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Caitlyn Jenner has joined Fox News Media as a contributor, the network announced on Thursday.
Suzanne Scott, the news network's CEO, said via a news release that the former Olympic great and one-time California gubernatorial candidate will offer commentary and analysis across Fox News Channel programming and its various media platforms.
"Caitlyn's story is an inspiration to us all," Scott said in the statement. "She is a trailblazer in the LGBTQ+ community and her illustrious career spans a variety of fields that will be a tremendous asset for our audience."
Jenner said she was "humbled by this unique opportunity to speak directly to Fox News Media's millions of viewers about a range of issues that are important to the American people." Jenner is set to make her first appearance in her new role at the 9 p.m. ET hour on Thursday.
Jenner transitioned from Bruce Jenner in 2015 and publicly came out as transgender in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer. She documented her journey as a trans woman on her reality TV show, I Am Cait.
During a recent interview with ET while talking about daughter Kylie Jenner changing her son's name, Jenner said that when it came to her own name, after changing her name from Bruce, she "struggled with it for years."
"When you have a little child, you know the little baby comes out and you think of what it should be, but then you get them in your arms and you play with them and spend time with them and say, ‘I don’t know if that name fits, maybe it’s another name,'" Jenner explained. "That’s Kylie’s decision. When she officially announces it, but honestly, I think this is very good."
Last year, Jenner was among a long list of GOP candidates to run for California governor, but she garnered only one percent of the vote in the second recall election in the state's history.
Jenner earned renewed fame after appearing on Keeping Up With the Kardashians when it debuted on E! in 2007 until its end last year. Earlier this month, the 72-year-old said she had no hard feelings about not being included in the Kardashian-Jenner family's new Hulu reality series, The Kardashians.
She retweeted a Variety story, writing, "I was there when this started from day one. I watched it grow. And doing the show for almost 20 seasons was one of the highlights of my life. To be able to work with my family for all those years, connect with the fans, it was incredible. Happy that it continues for my family."
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Updated: March 31, 2022 05:23 PM
Created: March 31, 2022 04:54 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – It all started with 13 balloons at Coronado Center in 1972. Now, 50 years after Albuquerque’s first Balloon Fiesta, officials are honoring the man responsible.
"We're excited to kick off the season with a small-scale exhibit, opening for Sid Cutter,” said Nan Masland, the manager of the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum. “‘Man Above Town,’ celebrates Sid Cutter, who is lovingly known as the ‘Father of Balloon Fiesta.’”
This exhibit opens Friday, April 8, which is the true 50th anniversary of Balloon Fiesta.
"We moved it years and years ago to October because the weather was just so much better," said the events director of operations, Sam Parks.
It also gives officials six more months to plan what they say will be the biggest fiesta to date.
"We are so excited to invite the world to the ballooning capital to see 650 hot air balloons,” Parks said. “We're going to have 120 special shapes, which will be the most we've ever had and 530 round balloons."
This year, officials are also paying homage to the first-ever ascension, back in the ’70s.
"We're actually going back to the Coronado Center, and we're going to replicate the original 13 balloons that took off from that location 50 years ago,” Parks said. “So there will be balloons representing the original 13, and we actually have three of the surviving pilots still with us today, and they're going to be able to joins us on that special day."
Officials are also bringing back Music Fiesta for the first time since 2019, and closer to October, the Balloon Museum will open a second new exhibit called ‘Canopy of Color.’
"It will be the very first large scale exhibition that really celebrates that history, focuses on the joy, the spirit, all of the hard work, dedication, and all of the individuals who came together and had this incredible vision that we're still seeing come through today," Masland said.
Balloon and Music Fiesta tickets go on sale Friday, April 1. You can click here to purchase them when they become available.
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HARRISON, Maine — High gas prices along with rising inflation are causing some food pantries in rural Maine to struggle to keep up with the surging demand for food.
Every Tuesday from noon to 6 p.m., cars line up outside the Harrison Food Bank while volunteers inside bag up frozen meat, sorting through products and other donated food items.
Abbie Barber and her husband are among 42 volunteers who fill hundreds of boxes every week with groceries.
"It's just one of those things, more people should do it because there is the need," Barber said.
Food bank founder Sandy Swett said a large number of donations come from grocery stores, while meat and seafood wholesalers donate items that are close to expiring or overstocked.
Swett said the demand for nutritious food is surging.
The pantry is serving nearly 500 families at its weekly pickup. Volunteers also are delivering groceries to more than 100 people throughout Oxford County who don't live near a food pantry. The majority live up to an hour's drive away.
'We are getting calls from people who have children, saying, 'I can't afford the gas, can you bring food to me?'" Swett said.
Families who can afford to drive are bringing boxes of food back to their neighbors, including the elderly.
Ellie McKinney drives from Oxford to get food for herself and two other families. She said the donations are a big help, especially for those on a fixed income.
"I am disabled, and my dad gets $20 a month for food stamps, so this really helps him", McKinney said.
Others say rising gas prices may put a brake on how often they can come to get food. Carolyn Payeur drives to the food bank from Dixfield, which is an hour each way.
"I told them I will continue to do this until it hits $5 a gallon," she said. "When it hits $5, we may have to go every other week."
One of the pantry's biggest expenses is diesel fuel. Their two trucks are on the road five days a week, making daily 100 mile round trips to Greater Portland to pick up donated food.
And costs are rising at a time when financial donations are way down. Twenty-five new families are signing up every week and Swett worries about keeping up with the need. The Harrison Food Bank also supplies six other smaller food pantries in Oxford County.
Volunteers are hopeful more businesses and the public will answer the call.
Cash donations can be made on the food bank's website and Facebook page to help ensure that no one goes hungry despite an uncertain economy.
NEWS CENTER Maine is committed to fighting hunger year round. Our 'Feed Maine' Telethon will be held on May 5 to benefit the Good Shepherd Food Bank.
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BOULDER, Colo — The Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy & Research Organization (CLLARO) expressed outrage that the University of Colorado (CU) Board of Regents did not select former Colorado Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia as a finalist for the position of president.
CLLARO specifically named Garcia as a candidate who the organization believes was overlooked despite his qualifications.
CU on Thursday did not confirm or deny to 9NEWS whether Garcia is under consideration. A spokesman said the Board of Regents has not yet selected any finalists.
CLLARO claims five finalists have been selected and Garcia isn't one of them. However, CU said they aren't expecting finalists to be selected "any time soon."
Former CU President Mark Kennedy announced he was leaving the school in May 2021 and was given the title of president emeritus.
CU administrator Todd Saliman was named interim president effective July 1, 2021.
> Video above from May 2021: CU President Mark Kennedy says he will step down.
In December, the 16-member presidential search committee announced it would narrow the pool to at least five candidates.
The search committee is required by the Board of Regents to maintain the candidates' confidentiality during search, but according to CLLARO, Garcia was not selected as one of the five remaining finalists.
“I have known Joe Garcia since he was a Harvard Law student and his twenty year history in higher education is extraordinary," CLLARO Board Chair Federico Peña said. "It’s unbelievable that his name will not be presented to the full Board of Regents.”
A recent study referenced by CLLARO highlights the discrepancy between the United States' Hispanic population of 18.5% in general and their representation among executive ranks, which is only 4%.
“It is extremely disappointing that our community can never get to the top of the competition," said Virginia Castro, President of the Auraria Historical Advocacy Council and member of the Latino Advocacy Council. "When will our qualifications be enough? Even with people as qualified as Joe Garcia.”
CLLARO said the following organizations "stand with CLLARO in our disappointment":
- Auraria Historical Advocacy Council
- Cesar Chavez Peace and Justice Center for Denver
- Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Nuevo Amistad
- Servicios de la Raza
- Servicios Sigue
CU Vice President for Communications Michael Sandler told 9NEWS in an email that "The Board of Regents has not selected any finalists in the presidential search, and the board is not expected to do so any time soon."
Sandler continued, "So you understand the process, the board would announce a finalist or finalists at a public meeting. Then there will be a two-week period when the public can meet the individuals on our campuses before the board votes publicly to elect a president. The board has said that they expect for the process to be complete by the end of the spring semester."
Troy Pope contributed to the reporting of this story.
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Updated: March 31, 2022 04:23 PM
Created: March 31, 2022 04:09 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Adult-use cannabis sales will be legal statewide, starting April 1. The Cannabis Control Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department has provided important guidance to consumers in order to safely participate in this new market:
Frequently Asked Questions
To date, 151 retail licenses have been issued by the state, covering nearly 250 locations. However, not all locations will be open Friday. The CCD encourages consumers to do their research online and find a retailer near them that is open for business.
The CCD also advises anyone buying cannabis to consume responsibly.
“Start low and go slow,” said Cannabis Control Division Director Kristen Thomson – referring to starting with a product that has a low level of THC and only slowly increasing consumption once someone has a sense how their body is responding. “Even more importantly, though, New Mexicans must remember not to drive after consuming cannabis. Driving under the influence puts consumers and others on the road at risk. Law enforcement will be doing their job to keep roads safe. We encourage anyone who plans to consume to have a designated driver or use a taxi or ride-share service.”
The Cannabis Regulation Act, passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor last year, called for sales of adult-use cannabis to begin no later than April 1. The new industry is projected to generate $300 million annually in sales, create 11,000 jobs and bring in $50 million in state revenue in the first year alone.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians reports 5 percent of American adults, including 50,000 Mainers, live with a serious mental illness.
Thursday National Shattering Silence Coalition organized a press conference where mental health advocates urged lawmakers to vote in favor of two bills that would better support Mainers with those illnesses. The goal is to get more people on Progressive Treatment Programs, designed to keep people with a mental illness on their medications and other treatment plans and out of hospitals and jails.
Advocates want the legislature to pass LD 1993 and LD 1994, which would do two things: provide a liaison to help coordinate Progressive Treatment Programs and fund that program.
Currently, only patients at Dorothea Dix Hospital or Riverview Hospital qualify for these treatment plans because they are operated by the state.
Family members of people with serious mental illnesses also shared their stories Thursday.
"I'm the mom of a man who suffers from schizoaffective disorder which began when he was 20," Jeanne Gore of Shapleigh said at a press conference. "From the age of 20 to the age of 32 he was hospitalized 43 times. He went missing. He was jailed twice. I rescued him from a religious cult and just on and on."
Gore said her son is in a much better place now and attributes that to his treatment plan. She said she hopes other families have the same opportunity.
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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado's mass vaccination and testing sites close on Thursday. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) stated it is a step in the state's 'Roadmap to moving Forward' as they move toward traditional healthcare settings to provide vaccines and testing for Coloradans.
The closures come as Boulder County sees a slight uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Boulder County Fairgrounds is one of the sites that will no longer operate. 9NEWS spoke to Carol Helwig, the Boulder County Public Health communicable disease control manager, to see if there should be any cause for concern.
What are the current COVID-19 case numbers looking like for Boulder County?
Helwig: When I last looked at our trendline, it is looking a little bumpy, I wouldn’t necessarily call it an uptick right now I would just call it a bumpy way down post Omicron right now.
Is there an explanation for the 'bumpiness'?
Helwig: It can be a lot of things. It could be, ya know, changing behaviors after we rescinded our public mask order for example, our schools are no longer requiring masks to attend school so there is a shift in the level of exposure. Although we have not seen impact to our hospitals because we have great levels of vaccination rates in the community and since we’ve went through this very large Omicron spike there is also some natural immunity in our community as well.
But those bumps are normal and natural. We just had spring break recently so there may have been a lot of traveling to different states or different counties and of course with travel, there can be exposure for folks not just for COVID but to other respiratory diseases or other illnesses. We see spikes in illnesses after breaks very regularly, it’s a regular thing that happens.
Is the 'normal bumpiness' the reason why the county is comfortable with closing the Boulder County Fairgrounds testing and vaccination site?
Helwig: We do have a testing site at the Boulder County Fairgrounds and that site has been incredibly valuable in increasing access and it was a drive-thru site and made a lot of access for our community. I think also there’s supply and demand and right now we do have a lot of clinics available in our community. Boulder County Public Health has vaccination opportunities for the community. So there’s a lot of availability.
And with that fairgrounds site, with the warmer months coming, the community needs that site for other activities and other events that are coming but vaccines are still very widely available for everyone as well and there are still many testing sites available. There is the Stazio site in Boulder and we also have other opportunities.
Do we think these site closures are an end of a chapter during this pandemic?
Helwig: I think not just the fairgrounds but I think everything feels like a very big shift right now. I think it has been many ups and downs these past two years. The period we had before vaccines were widely available and we were really widely susceptible and vulnerable to severe outcomes, and then when vaccines became available and then the uptick was really slow.
We’ve all been through different phases of the pandemic together and I do think we are in a very different place and that is primarily because of the availability of vaccinations, the willingness of the community to roll up their sleeves to take those vaccinations.
I think when we look back and we really get to assess how everything went I think our community really stepped up and did a good job.
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Updated: March 31, 2022 05:19 PM
Created: March 31, 2022 04:10 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque cannabis dispensary’s grand opening was delayed due to a break-in and now the owner is warning other dispensary owners planning to break into the recreational cannabis business.
"We got broken into which is never a good time but I've got to tell you but we've had worse," said David White, founder of Organtica, a local medical cannabis company founded in 2016.
Their new dispensary in Albuquerque called Xtracts is now open on Central at Sunset.
It’ll serve medical cannabis patients, but will also sell marijuana for recreational use when legal sales begin statewide Friday.
"It's just a fact that we have to deal with and cannabis locations need to be very secure. Ours was very secure. We just had a very unfortunate incident where somebody took an enormous amount of effort and time and broke through walls from a business right next to ours," said White.
The thief didn't get away with anything but did a lot of damage to the business.
“There's never any actual product left out at night it's all locked away in safes and vaults that cannot be accessed. All they did is a lot of damage," said White.
Xtracts will be Friday when recreational marijuana sales start in New Mexico.
White has some advice for other dispensary owners who are just getting into the business for the first time.
"At night it's best to really have a good protocol,” he said. “Have a good monitoring service. Know where your possible weak areas are, whether it's above through sky lights, whether it's through a neighboring business, or digging a tunnel underneath your dispensaries. If there's a will there's a way and unfortunately there's a lot of people who have the will to do that kind of damage."
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BELFAST, Maine — Hannaford supermarket donated $25,000 to the City of Belfast's "Keep the Faith" fund on Wednesday to support the Penobscot-McCrum potato processing facility workers who lost their jobs after last week's fire destroyed the building.
Belfast city Manager Erin Herbig said the fund has reached nearly $70,000 so far, thanks in part to this donation, which will allow them to distribute a $500 check to each of the 138 employees who worked at that facility this week.
"We want the community to know that we are here for them and will support any way we can," Stefan Wrigley, store manager at the Hannaford in Belfast, said in a news release. "I'm very proud to work for a company where our commitment to [the] community is so strong — and where we strive to be 'greater than groceries.'"
The Keep the Faith fund was initially set up during the pandemic to support struggling local businesses and is now being used to support the Penobscot-McCrum employees.
"On Wednesday, Belfast Hannaford made a tremendous act of corporate kindness and compassion with their significant donation," Belfast Mayor Eric Sanders said in a statement. "Their generous contribution to the McCrum employees brings hope to the city of Belfast. To the employees at the Belfast Hannaford, thank you. Your gracious act will be remembered in this town."
Herbig said the city has also planned a job and resources fair for April 12. It will be held at the University of Maine's Hutchinson Center in Belfast from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Along with job opportunities, Herbig said the fair would provide resources like rent relief and grocery stipends to those workers. The fair will be open to the public.
Anyone who would like to donate to the Keep the Faith fund can click here.
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LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A student at Alameda International High School in Lakewood died earlier this month from an accidental fentanyl overdose, according to a letter sent to parents by the school principal.
The letter references the death of 16-year-old Kimberly Jimenez Figueroa, which occurred during the district's spring break.
"We have learned that Kimberly died from an accidental drug overdose laced with fentanyl," principal Susie Van Scoyk wrote in the letter.
Van Scoyk said Kimberly's family gave permission for the school to share information about her death "in an effort to help others who may be struggling."
A Gofundme related to Kimberly's death has been created, however, 9NEWS has not independently confirmed its veracity.
The letter encouraged families, educators and others to have "open and non-judgmental conversations" about the realities of substance use and misuse.
The letter recommended Twelve Talks to Have with Teens as a resource to help adults talk with teens about a variety of difficult topics they are facing.
Other resources include:
- Jefferson Center for Mental Health: 303-425-0300
- JCMH Walk-In Crisis Center: 4643 Wadsworth Blvd, Wheat Ridge
- Colorado Crisis Services: call 1-844-493-TALK (8255), or text TALK to 38255
- Safe2Tell: 1-877-542-7233
9NEWS has reached out to the Lakewood Police Department for information about the investigation into Kimberly's death and will update this story when we learn more.
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MAINE, USA — Police departments across the state are rolling out new requirements regarding how they interact with people who are unhoused who commit minor crimes.
Under a new law, Title 17-A of the Maine criminal code, Maine police forces are required to attempt diversion methods instead of arrest when encountering a person who is experiencing homelessness and is accused of committing one of five minor crimes: trespassing, disorderly conduct, drug possession, urinating in public, and public drinking.
The law passed through the legislature on July 1, 2021, but departments had until March 1, 2022 to write "homelessness crisis protocols" and until April 1 to train staff on the protocols.
Bangor Sgt. Wade Betters said his department has used similar tactics for years and will work to enforce the law fairly for everyone.
"That’s not to say that we can’t make an arrest or issue a ticket, but every situation is different," he said Thursday during an interview outside Bangor Police Department headquarters. "But, again, this law is designed to make it so all law enforcement statewide would understand that the preferred method would be to divert from the criminal justice system."
Betters showed NEWS CENTER Maine a card each officer carries with them, filled with addresses and phone numbers for local and state mental health and housing resources.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey was required by the law to write a protocol by Jan. 1 as an example for local departments to use as a template if they desired.
Each police force must have a protocol in place, but those protocols may have desired outcomes instead of ironclad decisions to be made during each encounter.
Under the law, it could be possible for two people in the same city to commit the same crime, where an unhoused person being offered resources and sent on their way but a housed person could be arrested.
Maine State Police Maj. Brian Scott testified on the bill on May 14, as it was debated in the legislature's criminal justice and public safety committee. He wrote that he spoke neither in favor of nor against the bill and said the intent of the law is noble but could potentially lead to people taking advantage of the law or lead to punishing housed people more harshly than others.
The bill's main sponsor, Rep. Victoria Morales, D-South Portland, testified in the same hearing to the law's necessity.
"The majority of the people who enter the doors of Maine jails and prisons today are there because they have experienced trauma, violence, poverty, addiction, disease, oftentimes starting from the day of their birth," Morales told the committee. "We must reject the old value construct that places less value on certain people, and instead maintain that all people have value."
Boyd Kronholm from the Bangor Area Homeless Shelter said the police there have had diversion tactics for years. While there’s some grey area in this new law, for him it’s all about a mindset of what’s best for each human involved.
"We need to spend time with the individual, find out what’s caused you to end up in the situation you’re in and what can we do with some natural supports to strengthen, to prevent that from happening, or to solve that issue," Kronholm said.
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DENVER — A new class action lawsuit accuses Xcel Energy of negligence related to the Marshall Fire, the most destructive fire in Colorado history, claiming power lines and utility equipment “were a substantial factor in the cause, origin, and continuation” of the event.
Court documents filed Thursday list the plaintiffs as two businesses and John and Jane Doe, a married couple characterized as “terrorized and damaged” by the fire that tore through parts of Boulder County on Dec. 30. This couple, the lawsuit says, filed the lawsuit on behalf of Coloradans who experienced property damage or suffered financial loss because of the fire.
The lawsuit contends that just before the fire, a witness captured video showing sparks flying from a malfunctioning power line near the Shell gas station at 1805 South Foothills Highway, in the Eldorado Springs neighborhood of Boulder County.
It goes on to directly say these sparks ignited the Marshall Fire, though fire investigators have not released information backing that assertion.
Thursday, the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it will take several more months to investigate the cause and origin of the fire. Several pieces of evidence remain under review.
The court documents, however, still identify the role of Xcel equipment in past fires -- the Cabin Creek Fire in 2007 that killed five employees and injured three others, and the Overland Fire that destroyed 12 homes in 2003.
The Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes and killed one person. Another person is still unaccounted for after the fire.
According to the lawsuit, the design of Xcel's infrastructure presents "inherent danger." The plaintiffs accuse the company of failing to properly inspect and maintain power lines.
In the case of the Marshall Fire, the lawsuit specifically points to information from Xcel spokesperson Michelle Aguayo, saying she acknowledged the possibility of arcing power lines on the day of the fire.
When contacted by 9NEWS in February, Aguayo did say via email that lines could have touched, but Xcel had not found downed power lines and the company had no evidence Xcel equipment could have started the fire.
"We are supporting the investigation and will continue to evaluate the facts as we go forward," the email said. "Our equipment held up well in unprecedented 110 mph wind gusts on the day of the fire, but it is possible that some lines may have touched during the storm. Nevertheless, nothing we have seen to this point in the investigation leads us to believe that arcing – or any other aspect of our equipment’s operation – ignited the fire."
Xcel said Thursday afternoon they are reviewing the lawsuit.
"We’re aware of the filing and we’re currently reviewing it," a spokesperson said. "As you know, the cause of the fire is still under investigation and we continue to work with authorities. Our own investigation shows that our equipment in the area of the fire was properly maintained and inspected, consistent with our high standards, and we have not seen evidence that our equipment ignited the fire."
This lawsuit seeks monetary compensation for reasons including medical care, lost wages and emotional distress.
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GORHAM, Maine — Maine school bus drivers are noticing more drivers ignoring their blinking red stop signs when they pull over to let kids on or off the bus.
More Maine school districts are adding exterior cameras to their buses to capture video footage of drivers who break the law and put kids in danger.
Gorham schools became the latest district to add more exterior cameras. It added 10 in February, with plans to add seven more, according to facilities and transportation director Norm Justice.
He said his drivers were noticing the problem getting worse at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.
"We hope [the cameras will] have a change in behavior," Justice said. "I would hope that knowing now that we have a means of enforcement, that [drivers will] pay a little closer attention."
Parents are noticing, too.
"I've seen it on my way to work, cars just barreling past," Dave Ciampa, who also works for the district, said. Two of his children attend Gorham schools and ride the buses.
"It boggles my mind. It really just defies my level of logic. You don't know what people are thinking about when they do it," Ciampa said.
On March 16, Cumberland County Sheriff's deputies said 19-year-old Carly Rioux, of Gorham illegally passed a stopped school bus in Standish on the right side, the side where the door lets kids on and off. Video footage of that incident triggered bus drivers around the state.
"It made my heart go in my throat," Joanna Gordon, a bus driver for Gorham schools, said. "That really scared me that people are not paying attention driving. That could have been myself, a car going by my door."
Police charged Rioux with passing a stopped school bus. A first offense carries a minimum fine of 250 dollars.
Other cities, such as Bangor, have had the cameras for two years. Cyr Bus Line, which drives for the district, said the cameras work for catching people but not deterring them.
"It's gotten to be such an epidemic of people not paying attention that this has really helped [catch them]," Judy Wilcox, manager of the Bangor Division of Cyr Bus Line, said. "We hope we don't come to the day where it takes an injury to start paying attention."
"If people are not paying attention, it makes my job harder to make sure I'm paying attention for them and I'm doing what I need to do," Gordon said
In Maine, about 80 percent of students ride the school bus, according to the Maine Department of Education. During the school year in Maine, about 140,000 children are transported on 3,000 school buses by 2,200 school bus drivers over 30 million miles of urban and rural roads.
"This ridership is high compared to 50 percent national student ridership," the DOE wrote in a news release. "To add to this, Maine traditionally has one of the best safety records in the nation."
"Just that moment of 3 seconds of watching her cross the street. It is stressful," Ciampa said. "But hopefully these new safeguards will only prevent this from happening in the future."
Districts including Scarborough, Yarmouth, Bar Harbor, Trenton, RSU 34 (Alton, Bradley, Old Town), Brewer, and Bangor have cameras on their buses, too.
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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — It was an unconventional reason to pop champagne on Wednesday night, but neighbors on Panorama Drive gathered together because they all needed a reason to celebrate.
“I will find any excuse to have happy hour," joked Nic Ferrington.
When Nic and Katie Ferrington lost their home in the Marshall Fire, it was hard to have hope, but the beginning of debris removal changes that.
The family hired a private contractor, and the work to clear the ashes of their home began on Monday.
"Here’s to taking the first step to rebuilding," Nic said while holding up a Champagne glass. "It’s real glass, you can just throw it at the house when you’re done."
There are only a few homes standing on their road, and those neighbors, along with the ones who have been displaced, joined in on the celebration.
"I’m so happy for you guys," said Yvonne Gates, whose home survived. “I’m ready for you guys to come back because it’s lonely down there."
The contractors doing the work were invited too, and they even brought out a grill.
The Ferringtons also got good news recently about their insurance claim.
We had previously reported they were $800,000 underinsured, but after filing a complaint, insurance sided in their favor.
"And we just found out last Wednesday that they are upping our limits," said Katie. "It’s not like total replacement, but it’s more."
That celebration though wasn't as sweet knowing many of their neighbors won't get that good news.
"My neighbors over there, and these neighbors, they’re still all underinsured," said Nic.
The process is not easy, but seeing the excavators and shovels is finally progress.
"This is just exciting to get the journey going and thanks for sharing it with us," said Nic to the happy hour crowd. "And I hope we get to be a part of all of yours too."
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:08
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:12
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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don't have an answer for how that's going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that's a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs." Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?" Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden's social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden's agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven't abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden's economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they'd help people cope with costs. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That's done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she's looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control. It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don't reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:14
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
More from VERIFY: No, Congress members did not give themselves a 21% pay raise in 2022
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:18
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
More from VERIFY: No, Congress members did not give themselves a 21% pay raise in 2022
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:20
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AURORA, Colo. — The 9NEWS 'Swag Chain' is for stars...And Regis Jesuit senior Tristan Christofferson is absolutely that.
Christofferson dominated on the court in the Raiders' 5-game victory over the undefeated defending state champions to earn his spot as the Colorado High School athlete of the week.
Christofferson is the first-ever boy's volleyball player to ever win the award and the 20th winner ever in 'Swag Chain' history.
Scotty Gange surprised him in his math class on Thursday morning.
"It's just a lot of fun, I really love my team and it's all just really joyful," Tristan said in his mid-class surprise interview.
Stay tuned to see who wins the Swag Chain next!
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| 2022-04-01T00:02:26
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12-year-old dies after being shot at South Carolina middle school, suspect in custody
A 12-year-old has died after being shot at a middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday.
Community activist Bruce Wilson said Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, died at the hospital.
Wilson released the following statement on behalf of the family:
"We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time."
Greenville County deputies said a school resource officer at Tanglewood Middle School requested backup just before 12:30 p.m.
More than 200 law enforcement officers arrived at the school.
A suspect, who is also 12 years old, was taken into custody near the school, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
He is is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18, Lewis said.
Because of his age, the suspect's name was not released.
"Unfortunately, these are two young men who attended school here," Lewis said. "We don't really know the specifics of why it occurred and why so many people resort to violence, especially with firearms."
Greenville County School Superintendent Burke Royster also spoke outside the school after the shooting.
"I’m not sure after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person who took this rash act," Royster said.
Students from the school were taken to Brookwood Church by bus to be reunited with their families.
One mother told sister station WYFF that she was in the school parking lot when she saw police begin arriving.
"I was getting out and the police told me, ‘Get back, get back. You can’t come in,’ and I was like, ‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong?’" Angela said. "They wouldn’t tell me, he said, 'Get back in your car.’ When I was getting in my car, all the police came. Every police in Greenville County was there and ambulance. They were running in with guns, not handguns, rifles."
Angela’s daughter, Prentasia, said they were changing classes when the shooting happened.
"We heard a gunshot, and this boy had a gun and he shot at one boy in his side," Prentasia said. "We all pretty much went into a classroom and some people went outside. We were just in the classroom ‘til it was over."
Another mother spoke to WYFF shortly after she arrived at the school to pick up her son.
"But I was speechless," she said. "My stomach is still upset. I just want to see my son and hug him and just make sure he's fine."
That mother said she wishes there were metal detectors in school.
"So, I would love for Greenville County to do something and put metal detectors. They all come through the same door. They go to the cafeteria they do that. Why don't they put a metal detector and then at least detect there's something there," the mother said.
Greenville County School District spokesman Tim Waller said Tanglewood Middle will have an optional day on Friday. Teachers, students and staff can come and talk to each other and counselors but are not required to attend school on Friday.
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| 2022-04-01T00:03:52
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First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation.
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you are not alone if assembling IKEA furniture causes you to feel frustrated and inadequate. The wordless pictograms instructions for the flat pack furniture that deems an easy feat even causes veteran D wires to stump over the confusing parts. Apparently named. Alan household quotes confirm your home decor is delicately mapped to your emotional identity and a recent study concluded 50% of 50,000 tweets included signs of frustration, particularly when it comes to assembling sofas. Store these handy hacks away for the next time you've got no idea or perhaps we should say no. IKEA your IQ tips begin before you've even left the store. The spruce says if it's dented don't get it. The use of minimal packaging doesn't protect your item as well as you might think this could lead to an honest case of it's not you. It's the item popular Mechanics says to make space and take inventory. Although Insider reports to skip their tools and use your own instead. Level up by using an actual level or the site also recommends opting for wood glue. Yes, you heard me glue when in doubt phone a friend or better still a professional. This will help you remain as emotionally stable as your IKEA table
IKEA will pay you to get its old furniture back
Updated: 6:34 PM EDT Mar 31, 2022
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
Can't stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA, the retailer will pay you to get them back.
The Swedish furniture and home goods chain said Thursday it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent across its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after piloting the offer last summer.
The company said the service applies only to personally-used Ikea furniture that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea won't accept items that have been modified, or altered in any way.
Here is what's included on the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without upholstery.
The program doesn't extend to non-IKEA-branded products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishing accessories, leather products, lighting fixtures or chests of drawers. Any recalled IKEA products also are excluded.
IKEA said it will inspect each item for its condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if it passes muster, customers will get a store credit. The company said all "gently used" items approved for resale will be available in a designated "as is" section in stores at discounted prices.
The furniture seller already offers a buyback service in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of its sustainability push. Customers there can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get a store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in "very good" condition earn a 40% credit, and "well used" goods get 30% of the original price.
Ikea has 465 stores worldwide, and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a "circular" business by 2030. The goal, it said, is to eventually produce products that are 100% made with materials that are recycled, remanufactured, refurbished or reused.
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THAT, AS W-M-T-W NEWS- 8'S PHIL HIRSCHKORN REPORTS FROM THE STATE HOUSE. (PHIL SU OPEN) THIS YEAR'S PROJECD TE STATE REVENUE SURPLUISS $1.2 BILLION, AND GOVERNOR JANET MILLS WANTS TO REFD UN MORE THAN HALF OF IT -- $682 MILLION -- IN PAYMENTS TO 800,000 TAXPAY S.ER (VO 1: MILLS IN PORTLAND) TODAY IN PORTLAND, THE GOVERNOR MADE HER CASE FOR DIRECT RELIEF FROM INFLATIO N. (SOT 5:31:20, GOV. JANET MILLS, (D) MAINE) "WE'RE DOING ALL WE N CATO PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF TO MAINE PEOPLE NOW - THE $850 CHECKS, HOPEFULLY TO GO OU IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS." (VO 2: LEGISLATURE TODAY) BUT REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS DON'T LI T KE CAP ON RECIPIENTS SET FOR THOSE EARNING $75,000 YEAR OR $150,000 AS A COUPLE. THEY'D EXTEND THE RE BATE TO ALL 920,000 TAXPAYERS, INCLUDING HIGHER INCOME EARNERS. (SOT 2:46:40, REP. KATHLEEN DILLINGHAM, (R) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER) "WE SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING CLASS WARFARE WHEN EVERYONE IS BEING IMPACTED BY INFLATION RIGHT NOW." (VO 3: TWOHO ST) KATHLEEN DILLINGHAM IS THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER. (SOT 2:45:22, REP. KATHLEEN DILLINGHAM, (R) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER) "WE'VE OVER-COLLECTED THAT TAX REVENUE FOR WHAT WE NEED TO RUN OUR GOVERNMENT. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK TO THE PEOP LE THAT WE TOOK IT FROM." (VO 4: GFX) BUT ON THE LEFT, THE MAINE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE, PNTOI TO A NEW POLL OF 518 MAINERS, BY AN AFFILIATED GROUP THIS MONTH, THAT FOUND 56% FAVOR MORE PROGRAMS AND ONLY 28% FAVOR A REBATE. (SOT 2:55:55, ADAM ZUCKERMAN, MAINE PEOPLS E' ALLIANCE) "MAINERS PREFERRED MAKING CRUCIAL INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDED FOR SO MANY YEARS, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE." (VO 5: LEGISLATURE.... ZOOM TWO SHOT) THE POLL DIDN'T ASK ABOUT AN AMOUNT. AN ANALYST FROM THE MAINE ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE, WHICH FOCUSES ON SOLUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME MAINERS, SUGGESTS CAINPP THE REBATE AT THOSE WHO EARN $50,000 A YEAR. (SOT JAMES MYALL, ECONOMIC ANALYST, MAINE ECONOC MI POLICY INSTITUTE, 4:10) "THINGS LIKE INFLATION HIT LOWER-INCOME PEOPLE THE HARDEST, BECAUSE THEY BIGGER AMOUNT OF THEIR MONEY ON THINGS LIKE HEATING COSTS OR FILLING UP THEIR GAS TANKS." (PHISUL CLOSE) THE REBATE AMOUNT áAND ELIGIBILITYá WILL BE DECIDED AS LEGISLATORS ADOPT A SUPPLEME
Maine legislators debate size and speed of tax rebate from revenue surplus
Updated: 7:20 PM EDT Mar 31, 2022
Maine legislators are debating how much of the state’s projected $1.2 billion state revenue surplus should be returned to taxpayers this year.Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat working with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, wants to refund 55% of it, or $622 million, in $850 payments to an estimated 800,000 taxpayers.She would cap eligibility for individuals who earn $75,000 dollars a year or couples who earn $150,000.In Portland on Thursday, in remarks to the New England Beer Summit, Mills made her case to assist with inflation and high energy costs.Mills said, "We're doing all we can to provide direct relief to Maine people now – the $850 checks, hopefully, to go out in the next few months." But Republican legislators don't like the income cap on recipients set for those earning and would extend the rebate to all 920,000 taxpayers, including higher-income earners.Republican Minority Leader Kathleen Dillingham said in an interview, “If we’ve over-collected tax revenues, we’ve over-collected from everyone. It’s not just a certain subset. We shouldn’t be playing class warfare when everyone is being impacted by inflation right now. It’s important those individuals receive some relief as well.”Republicans are also pushing for rebates to be offered electronically – faster than mailing checks.“As soon as possible,” Dillingham said.However, Maine Revenue Services estimates that it has accurate banking information on file for less than half of Maine taxpayers. On the left, the Maine People's Alliance pointed to a poll of 518 Mainers conducted by its affiliate, the Maine People’s Resource Center which found 56% favor more programs and only 28% favor a rebate – though the poll did not ask about an amount.Adam Zuckerman, a Maine People's Alliance lobbyist, said in an interview, "The polling found that in a two to one margin, Mainers preferred making crucial investments in programs that have been underfunded for so many years, like affordable housing, mental and behavioral health, and infrastructure."Similarly, James Myall, an analyst from the Maine Economic Policy Institute, which focuses on solutions for low-income Mainers, suggested capping the rebate at those who earn $50,000 a year.Myall said in an interview, "Things like inflation hit lower-income people the hardest because they bigger amount of their money on things like heating costs or filling up their gas tanks."Legislators will decide on the rebate amount and eligibility as they adopt a supplemental budget in April.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine legislators are debating how much of the state’s projected $1.2 billion state revenue surplus should be returned to taxpayers this year.
Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat working with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, wants to refund 55% of it, or $622 million, in $850 payments to an estimated 800,000 taxpayers.
She would cap eligibility for individuals who earn $75,000 dollars a year or couples who earn $150,000.
In Portland on Thursday, in remarks to the New England Beer Summit, Mills made her case to assist with inflation and high energy costs.
Mills said, "We're doing all we can to provide direct relief to Maine people now – the $850 checks, hopefully, to go out in the next few months."
But Republican legislators don't like the income cap on recipients set for those earning and would extend the rebate to all 920,000 taxpayers, including higher-income earners.
Republican Minority Leader Kathleen Dillingham said in an interview, “If we’ve over-collected tax revenues, we’ve over-collected from everyone. It’s not just a certain subset. We shouldn’t be playing class warfare when everyone is being impacted by inflation right now. It’s important those individuals receive some relief as well.”
Republicans are also pushing for rebates to be offered electronically – faster than mailing checks.
“As soon as possible,” Dillingham said.
However, Maine Revenue Services estimates that it has accurate banking information on file for less than half of Maine taxpayers.
On the left, the Maine People's Alliance pointed to a poll of 518 Mainers conducted by its affiliate, the Maine People’s Resource Center which found 56% favor more programs and only 28% favor a rebate – though the poll did not ask about an amount.
Adam Zuckerman, a Maine People's Alliance lobbyist, said in an interview, "The polling found that in a two to one margin, Mainers preferred making crucial investments in programs that have been underfunded for so many years, like affordable housing, mental and behavioral health, and infrastructure."
Similarly, James Myall, an analyst from the Maine Economic Policy Institute, which focuses on solutions for low-income Mainers, suggested capping the rebate at those who earn $50,000 a year.
Myall said in an interview, "Things like inflation hit lower-income people the hardest because they bigger amount of their money on things like heating costs or filling up their gas tanks."
Legislators will decide on the rebate amount and eligibility as they adopt a supplemental budget in April.
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CARMI — A tornado packing estimated peak winds of 100 mph damaged at least a dozen homes in southeastern Illinois, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
The EF-1 tornado struck the city of Carmi shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, the weather service said. It traveled 7.9 miles and had a maximum width of 400 yards.
At least 12 houses had shingle damage, and a few sheds had extensive damage, including one that was destroyed, the weather service said. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped and utility poles and lines were down along the path of the twister.
No one was injured.
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Maine tourism is relieved that the U.S. will grant 350,000 additional visas to seasonal workers
"We don't have enough of any folks of working age here in Maine to take care of all the needs seasonally that we in Maine."
"We don't have enough of any folks of working age here in Maine to take care of all the needs seasonally that we in Maine."
"We don't have enough of any folks of working age here in Maine to take care of all the needs seasonally that we in Maine."
U.S. Department of Homeland Security will grant 350,000 additional H-2B visas for seasonal workers from April 1 to Sept. 30. Senator Susan Collins (R) and Senator Angus King (D) have been advocating for this and employers in the Maine tourism industry are relieved.
"We don't have enough folks of working age here in Maine to take care of all the needs seasonally that we have in Maine," said Smith, the owner of Sebasco Harbor Resort.
Employers are able to apply for H-2B workers if they have seasonal jobs that they can't fill with American workers. Many tourism employers find that they can't fill all of their roles with local workers because of Maine's worker shortage. That shortage is due, in part, to the fact that many Mainers have aged out of the workforce.
"We are the oldest state," said Greg Dugal, the director of Hospitality Maine. "So if the issue is big around the country, it's probably biggest here in a per capita sense."
Most of the visas will go to workers who've been granted H-2B visas in past years. The rest are reserved for workers coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras.
As many Americans opted for road trips rather than international jet-setting during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maine has become an increasingly popular summer destination.
"We have visitors that come from all over the world, especially in the last couple of years," Smith said.
For Smith, more business is a great thing, but it also means a more pressing need for a full staff.
"We know we're going to be very busy because reservations are way ahead of where they usually are," Smith said. "We're pleased but we want to make sure we can take care of those guests when they come."
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| 2022-04-01T00:04:33
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Prosecutor seeks end to Khashoggi murder trial in Turkey, requests transfer to Saudi Arabia
The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a surprise request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a possible coverup.
The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor’s request but said a letter would be sent to Turkey’s Justice Ministry seeking its opinion on the possible transfer of the file to Saudi judicial authorities, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The trial was adjourned until April 7.
The development comes as Turkey has been trying to normalize its relationship with Saudi Arabia, which hit an all-time low following Khashoggi’s grisly October 2018 killing. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview on Thursday that Saudi authorities were more cooperative on judicial issues with Turkey, but did not elaborate.
In arguing for the transfer, the prosecutor told the court that the Saudi chief public prosecutor’s office requested the Turkish proceedings be transferred to the kingdom in a letter dated March 13, and that international warrants issued by Ankara against the defendants be lifted, according to the private DHA news agency.
The prosecutor said that because the arrest warrants cannot be executed and defense statements cannot be taken, the case would remain inconclusive in Turkey.
Amnesty International urged Turkey to press ahead with the trial, saying if it is transferred to Saudi Arabia, Turkey will be “knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up.”
Moving Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia would provide a diplomatic resolution to a dispute that represented the wider troubles between Ankara and the kingdom since the 2011 Arab Spring.
Turkey under Erdogan supported Islamists as the uprisings took hold, while Saudi Arabia and its ally the United Arab Emirates sought to suppress such movements for fear of facing challenges to their autocratic governments. Meanwhile, Turkey sided with Qatar in a diplomatic dispute that saw Doha boycotted by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Since then-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, the Gulf Arab states have set aside — but not fully resolved — the Qatar dispute. Meanwhile, Turkey under Erdogan has faced a rapid devaluation of its lira currency over his refusal to hike interest rates. Bilateral trade to the kingdom and the UAE, a major transshipment point for the world economy, also collapsed.
Since the start of 2022, Erdogan has sought to improve those ties, including making his first visit to the UAE in nearly a decade. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, after fighting through the coronavirus pandemic’s economic effects, facing a grinding war in Yemen and struggling with renewed tensions with Iran, also want to resolve the outstanding feud.
Khashoggi disappeared on Oct. 2, 2018, after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, seeking documents that would allow him to marry Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish national who was waiting outside the building. He never emerged.
Turkish officials allege that the Saudi national, who was a United States resident, was killed and then dismembered with a bone saw inside the consulate. His body has not been found. Prior to his killing, Khashoggi had written critically of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in columns for the Washington Post.
Turkish authorities said he was killed by a team of Saudi agents. Those on trial in absentia include two former aides of the prince.
Saudi officials initially offered conflicting accounts concerning the killing, including claims that Khashoggi had left the consulate building unharmed. But amid mounting international pressure, they stated that Khashoggi’s death was a tragic accident, with the meeting unexpectedly turning violent.
Turkey decided to try the defendants in absentia after Saudi Arabia rejected Turkish demands for their extradition.
The slaying had sparked international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Western intelligence agencies, as well as the U.S. Congress, have said that an operation of this magnitude could not have happened without his knowledge.
In urging Turkey to proceed with the trial, Amnesty International said Ankara would be complicit in a coverup if it grants the Saudi request for a transfer.
“If the prosecutor’s request is granted, then instead of prosecuting and shedding light on a murder that was committed on its territory ... Turkey will be knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up,” said Tarik Beyhan, Amnesty’s campaign director for Turkey.
Beyhan said he didn’t want to “think about the possibility” that the prosecutor’s request may be related to the improving ties between Riyadh and Ankara.
“Basic human rights ... should not be made the subject of political negotiations,” he said. “A murder cannot be covered up to fix relations.”
Some of the men were put on trial in Riyadh behind closed doors. A Saudi court issued a final verdict in 2020 that sentenced five mid-level officials and operatives to 20-year jail terms. The court had originally ordered the death penalty, but reduced the punishment after Khashoggi’s son Salah, who lives in Saudi Arabia, announced that he forgave the defendants. Three others were sentenced to lesser jail terms.
On Thursday, Khashoggi's fiancee, Cengiz, appeared to criticize the prosecutor’s request in a tweet in English. “It is an exemplary situation in terms of showing the dilemma facing humanity in the modern era,” she wrote. “Which of the two will we choose? To want to live like a virtuous human being or to build a life by holding material interests above all kinds of values.”
She did not respond to a request for comment.
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Associated Press Writer Jon Gambrell contributed from Dubai.
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Rent relief helped prevent more than 1 million evictions in 2021
The federal government's emergency rental assistance program helped prevent more than one million evictions last year.
An estimated 1.36 million renters avoided an eviction filing in 2021 as a result of the government's unprecedented $46.5 billion rent relief program and other protections, according to a recent analysis by Princeton University's Eviction Lab published earlier this month.
Treasury officials reported Wednesday that $30 billion in emergency rent relief was spent or obligated by the end of February. Despite a slow and confusing initial roll out of the program last spring, more than 4.7 million payments were made to households since January 2021.
Treasury expects the remainder of the funds to be exhausted by the middle of this year.
Impact of the assistance
A national eviction ban was put in place in September 2020. While it did not stop all evictions, it significantly slowed the tide of eviction filings until the emergency aid could reach struggling renters and their landlords, White House and Department of Treasury officials said.
"We knew from the start that we faced a race with time to get the emergency rental assistance flowing to a significant degree by the time the national eviction moratorium was lifted," said Gene Sperling, the White House American Rescue Plan coordinator. "We largely won that race."
In the six states and 31 cities tracked by the Eviction Lab researchers, eviction filings fell sharply at the onset of the pandemic, but then increased in the later months of 2020 even with the ban in place. Given the increased number of renters experiencing economic hardship as the pandemic continued into 2021, experts worried about a "tsunami" of evictions and anticipated the number of filings to skyrocket above levels seen in 2019.
But the opposite happened. In a typical year, roughly 865,000 eviction cases were filed in the areas the Eviction Lab tracks. In 2021, roughly half as many evictions were filed, with 434,304 cases.
Evictions fell in all but one of the 31 cities tracked in 2021. The outlier was Las Vegas, where jobs in tourism evaporated, adversely impacting the large number of renters in the city's service sector, according to the report. New York City had the biggest reduction in eviction filings from typical levels, with the report estimating nearly 184,000 eviction cases were avoided in New York City.
Video below: NY struggles to get rent relief to hurting tenants
The emergency rental assistance was found to have a strong impact on the low-income and majority-Black neighborhoods that see a disproportionate share of eviction cases. Those areas experienced the largest absolute reduction in eviction filings last year, the Eviction Lab report found.
The report found that in 2021 the most disadvantaged neighborhoods experienced the biggest gains in terms of rental housing stability. But it also found that, among the eviction cases filed, women of color were disproportionately affected.
More than 80% of emergency rental assistance reached the lowest income households, according to the Treasury, with about 40% of all applicants who received assistance self-identifying as Black, and about 20% self-identifying as Latino.
Moving remaining money
The federal emergency rent relief was approved in two rounds of funding. The first, which included $25 billion under the Consolidated Appropriations Act at the end of 2020, and $21.55 billion under the American Rescue Plan Act in March 2021.
Some state and local governments have exhausted allotted funds while others have not distributed everything they have received. As a result, Treasury has been reallocating money to ensure it gets to renters most in need.
Of the $25 billion in the first batch of money, Treasury has already moved $2 billion in underused funds. Beginning in April, funds from the second batch will be reallocated.
This process has "allowed dollars to flow to places with high need," said Noel Poyo, Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Economic Development. "Generally reallocated funds went to higher need areas with more diverse communities."
He said he expects that trend to continue with the available funds from the second batch of money.
But it is a challenging balance to strike, Poyo said, between getting dollars to places where they are running out of funds and making sure that money is still available in places where assistance may have gotten started more slowly and people remain in need.
Treasury is encouraging state and local governments to use the additional funding to assist more renters and make continued investments in housing stability.
"In just one year, the Emergency Rental Assistance program built a national infrastructure for eviction prevention that never existed before and has helped keep eviction rates well below historic averages throughout the pandemic," said Poyo.
He also suggested state and local governments build on the network for support they have established and provide services like housing counselors, "that will help families avoid economic scarring long after COVID-19 is in the rearview mirror," he said.
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago.
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An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build and sustain a human being – in research published Thursday in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren't able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8% of the genome.
“Some of the genes that make us uniquely human were actually in this ‘dark matter of the genome’ and they were totally missed,” said Evan Eichler, a University of Washington researcher who participated in the current effort and the original Human Genome Project. “It took 20-plus years, but we finally got it done.”
Many — including Eichler's own students — thought it had been finished already. “I was teaching them, and they said, 'Wait a minute. Isn’t this like the sixth time you guys have declared victory? I said, ’No, this time we really, really did it!”
Scientists said this full picture of the genome will give humanity a greater understanding of our evolution and biology while also opening the door to medical discoveries in areas like aging, neurodegenerative conditions, cancer and heart disease.
“We’re just broadening our opportunities to understand human disease,” said Karen Miga, an author of one of the six studies published Thursday.
The research caps off decades of work. The first draft of the human genome was announced in a White House ceremony in 2000 by leaders of two competing entities: an international publicly funded project led by an agency of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and a private company, Maryland-based Celera Genomics.
The human genome is made up of about 3.1 billion DNA subunits, pairs of chemical bases known by the letters A, C, G and T. Genes are strings of these lettered pairs that contain instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life. Humans have about 30,000 genes, organized in 23 groups called chromosomes that are found in the nucleus of every cell.
Before now, there were "large and persistent gaps that have been in our map, and these gaps fall in pretty important regions,” Miga said.
Miga, a genomics researcher at the University of California-Santa Cruz, worked with Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute to organize the team of scientists to start from scratch with a new genome with the aim of sequencing all of it, including previously missing pieces. The group, named after the sections at the very ends of chromosomes, called telomeres, is known as the Telomere-to-Telomere, or T2T, consortium.
Their work adds new genetic information to the human genome, corrects previous errors and reveals long stretches of DNA known to play important roles in both evolution and disease. A version of the research was published last year before being reviewed by scientific peers.
“This is a major improvement, I would say, of the Human Genome Project,” doubling its impact, said geneticist Ting Wang of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who was not involved in the research.
Eichler said some scientists used to think unknown areas contained “junk." Not him. "Some of us always believed there was gold in those hills," he said. Eichler is paid by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which also supports The Associated Press's health and science department.
Turns out that gold includes many important genes, he said, such as ones integral to making a person's brain bigger than a chimp's, with more neurons and connections.
To find such genes, scientists needed new ways to read life's cryptic genetic language.
Reading genes requires cutting the strands of DNA into pieces hundreds to thousands of letters long. Sequencing machines read the letters in each piece and scientists try to put the pieces in the right order. That's especially tough in areas where letters repeat.
Scientists said some areas were illegible before improvements in gene sequencing machines that now allow them to, for example, accurately read a million letters of DNA at a time. That allows scientists to see genes with repeated areas as longer strings instead of snippets that they had to later piece together.
Researchers also had to overcome another challenge: Most cells contain genomes from both mother and father, confusing attempts to assemble the pieces correctly. T2T researchers got around this by using a cell line from one “complete hydatidiform mole," an abnormal fertilized egg containing no fetal tissue that has two copies of the father’s DNA and none of the mother’s.
The next step? Mapping more genomes, including ones that include collections of genes from both parents. This effort did not map one of the 23 chromosomes that is found in males, called the Y chromosome, because the mole contained only an X.
Wang said he’s working with the T2T group on the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, which is trying to generate “reference," or template, genomes for 350 people representing the breadth of human diversity.
“Now we’ve gotten one genome right and we have to do many, many more,” Eichler said. “This is the beginning of something really fantastic for the field of human genetics.”
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| 2022-04-01T00:05:03
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Young female athletes at Glenburn Elementary are set to tryout for this season’s baseball team
Baseball season tryouts are in full swing, and the Glenburn Elementary School baseball team is turning heads with its decision to allow female athletes an opportunity to join the team.
Grace Dufour, an eighth-grader at Glenburn Elementary School, was met with resistance when she expressed wanting to play on the school’s baseball team.
At first, the school told Dufour that she couldn’t play a boy’s sport, despite the Maine Principal’s Association allowing high school girls to play baseball.
After school discussions, Dufour and other Glenburn female students now have their chance to try out for the team.
Dufour played softball at Glenburn last year but prefers pitching overhand in baseball.
“I don't think your gender should tell you that you're not allowed to play a certain sport because you are born that way,” Dufour said. “If you're a girl wanting to try out for a boys' team, then you should have the chance to, and if you're a boy you should be able to try out for a girls' team."
Not all her potential teammates are fully supportive of this notion of having a girl on the team, but Dufour says the coaching staff is giving her a fair chance. She speculates it may be awkward at first, but she is grateful to tryout on Monday,
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| 2022-04-01T00:05:13
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Many cyclists have been cooped up during a long winter and are itching to get back outside.
Region residents will again be able to take their bikes to pedal around Chicago via the South Shore Line.
The commuter rail, the last surviving interurban in the country, is resuming its Bikes on Trains program Friday. People will again be able to board the train with bikes at high-level platforms between Dune Park Station and Millennium Station.
Bikes will no longer be accepted at the South Bend International Airport Station because of the long-term busing that's taking place because of the Double Track NWI project. People can, however, board with bikes at the Dune Park, Hammond and East Chicago stations in Northwest Indiana, as well as Hegewisch and all Metra stations in Illinois.
The South Shore Line first launched the program in 2016 after testing it out in 2015. The train line has bike cars with racks and seats that let riders sit near their bicycles, allowing commuters to bike the last leg of their journey to work or cyclists to visit the city to bike recreationally, such as along the popular Lakefront Trail with its sweeping views of Lake Michigan.
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The SSL timetable marks the trains equipped with bike racks with bike icons. The cars also feature bike symbols displayed in the windows.
Due to heavy volumes, bikes may not be allowed the weekends of big events like Lollapalooza, the Taste of Chicago and the Chicago Air & Water Show.
There's no additional fare for bringing a bike on the train.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Sip, Pico De Gallo, Basecamp Fitness, Polish Peasant opening; Griffith Rentals closed; Lansing bar for sale
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A Little Sip has come to Munster.
The popular Sip coffee house chain, which has cafes in Crown Point, Highland and Cedar Lake, opened a new location at the Franciscan Physician Network Hammond Clinic at 7905 Calumet Ave. in Munster, just south of the Borman Expressway.
It's a scaled-back version of Sip, whose coffee shops normally serve a full food menu and invite lounging around to converse, read, study, draw or while away time. The counter-serve coffee shop offers all the usual Sip drinks, including coffee, espresso drinks and hot tea. It has a grab-and-go food menu that features pastries, muffins, bagels and boxed meals prepared at the nearby Highland cafe.
"It's been going fantastic," Sip owner Rhonda Bloch said. "It gets some customers who go to the Highland location, and the patients and staff in the clinic. It's got food and drink for carryout. It's got all of our drinks and food like chicken salad, breakfast sandwiches and things like that."
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'It's different'
Sip took over a former coffee shop in the clinic near the Hammond border. Business has been bustling thus far.
"It's different," Bloch said. "I always wanted to know what it would be like to run a smaller coffee shop with just drinks and baked goods and without a full-fledged menu. It's actually the same volume-wise. We still sell a lot of food. It just has one employee and everyone loves her. They all know her by name."
Customers often call in orders, such as staff who work on the upper floors when they're planning to take a break.
"There's a clinic and nursing home there," Bloch said. "All the food places within walking distance just have burgers or fries."
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Another location coming
Sip is looking at opening another coffee shop somewhere else in Northwest Indiana later this year.
"They all know us by name," Bloch said. "We have a good name and a good reputation. When people hear we're opening somewhere, they all ask, 'Can we come here? Can we come there?' Maybe we can someday."
A Little Sip is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and is considering adding weekend hours during the summer.
For more information, call 219-513-9784 or find Sip on Facebook.
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Rebranded
Street Shack in south Hammond is now Pico De Gallo.
The fast food restaurant at 7434 Indianapolis Blvd. changed its name and menu, which now focuses on Mexican American food.
The menu includes guacamole, quesadillas, taco bowls, southwest salads, tortilla soup, burgers, steak sandwiches, pasta, tortas, tostadas, carne asada, burritos, gorditas, fajitas, sope and ribeye ranchero.
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"The Hammond taco"
It sells a variety of tacos, such as street-style, pastor, beef and chicken. The vegetarian green taco features avocado, lettuce, pico de Gallo, shredded cheese and spicy Ranch. The Hammond taco has steak topped with melted chihuahua cheese, guacamole and a little bacon.
For the sweet tooth, it has flan, tres leches cake and Mexican coke.
The restaurant has dine-in and a drive-thru.
Pico De Gallo is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information, find the business on Facebook.
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Closed
Griffith Rental & Sales, a longtime staple of downtown Griffith, has closed.
The business at 130 S. Broad St. specialized in tool, equipment and party rentals. It served homeowners, small contractors and small manufacturers from across Northwest Indiana.
Griffith Rentals & Sales also repaired tools, small engines and portable heaters.
"We have decided to close Griffith Rentals & Sales and move on to the next stage of our lives," the owners posted on social media. "Thank you for your business."
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Reopen
The Polish Peasant reopened Friday in Michigan City after closing for a winter break back in January.
The traditional Polish restaurant is located at 231 W. 7th St. in downtown Michigan City, across the street from the Lighthouse Place Premium Outlets. The menu includes stuffed cabbage, cabbage and noodles, pierogi, pan-roasted whitefish, sausage and sauerkraut, pretzel chicken, chicken cutlet and the vinegary acquired taste of duck blood soup.
The owners warned it's still a little short-staffed in the tight labor market, asking customers to be patient.
It's open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. For more information, call 219-873-1788.
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For sale
Jack's Sports Pub and Eatery in downtown Lansing is for sale.
The longtime sports bar at 3325 Ridge Road boasts 118 seats, 100 parking spaces out back, 26 tables, 14 televisions, six gaming machines and a stage for live entertainment. The vintage bar across from the Fox Point Amphitheater downtown is a popular spot after downtown concerts and on cruise nights.
The property includes a three-bedroom apartment on the second story.
For more information, contact Bill Kornblum with Realty Executives Premier at 219-308-9629.
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Coming soon
Basecamp Fitness has been hosting pop-up workouts in its new Schererville location, where it plans to open in a few weeks.
The gym at 1906 U.S. 41 offers coach-led classes that "push you from start to finish, helping you reach your personal best through a 35-minute hyper-efficient program." It's located next to IHOP in front of the Hampton Inn at the Crossroads of America intersection in the Tri-Town.
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Fitness pop-ups
Promising "fitness for the fierce-hearted," it specializes in High-intensity Interval Training that mixes core, cardio and strength training. The workouts are switched up frequently to ensure they remain challenging, pushing people past fitness plateaus when they fall into a rut of routine.
For more information, call 219-301-2111, email schererville_IN@basecampfitness.com or visit basecampfitness.com .
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Open
Avalon Nails Lounge opened in the Town Square Shopping Center in Schererville.
The nail salon is located at 120 U.S. 41, where it was being built out for months.
It offers the lure of being pampered while having "the most relaxing and comfortable time." Services include natural nail services, artificial nail services and pedicures, including a milk and honey pedicure.
Customers should book appointments in advance to see its technicians. It also accepts walk-ins.
Avalon Nails Lounge is open from 9:30 a.m. to 7: 30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, call 219-515-6482 or visit avalonnailslounge.com .
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Coming soon
Macy's plans to bring a Backstage store-within-a-store to its flagship location on State Street in Chicago.
The New York City-based department store chain plans to open 37 more Backstage locations selling discount apparel nationwide, including at the former Marshall Field's at 111 State St. in the Loop.
It's expected to take up 11,000 square feet to 16,000 square feet in the 13-story granite building, a timeless Chicago icon with its street corner clocks, Christmas window displays, Walnut Room and annual Great Tree Christmas display.
“Macy’s Backstage inspires customers to express their personal style through its offerings of quality merchandise and brands at great prices, which is why we look forward to bringing Macy’s Backstage into more of our local communities,” said Michael Hersh, a Macy’s vice president. “We are especially excited to bring Backstage to our downtown stores in Chicago and New York City as the brand expands nationwide.”
Macy's opened Backstages in its Southlake Mall and River Oaks Center locations a few years ago and now has 300 Backstage stores nationwide. It plans to open the Chicago location in April.
Backstage store-within-stores carry clothes, activewear, designer handbags, beauty products, toys, housewares and pet products, all at discount prices.
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Open
Anglophiles, tally-ho.
A new English pub, the Albion Manor and The Parlour at The Albion, opened in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Executive Chef Mark Hill crafted a menu that includes an English Ploughman’s lunch, steak and ale pie, beef carpaccio, bone marrow and London Dry-cured tuna.
The restaurant at 1480 W. Webster also has a cocktail parlor serving craft and classic cocktails.
For more information, visit thealbionmanor.com .
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Lawsuits accusing Indiana University and Purdue University of breach of contract for halting in-person instruction amid the COVID-19 pandemic can proceed to trial, according to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
A three-judge panel of the state's appellate court unanimously ruled Thursday there's a sufficient basis for the student plaintiffs to pursue their claims that the universities failed to deliver on their contracted promises to provide an in-person learning experience.
Records show both IU and Purdue stopped in-person instruction in March 2020, with two months remaining in the spring semester, after Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb declared COVID-19 to be a statewide public health emergency.
The schools switched to online instruction but did not provide any tuition refunds to students who expected to learn in-person on the IU or Purdue campuses, according to court records.
In their lawsuits, the students note both universities offer "in-person, hands-on programs," as well as "fully online distance-learning programs," which are marketed and priced "as separate and distinct products."
The students claim they're entitled to prorated refunds of their tuition and fees as a result of the universities switching to online classes when the payments they made were in anticipation of receiving in-person instruction.
"The plaintiffs' complaints ... are sufficient to state a claim that the universities intended to bind themselves to providing in-person education in exchange for retaining plaintiffs' entire tuition payments for traditional on-campus degree programs," wrote Appeals Judge Terry Crone, a South Bend native, for the court.
The universities contend the governor’s executive orders made it legally impossible for them to fulfill their end of any bargain for in-person instruction, according to court records.
But Crone notes in his ruling that's a defense for the universities to offer at trial. Even if successfully applied, he said it still may require the universities refund a portion of student tuition and fees payments to prevent unjust enrichment.
"The terms of the implied contracts and the parties' intentions can be fleshed out in discovery," Crone said. "But the plaintiffs' breach-of-contract claims are based on more than mere puffery, and, considered as a whole, they are sufficient to allege an implied promise of in-person instruction."
Crone also rejected the universities' attempt to invoke House Enrolled Act 1002, enacted by the Republican-controlled 2021 General Assembly, which retroactively bars litigants from bringing "a class action lawsuit against (the universities) for loss or damages arising from COVID-19 in a contract, implied contract, quasi-contract or unjust enrichment claim."
He said the universities failed to raise this issue at the trial court and therefore waived it on appeal.
Moreover, Crone said the question before the appellate court is whether the students sufficiently state claims for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, which the court said they do.
He said any decision on whether the students' lawsuit is precluded by the retroactive state law must be made on remand by the trial court.
According to court records, a similar student lawsuit is pending against Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
IU and Purdue still can ask the Indiana Supreme Court to consider reviewing the appellate decision and grant their request to toss the students' lawsuits.
Hoosiers at higher risk of serious illness or death because of COVID-19 now can get a second booster dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The lawsuit, jointly filed by Rokita and 20 other Republican state attorneys general, demands the transportation mask mandate immediately be terminated by judicial order.
Heath and community leaders working in Northwest Indiana and beyond had no shortage of suggestions Friday for how to restructure public health programs and services across the Hoosier State.
Indiana homeowners struggling to stay current on their mortgage or property taxes can receive up to $35,000 in one-time assistance through a state program made possible by the American Rescue Plan.
The extra SNAP funds will disappear in June, and SNAP allotments, just as before the pandemic, solely will be based on eligibility factors, such as household size, income and allowable deductions.
Just two months after Indiana tallied 18,894 new coronavirus infections in a single day, the Hoosier State on Tuesday recorded just 303 positive cases, according to the Indiana Department of Health.
"It's been a challenging year, frankly, to find a way forward," said Senate President Rod Bray. "Lots of contentious issues but we worked through them and found a way to resolve most of them."
After 728 days, or two days shy of exactly two years, Indiana no longer is operating under a governor-declared statewide public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GARY — Police said Thursday they suspect whomever fired multiple gunshots into a home late Tuesday likely was targeting a resident who no longer lives at that address.
Gary police responded to a residence in the 1900 block of West 15th Avenue about 11:35 p.m. Tuesday and found a broken window, bullet holes in the home and several spent shell casings in the area, Cmdr. Jack Hamady said.
The following morning, another neighbor reported damage to a vehicle as a result of the gunfire, he said.
Evidence collected at the scene led investigators to believe two people fired shots at the home, police said.
The target of the gunfire likely was a former resident, who moved out after the residence was damaged in a previous shooting Jan. 8, Hamady said.
The family that moved in after the former tenant left told police they did not know why anyone would target them, he said.
Anyone with information about the gunfire is asked to call Detective Sgt. James Nielsen at 219-881-1210. To remain anonymous, call 866-CRIME-GP.
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Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Damon Wilson
Age : 49
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202252
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
April Van Richardson
Age : 61
Residence: Phoenix, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202243
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Powell
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202237
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dante Palm
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202251
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tyeasha King
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202242
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quinn Jackson
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202235
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Littleton
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202260
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davanta Jackson
Age : 39
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202238
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Hollis
Age : 46
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202247
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darwin Gamez Del Cid
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202241
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Hodor Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202258
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavette Hazelett
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202254
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paul Blankenship Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202250
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Butts
Age : 42
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202257
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Cozart Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202263
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Bissonette
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202244
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Ayala
Age : 26
Residence: Country Side, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202239
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kendra Windom
Age : 36
Residence: Kokomo, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202225
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cieara Smith
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202213
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
2202213
Chad Steapleton
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202230
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcel Young
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202216
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rodrigo Ramirez
Age : 70
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202218
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
DeAnglo McGee
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202221
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daminion Green Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202209
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victoria Hopper
Age : 51
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202219
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prestina Garth
Age : 23
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202222
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alyson Drozynski
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202229
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kevin Dyer
Age : 51
Residence: Mishawaka, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202217
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aaliyah Collins
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202211
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrance Billingslea
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202228
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Bishop III
Age : 55
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202227
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clyde De La Paz Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202210
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antquane Thomas
Age : 36
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202186
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Antonio Torres
Age : 26
Residence: Paxton, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202184
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Rivera
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202187
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaac Reyes
Age : 25
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202182
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Scott Pufahl
Age : 33
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202183
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Jones
Age : 52
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202191
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Neal Heard Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Geneva, WI
Booking Number(s): 2202188
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Harvell
Age : 19
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202204
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lloyd Grant III
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202197
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johvon Harris
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202180
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: INT-THREATEN ANOTHER W/INTENT THEY ENGAGE IN CONDUCT AGAINST WILL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quantanea Cribbs
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202207
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Helen Gagliano
Age : 61
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202195
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adamaris Collazo
Age : 33
Residence: Danbury, CT
Booking Number(s): 2202203
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Orlando Burgos
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202194
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wilkinson
Age : 25
Residence: Oxford, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202151
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Taylor
Age : 50
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202170
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Schaeffer
Age : 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202158
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Ostrowski
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202161
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adrian Padilla
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202149
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Caius Martius Garcia
Age : 31
Residence: Bellingham, WA
Booking Number(s): 2202150
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Johnson
Age : 40
Residence: Springfield, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202162
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Dulsky
Age : 60
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202171
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Fastabend
Age : 34
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202157
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler Harris
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202174
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Collins
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202156
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Corbin
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202155
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kentrae Butler
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202159
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maegan Bodie
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202167
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Arsenault
Age : 58
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202165
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isedra Brooks
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202164
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Natalie Anderson
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202163
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Calvin Williams
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202140
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sergio Villa-Alvarado
Age : 27
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202130
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adam Trybunia
Age : 53
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202129
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Etor Segura
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202139
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Posey
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202117
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Josephine Lopez
Age : 29
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202143
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Aaron Caylor
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202135
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Troy Clark
Age : 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202123
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joshua Davis
Age : 30
Residence: Bolingbrook, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202144
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demetric Hunter
Age : 36
Residence: Dixmoor, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202116
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Beasley
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202142
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Troy Carrington
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202138
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Damian Bannister
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202128
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonardo Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202105
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RECKLESS SUPERVISION OF A CHILD - FAMILY OFFENSE; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Matthew Popplewell
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202084
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mario Soriano Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202103
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donovan Parker
Age : 18
Residence: Richton Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202079
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cody Huseman
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202106
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Randy Lowe
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202101
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candace Hogeveen
Age : 57
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202091
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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GARY — Seven children ranging in age from 1 to 15 years were removed from a house where a fatal overdose victim had bought narcotics earlier this year, police said.
At about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Lake County Sheriff's Department's Drug Task Force and SWAT Team executed a narcotics search warrant at a house in the 600 block of West 41st Avenue, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said.
Officers confiscated two handguns along with narcotics including heroin, crack cocaine, oxycodone and marijuana from the home, which had been identified as the location where a fatal overdose victim bought drugs in February, Martinez said.
The Lake County Sheriff's Department Special Victims Unit and Indiana Child Protective Services (CPS) were contacted and arrived to take custody of seven children, Martinez said.
By Thursday, three children had been released to their parents and four remained in CPS custody.
Officers arrested two of the home's residents, Jeffrey Howard Jr., 30; and Cheryl Hollins, 58, Martinez said. Both may face charges including possession and dealing of a controlled substance and child neglect, and are being held at the Lake County Jail, Martinez said.
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Some of the children are Hollins' grandchildren, Martinez said, while others are nieces and nephews.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Damon Wilson
Age : 49
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202252
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT; ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
April Van Richardson
Age : 61
Residence: Phoenix, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202243
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Powell
Age : 48
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202237
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dante Palm
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202251
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tyeasha King
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202242
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quinn Jackson
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202235
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Littleton
Age : 26
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202260
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davanta Jackson
Age : 39
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202238
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Hollis
Age : 46
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202247
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darwin Gamez Del Cid
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202241
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Edward Hodor Jr.
Age : 52
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202258
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavette Hazelett
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202254
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Paul Blankenship Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202250
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Butts
Age : 42
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202257
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Cozart Sr.
Age : 42
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202263
Arrest Date: March 25, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Bissonette
Age : 32
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202244
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Luis Ayala
Age : 26
Residence: Country Side, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202239
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kendra Windom
Age : 36
Residence: Kokomo, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202225
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cieara Smith
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202213
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
2202213
Chad Steapleton
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202230
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marcel Young
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202216
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rodrigo Ramirez
Age : 70
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202218
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
DeAnglo McGee
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202221
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daminion Green Jr.
Age : 18
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202209
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Victoria Hopper
Age : 51
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202219
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Prestina Garth
Age : 23
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202222
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alyson Drozynski
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202229
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kevin Dyer
Age : 51
Residence: Mishawaka, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202217
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Aaliyah Collins
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202211
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terrance Billingslea
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202228
Arrest Date: March 24, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Bishop III
Age : 55
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202227
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clyde De La Paz Jr.
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202210
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION VIOLATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antquane Thomas
Age : 36
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202186
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Antonio Torres
Age : 26
Residence: Paxton, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202184
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Rivera
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202187
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaac Reyes
Age : 25
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202182
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Scott Pufahl
Age : 33
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202183
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eddie Jones
Age : 52
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202191
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Neal Heard Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Geneva, WI
Booking Number(s): 2202188
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Harvell
Age : 19
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202204
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lloyd Grant III
Age : 51
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202197
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johvon Harris
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202180
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: INT-THREATEN ANOTHER W/INTENT THEY ENGAGE IN CONDUCT AGAINST WILL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quantanea Cribbs
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202207
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Helen Gagliano
Age : 61
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202195
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adamaris Collazo
Age : 33
Residence: Danbury, CT
Booking Number(s): 2202203
Arrest Date: March 23, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Orlando Burgos
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202194
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hannah Wilkinson
Age : 25
Residence: Oxford, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202151
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Glen Taylor
Age : 50
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202170
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Schaeffer
Age : 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202158
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Ostrowski
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202161
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adrian Padilla
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202149
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Caius Martius Garcia
Age : 31
Residence: Bellingham, WA
Booking Number(s): 2202150
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Johnson
Age : 40
Residence: Springfield, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202162
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerald Dulsky
Age : 60
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202171
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Fastabend
Age : 34
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202157
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler Harris
Age : 29
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202174
Arrest Date: March 22, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Collins
Age : 40
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202156
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - FORCIBLY RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jonathan Corbin
Age : 36
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202155
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kentrae Butler
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202159
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Maegan Bodie
Age : 32
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202167
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Henry Arsenault
Age : 58
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202165
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isedra Brooks
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202164
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Natalie Anderson
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202163
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Calvin Williams
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202140
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sergio Villa-Alvarado
Age : 27
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202130
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adam Trybunia
Age : 53
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202129
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Etor Segura
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202139
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Posey
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202117
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Josephine Lopez
Age : 29
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202143
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Aaron Caylor
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202135
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Troy Clark
Age : 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202123
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joshua Davis
Age : 30
Residence: Bolingbrook, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202144
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Demetric Hunter
Age : 36
Residence: Dixmoor, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202116
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Beasley
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202142
Arrest Date: March 21, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Troy Carrington
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202138
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Damian Bannister
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202128
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonardo Washington
Age : 39
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202105
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: RECKLESS SUPERVISION OF A CHILD - FAMILY OFFENSE; RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Matthew Popplewell
Age : 47
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202084
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mario Soriano Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202103
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donovan Parker
Age : 18
Residence: Richton Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2202079
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cody Huseman
Age : 33
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202106
Arrest Date: March 20, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Randy Lowe
Age : 30
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202101
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Candace Hogeveen
Age : 57
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2202091
Arrest Date: March 19, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
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Unemployment rose in Northwest Indiana in February as more workers returned to the workforce.
In December, after the labor force contracted during the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment rates fell to all-time lows for Northwest Indiana, Lake County, Porter County, the city of Gary and Indiana as a whole, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's been rising ever since.
In February, the Region again had some of the highest jobless rates in the state, as it usually does. Lake County ranked first in joblessness statewide. LaPorte County was third, and Porter County 14th, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The jobless rate peaked at nearly 20% in Northwest Indiana in April 2020, but largely has been declining since then, hitting record lows in the Region and the state.
The jobless rate, however, rose 0.7 percentage points to 4.4% in February 2021 across the Gary metropolitan area, which encompasses Lake, Porter, Newton and Jasper counties. The unemployment rate in the Gary metro area was 3.7% the previous month and 6.7% in February 2020.
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In February, Lake County had the Hoosier State's highest jobless rate at 5%, up from 4.2% from the previous month, and down significantly from 7.4% during February 2020. It edged out Howard County, where the similarly blue-collar manufacturing town of Kokomo is located, for the third straight month.
LaPorte County ranked third highest of Indiana's 92 counties at 3.7% unemployment in February, which was up from 3.4% in January, and down significantly from 7% at the same time a year ago, according to the Department of Workforce Development.
Porter County's unemployment rose to 3.1% in February, up from 2.6% in January, and down from 5.2% at the same point a year earlier.
Overall, Indiana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 2.3% in February, down from 2.4% the previous month and 4.3% at the same time the previous year. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in February, down from 4% the previous month and down from 6.2% at the same point a year earlier, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Unemployment climbed as high as 12% in Northwest Indiana during the depths of the Great Recession in the late 2000s, but it had been significantly higher in Northwest Indiana during the pandemic following stay-at-home orders meant to stop the spread of a virus that has killed around 1 million Americans and nearly 6.1 million people around the globe. More than one out of 10 Region residents on average were out of work for months.
In February, joblessness rose across in Northwest Indiana, increasing by 1.4 percentage points in Hammond, 0.8 percentage points in Portage, Gary and Merrillville and by 0.7 percentage points in Hobart.
In the Calumet Region, Gary has the highest unemployment rate of 7.4%, followed by East Chicago at 7.2% and Hammond at 6.2%.
Valparaiso had the lowest jobless rate in the Region at 2.7%, followed by Schererville at 3.3% and Crown Point at 3.4%.
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Video game companies need to stand up for the people actually affected by war and its destruction
March 31, 2022
You wait for almost a year for one of your favorite games, Advanced Wars 1+2 , to be remastered, only for it to be delayed even further because of international conflict.
Video game companies like Nintendo are choosing to delay video games that depict war in light of the ongoing war in Ukraine, as their way of saying they are not trying to profit from the war.
While that sentiment is good, it does not do much to aid the people that are truly impacted and suffering. Ukrainian refugees on the ground need food, water, and other supplies to reduce the pains caused by the war.
Delaying video games because of political conflict does not help the issues caused by war. Instead, companies need to advocate and set up methods to help those in times of crisis.
Video game companies should look into other options instead of delaying their video games. Such options could include raising the prices of their games and donating these profits to charities helping the region.
One game company that is already doing something like this is Epic Games. Epic Games’ Fortnite allows players to use virtual currency to buy skins and other cosmetics. While Epic Games did not raise prices of the virtual currency, they did give a portion of the profits from these in-game sales to charities that support Ukraine.
Many companies that develop video games centered around war have donated a part of their profits, and have sold in-game content that promotes peace, with this money going War Child’s Armistice.
War Child’s Armistice is a charity that goes to aiding children that have been caught in conflicts and wars that include more than just the war in Ukraine. If companies donate to charities like these, they are directly helping people in need no matter which continent the war is on.
Video games relating to war have not been delayed in past wars, such as Afghanistan, Iraq, or the Georgia-Russia conflict. While one could argue video game companies are making decisions based on region, they are making directions based on today’s culture.
There are people on the internet who read too far into things and make a bigger deal than it has to be, and video game companies want to avoid hassles and bad publicity.
This comes at a point where companies are appealing to a culture that wants to say they are in support without doing the effort that same support entails. People, as well as video game companies, need to directly help the people in dire need rather than play the semantics of appearing helpful.
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USG meets with Iowa legislators to advocate for student resources at the state level
University of Iowa USG and departments visited the state Capitol to advocate for student apartment rental resources, mental health resources, and state funding.
March 31, 2022
University of Iowa students met with state lawmakers about improvements for higher education institutions in Iowa including student apartment rental and mental health resources and state funding on Thursday.
The meeting, Hawkeye Caucus, is an annual tradition where several UI programs go to the state Capitol in Des Moines to speak to Iowa legislators.
“It’s a really good opportunity to be able to come to the Capitol and have all of the legislators have a day to take and reflect on how important the University of Iowa is to the economy,” Undergraduate Student Government President Regan Smock said.
Student representatives from the UI College of Education, College of Engineering, and Hospitals and Clinics also attended the meetings with legislators.
Members of the UI’s USG spoke to legislators about their goal to create a move-in checklist bill for students in college towns like Iowa City.
“The move-in checklist will ensure that students and renters will be able to mark what damages already exist and provide that to the landlord and get a copy of, ” Smock said. “It just protects people from security deposit stuff.”
The move-in checklist will ensure student renters and renters across the state are informed about their leases, Smock said.
“Student Government is focused on a move-in checklist bill, which focuses on ensuring that students — but really anyone who rents in the state of Iowa — but it just hurts students so much more,” Smock said.
USG’s Director of Governmental Relations Sierra Wicks said USG has spoken to state legislators about the move-in checklist bill, which passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting Senate debate.
“It’s just really important to connect student experiences to these issues, that they’re not just numbers, but their faces and stories,” Wicks said in an interview with The Daily Iowan.
In addition to the move-in checklist, USG is advocating for more funding on the state level for the university to decrease the chances of a tuition increase.
“The cost is falling on students in a way that isn’t good, isn’t sustainable, and isn’t making the University of Iowa a competitor against states where their school is getting funding support, and students are able to pay less in tuition,” Smock said.
In partnership with student governments from the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State University, USG is advocating for legislation that will improve mental health resources in universities.
“This is a reminder of the impact of the University of Iowa on citizens across the state,” UI President Barbara Wilson said in an interview with the DI.
Wilson said she hopes state legislators see UI students’ enthusiasm and commitment to better the state of Iowa.
“I hope that they see the comprehensive nature of what we do from all these different stands and tables, representing different colleges and the amount of activity that we’re engaged in across the state,” Wilson said.
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| 2022-04-01T00:05:53
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WASHINGTON — DC Police discovered five fetuses at the home of an anti-abortion activist in Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the department has confirmed to WUSA9.
Officers responded shortly after noon to a home on the 400 block of 6th Street SE to investigate a tip about potential bio-hazard material in the residence. Once inside, they located the fetuses. The remains were collected by the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The home was occupied by Lauren Handy, an anti-abortion activist who was indicted along with nine others Wednesday by a federal grand jury. Handy is accused of felony conspiracy against rights for a blockade inside a D.C. abortion clinic in October 2020.
WUSA9’s camera was outside as DC Police homicide and forensic services detectives took evidence out in red biohazard bags and coolers from the rowhouse's basement.
Handy declined to speak on camera Wednesday, but told WUSA9 she expected the raid to happen "sooner or later." She also declined to say what was in the coolers, saying only that "people would freak out when they heard."
DC Police Executive Assist. Chief of Police Ashan M. Benedict told reporters Thursday the fetuses appeared to have been aborted in accordance with D.C. law.
"There doesn't appear to be anything criminal about that — except for how they got into that house," Benedict said.
Benedict said the investigation that led officers to Handy's home was separate from the federal investigation that resulted in her indictment Wednesday. He declined to comment on whether the department was working with agencies in other states, saying it was "day one" of the case.
WUSA9 reached out to Handy on Thursday for comment but did not immediately receive a response. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, where Handy serves as director of activism, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
D.C. Superior Court records show Handy has a history of legal issues related to her anti-abortion activities. A D.C. charter school filed a civil complaint against her for trespassing in December 2015. She was arrested for unlawful assembly outside the school earlier that year, and at different locations in 2019 and in January for unlawful entry and blocking an entrance. Only of those cases resulted in more than a ticket. That case stemmed from a March 2019 arrest at the Washington Surgi-Clinic — the same clinic in the indictment Handy now faces. The charge was dropped in July 2019 for want of prosecution.
In the indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors say Handy called the clinic pretending to be a woman named “Hazel Jenkins” who needed an abortion and made an appointment for the morning of Oct. 22, 2020. That morning, Handy allegedly approached a clinic employee and said she was Hazel Jenkins there for her appointment. When the employee opened the door, the indictment says, Handy and the other co-defendants forced their way into the clinic. In the process they allegedly knocked the clinic employee over, causing her to injure her ankle.
Once inside, the defendants allegedly moved chairs to block the entrance to the clinic’s treatment area and used chains and rope to tie them together.
While inside, one of Handy's co-defendants, Jonathan Darnel, allegedly live-streamed the blockade, saying at one point, “We have people intervening physically with their bodies to prevent women from entering the clinic to murder their children.”
The indictment charges all nine defendants with conspiracy against rights and clinic access obstruction. The first count is a felony carrying a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Charged in the indictment are:
- Lauren Handy, of Virginia/D.C.;
- Jonathan Darnell, of Virginia;
- Jay Smith, of New York;
- Paulette Harlow, of Massachusetts;
- Jean Marshall, of Massachusetts;
- John Hinshaw, of New York;
- Heather Idoni, of Michigan;
- William Goodman, of Michigan;
- Joan Bell, of New Jersey.
Handy, who founded the anti-abortion group Mercy Missions, hasn't limited her anti-abortion activities to D.C. In 2019, she and another group of protesters that also included Goodman, were charged with a felony for allegedly resisting arrest at an abortion clinic in Michigan. That charge was reduced earlier this year to misdemeanor trespassing.
Laura Meyers, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, said the group of anti-abortion activists was familiar to her.
“They have protested at our facility on 4th Street many times and have been disruptive," Meyers said. "They have harassed patients, they have obstructed patients and no one should have to experience that intimidation for trying to access health care.”
Darnel as well has been involved in other anti-abortion protests in the D.C. area. In 2019, WUSA9 reported that he joined a group of protestors who set up outside Dunbar High School with graphic anti-abortion posters.
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| 2022-04-01T00:07:30
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 'I-65 Killer' or 'Days Inn Killer', as he's known in some cases, could be responsible for as many as three murders and several other assaults from the 1980s and 1990s.
For more than 30 years, investigators have been working to find the man responsible. Now, Indiana State Police, Elizabethtown Police and the FBI have announced that they have a big update on the case.
On February 21, 1987, Vicki Heath was sexually assaulted and shot twice in the head. Police found her body behind the dumpsters at the Super 8 Motel off of I-65 in Hardin County.
Elizabethtown Police Chief at the time, Ruben Gardner, worked the case as a detective when it happened and said even then he thought this murderer was someone traveling I-65 and this was a crime of opportunity.
"We did all the routine things that you do, compared it to every crime we could find around that had any similarities at all," Gardner told WHAS11 in 2013. But without any significant leads, the case went cold until 2008 when Detective Clinton Turner submitted DNA from well-preserved evidence.
"I say there's an 80% chance we could find him," said Turner.
Elizabethtown Police matched the DNA in Heath's case to at least four other cases in several states. In each case, the women were all motel clerks, they were all sexually assaulted and robbed and they all worked along I-65.
Police said these incidents were the trail of a traveling serial killer.
The DNA also linked the murderer to two women who were sexually assaulted and killed in Indiana in 1989.
One year later, in 1990, a woman in Columbus, Indiana was sexually assaulted and stabbed but survived. That was the first time police were able to get a description of the killer. She described the assailant as a man with green eyes and a lazy right eye.
In 1991, a woman in Minnesota who was also sexually assaulted and stabbed gave police a similar description of her attacker. The victim described the suspect as a white male, 6'- 6'2'', with green eyes, the right eye was described as a lazy eye, and he had grayish-brown hair. He was wearing a flannel shirt and blue jeans.
"That was why is was so difficult because most of our murders are local or have some type of domestic tie or something. Whereas this is a random murder and there are 16 million people that travel up and down 65 in a year's time," Elizabethtown Police Detective Clinton Turner told WHAS11 in 2013.
After 35 years, could detectives have an answer? The announcement is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, at 11:00 a.m. ET in Indianapolis.
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LAS VEGAS — The 64th annual Grammy Awards kicks off this Sunday, April 3 live from Las Vegas and this year, CBS and the Recording Academy are providing the network’s first live event featuring audio descriptions for the blind.
Audio descriptions provide audio-narrated descriptions of the night’s key visual elements. The addition of the audio descriptions allows viewers who are blind or low vision are able to take in all of the action happening at The Grammys, providing a much richer experience of the event.
The audio description will be provided on the Secondary Audio Programming, SAP channel by industry leaders VITAC and Audio Eyes.
CBS has provided audio descriptions since April 1, 2002, becoming an innovator in accessibility. The addition of audio descriptions at this Sunday's Grammy awards marks 20 years in the network's providing of this service.
“For the past 20 years, CBS has continually increased the availability of audio description. We are proud to be able to launch our first live event with the GRAMMY Awards," said Mark Turits, vice president of captioning and audio description at Paramount Global.
How to watch The Grammys
Music's biggest night heads to the Las Vegas strip on Sunday, April 3 for the first time. This year's show is hosted by comedian Trevor Noah and kicks off live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena at 5 p.m. only on CBS 8.
The Grammys is also available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
The performers
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HONOLULU — A Hawaii judge has granted a couple's request for a temporary restraining order against Ezra Miller, an actor known for playing “The Flash" in “Justice League” films.
The couple filed a petition for a temporary restraining order Tuesday, alleging that Miller burst into their bedroom and threatened them in Hilo, a small town on the Big Island. The petition also accused Miller of stealing some of their belongings, including a passport and wallet.
The judge's order, filed in court Wednesday, said it was necessary to grant the couple's petition to prevent harassment.
Days earlier, Miller allegedly harassed patrons at a karaoke bar. Late Sunday, police were called to Margarita Village in Hilo, where they said Miller yelled obscenities, grabbed a mic from a singing woman and lunged at a man playing darts.
“The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times to no avail,” police said in a news release.
Miller was arrested at the bar shortly after midnight Monday and charged with disorderly conduct and harassment. Miller was released on $500 bail.
Miller, described by police as a 29-year-old visitor from Stamford, Vermont, has been the source of police calls in Hilo 10 times since March 7, Hawaii Police Assistant Chief Kenneth Quiocho said, adding it's not clear how long Miller has been on the island.
They were “manini” incidents — a Hawaii Pidgin term that can mean minor or small — such as filming people at a gas station, refusing to leave the sidewalk area of a restaurant and arguing with people, Quiocho said.
Neither Miller nor the actor's representatives could immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
Miller is ordered to appear at a court hearing for the temporary restraining order against harassment in Hilo on April 13.
Miller, who has been credited as the first out LGBT person to play a lead role in a major superhero film, has played hyper-verbal outcasts in movies big (“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”) and small (“We Need to Talk About Kevin” and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower”).
Miller also has a key role in the upcoming “Harry Potter”-universe film “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore."
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| 2022-04-01T00:07:48
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to look into whether a school resource officer was justified in shooting a mom after she allegedly brought a gun on campus.
This happened outside of Booker T. Washington High School's campus Wednesday. Atlanta Police and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Police were called to investigate, and several patrol vehicles were seen in the area after school's 3:30 p.m. dismissal.
11Alive Legal Analyst Page Pate said having a gun on school campus is a felony unless you have a carry permit.
"If you have a carry permit right now, you can have a gun on school property as long as you keep it in your car. But if you take the gun out of your car, if you have it with you, and certainly if you take it out and brandish it or pointed at someone, then that is a misdemeanor and could be a more serious charge depending upon what you're doing with the gun," he said.
The mom is now charged with:
- Obstructing a Law Enforcement Officer with Violence
- Disrupting Public School
- Carrying/Possession of Firearm on School Property
- Aggravated Assault
- Cruelty to Children
- Contributing to Delinquency of a Minor
APS said she refused to put the gun down, leading a school resource officer to shoot her in the hand.
“Having a gun is one crime but pointing a gun at someone else can be aggravated assault," Pate explained.
A woman who said she's the mom's sister claims she was trying to defend her child after another parent said she was going to shoot the teen. Pate said a self-defense claim would be difficult to prove.
"You certainly can't be the aggressor with a firearm," Page added. "The key question is: 'At the time, was that gun pulled out and used?', Did the person using it have a reasonable belief that they were about to be shot or someone nearby was about to be shot?'"
This comes at a time when we're seeing a sharp rise in violence. APS is one of a handful of metro districts that has its own police department. APS' includes a chief of police, six supervisors, three investigators, and 55 school resource officers.
Kevin Angell is a board member and instructor for the Georgia Alliance of School Resource Officers and Educators. He said there are no set hours of training needed in Georgia to become an SRO.
"The SRO decisions are typically made by the sheriff or the police chief in that jurisdiction or a Board of Education, police chief or police department, from the Sheriff's Office perspective," he explained.
In the 2018 to 2019 school year, high schools in the district saw a total of 161 violent incidents. In the 2021 to 2022 school year, that number was already at 100 by December – in one semester alone.
"Thankfully, this wasn't an active shooter situation," Angell said. "But when we look back at active shootings or school shootings for the last almost 100 years now, we know that they're only going to last minutes. So in this case, having an SRO on campus that was able to be there in seconds, if not minutes, is really important. It appears that they tried to verbally de-escalate this and try not to have to use that level of force. And that really goes to credit their training."
APS said they have found 31 weapons since the school year began in August.
“I think a lot of credit goes to APS in this situation, made several attempts to de-escalate this situation before having to use force," Angell added.
The woman's family is contesting law enforcement's account, saying she dropped the weapon, but the officer still shot her.
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| 2022-04-01T00:07:54
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Editor's The above video is from a previous report with Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla.
Today is a somber anniversary across the music world and one that hits especially hard in the Coastal Bend.
27 years have passed since the death of "La Reina," the Queen of Tejano music Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who was killed by the president of her fan club at a Corpus Christi motel on this day in 1995.
Selena was just 23-years-old and even today, her legacy lives on and is widely celebrated. Selena's music is still played and fans continue to buy merchandise with the star's face and name. She was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2017.
One can't help but think of Selena on this day and her impact on an entire industry. Somehow, in her own way, she managed to endear not only Latinos and Mexican Americans, but cultures around the world.
People still regularly visit her memorial statue in Corpus Christi and her gravesite.
“Selena,” the 1997 biographical film of Selena, was recently inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Directed by Gregory Nava, it told the story of the young singer’s rise to fame in her family band and her tragic death. Selena’s life, music and the film became touchstones in Latin American culture, and her infectious appeal crossed over to audiences of all kinds.
And, to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, 'Selena' will be back in theaters nationwide starting on Apr. 7.
This comes on the heels of a big announcement by Selena's family, that a new album will be released in April.
It's a lot to celebrate more than a quarter century after Selena's passing.
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SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. — The family of Julian Lewis, a Black man shot and killed by a state trooper in southeast Georgia more than a year ago, has reached a nearly $5 million settlement with the state according to their attorneys.
In a release, lawyers with Hall & Lampros, LLP said Lewis' widow Betty secured what they said was a record settlement with the state of Georgia, $4.8 million.
"While the record-making settlement does not bring back her husband for widow Betty Lewis and other family and loved ones, it sends a powerful message to the State and those in law enforcement and other positions of power that unnecessary use of force against innocent citizens is unlawful, morally corrupt and carries legal consequences," the law firm said in its release.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Lewis was shot once and killed by Jacob Thompson, a white trooper, following a chase in Screven County on Aug. 7, 2020.
The attorneys for Lewis' widow said Thompson initiated a traffic stop for an alleged broken taillight, even though his taillight was not broken. They said he was on his way to the store to buy a soda for his wife when the incident began.
The GBI has said Lewis did not stop, and that the subsequent chase went down several county roads, ending when Thompson performed a PIT maneuver.
According to the bureau, Thompson "fired one round" and Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.
"It is believed that Lewis was attempting to drive toward a more familiar area where he knew other people would be present — a practice commonly taught to people who may feel vulnerable in isolated areas where there is nobody else present to witness events," attorneys said, describing the events leading to Lewis' death. "Lewis activated his turn signals in both directions, which is often a sign of acknowledgement to an officer."
They said that "less than two seconds passed from the time the trooper opened the door" to the time he fired the shot that killed Lewis.
The attorneys also said they reviewed an incident report, in which Thompson wrote he heard Lewis' engine "revving at a high rate of speed" and making him fear for his life.
According to the law firm, though, an investigation "proved that neither taillight on Lewis’s car was in a condition to justify probable cause for a stop, and that the PIT maneuver caused Lewis’s battery cable and air filter to disengage — which completely disabled the engine in his Nissan Sentra, making it impossible to rev as the trooper stated in the incident report."
The attorneys said they have never been given the dashcam video from the shooting, and that there was no bodycam video.
The settlement is "the largest in Georgia history in state records dating back to 1990," the law firm said.
“Our hearts grieve for Betty Lewis, who lost her Golden Years with her husband because of unwarranted and unnecessary deadly force during what should have been a routine traffic stop,” Andrew Lampros, the co-founder of the firm, said.
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On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for the next federal budget.
Though Congress has the final say in the annual budget, presidents create a proposal highlighting their fiscal priorities. Then, the president typically spends time advocating for their plan to the public, arguing for those priorities.
While promoting his latest proposal, Biden tweeted, “This year, my administration is on track to cut the deficit by more than $1.3 trillion… that would be the largest one-year reduction in the deficit in U.S. history.”
THE QUESTION
Would a $1.3 trillion reduction in the deficit be the largest single-year reduction ever?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, if the deficit shrinks by $1.3 trillion this year, that will be the largest single-year reduction in history.
WHAT WE FOUND
Both the Federal Reserve and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) track how much money the federal government takes in each year, and how much it spends. The Fed has records dating back to 1901, and the CBO dating to 1962.
If the government makes more than it spends, there’s a budget surplus. Since 1962, there have only been five years with a surplus, and none since 2001.
More commonly, the government spends more than it takes in. That’s a deficit, and it results in the U.S. borrowing money to make up the difference, which in turn adds to the federal debt.
According to the Fed and the CBO, the year in which the deficit shrank the most was 2013. In 2012, the budget was nearly $1.08 trillion in the hole, and in 2013, it was just under $679.8 billion. The deficit decreased by roughly $396.8 billion, more than in any other year in history.
If the deficit drops by $1.3 trillion in 2022 like Biden projected, it would indeed be the largest deficit reduction in American history, by a big margin.
The Fed and CBO track numbers on a fiscal-year basis, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30. So we won’t really know if Biden’s projections for 2022 are accurate until at least October.
But budget experts VERIFY spoke with agreed it’s likely the deficit reduction could wind up being more than a trillion dollars. However, they said that drop is mostly due to COVID-related spending programs expiring.
“It's not really due to any particularly aggressive policy action to, say, raise more revenue than we would have otherwise, or spend less. It's mostly just a factor of temporary things,” said Alex Muresianu, a federal policy analyst for the Tax Foundation.
“We had deficits that were over $3 trillion [in 2020], and one that was $2.8 trillion [in 2021]. That was as a result of a huge recession, and trillions of dollars that we were spending to fight COVID. So we will be dropping for sure. The deficit will be closer to a trillion dollars this year,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a non-profit group. “But that doesn't come from policies to reduce the deficit.”
More from VERIFY: No, Congress members did not give themselves a 21% pay raise in 2022
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12-year-old dies after being shot at South Carolina middle school, suspect in custody
A 12-year-old has died after being shot at a middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday.
Community activist Bruce Wilson said Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson, 12, died at the hospital.
Wilson released the following statement on behalf of the family:
"We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly and we would ask that our privacy be respected as we grieve during this very difficult time."
Greenville County deputies said a school resource officer at Tanglewood Middle School requested backup just before 12:30 p.m.
More than 200 law enforcement officers arrived at the school.
A suspect, who is also 12 years old, was taken into custody near the school, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
He is is being charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a firearm on school property and unlawful possession of a weapon by a person under the age of 18, Lewis said.
Because of his age, the suspect's name was not released.
"Unfortunately, these are two young men who attended school here," Lewis said. "We don't really know the specifics of why it occurred and why so many people resort to violence, especially with firearms."
Greenville County School Superintendent Burke Royster also spoke outside the school after the shooting.
"I’m not sure after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person who took this rash act," Royster said.
Students from the school were taken to Brookwood Church by bus to be reunited with their families.
One mother told sister station WYFF that she was in the school parking lot when she saw police begin arriving.
"I was getting out and the police told me, ‘Get back, get back. You can’t come in,’ and I was like, ‘What’s wrong? What’s wrong?’" Angela said. "They wouldn’t tell me, he said, 'Get back in your car.’ When I was getting in my car, all the police came. Every police in Greenville County was there and ambulance. They were running in with guns, not handguns, rifles."
Angela’s daughter, Prentasia, said they were changing classes when the shooting happened.
"We heard a gunshot, and this boy had a gun and he shot at one boy in his side," Prentasia said. "We all pretty much went into a classroom and some people went outside. We were just in the classroom ‘til it was over."
Another mother spoke to WYFF shortly after she arrived at the school to pick up her son.
"But I was speechless," she said. "My stomach is still upset. I just want to see my son and hug him and just make sure he's fine."
That mother said she wishes there were metal detectors in school.
"So, I would love for Greenville County to do something and put metal detectors. They all come through the same door. They go to the cafeteria they do that. Why don't they put a metal detector and then at least detect there's something there," the mother said.
Greenville County School District spokesman Tim Waller said Tanglewood Middle will have an optional day on Friday. Teachers, students and staff can come and talk to each other and counselors but are not required to attend school on Friday.
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https://www.koat.com/article/deadly-school-shooting-south-carolina/39603272
| 2022-04-01T00:08:11
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'Egregious astounding behavior': Judge furious at defense in Victoria Martens case
Legal team for Fabian Gonzales facing sanctions
Legal team for Fabian Gonzales facing sanctions
Legal team for Fabian Gonzales facing sanctions
District Court Judge Cindy Leos told the legal team for Fabian Gonzales that she was fed up.
"I can't think of a better word to say, it is absolutely egregious astounding behavior," Leos said to the attorney for Gonzales, Steve Aarons.
Prosecutors asked for sanctions against Aarons and his investigator, saying they are not following the rules.
"At this point Judge, I think that strong sanctions are the only thing that will keep them in line because nothing else, no order has done it so far," said Assistant District Attorney Greer Rose.
Despite the judge repeatedly telling Gonzales' legal team they were not allowed to interview Victoria's mother, Michelle Martens, without her lawyer, the court said an investigator for Gonzales went to the jail and did anyway.
"You feel like you can do whatever you want to do because there's not going to be any consequences, well there's gonna be consequences now," Leos said.
Leos said it was too late to pull them from the case because it needs to go to trial.
In 2016, 10-year-old Victoria Martens was murdered, mutilated and set on fire. Her mother, Michelle, plead guilty to child abuse resulting in death for letting people she hardly knew move into her apartment with her daughter, and that she didn't protect Victoria.
Gonzales' cousin, Jessica Kelley, plead guilty to child abuse resulting in the death and dismembering of Victoria.
Kelley maintains she was babysitting Victoria and was high on meth when a stranger came into the apartment and killed Victoria. She claims she and Gonzales tried to hide the crime by dismembering Victoria.
Gonzales did not take a plea and is set to go to trial in July.
The judge said she is going to have the investigator for Gonzales deposed then decide what consequences his legal team will face. That could include fines and other punishment.
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https://www.koat.com/article/egregious-astounding-behavior-judge-furious-at-defense-in-victoria-martens-case/39603078
| 2022-04-01T00:08:15
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First lawsuit filed over Florida law restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom
Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state's new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom.
It's the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law, which Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on Monday. The controversial law, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by its opponents, is set to take effect in July.
DeSantis told reporters Thursday that he will defend the law "vigorously."
The lawsuit calls the Florida law an "unlawful attempt to stigmatize, silence and erase LGBTQ people in Florida's public schools."
"It seeks to do so by imposing a sweeping, vague ban covering any instruction on 'sexual orientation and gender identity,' and by constructing a diffuse enforcement scheme designed to maximize the chilling effect of this prohibition," the complaint reads.
According to the new "Parental Rights in Education" law in Florida, "classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."
Parents would be able to bring civil suits against a school district for any potential rule violation, under the new law.
During the bill signing Monday, DeSantis said that Florida recognizes that "parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well-being of their children."
The plaintiffs in Thursday's lawsuit include Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy organization; Family Equality, a New York-based nonprofit; a 17-year-old sophomore in Palmetto, Florida, who identifies as gay; an 18-year-old senior in Osprey, Florida, who identifies as gay; the parent of a transgender fifth-grader in Florida; three same-sex couples living in Florida with young children; and a middle-school public teacher in Grand Ridge, Florida. The complaint was filed by Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP and the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
The plaintiffs say the new law violates the First and 14th Amendments, and Title IX protections.
"This effort to control young minds through state censorship -- and to demean LGBTQ lives by denying their reality -- is a grave abuse of power. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that LGBTQ people and families are at home in our constitutional order. The State of Florida has no right to declare them outcasts, or to treat their allies as outlaws, by punishing schools where someone dares to affirm their identity and dignity," according to the complaint.
Weighing in on the lawsuit Thursday, DeSantis said he doesn't think that "any of the legal claims have merit."
"These are policy decisions. I don't think it's anything that's invoking First Amendment because schools, states and localities have the ability to set curriculum in public schools. We do that all the time. This is not new," he said, also arguing that the law "does not regulate student speech."
DeSantis' communications director Taryn Fenske told CNN in a statement that "this calculated, politically motivated, virtue-signaling lawsuit is meritless, and we will defend the legality of parents to protect their young children from sexual content in Florida public schools."
Proponents of the new law say it gives parents more oversight over what their children learn and discuss at school and argue that LGBTQ-related topics should be left for families to discuss in private. Opponents say the law will negatively affect an already marginalized community and also argue it would open educators up to an endless barrage of litigation.
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https://www.koat.com/article/first-lawsuit-florida-law-lgbtq-topics-classroom/39600782
| 2022-04-01T00:08:19
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