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NEW YORK, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Astra Space Inc. ("Astra" or the "Company") f/k/a Holicity Inc. ("Holicity") (NASDAQ: ASTR; HOL) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-01591, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded securities of the Company between February 2, 2021 and December 29, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Plaintiff seeks to recover compensable damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Astra securities during the Class Period, you have until April 11, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Astra purportedly operates as an operational space launch company. On June 30, 2021 Astra Space Inc. and Holicity Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, merged.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Astra cannot launch "anywhere"; (2) Astra significantly overstated its addressable market; (3) Astra overstated the effectiveness of its designs and reliability; (4) Astra significantly overstated its plans for diversification and its broadband constellation plan; and (5) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
On December 29, 2021, during market hours, market researcher Kerrisdale Capital released a report entitled "Astra Space, Inc (ASTR): Headed for Dis-Astra" which alleged myriad issues with the Company.
On this news, Astra's shares fell $1.10 per share, or approximately 14%, to close at $6.61 per share on December 29, 2021, on unusually heavy trading damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Pomerantz LLP
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NEW YORK, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Aurinia" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AUPH) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-02185, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Aurinia securities between May 7, 2021 and February 25, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Aurinia securities during the Class Period, you have until June 14, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Aurinia is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes therapies to treat various diseases with unmet medical need in Japan and the People's Republic of China. The Company's only product is LUPKYNIS, which it offers for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Aurinia was experiencing declining revenues; (ii) Aurinia's 2022 sales outlook for LUPKYNIS would fall well short of expectations; (iii) accordingly, the Company had significantly overstated LUPKYNIS's commercial prospects; (iv) as a result, the Company had overstated its financial position and/or prospects for 2022; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On February 28, 2022, Aurinia issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. Among other items, Aurinia reported a year-over-year revenue decline and announced a lower-than-expected sales outlook for 2022.
On this news, Aurinia's common share price fell $3.94 per share, or 24.26%, to close at $12.30 per share on February 28, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Pomerantz LLP
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888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Out of an original 50 contestants, only three remain as finalists in The American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program, "A Constitutional Speech Contest." The three survived two intense rounds of competition today and will vie for the championship during tomorrow's finals which will be webcast live at 10 am Eastern Time on www.legion.org and on Facebook live at The American Legion National Headquarters page.
The top prize, a $25,000 scholarship, will be awarded to Emma Noble of Birmingham, Ala.; Jackson Boone of Calvert City, Ky; or Ashley Tuell of Johnson City, Tenn. The second and third place winners after tomorrow's competition will receive $22,500 and $20,000 scholarships respectively. Each of the 50 competitors are department (state or regional) champions.
The other 15 semi-finalists who competed in this afternoon's competition are Mattingly Watson (Ark.), Caleb Rasor (Ariz.), Anna Lichtenberg (Conn.), Eden Wood (Ind.), Olivia Scott (Iowa), Jha Diya (Md.), Megan Blonigen (Minn.), Valerie McDonnell (N.H.), Ian Chung (N.Y.), Ian Holdman (Okla.), Anwen Hefner (Pa.), William Sander (S.C.), Thomas Haar (S.D.), Aya Kasim (Texas) and Erin Mitchell (Wash.).
The contest, now in its 83rd year, encourages young Americans to improve their communications skills and study the U.S. Constitution. Approximately 6,000 high school students begin competition annually at The American Legion post-community level. More than $3 million in scholarships have been awarded since the inception of the program. The national contestants all competed in Indianapolis, the headquarters city for The American Legion. Previous champions include former presidential candidate Alan Keyes, the late Sen. Frank Church and writer Brent Bozell.Jr. Former Vice President Mike Pence and commentator Lou Dobbs are past state champions.
MEDIA CONTACT: John Raughter (317) 630-1350, jraughter@legion.org.
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The Platform Breaks the Barriers Between Creators and Content Distribution + Monetization
LAS VEGAS, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TvStartup Inc. announces its new Video CMS Software, an all-in-one video management system. The Video CMS Software is the next level of TvStartup's OTT platform, which offers a turn-key solution for video and audio creators to own, launch, and directly monetize their own internet TV channels.
"We've truly made this entire system with the creator in mind," says Brock Fisher, CEO at TvStartup. "Everything you could possibly need to build, manage, and monetize an online video channel is now in one place, giving all creators easy access to large audiences and providing the best experience for their viewers."
Features and benefits of the Video CMS Software include:
- Direct Monetization Options (automated and customs ads, subscriptions, & pay-per-view for ad-supported, premium subscription and freemium approaches to monetization.)
- Custom Live Streaming in the never-before-seen Broadcast Studio (on-screen overlays, collab features, custom logos, re-streaming capabilities, and many more options.)
- 24/7 Scheduled Programming with flexible ad insertion capabilities
- One-Click, Multiple Platform Distribution to branded OTT apps like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, as well as mobile, social and web destinations.
- Video-On-Demand categorization for video libraries
- Full support for Audio-On-Demand and Audio Streaming
- Turn-Key multi-platform publishing including syncing all streaming and on-demand content directly to custom branded OTT apps like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV and more.
TvStartup's new Video CMS Software is available and being demoed at the NAB Show in Booth W7406 (April 24-April 27, 2022). The software is presented in multiple packages that have been curated for specific channel needs, all available at special NAB discounted rates.
For more information, please attend TvStartup's news conference on Sunday, April 24th at 3PM in Room N242 or visit:
About TvStartup Inc: For more than 10 years, TvStartup has been serving the broadcasting industry and has long been the number one channel provider to Roku, powering over 1,500 custom SDK channels on Roku alone. TvStartup pioneered the space in OTT distribution for indie-creators, bringing cable and satellite providers onto OTT platforms as early as 2008. TvStartup is now positioned as the one-stop turn-key solution for creators of all types, allowing independent creators and broadcasters to reach large global audiences on every popular platform from Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV to iOS and Android devices. The innovative platform allows everyday broadcasters to transform their content into full-scale internet TV networks, while easily managing their streaming and on-demand content from a single dashboard. TvStartup makes building a "Netflix-styled" experience for viewers easy so that creators can focus on creating great content, connecting with their audience, and capitalizing their passion, highlighted the 2022 NAB SHOW.
What makes TvStartup different from other OTT service providers is that it delivers every tool that a creator needs, without the extra complexities. Also, every feature of TvStartup's software is explained in detail inside its step-by-step tutorial series. This company was built FOR content creators, BY content creators.
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Legion National Commander Paul E. Dillard issued the following statement today concerning the passing of former Sen. Orrin Hatch:
"The American Legion is saddened about the passing of Sen. Hatch. He was a true champion for veterans and an ardent supporter of a constitutional amendment to protect our American flag. His willingness to put patriotism ahead of partisan politics earned him friends across the political aisle. In 2000, The American Legion proudly presented him with our organization's Distinguished Service Medal, our highest honor. His voice is already missed."
As a presidential candidate during the primaries of 2000, the longtime Utah senator expressed dismay at those who disrespected the American flag. "I really believe that if we don't protect the values that we have, if we can't stand up for the flag of the United States, our national symbol, what can we stand up for?" Hatch told The American Legion Magazine.
About The American Legion
The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans organization, is dedicated to the motto of "Veterans Strengthening America." Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is committed to mentoring youth and sponsoring wholesome community programs, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security and continued devotion to servicemembers and veterans. Nearly 2 million members in more than 12,500 posts across the nation and regions overseas serve their communities with a devotion to mutual helpfulness.
Contact: John Raughter, Media Relations
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingenuity helps to create a quality life. On 19 April, the fifth trade promotion activity of "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey" was successfully held on Canton Fair's official Facebook account, attracting more than 175,000 viewers online. In the virtual event, Bee and Honey, Canton Fair's mascots, interacted actively with three consumer goods exhibitors, including Hanbang Glass, IKOO Glass and Meridian GHE. Especially, Bee visited WEIDI Tech in person as a correspondent, giving viewers an immersive experience of China's newly designed and innovative consumer goods.
"Discover Cantor Fair with Bee and Honey" is a series of online activities launched at the 131st Canton Fair, aiming to connect exhibitors and buyers. Hosted by Bee and Honey, Canton Fair's mascots, the virtual event includes corporate interviews, product presentations, factory demonstrations, process and craftsmanship introductions and lucky draws to showcase China's businesses and intelligent manufacturing in a diversified and comprehensive way. In the webcast for consumer goods, Hanbang Glass demonstrated a variety of soda-lime or borosilicate glass kitchenware, with the goal of promoting "Living in Kitchen" — a lifestyle that embraces quality kitchen time. IKOO Glass showcased their innovative food container, which features an original airtight glass lid. The product is portable and microwave-safe. Meridian MGH highlighted its glassware collection, which includes multipurpose glass candle holders, ribbed wine glasses and colored-dots drinking glasses. WEIDI Tech introduced a two-sided shaver with a classic butterfly twist-open design for easy blade changing. The selection of distinctive and high-quality merchandise has gained popularity among Canton Fair's social media followers.
Canton Fair's Consumer Goods section has usually been a favorite of foreign buyers. In this session, around 33,000 consumer goods products, including household items, kitchenware and tableware and personal care products, have been shown by 3,400 exhibitors. Alan Liu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair, told reporters that with consumption upgrading, people were more willing to pay for high-quality products and tended to buy high-end, personalized and niche brands and products with premium services. He added that the Canton Fair would continue to work with exhibitors to promote safe and healthy lifestyle for people all around the world through high-quality products.
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On 20 April, with the theme of "Limited Clean Space, Unlimited Enjoyment", the sixth trade promotion activity of "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey" was successfully held on Canton Fair's official Facebook account and well received with more than 192 thousand global fans watching online.
The virtual event was hosted by Bee and Honey, Canton Fair's mascots, who interacted actively with representatives from Tengzhou Yoway Electronic Technology., Zhejiang Tona Sanitary Ware. and Huida sanitary ware. Bee, in the meantime, conducted a field trip to Guangzhou SELAQUA Sanitary Ware.
Closely keeping up with the global fashion trend, China's sanitary wares have embarked on a high-end development road with the application of sound design and future science and technology. Enterprises participating in the activity have all played their ace. Tengzhou Yoway Electronic Technology revealed its signature product, the bathroom mirror cabinet, which is elegantly and simply designed and allows Bluetooth connection for music play. It also has an inductive touch panel for temperature, humidity, time and other information displaying. Rock plate series bathroom cabinet, the signature product of Zhejiang Tona Sanitary Ware is featured with elegant appearance, green material application and excellent waterproof and antibacterial properties. Full range of sanitary products, such as bathroom cabinet, bathtub, intelligent toilet and ceramic tile displayed by Huida sanitary ware, cater to multiple demands of global customers. Guangzhou SELAQUA Sanitary Ware promoted its flagship sanitary series which is accessible and friendly to the aged. With safe, useful, nice-looking and comfortable attributes, the series has won Canton Fair Design Awards for many times.
Around 40 thousand products are showcased in the sanitary ware section by 630 enterprises. Numerous latest releases outstanding in visual attraction, intelligent operation, comfortable and convenient use were introduced at the Fair.
Alan Liu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair, said that the sanitary ware section has always been popular at previous Canton Fairs. As China's largest B2B international trade platform, the Canton Fair has launched a number of promotion activities, including "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey" to facilitate exhibitors across industries to expand market, gain orders online, and help keep industry chain and trade stable.
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A junior from Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham capped a busy weekend of competition in Indianapolis by earning a $25,000 college scholarship and first place in The American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program – "A Constitutional Speech Contest." Emma Noble's winning prepared oration was titled "The Power of the Executive Order: Because I said so."
Noble, who lives in Birmingham, started the weekend as one of 50 state or department champions in the 83rd annual contest. She advanced to the championship through three rounds of intense competition. Noble was sponsored by American Legion Post 555 in Pelham, Ala.
Ashley Tuell, a senior from Johnson City, Tenn., earned a $22,500 college scholarship with a second-place finish, while Jackson Boone, a 12th grade student from Calvert City, Ky., earned $20,000 and third place in the competition. The scholarships account for a small portion of post-secondary scholarships that The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans organization, awards annually.
In her prepared oration, Noble compared the use of presidential executive orders to the common parental admonishment of authority "because I said so." She pointed out positive examples of its use, such as the Emancipation Proclamation and the desegregation of the military but also mentioned that it was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to establish Japanese American internment camps during World War II.
Noble encouraged people to consider the use of executive orders when they vote. "Executive orders are an extremely valuable tool because they are much faster than passing a law through the legislative branch; however, they are not trivial to undo so you must have confidence in the person making them. It is a citizen's responsibility to vote. Not only that, but to vote for someone you trust with the power of executive orders. Because I said so."
In each round of the weekend competition, orators delivered a rehearsed 8- to 10-minute address and a randomly assigned 3- to 5-minute oration on a constitutional topic, each without the benefit of notes and in front of a live audience, including the judges. The nearly 2-million-member American Legion developed the contest to encourage young people to improve their communications skills and to study the U.S. Constitution. More than $3 million in scholarships have been awarded over the history of the contest.
Media Contact: John Raughter (317) 630-1350, jraughter@legion.org.
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The joint solution enables customers to cost-effectively store and protect large volumes of data for long-term retention and rapid recall while off-loading primary storage assets
LAS VEGAS, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DataCore Software, the authority on software-defined storage, and Atempo, Data Protection and Data Management independent software vendor, are announcing today the integration of Atempo Miria Data Management platform with DataCore Swarm object storage software.
"Miria's new WORM capabilities for long-term archive now takes full advantage of the S3-compatible API and immutability options in DataCore Swarm, enabling granular time navigation through simple retrieval of multiple files at a given point in time." stated Louis Laszlo, Director of Product Management at Atempo. "It offers highly flexible configurations, high availability, and unmatched performance while reducing enterprise storage costs."
Organizations are primarily using Atempo Miria and DataCore Swarm for active archive, preserving large volumes of multimedia files, like videos, so they can be quickly retrieved in full, or partially restored on-demand as short clips directly from Media Asset Managers (MAM) or from Miria's Web interface.
Additionally, the joint solution can be used to cost-effectively archive large dataset volumes while uncluttering expensive high-performance shared storage required for post-production work.
Miria's new capabilities make it very easy to store important files for long-term retention leveraging Swarm's WORM/immutability options to prevent ransomware, tampering or unintentional deletion.
"Customers favor the combination of Miria and Swarm for their active archive workflows for several reasons, including the open approach for managing and storing metadata with each object, the scalability of the joined solution as well as the high performances delivered," said Ben Watson, Technical Director, Product Management for DataCore. "They benefit from a flexible and massively scalable archive where content is immediately accessible to users and workflows. Both solution elements have an extensive track record for addressing customers' challenges in rapidly scaling media library or sharing content between remote sites."
The combined solution consists of Miria, the agile data management platform that leverages the highly flexible Swarm software-defined object storage, to simplify storage management and reduce costs, both of which are very important to organizations facing tight IT budgets and resources.
DataCore and Atempo teams are present at the 2022 edition of the NAB Show on booth #N431 for Atempo and booth #N7035 for DataCore.
DataCore Software delivers the industry's most flexible, intelligent, and powerful software-defined storage solutions for block, file and object storage, helping more than 10,000 customers worldwide modernize how they store, protect, and access data. The company's comprehensive product suite, intellectual property portfolio, and its unrivaled experience in storage virtualization and advanced data services, position DataCore as the authority on software-defined storage. To request more information, visit datacore.com/company/contact-us/.
DataCore and the DataCore logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.
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Atempo is a leading independent European-based software vendor with an established global presence providing solutions to protect, store, move and recover all mission-critical data sets for thousands of companies worldwide. With over 30 years' experience in data protection and data management, Atempo offers a portfolio enabling medium to large scale organization to tackle their core IT data protection challenges in addition on solving the new modern File Data Management fueling exabytes data pipelines in the digital economy. For more information visit atempo.com.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- G20 members have urged the World Bank to immediately prepare for the establishment of the Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF), Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated.
FIF should be formed immediately in the framework of pandemic preparedness and response (PPR) in the future, the minister emphasized.
"The (G20) presidency concluded that the World Bank should start exploring the process for developing and establishing FIF," Indrawati remarked at the second meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Banks Governors (FMCBG) press conference here on Thursday.
According to the minister, G20 members view FIF as being the most effective choice for new financial mechanisms, especially in preparing for other potential pandemics in future.
Indrawati believes this is because the establishment of FIF is viewed as being able to overcome the financing gap in the health sector as what had occurred during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
"Most (G20) members agree on the need for a new financial mechanism dedicated to addressing the financing gap in PPR," she stated.
Hence, she explained that G20 members hope that the establishment of FIF would mitigate the health financing needs in line with the World Health Organization's (WHO's) expectations.
Moreover, G20 members called on the World Bank to explore discussions on the governance and operational regulations of FIF by involving the WHO.
"There is widespread support for WHO and the World Bank regarding the assessment of significant financing gaps that need to be addressed," Indrawati remarked.
Earlier, on April 1, the Indonesian finance and health ministries resumed the third G20 Joint Finance and Health Task Force (JFHTF).
At the meeting, JFHTF co-chair Wempi Saputra invited G20 member countries to draw up a financing action plan for pandemic preparedness and response (PPR).
"The third JFHTF meeting is an important step for all member countries in drafting the financing strategies for prevention, preparedness, and response to the pandemic or PPR," Saputra stated.
Meanwhile, one of the main agendas of Indonesia's G20 Presidency is global health architecture.
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LIMASSOL, Cyprus, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In late April, international broker InstaForex released an updated version of its mobile application on Google Play. The InstaFintech Group professional development team has made the application better and more functional.
Representatives of the company have always emphasized that timely updates of the trading platform are important because they bring traders pleasure and contribute to successful transactions. The new design of the application is just about that.
The developers have thoroughly enhanced the interface to make it even more user-friendly for our clients. For example, the fresh update makes it easier to conduct transactions. In addition, the app received widgets for displaying user balance and a separate trading panel at the bottom of the screen along with other features awaiting you in the app.
The abundance of functions of InstaForex mobile platform is multifunctional, is an important reason why so many traders choose it. By now, more than 1,000,000 users have already appreciated the application. We have no doubt that the new set of functions will gain in popularity in the market.
The company took into account the requests of users and added the possibility of partial closing of positions at the new version of the application. Now users can easily edit their transactions.
In addition, the mobile platform has a function for calculating profits and losses for each deal and real-time updating of quotes. Trading from charts has become a lot easier thanks to new features. Now users can save their settings, as well as trade from full-size charts. The updated mobile platform also allows traders to get informed about essential market events. Now everyone can turn on instant notifications that won't let you miss any news.
InstaForex is particularly proud of its large team of professional analysts. In the new version of the app, they continue to publish their useful trading recommendations and opinions on current financial events regularly.
InstaForex has also added a lot of analytical tools that can help traders build an efficient trading plan. Now traders have access to technical analysis summaries, overviews of financial indicators of companies. Notably it supports requotes when opening / closing trades. That means that in case of high volatility the price can change sharply the client will get a chance to confirm opening and closing of the position with the changed price.
The company also draws the attention of traders to the updated economic calendar which has become much more user-friendly with the new version of the application
Download the new version of the InstaForex trading platform on Google Play.
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LOS ANGLES, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In mid-April, Waterdrop announced the launch of its first-ever 800GPD RO system – the Waterdrop G3P800 Under Sink Reverse Osmosis with a faucet screen. The new technology from the water filter industry giant comes with a smarter interaction, UV sterilization, ultra-large capacity, improved efficiency, and more advanced filtration technology.
The first generation of G3P800 went viral and recorded outstanding sales on the market as soon as it is available last year. Waterdrop now released the updated version by focusing on the R&D. For more information, please visit https://www.waterdropfilter.com/
According to Ivan, Waterdrop's CEO, the new released G3P800 is expected to "enter the next mainstream of under sink water filters." The Waterdrop G3P800 comes in a new generation of reverse osmosis technology. The purification performance is not only much better but also more efficient water consumption.
Improved User Interaction with Faucet Screen
The new released large faucet screen in this system is smarter than the one on the traditional brushed nickel faucet. The intelligent faucet screen helps monitor the operational status of the system as well as the water quality.
Users can also enjoy a much better experience with more functionalities, including the malfunction alert, TDS indicator, and filter life indicator.
UV Sterilization Capability
The machine comes with the new-tech UV sterilizing light. This means it can effectively reduce up to 99.9% of viruses and bacteria that are present in your water.
It is a significant improvement to the traditional mercury light, considering there is no release of harmful substances like heavy metals into the water.
The system also helps save energy by turning on the breathing lamp only when there is water passing through the system.
800GPD Large Capacity for Residential and Commercial Use
The 800 GPD in this water filter system can conveniently serve a large household or small business.
It has 2x the flow rate of the first tankless reverse osmosis system from Waterdrop, which is the G3. Thanks to this faster water flow, users can fill a 80z cup of water in just six seconds.
More Efficient 3:1 Drain Ratio
The new Waterdrop innovative technology in the G3P800 reverse osmosis water filter lowers the drain ratio significantly to 3:1.
That makes it 12x more efficient than the traditional RO system. The G3P800 reverse osmosis system produces just a cup of wastewater for every three cups of filtered water. Therefore, it can considerably save your water bill.
7-Layer RO Membrane and 3-Stage Filters
The three-stage filter setup, coupled with the seven-layer of reverse osmosis membrane tech, gets rid of the most harmful contaminants in household water. Therefore, it is more efficient than other water filter systems.
The 0.0001μm pore size of this system's RO membrane means it will filter out even contaminants smaller than the bacteria and viruses.
Product Specifications
Availability and Cost
Consumers in the United States can get the Waterdrop G3P800 with a faucet screen for just $1,029.00.
Waterdrop the Brand
Found in 2015, Waterdrop is committed to solve global water problems by rolling out reliable and efficient purification solutions and products. Eight years later, Waterdrop has grown into an industry leader and highly-rated manufacturer of water filtration systems.
In pursuit of its goal to enhance global household drinking water safety, Waterdrop focuses on the design, R&D, and manufacturing of water filtration core technologies and best-in-class products.
Waterdrop will continue to provide safe and clean drinking water for all human beings.
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NEW YORK, April 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Cano Health, Inc. f/k/a Jaws Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CANO, CANO.WS, JWS, JWS.U, JWS WS) between May 18, 2020 and February 25, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 17, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Cano Health securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Cano Health class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4271 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 17, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Cano Health overstated its due diligence efforts and expertise with respect to acquiring target businesses; (2) accordingly, Cano Health performed inadequate due diligence into whether the Company, post-Business Combination, could properly account for the timing of revenue recognition as prescribed by ASC 606, particularly with respect to Medicare risk adjustments; (3) as a result, Cano Health misstated its capitated revenue, direct patient expense, accounts receivable, net of unpaid service provider costs, and accounts payable and accrued expenses; (4) accordingly, Cano Health was at an increased risk of failing to timely file one or more of its periodic financial reports; and (5) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Cano Health class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=4271 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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NEW YORK, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) resulting from allegations that Amazon may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Amazon securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5465 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On April 6, 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how Amazon handled disclosures on employees' use of third party sellers' data to boost its own private-label business.
On this news, Amazon's stock price fell $105.98 per share, or 3.2%, to close at $3,175.12 per share on April 6, 2022.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
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HANGZHOU, China, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently in Hangzhou, China, the Wisdom Tower PLUS, a high-profile smart office building of the Shimao Wisdom Tower complex was launched onto the market and immediately rose to prominence as a centerpiece among the city's smart landmarks.
In 2022, the 19th Asian Games will soon open in Hangzhou. Seeing it as a new opportunity to further upgrade its influence and tier after the G20 Summit, Hangzhou makes an all-out effort, such as investing around 200 billion yuan, or 31.38 billion USD in infrastructure, to make the city smarter and more stylish for the Games and everything beyond.
Shimao Wisdom Towers are a pair of large-scale urban complexes located just next to the main venues of the upcoming 2022 Asian Games in Binjiang High-Tech Zone, which is a priority district at the heart of the development strategy of Hangzhou as a sustainable riverside city. According to official statistics released by the local government, In the first half of 2021, the regional GDP of Binjiang ranked third among all districts of its kind in Zhejiang Province. Throughout the same year, the number of patents licensed in Binjiang reached 17,874, more than that in any other districts in the whole Province. As the host of top global digital tech corporations such as Microsoft and Cisco, this District is always committed to fostering a thriving intelligent economy.
Being the only smart office building on sale in the Binjiang Free Trade Zone, Shimao Wisdom Towers have risen to prominence in Hangzhou, one of China's top digital and smart cities. Shimao Wisdom Tower PLUS, in this sense, brings the city's idea of smart and intelligent business space to a next level. It is the first completed smart building among the landmarks surrounding the Asian Games Village complex.
Giving importance to environmental sensitivity, Shimao Wisdom Tower PLUS are certified by both WELL and LEED for green and sustainable building. It has an artistically furnished lobby which is a 1000m²-large, two-storey-high soaring space, a rooftop helicopter pad, and 29 Mitsubishi elevators. Smart platforms, including smart parking system, smart access control system, smart workplace and smart building management system are applied and upgraded in this Tower. Moreover, Shimao Wisdom Tower PLUS is everything a 5A Grade A building stands for and more regarding to decor, amenities and smart facilities both in public spaces and indoor offices. For each floor, the area is around 2000m² and the height is about 4.2 meters, with no pillars partitioning the space. With the building efficiency ratio as high as about 64%, therefore more usable area, the Tower is an ideal place to move your offices in.
As a landmark building sharing the same vision of "being smart" as the Asian Games in China, Shimao Wisdom Tower PLUS is ready to come under the spotlight, and present itself to the world as a testimony of how smart solutions can empower Hangzhou, one of the most intelligent cities of China.
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Highlights of the Show Include Flexible New Products, Solutions and Enhancements Spanning the Company's Portfolio to Support Professionals' Creativity and Workflow
LAS VEGAS, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At NAB Show 2022, April 24-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sony Electronics is proudly unveiling and showcasing a broad range of products and services, to empower broadcast, to cinematic and live event content creation. These innovations align with leading industry trends in the Imaging, Internet Protocol (IP), Cloud and Visualization realm. Sony will be exhibiting in booth #C10901 and virtually at https://pro.sony/nab.
"The last few years have redefined the world as well as our industry," said Theresa Alesso, President, Imaging Products & Solutions Americas, Sony Electronics. "Our customers have relied even more heavily on technology to help connect and collaborate remotely and in real-time, with the greatest degree of reality. At NAB Show, we're looking forward to reconnecting with the industry, shining a spotlight on Sony's transformation, sharing our latest technologies and highlighting trends including the cinematic look and virtual production, as we create the future together."
Building an Extensive Lineup of Imaging Options
Sony's expertise in imaging is established, as a leader in camera technology. At the site of breaking news, on the set of the most popular programs and films and used at the world's most influential live events, Sony's cameras bring the powerful stories to life with heightened engagement and emotion. As the industry standard, users continue to seek exceptional camera choices from Sony, at every level, capability and price.
With the introduction of the new HDC-3200, Sony is building out its portfolio and filling in the gaps with a more affordable 4K system, ensuring users have an option that provides everything they need, without paying for capabilities that aren't required. The HDC-3200 is a fiber based, cost-effective system camera that shares many of the features common to Sony's HDC-series including a 2/3" type 3CMOS image sensor with global shutter, 4K and HDR and support for numerous signal formats. The HDC-3200 is compatible with the existing lineup of Sony viewfinders, large lens adapters and IP transmission systems. It is planned to be available in May 2022.
Sony is also introducing two new large lens adaptors, the HDLA-3505 and HDLA-3501. The robust HDLA-3505 can be used with the HDVF-EL70. It has an LCD panel that allows for assignable settings at the press of a button and simple monitoring via SDI Input. The HDLA-3501 complements the new HDC-3200, providing a cost-effective 4K system. It is designed to operate with the HDVF-L750 viewfinder and enables easy access to the camera head while supporting rear panel operation. Both options offer Sony systems cableless interface and instant attachment to and detachment from the camera. They are planned to be available in June 2022.
In addition, Sony's PVM-X series 4K, HDR monitors available in 18-, 24- and 32-inch sizes, will see new enhancements with the Version 4.0 firmware release scheduled for August 2022. New features include two new optional licenses to support signal conversion and 3D LUT Output. Timecode and audio output capabilities will also be added to the enhanced monitor output. The firmware will also feature in monitor display, parallel remote and chroma up as well as support for closed captioning.
With cinematic storytelling on the rise, the VENICE CineAlta camera is continuing to see action in feature films, sports, and live multi-cam productions. Thanks to the success of the Original VENICE, Sony has expanded its Cinema Line with the introduction of the flagship VENICE 2 camera. The VENICE 2 features a new 8.6K full-frame CMOS image sensor, internal X-OCN and 4K Apple ProRes 4444 and 422 HQ recording with a smaller body. It has an impressive 16 stops of dynamic range, extreme low light capability, highlights that roll-off, and natural skin tones. In addition, the VENICE 2 has a Dual Base ISO, 8 stops of built-in ND filters, and is now shipping.
The HDC-F5500 system camera with Super 35mm 4K CMOS global shutter image sensor also enables creative expression with a cinematic look. Featuring shallow depth of field, high frame rate capability, and easy systemization with other Sony system cameras, it has been used on marquee sporting events and the most influential motion picture and music awards events, among others.
To complement our imaging solutions, Sony is updating its UWP-D 4th generation wireless microphone series: the URX-P41D dual channel receiver and convenient UWP-D27 package. The new portable receiver offers simplified functionality, user-friendly features, and digital audio interface via the SMAD-P5 MI (Multi Interface) shoe adapter, compatible with many of Sony's camcorders.
In addition, Sony's flagship PXW-Z750 4K HDR shoulder-mount camcorder, which will be on display at NAB, has been embraced by the reality community. It was recently selected by CBS's Emmy Award-winning Survivor, one of reality television's longest running and most celebrated programs, alongside additional models including the FX6, for a total of nearly 50 of Sony's cameras. Sony's technologies have been an intrinsic part of Survivor's production from the start, as they've adopted new formats and resolutions. Now, the PXW-Z750 will play a pivotal role in their HDR-ready production of Season 43, which is planned to debut in the fall.
Connecting and Managing Networks Through the Power of IP
Sony is building out its portfolio of solutions that allow professionals to design, deploy and manage environments that are on-premises, across a geographical region or in the cloud. Nevion, a Sony Group Company's VideoIPath media orchestration platform recently announced it is adding broadcast control. This enables simple, cost-effective support for the complete production lifecycle, ideal for managing IP-based broadcast facilities, virtual routing, production trucks and mobile units. Additionally, the update adds support for Sony's NS-BUS IP-based management protocol to the extensive list of equipment interfaces already compatible with VideoIPath, including Sony hardware panels and connection management to Sony's SDI-IP converters and XVS series switchers. Sony also offers a powerful solution for production orchestration and facilities management: Live Element Orchestrator.
Enhancing Capabilities, Flexibility and Workflows in the Cloud
Cloud is increasingly important in providing secure accessibility, streamlining media workflows and facilitating enhanced collaboration. Sony's Ci Media Cloud Services, an ecosystem of cloud-based applications built for organizations to collect, organize, collaborate, deliver, and archive media assets, has continued enhancing its offerings to create a more valuable solution for several applications.
For post-production, Ci's Workflow app provides functionality for a secure, automated VFX pull workflow by simply submitting an edit decision list (EDL) to Ci. Benefits of the app include increased speed and lower operational costs, and it helps solve common ownership and accessibility challenges.
Ci's improvements for collaboration, which can benefit editing and sports users, among others, include in-app commenting, clipping and live streams, which simplify the way creative teams review and collaborate on content and allows for quicker publishing to social media. Ci also integrates with Sony's Hawk-Eye technology to receive live streams from sports venues, allowing officials to review, mark up and collaborate on decisions in nearly real-time, regardless of location. This workflow makes content readily available to licensees and rights holders.
Additional enhancements to Ci include a Ci mobile app on iOS and Android for viewing content and a tvOS app for screening content on Apple TV 4K, as well as six times faster live stream ingest and Japanese localization.
Camera-to-cloud capabilities enable more freedom and flexibility for efficient productions from the field or front lines. Sony's next-generation camera-to-cloud solution, C3 Portal (C3P), offers cost-effective file operations by tightly integrating Sony acquisition devices and remote operations. C3P enables remote camera control, remote file access and secure, efficient transfer of files to Ci, or the destination of your choice. C3P's new mobile app enhances the file transfer process. Flexible metadata workflows support custom and automated metadata tagging of camera clips, resulting in simplified search and identification for fast content retrieval.
Sony continues to build on its suite of Cloud Services with the development of infrastructure and live production tools which will allow for an efficient transition from on-premises to cloud.
Visualizing Vibrant New Worlds
Virtual production has transformed the worlds of broadcast and cinema by offering new ways to bring the virtual and physical worlds together in real-time. This revolutionary technology combines cinema cameras, LED displays, and game engine technology to increase freedom, flexibility, and efficiency on set.
Sony's Crystal LED B-series has been custom designed for virtual production. The scalable B-series is available in two pixel pitch sizes, and allows productions to build LED volumes to their desired size and resolution. With incredible brightness, each panel features an anti-reflection coating, a 170-degree wide viewing angle, and a wide color gamut.
Combined with the Sony VENICE camera series, these groundbreaking technologies allow storytellers to enjoy consistently accurate and flexible color matching between the camera and wall and incredible resolution and dynamic range that creates realistic images.
To better serve the virtual production, streaming and e-Sports communities, Sony recently launched a dedicated group that brings together the expertise and resources from across Sony's imaging and display businesses to help drive innovation and demystify the process.
Additionally, Hawk-Eye has introduced the first iteration of its new solution, Hawk-Eye Replay, a product suite that serves as a high-performance, cost-effective, remote clipping, replay and highlights solution. Following the success of 'Every Shot Every Hole,' Hawk-Eye's award-winning golf production technology, this new offering combines with the company's optical tracking and data platforms to create a powerful production solution.
Tackling Trending Topics
From Sunday, April 24 through Tuesday, April 26, Sony will be hosting live presentations in booth #C10901 and live streaming at https://pro.sony/nab. Topics include imaging, IP, EDL Pull cloud workflow, connecting cameras to the cloud, virtual production, drones and more.
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Sony Electronics is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, robotics and financial services. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Sony Electronics is a leader in electronics for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Sony Electronics creates products that innovate and inspire generations, such as the award-winning Alpha Interchangeable Lens Cameras and revolutionary high-resolution audio products. Sony is also a leading manufacturer of end-to-end solutions from 4K professional broadcast and A/V equipment to industry leading 4K and 8K Ultra HD TVs. Visit http://www.sony.com/news for more information.
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Global Awards Ceremony Hosted by Olympic Great Lindsey Vonn
SEVILLE, Spain, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureus, the global organization that uses the power of sport to change the world, today announced the global winners of the prestigious 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards, with Legendary quarterback Tom Brady being honored for the first time for his remarkable career. In a digital ceremony hosted from Seville, the American football legend picked up the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award after an incredible 12 months in which he won a record seventh Super Bowl playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Widely considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time, Brady was honored alongside another US winner, Lost Boyz Inc, the inspirational Chicago baseball program which won the Laureus Sport for Good Award.
Brady's brilliant career has been a superb example of remarkable longevity in a very tough sport. He is the only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in three different decades. In 2021, at 43 years 188 days, he became the oldest to win the Super Bowl as starting quarterback and the oldest to be named Super Bowl MVP.
Brady said: "I've played the sport of American Football for 31 years. I was very fortunate to fall in love with the game that's brought so many memorable moments in my life. This Award was founded in the year 2000 when Nelson Mandela said, 'Sport has the power to change the world' and I totally agree with that. Sport transcends borders, races, religions and ethnicities. It brings so many people together in a positive way. In my view it brings the best out in individuals.
"Pelé was voted for this Award in 2000. Billie Jean King was voted last year. People I really look up to. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. It is an incredible honor to achieve this tonight," he added.
NFL tight end and Brady teammate Rob Gronkowski said: "Tom deserves to win this Lifetime Achievement Award, Tom's the best at what he does. He's an exceptional player on and off the field consistently working to improve himself and others every day. Always working to put the team in the best possible position, year in, year out. I have a great deal of respect for him as a person and as a friend. Congrats Tommy. You're a Lifetime Achiever."
Soccer legend David Beckham praised the character and achievements of NFL legend Brady. "It is very hard to argue that the winner of this Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award is not the greatest of all time," he said. "He is a man who never took no for an answer, someone who pushed himself through every setback and proved the naysayers wrong every single time; the type of character who displays the resilience, tenacity and leadership found only in true living legends. When I think about the peak of athletic excellence, it is hard not to think of Tom Brady."
The Laureus Sport for Good Award recipients Lost Boyz Inc earned recognition for helping to redefine some of the city's most dangerous neighborhoods. It was founded in 2009 by LaVonte Stewart to help disadvantaged kids in Chicago's low-income South Side. Stewart was coaching a boys' team in Chicago's Rosenblum Park when two men with a gun chased another through the area. The children's reaction to the violence--which was to laugh and take bets on what was going to happen next – shocked their coach into action.
From that day on, Lost Boyz has been a beacon of hope in the community. Today, the program provides at-risk youths with training and the competition of organized sport, but also economic and academic opportunities in an area where a third of residents live below the poverty line and are surrounded by gang violence.
The Winners were voted on by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the world's ultimate sports jury, made up of 71 of the greatest sporting legends of all time. The Awards are widely known as the Oscars of the sports world and celebrate the best of the best athletes from across the globe. Past U.S. winners have included Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Lindsey Vonn, Missy Franklin, Lance Armstrong, Patrick Mahomes, Kelly Slater, the Chicago Cubs, and more.
The full list of 2022 Winners:
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award: Max Verstappen
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award: Elaine Thompson-Herah
Laureus World Team of the Year Award: Italy Men's Football Team
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award: Emma Raducanu
Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award: Sky Brown
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award: Marcel Hug
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award: Bethany Shriever
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Brady
Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award: Robert Lewandowski
Laureus Sporting Icon Award: Valentino Rossi
Laureus Sport for Good Award: Lost Boyz Inc
Laureus Sport for Good Society Award: Real Madrid Foundation
Laureus Athlete Advocate of the Year Award: Gerald Asamoah and the Black Eagles
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CHONGQING, China, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Academy of Dazu Rock, after nearly two years of planning and production, the Dazu Rock Carvings micro-videos is soon to be released globally.
To develop Dazu into a world-renowned cultural center and enhance the international influence of Dazu Rock Carvings, the Academy of Dazu Rock Carvings, together with Chongqing International Communication Center and Chongqing Broadcasting Group, takes full account of the channels of mass media to release the videos in both Chinese and English.
As the only world cultural heritage in Chongqing and one of the important cultural symbols of Chongqing, the Dazu Rock Carvings are hailed as the last masterpiece in the history of human grotto art. They are famed for their grand scale, exquisite carvings, diverse themes, rich connotations, and well-preserved cultural relics.
"The Academy of Dazu Rock Carvings is responsible for the protection, management, research, and rational use of the Dazu Rock Carvings." Li Fangyin, Director of the Academy of Dazu Rock Carvings, introduced that the Academy is devoted to publicizing and displaying the artistic appeal and humanistic spirit of the Dazu Rock Carvings to the world. The Academy is speeding up its progress towards becoming a world-renowned research institute.
The series starts with "If the Dazu Rock Carvings Were a Stage Play," which gives an all-around interpretation of Dazu Rock Carvings from a new perspective. The video "Sharing Dazu Rock Carvings with the World" brings together the compilers of the book Complete Works of the Dazu Rock Carvings to share the aspirations and stories of those who have been caring for and supporting the research of Dazu Rock Carvings.
A micro-video producer said, "It took us more than a year to prepare for filming the micro-video. We tried to observe the time-honored Dazu Rock Carvings from the perspective of an expert, a tourist, a video producer, and even a stranger to introduce these statues to the audience with our shots and words." In the video, scholars, and experts who compiled the Complete Works of the Dazu Rock Carvings said, "Grottoes are weathering. The information they carry is disappearing with time. That makes me distressed… We, the archaeologists, are responsible for protecting and promoting Dazu Rock Carvings…. We want to share Dazu Rock Carvings with the world and make more people aware of them."
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In the past two years, online learning has become an essential form of learning for students worldwide. Taking online Chinese language learning as an example, WuKong has undoubtedly become one of the first movers and global leaders. Building on this unprecedented success, WuKong has recently announced plans to expand into additional core subject areas and the launch of a major learning digital infrastructure upgrade.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WuKong Education Group, the leading online Mandarin learning platform, has recently launched a suite of apps as part of its digital learning infrastructure upgrade strategy to further enhance its student-centered learning and teaching experiences.
"We are proud that our users love our app," Cicy Ding, the chief education officer of WuKong said. ''The app has many convenient functions such as learning management, interactive homework, and attendance recording. Once again, our investment in education technology proves to enhance learning experience for our students, engagement for parents and efficiency for our teachers."
Founded in 2016, WuKong is an online education technology company headquartered in New Zealand and has grown from a humble startup aiming at making the Chinese language learning for Chinese families simple, easy and fun, to a global online learning platform with about 300,000 students aged 3-18 and 3,000 highly trained and selected teachers working across 4 continents and 118 countries including its core markets i.e. US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
In the past two years, global K12 sector has witnessed an explosive growth in online learning. WuKong is no exception. Its number of class bookings has increased 70 times since 2019.
After achieving its market leadership in online Mandarin learning through aggressive global expansion, WuKong is hoping to expand its outreach to non-Chinese families through new program offerings.
In March 2021, WuKong started its pilot Math classes taught by experienced native English speaking teachers. Aligned with the popular Singapore National core math curriculum and methodology, WuKong's math program offering opens a new chapter to reach beyond the Chinese families in its priority markets.
Vicky Wang, the founder and CEO of WuKong Education Group was quoted as saying, "It is great to see that so many children are benefiting from our learning platform, especially in this challenging period of time. We are very pleased to see that WuKong has made a difference and added value to their learning journey and become their trusted learning partner."
To learn more about WuKong Education Group visit their official website at https://www.wukongsch.com/en.
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The heat will come to an end tomorrow as we set up for rain on Tuesday
Temperatures will once again reach 80 degrees.
Well there has been no shortage of heat the past few days. Friday we began this persistent pattern that has stayed with us through the weekend. That will all end tomorrow as a cold front prepares to swing though the area overnight tomorrow and into Tuesday.
Overnight tonight we’re looking to be mild once again with temperatures in the mid 50s. We will see mostly clear skies and not much wind.
Monday will be the last glimpse of Summer that we get for a while, Temperatures will be in the low 80s, with the potential for rain after dinner time. Overnight temperatures will be in the mid 50s.
Tuesday the rain will be in full swing as we stand to see showers in the afternoon. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s as temperatures plunge back down.
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‘She could have died’: Fight between two teen girls in school bathroom caught on camera
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Two teens were caught on camera fighting inside a girl’s bathroom at a school in Ohio.
One of the girl’s grandparents, Kim Lewis is speaking out because she says her granddaughter isn’t safe at Gamble Montessori Junior High School and wants her to transfer.
“I am so mad,” Lewis said. “She can’t even go to school and be protected outside of her home... This is not right!”
Lewis is at her breaking point in the aftermath of the bathroom fight.
“She could have died that day,” Lewis said. “Like I told him, he lucky God has his hand on my baby. I’m so mad.”
Lewis says she’s spoken with the school principal and the school board several times about the fight. She says her granddaughter was suspended because of it last Monday, but now her granddaughter is back at school.
“So I don’t feel that my grandchild is safe at school for these next six weeks,” she said.
Lewis says her granddaughter had issues with another female student before spring break and that she worried her granddaughter would get jumped.
“I don’t know what to do,” she said. “We tried to get her into another school, but it was already third quarter.”
Lewis says school officials offered to change her lunch hour and encourage her to use the bathroom across from the principal’s office.
“I’m worried about my granddaughter’s well-being,” Lewis said.
WXIX reached out to Child Protection Services. They said appropriate disciplinary action was taken but they could not share specifics with regard to individual students.
WXIX also asked the school board whether Lewis’ granddaughter can switch schools or go virtual but have yet to hear back.
Meanwhile, Lewis says her granddaughter is behind on her school work because of the stress.
“How can you learn when you’re being threatened at a school and you have to watch your back?”
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Two dead, one injured in Route 460 crash
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Two people are dead and another has been injured in a three vehicle car crash. According to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the scene of an accident in the evening hours on April 23 in the area of Harmon Branch in reference to a motor vehicle accident.
Upon arriving on scene deputies found three vehicles had been involved in the accident. One vehicle struck another in front of it which then struck a subsequent vehicle in front of it. One subject was entrapped in the crash and had to be extracted.
Two victims were pronounced dead after arriving at hospitals in the area. The third person was also injured and transported to a hospital. The incident remains under investigation.
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Authorities rescue 83 dogs kept in ‘deplorable’ conditions in Utah
UTAH COUNTY, Utah (Gray News) – Authorities in Utah rescued 83 dogs from captivity with many people involved in the operation saying the living conditions provided to the canines were “deplorable.”
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said one of its Animal Control deputies was sent to a River Bottoms Road home in late March to respond to a report that there were dogs that were malnourished, lacking food and water and covered in feces there.
When he arrived, he said he was met by 38-year-old Staci Milligan Baker. He asked her about the report and said he noticed two distressed-looking puppies lying in feces in a small kennel on the kitchen floor.
The deputy said Baker told him she runs a breeding operation and sells the dogs.
When asked if the puppies were receiving treatment, the sheriff’s office said she lied about taking them to a vet and getting them medication.
The deputy learned that there was another call made to the same location and decided to wait by the road near a shed on the property when he responded. He said he saw multiple dogs in kennels, all of which appeared to be malnourished, and also detected the smell of feces coming from the building.
When following up, the deputy discovered multiple additional properties owned by Baker and her husband in Orem, Utah, and Provo, Utah. The dogs at all of the locations were kept in poor conditions.
During the investigation, the deputy learned that the owners did not have a kennel license for any of the three locations. He also discovered that Baker’s husband, Matthew Ambrose Baker, was wanted by the FBI. Agents with the agency told the deputy Matthew Baker was non-compliant and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
While executing a search warrant on one of the properties, the deputy was assisted with other deputies in arresting Matthew Baker.
A number of different state agencies responded to execute the search warrant on all three of the properties, including law enforcement agencies and local animal shelters.
Authorities recovered a total of 83 dogs, with two found at the Orem home, 26 at the Provo home and 55 at the River Bottoms Road home.
Those involved in the operation said many of the dogs had no regular access to food or water, and many got sick when responders gave them water.
Most of the kennels appeared to not have been cleaned for an extended period of time, if at all, and some were raised or had grated platforms in an effort to allow feces to fall through them to the floor.
Responders said many of the kennels had a mixture of feces and urine that made a muddy mixture running along the ground or floor.
Most of the dogs had nowhere to go when they would lie down, and would lie in the moldy urine-feces mixture.
Many of the dogs were covered in filth, and the sheriff’s office said the clothing of many responders had to be destroyed after coming into contact with the dogs.
The dogs were taken to the North and South Utah Valley Animal Shelters where staff members bathed and vaccinated all of them. After a few dogs tested positive for Giardia, all of the dogs were treated for it. Several also had eye infections.
The shelters hope to treat the dogs and have them adopted out. Visit the Utah County Animal Shelters website to learn more.
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McCrae Dowless, key figure in NC absentee ballot fraud probe, dies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Leslie McCrae Dowless Jr., the key player in a North Carolina absentee ballot fraud probe that led to a do-over congressional election, has died.
His daughter, Andrea Dowless Heverly, wrote that her father “passed away peacefully” Sunday morning, according to a social media post. He had been diagnosed with an advanced form of lung cancer and died at his daughter’s home in Bladen County, his friend Jay DeLancy told The Associated Press in a brief interview. Dowless was in his mid-60s.
The political operative was set to go on trial this summer on more than a dozen state criminal counts related to absentee ballot activities for the 2016 general election and the 2018 primary and general elections. A half-dozen others were also charged.
Witnesses told state officials that Dowless, with help of his assistants, gathered hundreds of absentee ballots from Bladen County in 2018. Those workers testified they were directed to collect blank or incomplete ballots, forge signatures on them and even fill in votes for local candidates.
The 2018 general election results for the 9th Congressional District were ultimately thrown out and a new vote for the seat was ordered by the State Board of Elections, following an inquiry.
Dowless was working in the 2018 congressional race for then-Republican candidate Mark Harris. No charges were filed against Harris, who didn’t run in the subsequent election.
Dowless was later accused of charges related to the 2016 elections and the 2018 primary.
Dowless’ health had become an issue while receiving a six-month prison sentence for federal crimes involving benefits fraud that was tangentially related to the broader state probe.
A federal judge delayed Dowless’ reporting date from last December to April 1 after his defense attorney said Dowless had a stroke in August and learned in the fall about a potential cancer diagnosis.
Dowless’ federal attorney filed another motion in March that she requested be sealed “due to the inclusion of sensitive health information.” The Federal Bureau of Prisons never reported Dowless as being in custody.
Dowless’ state and federal attorneys didn’t immediately respond to emails on Sunday seeking comment. But with Dowless’ death, the absentee ballot case against him is now moot.
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said legal delays caused by COVID-19 contributed to the inability to bring Dowless to trial sooner.
While expressing condolences to Dowless’ family, Freeman said Sunday her office would move forward with the prosecution of other defendants, even though Dowless had been seen as the principal in the probe.
“All of the other cases to some degree were derived from what the state thought was his master plan and coordination,” Freeman told the AP. She said each individual case would be evaluated before deciding how to proceed.
Dowless declined to accept a plea agreement on the state charges in November. The charges against him included obstruction of justice, possessing absentee ballots and perjury.
DeLancy, who saw Dowless last week, said Dowless “wanted the chance to defend himself against the state’s indictments” and rejected the plea deal “in hopes of being given his day in court.”
Dowless was “a man who was quick to trust and even love others by his acts of service,” DeLancy said in a text message.
Dowless had pleaded guilty last June in federal court to obtaining illegal Social Security benefits while concealing payments for political work he performed.
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This story has been corrected to show that Dowless declined a plea agreement in November, 2021, not that summer.
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(CNN) -- Emmanuel Macron will win France's presidential election, pollsters project, fending off a historic challenge from right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday's runoff vote.
Macron is projected to take 58.8% of the vote, according to an analysis of voting data by pollsters Ipsos & Sopra Steria conducted for broadcasters France Televisions and Radio, making him the first French leader to be reelected in 20 years. However, voter turnout was on track to be the lowest for a presidential runoff since 2002, according to government data released late afternoon local time. Ipsos & Sopra Steria projected an abstention rate of 28.2% for the second-round vote, which is also the highest since 2002.
French pollsters typically release projections at 8 p.m. local time, when the polls close in major cities and several hours before the French Interior Ministry releases the official results. These projections, which are based on data from voting stations that close at 7 p.m. in the rest of the country, are usually used by the candidates and French media to declare a winner.
Though Macron's pitch to voters of a globalized, economically liberal France at the head of a muscular European Union won out over Le Pen's vision for a radical shift inward, the 41.2% of people who voted for her put the French far right closer to the presidency than ever before.
Macron's supporters, gathered on Champs de Mars in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, broke out in massive cheers when the news was announced. The celebration was significantly lower-key than after Macron's victory in 2017, though he did once again walk to deliver his speech to the European anthem, commonly referred to as the "Ode to Joy."
In his victory speech, Macron vowed to be the "president for each and every one of you." He then thanked his supporters and acknowledged that many, like in 2017, voted for him simply to block the extreme right.
Macron said that his second term would not be a continuation of his first, committing to address all of France's current problems.
He also addressed those who supported Le Pen directly, saying that he, as president, must find an answer to "the anger and disagreements" that led them to vote for the far right.
"It will be my responsibility and that of those who surround me," Macron said.
Le Pen delivered a concession speech within a half hour of the first projection, speaking to her backers gathered at a pavilion in western Paris' Bois de Boulogne.
"A great wind of freedom could have blown over our country, but the ballot box decided otherwise," Le Pen said.
Still, Le Pen acknowledged the fact that the far right had never performed so well in a presidential election. She called the result "historic" and a "shining victory" that put her political party, National Rally, "in an excellent position" for June's parliamentary elections.
"The game is not quite over," she said.
Macron and Le Pen advanced to the runoff after finishing in first and second place, respectively, among 12 candidates who ran in the first round on April 10. They spent the next two weeks crisscrossing the country to woo those who did not vote for them in the first round.
The second-round lineup was a repeat of the 2017 presidential runoff, when Macron -- then a political newcomer -- trounced Le Pen by nearly two votes to one. This time, however, Macron had to run on a mixed record on domestic issues, like his handling of the yellow vest protests and the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Macron-Le Pen rematch was expected to be tighter than the first contest five years ago. A poll released after the first-round vote showed that this runoff could be as close as 51% to 49%. By the time campaigning ended Friday, most polls put the two candidates about 10 points apart.
Le Pen's ability to attract new voters since 2017 is the latest indication that the French public are turning to extremist politicians to voice their dissatisfaction with the status quo. In the first round, far-left and far-right candidates accounted for more than 57% of the ballots cast, while 26.3% of registered voters stayed home -- resulting in the lowest turnout figure in 20 years.
Le Pen's campaign attempted to tap into public anger over a cost-of-living squeeze by campaigning hard on helping people cope with inflation and rising energy prices -- a major concern for the French electorate -- rather than relying on the anti-Islamist, anti-immigration and Euroskeptic positions that dominated her first two attempts at winning the presidency in 2017 and 2012.
She presented herself as a more mainstream and less radical candidate, even though much of her manifesto remained the same as five years ago. "Stopping uncontrolled immigration" and "eradicating Islamist ideologies" were her manifesto's two priorities, and analysts said many of her policies on the EU would have put France at odds with the bloc.
Though Le Pen had abandoned some of her most controversial policy proposals, like leaving the European Union and the euro, her views on immigration and her position on Islam in France -- she wants to make it illegal for women to wear headscarves in public -- did not change.
"I think that the headscarf is a uniform imposed by the Islamists," she said during the one and only presidential debate Wednesday. "I think that the great majority of the women who wear one can't do otherwise in reality, even if they don't dare say so."
But Vladimir Putin was perhaps her biggest political liability. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Le Pen was a vocal supporter of the Russian President, even visiting him during her 2017 campaign. Her party also took out a loan from a Russian Czech bank several years ago that it is still repaying.
Though she has since condemned Moscow's invasion, Macron attacked Le Pen on her previous positions during the debate. He argued that she could not be trusted to represent France when dealing with the Kremlin.
"You're speaking to your banker when you're talking to Russia. That's the problem," Macron said during the debate. "You cannot properly defend the interests of France on this subject because your interests are linked to people close to the Russian power"
Le Pen said her party was forced to seek funding abroad because that no French bank would approve the loan request, but the defense seemingly failed to resonate.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 kt and seas 7 to 11 feet.
* WHERE...Big Island Windward Waters, Maui County Leeward
Waters, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Channel, Kauai Northwest
Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Maui County
Windward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters and Oahu Leeward Waters.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
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PUNA, Hawaii (KITV4) – Big Island police have arrested a Keaau man on second-degree murder charges after the discovery of a severely burned body in Puna.
On Saturday, April 23 Puna patrol officers responded to Beach Road off Makuu Drive after receiving information about a vehicle that had been set on fire with a body inside.
Shortly after 3 p.m. officers located the vehicle with the scorched human remains in the bushes approximately 100 feet from the roadway.
Detectives investigating the case were able to identify 35-year-old Ammon K.S. Stanley of Puna as a suspect and a little before 6 p.m. Stanley was located at a residence on 35th Avenue in Keaau, where he was placed under arrest on second-degree murder charges.
The victim found in the vehicle was transported to the Hilo Medical Center where they were pronounced dead at 7:42 p.m.
The victim’s name is being withheld pending identification and notification of next of kin. An autopsy has also been scheduled for early next week to determine the exact cause of death.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact Detective John Balberde at John.Balberde@hawaiicounty.gov or call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.
This is a developing story. Check back with KITV4 for more information.
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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 kt and seas 7 to 11 feet.
* WHERE...Big Island Windward Waters, Maui County Leeward
Waters, Kauai Leeward Waters, Kauai Channel, Kauai Northwest
Waters, Kauai Windward Waters, Kaiwi Channel, Maui County
Windward Waters, Oahu Windward Waters and Oahu Leeward Waters.
* WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in these conditions.
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This photo shows a fishing port where a tour boat which went missing, left for tour in Shari, in the northern island of Hokkaido Saturday, April 23, 2022. A tour boat with 26 people aboard was missing in rough waters off northern Japan on Saturday after issuing a distress call and reporting to be sinking, the coast guard said. (Kyodo News via AP)
(CNN) -- Ten people have been confirmed dead after a Japanese sightseeing boat with 26 people on board went missing on Saturday.
The victims included seven men and three women, some of whom were found unconscious in the water, and others who washed ashore, the regional office for Japan's coast guard told CNN.
The 26 people on board included 24 tourists, the captain, and a crew member. Two of the passengers are children.
The boat, Kazu 1, was on a sightseeing tour around the scenic Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido when it apparently got into difficulties.
Authorities lost contact with the crew on Saturday afternoon; the crew reported that water was flooding into the stern of the vessel and it had started to sink, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said.
The crew said the boat was keeling at a 30-degree angle, and those on board were wearing life jackets, NHK reported.
Authorities believe the vessel sank, but an investigation is still underway.
Patrol boats, aircraft and helicopters are continuing to search for the remaining 16 people who were onboard at the time.
Local media reported waves in the area were up to three meters (9.8 feet) high when the boat issued its distress call.
According to Japan's Meteorological Agency's regional website, the temperature of the sea water in the area was a frigid 35 to 37 degrees Fahrenheit (just under 3 degrees Celsius) at the time.
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The Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in what is described as a multi-state road check campaign, the WHP reported on April 22, 2022. This photo was included in that announcement.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in what is described as a multi-state road check campaign, the WHP reported on April 22, 2022. This photo was included in that announcement.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in what is described as a multi-state road check campaign, the WHP reported on April 22, 2022. This photo was included in that announcement.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in what is described as a multi-state road check campaign, the WHP reported on April 22, 2022. This photo was included in that announcement.
CHEYENNE – After the Wyoming Highway Patrol took part in what was described as a multi-state road check campaign, a number of violations were found, WHP has reported.
The agency's Commercial Carrier unit participated in the safety initiative Tuesday and Wednesday. It was part of an effort from Montana to Minnesota along Interstate 90.
WHP troopers and officers conducted 145 commercial motor vehicle inspections, with 15 drivers placed "Out Of Service and 51 vehicles placed Out Of Service," according to a Friday email from WHP. "Our Performance-Based Brake Tester (PBBT) was deployed and processed 45 vehicles, with 3 failing their brake performance, a total of 330 brakes checked, and 38 failing the tests."
These safety checks also netted at least one non-commercial vehicle driven by an alleged law breaker. Indeed, it seems that some motorists may have been driving unsafely even as WHP law enforcement personnel were performing other checks in the same area.
Eight passenger vehicles "were stopped while driving erratically around" commercial motor vehicle inspections, WHP recounted. It said that one person was found to be intoxicated.
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GREEN RIVER – Citizens and businesses were recognized at the Green River Chamber of Commerce 2022 Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at the Hampton Inn in Green River.
The following are the recipients for the awards:
- Volunteer of the Year: Brent Skorcz
- Organization of the Year: Tom Whitmore American Legion Post 28
- Stand Out Business: Stellar Coffee
- Outstanding Business: White Mountain Lumber
- Distinguished Citizen of the Year: Angie Bennett
Green River Councilman Mike Shutran presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Skorcz.
“It is no big secret that Green River Wyoming boasts some of the best single track mountain bike riding in the western United States,” Shutran pointed out. “The Wilkins Peak Trail System was voted the most popular mountain bike trail system in the great state of Wyoming.
“This well-known fact was not merely an accident though. This visionary individual has been very instrumental in creating these mountain bike trail systems and putting our ‘little piece of heaven in the 307’ on the map once again.”
Fellow riders and close friends Mike Romango, John Jennings, Tom McIntosh, Jim and Cari Dunks and Joey Faust were all part of the initial trail blazers who rode, mapped and built trails together.
In 2009, with the help of the City of Green River and trail consultants Jim Dunks and Joey Faust, they designed and created the Green River Bike Park to be enjoyed by the community. In an effort to introduce newcomers to this sport, Trail Days was introduced to the community in 2018. This annual event was created to generate awareness of the Wilkins Peak Trail System and mountain biking in Southwest Wyoming. This event allows riders of all abilities to seek information and guidance to a new recreational outlet that can be enjoyed right in our own backyard It also helps to raise funds for the club to continue building trails and promoting their passion.
Skorcz works with different entities to legalize bike trails, build signage and develop maps for the Wilkins Peak Bike Trail System. He can often be found cleaning up the trails and surrounding areas so others can enjoy the areas. He is always helping to promote tourism in Sweetwater County by representing responsible mountain bike riding as a healthy lifestyle, while also helping to protect our natural resources. He enjoys riding, showing tourist the trails and going on bike trips.
“His passion for the area and his great stewardship of our natural resources make him a great candidate for this recognition,” Shutran expressed.
Ainhoa Ferrer, owner of Lovely & Amazing Cakes presented the Organization of the Year award to Tom Whitmore American Legion Post 28.
“With all of the wonderful non-profit groups in our area, it is my honor to recognize Tom Whitmore Post 28 of the American Legion as the 2022 Organization of the Year,” said Ferrer.
The Tom Whitmore Post partners with local schools, teaching flag etiquette and governmental awareness through Girls State. They sponsor sports teams, work with local troops, and support high school rodeo programs. From helping stranded truckers, adopting senior citizens for the holidays, buying winter coats for children in need, to assisting a veteran and his family to replace a broken water heater, they have helped with financial assistance in many ways. The Auxiliary unit manages Brenda’s Closet a space which lends formal and semiformal dresses to those who need them in the community. The Post also offers two college scholarships to high school seniors who have a family member associated with the Legion.
One of the biggest contributions from the Tom Whitmore Post comes from the annual Music For Vets event. By the end of the 8th annual Music For Vets in January of 2022, over $40,000 was raised for veterans' relief.
Most recently, they hosted the Veterans Welcome Home Ceremony, inviting veterans of all eras, military, spouses, and families.
“The impact the Post has in our community, and for our veterans especially, is quintessential,” Ferrer shared. “Our citizens appreciate all of the support the legion provides, as well as the neighborly Post to hang around.”
Misty Shiner, owner and instructor at Beauty & Bliss presented the Stand Out Business of the Year Award to Stellar Coffee.
“We simply admire and adore all that they are and all that they contribute to our local community,” said Shiner. “They are a pure example of turning pain into power.”
Sami and Ian Doak opened Stellar Cellar in 2017. They named their business Stellar Coffee after their baby girl. They have two locations and have a mobile trailer that can be seen often at all the community functions and events.
“They go above and beyond supporting our community with numerous fundraisers raising money for different organizations, schools, sports teams and families in Green River,” Shiner shared. “They are always promoting and collaborating with other small businesses"
In three months, Stellar Coffee has raised money for Lincoln Middle School, Make A Wish, Washington Elementary, and PTO.
“Not to mention workers honoring and appreciating postal and supporting a local family,” Shiner added.
Shiner thanked the couple or being “such great examples and inspirations” with their family and “providing our community with tasty drinks, treats and all of your love and contributions.”
She said that their acts of service stand out and encourage others in the community to give back.
Shutran presented the 2022 Outstanding Business of The Year Award to White Mountain Lumber.
“It would be difficult to imagine how uninviting the City of Green River would be without small businesses,” said Shutran. “These unique instances of industrialism are what the American Dream is composed of.
“They provide opportunities for entrepreneurs and jobs for our friends and neighbors.”
He added, “Operating a successful small business involves greater risks and profitability is never a guarantee.”
According to Shutran, the team at White Mountain Lumber build their reputation through volunteer work and involvement in local festivals and events.
White Mountain Lumber opened in 1990 as a locally owned and operated lumberyard. They also have a rental department specializing in party goods, landscaping equipment and power tools. They also rent kayaks, float tubes, inflatable paddle boards and rafts. These rentals offer locals and tourists alike the opportunity to relax and enjoy more the resources Green River has to offer.
Shutran mentioned that the employees are always eager to assist customers in selecting the correct materials for their unique projects. They also offer tips and tricks to assist in completing tasks.
“This local business is no stranger to community involvement,” he pointed out. “They are longtime sponsors for many local events, organizations and charities. Some of these include River Festival, Sleep In Heavenly Peace, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
“The owner of this local business has played an active role in the Green River Chamber of Commerce as well, sitting on the board of directors and being an active Chamber Ambassador as a member of the Hole in the Wall Gang for 30 years.”
White Mountain Lumber makes regular donations to the local food bank with proceeds from their annual golf tournament mulligan sales.
“Their long history of community involvement and their willingness to add a positive aspect to our little community here in Wyoming make this business an excellent candidate for this award,” Shutran expressed.
Green River Mayor Pete Rust presented the Distinguished Person of the Year Award to Angelina Quintana Bennett.
“She is a woman of many talents and interests,” said Rust. “In her over 50 years in Green River, she has been involved in numerous committees and organizations which have made Green River a better place to live.”
He added, “A talented artist, Angie has interpreted many local scenes in her paintings.”
Bennett has participated in many art shows such as the annual Art on the Green and the YWCA Arts and Crafts Fair, which was a big local event for many years. She has mounted exhibits of her work for the Sweetwater County Library and the Community Fine Arts Center. She is a well-loved teacher, instructing art classes for Western Wyoming Community College and the Golden Hour Senior Center.
She is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church and has served multiple terms on the Vestry of that organization.
“However, her major role has been the director the St. John's Thrift Shop for the past 15 years,” Rust revealed. “She recruits and schedules volunteers and oversees the operation of the shop which makes yearly donations to local and statewide charities.
“Angie is an excellent example of someone who enriches her community by generously investing her time and talents. She is indeed an Outstanding Citizen of Green River.”
United States Senator John Barrasso was the closing speaker at the luncheon. He recognized Lisa Herrera for her “incredible leadership” of the Green River Chamber of Commerce and recognized the Green River High School Speech and Debate team as being “a remarkable program.”
He congratulated the award recipients.
“This is a community that was built on hard work, not hand-outs, and sacrifices not subsidies,” said Barrasso. “It’s a community that believes in the Equality State with equal opportunity.
“That’s the history of this great community.”
Barrasso quoted President John F. Kennedy, “The future belongs to those who seize it.”
He also quoted President George W. Bush, “Wyoming is a special, sacred place that still fires our imaginations and swells our hope. Its values continue to inspire America.”
“Seeing the awards presented to individuals and businesses reminds me that this is what America is all about,” Barrasso expressed. “That’s what the American Dream is about. And all of you continue to inspire America.”
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Groups river race for Earth Day
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) -The employees of Americorp and CCC of Wyoming County got out on the river April 23 to celebrate Earth Day.
They raced from Mullens to Wyoming East for prizes. There was a biggest fish competition and a cash prize of $300 to whomever got to Wyoming East first. The president of the kayak group says it’s a great way to get the youth out into the community.
“It really is good for the youth, because the youth participate in this kind of activity and it also sets an example because these are young people in Triple C, ages 18 to 26. They are federal employees that come and spend time with us and they build several of our structures here in CCC,” said Dewey Houck.
To learn more about both groups you can click here: CCC AmeriCorps Disaster Service Corps (wvccc.com)
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State fairgrounds host first ever, Almost Summer, Almost Heaven Festival
LEWISBURG, W.Va. (WVVA) - It was a day filled with cars, corn hole, flying discs, and entertainment at the West Virginia state fairgrounds.
Almost Summer, Almost Heaven is a festival put on by the Fairgrounds in Lewisburg, it kicked off April 23, to get people excited for the summer festival to come.
“We basically just wanted to get something going to get people out get ready for summer. So we have bands, the car show, we had a corn hole tournament, disc golf tournament. Just to bring families out and make some memories and maybe shop a little,” said Ellen Dillon an Office Manager for the West Virginia State Fairgrounds.
The festival had many local bands including Cody Wickline from Season 8 of The Voice, who was happy to play for his hometown crowd.
“It feels good to play where I have taken up residence and get to know everyone that is in the community,” said Wickline.
Also in attendance was Cody Eagle from Season 17 of American Idol who had some struggles growing up. He has some advice for anyone following a dream.
“The best advice I can give to anybody is no matter what your dream is chase it to the fullest, give it your all,” said Eagle.
For more events at the state fairgrounds you can click here: State Fair of West Virginia (statefairofwv.com)
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - The Friends of Children's Justice Center of Oahu and the State Judiciary's Children's Justice Centers released that the statewide total of child abuse cases jumped to 2,060 from 1,669 in 2020.
2021’s numbers also reflect that sexual abuse remains the highest form of abuse however cases involving domestic violence have also gone up.
“it’s overwhelming for my detectives. Unfortunately, these cases are nonstop. We have arrests at least twice a week and cases come every other day,” said Lieutenant Vince Legaspi, Honolulu Police Department Sex Crimes Unit.
The Oahu Girl Scouts Troop presented 773 brand new slippers at the conference. They used their proceeds from cookies sales to purchase and donate those shoes to abused children. The number, 773, represents how many children the Friends of Children’s Justice Center helped last year.
Statewide Director of Children’s Justice Centers of Hawaii, Jasmine Mau-Mukai, believes the increase of reported cases is due to schools reopening after the lockdown. She says children returning to in-person classes allows teachers and other staff to identify abuse.
“We get a large numbers of reports from teachers and counselors at school. They are a critical partner for us to be able to report child abuse and get a police report started,” said Mau-Mukai.
The organization provides a large range of items to the children during their healing process such as laptops, beds, groceries and clothing.
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19-year-old teen dies after shooting at Shima's Market in Waimanalo By Sunshine Kuhia Smith Sunshine Kuhia Smith Assignment Editor/Digital Producer Author email Apr 24, 2022 Apr 24, 2022 Updated 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Shima's Market Honolulu Police Department responded to a shooting Saturday night in Waimanalo that left a 19-year-old man dead.According to a witness, she saw the man outside of Shima's Market fall to the ground after hearing a gunshot.The woman was sitting in her car at the time of the incident and reports she did not see anyone else in the area.Upon arrival, Emergency Medical Services attempted to revive the victim but was unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The medical examiner's office has not released the teen's identity.Honolulu Police have opened a second-degree murder investigation.No arrests have been made. Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Sunshine Kuhia Smith Assignment Editor/Digital Producer Author email Follow Sunshine Kuhia Smith Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today More From KITV 4 Island News Crime & Courts Scott Peterson sentenced to life in prison after being spared a death sentence Updated Dec 8, 2021 Crime & Courts Suspect arrested in Waianae area murder case Updated Jan 19, 2022 Crime & Courts Rash of deadly shootings has Hawaii lawmakers taking a look at state gun laws Updated Mar 22, 2022 Crime & Courts 19-year-old teen dies after shooting at Shima's Market in Waimanalo Updated 2 hrs ago Crime & Courts Day 4 of the trial for brother of Kathrine Kealoha brings out years of FBI evidence Updated Apr 11, 2022 Crime & Courts Terroristic threats made against Waiākea High School Updated Jan 19, 2022 Recommended for you
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Concord swept in Sunday doubleheader
Lady Mountain Lions finish weekend 2-2
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 12:35 AM EDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
ATHENS, W.Va. (WVVA) - Concord dropped both games to Notre Dame College on Sunday.
The lady Mountain Lions lost game one 5-2 and game two 10-1.
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Cross-country local leaders arrive in WV for days-long economic development tour
PIPESTEM, W.Va. (WVVA) - Local leaders from as far out as Oregon and Florida arrived in Pipestem Sunday night for the National Association of Counties’ Spring Convening.
With a full agenda, the convention is aimed at sharing ideas and learning more about rural economic development. It’s set to last through Wednesday, April 27th.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito attended Sunday’s initial event at Pipestem State Park, where she spoke on a need to do more than simply create jobs in rural areas among other topics during a “fireside chat.”
Mercer County Commissioner Greg Puckett sees the National Association of Counties’ choice of Mercer County for this year’s Spring Convening as an ideal location.
“We get to go and experience not only the people, but we get to experience the environment,” said Puckett. “That’s why having them come here, it’s really unique because it’s the first true rural environment they’ve been to.”
Monday’s events are set to begin in Bramwell at 10 a.m..
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In Kyiv, Blinken and Austin announce aid, diplomatic surge
NEAR THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER (AP) - The United States announced new military assistance for Ukraine and a renewed diplomatic push in the war-ravaged nation as President Joe Biden’s secretary of state and Pentagon chief completed a secrecy-shrouded trip to Kyiv.
In the highest-level American visit to the capital since Russia invaded in late February, top envoy Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Ukraine’s president, Volodomyr Zelenskyy, and his advisers that the U.S. would provide more than $300 million in foreign military financing and had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition.
They also said Biden would soon announce his nominee to be ambassador to Ukraine and that American diplomats who left Ukraine before the war would start returning to the country this coming week. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv will remain closed for the moment.
Zelenskyy had announced Saturday that he would meet with the U.S. officials in Kyiv on Sunday, but the Biden administration refused to confirm that and declined to discuss details of a possible visit even though planning had been underway for more than a week.
Journalists who traveled with Austin and Blinken to Poland were barred from reporting on the trip until it was over, were not allowed to accompany them on their overland journey into Ukraine, and were prohibited from specifying where in southeast Poland they waited for the Cabinet members to return. Officials at the State Department and the Pentagon cited security concerns.
Austin and Blinken announced a total of $713 million in foreign military financing for Ukraine and 15 allied and partner countries; some $322 million is earmarked for Kyiv. The remainder will be split among NATO members and other nations that have provided Ukraine with critical military supplies since the war with Russia began, officials said.
Such financing is different from previous U.S. military assistance for Ukraine. It is not a donation of drawn-down U.S. Defense Department stockpiles, but rather cash that countries can use to purchase supplies that they might need.
The new money, along with the sale of $165 million in non-U.S. made ammunition that is compatible with Soviet-era weapons the Ukrainians use, brings the total amount of American military assistance to Ukraine to $3.7 billion since the invasion, officials said.
Zelenskyy had urged the Americans not to come empty-handed. U.S. officials said they believed the new assistance would satisfy at least some of the Ukrainians’ urgent pleas for more help. New artillery, including howitzers, continues to be delivered at a rapid pace to Ukraine’s military, which is being trained on its use in neighboring countries, the officials said.
On the diplomatic front, Blinken told Zelenskyy that Biden will announce his nomination of veteran diplomat Bridget Brink to be the next U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. A career foreign service officer, Brink has served since 2019 as ambassador to Slovakia. She previously held assignments in Serbia, Cyprus, Georgia and Uzbekistan as well as with the White House National Security Council. The post requires confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Blinken also told Ukraine’s foreign minister that the small staff from the now-shuttered U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, which has relocated to Poland from temporary offices in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, would begin making day trips to Lviv in the coming days. Officials said the U.S. had accelerated its review of security conditions in the capital and that the State Department will reopen the embassy there as soon as the situation allows.
Biden has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of genocide for the destruction and death wrought on Ukraine. Just on Thursday, Biden said he would provide a new package of $800 million in military aid to Ukraine that included heavy artillery and drones.
Congress approved $6.5 billion for military assistance last month as part of $13.6 billion in spending for Ukraine and allies in response to the Russian invasion.
From Poland, Blinken plans to return to Washington while Austin will head to Ramstein, Germany, for a meeting Tuesday of NATO defense ministers and other donor countries.
That discussion will look at battlefield updates from the ground, additional security assistance for Ukraine and longer-term defense needs in Europe, including how to step up military production to fill gaps caused by the war in Ukraine, officials said. More than 20 nations are expected to send representatives to the meeting.
The Ukrainian officials participating were Zelenskyy, Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defense Minister Olexiy Reznikov, Ambassador Oskana Markarova, presidential administration head Andriy Yermak, chief of defense Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and Andrii Sybiya of Zelenskyy’s office.
Representing the United States in addition to Blinken and Austin were State Department deputy chief of staff Tom Sullivan, senior military assistant Lt. Gen. Randy George and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper.
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Police in Eugene say they broke up a large party Saturday with as many as 1,000 attendees that resulted in “glass bottles and metal canned food items” being thrown at officers trying to disperse the crowds.
The parties started early in Eugene Saturday — which also hosted the University of Oregon’s spring football game this weekend.
Eugene police said they responded to a large party at 11 a.m. where participants were “unruly” and openly consuming alcohol.
The party spilled into local streets and adjacent properties
It took the officers two hours to get the crowd dispersed and extra staffing was called into help with patrols.
The Eugene Police Department said it issued 22 citations for underage alcohol possession and five citations for open alcohol violations.
A number of parties shutdown voluntarily after being contacted by police. Officers also broke up a fight at one of the parties.
The largest and most unruly party had as many as 1,000 attendees, according to EPD.
“Something like this is a complete embarrassment for the people who engaged in that party,” said Chief Chris Skinner. “We all understand the excitement spring brings but these irresponsible individuals, including parents and their college-aged children should be ashamed. What they did was force our operations to go into what is termed ‘priority calls.’ This means that much of the rest of the community has to have their individual calls for service placed on hold while we deal with people who are not able to self-regulate or observe our community’s standards of behavior. I commend our officers for showing tremendous restraint. The attempted assault on our police officers is inexcusable.”
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Search continues for Texas Guardsman missing after border rescue attempt
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a Texas National Guard member who remains missing after going into the river along the U.S.-Mexico border to help two migrants who appeared to be drowning.
The Texas Military Department on Sunday identified the missing Guard member as Specialist Bishop E. Evans, from Arlington. He is assigned to A Battery, 4-133 Field Artillery Regiment in New Braunfels.
The 22-year-old Evans went missing on Friday as he jumped into the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass along the U.S.-Mexico border. He was trying to rescue two migrants at a section of the river known for strong currents.
Dive teams had stopped their operations Saturday evening due to the river’s strong current. Three airboats from the Texas Department of Public Safety helped with the search on Sunday.
Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said Evans took off his jacket and left his radio before going into the water around 8:30 a.m. Friday.
“He jumped in the river,” Schmerber said. “They never saw him come out.”
The two migrants were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. According to the military department, authorities believe the migrants were involved in drug smuggling.
Migrant rescues are common in the river along the Texas border, and the attempted crossings are also sometimes deadly. Schmerber said the bodies of as many as two migrants a week are sometimes found along his county’s section of the river.
Schmerber, a former Border Patrol officer, said Guard members do not usually enter the water to attempt rescues and this was the first incident he could recall. He estimated the portion of the river where the attempted rescue occurred was roughly 70 to 80 yards (64 to 73 meters) wide.
“That river is very dangerous. It’s strong currents,” Schmerber said. “It’s risky to cross the river like that.”
Evans was assigned to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s sprawling border security mission, known as Operation Lone Star, which has deployed thousands of Guard members across Texas’ 1,200-mile (1,920-kilometer) southern border since launching last year. The multibillion-dollar operation also includes a heavy presence of state troopers and authorizes Guard members to help make arrests.
The mission has come under scrutiny over migrants sitting in border jails for months on trespassing charges and low morale among Guard members over living conditions, long deployments and little to do.
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WATCH: Truck driver nearly hits school bus full of kids when brakes fail
MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WEWS) - A truck driver in Ohio narrowly missed hitting a school bus filled with children when he lost control and was unable to brake.
The Montville Police Department released dashcam footage from the Tuesday morning incident. It shows the moments a driver lost control of his tractor-trailer. The 80,000-pound vehicle was racing down the street, unable to brake, at 40 to 45 miles per hour.
The driver laid on the horn, as the truck neared a school bus stopped on the road to pick up elementary school students. The bus had its red lights flashing and its stop sign arm out.
In the dashcam video, the truck driver started yelling as he neared the back of the bus, “Stop. Stop. Stop. No!”
The bus driver, who was training a new driver, was alarmed by the sound of a horn behind her.
“Good God, he ain’t gonna make it,” she said on video from inside the bus.
Thankfully, the truck driver was able to weave between the bus and a pickup truck on the other side of the road.
The driver of the pickup truck, Josh Click, had to back up and into an SUV behind him to make room for the oncoming tractor-trailer.
“I’m just kind of sitting there. Next thing I know, I hear a horn blaring, and I look up and realize there is a tractor-trailer heading down my way, head on,” Click said. “So, I had to do what I had to do to protect myself and the kids. It was one of those moments where you realize things can happen in an instant.”
In video, after the truck sped past, one child on the bus can be heard asking, “What was that?”
“You don’t want to know,” replied one of the bus drivers, both shocked and relieved.
The truck continued about a quarter-mile down the road before it was able to stop.
The close call sent shivers down the spines of school district employees, parents and police.
Police Chief Matt Neil said this could have been a major disaster, potentially resulting in many injuries or fatalities.
“I’m just glad that crisis was averted. This could have been devastating to our community and to the whole county, the whole area,” Neil said. “He [The driver] handled everything in a very professional manner. In 15 seconds, he had to make a decision: Where am I putting this 80,000-pound truck?”
Police still have many questions about the incident. They were not initially aware of the potential brake failure, and the truck driver drove it back to a truck yard before officers had a chance to talk to him.
Police may consult with prosecutors about possible charges.
A motor carrier inspector is also part of the ongoing investigation.
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24-year-old Kula fisherman dies in waters off Wainapanapa State Park By Sunshine Kuhia Smith Sunshine Kuhia Smith Assignment Editor/Digital Producer Author email Apr 24, 2022 Apr 24, 2022 Updated 2 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE A 24-year-old Kula man has died after Maui Police found his unresponsive body Saturday in waters offshore from Wainapanapa State Park.The man was reported missing late Friday night after he failed to return from fishing earlier that day. Crews from the police department, Coast Guard and the family of the missing man began a search at about 2 a.m. Saturday morning. His body was found later Saturday about 50 yards offshore from the the state park. His identity is currently withheld pending notification of extended family and friends. Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Sunshine Kuhia Smith Assignment Editor/Digital Producer Author email Follow Sunshine Kuhia Smith Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today More From KITV 4 Island News Local A convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 measures is expected to arrive in the DC area this weekend. Here's what we know Mar 4, 2022 Top Stories Hawaii 'Proud Boys' leader's case still active year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack Updated Jan 6, 2022 Crime & Courts CrimeStoppers and the US Marshals asking for public's help locating Edward Joseph Juckel Nov 24, 2021 Local February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Updated Feb 14, 2022 Local Vietnam veterans honored in Waikiki for National Vietnam War Veterans Day Updated Mar 30, 2022 Crime & Courts LA police seek driver after Tesla street stunt ends in crash Updated Mar 23, 2022 Recommended for you
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East China Schools sinking fund millage up for renewal on May 3 ballot
Residents will have the chance to determine the fate of East China Schools' sinking fund on May 3.
The sinking fund is a millage levied to support the repair of school buildings. Superintendent Suzanne Cybulla said the fund has been used for repair projects such as roof replacements, HVAC units, boiler replacements, renovations of early childhood centers, emergency catch-basin repairs and more.
The fund would be renewed at its current rate of .3992 mills for 10 years if approved by voters. For a home at market value of $100,000, the levy would remain at $20 a year.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the East China Township Hall, 5111 River Road.
The sinking fund is a "pay as you go" system that does not require borrowing money or paying interest. The funds can be used for emergency expenses or can be saved over several years to fund a specific improvement project, such as new turf for the district's football field, Cybulla said.
Cybulla said if the millage passes, they would expect to generate about $826,000 annually due to an increase in home values. Currently, the millage generates about $660,000 annually, and is set to expire in July.
The millage cannot be used for the purchase of consumables, such as teachers' salaries, teaching supplies or textbooks.
Cybulla said the fund protects education dollars by setting aside an emergency fund that can be used for unexpected repairs.
"We've had two water main breaks in the last couple of years, one at Pine River Elementary and one at our Marine City campus. When those things occur, we can use sinking fund dollars to do those repairs and we don't have to use our general fund dollars that we budgeted for classroom and education experiences," Cybulla said.
If the millage renewal is not passed, Cybulla said it would be placed on a future ballot.
"It will have quite an important impact because we'll have to make sure that we are saving close to a million dollars in emergency funds for everything, all those occurrences that always come up, and that takes away from your education dollars, and we'll have to adjust our budget," Cybulla said if the ballot measure fails.
Jenny Steward, an East China substitute teacher, East China Schools resident and mother to two young children in the district, said she fully supports the millage renewal, as she is in the schools every day and sees how greatly the schools need to be updated.
"It is so essential that we provide our future leaders with the necessary tools to be successful in school," she said. "They deserve the support of the community need the support of their community."
Contact Laura Fitzgerald at (810) 941-7072 or lfitzgeral@gannett.com.
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Two new roundabouts slated for construction in St. Clair County
Two new roundabouts are slated for St. Clair County in the next four years.
A roundabout at Marine City Highway and Palms Road is slated for construction in 2024, while another one at Krafft and State roads is slated for 2026, said Bill Hazelton, St. Clair County Road Commission director of engineering.
The projects will be funded entirely by federal funds from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program, which is designed to improve air quality by supporting initiatives that reduce vehicle idling and traffic congestion. About $74 million will be administered through the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments to projects in each of the seven counties in SEMCOG's service area.
The Marine City Highway and Palms roundabout comes at a cost of $841,906, while the Krafft and State roundabout comes at a cost of $336,441, for a total of about $1.17 million, Hazelton said.
Those intersections were chosen after a traffic analysis concluded roundabouts would reduce congestion and idling, Hazelton said.
Hazelton said the Marine City Highway roundabout will be a large roundabout with an island in the middle, so all traffic must go around the circle. The Krafft roundabout will be a small roundabout without a raised surface so large vehicles, such as semi trucks, can go through the middle of the intersection.
Marine City Highway sees far more truck traffic than the other intersection, so it makes sense a larger roundabout will go there. Large vehicles going through the middle of the island causes more traffic disruptions, but the Krafft intersection sees few large vehicles, Hazelton said.
"If I'm going up (to Marine City Highway and Palms Road) and trucks are going through the roundabout 200 times a day, is it really what you want?" Hazelton said. "I don't know if it's safe, efficient. I don't know if it's really how they're designed to be built and operated."
The Blue Water Area Transit Commission also received $8.8 million in federal funds from the same program. Combined with $2.2 million from the Michigan Department of Transportation, the commission plans to purchase 36 buses through 2026 to replace its aging fleet.
Contact Laura Fitzgerald at (810) 941-7072 or lfitzgeral@gannett.com.
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Reports: Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform
(AP) - Twitter’s board and Tesla CEO Elon Musk negotiated into the early hours of Monday over his bid to buy the social media platform, The New York Times reported.
Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company’s board to negotiate a deal.
The Times, citing people with knowledge of the situation who it did not identify, said the two sides were discussing details including a timeline and fees if an agreement was signed and then fell apart. The people said the situation was fluid and fast-moving.
Twitter had enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report the negotiations were underway.
On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share, or about $43 billion, but did not say at the time how he would finance the acquisition.
Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in the electric car maker.
Twitter has not commented.
Musk has said he wants to buy Twitter because he doesn’t feel it’s living up to its potential as a platform for free speech.
In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump’s account — to ridding the platform of its problems with fake and automated accounts.
Musk is the world’s wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It’s unclear how much cash Musk has.
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FILE - The sun sets behind telescopes on July 14, 2019, at the summit of the Big Island's Mauna Kea in Hawaii. A working group tasked by the state Legislature to come up with recommendations for a new management plan for Hawaii's tallest peak and its affiliated telescopes released the first draft of its proposal Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
Mauna Kea (KITV)- Lawmakers are focus on the future of Mauna Kea's management this week, as they try to find the balance between science and cultural importance. Up for discussion are joint committee bills to establish an oversite committee over the mountain. Meanwhile a report on how much money astronomy generates for the Big Island, came out Sunday.
As rituals take place on and near the mountainside of Mauna Kea, the fight for the land wages on. Legislators are discussing a possible oversight board, while the Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawaii came out with update on astronomy's economic impact on the area. "The state for a long time has a desire to diversify our economy and build other sectors. You know research and science," said Executive Director of UH Hilo Center for Mauna Kea Executive Director Greg Chun.
The report says in 2019, astronomy in Hawaii created $220 million in goods and services, including $86 million in labor income, $10 million in state taxes, and 1,313 jobs as well as benefits such as infrastructure improvements and technological advances. "Astronomy on Mauna Kea really has international impact. It does contribute in some significant ways such as research and technology," said Chun.
What is not discussed in the report, is the how the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for the location, may be considered sacrilegious to some Native Hawaiians. "The mountain has different zones. The lower part of the mountain is for man. And in the upper stretches of the mountain, it becomes the place of the gods," said local resident Clarence Ching.
Mauna Kea's story is steeped in Hawaiian ancient beliefs. "One concept is that Wakea is like Adam. Adam gets with Eve. And they have children. The mountain is one of the children. We are children who were created later. The mountain is our genetic, spiritual, and cultural brother," said Ching.
An oversite board to some people is not encouraging. "Having 3 out of 11 members on it. Of course makes us have a minimum audience," said Ching. Locals also concerned about the natural habitat of the area and inflation caused by all the new workers coming in.
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Jurors reject array of defenses at Capitol riot trials
(AP) - Jurors have heard — and rejected — an array of excuses and arguments from the first rioters to be tried for storming the U.S. Capitol. The next jury to get a Capitol riot case could hear another novel defense this week at the trial of a retired New York City police officer.
Thomas Webster, a 20-year veteran of the NYPD, has claimed he was acting in self-defense when he tackled a police officer who was trying to protect the Capitol from a mob on Jan. 6, 2021. Webster’s lawyer also has argued that he was exercising his First Amendment free speech rights when he shouted profanities at police that day.
Webster, 56, will be the fourth Capitol riot defendant to get a jury trial. Each has presented a distinct line of defense.
An Ohio man who stole a coat rack from a Capitol office testified he was “following presidential orders” from Donald Trump. An off-duty police officer from Virginia claimed he only entered the Capitol to retrieve a fellow officer. A lawyer for a Texas man who confronted Capitol police accused prosecutors of rushing to judgment against somebody prone to exaggerating.
Those defenses didn’t sway the juries at their respective trials. Collectively, a total of 36 jurors unanimously convicted the three rioters of all 17 counts in their indictments.
Webster faces the same fate if a federal judge’s blistering words are any guide. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who will preside over Webster’s trial, has described his videotaped conduct as “among the most indefensible and reprehensible” that the judge has seen among Jan. 6 cases, with “no real defense for it.”
“You were a police officer and you should have known better,” Mehta told Webster during a bond hearing last June, according to a transcript.
But a dozen jurors, not the judge, will decide the case against Webster, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who retired from the NYPD in 2011. Jury selection is scheduled to start on Monday.
A wealth of video evidence and self-incriminating behavior by riot defendants has given prosecutors the upper hand in many cases. Mary McCord, a Georgetown University Law Center professor and former Justice Department official, said jurors often won’t have to rely on witness testimony or circumstantial evidence because videos captured much of the violence and destruction on Jan. 6.
“When I was a prosecutor trying cases, I would have loved to have had cases where the entire crime was on video. That just doesn’t happen that often. But for jurors, it can be very powerful,” she said.
Webster’s trial is the sixth overall. In a pair of bench trials, a different federal judge heard testimony without a jury before acquitting one defendant and partially acquitting another.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee who acquitted Matthew Martin of all charges, said it was reasonable for the New Mexico man to believe that police allowed him to enter the Capitol. In the first bench trial, McFadden convicted New Mexico elected official Couy Griffin of illegally entering restricted Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington Law School professor and former Justice Department official, said it may be difficult for prosecutors to secure convictions against defendants who merely entered the Capitol and didn’t exhibit any violent or destructive behavior.
“I think the people with the best chances are those who say, ‘I was just there and I got swept up with everybody else.’ The government is going to have to have some way to show there’s more than that or the government will lose,” Saltzburg said.
Webster brought a gun and a Marine Corps flag attached to a metal pole when he traveled alone to Washington from his home in Florida, New York, a village approximately 70 miles northwest of New York City. He wore his NYPD-issued bulletproof vest but says he left the pistol in his hotel room when he headed to the Jan. 6 rally where Trump spoke.
Police body camera video captured Webster’s confrontation outside the Capitol with a line of officers, including one identified only as “Officer N.R.” in court papers.
The unnamed Metropolitan Police Department officer described the encounter in a written statement. The officer said Webster swung the flagpole at him in a downward chopping motion, hitting a metal barricade, then charged at him with clenched fists.
“He pushed me to the ground and attempted to violently tear away my gas mask and ballistic helmet. This caused me to choke and gasp for air before another participant at the riot helped me to my feet,” the officer wrote.
The officer said he retreated behind a police line after Webster pinned him to the ground.
“His actions, attack and targeted assault caused me to fear for my life and could have easily left my wife and two small children without a husband and father,” the officer wrote.
Defense attorney James Monroe has claimed the unnamed officer gestured toward Webster, “inviting him to engage in a fight,” before reaching over a police barrier and punching Webster in his face. Webster “used that amount of force he reasonably believed necessary to protect himself” by tackling the officer to the ground, Monroe said in a court filing.
Mehta, however, said the video doesn’t show Webster getting punched in the face. The judge described Webster as an instigator.
“It was his conduct that sort of broke the dam, at least in that area,” Mehta added.
Webster, now a self-employed landscaper, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1985, was honorably discharged in 1989 and joined the NYPD in 1991. His department service included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private security detail.
Monroe claimed “Officer N.R.” had reached over a metal barrier and pushed a “peaceful” man who was blinded by pepper spray.
“As a former U.S. Marine and a member of law enforcement, Mr. Webster’s moral instinct was to protect the innocent,” Monroe wrote.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Mirell has argued that Webster should be held to a higher standard given his professional experience.
“If he were there to protect the innocent, then he should have been fending other rioters off from the barricade, not the other way around,” Mirell said at the bond hearing.
Webster faces six counts, including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer using a dangerous weapon. He’s the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge. He isn’t accused of entering the Capitol.
More than 780 people have been charged with riot-related federal crimes. The Justice Department says over 245 of them have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. More than 250 riot defendants have pleaded guilty, mostly to nonviolent misdemeanors.
Jurors convicted two rioters of interfering with officers. One of them, Thomas Robertson, was an off-duty police officer from Rocky Mount, Virginia. The other, Texas resident Guy Wesley Reffitt, also was convicted of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun.
The third Capitol rioter to be convicted by a jury was Dustin Byron Thompson, an Ohio man who said he was following Trump’s orders.
“Even if jurors accepted that (Thompson) felt like he was doing what the former president wanted, that still wouldn’t be a legal excuse,” said McCord, the Georgetown professor. “When juries are able to witness what happened, they can make that assessment relatively easily.”
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The kings of the college volleyball world are back to defend their throne.
The defending champion Rainbow Warriors, with their backs against the wall, delivered in a win-or-go-home game last night. The 'Bows swept their arch rival at the Stan Sheriff Center, punching their ticket to Los Angeles and the NCAA Tournament.
"It feels amazing," sophomore opposite hitter Dimitrios Mouchlias said. "That's my first ever title since coming to the United States. I just want to thank all of my teammates and coaches for their hard work that made it possible."
Although they made it look easy, winning against top-seeded Long Beach State was anything but. Every set were decided by mere points. Hawaii won every set of the three-set sweep by just two points. UH almost dropped the second set, but the energy from the crowd, the team said, put them over the top.
The team says they wouldn't be where they are without the warrior faithful--6,300 strong. Head coach Charlie Wade told the fans after the game that "this championship isn't for you, it is because of you."
"It does matter," Wade later added. "High-level athletics is emotional, everyone is super into it--to get that synergy effect, it's real. The support that we get from volleyball, the more fans there are, the higher level that you can take your team to. They clearly impacted the game in a positive way for us."
But aside from their fans being a big factor, the Bows are on to the NCAA Tournament and will be on the road at UCLA's Paulie Pavilion next week looking to defend their crown against a stacked bracket of opponents.
That bracket of opponents? Unlike anything we've seen in recent years.
Usual participants Penn State, USC, Lewis, Ohio State and BYU lost in their conference tournaments. Instead we'll see a collection of UCLA, Long Beach State, Ball State, Pepperdine, Princeton and North Greenville University.
Princeton will battle North Greenville next Sunday for the right to play Hawaii on Tuesday May 3rd at 4:30 p.m. HST.
For Wade and the rest of the team, it doesn't matter who they play, they're ready to defend their crown.
"I'm pretty pleased, the committee had a tough job this year with all the chaos," Wade said. "We certainly want to defend the title, we're playing our best volleyball right now. We hope people come out and support us in LA and we're gonna do everything we can to put on a good show and win three matches."
"I'm pretty excited, there's a lot of really good teams this year," junior setter Jakob Thelle said. "We're looking to play our best volleyball, take every game one game at a time and see how it goes."
The NCAA Championship game will be nationally televised on ESPN2. For the rest of the tournament, you can watch the Warriors on NCAA.com.
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Russian advance in Ukraine slow; US says Moscow ‘is failing’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Top American officials pledged Monday to help ensure Ukraine wins its fight against Russia following face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, while Britain said Moscow has yet to achieve a significant breakthrough in its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.
In meetings with Zelenskyy, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the United States had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition for Ukraine’s war effort, along with more than $300 million in foreign military financing.
“The strategy that we’ve put in place — massive support for Ukraine, massive pressure against Russia, solidarity with more than 30 countries engaged in these efforts — is having real results,” Blinken told reporters in Poland the day after meeting with Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials.
“When it comes to Russia’s war aims, Russia is failing. Ukraine is succeeding. Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. That has failed.”
As fighting continued, Russia struck deep into Ukraine, targeting infrastructure far from the front line, according to Ukrainian and Russian reports.
In a series of strikes on Ukraine’s railways, a Russian missile hit one facility near Krasne, outside the western city of Lviv, early Monday, sparking a fire, the region’s governor said. A total of five railways facilities in central and western Ukraine were hit by Russian strikes, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, the head of the state-run Ukrainian Railways.
Meanwhile, Serhiy Borzov, the governor of Ukraine’s central Vinnytsia region, said there were casualties after rocket strikes targeting “critical infrastructure.” It was not clear if those strikes were related to the attacks on the railways.
Russia also destroyed an oil refinery in Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, along with fuel depots there, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday.
He added that other strikes by long-range missiles overnight hit concentrations of troops and weapons and ammunition depots in Barvinkove and Nova Dmytrivka in the Kharkiv region, near the Russian border. In all, he said Russian warplanes destroyed 56 Ukrainian targets.
To Ukraine’s north, in the Russian region of Bryansk, a fire erupted early Monday at an oil depot, but no immediate cause was given for the blaze in oil storage tanks.
NASA satellites that track fires showed something burning at coordinates that corresponded to a Rosneft facility some 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of the Ukrainian border. Moscow previously has blamed Ukraine for attacks in Bryansk.
Following the meeting with Blinken and Austin, Zelenskyy said he was “very thankful” for the American aid and particularly praised U.S. President Joe Biden for his “personal support.”
“The priorities are weapons and support from the United States of America and our partners, European leaders, in terms of our army’s strength and support in certain areas,” the Ukrainian president said. “The second issue is the sanctions policy against the Russian Federation because of the full-scale invasion and all the terror they have committed in Ukraine.”
The three-hour meeting came Sunday, the 60th day since the start of the invasion, as Ukraine pressed the West for more powerful weapons against Russia’s campaign in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s forces sought to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops in the battered port city of Mariupol.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Monday that Ukrainian troops holed up in a steel plant in the strategic city were tying down Russian forces, and keeping them from being added to the offensive elsewhere in the Donbas.
“Many Russian units remain fixed in the city and cannot be redeployed,” the ministry said in a statement posted on Twitter. “Ukraine’s defense of Mariupol has also exhausted many Russian units and reduced their combat effectiveness.”
The ministry added that, so far, Russia has only made “minor advances in some areas since shifting its focus to fully occupying the Donbas.”
“Without sufficient logistical and combat support enablers in place, Russia has yet to achieve a significant breakthrough,” the ministry said.
With Russia’s shift in focus, Austin said Ukraine’s military needs are changing, and Zelenskyy is now focused on more tanks, artillery and other munitions.
“The nature of the fight has evolved, because the terrain they’re now focused on is a different type of terrain, so they need long-range fires,” Austin said.
Asked about what the U.S. sees as success, Austin said that “we want to see Ukraine remain a sovereign country, a democratic country able to protect its sovereign territory, we want to see Russia weakened to the point where it can’t do things like invade Ukraine.”
On the diplomatic front, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was scheduled to travel to Turkey on Monday and then Moscow and Kyiv. Zelenskyy said it was a mistake for Guterres to visit Russia before Ukraine.
“Why? To hand over signals from Russia? What should we look for?” Zelenskyy said Saturday. “There are no corpses scattered on the Kutuzovsky Prospect,” he said, referring to one of Moscow’s main avenues.
Blinken said he had spoken with Guterres on Friday ahead of the trip.
“Our expectation is that he’s going to carry a very strong and clear message to Vladimir Putin, which is the need to end this war now,” he said.
In a boost in support for Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won a second term Sunday over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, who had pledged to dilute France’s ties with the European Union and NATO. Le Pen had also spoken out against EU sanctions on Russian energy and had faced scrutiny during the campaign over her previous friendliness with the Kremlin.
Since failing to capture Kyiv, the Russians have aimed to gain full control over the Donbas, the eastern industrial heartland, where Moscow-backed separatists controlled some territory before the war.
For the Donbas offensive, Russia has reassembled troops who fought around Kyiv and in northern Ukraine. The British Ministry of Defense said Ukrainian forces had repelled numerous assaults in the past week and “inflicted significant cost on Russian forces.”
In the south of the Donbas, in the strategic port city of Mariupol, a small pocket of Ukrainian troops continues to hold out against Russian forces in the Azovstal steel factory, a sprawling facility on the waterfront.
Mariupol has endured fierce fighting since the start of the war because of its location on the Sea of Azov. Its capture would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, free up Russian troops to fight elsewhere, and allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.
Over the weekend, Russian forces launched fresh airstrikes on the steel plant in an attempt to dislodge the estimated 2,000 fighters inside. An estimated 1,000 civilians are also sheltering in the factory.
New satellite images by Planet Labs PBC, taken Sunday, show destroyed buildings across the steelworks and smoke rising from one area. Roofs have gaping holes; a soccer field is cratered from incoming fire.
More than 100,000 people — down from a prewar population of about 430,000 — are believed to remain in Mariupol with scant food, water or heat. Ukrainian authorities estimate more than 20,000 civilians have been killed. Recent satellite images showed what appeared to be mass graves to the west and east of Mariupol.
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Associated Press journalists Yesica Fisch in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Mstyslav Chernov and Felipe Dana in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Yuras Karmanau and Jon Gambrell in Lviv, Cara Anna, Inna Varenytsia and Oleksandr Stashevskyi in Kyiv and AP staff around the world contributed.
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Summer-like today; cooler and wetter weather is on the way
A cold front will bring rain and highs in the 50s and 60s tomorrow
Our streak of summer-like conditions will continue for one more day as temperatures top off in the 80s today. We will stay dry as well with mainly sunny skies.
Overnight, clouds will increase as a cold front approaches the region. Some showers are possible late tonight but temperatures will stay mild with lows in the 50s and low 60s.
Widespread rain will move in tomorrow with scattered showers continuing throughout the afternoon hours. Temperatures will be in the 60s in the morning but will cool down into the 50s for the afternoon hours.
The rest of the week looks dry with mainly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be in the 50s for most on Wednesday but they will slowly creep up throughout the week. Highs will be back in the 60s for most on Friday.
Another cold front moves in over the weekend. It’ll bring the chance for some rain and storms on Saturday night and into Sunday. Make sure to stay tuned and catch the latest on WVVA.
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Supreme Court tackling case about praying football coach
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will tackle a dispute between public school officials and a former high school football coach who wanted to kneel and pray on the field after games.
The case before the justices on Monday involves Joseph Kennedy, a former football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington. For years, the coach would kneel at the center of the field following games and lead students in prayer. The school district eventually learned what he was doing and asked him to stop.
Kennedy’s lawyers say the Constitution’s freedom of speech and freedom of religion guarantees allow him to pray on the field, with students free to join. But the school district says Kennedy’s religious speech interfered with students’ own religious freedom rights, could have the effect of pressuring students to pray and opened the district itself to lawsuits. The school district says it tried to work out a solution so Kennedy, who is Christian, could pray privately before or after the game, including on the field after students left, but Kennedy’s lawsuit followed.
The case comes to the court at a time when conservative justices make up a majority of the court and have been sympathetic to the concerns of religious individuals and groups, such as groups that brought challenges to coronavirus restrictions that applied to houses of worship.
But cases involving religion can also unite the court. Last year, for example, the court unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that said its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples. Already this term in an 8-1 decision the justices ruled for a Texas death row inmate who sought to have his pastor pray aloud and touch him while his execution was carried out.
The case from Bremerton, meanwhile, has already caught the justices’ attention. In 2019 the justices declined to get involved in the case at an earlier stage. But four justices were critical of lower court rulings for the school district, writing that an appeals court’s “understanding of the free speech rights of public school teachers is troubling.”
Kennedy started working at Bremerton High School in 2008, and it was his practice at the end of games — after the players and coaches from both teams would meet at midfield to shake hands — to pause and kneel to pray. Kennedy said he wanted to give thanks for what his players had accomplished and for their safety, among other things.
Kennedy initially prayed alone on the 50-yard line at the end of games, but students started joining him and over time he began to deliver a short, inspirational talk with religious references. Kennedy says he never required players to join or asked any student to pray. He also led the team in prayer in the locker room before games, a practice that predated him.
The school district didn’t learn of Kennedy’s practice until 2015. It told him then that he needed to stop praying with students or engaging in overtly religious activity while still “on duty” as a coach. After Kennedy continued to pray on the field, he was placed on paid leave. His contract expired and he didn’t reapply to coach the following year, the school says.
A decision is expected before the court begins its summer recess.
The case is Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 21-418.
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Ex-fire chief killed, 15 firefighters hurt in Nebraska wildfires
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. (AP) — Wind-driven wildfires sweeping through parts of Nebraska killed a retired fire chief and injured at least 15 firefighters, authorities said Sunday.
The man who died Friday night was a retired Cambridge fire chief who was working with firefighters as a spotter in Red Willow County in the southwestern corner of the state. That fire had burned more than 78 square miles (202 square kilometers) in Red Willow, Furnas and Frontier counties by Sunday afternoon.
The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency said firefighters were still working to contain that large fire Sunday, and officials didn’t have an estimate of how much of it had been contained.
Alyssa Sanders, with NEMA, said 66-year-old John P. Trumble, of Arapahoe, was overcome by smoke and fire after his vehicle left the road Friday because of poor visibility from smoke and dust. His body was found early Saturday.
At least 15 firefighters have been injured battling the blazes, including five who were hurt in the fire that killed Trumble, but a spokeswoman said the state agency didn’t have details about their injuries.
Blazes have been reported in 14 counties in around the state since Friday, including Perkins, Dundy, Burt, Butler, Scotts Bluff, Cheyenne, Duele, Blaine, Cherry, Brown and Thomas counties. The state agency said those other fires had either been extinguished or mostly contained by Sunday afternoon.
The agency didn’t provide estimates of the total area that had been burned by all the fires or the number of homes or other structures that had been destroyed. Roughly 100 calves were killed when one fire in Rising City burned several calving sheds, and at least three fire trucks were damaged or destroyed in the fires.
Sanders said her agency didn’t have all of the details about the fires because local fire departments were managing the response to most of them.
Several small towns, including Cambridge, Bartley, Indianola and Wilsonville, in Nebraska’s southwest and Macy in its northeast, were forced to temporarily evacuate because of the fires. The evacuation orders were lifted Saturday.
The Nebraska National Guard deployed three helicopters and several support trucks to help battle the blazes.
In New Mexico, 20 wildfires continued to burn Sunday across the state, including one fire that had grown to consume 84 square miles (217.56 square kilometers) of land.
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Guns were leading cause of death for children and teens in 2020
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 7:15 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - According to new data, guns were the leading cause of death in children and teens in 2020.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 4,300 kids younger than the age of 20 died from firearm-related incidents that year.
That’s a nearly 30 percent increase from the year before.
The analysis was published in a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Health experts said this is further evidence that gun violence increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, though the analysis doesn’t indicate what caused the increase.
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World’s oldest person dies at age 119
(Gray News) - Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan at age 119, officials said.
She died on April 19, according to The Japan Times.
Tanaka was born on Jan. 2, 1903, in the city of Fukuoka, and has lived through many changes in the world, including two world wars and two pandemics, as well as the advent of the nuclear age and space travel.
The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed Tanaka’s passing in a Twitter post, saying she became the oldest living person in January 2019 and was the second-oldest person ever recorded behind Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122.
Tanaka also survived two bouts of cancer, though recently she’d been in and out of the hospital, CNN reported.
At age 19, Tanaka married a rice shop owner and worked in the store until she was 103, CNN said. She had most recently been living in a nursing home in Fukuoka.
Tanaka was supposed to take part in the Olympic torch relay at the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics, but she didn’t participate because of COVID-19 concerns.
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COVID-19 data reported less often
(CNN) - States are scaling back on reporting COVID-19 data, and experts said they are worried that less frequent reporting could stall efforts to delay outbreaks.
One year ago, all 50 states were reporting new cases daily, but that has trailed off.
Half of states report once a week, and Florida is down to every two weeks.
At a federal level, the White House COVID-19 team still publishes its “community profile report” with trends and indicators.
And just this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency declaration for another three months.
COVID-19 data throughout the pandemic has been utilized by governments at all levels.
Experts also shared that even as severe outcomes for COVID-19 improve, they remain much worse than a bad flu season.
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EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio’s execution nears
HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial.
Melissa Lucio, 52, is set to be executed Wednesday for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a city of about 75,000 in Texas’ southern tip.
Her lawyers say new evidence shows that Mariah’s injuries, including a blow to the head, were caused by a fall down a steep staircase, and many lawmakers and celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, an advocate for criminal justice reform, and Amanda Knox — an American whose murder conviction in the death of a British student in Italy was overturned — have rallied to Lucio’s cause. Prosecutors, though, maintain that the girl was the victim of child abuse.
Lucio’s lawyers have filed various legal appeals seeking to stop her execution. She also has a clemency application before the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which is set to consider her case Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott could play a role in deciding Lucio’s fate. If put to death, Lucio would be the first Latina ever executed by Texas and the first woman the state has put to death since 2014.
WHAT ISSUES ARE BEING DEBATED?
Lucio’s attorneys say her capital murder conviction was based on an unreliable and coerced confession that was the result of relentless questioning and her long history of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession.
Her lawyers also contend that unscientific and false evidence misled jurors into believing Mariah’s injuries only could have been caused by physical abuse and not by medical complications from a severe fall.
“I knew that what I was accused of doing was not true. My children have always been my world and although my choices in life were not good I would have never hurt any of my children in such a way,” Lucio wrote in a letter to Texas lawmakers.
Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz, whose office prosecuted the case, has said he disagrees with Lucio’s lawyers’ claims that new evidence would exonerate her. Prosecutors say Lucio had a history of drug abuse and at times had lost custody of some of her 14 children.
During a sometimes contentious Texas House committee hearing on Lucio’s case this month, Saenz initially pushed back on requests to use his power to stop the execution, before later saying he would intervene if the courts didn’t act.
“I don’t disagree with all the scrutiny this case is getting. I welcome that,” Saenz said.
Armando Villalobos was the county’s district attorney when Lucio was convicted in 2008, and Lucio’s lawyers allege that he pushed for a conviction to help his reelection bid. In 2014, Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for a bribery scheme related to offering favorable prosecutorial decisions.
WHO IS CALLING FOR LUCIO’S EXECUTION TO BE STOPPED?
More than half the members of the Texas Legislature have asked that her execution be halted. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers traveled this month to Gatesville, where the state houses female death row inmates, and prayed with Lucio.
Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced Lucio and one alternate juror have questioned their decision and asked she get a new trial.
Lucio’s cause also has the backing of faith leaders and was featured on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”
Lucio’s family and supporters have been traveling throughout Texas and holding rallies and screenings of a 2020 documentary about her case, “The State of Texas vs. Melissa.”
WHERE DO EFFORTS TO HALT HER EXECUTION STAND?
Appeals seeking to stop Lucio’s execution are pending in state and federal courts.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is considering a request to either commute her death sentence to life imprisonment or grant her a 120-day execution reprieve.
Any decision by the board to commute her sentence or grant the reprieve would need Abbott’s approval. The governor, who has granted clemency to only one death row inmate since taking office in 2015, could also unilaterally issue a 30-day execution stay. Abbott commuted a death sentence to life without parole for Thomas “Bart” Whitaker, who was convicted of fatally shooting his mother and brother. Whitaker’s father was also shot but survived and led the effort to spare his son’s life.
HOW FREQUENTLY ARE WOMEN EXECUTED?
It’s rare in the U.S., according to the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit that opposes capital punishment. Women have accounted for only 3.6% of the more than 16,000 confirmed executions in the U.S. dating back to the colonial period in the 1600s, according to the group’s data.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 17 women have been executed throughout the nation, according to the data. Texas has put more women to death — six — than any other state. Oklahoma is next, with three, and Florida has executed two.
The federal government has executed one woman since 1976. Lisa Montgomery, of Kansas, received a lethal injection in January 2021 after the Trump administration resumed executions in the federal system following a 17-year hiatus. The Justice Department has halted executions again under the Biden administration.
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Police searching for missing child in Wisconsin
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU/Gray News) - The Chippewa Falls Police Department is searching for a missing child.
Iliana M. Peters, 10, who goes by the name Lily, was reported missing Sunday at 9 p.m. by her father. She is a fourth-grader at Parkview Elementary School, WEAU reported.
Lily’s father said she didn’t return home after visiting her aunt’s house. She was last seen by family members Sunday evening.
She was supposed to be heading home, but she wasn’t found in the area. Her bike was found after dark near her aunt’s home and a walking trail.
Lily was last seen wearing a purple quarter-zip long-sleeve shirt with black stretch pants and gray shoes.
K9 teams from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department and Lake Hallie Police Department were called in to search the area last night. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department also used a drone to search the woods near the area where she went missing. Meanwhile, Chippewa Falls Police investigators continued to follow-up with family and friends who might have information.
Currently, the incident doesn’t meet the criteria for an Amber Alert, according to the Chippewa Falls Police Department, who said they contacted the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation.
Anyone with information about Lily’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Chippewa County Dispatch Center at 715-726-7701 and select Option 1.
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Spider monkey with ‘Batman’ markings born at Florida zoo
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 8:46 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MELBOURNE, Fla. (CNN) – A spider monkey was born with “Batman” markings at the Brevard Zoo in Florida.
The mark on its face looks like the “bat-signal” -- the silhouette of a bat extending its wings. It’s used to call Batman when the bad guys are stirring up trouble in Gotham City.
Zookeepers aren’t sure yet if it’s a boy or girl, but the little one is doing well.
Black spider monkeys are classified as vulnerable to extinction because of the destruction of tropical rainforests and hunting.
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French beans recalled for listeria risk
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 11:19 AM EDT|Updated: 18 minutes ago
(CNN) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reporting a recall because of a potential listeria contamination.
The recalled products are one-pound packages of Hippie Organics French beans.
Listeria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.
The company Alpine Fresh, located in Doral, Florida, voluntarily issued the recall isolated to one lot.
The beans are in clear plastic packages marked with lot number 313-626 on the back.
No illnesses linked to the beans have been reported.
The company says it is taking corrective action to prevent this from happening again.
Customers can return the product for a full refund.
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Johnny Depp takes stand for 4th day in libel trial against Amber Heard
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel lawsuit against his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, on Monday heard audio recordings in which he referred to the violence that could ensue if their arguments were allowed to escalate.
“The next move, if I don’t walk away ... it’s going to be a bloodbath, like it was on the island,” Depp says on the recording.
In other audio clips, Depp loudly shouts vulgarities at his wife, calling her a degrading name and yelling, “You stupid f—” at her.
Depp winced on the stand as the clips were played, while Heard appeared to fight back tears.
The clips were part of grueling cross-examination of Depp, who took the stand for a fourth day of testimony over his allegations that Heard falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser.
Heard’s lawyers are expected to continue their onslaught of questions during their cross-examination. Questions have focused on Depp’s drinking, drug use and charged interactions with Heard during their relationship.
Heard’s attorneys argue that Depp physically and sexually abused her and that his denials lack merit because he was often drunk and high to the point of blacking out.
Depp’s last previous day on the stand was Thursday. Heard’s attorneys referenced his history of trashing hotel rooms as well as the time he smashed a bathroom sconce during an argument with Heard. Depp is also facing a lawsuit filed by a member of a film crew who alleges the actor assaulted them in 2018.
The jury has seen dozens of Depp’s texts to friends regarding his drinking, drug use and interactions with his then-wife, as well as his notes of contrition to Heard and her father.
Depp is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote in The Washington Post. She refers to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The piece doesn’t name Depp. But his attorneys argue that it clearly references a restraining order that Heard sought in May 2016, right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce.
Depp said the accusations and the article contributed to an unfairly ruined reputation that made him a Hollywood outcast and cost him his role in the lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise. Heard’s attorneys say Depp’s damaged reputation is the result of his own bad behavior.
Depp has been on the stand in Fairfax County Circuit Court since Tuesday afternoon. His previous testimony described the couple’s volatile relationship. He denied that he ever abused Heard.
The actor said that Heard abused drugs and often violently attacked him. He called the drug addiction accusations against him “grossly embellished,” though he acknowledged taking many drugs.
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Associated Press writer Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, contributed to this report.
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp took the stand in a Virginia courtroom Monday for his fourth day of testimony in the trial over his allegations that ex-wife Amber Heard falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser.
Heard’s lawyers are expected to continue their onslaught of questions during their cross-examination. So far, they have focused on Depp’s drinking, drug use and charged interactions with Heard during their relationship.
Heard’s attorneys argue that Depp physically and sexually abused her and that his denials lack merit because he was often drunk and high to the point of blacking out.
Depp’s last day on the stand was Thursday. Heard’s attorneys referenced his history of trashing hotel rooms as well as the time he smashed a bathroom sconce during an argument with Heard. Depp is also facing a lawsuit filed by a member of a film crew who alleges the actor assaulted them in 2018.
The jury has seen dozens of Depp’s texts to friends regarding his drinking, drug use and interactions with his then-wife, as well as his notes of contrition to Heard and her father.
Depp is suing Heard for libel over a 2018 op-ed piece she wrote in The Washington Post. She refers to herself as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” The piece doesn’t name Depp. But his attorneys argue that it clearly references a restraining order that Heard sought in May 2016, right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce.
Depp said the accusations and the article contributed to an unfairly ruined reputation that made him a Hollywood outcast and cost him his role in the lucrative “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchise. Heard’s attorneys say Depp’s damaged reputation is the result of his own bad behavior.
Depp has been on the stand in Fairfax County Circuit Court since Tuesday afternoon. His previous testimony described the couple’s volatile relationship. He denied that he ever abused Heard.
The actor said that Heard abused drugs and often violently attacked him. He called the drug addiction accusations against him “grossly embellished,” though he acknowledged taking many drugs.
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Associated Press writer Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, contributed to this report.
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Pfizer issues another recall of blood pressure medication over carcinogen levels
(Gray News) – Pfizer is voluntarily recalling several batches of another blood pressure medication due to high levels of a potentially cancer-causing impurity.
Five lots of Accupril (Quinapril HCl) tablets are being voluntarily recalled after testing showed elevated levels of nitrosamine, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Nitrosamine is common in water and food like cured and grilled meats, dairy and vegetables, but it could increase the risk of cancer if you’re exposed to too much for too long.
Though there haven’t been reports of anything happening to people who’ve taken this medication, Pfizer is recalling it just in case.
The drugs were distributed nationwide to wholesalers and distributors in the United States and Puerto Rico from December 2019 to April 2022.
Patients who are taking this product should consult with their healthcare provider or pharmacy to determine if they have the affected product.
Patients with the affected product should contact Sedgwick at 888-345-0481 for instructions on how to return their product and obtain reimbursement for their cost.
This is the second voluntary recall of blood pressure medication issued by Pfizer in a little over a month.
The drug company issued a voluntary recall of Accuretic in March, also because of elevated levels of nitrosamines.
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‘Remain in Mexico’ policy in the spotlight at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in Biden v. Texas starting Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Immigration is front and center at the Supreme Court this week. A case surrounding a Trump-era policy will be heard by the nine justices in Biden v. Texas. It boils down to a Biden administration decision to scrap a Trump-era rule that sent asylum-seeking immigrants back to Mexico to wait for their trials in the U.S.
On his first day in office, President Biden announced the reversal of the 2019 Trump rule, called the Migrant Protection Protocol or Remain in Mexico program. Immigration advocates argued the policy put asylum seekers in dangerous situations in Mexico.
But the states of Texas and Missouri sued, arguing reversing the policy is illegal. Lower courts agreed, keeping the measure in place as the Biden Justice Department appeals.
“You have the option to send them back to Mexico, you have the option to detain them, but you do not have the option to just release everybody,” said Julie Axelrod from the Center for Immigration Studies.
Axelrod submitted an amicus brief to the court supporting the states. She argues the security of the border is at stake. Axelrod thinks the Biden administration reversing the policy removes a deterrent that could prevent a rush of immigrants from seeking asylum in the U.S.
“What it’s done here is made basically a deliberate choice to sacrifice control over the border,” said Axelrod.
Karen Tumlin from the Justice Action Center argues it is well within the rights of the administration to abandon the policy.
“We know that tens of thousands of people were stranded, were harmed, were abused, were kidnapped while awaiting that day in court,” said Tumlin.
Tumlin said this case is a blockbuster with a lot at stake. She said the court will have to answer, ‘does a new president have the power to change a policy of a past president and the ability to execute mandates from voters?’
“The answer has to be ‘yes,’ right? The answer has to be, ‘of course.’ That’s how our democracy works. But that’s not what happened in the lower court rulings,” said Tumlin.
Oral arguments are expected to begin at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday. An opinion from the court is not expected to come until late spring or early summer.
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Woman with legs tied survives fall from 8th floor, suspect charged
WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A woman is in critical condition after having her legs tied with rope and falling from an apartment building Thursday night.
Authorities said they believe the woman fell from the eighth floor of the building in Washington, D.C. during what police are calling a “domestic incident.”
Police said they found the woman conscious and breathing and took her to a hospital where she is now in critical condition.
The woman’s 1-year-old child was missing following the incident but was later found safe with a family member.
Police said the suspect fled the scene after the victim fell but arrived back on the scene during the investigation and was “distraught.” Kylee Jamal Palmer, 22, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.
Police said their investigation is ongoing as they work to piece together what happened.
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4-year-old girl killed by farm tractor in tragic accident, police say
WATERTOWN, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) – A 4-year-old girl in Connecticut died after she became “entangled” with a farming tractor Saturday afternoon, police said.
The Watertown Police Department identified the child as Ellie Kuslis.
Police said the girl had become entangled within a slice seeder that was attached to the rear of the tractor.
The girl’s father was operating the tractor at the time of the accident. The tractor was stationary at the time; however, the seeder remained engaged, according to police.
Emergency crews were called, but the child was pronounced dead on the scene.
An autopsy conducted Sunday determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma, and the death was certified as accidental.
“The Watertown Police Department extends our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the child and wishes to express our gratitude to the police officers, firefighters and neighbors who did all they could to help,” police wrote in a news release.
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Biden to honor Stanley Cup winners Tampa Bay Lightning at White House
(Gray News) - President Joe Biden will welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to the White House to celebrate their 2020 and 2021 Stanley Cup championships.
The event will be held on the South Lawn on Monday.
Presidents traditionally welcome champion sports teams to the White House to celebrate their victories, though restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic led to the curtailing of those events.
Lightning fans are hoping for a three-peat as the team has again clinched an NHL playoff spot.
The Lightning is the second Tampa-area team to visit the White House within a year. Back in July, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers visited Biden for a belated celebration of their Super Bowl win in February 2021.
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Error forces redo of Florida school shooter’s jury selection
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The judge overseeing jury selection for a man who murdered 17 people at a Florida high school declared that the process will start over Monday, conceding that she should have questioned 11 potential jurors who said they would not follow the law before she dismissed them.
In granting the motion filed by Nikolas Cruz‘s prosecutors over the strong objection of his attorneys, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer nullified two weeks of work by prosecution and defense lawyers, forcing them to begin the entire process anew on Monday. As a result, almost 250 potential jurors who had said they could sit for a four-month trial will not be called back next month for further questioning. More than 1,200 candidates had been screened.
Prosecutor Carolyn McCann made her argument after the 11 jurors who were improperly dismissed by Scherer two weeks ago weren’t told to return to court for more questioning Monday, as had been planned, due to a miscommunication error.
Scherer said they would be brought in next week, but McCann argued that more time would be wasted if it turned out the potential jurors had to be struck anyway. She said the prosecution has just as much right to question potential jurors and to an untainted final panel as the defense.
“This is not harmless error,” McCann said.
Melisa McNeill, Cruz’s lead public defender, strongly disagreed with the decision to strike the potential jurors now. She said Scherer should wait until next week to see if the 11 jurors returned and could be questioned. She then asked the judge to delay her decision until Monday afternoon to give her side more time to do research. Scherer sided with the prosecution, but said she might reconsider if the defense can make a persuasive argument Monday afternoon after it finishes its research.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to murdering 17 and wounding 17 at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. The 12-member jury that will be selected after a two-month, three-step winnowing process will decide if he is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. The misstep will almost certainly push back opening statements from their scheduled date of mid-June. They had already been delayed from May 31.
Having to start all over again has been a possibility since Scherer made the error on April 5 during questioning of a group of 60 potential jurors, the fifth of 21 panels that have appeared before the judge, prosecutors and the defense.
With the previous four groups and every group since, Scherer only asked potential jurors if they knew Cruz or any of the attorneys and if they had any personal or work hardships that would make it impossible for them to serve from June through September. With the fifth group, however, she also asked if any of the candidates would not follow the law if chosen. A couple people put up their hands, then a couple more until soon there were 11 hands held aloft.
Scherer expressed surprise at the number, but dismissed them without further questioning, drawing an objection from Cruz’s attorneys in a private sidebar after they left. The defense wanted Scherer to question them further to make sure they actually believed and understood what they were saying and not simply trying to avoid jury service. Florida jury candidates who say they can’t serve are almost always questioned, regardless of the reasons they give.
Scherer, realizing her error, tried to have the jurors returned, but all except one had left the courthouse. She said the Broward County Sheriff’s Office would deliver summonses to them, but that was not done for unexplained reasons. Even if all had returned, they still might have been disqualified because they had not been given the order that Scherer gave to other potential jurors to not discuss or read about the case.
“I will never make that mistake again,” Scherer told attorneys the day after her error.
Given Cruz’s notoriety and the hatred many in the community have for him, finding jurors who can be fair promises to be an excruciatingly long process. Jurors who pass the first stage by saying they can serve four months complete questionnaires about their backgrounds and their beliefs on the death penalty. The answers are given to both sides, and then prospects are brought back in several weeks later for further questioning, including whether they can be fair to Cruz.
The jurors who are selected will decide whether aggravating factors — the multiple deaths, the planning Cruz put into the killings and the cruelty with which they were carried out — outweigh mitigating factors such as the defendant’s lifelong mental and emotional problems, possible sexual abuse and the death of his parents.
For Cruz to be executed, the jury must vote unanimously for death. If one or more vote against it, he will be sentenced to life without parole.
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Judge finds Trump in contempt in legal fight with NY AG
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge found former President Donald Trump in contempt of court Monday for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued by the state’s attorney general as part of a civil investigation into his business dealings.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay a fine of $10,000 per day.
“Mr. Trump, I know you take your business seriously, and I take mine seriously,” Engoron said before issuing the ruling from the bench in a Manhattan courtroom, following a hearing.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, had asked the court to hold Trump in contempt after he missed a March 31 court-imposed deadline to turn over documents.
Trump, a Republican, has been fighting James in court over her investigation, which he has called a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
Trump spokespeople did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Loose pony running on interstate causes 7-car crash in South Carolina
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 12:42 PM EDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A loose pony on the interstate caused a seven-vehicle crash in South Carolina late Saturday morning.
According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the pony was running down I-85 in the northbound lanes.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. One person suffered minor injuries, and the pony was safety rescued by animal control.
It’s unclear how the pony got on the interstate.
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Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will soon add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports, under legislation recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee.
Lee quietly signed the proposal last Friday without comment. The governor had previously signed a measure last year mandating that student athletes must prove their sex matches that listed on the student’s “original” birth certificate. If a birth certificate was unavailable, then the parents must provide another form of evidence “indicating the student’s sex at the time of birth.”
This year, the GOP-controlled Legislature decided to add penalties to that ban — which is in effect even as a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality makes it way through court. A trial has been tentatively set for March 2023.
According to the bill, Tennessee’s Department of Education would withhold a portion of state funds from local school districts that fail to determine a student’s gender for participation in middle or high school sports. The measure does not specify exactly how much money should be withheld by the state.
The bill will go into effect July 1.
“Telling transgender students that they can’t participate as who they really are amounts to excluding them from sports entirely – depriving them of opportunities available to their peers and sending the message that they are not worthy of a full life,” said Henry Seaton, ACLU of Tennessee’s transgender justice advocate, in a statement.
Tennessee lawmakers are also advancing a separate bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in female college sports. Republicans have also pushed to let teachers and school districts use the pronoun that a transgender student does not prefer, exempting teachers from facing employment punishment and protecting schools from civil liability. Both proposals are expected to clear the General Assembly.
Last year, no other state enacted more laws targeting transgender people than Tennessee. That included banning transgender athletes from playing girls public high or middle school sports.
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US Supreme Court to hear Ohio’s challenge to a death row inmate’s request
A death row inmate who wants neurological testing is taking his case to the nation’s highest court.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - An Ohio death row inmate, who wants neurological testing done, takes his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tuesday, justices will hear arguments from lawyers representing Raymond Twyford and the State of Ohio. Twyford was convicted of murder in 1993, and his lawyers argue that there’s potential evidence left to be discovered.
Tywford was convicted of murdering a man who was accused of sexually assaulting two children whose mother Twyford lived with. Michael Benza, a Tywford attorney, said his client needs neurological testing.
Benza said, “When Ray was a teenager, he tried to kill himself by shooting himself in the head. And he has these 20 to 30 bullet fragments inside his brain.”
Benza wants to know whether those bullet fragments impact Tywford’s ability to process information or his competency. The testing can’t be done at the prison and would require the state transporting Tywford to a medical facility about an hour away. Lower courts gave the green light, but the State of Ohio is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn those decisions.
The state didn’t schedule an interview before our deadline, but we spoke with George Washington University law professor Paul Schiff Berman who analyzed the state’s argument, which is presented with Chillicothe Correctional Institute Warden Tim Shoop as the petitioner.
Schiff Berman said, “The warden is saying that he doesn’t have to do this because there’s no indication that the information that would be gained from the neurological exam will actually be admissible.”
Schiff Berman also notes that with the Supreme Court’s more conservative makeup, there’s a greater chance the court could overturn the lower court decisions.
Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday morning. Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers is listed as the counsel of record for the state.
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Whisky could soon be used to fuel cars, scientists say
(CNN) – A biofuel scientist has discovered a way to use the byproducts of whisky to fuel your car.
According to Zero Waste Scotland, there is a huge amount of waste for every liter of whisky.
The solid byproduct of whisky is called draff.
Some is used for animal feed. Some goes to a landfill or is dumped in rivers or even the ocean.
A scientist used a fermentation process to transform the byproduct into biochemicals to replace some oil-based products, including diesel used in cars.
Biofuels are made from renewable, organic materials and are low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels.
The challenge would be the scale; biofuels only account for about 3% of fuel used globally.
There are actually already whisky-fueled cars in Scotland. Using the whisky byproduct reduces the trucks’ carbon emissions by 90%.
The scientist who made the discovery says whisky waste can be used for more than just biofuels.
It can be an alternative to oil in plastics, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, clothing and electronics.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Partly cloudy and breezy. Scattered windward and mauka showers. Highs 81 to 86. East winds 15 to 25 mph.
Scattered to numerous low clouds are expected to move east to west across the island chain this morning. Cloud cover will maintain through the morning with breaks increasing by midday and then fill in again tonight.
Tonight, starting off with partly cloudy skies in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Scattered windward showers. Lows 67 to 72. East Winds 15 to 20 mph.
Breezy trades will persist over the next couple days then decrease to moderate speeds Wednesday into Thursday, then strengthen again this weekend. Clouds and showers will favor windward and mountain areas, with a few showers spreading to leeward areas.
The current north-northwest will steadily lower today through Tuesday. Surf will then remain small along north facing shores Wednesday through Friday, with a small northwest swell bringing a slight boost over the weekend.
The current south swell will hold at elevated levels today, then gradually lower Tuesday and Wednesday. Surf will hold near seasonal levels Thursday through Saturday, with another south swell giving surf a boost above normal levels on Sunday.
Rough trade wind swell will maintain east shore surf near seasonal average through Tuesday. East shore surf will follow trade wind trends, dropping slightly Wednesday and Thursday, then rebuilding Friday through the weekend.
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ROCK SPRINGS – Sweetwater Against Trafficking still has a few hurdles to jump over to create more housing for survivors.
Based on a 2016 article from The Denver Post, children and teenagers are typically handled no differently than any other juvenile criminal. They’re placed into a juvenile detention facility for evaluation and detoxification. This stage can last from days to months, depending on the availability of beds at other “suitable” sites.
The article also mentions that children who are bounced around the juvenile justice or foster care systems usually end up right back in “the life.”
According to Christal Martin, founder and executive director for Sweetwater Against Trafficking/Rising Hope, specialized housing is needed for survivors.
“Currently, we are working with a survivor who didn’t have placement opportunity so we found a need to start a facility,” said Martin. “We’re organizing several fundraisers and working with several communities to collaborate in order to obtain grants to set up housing.”
Fundraisers may include a barnyard dance in Pinedale and a golf tournament in August at the Rolling Green.
According to Martin, putting a victimized youth in a group home for troubled teenagers doesn’t always produce positive outcomes.
She also said that since families are required to sign documentation for young survivors, those survivors can’t even go to shelters for abused women.
“There is a big gap.”
Uinta, Lincoln, Fremont and Carbon counties are joining forces with Sweetwater County to help provide places for survivor after-care.
“I have been working with a client for fourteen months and she still needs assistance,” Martin shared. “But she is doing so much better.
“Her growth is amazing. It’s so beautiful to watch.”
Martin pointed out that after 24 months, a trafficking survivor could go back into a trafficking situation.
“If we don’t start breaking through the trauma and start the healing, it will be a lifetime process for them.”
Martin mentioned that working with families can be long-term when the victimized youths are placed in a foster home or in an adoptive home.
The organization is looking for individuals who specialize in trauma therapy.
“It’s hard to find good therapeutic care for situations like this.”
While most families have turned their own away after they’ve been rescued, some reunions have occurred.
The grandparents of a current survivor said they would pick her up “in a heartbeat,” Martin said.
“She wanted to stay though and that was her decision,” Martin shared. “That’s what we encourage, especially in a trafficking situation – first and foremost, getting that ‘voice and choice’ back.
“You can advocate for yourself so you’re not under the control of someone else.”
When survivors don’t have that choice, she clarified, chances of getting back into a trafficking situation increase.
Sweetwater Against Trafficking hasn’t only encountered youth survivors but they’ve encountered those in their 40s as well.
During their upcoming meetings in other counties, the organization is going to see how the resources can work to benefit survivors.
“We believe it takes a team or a village to help survivors.”
Martin hopes to build an adult survivor home in Pinedale. She believes that Sublette County “can harness that kind of care.”
“They’re very loving and supportive of the community and it’s centrally located,” she noted.
One volunteer pointed out that “since there are outdoor recreational opportunities in the county, it could be therapeutic to survivors.”
The organization is preparing to do detention center training for adult inmates who identify themselves as trafficking survivors. Most of these inmates have been arrested for drug use issues.
Most victims are sedated when they find themselves in a trafficking situation but some are already hooked on drugs before meeting their handlers.
“Trauma is the number one gateway for drug addiction,” she pointed out. “People have a reason to self-medicate. When there’s that vulnerability, traffickers will take advantage of that.”
In 2016, 91 percent of survivors were arrested. The organization is hoping through training, law enforcement officers will help the offenders admit that they’re victims of trafficking.
“We need to change the lens on how offenders see law enforcement,” Martin pointed out. “They cut them off, thinking they’re going to be treated like criminals anyway.
“No, we’re all human. We need to have that open communication in a restorative way and see how we can connect with the individuals so we can open up that dialogue a little better.
“We hope that if they are a victim of something, they’ll come out and say it.”
The organization would like them to do assessments on human trafficking when they book offenders.
“We can start working with them while they’re still serving for their criminal offense,” she explained.
She added, “We want to give them the resources they need so they don’t end up in the hands of their traffickers.”
Martin is excited to form new partnerships in order to assist survivors statewide.
In Uinta County, a tattoo artist has volunteered to cover up brandings on trafficking survivors.
“She’s willing to do it pro-bono,” Martin said. “She’s going to close the curtains, lock the doors and close up shop to the public to give them space and privacy as they’re doing their cover-ups.”
“We’re going to work towards ensuring the best practices as well as meeting the survivor’s needs,” she said.
Their focus is the I-80 corridor. Most of the survivors they’ve come in contact with has been from Uinta County.
“We’re in the right spot because it just takes us a couple of hours to get to the survivor – we don’t want them to wait for 24 hours.”
According to Martin, it takes about a dozen times for the survivor to get away from the trafficker.
“But if they know they have resources out there, they’ll realize that there are people who care about them.”
Recently, a survivor contacted Martin regarding her new beginnings.
“She said, ‘Christal, I wouldn’t be where I am today without you. You saved my life.
“For her to say ‘you saved my life’ wasn’t about me. I just gave her the tools to continue that path. Now she has a life again. She feels free for the first time in a long time. That’s what’s important.”
Sweetwater Against Trafficking is an organization that educates the community on the dangers of child grooming, sexual exploitation and human trafficking through restorative justice and community outreach.
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ROCK SPRINGS — The Young at Heart Community Center hosted their inaugural Green Fair on Friday, April 22, in celebration of Earth Day.
Event organizer Jaime Loredo said that it has taken a while to get the event up and running.
“I’ve been wanting to get this going for a couple of years, but it’s taken a bit due to COVID-19,” Loredo said. “Even since I was a kid, I’ve always felt like Earth Day is super important and people should celebrate it every day.
“I feel like it’s a good opportunity to make more people aware of how important it is to keep our planet clean, conserve energy and things like that.”
During the event, a grounds clean up took place as well as a shred event.
“AARP is sponsoring the 307 Shredding truck. People can come by with their important documents and dispose of them safely by shredding them,” Loredo said.
Misty Wilson, book keeper at Young at Heart, also decided to lend a helping hand and volunteer during the event.
“I decided to help out because it’s such a good cause. The event that Jamie created helps make us more aware of all of the beautiful landscape that we have and the importance of keeping it clean is a great idea,” Wilson said. “Trash can get caught in the sage brush and it’s important to do our part to help clean it up.”
Young at Heart’s executive director Rachelle Morris said that the event provided the opportunity for people in the community to safely dispose of important documents.
“This is our first time doing it and the shred event is huge for us. So many people have important documents that need to be shredded and this gives them a safe opportunity to discard them,” Morris said. “The event is also a great reason to clean up our area and take care of our building and planet, making sure that we’re maintaining what we’ve been given. We’re grateful to the community for everything that they’ve given us.”
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JACKSON — Jackson Hole Classical Academy, a private K-12 school, has partnered with Wyoming Chess Association President Brian Walker Sr. to host a Wyoming Scholastic Chess Tournament — the first to be held in five years — at their campus Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sanctioned by the U.S. Chess Federation, this tournament is open to any serious K-12 chess players in Wyoming and presents an opportunity to advance to the National level.
Jay Stallings, internationally recognized chess coach, leads the chess program at JHCA with 27 years of experience teaching students how to win the game while developing logic skills.
“JHCA’s chess program is strong, with two meetings per week for our K-6th grade students. Additionally, we offer Chess Club on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.” Stallings said.
A major part of the classical program of study at JHCA, chess helps students learn to make sound decisions, teaches the importance of patient study, and cultivates the habit of always thinking about the consequences to their actions, according to Stallings.
“Chess is for life. It’s a game that will help students to build friendships and meet new people. It’s also an international language. You can play chess with people all over the world. It allows you to have many opportunities,” he said.
The tournament will be officiated by Walker, who will travel to Jackson from Cheyenne. After the event, Walker will recommend four players to represent Wyoming at the National level in the following designations: K-5th, 6-8th, 9-12th as well as the top K-12th female.
“I am excited to see that Wyoming’s scholastic chess base is growing so quickly…I’m looking forward to designating four young players to represent Wyoming at the 2022 National Invitationals in California!” Walker said.
These prestigious Invitationals will be held July 30 through August 2, 2022 in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The four tournaments, named after their sponsors, are The Rockefeller, The Barber, The Denker, and The Haring.
May 7 State Tournament Details
The State Tournament will be held at Jackson Hole Classical Academy’s campus at 2500 South Park Loop Road in Jackson, Wyo. There will be two sections: K-3rd and 4th-12th.
The registration fee is $20 per student and includes a box lunch. Students who sign up by Friday, April 29 will receive a free travel chess set!
U.S. Chess Federation membership is required for all players. Youth Membership is $20 per year and permits playing in other events, including online rated events. Members also receive a PDF version of the national chess magazine.
JHCA will provide an optional and free tournament prep on Friday, May 6 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at their campus.
The Tournament is Saturday, May 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at JHCA with Round 1 beginning promptly at 9 a.m. Subsequent rounds will follow as soon as possible after. The estimated completion time is 2 p.m., including added time for lunch. Parents will be invited to watch as medals are awarded to the 1st-3rd Place students in each division at the conclusion of the event. Coach Jay will communicate the award ceremony time with parents via text.
Any questions may be directed towards JHCA Chess Coach Jay Stallings via email (jstallings@jhclassical.org) or via text (661) 755-2992.
Students may register for the May 7 tournament online here.
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Changes every voter should know heading into the W.Va. May Primary
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Early voting starts on Wednesday and there are a lot of changes every voter should know about before they head to the polls. Elections always have the potential to shake-up the political landscape, but this year especially since it is the first Primary following the re-drawing of the political maps after the 2020 Census.
The biggest change voters will see heading into the polls lies in the House of Delegates. Not only are the district lines being re-drawn due to population changes, state lawmakers also voted to move the state from 67 multi-member districts to 100 single-member districts. That means each district will get smaller and have just one delegate.
“In Raleigh County, that takes us from 11 delegates (in multi-member districts) to five single member districts,” explained Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Paul Flanagan.
In Raleigh County, Flanagan said the precinct numbers will change, but many of the polling locations will be the same. “Almost every voter will be voting in a different numbered district.”
According to Raleigh County’s Chief Elections Official, Tammy Richardson, new voter registration cards went out to voters, along with a letter, explaining the changes. But if you missed the paperwork, “you can go to the Raleigh County Commission website and it will take you to our website. There’s a map that will tell you which precinct to go to.”
The interactive map is available on the Sec. of State’s website at WV Voter Map 2022 (mapwv.gov). It breaks down every single district for voters, complete with sample ballots and polling locations.
Another major change voters may notice on the map is the 3rd district U.S. House of Representative seat no longer exists. The map has been re-drawn into two districts following significant population losses counted during the 2020 census.
“The state will be split in half and as always, voters will only be able to vote for one Congressional member,” said Flanagan.
Early voting starts on Wednesday and will continue through Saturday, May 7th. The May Primary is set for Tuesday, May 10th, 2022. Early voting will also be offered on both Saturdays before the May Primary for those who can’t make it Monday through Friday.
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Family of children who disappeared in Miss. River heartbroken as search continues
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A terrifying night turned into a tearful morning as family members began to realize their little ones may not come home, WVUE reported.
Dozens of family members stayed near the Algiers levee hoping for good news from crews searching overnight and into the morning. Dive teams also combed the river bottom.
Nedra Berry says they had just buried another family member the night before when she got a call from her brother.
“My brother called me screaming, ‘Nedra I need you, my babies are in the water, I can’t get to my babies. Come.’ I’ve never heard a man cry out for his children the way my brother cried out for his children. Never,” Berry said.
They say this was the first time they let 14-year-old Brandy Wilson, her 8-year-old sister Ally Berry Wilson, and a 15-year-old male friend venture off from home believing they were playing near the river when they slipped in.
As the family waited through the rain, the girls’ mother, Octavia Wilson, rushed to the levee hoping for a better outcome.
“They said that my 14-year-old went under first and then her friend tried to save her and my 8-year-old tried to help her sister and went under. I need them,” said Wilson.
The family says their hearts are breaking.
“This is the hardest thing my family has ever had to deal with, to bury two of my nieces at one time. I just hope that we all can come back from it. I know they’re not breathing in that water, I just hope they can get their bodies out of there so we can do the proper things to give them a proper service. That’s the only hope we have,” said Sharon Johnson, the aunt of the two girls.
They say they’ll lean on each other and their family’s faith as they wait.
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Man charged with threatening to bomb Merriam-Webster over gender definitions
(Gray News) - Officials said a man has been arrested and charged with making death threats against dictionary maker Merriam-Webster over entries for the words “girl,” “woman” and “female.”
Jeremy David Hanson, a 34-year-old from California, was charged with one count of interstate communication of threats to commit violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, stated in a news release.
Officials allege Hanson’s online comments included multiple references to shooting and killing people and bombing offices.
“We believe Hanson sent a multitude of anonymous threatening and despicable messages related to the LGBTQ community that were intended to evoke fear and division,” said U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins.
Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster, Inc. received the messages through its website’s “Contact Us” page and comments section between Oct. 2-8, the attorney’s office said. Authorities said they identified the sender as Hanson.
One example using the handle @anonYmous stated: “It is absolutely sickening that Merriam-Webster now tells blatant lies and promotes anti-science propaganda. There is no such thing as ‘gender identity.’ The imbecile who wrote this entry should be hunted down and shot.”
The company closed its offices in Springfield and New York for approximately five business days in response.
Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division, said Hanson was accused of making hate-filled, violent threats “that crossed a line.”
“Everyone has a right to express their opinion, but repeatedly threatening to kill people, as has been alleged, takes it to a new level,” Bonavolonta said. “We are always going to pursue individuals who try to intimidate and isolate members of our community by inciting violent, hateful acts.
“Threats to life are most certainly not protected speech, and they cause real fear in victims.”
Officials said the investigation identified numerous related threats to organizations, businesses and individuals. They included the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Land O’ Lakes, Hasbro, Inc., IGN Entertainment, the President of the University of North Texas, professors at Loyola Marymount University and a New York City rabbi.
Hanson is scheduled to be in federal court Friday in Springfield, after an initial court appearance in his home state of California, the office stated.
The charge provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
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North Dakota lawmaker resigns after report he texted child porn suspect
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
Republican Ray Holmberg, who rose to become one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers in a career that spanned 46 years, said he would resign effective June 1. His term was scheduled to end on Nov. 30 and he already had announced in March that it would be his last.
“Recent news stories have become a distraction for the important work of the legislative assembly during its interim meetings,” Holmberg, 79, said in a statement announcing his resignation. “I want to do what I can, within my power, to lessen such distractions.”
He did not immediately return messages from The Associated Press.
GOP Gov. Doug Burgum said in a statement he “supports Sen. Holmberg’s decision to resign.” He did not elaborate.
Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner said he spoke with Holmberg earlier about his future in the Legislature.
“No charges have been brought against Sen. Holmberg at this time ... he felt it was in the best interest to resign at this time,” Wardner said.
Days after the published report about his text messages, Holmberg had announced that he would step down as head of a powerful panel that oversees the Legislature’s business between sessions.
The Forum of Fargo reported April 15 that Holmberg exchanged 72 text messages in August with Nicholas James Morgan-Derosier. Prosecutors allege Morgan-Derosier possessed several thousand images and videos depicting sexually abused children. He also is accused of taking two children under the age of 10 from Minnesota to his Grand Forks home, with the intent of sexually abusing them.
Holmberg first told the Forum that he had read a newspaper story about the charges, then in a later interview said he had not, the Forum reported.
He told the Forum that his text messages with Morgan-Derosier were related to “a variety of things,” including patio work Morgan-Derosier did for him. He also told the newspaper that he no longer has the text messages.
“They’re just gone,” he said.
When Holmberg announced on April 20 that he was quitting his leadership post on the Management Committee, he had referred questions from the AP to his attorneys.
Holmberg has been one of the Legislature’s most powerful lawmakers for decades, serving as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He chaired the Legislative Management committee, which decides committee assignments and chooses study topics that often inspire legislation, four times.
He also sat on the state’s Emergency Commission, which allocates funding and resources in times of an emergency, and served on or chaired several GOP-led redistricting committees.
When he announced in March that this would be his last term, he said the stress of a session and a campaign would “only exacerbate a weakened ability to concentrate on the matters at hand and effectively recall events.”
Many North Dakota Republicans, including Burgum, showered Holmberg with accolades at the time.
Holmberg will remain on the Legislature’s payroll through May and on its state-funded health insurance plan through July, a benefit that is worth about $1,425 monthly.
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One dead in single-vehicle crash on Rt. 42
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 1:07 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Virginia State Police (VSP) responded to a single-vehicle crash on Rt. 42, a mile east of Rt. 667.
Terence Sayles, 40, of Bland, Va., was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Sayles was traveling west on Rt. 42 when it ran off the left side of the road, struck an embankment, ran through a fence and flipped several times.
This crash remains under investigation.
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Texas appeals court delays execution of Melissa Lucio
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of lawmakers, celebrities and even some of the jurors who sentenced her to death.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a request by Melissa Lucio’s lawyers for a stay of execution so a lower court can review her claims that new evidence would exonerate her. It was not immediately known when the lower court would begin reviewing her case.
Lucio had been set for lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2007 death of her daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a city of about 75,000 in Texas’ southern tip.
The execution stay was announced minutes before the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had been set to consider her clemency application to either commute her death sentence or grant her a 120-day reprieve.
Lucio’s attorneys say her capital murder conviction was based on an unreliable and coerced confession that was the result of relentless questioning and her long history of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession.
Her lawyers also contend that unscientific and false evidence misled jurors into believing Mariah’s injuries only could have been caused by physical abuse and not by medical complications from a severe fall.
Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz, whose office prosecuted the case, has said he disagrees with Lucio’s lawyers’ claims that new evidence would exonerate her. Prosecutors say Lucio had a history of drug abuse and at times had lost custody of some of her 14 children.
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Site plans for new Aldi grocery store on Kimball planning agenda Tuesday
A lot of parts are moving for new commercial developments in Kimball Township — and starting Tuesday with approvals for a new ALDI grocery store.
The township’s planning commission will consider a site plan on Tuesday for the proposed ALDI on property behind the CVS Pharmacy on the northwest corner of Gratiot and Range. All three parcels are residential and have for-sale signs posted.
According to the St. Clair County register of deeds, ALDI Inc. does not yet own the property.
Last week, Kimball Supervisor Rob Usakowski said no rezoning was required for the project, though a special use exemption was also on the agenda Tuesday, and Keith Erickson, building inspector, said the company taking ownership of the property was contingent on township approvals. Messages to an ALDI spokesperson weren't immediately returned as of early Monday.
“They’re ready to move forward,” Usakowski said. “So, as soon as they get planning commission, they’re going to move forward on construction and submitting building plans and that type of stuff.”
It wasn’t clear what the the Kimball ALDI site would look like.
The grocery chain already has a store in Fort Gratiot with the next nearest locations in Chesterfield and Lapeer, according to its website.
However, a new ALDI is just one of several ongoing developments that township officials said they are excited to see making progress.
Usakowski said a Culver’s restaurant is in development for the Gratiot-Range corner just south of the ALDI site behind a gas station and across the street from Meijer.
“That’s not ready to go to planning commission just yet,” Usakowski said. “We’re meeting with them (this) week to kind of go over some concerns that they had with development, and hopefully, we can get those addressed and those will be on the next one.”
The supervisor said there were a few other projects that are further in the township approval process.
“Those two are pretty recent. They’ve been within the last couple months,” Usakowski said of ALDI and Culver’s. “… We’ve got a storage place going in at Ravenswood and Wadhams (roads), and they’ve already been through site plan approval. But they’ve made some changes and they’re coming back. So, they’ll be on Tuesday’s agenda, as well. But they’re ready to put a shovel in the ground.
“And we’ve got A&W up on Wadhams north of (Interstate) 69. That one’s still a go. They’re looking to start construction in the spring.”
The township’s planning commission is slated to meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the township offices, 2160 Wadhams Road.
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Vote for the Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week
It's time for the latest Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week poll. Now we need your help to determine a winner.
Remember: Voting ends at noon on Thursday.
Last week's winner was St. Clair baseball's Logan Ellis, who hit went 4-for-4 with two RBIs and two walks in the Saints' 17-6 win over Oakland Christian on April 14. He also pitched two scoreless innings as a reliever.
Want to nominate an athlete for a future poll? Email Times Herald sports reporter Brenden Welper (bwelper@gannett.com) and let him know who had a stellar week.
Listed below are this week’s candidates in alphabetical order:
Lexa Forti — Imlay City softball: The sophomore hit 5-for-7 with a double, grand slam and 10 RBIs during a doubleheader against Armada on April 20. She also scored three runs.
Myah McLean — Almont softball: In two wins on the mound on April 23, McLean pitched 16 innings and threw 16 strikeouts while allowing just one earned run.
Erin Seros — St. Clair softball: The junior hit 3-for-4 with five RBIs and scored two runs during the Saints' 20-5 victory over Croswell-Lexington on April 20.
Kaylee Shattuck — Port Huron girls soccer: Shattuck tied a school record with six goals in the Big Reds' 9-1 victory over Sterling Heights on April 22. She tallied two assists as well.
Isabella Volkman — Marine City softball: In four games last week, Volkman went 7-for-12 with three RBIs and had a batting average of .583. She also had two stolen bases.
Avery Wolters — Marysville softball: Wolters had four hits, two home runs (including a grand slam) and seven RBIs in a 17-7 win over Armada on April 22.
Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper.
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35-year-old man arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child porn
FONTANA, Calif. (Gray News) – Authorities in California arrested a man who was accused of downloading and distributing child pornography over the internet.
Detectives with the Fontana Police Department served a search warrant in April 2021 at the home of 35-year-old Christopher Lauderdale in Yucaipa, California.
Authorities seized multiple electronic devices from the home and said Lauderdale was not home during the execution of the search warrant. Detectives discovered evidence indicating Lauderdale may have had access to a child during the search.
Lauderdale was located a few days later in Huntington Beach, California, where police say he was arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography. He was booked at West Valley Detention Center.
Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Fontana Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at JDRODRIGUEZ@FONTANA.ORG.
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Common virus may be linked to mystery liver disease outbreak
LONDON (AP) — British health officials investigating the cause of a spike in acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children said there is increasing evidence that it is linked to a common virus.
The U.K. Health Security Agency has recorded 111 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children under 10 since January. Ten of the children needed liver transplants. The U.N. health agency said it has so far received reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin,” and that one death had been reported.
While it isn’t clear what’s causing the illnesses, a leading suspect is adenovirus, which was detected in 75% of the confirmed cases tested, the U.K. agency said in statement Monday.
Adenovirus, a common group of viruses, is now circulating in children at higher than average levels after dropping to unusually low levels during the pandemic. One avenue of inquiry being explored is that the outbreak may be linked to a surge in common viral infections after COVID-19 restrictions were phased out. Children who weren’t exposed to adenovirus over the last two years may now be getting hit harder when they are exposed to the viruses.
“Information gathered through our investigations increasingly suggests that this rise in sudden onset hepatitis in children is linked to adenovirus infection,’’ said Dr. Meera Chand, director of clinical and emerging infections at UKHSA. “However, we are thoroughly investigating other potential causes.”
Chand presented the British data Monday during an emergency session of the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Lisbon.
The usual viruses that cause infectious liver inflammation -- hepatitis A to E -- weren’t detected in any of the 111 cases being investigated in the U.K. The victims suffered symptoms such as jaundice, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
The liver processes nutrients, filters the blood and fights infections. Hepatitis can be life-threatening if left untreated.
There are dozens of adenoviruses, many associated with cold-like symptoms, fever, sore throat and pink eye.
U.S. authorities said earlier this month that they were investigating a cluster of otherwise unexplained hepatitis cases diagnosed in nine Alabama children who also tested positive for adenovirus. Officials there are exploring a link to one particular version — adenovirus 41 — that’s normally associated with gut inflammation.
U.K. public health officials have ruled out any links to COVID-19 vaccines, saying none of the affected children was vaccinated.
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Popular breakfast sandwich returns to Chick-fil-A
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
(CNN) - A fan favorite breakfast option is back at Chick-fil-A.
After a six-year hiatus, the chicken chain is bringing back its spicy chicken biscuit.
The sandwich will be available at a select 1,300 restaurants nationwide.
A new seasonal item is also making its debut – the Cloudberry Sunjoy beverage.
It’s a blend of the classic lemonade and sweet tea with flavors of cloudberry and cherry blossom.
Cloudberry is native to the arctic and is a cross between a raspberry and red currant.
Sunjoy is available at all Chick-fil-A restaurants.
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35-year-old man arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child porn
FONTANA, Calif. (Gray News) – Authorities in California arrested a man who was accused of downloading and distributing child pornography over the internet.
Detectives with the Fontana Police Department served a search warrant in April 2021 at the home of 35-year-old Christopher Lauderdale in Yucaipa, California.
Authorities seized multiple electronic devices from the home and said Lauderdale was not home during the execution of the search warrant. Detectives discovered evidence indicating Lauderdale may have had access to a child during the search.
Lauderdale was located a few days later in Huntington Beach, California, where police say he was arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography. He was booked at West Valley Detention Center.
Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Fontana Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force at JDRODRIGUEZ@FONTANA.ORG.
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Biden avoids politics in honoring hockey champion Lightning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden avoided politics Monday while honoring the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for winning the Stanley Cup in each of the past two seasons.
In a rare sports break amid his administration’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the president cracked jokes about captain Steven Stamkos and referenced first lady Jill Biden’s attendance at a vaccination effort at the Lightning’s home arena last year. Biden made little mention of other players while talking about the team winning one championship in an empty building in a quarantined bubble and another in a packed house at home in Tampa.
Russian players Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev attended the White House and shared photos on social media. There were no noticeable absences and a handful of players from the Lightning’s 2020 championship team who had departed or retired made appearances.
Just for this occasion, the team made a third trip to the nation’s capital in eight months after already visiting the Washington Capitals twice this season. The Lightning flew Sunday night after playing at the Florida Panthers and were set to return home before facing the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday in one of their final games of the regular season before the playoffs begin next week.
Despite the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup three times — in 2004, 2020 and 2021 — it was the organization’s first time visiting a sitting president at the White House. The 2004-05 NHL lockout prevented that year’s team from going, and the pandemic delayed this opportunity until nine months after the second of these back-to-back championships.
Stamkos, who is Canadian, said it was “a long time coming.” He deferred to American Ryan McDonagh, a Minnesota native, to speak on behalf of the team at the ceremony.
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Common virus may be linked to mystery liver disease outbreak
LONDON (AP) — British health officials investigating the cause of a spike in acute hepatitis, or liver inflammation, among children said there is increasing evidence that it is linked to a common virus.
The U.K. Health Security Agency has recorded 111 cases of unexplained hepatitis in children under 10 since January. Ten of the children needed liver transplants. The U.N. health agency said it has so far received reports of at least 169 cases of “acute hepatitis of unknown origin,” and that one death had been reported.
While it isn’t clear what’s causing the illnesses, a leading suspect is adenovirus, which was detected in 75% of the confirmed cases tested, the U.K. agency said in statement Monday.
Adenovirus, a common group of viruses, is now circulating in children at higher than average levels after dropping to unusually low levels during the pandemic. One avenue of inquiry being explored is that the outbreak may be linked to a surge in common viral infections after COVID-19 restrictions were phased out. Children who weren’t exposed to adenovirus over the last two years may now be getting hit harder when they are exposed to the viruses.
“Information gathered through our investigations increasingly suggests that this rise in sudden onset hepatitis in children is linked to adenovirus infection,’’ said Dr. Meera Chand, director of clinical and emerging infections at UKHSA. “However, we are thoroughly investigating other potential causes.”
Chand presented the British data Monday during an emergency session of the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Lisbon.
The usual viruses that cause infectious liver inflammation -- hepatitis A to E -- weren’t detected in any of the 111 cases being investigated in the U.K. The victims suffered symptoms such as jaundice, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
The liver processes nutrients, filters the blood and fights infections. Hepatitis can be life-threatening if left untreated.
There are dozens of adenoviruses, many associated with cold-like symptoms, fever, sore throat and pink eye.
U.S. authorities said earlier this month that they were investigating a cluster of otherwise unexplained hepatitis cases diagnosed in nine Alabama children who also tested positive for adenovirus. Officials there are exploring a link to one particular version — adenovirus 41 — that’s normally associated with gut inflammation.
U.K. public health officials have ruled out any links to COVID-19 vaccines, saying none of the affected children was vaccinated.
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Crash in Augusta County cleared
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 1:22 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - UPDATE: As of 2:36 p.m., this crash has been cleared.
On I-81 at mile marker 220 in Augusta County, motorists can expect delays due to a vehicle crash.
The south left shoulder is closed.
This is a developing story. Stay with WHSV for the latest information.
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EXPLAINER: Melissa Lucio’s execution delayed in Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — An appeals court is delaying the Texas execution of Melissa Lucio so a lower court can review the case.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial.
Melissa Lucio, 52, is set to be executed Wednesday for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a city of about 75,000 in Texas’ southern tip.
Her lawyers say new evidence shows that Mariah’s injuries, including a blow to the head, were caused by a fall down a steep staircase, and many lawmakers and celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, an advocate for criminal justice reform, and Amanda Knox — an American whose murder conviction in the death of a British student in Italy was overturned — have rallied to Lucio’s cause. Prosecutors, though, maintain that the girl was the victim of child abuse.
Lucio’s lawyers have filed various legal appeals seeking to stop her execution. She also has a clemency application before the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, which is set to consider her case Monday. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott could play a role in deciding Lucio’s fate. If put to death, Lucio would be the first Latina ever executed by Texas and the first woman the state has put to death since 2014.
WHAT ISSUES ARE BEING DEBATED?
Lucio’s attorneys say her capital murder conviction was based on an unreliable and coerced confession that was the result of relentless questioning and her long history of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession.
Her lawyers also contend that unscientific and false evidence misled jurors into believing Mariah’s injuries only could have been caused by physical abuse and not by medical complications from a severe fall.
“I knew that what I was accused of doing was not true. My children have always been my world and although my choices in life were not good I would have never hurt any of my children in such a way,” Lucio wrote in a letter to Texas lawmakers.
Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz, whose office prosecuted the case, has said he disagrees with Lucio’s lawyers’ claims that new evidence would exonerate her. Prosecutors say Lucio had a history of drug abuse and at times had lost custody of some of her 14 children.
During a sometimes contentious Texas House committee hearing on Lucio’s case this month, Saenz initially pushed back on requests to use his power to stop the execution, before later saying he would intervene if the courts didn’t act.
“I don’t disagree with all the scrutiny this case is getting. I welcome that,” Saenz said.
Armando Villalobos was the county’s district attorney when Lucio was convicted in 2008, and Lucio’s lawyers allege that he pushed for a conviction to help his reelection bid. In 2014, Villalobos was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for a bribery scheme related to offering favorable prosecutorial decisions.
WHO IS CALLING FOR LUCIO’S EXECUTION TO BE STOPPED?
More than half the members of the Texas Legislature have asked that her execution be halted. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers traveled this month to Gatesville, where the state houses female death row inmates, and prayed with Lucio.
Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced Lucio and one alternate juror have questioned their decision and asked she get a new trial.
Lucio’s cause also has the backing of faith leaders and was featured on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”
Lucio’s family and supporters have been traveling throughout Texas and holding rallies and screenings of a 2020 documentary about her case, “The State of Texas vs. Melissa.”
On Monday, Lucio’s supporters held a prayer vigil inside the state Capitol in Austin as they waited for word of a decision by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on her clemency application. On Saturday, supporters held rallies in 16 U.S. cities, including Houston, Boston, and Columbus, Ohio.
WHERE DO EFFORTS TO HALT HER EXECUTION STAND?
Appeals seeking to stop Lucio’s execution are pending in state and federal courts.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is considering a request to either commute her death sentence to life imprisonment or grant her a 120-day execution reprieve.
Any decision by the board to commute her sentence or grant the reprieve would need Abbott’s approval. The governor, who has granted clemency to only one death row inmate since taking office in 2015, could also unilaterally issue a 30-day execution stay. Abbott commuted a death sentence to life without parole for Thomas “Bart” Whitaker, who was convicted of fatally shooting his mother and brother. Whitaker’s father was also shot but survived and led the effort to spare his son’s life.
HOW FREQUENTLY ARE WOMEN EXECUTED?
It’s rare in the U.S., according to the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit that opposes capital punishment. Women have accounted for only 3.6% of the more than 16,000 confirmed executions in the U.S. dating back to the colonial period in the 1600s, according to the group’s data.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, 17 women have been executed throughout the nation, according to the data. Texas has put more women to death — six — than any other state. Oklahoma is next, with three, and Florida has executed two.
The federal government has executed one woman since 1976. Lisa Montgomery, of Kansas, received a lethal injection in January 2021 after the Trump administration resumed executions in the federal system following a 17-year hiatus. The Justice Department has halted executions again under the Biden administration.
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Family of children who disappeared in Miss. River heartbroken as search continues
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A terrifying night turned into a tearful morning as family members began to realize their little ones may not come home, WVUE reported.
Dozens of family members stayed near the Algiers levee hoping for good news from crews searching overnight and into the morning. Dive teams also combed the river bottom.
Nedra Berry says they had just buried another family member the night before when she got a call from her brother.
“My brother called me screaming, ‘Nedra I need you, my babies are in the water, I can’t get to my babies. Come.’ I’ve never heard a man cry out for his children the way my brother cried out for his children. Never,” Berry said.
They say this was the first time they let 14-year-old Brandy Wilson, her 8-year-old sister Ally Berry Wilson, and a 15-year-old male friend venture off from home believing they were playing near the river when they slipped in.
As the family waited through the rain, the girls’ mother, Octavia Wilson, rushed to the levee hoping for a better outcome.
“They said that my 14-year-old went under first and then her friend tried to save her and my 8-year-old tried to help her sister and went under. I need them,” said Wilson.
The family says their hearts are breaking.
“This is the hardest thing my family has ever had to deal with, to bury two of my nieces at one time. I just hope that we all can come back from it. I know they’re not breathing in that water, I just hope they can get their bodies out of there so we can do the proper things to give them a proper service. That’s the only hope we have,” said Sharon Johnson, the aunt of the two girls.
They say they’ll lean on each other and their family’s faith as they wait.
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Family Dollar employee shoots alleged armed robber, police say
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A Family Dollar employee in Ohio said she returned fire at an armed robber after he allegedly shot at her while fleeing the store.
The employee told Cleveland police the man walked up to the cash register with a bag of chips to purchase, according to WOIO.
When a male employee went to give the man change, the suspect pulled out a gun and reached into the cash register, a crime report says.
The suspect then pointed the gun at a female staff member and started to flee the store.
That’s when, according to the report, the female employee grabbed her own gun and followed the man out.
The 28-year-old woman told police the suspect fired a shot at her and she returned fire, hitting him in the leg, the report said.
Officers took the employee’s gun into evidence and went to search for the man. They found an abandoned backpack that contained a gun in an area where the suspect was seen running, according to the report.
Surveillance video reviewed by police confirmed it was the suspect’s backpack.
Officers did not locate the alleged robber, and the incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland police.
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Parkland shooter’s jury search restarts due to judge’s error
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The judge overseeing jury selection for a man who murdered 17 people at a Florida high school declared that the process will start over Monday, after prosecutors and defense attorneys argued that she erred when she didn’t question 11 potential jurors who said they would not follow the law before she dismissed them.
In granting the motion filed by Nikolas Cruz ‘s prosecutors over the strong objection of his attorneys, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer nullified two weeks of work by prosecution and defense lawyers, forcing them to begin the entire process anew Monday.
As a result, almost 250 potential jurors who had said they could sit for a four-month trial will not be called back next month for further questioning over whether they could fairly judge Cruz, who pleaded guilty in October to murdering 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. More than 1,200 candidates had been screened.
The 12-member jury that will be selected after a two-month winnowing process will decide if Cruz, 23, is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole. The restart will push back opening statements from June 14 to June 21. They had already been delayed from May 31.
Prosecutor Carolyn McCann made her argument after the 11 jurors who were improperly dismissed by Scherer two weeks ago weren’t told to return to court for more questioning Monday — as had been planned — due to a miscommunication error.
Scherer said they would be brought in next week, but McCann argued that more time would be wasted if the potential jurors had to be struck anyway. She said the prosecution has just as much right to question potential jurors and to an untainted final panel as the defense.
“Neither side has been able to talk to these jurors. In a capital case, the questioning of jurors is important. It is of the utmost importance,” McCann said. “This is not harmless error.”
Melisa McNeill, Cruz’s lead public defender, said Scherer should wait until next week to see if the 11 jurors returned and could be questioned.
“We believe you are committing more error” by dismissing the potential jurors now, McNeill said.
Scherer sided with the prosecution, but gave the defense until Wednesday to conduct research in an effort to change her mind.
Scherer told both sides that while they think she made a serious error by not questioning the 11 jurors, she disagrees. She said she was only deferring to their opinion to move the case forward.
Having to start again has been a possibility since April 5 after Scherer’s questioning of a group of 60 potential jurors, the fifth of 21 panels screened before Monday.
With every other group, Scherer only asked if the potential jurors had any hardships that would make it impossible for them to serve from June through September. With the fifth group, however, she also asked if any would not follow the law if chosen. Eleven hands went up.
Scherer dismissed them without further questioning, drawing an objection from Cruz’s attorneys. They wanted to make sure they were not simply trying to avoid jury service. Florida jury candidates are always questioned before dismissal.
Scherer tried to have the jurors returned, but all except one had left the courthouse. She said the Broward County Sheriff’s Office would deliver summonses to them, but that was not done for unexplained reasons. Even if all returned, they still might have been disqualified because they had not been given the order that Scherer gave to other potential jurors to not discuss or read about the case.
“I will never make that mistake again,” Scherer told attorneys the next day.
David Weinstein, a Miami defense attorney and former prosecutor, said Monday that the prosecutors are correct, to a point. They, the victims and their next of kin “all have a right to a fair trial, but that right can’t trump the rights of a criminal defendant.”
“What the state is seeking to prevent, more than anything else, is a penalty phase that has been tainted at this early stage,” he said. If Cruz receives a death sentence, that could result in it being thrown out on appeal, he said. “From their perspective, the judge can wipe the slate clean and start over.”
But the defense, he said, will argue on appeal that by restarting over their objection, Cruz is being subjected to double jeopardy and cannot be sentenced to death.
Robert Jarvis, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University, said the prosecution is correct that a restart is necessary. But, he said, the dispute is “another error by a judge who is in over her head.” This is Scherer’s first capital case.
The jurors eventually selected will decide whether aggravating factors — the multiple deaths, Cruz’s planning and his cruelty — outweigh mitigating factors such as the defendant’s lifelong mental and emotional problems, possible sexual abuse and the death of his parents.
For Cruz to receive the death penalty, the jury must vote unanimously for that option. If one or more vote against it, he will be sentenced to life without parole.
Given Cruz’s notoriety and the hatred many in the community have for him, finding jurors who can be fair promises to be an excruciatingly long process. Jurors who can serve four months complete questionnaires about their backgrounds and their beliefs on the death penalty. The answers are given to both sides, and then prospects are brought back in several weeks for further questioning.
Both sides then can try to “rehabilitate” jurors who they believe might be favorable for their side. For example, jurors who are morally opposed to the death penalty would normally be dismissed as unfair to the prosecution, but the defense can ask whether they could vote for the death penalty if the law required it. If the judge is convinced that they could, the juror could be seated.
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