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TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Charles Thompson had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lift Towson to a 75-60 win over William & Mary on Thursday night.
Jason Gibson had 17 points for Towson (18-7, 9-3 Colonial Athletic Association). Juwan Gray added 10 points and Nicolas Timberlake also had 10 points with seven assists.
Brandon Carroll had 18 points for the Tribe (5-20, 4-8). Tyler Rice added 11 points and six assists.
The Tigers improve to 2-0 against the Tribe for the season. Towson defeated William & Mary 91-69 on Jan. 17.
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Kevin Huber completely understands how big a deal this really is.
He's living out the dream every Bengals fan has ever had. Including himself.
The 36-year-old punter has been rooting all his life for the only NFL team for which he has played. He grew up in Cincinnati, went to college there and daydreamed as a youngster in the stands at Riverfront Stadium about the Bengals winning the Super Bowl.
And now, the Bengals' longest-tenured player is one victory away from helping deliver Cincinnati that long-elusive title.
“It would be everything,” Huber said, shaking his head. “I mean, the city would just implode if we win this game.”
The showdown with the Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday marks the Bengals' third Super Bowl appearance, and first in 33 years — back when Huber's infatuation didn't go far beyond loving the tiger stripes on the bright orange helmets.
Among his first football memories are of Ickey Woods, the touchdown-loving running back with the unforgettable end zone dance. He didn't have one particular favorite player as a kid, but remembers being excited when Cincinnati drafted wide receiver Peter Warrick in 2000. The then-14-year-old Huber's copy of ESPN The Magazine with Warrick, LaVar Arrington and Courtney Brown on the cover was a prized possession.
But it wasn't long before Huber became well-versed in what it meant being a Bengals fan, with lofty expectations followed by so many frustrating finishes.
“A long time of just waiting for this moment,” Huber said. "You know, getting there a couple of times, but losing and then that long drought in between the last time they went and now, it would mean everything to the city. They would be just completely on cloud nine, just experiencing this, just excited, happy.
“I would assume the parade would be pretty epic.”
Huber has tried to not think about that this week, but that image has decorated his mind many times as a fan and as a player. So has the post-Super Bowl celebration, with confetti falling around jubilant — and sometimes crying — players to punctuate the NFL's ultimate accomplishment.
“You see it every year,” Huber said. “And you always wonder if you’ll get the chance to do that.”
That's coming from a guy who has the perspective of playing 13 years in the NFL and is tied with former cornerback Ken Riley for the most regular-season games played in franchise history with 207.
Huber, who insists his playing days aren't close to being done, also has those scars from his fandom for a franchise that isn't often in this position.
After the Bengals beat Las Vegas in Cincinnati in the wild-card round for their first playoff victory in 31 years, Huber gathered his thoughts for a piece published by The Player's Tribune. He chronicled how he was born and raised in Cincinnati, went to the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the Bengals in the fifth round in 2009. Huber described the euphoria of the Bengals ending what had been the NFL's longest playoff victory drought, and how much it meant to him and the city he calls home.
“Once that article came out, I got reached out to on social media and also via texts from friends and family, just a lot of people that felt the same way,” he said. “And they were able to just kind of enjoy that article from the same perspective.”
A victory at Tennessee followed in the divisional round.
Next came the Bengals' overtime win at Kansas City for the AFC championship, with Huber the holder on Evan McPherson's 31-yard kick that sent Cincinnati to the Super Bowl.
“It took a couple of minutes to really set in,” Huber recalled with a smile. "And everybody’s running around and you don’t know who to hug or what to do, and you kind of feel lost. I feel like I was running around just hugging the most random people, and I have no idea what I was doing.
“I would love to see a camera on me just kind of running around in circles."
It seemed everyone he has ever met or known in Cincinnati shared in the moment.
“I think by the time the night ended, I had like a thousand messages,” Huber said with a laugh. “But I’m sorry, everybody, I didn’t get to respond to every single one, but I'll try to get some of them back.”
He'll have lots more if everything works out in the Bengals' favor Sunday.
“It’s cool to think that years from now,” Huber said, “our team will be looked at as some of the greats of the organization and the greats of the Bengals that have played.”
During the team's rally Monday night at Paul Brown Stadium, the franchise's home since 2000, the fired-up fans screamed for every player and coach that emerged from the tunnel onto the field.
Huber nearly brought the place down when he offered this to the 30,000 bundled up in the stands:
“Hopefully," he said, "we’ll be back next week for the after-party.”
It would be a big-time Bengals bash that has been in the planning stages for a few generations. And one Huber only imagined all those years ago.
“The whole city has been just really enjoying the ride and celebrating this,” Huber said. “I’m just happy for them to be able to experience this. You know, it’s been a long time coming.”
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charlie Moore's roundabout journey across college basketball just felt right during his two seasons at DePaul, returning to his native Chicago to be near his family.
With his father's mobility compromised by a 2015 stroke and his mother needing to work, his parents needed Moore around more than ever. And Curtis Moore attended all of his son's home games in his wheelchair.
"It worked. I feel like it brought a different energy, a different type of spirit to the household and my mom and my dad for those two years that I was there," said Moore, who started at California, moved to Kansas, then DePaul and is now at Miami. "I feel like things are going much better now. I think my dad's getting better as well."
School-switching has never been more prevalent, thanks to the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA for the pandemic-limited 2020-21 season and the relaxed transfer rules that allow one-time moves for immediate eligibility instead of an automatic sit-out year.
An Associated Press review of rosters in the six major conferences (the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference) plus four programs from mid-major leagues that are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll (Gonzaga, Houston, Saint Mary's and Murray State) determined 29% of players across those 80 teams have switched four-year schools at least once. That doesn't include junior college transfers.
The Big 12 has the highest portion at 41%. Colorado and Stanford are the only programs without a single incoming transfer. And just five high-major teams didn't add a transfer for this season, Colorado, Connecticut, Purdue, Villanova and Stanford — the latter touting a transfer-free team for the 12th year in a row.
While there's talk about disrupting team chemistry and a lack of resiliency when it comes to the hyperactive transfer portal, there's a personal story behind each switch and it's usually more complex than simply hopping around for more minutes, TV time or wins.
Moore has been a catalyst for the Hurricanes, who’ve been at or near the top of the ACC all season.
“The school, the people around the school, my coaching staff, my teammates, they’ve all just been welcoming and warm and helping people trying to reach their goal. There’s no egos or anything like that. It’s just people trying to win,” Moore said this week in a video interview with the AP. “It’s been a great way to end my college career.”
Payton Willis has come full circle, transferring back to Minnesota last summer after spending two previous seasons there. He's is one of 10 players with Minnesota who have transferred at least once, the most among the high-major programs.
But the sixth-year guard felt like he never truly left.
Willis started at Vanderbilt, where coach Kevin Stallings was fired shortly before he arrived. After two years mostly coming off the bench, he made his first transfer to Minnesota.
“I knew how valuable a Vanderbilt degree is, how prestigious it is. I just felt at home there. But when it was done, it was done,” Willis said in an interview earlier this season, declining to go into more detail.
Willis had flashes of success in the 2019-20 season, but was often lost in the Big Ten shuffle, so he moved to the College of Charleston. But COVID-19 conditions created a rather minimalist experience during his single season.
“I probably walked two or three blocks like 90% of the time I was there,” Willis said, “or I was at the beach. I really didn’t get to see too much, because we didn’t have in-person classes. I was either at home or at the gym.”
Prepared for an overseas career, Willis put the pros on pause after a call from new Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who previously recruited him as an assistant. The opportunity to play point guard was appealing, so he came returned to Minnesota and started a master's program in youth and leadership development.
Moore and Willis are rare three-time transfers. They're joined by Jalen Coleman-Lands, who arrived at Kansas after Iowa State, DePaul and Illinois. Texas A&M forward Jalen Johnson tore his ACL in preseason practice after arriving from Mississippi State, having previously played at Saint Louis and Louisiana-Lafayette.
For Moore, the firing of coach Dave Leitao last year left him with yet another change to manage. With the confidence and peace gained from his father’s improvement, he chose Miami with encouragement from assistant coach Bill Courtney (they briefly overlapped at DePaul).
“I thought he was going to be good, but this guy’s been great, the way he gets our team to play together and the way he shares the ball,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said of Moore recently.
Moore was Illinois' Mr. Basketball in 2016, playing at Morgan Park High School in Chicago. He initially committed to Memphis, but coach Josh Pastner left for Georgia Tech. Moore played one year at Cal, before coach Cuonzo Martin departed for Missouri.
He moved a little closer to home at Kansas, but after a sit-out year and a season in a reserve role, he felt unsettled — particularly with the struggles around his father's health.
“I just wanted to make things better," Moore said.
Now playing in his fourth major conference, the 5-foot-11 Moore helped key an upset of Duke last month and his half-court shot banked in at the buzzer to beat Virginia Tech a few weeks later.
Though the Gophers have struggled in Big Ten play, Willis has two Big Ten Player of the Week awards this season. In a win over Rutgers on Jan. 22 (the only Gopher victory in 11 games since Christmas), Willis had a career-high 32 points and tied the program record with eight 3-pointers.
The extra pandemic-year effect will linger for three more seasons, and Willis offered his advice for those eyeing at the transfer portal: caution and patience.
“Each time I did it, I looked at myself in the mirror: ‘Was it on me? Is this truly going to be the better route? Or is it going to be better for me to stay here and stick it out and fight through the challenges?'” Willis said. “Nowadays it’s so hard. So many people are in kids’ ears about what they should and shouldn’t do. It makes it difficult for them to decipher who they should listen to and what they should listen to at the end of the day.”
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Kevin Durant wanted no part of James Harden on the day their partnership in Brooklyn ended.
Durant kept passing on Harden in the NBA All-Star Draft until LeBron James had to take him Thursday with the last pick, bringing some petty comedy to the process.
James had the first pick among players in the starters pool for the Feb. 20 game in Cleveland and drafted Giannis Antetokounmpo. Durant took Joel Embiid, whose Philadelphia 76ers agreed to the trade with Brooklyn that sent Ben Simmons to the Nets.
Durant had the first choice among reserves, going with Devin Booker of the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns. That meant James had the final pick and Durant made clear who was going to be left for him.
With his last selection, Durant took Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, explaining with a straight face he needed size — even though defensive-minded players are hardly a need in an exhibition mostly about offense.
Holding a clipboard over his face to hide his laughter, James asked Durant if Harden was healthy enough to play. The three-time scoring champion and 2018 NBA MVP has missed the last three games with a left hamstring tightness.
“He got traded. He’s healthy now,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley responded.
James also drafted former MVPs Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic in the starter pool, along with Chicago's DeMar DeRozan. Durant took first-timers Ja Morant of Memphis and Andrew Wiggins of Golden State, and Boston's Jayson Tatum — who replaced him in the starters pool because Durant is injured and won't play.
The Team LeBron reserves: Luka Doncic, Dallas; Darius Garland, Cleveland; Chris Paul, Phoenix; Jimmy Butler, Miami; Donovan Mitchell, Utah; Fred VanVleet, Toronto, and Harden.
The Team Durant reserves: Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota; Zach LaVine, Chicago; Dejounte Murray, San Antonio; Khris Middleton, Milwaukee; LaMelo Ball, Charlotte, and Gobert.
James has been a captain every year since the NBA went to a format where the leading vote-getters draft teams, instead of Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference. His teams have gone 4-0.
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In swapping James Harden for Ben Simmons, the Brooklyn Nets decided they needed to act now as they slide down the standings.
The Los Angeles Lakers didn't do the same.
A number of deals were made Thursday before the NBA's trade deadline, topped by the blockbuster between the Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. Just 13 months after acquiring Harden, Brooklyn sent him to a division rival.
Kristaps Porzingis was also on the move, going from Dallas to a Washington team that was busy before the trade deadline. Most of the deals were still pending NBA approval and confirmed to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity by people with knowledge of the details.
In Brooklyn, Harden seemed to have soured on the situation with Kevin Durant hurt and Kyrie Irving only playing in home games because he won't get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The trade gives the Nets a chance to turn things around.
“I feel like we’ve got versatile players so we’ll have to figure it out and figure out what works for us,” Durant said during an interview on TNT. “But I’m just happy that we got guys that want to be a part of this.”
The Nets have lost nine straight games, tumbling to eighth place in the tightly contested Eastern Conference.
That's one spot ahead of where the struggling Lakers are in the West.
Los Angeles seems in desperate need of a move after falling to 26-30 with consecutive losses, getting handled easily by defending champion Milwaukee and falling to rebuilding Portland.
But the Lakers didn't make any, raising the question how they plan to move forward with a roster that hasn't worked. LeBron James and Anthony Davis have battled injuries and Russell Westbrook has been so inconsistent that he's been benched down the stretch of some games.
While it was going to be hard to move the former league MVP for salary reasons, apparently the Lakers didn't have any other players anybody wanted in deals. So, they will have to hope they can add players in the buyout market.
James said Wednesday after the loss in Portland the deadline felt like a fog hanging over the Lakers and they needed to see what was on the other side.
“We’ll see what happens,” James said. “We'll see what happens as far as the deadline.”
For the Lakers, it was nothing.
Brooklyn coach Steve Nash said he was expecting the same for his team, having previously said the Nets weren't planning to deal Harden.
But the team's situation was getting worse, with Harden missing the last three games with a hamstring injury and playing poorly the last time he was on the floor.
In moving the three-time scoring champion, the Nets addressed some of their needs. Simmons is a top defender who can guard multiple positions despite his offensive shortcomings and not having played this season while seeking a trade.
Seth Curry gives Brooklyn outside shooting it's missed with Joe Harris out following ankle surgery. Andre Drummond could start or play a key role off the bench for a team that has mostly played small.
The blockbuster deal adds even more intrigue to the already jumbled playoff race in the East, where Brooklyn was only 5 1/2 games out of first entering play Thursday night.
In other moves Thursday the Wizards were one of the busiest teams.
On the day injured Washington star Bradley Beal had wrist surgery, the Wizards broke apart a roster that had gotten off to a promising start this season. Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans were traded to Dallas in the deal for Porzingis. Washington also dealt Montrezl Harrell to Charlotte for veteran backup point guard Ish Smith, second-year forward Vernon Carey Jr. and a future second-round draft pick.
The Bucks were to land Serge Ibaka from the Los Angeles Clippers in a four-game trade that would land former No. 2 pick Marvin Bagley III in Detroit, ESPN.com reported.
Also, the Toronto Raptors got veteran forward Thaddeus Young from San Antonio, sending Goran Dragic and a first-round pick to the Spurs.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-6-9
(eight, six, nine)
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
7-3-1-2
(seven, three, one, two)
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A bill that would expand voting rights in New Mexico has lost more key provisions as it moves forward in the state Senate.
The New Mexico Voting Rights Act, or SB 8, passed in the Senate Rules Committee earlier this week after a number of amendments were rolled into a substitute bill. As the Judiciary Committee took it up Wednesday, Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto submitted another substitute.
Co-sponsor Sen. Katy Duhigg sits on both committees.
“It’s very frustrating to have folks walk in with a sub with a bunch of new language that we don’t have a chance to look at and consider,” she told her colleagues. “I don’t even know if it is different from what we passed out of Rules. And if it is different, I don’t know if it’s better or worse.”
The committee then painstakingly moved through each change to ensure members – all but two of whom had passed the prior version just days earlier – understood what was in front of them.
The aspects of the bill that were dropped include Election Day becoming a state holiday and eligible voters being automatically registered after visiting the MVD.
Other changes include shifting the minimum number of secured ballot drop boxes from a more complex formula to two, regardless of the number of voters in a county, and allowing municipalities and school districts among others to request one. Also, the effective date for the majority of the bill moved up to July 2022 from January 2023.
Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, who has championed the legislation along with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, said while she'd like to have seen those provisions stay in the proposal, she's focused on the bigger picture.
“I am not willing to sacrifice this piece of legislation for one particular provision,” she told committee members during the hearing.
The bill would still allow people convicted of felonies to vote upon release from prison and create a permanent absentee voter list. Election Day would still become a school holiday in the current version.
It passed the Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Feb. 9, on a 6-3 party line vote with Republicans in opposition. It’s being heard Thursday afternoon in the Senate Finance Committee.
This story is part of our Your New Mexico Government project, a collaboration between KUNM and New Mexico PBS. Support for public media provided by the Thornburg Foundation.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Pick 5 Evening" game were:
2-0-4-9-5
(two, zero, four, nine, five)
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Members of the Navajo Nation and others want to extend and expand a law that helps people contaminated by uranium mines and nuclear testing.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 provides redress to people who became ill after working in uranium mines and nuclear test sites or living downwind of the Nevada nuclear test zone. Many of those people lived or live on the Navajo Nation.
"Approximately 30 million tons of uranium ore was extracted from Navajo lands to support America's nuclear activities, you know, making weapons," said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez in an online event organized by the Navajo Uranium Workers Program on February 9. "And to this day, we still have over 500 uranium mines still open, that create health issues for people, especially those that worked in these uranium mines."
Under the 1990 Act, more than two billion dollars have been awarded to more than 34,000 claimants. It is due to expire in July.
The Navajo Uranium Workers Program wants to extend the program's duration. They also want to increase the compensation available and expand the scope to include people affected by uranium over a longer period of time, and people living near nuclear test zones in New Mexico
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández and Senator Ben Ray Luján have proposed legislation to this end in Washington DC, but face challenges getting enough votes in the Senate.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Rolling Cash 5" game were:
03-07-09-20-23
(three, seven, nine, twenty, twenty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $100,000
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| 2022-02-11T01:26:17
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New Mexico’s immigrant, refugee and non-English speaking families are some of the hardest hit with financial burdens during the pandemic and beyond, and many aren’t eligible for COVID relief or state support. Many who are eligible for state support often can’t access the applications that are only in English and sometimes Spanish. Amber Wallin, who was named executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children at the beginning of this year after being with the child advocacy organization since 2012, is working to change inequities in access to financial support.
AMBER WALLIN: I think one of the most important things the state should be focusing on now is providing economic relief and safety net support to those that still need assistance. One of the things that's interesting about the recovery that we've seen in New Mexico -- because there are a lot of signs of economic recovery, we've certainly seen those -- but when you look a little bit closer, it's pretty disproportionate. We know that high income earners are seeing better economic situations than they did prior to the pandemic. But we know that low-income earners still have a lot of ground to gain just to get back to where they were. So we think that there should be economic relief focused on those families, focused on immigrants who are left out of a lot of federal relief, focused on mothers, especially mothers of color, providing economic relief in the form of cash assistance, safety net supports, tax rebates, those one-time relief moneys that can really make a difference for families that we know are still struggling.
KUNM: In 2020 and 2021, I was talking with women who were early childhood educators working in childcare centers that did not close during the pandemic, and some of them were undocumented, which meant they were unable to access any of the stimulus checks, unemployment insurance, or even help to keep their children in childcare centers where they were working while they were taking care of children of doctors and nurses and other frontline workers. How do we support undocumented workers?
WALLIN: Women, women of color and especially immigrant women, immigrant families, disproportionately make up those frontline workers, those workers that were keeping our economy afloat during the pandemic. One in 12 New Mexico residents are immigrants and 38,000, New Mexico kids have at least one parent who doesn't have full documentation. We also know that those families are really disproportionately left out of federal relief. In those early months of the pandemic, they were left out of federal stimulus payments. So that money that was so crucial for helping families during those early months when everything was shut down, that largely didn't go to our mixed-status families. There have been improvements on that front, and more is still needed. So what we saw in 2021 is that the state expanded eligibility for what's known as our Working Families Tax Credit , they expanded eligibility to include immigrants, regardless of immigration status. So if you're working in New Mexico, you're contributing and paying taxes, you now are able to get that tax credit. So that's great.
KUNM: So the federal child income tax credit that gave families a few hundred dollars every month just ended. What does that mean for families in New Mexico?
WALLIN: We know it lifted tens of thousands of New Mexico kids out of poverty during those months when families in our state received that additional piece. And with that program, ending there's going to be some dire financial straits for so many of our families, unfortunately, and by looking at the data about how families were using that relief, we know that for families who spent it, they were using it to buy food and to pay for housing. So those are basic essentials that were helping families just survive. And without that money, it's going to be much harder for families with kids to do that. We think it's crucial that those expansions on the child tax credit are part of any federal relief programs. And then long term, New Mexico as a state that we should be considering a child tax credit at the state level, because we know that programs like the Child Tax Credit, are some of the most evidence-based effective policies for improving outcomes.
KUNM: So one issue is that certain families are not eligible for federal relief. But another issue is that families who are eligible for some of this relief can't access it because the applications are largely in English and some Spanish. What is New Mexico Voices for Children doing to address language access issues, for families who need assistance?
WALLIN: If families are not able to access an application, if when they're calling the state there's not an availability of somebody to talk to them in their language, then we know that that can shut off so many of our families from really critical relief that needs to be provided. We are hopeful about language access legislation that's being put through this year that will help ensure that agencies have the resources that they need to improve language access to their programs.
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We will give you an analysis of the first phase of voting that took place in western Uttar Pradesh. In today's election match, Yogi Adityanath entered the fray with the formula of 80-20 -- 80 per cent Hindu voters and 20 per cent Muslim voters. With the help of this formula, they tried to polarize votes. Akhilesh Yadav was in the fray with the social engineering of Jat plus Muslim votes. This time the alliance of Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary has tied up the BJP candidates to some extent. And it seems like they haven't been able to play freely.
Out of the 11 districts where voting was held, seven districts have 25 per cent or more Muslim voters. Among them is Muzaffarnagar district, which has about 41 per cent Muslim population. And there has been one to two percent more voting than in 2017. In which districts how much voting has taken place, you can see on your TV screen.
Last time, the BJP had won 53 of these 58 seats. While Samajwadi Party won 2 seats, BSP 2 and Rashtriya Lok Dal won one seat. But today the pattern of voting in these seats looked completely different.
Today, Zee News team was present in these seats during the voting and our guess is that Muslim voters have voted in these seats in a powerful way. While the enthusiasm among the Hindu voters appeared less. You can see these long lines of Muslim voters at the polling booths.
Yogi Adityanath's formula was eighty-twenty. That is, the BJP was on uniting the remaining 80 per cent of the Hindu voters except 20 per cent of the Muslim voters. But Akhilesh Yadav kept 20 per cent of the Muslim voters united and divided 80 per cent of the Hindu voters into separate parts, and for this, he did social engineering in a powerful way. For example, Muzaffarnagar has a Muslim population of 41 per cent, but in six assembly seats of this district, Akhilesh Yadav did not give ticket to a single Muslim candidate.
We estimate that today, Muslim voters have voted unitedly in favour of Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Jayant Chaudhary's Rashtriya Lok Dal. That is, a handful of Muslim voters may have gone to other parties. But most Muslims have voted for the alliance. Apart from Muslims, the votes of the Jat community also have a good influence in these seats.
Out of the total 71 seats in western Uttar Pradesh, there are 29 seats on which if Muslim and Jat voters vote unitedly for a party, then the victory of that party's candidate is considered certain. And, as we told you, Muslim voters have voted unitedly. At the same time, the BJP has probably failed to break the Jat voters as well. What we saw during the reporting on Ground Zero, we are estimating it accordingly.
According to it, about 65 per cent of the Jat voters have voted for Akhilesh Yadav and Jayant Chaudhary's party. And 35 per cent Jat voters have gone with the BJP. That is, it seems that Akhilesh Yadav managed to do the social engineering of the Muslim and Jat vote bank.
You can also say that the Muslim voter was united in the first phase of voting, but the Hindu votes were divided. And if that's really what has happened, it's good news for Akhilesh Yadav.
BJP MLAs left the party and it did not cut tickets of many MLAs in these seats. That is, there was no wave against Yogi and the BJP. But there has been a wave against some MLAs. Out of the 58 seats in the first phase, the BJP has cut tickets of only 14 MLAs.
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Sarah Palin finally got her day in court against an avatar of the mainstream media that she has so often assailed: The New York Times.
During testimony Thursday that lasted several hours, Palin characterized The Times as a Goliath against which she felt powerless. She testified that she had trouble sleeping after the publication of a June 2017 editorial that falsely claimed a clear link between an ad from her political action committee and a deadly mass shooting that grievously wounded a Democratic congresswoman years earlier.
"It's hard to lay your head on a pillow and have a restful night when you know that lies are told about you, a specific lie that was not going to be fixed," Palin testified. "That causes some stress anyone would feel."
Palin filed the lawsuit against the Times shortly after the editorial's publication, alleging that the newspaper had defamed her. She had waited more than four years to take the stand, as the case wound its way through the court system.
Gingerly walked through her biography by her attorney, Palin presented herself to the jury as a single mom and grandmother, largely retired from politics and living in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska. Her life, she described it, was a far cry from the one she led as a crusading Republican governor and then John McCain's running mate in their unsuccessful 2008 bid for the White House.
In March 2010, Palin's political action committee targeted U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona and more than a dozen other Democratic lawmakers for defeat. The PAC's ad placed stylized cross-hairs over their congressional districts. Giffords was among those at the time who raised objections to the ad, suggesting it contained violent political symbolism. Palin shrugged off the criticism.
The following year, a shooter in Tucson killed six people and wounded more than a dozen more, including Giffords. Palin fended off a fresh crop of criticism for feeding into a climate of violence, but no evidence was found that the shooter was even aware of Palin's ad. Palin denounced her detractors for making political points out of tragedy.
In June 2017, after Republican Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot at a Congressional baseball practice, the Times posted an editorial making a sweeping argument about the need for stronger gun control and for ratcheting down the temperature of political rhetoric.
In fateful lines inserted into the piece by the paper's then editorial page editor, James Bennet, the Times asserted there was a clear link between the ad from the Palin PAC and the mass shooting the following year. And he also wrongly made it seem as though the graphic targeted the lawmakers rather than their districts.
"The link to political incitement was clear," the editorial originally stated. After objections from a conservative Times columnist and an outcry online, the Times removed that line and corrected the post twice within a day.
Palin struggles to demonstrate Times editorial caused her harm
Over the course of her testimony, Palin made it plain the Times editorials' false claims had resurrected that painful period for her. And she characterized them as a political attack.
Yet Palin was a less-than-commanding witness under cross-examination by David Axelrod, the Times's lead trial attorney (and not the adviser to former President Barack Obama of the same name).
Despite the pain she says she felt upon learning of and reading the editorial, Palin conceded she could not recall speaking about the editorial to the people closest to her: not to her parents, her sisters, or her brother. In earlier sworn testimony, Palin also said she believed she had not talked about it with her children. She could not identify a job or contract she lost, a political candidate who shied away from her, or a former friend who shunned her as a result of the Times editorial. Palin testified that death threats ramped up after the 2011 Gabby Giffords shooting, but she did not cite any such fallout from the editorial years later.
It was as though Axelrod was preparing to challenge how significant a harm the editorial really caused. And he also challenged her image as a private citizen living a cloistered life. Under questioning, Palin acknowledged giving talks to prominent conservative groups in recent years, starring and appearing in reality shows, and speaking out on Fox News and other outlets. He noted she had 1.3 million followers on Twitter. She also acknowledged publicly "leaving the door open" to another run for political office, including the U.S. Senate as recently as last year.
Palin's attorneys argued that Bennet's errant writings were motivated by political animus; they unsuccessfully sought to bring up his campaigning in 2010 for a few weeks for his brother, Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, and some essays critical of Palin posted on sites associated with the Atlantic when Bennet served as the magazine's editor. The claim of a motivation of hostility toward Palin was undercut by testimony and contemporaneous texts and emails from numerous Times journalists involved with the piece that reflected their surprise and anguish over the mistakes - Bennet among them.
To win, Palin must prove the Times acted with 'actual malice,' a high bar
There are significant free speech protections in legal precedent to give journalists and other citizens running room to scrutinize public figures. To win, Palin's legal team must convince jurors that the Times and Bennet acted with "actual malice" - a legal standard that they knew the information they provided was false or acted with such reckless disregard that they should have known.
U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff, who is presiding over the trial, made clear that Palin has to surmount a tough legal challenge in this case. And he dismissed the idea that her lawyers could make the case for punitive damages. "The evidence, frankly, that Mr. Bennet harbored ill will toward Ms. Palin is quite modest indeed," Rakoff told lawyers after dismissing jurors for the day.
And Palin appeared to get twisted up when asked about her own statement a few days after the Tuscon shooting in 2011, in which she warned journalists against "a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn." Axelrod asked her repeatedly what she meant about journalists inciting violence; Palin had trouble offering a plain answer, saying she was offering a warning.
(Palin's use of the term "blood libel" sparked an instant outcry as well. The language invokes a centuries-old slander against Jews claiming they used the blood of Christian children to make Passover matzoh.) "I did not expect that somebody would take such issue with it," Palin testified Thursday.
Though her trademark chipperness peeked through at times, she seemed a subdued echo of her more familiar self.
In some ways her emergence on the American political scene foreshadowed the rise of Donald Trump. She appealed to former President Barack Obama's detractors and served as a frequent critic of the press, which she called "the lamestream media."
Yet she is one of at least three major party candidates for national office who got their start in journalism: President Warren Harding was the editor of the Marion (Ohio) Daily Star and Vice President Al Gore was a reporter for the Nashville Tennessean. Palin majored in journalism at the University of Idaho and covered sports for a local TV station in Alaska.
Asked about the various reality shows that she's participated in since leaving elective office, Palin said, "It paid some bills." Her appearance on Fox's "The Masked Singer," she said, was "the most fun 90 seconds of my life."
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Friday morning.
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Cast: Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, Dhariya Karwa, Nasserudin Shah, and Rajat Kapoor
Director: Shakun Batra
Music: OAFF and Savera
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Time: 2 hr and 48 minutes
Rating: 3 1/2 Stars
Synopsis: The movie revolves around a complex love story where an unhappy, despairing Alisha (Deepika Padukone) who's in a relationship with Karan (Dhairya Karwa), gets romantically involved with her cousin Tia's (Ananya Panday) fiance, Zain (Siddhant Chaturvedi). Soon she realises that their relationship doesn't have a bright future. How do Alisha and Zain work it out, and what follows next? Let's analyse it.
'Gehraiyaan' movie review
The theme of adultery, cheating, morally-wronged relationships has been explored multiple times in Bollywood. 'Silsila,' 'Murder,' 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,' are some of the fine examples of the theme. Whereas we had even laughed over the cheating and accepted it with films like 'Gharwali Baharwali,' 'Saajan Chale Sasural,' 'Masti.' The topic of adultery is sensitive and tricky. One needs an experienced director to take the genre in the proper direction, without tarnishing the basic essence.
'Gehraiyaan' successfully delves deeper into the modern complex relationship drama, but it goes much further, and after a point, the film loses its steam. Alisha wants to make it big by pitching her yoga app. She tries to manage her house bills by taking extra yoga classes. Alisha shares the home with her aspiring writer boyfriend Karan who constantly tries to make his luck by pitching his material to a publisher. Alisha had a dark childhood, and she possesses bitter memories from her father (Naseeruddin Shah). That's why she maintains a distance from him. On one side, Alisha strives for her survival, whereas her cousin Tia is living the 'perfect life.' Tia has everything, a luxurious life, a handsome partner like Zain, and a set plan for her dreamy wedding. However, Tia wants to make amends with Alisha, but her mom suggests stepping back.
Tia makes a plan to bring Alisha and Karan to their Alibagh beach house, and they leave from Mumbai in Zain's yacht. At Tia's farmhouse, Zain and Alisha come closer, and they fall for each other. Both of them realise that they're not really happy with their partners, and maybe they complete each other. However, as the movie progresses, Alisha and Zain try to figure out how to get rid of their world and start afresh. Will they be successful in ending years-long relationships? Or will they have to compromise with their feelings for the sake of society, their parents, and partners, you'll need to watch the movie for all those answers?
Although the plot of the movie isn't novel, the treatment of the subject leaves an impression. When a hottie Deepika kiss Siddhant, it is shown in such a way that their intimate moments is projected as a part of the narrative and not a tool to tempt. Writer-director Shakun Batra has his way of storytelling. Even after being produced by the family-entertainers banner, Dharma Productions, this film gives a sneak peek at the darker side of relationships. Be it 'Kapoor and Sons,' or 'Gehraiyaan,' Batra loves to explore the shady depths of relationships. In Shakun's film, almost every character has a mystery. As the film furthers, the drama keeps getting intense, and during the final moments, the film fizzles out.
Talking about performances, Deepika Padukone is the soul of the film. Padukone grabs your attention from the first scene itself. Alisha gets anxious, and she suffers panic attacks, and Deepika proved her acting mettle in these moments. Her crackling chemistry with Chaturvedi is also worth noticing. Siddhant Chaturvedi is also a surprise package. His role as a selfish fiance is been layered with various elements. He can't decide what's right or wrong and loves to keep himself before anyone. Apart from his crackling chemistry with Deepika, his confrontational moments with the actress showcased his potential. Ananya as Tia is a sweetheart, and you'll feel bad for her. Panday has put sincere efforts in keeping the film together, and Tia will be considered as her career-best performance. Talking about debutant Dhairya, he makes a solid impression by playing the ignorant partner. Apart from these four, veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapoor have supported the drama with their bravura performances. The music of OAFF and Savera syncs perfectly with the plot. 'Doobey' transcends the maddening love between Alisha and Zain. Whereas, the title track works delightful in the background.
Overall Verdict: 'Gehraiyaan' makes the complex drama too convoluted. You may not end up smiling, and may find it a bit overdramatic.
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If you’ve been waiting to buy an iPhone 12 mini, this is the time! E-commerce site Flipkart has announced discounted deals that take the price of iPhone 12 mini to an unimaginable low.
Flipkart is now providing a 26 per cent discount on the price of Apple iPhone 12 mini. With this deal, the products price has come down to Rs 44, 299. But wait there’s more.
There is an additional discount on exchange of your old phone. Your new iPhone 12 mini will come along with a Disney+Hotstar mobile subscription of Rs 499 for a year.
The discount doesn’t stop here! Flipkart is also giving an additional discount of up to Rs 15,500 as an exchange offer on iPhone 12 mini. This is in addition to the existing discounted price of Rs 44,299 for the 64GB variant.
By using this deal, you can buy a new iPhone 12 mini at just Rs 28,799.
How to avail offer?
If you wish to make the most of this amazing offer, go straight to Flipkart’s website. Select the 64 GB variant of iPhone 12 mini and then tap the ‘Buy with Exchange’ option.
Thereafter, you will be asked details about your old phone, including model and IMEI number. After filling all details, you one will get information on the exact exchange value.
Those who wish to buy the iPhone 12 mini 256 GB variant can also avail great offers as the e-commerce website is offering a discount of 12 per cent now. With this deal, the iPhone 12 mini 256 GB variant will cost Rs 65, 299 as against original price at Rs 74,900.
If you purchase the smartphone with a credit or debit card from Citi bank you will get additional benefits. All users of Flipkart Axis Bank Credit card will get an additional 10% discount and 5% cash back on purchasing the smartphone.
Buyers can also opt for the EMI option while selecting payment options. The offers shared above are available on the Black, Blue, Green, Purple, red variant of iPhone 12 mini.
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As the number of Covid-19 cases across the country is steadily declining, states are easing their Covid-19 restrictions in an effort to bring the daily functioning of the public back to normal, as it was before the pandemic initially hit.
Last month, the government started the vaccination drive for the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for healthcare and frontline workers, as well as senior citizens with comorbidities, which got the population of India wondering whether everyone will require a third dose to battle the pandemic.
Addressing this, the central government has said that the decision regarding administering the third dose of the Covid-19 shot to all the adults will be made on the basis of scientific needs. Currently, no news regarding the third shot for all adults has been announced by the Centre.
NITI Aayog’s expert Dr VK Paul said that the Centre is keeping its eye on all the developments around the world when it comes to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic and the vaccination process of the population.
The health expert said, “The scientific need is the first part that drives it, then other considerations -- programmatic and epidemiological. Just because anyone else is doing it, they have their own context, we have our own context and all this is under constant scientific scrutiny and decision-making.”
Further, the Union Health Ministry said urged all those who are eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine to get their jabs at the earliest. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, while addressing a press conference also discussed the current status of the pandemic in the country.
As of today, over 172 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the country, while over 1.63 crore precaution doses of the vaccine have been administered yet.
Experts have also said that the peak of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has passed in India, though the Health Ministry has urged the states and the public to not let their guard down and still maintain all the proper precautionary measures.
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| 2022-02-11T01:26:42
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Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne is set to host her counterparts from India, Japan and the United States for the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne on Friday. "I look forward to welcoming Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr S. Jaishankar, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Hayashi Yoshimasa, and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss our positive and ambitious agenda in support of a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific," Payne was quoted as saying in the Australian government press release. The Quad is a partnership with three of Australia’s closest partners and friends, each of whom share a commitment to openness and transparency.
"Together we are a vital network of liberal democracies committed to practical cooperation and to ensuring all Indo-Pacific nations, large and small, are able to make their own strategic decisions, free from coercion," the release said. "We will continue to work to deepen this practical cooperation, including to support our region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. We will discuss our work together on vaccine distribution in our region, cyber and critical technology, countering disinformation, counterterrorism, maritime security, humanitarian and disaster response, and climate change," it added.
Payne said that Quad partners will continue to champion ASEAN’s centrality for the region’s stability and prosperity, including by supporting the practical implementation of ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific. This is the third in-person meeting of Quad Foreign Ministers, following Tokyo in October 2020 and the inaugural meeting in New York City in September 2019. Ministers last met virtually in February 2021. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will participate in the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting on February 11 in Melbourne. Jaishankar is on an official visit to Australia from February 10-13 at the invitation of his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a release. The MEA said that this will be his first visit as External Affairs Minister to Australia.
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SAN ANTONIO — Grab your cowboys hat, slip on those boots and saddle up, Alamo City: The city's premiere rodeo event is officially back.
The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo officially kicked off Thursday on the AT&T Center's grounds. From animals to concerts, carnival rides and games, there's plenty for the family to enjoy through Feb. 27.
KENS 5's Jeremy Baker found that out for himself, visiting the rodeo under sunny skies to check out the sights and sounds of day 1. Below he tries his hand, rapid-fire style, at a bottle-breaking, balloon-popping games and shark-fishing games on site (no reporters were harmed in the making of this story).
There's no shortage of carnival games at the rodeo! If you're as good as Jeremy and you pay to play, you can get a prize!
An inside look at rodeo pigs:
You get the pigs and raise it, then show it at the stock show. Then, you can breed them for future projects. When everything is done, the pigs then go to the slaughterhouse.
Rodeo Trivia: How well do you know the San Antonio Rodeo?
Quick! When was the first year for the rodeo? How many stalls are at the rodeo? What's Jeremy's favorite tic-tac color? Let's see how well YOU know the rodeo!
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SAN ANTONIO — The NBA held its 2022 All-Star Draft and San Antonio's All-Star guard, Dejounte Murray, was selected by Team Kevin Durant in the second round for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game.
Murray will be making his first All-Star Game after being named an injury-replacement player for Warriors' Draymond Green.
Murray is the only player in the NBA averaging at least 19.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 9.0 assists this season. The Spurs guard holds averages of 19.6 points, 8.4 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 2.06 steals.
RELATED: Dejounte Murray speaks about his journey after being named an NBA All-Star for the first time
RELATED: 'I'm thankful and grateful' | Dejounte Murray set a personal goal to become an NBA All-Star
Murray is the first Spurs player named to an All-Star roster since LaMarcus Aldridge in 2019.
The 2022 NBA All-Star Game will be on Sunday, Feb. 20 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
Twitter: @KENS5, @JeffGSpursKENS5
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — A South Jordan dad is speaking out, after he says his daughter was suspended for retaliating after hearing some boys at her school using a racial slur.
Kenny Akers, says his 14 year old daughter attends South Jordan Middle School.
"My daughter happened to overhear some of the boys in the school using the N-word," said Akers.
Akers explained the boys changed a later in the word they were saying, before eventually directing an offensive word toward his daughter.
"My young lady decided to take matters into her own hands and slapped him," said Akers.
He said his daughter then reported the incident to the administration. Akers explained his daughter was suspended and had to spend a day at home while the other students involved received an in-school suspension.
"I did not condone any of her physicalness, in regards, to the situation, but, that’s how she was pushed to react in that way," said Akers.
The Jordan School District released this statement on Thursday:
In part, the district says they do not condone or tolerate racist language or behavior. The district added that they take this kind of situation very seriously and an investigation into what happened is ongoing.
Both Akers and parents of other students at the school are happy with how the district has handled it.
"I'm glad they take it seriously, because it can turn in to a lot of problems and for this girl, the rest of her life if she has to deal with it for the rest of her life," said Pam Slade, whose son goes to South Jordan Middle School.
However, Akers points to situations that have happened in the Davis School District and elsewhere as a reason to make some changes going forward.
Read - Davis School District announces plans to address racism
"A situation happened and everyone is rushing to fix the problem, to prevent these things and to make sure our children, brown children of any shade of color are safe in the educational system," said Akers.
Akers did have a follow-up conference with the school after the incident. The district told him they've been considering some training for administrators and even the students. He hopes more proactive moves will keep these kinds of incidents from happening again.
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Sting is selling his music catalog, including hits he made with the Police and as a solo artist, joining a chorus of stars who are cashing in with investors who see value in licensing their songs.
Universal said Thursday that its music-publishing arm bought the catalog, including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne" and “Fields of Gold.” Financial terms were not disclosed.
In recent months, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young and others who sold millions of albums to Baby Boomers have sold their recordings, songwriting catalogs or both. Buyers typically get the permanent right to use the artist's songs or recordings in commercials, movies, television shows and other formats.
Prices are rarely disclosed, but music industry experts put Springsteen's sale to Sony Music Entertainment in December at $550 million and Dylan's deal the same month with Universal Music Publishing Group at between $300 million and $500 million.
Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, helped form the Police in London in the 1970s as its lead singer, songwriter and bass guitar player. The band combined new wave rock, reggae and jazz, and was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
Between his work with the group and as a solo artist, Sting has won 17 Grammy awards and numerous other honors. Universal said he has sold more than 100 million albums. In 2019, music-licensing agency BMI said “Every Breath You Take” had surpassed “You've Lost That Loving Feeling” to become the most-played song in its catalog.
Sting still performs live concerts and has acted in more than a dozen movies.
In statement issued by Universal Music Group, Sting said he wants his work used to connect with longtime fans in new ways and “to introduce my songs to new audiences, musicians and generations.”
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jerry Harris, former star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of receiving child pornography and soliciting sex from minors that could keep him in prison for decades.
During a change of plea hearing in federal court in Chicago, Harris pleaded guilty to one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and one count of receiving child pornography, a U.S. attorney's office spokesman said.
Harris, 22, pleaded guilty to two of seven felony counts against him, one for persuading a 17-year-old to send him sexually explicit photographs for money and the other stemming from a trip he took to Florida for the purpose of “engaging in illicit sexual conduct” with a 15-year-old. Prosecutors agreed to drop the remaining five counts under a plea agreement.
The child pornography charge carries a sentence ranging from five to 20 years and the second charge carries a maximum sentence of 30 years. Harris is scheduled to be sentenced June 28. He remains in custody at a federal detention facility.
Harris, who is from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was arrested in September 2020 on a charge of production of child pornography. Prosecutors alleged at the time that he solicited videos and images from two 14-year-old brothers.
According to a complaint, federal prosecutors said that Harris admitted to repeatedly asking a minor teen for pornographic videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.
Then in December of that year, he was indicted on more charges alleging misconduct in Illinois, Florida and Texas. According to the indictment, Harris allegedly solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced teenage boys to send him obscene photographs and videos of themselves.
Harris admitted to FBI agents to asking a teenage boy to send him lewd photographs of himself, and to requesting child pornography on Snapchat from at least 10 to 15 others he knew to be minors, according to the indictment.
“Cheer” was a huge success when it was released in January 2020 and Harris became wildly popular for his upbeat attitude and his encouraging “mat talk.” Harris even interviewed celebrities on the red carpet at the Academy Awards for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
The docuseries follows the competitive cheerleading squad from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
03-05-06-08-11-12-15-16-19-22-23-24
(three, five, six, eight, eleven, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four)
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A Drake cross country runner could be one step closer to attending the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Yiech Pur Biel is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. He fled war-torn South Sudan when he was 10, and eventually made it to a refugee camp in Kenya without his parents.
Pur made history in 2016 by competing for the first Refugee Olympic Team in the 800-meter race at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Now, he's invited to Beijing, but needs two negative COVID tests to enter the Olympic bubble.
The only problem? There weren't any approved test sites in Iowa, Pur's host mom, Katie Mortenson, told GS Labs.
After weeks of paperwork and correspondence with the International Olympic Committee, China eventually approved GS Labs as a test site, according to a spokesperson.
Pur took one COVID test Thursday, and pending the results of a second test, he will be heading to Beijing this weekend.
"Coming from a refugee camp, I cannot believe that I will become an IOC member in few days," Pur said. "It's something that I can be proud of, because tomorrow they, one of them, can be in that position and play a role whereby I can be a role model to other people too."
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
1-2-8
(one, two, eight)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
1-2-8
(one, two, eight)
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| 2022-02-11T01:30:18
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
7-2-5-6, FIREBALL: 7
(seven, two, five, six; FIREBALL: seven)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
7-2-5-6, FIREBALL: 7
(seven, two, five, six; FIREBALL: seven)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
0-1-6-4
(zero, one, six, four)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
0-1-6-4
(zero, one, six, four)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
09-18-25-30-31
(nine, eighteen, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-one)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
09-18-25-30-31
(nine, eighteen, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-one)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
01-02-05-07-14-15-18-22-23-25-26-30-34-43-48-51-54-55-70-73-74-76
(one, two, five, seven, fourteen, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty, thirty-four, forty-three, forty-eight, fifty-one, fifty-four, fifty-five, seventy, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-six)
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
6-8-8-6
(six, eight, eight, six)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
6-8-8-6
(six, eight, eight, six)
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-8-2, FIREBALL: 3
(eight, eight, two; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
8-8-2, FIREBALL: 3
(eight, eight, two; FIREBALL: three)
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
QC-10C-4D-2H-8H
(QC, 10C, 4D, 2H, 8H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
QC-10C-4D-2H-8H
(QC, 10C, 4D, 2H, 8H)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An orphaned black bear who lived at the Los Angeles Zoo for 25 years has died, officials said Thursday.
The bear, Ranger, was euthanized on Wednesday because he was in declining health and had a decreased quality of life, the zoo said in a statement.
“This is truly a deep loss for our zoo community,” zoo director and CEO Denise M. Verret said in the statement. “Ranger’s presence helped connect millions of Angelenos to the type of wildlife that exists around us, which is crucial to building empathy, so we may peacefully co-exist with one another."
Ranger was an orphaned cub who was rescued in Minnesota in 1997 and taken to the Los Angeles Zoo. He couldn't be returned to the wild because he had become accustomed to human interaction, the zoo said.
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AP Week in Pictures: Asia
The Associated Press
Feb. 4-10, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific.
The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Shuji Kajiyama in Tokyo.
Follow AP visual journalism:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews
AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_Images
AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com
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PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona took heat Thursday for an Old West-style ad showing him shooting weapons out of the hands of President Joe Biden, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Critics said the ad by businessman Jim Lamon was irresponsible as it depicts violence against elected officials.
Lamon's campaign released the ad Thursday and said it will air in the Tucson market during the Super Bowl. Lamon is running a crowded GOP primary to take on Kelly, who was elected in 2020 to finish the late John McCain’s last term and is now running for a full six-year term.
The ad shows actors portraying the Democratic officials arriving on the dusty street of an Old West town armed with weapons and wearing cowboy hats and bandanas over their faces. After an onlooker shouts “It's the DC gang," Lamon, dressed as the sheriff, appears along with Border Patrol union president Brandon Judd and Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb.
Lamon tells the Democratic officials that Arizonans have had enough of them and “it's time for a showdown.” When the Democrats draw weapons, Lamon shoots them out of their hands, spins his revolver around his finger, holsters it and smiles.
Critics from both parties blasted the ad.
“When you don’t have substance, I guess this is what you resort to,” Stephanie Grisham, a White House press secretary for President Donald Trump, wrote on Twitter. “It’s petty & dangerous & it’s beneath Arizona voters who deserve so much more.”
Rep. Eric Swallwell, a California Democrat, said Republicans have “gone all in on using violence as a path to power.”
Lamon spokesperson Stephen Puetz responded to criticism of the ad by saying: “Unlike Kelly, Jim Lamon will shoot straight with Arizonans and take the fight to Biden — and he damn sure won’t let the left bully him into backing down."
A spokesperson for Kelly’s campaign, Sarah Guggenheimer, declined to comment.
Kelly's wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was critically wounded in a shooting at a constituent event in 2011. The shooting led to a reckoning over partisanship and violent language in politics.
This isn't Lamon's first brush with controversy in his political advertising. Last month, he ran an ad saying “let's go Brandon,” a rallying cry on the right that is a stand-in for an expletive against Biden.
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Defenders of six Honduran environmental activists convicted this week for alleged actions against a mining operation plan to seek relief under a recently passed amnesty for political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.
The conviction of six of the so-called Guapinol 8 on Wednesday brought international criticism on the new government of President Xiomara Castro. While their case long predates her two-week old administration, advocates are calling on Castro’s government to act.
Most of the men had been in pre-trial detention since 2019, accused of deprivation of liberty and aggravated arson. Two of the eight were acquitted.
They are all members of the Municipal Committee for the Defense of Common and Public Goods, which has been protesting the legality of mining concessions in northern Honduras they argue threaten the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers. The concessions are inside a national park.
“We are going to submit a legal appeal together with the defense that they be included in the amnesty approved by congress,” said Hugo Maldonado, president of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras. “The trial has been manipulated and there hasn’t been due process.”
Maldonado referred to a broad amnesty passed last week that some criticized for helping people from the administration of Castro’s husband, former President Manuel Zelaya. It covers those targeted “for opposing and protesting against the coup” that removed Zelaya from office in 2009.
It wasn’t immediately clear how it could be applied to the environmental activists, but their lawyer Kenia Oliva told local media that they would appeal under the portion of the law that addresses “defenders of national sovereignty.”
Prosecutors allege the activists damaged private property and illegally held a security expert during a clash with the mine’s security team. But advocates have long asserted that the arrests were arbitrary and aimed at quelling protests against the mine.
“This verdict is outrageous and goes against Honduras’ obligations to guarantee the right to defend human rights. It must be overturned immediately,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International. “We will not stop demanding this of the authorities until all of the Guapinol defenders are immediately and unconditionally released.”
The men are scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 21.
Isabel Albaladejo Escribano, representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Honduras, expressed “deep concern” over the verdict.
Her office said they had followed the trial closely. There was a lack of impartiality and prosecutors did not meet a minimum standard of proof, the statement said. She called for the convictions to be overturned.
Honduras is considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries for environmental activists. One of its most infamous cases was the 2016 murder of Berta Cáceres, who was protesting a hydroelectric project.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are advancing two measures meant to limit public school students' access to inappropriate or obscene materials.
On Thursday, a House Education subcommittee passed House Bill 1217, which is designed to tighten Georgia's standards preventing schoolchildren from accessing material harmful to minors using school computers or internet networks. It now awaits action by the full committee. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee passed Senate Bill 226 on a split voice vote, creating a process for parents to demand removal of books and other materials. It moves forward for consideration by the full House.
The measures are part of a broader conservative push on school issues this year, including efforts to ban transgender girls from playing school sports and to give parents the right to examine instructional materials. Republicans also seek to ban critical race theory, a term stretched from its original meaning as an examination of how societal structures perpetuate white dominance to a broader indictment of diversity initiatives and teaching about race.
The internet filtering bill requires the state Department of Education to each year publish standards that districts must meet for using internet filters to block access to materials that are obscene, pornographic or harmful to minors. It also calls for using notification systems that will let a district employee know if a school computer or network is used to access such material.
The state also would be required to provide technical assistance, a list of acceptable vendors and training guidelines for school districts. Each school district or charter school would have to provide a copy of its acceptable use policy and filtering systems to the state for annual review, starting in fall 2022.
“This is a technology based bill that is to serve our families and to protect those youngest learners,” said the bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Chris Erwin of Homer.
The bill as presented Thursday calls for any student or school employee who violates a school district's acceptable use policy to be disciplined, even if the violation was unintentional. Erwin said he would change the measure to only cover unintentional violations after an Associated Press reporter pointed out the language. The measure also allows parents to entirely opt their students out of using the internet.
The anti-obscenity measure would let parents file objections to material with a school’s principal, who would have seven business days to decide whether to remove or restrict access. Parents could appeal to their local school board.
“It’s giving parents and guardians a process to address concerns about materials in a K-12 environment,” Republican Sen. Jason Anavitarte of Dallas told the committee on Wednesday.
Advocates said some local school boards refuse to take action on complaints, essentially ignoring them.
“The main concern is the parents who are not being heard,” said Taylor Hawkins of Frontline Policy Action, a conservative group. “Some schools have shut down parents’ concerns without ever hearing their concerns over these issues.”
Opponents said the measure will be used to ban books containing themes preparing teenagers for adulthood, including race, sexuality or violence.
“By doing a blanket ban on certain things, you’re not teaching a kid to use discernment,” said Desirrae Jones of the New Georgia Project “You’re teaching them to be afraid of things.”
The superintendent of the 53,000-student Forsyth County district announced earlier this year that the system had removed eight books from high school libraries including “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison.
Some anti-obscenity advocates want anyone, not just parents, to be able to make complaints. House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee Chairman James Burchett, a Waycross Republican, said complaint rights should only rest with parents or guardians.
“We are not going to turn this bill into a weapon for every taxpayer to harass the school system," he said.
The measure, when originally introduced last year, proposed to make school librarians subject to criminal prosecution for obscenity.
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WHL
All Times Local
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Eastern Conference
East Division
Central Division
Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Tuesday's results
Edmonton 6 Regina 3
Prince Albert 5 Calgary 2
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 4 Calgary 2
Lethbridge 2 Moose Jaw 1
Portland 9 Spokane 0
Tri-City 4 Kamloops 3
Vancouver at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday's results
Brandon at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Regina, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Everett at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday's games
Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Kamloops at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
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| 2022-02-11T01:31:53
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HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu woman who pleaded guilty to taking classified documents while working at the U.S. Embassy in Manila was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail.
Asia Janay Lavarello pleaded guilty last year to one count of knowingly removing classified information, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
She removed “certain classified documents” from the embassy before hosting a dinner party in her hotel room, with guests including three American co-workers and two foreign nationals, her plea agreement said.
One of the Americans discovered documents marked “secret” in her bedroom during the party, according to the agreement filed in court.
Lavarello was a Department of Defense civilian employee working as the executive assistant to the Commander for the United States Indo-Pacific Command Joint Intelligence Operation Center, where she maintained top secret security clearance, court documents said.
In 2020, she took a six-month temporary duty assignment in the Philippines. She was also a student at National Intelligence University, according to her plea agreement.
Her attorney, Birney Bervar, said Lavarello apologizes and takes responsibility. He said she wasn't planning to do anything malicious with the documents, which he described as theses by other people that she was using as models for her own.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the winter coronavirus wave in California is receding fast, it could be a while before Los Angeles County lifts its indoor mask and vaccine mandates, the county's top health official said Thursday while urging football fans to take precautions when gathering for the Super Bowl.
Most California counties plan to follow state guidelines and end their indoor masking requirements for vaccinated people next week. But the state's most populous county is still seeing high transmission of the omicron variant even as the test positivity rate, case numbers and hospitalizations drop, said Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County's health director.
Because hospitalizations are projected to remain below 2,500 for the next seven days, the county's outdoor mask requirement for large gatherings is likely to be lifted next Wednesday, Ferrer said.
However the indoor mask requirement will remain until the county has two straight weeks at or below a “moderate” rate of 50 new cases per 100,000 people and there aren’t any reports of a new, troubling variant, Ferrer said. The current rate is 91 per 100,000.
"So if everything goes well, some time by the end of March we should be able to more safely lift the requirements on indoor masking," Ferrer said during a briefing Thursday.
She said there is no timetable or metric yet for ending the requirement for showing proof of vaccination at bars, clubs and lounges as well as indoor “mega events” with more than 1,000 people.
“We know we’re not lifting them anytime soon,” Ferrer said, because those are high-risk settings where people are likely to be in close contact without masks.
One outdoor mega event is Sunday's Super Bowl that will draw as many as 100,000 people to Los Angeles County's SoFi Stadium. Ferrer urged fans watching the game at the stadium or at bars and restaurants to stay masked, except while eating or drinking.
"If you’re hosting a gathering, smaller is better than large. We ask that you try to gather outdoors, if possible,” she said.
Thousands of Los Angeles County employees who have not gotten vaccinated or received an exemption could be fired under new rules passed this week by the Board of Supervisors. Enforcement of the vaccine mandate would shift from department heads to the county's director of personnel.
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who introduced the motion, said it was primarily aimed at the Sheriff’s Department, which has just a 54% vaccination rate, the lowest of any county department.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has refused to enforce the vaccine mandate among his deputies and staff, on Tuesday called the new rule a “suicide pact” and said it would lead to the termination of 4,000 unvaccinated deputies.
Ferrer on Thursday emphasized that those most at risk for the virus are the unvaccinated, and that booster shots in particular provide significant protection from serious illness, hospitalization and death.
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| 2022-02-11T01:32:05
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MONROE, Mich. (AP) — A Ypsilanti man was sentenced to serve 25 to 50 years in prison Thursday under a plea agreement for a shooting that injured a Monroe police officer and put her in a coma.
Kordney McDonald, 21, pleaded no contest in November to charges of assault with intent to murder, carjacking and assaulting/resisting a police officer causing serious impairment.
Cpl. Renae Peterson was shot on a busy Monroe street on May 24, 2020, while investigating a carjacking. Two bullets struck Peterson below her protective vest. She underwent numerous surgeries and spent 17 days in a coma, Monroe County Prosecutor Michael Roehrig said.
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| 2022-02-11T01:32:12
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A proposal to dredge a new, major lake along the Platte River between Omaha and Lincoln drew a load of questions and no clear answers Thursday from cities, conservationists and a landowner who might be in the project's path.
Some of the organizations said they didn't outright oppose the idea but raised concerns about the potential lake's impact on the river and surrounding area. Conservationists said they were worried about the impact on wildlife and the environment, while water regulators from Omaha and Lincoln raised concerns about how it might affect their water supplies.
“Overall, there are simply too few details available about how the bill would change the hydrology and ecology of the river,” said Melissa Mosier, the Platte River manager for the conservation group Audubon Nebraska.
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Hilgers, the measure's sponsor, acknowledged that more studies are needed before the state moves forward. Hilgers said the package already includes money to conduct those reviews, and cautioned that many things could derail the project before it begins.
“We need answers before we do a project of this magnitude,” he said in testimony to the Legislature's Natural Resources Committee.
The Omaha-Lincoln lake measure is part of a larger package, backed by Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, that would spend an estimated $200 million on water projects around the state.
The proposal also calls for a marina and road improvements at Lake McConaughy State Recreational Area in western Nebraska, and a visitor’s lodge and other upgrades at Niobrara State Park. Both of those proposals won strong public support at Thursday's hearing, with one supporter calling the Niobrara plan a “slam dunk” for northeast Nebraska.
A special legislative committee endorsed the Omaha-Lincoln lake idea in January as a way to boost the state economy and promote tourism.
State officials haven't settled on an exact location, but the roughly 3,600-acre lake would likely sit near Mahoney State Park, a popular state campground, and reach 30 feet deep. One artist's rendering shows the lake between Gretna and Ashland, on the eastern side of the Platte River and north of Interstate 80.
Hilgers has said the lake could rival western Iowa's West Okoboji Lake, one of the state's biggest tourism destinations.
The Omaha-Lincoln lake would also require private investments, as state officials have said they aren't going to commit tax dollars to develop the area around it.
Rick Kubat, a lobbyist for Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District, said the city water provider is concerned about the project's potential impact on drinking water.
“Its our contention that step one, the very first thing we should do, is take a deep dive into the consequences in terms of public water supply,” Kubat said.
Al Davis, a former state lawmaker and lobbyist for the Sierra Club in Nebraska, questioned the wisdom of the estimated $71.1 million project, saying it would likely benefit wealthier residents who could afford lakefront homes.
Davis said lamwakers “should really focus on the preservation of natural surroundings” and said the lake would likely get flooded by the Platte River unless officials build large levees along the river.
John Hansen, president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, said his group supports the development projects in western and northern Nebraska but said the Lincoln-Omaha lake “seems a lot more environmentally suspect.”
The project also worried Dan Bundy, a landowner whose property could be in the lake's path. Bundy said he and his neighbors quickly figured out that their properties would be submerged if the artist's rendering becomes a reality, and he raised concerns that the state wouldn't compensate him fairly.
“There is little doubt that there could be a huge windfall for the state of Nebraska and property owners who have property around the lake,” he said. “But what about those of us, including myself and my family, who would be under the lake?”
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| 2022-02-11T01:32:18
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Orange County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man Thursday who charged at them with a knife after a standoff, authorities said.
Deputies answered a call just before midnight that a truck had hit several parked cars in a Lake Forest neighborhood.
The driver, who had a knife, locked the doors, refused to talk to the deputies and refused to leave the truck but they were able to call his cellphone, according to the Sheriff's Department.
Several neighbors were evacuated and a crisis negotiation team talked to the man for nearly three hours. At about 2:45 a.m., he got out of the car with a knife in his hand and ran at deputies, who opened fire, the Sheriff's Department said.
The man was struck several times. Despite lifesaving efforts he died at a hospital, authorities said. His name wasn't immediately released.
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| 2022-02-11T01:32:24
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has rejected proposed ballot measures to cap political donations on procedural grounds.
But one prominent state lawmaker says he’ll push to put a similar proposal before voters.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, unveiled an amendment Thursday that cobbles together elements of several now-defunct proposals from good government groups, labor unions and advocacy organizations.
The amendment to Senate Bill 1526 would limit how much candidates, labor unions, political party committees and advocacy groups can accept and give in state elections. It also would set penalties for violating those rules. And the amendment would create a system of public financing for campaigns.
But the amendment also contains a controversial provision, allowing limitless giving for “small donor committees” that accept donations of no more than $250 per person each year. That’s been criticized in the past by Republicans, who fear it will allow labor unions and other groups that historically favor Democrats to have an outsized influence.
Wagner’s amendment also does not include requirements that political ads and so-called “dark money” groups more fully reveal the sources of their funding, which were included in some of the ballot measure proposals the secretary of state rejected.
If passed by the Senate and House, Wagner’s proposal would appear on the November 2022 ballot. The provisions, if approved by voters, would kick in following the 2024 election.
The senator’s decision to press the amendment comes after Fagan, the state’s top elections official, ruled this week that three ballot proposals submitted by Honest Elections Oregon and other good governance groups failed to meet a technical requirement set out in the state constitution.
Backers of those proposals — initiative petitions 43, 44, and 45 — say they will challenge that determination before the Oregon Supreme Court.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin seems ready to move on to finding a new nominee after clashing with Senate Democrats over the appointment of former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler to his Cabinet, a senior state senator said Thursday.
Sen. Emmett Hanger told The Associated Press that he discussed the matter with Youngkin over dinner Wednesday night and he doesn't think the governor sees a path forward to securing Wheeler's confirmation as secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.
“What he indicated is ... we’ll be looking at — probably at a future time — with a replacement. He didn’t indicate any sense of urgency there,” said Hanger, a moderate Republican who has represented a Shenandoah Valley-area Senate seat since 1996.
The Youngkin administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A former coal lobbyist and U.S. Senate staffer, Wheeler ran the EPA in the latter part of former President Donald Trump's administration, overseeing rollbacks of environmental protections implemented under former President Barack Obama’s time in office.
His selection for the Cabinet post provoked a backlash from Democrats, environmental groups and many career EPA employees, who in a letter characterized Wheeler's leadership as “extremist" in its deference to corporate polluters.
Some of Wheeler's former colleagues have come to his defense, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged his knowledgeability. Yet earlier this week, the Virginia Senate voted along party lines to reject the appointment.
Macaulay Porter, a Youngkin spokeswoman, said then that the governor was disappointed. She said Wheeler would continue to serve in the role until the General Assembly adjourns and said the governor hoped the Senate would reconsider.
Hanger said the governor also expressed his disappointment during their dinner.
"He’s a very positive person," Hanger said of Youngkin. “And he thought, you know, if he talked to a few people, they would understand, hey, this is a great fella, he could do the job. And that didn’t happen. So I think he’s ready to move on, in my personal opinion and the conversation we had."
Hanger said the governor did not name a particular replacement candidate.
Even if Youngkin submits a new nominee for the Cabinet role, Wheeler could continue to serve in the administration in other capacities that don’t require legislative approval.
Youngkin's press team advised on his public calendar that he was having dinner Wednesday night with Hanger at the Executive Mansion. Hanger said they also discussed the governor's tax agenda.
Youngkin campaigned on a broad slate of tax cuts, arguing that the state's record revenues are due to overtaxation that should be returned to Virginians. But some of the legislation he's seeking, such as the elimination of the grocery tax, has encountered bipartisan concern from lawmakers, Hanger included.
Whether an agreement can be reached on that proposal this year “remains to be seen,” said Hanger, a member of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico sent a letter to top intelligence officials calling for details about the program to be declassified. Large parts of the letter and documents released by the CIA were blacked out. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.”
There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects about Americans. The CIA and National Security Agency have a foreign mission and are generally barred from investigating Americans or U.S. businesses. But the spy agencies’ sprawling collection of foreign communications often snares Americans' messages and data incidentally.
Intelligence agencies are required to take steps to protect U.S. information, including redacting the names of any Americans from reports unless they are deemed relevant to an investigation. The process of removing redactions is known as “unmasking.” The agencies are also subject to guidelines on the handling and destruction of Americans' data.
“CIA recognizes and takes very seriously our obligation to respect the privacy and civil liberties of U.S. persons in the conduct of our vital national security mission,” Kristi Scott, the agency's privacy and civil liberties officer, said in a statement. “CIA is committed to transparency consistent with our obligation to protect intelligence sources and methods.”
The CIA released a series of redacted recommendations about the program issued by an oversight panel known as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. According to the document, a pop-up box warns CIA analysts using the program that seeking any information about U.S. citizens or others covered by privacy laws requires a foreign intelligence purpose.
“However, analysts are not required to memorialize the justification for their queries,” the board said.
Both senators have long pushed for more transparency from the intelligence agencies. Nearly a decade ago, a question Wyden posed to the nation's spy chief presaged critical revelations about the NSA's mass-surveillance programs.
In 2013, Wyden asked then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper if the NSA collected “any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans.” Clapper responded, “No.”
Former systems administrator Edward Snowden later that year revealed the NSA’s access to bulk data through U.S. internet companies and hundreds of millions of call records from telecommunications providers. Those revelations sparked worldwide controversy and new legislation in Congress.
Clapper would later apologize in a letter to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
According to Wyden and Heinrich's letter, the CIA's bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333, the document that broadly governs intelligence community activity and was first signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
“It is critical that Congress not legislate without awareness of a ... CIA program, and that the American public not be misled into believe that the reforms in any reauthorization legislation fully cover the IC's collection of their records,” the senators wrote in their letter. There was a redaction in the letter before “CIA program.”
Documents released by the CIA Thursday also revealed limited details about a program to collect financial data against the Islamic State. That program also has incidentally snared some records held by Americans.
The intelligence community has faced years of political turmoil and attacks by former President Donald Trump over the investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. Special counsel Robert Mueller would bring charges against 34 people, including the former president's one-time campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and 25 Russians on charges linked to alleged election interference. But a probe of the origins of the Russia investigation also found broad problems with the FBI's surveillance applications against a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City police arrested a man Thursday after a standoff that began when officers realized the man had a gun inside a police car.
Police Chief Rex Mueller said officers had put the man in the patrol car near Sioux City Heelan High School because he was a possible suspect in an armed robbery.
When officers realized the suspect, 36-year-old Emanual Pleitez, had a micro gun, they backed away and began negotiations, the Sioux City Journal reported.
The standoff came as U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra was touring the Catholic school and he was kept inside the school, which was locked down.
During negotiations, the man became agitated, prompting officers to fire chemical weapons into the car. Mueller said the suspect fired several shots and then broke a window and attempted to climb out.
He was detained and then taken to a Sioux City hospital for treatment. No one suffered serious injuries.
Mueller said the state Division of Criminal Investigation will review the events, and the department will conduct its own investigation.
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BEIJING (AP) — Some local fans are getting to watch the Beijing Games in person, though it’s not clear exactly how they were selected for a visit inside the tightly controlled Olympic bubble.
As part of the strict measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at the Games, athletes, reporters and others are being limited to a “closed loop” of dedicated Olympic venues and hotels.
Plans to sell tickets to the general public were scrapped before the Games began. But organizers announced that about 150,000 local spectators including school children and foreign embassy staff would be allowed in some venues.
How they are selected is a bit of a mystery. Jiarong Yan, a representative for Beijing organizers, said they apply and are invited by community organizations, educational institutions and other groups. They're subject to protocols, including testing before they enter and health monitoring after they leave, but quarantining isn’t required. They are kept separate from others inside the bubble.
On Thursday, some fans sat spaced apart inside the Capital Indoor Stadium to watch the men's figure skating free skate. Cheers erupted for China's Jin Boyang and again when Nathan Chen of the U.S. delivered a free skate performance that won him the gold.
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(CNN)Doctors in Houston placed a 9-year-old girl in a medically induced coma after she was shot in the head during an apparent road rage incident, the girl's grandmother told CNN on Thursday.
Ashanti Grant is fighting for her life at the hospital, her family said. Surgeons removed one bullet from her head, grandmother Elaine Williams said. Ashanti's condition, Williams said, is considered "serious."
"I feel angry that this happened [and] sad," Williams said. "But I'm hopeful and I have faith."
The incident took place Tuesday night shortly after 9 p.m. when Ashanti, her mother, father and 11-year-old brother were on their way to the grocery store, Williams said.
A GMC Denali pickup truck cut off the family's vehicle several times on the northbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway in southwest Houston, according to a Houston police news release.
"The suspect driver got behind the family's vehicle and someone inside the Denali fired shots toward the vehicle, striking the victim," the release said.
Ashanti was the only one injured, Williams said.
HPD only had vague descriptions of the suspects, a Hispanic man who was the driver with short hair and a possibly Hispanic woman who was the passenger.
There is a $30,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.
The family has set up a GoFundme page, with a $100,000 goal, to help cover medical expenses. As of Thursday evening, more than $7,700 had been donated.
Ashanti was one of three children shot in the Houston area within the last week. An 11-year-old boy was fatally shot February 3 outside a Harris County apartment complex, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Then just hours before Ashanti's shooting, a 13-year-old boy was shot multiple times and is in stable condition, Houston police said in a news release.
Last week, Houston officials announced a plan to fight crime, which includes strategies for violence reduction and crime prevention through boosting police presence, key community partnerships and youth outreach opportunities.
"Since the beginning of the year, our city has felt anything but safe," Mayor Sylvester Turner said. Homicides in Houston increased by 18.27% in 2021, compared to 2020, according to data released by police last week.
"Unfortunately, the increase in homicides during the first month of 2022, including assaults on police officers and citizens is a sobering reminder that we must collectively strive for excellence as a community to combat our increasing crime challenges," Turner said.
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Kevin Huber completely understands how big a deal this really is.
He's living out the dream every Bengals fan has ever had. Including himself.
The 36-year-old punter has been rooting all his life for the only NFL team for which he has played. He grew up in Cincinnati, went to college there and daydreamed as a youngster in the stands at Riverfront Stadium about the Bengals winning the Super Bowl.
And now, the Bengals' longest-tenured player is one victory away from helping deliver Cincinnati that long-elusive title.
“It would be everything,” Huber said, shaking his head. “I mean, the city would just implode if we win this game.”
The showdown with the Rams in Los Angeles on Sunday marks the Bengals' third Super Bowl appearance, and first in 33 years — back when Huber's infatuation didn't go far beyond loving the tiger stripes on the bright orange helmets.
Among his first football memories are of Ickey Woods, the touchdown-loving running back with the unforgettable end zone dance. He didn't have one particular favorite player as a kid, but remembers being excited when Cincinnati drafted wide receiver Peter Warrick in 2000. The then-14-year-old Huber's copy of ESPN The Magazine with Warrick, LaVar Arrington and Courtney Brown on the cover was a prized possession.
But it wasn't long before Huber became well-versed in what it meant being a Bengals fan, with lofty expectations followed by so many frustrating finishes.
“A long time of just waiting for this moment,” Huber said. "You know, getting there a couple of times, but losing and then that long drought in between the last time they went and now, it would mean everything to the city. They would be just completely on cloud nine, just experiencing this, just excited, happy.
“I would assume the parade would be pretty epic.”
Huber has tried to not think about that this week, but that image has decorated his mind many times as a fan and as a player. So has the post-Super Bowl celebration, with confetti falling around jubilant — and sometimes crying — players to punctuate the NFL's ultimate accomplishment.
“You see it every year,” Huber said. “And you always wonder if you’ll get the chance to do that.”
That's coming from a guy who has the perspective of playing 13 years in the NFL and is tied with former cornerback Ken Riley for the most regular-season games played in franchise history with 207.
Huber, who insists his playing days aren't close to being done, also has those scars from his fandom for a franchise that isn't often in this position.
After the Bengals beat Las Vegas in Cincinnati in the wild-card round for their first playoff victory in 31 years, Huber gathered his thoughts for a piece published by The Player's Tribune. He chronicled how he was born and raised in Cincinnati, went to the University of Cincinnati and was drafted by the Bengals in the fifth round in 2009. Huber described the euphoria of the Bengals ending what had been the NFL's longest playoff victory drought, and how much it meant to him and the city he calls home.
“Once that article came out, I got reached out to on social media and also via texts from friends and family, just a lot of people that felt the same way,” he said. “And they were able to just kind of enjoy that article from the same perspective.”
A victory at Tennessee followed in the divisional round.
Next came the Bengals' overtime win at Kansas City for the AFC championship, with Huber the holder on Evan McPherson's 31-yard kick that sent Cincinnati to the Super Bowl.
“It took a couple of minutes to really set in,” Huber recalled with a smile. "And everybody’s running around and you don’t know who to hug or what to do, and you kind of feel lost. I feel like I was running around just hugging the most random people, and I have no idea what I was doing.
“I would love to see a camera on me just kind of running around in circles."
It seemed everyone he has ever met or known in Cincinnati shared in the moment.
“I think by the time the night ended, I had like a thousand messages,” Huber said with a laugh. “But I’m sorry, everybody, I didn’t get to respond to every single one, but I'll try to get some of them back.”
He'll have lots more if everything works out in the Bengals' favor Sunday.
“It’s cool to think that years from now,” Huber said, “our team will be looked at as some of the greats of the organization and the greats of the Bengals that have played.”
During the team's rally Monday night at Paul Brown Stadium, the franchise's home since 2000, the fired-up fans screamed for every player and coach that emerged from the tunnel onto the field.
Huber nearly brought the place down when he offered this to the 30,000 bundled up in the stands:
“Hopefully," he said, "we’ll be back next week for the after-party.”
It would be a big-time Bengals bash that has been in the planning stages for a few generations. And one Huber only imagined all those years ago.
“The whole city has been just really enjoying the ride and celebrating this,” Huber said. “I’m just happy for them to be able to experience this. You know, it’s been a long time coming.”
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(CNN)A man who allegedly assaulted a Chinese immigrant in New York City last year has been charged with murder in the second degree as a hate crime, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.
Jarrod Powell allegedly approached 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma from behind as the man collected cans at an East Harlem corner, struck him and kicked him in the head multiple times in April 2021, according to police. Ma died of his injuries eight months later.
CNN has reached out to Powell's attorney for comment.
"The devastating death of Yao Pan Ma, a beloved father of two, occurred amidst a surge of anti-Asian attacks targeting our families, friends, neighbors and New York values," Bragg said. "As alleged, Jarrod Powell selectively attacked Mr. Ma for no other reason than his race."
Powell was arrested shortly after the attack. He told authorities he had been attacked "by two Korean or Japanese men the day before he attacked Mr. Ma," but said he did not report the incident and did not provide any further description of his alleged assailants, the district attorney said.
The attack on Ma came during a spike in hate crimes across the city and the country, largely driven by an increase in attacks on Asian Americans, who were often brutally targeted and erroneously blamed for the pandemic.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) recorded 524 hate crime incidents in the city last year -- nearly double the 2020 count, according to a department report. That number is the highest it's been in at least five years, according to NYPD's archive.
The most common hate crime bias motivation was anti-Jewish sentiment, according to NYPD data, but hate crimes motivated by anti-Asian bias saw the largest increase between 2020 and 2021.
About 131 anti-Asian incidents were confirmed in 2021 -- a massive jump from the 27 reported in 2020, and the single incident reported a year prior.
The NYPD created an Asian Hate Crime Task Force in response to the 2020 rise, which included at least 25 Asian American officers to help break down language barriers that often kept victims from reporting their experiences, police said at the time.
Bragg, the district attorney, also said his office is prosecuting more anti-Asian incidents than ever.
"The Manhattan DA's Office currently has 33 open hate crime cases related to anti-Asian hate crimes. The Manhattan DA's Office prosecuted nearly four times more anti-Asian hate crimes in 2021 than in the previous year, along with a significant increase in anti-Asian hate crimes investigations," the district attorney's office said.
The 33 incidents, the office said, are "the most we have had since our Hate Crimes Unit was established in 2010."
In the last two years, thousands of people across the US have been victims of anti-Asian incidents, from verbal abuse to physical attacks. Last month, San Francisco police reported anti-Asian hate crimes in the city had spiked 567% in 2021.
And hate crimes in general have risen across the country since the onset of the pandemic.
In its annual hate crime statistics report released last year, the FBI said more than 7,700 criminal hate crime incidents were reported to the agency in 2020 -- the highest number recorded since 2008.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Charlie Moore's roundabout journey across college basketball just felt right during his two seasons at DePaul, returning to his native Chicago to be near his family.
With his father's mobility compromised by a 2015 stroke and his mother needing to work, his parents needed Moore around more than ever. And Curtis Moore attended all of his son's home games in his wheelchair.
“It worked. I feel like it brought a different energy, a different type of spirit to the household and my mom and my dad for those two years that I was there,” said Moore, who started at California, moved to Kansas, then DePaul and is now at Miami. “I feel like things are going much better now. I think my dad’s getting better as well.”
School-switching has never been more prevalent, thanks to the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA for the pandemic-limited 2020-21 season and the relaxed transfer rules that allow one-time moves for immediate eligibility instead of an automatic sit-out year.
An Associated Press review of rosters in the six major conferences (the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference) plus four programs from mid-major leagues that are currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll (Gonzaga, Houston, Saint Mary's and Murray State) determined 29% of players across those 80 teams have switched four-year schools at least once. That doesn't include junior college transfers.
The Big 12 has the highest portion at 41%. Colorado and Stanford are the only programs without a single incoming transfer. And just five high-major teams didn't add a transfer for this season, Colorado, Connecticut, Purdue, Villanova and Stanford — the latter touting a transfer-free team for the 12th year in a row.
While there's talk about disrupting team chemistry and a lack of resiliency when it comes to the hyperactive transfer portal, there's a personal story behind each switch and it's usually more complex than simply hopping around for more minutes, TV time or wins.
Moore has been a catalyst for the Hurricanes, who’ve been at or near the top of the ACC all season.
“The school, the people around the school, my coaching staff, my teammates, they’ve all just been welcoming and warm and helping people trying to reach their goal. There’s no egos or anything like that. It’s just people trying to win,” Moore said this week in a video interview with the AP. “It’s been a great way to end my college career.”
Payton Willis has come full circle, transferring back to Minnesota last summer after spending two previous seasons there. He's is one of 10 players with Minnesota who have transferred at least once, the most among the high-major programs.
But the sixth-year guard felt like he never truly left.
Willis started at Vanderbilt, where coach Kevin Stallings was fired shortly before he arrived. After two years mostly coming off the bench, he made his first transfer to Minnesota.
“I knew how valuable a Vanderbilt degree is, how prestigious it is. I just felt at home there. But when it was done, it was done,” Willis said in an interview earlier this season, declining to go into more detail.
Willis had flashes of success in the 2019-20 season, but was often lost in the Big Ten shuffle, so he moved to the College of Charleston. But COVID-19 conditions created a rather minimalist experience during his single season.
“I probably walked two or three blocks like 90% of the time I was there,” Willis said, “or I was at the beach. I really didn’t get to see too much, because we didn’t have in-person classes. I was either at home or at the gym.”
Prepared for an overseas career, Willis put the pros on pause after a call from new Gophers coach Ben Johnson, who previously recruited him as an assistant. The opportunity to play point guard was appealing, so he came returned to Minnesota and started a master's program in youth and leadership development.
Moore and Willis are rare three-time transfers. They're joined by Jalen Coleman-Lands, who arrived at Kansas after Iowa State, DePaul and Illinois. Texas A&M forward Jalen Johnson tore his ACL in preseason practice after arriving from Mississippi State, having previously played at Saint Louis and Louisiana-Lafayette.
For Moore, the firing of coach Dave Leitao last year left him with yet another change to manage. With the confidence and peace gained from his father’s improvement, he chose Miami with encouragement from assistant coach Bill Courtney (they briefly overlapped at DePaul).
“I thought he was going to be good, but this guy’s been great, the way he gets our team to play together and the way he shares the ball,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said of Moore recently.
Moore was Illinois' Mr. Basketball in 2016, playing at Morgan Park High School in Chicago. He initially committed to Memphis, but coach Josh Pastner left for Georgia Tech. Moore played one year at Cal, before coach Cuonzo Martin departed for Missouri.
He moved a little closer to home at Kansas, but after a sit-out year and a season in a reserve role, he felt unsettled — particularly with the struggles around his father's health.
“I just wanted to make things better," Moore said.
Now playing in his fourth major conference, the 5-foot-11 Moore helped key an upset of Duke last month and his half-court shot banked in at the buzzer to beat Virginia Tech a few weeks later.
Though the Gophers have struggled in Big Ten play, Willis has two Big Ten Player of the Week awards this season. In a win over Rutgers on Jan. 22 (the only Gopher victory in 11 games since Christmas), Willis had a career-high 32 points and tied the program record with eight 3-pointers.
The extra pandemic-year effect will linger for three more seasons, and Willis offered his advice for those eyeing at the transfer portal: caution and patience.
“Each time I did it, I looked at myself in the mirror: ‘Was it on me? Is this truly going to be the better route? Or is it going to be better for me to stay here and stick it out and fight through the challenges?'” Willis said. “Nowadays it’s so hard. So many people are in kids’ ears about what they should and shouldn’t do. It makes it difficult for them to decipher who they should listen to and what they should listen to at the end of the day.”
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It's Day 7 of the Winter Olympics, and some big names are headed to the slopes today with seven medal events scheduled. Here's what to watch for:
🏂 Megastar's last hurrah: Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shuan White, an icon of snowboarding, is shooting for one last gold medal at the halfpipe today as he prepares to retire after the Beijing Olympics. The American faces competition from Japan's Ayumu Hirano, who led the way in the qualifying — beating out Australia's Scotty James, who has dominated the event in recent years.
⛷️ Will we see another historic double? Czech snowboarder and alpine skier Ester Ledecka became the first athlete to win a gold medal in both sports four years ago at the Pyeongchang Olympics — and she's looking to repeat her historic double. She already won gold in snowboard parallel giant slalom on Tuesday; today will determine if she can pull off the same victory in the women's super-G alpine skiing competition. US star Mikaela Shiffrin is also set to compete in the event, after a difficult start to her Olympics.
⛸️ ROC controversy rumbles on: Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is at the center of a drug testing controversy, has received the support of Moscow — but a Kremlin spokesperson would not confirm reports of a positive drug test among the figure skating team. Valieva is tipped to win the women's figure skating event next week. The controversy has continued to delay the medal ceremony of the figure skating team event, which was won by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
🔟🥇Speed skating head-to-head: Italian star Arianna Fontanna, the most decorated short tracker in both men's and women's events, claimed a record-extending 10th Olympic medal at the 500-meter event on Monday. Today, she takes to the ice again for the 1,000-meter final — but faces a challenge in her Dutch rival, world record holder Suzanne Schulting.
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Kevin Durant wanted no part of James Harden on the day their partnership in Brooklyn ended.
Durant kept passing on Harden in the NBA All-Star Draft until LeBron James had to take him Thursday with the last pick, bringing some petty comedy to the process.
James had the first pick among players in the starters pool for the Feb. 20 game in Cleveland and drafted Giannis Antetokounmpo. Durant took Joel Embiid, whose Philadelphia 76ers agreed to the trade with Brooklyn that sent Ben Simmons to the Nets.
Durant had the first choice among reserves, going with Devin Booker of the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns. That meant James had the final pick and Durant made clear who was going to be left for him.
With his last selection, Durant took Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, explaining with a straight face he needed size — even though defensive-minded players are hardly a need in an exhibition mostly about offense.
Holding a clipboard over his face to hide his laughter, James asked Durant if Harden was healthy enough to play. The three-time scoring champion and 2018 NBA MVP has missed the last three games with a left hamstring tightness.
“He got traded. He’s healthy now,” TNT analyst Charles Barkley responded.
James also drafted former MVPs Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic in the starter pool, along with Chicago's DeMar DeRozan. Durant took first-timers Ja Morant of Memphis and Andrew Wiggins of Golden State, and Boston's Jayson Tatum — who replaced him in the starters pool because Durant is injured and won't play.
The Team LeBron reserves: Luka Doncic, Dallas; Darius Garland, Cleveland; Chris Paul, Phoenix; Jimmy Butler, Miami; Donovan Mitchell, Utah; Fred VanVleet, Toronto, and Harden.
The Team Durant reserves: Booker, Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota; Zach LaVine, Chicago; Dejounte Murray, San Antonio; Khris Middleton, Milwaukee; LaMelo Ball, Charlotte, and Gobert.
James has been a captain every year since the NBA went to a format where the leading vote-getters draft teams, instead of Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference. His teams have gone 4-0.
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BOSTON (AP) — Diamond Johnson scored six of her 22 points in overtime to help No. 5 North Carolina State escape with an 85-78 victory over Boston College on Thursday.
Kayla Jones added 17 points and 11 rebounds for N.C. State (22-3, 13-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Raina Perez had 13 points, and Kai Crutchfield and Elissa Cunane each finished with 12.
Cameron Swartz paced the Eagles (15-9, 6-7) with 24 points, 18 of those coming in the opening half. Taylor Soule added 16 with 10 rebounds.
Johnson’s short jumper gave N.C State a 76-74 edge with 2:09 left in overtime. BC turned the ball over, and Crutchfield had a conventional 3-point play with 1:23 left.
Trailing by one in regulation, Perez’s short jumper gave the Wolfpack the lead with 58 seconds to go. After the Eagles missed twice on the other end, Perez caught an inbounds pass and made a layup, pushing the Wolfpack ahead 69-66 with 22 seconds left.
But Swartz made a layup with 13.1 seconds left and, after Cunane hit just 1 of 2 free throws, Ally VanTimmeren had a layup with 1.2 seconds left, sending the game to overtime.
In the first half, the Wolfpack trailed by 14 points but responded by getting the ball inside often and scored 14 of the final 17 points to close their deficit to 35-32 at halftime.
Boston College hasn’t beaten a Top 5 team in the regular season topping then-No. 2 Connecticut on Jan. 23, 1999.
BIG PICTURE
N.C. State: Coming off a loss at Notre Dame on Feb. 1, the Wolfpack probably can’t afford another slip up if they’re going to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Boston College: Likely on the bubble for a spot at the NCAA tournament, the Eagles need a good run in their final five regular-season games and probably a win or two in the conference tourney.
EXTRA LOUD
The building was filled with more students than usual for a women’s game thanks to a raffle for tickets to Saturday’s men's game against No. 7 Duke. About half of the players on the men’s team came out to offer support, too.
HOT START
Behind 16 points from Swartz, who started 6 for 9 from the floor, including nailing all four 3-point attempts, the Eagles led 32-18 midway in the second quarter.
SEEING PINK
An annual tradition, both teams wore pink to honor former N.C. State coach Kay Yow, who passed away from cancer in 2009.
UP NEXT
N.C. State: At Duke on Sunday afternoon.
Boston College: Hosts Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
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Louisville joined South Carolina, Stanford and North Carolina State as top seeds if the women's NCAA Tournament began now.
The NCAA selection committee did its second reveal of the teams in line for the top 16 seeds on Thursday, although none of Thursday night’s games were factored in.
Tennessee was a top-seed in the first reveal on Jan. 22, but the Lady Vols dropped three of four games to fall to No. 3.
The top 16 seeds again will host the first- and second-round games, a year after the entire tournament was played in San Antonio because of COVID-19 concerns. While the coronavirus is still causing problems throughout the country, the NCAA expects to be able to play the tournament in its normal locations, including at campus sites for the first weekend.
Bridgeport, Greensboro, Spokane and Wichita will host the regionals and Minneapolis has the Final Four on April 1 and 3.
The No. 1-ranked Gamecocks were still projected to be the top seed in the Greensboro region. They would be joined by Indiana, Baylor and Oregon. N.C. State would be the top team in the Bridgeport Region and would have Michigan, UConn and Texas with them. The Huskies were projected in the original reveal to move out west to Spokane.
“It worked out that way. We didn’t say 'Let’s put UConn in Bridgeport,’” NCAA selection committee chair Nina King said.
Stanford is still No. 1 in that region and would be joined by Iowa State, Tennessee and Notre Dame. Louisville is the top seed in Wichita with Arizona, Oklahoma and LSU.
“The top two lines were pretty much all set," King said. “There was much more discussion on the 3s and 4s”
Oklahoma and Notre Dame entered the top 16 this time, while Georgia and Kansas State fell out.
“Oklahoma is playing well and the teams they are beating are really good,” King said. “No question, we talk about them a lot during the last reveal, they were just on the outside.”
King said the next few teams in discussion for the top 16 included Georgia Tech, Maryland and Georgia.
The NCAA will do one more reveal on Feb. 28 before the actual seedings are announced on selection Sunday on March 13. NCAA Vice President for women's basketball Lynn Holzman told the AP that the plan is to move the selection show back to Monday next year.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Morales had 21 points as Wagner extended its winning streak to 14 games, topping Mount St. Mary's 69-57 on Thursday night.
Will Martinez had 13 points for Wagner (17-2, 11-0 Northeast Conference). Raekwon Rogers added 10 rebounds.
Jalen Benjamin had 16 points for the Mountaineers (11-12, 7-4). Malik Jefferson added nine rebounds.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Deja Kelly scored 17 points, Alyssa Ustby had 10 points and 12 rebounds and No. 23 North Carolina beat Pittsburgh 64-54 on Thursday night.
North Carolina led by 22 points before Pitt battled back by closing the third quarter on a 5-0 run and scoring the opening 10 points of the fourth to get within 51-44. But the Tar Heels had an answer after each Pitt make the rest of the way to hold at least a seven-point lead.
Eva Hodgson added 14 points, with 3-for-3 shooting from distance, for North Carolina (19-4, 9-4 ACC).
North Carolina shot 28.1% from the field in the first half and still led 34-18. The Tar Heels attempted 16 free throws compared to Pittsburg's two, and had a 27-14 advantage on the glass. It was the third straight game North Carolina has held an opponent to under 20 points in the first half.
Jayla Everett made 4 of 5 3-pointers and scored 18 points for Pittsburgh (11-12, 2-10). Amber Brown added 14 points and Dayshanette Harris had 10 before fouling out late.
Pittsburgh shot better from the field, 41.1% compared to UNC's 32.2, but was undone by 22 turnovers and just four free-throw attempts.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Les Snead really doesn't mind if the public and the media think he's a wild risk-taker whose decade as the Rams' general manager is defined by his eagerness to mortgage Los Angeles' future so he can grab superstars of the present.
Snead's kids even gave him a mug that sits on his desk at the Rams' training complex. It's emblazoned with his own face from a well-known Twitter meme that profanely, precisely imagines how he must feel about draft picks.
But that's not the whole story — and it's simply not correct, according to the man doing the deals.
“There’s definitely risks, and we like to refer to it sometimes as being bold,” Snead said. “But being bold is a little bit more than just gambling.”
Although it's clearly more amusing than annoying to him, Snead feels the Rams' reputation is a lazy mischaracterization of the work and planning that go into his moves — and he feels that should be obvious from his success.
Yes, the Rams make bold moves with their draft capital. Yes, he values veteran stars and draft picks in different ways than the average GM.
That doesn't mean the Rams are built to burn brightly before fading into mediocrity.
“The shallow story would be the free agents, the stars,” Snead said. “And I get it. We’re in the entertainment business. I understand why that’s interesting content."
With ample help from coach Sean McVay, Snead has turned a longtime losing franchise into a consistent winner with a chance to claim its first Super Bowl victory of his tenure Sunday.
Their combined approach to their jobs is summed up in one of Snead's favorite mantras: “Wake up sprinting. Don’t be scared.”
And though he approached the season with the intensity inherent in a daily sprint, Snead flatly rejects the central thesis of most arguments about how the Rams ran to the Super Bowl twice in four years.
He doesn't feel the Rams have pushed all their chips into the middle of the table this season. He patiently details the Rams' solid homegrown talent base and player development successes that continue despite his dispersal of most of his high draft picks.
Yet even his organization has embraced the narrative: After the Rams got Von Miller and Odell Beckham Jr. at midseason, their social media team put out a tweet declaring: “We’re all in” — and then the Rams lost three straight games.
Snead can only chuckle.
“I was joking with a couple of people who were asking what we’re doing leading up to the Super Bowl ... and it’s preparing for the draft,” Snead said. "We couldn’t do what we do, we couldn’t have the team that we have, without the draft and those young players.”
Jalen Ramsey, Matthew Stafford, Miller and Beckham are all with the Rams because of audacious moves made by Snead. The first three acquisitions required parting with a combined four first-round picks, one second-rounder, two thirds and a fourth-round selection. LA also gave up a fifth- and a sixth-round pick to get Sony Michel.
But the Rams can do it because of their cost-effective contributors at other positions. The Rams even lost four defensive starters in free agency last season and only replaced them with internal candidates — and though they don't have the NFL's No. 1 defense this year, they're in the Super Bowl.
“We will always utilize whatever manner that’s available to acquire players to help us continue to be contenders,” Snead said. “We’ll try to use our picks in an innovative way, maybe a creative way.”
The Rams’ upcoming draft is a striking example of the consequences of Snead’s attitudes. They are likely to have eight picks in April, but five will be compensatory selections for people who left the team.
The highest pick they currently hold is at the back of the third round. Los Angeles traded its first-round pick to Detroit for Stafford, its second- and third-round picks to Denver for Miller, its fourth-rounder to Houston as incentive to take Brandin Cooks’ contract, and its sixth-round pick to New England for Michel.
But Snead conducts business with a different view of the value of draft capital. With his group's scouting combined with McVay's innovative coaching, the Rams believe they can remain winners indefinitely.
After five years together, McVay and Snead have formed a steadfast partnership anchored in mutual respect. According to McVay, it's a huge help that he has no interest in being a personnel guy, and Snead doesn't want to coach.
“Both he and I are not afraid to take risks, even if it means putting yourself out there for expectations,” McVay said. “I’m very appreciative to be with people who aren’t afraid to take their swings and shoot their shots."
Snead took over the front office of a 2-14 squad in St. Louis in 2012, and his approach to team-building has changed along with the Rams' growth. He built a foundation with solid draft picks — none bigger than Aaron Donald in 2014 — and after their return to Los Angeles, he added higher-profile names in his now-signature style, starting with the bold trade up to get Jared Goff in 2016.
“I’ve got the gene that I really, really appreciate trying to learn and apply and evolve,” Snead said.
One consequence of Snead’s style is a unique draft weekend experience: The Rams haven’t made a first-round pick since Goff in 2016, and they aren’t scheduled to have another until 2024.
“It really makes Thursday nights not stressful at all,” he said with a smile.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on NFL awards):
Dan Quinn is staying in Dallas, accompanied by his AP Assistant Coach of the Year award.
Last month, the defensive coordinator for the Cowboys and former head coach in Atlanta told other teams interested in hiring him to guide them that he was going nowhere. He went somewhere in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league — right to the top.
Quinn received 31 votes in results announced at NFL Honors. He was one of 12 assistants to get a selection, but second place was far back: Buffalo defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier with four.
A defensive coordinator for Seattle’s Super Bowl champion for the 2013 season, Quinn turned around a unit in Dallas. The Cowboys were seventh in scoring defense and second in the NFL in interception rate, with cornerback Trevon Diggs leading the league with 11 picks. Rookie linebacker Micah Parsons was a revelation under Quinn’s guidance.
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TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Charles Thompson had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lift Towson to a 75-60 win over William & Mary on Thursday night.
Jason Gibson had 17 points for Towson (18-7, 9-3 Colonial Athletic Association). Juwan Gray added 10 points and Nicolas Timberlake also had 10 points with seven assists.
Brandon Carroll had 18 points for the Tribe (5-20, 4-8). Tyler Rice added 11 points and six assists.
The Tigers improve to 2-0 against the Tribe for the season. Towson defeated William & Mary 91-69 on Jan. 17.
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(NEXSTAR) – Athletic brand Adidas caught Twitter users by surprise Wednesday when they posted a photo of 25 pairs of bare breasts, ranging in shapes and sizes. While it stirred some negative responses in the comment section, the company said the post was for a good reason.
The tweet includes the aforementioned photo with the caption, “We believe women’s breasts in all shapes and sizes deserve support and comfort.” Adidas then directs users to explore its new sports bra collection which offers 43 styles, available in 72 sizes, “so everyone can find the right fit for them.”
Adidas’s tweet received mixed reviews. Some applauded the brand’s move, with one user even calling out Facebook and Instagram for restricting “open, healthy, educational advertising or content.” Others disapproved of the post, to which Adidas responded by saying they “want to celebrate bodies in all their glory.”
“The gallery was designed to show just how diverse breasts are, featuring different shapes and sizes that highlight why tailored support is paramount,” the company said in a statement to Nexstar.
Twitter, as AdWeek points out, doesn’t have any guidelines regarding nudity. The social media giant’s terms of service instead says users “should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others.”
“You understand that by using [Twitter], you may be exposed to Content that might be offensive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, postings that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive,” the company’s terms of service reads.
Twitter did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s request for comment.
According to Adidas, 90% of women aren’t wearing the right bra size.
“There is a sizeable data gap when it comes to sports bra development, so we worked with experts in breast health and biomechanics, University of Portsmouth, to challenge ourselves and drive forward our innovation to better meet the needs of our female athletic community,” said Amy Charlton, Senior Director Product at Adidas.
In addition to its tweet announcing the line, promotional images show the new sports bras being worn by an array of body types, AdWeek reports.
“At adidas, we believe everybody in sport deserves to be supported. That is why we tirelessly innovate to meet the needs of our diverse community, helping more people experience the life-changing benefits of sport. A sports bra is the single most important piece of workout apparel for those with breasts. The confidence and support it gives can have a significant impact on someone’s performance and ability to stick with sport. That is why we have re-engineered our entire portfolio, catering to more bodies and workouts than ever before,” the company’s statement to Nexstar continued.
The new line of bras Adidas is advertising will be released on Feb. 14.
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Cherry Hill resident mistakes unidentified township worker as suspicious visitor
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - ‘Who can it be knocking at my door?' isn't just the snappy opening line to a popular ‘80s song, authorities say it's actually an extremely important question.
Police are reminding residents to know who is knocking before they open the door after an extra cautious Cherry Hill resident mistook an unidentified township worker for an imposter and warned others on social media.
Officials said the confusion stemmed from the township worker using a personal car, but now the encounter is being used as a teaching moment. Police said it's important to always check for proper identification when someone is at your door who claims to be a township official.
"We just want to take the opportunity to remind the residents of what their lanyard and ID card looks like and that you will from time to time see an inspector out following up on a previous inspection," Cherry Hill Police Department Chief Robert Kempf said.
Township and county inspectors are often around when there is nearby construction and can review HVAC and electrical utilities, Kempf said.
Of course, one simple solution to know who is knocking before you even answer the door is to invest in a doorbell camera.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – MoviePass will be making a comeback, but unlike last time when the company failed, there will be a catch – and a completely new business model, according to multiple reports.
The service is expected to relaunch this summer, according to The Verge. MoviePass shut down in 2019, but is now intended to relaunch with co-creator Stacy Spikes.
The new version is expected to work off of virtual credits that can be earned through the app, according to the reports.
The app will incorporate a platform Spikes created called PreShow, where users can watch ads that will award credits that can be used on free tickets. The catch is, the platform tracks a user’s attention to the screen. If someone looks away, the ad pauses, according to The Verge and Engadget.
“Your phone, your device uses your own facial detection,” Spikes said during a New York City press event Thursday. “It doesn’t go to the cloud, nobody goes through anything other than you and your information in yours. And you opt in to do it on your own.”
Business Insider reported that credits will roll over month-to-month and can be traded to other users.
It’s unclear how much the service will cost and many other details were not disclosed, according to the reports.
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Delaware County hospital gives families one-week notice before closing hospice unit
RIDLEY, Pa. - Maureen Tribuiani said she knows her 87-year-old mother’s time is coming. It’s an indescribable pain, but one that was slightly alleviated knowing she was at least in good hands.
"We don’t know if it’s going to be weeks,or a month, or months, but she’s still at the end, and I want her happy and comfortable, and she was very comfortable there," Tribuiani said.
She brought her mother, Mary "Mae" Doherty, to the 10-bed inpatient hospice unit at Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park back on Jan. 17th with no warning signs the unit was weeks away from closing.
"We were so excited because it was such a great facility, had a great reputation," Tribuiani said.
But on Friday, Tribuiani claims they got a sudden phone call that the unit was closing in one week on Feb. 11 and they have to move Mae.
Crozer Health provided the following statement about the closure: "Due to the paramount need for patient safety, declining admissions to inpatient hospice, and challenges presented by the national nursing shortage, Crozer Health will temporarily close our inpatient hospice unit at Taylor Hospital beginning Friday, February 11. This will allow us to redeploy our staff from the hospice unit to other areas in the health system in need of additional resources so we can continue to provide safe, high-quality care to all of our patients."
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Crozer also said current patients in the unit will be relocated to a nearby medical/surgical floor at Taylor Hospital, but Tribuiani claims they were never told that.
"It’s so weird that they would admit a patient two weeks prior to that announcement, they had to have known this was in the works," Tribuiani said. "They cannot do this to people, it’s unfair, it just is not right."
A nurse within the unit told Fox 29 they were notified about the closure through a text message just a few days before patients’ families got the call. It’s the latest in a stretch of changes within Crozer Health, currently owned by Prospect Medical Holdings Inc.
In January, Delaware County Memorial Hospital closed its maternity ward and Springfield Hospital temporarily suspended emergency room services. A current Taylor Hospital employee who asked to remain anonymous fears the entire hospital will close.
Kitty McArdle, who was picking up her husband from the hospital Thursday morning, had similar concerns.
"We’re sick about this," McArdle said. "I wish it would just stay here, I hope that’s possible."
Tribuiani said they made arrangements to have Mae brought to a new facility, but they are worried it will take a toll on her already deteriorating health.
"I just want to focus on her and I just want it to be about her right now, and I want others to know what we went through and the other families, and I hope this never, ever happens again."
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(KTLA) Thursday’s news that consumer prices rose in January by the largest amount in four decades will shock absolutely no one. We’ve been feeling muscled at the cash register for months.
But what does an inflation rate of 7.5% mean for working families?
Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, crunched the numbers and determined that current price levels are costing the typical family about $250 a month in extra spending.
“A lot of people are hurting because of high inflation. $250 a month — that’s a big burden,” he told the Wall Street Journal.
A study by Wells Fargo, meanwhile, finds that middle-class households are particularly feeling the pinch. That’s because such households spend a bigger share of their budgets on gasoline, which was about 50% more expensive in December than a year before.
And then there’s the big wild card: Interest rates.
As the Federal Reserve prepares to embark on an expected series of rate hike over coming months, the cost of borrowing is about to climb.
That’s going to mean a bigger bite for anyone with a credit card balance, or consumers seeking funds for a mortgage or car loan.
Stir it all together and you’ve got increasingly tough times for many Americans.
If there’s a bright spot, it’s the consensus among many economists that inflation will ease in months ahead as COVID-related supply issues and shortages subside.
By then, however, that extra $250 a month in spending will, for many people, leave a financial hole to be backfilled.
Soaring prices may be a temporary phenomenon. But they can leave a lasting mark on your finances.
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Remote schooling means snow days could become optional in NJ
MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Many New Jersey children may soon have to experience snow days from the inside looking out if some state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle get their way.
Legislation before the state would give school districts the option of using snow days during inclement weather. But if the districts choose not to take a snow day, then the day away from the physical school building would be a remote learning day and it would count toward the state's 180-day education requirement.
There's no denying that the unfettered joy of waking up to word of a snow day is a rite of passage for many kids. Their good fortune is rewarded after wearing their pajamas inside out or backward, putting a spoon under their pillow or a white crayon in the fridge.
Many parents at Edgemont Elementary in Montclair told FOX 5 NY that taking that away affects the whole family, not to mention the teachers who also need a day.
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State Sen. Nicholas Sacco supports the measure. He said the bill is being pushed by the superintendents association — New Jersey Association of School Administrators — but it provides some much-needed stability in everyone's lives.
"They want flexibility with their schedules," Sacco said. "It's happened too many times where the year has been disrupted, where schools have had to cancel spring break, even talk about going on weekends."
This type of bill is called permissive legislation. That means a school district doesn't have to follow the legislation, if it becomes law, if officials aren't equipped to or if they don't want to.
It isn't yet clear when the legislation could pass or how quickly it would take effect.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — After years of work, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to make it easier for victims of sexual harassment to get their day in court.
“The bill is going to help fix a broken system that protects perpetrators and corporations and ends the days of silencing survivors,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said.
Gillibrand sponsored the legislation that prevents forced arbitration for workers who are victims of sexual assault and harassment.
“No longer will survivors of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace come forward and be told that they are legally forbidden to sue their employer because somewhere buried in their employment contracts was this forced arbitration clause,” Gillibrand said.
The bill also voids any past forced arbitration clauses.
“Most people have no idea what they’re doing when they sign an employment contract,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said.
Graham emphasized their action will protect American workers.
“You’re going to have a chance to be heard differently and is long overdue,” Graham said.
Both Gillibrand and Graham thanked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for working across the aisle to get the bill to the Senate floor.
“People who were harassed will get their rights and have their own choice and their own decisions to make,” Schumer said.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) celebrated the outcome.
“It shows that Congress can work in a bipartisan way,” Grassley said.
The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.
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Weather Authority: Warmup continues into weekend but winter poised to make comeback
PHILADELPHIA - After consecutive days of mild winter temperatures, the warmup will hit its peak on Friday and continue into the weekend don't put away the winter coat just yet.
Forecasters expect more uninterrupted sunshine on Friday with springlike temperatures that will hit 60 degrees in some spots. Most all areas in the region will at least peak in the mid to upper 50s, which is well above the normal high for this time of year of 43 degrees.
A similar weather day will follow on Saturday with highs nearing 60 degrees and more bright sunshine, but another arctic blast of cold air will flip the weekend on its head by Sunday morning.
FOX 29's Kathy Orr said temperatures will fall below freezing and mix with a coastal system to create a brief jolt of snow flurries on Sunday morning. Most of the region will notice light to moderate snowfall between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The quick-moving system will clear the region by noon, but cold temperatures will remain, with highs only expected to reach the mid 30s. The frigid temperatures will continue on Monday and Tuesday before another warm rebound.
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FRIDAY: Spring-like. High: 60, Low: 32
SATURDAY: Warm, sunny. High: 60, Low: 50
SUNDAY: Morning snow. High: 36, Low: 34
MONDAY: Sunny, cold. High: 30, Low: 21
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One of the many communities excited about the Cincinnati Bengals being in Super Bowl LVI is quarterback Joe Burrow’s hometown of The Plains, Ohio.
“It feels like we’re higher than Georgia pines down here in The Plains,” said Travis Brand, the owner of Gigi’s Country Kitchen. “It’s crazy.”
Several people at Brand’s restaurant in the town of 3,000 were talking about Burrow and the Bengals as they dined.
“What he has brought to this area is amazing,” said resident Tammy Hogsett. “He has brought hope. He has brought laughter. He has brought joy to the children in this area. I could cry talking about it because he has given all of these children an opportunity to see that they could do whatever they want. They can be whatever they want, and when you come from an area like this sometimes that’s difficult.”
Sam Smathers was Burrow’s youth football coach when the quarterback was in the 3rd through 6th grades. Smathers said he still gets goosebumps thinking about how Burrow and his team won the AFC championship.
“We’ve come to expect certain things when Joe’s on the field,” he said. “The rest of the world sees it now.”
Super Bowl LVI will take place at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13.
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What is Galentine’s Day? Everything to know about the popular holiday
Many people have a love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. Some believe the holiday is just a marketing tactic spread by greeting card companies or is only for people who are romantically involved.
Cue the solution to those worries: Galentine’s Day.
But what is this unofficial holiday, who can celebrate the occasion and when is it? Gather up your gal pals, and find out the details below.
What is Galentine’s Day?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Galentine’s Day is a "day for women to celebrate their friendships with their lady friends." Essentially, the meaning of Galentine’s Day is Valentine’s Day for your gals. (It’s right there in the name).
With the last couple of years spent in isolation and with lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to celebrate community is more amplified than ever.
Galentine's Day cards are displayed at a Target store in Falls Church, Virginia, on February 9, 2019. - For some people, facing the onslaught of Valentine's Day flowers, candy and marketing can be overwhelming if you are single. For Riya Patel, it's
In fact, search #GalentinesDay on social media platforms and you’ll find over half a million posts of women celebrating other women in honor of the holiday.
Galentine’s Day is most popular in Washington D.C., followed by Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California, according to National Today.
How did Galentine’s Day start?
Surprisingly, you can thank actress Amy Poehler for starting this tradition.
We’re not kidding, either.
The word "galentine" was first introduced to the world during a Feb. 2010 episode of "Parks and Recreation."
In the hit comedy, Leslie Knope — the fictional deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department — discussed the holiday.
"What's Galentine's Day? Oh, it's only the best day of the year. Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style. Ladies celebrating ladies. It's like Lilith Fair, minus the angst. Plus frittatas," she said in the episode.
Hosts Tina Fey (L) and Amy Poehler attend the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 11, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Jeff Vespa/WireImage via Getty Images)
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode "Galentine’s Day" garnered nearly 5 million viewers, marking it as an improvement for ratings in the series.
"After that 2010 debut, the word was mentioned in episodes that aired in 2012 and 2014, and by 2016 evidence of the word’s appeal was starting to show up in national and international publications, as people everywhere embraced the very idea of a holiday for celebrating friendships," Merriam Webster continued.
What day is Galentine’s Day?
While many are quick to shower their significant others with gifts and treats on February 14 — the day prior or the 13th of the month — is designated to celebrate the important friendships in one’s life.
Galentine’s Day is celebrated on Feb. 13 each year, and this year, it will land on a Sunday.
While Galentine’s Day is not an official holiday, research from National Today shows searches for Galentine’s Day have increased 400% (with Missouri ranking No. 1 in looking it up, followed by Virginia, Louisiana, Colorado and Arizona) since 2015.
Who can celebrate Galentine’s Day?
Traditionally, Galentine’s Day is celebrated with the girls in someone’s life — whether its’ a sister, mother or friend.
While "galentine" gives off the impression that only females can celebrate, that doesn’t need to be the case.
Many have accepted the holiday as a day to hang out with best friends — regardless of gender. A Galentine’s Day celebration can include all genders and all of those that you adore...as long as they enjoy a tasty brunch!
How to celebrate Galentine’s Day
So, what should you do on Galentine’s Day?
Major retailers including Walmart and Target stock up on Galentine's Day merchandise, and some people purchase gifts or cards for their "galentines."
Where sales for Valentine’s Day specifically are trending downwards, Hallmark found that nearly 2 out of 3 of women who were purchasing cards around Valentine’s Day were doing so for non-romantic relationships, including friends and family. This prompted the brand to release a line of Galentine’s Day cards and others celebrating platonic relationships.
RELATED: ‘Ladies celebrating ladies’: Spend Galentine’s Day with free movies that celebrate female friendship
Activity-wise, brunch is the most traditional event on Galentine’s Day, due to the "Parks and Recreation" episode. Find a fun brunch spot for you and your gal-pals or make an amazing spread at home.
Each year, more and more people are getting creative and choosing other activities to do with their friends.
Some people choose to have movie nights, sleepovers, spa trips, go ice skating or host cooking lessons. Really, no activity is off limits.
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The only rule of thumb is that you spend your Galentine's Day celebrating your friends: no significant others allowed.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. – When Walter Payton hung up his cleats in 1988, he did so as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher.
Sadly just 11 years later, he passed away at the age of 45.
Today, however, his name lives on as part of the league’s Man of the Year Award.
It’s a source of great pride for his children, Brittney and Jarrett.
“When it took his name in 1999, we never knew it was going be this big,” Jarrett Payton said. “Now to see how much it’s grown with the link with Nationwide and how Roger Goddell has really truly elevated this award, it’s made guys want to win this like they want to win the MVP.”
The highly-coveted award recognizes a player for his involvement with the community with each team submitting a worthy nominee.
“It used to be, only three guys were the finalists,” said Jarrett Payton. “Now every single team has its nominee. For our family, we get a chance now to be able to interact with these guys and to keep telling these guys to keep doing what they’re doing, because a lot of the stuff that we see about these football players or athletes, it’s more about the bad stuff. The good stuff they’re doing needs to be elevated even more.”
“The more we can do with this award to really showcase that and highlight the amazing work that these guys are doing in their communities,” Brittney Payton said. “They’re really making a difference in changing people’s lives every day. The more that we can do as a family to support that and spread the word about their missions to help those organizations continue to grow, it’s a great thing.”
And who better to be the symbol of good works in the NFL than a man whose nickname was “Sweetness”?
“My dad was just one of the kindest, most giving, generous guys that was out there,” said Brittney Payton. “I always say they don’t make them like they made him anymore. It’s so touching to me to see just how his spirit and his legacy continues to live on.”
The NFL will announce this year’s Walter Payton Man of the Year Award at the “NFL Honors” on Thursday night.
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Super Bowl 2022 odds: Best player prop bets to make for Rams-Bengals
It's Super Bowl week, so I'm here to help you enjoy the game and enhance your viewing experience!
Yes, you can easily watch the Super Bowl for simple enjoyment, but that is boring! Instead, let's watch the Super Bowl with some money sprinkled around the game. Trust me, this will be fun!
Now there are plenty of ways to wager on the game. A basic moneyline bet is where you're just wagering on the winner or loser. You can also wager on a side, like Rams -4 in this instance. That just means the Rams need to win by more than 4 points for you to win your wager. There's also an option for betting on how many total points will be scored by both teams. This is called the total. For this game, the total is set to 48.5 points. If you wanted to bet on it, ask yourself, will the Bengals and Rams combine to score over or under 48.5 points?
SUPER BOWL LVI
Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals (6:30 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC)
Point spread: Rams -4.5 (Rams favored to win by more than 4.5 points, otherwise Bengals cover)
Moneyline: Rams -200 favorites to win (bet $10 to win $15 total); Bengals +160 underdogs to win (bet $10 to win $27 total)
Total scoring over/under: 48.5 points scored by both teams combined
Another fun way to wager on an NFL game is prop bets. To me, prop betting is similar to wagering on fantasy football. The easiest way to understand it is to ask yourself if player X will have more or less passing yards or rushing yards than the number the oddsmakers set. For example, will Matthew Stafford throw for more or less than 275.5 yards on Sunday?
You can also bet on team-related props, like whether a team will score a certain number of points or make a certain amount of field goals.
The options are endless for the Super Bowl when it comes to props, and the best part about these wagers is rooting for all the different outcomes throughout the game.
Now for the fun part. Let's get to my favorite prop wagers for the Big Game, with odds courtesy of FOX Bet.
PICK: Matthew Stafford over 275.5 passing yards at FOX Bet
I've been critical of Matthew Stafford as he played poorly in the season's final month. But I tip my cap to Staffy for his performances in the Rams' three playoff wins. He has completed 72% of his passes for 905 yards, throwing six touchdowns and one interception in that stretch. Stafford wanted out of Detroit for these types of moments, and he's come up big in Los Angeles' run to the title game.
Regarding the Super Bowl, I would expect Stafford's good run to continue against a Bengals' pass defense that isn't that special. The Bucs and 49ers were ranked in the top 11 in pass defense, and Stafford went for over 300 yards against each. The Bengals rank in the bottom third in pass defense, which means the signal-caller should be able to move the ball.
I don't believe the drop-8 coverage that worked against the Chiefs will catch the Rams by surprise. I see Stafford having a big Super Bowl Sunday and eclipsing this mark.
PICK: Joe Mixon under 60.5 rushing yards at FOX Bet
I'll keep this simple: The Bengals' offensive line will struggle against this Rams' defensive line. Cincinnati has allowed 59 pressures in the three postseason games while rushing for just 3.62 yards per attempt between mostly Joe Mixon and a handful of carries from Samaje Perine. And it doesn't get easier. The Bengals will now face the best defensive line in the playoffs with Aaron Donald, Greg Gaines, A'Shawn Robinson, Von Miller and Leonard Floyd manning the trenches.
The Rams' rushing defense shut down the great Niners' rushing attack, only allowing 50 yards on the ground. And that's after allowing just 51 yards to Tampa Bay and 61 to the Cardinals. This is why I fail to see a path for Mixon to have a monster game against this Rams' front.
PICK: Joe Burrow over 275.5 passing yards at FOX Bet
Joe Burrow has only exceeded this number once in his three playoff outings, and it was in the game where he was sacked nine times by the Titans. That seems counterintuitive as sacks should equal fewer opportunities to push the ball down the field.
However, being sacked on first or second down just means you have more opportunities to gain yards with longer fields. Negative yards from sacks do not count toward individual passing yards, and this is how Burrow threw for 340 yards while getting sacked nine times.
I believe this is precisely how it will go down in the Super Bowl. I see a 5-yard pass on first down, followed by a 9-yard sack on second down and then a 15-yard completion on third down for a first down. That's 20 yards of passing while technically gaining 11 yards for that first down. Look for some variation of that sequence all game.
PICK: Tyler Boyd over 40.5 receiving yards at FOX Bet
The Rams have an outstanding pass defense as I've detailed above. They finished the season ranked 10th in DVOA for pass defense and have ranked second throughout the playoffs. The Rams excel at attempting to confuse quarterbacks with switching coverages at the snap, and because of shutdown corner Jalen Ramsey, it's difficult for the first option to be open for their opponents.
But, Los Angeles' success at stopping the pass does not extend all over the field. The Rams are poor at stopping passes in the short middle of the field. They finished the season ranked 29th in that area and have continued to struggle in the postseason with this issue.
On the flip side, since Week 7, the Bengals' combination of quarterback Joe Burrow throwing to receiver Tyler Boyd in the short middle of the field has that connection ranked first in completion percentage, yards per attempt and passer rating in the NFL during that span. And with Cincinnati's tight end C.J. Uzomah questionable for the game, this connection between Burrow and Boyd will be needed for the Bengals to move the ball.
The number for Boyd is only 40.5 because he's technically the third option in this offense and has failed to go over 40 yards in their last four games. However, he went well over that number in Weeks 13-16. I believe this is a good spot to buy low on Boyd.
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Kevin 'Steek' Cooper will soon open the first "Chicken Guy" franchise in Philadelphia after coming out on top on "Guy's Chance of a Lifetime."
"Chef Steek" truly showed his Philadelphia grit for this victory.
As he was competing on the show, he found out his wife, LaToya, had to start treatment for cancer.
Then, his sister Kedisha died.
But the Army veteran and North Philadelphia native channeled this city's fighting spirit and came out on top.
"Turn up Philly, I'm so excited," Cooper said. "I'm grateful for the opportunity. Guy Fieri is an amazing guy, and now I got my own 'Chicken Guy.'"
Chef Steek started cooking at the age of 9, making peanut butter cookies on repeat.
He earned the nickname 'Steek' as a child.
Fieri loved his food but gave him one piece of advice.
"He told me, 'Listen, we know you are this amazing guy, but just smile a little bit more. We know you were in the military, and you're from Philly, and you get things done, but it's okay to smile, you know?"
Steek was also the valedictorian of JNA Institute of Culinary Arts in South Philadelphia.
He was back there Thursday, sharing his journey and his recipes with students.
Chef Steek also runs Succulent Imagination, a catering company.
He just published a cookbook, and he has a wine label.
Now, he has the keys to how to own Chicken Guy.
He hopes to open somewhere in the Philadelphia area this summer.
Action News is also happy to report that LaToya has finished her treatment.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Eleven-year-old Vito Johnson is up and alert following a hit and run crash on Friday night.
“He’s responding, he’s blessed, he’s in great spirits, you say anything to him he’ll try to talk but he still has a sore chest and sore throat," said Doris Cummings, aunt of Vito Johnson.
Last Friday, Johnson’s family said he was hit by a car while riding his bike around 6 p.m. near Phelps and Troyan Street.
He was in a medically induced coma at UF Health Jacksonville with a fractured skull and spine. Johnson had to get brain surgery on his birthday Saturday.
“He’s fighting and he’s improving way beyond measures then we would’ve even thought," said Cummings.
Johnson’s mother Victoria said they have not heard any updates from police, and she just wants justice for her son.
First Coast News has reached out to the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office, and we are still waiting for a report.
“We know JSO is busy but these parents need to be updated to what’s going on," said Janice Williams, Johnson's great aunt.
The family made a go fund me page and if you would like to help donate with Johnson’s medical expenses you can click here.
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AUSTIN — Admittedly, Timmy Allen wasn’t well versed in the Book of Christian Bishop before this season.
Allen grew up in Arizona and had spent the past three years blooming into an All-Pac-12 first-teamer at Utah. Bishop was a Missourian who’d helped Creighton claim a share of the 2020 Big East championship and streak to the 2021 Sweet Sixteen before falling to top-seeded Gonzaga. They didn’t exactly run in the same circles.
So when the transfers first met as Texas teammates, Bishop asked one thing of Allen: Don’t measure my worth with simple numbers.
“It’s funny,” Allen recalled Monday night after Bishop helped No. 20 Texas topple No. 8 Kansas, “because when we first met each other, he told me he does a lot of things that don’t show up in the box score.”
That wasn’t bluster. Bishop’s role and influence often can’t be quantified by traditional metrics.
His sheer presence as a springy and fearless offensive rebounder puts a tremendous strain on the opposition. He’s a physical screener, active cutter and occasionally canny passer with good instincts. At just 6-foot-7, he’s strong enough and committed enough to tangle with bona fide bigs down low.
And while Bishop’s role is more passive on offense — the backcourt and Allen tend to do the facilitating — his impact is apparent, even if it looks understated in the traditional categories. Among Longhorns who have played at least 30 percent of the team’s minutes, Bishop leads in offensive rating (115.2), true shooting percentage (62.3) and dunks (16).
“CB has really started to find himself,” Texas senior Tre Mitchell said Thursday. “Because I know as a team, we have all had our certain moments where we were unsure of what we were supposed to be doing at the time because there’s just so many dynamics; we’re all trying to merge into one. And I think I think CB, he found himself again. I wouldn’t say that he really lost himself, but he found that edge that he needed to bring back.”
It took some time for Bishop to warm up and settle in.
After helping the Bluejays to a 66-31 record over the past three years, Bishop became one of seven transfer portal mercenaries Beard brought in to restock a decimated roster. And for a while, no one was quite sure how to maneuver and operate without destabilizing a sensitive situation. In essence, no one was sure how to be themselves without compromising the whole operation.
That started to change for Bishop as the weeks wore on. Since the calendar flipped and conference play began, he’s started 10 of 12 games for Texas (18-6, 7-4 Big 12), including six straight during this season-turning 5-1 stretch.
Bishop has gathered at least four offensive rebounds in three straight games and five of his past seven. He’s grabbed more of his own team’s misses (34) than anyone in the Big 12 except Kansas’ David McCormack (41) and averages more offensive boards (3.09) than all but McCormack (4.1) and TCU’s Eddie Lampkin (3.22) in the conference.
Bishop scored only six points on 1-for-5 shooting in Monday’s 79-76 win over Kansas, but he collected 10 rebounds, seven offensive, with one block and one steal in 26 minutes. Texas scored seven points off the second chances Bishop created by working the offensive glass.
“One thing at this level, when you’re playing you want to simplify ‘what exactly do I need to focus on,’ but when you’re as talented as him sometimes it’s not easy to simplify because there’s so many things that we need him to do,” Beard said. “Above all, he’s got a great spirit. He’s one of the guys when you walk in the facility, doesn’t matter kind of what’s going on in the win-loss record, he’s gonna be him. You know, he brings it every day. He’s the ultimate competitor, but he’s also a fun guy to be around.”
Bishop’s traditional stats remain modest even in Big 12 play: 5.5 points on 51.5 percent shooting and 6.5 rebounds in 21.6 minutes per game. But as Allen and the rest of the Longhorns have learned, those figures will never do him justice.
And as Texas surges, Bishop remains a vital cog. And his services will be needed Saturday when the Longhorns face No. 10 Baylor (20-4, 8-3) in Waco.
The reigning national champs have lost a step from last year, but they still own a plus-15.6 scoring margin and plus-6.7 rebounding margin, both top 25 in the nation.
Bishop might not light up the box score, but he’ll provide in other ways.
“He’s a huge energy guy for us,” Allen said. “But he’s a lot more than that. He’s key to our team. He’s always out there just trying to just try to find a way to produce.”
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cindy Mosling says she hasn't slept the last 24 hours.
The Bird Emergency Aid & Kare Sanctuary (B.E.A.K.S.) co-founder has had about 8 pelicans come through her gates. Two have died.
"Very similar injuries, one broken wing and usually between the elbow and the body," Mosling said.
Fernandina Beach resident, Terri Oliver, brought an injured pelican to Mosling on Thursday afternoon. It's wing was severely broken.
"It kills me, especially from what I'm understanding, is that these birds are being purposefully hurt," Oliver said.
Mosling has saved over 100,000 birds during her career, she knows when a bird is deliberately hurt.
"I've been doing this for 40 years and the pelican runs into something and it hits something, it usually doesn't break where the breaks are on these birds. They all have a break between the elbow and shoulder and it's always broken down like it's struck from above," Mosling said.
On Wednesday, First Coast News followed a severely injured pelican at Jacksonville Beach.
The bird was eventually rescued by the FWC and Jacksonville Beach Animal Control and taken to B.E.A.K.S.
The FWC says it's investigating the incident.
As time goes on, more and more birds are being carried through Mosling's gates.
"It's cruel, it's just plain cruel and heartless and that's what bothers me more than anything. It's not necessary," Mosling said.
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Billie Eilish casually brushed off Kanye West after he threatened to pull out of Coachella if she didn’t apologize for helping a fan at one of her shows, which he took as a diss to Travis Scott.
Over the weekend, Eilish paused her concert at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta after seeing a fan in distress. She then helped the fan locate an inhaler before resuming the show.
“We’re taking care of our people,” she said in a clip captured by another fan. “I wait for people to be OK, until I keep going.”
The 20-year-old singer never mentioned Scott, but West wrote on Instagram Thursday that she owed the “Astroworld” rapper an apology.
“Come on Billie we love you. Please apologize to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives. No one intended this to happen,” the “Donda” rapper wrote. “Trav didn’t have any idea of what was happening when he was on stage and was very hurt by what happened, and yes Trav will be with me at Coachella, but now I need Billie to apologize before I perform.”
Rather than rise to the bait; Eilish gave this succinct response just a few hours later: “Literally never said a thing about Travis. Was just helping a fan.”
Eilish and West are both headliners for Coachella this year, along with Swedish House Mafia and Harry Styles.
Scott had also reportedly been set to perform at the festival prior to the deadly crowd surge at his Astroworld Festival in Houston that killed 10 people and left hundreds injured.
Following the tragedy, the rapper was pulled from several festival lineups. Scott is still facing multiple lawsuits related to the incident.
Scott has since expressed remorse, saying in the days after the tragedy that he was “devastated.”
“My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival,” Scott wrote on Twitter. “Houston PD has my total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life.”
Eilish isn’t the only performer to stop a show in the wake of the tragedy to help a distressed fan. In November, just weeks after Astroworld, SZA made a point to stop her show and have her crew hand out water after a fan passed out in the audience.
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Destinee LaShaee, the first transgender person profiled on “My 600-Lb. Life,” has died. They were 30.
LaShaee’s brother confirmed the death in a Feb. 8 Facebook post, and paid tribute to his sibling who also used the name Matthew Ventress.
“No no no I’m sorry bro, I accept you for who you are,” Wayne Compton shared on Facebook. “I accept every flaw that came with you, I’m sorry you felt alone, I’m sorry you felt you had nobody else to turn too, I’m sorry you felt you had no other option. Destiny wouldn’t of wanted this, lord why keep taking my siblings away, how much can I take?”
The cause of death is not yet known.
LaShaee appeared on the seventh season of TLC’s “My 600-Lb. Life” in 2019, where they opened up about personal struggles with food as well as mental health challenges.
“I just lay here all day and wait for food. I don’t see any of my family and friends, unless they come to see me,” Destinee said on the episode. “I feel like all I’m constantly doing is trying to escape my depression and pain at this point. Food is the only thing I can turn to to do that. I can feel it killing me.”
By 2021, LaShaee lost almost 500 pounds, as can be seen on Instagram. They posted updates as well as motivational quotes and other snapshots of text leading up to their final Instagram post, a profile shot captioned “Gracefully Broken.”
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For the second time, someone made a movie based on perhaps the most inscrutably esoteric and labyrinthine sci-fi novel of its time, Frank Herbert’s “Dune.” Director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic hit theaters and HBO Max on Oct. 22 and was a box office and critical success, and is now nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture.
But for those wondering exactly how to watch “Dune” in the wake of the film’s awards recognition, we’ve got your answers below.
Is “Dune” Streaming?
“Dune” is not currently available on any streaming service, but you can rent it for $5.99 from Apple, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube, DirecTV, Vudu and more. “Dune” also available to purchase on Digital, 4K Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD from all retailers.
Is “Dune” Playing in Theaters?
“Dune” is being re-released in some theaters starting Feb. 11, and a lot of critics have said it really ought to be seen on a big screen. Check your local listings.
What Is “Dune” About?
Starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, “Dune” follows the story of Paul Atreides (Chalamet), a young man thrust into a galactic battle for control of the most important resource in the universe: “spice,” which extends human life and improves cognitive abilities, and is found only on the desert planet Arrakis. The Emperor order’s Paul’s father, Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) to relocate his family from the ocean planet Caladan to Arrakis, after which an internal betrayal leaves Paul and his mother Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) to defend themselves. They soon encounter the native Freemen of Arrakis, and Chani (Zendaya) — who becomes Paul’s love interest — enters the picture.
If you’ve read the books, then you know things get much, much weirder after this. Billions-killed, space messiah, giant worms weird.
Villeneuve directed and wrote “Dune” with co-writers Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, but has noted that “Dune” is only half the story.
Will There Be a “Dune 2?”
Yes, following the success of the first film, Warner Bros. greenlit a sequel. “Dune: Part Two” will be released on Oct. 20, 2023, and will find Villeneuve returning to direct.
Has “Dune” Been Adapted Before?
Director David Lynch adapted “Dune” in 1984. Kyle MacLachlan stars in that version as Paul Atreides and Francesca Annis stars as Lady Jessica. Sting and Patrick Stewart star alongside them. Lynch’s adaptation of the classic sci-fi story met with mixed reviews. Overall, viewers did come to love the 1984 version for its campiness, and some are questioning whether Villeneuve’s adaptation can top it while still remaining close to the original written pages.
Is the 1984 Film Streaming?
David Lynch’s adaptation of “Dune” is available to stream on Starz.
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How to get a $30,000 personal loan
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Looking for a $30,000 loan? Learn how to get one and where to find lenders who offer large personal loans. (iStock)
If you need to cover a car repair, medical bill or another large expense, you might have to borrow money. The good news is many lenders offer $30,000 personal loans that can help you do just that.
But you’ll likely need good credit, or a cosigner with good credit, to secure a personal loan for such a large amount.
- Where to get a $30,000 loan
- What’s the monthly payment on a $30,000 loan?
- How to secure a $30,000 loan with good credit
- Getting a $30,000 loan with fair or bad credit
- Personal loan FAQs
Where to get a $30,000 loan
You can find a $30,000 loan with online lenders, and some banks and credit unions offer them as well.
Online lenders
Online loans are convenient because they typically offer quick funding. You can often get approved and have the money deposited directly into your account in just a few business days, within 24 hours or even the same day you apply.
Because they don’t have the expense of physical branches, online lenders often are able to offer lower interest rates. Some also have lower minimum credit score requirements. But keep in mind that to qualify for the best personal loan interest rates, you’ll likely need a very good to excellent credit score.
Credible lets you compare personal loan rates from various lenders in minutes.
Banks
Many banks offer personal loans in addition to checking accounts, savings accounts and other products. If you already have an account with a bank, you may qualify for a loyalty discount on a personal loan. While some banks don’t offer personal loans, major banks like PNC, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank do.
Credit unions
Credit unions usually have more flexible requirements than banks. And since they’re not-for-profit organizations, you may be able to land better rates and terms. But you’ll likely need to join a credit union to get a personal loan. Alliant Credit Union, Navy Federal Credit Union and PenFed Credit Union are a few credit unions you may want to consider.
What’s the monthly payment on a $30,000 loan?
Because interest rates can vary widely based on factors like the lender, the loan term and your personal credit, the monthly payment on a personal loan can vary significantly from borrower to borrower.
Before you take out a $30,000 loan, use a personal loan calculator to estimate how much your monthly payment will be. These examples of average rates and terms can give you an idea of the type of loan payments you can expect:
- Interest rate: 4.99%
- Loan term: Two years
- Monthly payment: $1,316
- Total interest: $1,584
- Interest rate: 36%
- Loan term: Five years
- Monthly payment: $1,084
- Total interest: $35,039
You can see from these two examples that a longer loan term typically yields a lower monthly payment, even though the interest rate on the five-year loan is much higher. But because the repayment term is longer and the interest rate is higher, the five-year loan will cost significantly more in interest — an additional $33,455.
How to secure a $30,000 personal loan with good credit
If you have good or excellent credit, you’re in luck: You’ll probably be able to lock in the lowest rates and more favorable terms than a borrower with bad or fair credit. To find the best lender for a $30,000 loan, shop around and carefully compare the rates, terms and fees of all your options.
Getting a $30,000 loan with fair or bad credit
Don’t worry if you have bad credit: Some lenders have lenient requirements and offer bad credit loans. But the downfall with these loans is they come with higher interest rates than loans for borrowers with good credit.
By improving your credit score or adding a cosigner with good credit, you may be able to get approved for a $30,000 loan and save hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars in the long run.
If you’re looking for a personal loan, Credible lets you easily compare personal loan rates to find one that’s best for you.
Personal loan FAQs
Although personal loans can vary from lender to lender, it’s a good idea to compare some common factors when you shop around for the best personal loan. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about personal loans and how they work.
What are personal loan interest rates?
An interest rate is the amount a lender will charge you to borrow money. With a lower interest rate, you’ll save more over the life of the personal loan. On the flip side, a higher interest rate means your loan will be more expensive. Generally, interest rates on personal loans are lower than credit card interest rates, making them a good option for debt consolidation.
What are personal loan fees?
Most lenders will charge you fees in addition to interest. These may include application fees, origination fees, late payment fees and returned check fees. You may also have to pay a prepayment penalty if you pay off your loan early.
What’s the difference between APR and interest rate?
Lenders charge interest to make money on a loan. The interest rate is that charge expressed as a percentage. The lender applies the interest rate to the loan principal to calculate how much interest a borrower will pay over the life of the loan.
APR, or annual percentage rate, includes the interest rate and any fees associated with the loan. Because APR considers all the expenses associated with the loan, it’s a better indicator of a loan’s total cost.
What is principal and total interest?
Total principal is the total amount of money you borrow and have to pay back. It doesn’t include any interest or fees. If you take out a loan for $5,000, for example, your total principal will be $5,000.
Total interest is the total amount of interest you’ll pay over the life of your loan. The lower your interest rate and shorter your repayment term, the more you’ll save on interest.
How soon do you have to start paying back your $30,000 personal loan?
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While every lender has its own unique requirements, most require borrowers to start repaying their loan within 30 days. If you stick to your minimum monthly payment, you should pay off your loan at the end of the repayment term. But if you make additional payments or pay more than the minimum, you can save on interest and pay off the loan much sooner.
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PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Feb 11
- UK-based Aston Martin will take longer than originally expected to build its Valkyrie hypercars, the company's chairman Lawrence Stroll said on Thursday. - British events organiser Informa Plc said on Thursday it would sell its pharma intelligence business for 1.9 billion pounds ($2.57 billion) to New York-based investment fund Warburg Pincus.
The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines
- Vodafone rejects $13 bln Iliad offer for its Italian business https://on.ft.com/3uD49jv - HMRC seeks to shut down Sanjeev Gupta businesses over 26 mln stg tax bill https://on.ft.com/3Bf3QwD
- Aston Martin hypercars will take longer than expected to build, says chair https://on.ft.com/366B5Xm - Informa sells Pharma Intelligence to Warburg Pincus for 1.9 bln stg https://on.ft.com/3oGh689
Overview - Britain's Vodafone on Thursday rejected a preliminary approach for its Italian business from France's Iliad and Apax Partners worth more than 11 billion euros, the first public skirmish in what could be a new wave of European telecoms deal making.
- Britain's tax authorities have filed winding up petitions for several steel businesses owned by the GFG Alliance controlled by commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, court records showed. - UK-based Aston Martin will take longer than originally expected to build its Valkyrie hypercars, the company's chairman Lawrence Stroll said on Thursday.
- British events organiser Informa Plc said on Thursday it would sell its pharma intelligence business for 1.9 billion pounds ($2.57 billion) to New York-based investment fund Warburg Pincus. ($1 = 0.7382 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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'Cheer' star Jerry Harris pleads guilty in child pornography case
CHICAGO - Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix show ‘Cheer,’ pleaded guilty Thursday to child pornography charges.
"In an effort to put a stop to a serial predator and avert harm to other children, my sons took the brave step of speaking publicly about the sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of Jerry Harris. Harris’ admission of guilt today gives me hope that the pain and grief that my sons have suffered as a result of speaking up has not been in vain. I will continue my mission to hold Jerry Harris and his enablers fully accountable both in the courts of law and the court of public opinion," said Kristen, mother of Harris’ victims.
Harris pleaded guilty to two counts in the case: receiving child pornography and traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual acts with a minor under the age of 15.
The actor from Naperville was indicted in December 2020 on charges alleging misconduct in Illinois, Florida and Texas. Federal prosecutors also alleged that Harris tried to persuade a minor to engage in oral sex at cheerleading events, solicited another for sex and admitted to having five to 10 victims in all.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Heather McShain ordered Harris, 22, held behind bars in October 2020, after he was initially charged with one count of production of child pornography. The judge suggested he would be a danger to the community if released.
McShain said Harris exploited his position in the cheerleading community and rejected any "blurred line" between Harris’ age and that of his alleged victims.
"(Harris) was not a child," McShain said. "He was an adult."
The "Cheer" docuseries follows the competitive cheerleading squad from Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas.
Harris was being held without bond in Chicago’s downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, records show.
"We are grateful that the U.S. Attorney and the FBI investigated this case, located additional victims and took action. Now, Jerry Harris’ guilt has been firmly established. This was made possible because our clients’ mother, Kristen initially had the courage to report Harris to the FBI and provided evidentiary proof of the manipulation, sexual harassment, abuse, and exploitation that her sons had suffered. We now urge the authorities to undertake a thorough investigation of the United States All Star Federation, Varsity Spirit, and Cheer Athletics to determine which of their executives, employees, and representatives could have stopped Harris’ abuse and failed to do so," victims’ attorney Sarah Klein said.
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Canada-U.S. border city seeks court order to remove truck protesters
Ford is looking at flying in some https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-looking-air-move-auto-parts-alternative-canadian-border-blockade-2022-02-10 auto parts to a plant in Windsor that produces engines for popular models, a union official said. The Ambassador Bridge was completely shut down in both directions on Thursday at 3:15 p.m. EST (2015 GMT), according to a Reuters witness.
A Canadian mayor said on Thursday his city was seeking a court order to remove anti-coronavirus mandate protesters who have blocked a vital U.S.-Canada trade route and forced automakers in both countries to reduce operations. The closure of the Ambassador Bridge, one of North America's busiest border crossings and a supply route for Detroit's carmakers, has U.S. and Canadian officials scrambling to find alternate routes to limit any economic damage.
Canadian truckers started the protests https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/how-ottawas-anti-vaccine-mandate-protests-are-spreading-globally-2022-02-09 as a "Freedom Convoy" occupying the capital Ottawa, opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers mirrored by the U.S. government. They began blocking the Ambassador Bridge on Monday and have since shut two smaller border crossings. Canadian federal ministers have called the blockade illegal and asked protesters to return home. Police near the Ambassador Bridge have begun receiving additional manpower, Drew Dilkens, mayor of Windsor, Ontario, which borders Detroit, told CNN.
"(If) the protesters don't leave, there will have to be a path forward. If that means physically removing them, that means physically removing them, and we're prepared to do that," he said. Dilkens later said Windsor was seeking an injunction from Ontario Superior Court to have the protesters removed, adding he was striving to resolve the issue peacefully.
"(While) it may be gratifying for someone to see the forced removal of the demonstrators, such action may inflame the situation and certainly cause more folks to come here and add to the protest, and we don't want to risk additional conflict," Dilkens said. With traffic at times shut in both directions, General Motors Co and Chrysler-parent Stellantis said on Thursday they had to cancel https://www.reuters.com/world/us/gm-cancels-two-shifts-lansing-plant-following-canadian-trucking-protests-2022-02-10 or reduce shifts because of parts shortages, tacking on to earlier cuts announced by Ford Motor Co and Toyota Motor Corp.
Toyota said it was suspending production through Saturday at its plants in Ontario and Kentucky, affecting manufacturing of the Camry, RAV4 and other popular models. Ford is looking at flying in some https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-looking-air-move-auto-parts-alternative-canadian-border-blockade-2022-02-10 auto parts to a plant in Windsor that produces engines for popular models, a union official said.
The Ambassador Bridge was completely shut down in both directions on Thursday at 3:15 p.m. EST (2015 GMT), according to a Reuters witness. DIVERTING CARGO
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was working with municipal leaders to do what was necessary to end the bridge blockade. The shutdown has hurt "regular Canadians whether it's grocery store prices, whether it's jobs lost or suspended, whether it's supply chains disrupted. This is hurting communities across the country," Trudeau told reporters.
An Ontario court on Thursday froze funds donated to anti-vaccine protesters through the app GiveSendGo. The convoy group had raised more than $8 million as of late Thursday afternoon, the Boston-based company said. Protesters began gathering with their vehicles in Ottawa nearly two weeks ago and have occupied the main downtown street that runs by parliament, the Bank of Canada and the prime minister's office.
Ottawa police said 25 people had been arrested on criminal charges. "Day by day we are removing trucks" and stopping people from transporting fuel, Police Chief Peter Sloly said.
Some protests inspired by the Canadian truckers and their supporters have taken place in Australia, New Zealand and France as the highly infectious Omicron variant of coronavirus begins to ease in some places. White House economic adviser Brian Deese told MSNBC U.S. President Joe Biden's administration was "working in real time to divert cargo - that's an imperfect solution - either by rail or by other bridges or by water".
Deese said that while Washington supports legitimate, peaceful protests, "taking steps like this that do nothing but hurt the economy, hurt families who are just trying to make a living ... really make no sense." More than two-thirds of the $511 billion in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States is transported by road. The Detroit International Bridge Company, which owns the Ambassador Bridge, urged Canada to end the protest by repealing the vaccine mandate or remove the vehicles so trade can resume.
A third option was to do "nothing and hope this ends on its own: an option that will most likely prolong the blockade, further crippling our economy and putting more jobs at risk," the company's chairman, Matt Moroun, said in a statement. Protesters blocked a second crossing in Alberta province late on Tuesday, and a third crossing between Manitoba province and North Dakota on Thursday.
Seeking to show support for the Canadian protesters, some U.S. truckers said they will send two convoys this weekend to a fourth border crossing that connects Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Ontario. "They will bring supplies to truckers and supporters to help them peacefully assemble in celebration of freedom," the Convoy to Save America said in a statement.
(Additional reporting by Chris Gallagher in Washington, Rod Nickel in Manitoba, Julie Gordon in Ottawa and Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Writing by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Mark Porter, Grant McCool, Lisa Shumaker and Richard Chang)
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COVID-19 leads to stillbirths in infected women, destroys placenta, study finds
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.
It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with COVID-19 face an elevated risk. Authorities believe vaccination can help prevent these cases.
Researchers in 12 countries, including the United States, analyzed placental and autopsy tissue from 64 stillbirths and four newborns who died shortly after birth. The cases all involved unvaccinated women who had COVID-19 during their pregnancy.
RELATED: COVID-19 may make common pregnancy complications worse, study suggests
The study bolsters evidence from small case reports and it confirms that placenta damage rather than an infection of the fetus is the likely cause of many COVID-19-related stillbirths, said Dr. Jeffery Goldstein, a pathologist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
He was not involved in the study, which was published Thursday in Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
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Previous evidence suggests the chances of stillbirth are higher than usual for pregnant women with COVID-19, particularly from the delta variant. Vaccination recommendations include pregnant women and note their higher risk for complications when infected.
Lead author Dr. David Schwartz, an Atlanta pathologist, said other infections can infiltrate the placenta and cause stillbirth, typically by infecting and damaging the fetus. A recent example is Zika virus.
He and his colleagues wanted to see if that was the case with stillbirths in women with COVID-19. But what they found was almost the opposite: it was the placenta that was infected and extensively destroyed.
"Many of these cases had over 90% of the placenta destroyed — very scary," said Schwartz.
Normal placenta tissue is a healthy reddish hue and spongy. The specimens they studied were stiff, with dark discolorations of dead tissue. While other infections can sometimes damage the placenta, Schwartz said he’d never seen them cause such consistent, extensive destruction.
The placenta is an organ that forms and attaches to the womb during pregnancy. It connects with the umbilical cord, providing oxygen and nourishment from the mother’s bloodstream.
The virus likely reached the placenta through the bloodstream, attaching to susceptible cells and causing protein deposits and an unusual form of inflammation that blocked blood flow and oxygen. That in turn led to placenta tissue death and suffocation, the researchers said.
Coronavirus was also detected in some of the fetuses, but evidence of suffocation in the womb points to placenta damage as the more likely cause of death, they said.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in November found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women.
The study stillbirths occurred on average at 30 weeks; normal pregnancies last about 40 weeks.
High blood pressure, certain chronic illnesses and fetal abnormalities are among conditions that can increase chances for stillbirths, including in women with COVID-19.
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It is unclear whether omicron infections also increase chances for stillbirths; the study was done before that highly infectious variant emerged.
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Unnamed woman accuses U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault in lawsuit
The woman said in the lawsuit she was also sexually assaulted earlier in the evening by a Snoop Dogg employee who is also named as a defendant.
An unidentified woman has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses American rapper Snoop Dogg of sexual assault and battery after she attended one of his concerts in 2013.
The lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, days before Snoop Dogg is set to perform https://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-superbowl-halftime-idCAKBN2KF2IH at the Super Bowl halftime show with other hip-hop artists near Los Angeles. The woman was identified as Jane Doe and described as a dancer, model, host and actress who had worked with Snoop Dogg.
In the lawsuit filed in the Central District of California against Calvin Broadus aka Snoop Dogg, the woman said Snoop Dogg entered a bathroom she was using, forced her to perform oral sex and masturbated in front of her. "Plaintiff found herself thinking about her job security if she displeased Defendant Snoop Dogg," the complaint said. "Plaintiff felt pressured by defendant Snoop Dogg due to his dominance, and his position of power over her, including his ability to hire and fire her and ensure that she would never be hired in his industry again."
Representatives for Snoop Dogg did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The woman said in the lawsuit she was also sexually assaulted earlier in the evening by a Snoop Dogg employee who is also named as a defendant. The parties tried to resolve the matter through mediation, the complaint said.
On Instagram on Wednesday, Snoop Dogg wrote that "Gold digger season is here be careful... keep ya guards up. And. Keep ya circle small." The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, said the post appeared shortly after mediation talks broke down.
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Biden doing 'deep dive' on 'about 4' Supreme Court candidates
President Joe Biden appears to be narrowing his list of candidates for the Supreme Court, saying he's looking at "about four people" as Democrats who met with him Thursday say he wants a "persuasive" nominee in the mold of retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.
In an interview Thursday, Biden told NBC the White House is doing a "deep dive" on the candidates to see if there's anything in their background that would disqualify them. Biden has said his nominee will be a Black woman and he will decide by the end of February.
The comments came just before a meeting with 10 Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he told the senators, many of them his former colleagues, that he wants to nominate a woman in the mold of Breyer who will not only be able to persuade her colleagues but will write "stirring, compelling, lasting arguments," according to Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, one of the committee members who attended the meeting.
The senators said Biden would meet soon with candidates. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the meeting was half "friendly and light" and half serious as the president prepares to make history by nominating the first Black woman for the court.
The weekslong vetting process, and a gradual narrowing of candidates, is routine for Supreme Court nominations. In his NBC interview, Biden did not mention the names of any of the candidates but said he believes his eventual pick will get Republican votes.
"I'm not looking to make an ideological choice here," he said, adding that he wants someone like Breyer, "with an open mind, who understands how the Constitution, interprets it in a way that is consistent with the mainstream interpretation of the Constitution."
Biden and Senate Democrats have said they want his nominee to have significant Republican support.
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, another Democratic member of the Judiciary panel, said after the meeting that he thinks Biden's pick will be a "reset" after partisan Supreme Court battles and the court's shift to the right under former President Donald Trump. Democrats vigorously opposed his three nominees, but they all now sit on the high court.
"This choice is historic not only because it will bring historic diversity of the court, but also the quality of the person whom the president will appoint, I think, will be historic, and will really help unite the country as well as the court," Blumenthal said.
Despite the Democrats' lofty bipartisan goals, it's unclear if Biden's nominee will be able to win any GOP votes. Most Senate Republicans have consistently voted against his lower court nominees.
One Republican who has voted for some of the lower court judges is is South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. He has said he is open to supporting Biden's nominee and is pushing a judge from South Carolina — U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, who the White House said was under consideration for the job earlier this month.
Also under consideration are Ketanji Brown Jackson, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger.
Other possible candidates include U.S. District Court Judge Wilhelmina Wright from Minnesota; Melissa Murray, a New York University law professor who is an expert in family law and reproductive rights justice; and Leslie Abrams Gardner, a U.S. district judge for the Middle District of Georgia and the sister of Stacey Abrams, a powerful voting rights activist and nominee for Georgia governor.
Biden told NBC his short list includes nominees who are "incredibly well qualified and documented. They are the honor students that come from the best universities they have experience, some on the bench, some in the practice of law."
Graham has said Childs is a good candidate partly because she did not go to Harvard or Yale, unlike all the justices currently on the bench.
After the meeting, Blumenthal predicted Biden will nominate someone "of such compelling personal story, of character and intellect that Republicans will have no choice but to support her in some number."
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Dogs rescued from breeder in Georgia, authorities say
ORLANDO, Fla. - Workers from Poodle and Pooch Rescue unloaded 22 dogs they say they took in Wednesday morning from a backyard breeder in rural Georgia. They brought half of them to the East Orlando Animal Hospital.
"All in very poor condition," said veterinarian Dr. Yaicha Peters, "very severely matted, covered in feces, significant dental disease, unfortunately, many have dental disease and heartworm, as well."
Dr. Peters has been treating the small-breed dogs. She says they're getting them ready to adopt them out.
"This is the best place for them to be right now. Get them up to speed on their medical care, so they can find good and loving homes where they can be loved and taken care of."
Poodle and Pooch Rescue says they've reported the breeder to Georgia’s Department of Agriculture. They say the 22 dogs are just some of the pups the breeder had in horrible conditions on her property and voluntarily turned over to them. They hope she decides to turn over the rest.
"Yeah, they were not in the right place for them," Dr. Peters said.
Dr. Peters says it will be a couple of months before these dogs are ready for adoption. Poodle and Pooch Rescue says they're always accepting donations and offers to foster dogs like these to help them and others find forever homes.
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Russia and Ukraine say Berlin talks fail to yield breakthrough
Everyone confirmed today that we have the Minsk agreements and they need to be fulfilled," Yermak said. Ukraine rejects Moscow's assertion that it has nothing to do with the conflict, saying Russia has forces inside Ukraine fighting alongside the separatists.
Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. The lack of progress marked a setback for efforts to defuse the wider Ukraine crisis in which Russia has massed more than 100,000 soldiers near Ukraine's borders, raising fears of a war.
Russian envoy Dmitry Kozak told a late-night briefing after Thursday's talks in Berlin that it had not been possible to reconcile Russia and Ukraine's different interpretations of a 2015 agreement aimed at ending fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces. "We did not manage to overcome this," he said.
Ukraine's envoy Andriy Yermak said there had been no breakthrough but both sides agreed to keep talking. "I hope that we will meet again very soon and continue these negotiations. Everyone is determined to achieve a result," he said.
The conflict in the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions, known together as the Donbass, simmers on despite a notional ceasefire. Observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) record frequent violations, sometimes running into hundreds of incidents daily. Ukraine says some 15,000 people have been killed since 2014.
Representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE and the two separatist regions signed a 13-point agreement in February 2015 in Minsk, that was also backed by the leaders of France and Germany. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine on Thursday of trying to rewrite the agreement and cherry-pick only the elements most advantageous to it.
Ukraine says it is committed to the accord. "The Ukrainian side is set on constructive dialogue. Everyone confirmed today that we have the Minsk agreements and they need to be fulfilled," Yermak said.
Ukraine rejects Moscow's assertion that it has nothing to do with the conflict, saying Russia has forces inside Ukraine fighting alongside the separatists. Kyiv refuses to negotiate with the heads of the breakaway regions but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has proposed direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the Kremlin has so far rejected.
Russia denies planning to invade Ukraine but says it wants to enforce "red lines" to make sure that its former Soviet neighbour does not join NATO and that the alliance does not set up bases and missiles there.
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Florida Legislature passes bill to help shield health care providers from COVID-19 lawsuits
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - With the state still grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, the Florida House on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would extend COVID-19 legal protections for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers.
The House voted 87-31 to pass the measure (SB 7014), which was approved last month by the Senate. It is now ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Lawmakers last year passed a measure to help shield health-care providers from COVID-19 lawsuits, but the protections are set to expire March 29. The bill, if signed by DeSantis, will extend the protections to June 1, 2023.
The measure addresses lawsuits involving issues such as transmission of COVID-19 and treatment of people with COVID-19.
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Rep. Ralph Massullo, a Lecanto Republican who is a dermatologist, said the extension is needed because of the continuing pandemic.
"The issue is not settled," Massullo said. "As a matter of fact, when it comes to COVID, the issue is far from settled. We need to consider protection for those health-care entities."
But opponents raised concerns that the legal protections could create a disincentive for health-care providers to focus on high-quality care. House Republicans unanimously voted for the bill and were joined by 10 Democrats.
"To just have a blanket extension on any kind of bad medical care that may be given, and just say, ‘Well, it’s the pandemic and you can kind of get away with anything you want to,’ that’s not a good approach," Rep. Joe Geller, D-Aventura, said.
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Under the law passed last year, health-care providers can still face COVID-19 lawsuits. But the legal protections, for example, require a higher standard of proof for plaintiffs. In such cases, plaintiffs have to prove "by the greater weight of the evidence that the health care provider was grossly negligent or engaged in intentional misconduct."
Also, health-care providers are shielded from lawsuits if they can offer "affirmative" defenses, such as compliance with government-issued health standards.
Massullo said the law does not protect health-care providers who commit "gross negligence."
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"The practices that you and I might go to for our health care need to be staffed by individuals that believe and know that the state of Florida has their backs," he said.
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The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations surged in December and early January as the highly-contagious omicron variant spread through Florida. But new cases have decreased during the past few weeks, with hospitalizations also falling. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted data Thursday that showed 6,741 Florida inpatients had COVID-19, down from 7,129 on Wednesday.
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China guarantees support for Hong Kong amid COVID surge
The HKMAO said it was also actively coordinating with the Guangdong provincial government to ensure the supply of vegetables, fresh food and other necessities into Hong Kong. The former British colony saw a run on vegetables this week after several cross-border truck drivers, who bring in goods from the mainland, tested positive for coronavirus.
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China will fully support Hong Kong with its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy as the territory battles an escalating outbreak, its office overseeing matters in the city said. The central government was "highly concerned" about the safety and health of residents as well as the economy and people's livelihoods, a spokesperson for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), which comes under China's State Council or cabinet, said in a statement.
It said it would hold a meeting in neighbouring Shenzhen "in the near future" between mainland and Hong Kong officials to "maintain stability" and come up with policies to support Hong Kong's fight against the disease. "As long as Hong Kong asks, the motherland will surely respond ... Hand in hand, we will surely be able to overcome the epidemic soon," it said.
The global financial hub has seen a 10-fold rise in cases since Feb. 1 and medical experts warn the city could see 28,000 daily infections by the end of March, with the unvaccinated elderly a particular worry. The increase is proving to be the biggest test for Hong Kong's policy of virus suppression as capacity for hospital beds, isolation and coronavirus testing nears its maximum.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to test every day, including elderly and children, queuing for hours in tightly packed lines outside testing centers and raising the risk of infection. Following mainland China, Hong Kong is trying to curb outbreaks as soon as possible, in contrast with many other places that are trying to "live with COVID", relying on high vaccination rates to bring protection while easing restrictions.
The city's stringent restrictions have turned it into one of the world's most major isolated cities. The HKMAO said it was also actively coordinating with the Guangdong provincial government to ensure the supply of vegetables, fresh food and other necessities into Hong Kong.
The former British colony saw a run on vegetables this week after several cross-border truck drivers, who bring in goods from the mainland, tested positive for coronavirus. China previously assisted the city in 2020 with a mass coronavirus testing scheme.
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Kanye West threatens to pull out of Coachella after Billie Eilish disses Travis Scott at concert
Los Angeles - Ye, commonly known as Kanye West, is threatening to cancel his performance at Coachella over comments Billie Eilish made about rapper Travis Scott at a recent concert.
The rapper posted a screenshot to his Instagram Thursday regarding Eilish’s reported comments about Scott at a concert in Atlanta.
"Billie Eilish dissed Travis Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler! ‘I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going,’" the post West screenshotted read.
In the comments, West wrote, "COME ON BILLIE WE LOVE YOU PLEASE APOLOGIZE TO TRAV AND TO THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES."
He continued: "NO ONE INTENDED THIS TO HAPPEN TRAV DIDN’T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN HE WAS ON STAGE AND WAS VERY HURT BY WHAT HAPPENED AND YES TRAV WILL BE WITH ME AT COACHELLA BUT NOW I NEED BILLIE TO APOLOGIZE BEFORE I PERFORM."
At a recent concert, Eilish was seen stopping her show to make sure a fan who could not breathe was given an inhaler and seemingly dissed Travis Scott by saying "I wait for the people to be OK before I keep going."
Billie Eilish performs onstage during her "Happier Than Ever" tour opener at Smoothie King Center on February 03, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation)
Scott was the headliner for the sold-out Astroworld Festival in NRG Park in Houston in November, which was attended by an estimated 50,000 people. The crowd suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms in the chaos. The incident resulted in 10 deaths and several injuries.
Scott has since faced criticism over the decision to keep the show going while first responders did their best to help the injured audience members. He was named in three separate lawsuits by victims and other Astroworld 2021 attendees.
In a tweet in November, Scott said he was "absolutely devastated by what took place last night." He pledged to work "together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need."
Ye attends the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 23, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
The rapper, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster, announced in a press release that he was working with law enforcement and investigators to "respectfully and appropriately" contact the families of the victims so that he could do everything in his power to assist those affected "throughout their grieving and recovery process."
Travis Scott performs onstage during the third annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 5, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images)
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been postponed for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Travis Scott was set to headline the show in Riverside County, but was removed following the Astroworld tragedy.
Kanye West’s family drama
Thursday's comments by West come just months after a Los Angeles judge approved a petition by the rapper to officially change his name to be known simply as "Ye," with no middle or last name. His social media account handles still refer to him as Kanye West.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams Court gave her nod to the request by the singer, who filed his petition Aug. 24 and stated he was making the change for personal reasons.
Last February, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband Kanye West after seven years of marriage.
During what Kardashian later implied was an episode brought on by his bipolar disorder, West brought up the possibility of divorcing his wife at a campaign event while claiming they considered aborting their first child.
In a since-deleted tweet, the "Power" rapper also claimed that he’d been "trying" to divorce Kardashian ever since she attended a prison reform event with Meek Mill in 2018.
In the same rant, he also shaded Kardashian’s past Playboy spread and claimed that the reality star’s mother, Kris Jenner, was no longer allowed to see his children.
He later apologized for the Twitter rant but the ordeal reportedly left Kardashian "furious."
Billie Eilish’s political views
In recent months, Eilish has used her platform to be an active voice in politics. Billie Eilish slammed the state of Texas in October over its controversial abortion law while performing at Austin City Limits.
The Grammy-winning artist took the stage at the show to perform some of her hits. However, she stopped at one point to discuss politics, denouncing the abortion law.
The star admitted that she almost didn’t attend the show as an act of protest about the law, which went into effect on Sept. 1 after being upheld in a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is the strictest abortion law in the country.
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Critics say many women don’t yet know they’re pregnant at six weeks – around the time when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected – and the law makes no exceptions for rape or incest. It also allows citizens to sue providers of anyone helping women get an abortion.
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Masks help prevent COVID-19, yet another study shows
ATLANTA - While several studies already show that face masks and respirators effectively filter virus-sized particles and help reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission, yet, another study is backing this evidence up.
According to a study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week, consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive COVID-19 test.
The study enrolled randomly selected California residents who had received a test result for COVID-19 between Feb. 18, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2021.
Face mask or respirator use was assessed among 652 participants who had received a positive test result for COVID-19, and 1,176 participants who had received a negative test result but reported being in indoor public settings during the two weeks preceding testing and who reported no known contact with anyone with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection during the time.
A picture taken on May 19, 2020 in Toulouse southern France shows a protective surgical face mask. (Credit: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)
"Always using a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower adjusted odds of a positive test result compared with never wearing a face mask or respirator in these settings," the study authors wrote.
A higher proportion of participants (78.4%) was unvaccinated compared with vaccinated participants (57.5%).
An additional analysis assessed differences in protection against the infection by the type of face covering worn, and was limited to a subset of participants enrolled after September 9, 2021, who were asked to indicate the type of face covering they typically wore.
"The use of respirators with higher filtration capacity was associated with the most protection," the study authors continued.
This study did not account for other preventive behaviors that could influence risk for acquiring infection, including adherence to physical distancing recommendations.
Yet, these findings are consistent with existing research demonstrating that face masks or respirators effectively filter viruses in laboratory settings and with other studies showing reductions in SARS-CoV-2 incidence associated with community-level masking requirements.
In November, mask research analyzing several studies worldwide showed wearing a mask cut the number of new infections by 53%. Meanwhile, another study in the U.S. reported a 29% reduction in new COVID-19 cases in states where masks were mandatory.
"These findings reinforce that in addition to being up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccinations, consistently wearing a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings reduces the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection," the study authors continued. "Using a respirator offers the highest level of personal protection against acquiring infection, although it is most important to wear a mask or respirator that is comfortable and can be used consistently."
The study also highlights the importance of improving access to high-quality masks to ensure access is not a barrier to use.
Last month, the CDC recommended people opt for the highly-protective N95 or KN95 masks over cloth masks to ward off the highly-contagious omicron variant and slow the coronavirus spread.
"Masks are designed to contain your respiratory droplets and particles," the CDC said on its website. "They also provide you some protection from particles expelled by others."
Many infectious disease experts have noted people prefer cloth masks because they are more comfortable and fashionable to wear, but these masks can only block larger droplets of COVID-19, not smaller aerosols or particles that can also carry the virus.
But, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, noted last month that any mask is better than none.
"I’ll just add that CDC continues to recommend that any mask is better than no mask. And we do encourage all Americans to wear a well-fitting mask to protect themselves and prevent the spread of COVID-19, and that recommendation is not going to change," Walensky said.
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She added: "The best mask is the one that you will wear and the one you can keep on all day long, that you can tolerate in public indoor settings."
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Biden sees mask requirements for children easing, but cautious on dropping all mandates
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said mask requirements for children would likely to start to fall away given federal plans to begin vaccinating children under the age of 5 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-plans-roll-out-covid-19-shots-children-under-5-years-february-2022-02-09, but said it was probably premature to drop COVID mask requirements entirely.
Biden told NBC News in an interview that Omicron and other COVID-19 variants had had a "profound impact on the psyche of the American people" and conceded that changing guidelines for the wearing of masks were "confusing." But Biden said he had tried to ensure that Americans had access to ample supplies of COVID vaccines, boosters and masks, and remained committed to following the advice of science advisers.
Asked if children should be required to wear masks in schools, Biden noted that 98% of schools were now open, compared to just 46% when he took office just over a year ago - and the reopenings were made possible by the wearing of masks. He suggested, however, that could change when more children could be vaccinated. "Every day that goes by, children are more protected. We're now on the verge of being able to have shots ... for young children," he said. "And so the more protection they have, probably you're going to see less and less requirement to have the masks."
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, told Reuters on Tuesday that the agency was sticking to its guidance for universal masking https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-cdc-stands-by-k-12-school-masking-guidance-states-relax-rules-walensky-2022-02-08 in schools given that COVID cases remained high nationwide. Officials in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California and Oregon have said they plan to lift indoor mask mandates for K-12 public schools and other indoor spaces in coming weeks, seeking a return to normalcy as infections spurred by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus ebb.
And New York, Nevada and Massachusetts this week joined the growing list of states that have announced plans to loosen mask mandates. Biden, asked if those governors were moving too fast, said it was hard to say if they were wrong given declining COVID cases. He said he understood Americans' desire to return to pre-COVID normalcy, but said his science advisers were still cautious.
"I think it's probably premature, but you know, it's a tough call," he said.
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Nevada, Vegas casinos rescind mask mandates effective immediately
LAS VEGAS - Nevada and its casinos have rescinded requirements for people to wear masks in public, joining most other U.S. states lifting restrictions that were imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Thursday that he would no longer require face coverings in public places, "effective immediately."
State casino regulators followed with a rule change for casinos.
"Individuals are no longer required to wear a mask in public indoor settings in licensed gaming establishments," the Nevada Gaming Control Board said, "unless a local jurisdiction still imposes such a requirement."
Masks won’t be required in jails and correctional facilities, Sisolak said, but "there are locations where Nevadans and visitors may still be asked to wear a mask" including hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities, and at airports, on planes and on public buses and school buses.
The governor acknowledged a wide divergence of opinion about dropping the mask mandate.
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"Some people think we were ready long ago, some people think we’re not ready yet," he said. "I feel now is the appropriate time to move forward."
He added that employers and school districts can still set their own policies.
The National Federation of Independent Business state chapter on Wednesday urged Sisolak to drop the mask mandate it said was making it hard for small businesses to retain and hire workers.
Separately, Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO of MGM Resorts International, the state’s largest employer, said during an earnings conference call Wednesday that he anticipated the mask rule in Nevada would be relaxed.
"I expect that given positive COVID trends in Nevada we will start to see meaningful loosening of COVID restrictions in the very very near future consistent with what we have seen in other states," Hornbuckle said.
Nationally, cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19 have dropped markedly after peaking earlier this year amid the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, and the vast majority of Americans are protected against the virus by effective vaccines and boosters.
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to recommend wearing a mask indoors in places of "substantial or high transmission" of the virus, which as of Wednesday was all of the U.S. but 14 rural counties.
New cases in Nevada have continued a steep decline since a statewide peak in mid-January. But the rate of the virus spread remains high — far above the CDC’s thresholds for positivity and new cases per population of 100,000.
"I want to be clear, the emergency is not over. The pandemic is not over," Sisolak said Thursday. "We’re still getting far too many cases, far too many hospitalizations and far too many deaths."
But he said a significant drop in hospitalizations in recent weeks has accompanied a dramatic decline in new cases, from a peak of 7,865 on Jan. 10 to about 1,280 cases per day statewide now. He also noted that two-thirds of Nevadans age 5 and older are vaccinated.
"I’m hopeful and confident, based on the data we have, we are in a good positions to drop this and to give people back some freedom. Everyone wants to get back to their normal life ... I mean, its been two years. I think the time has come," he said.
Sisolak, who is up for reelection in the Western swing state in November, said the state is spending $19 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to address the availability of COVID-19 test kits and therapeutics.
A crowded field of Republicans vying to run against Sisolak have criticized Nevada’s virus response and mask rules.
Sisolak acted just days after officials in neighboring California announced an end next week to indoor masking requirements for vaccinated people. Masks will remain the rule for schoolchildren in that state.
New York and Illinois on Wednesday became the latest states to announce an end to indoor mask mandates, but school mandates remain in those states.
The NFIB Nevada chapter cited a U.S. Chamber of Commerce analysis that found the Silver State had the highest "quit" rate in the nation last year at 3.8%.
Workers cited mask requirements and harassment by customers who refuse to wear masks among reasons for leaving their jobs, the chamber said.
"While many question the effectiveness in stopping the spread of COVID, there is agreement that after two years more and more people are refusing to wear masks, which is presenting a challenge to employees who still have to act like the ‘mask police,’" its letter to Sisolak said.
Since July 2021, Nevada had been under a state emergency order requiring people in counties with high COVID-19 transmission rates to wear masks in indoor public spaces, consistent with CDC guidelines.
Sisolak said the CDC guidelines no longer would be binding in Nevada under the new executive order he signed on Thursday.
He said schools were the only place where his order did not take effect immediately, and that would happen on Friday.
"Masks are not required for students and teachers and employees beginning tomorrow morning," Sisolak said.
"But these students are in school right now and a lot of these civic classes watch these press conferences, so I didn’t want them ripping off their masks in the middle of the day. I want to give them a chance to go home, talk to their parents ... and in consultation with their families, decide what is best for them."
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Jerry Harris from U.S. reality TV show 'Cheer' pleads guilty in child sex case
Jerry Harris, who starred in the American reality TV show "Cheer," pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges related to child pornography and sexual assault, according to a court filing.
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Jerry Harris, who starred in the American reality TV show "Cheer," pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges related to child pornography and sexual assault, according to a court filing. Harris was arrested in September 2020 and initially pleaded not guilty on seven counts but on Thursday changed two of them as part of a plea agreement.
The deal states that after sentencing of the two counts, prosecutors would call for the other charges to be dropped, the New York Times reported federal Judge Manish S. Shah as saying at a hearing. Harris admits to repeatedly requesting a minor take sexually explicit photographs and videos of himself in exchange for money and that he traveled from Texas to Florida to engage in sexual acts with a 15-year old, the document said.
"Harris sexually assaulted Minor 5," the plea agreement said. The 22-year old Harris was a breakout star of "Cheer," a reality TV series which tracks a competitive cheerleading squad from Navarro College in Texas as they aim to win a national title.
Harris faces a total sentence for the two counts of up to 50 years in prison. "Jerry's... story can only be understood though the lens of the extreme poverty, sexual abuse, and neglect of his childhood," his attorneys said in a statement.
"With his plea of guilty, Jerry will spend the rest of his life making amends for what he has done."
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Police solve 1964 rape, murder of Pennsylvania girl with DNA, volunteer
HAZLETON, Pa. - DNA and a 20-year-old genealogy expert helped state police identify the man who abducted, raped and murdered a young girl in a case that rattled a Pennsylvania coal town nearly six decades ago, officials announced Thursday.
State police exhumed the long-dead assailant's body last month and said his DNA precisely matched DNA left on the jacket of the victim, 9-year-old Marise Ann Chiverella, who was snatched on the morning of March 18, 1964, as she walked to school in Hazleton, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) north of Philadelphia.
Her body was found that afternoon in a nearby waste coal pit. Authorities say she was raped and strangled.
Police identified her killer as James Paul Forte, a bartender with a record of violent sexual assault, who died of natural causes in 1980 at age 38. Police said Forte, who was 22 at the time of the murder, had no known connection to the little girl or her family.
Generations of state police investigators pursued Marise's killer — more than 230 members of the department were involved in the probe at one time or another — but Forte's name did not come up until 2020.
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By that time, new DNA technology had established a distant family connection to Forte, and Eric Schubert, a college student and expert in genetic genealogy who had volunteered to work the case, put together an extensive family tree that helped investigators narrow their suspect list.
State police made the announcement at a news conference packed with current and retired investigators — including the trooper who first probed Marise’s murder — and the little girl’s four siblings and extended family.
Her siblings called Marise a sweet and shy girl who was learning to play the organ and aspired to be a nun.
"We have so many precious memories of Marise. At the same time, our family will always feel the emptiness and sorrow of her absence," said her sister, Carmen Marie Radtke. "We will continue to ask ourselves, what would have been, what could have been?"
She said their deceased parents never sought revenge, but justice.
"Thanks to the Pennsylvania State Police, justice has been served today," she said.
Thanks to Schubert, as well.
A history major at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania and proprietor of ES Genealogy, Schubert developed an interest in the discipline as a young boy and had helped other police agencies crack their cold cases using genetic genealogy, which blends the use of DNA testing with traditional genealogical research.
He was looking for a new case to work on when he ran across Marise's story, and offered his services to the normally insular Pennsylvania State Police. He was pleasantly surprised when they accepted and spent the next two years on the case, working side by side with investigators.
"The investigation that went into all of this work was probably the hardest genealogy task that I’ve ever faced. This was probably the hardest thing that I've ever done in my entire life," he said. "And it means so much to me that I was able to be on the team that could provide answers to the Chiverella family."
At a certain point, he said, "I knew we were going to find the assailant."
State police Cpl. Mark Baron, the lead investigator, said it was believed to be the fourth-oldest cold case in the U.S. to be solved using genetic genealogy, and the oldest in Pennsylvania.
Baron, who choked up as he spoke, called it an important day for Marise’s family and for a community that had long been haunted by her slaying.
"It's a vivid memory for everybody who lived through this, and it's a vivid memory for everybody who grew up in this area," he said. "What happened to her ushered in a change in this community. Whether you like it or not, the way you lived changed after March 18 of 1964 in Hazleton."
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Finland set to sign deal with U.S. for 64 F-35 jets -sources
Finland's formal purchase agreement for F-35 fighter jets could be signed as soon as Friday, U.S.-based sources familiar with the plan said on Thursday, bringing the stealthy new planes one step closer to deploying in coming years on Russia's northern flank.
Finland's formal purchase agreement for F-35 fighter jets could be signed as soon as Friday, U.S.-based sources familiar with the plan said on Thursday, bringing the stealthy new planes one step closer to deploying in coming years on Russia's northern flank. In December, Finland said it would replace its ageing F/A-18 combat jets with 64 F-35s planes and weapons systems in a deal $9.4 billion dollar deal. The deal is a foreign military sale through the U.S. government, but Lockheed Martin Corp is the principal contractor for the jets.
"This is another clear sign of how serious Finland has always been about its national defense," Finland's ambassador to the United States, Mikko Hautala, said in a statement. Hautala said, "it is part of our long-term planning and has nothing to do with the current situation as such." He did not comment on any potential deal signing for the jets. Russia, which shares a long border with Finland, has continued to mass troops near Ukraine. The standoff between Ukraine and Russia has prompted NATO to beef up the military presence on its own eastern flank.
Finland has no plans at present to join NATO, its foreign minister said in January. Still, Finland is buying NATO-compatible military equipment, which will allow for greater cooperation. Finland, which shares a difficult history with Russia after the two clashed during World War Two, has long maintained the door to NATO open, saying it has the right to apply for membership if it so chooses.
Three people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity said that as early as Friday Finland could sign the paperwork formalizing the jet deal and that production can begin. Finland ran a multi-year competition to replace its fleet of F-18s. The U.S. State Department declined to comment.
Finland will begin to phase in the F-35 jets in 2027, the government has said.
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Texas abortions fell 60% in 1st month under new limits
TEXAS (AP) - Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a full accounting of the immediate impact.
The nearly 2,200 abortions reported by Texas providers in September came after a new law took effect that bans the procedure once cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy and without exceptions in cases of rape or incest. The figures were released this month by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
In August, there had been more than 5,400 abortions statewide. State health officials said more data will be released on a monthly basis.
The numbers offer a fuller picture of the sharp drop in patients that Texas doctors have described in their clinics over the past five months, during which time courts have repeatedly allowed the restrictions to stay in place. It has left some Texas patients traveling hundreds of miles to clinics in neighboring states or farther, causing a backlog of appointments in those places.
The Texas law conflicts with landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings that prevent a state from banning abortion early in pregnancy, but was written in a way that has essentially outmaneuvered those precedents.
Under the law, any private citizen is entitled to collect $10,000 or more if they bring a successful lawsuit against someone who performed or helped a woman obtain an abortion after the limit — which opponents have condemned as a bounty. So far, no anti-abortion supporters have filed any suits.
With few options left, Texas abortion providers have acknowledged the law is likely to stay on the books for the foreseeable future.
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It comes as the U.S. Supreme Court has signaled a willingness to weaken or reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade precedent in a ruling that is expected later this year.
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