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DETROIT (AP) — Toyota customers soon won’t be able to get U.S. federal tax credits for buying electric or hybrid vehicles.
The automaker expects that sometime before the end of June it will reach a 200,000-vehicle cap on the credits, Bob Carter, Toyota’s head of North American sales, said Wednesday. After that, the credits will be phased out over the next year, reaching zero, as Tesla and General Motors already have.
The lack of credits is problematic for automakers shifting from petroleum-powered vehicles to batteries in the effort to reduce emissions, meet government fuel-economy standards and fight climate change. Nissan is about 30,000 vehicles away from reaching the cap, and others will follow as more EVs are introduced.
Tesla, the top seller of electric vehicles in the world, and GM already are at a price disadvantage to other automakers without the credits, and Toyota soon will be. Additional EV tax credits are in the Build Back Better spending bill backed by President Joe Biden, which is stalled in Congress.
Toyota reached the cap largely by selling plug-in gas-electric hybrid vehicles. The company’s plug-in RAV4 Prime small SUV with 42 miles of electric range earns the buyer a $7,500 credit, the largest available. The Prius Prime plug-in, with 25 miles of electric range, gets $4,500. Toyota previously had offered a fully electric RAV4, but it didn’t sell well and was canceled. It’s rolling out a fully electric model called the bZ4X with 250 miles per charge, this summer.
The Build Back Better bill would give EV buyers a $7,500 tax credit through 2026 to charge up sales. But the following year, only electric vehicles made in the U.S. would qualify for the credit. And the base credit rises by $4,500 if the vehicle is made at a U.S. plant that runs under a union-negotiated collective bargaining agreement. Only GM, Ford and Stellantis vehicles would qualify.
Carter, on a conference call with reporters, said Toyota lobbied against the additional credit only for union plants, calling it unfair to nonunion workers. “It just needs to be a level playing field,” Carter said. “We are not anti-EV credits.”
Democrats backing the credits for EVs made by the United Auto Workers say supporting union jobs is good for the economy and communities because unions helped to build the middle class.
GM CEO Mary Barra has said automakers that offered electric vehicles early should not be placed at a disadvantage.
Restoring the credits is “a question that congress really needs to resolve,” Carter said.
Toyota plans to offer 30 fully electric vehicles from its Lexus and Toyota brands by 2030.
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Illinois State Police video shows murder suspect being shot by officer after chase
PANA, Ill. - Illinois State Police released dashcam video Thursday that shows a murder suspect being shot by an officer last weekend near downstate Pana.
On April 2, police were pursuing the driver of a vehicle who was wanted in connection for the murder of two women in Collinsville, Illinois.
Video shows officers chasing the male suspect who was driving a white truck. Eventually, the vehicle comes to a stop and the driver exits the vehicle allegedly armed with a weapon. He pointed the gun at officers before police opened fire, police said.
WARNING: Video is graphic in nature. Viewer discretion is advised.
It is not known how many times the suspect was shot or how many shots were fired by police.
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The investigation is ongoing. No further details were immediately available.
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With that in mind and conscious of an arduous schedule, Mike Blair has chosen to make nine changes to his side for the match at the DAM Health Stadium.
Out go seven international players as Blair tries to manage workloads and blood young talent.
Mark Bennett, James Lang, Emiliano Boffelli, Blair Kinghorn, Ben Vellacott, WP Nel and Hamish Watson are replaced by Matt Currie, Cammy Hutchison, Ramiro Moyano, Jaco van der Walt, Henry Pyrgos, Luan de Bruin and Conor Boyle. Nel is on the bench but the other six won’t be involved.
There is also a back-row reshuffle which sees Magnus Bradbury move from six to No 8, with Glen Young - usually a lock - coming into the team at openside flanker. Ben Muncaster is missing with a knee injury. The other change is Marshall Sykes replacing Pierce Phillips in the second row.
“Managing these games, and the players, the fact that we just got back from South Africa on Monday afternoon following a Friday night game, it’s difficult,” admitted Blair, who said that Kinghorn and Watson had been omitted due to their heavy involvement with Scotland during the Six Nations and then Edinburgh’s two United Rugby Championship matches in South Africa.
“We don’t want to give guys opportunities just because they are contracted to Edinburgh and should get an opportunity. We want to give guys opportunities because of what they’ve done in training, because of their attitude, because of their investment in making themselves better and adding to the group.
“So, the guys coming in, we feel they do that. Cammy Hutch and Matt Currie in the centres, brilliant to have them playing. I think when they’ve played they’ve been really impressive for us, but at the same time James Lang, Chris Dean and Mark Bennett have played well for us as well. So, it is a great chance for that pair to stick their hand up. There’s still a lot of class there.
“It is a challenge for Cammy, going up against Jale Vatubua, and Matt is looking forward to getting some game-time as well, so it is a nice opportunity for them.”
Edinburgh have impressed in the Challenge Cup, beating Saracens away before being edged out by London Irish in Brentford. They then thrashed Brive 66-3 at home and will win Pool C if they defeat Pau on Friday.
That would likely mean a visit from Bath in the last 16, unless Biarritz beat Toulon on Saturday night which would muddy the waters and open up the possibility of Edinburgh playing at home against the Challenge Cup ninth seeds which could be Worcester, Benetton, Perpignan, Saracens or Brive, depending on results this weekend.
History is on Edinburgh’s side. They are unbeaten in their last 17 home games in the pool stage of the Challenge Cup, winning 16 and drawing one (against Bordeaux-Bègles in November 2019). Pau, meanwhile, have lost eight of their last nine away games in the competition, with a 47-19 win against Italy’s Rugby Calvisano the only positive.
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A second suspect is now in custody in connection with a February homicide.
Police say in that shooting on February 14, 2022, 26-year-old Corey Rosette Jr. was found dead from gunshot injuries in his home on Nicole Lane.
Thursday morning April 7, Opelousas Police say 19-year-old Lenny Bruce of Deridder was taken into custody in Leesville.
OPD says several agencies assisted in Bruce’s apprehension, including the Deridder Police Dept., Leesville Police Dept., Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s office.
Lenny Bruce was transported back to Opelousas and will be booked into the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office for the following charges: Armed Robbery, 1St Degree Murder, and Illegal Carrying of a firearm.
In February, Opelousas Police arrested 18-year-old Jaleel Malik Durisseau of Opelousas.
He was booked on charges of First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, & Illegal Carrying of a Weapon. Police say critical information gathered at the scene linked Durisseau to the homicide.
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A prediction of heavy snowfall in the Cascades on Friday night and Saturday could make traveling to the west side of the state difficult, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the east slopes of Cascades above 3,000 feet from 5 p.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday. It calls for up to 12 inches of snow, with higher amounts at the crests, and wind gusts as high as 45 mph.
A chance of snow remains in the Sunday and Monday forecasts.
Motorists are advised to plan for slippery road conditions and should allow extra time for travel, the advisory states. For updated road conditions, check wsdot.com/travel/real-time/mountainpasses.
While no accumulating snow is expected in the Yakima Valley, the NWS predicts strong winds beginning Friday evening, with gusts up to 34 mph. Strong winds are predicted on Saturday, with a chance of rain or snow Saturday night.
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BBB urges caution when hiring a contractor for storm repairs
The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia is urging the community to be alert for scammers preying on storm victims.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Better Business Bureau of Central Georgia is urging the community to be alert for scammers preying on storm victims.
In light of the recent storms that hit Middle Georgia, scammers are out to take your money.
According to the BBB, if your home has been impacted, you should be cautious when hiring someone to make repairs.
Kelvin Collins, the President and CEO of the BBB of Central Georgia, says you should always check your insurance company about policy coverage.
If you’re unsure if a company is reputable, you can check the BBB website.
“Don’t act with haste,” Collins said. “You can make temporary repairs until you get someone that’s going to do the job. Don’t pay 100% up front in cash because many of the traveling contractors will ask for cash up front.”
The BBB says to make sure you get all agreements in writing.
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Bleckley County crews cleaning up after tornado causes destruction
Crews spent Thursday working diligently to clean up the mess caused by Wednesday's storms.
COCHRAN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Crews spent Thursday working diligently to clean up the mess caused by Wednesday’s storms.
According to Matthew Kelley, the Emergency Management Director for Bleckley County, crews have made a lot of progress so far.
He says a tornado hit Cochran and other parts of Bleckley County Wednesday night. Public safety agencies are working together to repair damage and check homes to make sure everyone is safe.
“It happened real quick, and it caught us suddenly, but we all came together real quick to get it mitigated,” Kelley said. “I’m really impressed with everybody’s coordination working together to get it done.”
The tornado also damaged part of Middle Georgia State University’s Cochran campus. David Sims, the Associate Vice President of Facilities for the university, says campus power was back on Thursday morning, but school officials canceled classes because debris blocked most of the roads around campus.
There’s also some damage on campus.
“We have several other roofs with extensive damage,” Sims said. “Between 80 and 100 trees down. We’re very fortunate no one was injured.”
Kelley says power crews brought in extra help to restore power as quickly as possible and that it shouldn’t be long before everything is cleaned up.
“Hopefully within the next day or two we’ll be looking back on this as something we don’t want to have to go through again for a long time,” Kelley said.
Crews are still assessing damage caused by the storms.
Middle Georgia State University asks students to pay attention to its website for information about Friday classes.
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Historic Vineville home could be torn down
A meeting was supposed to take place Wednesday about the home's future, but it was moved to next week due to the threat of severe weather.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Catherine Brewer Benson House may soon be torn down.
Catherine Brewer Benson was the first woman in the world to receive a bachelor’s degree.
She received the degree in 1840 after graduating from Wesleyan College.
Now there are talks for her home on Vineville Avenue to be torn down and replaced by an amphitheater.
The Big House Foundation owns the house.
Some residents say the house has too much history to be demolished.
“This historic home has international relevance, has national relevance, and it should not succumb to demolition,” preservationist and area resident Elliott James-Fernandes said. “It should not have be erased as a figure of women’s history.”
A meeting was supposed to take place Wednesday about the home’s future, but it was moved to next week due to the threat of severe weather.
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Man arrested after authorities serve search warrant on Pursley Street
A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday after multiple law enforcement agencies served a search warrant on Pursley Street.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday after multiple law enforcement agencies served a search warrant on Pursley Street.
A news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says Tommy Lee Cummings Jr. was arrested.
He faces multiple charges:
- Trafficking in cocaine, illegal drugs, marijuana or methamphetamines
- Possess/manufacture/distribute etc. marijuana within 1,000 feet of schools
- Possess/manufacture/distribute etc. controlled substance within 1,000 feet of schools
- Purchase, possess or have control of controlled substance in Schedule I or narcotic in Schedule II
- Possession of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and members of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force located the gun and drugs during the search warrant.
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Warner Robins community cleaning up after being hit by EF3 tornado
Crews in Houston County are still cleaning up debris in the Statham's Landing community after a confirmed EF3 tornado hit the area.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The sun was out Thursday morning, but Tuesday afternoon was a different story.
Crews in Houston County are still cleaning up debris in the Statham’s Landing community after a confirmed EF3 tornado hit the area.
Homeowners Nancy and Larry Smith tell us that in their 28 years of living in the community, they’d never experienced something like the damage that happened Tuesday.
Nancy recalled the moment the tornado struck.
“You hide down where you can’t see anything, but the noises you hear, it’s just a hard banging and breaking of glass,” she said. “It felt like they were just taking trees and beating the house with them.”
According to the Houston County Emergency Management Agency, the National Weather Service confirmed a tornado hit the community on Tuesday.
“I don’t want to go through another one, but I would like for everyone to just pray for all of us because we got a long recovery,” Larry said.
Several other homeowners are dealing with damage.
Gwendolyn Kring says everything happening in a matter of seconds.
Residents are now faces with the task of putting their community back together.
“My friends and neighbors and neighbors I didn’t even know have just come out to help,” Kring said. “Dan is over there blowing off my driveway to make sure that I have a place to get through.”
The community also received help from Cuban Island Cafe, a restaurant located in Bonaire that helped provide catering to residents and crews.
“It hurts my heart seeing all this damage,” owner Yolanda Rocha said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s rich or poor, everybody suffers when something like this happens. We’re here to cheer them up.”
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BCSO needs your help solving multiple cases
Cases range from theft and burglary, to property damage.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in a few cases it’s investigating.
First, deputies are looking for 27-year-old Tyler Bliss. He’s wanted in connection to a package theft on Paddington Drive in Lizella on March 29. He’s also wanted for a burglary on Bridgewood Drive, in which two dirt bikes were stolen.
Deputies say Bliss has been seen driving a red Ford Fusion with a black stripe on the passenger side of the hood. The Sheriff’s Office says he might be driving a blue Ford 4-wheel drive extended cab pickup truck.
The second case involves suspicious activities. Investigators say the person pictured below has been seen in the Missouri and Columbus Road areas in Lizella.
They say the suspect drives a blue Ford pickup shown in the photo, and has been accompanied by a female with blonde hair on one occasion.
The Sheriff’s Office asks that if you see this person or truck involved in suspicious activity in your area, get the tag number on the truck if you safely can, and call them at (478) 751-7500.
The other case involves property damage. Bibb county investigators say this person seen in a surveillance photo below, damaged a window at the Marathon gas station on Walnut Street on Thursday.
If you have any information on any of these incidents, call Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Cooler conditions move in for the weekend
Severe storms moved out of the area earlier today, leaving us with dry air and breezy conditions.
A secondary front is moving through the area this evening which will help reinforce the cooler, drier air.
High temperatures for the rest of the week will be cooler than normal, in the 60s with lows in the 30s.
Dry weather will continue through the weekend as we slowly start to see a return of warmer weather.
80s return for much of next week, as we start to see increasing humidity by Tuesday.
Rain and storm chances will be moving for the later half of the week, with potential for a few strong storms.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News Top stories from April 7, 2022 April 7, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, Warner Robins community cleaning up after being hit by EF3 tornado Bleckley County crews cleaning up after tornado causes destruction BBB urges caution when hiring a contractor for storm repairs For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Twins from Southwest High School are headed to Columbus State
Shamar and Jamar Clayton will continue their academic and athletic careers at Columbus State University.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Clayton twins, Shamar and Jamar, from Southwest High School, signed their National Letter of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at Columbus State University.
“This moment is a blessing for me and my twin,” said Shamar.
“It’s a meal ticket,” said Jamar.
“I’m scared. Like I’m scared and happy at the same time that I’m doing it with my twin. Somebody I’ve been with for years,” said Shamar.
The recruitment process was unique for the twins. Instead of being directly recruited by a coach, they became their own promoters and took matters into their own hands.
“They reached out to the coaches and had an opportunity to let them see the film. So you got to be that tenacious to want to do that and have that dedication to make somebody believe in you,” said Southwest football head coach Joe Dupree.
And, of course, I had to ask the hard-hitting question we all have in mind.
“Are you guys going to be rooming together? That’s the real question,” I asked.
“I hope so,” said Shamar, while Jamar had a more firm feeling.
“We are. We are,” said Jamar.
Going off to college alone can be hard at times, but having your literal womb partner right beside you makes things a lot easier.
“Him staying with me, it really keeps us bound. He knows my limits as I know him. He can get me out of certain situations that I’m not supposed to be in. Just keep me on track,” said Shamar.
“I don’t care how aggravating he gets, but that’s my brother, and we are going to stick together no matter what. No matter what,” said Jamar.
Shamar and Jamar are heading to Columbus State in the fall, and good luck to their coaches trying to tell the twins apart for the first few weeks.
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South Loop residents push back against gambling complex ‘inconsistent with the original vision’ for site
CHICAGO - A clout-heavy group of casino developers on Thursday pitched South Loop residents on their plan to build a brand new "neighborhood from the ground up" that they say will create a new "epicenter of Chicago tourism."
But some of their potential neighbors argued that would be just the problem.
The proposal spearheaded by billionaire casino tycoon Neil Bluhm’s Rush Street Gaming and Chicago megadeveloper Related Midwest has its sights set on a rare slice of undeveloped Loop-adjacent land south of Roosevelt Road and west of Clark Street.
Known as "The 78" for its potential to become the city’s 78th official community area, its 62 vacant acres have seen other grand plans surface and fail repeatedly over the years — and many in the community say they want the casino proposal to meet the same fate.
Dozens of South Loop residents grilled the so-called "Rivers 78" casino team during a town hall meeting held at the University of Illinois Chicago’s Dorin Forum, in the city’s final airing of public grievances on the three bids Mayor Lori Lightfoot is weighing to take on the city’s long-sought casino project.
They raised many of the concerns that have been leveled against the other bidders, including increased traffic, the potential for more crime and the threat of gambling addiction.
"We don’t need a casino in order to have a nice development at the 78 that’s for the community," one resident told the 78 casino hopefuls.
"A casino in my neighborhood is not going to do anything for me," an 11-year-old South Looper said. "How can I feel safer as a kid when you build a casino as my neighbor?"
Debbie Liu, co-chair of The 78 Community Advisory Council, simply called for the city to slow down its selection process "so all stakeholders can better understand each of the proposals." Liu called the casino project "inconsistent with the original vision" of the land, citing a survey that found 78% of 400 respondents opposed the casino.
The 78 bid is up against two other finalists vying for Lightfoot’s seal of approval: Hard Rock Chicago, which wants to break ground across the street from Soldier Field, and Bally’s Corporation, which is eying the Chicago Tribune printing plant site at Halsted Street at Chicago Avenue.
The Rivers 78 team argued their $1.6 billion bid stands out with an extension of the Chicago Riverwalk to Ping Tom Park, a 300-room hotel and a 1,078-foot observation tower that Related Midwest president Curt Bailey has dubbed "an Eiffel Tower for Chicago."
"We’re creating an entire neighborhood from the ground up," Bailey said. "We’re shifting the epicenter of Chicago’s tourism south."
They also say they’ll be good neighbors with the Discovery Partners Institute, a massive University of Illinois research center that is scheduled to break ground on the south end of the plot next year.
In a city report issued last month when Lightfoot narrowed down the field of casino finalists, officials noted that the group hadn’t yet shown evidence they could finance the observation tower, which the city thinks would result in "a significantly diminished casino project."
But even if the full project comes to fruition, Rivers 78 is projected to generate the smallest amount of annual city tax revenue at $174.2 million, by the city’s estimation — about $17 million less than Bally’s and $11 million less than Hard Rock.
The 78 bid also presents a potential problem of political optics for Lightfoot.
Bluhm — who founded Illinois’ most lucrative existing casino, Rivers Casino in Des Plaines — and his family have close ties to the mayor. Bluhm’s daughters donated more than $212,000 to Lightfoot’s first mayoral campaign. One of them, Leslie Bluhm, who went to law school with Lightfoot, co-hosted a campaign fundraiser and remains close friends with the mayor.
Additionally, part of the 78 site is still owned by Nahdmi Auchi, an arms dealer who is prohibited from entering the United States because he was convicted of taking illegal commissions in a French oil deal. Auchi was a partner with Tony Rezko — the political fixer who was convicted of kickback schemes under disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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The mayor has put together a City Council committee to narrow the field down to one finalist within the next few months. That bidder would then have to apply for state approval.
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MISSION, Texas (Border Report) — More than 100 Texas National Guard members in full riot gear practiced military maneuvers on the banks of the Rio Grande on Thursday in deep South Texas, a day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced sweeping border security plans due to the end of Title 42.
Wielding batons and wearing shields, the troops formed human chains as they moved together along the thorny brush of the Rio Grande overlooking Reynosa, Mexico, on Thursday afternoon just outside of Anzalduas Park.
They yelled “Move back! Move back!” and practiced swinging their batons and protecting one another. The practice formations are in anticipation of what could be a migrant surge crossing the narrow river, Maj. Mike Perry with the Texas Military Department, which is in charge of the National Guard, said Thursday.
Abbott said Wednesday that troops would begin practicing for “mass migration” surges in five locations along the border, including Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Laredo, Zapata and Anzalduas Park south of the town of Mission, Texas.
“We’re out here in anticipation of Title 42 expiring,” Perry said. “What we’re doing is showing our ability to flex capabilities, manpower and technology to any area in the state of Texas to respond to any mass migration.”
Abbott said there could be 18,000 migrants trying to cross the Southwest border from Mexico daily once Title 42 is lifted on May 23.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced last week that the Centers for Disease Control was lifting the 1940s-era public health law that had been put in place in March 2020 by the Trump administration to help prevent COVID-19 from crossing into the United States.
But migrant advocates say it was an unnecessary law earmarked at preventing migrants from trying to claim asylum on U.S. soil.
The exercises Thursday lasted less than an hour. The troops came in four large transport vehicles and were repeatedly told to hydrate as they practiced in 80-degree temperatures.
Similar exercises were to also begin in Laredo, Zapata, Eagle Pass and Del Rio, Abbott said.
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LONDON (AP) — Russia’s central bank has managed to stabilize key aspects of the economy with severe controls, artificially propping up the ruble to allow it to rebound to levels seen before the invasion of Ukraine even as the West piles on more sanctions.
That became evident as central bank of Russia said Friday that it was lowering its benchmark interest rate and said more rate cuts could be on the way. The decision indicates it thinks strict capital controls and other strict measures are stabilizing Russia’s currency and financial system despite severe pressure from U.S. and European sanctions.
The bank lowered its benchmark rate from 20% to 17%, effective Monday. The interest rate cut reflected “the changed balance of risks” among inflation, economic growth and banking system stability, the bank said.
It had raised the rate from 9.5% on Feb. 28, four days after the invasion, as a way to support the ruble’s plunging exchange rate. A currency collapse would worsen already high inflation for Russian shoppers by ballooning the cost of imported goods.
The ruble fell from 79 to the dollar the day before the invasion to as low as 139 to the dollar. But it has since recovered to around 77 rubles to the dollar in very limited trading, bolstered by drastic measures such as forcing companies to exchange 80% of foreign currency for rubles and barring foreign investors from selling out of their ruble holdings.
Russia has pressed buyers of its oil and gas to pay in rubles, without much success, although Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has expressed that he would be willing.
The bank said weekly price data showed “a substantial slowdown in the pace of price increases, partly as a result of the dynamic of the ruble’s exchange rate.” The official inflation figure for February was 9.2%.
The bank’s statement “allows for the possibility for a continuation of rate decreases at coming meetings.”
Western sanctions have dealt a severe blow to the economy, cutting major banks off from international transactions, freezing central bank reserves and leading many Western companies to abandon their businesses in Russia.
Since an initial round of sanctions over Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, the Kremlin has tried to insulate its economy from financial penalties by encouraging companies to source parts locally and banning food imports from Europe to encourage local production.
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Construction in the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and N Market Street in Opelousas has caused a gas leak.
According to city officials, the public should avoid the area. The gas company is on the scene repairing the line.
The break in the line was caused by a construction crew in the area. No evacuations were deemed necessary.
The Opelousas Fire Department is also assisting in the area.
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‘Trains Blocking Roadway’ message boards to be installed in Fort Valley
The message signs will be placed at locations near the railroad crossings on Georgia 7/US 341, Georgia 96, Church Street, and Railroad Street.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Department of Transportation has a contract with Lumin8 Transportation Technologies of Newnan, Georgia, to to install dynamic message signs to alert drivers of trains blocking roads in Fort Valley.
The message signs will be placed at locations near the railroad crossings on Georgia 7/US 341, Georgia 96, Church Street, and Railroad Street. If a train stops and blocks a road, the signs will activate and let drivers know to take an alternate route.
Crews may install work zones at the signage sites, and drivers are urged to proceed with caution and moderate their speeds when going through the area. Georgia DOT will send out news and social media announcements letting citizens know when the dynamic message signs are fully functional and in use.
The work is expected to be completed by the end of this month, weather permitting.
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UPDATE: Car pulling camper crashes on I-75, blocking lanes in Peach County
UPDATE: According to reports from the Georgia State Patrol and Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, a Ford Expedition pulling a camper on I-75 North near mile marker 151 jackknifed, causing the trailer to overturn, blocking all lanes of travel.
There are no reports of serious injuries.
GSP says that the wreck has since been cleared and that all lanes on I -75 are open now.
BYRON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Department of Transportation is reporting a wreck on I-75 Northbound that has resulted in all lanes being closed.
According to GDOT’s 511GA, the backup started around 12:00 p.m., and is anticipated to end around 3:00 p.m.
To avoid getting stuck in the backup, stay away from I-75 near the Sardis Church Road exit (Exit 153).
More updates to come as details are being gathered, stay with 41NBC for more.
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Downtown Perry prepares for their annual Dogwood Festival
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 33rd annual Dogwood Festival is taking place this weekend.
The festival will host over 100 vendors.
CEO and President of the Perry Chamber Maggie Schuyler said that the city expects to see 10-15 thousand people in downtown.
Along with vendors, downtown will have play areas for kids as well.
Ivy Rhoades is a manager at Mossy Creek Natural in downtown Perry, She said that the exposure the festival brings is huge for local businesses.
“We’re going to get a lot of people coming in who like handmade products so we’re excited for everything that’s going to be down town,” said Rhoades.
The festival begins Saturday from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. and Sunday from 12 P.M. to 5 P.M.
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Living Well With Troy Thompson: Hyperhidrosis
(41NBC/WMGT) — Today Troy Thompson and resident Dermatologist Anna M Pare explore Hyperhidrosis and what you can do to treat it.
Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating that can happen underarms, palms, bottom of the feet, full face and even the back.
There are a few forms of treatment for the condition ranging from topical prescriptions you can get from a doctor to something called Iontophoresis which is primarily used on the hands and feet to decrease perspiration.
The most successful treatment is Botox and it is applied to the under arms, hands and feet and works very quickly and effectively.
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Missile kills at least 50 at crowded Ukrainian train station
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say a missile hit a train station where thousands of Ukrainians had gathered. At least 50 people died in an attack on a crowd of mostly women and children trying to flee a new, looming Russian offensive in the country’s east.
Meanwhile, workers unearthed bodies from a mass grave in a town where dozens of killings have already been documented following a Russian pullout. Photos from the station in Kramatorsk showed the dead covered with tarps on the ground and the remnants of a rocket with the words “For the children” painted on it in Russian.
The office of Ukraine’s prosecutor-general said about 4,000 civilians were in and around the station at the time of the strike.
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Mom to Mom: Easter Eggsercise
(41NBC/WMGT) — Today, we’re going to be doing some Easter Eggs-ercising. It’s basically a fun way to spruce up your Easter Egg Hunt.
You’ll need to get some paper, find some fun exercises that your kids would have a great time with, cut them up and then put them in your eggs and hide them. Now, once we hide them, you’re going to have the kids go out, whether it’s inside or outside and for every egg they find, they’re going to do that exercise. For example, you open one up and it says, “Do 10 star jumping jacks.” And they’re going to do 10 star jumping jacks.
It burns off a lot of energy and instead of looking for all that candy, now they can do fun exercises.
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Will Smith gets 10-year Oscars ban over Chris Rock slap
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
The move comes after a meeting Friday of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions. The academy in a statement called Smith’s actions “unacceptable and harmful.”
Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy last week during the run-up to the meeting and said he would accept any punishment the academy handed down. The academy also apologized for its handling of the slap and allowing Smith to remain and receive his best actor Oscar for “King Richard.”
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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is ending an investigation into complaints of USB charging port fires in some Fiat Chrysler minivans without seeking a recall.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began the probe covering about 170,000 minivans in August of 2020 after getting reports of three fires and one minor injury. The probe covered Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Caravan minivans from the 2013 to 2020 model years.
The agency says investigators checked a van that had a fire but couldn’t determine a cause. Fiat Chrysler, now called Stellantis, collected parts from damaged vans but also couldn’t find a cause. The probe focused on a charge port on the driver’s side between the second and third row of seats.
“Given the low rate of thermal incidents at the subject vehicle charge hub, no reports of serious injury, zero reports of crash or death, and lack of common failure mode, this investigation is closed,” the agency wrote in documents posted Friday on its website.
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Downtown Macon businesses say movie filming has increased foot traffic this week
"This is very exciting," Famous Mike's owner Mike Seekins said. "I think it's great for Macon. It has affected us in ways, but like I said, they make sure you're compensated, and I'm pleased with the whole situation."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – “The Color Purple” musical started filming in downtown Macon this week.
The filming has led to the closure of some streets and businesses.
“This is very exciting,” Famous Mike’s owner Mike Seekins said. “I think it’s great for Macon. It has affected us in ways, but like I said, they make sure you’re compensated, and I’m pleased with the whole situation.”
Your Pie general manager Candis Wilburn says the film crew has been visiting the pizza shop when filming finishes for the day.
Theatre Macon is getting ready to put on its production of The Color Purple musical as well.
Charles Davis, who’s portraying Mister in the play, says you couldn’t have scripted the timing of everything any better.
“We were supposed to do this a long time ago, but it didn’t happen,” he said. “Maybe it wasn’t supposed to happen then just so it could happen the way it’s happening now.”
The cast of the play production got to meet Fantasia this week. She’s playing Celie in the movie.
Theatre Macon’s play is set to open May 13. Tickets go on sale Monday.
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Fort Valley State mourns the loss of Rayfield Wright
Fort Valley State University is mourning the death of alumnus and former football standout Rayfield Wright.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fort Valley State University is mourning the death of alumnus and former football standout Rayfield Wright.
Wright’s family announced his death Thursday.
Wright was a seventh round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 1967.
Playing on the offensive line, Wright played in five super bowls and won two.
Wright was elected into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.
FVSU Athletics Director Anthony Holloman said Wright helped many people during his life.
“He was an ambassador,” Holloman said. “He was very philanthropic. He started the Rayfield Wright Foundation in Dallas, very active in his community, even had a chance to mentor young athletes as a coach in the Arena League, so Rayfield Wright meant a lot to a lot of people.”
The university lowered its flags to half staff Friday.
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Historic Macon’s Flea Market happening this weekend
You can find beautiful antique furniture, artwork, garden accessories, lamps, linens and even holiday décor.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — If you’re looking for some antiques or even just a second-hand item for your home, you’re in luck! Historic Macon is hosting its semi-annual flea market sale this weekend.
You can find beautiful antique furniture, artwork, garden accessories, lamps, linens and even holiday décor.
We spoke with Pat Donnelly, who has volunteered for the sale for 25 years. She says it’s a great place to find bargains and help Historic Macon’s mission.
“It’s fun, and people who like bargains, they’re here,” Donnelly said. “People are congenial, they’re helpful. It’s just a neat thing to do.”
The sale started Friday at 5 p.m. with a ticketed event. The sale opens to the public Saturday at 8 a.m. and Sunday at noon. For more information on the sale, visit Historic Macon’s website.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News Top stories from April 8, 2022 April 8, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, Milledgeville missing man found stabbed to death Downtown Macon businesses say movie filming has increased foot traffic this week Fort Valley State mourns the loss of Rayfield Wright For other stories you may have missed, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Milledgeville missing man found stabbed to death
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of a missing person in Milledgeville.
According to Brad King with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, the Milledgeville Police Department was investigating a missing person case, looking for 24 year-old Brandon Harris of Milledgeville. During the investigation, officers found that 21 year-old James Bonner was driving Harris’ car in Macon. Authorities then arrested Bonner on an outstanding probation warrant from Baldwin County, bringing him and the vehicle back to the county.
Investigators then found probable cause through investigation to connect Bonner to the missing person case with Harris, this led authorities and the GBI to search the residence at 634 Browns Crossing Road, which resulted in authorities finding the body of Brandon Harris in the wood line behind the residence around 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, April 7th. He was found to have been stabbed to death sometime between Monday and Tuesday earlier this week.
James Bonner is being charged with Murder, Aggravated Assault, Theft by Taking Auto, and Concealing the death of another.
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Temple Beth Israel dedicates historical marker
German immigrants established Temple Beth Israel in 1859 . The building it's in now was built in 1902.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — German immigrants established Temple Beth Israel in 1859 . The building it’s in now was built in 1902.
According to Lawrence Mink, Immediate Past President for the temple, they decided to put up a historical marker two years ago.
“A lot of people walk by the building and don’t know what it is,” Mink said. “So we said why don’t we find a marker, a historical marker? So this gentleman in Florida named Jerry Klinger with the Jewish American Society said, ‘We’ll put it up for you.'”
Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar joined the congregation in July 0f 2020.
She says the temple had several different locations along Cherry street before settling in the building it’s in now. She says the historical marker will help people understand who they are and their contributions to the community.
“The Jewish community in Macon goes all the way back to when they wore hoop skirts and beaver hats,” she said. “It’s been here as a positive presence for quite some time, helping when Macon was established as a place for immigrants, really ensuring there was a tremendous amount of capacity for people to not just adjust themselves to a manufacturing economy but also adjusting themselves to an agrarian economy.”
The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation donated the marker.
Mink says the temple is the oldest Jewish temple in middle Georgia. He hopes the marker will educate people about the temple’s history.
“Personally it’s important to me as a member,” Mink said. “I won’t be here forever, but I’ll be able to say we put that monument out front so future generations, they’ll be driving by and they’ll say, ‘Lets stop and find out what that’s all about.'”
Rabbi Bahar hopes the temple can continue to honor their past while embracing the future. She says there’s value in joining a sacred community.
“Sometimes I think that our souls can find ourselves in an arid environment,” she said. “And finding ourselves back in a sacred space can nourish and water our parched souls.”
The marker was actually placed where it is now about two years ago, but the pandemic delayed the dedication ceremony. You can visit the marker outside Temple Beth Israel at the corner of Cherry and Spring Streets.
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Magnolia Soap Box Derby comes back to Macon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Magnolia Soap Box Derby is back in Macon this weekend with feats of speed, science and creativity.
This year the derby includes 10 high school teams and 25 adult teams. The soap box car races start at 10:00 a.m. on Magnolia Street at Washington Park in Macon.
There will also be dance teams, a DJ, and food and drink vendors joining in on the fun. There’s also going to be a big wheel race for kids ages 4-9 years old.
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Man leads deputies on pursuit through Crisp, Dooly counties
After searching Howard's vehicle, deputies found small bags of suspected Fentanyl pills with a street value of approximately $300,000.
VIENNA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Florida man is in custody after leading law enforcement on a high speed chase Friday afternoon.
The Crisp County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy attempted to check on a black Dodge Challenger stopped on the dirt portion of Rockhouse Road, but the car sped off onto I-75. The car then got off the interstate at exit 99 and began traveling east on Highway 300.
The driver, identified as 32-year-old David Howard Jr., began speeding into oncoming traffic down multiple roads within the city limits and throughout Crisp County. The Sheriff’s Office says Howard also attempted to hit deputies head-on.
As the pursuit crossed into Dooly County, a Crisp County deputy deployed stop sticks on Highway 41 South near Lewis Mill Road in Dooly County. After hitting the stop sticks, Howard’s car hit two others and before coming to a stop.
Howard and one victim were taken to Crisp Regional Hospital. Both are in stable condition.
After searching Howard’s vehicle, deputies found small bags of suspected Fentanyl pills with a street value of approximately $300,000. Howard was also in possession of a large amount of cash.
Howard is charged with Aggravated Assault upon a Peace Officer, Trafficking in Schedule II Narcotics, Fleeing or Attempting to Elude, and numerous traffic violations.
Additional charges are pending.
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Two three-run home runs lead Mercer to a victory over The Citadel
Mercer baseball team beats The Citadel 8-2.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Mercer baseball team opened Southern Conference play with a three-game weekend series hosting The Citadel.
Tonight, the Bears began scoring in the second inning. With two outs, Antonio Brown got on base with a bunt for a hit. Following him, Trevor Austin singled to right field, moving Brown to third. Then stepped up William Mapes, who nailed a no-doubt three-run home run to left field to take a 3-0 lead.
The Citadel would answer by scoring a run in the third and another run in the fourth inning.
Then in the bottom of the fourth, the Bears scored on a wild pitch to first base. With two guys on, Colby Thomas hits the Bears’ second three-run home run of the day to left field to take a 7-2 lead.
The home runs didn’t stop there as Bill Knight hit a solo home run in the seventh inning, and Mercer went on to win 8-2.
Josh Harlow gets the W as he pitched seven innings, allowing only five hits, two runs and striking out nine.
Mercer and The Citadel are back in action tomorrow at two p-m.
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Amazon is seeking to overturn the historic union victory at one of its New York City warehouses, arguing in a legal filing Friday that union organizers and the National Labor Relations Board acted in a way that tainted the results. It now wants to redo the election.
The e-commerce giant listed 25 objections in the filing obtained by The Associated Press, accusing organizers with the nascent Amazon Labor Union of intimidating workers to vote for the union, a claim an attorney representing the group has called “patently absurd.”
“The employees have spoken,” Eric Milner, the attorney, said in a statement Thursday after Amazon’s initial planned objections were made public in another legal filing.
“Amazon is choosing to ignore that, and instead engage in stalling tactics to avoid the inevitable — coming to the bargaining table and negotiating for a contract” on behalf of the workers, he said.
Warehouse workers in Staten Island cast 2,654 votes — or about 55% — in favor of a union, giving the fledgling group enough support to pull off a victory last Friday.
In one objection, Amazon said organizers “intentionally created hostile confrontations in front of eligible voters,” by interrupting the mandatory meetings the company held to persuade its employees to reject the union drive. In a filing released earlier this month, the company disclosed it spent about $4.2 million last year on labor consultants.
In another objection, Amazon targeted organizers’ distribution of cannabis to workers, saying the labor board “cannot condone such a practice as a legitimate method of obtaining support for a labor organization.” New York legalized the recreational use of marijuana last year for those over 21. Milner, the attorney representing the union, said Amazon is grasping at straws.
Distributing cannabis “is no different than distributing free t-shirts and it certainly did not act to interfere with the election,” he said.
The company also accused organizers of improperly polling workers.
The retailer had initially signaled it planned to challenge the election results because of a lawsuit the NLRB filed in March, in which the board sought to force Amazon to reinstate a fired employee who was involved in the union drive.
Amazon pointed to the lawsuit in one of its objections filed Friday, saying the regional NLRB office that brought the suit “failed to protect the integrity and neutrality of its procedures,” and had created an impression of support for the union by seeking reinstatement for the former employee, Gerald Bryson.
“Based on the evidence we’ve seen so far, as set out in our objections, we believe that the actions of the NLRB and the ALU improperly suppressed and influenced the vote, and we think the election should be conducted again so that a fair and broadly representative vote can be had,” Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said in a statement Friday.
Bryson was fired in the early days of the pandemic after leading a protest calling for the company to do more to protect workers against COVID-19. While off the job during the protest, Bryson got into a dispute with another worker and was later fired for violating Amazon’s vulgar-language policy, according to his attorney Frank Kearl.
The NLRB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Its spokesperson, Kayla Blado, previously said the independent agency is authorized by Congress to enforce the National Labor Relations Act.
“All NLRB enforcement actions against Amazon have been consistent with that Congressional mandate,” she said.
In other objections, Amazon targeted how the labor agency conducted the election. It said the agency failed to control media presence around the voting area and didn’t have enough staff and equipment, which the company says created long lines and “discouraged many employees from voting in subsequent polling sessions.”
Meanwhile, both Amazon and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a union that spearheaded a separate union drive in Bessemer, Alabama, have filed objections to that election. The final outcome of the union vote in Alabama is still up in the air with 416 outstanding challenged ballots in the balance. Initial results show the union down by 118 votes, with the majority of Amazon warehouse workers rejecting a bid to form unionize.
RWDSU, which filed more than 20 objections, said in its filing Thursday that its objections are “grounds to set the election aside.”
A hearing to review the challenged ballots is expected to begin in the coming weeks.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of Sri Lankans rallied in the country’s main business district and Christian clergy marched in the capital to observe a day of protest on Saturday calling on the debt-ridden nation’s president to resign, as anxiety and anger over shortages simmered.
Protesters carrying national flags and placards, some bemoaning the hardships through songs, blamed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his administration for mismanaging the crisis. He has remained steadfast in refusing to step down even after most of his Cabinet quit and loyal lawmakers rebelled, narrowing a path for him to seek a way out as his team prepares to negotiate with international lending institutions.
“Go home Rajapaksas” and “We need responsible leadership,” read the placards.
The protest also included a large number of youngsters who had organized themselves through social media and refuse to accept any political leadership. Many carried signs, saying “You messed with the wrong generation!”
The protesters stayed around the president’s office and vowed not to leave until their mission is accomplished.
For months, Sri Lankans have stood in long lines to buy fuel, cooking gas, food and medicines, most of which come from abroad and are paid for in hard currency. The fuel shortage has caused rolling power cuts lasting several hours a day.
The Indian Ocean island nation is on the brink of bankruptcy, saddled with $25 billion foreign debt over the next five years — nearly $7 billion of which is due this year alone — and dwindling foreign reserves. Talks with the International Monetary Fund are expected later this month, and the government had turned to China and India for emergency loans to buy food and fuel.
Much of the anger expressed by weeks of growing protests has been directed at Rajapaksa and his elder brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who head an influential clan that has been in power for most of the past two decades. Five other family members are lawmakers, three of whom resigned as ministers last Sunday.
Thakshila Jayasinghe, a 35-year-old lawyer who joined the protest, said that she felt sorry for voting for Rajapaksa in the 2019 presidential election. “I wonder what sin I have committed by voting for this president when I see the people suffer,” she said.
Reports said that at least four elderly people have died while standing in lines for hours trying to buy cooking gas or kerosene oil.
Jayasinghe said she voted for Rajapaksa believing he was the best candidate to restore national security following the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people. The attacks, blamed on local Muslim militants with ties to the Islamic State group, also shattered the tourism industry, alongside the pandemic, depriving Sri Lanka of hard currency.
At the same time, critics accuse Rajapaksa of borrowing heavily to finance projects that earn no money, such as a port facility built with Chinese loans.
Catholic clergy and lay people joined a rally from the “martyrs cemetery” in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, where more than 100 people who died in the suicide attacks in the area’s St. Sebastian’s Church are buried.
They protested the economic crisis as well as the government’s alleged failure to uncover the conspirators behind the bombings.
“Today the country needs a major change and a new beginning,” Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, told protesters. “We ask from every citizen of this country to come together and change this system. To get together and tell these people to leave.”
“It’s enough now, it’s enough destroying the country, now leave and hand it over to someone who can govern this country,” he said.
The protest later moved near the Anglican cathedral in Colombo.
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has been critical of the investigation into the bombings, citing allegations that some members of the state intelligence units knew and met with at least one of the attackers.
Rajapaksa earlier proposed the creation of a unity government following the Cabinet resignations, but the main opposition party rejected the idea. Parliament has failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with the crisis after nearly 40 governing coalition lawmakers said they would no longer vote according to coalition instructions, significantly weakening the government.
With opposition parties divided, they too have not been able to show majority and take control of Parliament.
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BOISE, Idaho — A 12-year-old boy caught what many are calling a fish of a lifetime late last month on the Snake River.
Tyler Grimshaw tied the Idaho sturgeon catch and release record after he reeled in a 9-foot, 11-inch monster fish while fishing with his father, Lance, and Jones Sport Fishing guide Joe Weisner.
"A fish of this caliber, I mean, it doesn't come around very often," Weisner said. "I have caught and seen hundreds of these fish. It's what I do for a living and this one was truly special … It's an absolute giant."
According to Weisner, Tyler was determined to reel in the massive sturgeon once he had the fish hooked. The 12-year-old boy stayed with the fish by himself for 50 minutes.
"He was not giving up on it," Weisner said. "He took the rod between his legs and he basically was squatting on the rod, just using his own body weight for leverage."
The record-tying catch was 12 years in the making. Tyler said he has been fishing his entire life, but the 9-foot, 11-inch sturgeon outweighed any previous experience with a fishing rod.
"I was excited," Tyler said. "This fish was far bigger than anything I had seen before. I was at a loss for words."
Weisner and the crew involved with Tyler's catch measured the sturgeon three times to confirm it tied the Idaho catch and release record.
"It's just one of those moments, though, that it was truly, truly incredible," Weisner said.
The 12-year-old fisherman got a real taste of what it means to catch a fish of a lifetime, as seen in the photo below. Although Tyler did not eat the fish and released it back in the water, KTVB asked him how the sturgeon tasted in the photo.
Tyler said it tasted "good," and said "my dad just wants to get photos of me for memories."
Now, Tyler is aiming to beat his record catch by reeling in another massive sturgeon.
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EUR/USD is holding relatively steady after having retraced its early-hours move above 1.0930.
Not so for AUD, NZD, CHF, NZD, CAD and GBP - all are falling away against the dollar to greater or lesser extents
The 10 year US Treasury yield is higher, hitting 2.75% for the first time since pre-pandemic (back in 2019)
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The consequences of the pandemic are still affecting us in our daily lives, consciously or not. But in the beginning, our days required drastic, immediate readjustment. Work, travel, and various life events came to a halt, and we didn’t know what the imminent future held.
The creative world was especially disrupted. Musicians could no longer tour, and many artists and designers had to cancel commissions. While this put creators in a difficult spot, many of them still used art to work through the frustration. Slanted Publishers presents a visual document of this period with HOMEBOUND, a collection of art created during lockdown. Some of the included work comes from projects that were originally derailed by the effects of the pandemic. Without this publication, these pieces may have never been finished, yet this project gave them a new home. Through its wide range of creative voices and evocative visuals, HOMEBOUND provides a compelling portrait of days that suddenly changed the framework of the world.
HOMEBOUND–New Wave shows the collaborative works of designers, artists, and authors, answering and visualizing the influence of the pandemic on their attitudes and projects!
The HOMEBOUND project was born when the pandemic began to cause lockdowns worldwide and many designers and artists had to cancel commissions. Cihan Tamti took the chance to act and decided to create a publication that would present the free projects of his Instagram community created during this period to use up the extra time. The result was an incredibly beautiful documentation of that time and of work that would never have been produced under normal circumstances.
With the second wave of the pandemic, Cihan Tamti wanted to repeat the same process, with great success: the outcome is HOMEBOUND–New Wave, a publication that features the excellent work of 75 designers from 50 cities and 12 countries! The new waves of the pandemic brought a new aesthetic, a new voice and a great progress in networking and cohesion within the community. The influence on the designers’ attitudes and projects has been questioned, answered, and visualized in this publication.
With articles by Rafael Bernardo, Hugo Suissas, Daan Rietbergen, Sophia Brinkgerd, Leonhard Laupichler, Marvin Loschelders, Jonas Diefenbach, Alexandra Breitenstein, Julien Fincker, and Lars Harmsen.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Bank says Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 45.1% this year because of Russia’s invasion, which has shut down half of the country’s businesses, choked off imports and exports, and damaged a vast amount of critical infrastructure.
Unprecedented financial and export sanctions imposed by Western allies in response to the war, meanwhile, are plunging Russia into a deep recession, lopping off more than a tenth of its economic growth, the World Bank said in a report Sunday.
The war is set to inflict twice the amount of economic damage across Europe and Central Asia that the COVID-19 pandemic did, the Washington-based lender said in its “War in the Region” economic report. Besides Ukraine, it focuses on central and Eastern Europe, former Soviet republics, the Balkan countries and Turkey.
“The magnitude of the humanitarian crisis unleashed by the war is staggering,” said Anna Bjerde, the World Bank’s vice president for the Europe and Central Asia region. “The Russian invasion is delivering a massive blow to Ukraine’s economy and it has inflicted enormous damage to infrastructure.”
The report said economic activity is impossible in “large swaths of areas” in Ukraine because infrastructure like roads, bridges, ports and train tracks have been destroyed.
Ukraine plays a major role as a global supplier of agricultural exports like wheat but that’s in question now because planting and harvesting have been disrupted by the war, the report said. The war has cut off access to the Black Sea, a key route for exports, including 90% of Ukraine’s grain shipments, it said.
“The war is having a devastating impact on human life and causing economic destruction in both countries, and will lead to significant economic losses in the Europe and Central Asia region and the rest of the world,” the report said.
Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Tajikistan also are forecast to slide into recession this year, while economic growth projections have been cut for the region’s other economies because of the war’s ripple effects.
The World Bank said the humanitarian catastrophe is the biggest initial shockwave from the war and will likely be its most enduring legacy, as the wave of refugees fleeing Ukraine is “anticipated to dwarf previous crises.”
More than 4 million people have fled Ukraine, with more than half going to Poland and others heading to countries like Moldova, Romania and Hungary. An additional 6.5 million have been displaced internally. Those numbers are expected to swell as the war drags on, the World Bank said.
The report issued a stark warning that “the war will increase poverty in the region due to the recession and food price inflation.”
Beyond the humanitarian crisis, the lender said “the war is also delivering a sizable blow to the global economy through multiple channels.”
The war and sanctions have scrambled global trade routes and pushed up shipping and insurance costs, “which magnifies strains on global value chains,” the report said, noting that industries getting hit include food, automobiles, construction, petrochemicals and transport.
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David Ziebler is the Director of Organization and Employment Development at SIU School of Medicine. He spoke to Community Voices about how employers can listen to the perspectives of employees to build morale.
David Ziebler is the Director of Organization and Employment Development at SIU School of Medicine. He spoke to Community Voices about how employers can listen to the perspectives of employees to build morale.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island will get $15 million through a settlement with major oil and gas companies that allegedly polluted the state’s soil and groundwater with a gasoline additive, the attorney general announced Monday.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said the case, filed in 2016, alleged that Shell, Sunoco and Citgo, along with several other refiners, caused pollution with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether.
The companies agreed to pay $15 million to resolve the claims. The money will be used to remediate contaminated water supplies. Lawyers for the defendants did not immediately respond to email messages seeking comment Monday.
According to court documents, the defendants expressly deny any and all liability associated with the litigation, and believe they have good and valid defenses to all of the state’s claims. The defendants agreed to the settlement to resolve the lawsuit and avoid further costs, the documents state.
Neronha said the litigation is ongoing against several other major gas companies. MTBE has leaked from underground storage tanks, such as those typically found at gas stations, and contaminated groundwater and soil throughout the United States for decades, Neronha added. Rhode Island banned the use of the additive in 2007.
The state accused the companies of promoting and selling gasoline and other petroleum products containing MTBE, when they knew, or reasonably should have known, that the additive would be released into the environment and contaminate the state’s water supply, threatening public health and welfare.
Rhode Island has entered into separate settlements worth a total of $2.1 million with four other oil and gas companies.
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CHEYENNE – A New Zealand-based fencing and wire machinery manufacturer has decided its North American hub will be located in Cheyenne.
UMC Technology Ltd. specializes in the manufacturing of wire fence fabrication machinery. The company recently released a patented new product: the Fence Lokk Machine, or FLM, series.
"Their FLM machine is the only fabricated fence machine in the world capable of producing two different types of fence knot with the same machine," a news release from economic development organization Cheyenne LEADS explained. "Combining decades of experience and innovation, UMC has been able to deliver a high-speed, versatile, state-of-the-art machine with integrated safety and wide-ranging functionality."
This new machine was the "result of widespread consultation with the fencing industry," and created a fencing machine that saves time and money for manufacturers, the news release said.
The company's Cheyenne location – its first in the U.S. – will create 10 jobs, with more planned in the future, according to the release.
The announcement was made Friday by Gov. Mark Gordon at the Cheyenne LEADS annual meeting and banquet, held at Little America Hotel & Resort.
The facility will be located in the Cheyenne LEADS-owned North Range Business Park just west of Cheyenne. UMC plans to begin construction of the 20,000-square-foot facility this summer.
"After the decision was made to set up a North America location, and careful consideration was given, UMC made the decision to choose the state of Wyoming for its manufacturing and sales facility," the release said.
The company's leadership apparently identified many similarities between New Zealand and Wyoming.
"The people are very friendly and hardworking, and the geography similar," UMC CEO Mark Ullrich said in the release. "We felt right at home from the first visit to Cheyenne last year."
Company leaders met with LEADS on their first visit to Cheyenne in late 2021, according to the release.
"It wasn’t long after that initial meeting we committed to Cheyenne," Ullrich said. "There was a lot of support from the LEADS staff, along with the LEADS board to make our move to Cheyenne a reality."
The manufacturing company "intends to be an American company, and fully immerse themselves in the community and commit to the people in the area," the release said.
"UMC Technology Ltd. is a perfect fit for Cheyenne and the state of Wyoming," Cheyenne LEADS CEO Betsey Hale said in the release. "UMC is a family-owned company that provides quality jobs, great benefits and will be an active member of the community."
Mayor Patrick Collins told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Monday that the company's move "validates" the city's efforts to become an attractive location for business and for manufacturing. He emphasized LEADS' role in attracting and working with businesses looking to expand or relocate, calling the economic development entity the city's "biggest cheerleader."
Collins also mentioned the announcement last November that sporting goods manufacturer Wright & McGill, producer of Eagle Claw fishing tackle, would open a plant in Cheyenne in the coming years. LEADS was also instrumental in that arrangement.
"When (CEO Mark Ullrich) articulated the reasons he wanted to come to Cheyenne, to me, that's just such an important victory for us," the mayor said. "What I think is going to happen is, the more of these (businesses) we get, the more the story gets out there that people need to look at Cheyenne."
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Armed Robbery at Popeye’s on Shurling Drive Saturday night
According to the release from BCSO, around 9:40 p.m., a male entered the restaurant brandishing a firearm, demanding money from the clerk. After getting an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect fled the store on foot. Nobody was injured.
The suspect is described as standing at 5 feet 4 inches tall, wearing a black shirt and blue pants– his photo is attached here:
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Discussions to bring Brightmark to Macon-Bibb County end
"I was completely thrilled. I jumped out of bed and wrote everybody."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Brightmark’s planned plastic’s recycling facility for Macon-Bibb County is no more. The Macon-Bibb Industrial Authority and Macon-Bibb County have mutually agreed with Brightmark to end discussions.
“I was completely thrilled. I jumped out of bed and wrote everybody,” said Jill Neimark, science journalist turned advocate.
Neimark opposed Brightmark from the start. She believes Macon-Bibb Mayor, Lester Miller, pulling his support of the project played a big role in ending discussions.
“He initially gave it. And when he saw how polluting it was and how risky it was he withdrew his support,” she said.
Jessica Wahl is a Clean Energy Associate with Environment Georgia, a group that opposed Brightmark. Their concerns included the impact on public health and climate change. She shared her reaction to the news.
“I was relieved Macon said no to this plastic to fuel shell game once and for all,” she said. “Because burning plastic trash, essentially burning fossil fuels to burn more fossil fuels, is the last thing we should be doing.”
Wahl thinks part of the reason discussion ended was because of issues with their plant in Indiana.
She says their process of pyrolysis, which turns plastic into fuel, has never been demonstrated to scale or even in a lab.
“Their processes are proprietary and protected so no one can really look at that data,” she said. “Since it hasn’t been done at scale successfully. There’s also not much information on what the byproducts or health impacts are.”
Neimark says her message is to not let a large corporation scare you out of fighting for what you think is right.
“The lesson is you can make a difference. You can protect your community, you can protect your water, you can protect your air. You just have to be persistent and keep at it,” she said.
According to Environment Georgia, there’s concerns Brightmark will move their plans to other counties in Georgia. Environment Georgia say they’ll keep an eye out for when, or if that happens.
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Eatonton man drowns in Cedar Creek
EATONTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Saturday, an Eatonton man went fishing at Cedar Creek, but never came home.
According to a release from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, 58 year-old David Smith had gone out to go fishing after work around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday by himself. His family reported that around 4:15 p.m., his fishing gear had been found on the bank, but Smith was nowhere to be found.
Rescue crews came to the scene at the bridge over Cedar Creek on U.S. Hwy 129 at the Jones County line– this is where they found disturbed soil on a muddy bank near Smith’s fishing gear. The appearance of the mud led investigators to believe that Smith had slid into the water, or tried to get out of the water. Cedar Creek was also swollen from recent heavy rains, so the currents were strong.
Hours later, around 7 p.m., Putnam Fire crews found Smith’s body in the creek using a drag apparatus.
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Top stories from April 11, 2022
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Two teens, two men accused of stealing car in Houston County
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Macon Arts Alliance launches music study
A Downtown Challenge grant is helping Macon Arts Alliance with phase one of a music study that will take a look at Macon's music economy.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Downtown Challenge grant is helping Macon Arts Alliance with phase one of a music study that will take a look at Macon’s music economy.
Macon Arts Alliance hired Sound Diplomacy to help with the study.
The study will look at Macon’s music ecosystem to see what the city has and what it needs and will also tell how Macon can take advantage of its music history foster a successful music economy.
The Macon Arts Alliance Executive Director, Julie Wilkerson, says it’s an opportunity for economic development.
“What is a plan?” she said. “What is the path to capitalize on the things that are happening here? And on our music history, how does all that work together that will be an economic driver and also provide an opportunity for emerging artists?”
Macon Arts Alliance hosted a town hall at the Mill Hill Community Arts Center Monday night.
If you missed the meeting, the consultants are creating a survey you can fill out. Macon Arts Alliance plans to release the survey by the end of the week.
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Macon Water Authority dedicates building to civil rights pioneer
The Macon Water Authority dedicated its Support Services Building in honor of Herbert Dennard.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Water Authority dedicated its Support Services Building in honor of Herbert Dennard.
Dennard served on the MWA board for 16 years from 1981 to 1996 and helped implement several policies that still stand today.
Those policies include MWA recognizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as an official holiday and also making sure Black employees are not only hired but also advance into management positions.
Dennard spoke Monday about how none of his accomplishments could’ve been done alone.
“We would all get together, discuss issues, argue over issues, fight over issues,” he said. “We would do all those things together, and sometimes that’s how we decided which direction one can go . One can not do it alone.”
Dennard also founded an Afro-American beauty boutique and founded The Georgia Informer, an African American newspaper.
Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller also proclaimed April 11 as Herbert Dennard Day.
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UPDATE: Man dies after shooting, car wreck; suspect in custody
UPDATE: MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A shooting on New Clinton Road and Millerfield Road left 26 year-old male hospitalized in critical condition.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says that it was reported that the 26 year-old was driving a Ford Focus south on New Clinton Road when he lost control of the vehicle, and rolled the car onto its side. When the driver was taken to Atrium Health Navicent, it was found that he had been shot.
Nobody else was injured during the incident.
BCSO interviewed 21 year-old DeShondre Octavious Liggins of Macon, and later charged him with Aggravated Assault and took him to the Bibb County Jail where he is being held without bond.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.
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Mercer University working to increase computer science graduates in rural Georgia
Mercer University received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help teachers learn about computer science.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mercer University received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help teachers learn about computer science.
The purpose of the grant is to develop masters level computer science teachers in rural areas.
Treutlen County, Wheeler County and Dublin City teachers will be part of a 14-month long program beginning in May.
We spoke with Tom Koballa, the dean of Mercer’s College of Education.
“Not only the coding and cybersecurity, but just the the thinking skills that someone develops as a part of computer science instruction,” he said. “So I think it’s going to be a tremendous benefit to the school systems.”
Koballa says teachers will receive an Educational Specialist Degree at the end of the training. The program will focus on middle school and high school level teachers.
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Motorcycle accident leaves Macon man dead
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking into a traffic accident that led to the death of a Macon man Sunday afternoon.
According to the release from BCSO, on April 10th, around 5:15 p.m., 32 year-old Ezekile Hoskins of Macon was driving at a high speed on Jeffersonville Road when a 71 year-old man from Twiggs County driving a Chevy Silverado pulled into the road to take a left turn onto Franklinton Road. While this turn was being made, Hoskins ran his motorcycle into the passenger side rear of the truck.
Hoskins was taken to Atrium Health Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased by hospital staff. There were no other injuries.
No charges are being filed currently.
Anyone with information about this wreck is urged to call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500.
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Robbery by Snatching at Citgo on Shurling Drive Sunday morning
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Commercial Robbery by snatching that took place Sunday morning at the Citgo on Shurling Drive.
According to the release from the BCSO, a clerk was collecting money from the gaming machines when the male suspect snatched the money bag and fled the store on foot. Nobody was injured.
The suspect is described to be about 6 feet tall, heavy set, and wearing a gray jacket, black pants, and black and white shoes.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Man hospitalized after shooting at Smiley’s Flea Market
The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident in which shots were fired at Smiley's Flea Market Sunday afternoon.
According to the incident report from BCSO, several witnesses told deputies three males were running through the market with guns around 4 p.m. Investigators say two of them left in a white Chevy Impala with a dealers tag.
Investigators found a shell casing near the bumper cars.
Deputies were later told a man from Perry was shot and drove himself to the Perry Hospital. Deputies made contact with the man and opened an investigation.
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Two teens, two men accused of stealing car in Houston County
The Perry Police Department says it received complaints of vehicles broken into, and one being stolen in the Perry-Houston County area.
The Perry Police Department says it received several complaints of vehicles broken into, and one being stolen in the Perry–Houston County area on April 9 around 5 a.m.
Houston County deputies were dispatched to suspects pulling on car door handles in the Doublegate Subdivision. The responding deputy noticed a vehicle without headlights pull into a driveway in the 100 block of Willowgate Drive. The suspects then fled on foot, but were later apprehended.
Police say 18-year-old Leehaven Ontenerio Greene, 18-year-old Jy’Quay Zy’Quan Jordan, 19-year-old Jacory Laquan Jordan Jr., and 20-year-old Joshua Peace Jenkins, entered vehicles in the High Land Park at Sugarloaf Subdivision, Rainsong Trail, Grayton Way and Hampton Apartment Complex in Perry.
There were also cars in the Doublegate Subdivision and Candler Park Subdivision in Houston County broken into.
Items stolen during the incidents were collected.
All four are charged with multiple counts of Entering Autos, one count of Motor Vehicle Theft, Criminal Damage to Property (2nd Degree), Criminal Trespass,
Obstruction of an Officer.
Anyone with any other information on these cases, contact the Perry Police Department, Lt. Gilliam at (478) 988–2834 or the Houston County Sheriff Office Sgt. Darron Jones at (478) 542–2085.
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Warmer weather returns to start the new week
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Heat and humidity are returning to the Peach State.
Today
It was a cool weekend for Middle Georgia, although things did begin to warm up on Sunday once the wind calmed down. The blustery conditions are behind us as we roll into the second full week of April. Temperatures this afternoon will climb over the 80 degree mark for most of Middle Georgia. Cloud cover will increase during the afternoon hours with an off chance for an isolated shower. Winds will come in from the southwest today at 5-10 mph. Gusts could reach up to 15 mph.
Tonight the clouds that form in the afternoon will quickly clear out. By midnight the skies over Middle Georgia should basically be clear. More clouds will begin to move in from the northwest as we head into the sunrise tomorrow. The winds overnight will hover around the 5 mph mark blowing out of the south. Overnight lows will bottom out in the low to mid 50s.
Tomorrow
We will see a good amount of sunshine tomorrow afternoon as well, in fact, there’s a good chance there will be less clouds tomorrow than today. It will definitely be warmer: highs are projected to top off in the mid to upper 80s across the board. The winds will come in from the south-southwest at 5-10 mph. Gusts will likely fall in the 15-20 mph range. There will also again be the off chance for an isolated shower. Any rain with showers will be light and short-lived.
Skies will be mostly clear rolling into the overnight hours, however cloud cover will increase a bit heading into Wednesday morning. With overnight lows returning to the lower 60s Tuesday night with south winds of 5-10 mph, there will be a chance for patchy fog Wednesday morning as well.
Wednesday and Beyond
We will see a good bit more cloud cover on Wednesday, however it will still be rather warm as highs reach the mid to upper 80s again. Winds will likely hang in the 10-15 mph range from the south. Rain is unlikely. Lows will drop into the lower 60s heading into Thursday morning.
Thursday will be our best chance for rain as a cold front pushes through. At this time, it is not expected to be very strong once it arrives. Severe weather looks unlikely, but not impossible. Highs will be in the upper 70s. Lows will be in the low to mid 50s.
Friday will see highs return to the 80s for most of Middle Georgia. The sunny skies will return as well.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Warming trend continues Tuesday
After a warm day today, we have a few more warm days on the way before the rain returns to the area.
Tomorrow will bring a day of clearing skies and highs warming to the mid 80s.
Humidity will slowly start increasing as southerly winds bring more moisture to Middle Georgia.
Wednesday will be a similar day, but with more cloud cover ahead of our next round of storms.
Our next round of storms will be approaching the area during the morning hours on Thursday.
Although we are expecting to see severe weather to our west, the line will likely be breaking down as it moves into Georgia.
This system will, however, be kick starting a pretty unsettled pattern as we head into the weekend.
Temperatures will be staying warm through the weekend with highs in the 80s and lows in the mid 50s.
Rain and storms will be possible throughout the weekend, although at this point none of the days looks like a total rain out.
Easter Sunday will likely feature a few showers and storms as well.
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German 10-year bund yields are up 2 bps to 0.84%, its highest since July 2015, to kick start the session. Adding to that is the continued push higher in Treasury yields as well. Here's a look at the curve:
- 2-year yields +3.1 bps to 2.539%
- 5-year yields +4.2 bps to 2.827%
- 10-year yields +3.8 bps to 2.820%
- 30-year yields +1.8 bps to 2.839%
The mood is continuing to underpin USD/JPY as the pair trades back towards the highs for the day now around 125.62 after having briefly dropped earlier to 125.12 in Asia trading amid some light jawboning by Japanese officials.
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Illinois woman charged after gun goes off while being arrested by Chicago police
CHICAGO - A Decatur woman is facing multiple charges after her gun fired as she was being taken into custody Monday morning in the South Shore neighborhood.
Police responded to a call of a person with a gun around 8:45 a.m. in the 2000 block of East 67th Street.
When they arrived, police attempted to take 22-year-old Ania Ramsey into custody when her gun fired, according to CPD.
No one was struck by the gunfire.
Ramsey was arrested and charged with two counts of unlawful use of weapon by a felon, two counts of resisting or obstructing a peace officer and reckless discharge of a firearm.
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She is due in court Tuesday.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will accelerate plans to exploit offshore natural gas deposits, the country’s prime minister said Tuesday, describing a return to reliance on fossil fuels as a temporary necessity due to the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine.
Surveys in six regions in western and southern Greece should be completed by the end of next year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing international energy crisis have added to the very serious level of uncertainty in all our lives,” he said.
“I would like to emphasize that this new path in no way diverts us from the long-term goals of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.”
Low oil and gas prices in recent years were blamed for stalling gas exploration in Greece’s Ionian Sea and off the coast of the island of Crete.
But the government last week announced plans to increase domestic coal production and expand its natural gas infrastructure to boost its liquefied natural gas capacity with additional storage space at an existing facility and plans to build two more.
The expansion will eventually allow Greece to export gas to its northern neighbors Bulgaria and North Macedonia, which are also heavily reliant on Russian gas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule and allow the sale of higher-ethanol gasoline this summer, trying to tamp down prices at the pump that have spiked during Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Most gasoline sold in the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow widespread sale of a 15% ethanol blend that is usually prohibited between June 1 and Sept. 15 because of concerns that it adds to smog in high temperatures.
Senior Biden administration officials said the action will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon, but at just 2,300 gas stations. Those stations are mostly in the Midwest and the South, including Texas, according to industry groups.
Biden is facing growing political pressure over inflation, and new data Tuesday showed prices rising at the fastest pace in more than 40 years, driven in part by soaring energy costs during the Russia-Ukraine war. The Labor Department said its consumer price index jumped 8.5% in March from 12 months earlier, the biggest year-over-year increase since December 1981.
Gas prices accounted for more than half of the monthly jump, and food and housing costs also climbed in ways that could weigh on families. Inflation began to accelerate last year amid robust hiring after the passage of Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, a challenge for U.S. consumers that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine then amplified.
Administration officials said the EPA has determined that the “emergency” step of allowing more E15 gasoline sales for the summer is not likely to have a significant air quality impact. That’s despite some environmentalists long arguing that more ethanol in gasoline increases pollution, especially during warmer summer months.
Biden was announcing the move at a biofuel company in Menlo, west of Des Moines. Iowa is the country’s largest producer of corn, key to producing ethanol.
The waiver is another effort to help ease global energy markets that have been rocked since Russia invaded Ukraine. Last month, the president announced the U.S. will release 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve over the next six months. His administration said that has helped to slightly reduce gas prices lately, after they climbed to an average of about $4.23 a gallon by the end of March, compared with $2.87 at the same time a year ago, according to AAA.
“Not only is this decision a major win for American drivers and our nation’s energy security, it means cleaner options at the pump and a stronger rural economy,” Emily Skor, CEO of the biofuel trade association group Growth Energy, said in a statement.
Members of Congress from both parties also had urged Biden to grant the E15 waiver.
“Homegrown Iowa biofuels provide a quick and clean solution for lowering prices at the pump, and bolstering production would help us become energy independent once again,″ said Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. He was among nine Republican and seven Democratic senators from Midwestern states who sent Biden a letter last month urging him to allow year-round E15 sales.
The trip will be Biden’s first as president to Iowa, where his 2020 presidential campaign limped to a fourth-place finish in the state’s caucus.
After bouncing back to win the Democratic nomination, Biden returned for a rally at the Iowa state fairgrounds four days before Election Day 2020, only to see Donald Trump win the state by 8 percentage points.
Biden heads back to the state at a moment when he’s facing yet more political peril. He’s saddled with sagging approval ratings and inflation at a 40-year high while his party faces the prospect of big midterm election losses that could cost it control of Congress.
The president also planned to promote his economic plans to help rural families and highlight the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law enacted last fall. That law includes money to improve internet access, as well as for modernizing wastewater systems, reducing flooding threats and improving roads and bridges, drinking water and electric grids in sparsely populated areas.
“Part of it is showing up in communities of all sizes, regardless of the results of the last election,” said Jesse Harris, who was a senior adviser to Biden’s 2020 campaign in Iowa and directed early voting efforts for Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008.
Administration officials have long suggested that Biden travel more to promote an economy that is rebounding from the setbacks of the coronavirus pandemic.
But much of the positive jobs news nationally has been overshadowed by surging gas, food and housing prices that have offset wage gains.
Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kauffman was unsparing in his criticism of Biden’s handling of the economy and inflation. But, he said, the temporary move on ethanol was the right one.
“First of all, let me say that that’s a good thing. Absolutely good thing. It would have been nice had he done it earlier,” Kauffman said. “Am I glad about this waiver? Yes I am. Is it enough? Nope.”
The high inflation also poses a threat to Biden’s broader domestic agenda, which the White House hoped would draw a contrast with Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia released a statement saying that the Biden administration and the Federal Reserve failed “to act fast enough,” to curb costs for the American people and that the problem of high prices predates the invasion of Ukraine.
“It is a disservice to the American people to act as if inflation is a new phenomenon,” Manchin said in a release.
Manchin, whose opposition doomed Biden’s 10-year, roughly $2 trillion measure in December, had recently returned to the negotiating table with the White House. Manchin has said that any new package must include provisions for deficit reduction and controlling inflation. It remains unclear what impact the new inflation data will have on the status of those negotiations.
After Iowa, Biden will visit Greensboro, North Carolina, on Thursday.
The EPA has lifted seasonal restrictions on E15 in the past, including after Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The Trump administration did so in the summer two years later but had that action struck down by a federal appeals court.
A group representing petroleum refiners blasted Biden’s decision, saying the only emergency was his dropping poll numbers.
“We are right there with the administration on wanting to see relief for consumers at the pump, but an unlawful executive order is not how to solve the problem,” said Chet Thompson, president & CEO of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.
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Associated Press writers Tom Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa and Farnoush Amiri and Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report.
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The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office says they are working on leads following a shooting in the Eunice area that is now fatal.
Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz confirmed that his detectives began an investigation into a shooting on April 11, 2022, in the Eunice area.
At 1:31 p.m. deputies responded to a call of a shooting on Bradley Street just outside the city of Eunice. Deputies assisted by the Eunice Police Department as well as the Eunice Fire Department arrived on the scene and located 36-year-old Clarence Mitchell with apparent gunshot wounds. Deputies tell KATC Mitchell was shot while in his vehicle.
Mitchell was transported to an area hospital and later airlifted to another local hospital.
This afternoon the detectives were notified by the hospital that Mitchell had died of gunshot wounds he suffered.
St Landry deputies say they are working leads on a suspect and no other details are being released.
Anyone with information on this please call Crime Stoppers at 337-948-8477 or dial**TIPS on any mobile device. All tips are confidential.
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19-year-old arrested in Macon during traffic stop
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A 19 year-old is being charged with several crimes involving drugs and guns after a traffic stop on Monday.
According to the release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, around 3 p.m. on Monday, April 11th, Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Honda Civic on Pio Nono Avenue concerning an insurance violation, when the driver refused to stop. Deputies followed the vehicle, until it stopped at the 3400 block of Travis Boulevard. During the traffic stop, deputies found a Glock 19 pistol, a Diamondback DB15 rifle, 1.5 ounces of marijuana, drug packaging materials, a scale, and magazines for the weapons.
The driver, identified as 19 year-old Victor Mays Jr., was taken to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, where he is being charged without bond for several charges involving drugs, guns, and traffic offenses. Mays also has an unrelated warrant out of Fulton County.
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Central Georgia Technical College forms new partnership
Interfor, a Perry based logging company, began the Millwright Apprenticeship Program.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Central Georgia Technical College has a new partnership that allows students to gain their associate degree while getting on the job training.
Interfor, a Perry based logging company, began the Millwright Apprenticeship Program.
The program lasts three years, and allows students to receive training in numerous trade fields.
Students who receive 45 credit hours with the program, can receive credit at Central Georgia Technical College.
“For so long technical training has been seen as something less than college level education what this does is acknowledges the hands on work that people do everyday and the training they received and the whole range of trade industry jobs has the same kind of value as formal college education does,” said Dean of Aerospace and Trade for Central Georgia Technical College, Mike Engel.
The Perry campus allows students to learn how to lumberjack, weld, work on machinery and other maintenance positions.
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Crash in Bibb County closes lanes on I-75 South near Sardis Church Road
(41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Department of Transportation is reporting a crash on I-75 Southbound that’s blocking several lanes.
According to GDOT’s social media, the crash is situated near Sardis Church Road, and is blocking 2 of 4 left lanes.
Beware of traffic in this area, and try to find alternate routes to your destination if you can.
GDOT’s 511Georgia app is currently saying the wreck should be cleared around 2:15 p.m.
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Fort Valley Mayor looks back, talks future after 100 days in office
"We are doing everything we can to make sure we are functional, to make sure the service that the city offer is A1 service and we're just emphasizing team work mentality."
PEACH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- It’s been 100 days since Jeffery Lundy took office as Mayor of Fort Valley. Mayor Lundy’s run started with a court battle questioning his residency.
Since becoming Mayor, he has filled a number of vacancies, including Chief of Police, Public Safety Director, and City Attorney LaRhondra Patrick, now Mayor of Warner Robins.
Mayor Lunday says getting those positions filled would help his team provide great services to the residents of Fort Valley.
“We are doing everything we can to make sure we are functional, to make sure the service that the city offer is A1 service and we’re just emphasizing team work mentality,” said Mayor Lundy.
The Mayor is looking to the future, speaking about planning Fort Valley State University’s Homecoming following a shooting that happened during homecoming last year.
According to Mayor Lundy, there have been 14 business applications for the the city of Fort Valley since he took office.
“We want folks to see what other businesses are doing in fort valley and then hopefully they’ll see some things we’re trying to do some things to draw attention to fort valley that they might come to here with industries that want to start,” said Mayor Lundy.
He says the city is also preparing for the Peach Festival in May.
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Georgia Chamber of Commerce talks economy in Macon
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce stopped in Macon Tuesday as part of its economy tour across the state.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Chamber of Commerce stopped in Macon Tuesday as part of its economy tour across the state.
Like many other states, Georgia’s economy has changed since the pandemic began.
One problem most businesses still face is having available jobs and not enough people willing to fill them.
Chris Clark, the president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, says there are three things Georgia needs to do to continue to grow its economy.
“First is build the infrastructure of the future ones,” he said. “Diversify our economy, but the most important right now is winning the war for talent, so convincing people to come back to the workplace, getting people to transition from low-skilled jobs to high-skilled jobs.”
So what do local businesses need to change in order to fill those positions?
“Make sure that the employers that are in this area are offering flexibility, good benefits and higher salaries,” he said. “You also got to do a better job at working directly between the employers and the school kids we’ve got coming up in order to convince those kids in middle school that there are opportunities for them in middle Georgia.”
Asbury Stembridge, the owner and physician recruiter for the Stembridge Agency in Macon, says the healthcare field is one of the leading industries, but there is a lack of people applying.
“This is a major concern, because if we do not have the employees to meet the job needs, then we can’t produce,” Stembridge said. “And not only can’t we produce, we can’t provide revenue for the state.”
Stembridge agrees with Chamber leaders about the need to be more flexible in order to attract people into new positions.
“These people who like to have lives of their own as well,” Stembridge said. “They want to care for others, but they also want to have lives as well.”
Chamber leaders say Middle Georgia businesses need to keep three things in mind: diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Gilbert Gottfried, standup comic and actor, dies at 67
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gilbert Gottfried, the actor and legendary standup comic known for his raw, scorched voice and crude jokes, has died.
His publicist Glenn Schwartz said in a statement that Gottfried died Tuesday at age 67. Gottfried was a fiercely independent and intentionally bizarre comedian’s comedian, as likely to clear a room with anti-comedy as he was to kill with his jokes.
He first came to national attention with frequent appearances on MTV in its early days and as a cast member of “Saturday Night Live” in the 1980s. Gottfried also did voice work for children’s television and movies, most famously playing the parrot Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin.”
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Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway; at least 16 injured
NEW YORK (AP) — At least eight people were shot and eight others injured when a gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and opened fire Tuesday morning.
Police were still searching for the suspect. Officials said the gunfire wounded at least eight people, and at least 16 in all were injured in some way in the attack at the 36th Street station in the borough’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated that the suspect who fled was a man wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.
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Highlights and scores from round one of the GHSA girls soccer playoffs
The GHSA girls soccer playoffs began April 12 and runs through May 6.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The GHSA girls soccer playoffs kicked off today, with the Stratford Academy Eagles hosting the Savannah Christian Raiders in round one of 1A Private.
The Eagles asserted their dominance early as they scored within the first minute of play off a deflection.
Then in a span of three minutes, Dylan Driver, an Auburn University signee, scored a hat trick, giving the Eagles a 4-0 lead.
Stratford would not take their feet off the gas as they scored another two goals before halftime to take a 6-0.
The Eagles would win 10-0 in a mercy rule stoppage.
Stratford is on to the second round of the playoffs and will host Mount Vernon next Monday.
Here are a few more scores from the first round of the playoffs.
Mount de Sales Academy’s season ends as they lose in a penalty shootout against Savannah Country Day School.
Treutlen moves on in the 1A Public bracket with a 2-0 victory over Lanier County.
The Mary Persons Bulldogs move on in the 3A bracket with an 8-1 victory over the Academy of Richmond County.
Veterans on to the 5A second round with an 8-0 win over Tri-Cities.
Several first-round matchups will take place over the next two days.
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Houston Avenue Grocery robbed
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a commercial armed robbery that took place just before 3:00 a.m. at the Houston Avenue Grocery, located at 4315 Houston Avenue.
It was reported that a male subject entered the store with a gun. He demanded money from the clerk. After getting an undisclosed amount of money he fled the store on foot. No one was injured during this incident.
The suspect is described as wearing all black with mask.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500, or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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How to include those with special needs for Easter activities
"Pick up some chalk, and have chalk art events to create and use their creative side."
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Easter is on Sunday, and many usually gather for egg hunts and attend religious services.
Bridgette Arno Sparks is an Educational and Behavioral Consultant with Puzzle Pieces Intervention Center. She says for those with special needs, it’s important to prepare them for high stimulating holidays like Easter.
“Giving them expectations that may be specific to who may be there, what noise levels they will be hearing. Should they bring headphones or earbuds,” she said.
Arno Sparks says people should be mindful of those with special needs for big activities like egg hunts. You can do that by giving them a safe place to take breaks, or direct them to a person who can help if they’re having trouble finding eggs. She says it’s also a good idea to have other activities planned for the day.
“Pick up some chalk, and have chalk art events to create and use their creative side. You can make various STEM based activities to bring science and the creativity side out, and the engineer side of them,” she said.
Nancy Graham is the Leisure Services Supervisor for Perry. The city is hosting a special needs egg hunt on Saturday on Rozar Park. She says they will have events to include the whole family.
“We have a visually impaired hunting zone. And then for those that have special diets we have toy filled eggs only, and then we have another zone for toy filled and candy filled eggs,” she said.
Arno Sparks says it means a lot to her Perry is hosting a special needs inclusive event. She says it’s important they feel included too.
“Just everyone’s ability to learn and being differently abled, it’s important to know that there’s ways to accommodate and make modifications so that everyone can be included,” she said.
The special needs egg hunt is free to attend. Registration starts at 10 a.m., and the egg hunt starts at 11 a.m. The city does ask you bring your own egg basket.
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MGA nursing students help over 500 people in Honduras
During spring break students set up a clinic to provide medical care. They also provided food and home supplies.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Nursing students at Middle Georgia State University partnered with a local church to help over 500 people in Honduras.
During spring break students set up a clinic to provide medical care. They also provided food and home supplies.
We spoke with Katie Poupard, one of the students on the trip.
“Just to meet them in general, to see them who they are and see their struggles which are similar to the struggles that I have but also very different because of where they are and who they are, it was just very fulfilling to know those people in that capacity.”
Lisette Shipp is another nursing student at MGA who attended. She say everyone was so welcoming and thankful for the help.
The students say getting to help people in another part of the world was eye opening, and showed just how much healthcare workers are needed.
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More heat and sun on deck for Tuesday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Summertime feels will take over Middle Georgia this afternoon.
Today
The morning was mild for Middle Georgia following a night of clear skies. We will see an abundance of sunshine today as temperatures soar. Highs around the region this afternoon will be in the mid to upper 80s. Winds will blow from the south-southwest at 5-10 mph. Gusts could reach as high as 15 mph. Sunblock will be very important to remember out the door today as the UV index is forecast at 9. This is a very high UV index, indicating burn potential for those who are unprotected in 15 minutes or less. Limiting time in direct sunlight and staying in the shade are also highly recommended.
Skies will still be mostly clear as we head into tonight, however clouds will begin to fill in once the sun sets. The increase in clouds will intensify ahead of tomorrow morning, however blanket conditions are not expected. The overnight winds will remain out of the south at about 4-8 mph. Low temperatures are forecast to bottom out in the upper 50s and lower 60s.
Tomorrow
There will be plenty of warmth again Wednesday afternoon, however there will not be as much sun. Cloud cover will dominate as the sun is reduced to a few pockets around the region throughout the afternoon. The majority of the clouds will be upper level, however some lower level clouds will be present as well. Highs will reach the mid 80s around the region. Sunblock will be important again, even though the direct sunlight will be reduced. Winds will blow in from the south-southeast at 10-15 mph, adding a balmy breeze to the warm afternoon.
Cloud cover will thicken into a blanket after the sun sets. It will be humid and warm rolling into tomorrow morning as the winds blow in from the south-southwest at 5-10 mph and temperatures bottom out in the low to mid 60s. There is a slight chance for thunderstorms ahead of the sunrise Thursday morning.
Thursday and Beyond
Our next cold front will arrive Thursday morning, likely bringing storms with it. As of now the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has issued a Level 1 “Marginal” risk for severe weather Thursday afternoon. The cold front looks to be pretty week upon arrival. Highs will be in the upper 70s with lows dropping into the mid to upper 50s.
Friday should see the sunshine return ahead of lunchtime, however clouds will return overnight. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s around the region with lows in the mid to upper 50s.
The weekend is flipping the script from recent trends with a forecast for mostly cloudy skies and scattered thunderstorms both days. Highs will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s both days as well.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Mount de Sales Academy golfer signs with Georgia College
"I started playing about every day at the end of seventh grade, and started playing travel tournaments all over the Southeast."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Matthew Rogers, a standout golfer at Mount de Sales Academy, signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Georgia College.
Golf is not like most team sports. It’s individualized, and participants travel independently with parents or a single coach; for Matthew, it’s his dad who has been right by him since the beginning.
“I started playing about every day at the end of seventh grade and started playing travel tournaments all over the Southeast when my dad would take me to every single one,” said Rogers. “And he’s watched every single hole of tournament golf I’ve played pretty much.”
It doesn’t seem like father Rogers will be stopping anytime soon as Matthew is just down the road in Milledgeville.
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Shots fired at Warner Robins party, Officers still searching for suspects
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Warner Robins Police Department is searching for the suspects behind a recent shooting at a Warner Robins party.
According to the release from the WRPD, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 12th, officers were sent to the 800 block of Leisure Lake Drive concerning shots fired.
When officers arrived at the scene, witnesses said that there was loud arguing heard from a large party, several shots were heard, and that the suspects had fled the area in 3 sedans. Nobody was reported to be injured.
Officers later found 2 unoccupied vehicles with damage from gunfire.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Warner Robins Police Department at (478) 302 5380 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1 877 68CRIME.
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Staying warm Wednesday
We had another beautiful day in Middle Georgia with sunny skies and highs in the 80s.
Overnight we will continue to see our cloud cover increase and our lows stay mainly in the low 60s and upper 50s.
Tomorrow will start mostly cloudy with a bit of clearing by the afternoon.
The clouds won’t stop us from warming into the 80s by the afternoon, with winds gusting to 25 mph.
This is all ahead of our next cold front that will bring severe storms to our west.
This front will be pushing into Middle Georgia during the morning hours on Thursday bringing our next chance of rain.
The severe weather threat should be rather limited due to the timing of the front as well as a lack of better severe ingredients.
Regardless, expect a chance of showers and thunderstorms through the day Thursday.
A level 1 threat is being forecast by the Storm Prediction Center for Thursday.
The main threats with storms Thursday will be damaging wind gusts, but an isolated tornado can’t be ruled out.
Rain chances will be sticking around through the rest of the week across the area, with Friday likely being our driest day.
Storms will be possible through the weekend as well, thanks to a front that will be stalling for a while over Middle Georgia.
Highs for the weekend will be staying mainly in the 70s with lows in the 50s.
By next week we will see a cold front push through that should help to clear us out.
We will also be seeing a significant cool down to the low 70s.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida A&M softball fell in a hole early, but showed resiliency scoring the game's final six runs, including a three-run walk-off double from Jane'a Mobley to beat Jacksonville 8-7.
The Rattlers saw themselves in a hole early Tuesday after giving up two runs in the second and third to fall 4-0.
In the bottom of the fourth, Destiny Cuevas got things started for the Rattlers with the leadoff single, and two batters later, Brandice Boatwright reached on an error as Cuevas advanced to third.
Alexis Jones came in to pinch run for Boatwright, and another Dolphins error allowed Jones to move to second and Cuevas to score the first run for the Rattlers.
A couple of batters later, Mia Blasingane hit an RBI single, driving in Jones to make it a 4-2 game.
The Dolphins had another scoring burst in the next half inning, adding three runs to extend their lead 7-2. Destiny Cuevas hit a solo home run to left-center in the bottom half of the fifth to make it a 7-3 ballgame.
To begin the sixth, Coach Orr made a pitching change to bring in Cris'Deona Beasley, and she made an immediate impact with three straight strikeouts.
MelKayla Irvis walked to first with one out at the bottom of the sixth.
Mia Blasingane came to bat and singled to the second baseman, and the second baseman made a diving attempt to get Blasingane, but Blasingane was called safe.
Irvis advanced to third, and the second baseman tried to make a play, but Irvis was safe, and Blasingane advanced to second while the throw was made to third.
MeAsia Armstrong entered the game to pinch hit for Lauryn Peppers, and a wild pitch from the Dolphins scored Irvis and moved Blasingane to third.
Armstrong drew a walk and was caught stealing, but Blasingane was able to steal home to bring the Rattlers within two runs.
In the top of the seventh, Cris'Deona Beasley was three up and three down, picking up another strikeout.
Desirae Beacham opened the bottom of the seventh lining out to right field, but the Rattlers still had two outs to rally.
Destiny Cuevas came up to bat and singled to right field, and Kyami Cruz came in to pinch run.
Aniyza Vargas singled to left center, advancing Crus to second.
Zoi Hall came in to pinch run for Vargas. Brandice Boatwright drew a walk, and Brianne Hill entered the game to pinch run for Boatwright.
Bases loaded with one out, and Jane'a Mobley walked up to the plate ready to play hero and does that with a walk-off three-run double down the right-field line to give the Rattlers the 8-7 win.
Cris'Deona Beasley picked up her seventh win of the season as Jane'a Mobley led the Rattlers with three RBIs.
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ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP)Funeral services for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who was killed when he was hit by a dump truck on Saturday, will take place this weekend.
The first memorial will be held Saturday at noon at Christ Church in Rockaway Township. The next day, services will occur at Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland.
Haskins, 24, was hit by the truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Haskins appeared to be in South Florida this week with several teammates, including fellow quarterback Mitch Trubisky, running back Najee Harris and tight end Pat Freiermuth.
A 2019 first-round draft pick by Washington, Haskins was released by the team after going 3-10 over two seasons. He was signed by Pittsburgh as a developmental quarterback, but he didn’t appear in a game last season.
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Scottish graphic designer Kyle Lamond archives his home country’s brutalist buildings in his personal project Brutalist Scotland. Throughout this hand-bound book, you’ll find sleek, architectural photography juxtaposed with stunning, orderly typography in a fitting black and white palette. Its tangible, slightly rough aesthetic perfectly mimics the minimalistic, structural look of brutalist architecture.
You can purchase a copy of Brutalist Scotland for £20 at Kyle Lamond’s online shop.
Brutalist Scotland is a personal project of mine that explores a curated selection of some of Scotland’s most precious pieces of brutalist architecture. With photography from Peter Atkinson, this first version covers 6 brutalist structures that lay throughout Scotland – from the Matthew Building in Dundee to the Anderston Centre in Glasgow.
The publication serves as an output to continue exploring the concept of ‘graphic brutalism’, to allow for total creative freedom and a project that can yield experimental compositions and typography. The first version features a black foiled front cover on 270gsm Neenah Environment Concrete by IST Printing, inner pages printed by Pressision on 170gsm Munken Lynx Rough Natural White, and all copies hand-bound by myself.
The first edition is available to purchase now via: la-mond.com/shop
Project Credits
Kyle Lamond
Photography: Peter Atkinson
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Forecast Updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 3:50am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Partly to mostly sunny. A stray pop-up shower or storm isn’t out of the realm of possibilities, but unlikely at this point. Breezy at times. Highs: 80-86. Winds: S-SW 10-20+ mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy to mostly clear and breezy. Lows: 60-65. Winds: S 10-20+ mph.
Thursday: Partly to mostly sunny with afternoon and evening showers and storms. A few of these storms may kick at times. Windy. Highs: 80-85. Winds: SW 15-30+ mph.
Thursday Night: A few showers / storms possible early, otherwise turning mostly clear by morning and windy. Lows: 48-54. Winds: W-NW 10-25+ mph.
Friday: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 65-72. Winds: W-NW 10-20+ mph.
Saturday: A bit more cloud cover is likely by the afternoon with a weak front moving across the area. A stray shower or two are possible, but not likely at this time. Breezy. Highs: 65-72. Winds: W-SW 10-20+ mph.
Another warm day is ahead on Delmarva as we wake you up this morning in the 50s and some low 60s as well in places. Expect a dry day with a mix of sun and clouds. There are hints that a stray shower or storm is going to be possible this afternoon as an area of low pressure passes by to our west, but at this point it is only a minor chance. Highs today are going to soar on a southwest breeze with temperatures up into the 80s for most. It will be cooler at our beach towns and on the Chesapeake Bay with where water temperatures are this time of year.
Thursday brings another warm day to Delmarva with highs into the 80s again, but by the afternoon and evening we will have to contend with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Right now, the models hint at limited convection along the front with most of the energy used up by the storm today out in the Plains and the mountains to the west. Right now, expect a few storms to pack some punch with gusty winds, torrential rain, and frequent lightning. Nothing like the severe weather they are experiencing out west. At most, we are looking at about 0.25 - 0.50” of rain being the average from this chance of showers and storms.
Friday brings a calmer day with temperatures in the 60s and some low 70s ahead of another system that will swing across Delmarva on Saturday. At this point, it lacks moisture on the models so I have it as a mix of sun and clouds with a slight chance of a shower, but this could change by Friday when more data is available. This system will bring temperatures crashing well below average by Sunday and Monday with highs in the 50s and morning temperatures Monday morning in the 30s.
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SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Frank R. James was upgraded from “person of interest” to “suspect” Wednesday morning in connection with a subway attack in Brooklyn, Mayor Eric Adams said.
Police identified James, 62, hours after 10 people were shot and another 13 were injured on an N train in Sunset Park on Tuesday morning.
James’ name was linked to a U-Haul van sought in connection with the attack, officials said. A key was left behind at the scene of the shooting. Police connected that to a U-Haul with Arizona plates, which they later located in Brooklyn. James had rented the U-Haul.
“We’re looking to determine if he has any connection to the train,” NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said on Tuesday.
Speaking on WNYC Wednesday morning, Adams said James was now considered a suspect “based on new information that has become available to the team.” Earlier, Adams told the PIX11 Morning News that investigators believe James acted alone. The mayor urged anyone who may come into contact with James to call the police but added that no one should engage or interact with him.
There were some “concerning” social media posts police believe may be connected to James, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Tuesday. They mentioned homelessness and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Security for the mayor, who was already isolating following a positive COVID-19 test on Sunday, was increased because of the posts.
“This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof and it’s going to die a violent death. There’s nothing going to stop that,” James said in one video.
Rambling, profanity-filled YouTube videos apparently posted by James, who is Black, are replete with violent language and bigoted comments, some against other Black people.
In one video, posted a day before the attack, he criticizes crime against Black people and says drastic action is needed.
“You got kids going in here now taking machine guns and mowing down innocent people,” James says. “It’s not going to get better until we make it better,” he said, adding that he thought things would only change if certain people were “stomped, kicked and tortured” out of their “comfort zone.”
Several videos mention New York’s subways.
A Feb. 20 video says the mayor and governor’s plan to address homelessness and safety in the subway system “is doomed for failure” and refers to himself as a “victim” of the city’s mental health programs. A Jan. 25 video criticizes Adams’ plan to end gun violence.
James has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia. The U-Haul was rented in Philadelphia.
At the scene of the attack, officers also recovered a 9mm semi-automatic weapon and a hatchet. They found a liquid believed to be gasoline and a bag with commercial-grade fireworks inside.
No arrests have been made. Police described the suspected gunman as being around 5 feet, 5 inches tall. The man weighs around 175-200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gas mask and a construction vest. Police initially said the vest was green, but later officials said it was orange. The man also had on a gray, hooded sweatshirt.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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Boeing has removed 141 airplanes from its backlog of pending orders, many of them because of what it termed geopolitical considerations including restrictions on sales because of sanctions like those imposed on Russia for its war against Ukraine.
That means that Boeing now questions whether those sales will ever be completed because of sanctions.
Boeing still has more than 4,200 undelivered orders. Under U.S. accounting rules, Boeing regularly adds or removes orders from the backlog, but usually only when an order is canceled or the buyer’s financial problems put the deal in jeopardy.
This time, however, the company said Tuesday that about two-thirds of the 130 Boeing 737s that it removed from the backlog resulted from geopolitical reasons, including sanctions. The move suggests that 85 to 90 sales were, in effect, downgraded to questionable because of the sanctions.
Boeing did not identify the customers. The company previously indicated that it had undelivered orders for 34 planes with Russian carriers Utair and Volga-Dnepr and seven with SkyUp Airlines of Ukraine. A company spokeswoman said planes ordered by leasing companies but destined ultimately for a Russian airline were also removed from the backlog.
In the past 10 years, Boeing has taken orders for 86 planes from Russian companies including 30 from Utair, 22 from Sberbank Leasing and six from Aeroflot, the nation’s flag carrier. Those numbers could understate Boeing’s exposure to Russia, however, because the company doesn’t always identify buyers, and Russian airlines get many of their planes from European and U.S. leasing companies — who are now scrambling to get their planes back from Russia.
Cai von Rumohr, an aerospace analyst for Cowen, said Boeing has more pressing issues than losing Russian orders, including concern that inflation, higher oil prices, the war and COVID-19 could slow the recovery in air travel and hurt demand for new planes.
“Just losing Russia, if everything else is on track, is basically not a big deal because they have a great big backlog,” he said. “But Shanghai is in lockdown (because of coronavirus) and China traffic is down, so how many planes are they going to want?”
Boeing announced the backlog changes while reporting that it took 38 net new orders for planes in March, most of them single-aisle 737 Max jets. Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corp. placed an order for 32 Maxes.
Boeing Co. said it delivered 41 planes in March, including 37 737s, most of them Max models. The Chicago-based company has delivered 95 planes so far this year, providing crucial cash because airlines typically pay a large part of the purchase price on delivery.
The United States and its allies have been imposing steadily escalating sanctions on Russiasince it invaded Ukraine in February.
Last week, Boeing’s European rival, Airbus, announced that it canceled an Aeroflot order for two planes. Airbus, which uses different accounting standards, still has an Aeroflot order for 13 planes and 14 planes for Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. in its backlog.
Sanctions have also forced Boeing and Airbus to stop providing aircraft parts and services to Russian airlines. Aviation consultant IBA said that Russian airlines will be able to cannibalize parts from their planes for a while, but the lack of spare parts will have “a significant impact” on them in six to 12 months.
Boeing shares rose less than 1% to close at $176.28.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A California appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay penalties to the state for deceptively marketing pelvic mesh implants for women, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302 million.
Johnson & Johnson had appealed in 2020 after Superior Court Judge Eddie Sturgeon assessed the $344 million in penalties against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon.
Sturgeon found after a non-jury trial that the company made misleading and potentially harmful statements in hundreds of thousands of advertisements and instructional brochures for nearly two decades.
California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a ruling Monday that $42 million in penalties assessed for the company’s sales pitches to doctors were unjustified because there was no evidence of what the sales representatives actually said.
But the appeals court said Sturgeon received ample evidence that Ethicon knowingly deceived both physicians and patients about the risks posed by its products, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Ryan Carbain, a Johnson & Johnson spokesperson, told the Chronicle that the company would appeal the appeals court ruling to the state Supreme Court.
The instructions for use in all of the company’s pelvic mesh implant packages “falsified or omitted the full range, severity, duration, and cause of complications associated with Ethicon’s pelvic mesh products, as well as the potential irreversibility and catastrophic consequences,” Presiding Justice Judith McConnell of the appeals court said in a 3-0 ruling upholding the $302 million in penalties.
She rejected the company’s claim that the fine was excessive, saying it amounted to less than 1% of Johnson & Johnson’s net worth of $70.4 billion.
The products, also called transvaginal mesh, are synthetic and surgically implanted through the vagina of women whose pelvic organs have sagged or who suffered from stress urinary incontinence when they cough, sneeze or lift heavy objects.
Many women have sued the New Jersey-based company alleging that the mesh caused severe pain, bleeding, infections, discomfort during intercourse and the need for removal surgery.
The condition is estimated to affect 3% to 17% of women and it sometimes becomes severe after age 70.
Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest maker of health care products, is contesting other lawsuits over drug side effects, its role in the U.S. opioid epidemic and allegations its baby powder caused cancer in some users.
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PRAGUE (AP) — Westinghouse Electric Co. and France’s Framatome have been selected to deliver fuel supplies for the Czech Republic’s Temelin nuclear plant, easing the country’s dependence on Russia.
State-controlled power company CEZ said Tuesday that Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse and Framatome will deliver the nuclear fuel for about 15 years, starting in 2024. The deal is worth billions Czech crowns (1$ = 22.515 Czech crowns), it said.
Russia’s TVEL, the plant’s current supplier and part of Russian energy giant Rosatom, had also bid to supply the fuel.
CEZ said it selected the U.S. and French nuclear power companies so that it could reliably ensure a continuous supply of fuel cells for Temelin’s reactors, while “minimizing the risks of a possible supply outage.”
CEZ operates two 1,000-megawatt reactors at the Temelin plant. Westinghouse had provided fuel supplies to Temelin for 10 years till 2010.
The Czech Republic already relies on six nuclear reactors to generate more than a third of its total electricity. Besides the two in Temelin, CEZ operates another four 510-megawatt units at the Dukovany power plant.
Dukovany have been also using the nuclear fuel from TVEL.
Unlike its western neighbors Austria and Germany, the Czech Republic is doubling down on nuclear power and also renewable energy sources after deciding to phase out coal as a fuel for energy generation by 2033 in order to reduce carbon emissions.
CEZ launched a tender last month to build a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear plant as the country aims to increase nuclear power generation.
Russia’s Rosatom and China’s CNG were excluded from the tender on security grounds.
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TUMWATER, Wash. — The Washington State Board of Health (BOH) will consider on Wednesday morning whether or not to add COVID -19 vaccinations to the list of required shots for K-12 students.
Earlier this year a state advisory board recommended against it by a 7-6 vote, but there are considerations like vaccination rates among school-aged groups.
According to the Washington State Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard, 36% of ages 5-11 have started the vaccination process while nearly 32% are fully vaccinated.
For the age group 12-15, 59% have received at least one shot while 55% are fully vaccinated and 39% have received a booster.
In the 16- and 17-year-old age group 67% have started the vaccination process while 62% are fully vaccinated and 43% have received a booster.
Vaccination rates in King County are a little higher. 52% of ages 5-11 are fully vaccinated while 76% of kids ages 12-17 are fully vaccinated.
Washington state requires 11 vaccinations for students to attend school including Chickenpox, Mumps, Polio, Hepatitis B and whooping cough.
The state dropped its indoor masking mandate on March 12, with schools across the state also dropping mask requirements around the same time.
While cases have been on a steady decline across the state since the mandate was lifted, experts say that waning immunity and a persistent omicron BA.2 variant could fuel another wave in the ongoing pandemic.
As of April 11, 74% of the state's eligible population is fully vaccinated and case counts have plateaued at levels similar to those seen last summer.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo woman admitted she fell for a scam that drained her retirement savings. The retired nurse did not want to be identified, but said a computer pop-up led her to send more than $43,000 to scammers via wire transfer and Bitcoin ATM.
The woman said when she was recently on her work computer, she got a pop-up saying her computer was locked. The fake ad, which she felt seemed real, had a number for her to call. She said when she called that number, she was then told her bank account had been hacked, and the money had to be moved.
The woman said she then withdrew $43,130 in cash and proceeded to follow the scammers convincing instructions.
She wired $13,700 to a bank in East Asia, and deposited $29,430 into the Bitcoin ATM inside a Buffalo, N.Y. shop. The Buffalo woman said she was fired from her part-time job because she gave scammers access to her work computer by accident.
"It's a travesty," said AARP's director of fraud prevention Kathy Stokes. "This is organized crime. She is up against a sophisticated criminal operation. They got the money, the time, the playbook, they have employees and it's us against them."
"It's not her fault," added Stokes. "[Hackers] know what to do to get us under a highly emotional state. They call it 'getting under the ether.' Could be fear, love, excitement."
"If you feel yourself getting excited or upset from an email, phone call or whatever, try and connect that with an 'OK I have to be skeptical here,' because once there it's hard to back out," explained Stokes, who urges potential victims to ignore these interactions.
Wire transfer has been around for a while, but how do scammers get your money through a Bitcoin ATM?
First what is a Bitcoin ATM? It looks like a regular ATM, and you can insert cash to buy Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency - Also referred to as crypto, is any form of digital or virtual currency. It uses cryptography to secure transactions and is not upheld by the government or any bank. Its value has made users thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Bitcoin - A form of crypto that is in a Bitcoin wallet, which is digital. The wallet can be viewed on a Bitcoin ATM.
"Bitcoin is only supposed to go to your wallet," said Todd Maher, president of Bitsource AML Solutions. His company is a boutique consultancy that focuses on financial crime investigations involving Bitcoin ATM's.
Bitcoin ATM's have given consumers an avenue to buy the hot commodity of Bitcoin. However, just like banks, the world of cryptocurrency has criminals hacking the system.
The Buffalo woman said that the scammers gave her a barcode that she scanned at the ATM. She then deposited money into the ATM, which basically went right into the scammers' wallets.
Maher said at a Bitcoin ATMm you can insert cash and receive Bitcoin to your digital wallet. You can also send Bitcoin to the ATM and receive cashback for its current value. He said there are warnings on machines to make sure consumers aren't sending money to third-parties.
Maher said anytime someone asks for payment through a Bitcoin ATM, you should know, "Zero percent of the time is that legitimate."
The woman scammed has filed a police report, but unfortunately, Maher said it's impossible to reverse a Bitcoin ATM transaction. The victim said the transaction on the Bitcoin ATM was tracked to Kolkata, India. She's hoping for her money back, and also to help others with her story.
"There's always going to be scams, there's always going to be bad people," said Maher. "The best thing we can do is make sure the Bitcoin ATM companies are doing what they say they're doing."
Stokes said more regulations need to be done to stop scammers from getting away with this fraud. She said scams in the digital world are becoming the newest trend for scammers.
"It's all fake, they're really good," said Stokes.
To get information on the latest scams in the crypto world or outside of it you can head to AARP.org/watchdogalerts
You can also call AARP at 1-877-908-3360. You don't have to be a member.
This article was written by Michael Schwartz for WKBW.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo woman admitted she fell for a scam that drained her retirement savings. The retired nurse did not want to be identified, but said a computer pop-up led her to send more than $43,000 to scammers via wire transfer and Bitcoin ATM.
The woman said when she was recently on her work computer, she got a pop-up saying her computer was locked. The fake ad, which she felt seemed real, had a number for her to call. She said when she called that number, she was then told her bank account had been hacked, and the money had to be moved.
The woman said she then withdrew $43,130 in cash and proceeded to follow the scammers convincing instructions.
She wired $13,700 to a bank in East Asia, and deposited $29,430 into the Bitcoin ATM inside a Buffalo, N.Y. shop. The Buffalo woman said she was fired from her part-time job because she gave scammers access to her work computer by accident.
"It's a travesty," said AARP's director of fraud prevention Kathy Stokes. "This is organized crime. She is up against a sophisticated criminal operation. They got the money, the time, the playbook, they have employees and it's us against them."
"It's not her fault," added Stokes. "[Hackers] know what to do to get us under a highly emotional state. They call it 'getting under the ether.' Could be fear, love, excitement."
"If you feel yourself getting excited or upset from an email, phone call or whatever, try and connect that with an 'OK I have to be skeptical here,' because once there it's hard to back out," explained Stokes, who urges potential victims to ignore these interactions.
Wire transfer has been around for a while, but how do scammers get your money through a Bitcoin ATM?
First what is a Bitcoin ATM? It looks like a regular ATM, and you can insert cash to buy Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency.
Cryptocurrency - Also referred to as crypto, is any form of digital or virtual currency. It uses cryptography to secure transactions and is not upheld by the government or any bank. Its value has made users thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Bitcoin - A form of crypto that is in a Bitcoin wallet, which is digital. The wallet can be viewed on a Bitcoin ATM.
"Bitcoin is only supposed to go to your wallet," said Todd Maher, president of Bitsource AML Solutions. His company is a boutique consultancy that focuses on financial crime investigations involving Bitcoin ATM's.
Bitcoin ATM's have given consumers an avenue to buy the hot commodity of Bitcoin. However, just like banks, the world of cryptocurrency has criminals hacking the system.
The Buffalo woman said that the scammers gave her a barcode that she scanned at the ATM. She then deposited money into the ATM, which basically went right into the scammers' wallets.
Maher said at a Bitcoin ATMm you can insert cash and receive Bitcoin to your digital wallet. You can also send Bitcoin to the ATM and receive cashback for its current value. He said there are warnings on machines to make sure consumers aren't sending money to third-parties.
Maher said anytime someone asks for payment through a Bitcoin ATM, you should know, "Zero percent of the time is that legitimate."
The woman scammed has filed a police report, but unfortunately, Maher said it's impossible to reverse a Bitcoin ATM transaction. The victim said the transaction on the Bitcoin ATM was tracked to Kolkata, India. She's hoping for her money back, and also to help others with her story.
"There's always going to be scams, there's always going to be bad people," said Maher. "The best thing we can do is make sure the Bitcoin ATM companies are doing what they say they're doing."
Stokes said more regulations need to be done to stop scammers from getting away with this fraud. She said scams in the digital world are becoming the newest trend for scammers.
"It's all fake, they're really good," said Stokes.
To get information on the latest scams in the crypto world or outside of it you can head to AARP.org/watchdogalerts
You can also call AARP at 1-877-908-3360. You don't have to be a member.
This article was written by Michael Schwartz for WKBW.
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The lawyer of a woman who fatally stabbed her boyfriend earlier this month at their Miami condo says she acted in self-defense.
On Monday, Frank Prieto said his client Courtney Clenney was a victim of domestic violence and stabbed Christian Toby Obumseli, her boyfriend of two years, in self-defense, CBS Miami and NBC News reported.
According to the Miami Police Department, officers responded to a domestic violence incident involving a stabbing on April 3 just before 5 p.m. Obumseli died. He was being transported to a local hospital.
The department said a preliminary investigation determined that the woman and Obumseli had been involved in a physical altercation.
The Miami Herald and NBC News reported that Clenney was hospitalized after the incident. She was released into her parents' care.
Prieto told the newspaper that "this is a tragedy for all involved, but it was not criminal conduct."
During a press conference, Obumseli's family said they don't believe that this was a case of self-defense, CBS Miami and NBC News reported.
According to the news outlets, Clenney is a popular OnlyFans model and Instagram influencer.
No charges have been filed.
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Cloud cover returns Wednesday; rain to hold off until Thursday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cloud cover is taking over Georgia Wednesday ahead of a storm system that will arrive early Thursday morning.
Today
Cloud cover filled in across Middle Georgia during the early morning hours of Wednesday. Temperatures were in the lower 60s to kick the day off. Much like yesterday it will be a warm afternoon, although today will not feel as much like summer. The highs will be in the mid 80s again around the region, however the cloudy skies will keep the feels a little bit cooler. There will be a bit of a balmy breeze from the south as the wind comes in at 10-15 mph. Wind gusts could reach speeds upwards of 25 mph. Given these conditions it is still highly suggested that anyone spending a lot of time outside wear sunblock, especially given that most of the cloud cover is high level clouds
Overnight the cloud cover will thicken more as lower level clouds fill in around the region. The winds will slow into the 5-10 mph range as the wind shifts a bit towards the west. There is a chance for an isolated shower or two ahead of the sunrise tomorrow morning, however it is very unlikely. Temperatures will remain warm heading into tomorrow morning, only dropping into the low to mid 60s. There will likely be some patchy fog as the humidity spikes ahead of the cold front arriving tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow
The cold front is arriving in Northwest Georgia after midnight tonight, but it won’t arrive in Middle Georgia until the afternoon hours tomorrow. High temperatures will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s, which is the range typically seen when stormy weather is likely. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 1 “Marginal” risk for all counties in Middle Georgia tomorrow afternoon. The primary threats will be some strong wind gusts as scattered thunderstorms fire up in the afternoon, however the possibility for some small hail is also there too. The chance for an isolated brief tornado is extremely unlikely, however it cannot be ruled out. Scattered storm activity will stick around through the afternoon and evening hours before clearing once the sun sets.
The cloud cover will clear once the storm activity stops tomorrow night. The winds will shift to the north-northwest at 5-10 mph, allowing cool and dry air to make its way into the region. This will drop low temperatures into the low to mid 50s.
Friday and Beyond
Friday looks to be a pleasant day as sunny skies hang around during the daylight hours. Highs are forecast to be in the low to mid 80s with wind blowing from the east-southeast at 5-10 mph. Cloud cover will return overnight with a strong possibility for some showers ahead of the sunrise Saturday. Lows are forecast to drop into the upper 50s.
Saturday is forecast to see cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. It is unknown at this time whether or not to expect severe weather, however the setup is not overly conducive. Highs will be in the upper 70s and lower 80s with lows dropping into the lower 60s.
Easter will see similar conditions to Saturday which is unfortunately not ideal for outdoor egg hunts. Scattered storms are likely during the day as high temperatures reach the upper 70s. Much like Saturday it is unknown at this time as to whether or not severe storms are possible.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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(41NBC/WMGT) — Science Guy Jason Lindsey shows us this week how a carrot can achieve lift off!
Much like with the flying Shamrock, the trick to this experiment is to, once again, utilize the power of gas. Using a film canister put inside of a decorative Easter carrot, warm water is mixed with an Alka-Seltzer tablet and locked into the canister. The tablet dissolves in the water producing massive amounts of gas as it changes from one state of matter to another but with no where to go, the gas builds up more and more until POP! The gas forces the lid of the canister off and shoots the carrot up like a rocket.
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Morning Business Report: Twitter shareholder suing Elon Musk
Union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines says rising fatigue among pilots is a threat to the airline’s safety.
Travel experts seeing upswing in American vacation planning for spring and summer. Airfares are up 20 percent now then they were pre-pandemic.
Record number of small businesses raising their prices in response to inflation.
Twitter shareholder is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk because he failed to disclose his 5% stake in the social media company.
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NYPD Arrests the suspect behind the shooting on the NYC Subway
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man wanted in an attack on a subway train in Brooklyn that left 10 people wounded by gunfire.
Investigators had announced Tuesday afternoon that they were searching for Frank R. James, who was believed to have rented a van possibly connected to the violence. By Wednesday morning, New York authorities said he was a suspect in the shooting itself. He was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan.
Authorities were examining social media videos in which the 62-year-old decried the United States as a racist place awash in violence and railed against New York City’s mayor.
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Propane accident in Putnam County leaves owner of Embry Farms dead
EATONTON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A fire in Putnam County left a man dead early Wednesday morning.
According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, firefighters and deputies responded to a call concerning an explosion/fire around 7 a.m. on Old Pheonix Road near Highway 44.
Authorities found a fire in a shipping container on the Embry Farm property, it was here that the fire department put out the flames and found the body of 74 year-old Charles Embry, the owner of Embry Farms, in the structure.
Evidence at the scene has led authorities to believe there was an accidental propane explosion and subsequent fire, with no indicators of foul play.
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Student found with boxcutter and hammer after threatening local school online
The FBI notified the school of the threats
MACON Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Tuesday, FBI agents notified leadership at Macon’s Academy for Classical Education that several online threats had been made against ACE and ACE students. The agents tracked the threat to an IP address of a student at the school. According to an email sent to parents by school Principal Laura Perkins, that student was absent from class but was located in a bathroom stall on campus in possession of a hammer and a box cutter. No one was injured.
The letter to parents does not state who the student is or if there will be charges filed. The letter asks parents to and students to report any troubling social media activity regarding the school directly to the principal.
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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP)Through a season of turmoil, Derek Carr performed at his best. So the Las Vegas Raiders have given the veteran quarterback a three-year contract extension.
The extension is worth $121.5 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press, speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
Despite all of the issues with the Raiders last season, including the resignation of coach Jon Gruden, Carr helped them to the playoffs as a wild card in the tough AFC West. He threw for a career-high 4,804 yards and 23 touchdowns as Las Vegas went 10-7 before losing at Cincinnati in the postseason.
”I’ve only wanted to be a Raider again and I told my agent (Tim Younger), I said, `I’m either gonna be a Raider or I’m gonna be playing golf.’ I don’t want to play anywhere else,” Carr said during Wednesday’s news conference. ”That’s how much this place means to me.”
Carr said it also meant a lot for him to structure the contract so the team could keep key components around him for a long time while building ”a championship team.”
”We made sure guys like Chandler (Jones), guys like Davante (Adams), guys like hopefully Hunter (Renfrow), and Foster (Moreau) and those guys can stay here,” said Carr, the longest-tenured quarterback in the AFC. ”I went through a heartbreak already the last time I signed my contract, my best friend (Khalil Mack) left. And I didn’t want that to ever happen again.
”This was an opportunity for me to prove to the team, to the organization, to our fans, that the way we’re gonna structure this is so we can keep everyone together and really have real continuity, really have something to build on.”
An eight-year veteran, Carr, 31, was entering the final year of his deal, worth nearly $19.8 million in base salary. That contract was for five years at $125 million, the richest in the NFL at the time he signed it in 2017.
He said he told his agent he was willing to play out his contract if it wasn’t extended.
”At the end of the day I want to be a Raider and I am crazy enough to go out there on one year, especially with the guys that’ll be around me. I said I’ll take that chance,” he said. ”Thankfully, it’ll be four more. Hopefully, we can build on that and I can finish and just do what I set out to do nine years ago, and that is to win a championship.”
The new deal puts him more in line with what veteran starting quarterbacks make throughout the league.
When healthy, Carr has been a starter for nearly all of his time with the Raiders and has made three Pro Bowls.
Carr had a career-high and franchise-record 4,804 passing yards in 2021 and was the only quarterback in the league to finish among the top five in both passing yards and completion percentage (68.4).
Carr holds franchise records for passing yards (31,700), passing touchdowns (193), games with multiple-touchdown passes (59), games with a passer rating of at least 100 points (44), and 300-yard passing contests (31).
Last month at the owners meetings, new Raiders coach Josh McDaniels seemed to stress the importance of finding the money for Carr. Wednesday he reaffirmed that in a prepared statement
”Derek Carr has been the leader of this franchise for a long time and we are thrilled to continue that relationship moving forward,” McDaniels said. ”He has been a great example of someone who always puts the team first, and we appreciate his desire to keep doing that while leading on and off the field. It is clear how much Derek cares about this organization, his teammates and winning. I look forward to the opportunity to work with him this season and beyond.”
Extending Carr is the latest move in a busy offseason. Carr will have All-Pro Adams added to his receiving group in a trade with Green Bay, and standout pass rusher Jones as a free agent.
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AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner contributed.
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Associated Pree freelance writer W.G. Ramirez in Las Vegas contributed to this story.
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Alleged rioter Dustin Thompson took the stand in his trial on Wednesday and told a Washington, DC, jury that he believed he had received "presidential orders" to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
"Besides being ordered by the President to go to the Capitol, I don't know what I was thinking," Thompson told the jury. "I was caught up in the moment."
Thompson has contested almost none of what the government alleged he did at the Capitol: breaking into the Senate parliamentarian's office twice, stealing a bottle of bourbon and a coat rack, watching one of the most violent scenes of the riot unfold and then fleeing from a Capitol Police officer attempting to question to him.
Instead, Thompson has claimed that he believed he was acting at the behest of then-President Donald Trump, who told the crowd at a rally that afternoon to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell." The trial is a major test of that defense, which dozens of riot suspects have adopted so far, and could influence how others argue in court.
Thompson's defense lawyer had previously asked Judge Reggie Walton, who is presiding over the case, for permission to ask the former President to testify during the trial. Walton denied that request, saying, "I don't think we want individuals to feel they can listen to anybody and go out and commit a criminal act."
During his testimony, Thompson said he had been laid off from his job as an exterminator at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. He said he was "isolated" and "stuck at home," and eventually "fell down the rabbit hole" into online conspiracy theories
When Joe Biden took the lead in the 2020 presidential election, Thompson testified, he "didn't think it was possible" and believed Trump when the then-President claimed the election had been stolen. Over the subsequent weeks, Thompson's embrace of conspiracy theories grew stronger, he told the jury, and he decided to attend the January 6 rally after Trump tweeted about it.
Thompson said he had listened to every speaker during the "Stop the Steal" rally that served as a prelude to the riot and that the speakers had relitigated allegations of fraud.
Thompson testified that after a year without work, he had felt good when Trump told the crowd they were "stronger" and "smarter" than anybody. He then went to the Capitol, Thompson said, because he "felt like I had to do something to gain his respect, his approval."
Justice Department lawyers sought to undercut Thompson's argument by portraying the 38-year-old defendant as an adult who can make his own decisions.
Prosecutor William Dreher asked Thompson whether "on the morning of January 6, 2021, you got yourself dressed, all by yourself" and if "no one told you what to wear?"
"Yes," Thompson responded. He also confirmed he had gotten to court by himself on Wednesday morning.
Dreher also argued that Trump wasn't "standing right there next to" Thompson when he entered the Capitol, nor did the then-President say during his speech that day that "it is now legal to steal from the United States Capitol building."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
“In order to assess the potential impact the rise of cases has on severe disease, including hospitalizations and deaths, and health care system capacity, the CDC order will remain in place at this time,” the agency said in a statement.
When the Transportation Security Administration, which enforces the rule for planes, buses, trains and transit hubs, extended the requirement last month, it said the CDC had been hoping to roll out a more flexible masking strategy that would have replaced the nationwide requirement.
The mask mandate is the most visible vestige of government restrictions to control the pandemic, and possibly the most controversial. A surge of abusive and sometimes violent incidents on airplanes has been attributed mostly to disputes over mask-wearing.
Critics have seized on the fact that states have rolled back rules requiring masks in restaurants, stores and other indoor settings, and yet COVID-19 cases have fallen sharply since the omicron variant peaked in mid-January.
There has been a slight increase in cases in recent weeks, driven by the BA.2 strain, with daily confirmed cases nationwide rising from about 25,000 per day to more than 30,000. Those figures are an undercount since many people now test positive on at-home tests that are not reported to public health agencies.
Severe illnesses and deaths tend to lag infections by several weeks. The CDC is awaiting indications of whether the increase in cases correlates to a rise in adverse outcomes before announcing a less restrictive mask policy for travel.
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