jalen Brunson. A second-round pick the same year Doncic was drafted third overall, Brunson boosted his value by averaging 21.6 points in the playoffs.
Dallas owner Mark Cuban sounded confident in keeping Brunson after the Game 5 loss. The Mavericks also know they need help at center after Kevon Looney played a huge role in Golden State's victory.
“We're going to get together and really focus on the type of J-Kidd player,” Cuban told Bally Sports Southwest after the game. “Guys who can guard multiple positions that are tough, that know their role, that are physical, that have a motor.”
WINGING IT
Spencer Dinwiddie was the key piece coming from Washington in the Porzingis deal. He will have more help at shooting guard in Tim Hardaway Jr., who didn't play again after breaking his foot in January.
Reggie Bullock and Dorian Finney-Smith have important roles as defenders and 3-point specialists. The Mavericks thrived in the playoffs when either one of them had a good shooting night.
“This isn’t an old group at all,” Dinwiddie said. “Most of the talent is under 30. Our superstar is 23. There’s no reason we can’t get better. It all depends on the mentality and the approach in the offseason.”
ROUGH FINISH
Doncic had perhaps the worst half of his playoff career when the Warriors built a 17-point halftime lead in the clincher. It was hard to blame him after such a stellar start to his postseason career, including a 35-point average in elimination games. Kidd said as much while hinting at the mindset on building the roster around Doncic.
“So just understanding that we need Luka to go big a lot of nights just to give us a chance, and unfortunately the ball just didn't go for him tonight,” Kidd said. “I think he carries the load as well as anyone, and I think for us as an organization, we’ll help lighten that load as we go forward.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 13-year-old arrested for having a loaded gun at a South Carolina mall apparently sneaked a second loaded weapon into the facility where he was taken, authorities said.
A Columbia Police Department spokesperson called the incident “an egregious failure on many levels,” WLTX-TV reported.
It started Tuesday when the boy and a relative were arrested for having guns at Columbiana Centre Mall. Police said officers did an initial search of the boy and confiscated a loaded, 9mm handgun but they missed another gun he was hiding.
Department of Juvenile Justice Director Eden Hendrick told the television station that when the teen was transferred to their custody hours later, he was patted down, showered and dressed in facility clothes but the second weapon went undetected. It was not until the next day that the second weapon was discovered and later recovered by facility staff, Hendrick said.
In a statement to WLTX, Columbia Police called the lack of a thorough search by officers “unacceptable” and a risk to public safety. The department says the arresting officers who missed the gun have been put on administrative duty pending completion of training programs.
“This incident represents an egregious failure on many levels, including a violation of policy and procedure,” the police department said in a statement. “This lack of a thorough search is unacceptable and risked public and officer safety.”
Hendrick also said the Department of Juvenile Justice will revamp its intake process and all staff will be retrained on intake, search, and other safety procedures. She added that employees involved in the initial search have been suspended.
In addition to the teen, police also arrested La’Kenyatta Moore-Rhodes, 40. Police said that after reviewing surveillance video, investigators discovered Moore-Rhodes initially had the gun and gave it to the teen.
Police charged the teenager with unlawful gun possession by a minor, unlawful carrying of a gun and pointing and presenting a gun, The State reported. Moore-Rhodes was charged with unlawful carrying, pointing and presenting a gun and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the newspaper reported.
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 29, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
1048 AM PDT Fri May 27 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY
TO 5 PM PDT SUNDAY ABOVE 4500 FEET...
* WHAT...Snow expected above 4500 feet. Total snow accumulations
of up to 6 inches.
* WHERE...Cascade mountains of Pierce and Lewis Counties,
including the Crystal Mountain Ski Area and Paradise on Mount
Rainier.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Saturday to 5 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Legislation providing a possible path to freedom for people convicted of felonies by non-unanimous Louisiana juries has been shelved for the current legislative session.
The bill would have allowed those convicted by non-unanimous juries to apply for a review by a five-member board appointed by the governor. The board would decide whether the applicant should become eligible for parole. But The Advocate reports that Democratic Rep. Randal L. Gaines withdrew his measure Thursday because of disagreements on whether the board's decision had to be unanimous.
District attorneys raised safety concerns in insisting that a unanimous board vote should be needed in cases involving convictions for violent crimes such as murder or aggravated rape.
“We need to reassure victims and survivors of the integrity and finality of the crimes against the community," Loren Lampert, executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association, told the newspaper.
Gaines, a Laplace lawyer, had argued that no court in the federal or state system requires a unanimous vote of its panels of judges to decide an appeal.
“I understand their concerns,” Gaines said. “But the inconsistency; you can’t have an equitable system if it requires a unanimous vote to remedy a wrongful conviction from a non-unanimous jury.”
The commission envisioned in the bill would have included three retired appellate or Supreme Court justices, a retired district attorney and a retired public defender. The five would review the case file looking at factors such as the strength of the state’s case, the nature of the offense, the quality of counsel, any indications of racial animus, length of deliberations and whether the lack of unanimity was the result of jurors voting to acquit.
In 2018, Louisiana voters approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting non-unanimous verdicts in trials for crimes committed after Jan. 1, 2019. The vote followed a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of stories in The Advocate analyzing the origins of the law and the racial disparities in verdicts.
In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous verdicts were unconstitutional, broadening the effect of the state constitutional amendment.
But in 2021, the Supreme Court made clear that its decision against non-unanimous verdicts applied only to future cases and cases in which the defendants’ appeals had not been exhausted.
Those convicted with non-unanimous verdicts in older Louisiana cases still might get relief from the state Supreme Court. That court heard arguments earlier this month on whether such verdicts must be thrown out retroactively. A ruling is pending. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Bill-to-aid-those-convicted-by-non-unanimous-17203562.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:55 | en | 0.960472 |
BOSTON (AP) — A bill that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain state driver’s licenses has landed on Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk after the Massachusetts House and Senate on Thursday gave final approval to the measure.
Baker, who has expressed opposition to similar efforts, can either sign or veto the measure, or send it back with recommended changes. He has 10 days to act.
Both chambers, dominated by Democratic lawmakers, passed the measure by margins wide enough to override a Baker veto.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia already have similar laws.
Under the proposal, those in the country illegally could apply for a driver’s license if they can provide the Registry of Motor Vehicles with a foreign passport or consular identification document.
The individual would also have to provide one of five additional documents: a driver’s license from another U.S. state or territory; a birth certificate; a foreign national identification card; a foreign driver’s license; or a marriage certificate or divorce decree from any U.S. state or territory.
Supporters say the measure would make driving safer by requiring immigrants show they can properly operate a car and that they have obtained the needed insurance in the event of an accident.
Critics say driver’s licenses are a privilege that should not be offered to those not in the country legally. They have also argued it could make it easier for those in the country illegally to vote.
The proposal would take effect July 1, 2023. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Bill-to-expand-access-to-driver-s-licenses-heads-17203661.php | 2022-05-27T18:26:57 | en | 0.95782 |
MUMBAI: Ayushmann Khurrana's starrer Anek has opened at the box office with much admiration, but sadly, the early estimate of the collection is poor. Anubhav Sinha's directorial got a mixed reception from critics and the masses, and this has certainly affected the box office collection. The action thriller is set in Northeast India and is directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film’s occupancy has been as low as 5-7.5 per cent on its opening day, reports boxofficeindia. There is a chance that the movie may get fetch more audience in the evening.
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However, following the low response, ‘Anek’ was pulled down from theatres. Since there was hardly any audience in the opening shows of ‘Anek’, several cinemas across circuits had to cancel a few shows, reports Film Information. Same is the case with Hollywood movie ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, which hit the screens on Thursday. Going by this trend, it looks like the multiplexes and single-screen cinemas may reduce the number of shows going ahead. This move may indirectly prove as an advantage for ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’. Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani starrer horror comedy is earning well at the box office. The film currently stands at a total collection of Rs 90 crore and is expected to enter the 100-crore club soon.
Ayushmann won the second season of reality television show MTV Roadies in 2004 and ventured into an anchoring career. He made his film debut in 2012 with the romantic comedy Vicky Donor, in which his performance as a sperm donor earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. Following a brief setback, he starred in the commercially and critically successful Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), and went on to establish himself with several box-office hits.
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DETROIT (AP) — Fire destroyed a landmark restaurant and brewpub Friday in Midtown Detroit, but spared the neighboring Third Man Records store owned by musician Jack White as well as Shinola's flagship watch store.
No one was inside Traffic Jam & Snug when the blaze happened, according to fire officials.
“Such sad news. The Cass Corridor institution ‘Traffic Jam and Snug Restaurant’ suffers a total loss fire,” White, a singer and songwriter wrote Friday on Instagram. “My heart and support goes out to them and their workers for this loss."
The Detroit-born performer founded The White Stripes. He opened the Third Man Records store in 2015 and launched a vinyl record pressing plant there in 2017. The blaze did not spread to the record store, the Shinola store or other nearby businesses.
Detroit Fire Community Relations Chief James Harris said firefighters were called to the restaurant before 2 a.m., The Detroit News said. No injuries were reported and the cause wasn’t immediately known.
“It took us a couple of hours to contain the fire and we’re conducting a thorough investigation into how it started and where it started," Harris said.
Traffic Jam was established 1965, according to its website. Owner Scott Lowell told the newspaper that he was on a humanitarian mission at the border between Poland and Ukraine and that he was trying to return to Detroit.
“I’ve been watching it on the news and videos," Lowell said. "I don’t really have much to say. It just feels like a bad dream. I’ve watched it and I just feel helpless from here.” | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Blaze-destroys-landmark-restaurant-in-Detroit-s-17203397.php | 2022-05-27T18:27:03 | en | 0.977813 |
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MUMBAI: It is not an unknown fact that besides being a veteran in the Hindi film industry, Anupam Kher has made a name for himself in Hollywood as well. From Golden Globe-nominated Bend It Like Beckham to Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook, the 67-year-old actor has starred in multiple global projects. Anupam Kher shared a picture with The Big Bang Theory actor Kunal Nayyar. Kunal is known for playing the role of Dr Rajesh Koothrappali, an astrophysicist in popular sitcom Big Bang Theory.
Sharing the picture, Anupam wrote, “It was so wonderful to meet @kunalkarmanayyar. Our very own Delhi Boy. His warmth touched my heart." He also added the hashtags, #BigBangTheory #Actor #IndiansInLA.”
Have a look.
One fan commented, “It'll be fun to see you two working together.” Another one wrote, “The crossover we never expected.” While one said, “Wohoo! Rajeshhh!” many dropped heart emojis in the comments section of the picture.
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Kunal will be seen playing the titular role of A.J Fikry in the upcoming comedy drama, The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry alongside Lucy Hale and Christina Hendricks. The drama is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel by Gabrielle Zevin.
Anupam made his Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt's 1984 film Saaransh, in which he portrayed the role of a retired middle-class teacher. The film also starred actors Rohini Hattangadi, Madan Jain, Nilu Phule, Suhas Bhalekar, and Soni Razdan.
He later appeared in several films such as, Daddy (1989), Ram Lakhan (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khel (1992), Darr (1993), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005), and many more.
He recently featured in The Kashmir Files. Written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, the exodus drama features a stellar cast of actors including Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Pallavi Joshi, and Chinmay Mandlekar.
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — A Louisiana school board has narrowly chosen the district’s chief academic officer as its next superintendent.
The Calcasieu Parish School Board voted 8-7 Thursday night for Shannon LaFargue, the American Press reported.
The former principal was among three finalists to succeed Superintendent Karl Bruchhaus, who announced in February that he will retire June 30.
LaFargue said he and the board “are trying to be flexible, give teachers real autonomy, give teachers the opportunity to say, ‘I can have fun today in this class.’”
He has been the chief academic officer for the Calcasieu Parish School Board since 2019. He was the board’s chief operating officer from 2015-2019, and a principal from 2007-2014.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife authorities are trying to determine why large numbers of California brown pelicans are being found sick and dying.
Hundreds of the pelicans, which are a protected species in the state, have been admitted to wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Southern and Central California since about May 13, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a statement.
“The pelicans have been found emaciated and frequently with secondary injuries or broken wings. Many of these birds died shortly after arrival at a facility,” it said.
Results of postmortem examinations and testing of pelicans brought to rehabilitation facilities indicate the birds are dying from starvation-related problems, and there are no indications of disease or unusual parasites.
“CDFW is unable to provide information on the underlying cause of this event at this time,” the department said.
The brown pelicans are an important part of the Pacific Coast ecosystem, feeding on northern anchovy, Pacific sardine and mackerel.
Wildlife authorities urged the public to call a local wildlife rehabilitation facility if they see a sick or injured pelican, and also email the state Wildlife Health Laboratory. But they cautioned people to not touch or try to feed the birds.
People can use an online mortality reporting form when they find a dead pelican.
The impact of the pesticide DDT, which caused eggshell thinning, led to the listing of California brown pelicans as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1970.
After DDT was banned, the species recovered and was removed from the U.S. endangered list in 2009. It remains protected under state law. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/California-investigating-sick-and-dying-brown-17203693.php | 2022-05-27T18:27:15 | en | 0.956972 |
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern Missouri and police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.
Pitts Chapel United Methodist Church in Springfield reported that the swastika was spray painted on the building on May 18 or 19. The NAACP and the Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the vandalism. A county parks crew removed the swastika.
During a news conference with the NAACP at the church Friday, the pastor, the Rev. Tracy Wolff, said her congregation was particularly disturbed that their church was targeted given recent violent hate crimes nationwide, including the deadly mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, that investigators have said was racially motivated.
“I want to be clear that this is not simply tagging. This is not graffiti. This is not vandalism," Wolff said. "This was a hate crime, and it is unacceptable.”
Pitts Chapel is Springfield's oldest historically Black church, Wolff said. It was founded in 1847 by a group of enslaved Africans.
“Though we are historically Black, on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m., we’re becoming one of the most diverse places in town. I don’t think a lot of people know that," she said.
Police have not identified a suspect and are asking witnesses or anyone with information to contact police. In the meantime, Wolff said, the church is beefing up security. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Cops-investigate-swastika-painted-on-Black-17203713.php | 2022-05-27T18:27:17 | en | 0.979984 |
MUMBAI: Kareena Kapoor Khan and her friendship with the Arora sisters, Malaika Arora and Amrita Arora isn’t news to anybody. The actresses are often spotted together in the city, enjoying a fun time together.
Kareena and the Arora sisters were spotted together at KJo’s 50th Birthday bash and the event became the talk of the town. The trio shared some pictures of them together from the superb party too.
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In one of the posts shared by a media page, a user commented ‘Buddhi’ and Amrita took it upon herself to give it back to such trolls. Kareena Kapoor supported her friend in this.
Amrita wrote, “I keep seeing this on comments! If n when I bother to check unless it’s the one that comes up on top! So …buddhi is meant to be an insult?? Cos for me it’s just a word …a word that means old?! Yes, we are older ..n wiser …but you, are nameless, faceless, ageless? And so are your folks?!” She wrote this on her latest Instagram story and many people came in support, including her bestie, Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Kareena shared this post in her stories too and motivated her by writing, “Way to go Amuuu.” Malaika Arora too came out in support of her sister against the age-shaming. We see how she stood up for her, just like any good friend should and this just makes us more sure of their bond.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Travelers to Cyprus will no longer be required to show either a valid COVID-19 vaccination or a recovery certificate and won’t need to produce a negative recent COVID-19 test of June 1, the Cypriot government said Friday.
The government also decided to abolish a requirement to wear face masks in all indoor areas in Cyprus as of June 1 with the exception of hospitals, nursing homes and other indoor medical facilities.
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the decision to lift COVID-19 screening requirements at airports signals the tourism-reliant island nation is ready to return to normality.
Over 10% of the island’s gross domestic product comes directly from tourism. Authorities are hopeful that a post-pandemic desire for travel will boost arrivals to Cyprus significantly, despite the loss of a significant number of Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Karousos said the estimate of travelers arriving in Cyprus in May will be more than three-quarters of the same month in 2019, when arrivals hit a record yearly high.
“Not only will we meet the target we had set regarding flight capacity and overall passenger numbers, we will surpass it,” he said.
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MUMBAI: Physical activity or exercise ensures a lot of benefits and celebrities have time and again tried to motivate fans to indulge in some kind of workout. And cricketer Ajinkya Rahane too has given fitness motivation to his fans and followers.
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Taking to his Instagram handle, Ajinkya Rahane, uploaded a video wherein he can be seen working out at the gym. The cricketer, who sustained injuries, received wishes from his fans and followers as he posted the workout video.
Ajinkya Rahane’s fans are wishing him that he recovers soon and makes a strong comeback. There is no doubt that they are eagerly waiting for his comeback. Taking to the comment section, a fan said, “Come back soon dada waiting for you” while others wished him, saying “Speedy recovery” and “Wishing you a speedy recovery champ” A fan is even anticipating his strong comeback. “Strong comeback anticipating” read the comment, and another user said, “Sir you should play County cricket to regain your form i want to see you in Indian test squad”
It seems Ajinkya Rahane’s latest post has given fans hope. Check out the video here.
What’s your take on Ajinkya’s latest post? Are you feeling inspired and motivated? Hit the comment section.
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Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. A fence lined the school property. Teachers were ordered to keep classroom doors closed and locked. Students faced regular lockdown and evacuation drills.
But when an 18-year-old man arrived Tuesday at the school in Uvalde, Texas, intent on killing children, none of it stopped him.
Security failures allowed the shooter to massacre 19 students and two teachers, school safety experts say. The shooting already has led to calls to fortify schools further, on top of millions spent on equipment and other measures following earlier shootings. But more security offers drawbacks, with no guarantee of an end to mass violence. In the worst case, as in Uvalde, it could backfire.
“You can do the best job you can to prevent a school crisis, but we cannot read the minds of all the criminals who are out there,” said Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, a nonprofit that works with schools across the country. “We cannot prevent all crime.”
According to a district safety plan, Uvalde schools had a wide range of measures in place to prevent violence. The district had four police officers and four support counselors, according to the plan, which appears to be dated from the 2019-20 school year. The district had software to monitor social media for threats and software to screen school visitors.
Yet when the gunman arrived at the school, he hopped its fence and easily entered through an unlocked back door, police said. Behind the locked door of a fourth-grade classroom, he gunned down children and teachers.
Amid the attack, nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway because the on-site commander believed the gunman was barricaded in the classroom and children were not at risk, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said at a Friday news conference, saying “it was the wrong decision."
The case underscores that even the strongest security plans can be undermined by a seemingly simple lapse, said Curtis Lavarello, executive director of the School Safety Advocacy Council, which provides training on school safety. The Texas school appeared to be doing many things right, he said, but none of that mattered once the gunman was able to walk unobstructed into the building and into a classroom.
“All those things on paper mean nothing if they’re not followed in practice. And there seemed to be a number of gaps,” he said.
In the aftermath of the shooting, some Republicans have been calling for further investments in school safety to prevent more attacks. Some have pushed for more armed police in schools, along with metal detectors and measures to make it harder to enter schools.
Among those promoting physical security measures is Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Appearing on Fox News on Wednesday, he brought up 2013 legislation that created grants to help schools install bulletproof doors and hire armed police officers among other measures.
If those grants had gone to Robb Elementary, Cruz said, “the armed police officers could have taken him out and we would have 19 children and two teachers still alive.”
Security experts say the Uvalde case illustrates how fortifying schools can backfire. A lock on the classroom door — one of the most basic and widely recommended school safety measures — kept victims in and police out.
U.S. Border Patrol agents eventually used a master key to open the locked door of the classroom where they confronted and killed the gunman, McCraw said at the Friday news conference.
Some argue that investments in school security have come at the expense of student welfare. Lockdown drills that have become routine for a generation of American students have traumatized students and added to strains on mental health, educators say.
Schools need more counselors and psychologists to help troubled students, not stronger buildings, said Dewey Cornell, a psychologist and director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project at the University of Virginia.
“We have systemically reduced the number of support staff in our schools, and focused too much on installing metal detectors and surveillance cameras and electronic door locks, which are very short term and reactive and very expensive," he said.
In the wake of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, schools across the country began spending huge sums of money on fortifications including bulletproof glass, metal detectors and armed security.
But such measures can create an atmosphere where students feel uncomfortable and less trusting, and it does not necessarily prevent attacks, said Matthew Mayer, a Rutgers associate professor who works on issues related to school violence.
“You’ll go down these sort of endless rabbit holes of how much security is enough. And when it comes to someone who’s coming in heavily armed, you’re not going to stop them,” Mayer said. “So the idea is you need to figure out why people do this in the first place and have ways — multi-level systems of prevention — to prevent it from happening.”
He advocates for a multi-faceted prevention approach that also includes steps such as improving mental health services, assessing threats more effectively and building trust so students and families are not afraid to speak up if they’re concerned someone has the means or intent to cause harm.
Still, schools can only do so much, he said, and he isn’t optimistic that public outrage over Uvalde will lead to significant change.
“The problem is that a lot of this public reaction, you know, sort of rises like a wave and then recedes over time, and the politicians have been accustomed to riding that out. You know, they make speeches and so forth, and sometimes there’s a commission that gets appointed, and they issue reports,” Mayer said. “But substantive change is lacking.”
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MUMBAI: One of the most popular and stylish sports stars, Sania Mirza never fails to woo her fans with her sporting skills and also social media presence. She is a pretty active social media user and often comes up with interesting reels.
The ace tennis player currently has more than nine million followers on Instagram. In addition to sharing pictures from her professional life, Sania often shares a slice of life to treat her Instagram family. Her social media page is home to innumerable pictures and videos.
Taking to social media, the athlete has now shared a video, revealing what kind of girl she loves. Any guesses about her choice? Well, she said, “I love a girl who can slay one day and look homeless the next.” Sharing the video, she wrote in the caption, “Balance baby ” followed by the hashtags #homeless #reelsinstagram #reelitfeelit . A social media user appreciated her, saying, “Hamari pyari sania . Love her for being her” while another said, “love ur simplicity and how grounded u r ” However, there are some who are not very pleased with the video. One of such users wrote, “Sania you are pretty with and without makeup and you have an amazing game. Please don't romanticize poverty and homelessness even if it is a trend.”
On the work front, Sania Mirza is a six-grand slam title winner. The tennis star’s sports journey never fails to inspire her army of fans. A former world No. 1 in the doubles discipline, the gorgeous lady inspires all those who want to make a career in sports. She won the Wimbledon Junior Championship in 2003.
Keep reading this space for more updates.
Also read: Must Read! Hardik Pandya has something to say about ‘That IPL final feeling’ | https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/sports/revealed-sania-mirza-loves-kind-of-girl-watch-video-220527 | 2022-05-27T18:27:39 | en | 0.959904 |
BEIRUT (AP) — A leading international credit ratings agency warned Friday that the results of this month’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon make it difficult for any coalition to have a governing majority, potentially complicating implementation of reforms.
Shortly after the warning from Fitch Ratings, the Lebanese pound briefly hit new lows against the dollar, causing chaos in markets around the country. Lebanon is in the grips of the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history.
By late afternoon Friday, the pound made gains of nearly 20% after the central bank governor said those who have pounds and need dollars will be able to buy U.S. currency through local banks as of next week at a rate lower than that of the black market.
Gov. Riad Salameh's announcement appears to be another attempt to temporarily ease markets amid chaos related to the sharp drop of the pound, which has hit new lows on almost daily basis since the May 15 parliamentary elections brought a deeply-divided legislature.
The new lows — reaching 37,900 pounds to the dollar — came after Fitch’s warning said that efforts by any camp to form a stable governing majority in parliament will face challenges, further complicating “the country’s ability to implement financial and economic reforms.”
These reforms are preconditions for support from the International Monetary Fund and other international partners, which in turn could pave the way for Lebanon’s exit from default on its sovereign obligations.
Despite easing markets, Salameh’s move likely means that the central bank will be using its dwindling foreign currency reserves, which have been dropping at a dramatic rate since Lebanon’s economic meltdown began in October 2019.
After Salameh’s statement the dollar was selling for about 31,000 pounds.
Lebanon’s economic crisis is rooted in decades of corruption and mismanagement by the political elites that have dominated the country. Since the meltdown began, they have done almost nothing to implement reforms demanded by the international community to release billions of dollars in investments and loans. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Fitch-Ratings-warns-of-elections-impact-on-17203585.php | 2022-05-27T18:27:43 | en | 0.962154 |
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MUMBAI: TellyChakkar is back with yet another update from the telly world. Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai has become the longest-running show on TV right now. Abhimanyu and Akshara are winning the hearts of the audience with their love. The roles are played by Harshad Chopra and Pranali Rathod respectively.
As we see in the current track, Harshvardhan is upset with Akshara as she arranged a surprised anniversary party for him. However, in this video we see that they both are seen bonding over a guitar jam session. Looks like Akshara helped Harshvardhan relive his college days. Take a look at this video.
Check out the video
Meanwhile in the show, Rudra invites Aarohi to his farm-house party, but Abhimanyu warns him to stay away from her as he will not tolerate his stupid drama with her.
Though Aarohi attends the party thinking she can get a chance to work in Rudra's hospital, she fails to understand his true intentions.
And so, when Abhimanyu comes to save her, eventually both of them end up getting locked.
Rudra is not ready to sit silent after losing to Abhimanyu.
What will Rudra do now?
For more updates, stay tuned to TellyChakkar. | https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/awesome-akshara-bond-harshvardhan-over-guitar-deet-inside-220527 | 2022-05-27T18:27:49 | en | 0.980757 |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged in Idaho with killing her two youngest children and her new husband’s previous wife will be tried alongside her husband and their trial has been delayed until early next year because the judge says that will give her lawyers enough time to effectively prepare a defense.
Judge Steven Boyce on Thursday ruled that delaying Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial another 90 days to Jan. 9 would not violate her rights for a speedy trial.
Vallow and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if they are convicted.
The Daybells are charged with murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan.
Idaho law enforcement began investigating the Daybells in November 2019 after extended family members reported the children were missing. While the children were missing, police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts. Their bodies were found buried later on Chad Daybell’s property in rural Idaho.
Chad and Lori Daybell married just two weeks after his previous wife, Tammy Daybell, died unexpectedly. Tammy Daybell’s death was initially reported as “natural causes,” but investigators had her body exhumed after growing suspicious when Chad Daybell quickly remarried.
Lori Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Arizona in connection with the death of her previous husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, who claimed it was self-defense. Cox later died of what police said was natural causes.
Vallow in April entered a “not guilty” plea and invoked her right to a speedy trial, which legally needed to take place by October. That complicated plans for a combined trial for her and her husband.
On May 19, prosecutors asked that Vallow’s trial be postponed until Jan. 9. Prosecutors expressed concern that if Vallow was separately in October that an “improper severance” would happen with the couple’s cases.
Boyce also expressed concern whether Vallow’s recently appointed attorneys had enough time to prepare for the trial and said the 90-day delay would give them more. He noted that prosecutors have worked on the case since 2020. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Idaho-trial-for-Chad-and-Lori-Daybell-delayed-to-17203555.php | 2022-05-27T18:27:49 | en | 0.987625 |
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