Mobile: Descendants of the last Africans kidnapped as slaves and brought to American shores gathered on a riverbank this weekend to pay tribute to their ancestors. Descendants of the other 110 people aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring African slaves to the United States, held a ritual to mark the anniversary of the ship’s arrival. Dressed in white and marching slowly to the beat of an African drum, the descendants made their way to the banks of the Mobile River, near the Alabama coast. A wreath of white, yellow and red flowers was carried down the river by a kayaker and thrown into the waters. The occasion marked the anniversary of the shipment’s arrival 162 years ago with 110 slaves brought into the country against their will from what is now the West African country of Benin, said Darron Patterson, president of the Clotilda Descendants Association. The 1860 voyage, which took place decades after the law banning the importation of slaves came into effect, began as a gamble when a wealthy plantation owner bet that he could import a shipment of slaves without getting caught. The discovery in 2019 of the remains of Clotilde sparked renewed interest in her saga. But Patterson said the focus needs to be on the other people being transported. “It’s not about shipping. It’s not about candles, nails or wood. These are the other people who were in the warehouse. And their stories were amazing stories,” he said. Patterson’s great-great-grandfather Kupollee, a beekeeper, farmer and carpenter, was one of 110 aboard the ship.
Anchorage: Masks are again needed for other federal buildings or buses within Denali National Park and Preserve due to high levels of COVID-19 in the wider network. The park institutes the mandate in accordance with U. S. Department of the Interior guidelines. In the U. S. , they require masks when the degrees of the COVID-19 network achieve maximum prestige in the vicinity. The Denali district north of the park and the Matanuska-Susitna district south of Denali reported their prestige as superior in knowledge to the U. S. Disease Centers. USA Masks that cover the nose and mouth will be mandatory for all those over 2 years of age, regardless of their vaccination prestige. They will have to wear them in all the usual and shared workspaces in buildings owned or controlled throughout the National Park. Service, adding guest centers, hostels, gift shops and restaurants. Masks are also required to board buses and complimentary shuttle services within the park.
Phoenix: A three-member EE. UU. de appeals court sided with state criminal authorities’ ban on wearing sexually particular curtains for inmates, denying allegations through a criminal newspaper about First Amendment violations. On Friday, the Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco issued an opinion primarily supporting the Arizona Department of Corrections’ past censorship of Prison Legal News issues. The State had challenged a district court’s permanent restraining order and an order to surrender 4 unredacted issues.
Springdale: Police have arrested a man charged with attempted murder in a shooting that sparked a mass leak from an upstate concert. Officers arrived at Parsons Stadium in Springdale shortly before 11 p. m. on Saturday to locate a fleeing mob and a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the “upper torso,” city police said in a statement. Array captain Jeff Taylor told The Associated Press that he did not know who was betting or if anyone else was injured during the evacuation. Paramedics took the wounded man to a local hospital, where witnesses told investigators the suspected shooter was Erik Navareyes, he said. Around 1 a. m. m. Sunday, authorities found Navareyes at a hospital in the nearby Rogers network. Police said hospital staff told them the 21-year-old had sought medicine there, claiming he was given up in a fight and shot someone. Police arrested Navareyes and booked him in the Washington County Jail. He wasn’t indexed on criminal records as of Sunday afternoon, and Taylor said he didn’t know if the guy had an attorney. Taylor said the shooting victim survived, but he may not provide more information about his condition.
LOS ANGELES: Two other people were killed and 3 injured in pre-dawn shootings Monday at 4 7-Eleven outlets in Southern California, and Passvernment said they were looking for a sniper in at least 3 of the shootings. The shootings appear to have occurred after robberies or attempted robberies at all 4 convenience outlets on July 11 or July 11, a day when 7-Eleven national lopass celebrated its 95th anniversary by handing out loose Slurpee drinks. “we enjoyed it,” 7-Eleven Inc. said in a press release. We are collecting data on this terrible tragedy and collaborating with local law enforcement. “Ana, Brea and La Habra, or why violence took a position on July 11. “I think the only user who would respond would be the suspect,” said Officer Ryan Railsback, a spokesman for the Riverside Police Department, where the first shooting occurred. and 1:50 a. m.
Colorado Springs: The state Department of Corrections repealed a new policy that prohibited probation officers from collecting felon fees for others who escaped from network correctional facilities after coming under criticism that doing so would endanger the public. State corrections officials reversed course last week and reinstated the search for warrants for mid-space escapes, The Gazette reports. The Department of Corrections’ resolution not to pursue warrants for transitioning offenders who had escaped the in-between spaces had drawn complaints from law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and prosecutors. middle space operators. “It is nothing less than a failure of the DOC to remain in local communities while moving criminals into the same communities,” Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader wrote in a letter. June 27 to Dean Williams, Executive Director of the Department of Corrections. Because of the pushback, Williams and Stan Hilkey, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, the state firm that oversees network buffers, planned to speak on the issue last week. Late Wednesday afternoon, Merideth McGrath, director of probation for the corrections department, told her firm that she would reinstate requesting warrants for such cases.
Waterbury: Years of attacks via an invasive species of beetle have decimated the state’s ash population, endangering power lines and highways and stretching city budgets as they face potential dangers. United States about 20 years ago and in Connecticut about 10 years ago. Experts say that millions of trees are now dead or dying. “It’s fair to say that all ash trees will succumb, in some pockets more dramatically than others,” state ranger Chris Martin told The Republican-American. Removing a dead ash tree from personal property can cost between $400 and $1,200, and decisions about duty to remove the tree are made in consultation with local forest rangers. Falling trees have killed two other people in the state in recent years. “Some weeks we get expenses of $12,000 or $8,000. He’s charging the city a lot of money,” Goshen head coach Todd Carusillo told the newspaper. Eversource has a budget of $33 million to cut down trees in 149 towns along 16,000 miles of highways. Sean Redding, plant manager for the utility, told the newspaper that most of the trees in western Connecticut have already been affected and have either disintegrated or fell on their own with no threat to overhead lines or motorists.
Fenwick Island: Golf carts and other low-speed cars are allowed on some city streets after a Chancery official ordered the hotel to temporarily suspend enforcement of its ban. Resident Kim Espinosa sued Fenwick Island beyond June in an attempt to overturn a city ordinance that banned cars from speeding, adding the yellow Moke, a fast type of electric golf cart, that Espinosa and her family have been using at Fenwick. to move through the year beyond. Espinosa said that she tried to negotiate with the town before going to court, but to no avail. Although Fenwick officials did not comment on the ongoing litigation, the March order said the ban was intended to “promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the homeowners and citizens of the City of Fenwick Island. ” “. In the June 21 lawsuit, Espinosa argued that the town’s ordinance interferes with her property rights and directly clashes with state law regulating low-speed cars. Delaware law allows LSVs (four-wheel cars, trucks, which can reach speeds of up to 20 mph but not more than 25 mph on paved surfaces) on all two-lane highways with speed limits of 35 mph or less. LSVs are not allowed on two-lane highways unless they are crossed to get to the other side.
Washington: The National Park Service has proposed finalizing the upper component of Bevery One Drive at Rock Creek Park in an effort to protect natural resources and enhance recreation, WUSA-TV reports. The top component would be closed to cars from Memorial Day weekend to Labor. Day every year, as the summer season attracts more people to enjoy the park. It would remain open to drivers when many tourists and nature lovers would retire during the colder months. According to Chelsea Sullivan, a public affairs specialist at the National Park. Service, seasonal closure would come with Bingham Drive, Sherrill Drive and Bevery One Drive in 3 sections. In April 2020 expired, the NPS temporarily extended the closure of the upper component of Bevery one Drive to create social distancing opportunities for pedestrians and bicyclists. The Park Service said the 2020 shutdown provides a “valuable opportunity for park visitors to recreate more freely and safely in Rock Creek Park. “Firma invites the public to review environmental assessment and percentage comments through Aug. 11.
Daytona Beach – After an arduous five-year procedure involving a series of state and federal approvals, a fundraising effort that generated nearly $1 million, demanding logistical situations, and headaches that included a world pandemic, the statue of marble in honor of Mary McLeod Bethune will be unveiled this week in the nation’s capital. at 11 a. m. m. On Wednesday, the sculpture, which was skillfully chiseled from a valuable 13-foot-long block of marble, will be placed in the US Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. Civic leaders and elected officials in Daytona Beach see this milestone as an opportunity to show the world the accomplishments of one of the city’s iconic figures, depicted in a statue designed and created with meticulous attention to detail. The statue will be one of two representing Florida on Capitol Hill, replacing a nearly 100-year-old bronze sculpture of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith. And the Bethune statue will be the first to represent a black patron in the state collection’s internal Statuary Hall. Four other blacks appear in other parts of the Capitol: Martin Luther King Jr. , Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Rosa Parks. Smith’s statue was removed last fall and will be in a temporary garage at the Florida Museum of History in Tallahassee.
Elberton – Two days after the Georgia Guidestones was destroyed by a bomb, an Elbert County citizens’ organization gathered at the crime scene with a backhoe to dig deeper into the mysterious 42-year-old monument. When the Stonehenge-like monument north of Elberton was unveiled in 1980, it was noted that a time capsule was buried 6 feet below the gigantic stone monoliths. “We dug about 7 feet until we found compacted Georgia red clay that had never been disturbed, and we found nothing,” Chris Kubas, executive vice president of the Elberton Granite Association. “We didn’t know what we were probably going to locate anyway. ” The lack of a time capsule is another mystery obscuring Georgia’s guide stones, a roadside charm that had drawn thousands of tourists a year to Elberton. The granite sculpture has generated exposure over the years in books, television documentaries, and social media advertising. Before dawn on July 6, someone detonated a bomb that shattered one of the 19-foot-tall, 28-ton granite blocks. Now that the maximum county milestone release is gone, there is a rebuilding release. “Several granite manufacturers have told me that they would be interested in donating resources and fabrics to rebuild if they ultimately decide to,” Kubas said.
Honolulu: Gov. David Ige on Monday signed a law authorizing $600 million to house local Hawaiians from the Hawaii Department of Lands, HawaiiNewsNow reports.
Boise: Gem State local Aaron Paul and ‘Breaking Bad’ star is bringing his mid-century fashion house to the city’s market, the Idaho Press reports. Designed by famed architect Art Troutner and encouraged by frank lloyd wright’s style, the space, known as “The Klein House,” is more than 2,000 square feet tall and last week indexed for more than $1. 3 million. Paul and his wife also own a giant space in McCall, Idaho, according to the newspaper.
Springfield: Illinois Department of Services Chief Huguy has been ordered back to Sangamon County Circuit Court for ignoring another court order to send a county jail inmate to state custody. The court ruled Friday that IDHS Secretary Grace Hou must appear in court on July 15 to face charges of ignoring an order to place Christopher Hall, 38, of Beloit, Wisconsin, at the mental health facility. Andrew McFarland for psychiatric treatment. . Hall, who was charged last year with 4 counts of first-degree murder, nuisance discharge of a firearm, being an armed repeat offender, and unlawful ownership of a weapon through a felon in the shooting death of Hason Willis, 43, of Springfield, was found not worthy of trial in May and ordered placed at McFarland. However, the order said that as of Friday he had not been booked there, remaining in custody at the Sangamon County Jail. IDHS was held in contempt last month in a similar case in which a Springfield man was not taken into state custody despite a court order. Judge Adam Giganti had ruled that DHS pay $100 per day for each day he was not in state custody.
Lafayette: Back a Boiler, Purdue University’s contentious revenue-sharing agreement program, has been put on hold for the upcoming educational year, yet past participants are still on the hook for expensive contracts that many say they signed after fall for deceptive marketing tactics. The decision to suspend the program has raised questions for Purdue students and alumni who retain Back a Boiler agreements, which require participants to pay a portion of their monthly earnings after the start of a specified period or until they reach a maximum payment cap. The program has been in the spotlight since an advocacy organization asked the US Department of Education to investigate, alleging that some of the marketing tactics and terms of the agreement violate federal law. Purdue has “blatantly ignored” regulations and legislation governing money products, such as the revenue-sharing agreements it offers, according to the Center for Student Borrower Protection. In its letter to the Decomponentment of Education, the nonprofit organization alleges that the university did so “as part of a program to incentivize its students to take out cheap and risky personal student loans. ” raised. ” The university denied any wrongdoing. A spokesman said the program had been suspended due to an update in the third component that handles deals and that this had no effect on ongoing contracts.
Des Moines: A beach at Lake of the Three Fires State Park is closed as a precaution after a swimmer was diagnosed with Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba,” according to a Department news release. Iowa Health and Human Services. The closure is a reaction to shown infection of the microscopic, single-celled, free-living amoeba in a Missouri resident with possible exposure while swimming at a Taylor County park in southern Iowa. The swimmer, who is being treated at an intensive care unit for the infection, was probably exposed to water from Lake Iowa in the last two weeks of June, the government does not have specific dates. State of Iowa fitness officials and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are conducting tests to check for the presence of the infection in the lake. Naegleria fowleri is usually found in warm freshwater bodies such as lakes, rivers, and ponds. It can “cause a rare and life-threatening brain infection called amoebic meningoencephalitis number one,” fitness officials said in the statement. People become inflamed when water containing the amoeba enters the frame through the nose, often when swimming or diving in lakes and rivers. It cannot be spread from one user to another, fitness officials said. Infections are rare, with 33 in the United States between 2011 and 2020, according to the CDC.
Topeka: The city saw a 78% increase last year in traffic injuries at its intersections and is on track to finish this year with a similar total. Meanwhile, a growing number of citizens have told Police Chief Bryan Wheeles they believe Topeka’s intersections have become less safe, mainly due to drivers using soft red lights, the police captain said. Colleen Stuart. Officers are responding this month by cracking down on drivers using red lights as part of an initiative to make Topeka intersections safer, the police detachment announced June 30 on his Facebook page. “You would likely see a concentration of officials at various intersections in our city reinforcing safe driving practices,” the post said. It drew an enthusiastic reaction from Facebook users, who made more than two hundred comments in reaction. “Thank you!” wrote local resident Susan Blanck-Harlan. “Other innocent people are going to be killed, if this doesn’t stop. ” Another user joked about how she sees drivers with soft red lights. She wrote: “No police, no stop. ” The Topeka City Court is assessing a $100 fine for a minor red violation, plus court costs totaling $76, according to its website.
Louisville: Another lawsuit has been filed against the historic Waverly Hills Sanitarium, touted by paranormal thrill seekers as one of the most spirit-infested places in the world. The new case brought last month through owner Charlie Mattingly and CEM Land Co. , which Mattingly formed more than 20 years ago to buy the land, seeks to evict the historic company he created on the premises and organize tours. The Waverly Hills Historical Society says it is still on the scene, but Mattingly is pushing for the old society to vacate the assets within seven days of court approval. The case filed in Jefferson District Court is scheduled for a preliminary trial on July 18. Mattingly and the Waverly Hills Historical Society were already embroiled in a bitter legal dispute over his property. The old partnership argued that Mattingly failed to get to the grounds and broke assets with his actions, prompting members to push to evict him. Mattingly replies that those claims are baseless and that his expulsion has tarnished his reputation. Historical society president Renae Clark said in the 2021 lawsuit that Mattingly and his wife were “forced” to vacate the assets just two years ago after his wife, Tina Mattingly, was fired as CEO of the former society for “internal complaints”. “.
Baton Rouge: The superintendent of the Louisiana State Police admitted he was pulled over for speeding in an unmarked paint van, but he didn’t get a ticket from one of his own officers. Col. Lamar Davis told WAFB-TV that he accepted the duty but that he can’t get over how fast he drove. Davis was shot June 28 by a state trooper on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge along Interstate 10 west of Baton Rouge. “He was in that situation,” Davis said in an interview Friday. “There’s no excuse for this other than I have to slow down my yett. ” Louisiana State Police Public Affairs Chief Capt. Nick Manale said the officer “used his discretion and disregarded a citation. ” Manale said the trooper did not take notes on how fast Davis was driving in the 60 mph speed restriction zone. WAFB received a copy of the soldier’s frame camera footage through a public records request. On Thursday, the Louisiana State Police released the trooper’s camera footage and a clip of the trooper’s running cam video. The frame camera footage cuts off as soon as the soldier gets out of his vehicle and acknowledges that he has arrested his boss. “Well, I will be,” the soldier said just before the video stopped.
Brooksville: A Superfund mine site receives a $21 million investment from the Environmental Protection Agency to boost efforts to eliminate pollution. The Callahan mine Superfund site in Brooksville first earned $9 million from the two-component federal infrastructure bill approved in November last year, however, another $12 million has now been approved to combat pollution at the site, the EPA said in a statement. “It is a precedent for the EPA to remove this site from the Superfund’s list of arrears. network to expand opportunities for potential long-term uses in this area,” New England EPA Director David Cash said in the statement. 2019. La investment is part of a larger plan the company has to help clean up superfund sites in communities across the country.
Baltimore: After obtaining a new state permit, a Johns Hopkins University student will be able to continue medical experiments on owls that have been criticized by a primary animal rights organization. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning for years to end the researcher’s experiments as “cruel” and “worthless,” Reports The Baltimore Sun. The organization has filed court cases with state regulators related to the legality of Hopkins’ testing practices. allows experiments to continue. The university defined the experiments, saying that associate professor Shreesh Mysore’s paintings can provide critical insight into medical conditions, adding ADHD, autism and schizophrenia. The experiments involve hitting electrodes on the brains of owls. Injured birds, owls are eventually euthanized, Eric Hutchinson, the university’s director of animal studies resources, told the journal.
Boston — Signs around a structure site for what is being called New England’s first LGBTQ senior affordable housing allotment were vandalized with threatening graffiti over the weekend, prompting swift condemnation from civic leaders. Black spray paint posts were left on the security fence symptoms around the old school in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, according to LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. , the complex’s nonprofit. 74 ensembles known as The Pryde. The allotment that began last month is expected to welcome its first citizens by the end of 2023. Gretchen Van Ness, executive director of LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc. , lives not far from the structure site and said she began receiving mail. emails about vandalism by neighbors walking their dogs around 8:30 a. m. m. Sunday. “We had so much help in the neighborhood, and we were really welcomed,” she said. “That’s not how most people feel in Hyde Park. ” The vandalism was reported to Boston police shortly before 11 a. m. Sunday, a branch spokesman said Monday. The matter was referred to the branch’s civil rights unit, Officer Andre Watson said. No arrests had been made Monday morning. At an afternoon rally, Mayor Michelle Wu called the vandalism “pathetic. “
Lansing: Abortion rights will be brought to the state electorate in November after an abortion rights crusade garnered a record number of signatures Monday for a poll initiative at the Secretary of State’s Office. The effort will further draw attention to the Michigan election, where the battleground state’s Democratic governor and attorney general have made abortion rights a centerpiece of their re-election crusades. The move to enshrine abortion rights in the state charter comes weeks after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and give states the power to make a decision on whether or not to ban the procedure. The ruling is expected to lead to a ban on abortion in a portion of the states. Michigan is among several states with a pre-Roe abortion law that would take effect if the federal court ruling were overturned. However, a judgment passed issued an injunction temporarily blocking the 1931 law, which would make abortion a felony in all cases unless “necessary to maintain that woman’s life. ” “The number of signatures showed that here in Michigan, we are true to women. We are true to people. We are true to doctors, not politicians, to make decisions about our bodies, our pregnancies and our lives. ” . ,” Reproductive Freedom for All spokeswoman Shanay Watson-Whittaker said at a news convention in Lansing.
St. Paul: An approved ruling Monday declared unofficial statewide restrictions on abortion, adding a mandatory 24-hour waiting period and a requirement that either parent be notified before a minor can have an abortion. Ramsey County District Judge Thomas Gilligan also struck down Minnesota’s requirements that only doctors can perform abortions and that abortions after the first trimester must be performed in hospitals. His order went into effect immediately, which means the limits cannot be enforced. Gilligan ruled in a lawsuit filed through Gender Justice and other abortion rights advocates who argued the restrictions were unofficial under a landmark 1995 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling known as Doe v. Gómez, who concluded that the state charter protects the right to abortion. The sentencing opinion called the case “significant and historic” and said it was unaffected by the recent US Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade Act of 1973. “This abortion legislation violates the right to privacy because it violates the basic right under the Minnesota Constitution to access abortion care and does not stand up to scrutiny,” Gilligan wrote. array
Jackson: An approval opinion ruled that the mayor did not have the strength to veto a contract that the city council had not approved. Judge Larry Roberts issued his ruling Friday in a dispute between Jackson officials over who will be paid to pick the trash, media reports said. Jackson City Council filed a lawsuit after Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an emergency order to award a garbage collection contract to Richard’s Disposal. The board continually voted against awarding the contract to the New Orleans-based company “There is nothing to veto there. Counsel did not take the case in the affirmative. He dismissed it,” said Roberts, a retired Mississippi Court of Appeals judge on who he appointed to hear the case in Hinds County. Jessica Ayers, the mayor’s lawyer, argued that the mayor had the strength to veto the negative vote. “They may be waiting for the option that we will appeal this case,” Lumumba said.
Cape Girardeau: A federal ruling passed Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt that blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic. US District Judge Stephen Limbaugh said in his 38-page ruling that in this case, federal regulations prohibit a foreign sovereign entity from being sued in US courts. you do not have an option to dismiss this new claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,” Limbaugh said in the last line of the dismissal order. The earlier ruling noted that the civil lawsuit against China is one of many filed “amid the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. ” Schmitt’s workplace said he would appeal the decision. The complaint filed in April 2020 alleges that Chinese officials are “responsible for the great death, suffering, and economic loss they have inflicted on the world, including Missourians. ” Schmitt said the Chinese government lied about the risks of the virus and did not do enough to slow its spread. China called the claim “very absurd” and said it had no factual or legal basis. Schmitt called the lawsuit historic, but legal experts more commonly saw it as a jab aimed at blaming China for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Helena: Kris Hansen, who recently left the No. 2 job in the Montana attorney general’s workplace, has died at age 52, state officials say. A press release from the Montana Department of Justice said Hansen died early Thursday, the Independent Record reports. No data on his cause of death has been released. Hansen was appointed as the leading deputy for the Montana Department of Justice in December 2020. Prior to that, she worked for the Montana State Auditor’s Office and represented Le Havre as a Republican state legislator. In May due, Hansen showed that she would be leaving the workplace, but refused to say why. The attorney general’s office said at the time that she was leaving to “take care of private and family matters. ” “Kris was a valued friend, a conservative leader and an ordinary woman who committed her life for others,” Attorney General Austin Knudsen said Friday. Hansen was a central figure during state Republicans’ showdown with the judiciary last year. Hansen, representing GOP lawmakers who had subpoenaed criminal records, wrote a public letter accusing the Supreme Court of interfering with a legislative investigation by vacating a criminal records subpoena. The court ultimately ruled that state lawmakers exceeded her authority with the subpoenas.
Lincoln: Republican State Senator Mike Flood will officially register in the U. S. House of Representatives. Flood, former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, defeated Democrat Patty Pansing Brooks in a special election to constitute the state’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Lincoln and dozens of small communities. Fortenberry, a Republican, resigned in March shortly after a California jury found him guilty of lying to federal investigators about $30,000 in an illegal crusade contributions to a Nigerian billionaire. He was sentenced to probation and a fine. Flood will hold the position at least until January, so it would have been the rest of Fortenberry’s tenure. He will face Pansing Brooks in the November general election. fulfill the next full mandate.
Las Vegas: Visitors to the Fremont Street Experience will have to pass through steel detectors and baggage checks and will be subject to the necessities of age to take the Las Vegas pedestrian mall to a new level to curb the rise in violence. Metal detectors, bag checks, a curfew for unaccompanied minors and 18-20 year olds and law enforcement presence will be used on weekends until further notice, Fremont officials say Street experience. The security measures come in reaction to an increase in nuisance attacks and a recent murder at the downtown tourist site. “The safety and security of our guests, workers and tenants has been and will be our top priority,” Andrew Simon, president and CEO of the Fremont Street Experience, said in a statement. “Everything else is secondary. The incidents of the past week cannot and will not be tolerated. Our tourism, our jobs and our safety will not be threatened by these actions. Public protection officials said they have detected an increase in violent crimes”. in and around the five-block neighborhood, where stopover tourists occasionally congregate to stop at casinos, watch concerts, drink and watch the video screen on the canopy.
Franklin: Pots, pans, cutlery and a foot warmer were among about two dozen pieces stolen from the home where statesman Daniel Webster was born, a state parks official said. Webster, a lawyer and orator who served as secretary of state under 3 presidents and represented Massachusetts and New Hampshire in Congress, was born in Franklin’s two-bedroom cabin in 1782. Randy Kovach of New State Parks Hampshire told WMUR -TV that most of the pieces, which were taken between July 3 and 8, are replicas and do not have much value. “They were all at most pewter, pewter or iron,” Kovach said. “So if you’re looking to melt them down, you’re going to weigh a lot, but you’re not going to make a lot of money. ” Franklin police said they contacted the lenders and used K-9 dogs to search for the pieces. “It makes me sad that we can’t put on the educational exhibit that we would if we had those pieces to show kids and others how we lived in the 18th century,” Kovach said. “Whoever took them, I hope they can turn them into a smart home and need them more than we do. “
Wall: A black bear and two cubs were spotted in Shark River Park Thursday amid a spike in sightings near the Jersey shore. Summer Hill Camp to keep youth off the trails after a staff member reported seeing the bear family, camp director Lauren Cheney said. The sighting was just one of a dozen and a component this year in Monmouth County. Bears have been sighted in Freehold Township, Holmdel, Howell, Middletown, and the Atlantic Highlands. Another bear was seen on Wall in May, said Caryn Shinske, a spokeswoman for the state Environmental Protection Decomposition. In 2021, two bears were sighted in Monmouth County, according to the DEP. Ocean County also saw a sharp increase. A bear or bears have been seen in Barnegat, Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor, Stafford, and Toms River. So why the Jersey Shore? Brooke Maslo, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, said the bear population is most commonly concentrated in the northwestern component of the state, turning around via Highways 80 and 287 because they are so difficult. to cross there are black bears in all 21 counties of New Jersey. It’s just that we don’t see them much. As a rule, they avoid humans. “Bears are pretty secretive in general,” she said.
Roswell: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is committing $1. 7 million to fix a collapsed bridge and put more flood mitigation methods in place in the area. Lujan Grisham made the announcement Saturday next to the broken bridge in northeast Roswell. The city has gained only about 3 inches of rain so far this year and has begun to experience intense flooding following heavy downpours last year. The $1. 7 million comes from the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s State Highway Fund. The investment will be used to repair the bridge and put flood mitigation measures in place to get ahead of the curve before the next major typhoon arrives, according to Lujan Grisham. “The more we invest in communities, so that we have roads, bridges, flood mitigation, the greater it is for those communities,” he said. The bridge had collapsed in the past due to flooding in 2013. Although it was replaced, no additional modifications were applied to address flood vulnerabilities, according to Albuquerque TELEVISION station KOB. Array
Melville: More and more sharks are being seen in Long Island waters, a trend that is expected to continue, and experts say that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Cleaner oceans, warmer water temperatures and a resurgence of the bunker fish that sharks feed on are all noted as factors, experts say. Detection, from drones to helicopters, has also improved, with reports spreading seamlessly through social media. “There are a lot more sharks than there were 10 or 15 years ago,” Christopher Paparo, director of the Stony Brook University Center for Marine Science, told Newsday. “In the 1960s, we didn’t have sharks, whales or dolphins. ” Shark attacks in the region have been extremely infrequent until recently, with an average of about one reported every 10 years over the last century, Newsday reports. In the last two weeks, two lifeguards were bitten and a third user was bitten in an imaginable shark attack, according to the newspaper. Experts say the surge in shark numbers is a sign that conservation efforts have been successful in helping to repair the ecological balance of the oceans, after overfishing, pollutants and a motion to kill sharks in part encouraged by the 1975 movie “Jaws” they reduced their number. Seen closer to shore more often than larger ones, smaller sharks help control prey species, and many types of sharks are scavengers that keep the ocean cleaner and healthier.
Charlotte: Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools will begin installing frame scanning devices in their schools this summer to make sure certain students don’t have guns or other weapons. On Friday, the district’s acting superintendent, Hugh Hattabaugh, told the Charlotte Observer about the plans. The generation is already in use at the district’s top 21 classical schools. “It would possibly seem (like) an inconvenience, but I see it as a positive thing for our academics,” Hattabaugh said. “This is another vital step to keep our schools in order. “The generation will be rolled out in stages starting in August, the newspaper reports. Its implementation comes after guns arrived at district schools at record speed in the last school year.
Bismarck: US Customs and Border Protection will not restore operating hours to pre-pandemic levels at some state ports of access, despite pressure from Gov. Doug Burgum. In a letter sent Friday to the company and the US Department of Homeland Security, Burgum said reduced hours at several North Dakota port crossings along the US-Canada border “caused significant difficulties for the movement of citizens, goods and tourists between our two nations. . ” In a statement to The Associated Press on Friday, federal agencies said more hours of operation cannot be justified due to declining traffic volumes at border crossings, a decline that began even before the pandemic. “For several years prior to COVID, CBP documented reduced vehicle and pedestrian traffic along our northern border, and CBP’s legal responsibility is to responsibly use all available resources to fulfill our mission of saving the homeland. ” , said. North Dakota has 17 border crossings, with the Pembina crossing on Interstate 29 in the northeastern component of the state being the busiest As of April 2020, hours of operation have been reduced through several overnight hours at the crossings 10 a. m. m. Hours have also been shortened at select ports of access in Montana, Minnesota, Idaho and the WashingtonArray will remain so, the agencies said.
Columbus: A Democratic proposal to force “lazy parents” to pay for unwanted pregnancies just got a relish from an unforeseen source: Christian lobbyists. Senate Bill 226 would allow pregnant women to sue those who caused the pregnancy, regardless of the circumstances. An approval judgment can award at least $5,000. State Sen. Tina Maharath, D-Columbus, said the bill was especially important after Roe v. Wade, who forced other people to leave Ohio to have abortions or give birth to unwanted pregnancies. Ohio law now prohibits abortions after activity is detected in the fetal center, around six weeks of pregnancy. At this point, many still don’t realize they are pregnant. There are no exceptions for rape or incest. The average cost of giving birth in Ohio is $15,000, Maharath said. “Too often, this burden falls solely on the mother, especially in the case of an unwanted pregnancy. However, the father pays an equivalent fee for the pregnancy, and it is only fair that he pay for it as well. On Friday, the president of the Center for Christian Virtue, Aaron Baer, announced that his organization agreed. “Senator Tina Maharath’s law is a cutting-edge technique for addressing the hookup culture that has led to shattered lives, hurting women and abandoned children,” Baer said in a statement.
Oklahoma City: An influential political action committee that helped elect Republicans to the state Senate has agreed to disband and pay a fine of more than $60,000 to the state after an investigation revealed violations of the state’s crusade financial rules. The Senate Republican Committee reached an agreement with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission on Friday. CAP officials stated that they had accepted more than $35,000 in ineligible contributions from companies or contributions to an express candidate or candidate committee. Both contributions violate the moral rules of the state. Glenn Coffee, the former Republican leader of the Senate and now a lawyer representing the PAC, declined to comment on the deal. Under the agreement, CAP agreed to give a contribution of $37,750 to the general crown fund, an amount equivalent to the ineligible contributions it accepted, plus another $25,000 in civilian funds. sanctions. PAC officials also agreed to dissolve the committee and dispose of all remaining assets ts.
Portland: The patience of Martha Walters, Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, appears to be running out, as the state continues to violate the constitutional rights of qualified criminal defendants who cannot afford an attorney. “Hundreds of others constitutionally entitled to suggest are denied that right, and no end is in sight,” Walters wrote in a letter sent July 1 to the eight commissioners who oversee the state’s public defense. Four times in her six-page letter, Walters urged the board to “instruct” the executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services “to prepare a presentation plan” at a meeting later this month. Array reports Oregon Public Broadcasting. She said she was looking for a plan that would propose quick steps that would allow the Public Defense Services Commission to fulfill its legal responsibility to provide attorneys to those who have a constitutional right to representation. The user he asked the commissioners to lead is Stephen Singer, who took over the Office of Public Defense Services in December. Many of the turmoil facing Oregon’s public defense formula date back years. Since last fall, the state has continued to charge other people with felonies and keep some in custody, despite a shortage of court-appointed attorneys.
Harrisburg: The state’s nursing home industry associations said Monday they have agreed to increase staffing as part of a deal with Gov. Tom Wolf to increase aid to an industry suffering from higher turnover. As Pennsylvania has excess tax revenue, Wolf on Monday signed legislation authorizing nearly $300 million a year, nearly 20% more a year, in new Medicaid bills for nursing homes, which have been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19. Trade associations had reached a compromise on staffing grades with Wolf management and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, a union that represents about 5,000 nursing home employees, before the law was signed. “This is a huge step forward for Pennsylvania’s long-term care industry,” Wolf said at a news conference on Capitol Hill after signing the measure. Officials say the cash is expected to improve employee wages, staffing grades and retention while stabilizing facility finances and improving quality of care. Matt Yarnell, president of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, said the pandemic’s toll on nursing homes helped convince state budget makers to provide a Medicaid reimbursement rate. The increase in Pennsylvania’s Medicaid reimbursement rate is the first in about a decade, the industry associations said.
Providence: A woman hired to work for a space cleaning service was fired days after control discovered she was pregnant, the woman said in a discrimination complaint filed Monday. The lawsuit filed through the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on behalf of Bristol resident Julia Schultz alleges that the owners of the Merry Maids of Rhode Island homes violated the state’s civil rights law. Schultz fulfilled the task of space warden in late April 2021, when she was about 16 weeks pregnant, according to the lawsuit. She participated in a new employee orientation program in early May 2021, in which the corporate co-owner asked if she was pregnant, according to the lawsuit. When she showed that she did, the co-owner said that she couldn’t offer her the task because of her “physical demands on her” and said that she “would have to be home to take care of” the bathroom. She then advised Schultz to reapply after the bathroom was born. “When I walked out of the building that day, I was so embarrassed, like I was doing something wrong by going through the paintings while I was pregnant,” Schultz said. “Especially with the annulment of Roe v. Wade, it’s even more important now to fight for our rights, address the gender wealth gap and empower women, not try to reduce them to old and outdated traditions. “
Columbia: Two trains collided Monday morning, derailing one of them and leaving two railroad employees hospitalized, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. No more injuries are expected. A diesel fuel leak was contained and posed no danger to the public or the environment, Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey D said. Jenkins, to The Associated Press. The incident occurred in a wooded domain in southeastern Colombia with no houses nearby. negatively traffic or the environment, Jenkins said. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control was working with firefighters, personal contractors and railroad officials to reopen the railroad. Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly after the incident around 8:20 a. m. am.
Rapid City: The US Forest Service has given initial approval to a company that needs to conduct exploratory drilling for gold in the Black Hills. The land in question is near the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills National Forest and is federally owned. Minneapolis-based F3 Gold has been seeking approval for its drilling assignment for several years. The Forest Service has now completed its latest environmental assessment and released a draft resolution that would allow drilling to continue, but with restrictions to protect cultural sites, water and other herbal resources, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reports. The draft resolution is subject to a 45-day objection period. The Forest Service would consider any objections before making a final determination. “After an atypical multi-year and extensive procedure for a small-scale exploration drilling assignment, we are very pleased that we have nevertheless been granted our permit,” said F3 Gold Vice President Brian Lentz. , it’s a statement. The proposed Forest Service ruling authorizes 47 drilling rigs on more than 3 acres near Jenny Gulch. Lilias Jarding of the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance said exploratory drilling could eventually lead to a gold mine, which could contaminate the Pactola Reservoir, which is a popular recreational destination and garage reservoir for water systems. water, adding that of Rapid City.
Martin: The University of Tennessee at Martin is committed to improving its landscape for pollinators and is now affiliated with the Bee Campus USA program, officials said. Bee Campus USA is an initiative of the non-profit Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. The purpose is to help pollinators by offering healthy habitats that come with a variety of local pesticide-free plants, the school said in aArray “UT Martin serves a key agricultural region and protecting our bee population is mandatory for our farms and communities,” UT Martin Chancellor Keith Carver said last week. Eric Pelren, a professor of wildlife biology at UT Martin, said the school has added more pollinator-friendly trees and plants, is committed to minimizing the use of harmful insecticides and will make paints to raise awareness about pollinators.
Dallas: A pregnant woman cited for driving in a high-occupancy vehicle lane plans to challenge the fee in court, arguing that her unborn daughter now counts as a person. When an officer arrested Brandy Bottone for driving alone in an HOV lane just days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade pointed to her belly. “I said, ‘Well, I’m not looking to do a political mix here, but with everything going on, this counts as a bathroom,'” said Bottone, who was 8 months pregnant when she was arrested June 29. Bottone, who lives in Plano, a Dallas suburb, said she will fight the ticket in court next week. Her story was first reported by The Dallas Morning News. “I was in the car to pick up my son. I knew I couldn’t be a minute late, so I took the HOV lane,” she said. here five days after the Supreme Court struck down constitutional abortion protections for women. In Texas, this has set in motion a law that will ban virtually all abortions in the coming weeks and defines an unborn child as a living human being from fertilization to birth. Bottone said that the position she takes on the price-price ticket is neither for nor against abortion, even though the law is uniform. “If there is a category in favor of women, that is my position,” she said.
Park City: A member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” pleaded guilty Monday to a felony fraud conspiracy charge that could result in a prison sentence of more than 11 years. Jennifer Shah, 48, of Park City, pleaded single to one count of conspiracy to engage in umbilical cord fraud in Manhattan federal court after signing a plea agreement the day before with New York prosecutors. York, which has a range of recommended sentences from 11 to 14 years. bars. She said in an approving comment that, starting in 2012, she was involved in a massive telemarketing fraud for about a decade that prosecutors say deceived thousands of other people across the country, some over 55. She said that she knew she was teaming up with others to market products. other people “who had little or no value”. “She knew that she was wrong and that many other people were injured, and I am very sorry,” Shah said in passing judgment on Sidney H. Stein. Sentencing was set for November 28. Shah remained free on bond but did not speak as she left the courthouse and walked a short distance to a waiting vehicle. Federal prosecutor Damian Williams later called Shah “a key player in a national program targeting older and vulnerable victims. “
Burlington: Ten migrant farmworkers from the state filed a joint petition June 20 for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end their deportations. The 10 farm employees are all men from Mexico who have lived in Vermont for years. Some came to the United States on the H-2A visa for temporary agricultural personnel, however, those visas have expired and the personnel can no longer download the legal permission to live in the country. The 10 employees are also active members of Migrant Justice, a Burlington-based nonprofit organization that works for the human rights of immigrant communities in Vermont. “I came to Vermont from Mexico when I was 16 years old and have worked on dairy farms ever since. I was arrested through ICE in 2019 without explanation of why and detained,” said Pedro Ubaldo, one of the ten employees, through a translator. “Now they are looking to deport me to Mexico, but my life is here. I am fighting to stay in Vermont with my circle of family and organize with my network for a better future. Justicia Migrante told the men – who have been dubbed the ‘Migrant Justice 10’ – were racially profiled through ICE and arrested for lack of immigration documents. All have been arrested separately in recent years and held in prisons, immigration detention centers until released on bail.
Norfolk: Amtrak’s new holiday loop routes began Monday between Washington, D. C. and two Virginia cities: Norfolk and Roanoke. The additions bring the number of state-funded circular vacations from the nation’s capital to eight, The Washington Post reports. “We’re adding more features for other people at the right time,” said Michael McLaughlin, chief operating officer of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority. “Train capacity is filling up and passenger numbers are at record levels. ” The post-Norfolk exercise will be the third circular trip to the region, according to the newspaper. It will leave Norfolk at 1 p. m. and arrive in Washington in just over 4. 5 hours. A new southbound exercise will depart from Washington at 12:05 p. m. Amtrak is already running a morning break from Roanoke to D. C. and a circular night vacation. Beginning Monday, a new exercise will depart Washington for Roanoke at 8:05 a. m. m. , and a Washington-bound exercise will depart Roanoke at 4:30 p. m. m. , arriving a little before 9:30 p. m. m. Amtrak, which extended service to Richmond last year, said the additions will give passengers more features to travel in Virginia and connections to the Northeast. Virginia is among 17 states that have state-sponsored Amtrak service, the Post reports.
Seattle – A new program in King County uses others who have experienced homelessness in the afterlife to help others who are recently homeless off the streets. The King County Regional Homeless Authority hopes the program will provide access to stable, long-term housing for almost everyone who lives outside of the city center. Kirk Rodriguez communicates by talking to other people in Pioneer Square. Rodríguez was homeless when he moved to Seattle six years later. After about two years on the streets, he moved into state-approved housing. Rodríguez said that when he was looking for a place to live and find another one that he needed, he did it alone, he had no one to advise him during the process. “No, I did not do it; I wish I had it,” he recently told KUOW near City Hall Park. “It would have made a big difference. ” Rodriguez works as a component of the City Hall Park Neighborhood Outreach Team, an organization of about 8 other people who pass out several times a day to communicate with others in the area. The team distributes food, hand warmers, and toiletries like tampons. and condoms. “If there’s someone looking like they’re having a rough day or just need some snacks or anything else, we’re going to get involved,” Rodriguez said. “We make sure to say hello no matter what. “
Rocket Center: Northrop Grumman Corp. plans to build a new missile integration facility in the state. The company announced plans last week to build the 113,000-square-foot facility to develop its ability to deliver weapons to meet the fighters’ wishes. Our new missile integration facility is a factory of the future, designed to cost-effectively produce giant quantities of missiles to meet the demand of developing visitors,” said Mary Petryszyn, vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems. The facility will not be limited to generate a single type of missile, but it will be necessary to adapt production techniques so that they temporarily pivot as demand evolves, the company said in a statement. Construction of the new facility is expected to be completed in 2024.
Madison: Local fitness staff can unilaterally heed orders to delay illnesses, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a ruling that upheld contentious orders that restricted indoor gatherings and required face coverings that residents Dane County officials issued at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4-3 ruling asserts that state law gives local fitness officials the ability to do what they deem necessary to prevent communicable diseases without oversight from governing bodies such as city councils and county boards. that Wisconsin law obviously authorizes public health officials to heed such orders since the state is a territory. He added that if local elected officials don’t like the orders, they can fire the physical worker, creating a strong cover for the population. “Today’s resolution is a victory for each and every resident in our network,” said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi. “This resolution ensures that our public fitness branch will have the ability to keep our network secure, and that decision-making will continue to be based on science. ” The resolution marks the culmination of a lawsuit filed by two parents in Dane County in 2020, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Casper: A 24-hour fundraising crusade on Wednesday will allow others to donate to more than 250 nonprofits across the state through an online portal. Donors can search for the project and other organization data through wyogives. org, where they can search by cause, location and other data.
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