Montogmery: Romay Davis, 102, the oldest living member of Central Postal Directory Battalion 6888, the largest organization of blacks and women to serve in World War II, was venerated Tuesday at City Hall following the resolution by President Joe Biden in March. to sign an invoice authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for Unity, designated “Six Triple Eight”. More than 800 black women shaped the 6888, which began sailing to England in February 1945. Once there, they faced not only mountains of undelivered mail, but also racism and sexism. According to the story, they were denied access to an American Red Cross club and hotels, and a senior officer was threatened with being replaced by a white first officer when some members of the unit failed an inspection. Working under the slogan “No Mail, Low Morale,” the women served 24/7 and developed a new tracking formula that processed around 65,000 pieces per shift, allowing them to eliminate a accumulation of shipments of six months in only three months. Array The medals themselves will not be available for months, but the leaders must hold events for Davis and five other surviving members of the 6888 due to their age complex.
Sitka: A male brown bear passing between garbage cans killed by the government in a city that recorded a record number of bear incidents last year. Sitka Sentinel reported. Last year, 14 bears were killed in and around Sitka, which the newspaper said was a record for the community. of which he hit the bear. Police won a call about a bear around 11:40 p. m. m. Samedi. When Bethune arrived around 1 a. m. On Sunday, officials had killed the animal, he said. attract bears. Bethune estimated that the bear was between 8 and 12 years old and healthy.
Phoenix: The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a request by Cyber Ninjas, a firm that oversaw a partisan election review in Arizona, to dismiss a $50,000 daily fine for refusing to turn over similar records to polling attention. of the state Senate. The court also denied Cyber Ninjas’ request to state that the records are not public records. It was the time they applied to the High Court and the time the court rejected it this year. The brief injunction means the fines continue as the Ninjas’ owner was slow to comply with a court order that records on him, similar to last year’s survey review, are public records. The court also denied a request for attorneys’ fees from the Republic of Arizona on its appeal to Superior Court. The resolution does not make an ongoing claim for payment in the ongoing combat in abatement court. The Republic is suing Cyber Ninjas and their owners, Doug and Meghan Logan, arguing that the company’s records, similar to the State Senate-mandated survey review of the effects of the 2020 election on the Maricopa County, are public records. The lawsuit also extends to the Senate, but he was not a party to the Supreme Court appeal.
Springdale: A place with a fireplace in a house in northwest Arkansas killed six other people, adding 4 children, the government said. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Monday that the chimney spot occurred early Sunday morning in a trailer in Springdale, about 145 miles northwest of Little Rock. Rescuers received a call around 2 a. m. about a chimney and that other people were still inside the home, the sheriff’s office said. A child was able to escape. Detectives are investigating the cause of the chimney. The bodies of the victims were sent to the state’s crime lab to determine the cause of death. The sheriff’s office did not release the names or ages of the victims. KNWA tv reported that the Springdale School district said the victims included academics enrolled in the district.
Sacramento: Tap water used by more than 900,000 Californians is unsafe to drink, and the state isn’t acting early enough to help plug it, state auditors said in a report. Thousands of water systems serve the other 39 million people in the state, and about 5% of them involve some type of contaminant, such as nitrates or arsenic, according to the audit. This means that other people cannot safely drink the water or use it for cooking or bathing. Most of the 370 faulty systems are in economically disadvantaged communities, with many in the Central Valley, the agricultural heartland of the state. The National Water Resources Control Board has provided at least $1. 7 billion in grants since 2016 for design and structure to improve water systems. This may come only with the construction of new treatment plants, the consolidation of water systems, or other moves to improve water quality. But the council took an average of 33 months in 2021 for water operators to complete the application procedure and get money, the audit found, almost double the time it took in 2017. The audit found a lack of transparent metrics and a Poor communication created confusion. . for water districts seeking help and slowed down the allocation process. Eileen Sobeck, executive director of the water board, told state auditors that the board agrees the procedure can be made more transparent and faster. But she disagreed with the conclusion that the council has not acted urgently to improve infected water systems, saying “the council’s highest priority is to promote the human right to clean water. ” ‘water. ‘ California enacted a right to secure drinking water law in 2013. The water board has said in the past that it would need $4. 5 billion to satisfy all wants through 2025.
Denver: Two Republicans who hinted that their losses at last month’s GOP number one in Colorado may just be the result of fraud filed their circular of recount requests on Tuesday. Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and state Rep. Ron Hanks echoed former President Donald Trump’s claims related to the 2020 election in their own races for their party’s nomination for secretary of state and the U. S. Senate. USA, respectively. After wasting more than 40,000 votes, they requested a manual recount. The Colorado secretary of state’s workplace said its regulations require any count to be done through device and that it would charge $236,000. When the applicants did not pay, their losses were certified.
Hartford: Max Reiss, the face of Gov. Ned Lamont’s tenure for the past three years, said he will leave next month to take on a new job in the personal sector. Reiss, 36, will be senior vice president of M
Georgetown: The city council voted to donate $24,750 to the Georgetown Historical Society, a nonprofit organization that allows a Confederate flag to fly on its property. Councilwoman Angela Townsend sponsored a motion to approve the investment, and the other council members voted in favor. Mayor Bill West did not vote. Townsend’s motion stated that “a committee would be formed to address the concerns” but did not specify details. The Georgetown Historical Society’s Marvel Museum houses many buildings, a collection of vintage cars, and artifacts similar to Georgetown’s history. The grounds and buildings are also used for public and personal events. The Delaware Grays Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #2068 signed an agreement with the society in 2007, allowing them to install and support the flag and a monument to Delawareans who fought for the Confederacy. It was only 15 years ago, but it was definitely another time, when the governor at the time. Ruth Ann Minner celebrated the installation by signaling a “Confederate History and Heritage Week” throughout the state. In 2017, the Lower Sussex NAACP called for the removal of the flag. In 2019, the state refused to provide investment to the Georgetown Historical Society due to the flag.
Washington: Police say they discovered a woman they were looking for after confirming their investigation into an armed robbery in northwest DC on Wednesday morning. Lt. McHauly Murphy of the MPD’s Second District first announced that police were looking for Selita Lee, 30. Police said she was kidnapped through her boyfriend, Marquez “Mikko” Antonio Parker, 44, whom they are still looking for. Parker is described by police as about five feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds, with an average build. He was last seen dressed in a white T-shirt, soft blue pants and white shoes. Police said he was carrying a black saddlebag and was armed with a black handgun. Anyone with information about this case should contact law enforcement by calling 911, texting the department’s dataline at five 0411, or calling (202) 727-9099.
ORLANDO: The state’s population increased slightly from previous forecasts in the first quarter of this year, but the slowdown in the expansion with deaths exceeding births is still in the Sunshine State’s long-term over the next decade, according to estimates released last week. Estimates released through the state’s Population Estimation Conference showed that Florida’s population expansion appears to have peaked last year at a rate of 1. 6%. Florida’s population in 2022 will increase to more than 22 million, california and Texas alone. forecast, reflecting an increase in migration. While Florida will continue to grow over the next decade and beyond, with a population of just under 25 million through 2032, its rate of expansion will slow to 0. 8 percent in 10 years and an estimated 0. 6 percent through 2039.
Reidsville: A pass, pass, pass judge was arrested for putting at risk a guy who had confronted the lawyer for removing vegetables from his garden. Tattnall County Chief Magistrate Judge Eddie Anderson, 70, was charged Monday with the crime of terrorist risk and violating workplace oath, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. He was incarcerated in the county jail and released under his own rule. he had come to his goods and had taken vegetables without permission. The man told the government that Anderson violently risked him when confronted with a phone call. to a phone message left at your workplace or an email seeking comment Tuesday.
Honolulu – A man accused of using forged bank checks totaling $1. 2 million to break 3 other people out of prison has been arrested and sentenced to jail without bail, court records show. Samuela Tuikolongahau Jr. was arrested Monday by federal authorities. A US Secret Service affidavit filed with the court alleged that he handed over bank checks for $760,000, $400,000 and $50,000 in 2020 when seeking to post bail for three other people being held in the Oahu Correctional Intermediate Network. He left a Honolulu courthouse after being told the checks would want to be verified, according to the court document. The authorities decided that the checks were forged and that the two men and the woguy he tried to break out of prison were not released. Court documents do not specify his relationship to the other three jailed people. Tuikolongahau made an impression in federal court Tuesday for a hearing, in which judgment was issued on defense attorney Walter Rodthrough appointed to constitute him. Tuikolongahau agreed to be held without bail, as requested by prosecutors, according to court records. Rodthrough did not promptly respond to emails and phone messages seeking comment.
Boise: More than 800 foresters and staff are battling a wildfire in east-central Idaho that authorities say threatens homes, a major north-south corridor, electrical infrastructure, recreational opportunities and the city of Salmon’s municipal watershed. On Tuesday, The Moose Chimney spread to nearly 60 square miles burning dead, feathery grass, weeds and fabrics in the Salmon-Challis National Forest. It is only contained in 10%. Firefighters are protective structures in several areas, as well as in the U. S. Highway 93 corridor. A major highway from north to south, for cutting the helicopter from the river with a giant crane. The cause of the fire that broke out on July 17 is unknown. High temperatures and dry relative humidity hinder control efforts. Smoke has also been a problem.
Northbrook: A coyote on public display in suburban Chicago will have a bigger den, but won’t be moving to a Colorado wildlife sanctuary. A report from the Cook County Forest Reserve District said the coyote, named Rocky, is “happy and healthy” in his 266-square-foot home, but will have more space. Critics, however, said that its steady pace made it obvious that it was boring. “You put an animal in a cage, it’s not happy,” said Jodie Wiederkehr, director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals. Rocky has been at the River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook since 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He discovered the domestic dog in Tennessee. He is being worked on in an expanded habitat at the nature center. A petition to move the coyote to a wildlife sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado has more than 6,000 signatures. “Because the coyote is an imprinted animal that has lived with humans virtually since birth, there is no guarantee that it will thrive if it moves across the country and is brought to other coyotes,” they said. Officials of the Forest Reserve.
Indianapolis: Republican lawmakers narrowly complicated a plan Tuesday to ban nearly all abortions in the state, despite opposition from abortion-rights advocates who said the law went too far, and anti-abortion activists. , who said it was not approved. far enough. Indiana has one of the first Republican-led state legislatures to debate tougher abortion legislation since the US Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v. Wade. The United States Supreme Court officially issued its ruling Tuesday in Dobbs v. Jackson on June 24, a step that allows certain state laws to trigger an abortion ban. In Indiana, chants from anti-abortion activists, such as “Let your hearts beat,” can be heard inside the Senate chamber as a committee wrapped up two days of testimony in which none of the more than 60 people spoke for the Republican Party. . – sponsored invoice. The committee voted 7-5 in favor of the ban after also adding provisions under which doctors can face fraudulent fees and up to six years of fraud for performing an illegal abortion. It’s the same penalty possible for abortions on the spot under Indiana’s existing 20-week ban. Other amendments to the bill will only be debated in the full Senate on Thursday.
Des Moines: The Butter Cow at the Iowa State Fair, August 11-21, will be featured with a side piece: a triyet from ‘The Music Man,’ the Broadway musical written by Mason’s Meredith WillsonArray City, in 1957. The musical based on the fictional town of River City, Iowa, celebrates its 60th year in theaters with a Broadway remake starring Hugh Jackman as traveling salesman Harold Hill looking to sell the town tools Iowa musicals and uniforms to start a band. Officials promised that at least one of the 76 trombones in the musical’s centerpiece will appear. The 600-pound yetter cow will have another significant piece, a relief celebrating Ye Old Mill’s 100th anniversary. The 1,500-foot canal ride was first built in 1921. Couples like to ride the boats and many couples have shared a first kiss or proposed on the ride. In 1996, a strong wind blew through the sawmill, but a $100,000 donation from the Boatmen’s Bank of Iowa helped the attraction return to the State Fair that year. The Yetter cow became a staple of the State Fair in 1911. The fair added another major sculpture in 1996 that featured Grant Wood’s “American Gothic. ” Over the years, sculptures of Harry Potter, Garth Brooks, the “Field of Dreams” 25th anniversary, Superman and gymnast Shawn Johnson have been featured.
Topeka: Early voting is expanding in Kansas ahead of the statewide abortion vote next week. More than two-and-a-half times more people voted early Tuesday against the same point in the 2018 midterm primary, the Kansas Secretary of State said. Workplace was reported. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to amend the state charter to allow the legislature to further limit or ban abortion. The Kansas vote is the first statewide referendum on abortion policy since the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the U. S. Supreme Court held the first statewide referendum on abortion policy. Junio. La Republican-controlled legislature put the anti-abortion measure in the poll to overturn a 2019 state Supreme Court ruling that noted access to abortion is a “fundamental” right under the state charter. The measure would load language saying the state charter does not grant the right to abortion, allowing lawmakers to regulate it as they see fit.
Frankfurt: The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has authorized a new facility with plans to offer quarterback horse racing in the state. Revolutionary Racing will be built in Ashland and will feature an American “speed racing” track and a historic horse racing facility, managed by Governor Andy Beshear. announced Tuesday. Historical racing machines allow other people to bet on randomly generated horse races of the past. The games show videos of condensed horse racing . $55 million and create two hundred jobs, Beshear said. The allocation of the structure is expected to be completed in 2024.
New Orleans: Jury deliberations resumed Wednesday in the federal trial of New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams, who was elected the city’s attorney general in December 2020 despite being indicted months earlier on tax charges. Williams and Nicole Burdett, who was an attorney at their law firm, were indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud Williams’ taxes during a five-year era that ended in 2017. Prosecutors said Williams’ tax burden was unlawfully reduced. at $200,000. Prosecutors closed their case Tuesday morning, a week after the trial began. Witnesses for the prosecution included tax preparer Henry Timothy, who was cooperating with prosecutors after pleading guilty to a single tax charge. The defense also rested on Tuesday morning, without calling any witnesses. Williams has long maintained that the allegation was politically motivated. Defense attorneys portrayed Timothy as a con man while attacking his credibility and questioning why others whose taxes were ready through Timothy were not criminally prosecuted.
Augusta: Democratic Gov. Janet Mills enhanced her fundraising merit over Republican challenger Paul LePage in the latest reporting era, raising $605,000 during the 42-day era, according to documents filed Tuesday. The report, which covers the June 1-July 19 era, raised Mills’ fundraiser to $3. 8 million, with $2. 7 million in cash, according to campaign disclosure reports. Reports. The race is one of many gubernatorial races that will be on the national radar in the 2022 midterm elections. LePage is seeking to become the first governor to serve 3 four-year terms. LePage has served consecutive terms, but Maine allows a former governor to return to serve after the absence of an election.
Hagerstown: The Washington County Democratic Central Committee is expected to open its headquarters in downtown Hagerstown. An orientation was organized Saturday through the county’s Democratic Central Committee, where volunteers were provided with information on how to educate and inspire others to vote for Democratic candidates. in the general elections of 8 November.
Boston: Legislation banning discrimination in herbal and protective hairstyles, such as Afros, cornrows, or frizzy braids, was passed in Massachusetts paint shops, school districts, and school-related organizations. signed into law by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday. Black women in particular have been insisted at school and in the paints to alter their hair to comply with policies that are biased against herbal hairstyles, according to supporters of the law. The bill had passed unanimously in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate. The new law defines herbal and protective hairstyles as coming with “braids, highlights, twists, Bantu knots, and other formations,” and makes the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination responsible for enforcing the protections. Policies that restrict or ban herbal hairstyles in all school districts are now prohibited. The law also prohibits hair discrimination in employment, business, advertising, and public spaces. Massachusetts is the 18th state to pass an edition of the bill, known as the Crown Bill, into law, lawmakers said.
DETROIT: Thousands of other people falsely accused of fraud in applying for unemployment benefits can apply for monetary assistance from the state, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, innovating when it claims their constitutional rights have been violated by the government. “The state is prohibited by violating the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. If he does, he is guilty for the harm he causes,” Judge Megan Cavanagh wrote in a 4-3 opinion.
Duluth: The Chippewa Tribe of Minnesota voted to eliminate a decades-long requirement that members have a minimum of 25% Chippewa blood. Officials said 65 percent of the electorate in a consultative referendum said the quantum blood requirement deserves to be removed from the club in the six-reserve tribe. The referendum is a consultant to tribal leaders who will now decide whether or not to ask the electorate to replace the tribe’s constitution. Most of the electorate said they all reserve — Fond du Lac, Mille Lacs, Bois Forte, Grand Portage, White Earth and Leech Lake — deserve to be allowed to determine their own registration conditions, the Star Tribune reported. as members despite having a parent who is. About 15% of the tribe’s roughly 39,000 citizens are under the age of 18.
Jackson: The city is moving forward with the creation of a workplace for violence prevention and trauma recovery that was announced in early May, Safiya R said. Omari, city staff leader. The National League of Cities and Wells Fargo Bank awarded the city a $700,000 grant in May to create the workplace. In addition, the city will hire an executive director and policy analyst with experience in public protection, while seeking more investments for the prevention workplace, Omari said. “Students from local schools will have the opportunity to serve as interns to expand the network’s interventions toward violence prevention,” Omari said.
Springfield: Federal investigators say a Springfield man robbed a bank last week after he wrote a deguyd note in pink highlighter on the back of his birth certificate and put it in his wallet. On July 20, around 11:30 a. m. m. , court documents showed a 29-year-old man dressed in a gray cropped T-shirt, blue athletic shorts and orange shoes walked into the Bank of America on West Kearney Street and passed a wallet a note that reads “Give me your coins now. Do not say anything. I have a spouse abroad. The purser emptied the coin drawer and passed the coins and price ticket to the guy, at which point the guy drove off in a black pickup truck, according to court documents. The guy was arrested later that day on a tip. The guy reportedly confessed to the crime and told investigators that he robbed the bank to “prove a point” to his friend after they had a fight. He told investigators he didn’t know which bank he was going to rob, but he walked past Bank of America and that would be the one. According to court documents, the man told police that he wrote the note on the back of her birth certificate with a pink highlighter and that after fleeing the scene, he threw his birth certificate and identification out the window of the car. car. The guy is charged with one count of bank robbery, a federal felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
West Glacier: A 79-year-old Florida man was killed in a fall in Glacier National Park while looking to scale an off-trail slope with an organization of friends, park officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday morning on Rising Wolf Mountain, several hundred feet above Two Medicine Campground in the southeastern component of the park, spokeswoman Gina Kerzguy said. Friends descended on the victim’s location, shouted to the camp for help, and called 911. National Park Service labor corps responded. A search helicopter operated through Two Bear Air, which was racing toward the bodies of two men who died in a rock-climbing twist of fate several days earlier, was temporarily diverted to help with the rescue. The helicopter transported the subconscious subject to Two Medicine Ranger Station, where an air ambulance was waiting. The air ambulance crew pronounced the man dead, the government said. The call and the guy’s hometown have been withheld until relatives can be notified. The bodies of the two 67-year-old Montana men who died in a fall inside Dusty Star Mountain park were also discovered Monday, Kerzguy said. Brian McKenzie Kennedy of Columbia Falls and Jack Dewayne Beard of Kalispell were skilled mountaineers who scaled Glacier Park’s mountain peaks for decades, park officials said in releasing their calls Tuesday. Both were members of the Glacier Mountaineering Society, the park said in a statement. The men leave for a promotion on July 22 and are due back the following day. They were reported missing on July 24 and their bodies were seen from a search helicopter on Monday morning.
Lincoln: President Joe Biden approved a federal crisis claim application for a portion of Nebraska that suffered severe storm and straight-line wind damage in May. The designation allows state, local and tribal governments and certain private nonprofit organizations to access federal investments in a cost-sharing foundation for emergency painting and to repair or replace damaged facilities. Covers 20 counties from central to northeastern Nebraska. The counties included in the declaration are Antelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Custer, Dixon, Garfield, Greeley, Holt, Knox, Logan, Pierce, Polk, Sherman, Thurston, Valley, Wayne, Wheeler and York. A line of severe storms that crossed the eastern component of the state on May 12 generated straight-line winds of up to 100 mph in places, the National Weather Service reported, toppling power lines, utility poles and trees and damaging buildings.
Las Vegas: Another box has appeared in Lake Mead, this time in a swimming domain where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam recedes due to drought. The National Park Service did not say how long officials believe the body was submerged in the Boulder Beach domain before it was discovered Monday by others who summoned park rangers. Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse said Tuesday that the waterline of the swimming domain along the north shore of the Hemenway Marina was partially covered in dust. The sex of the decedent did not become apparent right away, Rouse said, and she was too early to say the time, cause and manner of death. Investigators will review missing user records as part of the effort, Rouse said. The body was the third discovered since May as the shoreline receded into the narrowing reservoir between Nevada and Arizona east of Las Vegas. The surface of the lake has dropped more than 170 feet since the reservoir was completed in 1983. It is now about 30% complete. The coroner said his office is conducting investigations to identify a man whose body was discovered May 1 in a rusting barrel in the Hemenway Harbor Domain and a man whose bones were found May 7 in a freshly sandbar. discovered near Callville Bay, more than nine miles away. . from the marina On July 6, the body of a 22-year-old Boulder City woguy was found in the water near where he had disappeared while traveling in a private boat. Rouse said it may take several weeks for her to discover the cause of his death. The frame-in-a-barrel case was being investigated as a murder after police said the man was shot and his clothing dated from the mid-1970s to early 1980s.
Henniker: The state Executive Council, which approves state appointments and contracts, voted 4-1 to deny investment to Equality Health Center, Lovering Health Center and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. The contracts, which were subsidized by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, reportedly funded cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease testing, birth control and another physical care regimen for more than 16,000 low-income women. The result was the same when the council voted in September, December and January. vote from the U. S. Supreme Court ruling. The U. S. Government to override the federal right to abortion. In the past, Republican lawmakers had raised considerations that public money would pay for abortions and continued to vote not even after audit reports showed the budget was not mixed.
Trenton: New Jersey hospitalized patients who tested positive for the coronavirus have surpassed 1,000 for the first time since February and most of the state has again seen the highest transmission rates as a new mutation continues to spread rapidly, according to data from the Health Department’s State Spectacles. But the directors of some of the state’s largest hospital networks said most patients had mild symptoms and were sent home with medication. and New York, up 64% from two weeks ago.
Santa Fe: Gun protection advocates said police, prosecutors and judges are still learning how to exploit a 2020 red flag law that can be used to capture guns from others who pose a danger to others or to themselves. Shiela Lewis provides education to police officers, prosecutors and school principals on how to apply for an approved sentence for a red flag order to temporarily capture firearms for a period of one year that can be extended. She told a panel of state lawmakers Tuesday that an incomplete understanding of the existing law limits its use as a precautionary measure opposed to gun violence. Only nine petitions to get rid of firearms have been filed since the New Mexico Red Flag Act went into effect in May 2020. The state’s fitness ministry said it plans to start applying for Grants to Prevent Gun Violence, starting in August.
New York: A jury was asked Tuesday to find out whether a neurologist used his growing pain management practice to sexually assault six patients or fell victim to accusers with false stories. The case against Dr. Riautomobiledo Cruciani was based on “survivor stories from six other women,” Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey said during closing arguments in Cruciani’s trial. “This is a lawsuit about a doctor who raped, sodomized, hugged and manipulated her patients,” Lucey said. The prosecutor argued that the evidence showed that Cruciani treated patients by prescribing too many painkillers, infrequently to treat serious injuries from car crashes and other accidents. The accusers testified that the sexual abuse occurred behind closed doors during appointments in 2013 at a Manhattan medical center, where the doctor exposed himself and demanded sex. Defense attorney Fred Sosinsky responded by stating that the witnesses were unreliable, telling jurors, “You deserve to have any and all explanations as to why you doubt those charges. ” He added that the witnesses “were willing to lie” and “discuss the indisputable. ” Cruciani, 68, has pleaded not guilty to several charges, adding rape, sexual abuse and predatory sexual assault. The jury worked for about an hour Tuesday night without reaching a verdict. He was to resume deliberations on Wednesday morning.
Charlotte: Mayor Vi Lyles won a third term Tuesday when the Democrat defeated his Republican rival Stephanie de Sarachaga-Bilbao by a margin of more than 2 to 1, according to unofficial results. In Greensboro, the state’s third-largest city, Mayor Nancy Vaughan led challenger Justin Outling through more votes in the officially nonpartisan race. News
Fargo: The state’s only abortion clinic was preparing for what could be its last day of procedures, with a travel ban that went into effect Thursday that will likely require patients to travel many miles to get care while waiting for the clinic moves. across the border in Minnesota. Unless a ruling intervenes, the Red River Women’s Clinic will provide abortion facilities on Wednesday and then close. Owner Tammi Kromenaker is building a clinic in Moorhead, Minnesota, with the help of nearly $1 million raised through GoFundMe. Kromenaker did not say when the new clinic will open and did not respond to messages Tuesday. Planned Parenthood said it could perform abortions at its own Moorhead facility to fill the void if needed, but it’s not clear if that will happen. Once North Dakota’s ban goes into effect, the closest abortion clinics will be in Minneapolis and Duluth, about four hours’ drive from Fargo, and Billings, Montana, about four hours from the border. western North Dakota.
Cincinnati: An Ohio man who admitted to risking a witness after posting videos of the riots at the U. S. CapitolThe U. S. Attorney General was sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation. Justin Stoll of Wilmington pleaded guilty in January in U. S. District Court. U. S. Department of Health in Cincinnati for transmitting a risk of injury. Authorities alleged Stoll violated Capitol security barricades but did not enter construction on Jan. 6, 2021. According to court documents, Stoll attended the rally and went with other rioters in front of police barricades that had been demolished. He recorded videos showing this and uploaded them. When an online viewer said he recorded his video, Stoll warned that if the viewer took steps to “put me in danger, to be with my family,” then the user would meet their “creator” and that he would be the only one to “arrange the meeting. “
Oklahoma City: Teams are expected to open a new medium exhibition coliseum this fall to update “The Big House,” which opened in 1965 and helped OKC Exhibits become known as the “Equestrian Capital of the World. “The new Colosseum will be built for just over $102 million. Rising structure prices and inflation have increased the value much more than when a November 2020 City Council memo estimated the charge at $73 million. Although a small portion of the Jim Norick Arena is being demolished to make way for the Colosseum, the stadium will be totally incompatible with the national one during all stages of the structure, exhibition center spokesman Scott Munz said. occasions consistent with the year, adding shows of farm animals and foreign equines, concerts, sporting events and shows on ice.
Salem: A man who allegedly started wildfires in a remote, wooded corner of Oregon was stopped through 3 local citizens and tied to a tree until police arrived, a sheriff’s office said Tuesday. The federal, state and county governments responded Monday to a radio call from a U. S. government. An Office of Land Management worker who reported that a man was walking along a gravel road and lighting a chimney in a forest about 25 miles northwest of Grants Pass. Ground staff, assisted by local citizens and 3 helicopters temporarily controlled the two chimneys, Curry County Sheriff John Ward said. Meanwhile, 3 local citizens located the suspect walking on the road near the chimneys and arrested him. Curry County Jail for arson and reckless burning, Ward said. Court documents do not specify whether you have an attorney. Bail was set at $100,000.
Harrisburg: A resolution on whether the public investment education approach meets a state constitutional requirement was left in the hands of a state ruling Tuesday when the discussion ended on the long-standing issue. Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer did not say when she will rule, but said lawyers had left her with a huge record of cases to consider. The case may result in really extensive changes, as the plaintiffs question whether the amounts and manner of distribution of annual school scholarships issued by the General Assembly are consistent with the state Constitution. The defendants, Republican leaders in the House and Senate, argued that the investment had been greater and adequate. Public investment for education was highest in the budget approved earlier this month and has grown billions of dollars in Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s nearly eight years in office.
Providencia: Mayor Jorge Elorza said that there would be no violations of civil liberties with the deployment of the town’s license plate reading cameras despite considerations about the lack of public participation. Although the Rhode Island bankrupt American Civil Liberties Union has criticized the cameras, designed through Atlanta-based Flock Safety, and opposes expanding surveillance efforts, Elorza said “considerations about compromised civil liberties will not materialize. ” “I urge everyone to keep an open mind,” said City Council President John Igliozzi, who said the cameras are imperative to creating “a safe environment in which to live. ” Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré said the cameras will most likely be activated within the next 30 days. Paré said the policy governing the use of cameras, which was distributed to reporters, evolved in 60 days. Flock gives Providence 25 loose cameras for a year’s trial. The program did not obtain the approval of the city council, because it did not want to be considered as part of the municipal budget.
Colombia: Gov. Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette made history Wednesday as the first gubernatorial candidate to run for re-election in South Carolina. This fall is just the time when the electorate will elect a governor and lieutenant governor together. In 2018, the lieutenant governors were elected separately. ” We’ve been very lucky in the last 4 years,” McMaster told reporters after Evette signed the documents from his crusade. “She knows firsthand the trials, tribulations and demanding situations of business. “.
Sioux Falls: A corn grows in front of a space, specifically, in the 5700 block of W. Silver Valley Drive, near Dunham Park, on the west side of the city. This is the flash report of corn sprouting in unexpected places this week after a golfer discovered a corn plant on the Elmwood Gold Course Monday in a sand bunker. Both plants were photographed and shared by others on the Sioux Falls Reddit page to delight others who were able to relive what for some will be the most positive story of 2020 in the city. In 2020, the 57th Street Corn has become the city’s go-to, inspiring t-shirts, memes, and images from enthusiasts across the region. Corn plucked from the ground was later discovered near the intersection of 57th Street and Minnesota Avenue. Silver Valley Drive Corn is still a young plant, but Ldyia Smith, the owner of the space across the street from the plant, said it’s in good hands. “I said we could start serving street corn once it starts to grow,” Smith said.
Memphis: A black repertory theater said it plans to open a free tuition school for at-risk students and other equipment in a historic church that will be renovated after falling into disrepair. The Hattiloo Theatre said the new program is expected to start in due course in 2023. Students will be accepted on the basis of auditions and two-thirds of admissions will be reserved for marginalized and low-income academics, the theater announced Tuesday. The Hattiloo Theatre School will hold loose audition workshops in at-risk neighborhoods. The systems will come with courses for youth based on point of view and age, a course on talents and a course for the elderly, the theater said. The school will be located in the third Presbyterian church, built in 1860. A network of the redevelopment company plans to fund the renovations. The church served as a hospital for Federal Civil War troops, and replaced their calling and congregations over the years, the theater said.
El Paso: The building that houses one of the oldest grocery retail outlets in the city will be remodeled into medical workstations anchored by the workstations of doctors at El Paso Children’s Hospital and eventually into a clinic. The Food City building at 5400 Alameda Ave. was sold June 30 through the grocery store’s owners to an El Paso developer for an undisclosed amount. The 50-year-old store is expected to close around Aug. 10, a Food City official said. The building and the five acres on which it sits are assessed for tax purposes at $3. 7 million through the El Paso Central Assessment District. Food City officials told the Texas Workforce Commission that they would lay off another 90 people through Sept. 3. However, that number is now around five and five because some workers have been relocated to the other two Food City retail outlets in El Paso, Carlos Loweree, vice president of Food City, said Tuesday. Children’s Hospital El Paso officials said in a statement that the hospital is leasing part of the Food City building because it wants more workspace for doctors as it continues to employ more people. of medical specialists.
Salt Lake City: Miniature liquor bottles may not return to deeply devoted Utah liquor retailers until the fall after the state company that oversees liquor approved a reinstatement of the rule on Tuesday. Members of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Services Commission voted unanimously to allow the sale of spirits in sizes larger than the average shot or glass of wine, Fox Thirteen reported. The commission plans to open the reinstatement of the proposed rule to public comment and, barring considerations, could institute it as late as the fall. A decades-old ban on miniature liquor bottles is one of many exclusive liquor laws in Utah, where the majority of the population are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who avoid alcohol. Church officials said the state legislation is moderate and effective in reducing binge drinking and driving under the influence, while allowing others to drink responsibly. As Utah attracts ever-increasing numbers of tourists and non-church members, new tensions have arisen over the state’s liquor legislation and considerations have grown over whether they bolster the state’s reputation as a devoutly religious position. conservative who is not liberal with those who drink alcohol. Array Liquor regulators said the push to bring back the mini-bottles came from businesses located in tourist areas of the state.
Burlington: The Shelburne Street roundabout will soon be fully open to traffic after a year of construction, according to the Vermont Transportation Agency. While the $10 million allocation probably won’t be officially finalized until next spring, the roundabout will be fully functional in the past. due to the summer or early fall, assignments manager Mike LaCroix said via email. Planners hope the roundabout will lead to a safer scenario for motorists and pedestrians, as the ancient maze of melting lanes has contributed to many serious accidents. The roundabout will be located at the intersection of Shelburne Road, South Willard Street, Ledge Road and Locust Street at the south end. Workers are now installing street lamps, curbs, dividers and sidewalks, as well as paving shared-use trails and pavement, applying strips of transit lines, and landscaping improvements. These paintings will continue in the coming months.
Danville: A Virginia company and its owner have agreed to pay $310,000 over allegations that they violated federal and state law by submitting false Medicare and Medicaid bills, according to the US Department of Justice. Jacob Patterson, 66, of Danville was a pharmacist who owned and operated Piedmont Infusion Services. The company hired nurses and orderlies to supply patients with compound prescriptions and medications through a needle and catheter ordered by their doctors, according to the department’s news release. Piedmont Infusion Services did not contract with a physician or a “physician extender” such as a physician assistant to provide patient care. From 2013 through early 2018, Patterson and Piedmont Infusion Services falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for high-profile workplace visits that did not occur, according to a news release. In addition, Patterson and Piedmont Infusion Services also fraudulently double-billed Medicare Part B for drugs already billed to Medicare Part D. Prosecutors said a former Piedmont Infusion Services worker came forward as a whistleblower and assisted the government in its investigation.
Seattle: The Seattle Chapter of the Audubon Society said it would drop “Audubon” from its call because the guy whose call the organization runs was a slave owner and opposed to abolition. KNKX reported that Seattle Audubon is one of the largest bankruptcies for the National Audubon Society, the nonprofit organization committed to protecting birds and their habitats. Earlier this month, the board voted to replace the bankruptcy filing because the guy for whom the organization is named, illustrator, painter and bird lover John James Audubon of the founding paintings “The Birds of America,” owned slaves. J. Drew Lanham, a former National Audubon Society board member and professor of wildlife ecology at Clemson University, called the resolution courageous. Lanham, who wrote about Audubon and opted out of national bankruptcy because he felt the nonprofit wasn’t doing enough about racial profiling, said organizations want to ask themselves what to do about problematic landmarks. Last year, the Audubon Naturalist Society, a Washington-based environmental organization, said it would remove “Audubon” from its convocation, but it is not affiliated with the National Audubon Society. Seattle Audubon said it plans to decide on a new call by the end of the year.
Charleston: West Virginia Corrections Commissioner Betsy Jividen is resigning, Gov. Jim Justice said. Jividen’s resignation took effect on August 5. She and the Division of Rehabilitation in 2018. She has served as Acting and Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of the state. Her jobs as an assistant US attorney date back to 1980. The Division of Corrections operates five prisons, detention centers and similar facilities. 2,000 employees.
Madison: Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels said during a debate that he may be taken seriously for his word that he wouldn’t raise fuel taxes. The main challenger, Rebecca Kleefisch, accused him of not taking up the duty for having in the past held leadership positions for teams that supported superiors. fuel taxes. Kleefisch, Michels and state Rep. Tim Ramthun debated on radio 3 days after a televised debate and less than two weeks before the Aug. 9 primary. The winner will face Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in November. Through Donald Trump and co-owner of the state’s largest structures company, Michels Corp. , said he “never” said he sought to raise the fuel tax. He said the teams he was a member of lobbied to raise the fuel tax, adding the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, reached consensus on the issues and disagreed. Kleefisch and former Gov. Scott Walker attacked Michels over the fuel tax issue.
Cheyenne: A ruling passed temporarily blocked the state’s abortion ban the day it went into effect, siding with a women’s fitness clinic and others who argued the ban would harm fitness staff and their patients and violate the state constitution. Lawyers arguing before Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens in Jackson disagreed over whether the state Constitution provides abortion rights. However, Owens was sympathetic to arguments that the ban left pregnant women with damaging headaches and their doctors in a delicate position. “It is an irreparable damage imaginable for the plaintiffs. They are left without a lawyer,” Owens said. allowing certain state laws to cause abortion to be prohibited. Those suing in Wyoming are coming up with a nonprofit that opened a Casper LGBTQ and women’s fitness clinic that allegedly offered abortions. A thief in May delayed opening the clinic from mid-June to at least the end of this year, months after Wyoming’s new abortion ban began. The four Wyoming women and two nonprofit organizations who sued Monday say the new law violates several rights guaranteed through the state constitution, adding a “fundamental right to be left alone through government. “