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Judge: Lori Vallow, charged with killing her children, now fit for trial
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge ruled Monday that a mother accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband and a lover’s wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho.
Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre spiritual beliefs involving “zombies” and doomsday predictions.
Prosecutors have said that Lori and Chad Daybell espoused the religious beliefs in an effort to encourage or justify the murders.
The case against her had been hold for months after Judge Steven Boyce ordered her committed to a mental facility so she could undergo treatment in an effort to make her mentally fit enough to assist in her own defense.
Boyce’s new order said Lori Vallow Daybell “is restored to competency and is fit to proceed” in the Idaho murder case. He did not provide other details about her treatment or mental condition.
She is scheduled to be formally arraigned in court next week and both Lori and Chad Daybell are set to stand trial together early next year.
Tare charged withconspiracy to commit murder and first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Lori Daybell’s children 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as Chad Daybell’s first wife, Tammy Daybell.
Lori Daybell is also charged in Arizona with conspiring to kill her former estranged husband, Charles Vallow, with the help of her now-deceased brother, Alex Cox.
Chad Daybell has pleaded not guilty to the charges and Lori Daybell has not yet had an opportunity to enter a plea. Chad Daybell’s attorney, John Prior, declined to comment on the case. Lori Daybell’s attorney, Jim Archibald, did not immediately respond to voice and email messages requesting comment.
An indictment said Chad and Lori Daybell in 2018 while still married to other people began espousing an apocalyptical system of religious belief.
Lori Daybell’s brother Alex Cox shot and killed her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, in suburban Phoenix, according to an indictment in Arizona.
Cox asserted the shooting was in self-defense, and he was never charged. At the time, Charles Vallow was seeking a divorce, saying his wife believed she had become a god-like figure responsible for ushering in the biblical end of times. Cox later died of an apparent blood clot in his lung.
Shortly after Charles Vallow’s death, Lori Daybell — who then had the last name Vallow — and her children moved to the rural eastern Idaho community of Rexburg, near where Chad Daybell lived. At the time, Chad Daybell was married to Tammy Daybell. She died in October of 2019, and her obituary said the death was from natural causes.
Authorities grew suspicious, however, when Chad and Lori Daybell got married just two weeks later, and investigators had Tammy Daybell’s body exhumed for an autopsy. Authorities have not released her cause of death.
Police began searching for Lori Daybell’s youngest two children in November after relatives raised concerns. The Daybells quickly left town, and were found months later in Hawaii without the children.
Investigators later found the bodies of JJ and Tylee buried in Chad Daybell’s yard back in Idaho. They have not disclosed causes of death but court documents said Tylee’s body was partially burned.
Friends of the Daybells told investigators that the couple believed people could become “zombies” if they were possessed by evil spirits, a state in which their soul was trapped in limbo, according to police reports. The couple reportedly believed that the only way to rid a person of a zombie was for their body to die, according to police reports.
A friend of the couple, Melanie Gibb, told investigators that Lori Daybell referred to her youngest children as “zombies,” and police in Arizona said the couple exchanged text messages saying that Tammy Daybell had been possessed by a dark spirit.
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Lawyer: Johnny Depp trial likely to become mudslinging soap opera
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A trial over libel allegations by Johnny Depp against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, will likely turn into a six-week, mudslinging soap opera, Heard’s lawyers warned a Virginia jury Tuesday.
“You’re going to see who the real Johnny Depp is — behind the fame, behind the pirate costumes,” Heard lawyer J. Benjamin Rottenborn told the jury during opening statements in the civil trial. “Because Johnny Depp brought this case, all of this is going to come out.”
Depp sued Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.”
Depp says the article indirectly defames him by referring to abuse allegations Heard made back in 2016. Depp denies abusing her.
In Tuesday’s opening statements, Rottenborn said the evidence will show that Depp physically and sexually assaulted Heard on multiple occasions. But he told jurors that they don’t need to make themselves referees of the couple’s turbulent marriage if they focus on the basics of libel law.
He argued that Heard was exercising her First Amendment rights as an advocate when she wrote the article, which focused largely on the broad topic of domestic violence.
He also said the 2018 article did nothing to damage Depp’s reputation. He noted that the abuse accusations had been public for two years already, and he said Depp’s spiraling career was the result of his drinking and drug-using, which made him an unreliable commodity to Hollywood studios.
“This man’s poor choices have brought him to this point,” he said. “Stop blaming other people for your own self-created problems.”
More than anything, though, he pointed out that the article in question never even mentions Depp’s name.
Depp’s lawyer, Benjamin Chew, acknowledged that Depp’s name never appears in the piece.
“It didn’t have to,” Chew told the jury. “Everyone in Hollywood knew exactly what she was talking about.”
Depp’s team argues that the article is an example of “defamation by implication.” In the December 2018 piece, Heard wrote that “two years ago, I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out.”
Chew said that’s a clear reference to a restraining order Heard sought in May 2016 — right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce — in which she claimed she’d been physically abused.
Chew said she showed up at the courthouse on May 27 of that year with a bruise on her face that was photographed by the paparazzi. But he said the evidence will show that Heard gave herself the injury to ruin Depp’s reputation. He said that Depp and Heard hadn’t seen each other since May 21: He’d gone on a European tour with his band, the Hollywood Vampires.
Police and others saw Heard immediately after May 21 and her face wasn’t bruised, Chew said. He said a witness will testify that he saw security footage in which Heard’s sister throws fake punches at her, and the two laugh.
Another of Depp’s lawyers, Camille Vasquez, told the jury that Heard refuses to admit she lied and has now dug in even deeper.
“She can’t back down. She has been living and breathing this lie for years,” Vasquez said. “She’s going to give the performance of a lifetime in this courtroom.”
Both Depp and Heard are expected to testify at the trial, scheduled for six weeks, along with actors Paul Bettany and James Franco and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
About 80 people, mostly Depp supporters, sat in the courtroom Tuesday. Some people lined up hours early for seats, but several rows were largely vacant.
The courtroom went silent a few minutes before the 10 a.m. start time when Heard entered the room, through a special entrance usually reserved for the judge. But there was an audible intake of breath when Depp came in a minute later, again through a special entrance. At the end of the day, after the jury had left the courtroom, Depp turned and saluted the gallery as he exited, receiving dozens of excited waves in return.
The first witness Tuesday afternoon was Depp’s older sister, Christi Dembrowski. She said the pair endured a difficult childhood in which Depp learned to hide from an abusive mother.
She said she saw the same pattern in Depp’s relationship with Heard. She said that when she booked travel for the couple in her role as Depp’s personal manager, she booked an extra hotel room so Depp would have somewhere to hide if Heard started a fight.
Dembrowski struggled on cross-examination, though, when she was asked why she sent texts to Depp in February 2014 that said, “Stop drinking. Stop coke. Stop pills.” She was unwilling to acknowledge she had a concern about Depp’s drinking and drug use.
“I don’t know what they were in reference to,” she said.
Heard’s lawyers have argued that Depp has no credibility when he denies abusing Heard because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did.
Depp, who almost always faced forward during the trial, glared at Rottenborn for an extended period after the questioning of Depp’s sister ended for the day.
A civil jury of seven members, plus four alternates, was selected Monday to hear the case.
Heard’s lawyers had sought to have the case tried in California, where the actors reside. But a judge ruled that Depp was within his rights to bring the case in Virginia because The Washington Post’s computer servers for its online edition are located in the county. Depp’s lawyers have said they brought the case in Virginia in part because the laws here are more favorable to their case.
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Juvenile prisoner escapes guard on the way to Tennessee hospital, recaptured in Georgia
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A sheriff’s office in Georgia on Tuesday morning recaptured a juvenile prisoner who escaped custody while on the way to a Tennessee children’s hospital Monday evening.
On Saturday, police in Nashville, Tennessee, said the teen led officers on a chase after he reportedly stole a Ford Raptor truck.
Police deployed spike strips to stop the vehicle, leading the juvenile to jump from the moving truck before crossing the spikes. The truck crashed and the teen sustained injuries, WSMV reported. Police said he was put in a neck brace before he was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center in Nashville.
On Monday night, authorities said the juvenile was complaining of seizures. He was then transported by ambulance to a Nashville children’s hospital, accompanied by a guard.
While he was being taken out of the ambulance, authorities said the 16-year-old freed himself from his restraints and ran off toward a nearby intersection where an armed accomplice was waiting in a black Chevy Avalanche, which was reported as stolen. He then jumped into the getaway truck and sped off.
Sometime later, police found the Avalanche truck on fire.
After abandoning the truck, police said the teen and his accomplice carjacked a gold Chevy Malibu outside of an apartment complex. This vehicle was also found crashed and unoccupied by police sometime later.
Around 5 a.m. early Tuesday morning, the Nashville Police Department said the juvenile was arrested along with 22-year-old Tunisia Carey by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. The two were traveling in Carey’s Nissan Altima when they were apprehended after a traffic stop in Cartersville, Georgia.
Carey and the juvenile remain in custody in Georgia and will be transferred back to Nashville this week, according to WSMV.
Detectives are working to identify each person who contributed to the teen’s escape.
Nashville authorities said they intend to charge the juvenile as an adult.
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Krispy Kreme is matching its price of a dozen doughnuts to a gallon of gas
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 11:38 AM EDT
(CNN) - The price of gas may be hitting you hard, but Krispy Kreme wants to sweeten things a little.
For the next four weeks, the restaurant chain will sell a dozen of its glazed doughnuts for the same price as a gallon of gas.
The promotion will only be available on Wednesdays, and Krispy Kreme will use the national average gas price on the previous Monday to determine the price.
That means this Wednesday, a dozen glazed doughnuts should cost $4.11. That’s a pretty good deal, considering they usually set you back at least $10.
The promotion ends May 4.
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Lawmakers to consider tougher penalties for large possession of pot
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 3:59 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Lawmakers will take up Gov. Glenn Youngin’s bill amendments in two weeks, including a bill about marijuana possession.
The amendment would have a stricter penalty for people caught possessing more than two ounces of marijuana.
State law only allows pot users to possess less than an ounce, but possessing between an ounce and a pound only results in a $25.
Lawmakers reconvene on April 27.
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Local gun store owner reacts to President Biden’s “ghost gun” rule
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - President Joe Biden established new regulations on “ghost guns” Monday.
Ghost guns come in kits that enable the owner to build them in their own home without a serial number, making them untraceable.
“It’s a kit where you can actually build a firearm, most gun kits when you’re all said and done are more expensive than actually buying a firearm,” Matt Hill, owner of Liberty Firearms, said.
Biden’s rule now requires background checks and traceable serial numbers before a gun is purchased. However, Matt Hill says he does not believe this will have an impact on gun-related crimes.
“It’s designed to stop honest people from acquiring firearms. Are dishonest people gonna be limited by what they call a ghost gun? Maybe a little bit not the majority of it ... I mean the bad guys are gonna get their guns however they’re gonna get them,” Hill said.
Hill says the gun kits are a hobby for gun owners, as they can build them from scratch and make them look and work how they want.
”People just like to get the ghost gun or the kit gun to make their own guns for the fun of it to say ‘hey, this is what I’ve built or this is what I accomplished and I’ve done’ so I don’t see it impacting crime in any way shape or form because again it’s only going to be impacting the law-abiding citizens because criminals don’t follow the rules anyway,” Hill said.
Gun control and gun crimes are a huge debate topic, especially in Virginia, as gun crimes become more common each day.
“There’s over 20,000 gun laws on the books right now across the country and they’re not stopping the crime,” Hill said. “The law-abiding citizens are the ones that follow the rules so legislation or law is not gonna stop the bad guys from doing whatever they want to do.”
The federal rule also tackles ghost guns already made and in circulation.
The Department of Justice will require federally licensed dealers that take in any firearms not currently serialized to serialize them before selling the weapon.
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Local lawmakers provide insight into legislation
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - The Augusta County Chamber of Commerce hosted a legislative wrap-up Tuesday to give lawmakers time to discuss what’s going on in Richmond.
Senator Emmett Hanger, R-Staunton, Augusta, Waynesboro; Delegate John Avoli, Staunton, Augusta, Waynesboro; and Delegate Chris Runion, Augusta, Rockingham, met with stakeholders to talk about bills that passed and ones that didn’t.
The three spoke on everything from the budget to schools and THC. Hanger quickly addressed the fact that lawmakers haven’t been able to reach a budget agreement.
“We’d scheduled a work session in Richmond for today when we were supposed to bridge the divide between the House and the Senate to come up with a working document, so that we could carry it back to the full assembly hopefully later this month,” said Hanger.
The three discussed school funding, highlighting one bill that creates a school construction grant fund.
“The House and Senate passed different versions of this bill, and it remains in conference while budget negotiators determine the funding levels, but I am confident it will pass and create a new fund for the building and renovation of our schools,” said Avoli.
There’s also a bill that pushes funding toward career and technical training in the hopes of sending more students into the workforce. Under the bill, schools would get additional grants if they build out work training programs.
”If we don’t watch out, we won’t have people to fix our cars anymore, or even to build our schools and build our homes,” said Avoli.
Lawmakers also discussed added oversight into THC.
“We need to make a hard stand on products like synthetic marijuana and Delta-8 and remove them because they’re killing people,” said Runion.
However, some legislation has been met with frustration from hemp farmers and producers.
“Some people in the hemp community thought they were a target when that was not the intent,” said Runion.
Monday, April 11, the governor signed 700 bills into law.
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Massanutten Technical Center hosts career fair
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Massanutten Technical Center held a career and job fair Tuesday at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds for local high school students.
The goal of the career fair is to allow students to talk with local employers in the area and help guide them on what they might want to do when they get out of school.
“It’s just a good opportunity for them to make that connection with the employers and training centers,” Deborah Rhodes, MTC job placement coordinator, said.
The event had over 100 different employers from around the area.
“It was kind of a little nerve-wracking at first because of all the jobs in here,” said Brianna Morgan, a senior at East Rockingham High School. “But once you actually start talking to people and getting to see careers that you normally don’t see, it’s really interesting.”
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Murder charge over self-induced abortion dismissed in Texas
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge formally dismissing a murder charge Monday against a 26-year-old woman over a self-induced abortion did not quiet outrage or questions surrounding the case, including why prosecutors ever brought it to a grand jury.
A woman who ends her own pregnancy cannot be charged with a crime under Texas law. Officials in rural Starr County, along the U.S.-Mexico border, have not released details about why they decided to pursue a case against Lizelle Herrera after being contacted by a hospital.
“There should have been no reason for a report to have been made. There should have been no reason for a criminal investigation to take place,” said Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel and legal director at If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice.
News of Herrera’s arrest on Thursday raised alarms for abortion rights advocates, and sparked people to gather in protest outside the jail where she was being held on $500,000 bond. Her March 30 indictment alleges she “intentionally and knowingly” caused the death of “an individual ... by a self-induced abortion” in early January.
Authorities have not described what exactly Herrera allegedly did, and it wasn’t clear if she was accused of giving herself an abortion or assisting in someone else’s self-induced abortion.
An attorney for Herrera, who was released from jail Saturday after posting bond, did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press.
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said in a Sunday statement that he would file the motion to dismiss the charge, saying, “it is clear that Ms. Herrera cannot and should not be prosecuted for the allegation against her.”
But he did not explain why the case was presented to a grand jury, nor did he reply Monday to an email from AP seeking additional information. A woman who answered the phone at his office said Sunday’s statement was “the only thing he’s going to say on the subject” and hung up before identifying herself.
“These were choices that did not have to be made because losing a pregnancy or ending a pregnancy or self-managing an abortion is not a crime in the state of Texas,” Diaz-Tello said.
Texas last year passed a law known as Senate Bill 8, or SB8, that bans abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The law leaves enforcement to private citizens who can sue doctors or anyone who helps a woman get an abortion.
Another new Texas law prohibits doctors and clinics from prescribing abortion-inducing medications after seven weeks and prohibits the delivery of the pills by mail.
Neither law authorizes any action against the woman who ends her pregnancy, Diaz-Tello said.
“The problem is, though, when you have this heightened situation of suspicion and fear and the chilling effect that this all creates, that is going to make it much more likely that health care providers are going to improperly err on the side of reporting — err on the side of violating their patient’s confidentiality and bringing in law enforcement,” Diaz-Tello said.
Diaz-Tello said actions taken by the hospital and law enforcement in this case could lead women to be fearful of seeking health care after an abortion.
Joanna Grossman, professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in Dallas, said SB8 could be “indirectly playing a lot of roles here.” For one, there has been an increase since SB8 in women going online to get abortion pills, she said.
Also, she said, the law sends a message “that there’s just a war on abortion.”
“It certainly changed access but it’s also I think just changed the whole context in which people evaluate abortion care,” Grossman said.
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Newborn surrendered to hospital staff under ‘safe haven’ law
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina/Gray News) – A newborn was handed over to officials in South Carolina under protection of the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act.
The Greenwood County Department of Social Services is caring for the baby, who was given to medical professionals at Self Regional Medical Center.
According to social services, the baby boy was born April 8 weighing 6 pounds and 3 ounces.
The child was turned over to hospital staff two days after he was born. Social services officials said the baby will be placed in a foster home.
South Carolina’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, also known as Daniel’s Law, allows a mother to surrender her unharmed newborn baby at a designated location without punishment. Babies up to 60 days old can be surrendered under this law.
“Daniel’s Law is intended to save babies,” the website of the South Carolina Department of Social Services reads. “It is not intended to hurt or punish anyone. It provides a safe option for mother and baby.”
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NFL’s Washington Commanders may have broken financial laws, House panel says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House Oversight Committee sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday saying it found evidence the NFL’s Washington Commanders engaged in potentially unlawful financial conduct for more than a decade by withholding ticket revenue from visiting teams and refundable deposits from fans.
In the letter obtained by The Associated Press, the committee outlined through the testimony of former employees and access to emails and documents a pattern of financial impropriety by owner Dan Snyder and team executives. At one point in 2016, the committee said the team retained up to $5 million from 2,000 season-ticket holders while also concealing sharable revenue from the league.
One former employee testified before Congress saying the team had two separate financial books: one with underreported ticket revenue that went to the NFL and the full, complete picture. According to testimony, Snyder was aware of the numbers shared with the league while also being privy to the actual data.
The business practice was known as “juice” inside Washington’s front office. And, if correct, it could spell significant trouble for Snyder and the Commanders.
Ticket revenue is shared among all 32 NFL teams, with 40% of it deposited in a visiting team fund. Such money is among the pillars of the league’s revenue-sharing commitment.
A team spokeswoman said there was no new comment and referred to the statement from March 31: “The team categorically denies any suggestion of financial impropriety of any kind at any time.”
“We adhere to strict internal processes that are consistent with industry and accounting standards, are audited annually by a globally respected independent auditing firm, and are also subject to regular audits by the NFL. We continue to cooperate fully with the Committee’s work.”
The league did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The House Oversight Committee said it is sharing documents with the FTC because the commission has the authority to investigate unfair or deceptive business practices and determine if any laws were broken.
“We request that you take any other action you deem necessary to ensure that all funds are returned to their rightful owners and that those responsible are held accountable for their conduct,” said the letter signed by committee chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney and economic and consumer policy subcommittee chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi.
The letter is addressed to FTC chair Lina M. Khan but was also sent to the attorneys general of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Congress launched an investigation into the team’s workplace misconduct after the league did not release a report detailing the findings of an independent probe into the matter. The committee said the NFL and the team “have taken steps to withhold key documents and information.”
That led investigators to seek testimony and documents in other ways. The committee said its investigation uncovered everything from “pervasive sexual harassment and other workplace misconduct to potential financial misconduct.”
According to testimony, financial misconduct included making it intentionally difficult for season-ticket holders to recoup refundable deposit money, counting some of those leftover funds as a different kind of revenue that doesn’t need to be shared with the league, and shifting money from ticket sales for NFL games to other events at FedEx Field as a way of hiding that money from the league.
The committee in the letter shared spreadsheet data showing evidence of deposits that were not returned. Citing emails and the testimony of longtime vice president of sales and customer service Jason Friedman, ticket sales from Washington games were shifted to a 2013 Kenny Chesney concert and a 2014 Navy-Notre Dame college football game as a way to “juice” revenue and keep it off the books shared with the NFL.
When word first surfaced in early April about the team withholding ticket revenue, the team released a statement denying that report and added: “Anyone who offered testimony suggesting a withholding of revenue has committed perjury, plain and simple.” Lawyer Lisa Banks, who represents Friedman, said the team defamed her client, who testified truthfully “with evidence.”
After the committee sent the letter to the FTC, Banks and lawyer Debra Katz, who represent more than 40 former employees, called it “damning.”
“It’s clear that the team’s misconduct goes well beyond the sexual harassment and abuse of employees already documented and has also impacted the bottom line of the NFL, other NFL owners, and the team’s fans,” they said in a statement. “We are proud of our many clients who have come forward at great personal risk to reveal the truth and bring us closer to total transparency about the full extent of the dysfunction at the Washington Commanders.”
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Oklahoma governor signs bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights.
The bill, which takes effect 90 days after the Legislature adjourns next month, makes an exception only for an abortion performed to save the life of the mother. Abortion rights advocates say the bill signed by the GOP governor is certain to face a legal challenge.
Its passage comes as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court considers ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years.
“We want to outlaw abortion in the state of Oklahoma,” Stitt said during a signing ceremony for the bill, flanked by anti-abortion lawmakers, clergy and students. “I promised Oklahomans that I would sign every pro-life bill that hits my desk, and that’s what we’re doing here today.”
Under the bill, anyone convicted of performing an abortion would face up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. It does not authorize criminal charges against a woman for receiving an abortion.
Sen. Nathan Dahm, a Broken Arrow Republican now running for Congress who wrote the bill, called it the “strongest pro-life legislation in the country right now, which effectively eliminates abortion in Oklahoma.”
Dahm said the bill would apply to any physicians in Oklahoma who dispense abortion medication to women, which accounted for about 64% of all abortions performed in Oklahoma in 2020, the most recent year for which statistics were available. There is no enforcement mechanism in the bill for women who order abortion medication online from out-of-state suppliers. Oklahoma lawmakers passed a bill last year to prevent women from ordering abortion medication online, but that measure was blocked by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Abortion rights advocates say the bill is clearly unconstitutional, and similar laws approved recently in Arkansas and Alabama have been blocked by federal courts.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki released a statement Tuesday describing the bill as an “unconstitutional attack on women’s rights.”
“Protecting the right recognized in Roe v. Wade continues to be a priority for the Biden-Harris Administration, and we call on Congress to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would shut down these attacks and codify this long-recognized, constitutional right,” Psaki said.
Although similar anti-abortion bills approved by the Oklahoma Legislature in recent years have been stopped as unconstitutional, anti-abortion lawmakers have been buoyed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow new Texas abortion restrictions to remain in place.
The new Texas law, the most restrictive anti-abortion law to take effect in the U.S. in decades, leaves enforcement up to private citizens, who are entitled to collect what critics call a “bounty” of $10,000 if they bring a successful lawsuit against a provider or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion.
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s failure to stop Texas from nullifying the constitutional right to abortion has emboldened other states to do the same,” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement. “We’ve sued the state of Oklahoma ten times in the last decade to protect abortion access and we will challenge this law as well to stop this travesty from ever taking effect.”
Several states, including Oklahoma, are pursuing legislation similar to the Texas law this year.
The Texas law bans abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy and makes no exceptions in cases of rape or incest. Abortions in Texas have plummeted by about 50% since the law took effect, while the number of Texans going to clinics out of state and requesting abortion pills online has gone up. If the Oklahoma bill were allowed to take effect, women from Texas seeking abortions would be forced to travel further distances to Democratic-led states like Colorado and New Mexico, which have recently passed laws to protect abortion access.
One of the Texas-style Oklahoma bills that is one vote away from the governor’s desk would ban abortions from the moment of conception and would take effect immediately upon the governor’s signature.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority also has indicated they would uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and allow states to ban abortion much earlier. The court may even overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.
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Overlook Produce continues expanding in Mount Crawford
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Overlook Produce and Farm opened its farm stand off I-81 just a year ago, and because of high demand, it has finished up another expansion almost doubling its square footage.
The farm stand along Friedens Church Road is now more accessible with a paved floor, handicap parking, and handicap bathrooms.
Owner Joe Ulmer said they have expanded their line of seafood, frozen meals, Shenandoah Valley Organic chicken, houseplants, baked goods, and produce.
“We’re trying to better serve the community’s needs with grocery items,” Ulmer said. “We hear about food shortages and prices going up, so we’re trying to do our part to help the community out in harder-to-get food areas.”
The expansion doesn’t stop there. Later this spring, a bakery and deli will open right night to the stand.
“There was a huge demand for baked goods and we wanted to expand our baked goods. We have a lot of demand for apple cider donuts and there’s a lot of demand wholesale for them as well, so we’re looking at adding on some wholesale bakery as well,” Ulmer said.
The deli will offer a lunch menu with pulled pork sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, and maybe brisket down the road, Ulmer said.
While the farm stand is open seasonally, Ulmer said once open, the bakery and deli will operate year-round.
“It’s helpful for our employees too. It’s not a seasonal job, so we’ll have several full-time employees now,” he said.
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Photographer arrested after taking inappropriate pictures of young girl, police say
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A photographer in South Carolina was arrested Friday after deputies said they received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of a young girl, according to police.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Gregg Martin, 53, groomed the child and gave her illegal substances while she was under his care.
Police did not disclose the victim’s exact age but confirmed she is a minor.
Martin has been charged with engaging a child under 18 for sexual performance and unlawful conduct toward a child.
The sheriff’s department is asking anyone else who feels they have been a victim of Martin to contact them at (803)-576-3000.
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RAM seeking volunteers for temporary clinic in Luray
LURAY, Va. (WHSV) - Remote Area Medical (RAM), a major nonprofit provider of pop-up clinics delivering free dental, vision and medical care to those in need, is seeking volunteer medical, dental and vision professionals and general support staff for its July 9-10 clinic.
The two-day clinic will be held at Luray High School located at 243 Bulldog Drive, Luray, VA 22835. RAM is also in need of interpreters and general support volunteers to help set-up and take-down. There’s also a need for parking lot volunteers throughout the clinic.
If you or your organization would like to volunteer your time to help provide free healthcare services to the Luray area and surrounding communities, please visit their website or call 865-579-1530.
All RAM services are free, and no ID is required. Free dental, vision and medical services will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
Services available at the RAM free clinic may include dental cleanings, dental fillings, dental extractions, dental x-rays, eye exams, glaucoma testing, eyeglass prescriptions, eyeglasses made onsite, women’s health exams and general medical exams. Free take-home colon cancer screening test kits will also be available.
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Ridgeview Park bathrooms closed due to vandalism
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 2:10 PM EDT
WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) - The restrooms at the amphitheater in Ridgeview Park will remain closed for the next several months for repairs.
There are restrooms available for use at the pool pump house adjacent to the parking lot. Earlier this year, extensive vandalism occurred at the restrooms.
If anyone has information regarding this act, please, contact Parks and Recreation. Park officials apologize for the inconvenience.
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Rockingham County Board of Supervisors to vote on new tax rate
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Between prices at the pump and the grocery store, consumers’ wallets are already hurting. Add on increased home assessments and many are struggling to keep up.
The Rockingham County Board of Supervisors is set to meet Wednesday to discuss lowering its tax rate from 74 cents per $100 of assessed value to 68 cents, with the hope of easing the burden.
“Everyone is experiencing heightened costs in their own lives, sadly the county experiences those same heightened costs except on a much larger scale but we still have an obligation to have a balanced budget,” Rockingham County Board of Supervisors Chair Sallie Wolfe-Garrison said.
In 2021, a house in Rockingham County assessed for $220,000 paid more than $1,600 in real estate tax.
After the booming house market and the assessment that happens every four years, the same home is currently valued at $320,000, making taxes more than $2,100 if the Board of Supervisors passes their new rate.
“68 cents on the 100 gives us a balanced budget for not only this next fiscal year but the next four fiscal years for known expenditures and that’s what all of this has to be based upon is what do we know our expenditures… our expenses going to be,” Wolfe-Garrison said.
The tax revenue goes toward paying for resources the county provides, such as emergency services and education.
“It does require a comprehensive look at what is really a priority and what is not and how do we do that with the least financial impact to our residents because that truly is the goal of Rockingham County,” Wolfe-Garrison said.
Sallie Wolfe-Garrison says she knows residents are struggling right now, but she hopes the new rate will make up for it down the line.
“What a balanced budget also allows us to do is pay off a tremendous amount of debt which will, in the next couple of years, save the taxpayers a tremendous amount of money in interest,” Wolfe-Garrison said.
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Russia’s war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.
Despite thousands of miles separating her from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kariuki and her cabbage, corn and spinach farm are indirect victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion. The war has pushed up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.
Kariuki used to spend 20,000 Kenyan shillings, or about $175, to fertilize her entire farm. Now, she would need to spend five times as much. Continuing to work the land, she said, would yield nothing but losses.
“I cannot continue with the farming business. I am quitting farming to try something else,’’ she said.
Higher fertilizer prices are making the world’s food supply more expensive and less abundant, as farmers skimp on nutrients for their crops and get lower yields. While the ripples will be felt by grocery shoppers in wealthy countries, the squeeze on food supplies will land hardest on families in poorer countries. It could hardly come at a worse time: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said last week that its world food-price index in March reached the highest level since it started in 1990.
The fertilizer crunch threatens to further limit worldwide food supplies, already constrained by the disruption of crucial grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia. The loss of those affordable supplies of wheat, barley and other grains raises the prospect of food shortages and political instability in Middle Eastern, African and some Asian countries where millions rely on subsidized bread and cheap noodles.
“Food prices will skyrocket because farmers will have to make profit, so what happens to consumers?’’ said Uche Anyanwu, an agricultural expert at the University of Nigeria.
The aid group Action Aid warns that families in the Horn of Africa are already being driven “to the brink of survival.’’
The U.N. says Russia is the world’s No. 1 exporter of nitrogen fertilizer and No. 2 in phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Its ally Belarus, also contending with Western sanctions, is another major fertilizer producer.
Many developing countries — including Mongolia, Honduras, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, Mexico and Guatemala — rely on Russia for at least a fifth of their imports.
The conflict also has driven up the already-exorbitant price of natural gas, used to make nitrogen fertilizer. The result: European energy prices so high that some fertilizer companies “have closed their businesses and stopped operating their plants,’’ said David Laborde, a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
For corn and cabbage farmer Jackson Koeth, 55, of Eldoret in western Kenya, the conflict in Ukraine was distant and puzzling until he had to decide whether to go ahead with the planting season. Fertilizer prices had doubled from last year.
Koeth said he decided to keep planting but only on half the acreage of years past. Yet he doubts he can make a profit with fertilizer so costly.
Greek farmer Dimitris Filis, who grows olives, oranges and lemons, said “you have to search to find’' ammonia nitrate and that the cost of fertilizing a 10-hectare (25-acre) olive grove has doubled to 560 euros ($310). While selling his wares at an Athens farm market, he said most farmers plan to skip fertilizing their olive and orange groves this year.
“Many people will not use fertilizers at all, and this as a result, lowers the quality of the production and the production itself, and slowly, slowly at one point, they won’t be able to farm their land because there will be no income,’’ Filis said.
In China, the price of potash — potassium-rich salt used as fertilizer — is up 86% from a year earlier. Nitrogen fertilizer prices have climbed 39% and phosphorus fertilizer is up 10%.
In the eastern Chinese city of Tai’an, the manager of a 35-family cooperative that raises wheat and corn said fertilizer prices have jumped 40% since the start of the year.
“We can hardly make any money,” said the manager, who would give only his surname, Zhao.
Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely in Ventura, California, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%. Shifting fertilizers is risky, vice president William Terry said, because cheaper versions might not give “the crop what it needs as a food source.’’
As the growing season approaches in Maine, potato farmers are grappling with a 70% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices from last year, depending on the blend.
“I think it’s going to be a pretty expensive crop, no matter what you’re putting in the ground, from fertilizer to fuel, labor, electrical and everything else,” said Donald Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board.
In Prudentopolis, a town in Brazil’s Parana state, farmer Edimilson Rickli showed off a warehouse that would normally be packed with fertilizer bags but has only enough to last a few more weeks. He’s worried that, with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of letting up, he’ll have to go without fertilizer when he plants wheat, barley and oats next month.
“The question is: Where Brazil is going to buy more fertilizer from?” he said. “We have to find other markets.’’
Other countries are hoping to help fill the gaps. Nigeria, for example, opened Africa’s largest fertilizer factory last month, and the $2.5 billion plant has already shipped fertilizer to the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico.
India, meanwhile, is seeking more fertilizer imports from Israel, Oman, Canada and Saudi Arabia to make up for lost shipments from Russia and Belarus.
“If the supply shortage gets worse, we will produce less,” said Kishor Rungta of the nonprofit Fertiliser Association of India. “That’s why we need to look for options to get more fertilizers in the country.”
Agricultural firms are providing support for farmers, especially in Africa where poverty often limits access to vital farm inputs. In Kenya, Apollo Agriculture is helping farmers get fertilizer and access to finance.
“Some farmers are skipping the planting season and others are going into some other ventures such as buying goats to cope,” said Benjamin Njenga, co-founder of the firm. “So these support services go a long way for them.”
Governments are helping, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last month that it was issuing $250 million in grants to support U.S. fertilizer production. The Swiss government has released part of its nitrogen fertilizer reserves.
Still, there’s no easy answer to the double whammy of higher fertilizer prices and limited supplies. The next 12 to 18 months, food researcher LaBorde said, “will be difficult.’’
The market already was “super, super tight” before the war, said Kathy Mathers of the Fertilizer Institute trade group.
“Unfortunately, in many cases, growers are just happy to get fertilizer at all,’’ she said.
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Asadu reported from Lagos, Nigeria, and Wiseman from Washington. Contributing to this story were: Tatiana Pollastri in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Debora Alvares in Brasilia, Brazil; Sheikh Saaliq in New Delhi; Lefteris Pitarakis in Athens; Jamey Keaten in Geneva; Joe McDonald and Yu Bing in Beijing; Lisa Rathke in Marshfield, Vermont; Dave Kolpack in Fargo, North Dakota; Kathia Martínez in Panama City; Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt; Fabiola Sánchez in Mexico City; Veselin Toshkov in Sofia, Bulgaria; Tarik El-Barakah in Rabat, Morocco; Tassanee Vejpongsa and Elaine Kurtenbach in Bangkok; Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem; Edie Lederer at the United Nations; and Aya Batrawy in Dubai.
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School resource officer saves choking student
IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A school resource officer jumped into action last week when a student began choking on a piece of candy, WBTV reports.
A video obtained by the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office shows Deputy Alan Josey attending to a student at North Iredell Middle School after she showed signs of respiratory distress.
“Deputy Josey acted quickly, determined the student was choking, and performed the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver, thus dislodging a piece of candy,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.
Another student also attempted to help the girl before Josey arrived on the scene.
Before becoming a police officer, Josey spent eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve as a combat medic.
“Deputy Josey’s quick actions certainly abated a tragedy and allowed a young girl the opportunity to return home to her family,” the sheriff’s office said.
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Sentara RMH offers gift to VPAS
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - In recognition of a survey of Sentara RMH Medical Center employees which identified Valley Program for Aging Services (VPAS) as a nonprofit making significant contributions to the local community, Sentara Healthcare offered a $15,000 gift to VPAS.
This new aspect of the employee survey was added to invite broad-based input from Sentara employees on the organizations and partnerships they support.
Sentara RMH Medical Center employees selected VPAS from a list of nonprofit organizations in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area. The resulting financial award will bolster a VPAS initiative to support caregivers and create more dementia-friendly communities in the Central Shenandoah Valley.
Dementia is a growing public health crisis in Virginia. There are 150,000 people 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. That number continues to escalate.
Most people living with dementia live in their own homes instead of institutions, and there is a shrinking number of people to care for them. Caregivers are facing physical, emotional, mental and financial challenges that not only threaten their ability to care for their loved ones, but also damage their own health.
The gift will help fund VPAS caregiver support circles, one-on-one consultations, respite care programs, dementia workshops, and educational resources. It will also bolster a new initiative to help ensure that public spaces like stores, restaurants, churches and businesses are easier for people living with dementia to visit.
“We work with Sentara RMH staff every day to improve the health of our older adult neighbors and are extremely grateful for their vote of confidence in us,” said Jeri Schaff, VPAS Executive Director. “This gift will make a profound difference in our ability to create communities where everyone can age well.”
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Shooting challenges downtown Sacramento’s rebuilding efforts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The mass shooting that police say was a gun battle between rival gangs that left six dead and 12 wounded earlier this month shook the downtown core of California’s capital — and created another challenge for a city trying to redefine itself as a destination for more than just government workers.
In recent years, downtown Sacramento has benefited from billions of dollars of development but has been rattled by rising crime, protests resulting in property damage and an economic drubbing caused by the pandemic. Now, the city is reeling from the aftermath of the April 3 shooting, when at least five gunmen fired 100 shots as people left bars and nightclubs.
The violence just blocks from the Capitol highlights the successes and challenges many U.S. urban centers are facing as struggles with crime and homelessness persist despite revitalization efforts.
Though Sacramento is home to more than 500,000 people, it’s considered sleepy by California standards. The derisive nickname “Cowtown” grew out of its agricultural roots.
Today, downtown is at the center of the city’s efforts to become an entertainment and food destination. Local officials have worked to rebrand the city as “America’s Farm to Fork Capital,” a nod to a large number of well-regarded restaurants that get ingredients from the region’s many farms.
A major part of the revitalization is a six-block strip of K Street anchored by a renovated convention center and the Golden 1 Center, home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and a regular stop for major concert tours. The shooting happened on a block that’s home to high-end nightclubs but also dotted by vacant buildings that once housed coffee shops and restaurants.
Police have made two arrests connected to the shootings, but no one has been charged with homicide. The violence “came at a really pivotal moment for downtown,” said Sacramento City Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela, who represents the area.
“It’s causing me to sort of reflect on where we go from here — and as a city, not just as downtown,” she said.
A century ago, K Street was a bustling, diverse center of activity. But the strip struggled as people moved into the suburbs — giving way to decades of failed revival efforts, including the construction of a mall in the late 1960s and the launch of a light rail commuter line in the 1980s.
A fresh wave of investment came to the area about a decade ago, with new businesses opening on K Street as part of an effort to revive downtown after the financial crisis. The Golden 1 Center’s 2016 opening sought to build on that, helping generate $6.7 billion in nearby investment and spurring the opening of 150 new businesses, according to the Downtown Sacramento Partnership business group.
Then the pandemic hit, sending many of downtown’s 100,000 workers home and forcing some businesses closed. Now about 45,000 people work downtown daily, according to the partnership.
As employment fell, crime rose. Aggravated assaults, burglaries and vandalism were up in 2020 and 2021 compared to the five previous years for a roughly 100-square block area that includes the Capitol and the arena, according to Sacramento police crime data.
The city’s central hub has also served as the epicenter for protests focusing on racial justice and police misconduct. Protesters in 2018 shut down a downtown freeway entrance and blocked fans from entering the arena after Sacramento police shot and killed a young Black man. Then demonstrations in 2020 over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis swept the city. Many downtown properties were vandalized and some were ransacked.
“We’ve had a lot of different realities kind of hit downtown in different waves,” said Dion Dwyer, director of public space services for business partnership.
Now Sacramento is among the ranks of cities recovering from recent mass shootings. Since 2017, there have been 133 mass shootings in the U.S., according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University.
Dayton, Ohio, in 2019 was shaken when a gunman killed nine people and wounded 17 just after midnight at a bar in the main entertainment district for the city of 140,000. Sandy Gudorf, president of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, said officials mounted an “intentional strategy to reclaim the district” after the shooting.
Within three weeks of the violence, there was a free performance by Dave Chappelle, who lives outside the city. The community rallied to support local businesses, but it took time for people to feel comfortable returning to nightlife. The pandemic hit just as that activity was rebounding, Gudorf said.
“In people’s minds and hearts they knew that this did not define who we are. It was an incident, it was a tragic incident where we lost lives and people were inured,” she said. “I think it just took time to process all of that.”
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg repeatedly said people should continue to feel comfortable going downtown.
“It’s not one or the other” when it comes to enjoying the city’s entertainment offerings and feeling safe,” he said last week.
Rachel Muro, a manager at the locally owned Capital Books several storefronts away from the shooting, said downtown has problems like any city but that people should not avoid it. The bookstore’s owners recently opened a board game cafe just around the corner.
“We believe in this part of town enough to continue to help make it thrive,” Muro said.
Elsewhere on the block, the area’s troubles are obvious, with many office and restaurant spaces vacant. Homelessness downtown and elsewhere in Sacramento has been a vexing problem.
Last week the City Council voted to place a measure on the November ballot requiring the city build to more shelter beds and ban encampments on public land. Valenzuela, the councilwoman, opposed the plan and said it was inappropriate to debate that proposal so soon after the tragedy.
Crystal Sanchez, president of the Sacramento Homeless Union, said homeless people live downtown because the area has street lighting and lots of activity and plenty of alcoves near businesses where they can shelter.
“People are here because there are coves for protection,” Sanchez said.
At a brewery a few blocks from the shooting site, co-workers enjoying a drink reflected on whether the shooting changed their view of the city.
Braden Kolb, who was at a downtown bar for a friend’s 30th birthday the night before the shooting, said he patronizes downtown about once a month and that the shooting “is not going to change my behavior.”
But his friend Jason Slieter said the incident made him wonder if Sacramento is the right place to raise his family, saying he felt a sense of heaviness downtown when coming to work after the six people were killed.
“It definitely felt like something had changed,” he said.
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Associated Press journalists Adam Beam in Sacramento and Camille Fassett in Oakland contributed.
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Police: Student stabbed at Kansas City school by another student
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - Police said one student has been injured after he was stabbed by another at Northeast Middle School.
The Kansas City Police Department said the two students were boys in either seventh or eighth grade, KCTV reported.
The stabbing resulted from some confrontation and occurred in a bathroom, department spokesperson Donna Drake said.
The victim received life-threatening injuries, and the student of interest in the stabbing has been detained.
There is no ongoing threat, police said.
Kansas City Public Schools said the injured student was taken by ambulance to Children’s Mercy Hospital and is in critical condition.
“At this time, our students are safe, and we are working directly with Northeast Middle School families on reunification plans and an early dismissal. We are in the process of dismissing students now,” the school district said.
Kansas City Public Schools said it’s working with law enforcement to investigate what happened, and it’s offering counseling support for students and staff.
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US inflation jumped 8.5% in past year, highest since 1981
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises that many people have received.
The Labor Department said Tuesday that its consumer price index jumped 8.5% in March from 12 months earlier, the sharpest year-over-year increase since 1981. Prices have been driven up by bottlenecked supply chains, robust consumer demand and disruptions to global food and energy markets worsened by Russia’s war against Ukraine. From February to March, inflation rose 1.2%, the biggest month-to-month jump since 2005. Gasoline prices drove more than half that increase.
Across the economy, the year-over-year price spikes were widespread. Gasoline prices rocketed 48% in the past 12 months. Used car prices have soared 35%, though they actually fell in February and March. Bedroom furniture is up 14.7%, men’s suits and coats 14.5%. Grocery prices have jumped 10%, including 18% increases for both bacon and oranges.
Investors focused on a bright spot in the report and sent stock prices up: So-called core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose just 0.3% from February to March, the smallest monthly rise since September. Over the past year, though, core prices are up 6.5%, the most since 1982.
“The inflation fire is still out of control,’’ said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at the research firm FWDBONDS LLC.
The March inflation numbers were the first to fully capture the surge in gasoline prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. Moscow’s attacks have triggered far-reaching Western sanctions against the Russian economy and disrupted food and energy markets. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of gasoline — $4.10 — is up 43% from a year ago, though it’s dipped in the past couple of weeks.
The acceleration of inflation has occurred against the backdrop of a booming job market and a solid overall economy. In March, employers adding a robust 431,000 jobs — the 11th straight month in which they’ve added at least 400,000. For 2021, they added 6.7 million jobs, the most in any year on record. In addition, job openings are near record highs, layoffs are at their lowest point since 1968 and the unemployment rate is just above a half-century low.
The escalation of energy prices, a potential threat to the economy’s long-term durability, has led to higher transportation costs for the shipment of goods across the economy, which, in turn, has contributed to higher prices for consumers. The squeeze is being felt particularly hard at the gas pump.
“That’s an extra dollar per gallon that I’m paying to get into the city to work,” Jason Emerson of Oakland, California, said as he loaded groceries into his car. “And then, you know, we have the tolls that just went up this past year a dollar. My eggs are a dollar more as well. So everything’s going up at least a dollar, which, you know, adds up.’’
The latest inflation numbers solidify expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates aggressively in the coming months to try to slow borrowing and spending and tame inflation.
Kathy Bostjancic, an economist at Oxford Economics, said she expects year-over-year inflation to hit 9% in May and then begin “a slow descent.” Some other economists, too, suggest that inflation is at or near its peak. With federal stimulus aid having expired, consumer demand could flag as wages fall behind inflation, households drain more of their savings and the Fed sharply raises rates, all of which could combine to slow inflation.
But that could take time. Robust spending, steady pay raises and chronic supply shortages are still fueling inflation. In addition, housing costs, which make up about a third of the consumer price index, have escalated, a trend that seems unlikely to reverse anytime soon.
Economists note that as the economy has emerged from the depths of the pandemic, consumers have been gradually broadening their spending beyond goods to include more services. A result is that high inflation, which at first had reflected mainly a shortage of goods — from cars and furniture to electronics and sports equipment — has been emerging in services, too, like travel, health care and entertainment. Airline fares, for instance, have soared an average of nearly 24% in the past 12 months. The average cost of a hotel room is up 29%
The expected fast pace of the Fed’s rate increases will make loans sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses. Mortgage rates, in particular, though not directly influenced by the Fed, have rocketed higher in recent weeks, making home buying costlier. Many economists say they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and might end up acting so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
The American public’s expectation for inflation over the next 12 months has reached its highest point — 6.6% — in a survey the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has conducted since 2013. Once public expectations for inflation rise, they can be self-fulfilling: Workers typically demand higher pay to offset their expectations for price increases. Businesses, in turn, raise prices to cover their higher labor costs. This can set off a wage-price spiral, something the nation last endured in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Inflation, which had been largely under control for four decades, began to accelerate last spring as the U.S. and global economies rebounded with unexpected speed and strength from the brief but devastating coronavirus recession that began in the spring of 2020.
Many Americans have been receiving pay increases, but inflation has more than wiped out those gains for most people. In February, after accounting for inflation, average hourly wages fell 2.7% from a year earlier. It was the 12th straight monthly drop in inflation-adjusted wages.
Still, for now, with the job market healthy, inflation has yet to dampen overall consumer spending. Levi Strauss & Co., for example, says its price increases don’t seem to have fazed its customers.
That said, Adrian Mitchell, chief financial officer at Macy’s, cautions that chronically high inflation will likely lead consumers to be choosier: They may spend less on department store goods and more on services like travel and dinners out.
“We do believe that the consumer is going to be spending,’’ Mitchell said. “But are they going to be spending on discretionary items that we sell, or are they going to be spending on an airline ticket to Florida or air travel or going out to restaurants more?”
In Atlanta, Shirley Hughes has had to raise prices at her bakery, Sweet Cheats, because of soaring costs for items like eggs and milk. Two years ago, a 36-pound container of butter cost $75. Now, it’s $145. Thirty dozen eggs were $50. Now, they’re $75 — and even that price is possible only if Hughes picks them up herself, instead of having them delivered. She’s raised the price of her six-inch cake by $5 to $50.
So far, she said, people have generally accepted her higher prices. But there are limits. One customer wanted a six-inch cake delivered to her boyfriend — an hour’s drive away. Hughes told her the price of making the cake and delivering it would come to nearly $200.
The customer canceled.
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D’Innocenzio and Anderson reported from New York. AP video journalist Terence Chea in Oakland, California, contributed to this report.
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Target announces dates for its car seat trade-in recycling program
(Gray News) - Target has announced when people can trade in their old, expired or damaged car seats for a discount on new items.
The retailer announced its next car seat trade-in promotion will take place from April 18-30.
People can bring the car seats to a Target location, and in return, they can claim a 20% discount online or on the Target app toward a car seat, stroller or other baby items.
The coupon is valid through May 14.
The materials from the car seats traded in are recycled, and Target has received 1.7 million of them since 2016.
Target works with Waste Management to recycle the items. The retail giant said it has recycled 25.4 million pounds of car seat materials since the promotion began.
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Umpire recovering after being punched in the face at kids’ softball game
LAUREL, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – An umpire in Mississippi is recovering after being punched in the face following a softball game for 12-year-old children.
According to WLBT, Kristie Moore was filling in for an umpire who got sick. She has been calling games for 10 years.
During the game, the coach asked one of the athlete’s mothers to leave the game for excessive cursing. Instead of going home, the woman is accused of waiting to confront Moore after the game, punching her and then running away.
The mother, Kiara Thomas, was arrested and charged with simple assault.
Moore said some parents are out of control and make it harder and harder for umpires to do their jobs.
“It’s ridiculous,” she said. “The verbal abuse. And even now, the physical abuse now, at this point, and enough is enough.”
Moore, who finds umpires for tournaments in Mississippi, said it is difficult to find people willing to officiate the games.
“No one wants to listen to the verbal abuse and run the risk of what happened to me happening to them,” Moore explained.
Moore said most umpires do the job because they love the game and the kids, not for the money as they get paid $40 a game at most.
A bill was introduced in the legislature earlier this year that would make assaulting a referee or umpire a felony as aggravated assault. That bill, however, died on the calendar.
Moore said she hopes that, after this, lawmakers will take a second look.
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Use Venmo? Tax changes are coming
Tennessee senator aims to reverse filing requirement
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Filing taxes can be confusing. If you use apps like Venmo, Cash App or PayPal, it could soon get even more complicated.
Until now, Venmo users didn’t have to report income they received through the app, if it was under $20,000.
As a part of the American Rescue Plan, Congress lowered that requirement to just $600.
“I feel like that’s really the thing that’s burdensome. For many, they don’t declare their income, and now, they have to [declare],” said Michael Harlen, a touring musician, who is primarily paid through Venmo.
The new requirement didn’t add up for Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) either.
“Think about all the small businesses, even individuals that, you know, basically have transactions back and forth. They’re now going to have to file new IRS forms,” said Hagerty.
Hagerty is now introducing the ‘SNOOP’ Act, short for Stop Nosy Obsessions with Online Payments. It would re-establish $20,000 as the minimum reporting requirement for those paid through apps.
“This is the process of trying to fix what should have never happened,” said Hagerty.
Hagerty faces an uphill battle. Right now, his bill only has support from Republicans.
The $600 threshold will go into effect for the 2023 tax season. According to Venmo’s tax experts, it only applies to earned taxable income, not reimbursements.
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Valley native Kathy Bocock wins 500th game
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Shenandoah Valley native Kathy Bocock reached a major milestone in her college softball coaching career this past weekend.
Bocock, who is in her 11th season as head coach of the Elon softball program, won her 500th career game on the diamond when the Phoenix defeated College of Charleston in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday, April 9. Bocock is a native of Dayton and attended Turner Ashby High School, graduating in 1979.
“It just means that I have been very fortunate to coach this game for a long time, something I love,” said Bocock, when discussing her 500th win. “Be around young student-athletes as long as I have. I’ve had a lot of great people in my life as far as former athletes and the ones now. Of course I can’t do it without my coaching staffs that have worked with me.”
The 500 wins Bocock has amassed as a softball head coach come from her time at Elon and Averett, where she also served as the women’s basketball head coach.
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VIDEO: Man arrested after child escapes attempted kidnapping, police say
ORLANDO, Fla. (Gray News) – A man in Florida was arrested Tuesday after attempting to kidnap a child, police said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that 37-year-old Vinh Nguyen approached and grabbed a child Monday morning in the Azalea Park neighborhood in Orlando and tried to lure the child into his vehicle.
The sheriff’s office said the child was able to get away and Nguyen took off. Following a tip from the public, detectives arrested Nguyen on Tuesday morning.
Nguyen has been charged with false imprisonment, luring or enticing of a child, and battery.
Detectives are continuing to investigate and want to know if there may be other victims of Nguyen. If you have any information, please call the Central Florida Crime Line at 1-800-423-8477.
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VIDEO: Officer injured after metal luggage rack goes through patrol car’s windshield
MESA, Ariz. (KNXV) - A detective in Arizona is recovering after a scary incident over the weekend while he was behind the wheel.
Part of a metal luggage rack went through Mesa Police Department Det. Nick Cureton’s patrol car’s windshield as he was driving on the highway.
“I saw the item coming through the windshield and didn’t really have a lot of time to react,” Cureton said.
The officer said he didn’t know what item initially came through his windshield, but the piece of metal sent glass flying into his eyes.
“It hit me in the ribs as it ended up wedging itself between my left arm and my ribs,” Cureton said.
The luggage rack ended up bruising Cureton, who said he had to bring his car to a stop during the incident immediately.
“I tried to slow my car down as best as I could. After a while came to a complete stop, I threw my lights on, put my car in park, took a couple of deep breaths and then just tried to figure out if that item had actually gone into me or was just resting alongside me,” Cureton said.
Officials with Arizona’s Department of Transportation report debris on the roads is a problem and something the team continues to combat.
“It is so important for safety’s sake to ensure that any large items you’re hauling somewhere are safely secured and strapped to your vehicle,” said Ryan Harding, with ADOT.
Representatives with Arizona’s Department of Public Safety said driving with an unsecured load is illegal, and drivers can face citations and hefty fines.
According to the department, more than 300 drivers have been cited each year for failing to secure their load over the last three years, but nearly 150 yearly collisions have still occurred.
“It comes to those questions: ‘Would I feel safe driving behind my vehicle as it is, or would I be nervous?’” Harding said.
Cureton said he was taken to the hospital after last week’s incident, but he is recovering and hopes his story can help prevent future issues.
“I think it’s definitely a responsibility of all the drivers that are going to be out there to make sure that they secure whatever is in their vehicles to try and stop this from happening,” Cureton said.
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Virginia changing how it counts absentee ballots
Published: Apr. 12, 2022 at 11:04 AM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (WVIR) - A bill recently signed into law by Governor Glenn Youngkin is changing the commonwealth’s election system.
The bill alters how absentee ballots are counted, requiring local election officials to report them by precinct instead of putting them into one centralized precinct.
The new rule will be effective as of July 1.
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Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 1,203 Tuesday
13,275,232 total PCR tests have been run for the virus in Virginia, with 1,679,418 positive cases.
Due to the number of vaccinations across our region, we will no longer be updating the COVID-19 hotline.
As of Tuesday, April 12, Virginia has had 1,679,418 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
The Virginia Department of Health reports a 6.6% 7-day positivity rate for total PCR testing encounters.
34 additional deaths were reported this Tuesday, leaving the death toll at 19,918.
For a comprehensive summary of COVID-19 cases and testing in Virginia, you can visit the Virginia Department of Health’s website and view their COVID-19 dashboard.
On Sunday, April 18, 2021, vaccine eligibility expanded to all individuals in the Commonwealth age 16 and above.
On Thursday, April 22, 2021, former Governor Northam announced an ease in some of the COVID-19 restrictions for social gatherings that began on Saturday, May 15:
- Social gatherings: The maximum number of individuals permitted in a social gathering will increase to 100 people for indoor settings and 250 people for outdoor settings. Social gatherings are currently limited to 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
- Entertainment venues: Indoor entertainment and public amusement venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity or 1,000 people, up from 30 percent capacity or 500 people. Outdoor venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity — up from 30 percent — with no specific cap on the number of attendees.
- Recreational sporting events: The number of spectators allowed at indoor recreational sporting events will increase from 100 to 250 spectators or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less. Outdoor recreational sporting events will increase from 500 to 1,000 people or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less.
- Alcohol sales: Restaurants may return to selling alcohol after midnight, and dining room closures will no longer be required between midnight and 5:00 a.m.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday, May 13, 2021, vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear a mask in most circumstances. On Friday, May 14, 2021, Former governor Ralph Northam announced the mask mandate in Virginia would be lifted, and capacity and social distancing restrictions will end on May 28.
Statewide case totals and testing numbers as of April 12
By April 12, the Virginia Department of Health had received reports of 1,205,693 confirmed cases and 473,574 probable cases of COVID-19 across the commonwealth.
Those positive test results are out of 13,275,232 total PCR tests administered in Virginia.
At this point, 49,375 Virginians have been hospitalized due to the disease caused by the virus, and at least 19,918 have died of causes related to the disease.
Where are our local cases?
Here’s a breakdown of cases for our region as of 10:00 a.m. April 12.
Central Shenandoah Health District: 67,028 total cases
Beginning March 10, 2022, the Locality dashboard is no longer being published. Cases by report date and cases by date of illness can be viewed by locality on the Cases dashboard.
Total PCR tests: 425,739
Lord Fairfax Health District: 54,426 total cases
Total PCR tests: 363,556
Northwest Total Outbreaks: 1,002 reported, including 322 in long term health care facilities, 89 in K-12 settings, 73 in healthcare settings, 41 in correctional facilities, 330 in congregate settings, 65 in colleges/universities, and 82 in child care settings.
Note: VDH has changed the way it tracks outbreaks. They are now grouped by regions instead of health districts.
COVID-19 Vaccine in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Health has launched a data dashboard showcasing the number of COVID-19 vaccines that have been distributed and administered throughout the commonwealth.
According to the data dashboard, as of April 12, 7,007,498 people have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 6,266,150 people are fully vaccinated.
18,602,925 total vaccine doses have been distributed throughout the state.
Recovery
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s online dashboard indicates that, as of April 12, at least 107,550 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital.
Unlike the VDH data that reports cumulative hospitalizations, their data on hospitalizations reflects hospitalized patients confirmed positive for COVID-19, and that number is 155.
West Virginia updates
Here at WHSV, we cover Grant County, Hardy County and Pendleton County. The below information is the most recent data from each counties’ health department. You can find West Virginia’s COVID-19 dashboard here.
There are 498,618 total cases in West Virginia as of April 12.
Grant County: 3,766 total COVID-19 cases
Hardy County: 4,177 total COVID-19 cases
Pendleton County: 1,961 total COVID-19 cases (+5 from Monday)
For the latest factual information on COVID-19, you’re encouraged to check both the Virginia Department of Health and the CDC.
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Virginia parents will have a say in their children’s education when it comes to sexually explicit content
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A new law signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin directs parents to be notified when their children’s school assignments include sexually explicit content.
“The partnership that we have with parents is really important to the school division,” Albemarle County Public Schools Spokesperson Phil Giaramita said Tuesday, April 12.
Giaramita says the district has been keeping parents in the loop when it comes to its family life curriculum.
“Parents are notified every year because we revise or update the curriculum every year and they’re advised in that process. They long have had the ability to come into a school and look at the materials and the curriculum materials that we use for family life and offer their comments and they also have had the right to opt their child out of the curriculum if that’s what they prefer to do,” Giaramita said.
He believes this law could apply to other courses, too.
“The term sexually explicit is already defined in the Virginia code,” NBC29′s legal analyst AC Rieman said. “Now non-lawyers such as teachers and counselors and guidance counselors have to make this determination. Does this book, does this literature, does this curriculum fall within the Virginia code of what is sexually explicit.”
The Department of Education has until late July to develop a plan for schools to adopt and implement the policy. Then, schools have to adopt a version of these new guidelines by January 2023.
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Which industries get the most (and least) time off?
(Timetastic/Stacker) - Most private industry workers in the United States receive paid time off, but it is not required under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Timetastic used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, last updated in September 2021, to illustrate which industries offer the best access to paid vacation time. We’ve ranked industries according to the percentage of workers who have access to paid vacations, with ties broken by the number of days off a person receives after working in the industry for a year.
Data is available for workers who have consolidated leave plans (CLP), which are blanket time-off policies that do not distinguish between vacation, illness, or personal business days, and those who do not.
Nationwide, about three-quarters of all private industry workers receive paid time off, or PTO. Two weeks is the average offering for companies with CLP. More full-time workers get paid-time-off than part-time workers: 46% and 35%, respectively.
Larger companies tend to be more generous. At companies with 500 workers or more, 92% of workers have access to paid vacations. That compares to 71% at smaller companies of up to 49 employees.
Union members were also found to get 26.6% more vacation time than nonunion workers as more PTO is typically negotiated when settling union contracts.
Companies such as Netflix have even turned to an entirely different model: unlimited PTO. This gives employees the opportunity to take time off at will within reason.
But with U.S. workers already leaving 4.6 vacation days unused in 2021 on average, unlimited PTO may result in employees taking even less time off than average.
#10. Leisure and hospitality
- Workers with access to PTO: 43%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 9 days (CLP) 6 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 13 days (CLP), 9 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
The leisure and hospitality industry—made up of hotel clerks, restaurant cooks, casino workers, and a host of other positions—was hit exceptionally hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Hotel and Lodging Association found it lost as many jobs as government, health services, construction, retail, manufacturing, and education combined.
While workers in this industry tend to accrue more PTO after being with a company for more than a year, the turnover rate works against employees here: BLS data shows turnover in the hospitality industry hovers as high as 80% annually. versus 10%-15% across all industries.
The unemployment rate for this industry in February 2022 was 6.6%, compared to the national jobless rate of 3.8%.
#9. Trade, transportation, and utilities
- Workers with access to PTO: 81%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 16 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 19 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 23 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
The trade, transportation, and utilities industry is large and varied, from jobs in lumber yards to hauling cargo. Paid leave—which includes vacation time, holidays, sick leave, and personal leave—can cost employers up to 8.5% of a workers’ total compensation.
In Texas, these jobs contributed nearly 20% of the state’s GDP in 2016, at $317.3 billion; making trade, transportation, and utilities among the highest-grossing in the state.
#8. Professional and business services
- Workers with access to PTO: 81%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 14 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 18 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 20 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 22 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Paid vacations are available to the vast number of employees in this field, which include advertising, law, accounting firms, architecture companies, management consulting companies, and others.
Americans often don’t always take the time they are entitled to. Some 70% of owners of small businesses, in particular, do not view holidays as a time to take away from work. According to the U.S. Travel Association, U.S. workers left 4.6 days unused in 2021, and 5.6 days unused in 2020, which contributed largely to burnout.
A 2016 Harvard Business Review article cited a study finding that for the first time more than half of Americans did not take all of their vacations. The article also noted workers who used more than 10 of their days off had a 65.4% chance of getting a raise or a bonus.
#7. Construction
- Workers with access to PTO: 82%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 8 days (CLP), 7 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 11 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 13 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 14 days (CLP), 13 days (no consolidated leave)
Some construction companies have over the last decade moved away from the traditional way they allot time off, with separate categories for paid vacation, personal days and sick leave. They have instead adopted what is known as a PTO benefit. Vacation time, personal days, and sick leave are rolled into one plan for a consolidated-leave plan model.
Construction officials have largely been against other changes in paid leave. When former President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to provide up to seven days for sickness or other uses, the Associated General Contractors of America objected, citing long periods of layoffs because of weather and other variables in the industry.
#6. Education and health services
- Workers with access to PTO: 82%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 16 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 20 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 23 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
On average, teachers have about 12 days for sick time or personal leave during the school year. Amid COVID-19, however, teachers across the country are running out of sick days and a federal requirement that schools offer paid time off for COVID-19 illness or exposure has expired.
Similarly, many nurses, doctors, and other health professionals across the country have been under enormous stress during the pandemic. Adding to the pressure for some, they have recently been told to take sick leave or personal days if they test positive for COVID-19.
#5. Real estate and rental and leasing
- Workers with access to PTO: 86%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 12 days (CLP), 10 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 14 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 17 days (CLP), 16 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 18 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
With about 106,500 real estate brokerage firms in the country, a competitive benefits package with paid time off can help companies recruit and retain employees.
Brokers can classify their real estate salespeople as either employees or independent contractors, and those independent contractors have far more flexibility to take time away from the office. Independent contractors, not bound to rules and regulations of the company or companies they’re signed onto, are able to more freely create their own hours and schedules. Other companies in this category are primarily in the business of renting or leasing properties or goods or in related services.
#4. Information
- Workers with access to PTO: 90%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 25 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 20 days (no consolidated leave)
Netflix, Oracle, LinkedIn, and Twitter are all companies in the information business sector—and all offer unlimited vacation days. The open vacation policy was originated by Netflix, whose CEO Reed Hastings says he takes at least six weeks each year. He attributes employee loyalty at the company in large part to Netflix’s generous vacation and parental leave policies.
Workplace management software company Kronos (now merged with Ultimate Software to become UKG) began an unlimited or open vacation policy in 2016. In a Harvard Business Review article, its CEO Aron Ain said changes in technology led professionals at every level to work after business hours. He added that vacation policies clearly delineating between time off and vacation seemed antiquated.
#3. Manufacturing
- Workers with access to PTO: 95%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 11 days (CLP), 8 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 15 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 18 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 21 days (CLP), 18 days (no consolidated leave)
Among all non-agricultural workers, manufacturing’s share of U.S. employment peaked during World War II to 38% but cratered from 32% in 1955 to 8% in 2019 just prior to the advent of COVID-19. The sheer number of manufacturing employees hit an all-time high in the 1970s with around 20 million workers. Many of these jobs have since become automated or been shipped overseas.
The Congressional Research Service in 2017 warned the industry’s wages and benefits were under pressure from cost-cutting, plant closures, and the loss of jobs to other countries. The manufacturing industry was not spared from the Great Resignation, leading employers to rethink hiring incentives in a post-COVID-19 employment landscape.
#2. Financial activities
- Workers with access to PTO: 95%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 12 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 21 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 26 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
The financial services sector is key to the country’s security, but it faces a number of risks, including cyberattacks, says the federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.
Professional services network Deloitte predicted a pivotal opportunity for financial services in 2022, pointing to banking, capital markets, financial services firms, and others to lead the industry’s future. Deloitte urged the industry to invest in talent while rethinking the workplace, and paid time off plans may be a place to begin.
#1. Insurance carriers
- Workers with access to PTO: 97%
- Average PTO after 1 year: 17 days (CLP), 11 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 5 years: 22 days (CLP), 15 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 10 years: 24 days (CLP), 17 days (no consolidated leave)
- Average PTO after 20 years: 27 days (CLP), 19 days (no consolidated leave)
Some 2.9 million people worked in the U.S. insurance industry in 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The largest number of those, 1.7 million, worked for insurance companies.
Research from Deloitte found that despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry expects rapid growth in 2022 as the demand for insurance increases. With 97% of these workers having access to PTO, competitive benefits packages will need to be more comprehensive than in other industries.
This story originally appeared on Timetastic and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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Yelp to cover travel expenses for workers seeking abortions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yelp will cover the travel expenses of employees who must travel out of state for abortions, joining the ranks of major employers trying to help workers affected by new restrictions in Texas and other states.
The benefit announced Tuesday covers all 4,000 employees at the online review service, but seems most likely to have its biggest immediate impact on its 200 workers in Texas, which has passed a law banning abortions within the state after six weeks of pregnancy.
“We’ve long been a strong advocate for equality in the workplace, and believe that gender equality cannot be achieved if women’s healthcare rights are restricted,” said Miriam Warren, Yelp’s chief diversity officer.
Other states, including Oklahoma, are also are clamping down on abortions, prompting Yelp, based in San Francisco, and several other companies to draw up policies aimed at helping their workers get reproductive health care in other states.
Last month Citigroup, based in New York, disclosed plans to cover the travel expenses of any of its more than 220,000 employees, thousands of whom work in Texas, who travel to another state for an abortion.
The two largest U.S. ride-hailing services, Uber and Lyft, last year announced they will pay the legal fees for drivers who could get sued under the new Texas law for transporting a passenger to an appointment for an abortion.
The policies expose companies to potential backlash from those who support abortion restrictions, but they could be an advantage for employers with a footprint in states like Texas in an increasingly competitive job market.
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HILO, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Longs Drugs is closing one of its Hilo stores on May 20, the company confirmed to KITV4.
The store is located at 670 Ponahawai Street, and all prescriptions from this store will be transferred to the nearby Longs Drugs at 82 Puuhonu Place in Hilo.
All store employees are being offered comparable roles at other Longs Drugs locations, according to a CVS Health spokesperson. Rhode Island-based CVS Health owns Longs Drugs.
"Maintaining access to pharmacy services in underserved communities is an important factor we consider when making store closure decisions," a CVS Health spokesperson told KITV4. "Other factors include local market dynamics, population shifts, a community’s store density, and ensuring there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community, including COVID-19 testing and vaccinations."
There are four additional Longs Drugs locations in Hilo and 11 on the Big Island.
"While this store closure was part of our regular review of locations that previously occurred, the realignment of our national retail footprint and reduction in store density has begun this spring," a CVS Health spokesperson said. "It is based on our evaluation of changes in population, consumer buying patterns and future health needs to ensure we have the right kinds of stores in the right locations for consumers, and supports the evolution of our stores into community health destinations with new store formats."
Longs Drugs has also recently closed one of its downtown Honolulu locations after being open for nearly a decade. Longs Drugs has been in Hawaii since 1954. It has 42 additional locations.
Duane Shimogawa has more than 15 years of experience in the media industry with stints as a reporter/anchor at several TV and radio stations, as well as newspapers such as Pacific Business News, Hawaii News Now, KNDU/KNDO-TV, and more.
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Suspect arrested, 15 gambling machine seized during raid at Kalihi-area game room By KITV Web Staff Apr 13, 2022 Apr 13, 2022 Updated 4 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email 1 of 3 Honolulu Police Department Honolulu Police Department Honolulu Police Department Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save HONOLULU (KITV4) -- One person was arrested following a raid at an illegal game room in the Kalihi-Palama area, Tuesday night.Honolulu Police officer said they seized 15 gambling machines, cash, and drugs during the raid.A 28-year-old man was arrested on complaints of gambling promotion and possessing illegal gambling devices.The search warrants were executed by the HPD Narcotics/Vice and Specialized Services Divisions.To report illegal gambling, call HPD's Narcotics/Vice 24-hour hotline at 808-723-3933.Just posted a photo https://t.co/V530rC0UA9— Honolulu Police (@honolulupolice) April 13, 2022 Crime & Courts Prosecutor declines charges against Ewa Beach game room shooting suspect Sunshine Kuhia Smith Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Tags Gambling Hpd Narcotics Honolulu Police Machine Police Social Services Printing Law More From KITV 4 Island News Video Puna teen arrested in connection with threatening messages made online Updated Nov 15, 2021 Crime & Courts Honolulu police raid an illegal game room in Liliha Updated Mar 31, 2022 Crime & Courts Man killed in Waianae shooting was released from prison six months ago Updated Mar 18, 2022 Crime & Courts Pain in The Flash: 'Justice League' actor arrested after row at Hilo karaoke bar Updated Apr 12, 2022 Local Parents of Kapolei murder suspect call for changes in processing mentally ill detainees Updated Mar 10, 2022 Crime & Courts Suspect in Hawaii Loa Ridge homicide case to be extradited back to Hawaii Updated Mar 17, 2022 Recommended for you
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a disturbing attack on an elderly man in Chinatown on Tuesday, Honolulu Police said.
The suspect is identified as Charles Burns, a source tells KITV4. He was arrested around 8 a.m. on Wednesday.
According to HPD, Burns was arrested on complaints of first-degree arson and promoting dangerous drugs. Authorities did not say where the arrest took place.
The incident happened at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza located in the 100 block of N. Beretania Street, Tuesday morning. Surveillance video showed the suspect coming up behind the victim and setting his shirt on fire.
The victim, a 79-year-old man, was taken from the scene in serious condition after suffering first and second-degree burns to his neck and back. The victim has not yet been identified.
This was not Burns’ first run-in with the law. According to police records, in November 2020, he was cited for fourth-degree criminal property damage. In July 2021 he was cited for third-degree assault and again for fourth-degree criminal property damage. And in December 2021, Burns was cited for two counts of theft in the third degree.
This is a developing story. Check back with KITV4 for more information.
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Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii.
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Juan Baron was arrested in Anaheim, Calif. on Mar. 9, attempting to board a bus to Mexico. He is scheduled to appear in a California courtroom on Mar. 11.
HONOLULU (KITV4) - Juan Baron, the suspect in the Hawaii Loa Ridge murder of 73-year-old Gary Ruby, was indicted today by an Oahu grand jury on multiple serious felonies.
23-year-old Baron was ordered to remain in custody without bail pending trial. He was extradited back to Hawaii from Los Angeles last Friday.
Baron is accused of murdering Ruby in Ruby’s Hawaii Loa Ridge home, and attempting to conceal his body in a bathtub using cement and coffee grounds. Baron is also accused of unlawfully exerting control over Ruby’s home and personal vehicle, as well as unlawfully impersonating Ruby in the commission of these offenses.
Baron was indicted and charged with the following offenses: One count of Murder in the Second Degree; One count of Identity Theft in the First Degree; Two counts of Theft in the First Degree. Murder in the Second Degree carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
If Baron is proven to have known that Ruby was sixty years of age or older at the time of the alleged murder, he would be eligible for an extended sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Identity Theft in the First Degree is a class A felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Theft in the First Degree is a class B felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Juan Baron is accused of killing 73-year-old Gary Ruby and then trying to cover up the crime by encasing the body in cement in a bathtub at Ruby’s home in Hawaii Loa Ridge.
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Celebrate the Easter holiday this year with Easter Bunny photos, an Easter egg hunt, a three course brunch, or a family day in Kakaako. See a roundup of local events locally below. Submit your Easter events to digital@kitv.com.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN CENTER HOSTS EASTER BUNNIES AUNTY LELE and UNCLE LAPAKI
Hop over to the Royal Hawaiian Center for festive photos with not one, but two Easter bunnies: Aunty Lele and Uncle Lapaki. This year, keiki will have the chance to take photos standing with the bunnies for the first time since 2019.
Saturday and Sunday, April 16 & 17
Royal Hawaiian Center, 2201 Kalakaua Ave, in the new Lei ʻOhu Hale (Building B, Level 1), Honolulu, HI
4 to 6 pm.
More details on the event here.
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EASTER EGG HUNT at LOKAHI MARKET, KAILUA
Easter Egg Hunt with Lōkahi Kailua Market & KidzArt Windward
Sunday, April 17, 9am – 1pm
340 Uluniu St, Kailua, HI 96734 (covered parking lot next to Assaggio’s restaurant)
Lōkahi Kailua Market is a community-based, weekly market consisting of F.R.E.S.H. farmed goods, flowers, food, crafts, keiki activities & live music.
KidzArt Windward is a locally-owned program that aims to inspire keiki via art. DETAILS: Our market is free & open to the public; however, there is a $10 registration fee to participate in the Easter Egg Hunt. All funds from our Easter Egg Hunt will go to benefit keiki that would otherwise not be able to afford participating in the KidzArt Windward program.
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THE SHOPS AT WAILEA, MAUI
Over on Maui, the Shops at Wailea will have special events for Keiki, including the Easter Bunny, Face Painting and balloon animals.
The Shops at Wailea, 3750 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea, Hawaii
Friday, April 15: Free activities for keiki: Easter Bunny photos, 11am – 1pm; face painting and balloon animals, 11am – 1pm; magic show, 1-2pm.
Easter Sunday, April 17: Special 3-course menu at Ruth’s Chris Steak House; Easter basket goodies at participating retailers, including Cos Bar, Enchantress Gallery, and Sunglass Hut.
See all the "hoppenings" here.
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EASTER PHOTO BUS AT KAPOLEI COMMONS
Easter Photo Bus at Kapolei Commons
Family, friends, and fur babies are all welcome to the Easter Photo bus at Kapolei Commons. Just bring your camera and the photo bus will have all the props you need to capture your Easter fun.
Saturday, April 16 and Sunday, April 17
1 pm – 7 pm.
Kapolei Commons, In front of Regal Theater, 4450 Kapolei Pkwy, Kapolei
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SALT AT OUR KAKA'AKO HOSTING EASTER BUNNY, KEIKI GAMES
Sunday, April 17, 2 - 4pm
691 Auahi Street, Honolulu
More event details here.
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SUNDAY CLUB, EASTER SUNDAY BRUNCH AT 'ALOHILANI RESORT
Hop on over to Sunday Club, at Alohilani Resort for their special Easter Sunday Brunch on April 17, with an exclusive brunch experience featuring beats by Big Wave Surf Champion, and DJ KK. Brunch will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $115-- includes brunch, drinks and three hours of valet parking. For reservations call 808-294-4108.
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Snak King is voluntarily recalling 5-ounce packages of O Organics Sea Salt Organic Popcorn with “best if used by” dates of Sept 24, 2022 and Sept 25, 2022 due to possible cross contamination with a milk allergen.
The snacks have been sold throughout stores in Hawaii. People who have an allergy or sensitivity to milk may risk serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product.
The recalled products were sold in ACME, Safeway, King's, Balducci's, Jewel-Osco, Andronico's Community Markets, Vons, Pak 'N Save, Albertsons, Eagle, Carrs-Safeway, Haggen, and Pavilions locations in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho.
The recalled product comes in a 5-ounce flexible package. The “best if used by” date is located on the front of the package on the upper right-hand side. The UPC number for this item is 079893 403038.
There have been no reports of illness.
Consumers who have purchased 5-ounce packages of O Organics Sea Salt Organic Popcorn with the “best if used by” dates in question are urged to not eat the product and return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.
This recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Consumers with questions may contact the company at 626-363-7711.
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One meteor traveled quite a long way from home to visit Earth.
Researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth, according to a recently released United States Space Command document. An interstellar meteor is a space rock that originates from outside our solar system -- a rare occurrence.
This one is known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, and it crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on January 8, 2014.
The finding came as a surprise to Amir Siraj, who identified the object as an interstellar meteor in a 2019 study he coauthored while an undergraduate at Harvard University.
Siraj was investigating ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object in our solar system that was found in 2017, with Abraham Loeb, professor of science at Harvard University.
Siraj decided to go through NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies database to find other interstellar objects and found what he believed to be an interstellar meteor within days.
A need for speed
The meteor's high velocity is what initially caught Siraj's eye.
The meteor was moving at a high speed of about 28 miles per second (45 kilometers per second) relative to Earth, which is moving at around 18.6 miles per second (30 kilometers per second) around the sun. Because researchers measured how fast the meteor was moving while on a moving planet, the 45 kilometers per second was not actually how fast it was going.
The heliocentric speed is defined as the meteor's speed relative to the sun, which is a more accurate way to determine an object's orbit. It's calculated based on the angle at which a meteor hits the Earth. The planet moves in one direction around the sun, so the meteor could have hit Earth head-on, meaning opposite the direction the planet is moving, or from behind, in the same direction the Earth is moving.
Since the meteor hit the Earth from behind, Siraj's calculations said the meteor was actually traveling at about 37.3 miles per second (60 kilometers per second) relative to the sun.
He then mapped out the trajectory of the meteor and found it was in an unbound orbit, unlike the closed orbit of other meteors. This means that rather than circling around the sun like other meteors, it came from outside the solar system.
"Presumably, it was produced by another star, got kicked out of that star's planetary system and just so happened to make its way to our solar system and collide with Earth," Siraj said.
Difficulty getting published
Loeb and Siraj have been unable to get their findings published in a journal because their data came from NASA's CNEOS database, which doesn't divulge information such as how accurate the readings are.
After years of trying to obtain the additional information needed, they received official confirmation that it was, in fact, an interstellar meteor, from John Shaw, deputy commander of the US Space Command. The command is a part of the US Department of Defense and is responsible for military operations in outer space.
"Dr. Joel Mozer, the Chief Scientist of Space Operations Command, the United States Space Force service component of U.S. Space Command, reviewed analysis of additional data available to the Department of Defense related to this finding. Dr. Mozer confirmed that the velocity estimate reported to NASA is sufficiently accurate to indicate an interstellar trajectory," wrote Shaw in the letter.
Siraj had moved onto other research and almost forgotten about his discovery, so the document came as a shock.
"I thought that we would never learn the true nature of this meteor, that it was just blocked somewhere in the government after our many tries, and so actually seeing that letter from the Department of Defense with my eyes was a really incredible moment," Siraj said.
A second chance
Since receiving the confirmation, Siraj said his team is working to resubmit their findings for publication in a scientific journal.
Siraj would also like to put a team together to try and retrieve part of the meteor that landed in the Pacific Ocean but admitted it would be an unlikely possibility due to the sheer size of the project.
If researchers were able to get their hands on the "holy grail of interstellar objects," Siraj said it would be scientifically groundbreaking in helping scientists discover more about the world beyond our solar system.
NASA and US Space Command did not initially respond for comment.
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Police identify remains of missing 8-year-old boy; nationwide arrest warrant includes father
PASCO, Wash. (Gray News) - Police in Washington have identified human remains found in rural Benton County earlier this year as 8-year-old Edgar Casian, who went missing in September 2020.
The Pasco Police Department updated the case on Wednesday that the remains of a young child found by hikers back on Feb. 5 were indeed the missing boy after dental records matched.
Multiple agencies including Pasco police, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area to recover the remains.
The Pasco Police Department reported it first initiated a missing child report for Edgar on May 27, 2021.
Currently, a nationwide extraditable arrest warrant has been issued for the boy’s father Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia and Araceli Medina for first-degree murder, according to Pasco police.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports they were the last two seen with Edgar back in September 2020.
Police also report the current whereabouts of Edgar’s father and Medina are unknown.
Authorities urged anyone with more information on this case to contact the Pasco Police Department at 509-545-3421 or email Det. Davis at davisj@pasco-wa.gov and reference PPD case #21-15039.
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POWELL – The road through the Lamar Valley was dry and tacky last week. Despite some recent snow, most of the landscape within view of the open road was already exposed and parched.
Conditions in Yellowstone National Park are expected to be volatile this coming season after a winter with relatively little precipitation – definitely less snow than last year, according to the park’s top climate specialist.
Ann Rodman, Yellowstone National Park’s climate coordinator, arrived at Mammoth Hot Springs for her first position in 1988. She watched about 100 square miles of the east side of the park burn that year; the scars on the landscape are still visible 34 years later.
Rodman has been watching the park change and is worried about a repeat of the ’88 season as the world’s first national park continues to be hit with extreme drought.
“The lack of soil moisture and precipitation can set us up for a big fire season,” she said Thursday.
Rodman prefaced the statement by saying Yellowstone’s fire season will all depend on rain events as it moves into warmer months, but if last year is any indication of what is to come, northwest Wyoming could be in for a long, frustrating summer.
“I’m sure everybody’s going to be paying attention as we go into the summer months,” she said, “especially if we continue to have lower than normal precipitation, warmer temperatures and the snowpack melts early.”
While the long term trends point to many future hardships, this summer season in the park could surprise scientists and be wet.
Currently she manages the Geographic Information System for the park, monitors soundscapes and air quality and runs several climate monitoring sites in an attempt to anticipate what kind of impacts the changing climate will have on resources in the park.
Rodman also follows weather station and snowpack telemetry reports, looking for long term trends.
What she is seeing is disturbing.
Weekly snow water equivalent reports delivered by the National Resources Conservation Service assign percentages above or below normal based on a 30-year median. This year has already seen significantly less moisture than last.
The NRCS transitioned into a new 30-year median in January – updating the reference period for median and normal calculations from 1981-2010 to 1991-2020 – so percentages involve different parameters from past reports.
Current snow water equivalents in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are only running between 70-75% of the 30-year median. But what’s missing from the reports are long-term percentages, Rodman said.
“If we were comparing the normal that they used in the 1971 to 2000 period – comparing the amount of snow we have now to that normal – you’d be at 42%,” she said. “They’ve changed the 30-year period they’re talking about, which can be super confusing when you’re trying to think about climate change and trends, because, you know, every 10 years we change what normal means.”
How a long-term drop in precipitation affects the park and the surrounding ecosystems can change environments well into the future.
“There’s no question that climate change is putting us on a trajectory to have conditions that will support more and larger fires,” Rodman said.
It won’t be like this every year.
“Some years will be wet, some years will be dry,” she said.
But over time, she warned, “it’s not out of the question” that fires like the park suffered in 1988 could potentially happen every decade.
The question Rodman is trying to answer is how species of animals and plants will change along with an extended period of drought. The park may no longer support the same populations or species of wildlife, she said, and even the grasses could change.
Fire-ravaged ground is ideal for invasive species like cheatgrass, which isn’t a good food source and dries early in the year, possibly promoting more fires.
“Cheatgrass is really good at taking advantage of that early season moisture and can do it better than some of the native species. And with these earlier seasons, it just kind of sets things up for cheatgrass to do better,” Rodman said.
Something to be aware of for this coming season is the high possibility that streamflows will be very low and the park and surrounding areas may reduce or close fishing, much like last year.
Current predictions aren’t rosy.
“I’m sure the park management is going to be looking at that and paying attention as we get into June,” Rodman said.
But as scientists make forecasts, they also are forced to hedge even their best bets.
“Forecasts of any kind, of course, are not perfect,” NRCS hydrologist Jim Fahey noted in the Wyoming Basin and Water Supply Outlook Report earlier this month.
While the long term trends point to many future hardships, this summer season in the park could surprise scientists and be wet.
“Some of this is going to depend on what kind of rain we get in the next two months,” Rodman said. “We only know what happens.”
The lack of snow and the diminished need to plow will make it easier for Yellowstone crews to open several roads to the public on Friday.
Beginning at 8 a.m., select roads in Yellowstone – West Entrance to Old Faithful, Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful (via Norris), Norris to Canyon Village – will open for the summer season; the road from the North Entrance to Mammoth Hot Springs to the Northeast Entrance remains open year-round.
The East Entrance and the road from Canyon to Lake Village are set to open May 6, with all roads open by May 27.
In announcing the schedule, the National Park Service noted that the plans are “weather permitting.”
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CHEYENNE – The Boys & Girls Club of Cheyenne announced Wednesday that registration is now open for the Back-A-Kid Breakfast, taking place on Tuesday, May 10 Little America Hotel & Resort.
The Back-A-Kid Breakfast is a morning of fun and inspiration that ultimately allows the Club to serve members for just $10 per year. This year’s event will feature keynote speaker Gian Paul Gonzalez, who is widely recognized for inspiring the New York Giants to their most recent Super Bowl victory with the phrase "All In." He is also a former NCAA First Team All-American forward and the founder and Executive Director of the Hope & Future Youth Center.
The event, made by possible by Ken Garff Toyota Cheyenne and Little America, will also feature recognition of new Founder’s Society members, presentations from Wyoming Youth of the Year winners and surprise special guests. Doors open and breakfast begins at 6:30 a.m., followed by the program at 7 a.m.
Though attendance is free, all guests are asked to make a contribution. Reservations are required and can be made by contacting Director of Resource Development Amanda Fiske at 307-778-6674 or afiske@bgcchey.org, or by visiting BAK2022.givesmart.com. Donations can also be made by texting “BAK2022” to 76278.
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This page, from 1996, chronicles the passing of singer Ella Fitzgerald and high-profile attorney Melvin Belli as well as seven Wyomingites, including Mary Mead, the daughter of former Wyoming Governor Cliff Hansen.
Sweetwater County Clerk Cindy Lane and Sweetwater County Historical Museum Executive Director Dave Mead check out the two “Obituary Scrapbooks” the clerk’s office donated to the museum.
The scrapbooks’ timeline runs from 1972, when this page was created, to 2010.
Sweetwater County Historical Museum Photo
This page, from 1996, chronicles the passing of singer Ella Fitzgerald and high-profile attorney Melvin Belli as well as seven Wyomingites, including Mary Mead, the daughter of former Wyoming Governor Cliff Hansen.
Sweetwater County Historical Museum Photo
Sweetwater County Clerk Cindy Lane and Sweetwater County Historical Museum Executive Director Dave Mead check out the two “Obituary Scrapbooks” the clerk’s office donated to the museum.
SWEETWATER COUNTY -- Two special “Obituary Scrapbooks” donated to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum by the Sweetwater County Clerk’s Office provide a unique, if melancholy glimpse into events in Sweetwater County from 1972 to 2010.
Sweetwater County Clerk Cindy Lane explained that among a Wyoming county clerk’s office’s responsibilities is keeping track of deaths in the county to ensure that county residents who have passed on are removed from the voter rolls.
In 1972, a number of deputy county clerks began clipping Sweetwater County obituaries, pasting them into special scrapbooks. The practice continued until 2010, resulting in two very large scrap journals containing many hundreds of obituaries, not only from Sweetwater County, but around the world, primarily those of celebrities.
Lane contacted the museum not long ago about donating the books in order to preserve them and Executive Director Dave Mead took possession of them on behalf of the museum Tuesday.
Mead said the museum is making the “Obituary Scrapbooks” available for those who wish to examine them. Located at 3 E. Flaming Gorge Way in Green River, the museum is open from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Tuesday through Saturday. There is no charge for admission.
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| 2022-04-14T02:30:04Z
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As the first state nationwide to develop a psilocybin treatment program, Oregon is standing on the shoulders of thousands of years of expertise among indigenous people from Mexico to South America.
A new paper recently published in the journal Fungal Biology summarizes centuries of psilocybin use among shamans and guides who treated people for a host of ailments, from anxiety and rheumatism to toothaches and stomach pain. The paper, by nine researchers including senior author Jessie Uehling, assistant professor of fungal biology at Oregon State University, fills a knowledge gap for the state Psilocybin Advisory Council.
“This is a completely new program and endeavor of its kind that needs to be based in safety and informed by science. Consolidating that information into one or two places is really essential,” Uehling said. “Oftentimes when we hear about psilicybin we hear the historical context of U.S. scientists’ or European scientists’ work in the ’50s or ’70s but in actuality there’s been hundreds and thousands of years of usage by many indigenous cultures, mostly in Central America and Mexico. We thought that that piece was really important to highlight.”
The program has high interest in Oregon, according to a recent study. It showed that thousands are interested in going through a psilocybin therapy session.
The paper says there are more than 300 species of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, and lists 13 that have been used by indigenous people. Only one on that list – Psilocybe cubensis – will be allowed under the current rules proposed by the Oregon Health Authority. This species is one of the best known, Uehling said.
“Some of them have deadly, poisonous look-alikes that are visually identical that we want to avoid with public and consumer health in mind,” Uehling. “The other is to identify a fungi they need to have gene sequences, DNA sequences, in public databases and the information for these organizations is just not available.”
Focusing on this one species “will help ensure a safe launch for consumers,” she said.
In Oregon, psilocybin will be used to treat mental health issues. U.S. studies have found that it’s a promising treatment for depression, anxiety and PTSD. But its use among indigenous communities is much wider.
“For many indigenous people of Mexico, these mushrooms are part of a sacred and ancient tradition,” the paper said.
It’s been used to treat both spiritual and physical illness by inducing hallucinations and creating a “trance-like experience that is thought to allow dissociation of the soul from the body,” the paper states. The experience facilitates introspection, revelations and self-healing, it says.
“While practices vary between indigenous groups, in general ceremonies are always done with care at night in a quiet place guided by an elder or shaman, no meals, alcohol, medicine or drugs are taken in advance, and travel is discouraged for a week after,” according to the paper.
Oregon’s temporary rules ban adding psilocybin to “any other chemical, drug, plant or substance” that could affect the potency, duration and effect of the drug. They also ban the use of pesticides in psilocybin production and will require manufacturers to submit samples for testing, similar to rules governing the cannabis industry.
The rules do not prescribe treatment but they do specify the training facilitators must go through to be licensed. They must have 120 hours of instruction, including the study of cultural equity, safety and ethics, psilocybin pharmacology and clinical studies. Facilitators will also be taught how to prepare clients for a session and how to work with individuals and groups.
In indigenous communities, ceremonies are conducted by experienced guides.
“To provide a positive experience, a mainstay practice for generations of indigenous people has been to place emphasis on competent, experienced and genuine guides,” the paper says. “These guides can ensure that environmental and personal factors, or what is currently described as set and setting, are favorably aligned.”
The research found that psilocybin can lead to an increased connection to nature, enhanced creativity and a greater enjoyment of music. But it can also provoke headaches, nausea, fatigue or insomnia. In one study of 233 patients, 12 “showed suicidal behavior, intentional self-injury and suicidal ideation,” the paper says.
The paper said that fatalities reported in connection with the recreational use of psilocybin often involved alcohol and other drugs.
“Consuming misidentified fungi can cause severe adverse reactions for consumers, including death,” the paper states.
Measure 109, which authorized the creation of a therapeutic psilocybin program in Oregon, gives the state until the end of the year to launch the service. Uehling, who’s on the advisory committee but is speaking as an OSU researcher, said the timeline is tight but that the advisory group is working to meet that deadline..
“The progress that we’ve made in the first year is immense,” Ueling said. “Like any new program we’re going to have to try and see what works and then revisit and then make changes. I am really optimistic about those changes being made.”
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A panel of Oregon Republican candidates for governor, including one currently facing federal criminal charges for assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, uniformly insisted recently that the events of that January day were a righteous protest.
Reed Christensen, Brandon Merritt, Tim McCloud, Kerry McQuisten, Amber Richardson, Bill Sizemore and Marc Thielman made their comments at a private Republican forum in Baker City in late March.
Their remarks came to light Tuesday, when a conservative organization founded by an aide on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign complained that video of the conversation had been removed from YouTube for violating the video platform’s policies on misinformation.
The group, Look Ahead America, has been leading rallies throughout the country against what it refers to as “political persecution” of people who participated in a violent riot aimed at preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s election. Five people died, nearly 140 police officers and countless rioters were injured and more than 700 people are facing federal criminal charges.
Christensen, a former Intel employee from Hillsboro, is among those facing charges. He is scheduled to appear via video in a Washington, D.C., U.S. District Court on May 10, just a week before Oregon’s primary election.
According to court documents, Christensen struck or pushed several law enforcement officers and led a group that removed bike racks blocking people from moving closer to the Capitol. Officers sprayed him with a chemical irritant to discourage him from pushing through the bike racks, but he continued to push through, according to charging documents
Christensen told Republicans in Baker City that he was trying to wave a flag on the steps of the Capitol, though photos included in court documents don’t show him with a flag. He compared himself to early Americans who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
“We wanted to wave the flag on the steps of the Capitol,” he said. “They had bicycle racks with guards behind them, so I got a little upset. You can steal an election, break state law, federal law, I have to stay off the grass and stay behind your line and not wave the flag? So I got a little rowdy.”
The audience applauded for Christensen after he told them he was facing charges.
Other candidates praised him. Merritt, a marketing consultant from Bend, said Christensen had a “great story” to tell before he falsely claimed that police invited rioters into the building.
“January 6 was not an insurrection,” he said. “If the left is calling that an insurrection, what in the world are we calling what’s happening in Portland? Because it certainly ain’t peaceful protests.”
McQuisten, the mayor of Baker City, said she talked with Christensen and several eastern Oregonians who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were engaged in “peaceful prayer,” she claimed.
“None of the first-person accounts I’ve heard line up with the media,” McQuisten said.
News organizations including the New York Times have obtained thousands of videos recorded by both rioters and police to reconstruct the events of the hours-long siege on the Capitol. Videos show frantic scrambles between police and protesters outside and inside the Capitol as crowds swarmed the building.
Sizemore, an anti-tax activist who was instrumental in passing several ballot measures and now owns a painting business in Redmond, referred to the Jan. 6 insurrection as an “understatement.”
He accused Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of swaying election results, a theory that stems from grant money that election offices throughout the country received from a nonprofit organization supported by Zuckerberg. Local election officials used money to buy equipment, including personal protective equipment for election workers to reduce COVID infection risks, to pay staff and to adapt to changing laws, including in several states that greatly expanded mail voting because of the pandemic.
Sizemore said he was initially hesitant to believe false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, but that he’s become convinced people will do whatever it takes to win.
“We’re going to need more protests like January 6,” Sizemore said.
Sizemore allowed that a “few bad actors” engaged in wrongdoing, but said Democrats and journalists were trying to make the incident seem worse than it was.
McCloud, a Salem business development analyst, said the Capitol and all government buildings belong to the American people and they have the right to enter it at any time.
Thielman, the former superintendent of the Alsea School District, said the attempted insurrection was a response to the government failure.
“When our courts wouldn’t hear it, when our Congress wouldn’t hear it, when our executive branch wouldn’t hear it, we the people did what our Constitution allows us to do,” he said. “It was a wonderful patriotic protest.”
He said the incident became a “mess,” and that he didn’t condone behavior like storming the Capitol or sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk, both of which rioters did.
Richardson, a licensed massage therapist from White City, said she’s been part of a group “canvassing” elections in Jackson County, going door to door to talk to voters about fraud.
“January 6 was not an insurrection,” she said. “November 3 was, and we know that.”
She said she stood by her comments, and that she believes the media skewed perceptions of Jan. 6.
In November 2020, Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker found the phrase “VOTE DON’T WORK. NEXT TIME BULLETS” painted in 6-foot letters in the parking lot across from her office. Walker and other county clerks still receive regular threats and angry calls and emails from people about the 2020 election, and they’re preparing to combat misinformation about the 2022 election.
Christensen, Merritt and McCloud did not immediately respond to emails Tuesday afternoon.
The Republican candidates’ response to questions about the Jan. 6 Capitol siege reflects a political divide in Oregon.
Recent polling from the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center found that about three-quarters of Democrats described the events as an attempted coup or insurrection, and most other Democrats thought it was best described as a “riot out of control.” A plurality of Republicans, 38%, said it was an out-of-control riot, but 16% described it as a reasonable protest and nearly a quarter said it was carried out by Trump’s political opponents.
The Oregon Republican Party last year passed a resolution declaring the incident a “false flag” operation. Christine Drazan, then the House GOP leader and now a candidate for governor, led all 23 House Republicans in condemning the state party for that resolution.
Another candidate, Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam, has spent months trying to walk back comments he made to Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week shortly after Jan. 6 blaming Trump for inciting violence. He now presents himself as the only candidate willing to say that the 2020 election was fraudulent.
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Local police are warning residents about imposters posing as law enforcement officers.
The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office is the latest agency is report local residents receiving calls from purported law enforcement officers.
“Citizens are reporting that they receive a phone call from a Sheriff’s Office employee asking them to pay fees or fines through an app. They will sometimes use names of current or past employees,” JCSO said in a statement on rouses.
The Oregon law enforcement agency reminds residents that its officers would not be calling asking for payments. Some of the scam artists in Oregon and other states such as Florida try to pressure residents into paying off potential fines via cash apps or through gift cards.
The telephone police scams also come locally along with a local incident involving alleged potential police impersonators pulling over a woman in Siskiyou County and shooting at her vehicle when she tried to escape.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a call March 26 at 1:25 a.m. east of Grenada.
“The victim reported she was pulled over by a white vehicle with red and blue emergency lights. When she pulled over two males exited the suspect vehicle and approached the victim vehicle. One of the males approached the driver side with a handgun drawn,” according to the sheriff’s office. “The man with the handgun tried to forcibly remove the victim from the car. When the victim sped away in the car the man with the handgun shot the vehicle twice.”
The woman was unharmed and notified police. One of the suspects was wearing a hat, mask, gloves and jacket with a star that resembled the sheriff’s office insignia, according to police.
The suspect also had a tattoo under his right eye, according to police. The incident occurred on County Road A-12.
SCSO said motorists can call 911 if they are pulled over by a police vehicle and are concerned about their safety. They should also pull over in well-light and more public areas if possible and look for official vehicles, uniforms and identification, police said.
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Case of accused serial child abuser heads to grand jury
PINEVILLE, W.Va. (WVVA) - The case of a man accused of sexually abusing underage girls over a time span of decades will head to a grand jury after the defendant waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.
Multiple of Teddy Tolliver’s alleged victims showed up to magistrate court. The women were between the ages of 11 and 15 at the time of the abuse, according to a complaint.
“Just based upon the allegations upon Mr. Tolliver, I have evidence that his crimes were committed starting back in 1965 all the way until 2001,” said Sgt. Andre Palmateer, the detachment commander with West Virginia State Police. “I would ask if there would be anymore ladies out there that were juveniles at the time that were victimized by Mr. Tolliver, to give us a call at the state police office.”
Tolliver’s bond was set at $100,000. He faces 10 counts of sexual abuse in the first degree and first-degree sexual assault, according to Wyoming County prosecuting attorney Derek Laxton.
If you have any information on the case you can contact the lead investigator Sgt. Palmateer at (304) 682- 4717.
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Netflix launches new way for viewers to ‘like’ their favorite shows
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 10:58 PM EDT|Updated: 53 minutes ago
(CNN) - Netflix wants to keep its customers happy with the selections they are making.
The streaming service recently introduced a new recommendation tool - a double thumbs-up button.
Netflix already has thumbs up and thumbs down buttons for viewers to give feedback on what they like and dislike, but the company said it wanted to add another option.
The double thumbs-up tool is a way for viewers to let Netflix know which shows and movies they really like and enjoy.
Representatives with Netflix said it could recommend similar content thanks to the new tool, which ultimately helps customers stick around longer and feel satisfied with their subscription.
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Police: Woman dies after getting stuck upside down while climbing US-Mexico border wall
TUCSON, Ariz. (Gray News) - Police in Arizona said a Mexican woman died after illegally attempting to cross into the U.S. earlier this week.
Cochise County Sheriff Mark J. Dannels reports deputies responded to a call from Mexican authorities at about 11 p.m. on Monday concerning a woman stuck on a border fence near Douglas, Ariz.
According to the sheriff’s office, the woman was climbing over the border wall when she got stuck in the ropes of a harness and trapped upside down for a significant amount of time.
The 32-year-old was transported to a local hospital, but she was pronounced deceased. Authorities in Arizona said they notified the Mexican Consulate about the incident.
An autopsy will be completed to determine the woman’s cause of death and the sheriff’s office said its investigation continues.
“These incidents are not political; they are humanitarian realities that someone has lost a loved one in a senseless tragedy,” Sheriff Dannels said. “We have to do better in finding solutions to the challenges facing our border, and we have to do it for the right reasons. Regardless of opinions, the facts should direct our progress, and we will keep working towards a shared goal of border safety and security.”
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The man had already left one voicemail on the personal cellphone of Sen. Larry Hicks, R-Baggs. By the second message, the senator could tell from the caller’s voice he was “crazy mad.”
“Do not. Do not. DO NOT f- – with our Second Amendment,” the voice in the message said. “This is not the place to f- – about with our Second Amendment rights. God-given rights. We’re going to vote you out. Later. Sorry. F---in’ p---y.”
Hicks wasn’t shocked by the threatening call.
“This is their intimidation tactic,” he said.
At the time, Wyoming Gun Owners had come out in opposition of a pro gun rights bill Hicks was sponsoring. Senate File 102, “Second Amendment Protection Act,” which later became law, prohibits state officials from enforcing federal firearms regulations. The gun owners group, founded more than a decade ago by Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, was supporting a similar bill, Senate File 87, “Second Amendment Preservation Act.” That bill had a big distinction – it let residents sue cops – and it failed during the Wyoming Legislature’s 2022 budget session.
Hicks had drawn WyGO’s ire in years past. But he’d never experienced the flood of correspondence that came when his bill was being worked in committee.
“There were over 100 text messages on my phone,” Hicks said. “Thirty-some phone messages on my cell. Half a dozen at home. My staff said there were three or four at work, and a couple on staff cellphones.
“It is an all-out campaign,” he added. “Emails, phone messages, text messages, anything they can get their hands on.”
The deluge directed at Hicks was orchestrated by a group that’s repeatedly pushed controversial gun bills at the Wyoming Legislature. Operated by far-right Iowa activist Aaron Dorr, the organization campaigned against lawmakers it labeled as moderate in the 2020 Republican primaries. The group drew outrage from top lawmakers for its campaign tactics and were investigated by the Wyoming Attorney General for failing to disclose its donors. A federal judge ultimately ruled that the Wyoming election law Wyoming Gun Owners was accused of breaking was itself unconstitutional.
There’s been a spate of media attention about the Gun Owners-aligned groups, which operate in a dozen states, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, “No Compromise,” that spotlighted the Dorr family and their collaborators, who opponents describe as scam artists.
Although the gun bill the group backed in Wyoming this year fell flat, WyGO’s role and influence in Wyoming politics do not appear to have diminished. Some observers say lawmakers are afraid of and beholden to the group, for fear of ending up a target. Other lawmakers who have been targeted told WyoFile its members have them afraid for their lives.
“I’m concerned about [WyoGO] having incredibly unhealthy followers that are rabid,” said one lawmaker who had heard the voicemail left on Hicks’ cell.
“That guy is not well,” the lawmaker said of the caller. “That guy is unhinged. If he was in the Capitol, how would we feel about that?”
The lawmaker asked to remain anonymous out of fear for their physical safety. Specifically, the lawmaker worries about the prospect of a shooting at the state Capitol.
The lawmaker described a situation in which a fire alarm sounded in the statehouse during a previous legislative session. The individual wouldn’t leave the building for fear that it was a setup, designed to herd senators and representatives toward an awaiting shooter.
“The potential is easily there,” the lawmaker said.
Dorr, who traveled to Cheyenne a couple times during the 2022 budget session, declined to engage in hypotheticals about his members’ conduct when WyoFile caught up with him at the Capitol.
“I’ve never had a gun owner – one of our members – go to an area beyond aggressive support for gun rights,” he said.
Rep. Bob Wharff, R-Evanston, who WyGO endorsed, said it’s unfair to fault the organization for the actions of its members.
“When somebody is a member, they pay a membership fee,” Wharff said. “Aaron [Dorr] is the one that speaks for Wyoming Gun Owners.”
Wharff has had to navigate similar waters, he said. Formerly the executive director of Wyoming Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, he once had to call and apologize to then Gov. Dave Freudenthal for an inappropriate call that one of his members made, he said.
Hicks wasn’t passively inundated with messages. He sent some of his own. Bouchard shared a text thread with WyoFile, which shows the Baggs senator sent him 11 messages in a 15-minute span. The messages ranged from “Why do you hate cops” to “Run a good sapa bill” to “Why did you molest a child” – an apparent reference to reports that Bouchard impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18.
Hicks defended his actions.
“I didn’t send 300 emails out and give everybody his phone number,” he said. “I texted him directly.”
Hicks’ experience as a WyGO target appears to be the exception, not the norm. Other lawmakers who have been WyGO targets said they were not subject to the same all-out communications campaign. Former four-term Sen. Michael Von Flatern, R-Gillette, was a Gun Owners’ punching bag before WyGO-supported Sen. Troy McKeown, R-Gillette, defeated him in the 2020 GOP primary. Even though WyGO-funded YouTube campaign advertisements leading up to the primary election pushed out Von Flatern’s cellphone number and encouraged members to ring him, no one dialed his digits.
“They never called me,” Von Flatern said. “Aaron Dorr used Facebook and said how no-good I was, and blah blah blah, because I wouldn’t back his quest for free guns for everybody.”
Von Flatern chalked up his loss to WyGO’s role in the 2020 elections.
“They have clout, and they use it in the wrong way,” he said. “I stood up against them, and I got kicked out. They wanted a Trump person in there, and I was never going to be a Trump person. I have too much thinking to do.”
The no-compromise strategy WyGO employs is unapologetically brash and confrontational. After the Legislature’s 2022 budget session wrapped up, Dorr took to Facebook to report to his members on how it went. He dubbed Hicks and two other senators “RINO traitors” – the acronym standing for “Republican in name only” – for pushing SF 102, which he described as a “destruction” of the Second Amendment.
The bill Hicks sponsored, and that Gov. Mark Gordon signed into law, prohibits state officials from enforcing federal firearms regulations. But it does not allow residents whose guns are seized by law enforcement officers to bring civil lawsuits against law enforcement agencies directly. Instead, it leaves enforcement to county prosecuting attorneys.
“Think about your county prosecutor, and ask yourself if you think there’s even a chance, even a chance that they would bring the county sheriff’s department into court for a [Second Amendment Protection Act] violation,” Dorr said in his legislative recap video. “You know as well as I do, county prosecutors, county sheriffs – these people are friends.”
Hicks explained why his bill does not allow citizens to sue cops.
“Think of your smaller communities around Wyoming,” he said. “Some officer inadvertently confiscates a firearm in a domestic violence situation. Under their law [the failed SF 87], [Wyoming residents] could personally sue him and then go after his employer for other expenses.”
Hicks said he never considered giving into the pressure from WyGO and amending his bill.
“If you fold, they own you,” he said. “And what message does that show? In a leadership position, I have to stand up for the institution.”
Hicks said there “absolutely” are fellow lawmakers who have folded to WyGO’s pressure to keep a target off their backs.
Senators Bouchard; McKeown; Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester; Tim French, R-Powell; Tom James, R-Green River, and Tim Salazar, R-Riverton, cosponsored WyGO’s bill and voted for its introduction. Non-sponsor senators Affie Ellis, R-Cheyenne; Wendy Shuler, R-Evanston, and Charles Scott, R-Casper, also voted for introduction.
Former Rep. Dan Kirkbride, R-Chugwater, said he sensed that the WyGO pressure was getting through to his counterparts during his eight years in office.
“I think people in the Legislature begin to look over their shoulder, thinking, ‘Well, if I don’t vote for this, they’re going to come after me,’” he said. “There’s almost an extortion to it. A bullying element.”
Kirkbride, who’s a rancher and gun owner himself, was defeated in 2020. WyGO-endorsed pastor and current Rep. Jeremy Haroldson, R-Wheatland, edged him in the Republican primary by an 8% margin. Dorr’s group ran ads against Kirkbride, branding him a gun-control fanatic.
“I was in office for eight years, and a county commissioner for eight years before that … and in all that time nothing was said,” Kirkbride said of his gun record. “But then, for 33 days right before the election, I was public enemy No. 1. It was extremely effective. You’ve got to give them credit, it worked great.”
Hicks is a 12-year Senate veteran who’s up for reelection this year. Having just notched a victory over the Gun Owners by successfully pushing SF 102, he is confident a Dorr-backed challenger will vie for his seat. A self-described gun guy who said he owns dozens of firearms and travels the world to trophy hunt, Hicks scoffed at the “gun grabber” smear campaign that he expects is coming.
“Yeah, I’m a gun grabber,” Hicks jokingly said. “That’s right, I open my closet and there are so many guns in there I can’t ever figure out what one to grab.
“I’m not going to back down from doing the right thing,” he added. “I’ve got faith in the people of the state of Wyoming, and if I’m wrong, I’ve done the right thing.”
WyGO champions in the statehouse like Wharff have stood behind the tactics and rhetoric the Dorrs and their members deploy.
“We are fighting a battle, we are at war,” Wharff said. “These people are attacking our Second Amendment rights. If we don’t stand up and push back – and I honestly believe this – if we don’t defend our Second Amendment rights, all our other rights go out.”
But those strategies earn quick rebukes from other fixtures at the Wyoming Legislature. Longtime lobbyist Marguerite Herman said the tactics she’s seen from WyGO stand apart from those employed by any other lobbyist or advocacy organization.
“It’s just pure muscle and intimidation: It’s crude, it’s artless, there’s no finesse to it at all,” Herman said.
“Is it effective?” she asked. “Well, to the extent that legislators truly believe that this will jeopardize their reelection effort and to the extent that they let [the WyGO threat] guide them in what they’re doing.”
The Legislature, she said, isn’t doomed to “a system where might makes right.”
“People have to be willing to not be elected. We need people who will say, ‘I’m not going to compromise my principles,’ and then hope that approach wins elections,” Herman said. “I really hesitate to castigate the electorate, but they should be better informed. They should check things out before they take them hook, line and sinker.”
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ROCK SPRINGS -- The Sweetwater County Concert Association will present the final performance of the 2021-2022 season on Sunday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broadway Theater. Sundae and Mr. Goessl features award-winning vocalist Kate Voss and tireless virtuoso guitarist, Jason Goessl. This charming wife/husband duo has a style all their own and incorporate humor, vintage style, interesting instrumentation, nostalgia and serious musicianship in their act. While some label their style as "Vintage Pop" and others deem it "Cowboy Jazz" there's one adjective that everyone can agree on: delightful.
Bringing back the sounds from a by-gone era and spreading the joy of music like Johnny Appleseed, Sundae and Mr. Goessl have been in the business of delighting audiences across the US for the past 6 years. Recently married, the couple has put out 6 albums and has performed 1000+ shows. The couple has successfully drafted an act that encompasses virtuosity, jazz, pop, americana, country, charm, fashion, comedy and vaudeville with accolades and awards to boot.
Sundae (Kate Voss) has steeped for 2 decades in vocal performance and earned the title of Seattle-Kobe Vocal Jazz Princess in both 2014 and 2016. In 2016 she also received a Golden Ear Award as Vocalist of the Year from Earshot Magazine. Studying under Greta Matassa, she's had many opportunities to sing all across the US. Sundae often surprises her audiences with a melodica solo and with 10 years as a piano instructor under her belt, it is quite a tasty treat. She appears regularly around Seattle lending her unique sounds to a myriad of styles ranging from weirdo-pop with Mannequin BBQ (who filmed on The Gong Show in 2017) to old-timey jazz with Kate Voss & The Big Boss Band to Western Swing with the Western Bluebirds to retro-country with her sister duo Opal-Thistle Pistol Sisters (where they use a swear jar instead of a tip jar). However, she proves most delightful and captivating when she injects her verve into these Golden Age songs as "Her voice nails the authenticity of this era…” —JazzTimes
Mr. Goessl (Jason Goessl) was born and raised in a small village in eastern Wisconsin and became an accomplished jazz guitarist by age 17. At age 18 Mr. Goessl started his trek west. His first stop was Eau Claire WI. There he studied music at the University and played in the award winning jazz ensemble with such jazz greats as saxophonist Michel Brecker and guitarist Charlie Byrd. Getting the itch for more inspiration, Goessl moved to Minneapolis where he made a living gigging most nights of the week and was awarded the prestigious Visiting Composers Award for his composition “3 Philosopher’s In A Landscape”. With his insatiable desire for creativity and elevation, Mr. Goessl made the trek to Seattle WA. Today, Mr. Goessl makes a living as one of Seattle's top guitarist in most genres. From jazz to country, indie to Brazilian, surf to metal, Goessl is a freelance guitarist that approaches the music with studied curiosity and stamps it with his indelible signature sound.
Jason and Kate formed a deep connection with each other through their mutual love of music, quickly and earnestly becoming a couple in 2013. Sundae and Mr. Goessl are currently touring the US and Canada in their 30 ft Winnebago with their rescue Chihuahua (Jackie) and plan on making fantastic music together for the rest of their lives.
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This group of artists continues working together and are now exhibiting their work at Sweetwater County Library in Green River. Pictured are (back row) Sandra Banks, class instructor, Judy Graham, Penny Hughes, Dorothy Cook, Deborah Gaspar and Laurie Harris. Seated in the front are Cathy Denman, Sharon Carpenter, and Kathy Reinard.
GREEN RIVER -- The walls of the gallery area at Sweetwater County Library in Green River are filled with 40 paintings by local artists who paint together. Sandra Banks lead a class last fall at the Golden Hour Senior Center but now the group meets during open painting sessions at the center, continuing to learn new things and support each other.
“For the Love of Watercolor” Art Exhibit is currently on display in the gallery space at the Sweetwater County Library through May. This exhibit has a variety of subjects and styles, including still life, landscape, black and white studies done using primary colors to create “black”, and portraits. The artists Banks, Judy Graham, Penny Hughes, Dorothy Cook, Deborah Gaspar, Laurie Harris, Cathy Denman, Sharon Carpenter, and Kathy Reinard also used a variety of painting papers and surfaces.
“An artist works on a picture and they seem to leave a piece of their soul in it ... making it hard to part with after that; not to mention - the portraits are very personable,” said Banks. “Having said that, a few of the pieces are available for purchase directly from the individual artists.”
The group has met the last couple of summers painting outdoors enjoying the local parks. This spring they called their painting sessions “indoor plein air,” because they have found enrichment and enjoyment in watercolor, and encourage others to give it a try. Those interested in learning more can contact Sandra Banks at (307)875-2145.
The Sweetwater County Library System encourages local and Wyoming artists to display their creative work at the White Mountain Library in Rock Springs and the Sweetwater County Library in Green River. A committee of library staff, Lindsey Travis, Michelle Maser, and Debora Soule with community volunteers Deon Quitberg. Angie Bennett, and Donna Ragsdale,
meet to review applications of interested artists and to schedule community shows. Interested individuals are encouraged to pick up an application packet at any of the libraries or contact Soule at the Community Fine Arts Center.
The public is invited to visit the Sweetwater County Library gallery during the hours of Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m.
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Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos
NEW YORK (AP) — Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.
Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old Black man’s life.
An erratic work history. Arrests for a string of mostly low-level crimes. A storage locker with more ammo. And hours of rambling, bigoted, profanity-laced videos on his YouTube channel that point to a deep, simmering anger.
“This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof, and it’s going to die a violent death,” says James in a video where he takes on the moniker “Prophet of Doom.”
After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Mayor Eric Adams triumphantly proclaimed “We got him!” Police said their top priority was getting the suspect, now charged with a federal terrorism offense, off the streets as they investigate their biggest unanswered question: Why?
A prime trove of evidence, they said, is his YouTube videos. He seems to have opinions about nearly everything — racism in America, New York City’s new mayor, the state of mental health services, 9/11, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Black women.
A federal criminal complaint cited one in which James ranted about too many homeless people on the subway and put the blame on New York City’s mayor.
“What are you doing, brother?” he said in the video posted March 27. “Every car I went to was loaded with homeless people. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand.”
James then railed about the treatment of Black people in an April 6 video cited in the complaint, saying, “And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting.”
In a video posted a day before the attack, James criticizes crime against Black people and says things would only change if certain people were “stomped, kicked and tortured” out of their “comfort zone.”
Surveillance cameras spotted James entering the subway system turnstiles Tuesday morning, dressed as a maintenance or construction worker in a yellow hard hat and orange working jacket with reflective tape.
Police say fellow riders heard him say only “oops” as he set off one smoke grenade in a crowded subway car as it rolled into a station. He then set off a second smoke grenade and started firing, police said. In the smoke and chaos that ensued, police say James made his getaway by slipping into a R-train going the opposite direction and exited after the first stop.
Left behind at the scene was the gun, extended magazines, a hatchet, detonated and undetonated smoke grenades, a black garbage can, a rolling cart, gasoline and the key to a U-Haul van, police said.
That key led investigators to James, and clues to a life of setbacks and anger as he bounced among factory and maintenance jobs, got fired at least twice, moved among Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York.
Investigators said James had 12 prior arrests in New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 2007, including for possession of burglary tools, criminal sex act, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
James had no felony convictions and was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011. A search of James’ Philadelphia storage unit and apartment turned up at least two types of ammunition, including the kind used with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, a taser and a blue smoke cannister.
Police said James was born and raised in New York City. In his videos, he said he finished a machine shop course in 1983 then worked as a gear machinist at Curtiss-Wright, an aerospace manufacturer in New Jersey, until 1991 when he was he was hit by a one-two punch of bad news: He was fired from his job and, soon after, his father whom he had lived with in New Jersey died.
Records show James filed a complaint against the aerospace company in federal court soon after he lost his job alleging racial discrimination, but it was dismissed a year later by a judge. He says in one video, without offering specifics, that he “couldn’t get any justice for what I went through.”
A spokesperson for Curtiss-Wright didn’t immediately respond to a call seeking comment.
James describes going in and out of several mental health facilities, including two in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s.
“Mr. Mayor, let me say to you I’m a victim of your mental health program in New York City,” James says in a video earlier this year, adding he is “full of hate, full anger and bitterness.”
James says he later was a patient at Bridgeway House, a mental health facility in New Jersey, although that could not be immediately confirmed. Messages left with the facility were not returned.
“My goal at Bridgeway in 1997 was to get off Social Security and go back to f------ work,” he says in a video, adding that he enrolled in a college and took a course in computer-aided design and manufacturing.
James says he eventually got a job at telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies in Parsippany, New Jersey, but says he ended up getting fired and returned to Bridgeway House, this time not as a patient but as an employee on the maintenance staff. A message seeking comment was sent to Lucent Technologies.
“I just want to work. I want to be a person that’s productive,” he said.
Touches of that earnest, struggling man showed up after James’ parked car was hit in Milwaukee. Eugene Yarbrough, pastor of Mt. Zion Wings of Glory Church of God in Christ next door to James’ apartment, said James was impressed that the pastor owned up to hitting the car. Neither James nor anyone else was there to see the accident. And James called him up to say so.
“I just couldn’t believe it would be him,” Yarbrough said. “But who knows what people will do?”
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Texas keeping most truck inspections despite border gridlock
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday defied intensifying pressure over his new border policy that has gridlocked trucks entering the U.S. and shut down some of the world’s busiest trade bridges as the Mexican government, businesses and even some allies urge him to relent.
The two-term Republican governor, who has ordered that commercial trucks from Mexico undergo extra inspections as part of a fight with President Joe Biden’s administration over immigration, refused to fully reverse course as traffic remains snarled.
The standoff has stoked warnings by trade groups and experts that U.S. grocery shoppers could soon notice shortages on shelves and higher prices unless the normal flow of trucks resumes.
Abbott announced Wednesday that he would stop inspections at one bridge in Laredo after reaching an agreement with the governor of neighboring Nuevo Leon in Mexico. But some of the most dramatic truck backups and bridge closures have occurred elsewhere along Texas’ 1,200-mile border.
“I understand the concerns that businesses have trying to move product across the border,” Abbott said during a visit to Laredo. “But I also know well the frustration of my fellow Texans and my fellow Americans caused by the Biden administration not securing our border.”
Abbott said inbound commercial trucks elsewhere will continue to undergo thorough inspections by state troopers until leaders of Mexico’s three other neighboring states reach agreements with Texas over security. He did not spell out what those measures must entail.
At the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge, where more produce crosses than any other land port in the U.S., truckers protesting Abbott’s order had effectively shut down the bridge since Monday. But Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the protests had concluded and commercial traffic had resumed.
Nuevo Leon Gov. Samuel García joined Abbott in Laredo, where backups on the Colombia Solidarity Bridge have stretched for three hours or longer. Garcia said Nuevo Leon would begin checkpoints to assure Abbott they “would not have any trouble.”
Abbott said he was hopeful other Mexican states would soon follow and said those states had been in contact with his office. On Tuesday, the governors of Coahuila and Tamaulipas had sent a letter to Abbott calling the inspections overzealous.
“This policy will ultimately increase consumer costs in an already record 40-year inflated market — holding the border hostage is not the answer,” the letter read.
The slowdowns are the fallout of an initiative that Abbott says is needed to curb human trafficking and the flow of drugs. Abbott ordered the inspections as part of “unprecedented actions” he promised in response to the Biden administration winding down a public health law that has limited asylum-seekers in the name of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
In addition to the inspections, Abbott also said Texas would begin offering migrants bus rides to Washington, D.C., in a demonstration of frustration with the Biden administration and Congress. Hours before the news conference in Laredo, Abbott announced the first bus carrying 24 migrants had arrived in Washington.
During the last week of March, Border Protection officials said the border averaged more than 7,100 crossings daily.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Abbott’s order “unnecessary and redundant.” Trucks are inspected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents upon entering the country, and while Texas troopers have previously done additional inspections on some vehicles, local officials and business owners say troopers have never stopped every truck until now.
Cross-border traffic has plummeted to a third of normal levels since the inspections began, according to Mexico’s government. Mexico is a major supplier of fresh vegetables to the U.S., and importers say the wait times and rerouting of trucks to other bridges as far away as Arizona has spoiled some produce shipments.
The escalating pressure on Abbott, who is up for reelection in November, has come from his supporters and members of his own party.
The Texas Trucking Association, which has endorsed Abbott, said that the current situation “cannot be sustained.”
John Esparza, the association’s president, said he agrees with attempts to find a remedy with Mexico’s governors. But he said if talks take long, congestion could overwhelm bridges where inspections by Texas are no longer being done.
“The longer that goes, the more the impact is felt across the country,” Esparza said. " It is like when a disaster strikes.”
The slowdowns have set off some of widest backlash to date of Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border operation, which the two-term governor has made the cornerstone of his administration. Texas has thousands of state troopers and National Guard members on the border and has converted prisons into jails for migrants arrested on state trespassing charges.
Critics question how the inspections are meeting Abbott’s objective of stopping the flow of migrants and drugs. Asked what troopers had turned up in their truck inspections, Abbott directed the question to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
As of Monday, the agency said it had inspected more than 3,400 commercial vehicles and placed more than 800 “out of service” for violations that included defective brakes, tires and lighting. It made no mention of whether the inspections turned up migrants or drugs.
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Associated Press reporters Acacia Coronado. Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.
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This story has been corrected to show it’s Customs and Border Protection.
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Thinking small: Biden scrounges for ways to break through
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his sweeping domestic agenda on hold and images of horror in Ukraine dominating headlines, President Joe Biden is scrounging for ways to demonstrate that he’s still making progress for Americans at a time when many feel the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Six months out from the midterm elections, Biden’s team is betting that smaller, discrete announcements can break through to voters better than talk of transformational plans that are so far only aspirational. And as the global focus is on Ukraine, the White House is eager for Americans to see Biden tackling the kitchen-table issues important to them –- none more so than the searing inflation exacerbated by the Russian invasion.
Last week, that meant aides positioned big rigs outside the White House so Biden could talk about efforts to get more truck drivers on the road. A day later, he welcomed back former President Barack Obama for the signing of an executive order updating the Affordable Care Act. And after that, he signed bipartisan legislation intended to safeguard the U.S. Postal Service’s financial future.
This week, he’s notching his heaviest domestic travel in months. On Thursday, he is to visit Greensboro, North Carolina, to highlight his plans to boost domestic supply chains and high-tech workforces. It comes after a Tuesday stop in Iowa to announce that his administration was granting a waiver to allow more ethanol in gasoline year-round, a move that officials estimated would shave 10 cents per gallon off gasoline prices — but at just 2,300 gas stations out of the nation’s more than 100,000.
The White House says the public focus on the war in Ukraine is “understandable” and it’s realistic about the challenges facing Biden in breaking through.
“While the world needs to understand and see how he is leading on the war, the country needs to see how he is continuing to lead on the economy,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. “Being able to continue to speak to our domestic audience about that is a huge priority. And his schedule tells the story of how much of a priority it is.”
All of the policies Biden is touting will have direct impact on American lives — but they also fall far short of the goals that Biden set for himself when taking office. Taken together, they show how the White House is trying to regain momentum at a time when Biden is under pressure to recalibrate his ambitions.
“I think it makes good strategic sense that, if you’re going to be stymied by Congress, you take matters into your own hands,” said Eric Schultz, a communications official in the Obama White House.
It’s a dynamic that Obama himself confronted, particularly in his second term in office, when he used his executive authority to push forward his agenda as much as possible.
“It’s not a coincidence that this strategy emerged when Republicans threw up their hands and decided they didn’t want to be governing partners,” Schultz said.
Schultz said Democrats need to demonstrate they’re making progress even if they’re not passing the sweeping legislation they promised.
“Did we accomplish everything we wanted to? No,” he said. “But did we roll up our sleeves every day and push the needle forward? Yes.”
While there have been successes, notably the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, much of Biden’s agenda remains stalemated — or worse.
Lawmakers are struggling to hash out a bipartisan compromise on legislation that’s intended to help the U.S. compete economically with China. Biden’s sweeping Build Back Better legislation is dead in the water, waiting for Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to decide what, if anything, he’ll support. Immigration reform, gun control legislation and voting reform have fallen out of the national conversation.
That’s left Biden touting the benefits of infrastructure legislation that passed last year — old bridges slated for replacement are a staple of his domestic travels — and looking for other, small policies that can be advanced.
Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said smaller initiatives are only going to help if they “lay the groundwork for passing much bigger policies.”
“Singles are fine if they’re a prelude to a grand slam,” he said, adding that Democrats face “a motivation challenge” ahead of the midterms. “Democrats are not going to get people to the polls with a lot of singles.”
William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Biden is trying to make the most of a difficult situation.
“He’s doing what he can now that some of his grander plans have been sidetracked,” he said.
Galston recalled a similar strategy when he worked on domestic policy for President Bill Clinton. Before the midterms in 1994, the White House worked on “running up the score” with policy proposals that were less controversial.
“It was just what happened when the White House conceded defeat on its central agenda item,” which was health care reform for Clinton.
“Those smaller victories made absolutely no difference in the midterms. The fact that they were below the radar screen was good news for passing legislation, but bad news for their political effectiveness,” he said. For Biden, “that’s likely to be the case this time, too.”
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for another 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, it is extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
KITV-4 was at the Daniel K Inouye Airport, with reaction from locals and visitors to this 2 week extension. This mask mandate means that anyone coming to the Daniel K Inouye airport or any of the major airports in Hawaii, You will need to continue wearing a mask on on airport property. Even though state dropped the indoor mask mandate, at the airport, the TSA Executive Order, overrides all of that.
So everyone will need to wear a mask here, as you have been doing. The mask mandate is the most visible government restriction to control the pandemic and the most controversial. A surge of abusive and violent incidents on airplanes have been disputes over mask wearing.
Jai Cunningham, State Department of Transportation says, "Also understand, that whether it be an airline employee, or an employee at the airport, when they ask you please put your mask on. Know that this is not their mandate, they are simply following orders. This is a federal mandate that has to be followed. Even if you come from a state or a city that doesn’t have that masking requirement, when you are in the airport any of our airports, you are expected to still have that mask on.“
Lydia Belshe is a Big Island Resident “I think It’s crazy, trying to control a lot of people, if you’re sick and not feeling well, I think it’s up to everybody to decide whether they want to wear the mask for their own safety or people around them. But I don’t think it’s something that should be forced on us. “
But some visitors do not mind wearing face coverings, Elke Crepaz is a visitor from Austria, “For me it’s really usual to wear the mask, I’m from Austria and Austria was really strict during the pandemic so, for me it’s not bad for me that it is extended. But as a traveler it would be nice to have it not for the holiday feeling. “
Kyle Feldenkreiss is visiting from New York “You might as well keep it going a little while longer, It’s easy to wear a mask, it’s uncomfortable, but sometimes things are uncomfortable but you have to do what is the right thing." The bottom line, anyone on airport property needs to continue wearing a mask from now until May 3, 2022.
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| 2022-04-14T05:54:11Z
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KAHALA, HAWAII (KITV4) - Kahala resident Sutah Chirayunon said his car was stolen from his driveway after a robber broke into his house and stole his wife's purse which had credit cards and car keys.
“There is a huge homeless problem here in the state. There is actually a homeless population living nearby and what they do is come down to the neighborhoods daily, everyday of the year and steal from the neighborhood,” said Chirayunon.
Crime has increased in the Kahala area particularly home break-ins.
Kahala neighborhood board chair Richard Turbin believes crime is increasing in Kahala because many of the homes there are second and vacation homes that often sit empty.
“We've asked for a greater police presence here including more patrol at the Kahala beach since there is an increase in assaults there,” said Richard Turbin.
Turbin also said the increase in crimes is partly due to prisoners who are released from the Hawaii State Correctional Facility spiraling back into crimes. He said it's because they’re not given proper care and funds after they get out.
Richard Turbin is an attorney who want to raise awareness for the need to give a sum of money to prisoners upon their release. Otherwise, he says, it's an invitation for them to start the cycle again.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A final decision Wednesday on a controversial proposal to ban short-term vacation rentals in most residential neighborhoods on Oahu.
There were more than 100 testifiers Wednesday at the Honolulu City Council, making last-ditch efforts to sway the council decision.
And in the end, the vote was eight to one to pass the bill.
Many residents gave heartfelt arguments both for and against short-term vacation rentals across the island.
Some claim the rentals are helping families struggling to make ends meet, while others contend it's actually making life harder for local residents.
"I think the Airbnb concept is very important for a well diversified and healthy economy because it does offer the possibility for individuals that can have additional income rather than just living out of their paychecks," Henrique Regina, owner of a short-term vacation rental, told KITV. "Life is not easy in Hawaii."
Kekoa McClellan, a lobbyist for the American Hotel and Lodging Association in Hawaii, insists these vacation rentals are devastating for the local population.
"Hundreds of residents -- people who actually live here and not simply own an extra home or an extra handful of homes -- but permanent residents from all walks of life who are being priced out of their various homes and pushed out of their communities," he said.
The measure increases the minimum length of stay for a short-term vacation rental from the current 30 days to 90.
The bill keeps the initial registration fee at $1,000, and reduces renewal fees to $500 a year instead of the current $2,000.
The proposal also allows for new permits only in resort districts such as Waikiki.
The bill now goes to Mayor Rick Blangiardi who has previously indicated his strong support for the measure.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society.
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US actor Cuba Gooding Jr. arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Court, on January 22, 2020 in New York City. - Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr is facing trial over accusations he groped a woman in New York. Gooding, 51, was originally charged with forcible touching, a crime that can come with a sentence of up to a year in prison if convicted.A judge is expected to decide if additional women can take the witness stand in the actor's trial. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNN) -- Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. entered a plea of guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of forcibly touching a woman at a New York City nightclub in 2018.
Gooding admitted to kissing the woman, a waitress at the club, on her lips without consent. He also admitted to two other incidents of non-consensual contact in October 2018 and June 2019.
Under the terms of the plea agreement, Gooding is to continue alcohol and behavior modification treatment for six months and have no new arrests. After that time, he can re-plead to harassment.
If he successfully follows the terms and re-pleads to the lesser charge, Gooding can face a sentence to time served. If he does not comply with the terms, he could face up to one year in jail.
"Cuba Gooding Jr. entered into a re-pleader today whereby in six months his case will be disposed of with a violation, which is not a crime, resulting in no criminal record," Gooding's attorney, Peter Toumbekis, said in a statement to CNN.
The delay-ridden case against Gooding first began in June 2019 when the actor was charged with forcible touching.
An additional charge was brought against him in October 2019.
He'd previously pleaded not guilty to those charges.
Gooding's lawyers at one point filed a motion to dismiss the case but it was denied.
Gooding's trial was set to begin in April 2020 but was delayed because of lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In August 2020, Manhattan prosecutors said that at least 30 women had come forward with accusations of unwanted touching by the Oscar-winning actor.
Assistant district attorney Coleen Balbert said in court on Wednesday that Gooding has been in counseling since September 2019 to address behavior he engaged in and to ensure he doesn't reoffend.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Day seven of the drug trafficking trial for the brother of Kathrine Kealoha started with the prosecution resting its case and Dr. Rudy Puana's lawyers began to present their defense to the jury.
On Wednesday, the defense called seven witnesses to the stand, four of them former patients of the Puana Pain Clinic who gave glowing reviews of the defendant, Dr. Rudy Puana.
The defense used the former patients to push back against the narrative the prosecution tried to paint of Puana as a corrupt doctor.
One former patient testified that Dr. Puana helped wean him off pain pills by giving him medicine to help with withdrawals. He told the court, "Helped me get my life back together," and stated that he is clean to this day because of the help of Dr. Rudy Puana.
Another patient testified that when he broke his ribs, Puana provided him free healthcare and told him he was going to cut his prescriptions down saying he couldn't give it to him and that it was killing his friends and had to cut him down." He told the court that Dr. Puana "saved him."
The defense says it only has a few more witnesses it wants to call to the stand, one of them is Puana's ex wife Dr. Lynn Puana who earlier testified as a prosecution witness.
The defense is also deciding if Dr. Rudy Puana will take the stand in his own defense.
Judge Michael Seabright is aiming for closing arguments to take place early next week.
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In an economic report released on Wednesday, Google announced that they provided $320 million in economic activity in 2021 to tens of thousands of Hawaii businesses, publishers, nonprofits, creators, and developers who used Google products.
More than 87,000 Hawaii businesses received requests for directions, phone calls, bookings, reviews, and other direct connections to their customers from Google in 2021.
Kapa Nui Nails, a local business in Kamuela, was highlighted in the report, including how they used digital tools to reach customers.
Terry and Dr. Lyn Lam launched Kapa Nui Nails in 2019 as a full line of nail care products and water-based polishes that are completely non-toxic, odor-free, and environmentally friendly. They used Google Ads from the outset to gain traction, turning to Google Analytics to help fine-tune their e-commerce campaigns.
About 80 percent of Kapa Nui Nails’ traffic comes from online sources, helping to drive 50-percent growth year-over-year. Terry attributes about one-third of that growth to Google Ads.
“Google Analytics helps us to continue to optimize our ad campaigns and our marketing efforts to make our dollar spending go much further,” said Terry Lam, Co-founder of Kapa Nui Nails. The Lams hope their success inspires other Hawaiians to start small businesses and promote exports as a bigger part of the state’s industry.
“Hawaii is heavily based on tourism, and many of us are trying to branch out. We are proud to represent rural, outer-island Hawaii and what can be accomplished just about anywhere with internet access,” Lyn added.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Loved ones of the late Gary Ruby say they learned of Juan Baron's indictment as they gathered at a memorial service Wednesday to lay Ruby to rest.
Moving forward, they want Ruby to be remembered for who he was, not how he died.
"A man who didn't worry about being a celebrity or having the most prestigious jobs, but who cared about the deeper things in life," explained Gary's brother, Lorne Ruby. "Love, literature, the arts. As a man who loved, and gave his love to his family."
Family and friends described Ruby as a gentle, kind, sophisticated, and humble man, who loved the literature and arts.
"Many people spoke about a Banyan tree here on the coast, where he would bring his books and his magazines and just sit and appreciate the moment and appreciate life," explained Ruby's friend David Ellison. "That's perhaps one of the lessons that he taught us all. It's not about fame or glory or wealth. It's about appreciating the moment and the beauty around us."
Ruby is remembered for his thoughtfulness, never failing to forget any special occasion.
"Whether we're talking birthdays, anniversary's, you name it. Gary remembered, and Gary celebrated it," said his brother.
Friends said he was also a cautious man, hesitant to travel certain places that he didn't think were safe.
"He felt so safe here," said Ellison. "There's just a tremendous sense of bitter irony in the way his life ended, and then given just how kind, and gentle he was. It just makes it doubly bitter for all of us to accept and to understand. It's a celebration, but we mourn what might have been. What might've been for him, and for all the time that we feel robbed of."
"I don't understand the kind of heart that could want to prosper from taking another persons life," said Ruby. "I don't understand that. I don't know that I ever will understand that. There's a part of me that is very vengeful, and wants to see the perpetrator punished. There's another part of me that says, in some ways it doesn't matter. No matter what his punishment, it will never bring my brother back to us."
As Ruby's loved ones struggle to come to terms with a life taken too soon, they hope their loss, can be a take away for others.
"My wife and I had been planning a trip to come and see Gary in his new home here," said Ruby. "It didn't happen. We were sure there would be time. Well there isn't time. Hug and hold on to the people you love, and tell them."
Lorne Ruby said his brother's funeral provided a sense of closure, amid the tragedy.
"I had wrestled within myself about whether to lay him to rest here or bring him home to Montreal to our parents. I shouldn't say home to Montreal. Home was Honolulu. His life was here, his heart was here, his love was here. This is where he belongs."
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A special house committee considered arguments Wednesday in an investigation on whether Rep. Sharon Har should face legislative sanctions for her drunk driving arrest.
Har, who represents Kapolei and Makakilo, was arrested last year after driving in the wrong direction down Beretania Street. She was later acquitted.
The petitioners who filed complaints against the lawmaker initiating the probe include Michael Golojuch, chair of the Democratic Party Council in Har's district, and his wife Carolyn.
The couple argued that Har's arrest reflects poorly on state government.
"The public is tired, so tired of transgressions and misdemeanors that seem to be ignored, pushed under the carpet," Carolyn Golojuch said.
Har's attorney Howard Luke asserted the investigation should not have been initiated because she was acquitted.
"I have never seen, even when someone has been found guilty, I have never seen anything like this before," Luke added.
The probe comes months after a bribery scandal involving former Hawaii Senate Majority Leader Kalani English and Rep. Ty Cullen. Both plead guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in exchange for legislative favors to an associate's company.
Sandy Ma, head of nonpartisan grassroots group Common Cause Hawaii, said while Har was absolved of criminal charges, the legislature's investigation on whether she violated its code of conduct is necessary.
"It's important because we don't want legislators to circle the wagon and protect their own," Ma said.
"If there is an allegation of public trust by the people, then legislators should investigate."
During a hearing Wednesday, committee members questioned facts surrounding the incident to determine if Har violated Rule 62 in the Code of Legislative Conduct.
The section requires lawmakers to act respectfully and forbids them from using their status as an elected official for personal gain or to unduly influence public business.
Rep. Scot Matayoshi noted the committee has not had access to the entire body camera video taken during Har's arrest, and asked if she said 'do you know who I am' during the incident.
"If in fact she made that statement at one point, it's how you say it," Luke answered.
"If an individual is stopped, is embarrassed because of who they are, they could easily say 'oh no, you know who I am,' you know, it's not intended to violate the rule."
Both sides have until Monday to submit written responses to questions from the committee they could not answer Wednesday. The committee expects to begin deliberating days after.
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(CNN) -- For the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US is providing Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials viewed as too much of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago.
The $800 million list is driven not only by direct requests from Ukraine, but also in preparation for a new type of fight on the open plains of southeast Ukraine right next to Russia, terrain that plays into Russia's natural military advantages.
The new weapons package represents the starkest sign to date that the war in Ukraine is shifting -- and with it the weapons Ukraine will need if it hopes to continue to stymie a Russian military that has regrouped and resupplied after its initial failures in the opening weeks of the war.
The Biden administration announced the new package included 11 Mi-17 helicopters that had initially been earmarked for Afghanistan, 18 155 mm Howitzer cannons and 300 more Switchblade drones, in addition to radar systems capable of tracking incoming fire and pinpointing its origin.
This package stands out from previous security assistance in part because this tranche includes more sophisticated and heavier-duty weaponry than previous shipments. A US official tells CNN that's by design, arguing that because Russia, which was unable to capture Kyiv, has shifted its strategy to concentrate forces in eastern Ukraine, the US is shifting its own strategy in what it gives Ukraine.
"The counters of what they need is very different," the US official said.
The newly authorized package was announced days after national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley spent more than two hours on the phone with their Ukrainian counterparts reviewing requests. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also spoke with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov twice in the last week. Reznikov gave an update of the situation on the ground, which allowed Austin to determine what weapons Ukraine most needed.
Biden delivered the news of the assistance package during a 58-minute phone call with Zelensky from the Oval Office on Wednesday. There was one item Zelensky asked Biden for directly: Mi-17 helicopters. According to a source familiar, the helicopters had initially not been included in the package as of Tuesday night because US officials weren't clear on whether the Ukrainians wanted or needed them at this time. Zelensky made clear to the President on Wednesday that they did.
'A little bit like Kansas'
The weapons being provided are focused on the type of fighting that's likely to take place in the Donbas region -- open terrain rather than the close fighting in urban and wooded areas that's occurred in areas around Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The region also borders southwest Russia, allowing Russian forces to avoid the sorts of sustainment, logistics and communication problems that derailed their all-out invasion of the country nearly from the beginning.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Wednesday that the package was tailored to the fight in Donbas, a topography he described as "a little bit like Kansas."
"It's a little bit flatter. It's a little bit more open. And it's the kind of place where we can anticipate that the Russians will want to use tanks and long-range fires, artillery and rocket fire to achieve some of their objectives before committing ground troops," Kirby said.
The new weapons package, Kirby added, was "very much an effort to give the Ukrainians every possible advantage in this fight that's coming."
The Biden administration has faced bipartisan pressure to do more to help Ukraine, particularly in calls to send more powerful weapons. But the administration resisted for weeks, wary of how Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his forces already deployed, would respond. Officials warned the Kremlin may see it as escalatory or an indication that the United States was joining the fight.
The issue was most acutely felt with the MiG-29 fighter jets Ukraine requested. The administration refused to take part in a transfer of the Soviet-era jets from a third country to Ukraine via the United States, rejecting a proposal from Poland.
The US worried, Kirby said on March 9, that "the transfer of combat aircraft right now could be mistaken by Mr. Putin and the Russians as an escalatory step." A large part of the concern internally was over the proposal to fly them into Ukraine from a NATO air base.
Now the rhetoric of the Biden administration appears to have shifted along with the scope of the war. As the US prepares to send in the types of weapons it has not sent since the invasion began, the Pentagon insisted this was part of the US commitment "from the very beginning" to help Ukraine defend itself.
"How that gets interpreted by the Russians -- you can ask Mr. Putin and the Kremlin," Kirby said Wednesday.
'Very quickly in a different place'
For weeks, Zelensky pleaded with world leaders for more arms and equipment. In March, he spoke with the parliaments of 17 countries, as well as three international organizations. He never strayed far from his core message: Ukraine needs more weapons.
He asked Congress for new air defense systems to help defend Ukraine's skies. He requested 1% of NATO's tanks and planes to fight back against Russian forces. And he sought more weapons from Belgium, warning that if Ukraine loses, the European Union loses.
But his calls for heavier firepower went largely unanswered. For the most part, countries sent more small arms ammunition, anti-armor missiles and anti-aircraft missiles, as well as protective and medical equipment.
Now, with Russian forces preparing for a massive assault on the Donbas region, the tide is turning.
"The envelope of what people are prepared to provide has grown considerably in the last couple of weeks," the US official said. Once Ukrainian forces were able to hold off the Russian invasion for the first few days, it put the options for security assistance "very quickly in a different place."
Slovakia provided Ukraine with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. The Czech Republic sent in T-72 tanks. The United Kingdom announced that it would ship 120 armored vehicles to Ukraine. And now the United States has authorized a range of new and more powerful weapons.
As a sign of the coordination on assistance to Ukraine, the European Union announced it would provide another $544 million in aid on the same day the White House authorized its own $800 million.
Pentagon says it's working as quickly as possible
The package announced Wednesday marked the first time the US was providing Ukraine with howitzer cannons. Kirby said that several systems would require additional training for the Ukrainians to use them, including the howitzers and counter-artillery radars.
Many of the weapons that are being directed toward Ukraine are heavier, making them more difficult to transport across the country. Ukraine has collected the weapons provided to date from the US and other countries at its western border before moving them to forces around the country.
Kirby said the Pentagon knows "time is not our friend" as Russia prepares its next offensive but that it's working to move equipment into Ukraine's hands as quickly as possible:
"Even before this was announced, we had been moving at very, very fast speed all the other security assistance that we've been providing, frankly at an unprecedented rate."
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A custodian, a kindergarten teacher, a bus driver trainer, a special education resource specialist, a paraprofessional, a band director, and two high school teachers are receiving the Klamath County School District’s top honor this year – a Crystal Apple Award.
The district’s Crystal Apple awardees personify educators who go above and beyond for students. They will be recognized Tuesday at KCSD’s annual Crystal Apple Awards Gala. The gala begins at 7 p.m. at the Ross Ragland Theater. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Students from Henley High School and Stearns and Merrill elementary schools will perform at the event.
Glen Szymoniak, superintendent of the Klamath County School District, said the Crystal Apple Awards represent a meaningful way to recognize and thank those who inspire and support students and coworkers.
“Throughout the district, staff members are dedicated to empowering all learners,” he said. “Their passion for positively shaping students’ futures inspires students to use their talents to improve their school and community.”
Following are the district’s Crystal Apple Awards winners:
Cynthia Fee
Fee has wanted to be a teacher since she cut out paper dolls from shopping catalogs and lined them up to play school.
“I’m not sure I can tell you why exactly,” she said. “It was just in my heart.”
That heartfelt dream inspired a career that impacted youth across the country before Fee and her husband landed in Chiloquin in 2006 and she began teaching at the elementary school there. Today, she is a special education resource specialist at Henley Elementary School and a direct instruction coach and trainer for the district’s special education programs and curriculum.
KCSD educator Cassie Carlisle nominated Fee for the district’s Crystal Apple Award, describing her mentor as “the gold standard of special education teachers.”
“She is a fabulous teacher who excels at getting students to reach mastery level with their curriculum and skills, and she takes the time for character education as well,” Carlisle said. “She is one of the hardest working teachers I’ve met, not only in her commitment to students, but also in the professional development of other teachers and para staff.”
Mark Teel
Teel, Henley Middle School’s head custodian, can fix – and clean – nearly anything, and he always has a smile for students. He’s one of the first people they see in the morning. He greets them in the lunch room and in the hallways, and if they’re on his basketball team, he’s there for them on the court.
“He ensures every student feels welcome and safe,” said Kristy Creed, principal of Henley Middle School. “Because Mark is uplifting and kind, students seek him for advice.”
A former mill and construction worker, Teel began working with the district more than 20 years ago. He has been head custodian at Henley Middle School for the past five years.
He enjoys the day-to-day tasks, but ultimately what keeps him motivated and inspired are the students.
“This is a fun age group. They can be a handful, but that’s part of the challenge. My hope is that I’m able to change some kids lives for the better,” he said. “For me, as an adult, that’s what you should strive to do, to try to make somebody’s life better.”
Meghan Miller
Most teachers manage one classroom. Lost River Junior/Senior High School agriculture science teacher and FFA advisor Miller manages multiple learning environments – a traditional classroom, a food science laboratory, metal and wood shops, two greenhouses, a barn, a chicken coop, and a school farm.
Described as a pathfinder and an advocate for all students, Miller is credited with turning a dying agriculture program into one of the top programs in the state and being a trailblazer for Farm to School programs.
Angie Wallin, vice principal at Lost River, credits Miller with more than doubling the number of students in the school’s FFA and ag program in her first year at the school. Since then, she continued to expand the ag program, adding opportunities for students with greenhouses, ewes and lambs, chickens, pigs, and steers. Her students now raise and harvest produce, eggs, and beef for their school cafeteria.
“Student inspiration comes from teachers who love their content and the students they teach,” Wallin, said. “Meghan is enthusiastic about what she teaches. Students are drawn to that energy and then become just as enthusiastic.”
Melinda Downing
As a bus driver trainer for the Klamath County School District, Downing is responsible for ensuring drivers meet all requirements and safety protocols for transporting students to and from school and activities. Her ongoing dedication to her drivers and the safety and well-being of students earned her Klamath County School District’s top honor – a Crystal Apple Award.
“She goes way beyond expectations to make sure students arrive at school and home safely, putting in hours long before and after her scheduled time,” said Jettie Charter, who works as an office specialist in the KCSD Transportation Department. “She gives her all to make sure that we function well as a transportation team.”
In addition to training drivers, Downing helps wherever she is needed – driving bus, dispatching, maintaining files, and keeping track of drivers’ certifications.
“I like meeting new people and getting to know them and being a part of their lives as they grow and take on new challenges,” she said. “I learn from every person I work with. They help me grow as an instructor.”
Molly McAuliffe-Hepper
McAuliffe-Hepper’s students say it best:
• “She understands that we all come from different places and that we all go through our own battles.”
• “She sets us up for success and helps us prepare for our future.”
• “She is never afraid to be real and straight up with us and push us to be better people.”
The Henley High School history and senior seminar teacher didn’t plan on being an educator, but after nearly 25 years in the classroom she is where she needs to be.
“I try to help young people feel a sense of belonging and empowerment,” she said. “The goal is to create a place for them to be comfortable and develop a curiosity to learn things beyond themselves.”
McAuliffe-Hepper was nominated by three students and her administrators. They use three words to describe McAuliffe-Hepper: “Dedicated. Steadfast. Tenacious.”
Her nominators say she is not only a teacher but a support system for many students. “She never gives up on anyone; she caters to all ability levels and pushes us to be our best selves, not only academically, but in the way we act towards others as well,” one student said.
Maggie Hill
Hill spent years volunteering at Shasta Elementary School – in the classroom, on field trips, for fundraisers. If it needed to be done, she did it.
Her children graduated after seven years as Scorpions. Hill didn’t. Instead of volunteering, she took a full-time job with the school as a paraprofessional, working with children on reading, math, and other skills.
That was more than seven years ago.
Shasta Elementary School Principal Randy Rose described Hill as the most dedicated paraprofessional he has worked with in his more than three decades in education.
“Her love for students and what she does for Shasta is infectious,” he said. “She is able to recognize on a daily basis which students need that extra little attention to make it through the day. Students absolutely adore her.”
Shasta Elementary School teacher Eleanor Trygstad agreed.
“Maggie puts students’ needs first and because of this, students feel safe and cared for every time they are with her,” she said. “She is always ready to jump in and help in any area of need, both at school and in our community.
Rob Izzett
No one sits the bench in Izzett’s band.
“A band is only as good as its weakest musicians so the challenge is to do everything I can to help them achieve no matter where on the talent spectrum they might fall,” said Izzett, who is band director for Mazama High School and Brixner Junior High.
Izzett’s dedication to reaching students and helping them succeed is one of the reasons Valli Lonner, vice principal at Mazama High School, nominated him for the award.
“He inspires students of all backgrounds as he brings them together to create music,” she said. “His out-of-the-box thinking – he started a mariachi band as a way to engage students who do not normally participate in band – and his willingness to teach students to play new instruments, demonstrates his desire to reach all students, to encourage them to try new things, and to support them along the way.”
Izzett also directs the Klamath Community Band every Thursday and is an ordained Anglican priest in the Reformed Episcopal Church.
“What inspires me professionally is being with the students and watching them achieve more than they thought possible,” Izzett said.
Lori Nealy
After 33 years of teaching, Nealy still looks forward to each day in her kindergarten classroom at Ferguson Elementary School – the hugs, the laughter, and yes, even the tattling.
“I am extremely blessed to be a part of these students’ educational paths,” Nealy said. “My biggest accomplishment is teaching more than a thousand students in my career. I have even taught kids of the kids.”
The Crystal Apple winner is known by coworkers as “an expert teacher who meets students where they are at and provides individualized instruction based on what each student needs.”
“Lori inspires students by instilling a love of learning at the kindergarten level and welcomes all children in,” writes coworkers Mariah Campbell and Sabrina Johnson. “She is that safe person for all students and especially for those who need her most.”
Nealy also is a mentor for other teachers and often goes out of her way to help a student or staff member in need.
“She will lend a hand at a moment’s notice and often spends her personal time helping others learn and grow in their fields,” her nominators said.
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Dystopian and distressing images from Shanghai display dogs being rounded up and culled by hazmat suit wearing medical guards, food shortages and drones with facial recognition technology blasting pandemic orders to the city’s 25.6 million residents who have been locked down because of new COVID cases.
The Chinese government’s draconian shutdowns of Shanghai and other cities are also poised to have significant economic impacts on already troubled global supply chains. Those impacts will be felt in the U.S. — including Oregon.
Shanghai has the busiest port in the world handling more than 47 million shipping containers in 2021. Chinese ports have significant links to their counterparts along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
Scores of cargo ships as well as trucks and railroads have been stuck in limbo during China’s latest COVID shutdowns which has brought logistics, manufacturing and technology operations to a standstill.
“The area under full or partial lockdowns account for 40% of China’s economy — 40% of their GDP,” said John Rosen, an adjunct economics and business professor with the University of New Haven and an executive director with MCAworks, a strategic marketing firm.
Rosen said the shutdown of Shanghai’s port as well as other manufacturing operations are going to be felt throughout the Pacific Rim and in the U.S. — including west coast markets. “Thirty different electronics companies in Taiwan have had to shut down because they can’t get what they need from Shanghai,” Rosen said.
He said the shutdowns will also impact U.S. markets which could have issues importing technology components, steel girders and other construction components along with consumer goods such as toys and apparel. Those will impact consumers as well as manufacturing, technology and other companies.
Rosen said it will take significant time for already challenged supply chains to recover from the weeks-long disruptions in China. “You can’t turn things on like with a light switch. When you stop, then everything backs up,” said Rosen. He said it could take “at least a year” for some supply chains to get to normal.
That comes with the U.S. economy facing continued inflation. The Consumer Price Index posted an 8.5% increase in March — the biggest jump since 1981. Continued supply chain problems will not help ease inflation, Rosen said.
Oregon impact
China is Oregon’s biggest trading partner. Oregon companies exported more than $10.6 billion worth of goods to China in 2021, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
That is up from $7.2 billion in 2019 (before the coronavirus pandemic) and up from $2.7 billion in 2012. Oregon-based Nike Inc. has major operations in China including as many as 8,000 workers at its Shanghai corporate base. Much of Nike’s manufacturing operations are in Asia, including China.
Shanghai has a population of 25.6 million people and is the third most populous city in the world behind only Tokyo and Delhi. Oregon’s population is 4.2 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New York City has 18.8 million people.
The Chinese government has adopted sweeping shutdowns and quarantines — including major cities and economic hubs — to try to control the spread of the coronavirus.
The lockdowns have required residents to stay inside their homes and apartments. Violators face severe sanctions and significant numbers of Chinese soldiers have been deployed to lockdown zones.
Social media posts of the Shanghai lockdown because of renewed increase in COVID cases show dogs and cats being rounded up and killed, children being separated from parents because of quarantine polices, food shortages for many residents and displays of mental health breakdowns and suicide attempts.
“It really is like a dystopian environment in some movie,” said Rosen of the social media videos coming from Shanghai.
Disturbing images of dog killings by hazmat wearing Chinese medical guards on social media have sparked criticism of the Chinese government — including from some animal rights groups. Chinese authorities have conducted some pet cullings over concerns about COVID spreads.
“It’s extremely rare for dogs and cats to contract COVID-19, so an order to kill these household animals is a case of senseless panic based on unfounded fears — and it has horrified decent people all over the world and no doubt traumatized the families of the beloved animals who may already have been killed,” said Jason Baker, senior vice president for PETA Asia.
The Asian arm of the Virginia-based animal rights group wants the Chinese government to instead close down live-animal markets which have been linked to disease and food-borne illnesses outbreaks.
New York-based Human Rights Watch also said the lockdowns have also cut off medical care for some non-COVID patients.
“The Chinese government’s ‘Zero-COVID’ approach to pandemic control by imposing stringent citywide lockdowns has resulted in the systematic denial of medical needs of people with serious but non-COVID related illnesses,” said Yaqiu Wang, senior China researcher for Human Rights Watch. “Authorities should treat the health of citizens as the end goal, not a zero COVID infection rate.”
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| 2022-04-14T06:06:33Z
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GREEN RIVER – The Green River High School speech and debate team “are changing the world one round at a time,” according to head coach Dan Parson.
During the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board meeting on Tuesday night, Parson recognized eight students as finalists for the National Speech and Debate Association tournament.
“All I can say is wow! What a comeback Green River speech and debate was able to make. They volunteered to spend weekend after weekend in public speaking," said Parson, noting that the accomplishment is not an easy task for teenagers.
“They talk about things that matter, things some people may think are mundane but they’re going to jazz it up and they’re going to educate.
“They earned the chance to represent Green River High School and our community in Louisville, Kentucky, this year."
The students are scheduled to compete in the Bluegrass State this upcoming summer, June 12-17.
“Proud is not a strong enough word of how I feel about these kids. I am inspired by them," Pason said, noting that the students finished in the top 1 to 2 percent.
The following students are the finalists for the NSDA National Tournament:
Carter Tuttle (congress)
Mason Tolleson (drama)
Douglas Leffers (big question)
Abby Smith (oratory)
Abby Mattson (storytelling)
Mia Worrell (Poetry)
Lauryl Kurth (humor)
Faith Duncan (extemporaneous speaking)
Chris Andrews is a 2010 Green River High School graduate. He currently resides in Washington D.C. He has been a volunteer coach for the GRHS Speech and Debate for the NSDA National Tournament for more than a decade.
“I have watched numerous students grow in knowledge, skill, civic-mindedness, and self-confidence through participation in speech and debate,” Andrews expressed. “Participation in speech and debate can be exceptionally valuable in the long run, as students are challenged to learn and grow in ways that are difficult to replicate in other sports and activities or in the classroom.”
He added, “Students at the Green River High School are fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of a team with a rich legacy of success in such a valuable activity. I believe that was true for me years ago, and it is true today.”
Andrews pointed out that without community involvement, competitive speech would be “impossible.”
“My personal philosophy is that, like sports, speech and debate is in some ways an extension of the community and the work students put into it reflects the best of themselves, their school, and their hometown as they spend a long season traveling across the state and the region to compete and get to know their peers through competition.”
According to Andrews, the NSDA National Tournament is the most prestigious forum for such competitions.
“It is a great honor for a student to earn his or her spot,” he shared. “This year's tournament in Louisville, Kentucky has special significance because it is the first in-person NSDA National Tournament since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He added that the costs of travel and lodging in Louisville are considerable for the students.
“The coaching staff and booster club are organizing several fundraising events that will help the team engage with the community, increase visibility and help the students make the most of the opportunity they have earned through their hard work this season,” he explained.
One of those efforts is a GoFundMe fundraiser through which anyone can make a charitable donation toward the team's expenses at the tournament. Their goal is to reach $5000. So far, $2500 has been raised.
“Such generosity is a strong positive reflection of the spirit of charity in Sweetwater County and the team is deeply grateful for any contributions toward the effort to help these students succeed.”
Anyone who would like to donate may do so at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-grhs-speech-debate-succeed-at-nationals
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Former Georgia QB JT Daniels transferring to West Virginia
Spent time with Bulldogs, USC prior to joining Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va (WDTV) - Former Georgia quarterback JT Daniels is a Mountaineer.
Daniels informed head coach Neal Brown of his decision early Wednesday morning after an official visit over the weekend.
Most notably, Daniels was on the Bulldog team that won its first national championship in over 40 years in 2022, defeating Alabama 33-18 back in January.
Daniels played at the University of Southern California for two seasons before transferring to Georgia, where he also spent two seasons.
The transfer quarterback’s arrival increases an already elusive quarterback competition. The Mountaineers have scholarship players Garrett Greene, Will Crowder and freshman Nicco Marchiol on the roster.
Daniels also has prior experience with new offensive coordinator Graham Harrell, having played at USC while Harrell was in the same position in 2019.
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Four more years for Backyard Brawl
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – (April 13, 2022) - West Virginia University Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has announced that the “Backyard Brawl” football series with Pitt, one of the nation’s oldest and most intense rivalries, has been scheduled for four additional years (2029-2032).
“The Backyard Brawl is one of the best rivalries in college football, and it is important that it continues into the future,” Lyons said. “Mountaineer Nation couldn’t be more excited that the renewal of this great rivalry starts this September after an 11-year hiatus. I want to thank Pitt Athletic Director Heather Lyke for her commitment to extending the series beyond our current contract, because it’s great for the two schools, their fan bases and college football.”
The recently scheduled four-game addition will start in 2029 at Heinz Field, move to Milan Puskar Stadium in 2030, go back to Pittsburgh in 2031, with the final game of the contract at Morgantown in 2032.
In 2015, Lyons announced that WVU’s longest football series in school history would resume in 2022 for a four-game series starting at Heinz Field on Sept. 1 and would run through the 2025 season.
The “Backyard Brawl” started in 1895 and was played for 104 years until it ended in 2011 after a 21-20 WVU victory in Morgantown. The two schools were Eastern independents for a majority of the series but became Big East football founding members in 1991 and continued their rivalry until 2011. West Virginia won 14 of the 21 games in Big East play, before the Mountaineers became a member of the Big 12 in 2012, and the Panthers moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.
Pitt leads the overall series 61-40-3, but West Virginia has won 16 of the last 26 contests against the Panthers. The two teams met every season from 1943-2011, and over the final 47 years, WVU posted a 25-20-2 mark. Pitt’s 41-38 triple-overtime win in 1997 at Mountaineer Field broke a five-game Mountaineer winning streak in the series (WVU’s longest).
Final numbers when the series ended showed West Virginia on a three-game winning streak and Pitt holding a 40-22 series lead in its home games and a 21-18-3 advantage in all games played in Morgantown.
West Virginia – Pitt future series dates
September 1, 2022 at Pitt
September 16, 2023 at West Virginia
September 14, 2024 at Pitt
September 13, 2025 at West Virginia
September 8, 2029 at Pitt
September 7, 2030 at West Virginia
September 6, 2031 at Pitt
September 11, 2032 at West Virginia
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Coppinger Tournament: Wednesday highlights & scores
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 2:01 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - The Coppinger Tournament continued on Wednesday with quarterfinal play.
SCORES:
Tazewell 3 - Richlands 2
Chilhowie 8 - Bluefield 6
Marion 14 - Princeton 0
Shady Spring 9 - Beckley 6
Tazewell will face Chilhowie in the semis. Shady will face Marion.
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Destructive wildfires rage in New Mexico, Colorado
(AP) - Firefighters scouted the drought-stricken mountainsides around a New Mexico village as they looked for opportunities to slow a wind-driven wildfire that a day earlier had burned at least 150 homes and other structures while displacing thousands of residents and forcing the evacuation of two schools.
Homes were among the structures that had burned, but officials on Wednesday did not have a count of how many were destroyed in the blaze that torched at least 6.4 square miles (16.6 square kilometers) of forest, brush and grass on the east side of the community of Ruidoso, said Laura Rabon, spokesperson for the Lincoln National Forest.
Rabon announced emergency evacuations of a more densely populated area during a briefing Wednesday afternoon as the fire jumped a road where crews were trying to hold the line. She told people to get in their cars and go.
So far, two deaths were reported from the fire, which has been fanned by strong winds, according to the New Mexico State Police.
The winds prevented forced a suspension of the aerial attack on the flames and kept authorities from getting a better estimate of how large the fire has grown. But some planes returned to the air as winds subsided late in the day, and seven airtankers and two helicopters have now been assigned to the fire, Forest Service officials said Wednesday evening.
While the cause of the blaze was under investigation, fire officials and forecasters warned Wednesday that persistent dry and windy conditions had prompted red flag warnings for a wide swath that included almost all of New Mexico, half of Texas and parts of Colorado and the Midwest.
Five new large fires were reported Tuesday, and nearly 1,600 wildland firefighters and support personnel were assigned to large fires in the southwestern, southern and Rocky Mountain areas, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
Hotter and drier weather weather coupled with decades of fire suppression have contributed to an increase in the number of acres burned by wildfires, fire scientists say. And the problem is exacerbated by a more than 20-year Western megadrought that studies link to human-caused climate change. The fire season has become year-round given changing conditions that include earlier snowmelt and rain coming later in the fall.
In Ruidoso, officials declared a state of emergency and said school classes were canceled Wednesday as the village — about 140 miles (225 kilometers) northeast of El Paso, Texas — coped with power outages due to down power lines.
The residences that burned were mostly a mix of trailers and single-family homes, and close to 4,000 people were displaced by evacuations that were ordered Tuesday. That number was expected to grow with the latest call for residents to leave.
Village spokeswoman Kerry Gladden said authorities spent part of Wednesday surveying as much damage as possible before the winds kicked up again. Air tankers also were able to drop a few loads of slurry, and more air support was expected Thursday.
“Right now, everybody is just rallying around those who had to be evacuated,” Gladden said. “We’re just trying to reach out to make sure everyone has places to stay.”
Donations were pouring in from other communities in southern New Mexico. State officials said emergency grants have been approved that will provide resources to firefighters and for other emergency efforts.
Ruidoso in 2012 was hit by one of the most destructive wildfires in New Mexico history, when a lightning-sparked blaze destroyed more than 240 homes and burned nearly 70 square miles (181 square kilometers).
Rabon said Wednesday that no precipitation was in the forecast and humidity levels remained in the single digits, which would make stopping the flames more difficult.
“Those extremely dry conditions are not in our favor,” she said.
Another wildfire in the Lincoln National Forest northwest of Ruidoso burned at least 400 acres (1.6 square kilometers) after it was sparked Tuesday by power lines downed by high winds. Crews confirmed Wednesday that 10 structures there were lost.
Elsewhere in New Mexico, wildfires were burning along the Rio Grande south of Albuquerque, in mountains northwest of the community of Las Vegas and in grasslands along the Pecos River near the town of Roswell.
In Colorado, crews were battling wind-whipped grass fires that had destroyed two homes and forced temporary evacuations.
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Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Davenport from Phoenix.
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PH Northern girls soccer welcomes Port Huron to the MAC Blue with 4-1 win
It was the first league game for the Port Huron girls soccer team as members of the MAC Blue. So Port Huron Northern extended a warm welcome to its crosstown rival.
The Huskies quelled the Big Reds, 4-1, at home Wednesday afternoon. Callie Abair scored two goals for Northern, which improved to 2-0. Kaylee Shattuck had the lone goal for Port Huron, which fell to 1-1.
"We've been doing really well at getting balls into the corners and sending crosses in," Abair said. "Which we've been working on a lot. We have some really strong outside midfielders."
"Our main goal was to stay focused on their key players and try to keep an eye on them at all times," Northern coach Bryan Becker said. "So Shattuck and (Bryanna Stocks). I think for the most part we were pretty organized."
"We saw some good things," Port Huron coach Mark Hanton said. "We moved some people in positions that they haven't been in because we're light on players now. But some people stepped up. We're getting better and we'll get there."
Despite an overcast sky, there was barely any rain throughout the match. But the weather still managed to be a factor.
"The wind played a big role," Becker said. "We really controlled the ball in the first half when we had the wind. (Port Huron) did much better in the second when they had it. So it became a mental game with not only having to play the opponent, but also having to keep in the mind that the wind was going to distort a little of what was happening."
A few of the Huskies' shots sailed over the crossbar. As for their early shots on goal, those were stopped by Port Huron's Layne Palmer. The junior goalie made several point-blank saves in the first 25 minutes.
"I thought she played great," Hanton said. "She made a big difference and played tough. She's really come a long way and I think that made the difference between this year and last year too."
But Northern's offense struck three times in the final 15 minutes of the first. Abair opened the scoring with 14:49 left before halftime.
"I got a cross from Chelsea (Warren) through the middle of the box," Abair said. "And it was just a touch and a finish."
Warren scored from the right corner with 3:40 remaining and Abair added another goal 20 seconds later.
"(My second goal) was a missed pass and then an off touch by the defender," Abair said. "I just followed it and finished."
"I thought Grace Schroll and Mady Hall controlled the midfield pretty well for us," Becker said. "Grace is learning a new position in the center of the field. She really covered a lot of ground and kept an eye on things defensively."
The Big Reds had four freshman experience their first taste of MAC Blue competition.
"For (our) young ones I think it was, 'Welcome to high school soccer,' " Hanton said. "It's a tough matchup and there's a lot more physicality than what they've probably seen before. But we saw some really good passing and control."
Port Huron became more comfortable and started to pressure Northern's defense in the second half.
"Kassidy Seaton and Ella Hall did a great job at center back," Becker said. "The big thing with them is making sure you have eyes on Shattuck — and she got us once. We lost a little bit of focus and she's able to make you pay."
Shattuck put the Big Reds on the board with 3:25 remaining in the game. She dribbled around a Northern defender and got the goalie to bite on a fake before scoring just left of the goalpost.
But the Huskies weren't finished. Kaylynn Sergent recorded the game's final goal with 2:49 to play.
"We're getting closer," Hanton said. "The biggest thing tonight is that we found some people that can play some positions that we haven't had them in before. So we're starting to figure out who is gonna gel and be in the right spot."
"I think we played, overall, a good team game," Becker said. "It's something to build on.
I'm really pleased with the performance and yet we still have a lot of things to work on this season."
Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Loved ones of the late Gary Ruby say they learned of Juan Baron's indictment as they gathered at a memorial service Wednesday to lay Ruby to rest.
Moving forward, they want Ruby to be remembered for who he was, not how he died.
"A man who didn't worry about being a celebrity or having the most prestigious jobs, but who cared about the deeper things in life," explained Gary's brother, Lorne Ruby. "Love, literature, the arts. As a man who loved, and gave his love to his family."
Family and friends described Ruby as a gentle, kind, sophisticated, and humble man, who loved the literature and arts.
"Many people spoke about a Banyan tree here on the coast, where he would bring his books and his magazines and just sit and appreciate the moment and appreciate life," explained Ruby's friend David Ellison. "That's perhaps one of the lessons that he taught us all. It's not about fame or glory or wealth. It's about appreciating the moment and the beauty around us."
Ruby is remembered for his thoughtfulness, never failing to forget any special occasion.
"Whether we're talking birthdays, anniversary's, you name it. Gary remembered, and Gary celebrated it," said his brother.
Friends said he was also a cautious man, hesitant to travel certain places that he didn't think were safe.
"He felt so safe here," said Ellison. "There's just a tremendous sense of bitter irony in the way his life ended, and then given just how kind, and gentle he was. It just makes it doubly bitter for all of us to accept and to understand. It's a celebration, but we mourn what might have been. What might've been for him, and for all the time that we feel robbed of."
"I don't understand the kind of heart that could want to prosper from taking another persons life," said Ruby. "I don't understand that. I don't know that I ever will understand that. There's a part of me that is very vengeful, and wants to see the perpetrator punished. There's another part of me that says, in some ways it doesn't matter. No matter what his punishment, it will never bring my brother back to us."
As Ruby's loved ones struggle to come to terms with a life taken too soon, they hope their loss, can be a take away for others.
"My wife and I had been planning a trip to come and see Gary in his new home here," said Ruby. "It didn't happen. We were sure there would be time. Well there isn't time. Hug and hold on to the people you love, and tell them."
Lorne Ruby said his brother's funeral provided a sense of closure, amid the tragedy.
"I had wrestled within myself about whether to lay him to rest here or bring him home to Montreal to our parents. I shouldn't say home to Montreal. Home was Honolulu. His life was here, his heart was here, his love was here. This is where he belongs."
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Administration unveils steps to boost racial equity in govt
(AP) - The Justice Department is improving language access to its programs to help people with limited English proficiency better report crimes. The Interior Department is providing technical assistance to Native American tribes to help them apply for grants. The Energy Department is helping low-income households access programs to weatherize their homes and save energy.
Those efforts are among hundreds of strategies and commitments the Biden administration was announcing Thursday. They are the product of an executive order that President Joe Biden signed hours after taking office with the goal of advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities across the federal government.
The order was the first of its kind by a president, said Chiraag Bains, deputy assistant to the president for racial justice and equity.
“We set the mission and the mandate for every agency, the entire federal government, to center equity in all that we do,” Bains told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
After more than a year of review, more than 90 federal agencies, including all major Cabinet departments, were releasing their “equity action plans” on Thursday.
The plans outline more than 300 strategies and commitments that aim to make federal policies fairer for everyone, including poorer communities and communities of color; tribal, rural and LGBTQ communities; and people with disabilities and women and girls.
They were to be discussed at a White House event hosted Thursday by domestic policy adviser Susan Rice, budget director Shalanda Young and members of the Cabinet. Biden, a Democrat, has one of the most diverse Cabinets, with Black and Hispanic people leading major departments, including Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Some of the equity plans have been announced, such as work by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to close the racial gap in homeownership, address disproportionate rates of homelessness among underserved communities and reduce bias in home appraisals.
Others strategies are being made public for the first time, such as Defense Department efforts to promote the use of artificial intelligence technology to reduce algorithmic bias by investing in the development of a more diverse AI workforce. That work includes partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities.
Equity action teams at every agency led the reviews. Bains said that, taken together, the strategies “will advance equity and justice so that everybody can thrive in America.”
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in cash deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter, just days after the Tesla CEO said he would no longer be joining the social media company’s board of directors.
Twitter Inc. said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that Musk, who currently owns slightly more than 9% of its stock and is the company’s biggest shareholder, provided a letter to the company on Wednesday that contained a proposal to buy the remaining shares of Twitter that he doesn’t already own. Musk offered $54.20 per share of Twitter’s stock.
“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk says in the filing. “However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company.”
Shares of Twitter jumped nearly 12% before the market open.
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Pope marks Holy Thursday ahead of prison feet-washing ritual
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Holy Thursday, hours before he was expected at an Italian prison to perform a foot-washing ritual for a dozen inmates in a gesture of humility.
Attending the Mass were some 1,800 priests. Francis in his homily advised priests not to focus on worldly concerns such as power, planning and bureaucracy. He exhorted them to “serve, with a clear conscience, the holy and faithful people of God.”
Francis made no reference to decades of scandals involving priests who sexually abused children and were often transferred from parish to parish by bishops who tried to avoid embarrassment rather than protect minors.
In the afternoon, Francis is expected at a prison in Civitavecchia, a port town 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Rome, for the foot-washing ceremony that recalls Jesus’ gesture of humility for his apostles.
Francis has made paying attention to those on society’s margins — including refugees, migrants and people in prisons — a hallmark of his papacy. On Holy Thursday in past years, he has gone to prisons in or near Rome.
Holy Week, which draws hundreds of thousands of faithful to the Vatican, began with Palm Sunday Mass on April 10 in St. Peter’s Square.
This year, the Good Friday torch-lit Way of the Cross procession returns to its traditional venue at the ancient Colosseum after a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Vatican has invited a Russian woman and a Ukrainian woman, who work together at a Rome hospital, to carry a cross together during the procession. That has angered some Ukrainians, including Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See and the archbishop of Kyiv. Their objections center on whether such a gesture, implying reconciliation, is suitable, given Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine and ongoing war against the country’s people.
The Vatican is still going ahead with the procession’s lineup of participants, who take turns carrying a lightweight cross during the procession, which is presided over by the pontiff and recalls Jesus’ death by crucifixion.
Holy Week culminates on Easter Sunday, two days later.
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Showers this morning; drier conditions this afternoon
A cold front will bring rain and possibly a thunderstorm this morning
A cold front will move through the region later this morning bringing scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm. We will dry up quickly this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures will hover in the 50s and low 60s throughout the day. Winds could be gusty at times as the front passes through.
Mainly clear skies and winds out of the northwest will allow us to cool down fast tonight. Lows will get down into the 30s overnight.
High pressure moves in tomorrow which will make for a gorgeous day. Mainly sunny skies and highs in the 60s and low 70s are expected.
A few scattered showers are possible over the weekend as a weak cold front moves by. Most of the weekend will be dry though. Temperatures will be cooler with highs in the 50s and 60.
Some more unsettled weather is expected as we head into the beginning of next week. Rain will fall at times on Monday and into Tuesday morning and temperatures will be cooler as well with highs in the upper 40s and 50s. Make sure to stay tuned and catch the latest on WVVA.
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Teen says gaming headset saved him from stray bullet
LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) - A family counts itself fortunate. They still don’t know where a bullet that struck an 18-year-old came from, but they now realize how close they came to tragedy.
A gaming headset is credited with saving the life of Jonathan Gonzalez.
“You can see the damage. It actually bent this piece of metal here and went through,” said Gonzalez, an active gamer.
He was on his PlayStation the morning of April 1 just after midnight listening to music and chatting with friends when he felt something hit his head.
“It felt like if you’re wearing a bike helmet, and someone just smacks the top of your head,” Gonzalez said.
He looked up and found the bullet hole in his bedroom window. The gunshot ripped his curtains down.
After it struck him in the head, the bullet ricocheted against the wall and landed in his bed.
“If it wasn’t for these on my head, it probably would’ve went through,” Gonzalez said.
He ran to his parents’ room shouting he thought he’d been shot.
Nearly two weeks later, his family is still trying to process this close call.
“It’s still a trigger for me to process the thought that I could’ve lost my son. We were asleep, and if it did hurt him, we would not have known until we woke up hours later,” said Janet Popoca, the teen’s mother.
When the Los Angeles Police Department responded, officers could not find the shooter. They don’t believe the gun was fired at close range.
Gonzalez’s mom says even officers couldn’t believe what happened. “They were just shocked,” she said.
Gonzalez said he keeps thinking about how an inch in either direction could’ve changed things drastically.
“Minding my own business in my own room, and I could’ve been gone. Just thinking about it for the first week made me sick,” he said.
Razor, the company that makes the headphones, sent him a replacement.
Gonzalez said he still loves to game, but he’s now leery of what’s happening outside his window.
Police are still investigating the shooting.
Gonzalez’s family said they hope for an arrest, but they are learning to appreciate life a lot more.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) often refers the media to look at its crime mapping page on its website when asked about crime statistics and trends. Police have also told neighborhood boards to refer to HPD's website for crime stats.
The problem is -- HPD's crime mapping page is not accurate or reliable, and in some cases, it's underreporting crimes.
For example, something that's easy to check is the homicides on Oahu. Between January 1, 2022 and April 12, 2022, HPD's crime mapping data shows there have been only these five homicides on Oahu:
2-13-22 Man fatally shot in front of Honowai Neighborhood Park in Waipahu
2-15-22 Woman fatally beaten in front of Kapolei police station
2-25-22 Man fatally stabbed in Iwilei
2-28-22 Toddler killed by his father in Waialua
3-19-22 Man fatally shot in Waikiki
But there have actually been 11 homicides so far this year. The ones with the asterisks are not listed on HPD's crime mapping page as of April 12:
1-12-22 Man fatally shot at acupuncture clinic in Waipahu ***
2-7-22 Man found dead in fire in Pearl City ***
2-13-22 Man fatally shot in front of Honowai Neighborhood Park in Waipahu
2-15-22 Woman fatally beaten in front of Kapolei police station
2-25-22 Man fatally stabbed in Iwilei
2-28-22 Toddler killed by his father in Waialua
3-8-22 Man killed in home on Hawaii Loa Ridge ***
3-15-22 Man fatally shot in Waianae ***
3-18-22 Man fatally shot on Round Top Drive ***
3-19-22 Man fatally shot in Waikiki
4-5-22 Man fatally shot at illegal game room in Ewa Beach ***
For homicides, HPD's crime mapping page is underreporting by more than 50%. There's no way for the media or the public to check on their own to see if the other categories are accurate.
When KITV4 asked HPD about the underreporting, a spokesperson said: "The data is based on crimemapping.com technology. While the information is useful, there are limitations."
HPD declined KITV4's request for an interview on this topic.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA.
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(CNN) -- The National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday the tornado that injured 23 in Bell County, Texas, was an EF-3 with 165 mph winds.
The EF-3 was one of two tornadoes that struck the county in central Texas Tuesday, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) said. The tornado's damage path was about eight miles long and about a quarter of a mile wide, Bell County Judge David Blackburn said in a Wednesday afternoon news conference.
In total, 61 homes and two churches were damaged in the tornado's path, Blackburn said during a Wednesday evening news conference.
Another tornado -- an EF-1 -- touched down in Adair County, Oklahoma, Wednesday morning, downing trees and cutting power, according to county Emergency Manager Ray Sallee.
Sallee told CNN the tornado hit at around 9 a.m. just north of Stilwell in Adair County, which is located approximately 100 miles east of Tulsa, not far from the Arkansas state line. NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado with an estimated peak wind of 95-105 mph and a path length of 6.5 miles.
"We lost power in about 75-80 percent of our homes and businesses, but most of that power has been restored," Sallee said, adding there were two minor injuries as a result of the storm.
Sallee said multiple structures and homes were damaged and that a gas station was "totally destroyed."
Both tornadoes were part of a the multiday severe weather threat sweeping the country that dominated the central US Wednesday, bringing long-track tornadoes, blizzard conditions and fuel for explosive wildfires.
The threat of tornadoes has been moving eastward, putting more than 30 million people from the Great Lakes to the central Gulf Coast under some threat of severe storms.
As the system pushes across the country, it brings along a trio of threats: damaging winds, strong tornadoes, and large hail.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Wednesday for seven counties following a day of severe weather. The proclamation allows state resources to be used in response to severe weather that occurred in Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt, Mitchell, Pocahontas, Winneshiek and Worth counties Tuesday, according to a statement from the governor's office.
The most significant threats are expected across Memphis; Evansville, Indiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; and Owensboro, Kentucky, where more than five million people are under a moderate risk -- Level 4 of 5 -- for severe weather.
A tornado watch has been issued for central Tennessee; central and western Kentucky; and southern Indiana until 10 p.m. CT,, according to the SPC. The watch includes Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to the tornado threat, wind gusts up to 80 mph are also possible.
A number of tornado watches are in effect for millions of people across the South and parts of the Midwest, according to the SPC.
A tornado watch covering parts of eastern Arkansas; western Tennessee; northern Mississippi; the Missouri Bootheel, and remains in effect until 9 p.m. CT. The latest tornado watch was issued for central Mississippi; northern Louisiana; southeastern Arkansas; and eastern Texas until 10 p.m. CT, as well as southern Illinois and western Kentucky until 9 p.m. CDT.
Overall, severe thunderstorms could impact a large portion of the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley into the Midwest, as well as the lower Ohio Valley, the Storm Prediction Center said.
Elsewhere, parts of Montana, North Dakota and northern Minnesota could see heavy snow Wednesday into Thursday.
"Blizzard conditions are likely with blowing or drifting snow and dangerous low visibility for this area through Thursday," according to the Weather Prediction Center.
"Travel will remain difficult to impossible, and widespread power outages and tree damage are expected," it warns, adding there may be significant impacts to livestock such as cattle, which are in calving season.
The snow is expected to end by Friday morning, followed by extremely cold temperatures.
"Overnight lows will drop into the teens in western North Dakota, and with the strong winds, wind chills will be in the single digits above to below zero, quite chilly for mid April," the Bismarck weather service office said.
On Friday, high temperatures could make it into the 20s, which is about 30 degrees below normal. The region could break low maximum temperature records.
Critical fire conditions also remain pressing Wednesday throughout much of New Mexico, Texas and parts of the central Plains, following destructive wildfires on Tuesday.
Extremely dry air behind the cold front, in addition to strong westerly winds and very dry fuels, will result in active fire weather conditions Wednesday, according to the SPC.
Storm leaves destruction in its wake
At least 23 people were hurt Tuesday after tornadoes touched down in Bell County in central Texas, according to officials. Twelve of those were hospitalized, Blackburn said.
"We did confirm one that is critically injured," Blackburn said.
Callers to 911 Tuesday reported a twister around 5:40 p.m. CT (6:40 p.m. ET), Blackburn said. A tornado crossed the county line from neighboring Williamson County, traveling 7 miles on the ground, he added.
The damages ranged from downed power lines and trees to buildings being flattened, reduced to rubble in many areas, Blackburn said.
"I think it popped up fairly quickly," Blackburn said. "The extent of damage is significant. At least at this time not to have any report of fatalities is in and of itself amazing."
Multiple agencies are coordinating response efforts, Blackburn said. The county's three priorities for the day are continuing to search the affected areas to ensure everyone is accounted for; removing debris; and restoring power to area residents, Blackburn said Wednesday.
"We believe we have accounted for all individuals that were in the path," Blackburn said. "But again, we're going through again to make sure."
First responders from multiple agencies continue to search and clear the affected areas, according to Blackburn, who said he expects the number of damaged structures to grow.
Tuesday brought a double-threat storm system that delivered at least eight tornadoes mainly in Texas and Iowa, as well as heavy snow to other states, including the Dakotas, Montana and Minnesota.
Parts of the Dakotas and Montana were under blizzard warnings, and forecasters warned of treacherous whiteout conditions on the roads.
Heavy snow shut down more than 500 miles of interstate 94 between Montana and North Dakota.
A mountainous area near Pony, Montana, recorded 47 inches of snow in a 24-hour period, according to the National Weather Service. Many other parts of the state were pounded by more than a foot of snow.
In North Dakota, more than a foot of snow was reported in several locations, including Grand Forks and Rockford, according to weather service data.
"We do get blizzards in April, but one of this intensity is quite rare," Jeff Schild, meteorologist for the weather service office in Bismarck, told CNN early Tuesday. "The last one of note for this level of intensity was April 4-7 in 1997."
In contrast to the snowy conditions across the northern Plains, devastating wildfires were seen in New Mexico as a result of extremely critical fire conditions further south.
Five fires were currently burning in New Mexico as of Wednesday afternoon and have scorched more than 13,000 acres. The largest fire, Hermit's Peak, is 6,276 acres and just 10% contained.
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Thursday weather forecast Paul Drewes Apr 13, 2022 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save We'll again have pleasant trade wind weather with a few more high clouds overhead.Expect a few showers carried in by the trade winds for windward and mauka sections, especially overnight and in the morning.Easterly trade winds will blow in at 10-20 mph.Leeward sides will be mostly dry, and see sunny skies, with scattered high clouds filtering out a little of the sunshine.While windward sections will be partly cloudy, with high clouds as well.It will be another warm day. Leeward sides will have afternoon high temperatures into the mid to even upper 80s.Afternoon temperatures will warm up into the low 80s for windward spots.Breezy weather will blow in Friday. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save More From KITV 4 Island News Video Aloha Friday Forecast Updated Feb 24, 2022 Local Aloha Friday Weather: Sunny and breezy with trade wind showers Updated Apr 1, 2022 Local Thursday Weather: Sunny start with light winds, trades fill in Friday Jan 20, 2022 Local Monday Weather: High surf, sunshine and showers Updated Jan 10, 2022 Local Saturday Weather: Surf, trades and a few showers over the weekend Updated Feb 4, 2022 Local Wednesday Weather: Light winds, big surf Updated Nov 25, 2021 Recommended for you
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Crews responding to fire in Bluefield, VA
BVFD & BVPD are on scene. Limited details known at this time.
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:39 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
BLUEFIELD, VA. (WVVA) - Crews are responding to the scene of fire along Virginia Avenue in Bluefield, Virginia.
The images in the article were provided by WVVA’s content manager and evening anchor, Melinda Zosh.
According to Zosh Bluefield, Virginia Police Department and Fire Departments on scene as well as local ambulance services.
Details as to the cause of the fire or if anyone was in the structure are unknown at this time.
As we learn more we will bring it to you.
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Patrick Lyoya shot in head by Michigan officer, video shows
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident.
Patrick Lyoya, 26, was killed outside a house in Grand Rapids. The white officer repeatedly ordered Lyoya to “let go” of his Taser, at one point demanding: “Drop the Taser!”
Citing a need for transparency, the city’s new police chief, Eric Winstrom, on Wednesday released four videos, including critical footage of the shooting recorded by a passenger in Lyoya’s car on that rainy morning.
GRAPHIC WARNING: Videos in this story may contain disturbing content.
“I view it as a tragedy. ... It was a progression of sadness for me,” said Winstrom, a former high-ranking Chicago police commander who became Grand Rapids chief in March. The city of about 200,000 people is about 150 miles northwest of Detroit.
Video shows Lyoya running from the officer who stopped him for driving with a license plate that didn’t belong to the vehicle. They struggled in front of several homes while Lyoya’s passenger got out and watched.
Winstrom said the fight over the Taser lasted about 90 seconds. In the final moments, the officer was on top of Lyoya, kneeling on his back at times to subdue him.
“From my view of the video, Taser was deployed twice. Taser did not make contact,” Winstrom told reporters. “And Mr. Lyoya was shot in the head. However, that’s the only information that I have.”
State police are investigating the shooting. Kent County’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Cohle, said he completed the autopsy but toxicology tests haven’t been finished.
The traffic stop was tense from the start. Video shows Lyoya, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, getting out of the car before the officer approached. He ordered Lyoya to get back in the vehicle but the man declined.
The officer asked him if he spoke English and demanded his driver’s license. The foot chase began soon after, video shows.
Winstrom didn’t identify the officer, a seven-year veteran who is on paid leave during the investigation.
“Me being from Chicago for the last 20 years, I’ve handled many police shootings myself, so I do have a lot of experience in this,” the chief said. “I was hoping to never have to utilize that experience here.”
Video was collected from Lyoya’s passenger, the officer’s body-worn camera, the officer’s patrol car and a doorbell camera. Prosecutor Chris Becker, who will decide whether any charges are warranted, objected to the release but said Winstrom could act on his own.
Becker said the public shouldn’t expect a quick decision.
“While the videos released today are an important piece of evidence, they are not all of the evidence,” he said.
City Manager Mark Washington warned that the videos would lead to “expressions of shock, of anger and of pain.” Some downtown businesses boarded up their storefronts, and concrete barricades surrounded police headquarters.
Lyoya had two young daughters and five siblings, said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who spoke to his family.
“He arrived in the United States as a refugee with his family fleeing violence. He had his whole life ahead of him,” Whitmer, a Democrat, said.
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump, speaking on behalf of Lyoya’s family, on Wednesday called for the officer in the shooting to be fired and prosecuted.
“The video clearly shows that this was an unnecessary, excessive, and fatal use of force against an unarmed Black man who was confused by the encounter and terrified for his life,” Crump said in a release.
“It should be noted that Patrick never used violence against this officer even though the officer used violence against him in several instances for what was a misdemeanor traffic stop,” he added.
Crump and Lyoya’s family were expected to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon.
More than 100 people marched to Grand Rapids City Hall before a City Commission meeting Tuesday night, chanting “Black lives matter” and “No justice, no peace.”
On Wednesday, several hundred protesters gathered outside the Grand Rapids Police Department following the release of the videos, with some cursing and shouting from behind barricades. The group demanded that officials make public the name of the officer in the shooting.
Some businesses cut their hours short Wednesday, closing early. Some boarded up windows. But the demonstration remained nonviolent with protesters demanding justice for Lyoya and other Black lives lost in shootings involving police.
Winstrom last week said he met Lyoya’s father, Peter Lyoya, and that they both cried.
“I get it as a father. ... It’s just heart-wrenching,” the chief told WOOD-TV.
As in many U.S. cities, Grand Rapids police have been occasionally criticized over the use of force, particularly against Black people, who make up 18% of the population.
In November, the Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments in a lawsuit over the practice of photographing and fingerprinting people who were never charged with a crime. Grand Rapids said the policy changed in 2015.
A downtown street has been designated Breonna Taylor Way, named for the Black woman and Grand Rapids native who was killed by police in Louisville, Kentucky, during a botched drug raid in 2020.
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White reported from Detroit. AP reporters Corey Williams in West Bloomfield, Michigan; David Eggert in Lansing, Michigan; and John Flesher in Traverse City, Michigan, contributed to this story.
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Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
(AP) - Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its COVID-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids.
U.S. health authorities already urge everyone 12 and older to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest variants -- and recently gave the option of a second booster to those 50 and older.
Now Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
In a small study, 140 youngsters who’d already gotten two shots were given a booster six months later, and researchers found the extra shot generally revved up their immune response. But a closer look at 30 of the children found a 36-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies, levels high enough to fight the super-contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said in a press release.
The data has not been published or vetted by independent experts.
Pfizer tested the kid booster while omicron was surging this winter. While COVID-19 cases now are at much lower levels in the U.S., in recent weeks an even more contagious version of omicron, called BA.2, has become the dominant type locally and around the world.
In the coming days, the companies plan to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds. They also plan to share the data with European and other regulators.
Vaccinations are generally less effective against the omicron variant than earlier versions of the coronavirus -- but they do still offer strong protection against severe disease. While COVID-19 is a bigger threat to adults, youngsters can get seriously ill. But regulators will have to decide if healthy elementary-age kids really need a booster, and if so, when.
The Pfizer shots are the only vaccine available to U.S. children. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older. Just over a quarter in the younger age group have gotten two doses since vaccination opened to them in November, shortly before omicron struck.
The U.S. hasn’t yet allowed vaccinations for children under 5. But certain 5- to 11-year-olds -- those with severely weakened immune systems -- already are supposed to get three doses, to give that high-risk group a better chance of responding.
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Tesla issues 2nd recall for obstructing pedestrian warning
Published: Apr. 14, 2022 at 8:38 AM EDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
The company says in government documents that the new recall will disable “Boombox” if owners are using a feature that lets them “summon” the vehicles at low speeds.
The first recall in February disabled “Boombox” if the Teslas are in drive, neutral or reverse.
Both recalls will be done with online software updates.
The new recall covers certain 2020 through 2022 Model Y, X, and S vehicles, as well as the 2017 through 2022 Model 3.
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