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Judge delays Gov. Kemp’s testimony in Georgia election probe
The judge agreed to a request from Kemp's lawyers to delay that testimony until after the Nov. 8 election
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts by then-President Donald Trump and others to influence the 2020 election in the state — but not until after the November midterm election.
Lawyers for Kemp had argued that immunities related to his position as governor protect him from having to testify. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, disagreed and said the governor must appear before the panel. But he did agree to a request from Kemp’s lawyers to delay that testimony until after the Nov. 8 election, in which the Republican governor faces a rematch with Democrat Stacey Abrams.
“The Governor is in the midst of a re-election campaign and this criminal grand jury investigation should not be used by the District Attorney, the Governor’s opponent, or the Governor himself to influence the outcome of that election,” McBurney wrote. “The sound and prudent course is to let the election proceed without further litigation or other activity concerning the Governor’s involvement in the special grand jury’s work.”
But once the election is over, McBurney wrote that he expects Kemp’s lawyers to “promptly make arrangements for his appearance.”
A delay could increase the likelihood that Trump will be a declared presidential candidate by the time the investigation moves toward its conclusion, further raising the political stakes. The investigation is one of several that could have serious legal consequences for the former president.
A statement from the governor’s office says McBurney “acknowledged the potential political impact of the timing of these proceedings and correctly paused” Kemp’s involvement until after the election. The governor plans to work with Willis’ team and the judge “to ensure a full accounting of the Governor’s limited role in the issues being investigated is available to the special grand jury.”
A spokesperson for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Also Monday, McBurney declined to quash a subpoena for lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who represented the Trump campaign. He’s scheduled to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday, according to a court filing.
Willis opened the investigation early last year, prompted by a January 2021 phone call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger during which the then-president suggested the state’s top election official could “find” the votes needed to overturn his loss. But the investigation’s scope has widened considerably since then.
Raffensperger and some other state officials have already appeared before the special grand jury, which McBurney noted in his ruling.
Willis has also been pursuing testimony from close Trump allies and advisers. Former New York mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who’s been told he faces possible criminal charges in the investigation, testified earlier this month. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is currently fighting a subpoena in federal court. And Willis last week filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump-allied attorney Sidney Powell, among others.
Prosecutors have said they want to ask Kemp about Raffensperger’s call with the then-president, as well as his own contacts with Trump and others in the wake of the 2020 general election.
Kemp’s lawyers had argued he was protected by the principle of “sovereign immunity,” which says the state can’t be sued without its consent. But McBurney agreed with Willis’ team that the protection isn’t applicable because Kemp isn’t being sued and is instead being called as a witness to provide facts for a criminal investigation.
Kemp’s lawyers had also raised concerns about attorney-client privilege, and McBurney wrote that neither prosecutors nor grand jurors will be able to ask the governor about the contents of communications covered by that privilege. He said he’s aware of several conversations of interest to the investigation to which that privilege applies.
If there are disputes over what questions can be asked that cannot be resolved by the lawyers involved, they can be brought to McBurney “for resolution (or at least helpful direction),” the judge wrote.
McBurney’s ruling Monday came after communications between Kemp’s attorneys and Willis’ team over when and how the governor would provide information for the investigation broke down. In a footnote of his ruling, the judge noted that correspondence between the two sides that was attached to court filings showed a “lack of civility among the attorneys involved.”
Chesebro had argued that any testimony about his representation of the Trump campaign would be protected by attorney-client privilege. McBurney found that while much of what Chesebro did for the campaign is protected by privilege, there are topics of interest to the investigation that aren’t off limits.
In a court filing seeking to compel his testimony, Willis wrote that Chesebro was “an attorney working with the Trump Campaign’s legal efforts seeking to influence the results of the November 2020 election in Georgia and elsewhere.”
As part of those efforts, he worked with Republicans in Georgia in the weeks following the election at the direction of the Trump campaign, Willis wrote. That included working on the coordination and execution of a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors even though Joe Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors was certified.
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Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91
MOSCOW (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Thursday.
News organizations quoted a statement from the Central Clinical Hospital as saying he died after a long illness. No other details were given.
Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told The Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in a nuclear country.
“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
Te official news agency Tass reported that Gorbachev will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s long-running power struggle between rival Shiite camps devolved into bloody street violence this week – the culmination of months of simmering tensions and a political vacuum.
For 24 hours, loyalists of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr transformed the country’s government Green Zone into a front line, trading fire with security forces and rival militias, and bringing the capital to a standstill. Just as quickly, with a single word — “withdraw” — from the cleric in a speech Tuesday, the fighting came to a stop.
His supporters put down their weapons and left.
It was a powerful message to al-Sadr’s Iran-backed rivals and the political elite of the cleric’s enduring power over his hundreds of thousands of followers and an equally dangerous example of the damage they are capable of doing to the embattled country.
Following his calls for withdrawal, Iraqi leaders, including the caretaker premier, expressed their thanks to al-Sadr and praised his restraint.
Al-Sadr has long derived his political influence from his ability to to both command his mass following to destabilize the street, and just as quickly bring them into line. His announcement Monday that he would exit politics showed Iraqis what could happen when that voice of restraint is taken away: chaos, devastation and death.
The protests and heavy clashes that have so far left 30 killed and over 400 wounded may have come to a close, but the political impasse that brought on this chapter of unrest is far from over.
So, what does al-Sadr want and is there an end to Iraq’s crisis?
WHO IS MUQTADA AL-SADR?
Al-Sadr is a populist cleric who emerged as a symbol of resistance against the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. He formed a militia, the Mahdi Army, that eventually disbanded and renamed it Saraya Salam — the Peace Brigades.
He has presented himself as an opponent of both the U.S. and Iran and has fashioned himself a nationalist with an anti-reform agenda. In reality, he is an establishment figure with deep influence in Iraq’s state institutions through the appointments of key civil servants.
Al-Sadr derives much of his appeal through his family legacy. He is the son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999 for his critical stance against Saddam Hussein. Many of his followers say they are devoted to him because they were once devotees of his father.
Al-Sadr eventually entered politics and garnered a reputation for being unpredictable and theatrical by frequently calling on his followers to gain political leverage over his rivals. His powerful rhetoric infused with religion and calls for revolution resonated deeply with his disenfranchised following.
Through these strategies he has become a powerful player with a fiercely devoted grassroots following concentrated in Iraq’s most impoverished quarters. Most of his loyalists who stormed the Green Zone were unemployed and blamed the Iraqi political elite.
In 2021, al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority in government. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals on forming a government plunged Iraq into an unprecedented political vacuum now in its tenth month.
WHAT DO AL-SADR’S FOLLOWERS WANT?
The political crisis escalated in July when al-Sadr’s supporters broke into parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-backed Shiite parties, from forming a government.
Hundreds staged an ongoing sit-in outside the building for over four weeks. Frustrated when he was not able to corral enough lawmakers to form a government that excluded his rivals, al-Sadr also ordered his bloc to resign their parliamentary seats and called for early elections and the dissolution of parliament.
That call was embraced and reiterated by his following, many of whom have long felt marginalized by the ruling elite.
In Sadr City, the Baghdad suburb where al-Sadr’s followers are highly concentrated, most complain of inadequate basic services, including electricity in the scorching summer heat. The majority have roots in the rural communities of southern Iraq and have little education. Most face enormous challenges finding work.
Most of those who stormed parliament in July and the government palace on Monday were young men for whom it was their first glimpse inside Iraq’s halls of power, where they seldom feel welcome.
Angered by deep class divides and a history of dispossession, al-Sadr’s followers say they believe the cleric will revolutionize a political system they believe has forgotten about them. But in reality, in Iraq’s power-sharing political system, al-Sadr holds significant power and sway.
WHY ARE THE CLASHES SO DANGEROUS?
Monday’s clashes brought Iraq on the precipice of street warfare and was the product of months of political tensions and power struggles between al-Sadr and the Iran-backed Shiite camp over the formation of the next government.
Al-Sadr’s rivals in the Coordination Framework have shown signs they would not be against early elections but both camps disagree over the mechanism. The judiciary has rejected al-Sadr’s call to dissolve parliament as unconstitutional.
With the roots of the political impasse still unresolved, conflict can flare up again. The greatest threat to Iraq’s stability is protracted armed fighting between the paramilitary forces of the rival Shiite camps.
This occurred outside of the capital as the clashes wore on in the Green Zone on Monday night. Militiamen loyal to al-Sadr stormed the headquarters of Iran-backed militia groups in the southern provinces, a move that could have escalated into tit-for-tat attacks as has happened in the past.
It’s a scenario that neighboring Iran, which wields much influence in Iraq, dreaded most. Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei, have repeatedly called for Shiite unity and attempted to broker dialogue with al-Sadr. But the cleric has refused, firm in his resolve to form a government without Iran-backed groups.
Members of Iraq’s majority Shiite Muslim population were oppressed when Saddam Hussein ruled the country for decades. The 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, a Sunni, reversed the political order. Just under two-thirds of Iraq is Shiite, with a third Sunni.
Now, the Shiites are fighting among themselves, with those backed by Iran and those who consider themselves Iraqi nationalists jockeying for power, influence and state resources.
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Morgan City Police Department responded to responded to the area of Egle Street in Shannon Homes in regard to reports of shots fired on Tuesday, August, 30 just before 3 p.m.
As a precaution, authorities issued a lock down for local schools in the area.
According to reports, Tiara Knighten and Tieka Junifer, both of Morgan City, were identified for their involvement in a physical altercation. The altercation resulted in Knighten allegedly taking a gun out producing a struggle between the two individuals.
Shots were fired and the individuals involved dispersed. Authorities say no one was hit by gun fire and upon locating the gun it was reported as stolen.
MCPD obtained warrants for the arrest of both Knighten and Junifer on their involvement in the incident, however, only Knighten has been arrested and taken into custody at the Morgan City Jail.
Authorities are still looking for Junifer and wanted on active arrest warrants from the Morgan City Police Department.
The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Tieka Junifer is asked to contact the Morgan City Police Department at (985)380-4605.
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Cost of Dogs: Here are the lifetime costs of 10 of the most popular breeds of adorable dog across their entire lifetime - from French Bulldog to the Labrador 🐶
It is a pricey business owning a pup – and you might be a little surprised how much the costs stack up over your dog’s entire loving life.
Having a pet is a popular choice for many, but before making the commitment to get your own it’s important to consider all of the financial costs involved across their lifetime and how much more you could be paying for certain breeds.
Online discount code experts Savoo have analysed the total costs you can expect to pay to own one of the UK’s most popular breeds, analysing the cost to buy or adopt, along with food, insurance, grooming, toys and booster vaccine costs, as well as training classes, and bedding.
For all the latest dog news, pictures, advice and information, join our Scotsdog Facebook group here
They also looked at the cost of cats, finding that your average feline costs a remarkable £23,077 over the course of its lifetime – surprisingly more expensive thasn the typical pooch that costs a relatively inexpensive £17,848 by the same metric.
And there’s a similar disparity between canine breeds, as these figures show.
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Cecilia Junior High School will dismiss at 12:30 today due to a water outage.
The water outage is contained to the immediate area of Cecilia Junior High and will not affect any other school.
Cecilia Primary, Teche Elementary, and Cecilia HIgh as well as all other parish schools will remain open and will dismiss at their normal time today.
Officials want to be clear that the only school dismissing at 12:30 is Cecilia Junior High.
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Stocks are modestly higher in early trading Wednesday as Wall Street prepares to close the books on a rocky August that started off strong, but left the market deeper in the red.
The S&P 500 is up 0.4% as of 10 a.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day skid and is on pace to end the month with a 2.9% loss after surging 9.1% in July.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 37 points, or 0.1%, to 31,823 and the Nasdaq rose 0.7%.
Communications, technology and health care companies helped lift the market. Meta Platforms rose 5.2%, PayPal gained 4.2% and Amgen added 1.2%.
Energy companies fell along with crude oil prices. Occidental Petroleum slid 2.1%.
Bed Bath & Beyond sank about 23% after announcing a major restructuring and a stock sale, while Snap, the operator of the Snapchat messaging app, jumped 10.3% after announcing it will lay off 20% of its work force.
Bond yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans, rose to 3.13% from 3.11% late Tuesday.
European markets were lower and Asian markets closed mixed Wednesday.
Stocks got off to a solid start in early August, continuing a July rally. Investors were encouraged to see that signs that inflation, while still high, was leveling off. That fueled optimism on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve might be able to ease back on raising interest rates, its main weapon in its fight to bring inflation down. Those gains followed a weak first half of the year where the S&P 500 dropped 20% from its most recent high and entered a bear market.
That optimism faded by mid-August as the central bank signaled it would keep raising rates as long as necessary to tame the the hottest inflation in four decades. On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell underscored the Fed’s intention in a speech at the central bank’s annual symposium.
Wall Street is worried that the Fed could hit the brakes too hard on an already slowing economy and veer it into a recession. Higher interest rates also hurt investment prices, especially for pricier stocks like technology companies.
Traders are now trying to get a better sense of how far and how quickly the Fed’s rate hikes will go, beginning with the central bank’s upcoming interest rate policy meeting September 20-21. The Fed has already raised interest rates four times this year and is expected to raise short-term rates by another 0.75 percentage points at its September meeting, according to CME Group.
Investors have been closely watching economic data for any additional signs that the economy is slowing down or that inflation may be cooling or at least holding at its current level. Businesses and consumers have been hit hard by rising prices on everything from food to clothing, but recent declines in gasoline prices have provided some relief.
Strong U.S. employment data have helped fuel expectations of more interest rate hikes. The Labor Department reported Tuesday there were two jobs for every unemployed person in July, giving ammunition to Fed officials who argue the economy can tolerate more rate hikes to tame inflation that is at multi-decade highs.
More employment reports are on tap for later in the week, with jobless benefits data coming Thursday and the August jobs report scheduled for Friday. Analysts expect both to show a robust labor market.
In Europe, markets fell after a report showed inflation in countries using the euro hit another record in August as energy prices soared, largely because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 9.1%, up from 8.9% in July, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.
Inflation is at the highest levels since record-keeping for the euro began in 1997. The latest figures add pressure on European Central Bank officials to continue raising interest rates, which can tame inflation, but also stifle economic growth.
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City of Ideal hosts ‘Cornhole and Conversation’
A "Cornhole and Conversation" event was held Tuesday night at Ideal City Park on MLK Avenue.
IDEAL, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The City of Ideal in Macon County is bringing residents together to engage with political candidates in a unique way.
A “Cornhole and Conversation” event was held Tuesday night at Ideal City Park on MLK Avenue.
Voters could enjoy playing cornhole and talking with six candidates running for county, state and federal offices.
Guests included State House Representative Patty Bentley and Congressman Sanford Bishop.
“To engage with people and to actually put a face to a name and really get to ask questions to people who are on the ballot no matter what party they’re with,” Oglethorpe City Council Woman Jill Harrison said.
Organizers say they also wanted to bring awareness of the importance of being registered to vote.
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Fort Valley State University receives grant for Head Start/ Early Head Start program
Fort Valley State University is providing resources to families across middle Georgia thanks to grant funding.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Fort Valley State University is providing resources to families across middle Georgia thanks to grant funding.
The $6.49 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Early Head Start Child Care Partnership will help more than 400 children.
According to the university, it will help families access affordable child care services in rural communities.
Dr. Francine Hollis, the Executive Director for the Head Start/Early Head Start Program, says the funding will help families who are struggling.
“A lot of families have to decide whether or not they’re going to work or keep the child, so just being able to provide the child care and knowing that your child is going to have nutritious food, that’s one less aspect that families have to worry about,” she said.
The university can provide mental, dental and medical services to its head start program on campus and in eight surrounding counties.
“A lot of the families that we serve are low-income families, and so the program enables them to gain access to good quality childcare,” Dr. Hollis said.
As a mother and someone who works in early child care, Deborah Tucker knows how impactful the services can be for a child.
“It’s an opportunity for those children to receive those early intervention services in hopes of going to the next level,” she said. “They may transition out and may no longer need those services.”
Tucker says there are many benefits to the program, and the grant is just an added bonus.
“It gives them that extra measure to grow and develop in a more structured environment and be exposed to other children,” she said.
This grant will also help the university hire more people in the surrounding counties.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 30, 2022
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Preservation group offers reward after downtown Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery vandalized
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Joint Agriculture Committee Chairmen Ag Issues Summit addresses issues farmers face
Farmers always have to deal with issues like the weather, but according to farmer Knapp Boddiford, he's seeing more problems than ever before.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Farmers always have to deal with issues like the weather, but according to farmer Knapp Boddiford, he’s seeing more problems than ever before.
“Labor’s also been a big increasing challenge, and also certainly this current market year, inputs are almost doubled, everything is out of the roof,” Boddiford said. “It’s been a very trying year to make the numbers work to be able to have a successful year this year.”
Boddiford was one of many in attendance at the Joint Agriculture Committee Chairmen Ag Issues Summit Tuesday.
District 20 State Senator Larry Walker echos Boddiford on issues farmers face.
“Input costs for farmers, the high cost of diesel fuel, fertilizer, seed, labor, land equipment, that’s a real challenge for the financial viability of our farmers,” Senator Walker said.
According to Senator Walker, agribusiness and agriculture is a huge industry in Georgia. He says there are many opportunities for people to get involved in the industry and plenty of ways to get financial help.
“Getting into the farming business persay is difficult because it’s so capital intensive,” Senator Walker said. “But we’ve got some loan programs that can help young farmers get a foothold and get started.”
Boddiford says he always advocates for agriculture. He encourages people to reach out to their local farmers to learn more about the industry.
“There’s a lot of folks who have misconceptions. They don’t know because they didn’t grow up around it. Please contact your local farmer, show up to the farm, ask questions,” he said.
According to Senator Walker, there are several ballot initiatives for forestry and agriculture this November. One exempts forestry equipment from ad valorem tax, and the other exempts family farm enterprises from ad valorem tax.
If you missed the summit and want the information discussed, you can contact Senator Walker by email at Larry.Walker@Senate.GA.Gov, or you can call his office at (404) 656-0095.
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Mercer prepares for Jordan-Hare’s electric atmosphere
Mercer faces Auburn Saturday, September 3, at 7 p.m. EST, at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — After a dominating performance against Morehead State last week, the Mercer football team is in for a strong SEC challenge against Auburn on Saturday.
During SEC Media Days, several athletes noted Jordan-Hare Stadium as one of the most electric atmospheres in college football.
To prepare themselves for the crowd noise, the Bears have been playing a two-hour playlist at practice hoping to adjust as much as possible.
It might not be close to the real thing, but quarterback Fred Payton spoke on how the Bears are preparing outside the lines.
“I feel like Alabama last year prepared us for that a lot. But this year, with the music, it’s not even really music, just audio of fans screaming and things like that, and that’s exactly how it will be. So I think that’s going to prepare us a lot, and we always say the noise is outside of us. Everything that we need to be worried about is right here, right in front of us between these white lines on this green grass,” said Payton.
Mercer faces Auburn Saturday, September 3, at 7 p.m. EST, at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
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New chamber website aims to promote working and living in Macon
The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new talent recruitment website.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce unveiled a new talent recruitment website.
Maconworks.com aims to help bring people to work and live in Macon.
The website offers links to different hiring jobs, housing options and a salary calculator to see how far your dollar will stretch in Macon.
The chamber’s director of talent development, Lynn Farmer, says the website will be a one stop shop for people to learn about the city.
“This site I think sells the cool about Macon, and people were so important in the messaging, I think it’s a great help for us,” Farmer said.
The website is officially up and running as of Tuesday.
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Preservation group offers reward after downtown Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery vandalized
A local preservation group announces a $1,000 reward for tips after someone vandalized the gate to Macon's historic Rose Hill Cemetery.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A local preservation group announces a $1,000 dollar reward for tips after someone vandalized the gate to Macon’s historic Rose Hill Cemetery.
The incident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday.
Rose Hill Preservation and Restoration Inc. shared surveillance video on social media.
The video shows someone with red hair approaching the front gate of the cemetery on Riverside Drive. The person shoves the gate open and breaks the mechanical arms, and then someone else drives a vehicle into the cemetery.
Joey Fernandez with the preservation group says this isn’t the first time someone has broken into the cemetery.
“People come here on a nightly basis, but if they can’t get in the gate, they’ll cut the gate’s locks,” Fernandez said. “We’ve replaced a lot of locks and a lot of chains. We’ve gotten bigger locks and bigger chains. That’s kind of eliminated a lot more.”
Fernandez said damage to the front gate will cost the group hundreds of dollars to fix. He says others entered the cemetery throughout the night.
“Now we have to spend time, money, effort and repurchase another one that are not cheap and have someone come and install it and reset everything so we can lock the gates again,” Fernandez said
In addition to replacing the gate, the group will purchase two high tech cameras for the cemetery. These cameras will have facial recognition and be able to read car tags on any trespassers that enter the cemetery after hours.
Betsy Robinson visits the cemetery with her dog every day. She hopes something can be done to protect it.
“For having someone cause this much damage, which has to be paid for again, it’s just tragic,” she said.
You contact Rose Hill Preservation and Restoration, Inc. with tips. You can also call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500.
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Sparta teen injured in deputy-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
The incident happened Tuesday evening on Shoals Road.
SPARTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Hancock County. According to a GBI news release, the incident happened Tuesday evening on Shoals Road.
Hancock County deputies were responding to a stolen vehicle call on Shoals Road. A deputy arrived on scene and made contact with 17-year-old Montavious Lewis of Sparta. According to the GBI, Lewis began fighting with the deputy and the deputy fired his service weapon, hitting Lewis.
Lewis was taken to Athens Regional Hospital in Athens for treatment. He remains in stable condition.
No officers were injured.
The GBI is conducting an independent investigation at this time.
This is the 81st officer involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.
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Staying mostly dry Wednesday
A front will help to usher in a brief break from rain chances, but heat sticks around through the end of the week.
Temperatures across Middle Georgia warmed into the low 90s today, ahead of a “cold” front that should move in Wednesday.
This front remains pretty weak, and will bring some drier air to at least the northern portion of our viewing area (north of Warner Robins).
Dry air should limit our rain chances tomorrow afternoon, so expect partly to mostly sunny skies.
Highs will be warming into the low/mid 90s by the late afternoon.
Our break from the rain chances will be short as easterly winds bring a return of moisture for the end of the week.
Showers and storms are back in the forecast by Thursday, especially east of I-75.
Thursday will be another hot day with highs in the 90s and high humidity.
Friday brings back likely rain chances for much of Middle Georgia that will stick around for the weekend.
It is very possible we could be seeing storms Friday night, that could impact football games.
With the increased rain chances and cloud cover thereafter, we will see a cool down for the weekend with highs in the mid 80s.
Scattered showers and storms will once again be possible by Monday afternoon, so while Labor Day likely won’t be a washout, we could still see some pop up storms.
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Sunshine to stick around Wednesday before rain returns Thursday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Sunshine will hang around most of Middle Georgia today in the wake of a weak cold front.
Today
The skies were clear over most of Middle Georgia to begin the day, however a few spots saw low level clouds fill in around sunrise as temperatures reached their lows. We should see a good amount of sunshine around most of the region this afternoon allowing for plenty of warmth. Highs will reach the lower 90s for most of Middle Georgia with heat indices reaching into the upper 90s. Ambient winds will blow from the north early on today, however they will shift back towards the south as we head into the late afternoon and evening.
While today may be the sunniest day of the week it will still have a couple of storm chances. The cold front that came through yesterday evening and overnight has stalled out over our southern counties. It will ultimately become a stationary front that will bring plenty of rain in the coming days, but for today it will just bring a couple of isolated storms to our southeastern counties this afternoon and evening. A stray shower or two will still be possible elsewhere around Middle Georgia.
Overnight tonight we will begin to see cloud cover thicken, especially after midnight. A weak low pressure system is expected to develop in south Georgia tomorrow morning as the stationary front begins to take hold. Some showers will be possible overnight and into tomorrow morning, and plenty of clouds should be present by the time the sun rises tomorrow. Low temperatures will be in the lower 70s across the region and ambient winds will blow out of the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy skies will be back for our Thursday as the stationary front begins to strengthen. Highs will still reach into the upper 80s and lower 90s around the region as a bit of sunshine is anticipated early. Storm activity will begin to ramp up more as the afternoon draws on, likely reaching peak intensity during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Those who see rain can anticipate anywhere between .5″ and 1.5″.
Tomorrow night a few showers will still be possible however most of the rain will have subsided. Overcast skies will stick around the region as winds come from the east-southeast at 5 mph. Lows will drop into the low and mid 70s around the region.
Friday and Labor Day Weekend
Mostly cloudy conditions will stick around once again on Friday along with a handful of afternoon storms. Highs will reach the upper 80s as wind continues to feed out of the southeast. Saturday will also see more storm chances though at this time they do not look to be quite as widespread. Highs will again be in the upper 80s on Saturday. Sunday, however, looks to be the wettest day of the week should model forecasts hold true, providing less than optimal conditions for those with barbecue plans for the holiday. Labor Day itself looks a bit better, however mostly cloudy conditions and scattered afternoon storms will still be likely.
The Tropics
There are still no named storms in the tropics, however we are likely to see a tropical depression develop within the next couple of days. Invest 91-L is organizing more off to the east of the Lesser Antilles. It currently has a 60% chance to develop within the next 48 hours and an 80% in the next 5 days.
There is a storm cluster in the north Atlantic that may develop within the next few days as well, however based on its current location it will not pose a threat to the U.S.
There is also a tropical wave coming off of the western coast of Africa. While its developmental outlook looks decent in the short term (40% 2 days, 50% in 5 days), it is anticipated to move over colder waters which will slow its growth.
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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The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Northside vs. Warner Robins
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The End Zone Game of the Week for week three features one of the biggest rivalries in the state: Northside Eagles vs. Warner Robins Demons.
The Eagles fell to Jones County in week one but bounced back last week, dominating Peach County to become 1-1 in the early season.
On the other hand, the Demons were on a bye week last week after losing to Lee County in week one.
For Eagles’ head coach Chad Alligood, history doesn’t matter when it comes to this rivalry matchup.
“You can throw the past records all out each year in this game. You’re going to get the best shot of both teams, and you know that’s what this game is all about. So you just focus on right now. You don’t think about tomorrow. You don’t think about yesterday. You just focus on right now on the team you’re playing, and that’s why this game is so great,” said Alligood.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
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DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 277,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. because the rear view camera lens can get cloudy and reduce visibility for the driver.
The recall covers certain F-250, 350 and 450 trucks as well as the Lincoln Continental, all from the 2017 through 2020 model years. The recalled vehicles have a 360-degree camera system.
Ford says the anti-reflective lens on the cameras can degrade, causing a cloudy image. The company says it has more than 8,800 warranty reports in the U.S. due to the problem.
Dealers will replace the camera at no cost to owners. Ford will notify owners by letter starting Sept. 12.
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GENEVA (CN) — The review committee of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination expressed deep concern Wednesday about the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning abortion rights and continued brutality of law enforcement against people of color.
All 182 countries that belong to convention are required to undergo a regular review of the treaty’s implementation. This year, Azerbaijan, Benin, Nicaragua, Slovakia, Suriname, Zimbabwe and the U.S. were up for review.
The CERD committee undertook that regular review in August. The final report, published on Wednesday, notes a worrying increase in U.S. hate crimes and a lack of institutional support for minority groups.
The 18-person committee, composed of excerpts from across the globe, wrote that it is “concerned that the lingering legacies of colonialism and slavery continue to fuel racism and racial discrimination.”
Hundreds of activists traveled to the committee’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in the monthlong review that started earlier this month. Advocacy organizations presented evidence of racial inequities in the criminal justice system, socioeconomic disparities and access to reproductive rights. “Our joint report showed how the U.S. has long failed to live up to its international human rights treaty obligations on eliminating racial discrimination,” Lisa Borden, senior policy counsel at the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in a statement.
Her organization highlighted the disproportionate number of Black people who are incarcerated in the U.S. According to their research, Black people are five times more likely to be jailed and eight times more likely to be held in solitary confinement. Systemic racism in the criminal justice system was “one of the issues of particular importance,” committee member Mehrdad Payandeh told reporters on Wednesday.
The report criticizes U.S. law enforcement for continuing to engage in racial profiling, failing to prevent excessive force by law enforcement and harassment of racial justice activists. The committee “remains concerned at the brutality and use of excessive or deadly force by law enforcement officials against members of racial and ethnic minorities,” the report says.
The committee also expressed worry about the June 2020 Supreme Court ruling overturning the right to abortion. “The committee was deeply concerned about the disparate impact on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of racial minorities, particularly those with low income,” committee member Pansy Tlakula said during a press conference following the report’s publication. She called on the U.S. to take measures to ensure access to reproductive rights, including providing access to abortion.
Tlakula did praise the U.S. for passing Executive Order 13985, which directs agencies to account for racial inequities in their work. It was the first executive order issued by President Joe Biden when he took office in 2021.
Following an uptick of anti-Semitic incidents in the late 1950s, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution condemning racial, religious and national hatred, and declared such incidents as violations of the U.N. Charter. A group of African nations pushed for the U.N. to do more, calling on the organization to create treaty obligations for countries to act against discrimination. In 1965, the U.N. ratified the CERD, creating the first U.N. human rights treaty. It took effect in 1969, and the U.S. ratified it in 1994. This is the first time in 14 years the U.S. has undergone a review.
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Thirty-nine police officers have been promoted from the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP), in Anambra State.
The promotion ceremony took place at the State Police Headquarters Amowbia, on Wednesday.
Addressing the officers, the State Police Commissioner, CP Echeng Echeng, warned that the command under his watch, will not tolerate any form of indolence from errant officers.
The commissioner said the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba was working hard to reposition the force, and that in Anambra State, he is not relenting to ensure that all personnel of the force in the command conformed with the goal of attaining a repositioned force.
“According to him, today, we are here to decorate 39 of you, who were promoted from DSP to SP. The IGP deemed you fit for this promotion, after the approval of the Police Service Commission.
“These authorities have all your details and have looked into your efforts in the force and found you worthy to be promoted.
“You may receive new postings from today, and wherever your posting takes you, you need to serve the police well. The force will not tolerate any form of ill behaviour from you. What the IG has been doing through promotion and other welfare packages is to ensure that your morale is high, so we will not tolerate less from you.”
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who moderated the decoration exercise stated that the high number of promoted officers from Anambra showed that the efforts of men and officers of the command in the fight against crime have not gone unnoticed.
“The promotion also shows that Anambra State Police command is firm. Despite the security challenges, we are witnessing promotions in Anambra.
“This shows that our efforts have not gone unnoticed. We are ever ready to fight crime and ensure safety in Anambra State, and the promotion will spur us further,” Ikenga said.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state’s ban on abortions before it takes effect in about two weeks. .
The lawsuit filed in a Monroe County court claims the ban, which includes limited exceptions, “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care” in violation of the Indiana Constitution. It asks for a judge to block the law from going into effect on Sept. 15, arguing the ban “will infringe on Hoosiers’ right to privacy, violate Indiana’s guarantee of equal privileges and immunities, and includes unconstitutionally vague language.”
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the tighter abortion restrictions during a two-week special legislative session that ended Aug. 5, making it the first state to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion protections for abortions by overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
The Indiana law includes exceptions, allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization; to protect the life and physical health of the mother; and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
The legal question of whether the Indiana Constitution protects abortion rights is unclear, said Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which filed the lawsuit.
Falk pointed to a 2004 state appeals court decision that said privacy was a core value under the state constitution that extended to all residents, including women seeking an abortion. But the Indiana Supreme Court later upheld a law mandating an 18-hour waiting period before a woman could undergo an abortion while not deciding whether the state constitution included a right to privacy or abortion.
The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group argued the state constitution protects life as among the “inalienable rights.”
“We are confident the state will prevail and pray the new law is not blocked from going into effect on September 15, knowing that any delay will mean the indiscriminate killing of unborn children will continue at abortion clinics across Indiana,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement.
Jennifer Drobac, an Indiana University law professor, said she believed the argument that the state constitution prohibits lawmakers from stripping legal privileges from some residents that are available to others is a strong argument against the abortion ban.
“When you look at people who become pregnant, their medical care is being regulated in a way that the medical care of people who do not become pregnant is not being regulated,” she said. “Men, for example, can access the full panoply of available medical resources in a health situation.”
Under new Indiana law, abortions could be performed only in hospitals or outpatient centers owned by hospitals, meaning all abortion clinics would lose their licenses. Any doctors found to have performed an illegal abortion would be stripped of their state medical licenses and could face felony criminal charges punishable by up to six years in prison.
Indiana’s ban followed the political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy. The case gained wide attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child came to Indiana because of Ohio’s “fetal heartbeat” ban.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of abortion-rights supporters including Planned Parenthood, which operates four of Indiana’s seven licensed abortion clinics, along with groups that operate two of the other clinics and a doctor who performs abortions.
It will be heard by a judge in southern Indiana’s Monroe County, which includes the liberal-leaning city of Bloomington and Indiana University’s main campus. All nine of the county’s nine judges are Democrats, while all other counties with abortion clinics have judges who’ve either been elected as Republicans or been appointed by Republican governors.
The ACLU’s Falk said the suit was filed in Monroe County because an abortion clinic is located there but did not respond to a question about whether the group was seeking a friendly judge.
Drobac said she believed filing in the complaint in Bloomington could be where the ban opponents “have the greatest opportunity for success.”
Republican legislative leaders said they believed the abortion restrictions would be upheld by the courts.
“We set out to pass a bill in the special session that would protect life and support mothers and babies, and that’s what we did,” Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement. “It was always our intent to draft a bill that could withstand a constitutional challenge, and I hope to see that will be the case.”
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Arleigh Rodgers is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Arleigh Rodgers on Twitter at https://twitter.com/arleighrodgers
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A self-described "showgirl at its finest," Lizzo initially thought she'd be a classical flautist. Though rap and pop won out, she still brings the flute into her music. Originally broadcast in 2019.
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A self-described "showgirl at its finest," Lizzo initially thought she'd be a classical flautist. Though rap and pop won out, she still brings the flute into her music. Originally broadcast in 2019.
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In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
Copyright 2022 Fresh Air
In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Some Florida A&M University football players have been reinstated to compete for the Rattlers.
The university confirmed to ABC 27 Wednesday the number of players that are not certified to play for FAMU against Jackson State University in the Orange Blossom Classic Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens is 17.
GOOD NEWS: I have confirmed with FAMU that the number of athletes that are not certified to play Sunday against Jackson State has gone down to 17. @abc27
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) August 31, 2022
Last week, ABC 27 reported that at least 20 FAMU football players were ruled ineligible by the NCAA because of compliance issues ranging from academics to transfers.
Florida A&M University has pledged to provide additional academic support for football student-athletes.
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After an early back-and-forth match, St Louis CITY2 (15-4-2, 48 pts), Major League Soccer’s (MLS) inaugural MLS NEXT Pro team in St. Louis, broke away in the second half and came away with three points over Portland Timbers2 (1-16-3, 9 pts) in a 5-3 victory on Saturday night at Hillsboro Park. CITY2 move into first place in the Western Conference and tops in MLS NEXT Pro.
A clash of the top two teams in the Frontier Division between CITY2 and Houston will kickoff Saturday, September 3 at 7 p.m. CST. With a win or a draw and a shootout win over Houston next week, St. Louis will clinch the Frontier Division.
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BS Report: August 31st – The Dawgs are Still Strong
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense.
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense. Bill Shanks believes that the rising talent on the roster will be enough to give the Dawgs a solid season and a shot at another title.
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Coroner: Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
The Georgia Patriot Guard held a military honor funeral ceremony Tuesday for Air Force veteran Joel Kenneth Thomas.
His body was found on August 16. After being identified, Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones decided to raise donations to give Thomas a proper burial.
“I didn’t know this gentleman,” Jones said. “I didn’t know the other gentleman that we buried earlier this year. He was homeless and was found dead on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard near Dollar Tree. I didn’t know him. I didn’t know these guys, but I know that they fought for our country. They fought for our freedom.”
A funeral service was held at Bentley Funeral Home on Tuesday. Thomas was laid to rest Wednesday at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville.
The Georgia Patriot Guard accompanied Thomas’ body with a rolling honor guard. Though Thomas had no known family, Assistant State Captain Sonny Luke says his brothers in arms were there to remember him for his service.
“It’s a great feeling every time we can honor our veterans for their service to our country,” Luke said. “It’s a great thing to do. We’re his family today.”
Coroner Jones says this is the second time this year funds were raised to provide a homeless veteran a military funeral.
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Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
"We weren't sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor's office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding," Director Bill Goggin said.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Sometimes taking a chance pays off. It did recently for Houston County Habitat for Humanity.
According to Director Bill Goggin, the organization applied for a grant through Governor Brian Kemp’s office aimed at helping homeless shelters.
“We weren’t sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor’s office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding,” Goggin said.
The grant totaled $200,000. The organization also received a $40,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation. Goggin says the money from the Governor’s office is expected to help five families a year for the next four years.
“Repairs could be wheelchair ramps, roofing, HVAC units, bathroom modifications and accessibility modifications,” Goggin said.
Tiffany Dupree, the Program Services Coordinator for Houston County Habitat for Humanity, explains how the selection process works.
“The applications come in, I process them,we do a financial qualifications and a whole checklist of qualifications,” Dupree said. “I go from there selecting and coordinating the repairs.”
According to Dupree, the repair program helped 22 people this year. She says that’s the most they’ve ever helped.
“I think it will be able to go up even more, because we’re going to start bringing in more people to help with repairs,” she said. “And of course now we have the funds to continue to help more people.”
Applications for the repairs program will open on the organization’s website in January.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 31, 2022
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Sparta teen injured in deputy-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
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- Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
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Leadership Macon looking for nominations for 2023 class
Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
The community leadership program started in 1979.
Each year, emerging leaders participate in the program and learn all about Macon. The program also looks at the strengths and challenges Macon faces. It encourages participants to get involved in the community to make it a better place to live.
Leadership Macon Director, Lynn Farmer, says they’re looking for people who want to be involved in Macon.
“Perhaps people who are already involved who want to meet like-minded community folks that they can work with, or who just want to know more about Macon and who all the leaders are,” she said.
Anyone can submit a nomination for someone. Nominations are open until October 10. You can submit a nomination at Leadership Macon’s website.
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Macon VA hospital aims to help in fight against overdoses
As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
Narcan can be used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
“So easy to use, you can use it within maybe one to two minutes,” pain clinical pharmacist Nieka Jackson said. “It comes in a little package. You don’t have to put it together. The medicine is already loaded in to the doses, so all they have to do is insert the nasal spray into the person’s nose and give them the dose.”
Jackson says opioid overdoses and accidental overdoses have risen across the globe since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Narcan is available for free to veterans at VA hospitals.
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Monroe County Library celebrates 100 years of service
The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
The Forsyth Women’s Club opened the library in August 1922 after noticing a need for it.
“The Masonic hall actually let the library use one of their rooms downstairs in the old Masonic hall,” librarian Kimberly Smothers-Clayton said. “So it was actually a huge community effort to establish the library.”
As part of the celebration, the library is burying a time capsule featuring some of today’s biggest pop culture references. It’s set to be opened in 25 years.
John Weatherly was visiting the library for the first time since 1985. He spoke about the important services the library provides for the community.
“People who don’t have it [internet] at home, they can come here, get on the computer if they don’t want to spend the money or the finances to get a computer, a laptop, whatever, they can come here and research,” he said.
The Monroe County Library is located on West Main Street.
It’s open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m.
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Scattered storms return Thursday
Highs will warm to the low 90s Thursday, before widespread showers and storms start popping up in Middle Georgia
A stalled cold front has been keeping rain and storms mainly in our southern counties this evening.
Our break from widespread showers and storms will be short lived as more moisture moves in from the Atlantic Thursday.
A few storms tomorrow afternoon could contain heavy rain and gusty winds.
Highs tomorrow have the potential to warm into the low 90s, with cooling behind any showers.
By Friday the stationary boundary will start to creep north, keeping rain chances in the area.
Clouds and rain in the area will keep highs limited to the upper 80s through the day.
As far as timing is concerned we are looking at mainly afternoon hours, with potential to linger into high school football time.
The forecast for the weekend keeps showers and storms around the southeast.
Highs will be a bit cooler than normal (mid 80s) throughout the weekend.
We are not forecasting severe storms, but we could see some heavy rain and gusty winds.
Labor Day will be another typical summer day with afternoon showers and storms.
More of that pattern continues for much of next week.
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The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Northside vs. Warner Robins, Pt. 2
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In just two days, the intense rivalry between the Northside Eagles and the Warner Robins Demons will go down as our End Zone Game of the Week.
The Demons are coming off of back-to-back GHSA 5A state titles but began their 2022 campaign with a rare 27-10 loss to Lee County, the second-ranked team in the 6A according to MaxPreps.
The Demons had a bye week right after their loss, which wasn’t ideal for head coach Marquis Westbrook.
“I think it does help, but I don’t like having a bye after the first week. I mean, nobody likes it, you know. Nobody’s really injured. Get ready to get back out there and play, but it is what it is. We got to go play,” said Westbrook.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
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There isn't anything major to take note of for today but keep an eye out for tomorrow with the US non-farm payrolls report coming into focus as well. There are some large ones to be wary about for EUR/USD and also a couple for USD/JPY, though the ones for the latter are quite some distance to the downside.
As such, the technicals will continue to do the talking in the meantime ahead of the main event before the long weekend hits.
For more information on how to use this data, you may refer to this post here.
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ROME (AP) — The New York Yankees have purchased a minority stake in Italian soccer champion AC Milan, which announced the closing of its latest ownership change Wednesday.
RedBird Capital Partners completed the deal to purchase a controlling interest in the seven-time European champion for 1.2 billion euros ($1.2 billion).
It’s the second soccer team the Yankees partially own after MLS’s New York City.
Gerry Cardinale, who founded RedBird in 2014 and is the managing partner, announced a preliminary agreement in June to buy Milan from fellow American firm Elliott Management.
Yankees Global Enterprises, the baseball team’s parent company led by the Steinbrenner family, will take a stake of about 10%, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity before the final deal had been announced.
Details of the Yankees’ involvement were not divulged in the announcement.
The Yankees agreed in 2013 to purchase a 20% stake in the New York City Major League Soccer team that launched in 2015. City Football Group, Manchester City’s parent company, is the controlling owner.
“We have a multi-decade relationship with the New York Yankees and the Steinbrenner family that has resulted in the creation of some of the most successful businesses in sports, entertainment and hospitality,” Cardinale said in a statement on Milan’s website.
“We are very pleased to continue our partnership with them and will look to explore opportunities together to broaden our fan reach and expand commercial opportunities that are only available to franchises that operate at the highest levels of sports globally.”
The closing comes just in time for Cardinale to make his debut as Milan’s new president at Saturday’s derby against city rival Inter Milan.
“Our vision for Milan is clear: we will support our talented players, coaches and staff to deliver success on the pitch and allow our fans to share in the extraordinary experiences of this historic club,” Cardinale said.
“We will look to leverage our global sports and media network, our analytics expertise, our track record in sports stadium developments and hospitality to deliver one goal — maintaining Milan’s place at the summit of European and world football.”
The Yankees, 27-time World Series champions, are signing a separate marketing agreement with Milan, a 19-time Italian champion, that will include broadcasting replays of games on the YES Network, as Manchester City does. There also will be cross-merchandising between the pinstripes and the Rossoneri.
Milan is coming off its first Italian title in 11 years.
The Financial Times reported Tuesday that Main Street Advisors, the Los Angeles-based fund supported by LeBron James, is also investing in Milan.
RedBird also has a stake in Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of Liverpool and the Boston Red Sox. Champions League rules prohibit two clubs in the competition from being under the same ownership to protect the integrity of games on the field. UEFA likely will have to make a judgment on the extent of RedBird’s influence on decision-making at Liverpool.
RedBird is Milan’s fourth owner in five years.
Milan was owned from 1986 to 2017 by a former Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who sold to a company controlled by Sino-Europe Sports Investment Management Changxing Co. The American hedge fund Elliott provided financing and took control of the team in 2018 when loan payments were not made.
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More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The water pressure at James Brown’s home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn’t cook. He couldn’t bathe. But he still had to work.
The 73-year-old tree-cutter hauled bags of ice into his truck at a gas station on his way to a job Wednesday after several days without water.
“What can I do? I’m just a pawn in a chess game,” he said during one of multiple trips to and from the store. “All I’ve got to do is just try and live.”
People waited in lines for water to drink, bathe, cook and flush toilets Wednesday in Mississippi’s capital. The city water system partially failed early this week after Pearl River flooding exacerbated longstanding problems in one of two water-treatment plants.
President Joe Biden late Tuesday approved an emergency declaration for the state of Mississippi. On Wednesday, he called Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba to discuss response efforts, including support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers. The mayor also said he had a separate telephone conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris.
Beyond addressing the immediate crisis, Biden said he wants to provide federal support for the long-term effort to rebuild Jackson’s aging water infrastructure, which has been unreliable for years.
Lumumba said Jackson’s water system is troubled by short staffing and “decades of deferred maintenance.” He said the influx of water from torrential rain changed the chemical composition needed for treatment, which slowed the process of pushing water out to customers.
A city news release said the main water-treatment plant had “challenges with water chemistry” Wednesday, which led to a drop in output of water. That caused depletion of water tanks and a sharp decrease in water pressure.
Even before the service disruption, Jackson’s 150,000 residents had been boiling their drinking water for the past month because officials said it could cause digestive problems.
Brown said Wednesday that he’d stopped at the grocery store to buy four cases of water before picking up the ice. A lifelong Jackson resident, he said people there have been living without access to consistent water for years — even when there is pressure, residents often have to boil it to drink and cook.
A cold snap in 2021 left tens of thousands of people without running water after pipes froze. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale.
“It will get right one day,” Brown said. “When, I have no idea.”
Like many cities, Jackson faces water system problems it can’t afford to fix. Its tax base has eroded the past few decades as the population decreased — the result of mostly white flight to suburbs that began after public schools integrated in 1970. The city’s population is now more than 80% Black, with about 25% of its residents living in poverty.
Lumumba said Tuesday that fixing Jackson’s water system could run to “quite possibly the billions of dollars.” Mississippi is receiving $75 million to address water problems as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Jackson is receiving about $31 million through the EPA’s revolving loan funds for treatment and distribution system improvements.
During a Wednesday news conference, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the EPA is deploying personnel to Jackson for an emergency assessment of the treatment plants and to streamline the delivery of repair equipment. FEMA has personnel at the state emergency operations center and is coordinating with the state emergency management team to identify needs, she said.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency for Jackson’s water system Tuesday. The state will try to help resolve problems by hiring contractors to work at the O.B. Curtis water treatment plant — the facility at the root of Jackson’s water woes. The plant was operating at diminished capacity with backup pumps after the main pumps failed “some time ago,” Reeves said.
In a video posted to Twitter, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said an emergency rental pump had been installed Wednesday at the O.B. Curtis. Broken pumps at the plant resulted in decreased water pressure and some outages.
In a news conference Wednesday, Lumumba said city officials expected water pressure to start increasing later in the evening.
Bobbie Fairley, who has lived in Jackson her entire life, owns Magic Hands Hair design in south Jackson. The 59-year-old said she had to cancel five appointments Wednesday because she needs high water pressure to wash chemicals out of hair during treatments.
She has had to purchase water to shampoo hair to try fit in whatever appointments she can. When clients aren’t coming in, she’s losing money.
“That’s a big burden,” she said. “I can’t afford that. I can’t afford that at all.”
Jackson State University had to bring in temporary restrooms for students and was waiting on the delivery of portable showers Wednesday, President Thomas Hudson said.
Hudson said the city’s water issues have been an ongoing challenge for the historically Black university as it has worked to attract students.
“It does make it difficult in terms of what we’re trying to do, our core mission, which is education,” Hudson said.
He said the university is starting work on a plan for a standalone water supply system using some of the federal funding made available to historically Black colleges and universities.
Shannon Wilson, whose daughter just started her sophomore year at Jackson State, said her daughter’s dorm regained some pressure, but the water coming out is brown. Her daughter left to stay with a friend off campus. But Wilson, who lives in St. Louis, can’t help but worry about her.
“We are feeling helpless,” Wilson said. “Being over 500 miles away from Jackson, there is nothing I can do but worry.”
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Michael Goldberg is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/mikergoldberg.
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LONDON (AP) — It was a warm Saturday evening and a group of journalists had gathered at a Paris restaurant to enjoy the last weekend of summer. At sometime past midnight, phones around the table began to ring — seemingly all at once — as news desks contacted reporters and photographers to alert them that Princess Diana’s car had crashed in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel.
Here’s how the news of Diana’s death unfolded in the early hours of Aug. 31, 1997, and the days that followed as told by journalists who covered the story for The Associated Press.
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Jocelyn Noveck, then Associated Press news editor in Paris:
“We were paying the bill and all of a sudden there was this cacophony of mobile phones going off. The first one that went off was a British reporter’s, a British cameraman, and he just got up and started running. And the rest of us called out, `What happened?’ And he just said, `The Princess of Wales! Crash!’ And then kept running.”
“The first thought there was oh, maybe one of the boats that go up and down the Seine, the Bateaux Mouches, maybe one of them is called the Princess of Wales and it crashed into the banks of the river. That sounded like a digestible story to imagine. But, of course, soon we realized that Diana had been in a car, in a limousine … the Mercedes had crashed.”
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Stuart McAlister, former Associated Press cameraman in Paris:
“I got down to the tunnel and it was chaos, absolute chaos. There were late-night revelers and tourists who, of course, were walking at that time of night to go back to their hotels. They were on top of the Pont de l’Alma looking down. They couldn’t see anything because they were on the top of the bridge. … The police were doing what they could to keep people back. Of course, having a press pass, I just jumped into the road, ran into the center of the road … I could very clearly see emergency vehicles and the Mercedes down in the tunnel. So I stood on this intersection and started filming what I could.”
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Jerome Delay, AP photographer:
“I parked my motorcycle, and as I parked it, I saw a police van pull out and with windows you could see through. And I saw some colleagues in that police van. My first thought was, ‘Well, if there is a picture to be made, they were there before — they have it. I’m just going to be here to pick up the pieces.’ Well, it turned out they made some pictures, that the rest of their film had been seized and everything. And I started to shoot from afar what was pretty much a car accident, of all things. … I don’t like to call it luck because this was not a very pleasant situation. People got hurt. People died. But they brought a tow truck and a crane to remove the vehicle, at which point I just moved. It was very easy. I mean, there was no real police blockade or anything like that stopping me from doing my work. I guess I was very discreet because I was not carrying 20 cameras around my neck and screaming to the world, ‘Let me go through, I’m a journalist, I have rights, blah, blah, blah.’ I was just making my way slowly to where I was supposed to be to be able to see. And I shot some pictures from the overhead as the car was pulled out of the tunnel on that flatbed truck. And it turns out, I think, over my 30 years at The Associated Press, that might be the worst picture I ever shot, but also the most published picture I ever shot, because, I guess, its historical value.”
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Chris Burns, former AP reporter:
“I went to the hospital, Salpetriere, where Diana was taken. And there we were watching as the flowers and the mourners were gathering outside and were waiting for news, waiting to hear something from the hospital, and it seemed like hours and it was hours. And finally they called a press conference before sunrise. And there the anesthesiologist was describing all the medical procedures that they went through to try to revive her. It was sort of painstaking. It took a while. We thought, ‘OK, well, well, is she alive? Is she dead?’ And then finally, after this long description, he said, ‘We were unable to revive her. We declared her deceased at …’ I think it was 4 a.m. And there was this moment of silence, this sort of pause. The way I felt was: Princesses don’t die this way anyway, do they? … And then everybody was scrambling for their phones. But that sort of moment of denial was quite moving, actually. Moving.”
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Yves Dam Van, former AP cameraman in Paris:
“My first memory is that it felt like the sky had fallen on us. As a journalist, you kind of think of all the events that could happen. Diana was not on the list because she was an icon for everybody, and icons don’t die. When the phone rang after midnight and I was told the news, I remained bewildered. I thought: ‘It’s not possible, it cannot happen. It’s impossible, someone is playing a joke on me.’”
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After Diana’s death, the story shifted to London, where members of the public gathered outside her home to mourn the loss of a young woman they had watched grow from a shy teenager into a glamorous princess who championed causes ranging from AIDS treatment to land mine removal.
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Ted Anthony, AP reporter who traveled from New York to help cover the story:
“I remember walking through Kensington Gardens and seeing all these flowers and drawings. I remember one vividly from Moomina from the Maldives that stuck out to me, and they were all just talking about how important Diana was in their life and in the way that they saw the world in her work on AIDS, her work with charities, and simply her status as a woman who had persevered and endured. … The thing I remember the most was that people who wouldn’t normally have been affected by this type of thing told me that they were deeply affected. And the whole people’s princess notion and (former Prime Minister) Tony Blair speaking about her and all of that, it all came together to form this — the word surreal is overused — but I think that it was a surreal few days where you felt like you were sort of caught up in something and carried along on a wave. And your job was to watch and chronicle and try to understand. But you knew that it was bigger than any one person around you.”
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Maureen Johnson, former AP London reporter:
“I do remember being out on the streets around Westminster and a bit further away and just the sheer numbers of people that had come. There seemed to be very little traffic and just people of all colors and backgrounds … and carrying these heaps and heaps of flowers. And it was almost unreal. There was a sort of silence in the center of London. And it went on for a number of days.”
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Myron Belkind, former London bureau chief
“It just shows you the impact that one person could have and she did it from 1981 until 1997. Hard to imagine she died at age 36. And I think also going back to Westminster Abbey, how could we ever forget Elton John playing and singing “Goodbye, English Rose”? It was a moment that I think united the country and the world. Here I am at age 82. I think it’s hard to imagine that could have happened with anyone else (other) than Princess Diana … It’s a lesson for us to watch in the future. There are others who will come to the fore of the public and it will have impact, but hard to imagine it will rise to the level of the life of Princess Diana.”
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UPDATE:
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says that the incident happened when the driver of a Nissan Rogue was traveling on Martin Luther King Blvd, and started to slow down for traffic– a Kia Soul was being driven behind the Nissan, and didn’t slow down. The Kia crashed into the back of the Nissan, which caused the Nissan to roll over.
The driver of the Nissan was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
The woman driving the Kia and her male passenger were also taken to the hospital by ambulance– the driver was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m. at the hospital.
The next of kin has not been notified yet.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A wreck at Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Pine Street early Thursday left a woman dead.
Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley told 41NBC that the accident happened around 12:30 a.m., when the driver lost control of the car, for unknown reasons. There were 2 people in the car, one of which, was pronounced dead at 1:10 a.m. at a medical center.
Miley says that they still don’t know the identity of the woman who died.
Stay with 41NBC for more updates as information is released.
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Governor Kemp signs extension on gas tax suspension
(41NBC/WMGT) — Governor Brian Kemp has signed 2 executive orders extending the temporary suspension of state taxes on motor and locomotive fuel as well as the supply chain state of emergency.
According to the office of Kemp, the orders are set to be effective through October 12th, and are being kept in place as a way to help Georgians cope with national inflation. The release from Kemp’s office says that tax suspension has helped Georgia’s average gas price to remain one of the lowest in the nation, and is currently about 46 cents below the national average for a gallon of regular gas, according to AAA.
Speaker David Ralston had this to say concerning the extension:
“Under Governor Kemp’s leadership, Georgia continues to keep our people and our economy moving by providing tax relief to businesses and families,” and, “Despite Washington’s inaction on combatting inflation, we are working to protect the jobs that put food on family tables across Georgia. I am proud to join with Lt. Governor Duncan and our colleagues in the General Assembly in supporting Governor Kemp’s action today.”
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Man arrested early Thursday for attempting to steal catalytic converters
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — An arrest was made early Thursday morning after a call came in to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office in response to loud sawing noises heard near the Raffield Tire Master on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Poplar Street.
The BCSO says 34-year-old Trent Lorenzo Veal Jr. was taken into custody for attempting to take catalytic converters off 2 trucks in the Raffield parking lot with a saw.
Veal is in jail for 2 counts of Theft by taking-felony and a Probation violation felony without bond.
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Pedestrian killed in Macon hit-and-run crash
The crash happened in the 1400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly hit and run crash involving a pedestrian. A call came in to the 911 Center around 6:30 Thursday morning about a man hit while crossing the street in the 1400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle struck the man and then left the scene. Deputies say two other vehicles that were traveling behind the first vehicle were also involved in the collision. The drivers of the second and third vehicles stayed at the scene of the crash.
The male victim was transported to the Atrium Navicent Health and later died.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office and the Coroner’s Office are attempting to identify the victim.
The crash remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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September to begin on a wet note for the Peach State
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Storm chances are returning today across Middle Georgia
Today
It’s a sunny start for Middle Georgia today but cloud cover will fill in later this afternoon. A low pressure system is churning in South Georgia and slowly moving northward, bringing moisture and clouds with it. The early sun, however, is allowing for temperatures to rise quickly. Highs around the region are in the upper 80s today with heat indices reaching into the mid 90s. Ambient winds will mainly flow out of the east-southeast at about 5 mph.
Storms will begin to fire up as we roll into the later lunchtime hours today, reaching their peak intensity in the later afternoon and early evening hours. Storms will bring plenty of moderate to heavy rain; those in the region who see storm activity (which should be more than half) will likely see between .25″ and .75″ of rainfall. Storms should begin to taper off in the later evening hours.
Mostly cloudy conditions will stick around through the overnight hours, however overnight rain is not expected for the most part. A couple of stray showers may form up after midnight, but most of Middle Georgia will head into tomorrow morning on a cloudy and humid note. Lows will be in the lower 70s across the board with ambient winds coming from the southeast at about 5 mph.
Tomorrow
Friday will see similar conditions to Thursday overall, however there will be a couple of key differences, the main of which is a cloudy start to the day instead of a sunny start. This will restrict high temperatures in the afternoon. Currently tomorrow’s highs are forecast to reach the low to mid 80s. Ambient winds will continue to blow from the southeast at about 5 mph.
Storm chances will once again be higher in the afternoon and early evening hours. Those planning long drives for Labor Day weekend should plan for a bit of extra time due to the expected wet weather. Once again forecast rain totals will mainly fall in the .25″ to .75″ range, leading to totals of 1″+ in several areas around Middle Georgia leading into Friday night.
Rain should not continue into the overnight hours, however overcast conditions will. A couple of stray showers, however, will remain possible. Lows will drop into the lower 70s around the region with east-southeast winds coming in at 5 mph.
Labor Day Weekend
Those travelling for Labor Day weekend should plan delays on the roadways if driving north or south. The next several days for Middle Georgia look rather wet, however Friday and Saturday currently look to be the worst for the region. Atlanta will get the worst of the rain as the low continues to move north Saturday through Monday. Middle Georgia will still likely see some scattered storms Saturday and Sunday as well. This pattern looks to carry into the start of next week before potentially slowing down in the middle of next week.
Tropics Update
There is now one active Tropical Storm in the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Danielle. It poses no threat to the U.S.
Invest 91-L is very close to also becoming a Tropical Depression and will likely become Tropical Depression Six before the holiday weekend is over (60% chance 48 hours, 80% 5 days). This one, unfortunately, is still out to sea in the Atlantic moving slowly to the west-northwest. Multiple models have this system staying out to sea, however there is too much uncertainty at this time to know for sure. This is the most immediate potential threat to Georgia and the U.S. East Coast.
Invest 94-L is a weak cluster of storms currently moving off the western coast of Africa. It has a 30% chance to develop in both 48 hours and 5 days. It’s current trajectory will take it over cooler waters, further delaying potential development.
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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GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday.
The U.N. health agency said there were 4.5 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a 16% drop from the previous week. Deaths were also down by 13%, with about 13,500 fatalities. WHO said COVID-19 infections dropped everywhere in the world while deaths decreased everywhere except for Southeast Asia, where they climbed by 15% and in the Western Pacific, where they rose by 3%.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that with the coming onset of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the possible emergence of a more dangerous new COVID-19 variant, experts expect to see a spike in hospitalizations and deaths. Tedros said vaccination rates, even in rich countries, were still too low, noting that 30% of health workers and 20% of older people remain unimmunized.
“These vaccination gaps pose a risk to all of us,” he said. “Please get vaccinated if you are not and a booster if it’s recommended that you have one.”
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration cleared its first update to COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Authorities said shots could begin within days.
Until now, COVID-19 vaccines have targeted the original coronavirus strain, even as wildly different mutants emerged. The new U.S. boosters are combination, or “bivalent,” shots. They contain half that original vaccine recipe and half protection against the newest omicron versions, called BA.4 and BA.5, which are considered the most contagious yet.
Earlier this month, Britain decided it would offer adults 50 and over a different booster option from Moderna, a combo shot targeting that initial BA.1 omicron strain.
On Friday, the European Medicines Agency will consider whether to authorize the combination COVID-19 vaccine including BA.1 made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Another version of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine incorporating the BA.5 subvariant of omicron is also under review by the EU regulator.
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(KTLA) – The intensity of a brush fire near Castaic, California, was captured on KTLA video Wednesday afternoon when a series of “fire tornadoes” or “fire whirls” were spotted.
The fire tornadoes developed around 3:20 p.m. as crews worked to contain the Route Fire, which had forced evacuations and the complete closure of the 5 Freeway.
The largest appeared to reach 20 feet in height.
The U.S. Forest Service defines a “fire whirl” as a “spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame.”
They can range in size from less than 1 foot to more than 500 feet in diameter.
The Route Fire was initially reported around noon Wednesday near northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway, according to the Angeles National Forest.
Eight firefighters suffered heat-related injuries as crews struggled to contain the fire in 100-degree temperatures amid a heat wave that has developed over much of Southern California.
KTLA captured footage of a much larger fire tornado on Aug. 10 during the Sam Fire in northwestern Los Angeles County.
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TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. This week, we're featuring some of our favorite music interviews from our archive. Today, we'll hear an interview with singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash. She started out recording country music, had several No. 1 hits and won a Grammy but then left Nashville and established herself as a singer-songwriter in the world of indie rock. Since then, Cash has worked across many musical genres, including country, rock, folk, pop and American roots. She's won four Grammys and was nominated for 12 others. In 1973, when she was 18, her father, Johnny Cash, gave her a list of 100 essential country songs he thought she needed to know. At the time, she was more interested in writing her own songs than interpreting the songs of others. But in 2009, she returned to her father's list and recorded 12 of the songs on it. I spoke with her when that album, called "The List," was released. We started with a song from the album, a song called "Sea Of Heartbreak." Bruce Springsteen sings on this one.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SEA OF HEARTBREAK")
ROSANNE CASH: (Singing) The lights in the harbor don't shine for me. And I'm like a lost ship adrift on the sea...
ROSANNE CASH AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: (Singing) The sea of heartbreak, lost love and loneliness, memories of your caress, so divine, I wish you were mine again, my dear. I'm on the sea of tears, the sea of heartbreak
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Rosanne Cash, welcome back to FRESH AIR.
CASH: Well, thank you, Terry.
GROSS: Tell me why you wanted to record this record. We'll get to the whole list in a second. But of all the songs on "The List," why "Sea Of Heartbreak?"?
CASH: Why this - why "Sea Of Heartbreak"? It's kind of a perfectly constructed country song. And it was on the list, so, you know, that gave me permission. And it's - it embodies that longing that is in so much of country music really, really well. And beyond that, it takes a metaphor and carries it to the very end without breaking that narrative about the metaphor, without becoming kitschy, which a lot of songs do. And that's kind of perfect to me. And it's also - it makes it a bit of a period piece because you don't hear many modern songs that do that. And there's also some language in it that's not modern. You know, when he says divine and my dear, these are kind of old-school ways of talking, and I really enjoy that. So it was like stepping into a period piece. At the same time, it has the hallmark of every great song, which is that it transcends time. It has a timeless quality to it, and it feels very modern.
GROSS: It's amazing. The lyric was written by Hal David, who wrote the lyrics for so many Burt Bacharach songs. So he's not exactly Mr. Country Music, Mr. Nashville (laughter).
CASH: No. And, you know, I myself thought that Don Gibson had written it - because he had the early, definitive version of the song - and then found out that Hal David and Paul Hampton wrote it in New York. It was a huge surprise.
GROSS: Your father has a good recording of this.
CASH: He does. You know, not being disloyal, but I have to say, I still prefer the Don Gibson version. And, you know, my dad recorded his version with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on "Unchained," and he might have been a little too energized from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSS: Now you have Bruce Springsteen singing with you on this one. Is he a friend?
CASH: No, I couldn't call him a friend. I've met him a few times over the years, but it would be presumptuous to say he's a friend.
GROSS: Why did you ask him to duet on this song?
CASH: Because he's just a dream date, Terry.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: We knew we wanted to do a duet, so I did my part on "Sea Of Heartbreak." We go, God, who's the perfect person to ask to sing on this song? Who's, like, the embodiment of American romantic male voice? Well, that would be Bruce Springsteen. So we asked him.
GROSS: And he said yes.
CASH: He said yes. I thought, oh, there's a 50/50 chance Bruce will do it. And then, you know, he knew the song. He'd got the concept of the list. He's so steeped in country music, anyway, and roots music. So it was an easy thing for him, I think.
GROSS: So let's get the story of the list. Your album is called "The List," and there's a story behind it. So would you tell the story?
CASH: Yeah. When I was 18 years old, I went on the road with my dad after I graduated from high school. And we were riding on the tour bus one day, kind of rolling through the south, and he mentioned a song. We started talking about songs, and he mentioned one, and I said, I don't know that one. And he mentioned another. I said, I don't know that one either, Dad. And he became very alarmed that I didn't know what he considered my own musical genealogy. And I was very steeped in pop and rock music, and I grew up in Southern California. So he spent the rest of the afternoon making a list for me. And at the end of the day, he said, this is your education. And across the top of the page, he wrote 100 essential country songs. The list might have been better titled "100 Essential American Songs" because it was very comprehensive. He covered every critical point in Southern and American music, early folk songs, protest songs, Delta blues, Southern gospel, early country music, Appalachian. Everything that fed into modern country music was on that list. So his overview was really of a musicologist but formed by his instincts, you know, and just the rhythm in his own blood. So I realized when he gave me the list at the age of 18 that this was an important document, and I set about learning these songs. But it took me, I think, until now to realize that he was really giving me himself, a part of his heart and soul.
GROSS: When you say you went about learning those songs, did you get the sheet music or get the records? How did you learn them?
CASH: All I had to do was get my dad (laughter) because he had them all at his fingertips. You could say, well, how does this one go? And he'd pick up a guitar and sing it to me. And then some I knew the records, you know. Like, I had known Ray Charles' "Take These Chains From My Heart" since childhood. I had known Patsy Cline "She's Got You" since childhood. Others I found the records for.
GROSS: So you finally realized later in life that your father had given you a piece of himself and a piece of his own kind of genetic makeup when he gave you this list of 100 songs. But when he gave you that list, did you immediately think, thanks, Dad, or was it more like, thanks, Dad?
CASH: Like an 18-year-old would do?
GROSS: Yeah.
CASH: No, I - you know, if he had given it to me even a couple years earlier, I might have said, oh, yeah, eye roll, thanks, Dad. But I wanted this. I wanted him. You know, my parents were divorced. I was just socking in this great time with my dad, who was clean and sober. So I wanted that experience of loving what he loved and learning about his life. Also I was just starting to write songs, so this was a template for me. These are excellent songs. He wrote the list as a songwriter. So I had that template for great songwriting. It was exciting to me.
GROSS: Now, do you still have that piece of paper that the list was on?
CASH: I do. I found it again in 2000 - late 2005, when I was writing the narratives for my last record. It was "Black Cadillac," and I wrote narratives for the show. And I found the list in 2005, and I thought, well, this will make a nice subject for a narrative for the "Black Cadillac" show, never thinking anything more than that. And I wrote this narrative, and it started when I was 18 years old. My dad gave me this list. Well, everybody started coming up to me saying, where's that list? When are you going to record that list? It became funny.
GROSS: So what did you do with the piece of paper now? Is it, like, framed? Is it preserved? Where do you keep it?
CASH: I keep it in my files. It's not framed. It's not - you know, I want to do the right thing with the actual list at some point, but I don't want to just publish it on the internet or, you know, give it away yet partly because I want to do Volume 2.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: And I don't want anyone else to do Volume 2.
GROSS: Well, I want to play another song from the list, and this is a great song. I love this song that Patsy Cline made famous. It's called "She's Got You." And of all the songs on the list, why did you want to do this one?
CASH: Well, it's a classic country song. Anyone who knows country music knows this song. Unfortunately, they also know Patsy Cline's version, which is so iconic that I had some trouble getting past that to actually record it myself. But you know, what's great about this song, too, is that it's a list. In the song is listed all the things that the other woman has. So it's a list within the list.
GROSS: Oh, right.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSS: Yeah. And, I guess, what do you do to put yourself in the mood to feel the song? I mean, you're married. You know what I mean? Like, you're not...
CASH: Yeah.
GROSS: You're not a teenager anymore. You're married, so - well, maybe that's a presumptuous question. Maybe I should just drop that 'cause...
CASH: No, I know what you're saying. But, you know, passion is not reserved for young people. And I think that my sensitivity to music has actually deepened and expanded as I've gotten older. You add more life experience. You know, the music gets filtered through all of that. And that's beautiful. When I started singing this song, like I said, I had to get Patsy Cline off my shoulder a bit to even approach the song. So once I started singing it, I - and it kind of dawned on me. Oh, this is why this song has been covered so many times. This is a great song.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SHE'S GOT YOU")
CASH: (Singing) I've got your picture that you gave to me. And it's signed with love just like it used to be. The only thing different, the only thing new - I've got your picture, she's got you. I've got the records that we used to share. And they still sound the same as when you were here. The only thing different, the only thing new - I've got the records, she's got you. I've got your memory. Or has it got me? I really don't know, but I know it won't let me be. I've got your class ring...
GROSS: That's my guest, Rosanne Cash, singing "She's Got You," a song made famous by Patsy Cline, a song featured on Rosanne Cash's CD called "The List," which is songs selected from the list of 100 essential songs that her father, Johnny Cash, gave to her when she was 18.
When your father gave you that list, when you were 18, how deep were you into country music?
CASH: Not very. I was, you know, president of my Beatles fan club when I was 11.
GROSS: (Laughter) Really?
CASH: (Laughter) Yes, I was, indeed. And I, like, you know...
GROSS: Is this where I ask who your favorite Beatle was?
CASH: Well, John (laughter).
GROSS: OK, good (laughter).
CASH: And I - you know, I grew up in Southern California. I was very well-versed in Southern California pop and rock and Buffalo Springfield and Neil Young and Elton John and Janis Joplin and then Joni Mitchell, which is the first time I realized that a woman could be a songwriter. So I had, of course, heard what my parents played around the house and heard the musicians my dad drug home off the road. And my mother listened to a lot of Ray Charles and Marty Robbins and Patsy Cline. So I got that in by osmosis as well. But as far as doing a serious immersion in it, like I had done with the Beatles, no, I had not done that.
GROSS: My guest is Rosanne Cash. We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF ROSANNE CASH SONG, "MOTHERLESS CHILDREN")
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash. We spoke in 2009 when she released her album "The List." It featured 12 songs from the list of 100 essential country songs that her father, Johnny Cash, made for her.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: You've had this list of 100 country music songs that your father gave you since you were 18. So you've had this since the early '70s.
CASH: '73.
GROSS: Why now? Why record them now?
CASH: Oh. That's a very good question. In fact, I resisted it for the first year that John started talking about it. Well, for a lot of reasons - one, I did have a chip on my shoulder when I was younger. I am going to do this my way. Nobody's ever going to be able to say that I traded on my dad's name. It was a large shadow. I wanted out of it. And I probably carried the chip longer than was gracious (laughter). It's OK when you're in your 20s. It's not OK when you're in your 40s. So it was partly that, my knee-jerk reaction against doing anything that traded on my dad's name. Then I started to realize, this is my list. He gave this to me. This was personal. This was like if he was a martial arts master and was passing on a secret to his child. You know, it belongs to me. So when I started to feel myself take possession of it, psychologically, then I started thinking about recording the songs. And the other part is, I don't think I could have done this until I lost my parents, until they died.
GROSS: I was thinking you might feel that way because - is it because they owned the songs?
CASH: Well, if they did, they passed them on. But it's also because you're not - well, I wasn't so interested in legacy until they were gone. I wasn't so interested in what they left me until they weren't here to tell me about it. And, you know, at this point, I had a really serious health problem myself, you know, a face-off with my own mortality. You start thinking about those things. What did my parents leave me? What's in my DNA? What am I going to leave my kids? And these songs are part of my cells in a way. They are part of my DNA. And they are what I want to leave my own kids.
GROSS: You mentioned that you had your own brush with mortality. And I know that you had brain surgery.
CASH: Right.
GROSS: How long ago was this?
CASH: It was November 27.
GROSS: Would you explain what the problem was that necessitated the surgery?
CASH: I had a structural abnormality in my brain I may have been born with. My neurosurgeon wasn't sure. And it just got worse as I got older until I was becoming debilitated by headaches. So they didn't really discover what it was until 2007, earlier in 2007. And then he said, you know, there's no advantage in waiting to fix this; you need to take care of this. So I had brain surgery. And, you know, it's not for the faint of heart, by the way (laughter).
GROSS: And any time somebody enters your brain for surgery, it's really, really risky.
CASH: Yeah.
GROSS: Were you terrified before the surgery?
CASH: I prepared myself psychologically. I - you know, I did hypnosis tapes, and I did just a lot of reflection and talking about it and getting prepared because I knew how scary it was. And in fact, that's why my neurosurgeon said to wait, you know, six weeks or something. He said, you need to prepare yourself psychologically. So I got it when he told me that it was going to be tough, and it was a long recovery. So, you know, I did my work enough beforehand that I walked into the OR laughing with my anesthesiologist, making jokes (laughter) and singing "If I Only Had A Brain."
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: My morbid sense of humor really got me through this, I have to say.
GROSS: What about the recovery on the other end? I mean, you're so steeped in your senses, in - you know, in writing, which you do a lot of, both songs and books. You're completing a memoir now.
CASH: Yeah.
GROSS: In listening, which you do a lot of. In singing. So, I mean, were your senses altered in a way that was either interesting or disturbing after the surgery, during the period of recovery?
CASH: Oh, that's a good question, and nobody has thought to ask me that question. And the truth is that they were. I had the hearing of a dog for about two months (laughter).
GROSS: Wait. What does that mean? That...
CASH: I mean, it was - my hearing was so sensitive that - you know, I live in Manhattan. I couldn't go outside for a month. It was so intense. But the thing I was afraid of didn't happen, which is my experience of music. And I had written this letter to Oliver Sacks before I went into surgery. I had met him at a party the year before. And so I wrote him, and I told him my problem. And I said, do you think that my experience of music is going to be altered? Will I lose my sensitivity to music or my ability to play it? And he wrote me back the most beautiful, typewritten letter that was hand-corrected in ink. And it basically said, my - he said, my expertise is with the cortex, and your problem is with the cerebellum, so I can't really help you, but I do have an inkling of how important this is to you.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: I loved that. That's the letter I'm going to frame.
GROSS: Singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, recorded in 2009. We'll hear more of our interview after a break, as we continue our weeklong series of some of our favorite interviews with musicians from the archive. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU")
CASH: (Singing) I'm growing tired of the big-city lights, tired of the glamor and tired of the sights. In all of my dreams, I am roaming once more back to my home on the old river shore. I am sad and weary, far away from home. Miss the Mississippi and you, dear. Days are dark and dreary everywhere I roam. Miss the Mississippi and you. Roaming the wide...
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross, back with more of my interview with singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash, known for her work in country indie rock, folk and American roots music. She's been awarded Grammys and Gold Records and has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. We spoke in 2009, when her album, "The List," was released. It featured 12 songs from the list of a hundred essential country songs that her father, Johnny Cash, compiled for her. He made it in 1973, when she was 18 and on the road with him. When we left off, we were talking about how she had recovered from brain surgery she had undergone to correct a structural abnormality. The surgery was in 2007, a couple of years before our interview was recorded.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: You know, you mentioned that before the surgery, you had headaches, like, really severe headaches. I find that the one time when I can't enjoy music, when I want nothing to do with music is when I have a bad headache. And when I think of you going through - was it long period, right, when you had these bad headaches? How did you do music? Did you have any room in your head where it was pleasurable to make or listen to music?
CASH: That's interesting. I listened to a lot more classical music in the two years before the surgery because it seemed - it was more soothing to me. And, you know, I could digest it better. But a lot of times, singing, playing music myself, I would move out of the headache. You know, it would just dissolve. That's an interesting thing about music. You know, people say it's very healing. It is very healing, literally.
GROSS: Well, I think we should hear another song from your new CD, "The List." And I thought this might be a good spot to hear "500 Miles." And I have to say - I was telling you this before we started the interview - if I went through the rest of my life and every hearing this song again, I'd be fine, I thought, until I heard your version. You know, I think so many of us know the Peter, Paul and Mary version, which we heard so many times. And when I was learning folk guitar and doing a terrible job at it, this was one of the songs that I learned to massacre, which is part of the reason why I could go through the rest of my life not hearing it again. But you do this, like, desolate version of it. And...
CASH: Yeah. The lyrics are desolate.
GROSS: They are desolate, but - and your husband is playing organ behind you. And it's this really, like, eerie, lonely organ. It almost sounds like it's being played backwards. It's just so odd. And it's really just a haunting version.
CASH: Well, we wanted to get it very churchy, and we wanted to bring out all of the loneliness of the lyrics, because the lyrics are really sad. And I knew Bobby Bear's version better than I knew Peter, Paul and Mary's version. And Bobby Bear's version was much sadder, and I think we even took it a step further.
GROSS: OK. Well, let's hear it. And this is my guest, Rosanne Cash, singing "500 Miles." Her husband, John Leventhal, is playing organ behind, her and he plays a lot of the instruments and did the arranging for the CD. It's from the album "The List," which features songs from a list of a hundred essential American songs that her father, Johnny Cash, gave her when she was 18. So here's "500 Miles."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "500 MILES")
CASH: (Singing) If you miss the train I'm on, then you'll know that I have gone. You can hear the whistle blow - a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, 100 miles. You can hear the whistle blow - a hundred miles. Teardrops fell on momma's note when I read the things she ruled. She said, we miss you, hon. We love you. Come on home. Well, I didn't have to pack. I had it all right on my back. Now I'm 500 miles away from home. But I'm one more down. Lord, I'm one. Lord, I'm two. Lord, I'm three. Lord, I'm four. Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home.
GROSS: That's Rosanne Cash from her CD, "The List," which features songs from a list of a hundred essential songs that her father, Johnny Cash, gave her. You know, before hearing that song, we were talking about the brain surgery that you had. And I was wondering what you've turned to in recent years to just kind of give you strength. And just to fill listeners in, it's been a difficult few years. You lost your mother. You lost your father. You lost your stepmother, June Carter Cash. There were three years where you could barely speak and couldn't sing because of polyps on your vocal cords. And then there was the brain surgery that we talked about.
It's been a rough period. And when people go through rough times, I mean, some people turn to religion. Some people turn to drugs or alcohol. Some people have nothing to turn to. Some people are lost. Some people find this inner strength. Looking at your father, I mean, there's been times and there were times in your father's life when he turned to drugs or pills. And - but through all his life, I think he had a sense of Jesus in his life. Your mother was, I think, a pretty devout Catholic.
CASH: She was.
GROSS: Yeah. So what about you? Like, what have you had that has kept you - got you through all of this?
CASH: Well, I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children (laughter) - the pronouncements of small children. I, you know, I'm not the type to turn to religion in that way. I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol. But I do have a profound devotion to art and music and children. And those three things, as well as the love of my husband, who is an amazing partner. And, you know, if you ever have brain surgery, you want to call him up to do all of the vetting of the neurosurgeons and all of that business 'cause he makes a great patient advocate. So...
GROSS: Good. If I'm ever making an album, I'm going to call him, too.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: Oh. That's cute.
GROSS: So you mentioned, you know, art and music as what you turn to as, like - how that's kind of your religion. So what were some of the things that you read or listened to or watched during the period of recovery when you needed that kind of nourishment?
CASH: Joan Didion's "Year Of Magical Thinking" was great. I read the book, and I went to see Vanessa Redgrave perform it. And that was...
GROSS: Oh, wait. Let me stop you right there.
CASH: OK.
GROSS: That is a - I love that book. It was so hard to read it 'cause it's all - it's a journal of the year she lost her husband. It is so painful. So when - what was healing about reading that really painful book?
CASH: Well, I loved it. I found - I know a lot of people found it really difficult and kind of depressing. But I loved her very meticulous documentation of the little moments of insanity that happened during grief. You know, that thing she said about, well, it's 3 hours earlier in California, is he dead in California yet? - I had that feeling and many others that you don't tell people because they will think you're nuts. And so to see it there on the page poetically written, I - it was really great for me. I loved that.
GROSS: What else?
CASH: What else? Oh, Picasso. Arvo Part, the Estonian musician. I went to see a show in Paris that just - it rearranged my whole life. It was so great. It was called "Melancolie," and it was 800 years of madness, despair and depression in art.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: It was fantastic.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: I loved it. I told you, I have a morbid sense of humor.
GROSS: (Laughter).
CASH: But it was just amazing, you know, because we used to express all of these things in art, you know? - the madness and the despair and the depression. And now we just medicate it away. But it was all there on the canvas, and I just loved it.
GROSS: Oh, wow. Did you - after grieving for your parents, did you go through a period feeling like you were grieving for yourself because your brain was being compromised, your life was in jeopardy, your ability to be who you are was in jeopardy?
CASH: Yeah. I was angry at my parents when I had to have brain surgery that they weren't still around. Because no matter how old you are, you want your parents when you're going through...
GROSS: Absolutely.
CASH: ...Something like that.
GROSS: Yeah.
CASH: And I - yeah. Did I grieve for myself? No. I kind of thought, well, why not me? I have good health insurance. You know, I don't have to show up to a 9-to-5 job. I - you know, it - I didn't have that feeling of, oh, why me? I never had that.
GROSS: You never had the feeling of being resentful or envious of everybody else who didn't have to go through the brain surgery that you were about to go through?
CASH: Mmm, no. I don't do that. I don't do comparisons 'cause I always lose.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: That's...
GROSS: Is that how you feel?
CASH: Yes, that's exactly how I feel.
GROSS: So...
CASH: No, but not that I always lose. It's that if - the process of comparing yourself to someone else, you're setting yourself up to not feel good. So I don't bother.
GROSS: Getting back to the list of songs again that your father gave you, did you love the same songs on that list after the surgery that you loved before? Was there any - did your taste change?
CASH: Mmm. I love them more now. I love everything more now. I know that sounds like a cliche, but I do. But I love these songs so much, and they keep getting deeper and broader and more poetic and more full of life for me. Every time I hear them, every time I put on one of the original versions or I get to sing it myself, it's all new. It's amazing that it took this long for me to realize what was always there, you know? Like T.S. Eliot said, you return home and know it for the first time. I feel like that. I've returned home and known it for the first time.
GROSS: My guest is Rosanne Cash. We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF ROSANNE CASH SONG, "CHANGE PARTNERS")
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with Rosanne Cash. She's known for singing her own songs, but she released a CD called "The List" on which she sang some of the songs from the list of 100 essential songs that her father, Johnny Cash, made for her back in 1973 when she was 18. We spoke when the album "The List" was released in 2009.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: I want to play another song from your new album, and I was thinking of "Girl From The North Country." I think you do a beautiful job of this. Bob Dylan wrote it. It was on his 1969 "Freewheelin'" album - 1962, I mean. What year is it? More like '62, probably. And...
CASH: Yeah, it's earlier than '69.
GROSS: Yeah, I think it's, like, '62.
CASH: 'Cause they did "Nashville Skyline" in '69.
GROSS: That was '69, yeah.
CASH: Yeah.
GROSS: So in '69, your father recorded it with Dylan on Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" album. So why did you choose this one for your own?
CASH: This was John's idea to do this song. And I know why it's on the list - because, you know, my dad made the list in 1973, and he had just recorded this four years earlier with Bob. So it was still kind of fresh to him. It's one of the newest songs on the list. And when John brought up that idea, I said, oh, gosh, I can't. I can't do it. It's almost sacrilegious. I - not only do I have my dad and Bob's recorded version in my head, I have images of that session in my head. I wasn't at that session, but there is footage of it. And it was just such a watershed record, too, you know? I became the coolest 14-year-old in the world when my dad recorded this song with Bob Dylan. And I said, I just can't do that. It's outside of my own realm.
And John said, let's listen to Bob's original version and approach it that way. And his original version is - it's in the tradition of a classic folk song that's rooted in Elizabethan music, even. And I got to do that old folk twist of a woman singing about another woman, which was great. I loved that. And once we listened to the original version and I could approach it like that, I went, oh, I get it. Yeah. This is gorgeous.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY")
CASH: (Singing) If you're traveling in the north country fair, where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, remember me to the one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. If you go when the snowflakes fall, when the rivers freeze and summer ends, please, see if she has a coat so warm to keep her from the howling winds.
GROSS: That's Rosanne Cash singing Dylan's "Girl From The North Country," from her new CD "The List," which is songs from a list of 100 great American songs, essential country songs, that her father, Johnny Cash, gave her when she was 18 years old.
You know, I think it's really interesting that you're doing this album of songs by other people because you're best known as a singer-songwriter. You do your own songs. And this kind of frees you up to just be the singer and the interpreter and also to sing other people's melodies, which I think must be kind of refreshing in its own way.
CASH: Yeah, it is. It is. It was a little scary at first because I didn't ever want to put my voice front and center, you know? I was a songwriter. That was the torch I carried. This is an honorable profession. This is what I do. I'm a songwriter. My voice just serves what I'm writing about. So to let all that go - I mean, bringing the sensibilities of it, actually, to the song choices - but to just be the interpreter was incredibly liberating and really fun.
GROSS: You know, it's interesting that you've done this album of covers. John Doe did an album of classic country covers. Loudon Wainwright just did an album of Charlie Poole songs. So you know, the three of you are famous as songwriters. And within a period of months, you're turning to other people's songs. I just find that so interesting. And all of those albums I just mentioned are really good.
CASH: Well, there is a cannon of American music that maybe an entire generation doesn't know that well, you know, people who weren't around to hear Patsy Cline's version of "She's Got You" or a song like "Take These Chains", or never heard Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music" or Hank Snow or any of these people. So I always felt like, you can't imagine the Scots or the Irish without Celtic music. You can't imagine us, the Americans, without these songs. They are so important to us. And it would be a tragedy if they were just, you know, you had to - if they were just in a museum, if they were just archived somewhere, if they weren't still being performed.
GROSS: Oh, I really agree with you. When we last spoke, it was 2006, maybe. And this was after you had started singing again after your three-year bout of not being able to sing because of polyps on your vocal cords. And in that interview, you said that when you had the polyps, you vowed that if you recovered that you would give up all the anxiety that you had surrounding singing...
CASH: (Laughing).
GROSS: ...And just kind of enjoy singing and enjoy, you know, the talents that you had. So did that work out? Have you been able to just...
CASH: (Laughter).
GROSS: As you've released this album of you singing other people's songs, have you been able to just enjoy singing without the attendant anxieties?
CASH: I'm laughing because I did say that, didn't I (laughter)?
GROSS: You did.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: I'm glad you reminded me (laughter).
GROSS: You're welcome.
CASH: Yeah. I did give up a lot of the anxiety. I'm not a person who will ever entirely give up anxiety. I mean, it kind of fuels my...
GROSS: (Laughter).
CASH: ...My everything (laughter). But I did stop the criticism. That's what I stopped, the self-criticism. You know, if I miss a note, if I can't sustain it as long as I want, you know, if my diaphragm gives away or something, I'd just go, well, that's OK. That's all right, you know? Human being here. But I enjoy it a lot more. I do. I did keep that part of the promise to myself, is that I got it back, and I enjoy it a lot more.
GROSS: My guest is Rosanne Cash. We'll talk more after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF ROSANNE CASH SONG, "SEVEN YEAR ACHE")
GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. We're listening to an interview from our archive with singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash. We spoke in 2009 when she released her album "The List," featuring songs from the list of 100 essential country songs that her father, Johnny Cash, compiled for her. He made that list in 1973 when she was 18 and on the road with him. She's Cash's oldest child. Her mother was his first wife.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Your father lived his life onstage; your mother didn't. Where do you fit in in terms of comfort level onstage and in terms of, like, having a public component of your life?
CASH: That's something that I still struggle with. My daughter just made her first record, and it's coming out soon. She's 27 years old, and she has not asked me for any advice. She's wanted to do this on her own. It's history repeating itself. But she did call and say, Mom, how do I have a successful career as a musician without having a public life? And it kind of broke my heart because that was the exact question I asked at her age. And I said, I don't know because, you know, songs are not complete until they're heard. You know, you can't just do this for your living room. It's - part of doing it is putting it out there. And, of course, being a performer, that's a whole other thing. But I still do struggle with that. And I guess the - I'm more comfortable - you know how Malcolm Gladwell had that 10,000-hour rule - like, if you do something 10,000 hours, you become an expert at it? I feel like maybe I'm close to 10,000 hours.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: So I'm a bit more comfortable. But you're right. My mother was very, very private, and my dad lived out his best self onstage. So I have both of those examples, you know? Don't tell anybody anything, keep to yourself, and take everything to the stage.
GROSS: Wow. That's really confusing, isn't it?
CASH: It is. So I've had to work it out for myself. And what I do is both. I have a great private life. I don't, you know, divulge everything. I find that incredibly distasteful. And I love performing.
GROSS: Well, I'm glad you found that comfort zone for yourself, that you found where the line is. I want to close with another track from "The List," but since I've chosen everything so far, I thought I'd be generous and let you choose one.
(LAUGHTER)
CASH: Do you want something sad and slow and ballad-y (ph) or something a little more up?
GROSS: I'm letting you choose.
CASH: OK. "Motherless Children" - this song is one of the oldest songs on "The List," and it was amazing how many people had done it, everyone from Billie Holiday to the Louvin Brothers to Eric Clapton. There are many different versions, many, many, many verses, too. So John and I had to sort through them and kind of make it more linear, you know, just pull four verses that would work together. And John had just lost his mother a couple of weeks before we recorded this. So I think we were both feeling that sense of loss and being motherless. And I can really hear it in John's guitar playing in this track.
GROSS: Rosanne Cash, it's just been wonderful to talk with you again. Thank you so much.
CASH: It's my pleasure, Terry. Thank you for having me.
GROSS: My interview with singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash was recorded in 2009.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MOTHERLESS CHILDREN")
CASH: (Singing) Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. Motherless children have a hard time. There's all that weeping and all that crying. Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone. Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone. Father will do the best he can, but there's so many things he just don't understand. Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone.
GROSS: Tomorrow on FRESH AIR, more favorite music interviews from the FRESH AIR archive. We'll hear Smokey Robinson talking about writing hits like "Shop Around" and "You Really Got A Hold On Me" and starting Motown with Berry Gordy, and Isaac Hayes talking about writing the hit "Soul Man" for Sam & Dave and writing and performing the theme for "Shaft." I hope you'll join us. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy Salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam Briger, Lauren Krenzel, Heidi Saman, Therese Madden, Ann Marie Baldonado, Thea Chaloner, Seth Kelley and Susan Nyakundi. Our digital media producer is Molly Seavy-Nesper. I'm Terry Gross.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MOTHERLESS CHILDREN")
CASH: (Singing) People say a sister will do when the mother is gone. People say a sister will do when the mother is gone. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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WASHINGTON — A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to a record-setting 10 years in prison for attacking the U.S. Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
Thomas Webster’s prison sentence is the longest so far among roughly 250 people who have been punished for their conduct during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The previous longest was shared by two other rioters, who were sentenced separately to seven years and three months in prison.
Webster, a 20-year NYPD veteran, was the first Capitol riot defendant to be tried on an assault charge and the first to present a self-defense argument. A jury rejected Webster’s claim that he was defending himself when he tackled Metropolitan Police Department officer Noah Rathbun and grabbed his gas mask outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Webster, 56, to 10 years in prison plus three years of supervised release. He allowed Webster to report to prison at a date to be determined instead of immediately ordering him into custody.
“Mr. Webster, I don’t think you’re a bad person,” the judge said. “I think you were caught up in a moment. But as you know, even getting caught up in a moment has consequences.”
Webster turned to apologize to Rathbun, who was in the courtroom but didn’t address the judge. Webster said he wishes he had never come to Washington, D.C.
“I wish the horrible events of that day had never happened,” he told the judge.
The judge said Rathbun wasn’t Webster’s only victim on Jan. 6.
“The other victim was democracy, and that is not something that can be taken lightly,” Mehta added.
Federal prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of 17 years and six months. The court’s probation department had recommended a 10-year prison sentence. Mehta wasn’t bound by the recommendations.
In a court filing, prosecutors accused Webster of “disgracing a democracy that he once fought honorably to protect and serve.” Webster led the charge against police barricades at the Capitol’s Lower West Plaza, prosecutors said. They compared the attack to a medieval battle, with rioters pelting officers with makeshift projectiles and engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
“Nothing can explain or justify Mr. Webster’s rage. Nothing can explain or justify his violence,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Hava Mirell said Thursday.
Defense attorney James Monroe said in a court filing that the mob was “guided by unscrupulous politicians” and others promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from the Republican incumbent. He questioned why prosecutors argued that Webster didn’t deserve leniency for his 25 years of service to his country and New York City.
“That is not how we measure justice. That is revenge,” Monroe said.
In May, jurors deliberated for less than three hours before they convicted Webster of all six counts in his indictment, including a charge that he assaulted Rathbun with a dangerous weapon, the flagpole.
Also Thursday, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty to using pepper spray on police officers, including one who later died. Officer Brian Sicknick suffered a stroke the day after the riot and died of natural causes. He and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks as the mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Julian Khater, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. He could face up to 20 years in prison, though will likely face a sentence ranging from about 6 1/2 to 8 years at a hearing set for December.
The case against Khater and a second man have been among the more notable brought by the Justice Department. George Pierre Tanios brought the pepper spray in a backpack. Tanios previously pleaded guilty and is also set to be sentenced in December.
Webster had testified at trial that he was trying to protect himself from a “rogue cop” who punched him in the face. He also accused Rathbun of instigating the confrontation.
Rathbun testified that he didn’t punch or pick a fight with Webster. Rathbun said he was trying to move Webster back from a security perimeter that he and other officers were struggling to maintain.
Rathbun’s body camera captured Webster shouting profanities and insults before they made any physical contact. The video shows that Webster slammed one of the bike racks at Rathbun before the officer reached out with an open left hand and struck the right side of Webster’s face.
After Rathbun struck his face, Webster swung a metal flag pole at the officer in a downward chopping motion, striking a bike rack. Rathbun grabbed the broken pole from Webster, who charged at the officer, tackled him to the ground and grabbed his gas mask, choking him by the chin strap.
Webster drove alone to Washington, D.C., from his home near Goshen, New York, on the eve of the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, where Trump addressed thousands of supporters. Webster was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Marine Corps flag on a metal pole when he joined the mob that stormed the Capitol.
Webster said he went to the Capitol to “petition” lawmakers to “relook” at the results of the 2020 presidential election. But he testified that he didn’t intend to interfere with Congress’ joint session to certify President Joe Biden ‘s victory.
Webster retired from the NYPD in 2011 after 20 years of service, which included a stint on then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s private security detail. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989 before joining the NYPD in 1991.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
Ducey spoke during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have stirred the ire of China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and condemns all official contacts between Taipei and foreign governments that recognize Beijing.
Taiwan is a leader in the production of semiconductors, the critical chips that are used in everyday electronics and have become a battleground in the technology competition between the U.S. and China.
Arizona is also home to a base that trains Taiwan’s F-16 fighter pilots who are a major part in the island’s defenses against a threatened Chinese blockade or invasion. Arizona also plans to open a state representative office in Taipei and the sides have inked an agreement on cooperation in higher education. The TSMC investment is expected to create 2,000 jobs in Arizona, with the company taking numerous future workers for training in Taiwan.
“Arizona and Taiwan have many shared economic strengths specifically in technology and advanced manufacturing industries,” Ducey said.
“Both Arizona and Taiwan are global semiconductor leaders and it is in this industry where our partnership is the greatest. (The investment) has elevated the potential of what’s possible between Arizona and Taiwan,” the governor said.
Neither Tsai or Ducey directly mentioned China, although in her remarks, the president indicated current events were driving expanded economic links between the sides.
“In the face of authoritarian expansionism and the economic challenges of the post-pandemic era, Taiwan seeks to bolster cooperation with the United States in the semiconductor and other high-tech industries,” Tsai said.
“This would help build more secure and more resilient supply chains. We look forward to jointly producing democracy chips to safeguard the interests of our democratic partners and create greater prosperity,” she said.
Close links between Taiwan and Arizona date back to the state’s former senators Barry Goldwater and John McCain, conservatives who were strongly critical of Beijing.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan early last month made her the highest-ranking American official to visit in 25 years, prompting China to launch missiles over the island and send ships and planes across the midline of the Taiwan Strait.
The U.S. recently sent a pair of missile cruisers through the 180 kilometer (110 mile)-wide strait in a rejection of Chinese protests. Despite the lack of formal diplomatic relations, the U.S. remains Taiwan’s main source of political and military support and federal law requires it to ensure the island has the ability to defend itself against Chinese threats.
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A late burst of buying erased some of the stock market’s losses Thursday, leaving indexes mixed on Wall Street though still on pace to end lower for the week.
The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after having been down 1.3% earlier in the day. The benchmark index’s positive turn in the last 10 minutes of trading ended a four-day losing streak.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average also bounced back from an early slide to finish with a 0.5% gain, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Several measures of small and mid-size companies also lost ground, including the Russell 2000, which closed 1.2% lower.
The mixed finish for stocks comes as traders look ahead to the Labor Department’s latest monthly job market snapshot Friday. The Federal Reserve will consider the August update on job and wage growth as it determines further interest rate hikes in its bid to slow the economy enough to bring down inflation.
“We’ll be able to get a better read on markets tomorrow after that number comes out,” said Sameer Samana, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. “At least right now, the path of least resistance for markets remains lower.”
The S&P 500 rose 11.85 points to 3,966.85, while the Dow added 145.99 points to 31,656.42. The Nasdaq slid 31.08 points to 11,785.13, its fifth straight drop. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 21.30 points to 1,822.82.
Gains in health care stocks, companies that rely on direct consumer spending and communications services providers helped lift the market. Johnson & Johnson rose 2.5%, Target gained 2.8% and Netflix added 2.9%.
Technology stocks were once again one of the heaviest weights on the market. Nvidia dropped 7.7% after the chipmaker said the U.S. government imposed new licensing requirements on its sales to China.
Energy stocks fell as the price of U.S. crude oil, which is coming off its third month of declines, dropped 3.3% to $86.61 a barrel. Chevron slid 1.6%.
Major indexes in Europe and Asia closed lower.
Treasury yields rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans, rose to 3.26% from 3.20% late Wednesday. The two-year Treasury yield, which tends to track expectations for Fed action, rose to 3.52% from 3.50% and is now at the highest level since 2007.
Bond yields have been rising along with expectations for higher interest rates, which the Federal Reserve has been increasing in a bid to squash the highest inflation in decades.
Stocks have been mostly racking up losses in recent weeks, wiping out much of the gains the market made in July and early August. Traders remain remain wary of how the economy will hold up as the Fed ratchets up interest rates to fight inflation.
The selling accelerated beginning last week, when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated that the central bank will likely need to keep interest rates high enough to slow the economy “for some time” in order to bring inflation down.
The Fed has already raised interest rates four times this year and is expected to raise short-term rates by another 0.75 percentage points at its next meeting later this month, according to CME Group.
Wall Street is worried that the Fed could hit the brakes too hard on an already slowing economy and veer it into a recession. Higher interest rates also hurt investment prices, especially for pricier stocks like technology companies.
The S&P 500 ended August with a 4.2% loss after surging 9.1% in July on optimism that the Fed might be able to ease back on raising rates following signs that inflation, while still high, was leveling off.
The July and early August market rally marked a brief positive turn for Wall Street after a weak first half of the year where the S&P 500 dropped 20% from its most recent high and entered a bear market. September may not offer much of a respite for investors, as historically it tends to be the worst month for stocks.
Investors have been closely watching economic data for any additional signs that the economy is slowing down or that inflation may be cooling or at least holding at its current level. Businesses and consumers have been hit hard by rising prices on everything from food to clothing, but recent declines in gasoline prices have provided some relief.
Strong U.S. employment data have helped fuel expectations of more interest rate hikes. The Labor Department reported Tuesday there were two jobs for every unemployed person in July, giving ammunition to Fed officials who argue the economy can tolerate more rate hikes to tame inflation that is at multi-decade highs.
On Thursday, the Labor Department said applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, the latest sign the job market continues to shine despite a slowing U.S. economy.
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U.S. health advisers on Thursday endorsed new COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains, saying if enough people roll up their sleeves, the updated shots could blunt a winter surge.
The tweaked shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna offer Americans a chance to get the most up-to-date protection at yet another critical period in the pandemic. They’re combination or “bivalent” shots — half the original vaccine and half protection against the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron versions now causing nearly all COVID-19 infections.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention struggled with who should get the new booster and when because only a similarly tweaked vaccine, not the exact recipe, has been studied in people so far.
But ultimately the panel deemed it the best option considering the U.S. still is experiencing tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases and about 500 deaths every day — even before an expected new winter wave.
“I think they’re going to be an effective tool for disease prevention this fall and into the winter,” said CDC adviser Dr. Matthew Daley of Kaiser Permanente Colorado.
Comparing the tweak that has been studied in people and the one the U.S. actually will use, “it is the same scaffolding, part of the same roof, we’re just putting in some dormers and windows,” said Dr. Sarah Long of Drexel University.
The CDC is expected to adopt that recommendation soon, the last step before shots can begin. Pfizer said it expected to deliver 3 million doses to vaccination sites around the country by Tuesday.
The original COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people who’ve gotten at least one booster.
But those vaccines were designed to target the virus strain that circulated in early 2020. Effectiveness drops as new mutants emerge and more time passes since someone’s last shot. Since April, hospitalization rates in people over age 65 have jumped, the CDC said.
The new updated shots are only for use as a booster, not for someone’s first-ever vaccinations. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Pfizer’s bivalent option for people 12 and older while Moderna’s is for adults only.
A big unknown: exactly how much benefit people will get from one of those extra shots.
The CDC said more than 1,400 people have been included in several studies of a prior tweak to the vaccine recipe targeting an earlier omicron strain named BA.1. That omicron-targeting combo shot proved safe and able to rev up virus-fighting antibodies, and European regulators on Thursday recommended using that type of booster.
In the U.S., the FDA wanted fall boosters to target the currently circulating omicron strains. Rather than waiting until possibly November for more human studies to be finished, the agency accepted mouse testing that showed the newer tweak sparked a similarly good immune response.
That’s how flu vaccines are updated every year, the CDC noted.
Dr. Pablo Sanchez of the Ohio State University was the only CDC adviser to vote against recommending the shots. He said he believes the bivalent vaccine is safe and that he likely will get it.
But “I just feel that this was a bit premature” given the absence of human data on how well it works, he said.
Several CDC advisers said that to get the maximum benefit, people will need to wait longer between their last vaccination and the new booster than the two-month minimum set by the FDA. Waiting at least three months would be better, they said.
One more change: The FDA no longer authorizes use of the original-recipe boosters for anyone 12 or older — a source of potential confusion for people who had planned on getting a regular booster this week and now may have to wait for the new kind to arrive at their local pharmacy or clinic.
It’s not clear how many people will want an updated shot. Just half of vaccinated Americans got the first recommended booster dose, and only a third of those 50 and older who were urged to get a second booster did so.
The U.S. government has purchased 170 million doses from both companies — shots that will be free — and the CDC said 200 million people could be eligible.
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Associated Press Medical Writer Mike Stobbe contributed to this report.
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Deputies search for Macon man, missing since April
Freddie King was last seen by his friend on April 15th
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help in locating a missing man. They are trying to find 47-year-old Freddie DeWayne King. Deputies say King was last seen by his friend on April 15, 2022. Patrol deputies reported seeing King walking down an embankment, near the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail on April 25th.
King is around 5’11 in height and has a weight listed at 300lbs. He may have lost a lot of weight and could be a lot smaller in size.
Deputies checked several areas where King is known to visit. His family says that King is homeless and has some mental health issues.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Freddie DeWayne King is asked to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or call the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Man sentenced to 25 years in child molestation case in Houston Co.
The sex offender will serve 25 years in prison for aggravated child molestation.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A sex offender will serve 25 years in prison for aggravated child molestation in Houston County. Judge Bo Adams sentenced 40-year-old Jonathan Allan Bennett in Houston County Superior Court, Wednesday.
Bennett pleaded guilty to charges, and he will be on probation for the remainder of his life. Bennett will also have to register as a sex offender.
According to Houston District Attorney William Kendall, the charges in this case stem from acts of sexual abuse committed by Bennett between October 2008 and October 2010. Kendall says Bennett’s victim was as young as five years old when the abuse started.
“Our children must be protected,” said Kendall. “When something bad happens to them, we must show them that our law enforcement and prosecutors will hold those criminals accountable for their actions.”
“Unfortunately, these types of crimes are all too common in the world we live in,” said Assistant District Attorney Justin C. Duane. “With yesterday’s sentence, there is one less predator in our community. I am grateful that justice was done and, hopefully, the victim and their family will be able to find closure on such a horrific chapter in their lives.”
The Houston County District Attorney’s Office also thanks the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, and the Crescent House Child Advocacy Center in helping with this case.
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Cavaliers acquiring All-Star Mitchell
CLEVELAND — All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell is on his way to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who acquired one of the NBA’s best scorers Thursday in a blockbuster trade with the Utah Jazz, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
Cleveland is sending guard Collin Sexton, forward Lauri Markkanen and rookie guard Ochai Agbaji along with three unprotected first-round picks to the Jazz, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because it still must be approved by the league.
ESPN was the first to report Mitchell’s exit from Utah.
Sexton, who played in just 11 games last season before undergoing knee surgery, will sign a four-year, $72 million contract as part of a sign-and-trade agreement with Utah, his agent Rich Paul confirmed for AP.
Baseball
Minor league unionization getting interest
TAMPA, Fla. — Minor league baseball players are a hearty bunch. They’re used to long bus rides, low pay, low job security and have traditionally thought of those drawbacks as the cost of chasing a Major League Baseball dream.
Some of those things might be starting to change.
The MLB Players Association took the step of sending out union authorization cards earlier this week, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization.
Signed cards from 30% of minor leaguers in the bargaining unit would allow the union to file a petition with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a union authorization election, which would be decided by majority vote. Minor league players would have a separate bargaining unit from their big league counterparts.
MLB suspends Martinez: Major League Baseball suspended free agent pitcher Carlos Martinez for 85 games for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.
MLB said the punishment is retroactive to June 19. Under the policy, Martinez will participate in a confidential evaluation and treatment program supervised by the league’s joint policy board.
Football
Titans’ Landry tears ACL in practice
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee outside linebacker Harold Landry III tore an ACL in practice, leaving the two-time defending AFC South champion Titans without their reigning sack leader for the season, a person with direct knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Thursday.
ESPN reported Landry tore an ACL during practice Wednesday, which was closed to reporters after the first 20 minutes.
Saints safety Maye arrested: New Orleans safety Marcus Maye was arrested in what authorities termed a “road rage incident,” and he was booked with one count of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Falcons place Jones, others, on IR: Atlanta linebacker Deion Jones, who missed most of the preseason while recovering from offseason right shoulder surgery, will open the season on injured reserve.
The Falcons also placed offensive guard Jalen Mayfield, cornerback Isaiah Oliver, defensive lineman Marlon Davidson and tight end John FitzPatrick on injured reserve.
Darnold goes on IR: Carolina placed Sam Darnold on injured reserve, meaning the backup quarterback will miss at least the first four games of the regular season.
Tennis
No handshake for Ukraine, Belarus players
NEW YORK — A Ukrainian player declined to shake hands with Victoria Azarenka after the three-time U.S. Open runner-up from Belarus beat her at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
Marta Kostyuk waited at the net with her racket held up, which Azarenka tapped with her racket following her 6-2, 6-3 victory.
Asked about the traditional handshake that follows a match, Kostyuk said: “I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do in the circumstances I’m in right now.”
Kyrgios fined for conduct: Nick Kyrgios was fined $7,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his second-round victory.
Briefly
Soccer: American defender John Brooks signed a one-year contract with the Portuguese club Benfica. ... Sergiño Dest is set to become the first American to play for AC Milan in Serie A after the Italian champion signed the defender on loan from Barcelona. ... FIFA judges banned official Obert Zhoya from Zimbabwe for five years for sexually harassing female referees. ... Chile’s appeal hearing to challenge Ecuador’s place at this year’s World Cup because of an alleged ineligible player has been set for Sept. 15.
Hockey: The Stars signed goaltender Jake Oettinger to a $12 million, three-year contract.
Golf: Ross McGowan shot a bogey-free, 9-under 62 to lead by one stroke at the Made in HimmerLand in Denmark. ... Rusty Strawn won five of the opening six holes and never trailed in a 3-and-2 victory over Doug Hanzel in the U.S. Senior Amateur final at The Kittansett Club.
Cycling: Remco Evenepoel overcame a fall with about 45 kilometers (28 miles) to go in the 12th stage of the Spanish Vuelta to keep his overall lead. Olympic champion Richard Carapaz won the stage with a dominant run on the final climb to earn his first Vuelta victory.
Track and field: The world indoor track championships in China were postponed for a third time, pushing the event first scheduled for 2020 back to 2025.
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AAA offering free towing services during Labor Day weekend
Labor Day weekend is here, and many people will be hitting the road to celebrate the unofficial end of the summer.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Labor Day weekend is here, and many people will be hitting the road to celebrate the unofficial end of the summer.
During the holiday weekend, Triple A is offering free towing services for those who may be under the influence.
Director of Communications for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Gina Snider, says GDOT also offers services if you’re in an accident through it 5-1-1 service.
“If you have a flat tire or if you need your car jumped or whatever the matter may be, they’ll try to help you, but the biggest part of their job is to get those flashing yellow lights behind you to make some kind of barrier between you and another vehicle,” Snider said.
Patrol Lieutenant Brian Mixon with the Perry Police Department suggests leaving sooner if you plan on traveling.
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Baldwin County partners with Windstream to expand broadband services
Baldwin County residents will now be able to have more access to high speed internet thanks to Windstream's expansion of broadband service.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Baldwin County residents will now be able to have more access to high speed internet thanks to Windstream’s expansion of broadband service.
For residenst of Lake Laurel in Baldwin County, getting connected to the internet for work or for school has been a challenge. However, thanks to the partnership between Windstream and Baldwin County, residents like Evangeline Woods will be able to have access.
“I’ve seen families sit outside of Starbucks, outside of McDonalds, and that’s no way for a kid to learn,” Woods said. “I think it’s a way for people to be in touch. Everything is on the internet now. Everything is.”
The county held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at the Country Food Mart on Lake Laurel Road to announce the expansion of Windstream’s state-funded broadband services.
The state awarded Baldwin County an $842,000 dollar grant to expand broadband in underserved areas of the county.
State Representative Rick Williams says the expansion will give rural residents resources they need to stay connected.
“So what this does now is it gets it out to where it’s available to everyone, whether it’s telemedicine that’s coming along so great now, children’s homework that they’re able to do at home and not disrupt family lives,” Williams said.
Georgia State President of Field Operations for Windstream, Michael Foore, says this will not only change internet access for Baldwin County, but also other rural areas in the state.
“It’s a game changer for so many,” Foore said. “It’s a game changer for the economies, for the communities as well, because people who want to move to this community and start businesses but work from home in a beautiful area like this ,they can do that.”
Foore says this is a continuation of Windstream’s efforts to give rural residents more access to high speed internet.
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Labor Day road races to impact traffic in Macon
The roads will continue to be blocked until all participants have cleared those areas.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) —On Labor Day, there will be multiple roads in Macon temporarily affected by the Labor Day road races.
All traffic headed into town on Vineville Avenue will be blocked at 7 a.m. The 5K road race will begin at 7:30 a.m.
Traffic going out of town on Vineville Avenue will be diverted at Hines Terrace to facilitate the 5K road race.
The 10K will begin at the Run Fit Sports on Forsyth Road. That race will start at 8 a.m.
The outside lane of Forsyth Road, Vineville Avenue, all the way to the Forsyth Street and at the DT Walton Sr. Way intersection will be affected during the road race.
The roads will continue to be blocked until all participants have cleared those areas.
There will be intermittent traffic control at all of the intersections listed below:
- Forsyth Road to Vineville Avenue
- Vineville Avenue to Forsyth Street
- Forsyth Street to DT Walton Sr.Way (behind city hall)
- DT Walton to Popular Street
- Popular Street to First Street
- First Street to Cherry Street
- Cherry Street to Cotton Avenue
- Cotton Avenue to Second Street
- Second Street to Walnut Street
- Walnut Street to Seventh Street
- Seventh Street into Central City Park
Everything should be open back up by 11 a.m.
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Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller launches Mayor’s Literacy Alliance
Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller is partnering with the Bibb County School District and Central Georgia Technical College to launch the Mayor's Literacy Alliance program.
MACON,Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller is partnering with the Bibb County School District and Central Georgia Technical College to launch the Mayor’s Literacy Alliance program.
Miller held a news conference in the Commission Chambers at Macon City Hall Thursday to issue a proclamation to launch the program.
The mayor’s literacy alliance aims to create a network dedicated to increasing graduation rates as well as decreasing the drop out rate.
Miller says he hopes to be able to reach children and parents with the new program.
“It’s something very special to me,” he said. “I’ve spent eight years on the Bibb County School Board, so we’ve done a lot of hard work there in getting the graduation rate up, and I want to see it continue. To be able to play a part of it on this side of the mayor’s office, it’s very special to work with a great group to try and lift the entire community up.”
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Macon nonprofits donate water to Jackson, Mississippi
Several Macon nonprofit organizations are working to help residents in Jackson, Mississippi get access to safe water.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Several Macon nonprofit organizations are working to help residents in Jackson, Mississippi get access to safe water.
The Middle Georgia Community Food Bank donated more than 4,000 pounds of bottled water to ATAP Family Services. Piggly Wiggly and a Kroger in Macon also made bottled water donations to the cause.
Danny Eley, President of ATAP Family Services, says they are transporting the donations to Jackson.
“We have a community that we’ve worked with for quite some time, an apartment complex there that we run after-school programs and support services, and so we’re taking the water and trying to get it to the families that need it,” Eley said.
If you would like to donate water, call (478) 227-0481 or go to ATAP’s website. The organization is hosting a food giveaway Friday, September 2 at 4 p.m. That event is happening at 1625 Houston Avenue in Macon.
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The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Northside vs. Warner Robins, Pt. 3
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One of the most electric rivalries in Georgia is our End Zone Game of the Week.
The Northside Eagles are set to face the Warner Robins Demons in one of the most heated rivalries in Middle Georgia.
The Eagles are 1-1 on the season, with a loss at Jones County in week one, but dominated Peach County in week two.
“Felt like the first two games were two separate teams. Game one, we didn’t play with much effort, and we had to get that corrected. I thought we played really good at Peach with a lot of effort,” said Eagles head coach Chad Alligood.
The Demons are coming off of back-to-back 5A state titles but fell in a rare week one loss to 6A’s number two ranked team Lee County, and since have had a bye week.
“I don’t like having a bye after the first week. I mean, nobody likes it, you know. Nobody’s really injured. Get ready to get back out there and play,” said Demons head coach Marquis Westbrook.
The Demons have dominated this rivalry recently, winning all of the past five meetings and outscoring the Eagles 135 to 7 since 2019. But the way this rivalry goes, old records are irrelevant.
“You can throw the records, the past records, all out each year in this game. You’re going to get the best shot of both teams, and you know that’s what this game is all about,” said Alligood.
This rivalry bout perfectly sums up what Friday Football is truly meant to be.
“The atmosphere’s electric. There are high school players all over the state that would love to play in this game. It means so much to the entire city, and you’ll witness that Friday night. And there will be people the only game they come to a year this one,” said Alligood.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it’s come to this: If Friday’s jobs report for August were to show a significant hiring slowdown, the Federal Reserve — and even the White House — would likely welcome it.
The government is expected to report that employers added 300,000 jobs last month, according to a survey of economists by the data provider FactSet. That would be down from a blockbuster gain of 528,000 in July and an average of about 440,000 over the past three months. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 3.5%, FactSet says, matching a half-century low.
The August jobs report will be issued at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
A weaker pace of hiring should help moderate wage increases and lift hopes that inflation pressures are starting to ease. That, in turn, would help the Fed make progress toward its goal of conquering high inflation, which is near a four-decade high.
Many companies pass along their higher labor costs to customers through price increases. Conversely, when wages rise more slowly, businesses have less need to raise prices.
Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed officials have increasingly stressed their determination to tame inflation even at the cost of damaging the economy. In a major speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week, Powell underscored the Fed’s tight focus on curbing inflation and said he was prepared to continue raising short-term interest rates and keep them elevated to achieve that goal. He warned that the Fed’s inflation fight would likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job losses.
The stock market has fallen every day since that speech as fears that the Fed may cause a recession have escalated.
Powell also said the job market is “clearly out of balance,” with demand for workers “substantially exceeding” the available supply. Indeed, the government reported this week that the number of available jobs rose in July to a near-record high, after three months of declines. There are roughly two open jobs for every unemployed worker, a sign that many companies are still desperate to hire and may keep raising wages to do so.
“I don’t think the Fed is rooting for a poor jobs report, but they are certainly not rooting for a repeat of July,” when hiring accelerated and wage increases were strong, said Gregory Daco, chief economist at Parthenon-EY. “They are going to want to see some moderation.”
The central bank has raised its short-term rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5% this year, after the fastest series of increases since it began using its short-term rate to influence the economy in the early 1990s. It has projected that its key rate will reach a range of 3.25% to 3.5% by year’s end. Those rate hikes have made borrowing and spending steadily more expensive for individuals and businesses. The housing market, in particular, has been weakened by higher loan rates.
If Friday’s jobs report is another strong one, with substantial hiring and rapid wage growth, the Fed could opt to announce another sizable three-quarter-point hike when it meets later this month, after similar rate increases in June and July.
The jobs figures will also help fill out the economic backdrop as this fall’s congressional elections intensify. Republicans have pointed to high inflation to try to pummel Democrats in midterm campaigns. The Biden administration has pushed back and claimed credit for a robust pace of job growth.
Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, told reporters this week that “we’re expecting job numbers to cool off a bit.” The administration has been saying for months that it expects the economy to move to slower but still-steady growth after a swift economic rebound from the pandemic that came with a burst of inflation.
Wages are rising at the fastest pace in decades as employers scramble to fill jobs at a time when fewer Americans are working or seeking work in the aftermath of the pandemic. Average hourly pay jumped 5.2% in July from a year earlier. Still, that was less than the 5.6% year-over-year in March, which was the largest annual increase in 15 years of records outside of the spring of 2020, when the pandemic struck.
Higher wages aren’t necessarily inflationary if they are accompanied by greater efficiencies — if, for example, workers use machines or technology to produce more output. But worker efficiency, or productivity, has tumbled in the past year.
Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, said Wednesday that “current wage increases are not consistent with inflation returning to our 2% goal” and that she thought with worker productivity so low, wage growth would have to slow to 3.5% or so to reduce inflation.
Yet some skeptics warn that the Fed may be focusing excessively on the strength of the job market when other indicators indicate that the economy is noticeably weakening. Consumer spending, for example, and manufacturing have slowed. The central bank might raise rates too far as a result, to the point where it causes a deeper recession than might be needed to conquer inflation.
“They run a risk of not realizing how much those rate hikes are restraining economic growth, if they’re just looking at the really strong employment gains,” said Jonathan Pingle, chief U.S. economist at Swiss bank UBS. “You could end up risking over tightening or moving too fast, too soon.”
The economic picture is highly uncertain, with the healthy pace of hiring and low unemployment at odds with the government’s estimate that the economy shrank in the first six months of this year, which is one informal definition of a recession.
Yet a related measure of the economy’s growth, which focuses on incomes, shows that it is still expanding, if at a weak pace.
So far, the Fed’s rate hikes have severely dented the housing market. With the average rate on a thirty-year mortgage reaching 5.66% last week — double the level of a year ago — sales of existing homes have fallen for six straight months.
Consumers have moderated their spending in the face of much higher prices, though they spent more in July even after adjusting for inflation. But companies’ investment in new equipment has slowed, indicating they have an increasingly cautious outlook on the economy.
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AP Writer Josh Boak contributed to this report.
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EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over immigration enforcement on the southern border.
Hugo and Magali Urbina, who bought Heavenly Farms in April 2021, at first welcomed the state footing the bill for a new chain-link fence through their property earlier this year as part of Abbott’s multibillion-dollar crackdown on border crossings along the Rio Grande. But then, one day, they found the fence’s main gate unexpectedly locked.
The lock was put there, the couple says, by Texas authorities who have spent months arresting thousands of migrants on trespassing charges on private land. But the Urbinas didn’t want the lock and neither did the U.S. Border Patrol, which found it impeded with the agency’s own immigration enforcement and had it removed.
Now a single gate on the 1,200-mile Texas border has swung open a new dust-up over how to address near-record levels of migration on America’s southern doorstep, a fight the Urbinas say they want no part of.
“Unbelievable,” Abbott lashed out on social media last month after the lock was removed. “While Texas secures the border, the federal government is enabling illegal immigration.”
The dispute is the latest example of how Texas’ unprecedented challenge to the federal government’s authority on the border has created a clash among agencies working at cross purposes.
The Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass where most of the nearly 470-acre farm is located, is fast becoming the busiest corridor for illegal crossings, with thousands passing each week onto the farm alone. The sector may soon surpass Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, which has been the focus for the last decade.
The Urbinas do not oppose Abbott’s massive border mission. But in the case of the lock, they say it went too far. They blamed what they see as a lack of single command in an area saturated with state troopers, Texas National Guard members, U.S. Border Patrol agents and local authorities, all of whom constantly cross paths and often work in tandem.
“They are all doing what they are being told,” Magali Urbina said. “It is really not their fault, but there is nobody running or telling them. There is no boss.”
It isn’t an isolated case.
In September 2021, Texas troopers told Border Patrol agents on horseback to block migrants from crossing the river to a camp of nearly 16,000 predominantly Haitians in Del Rio, about an hour’s drive north of Eagle Pass. Images of Border Patrol agents twirling reins at overpowered migrants sparked widespread criticism, including from President Joe Biden.
The internal investigation found that agents acted against Border Patrol objectives and “resulted in the unnecessary use of force against migrants who were attempting to reenter the United States with food.” The agents had been “instructed to help where needed” and not told anything more specific about how to respond to requests from another agency.
Abbott, who is seeking a third term, launched his multibillion-dollar “Operation Lone Star” last year, creating an overwhelming presence on the border. The size and cost of the mission has grown in defiance of the Democratic administration in Washington:
— Since July, the state has picked up 5,600 migrants who have entered the country illegally in Texas and returned them to ports of entry on the border, a role that has been reserved for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In Eagle Pass, state buses drop off migrants throughout the day at a border crossing with Piedras Negras, Mexico, as far as they can go. CBP releases them, creating a circular flow.
Since April, Texas has bused more than 7,000 migrants to Washington and New York on free, voluntary trips, attempting to call attention to what it considers Biden’s failed policies. This week, Abbott began sending buses to Chicago, with the first arriving Thursday at Union Station. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has called the move a “political ploy.”
— Since last year, the state has charged more than 4,800 migrants with trespassing, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
The Urbinas’ farm, which winds along the river, includes an old house that the couple is restoring for visitors to sample pecans, coffee and wine. They were inspired by Fredericksburg, a town of German heritage near Austin that draws tourists.
The farm of neatly manicured rows of trees had long drawn migrants but was relatively peaceful before the lifelong Eagle Pass resident couple bought it. It is located at the end of a stretch of new border fencing that was built on Abbott’s orders, on the edge of the 30,000-resident town that is dotted with warehouses, decaying houses and chain stores.
Agents stopped migrants nearly 50,000 times in the Del Rio sector in July, with Rio Grande Valley a distant second at about 35,000. About 6 of 10 stops in the Del Rio sector were migrants from Venezuela, Cuba or Nicaragua, who are likely to be released to pursue their immigration cases because poor diplomatic relations with those countries means the U.S. can’t send them home.
Migrants cross the river and climb a few feet uphill amidst overgrown Carrizo cane and concertina wire to surrender on the farm’s edge, expecting they will be released. U.S. Border Patrol agents, state troopers and journalists are a regular presence.
Border Patrol unlocked the gate and took migrants in for processing, a regular procedure for the federal officials in any situation involving a lock within 25 miles of the border, said Jon Anfinsen, president of the National Border Patrol Council union chapter that includes agents in Eagle Pass.
“The governor is telling everyone, ‘Secure the border.’ I have no doubt that is the intent but the reality of it is that it’s just not that simple,” Anfinsen said. “We’ve been doing this forever and it hasn’t been fixed yet. So it’s a noble attempt, I suppose, but we’re going to have to take these people into custody.”
Border Patrol officials declined comment.
Ericka Miller, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said the agency is accommodating the Urbina’s request to have the gate unlocked. She said DPS is also working to have carrizo cane on the property removed but said the Urbinas are allowing concertina wiring to stay on the property.
“All landowner agreements are voluntary and can be eliminated at any time. Again, DPS is there to assist the landowner,” Miller said in an email.
The chain-link fence, which rises over the cane intertwined with the razor wire, makes it easier for the Urbinas to pursue trespassing charges against people crossing into their farm. However, they haven’t, although they know cattle ranchers who have.
The state and federal governments are each “wanting to pull all the levers” and not working together, Hugo Urbina said. The couple regrets what they see as a disconnect.
“The president is not here, the governor is not here, but this is our land,” Magali Urbina said.
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Associated Press writers Elliot Spagat in San Diego and Paul Weber in Austin, Texas, contributed.
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It felt like old times. Jimmy Garoppolo, decked out in 49ers gear, smiling behind the podium after practice. Jimmy Garoppolo answered many of the big questions surrounding this unprecedented turn of events in his first press conference since “returning” to San Francisco.
Let’s start with the biggest one: Why didn’t he ever request his release?
“That just wasn’t the way I wanted it to go. There was a thought of that at one point, trust me there was. That came and went and I don’t know. Things just kind of kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, I don’t really want to really ruffle the feathers too much here and there. Kind of just want to go with the flow. That’s kind of the way training camp was going and I was happy with it. Like I said, things worked out and I’m happy now.”
Some players are comfortable drawing that line in the sand, and some aren’t. Clearly, that wasn’t something Garoppolo was prepared to do.
Why did he want to come back to San Francisco knowing he wasn’t going to be the starter?
“A lot of things, actually. I think just the opportunity to be with the same team. A team I’m familiar with, offense I’ve familiar with, coaches, players. All that stuff really played a big role in it. Seeing the other opportunities that were out there and just... You’re weighing the pros and cons of everything. Trust me, there was a lot of (laughs) back and forth going on with other teams and what I wanted my future to look like. This is what I wanted. I’m happy the way it worked out and just the familiarity, I think, was a big part of it.”
He’ll be in a familiar face, yes, but not in a familiar role. When you go from being a starter to a backup, is there a blow to the ego?
“If that’s going to take a blow to your ego, you’ve got to check your ego a little bit (laughs). You’ve got to know who you are in this league. Who you are as a player, who you are as a person. I think that’s going to carry you a long way, so that’s why I’m not too concerned about that.”
And finally, now that he’s back throwing the ball and participating in practice is the shoulder 100% healthy?
“Uh, I mean, just with practice, every day it will help a little bit more and more. Just get more and more used to it, but I feel good with it. I feel very confident. I’m happy with where it’s at.”
So far, day one of the new normal went exactly as the 49ers would have hoped.
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Hutchinson: Lance, Garoppolo insist no awkwardness, explain offseason timeline after role reversal
“Kyle Shanahan put them in what could have been an awkward position last season, and is making it far more awkward this year. He’s stated time and time again that this is Lance’s team now to make sure there are no questions.”
Transcripts: 49ers QBs Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo speak after Thursday’s practice
“San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo spoke with reporters on Thursday, his first media availability with the team since last season’s playoffs. Starting quarterback Trey Lance also spoke. Here is everything they had to say.”
“For the 20 minutes of practice that I witnessed before the media was escorted off the field, it sure seemed routine. Lance and Garoppolo going through drills together? They did it hundreds of times last year. Garoppolo flipping medium-range passes on the money? 10,000 times. Lance chatting with Garoppolo after a throw, asking him what he saw? They might do this 100,000 times this year.’
Kyle Shanahan talks Jordan Mason, 49ers RBs, Javon Kinlaw, Drake Jackson
“Last year, we were down to our third running back in Week 2. Actually, in Week 2, we were putting a running back in the game who I was calling him by [his] number, and so was Jimmy [Garoppolo] because we didn’t know his name yet. So we were asking the number of the back if he knew how to run power while he was in the huddle during a timeout...I’m a little scarred from that stuff, so it’s really hard for us to lose guys that have first- and second-down running ability.
Offensive line, secondary two potential caveats to San Francisco 49ers’ Super Bowl aspirations
“But with preseason and training camp behind them, the 49ers are still facing significant questions, ones that go beyond injuries and quarterback play.”
Lombardi: The Jimmy Garoppolo-Trey Lance pairing returned to 49ers practice — with a twist (paywall)
“Kyle and I, we pulled 15 players from our team — our leadership committee,” Lynch said. “We told them, ‘Here’s what we’re doing, here’s why we’re doing it.’ We wanted to let the guys know that it was our belief in this team, in those guys in the room. And we know we’ve created a culture and we’ve got the men that can handle a situation like this. While the rest of the world may think it’s uncomfortable — that we’re not supporting our lead guy — we don’t believe in that. We believe in this team and we think it makes us better.
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch: Trey Sermon’s fate was sealed by Jordan Mason’s strong camp (paywall)
“The bottom line, J.P. Mason just played too well,” Lynch said. “And we felt like he made our team better … We got this kid out of Georgia Tech as a backup. And we couldn’t deny at the end of the day that he hadn’t earned a spot on the roster.”
Jimmy G determined 49ers were best fit after ‘weird’ trade limbo
“I don’t know. Things just kept falling into place. I’m one of those people that, you know, I don’t want to ruffle feathers too much here and there. I want to go with the flow and that’s kind of the way training camp was going, and I was happy with it. Things worked out. I’m happy now.”
Branch: 49ers’ John Lynch explains Brock Purdy’s allure, suggests extensions forthcoming (paywall)
“Brock came in and, just from Day 1, showed a grasp for our offense,” Lynch said. “It wasn’t too big. I think his experience — this is a guy who played a lot of football. Just command. And presence. He steps in that huddle and it’s his huddle. Not afraid to throw into small windows. There’s just a lot to like. He just earned that spot.”
The 49ers had intelligence that if Mason were not protected on the team’s 53-man roster, he would have quickly ended up with another organization.
“One AFC scout isn’t buying the 49ers’ trust in Lance and believed San Francisco’s decision to retain Garoppolo rather than outright releasing him was a ‘bad sign’ for the North Dakota State product,” wrote Kyed.
Charvarius Ward, Talanoa Hufanga, Brock Purdy among several 49ers changing jersey numbers
“No. 7, Cornerback Charvarius Ward.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing on Friday $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors that will go to 21 regional partnerships.
The winners were chosen from 529 initial applicants vying for grants that were part of last year’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The Biden administration has repeatedly laid out a vision for the economy that is more self-sufficient and driven by high-tech manufacturing and the development of renewable energy.
“The whole point of this is we’re not going to let you get left behind as we transition to a more digital economy, to a more technical economy, to a green economy,” Raimondo told The Associated Press. “People want to work where they live. People want to know there is a place for them in the changing economy.”
Unlike much of the pandemic aid that was meant to address immediate needs, the $1 billion in grants is part of a longer-term effort to revitalize parts of the country that have needed an economic jolt for existing industries and capital for new ventures. The mission is personal for Raimondo, whose father lost his job at a watch factory in Rhode Island. She said the grants are the largest ever for local economic development provided by the Commerce Department.
The grants include $65.1 million in California to improve farm production and $25 million for a robotics cluster in Nebraska. Georgia gets $65 million for artificial intelligence. There is $63.7 million for lithium-based battery development in New York. Coal counties in West Virginia would receive $62.8 million to help with the shift to solar power and find new uses for abandoned mines.
Raimondo said the winners were chosen based on merit rather than politics. She estimated that the investments, which will be provided over five years as reimbursements, will result in at least 100,000 jobs.
Solidly Republican states such as Oklahoma and South Dakota received funding, and money also is going ahead of November’s midterm elections toward political battlegrounds that could decide control of Congress. There is $44 million for regenerative medicine in New Hampshire, where Democrat Maggie Hassan is defending her U.S. Senate seat. Pennsylvania, which has an open Senate seat, is set to receive $62.7 million for robotics and artificial intelligence.
The massive amount of coronavirus aid at the start of President Joe Biden’s tenure helped to accelerate job growth as the U.S. recovered from the pandemic. But accompanying the hiring was a burst of inflation that hit a 40-year peak this summer, crushing consumer sentiment and putting the administration on the defensive to show how its policies are helping the economy.
Even as much of the coronavirus money has been disbursed, the administration has said it still needs more money to contain the disease and its variations. Biden unsuccessfully sought to get $22.5 billion from Congress to address and prevent outbreaks, a figure that lawmakers reduced to $10 billion in negotiations. But additional funding was never passed by Congress despite confirmed cases that are now averaging about 90,000 daily.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried to minimize the lack of funding after the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved modified booster shots of the vaccines. Jean-Pierre said booster shots would be available after the Labor Day holiday as the administration has worked with local partners.
Still, the grants for economic development indicate that the relief package could have a multi-decade impact that goes beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Orleans area will receive $50 million to use hydrogen produced by wind power that does not cause carbon emissions, a meaningful change in Louisiana, a state that has long depended on fossil fuels.
“With clean hydrogen, we can remain an energy state — but become an energy state of the future that has less impact on the environment,” said Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., an economic development nonprofit. “When money and morality come together, you get stuff done.”
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NASA is gearing up for another countdown to launch its Artemis I rocket on a journey around the moon this weekend. After the first attempt was scrubbed on Monday due to a range of problems, the launch team has since made significant adjustments and is now ready for another try on Saturday.
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1. Biden
President Joe Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Republicans during a speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, warning that former President Donald Trump and his closest followers are trying to undermine American democracy. "As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault," Biden said in his address -- just months ahead of midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Biden attempted to separate Trump's most loyal MAGA followers from the Republican Party as a whole and also sought to conclude on a more upbeat note, urging it is still within voters' power to rein in Trump's staunchest supporters. This comes as Biden's recent aggressive rhetoric has drawn the ire of Republicans, particularly after he accused Trump loyalists of "semi-fascism" at a fundraiser last week.
2. Hurricanes
For the first time in 25 years, the month of August did not have a named storm. But now that September has arrived, things appear to have changed quickly in the tropical Atlantic. On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center announced that Tropical Storm Danielle, currently in the North Atlantic, is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Saturday. Danielle is not a threat to any land at this time, forecasts show, and it is expected to remain fairly stationary through the weekend. Still, current indications show the early stages of the Atlantic hurricane season have been above average and could begin to pick up.
3. January 6
Former President Trump said he will "very, very seriously" consider full pardons for the rioters who breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, if he runs for reelection and wins. "If I decide to run and if I win, I will be looking very, very strongly about pardons. Full pardons," Trump said on Wendy Bell Radio Thursday. Trump had made a similar promise during his final days in office when some of the January 6 rioters were already in jail. None, however, were pardoned before he left office. Trump's comments come amid intense speculation about a potential 2024 presidential run, and his continued invocation of the Capitol attack could preview a central part of his future political messaging.
4. Abortion
The California Legislature passed about a dozen bills this week protecting or expanding abortion access in the state, as its Democratic leaders seek to make California a safe haven for "reproductive freedom." The legislation now goes to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has been supportive of abortion rights, for his signature. Meanwhile, nearly one-third of all US states have banned or severely restricted abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. At least seven states, including Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, have banned abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest. Health care providers and abortion activists have continued to file legal challenges to stop bans in several states from being enacted.
5. Ukraine
The UN nuclear watchdog says it will have a "continued presence" at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant following an inspection at the site, where Russian shelling has sparked fears of a nuclear accident. The plant and the area around it, including the adjacent city of Enerhodar, have endured persistent shelling that has raised fears of a meltdown through the interruption of the power supply to the facility. Each side accuses the other of acts of nuclear terrorism. Separately, Ukrainian military officials claim Russia has suffered "significant losses" in the south to both its manpower and equipment as Ukraine tries to prevent Russia from resupplying its troops.
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QUIZ TIME
Starbucks reintroduced one of its most popular drinks this week, commonly known as the "PSL." What does "PSL" stand for?
A. Peppermint Sugar Latte
B. Pumpkin Spice Latte
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A 25-year-old man has been indicted for the two shooting deaths that happened in a Eunice parking lot back in June.
A St. Landry Parish grand jury handed up the indictment earlier this week, accusing Travis Tykhireus Godfrey in connection with the June 16 shootings of two men.
Godfrey was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of Paul Celestine, and on a charge of manslaughter in the slaying of Aiden McCauley.
The incident took place at a convenience store in Eunice, and began with a verbal exchange inside the store.
The arguments continued into the parking lot where both victims both died of gunshot wounds while Godfrey allegedly fled the scene in his vehicle.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Columbus police came under criticism Thursday for the killing of a man who was lying on his bed when an officer attempting to serve warrants fatally shot him, as a lawyer representing the slain man’s family demanded immediate changes to policing in the city and promised a lawsuit.
Not enough has happened in Ohio’s capital city to alter policing practices despite several instances of white officers in the city shooting Black people, added attorney Rex Elliott, representing the family of Donovan Lewis, the Black man killed Tuesday.
“How many more lives are going to be lost to this type of reckless activity? How many more young Black lives will be lost?” Elliott said at a press event attended by multiple members of Lewis’ family.
“How many more families like Donovan’s will need to appear at news conferences like this one before our leaders do enough to put a stop to these barbaric killings?” Elliott said.
The U.S. Justice Department agreed in 2021 to review Columbus police department practices after a series of fatal police shootings of Black people — including the April 2021 killing of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant — and the city’s response to 2020 racial injustice protests.
In addition, a three-year police contract approved last year provided $200,000 buyouts for up to 100 officers with at least 25 years of experience, with a goal of clearing the decks of employees who might not be on board with the department’s new direction.
“If you’re going to police in the city of Columbus, you have to buy into the vision and leadership of Chief Bryant around change and reform,” Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said at the time.
The city also approved a first-ever civilian review board. Elliott acknowledged these actions, but said it’s not enough.
“Whatever they’re doing, it’s not working,” Elliott said.
Elliott questioned on Thursday the speed of the shooting, which appears in bodycam footage to happen within a second or less of Officer Ricky Anderson opening the door to a bedroom where Lewis slept. Elliott made the point in criticizing suggestions by the police chief that Lewis had something in his hand when he was shot. No weapon was found.
“There is absolutely no way in the timeframe between when the door was opened and the gun was fired that Officer Anderson perceived a potential gun in his hand, got through to his brain, and then reacted by shooting his weapon,” Elliott said.
Lewis, 20, died at a hospital following the shooting early Tuesday morning. Columbus police say officers had gone to the apartment around 2 a.m. to arrest Lewis on multiple warrants including domestic violence, assault and felony improper handling of a firearm. Lewis was Black and the officers were white.
Police took two other men in the apartment into custody without incident. A police dog was unleashed in the apartment during the search.
Police bodycam footage shows Anderson opening a bedroom door in an apartment and in a second or less shooting Lewis, who was in bed. Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant has said Lewis appeared to be holding a vape pen before he was shot, a notion disputed by Elliott.
Bryant has not addressed whether police believed the device was a weapon, a determination that will come during the probe by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Anderson has been placed on leave under city procedure.
In the bodycam footage, Anderson is seen after the shooting raising a hand in demonstration to another officer and saying Lewis lifted his hand “like this.”
Elliott disputed this version of events, saying it’s unclear from the bodycam footage if Lewis was holding anything. He said Anderson shot well before he could have perceived a threat.
The investigation must look at “the totality of the circumstances,” Mark Collins, an attorney representing Anderson, said Thursday.
In such cases, “we are expressly forbidden from using 20/20 hindsight, because unlike all of us, officers are not afforded the luxury of armchair reflection when they are faced with rapidly evolving, volatile encounters in dangerous situations,” Collins said.
In his remarks, Elliott also questioned the need for an early-morning operation. “The reality is that felony warrants are executed every day in daylight hours,” he said.
Bryant has said the city is committed to holding officers responsible if there was any wrongdoing but the state investigation needs to play out.
Ginther, who hired Bryant last year, has said that “regardless of the circumstances, a mother has lost her son in the city of Columbus.”
Elliott said he plans a civil lawsuit in the future against Anderson and the city.
In May 2021, Columbus reached a $10 million settlement with the family of Andre Hill, shot and killed in December 2020 as he emerged from a garage holding his cellphone. Officer Adam Coy has pleaded not guilty to murder charges and is set for trial in November.
In December, the city agreed to pay $5.75 million to people injured during the 2020 racial injustice and police brutality protests.
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This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Ma’Khia Bryant’s first name.
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In addition to writing and producing most of his own records, Robinson also wrote for other Motown acts, including the Temptations, the Marvellettes and Marvin Gaye. Originally broadcast in 2006.
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The 49ers’ regular opener is close but feels so far away. Their 53-man roster is finalized, and head coach Kyle Shanahan is back in the headlines after recent transactions. Let’s take a look at three things we learned during the 49ers 2022 preseason below.
Samuel Womack elevates the defense
Samuel Womack’s ball skills were the best thing I saw all preseason. Womack held up in the slot and looked just as sharp on the outside. Yes, Womack did not go against the strongest competition in the three preseason games, but he made statement plays in everyone.
I’ll talk about the stress DeMeco Ryans’ defense puts on the defensive backs later. However, Womack’s press, ball skills, and coverage abilities are traits of a star corner. The cornerback room is as strong as it’s been in recent memory, and Womack could take them over the top.
The safeties will face the most pressure of any position group
General manager John Lynch knows what the safety position calls for. I gave the 49ers three reasons to take a safety with their first draft selection, but they weren’t done addressing the edge position. Now, the 49er defense will be without an All-Pro caliber player in Jimmie Ward for four weeks. It may be time to panic as the 49ers play the AFC West, the Miami Dolphins, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, especially when the 49ers love to run quarters, a safety-dependent coverage that leaves no room for error on the backend.
The 49ers aren’t sold on Trey Lance
This subheading hurt to type. Lynch and Shanahan told everyone in the offseason that “this is Trey Lance’s team.” While he remains QB1, it’s hard to believe re-signing Jimmy Garoppolo is for insurance.” I can’t think of any reason to bring back Garoppolo, but San Francisco’s front office thinks otherwise.
This could be a good thing for Lance. It applies pressure for him to succeed, and he has someone in his ear who’s been in this offense for five seasons. However, the franchise will be under high scrutiny if they miss the playoffs. San Francisco’s near Super Bowl-caliber roster has to be
Conclusion
At first, I had one of my subheadings: "The 49ers need Mike McGlinchey back asap.” That was an overreaction to the Texans-49ers game where Lance looked to be running for his life.
Then, I combined it with the makeup of the running back room, which was altered after the release of Trey Sermon (3rd round pick from the 2021 Draft.) The 49er running back committee looks to make a return after Elijah Mitchell carried the load last year. A room that has shifted from complete speedsters to more all-purpose backs.
The preseason had highs and lows and gave a hint of how the 2022 season could go. I said Lynch should be fired if Garoppolo is on the roster, but I just want to watch 49er football at this point.
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It has been an exciting week in 49ers land. The news of Jimmy Garoppolo returning understandably dominated the headlines, but amidst all the chaos, a very interesting transaction was made on Tuesday.
The 49er’s front office retained linebacker Curtis Robinson on the final 53-man roster before placing him on injured reserve as he recovered from an ankle injury in the preseason finale. Robinson is entering his second year in the NFL after signing as an undrafted free agent with the Denver Broncos after the 2021 draft.
Robinson saw action in three regular-season games with Denver last year, logging 84 snaps on defense and 52 on special teams in those two contests. The 49ers signed Robinson off the Broncos practice squad on December 6th, 2021, then inked Robinson to a futures/reserve contract on February 2nd, 2022.
The futures contract is a great tool to sign a player who is identified as talented but needs a little time to develop. There is no guaranteed money in the deal, and it does not count against the team’s 53-man roster limit in that league year but rather the 90-man roster of the following league year when the calendar flips in March.
A player signed to a futures contract cannot be signed by another team while they are on the 90-man roster. This allows teams to lock up players they feel will be able to compete for a roster spot in training camp while not stressing about handing out guarantees to a player who might not make the team.
Fast forward to cut-down day, and Robinson impressed the 49ers brass enough to lock down a spot on the final 53-man roster before being placed on injured reserve. This is important because, despite the injury, the 49er’s willingness to have Robinson eat up one of their valuable spots on the 53 rather than exposing him through waivers shows how valuable they believe Robinson is.
Robinson fits the mold of what the 49ers have looked for at the linebacker position under this current regime. Take a look at Robinson’s physical traits and how he measures up against another 49ers linebacker.
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It was evident during camp that Robinson puts his speed to good use and can operate in the wide open spaces of the modern NFL, something the 49ers have coveted as they have assembled a linebacking corps full of converted defensive backs.
While it’s always in the best interest of a well-run organization to constantly plan for the future by developing in-house talent, this move to keep Robinson on the final roster could also be insurance for a linebacker room that could look drastically different heading into next season.
Current starters Dre Greenlaw and Azeez-Al Shaair are both scheduled to be unrestricted free agents following this season. Given how talented both players are, it’s well within reason to foresee an outcome where the 49ers cannot retain one, or possibly both, beyond this season due to the money they will command.
Over the last three seasons, Greenlaw and Al-Shaair have logged 1,538 and 1,209 defensive snaps, respectively, and replacing that kind of production could prove to be an arduous task if done on the fly.
Oren Burks is signed through 2023, but with an out for the team after this season if they decide to go into another direction. Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles is due to be a restricted free agent following this season, leaving Warner as the only player concretely locked into the long term at the position for the 49ers.
Here is why Robinson becomes extremely valuable. Because Robinson has less than three accrued seasons, he is designated as an exclusive rights free agent for the next couple of off-seasons. If the 49ers offer him a contract for the league minimum based on his accrued seasons to that point, he cannot negotiate with other teams.
This means that the 49ers would have a cost-controlled player at the position for at least the next couple of seasons, which could prove to be a highly prized commodity considering how talented the roster is and how many players will be signing extensions in the near future.
It will be interesting to see how Robinson fits in when they have to clear a spot on the 53-man roster upon his return from injured reserve, but in the meantime, it looks like the 49ers have a well mapped out blueprint of how they will proceed at the position in the coming years, with Robinson poised to play a major role in how it shakes out.
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The draft process continues to prove to be a crapshoot for the 49ers. However, you can come up with a persuasive argument that this team is better at drafting on the third day than on the first two days.
You don’t get a gold star for selecting Nick Bosa or for Deebo Samuel falling into your lap. But you get a round of applause for finding George Kittle, D.J. Jones, Dre Greenlaw, Azeez Al-Shaair, Matt Breida, and others on the final day of the draft.
The discourse about running backs on social media has gone to “don’t waste a draft pick on them.” Yet, seven of the top ten rushers in the NFL were drafted in the second round or earlier. Two others were early third-round picks. The last one was Elijah Mitchell.
As is the case with any position or draft pick, there are studs and players that don’t pan out. In the Niners’ case, Trey Sermon and Jordan Mason are the most recent examples. Mason has yet to play an NFL game but has impressed the coaching staff more than the recently waived Sermon. General manager John Lynch acknowledged they don’t know what Mason will become but were encouraged enough by what they saw during the preseason.
Lynch was asked whether there’s something unique about scouting running backs, given the team’s success with undrafted and lower-round prospects, or if it’s a position that’s harder to predict:
“That’s a good question. We’ll always look at our processes we do every year. The one thing I think we won’t apologize is for having success in later rounds, whether it be [New York Giants RB] Matt Brieda or [RB] Jeff Wilson [Jr.], those guys weren’t even drafted and J.P. Mason and [RB] Elijah Mitchell. We’re happy. We don’t wear it as a badge of honor.
Some teams, they’re very beholden to their draft choices. Like they’re not going to move on from a draft choice. We’re not that team. We’re going to play the best players, but we’re also not the team that we’re going to prove a point and let everyone know we’ll cut a third-round pick. I take no joy in doing that. And every draft pick that doesn’t shine, I take that personally. We all do.”
I could not agree more with Lynch’s sentiment or line of thinking. Most teams get 7-10 picks in a draft and a pool of undrafted free agents. The goal is to hit on 3-5 of those players. Common sense tells you the best players are at the top of the draft, so those are the picks you have to nail.
But we have the Lynch/Kyle Shanahan tenure as proof that that’s not how the NFL Draft works. So, especially in this case, why does it matter that the team whiffed on Sermon if Mason, Mitchell, or Ty Davis-Price end up being productive backs during their rookie contracts?
It’s one thing to second guess taking a running back early, but it’s evident that’s a position the 49ers feel is vital to invest in. It’s tough to say, “how dare you pick the running back that was a high recruit and excelled at Oklahoma and Ohio State.”
Lynch believes in the team’s process:
“We have a good process, and I think our late-round success, I always go back to, I think it’s the real synergies between personnel and coaching. And that’s why I think we hit on those guys. I guess you go back in our history, some of the running backs that haven’t worked out, we’ll take a hard look at that, but I’m confident in the group as a whole, and I’m confident in this roster as a whole, I think it’s a good one. It gives us an opportunity. I remember playing for [former NFL head coach] Mike Shanahan. He used to. It was almost every meeting. All you can ask for is a chance in this league, and this team, as it's constructed, has a chance. And that’s a good feeling going into the year.”
There’s luck involved in hitting on these undrafted free agents. Breida averaged 8.7 and 7.9 yards a carry during his first two seasons at Georgia Southern. He was a monster, running for over 1,400 yards both years. Then, as a senior, averaged 3.8 yards a carry. That led to Bredia going undrafted.
We saw firsthand how dynamite Bredia is as a runner in the NFL. Mason’s story isn’t all that different.
At Georgia Tech, Mason averaged 6.1 and 5.2 yards per carry. Then, the Yellowjackets had a 5-star recruit come in and win the job as a freshman. Part of that is politics to get a kid to commit. That freshman, Jahmy Gibbs, is now the starting running back for Nick Saban at Alabama.
Assistant general manager Adam Peters spoke about how the team found Mason:
“Yeah, he was actually beat out his junior and senior year by a guy who’s really highly talented, actually transferred to Alabama this year. Gibbs is his name, so really got dug out by [area scout] Warren Ball, he’s our Midwest scout now, was our Northeast scout, but he crosschecks the running backs. And he dug him out, just watching a ton of tape, and said, ‘I really like this guy.’ I remember he sent me a cut up like four days before the draft, ‘watch this guy’, so I watched him, coach [Anthony] Lynn watched him, and we thought he was right up there with everybody. So kudos to Warren for find him and obviously, I think he’s been a great fit for us.”
Mason didn’t take long to make a name for himself during training camp. During the move-the-ball periods, he single-handledly carried the third-team offense. Then, in the preseason, it was more of the same.
His success was downplayed due to who he was going against. If anything, gaining yards behind that line only solidified Mason’s spot on the roster. Speed and decisiveness are how you thrive in Shanahan’s system. That’s what you see with Mason, and that’s why he’ll have an opportunity this season for the 49ers.
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Abandoned structure catches fire in South Macon Friday morning
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Fire Department is currently working to put out a fire in South Macon.
BCFD says that an abandoned structure at 555 Guy Paine Road caught fire Friday morning, 41NBC is currently working to gather more details about how and exactly when the fire started.
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Macon-Bibb County wants to regulate the types of boats and their speed while on the lake.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Although Summer is coming to an end, Macon-Bibb County leaders are continuing to push for more safety at Lake Tobesofkee.
According to Mayor Lester Miller, Macon-Bibb County is looking to regulate the types of boats and their speed on the lake. To do so, the county commissioners are enlisting the help of the Department of Natural Resources. Several of the safety measure the county wants to implement must go through the state.
Right now Lake Tobesofkee has signage around the lake to alert the community on the rules. The county has also increased patrols out on the lake. Parents with small children must accompany a child into the water. But the biggest issue according to Mayor Miller, is educating the community on the safety measures.
“A lot of people don’t know they’re required to wear a life vest on a boat if they’re under a certain age.”
Mayor Miller also says there’s a boating safety course the public must take before getting on the waters. For now county leaders want to make sure you’re aware of the safety measures in place.
County leaders are waiting to hear back from DNR to move forward with additional measures.
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Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority faces driver shortage
MTA says the changes do not impact route times
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— The Macon-Bibb Transit Authority is temporarily suspending duplicate routes on three of its routes. MTA says despite the changes it does not impact route times. It also does not mean that routes will be suspended.
The routes that will loose the second bus on its route include:
- Houston Avenue
- East Macon
- West Macon
According to Public Information Officer, Jami Gaudet, this comes after a 30% decrease in staff. Gaudet says MTA wants to stay away from having to make its workers work overtime.
“We want quality drivers, so we’re not going to sacrifice quality,” said Gaudet. “We want our riders to be safe and we want to have a safe operations. So we’re doing everything we can that we think is prudent to address the driver shortage.”
According to Gaudet, the change to the three routes was a decision made by all employees with MTA.
Gaudet says MTA is unsure when the duplicate routes will be up and running. ”
MTA is looking to hire for part-time and full-time positions. You can apply here.
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Stabbing, shooting at Georgia mall outside Atlanta
Police say one person was stabbed and officers shot the suspect.
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — One person was stabbed Friday and an officer shot the suspect at the Mall of Georgia outside Atlanta, police said.
The incident began when a suspected thief began smashing jewelry counters inside the Macy’s store at the mall, authorities said. The suspect then stabbed at least one person and a Gwinnett County police officer shot the suspect, news outlets reported.
Police have not released details on either person’s medical condition. No further details were immediately released.
Several roads in the area were blocked off as police investigated.
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US labor market cools slightly, adding 315,000 jobs
The U.S. economy gained 315,000 jobs in August while the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 3.7%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.
Markets falter, then recover, then falter again with slowing jobs data
The tail end of August proved to be just as poor for Wall Street as the start of the month, and September has begun with little improvement despite a good jobs report that should have turned the tide.
FBI inventory of Trump’s office details empty folders marked classified
Empty folders with classified banners and more than 10,000 government records were among the records seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence last month, according to records unsealed on Friday.
Jan. 6 rioter charged with fighting Guardsmen takes plea deal
Getting the more serious charges against him dropped in the process, a 29-year-old Illinois man who was recorded in a TikTok video fighting National Guardsmen during last year’s Capitol riot pleaded guilty on Friday to civil disorder.
Regional
EPA’s Long Island waste site gets appellate OK
An appeals court sided with a federal plan to build a waste-disposal site on the Long Island Sound, thwarting efforts to stop the project brought by New York state and the town set to host the site.
Maryland Elections Board makes emergency push for early vote count
Saying it can prevent “unwarranted suspicion and mistrust in Maryland’s electoral process,” the Maryland Board of Elections filed an emergency petition Friday for permission to begin counting mail-in ballots on October 1 instead of after Election Day as currently mandated.
International
Finland bans fast-track tourist visas for Russians
Finland got permission from EU leaders to curb visas for Russian travelers, who have used the country as a transit point to access the rest of Europe since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Norway measures record summer heat in Arctic archipelago
The chain of islands known as Svalbard went through its warmest summer on record this year, causing 44 billion tons of meltwater to run into the ocean.
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If there’s one part of the 49ers that we know we don’t have to worry about, it’s the defense. There are highly talented players at every level, and they’re coached by one of the best coordinators in the entire league. There is one specific area, though, where the 49ers could be better, and they more than likely will be better this year.
Michelle Magdziuk once again made me a smarter fan on today's Gold Standard podcast.
The 49ers allowed the fourth most deep passing yards in the league last year and a league-worst 14% CPOE (completion percentage over expectation). Add on to that the league-leading 21 defensive pass interference penalties totaling 376 yards lost, and you get a bleak picture of some of the problems with last year’s secondary. This is especially troubling, considering the 49ers' defense is premised upon limiting explosive plays by the offense. We all know the recipe by now. Get to the quarterback with the front four and use the remaining seven players to stifle big plays and make the offense have to dink and dunk their way down the field.
Fortunately, the 49ers also recognized this and signed cornerback Mooney Ward to a three-year deal for up to $42 million. Ward allowed a paltry 44% completion percentage last year and had been having a fantastic preseason before his injury. His presence essentially improves the rest of the cornerbacks on the roster, who now get bumped down the coverage ladder toward less talented players.
Emmanuel Moseley as your top cornerback is an okay option, but Emmanuel Moseley as your second cornerback is far better. Throw in the possible emergence of fifth-round draft pick Samuel Womack in the slot, and the 49ers are looking at a cornerback group that should be much better than last year - especially after safety Jimmie Ward returns from short-term IR.
The true question mark lies at safety, both before and after Jimmie Ward returns. Talanoa Hufanga has had his moments, for sure, but most of those have been closer to the line of scrimmage rather than deep in coverage. How he takes over for Jaquiski Tartt will be one of the biggest defensive storylines all year long, particularly since we don’t know for sure who is going to be lining up alongside him for almost a quarter of the season.
If we’re lucky, the improved cornerback depth and a pass rush turbocharged by Javon Kinlaw and Drake Jackson will more than compensate for some deficiencies by the safeties in the early going.
Other topics in today’s show
- The storyline people are sleeping on in Week 1 (2:30)
- Why the 49ers should hammer the Bears (4:16)
- How the defense can suffocate the Bears’ offense (4:48)
- One potential vulnerability against Chicago (7:20)
- The 49ers need to let Trey Lance throw on first downs (8:51)
- Why the Trey Sermon miss hurts even if Jordan Mason is good (13:16)
- Blake Hance isn’t a good player (16:58)
- Michelle totally ignores what Stats is saying (20:17)
- Is Rob overreacting to Jimmy Garoppolo? (23:21)
- Jimmy isn’t the insurance policy people think he is (26:49)
- Michelle threatens to quit the podcast (29:03)
- Lance wasn’t that bad against the Texans (36:12)
- Questions Jimmy Garoppolo should have been asked (38:08)
- Michelle will not allow anything negative next week (41:04)
- Why Stats may have to literally jump in a lake soon (42:28)
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Do you have any idea of what to make of Marquette men’s soccer at this point of the season? Yeah, it’s only been two matches, but I don’t know if there’s anything particularly informative that we can get from either of them.
The 4-2 opening loss to then-#11 Tulsa might look not too bad, given the opponent’s ranking and MU’s lack of one. However, MU handed them a goal on an own goal, then fell behind 3-0 before getting one back on a penalty kick (net result: MU’s still losing 2-0 so to speak) and then MU’s second goal came with less than a minute to play, so it’s almost like it didn’t count to a certain extent.
Then, match #2 of the year was a wiiiiiiild ride, but when you’re up 5-1 at halftime, what are you supposed to learn about your team as a result? Maybe the second half where Marquette bombed Utah Tech out of the building in shots 14-1 tells us that the Golden Eagles weren’t happy about how the Tulsa match went. It also might tell us that Utah Tech isn’t very good because MU has no reason to really push the advantage that hard.
As far as being unhappy with the Tulsa match’s result, well, here’s what head coach Louis Bennett said after that one:
“This was disappointing, we weren’t good enough,” said Marquette head coach Louis Bennett. “We didn’t take advantage of chances we had and they did, then it wore us down not being able to put the ball in the back of the net and we became sloppy. We’re not there quite yet.”
And here’s what he said after they cracked Utah Tech in the face for 90 minutes:
“We thought there were some really good performances tonight. We were unbelievably disappointed about Thursday, then we turned up on Sunday and decided that we were going to play like this.”
So yeah, that might be a burr under the Golden Eagles’ saddle right now. Can they bottle that mindset and keep attacking and maintain their focus going forward? After all, Utah Tech scored their lone goal of the match because of Marquette miscues. What does 90 straight minutes of hyper focused Marquette soccer look like? Can we get that on Friday night in the Valley?
Match #3: vs USF Bulls (0-1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 7:05pm Central
Location: Valley Fields, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloFC
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteSoccer
Marquette is 5-10-1 all time against South Florida. The two teams met regularly as a part of Conference USA and then in the Big East before The Reformation as well. The rivalry was renewed in Tampa in 2019, which led to USF’s second straight win in the series. Marquette is 0-3-1 in the last four encounters, and this is the first game in Milwaukee since 2006.
At some point this season, USF is going to score a goal. It hasn’t happened yet in their two regular season matches. They went to a scoreless draw at home against Florida Gulf Coast where they outshot the Eagles 8-1 in the second half. In Match #2 back on Sunday, the Bulls got beat 1-0 by then-#24 North Carolina on a penalty kick in the 13th minute. That wasn’t an undeserved result as USF got outshot 18-8 after 90 minutes, but that’s definitely a hard way to take a 1-0 loss.
So here they are with 180 minutes gone with 18 total shots up on the board and just four on frame. That’s not really an ideal way to go about things, but eventually, they are going to break through. Marquette’s quest in this match is not necessarily to stop that from happening, but to make sure they have more goals than the Bulls if it eventually does happen. With that said, USF was picked to finish sixth in the 10 team American Athletic Conference this season. We’ve already seen what AAC preseason favorite Tulsa can do after they beat MU 4-2, and we can safely file USF as “not anywhere near as good as that,” at least in the eyes of the other AAC coaches.
It’s going to be an interesting day at the park for both Marquette’s veteran attackers and South Florida’s netminder. The upperclassmen on MU’s roster will remember playing with Jackson Weyman from 2018 through the spring of 2021. He’s moved on to USF since, and after appearing in just one match last year, he’s played every minute for the Bulls so far this season. Statistically speaking, he’s doing pretty great having allowed only one penalty kick goal through two matches. That gives him a sparkling goals-against average of 0.50, and as a result of 10 saves made so far, he’s stopping 91% of shots on goal. I think it’s a safe bet that if that number dips below 90% following Friday’s match, then the Golden Eagles will be celebrating a win.
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Marquette Golden Eagles volleyball goes into the second weekend of their season playing with house money.
They had three matches scheduled against preseason top 25 teams in non-conference action, and two of them were set to show up in the first three matches of the season. One of them was Match #1 of the year against preseason #11 Kentucky. The Golden Eagles had about a bajillion questions to answer about the 2022 campaign heading into the season, so it was going to be hard to take any serious messages away from that match against the Wildcats...... if they lost.
They didn’t, taking the first two sets and then holding on to down Kentucky in their home gym, and now Marquette is #24 in the country for the second week of the season. That’s pretty neat!
Obviously a default setting would be “well, can they follow it up,” but I don’t think that’s important for this weekend. Sure, against High Point on Sunday, that feels like a “must back up the Kentucky win” game, but not on Friday night. It’s a big match in an ever increasingly important in-state rivalry series, but for Marquette’s purposes, it’s still just a road game against a top 10 opponent. You’re not favored to win and you already snagged a top 15 road victory in your opener. A win would be gigantic for Marquette, don’t get me wrong, but a loss? Eh, just a thing that happened, and you move on to the next one.
That #24 ranking might be at risk, but that’s how the cookie crumbles. I think it would be wildly unfair for the AVCA voters to ding the Golden Eagles out of the rankings for losing a road match to the #6 team in the country, but the flip side of that is obviously some (most?) voters don’t even have MU in the top 25 right now anyway.
With that said, and we’ll get to it in a minute, maybe this Wisconsin team isn’t quite ready for prime time, at least relative to what they were at the end of last season and what they might be by the time November rolls around. With the wind in their sails after last week’s Kentucky win, can Marquette push forward and pick up their second win in Madison in the last four seasons? It’s not impossible, that’s for sure.
Match #3: at #6 Wisconsin Badgers (1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 8pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Television: Big Ten Network
Streaming: FoxSports.com/live
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 2-21 all time against Wisconsin and 1-15 since Marquette made the move to Division 1 volleyball. With that said, the last time these two teams played in the Field House while the Badgers were ranked in the top ten? That’s the 1 in 1-15.
The Badgers are the reigning champions in Division 1 volleyball. This is particularly relevant because this game is UW’s home opener, and they will be raising their title banner to the rafters before the match. However, this roster is not the roster that won them that title last December. Of the nine women who recorded a point in their 3-2 win over Nebraska in the national championship, only five return this fall, and one of them is setter Izzy Ashburn, who got all four of her points on aces and didn’t record an assist in the match. Even without Dana Rettke, their 6’8” All-American middle, and starting setter Sidney Hilley and libero Lauren Barnes, Wisconsin is still going to be a formidable opponent all season long, because the other four returners are all going to be playing big roles for them. That’s how you end up with that single digit in your top 25 ranking this early in the season.
With that said, this is a lower ranking than their preseason number because they started off the year with a win at TCU and a loss to Baylor in TCU’s building. That’s not a loss to worry about for any real reason. Between taking place in their home state, the Bears usually being a quality team, and the fact that they started the season in the AVCA top 25, you can chalk that up to “yes, well, we played an excellent team and we’re the ones who forced the fifth set by winning #4, so things happen sometimes.” Whether it’s “things happen” or “maybe Wisconsin isn’t super elite like they have been the past few years” or just “the Badgers need some time to gel,” that remains to be seen. It’s not like there’s a shortage of tests for them through the rest of non-conference play, as literally every other match is against a ranked opponent.
Through the first two matches of the season, Sarah Franklin is the top attacker on the roster for Wisconsin. The 6’4” outside hitter transferred in from Michigan State in the offseason, and she’s off to a roaring start. Franklin is at 4.25 digs per set through eight frames, and she’s hitting an absolutely wild .395. That’s not just her accuracy boosting her kill total, as she’s leading the Badgers in attacks, too. Julia Orzol is their #2 option, and she’s averaging 2.63 kills and hitting .321.
Wisconsin’s setting seems to be something of a mess right now with Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill apparently splitting time. Ashburn is averaging 5.63 assists a set, which is very good for one half of a pair, but Hammill is only at 3.38. They’re getting assists elsewhere on the roster to average a very good 11.25/set as a team, but I’m unsure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing for defensive specialist Gulce Guctekin to be averaging quite nearly an assist per set.
For the moment, Wisconsin is doing defense as a team. Guctekin is leading in digs at 2.63 per set, which seems low for your libero. Hammill is second ad 2.25, and three more Badgers average more than a dig per frame. Blocking is a team goal as well as evidenced by three women averaging more than 1.3 blocks per frame led by 1.50/set from 6’9” Canadian sophomore Anna Smrek. I do want to point out that Danielle Hart is averaging 3.5 blocks per set officially, but she has played in just two sets this season, one each against TCU and Baylor. The 6’4” middle suffered an ACL injury six matches into last season, including tallying six blocks against the Golden Eagles a year ago. She had been a starter for head coach Kelly Sheffield for the two previous campaigns, so it remains to be seen how much playing time she’ll get as she comes back from that injury. If it’s just spot duty here and there, she has shown that she can make a gigantic impact in limited time.
Match #4: vs High Point Panthers (3-0)
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022
Time: 6pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Streaming: BTN+, at least according to MU. UW and BTN+’s websites disagree on that.
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 1-0 all time against High Point. The lone meeting in program history came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA tournament, when #14 seed MU picked up a 3-0 win over the Panthers at the McGuire Center.
Massive disclaimer on everything I’m about to say about High Point: Between now and when this match is actually played, High Point is going to play three more matches. They’ll play Furman and Kennesaw State, both on Friday, both at Kennesaw State, before hurrying up to Madison for an afternoon first serve against the Badgers and then turning around and playing Marquette in the evening. It’s entirely possible that everything notable about the Panthers, statistically speaking, is going to change between now and then, and on top of that, who knows what kind of impact 1) the travel and 2) the condensed schedule and 3) merely playing a top 10 team earlier in the day is going to have on them when they face the Golden Eagles.
With that said, High Point/Wisconsin explains why Marquette is going to play this match in Madison as opposed to coming back to Milwaukee for it. I am curious if Ryan Theis is going to have his team bus back and forth, though. Is sleeping in your own bed on Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday morning bus ride smarter than staying in Madison the whole time? It’s definitely cheaper, that’s for sure.
Anyway, the Panthers are 3-0 so far this season after going 24-7 a year ago. They got bounced from the Big South tournament by Campbell in the title game and that was the end of their season. I presume the returning players are slightly annoyed about that as 2022 gets going. They are the unanimous pick to win the Big South this fall after securing the regular season conference title a year ago, which tells you a lot of what to expect from them.
On top of that, they had two players snag preseason individual honors from the Big South. Dylan Maberry is the Preseason Player of the Year, while Maria Miggins is the Preseason Setter of the Year in the league. With that said, Maberry is not the team leader in kills so far this season. She’s doing just fine, great even, through three matches: 3.09 kills/set and hitting .377. It’s just that the offense is going through Sydney Palazzolo for some godforsaken reason. The 6’2” Michigan native is averaging a very awesome 5.00 kills/set.... but she’s hitting just .212 to get there. Palazzolo has taken more than twice as many swings through three matches than Maberry, which is very weird and definitely not how things went a year ago. Maybe this rebalances by the time MU plays the Panthers on Sunday, but it’s definitely something to keep an eye on.
High Point does play two setters, or at least has been to this point of the season. In fact, Ally Van Eekeren, last seen setting for Creighton a year ago, started for the Panthers in place of Miggins once already this season. They’re both averaging north of 5.3 assists a set, so they’re definitely both producing like you’d like to see in a situation like this. Between Maberry not being the focal point of the offense and Miggins not being the starter for all three matches, there’s a lot going on with this roster right now that I’m sure a lot of Big South coaches would like to ask questions about... but for now, we’ll have to wait and see what Sunday brings.
On the defensive side of the ball, Louisville native Jenny Wessling is holding things together at 4.82 digs per set. Palazzolo does a good job there as well, chipping in over three per frame. Gabrielle Idlebird wins the team title for Best Name but also leads the squad in blocks. The 6’0” middle from Texas is the only Panther averaging north of 0.90 blocks per set this season, and she’s waaaaay up there at 1.36. They do have three women who are above 0.70 blocks a frame, so I’m willing to guess that Idlebird has a number of ready, willing, and able partners at the net since all 15 of her blocks this season have gone in the books as assisted.
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Freshman Josie Bieda’s first collegiate career goal came at a big time for Marquette women’s soccer in more than one way on Thursday night. Her 75th minute marker provided the Golden Eagles with an equalizer and allowed them to walk away from their match with Illinois-Chicago with a 1-1 draw. Marquette is now 1-2-1 on the season.
UIC opened up the scoring in the match in the 23rd minute as Jelena Zbiljic’s cross into the middle was nearly perfectly floated over from the far right side of the pitch to out in front of MU keeper Mikki Easter’s left post. Megan Bowman was camped out underneath, and her header was perfectly aimed back across the net and into the right wall past Easter for the 1-0 lead. It was just the fifth total shot of the game, and honestly, Marquette was lucky it took that long for the Flames to break through. They needed a team save in the 12th minute — on a shot from Bowman, no less — to keep the match scoreless at that point.
MU turned the match in their favor evvvvvver so slightly for the rest of the half, outshootin UIC 2-1 the rest of the way for a 4-4 draw in shots through 45 minutes. As the second half went on, quality chances were few and far between for both sides, but it was Easter coming up big in the 58th and 72nd minutes to keep the visitors at just one goal.
And then, in the 75th minute, Bieda made a stellar series of individual effort plays.
75' | MU - 1 | UIC - 1 | Josie Bieda finds the back of the net for her first career goal! We're all tied up at Valley Fields! #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/MAZDJT8rtn
— MARQUETTE Soccer (@MarquetteWSOC) September 2, 2022
I can’t quite make out the number on who it is making the long kick forward to Bieda, but it’s an excellently placed kick out in the middle of the field. Bieda wins the 1-on-1 battle for the ball, knocking it just a little bit forward just as the second defender rushing in alters their momentum. She’s the only one who can attack forward on the ball, so that prompts keeper Lauren Keiser to step forward to play it, and BANG, it’s a goal!
Great work by Bieda on her first collegiate shot to get the Golden Eagles on the board in this match and actually this season overall. MU’s only other intentionally struck goal so far through four matches is a penalty kick by Isabella Cook against Central Michigan, so this was MU’s first run of play goal of the season. You have to score goals to win matches, or so I’m told, so for Bieda to break the ice on the net like this could be a big turning point for Marquette.
With the equalizer coming in the 75th minute, that left the two teams just 15 minutes to try to find a winner. Overtime has been eliminated in college soccer this season, outside of tournament play at least, so the only way to get a win was to put it in the net before the 90th minute finished up. Mikki Easter would make two more saves before the night was done to bring her total in the match to five, while Keiser would make one on her end on a 83rd minute shot by Emma Tabor that did pop out of her hands, but it was a standing save and it popped straight up in the air by a foot or maybe two before she resecured it. The shots don’t tell the story, but it felt like Marquette was pushing a little bit harder in the final 15 minutes than UIC was to get that game winner. Now that the team has seen one go in the net, maybe that releases a little bit of pressure on everyone to get things to work for them going forward.
Up Next: Marquette will be back at it on Sunday with the last match of a three match homestand. It will be Green Bay coming in as the opposition, and the Phoenix are 2-1-0 on the year after falling 3-0 to then-#24 Wisconsin this past Sunday. This weekend’s match will be GB’s first since that loss.
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(KXAN) — The holders of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” copyright are suing a central Texas business — accusing its owners of marketing and selling “at least 66 illicit items” with trademarked logos and images related to the classic 1974 horror film.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court’s Western District of Texas, Roy and Lisa Rose run The Gas Station off State Highway 304, which was a film location for the 1974 movie. It sells barbecue and horror memorabilia, hosts events and rents out cabin. KXAN reached out to the Roses for comment.
The plaintiff, Vortex Inc., is a family-owned business created in 1974 to manage the rights to the film. It has licensed it to several other companies to produce a variety of products, including clothing, toys, novelties, video games and more.
Vortex’s agents say they reached out to the Roses in March 2016 to establish a licensing agreement.
According to the lawsuit, Roy responded “audaciously” that they would only do a deal if the film’s writers, Toby Hooper and Kim Henkel, would be available annually to sign autographs at The Gas Station.
Roy also reportedly wanted to recoup their initial expenses before paying back licensing fees.
The company’s response was a reminder that Vortex still owns the copyrights and that the Roses could not use them without permission, and a meeting between the two businesses occurred, the lawsuit stated.
After that meeting, Roy was to provide a business plan to Vortex, which it says never came.
It wasn’t until 2020 that Vortex investigated the Roses’ Cult Classic Convention, a yearly gathering of horror and cult classics film enthusiasts. There, it found a “number of infringing goods,” the lawsuit said.
Further investigation by the company found that the Roses also sold these products online and at a chain of Ohio smoke shops, according to the lawsuit.
Read the full lawsuit and see examples of memorabilia below:
In the lawsuit, Vortex’s attorney asks for $150,000 in statutory damages per infringing work, for a total $9.9 million, as well as legal fees and all profits from sales of the goods.
The lawsuit also asks the court to require the Roses destroy any remaining products.
“We take the protection of our intellectual property rights very seriously; this is one of the tenets that has allowed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film franchise to remain independently owned and controlled by its original creators,” Vortex wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately in this instance we felt the need to protect against the infringement of those rights through court action.”
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A 20-year-old man was arrested concerning the death of a 25-year-old man who was severely injured at a gay pride event last month in Germany, prosecutors announced on Friday.
According to local media reports, the victim, whose only been identified as Malte, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, the Associated Press reported.
Münster Police said the suspect attacked Malte after he tried intervening as other participants at the Christopher Street Day event were being harassed by the unidentified man, the media outlets reported.
The alleged assailant struck Malte, who then fell to the ground, police said, local media outlets reported. According to news outlets, Malte never regained consciousness and succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
Police said the suspect fled the scene, but the Associated Press reported that he was apprehended at the train station on Friday.
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Crawford County gets new school, football field
You would never know by looking at the parking lot of Crawford County Middle and High School that the old high school used to stand in its place.
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — You would never know by looking at the parking lot of Crawford County Middle and High School that the old high school used to stand in its place.
The freshly-paved parking lot is in front of a brand new facility that houses the high school and middle school.
“We were having mechanical problems and things like that with the building, so it was time for that school to phase out,” Interim Superintendent for Crawford County Schools Christopher Ridley explained. “That was why we decided to close that school and build a new middle and high school complex.”
Ridley says the middle and high school complex now has top-of-the-line safety features. It also provides more options for academics and recreation.
“Students are excited about volleyball,” he said. “We’re just getting volleyball this year. For academics, we have our healthcare field. We have some of our CTE courses that are new as well.”
In addition to a brand new building, the school also has a brand new football field. An anonymous donor and SPLOST funds paid for the $1.2 million turf field.
Crawford County Head Football Coach Craig Puckett says the field is top of the line with CoolPlay technology.
“Everybody’s just excited about it and loving the opportunity to get out there and just be on something nice. The school is beautiful now,” he said. “Our facilities are great, and there’s just an overall attitude that everyone is excited and thankful for what we have.”
Crawford County Middle and High School Principal Chad Chafin says the football field will be used for football, soccer and more.
“I’ve talked to the band director about next year having a single A competition here for bands our size,” hes aid. “JROTC can actually have competitions on the field. We can use it for several aspects.”
According to Ridley, the district plans to use SPLOST funds to update other facilities throughout the county. The old middle school is now the elementary school, and the old elementary school is now a primary school for the district.
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Historic Cannonball House opens time capsules previously buried under Confederate monuments
Cannonball House officials and Macon-Bibb County officials opened two time capsules recovered after relocating two downtown Confederate monuments.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cannonball House officials and Macon-Bibb County officials opened two time capsules recovered after relocating two downtown Confederate monuments.
History leaped from two copper boxes Friday when two time capsules were opened that had previously been buried under two Confederate monuments in downtown Macon.
Crews recovered the capsules after moving Confederate monuments on Cotton Avenue and Poplar Street.
The monuments were relocated to Whittle Park at Rose Hill Cemetery, and the capsules were held inside the county vault until the county presented them to the Historic Cannonball House.
Earl Colvin, chairman of the board of directors for the Cannonball House, says the time capsules have found their perfect home.
“We’re able to go back 150 years and touch a piece of time that involved the lives of other people,” he said. “Today to see artifacts that were placed in there so long ago is really special. This just adds to the momentum of what we’ve already got going. These artifacts in themselves are very special in the fact that they came from a time period that represents the period that the house was built, so it’s important to us to remember all parts and aspects of our history.”
The Cotton Avenue capsule, which had not been opened since 1956, includes artifacts from the Civil War, including a photograph of a confederate soldier. There were also newspapers from the 1880s inside and even an original copy of “Gone with the Wind.”
“As you’re going through that and you’re touch all of these old things that you know that somebody in 1878 touched those things, it’s just almost chill bumps to the point of emotional,” Cannonball House Executive Director Cheryl Aultman said. “It was just wonderful to see all of that stuff.”
All artifacts unveiled from both time capsules will be displayed inside the Cannonball House’s Civil War Museum.
Addition items from the time capsules:
- Muster rolls for 15 Middle Georgia Confederate regiments
- Asketch of the 2nd Ga Battalion
- Army maps taken from the body of Captain J. G. Roger, 12th Georgia regiment
- Several coins and Confederate war bonds
- Engraving of Confederate iron clad Virginia.
- Yearbooks from the Colonel Thomas Hardeman UDC chapter from the 1950s and from the Sidney Lanier Chapter UDC from 1931-1954.
- A Stone Mountain half dollar coin dated 1925.
- A medallion featuring R. E. Lee on one side and Stratford Hall on the other, dated 1929, that was sold to raise funds to restore the historic Stratford home of the Lee family.
- An original edition of “Gone With The Wind” by Margaret Mitchell.
- Several city directories from the 1950s
- 1955-56 Wesleyan College Catalog
- 1955-56 Mercer University Bulletin
- 1955 Macon Telephone Directory.
- 1956 Al Sihah Mystic Messenger.
- Two UDC magazines from 1956.
- Sidney Lanier Chapter UDC reminisences By Mrs. Issac Winship.
- A 1940 program from the dedication of Willingham Chapel at Mercer University.
- 1933 Mercer at Penfield (1833-1871) Centennial Celebration program booklet.
- Program dated January 1954 of the inauguration of George Boyce Connell, 16th President of Mercer University.
- Letter from Henry H. Tucker, President of Mercer University to R. E. Lee conferring upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, dated July 10,1866 and copy of letter from Lee in reply, dated 18 July 1866
There are a few more items that are too wet to open yet. The Cannonball House is attempting to dehumidify them and are hopeful they can be saved. The large 1956 metal box had taken on moisture over the years, damaging many of the items enclosed.
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Juvenile arrested in Forsyth after law enforcement responds to burglary in progress
A juvenile male is charged with burglary after the Monroe County Sheriff's Office says it was dispatched to a burglary in progress Friday.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A juvenile male is charged with burglary after the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says it was dispatched to a burglary in progress Friday.
Deputies entered the apartment through an unsecured door and did not see the suspect.
“After watching surveillance video obtained from the victim, the male was located shortly after the burglary, inside a vehicle attempting to exit the apartment complex,” the post read. “Deputies conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and located a male juvenile inside the vehicle. The juvenile was identified as the male inside the residence.”
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Crawford County welcomes Wilkinson County
Both teams were vying for their first win of the season. The Eagles were 0-2, while the Warriors were 0-1 after a BYE last week.
ROBERTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Crawford County Eagles hosted the Wilkinson County Warriors Friday night.
Both teams were vying for their first win of the season. The Eagles were 0-2, while the Warriors were 0-1 after a BYE last week.
Check out the highlights from J.B. Hawkins Sports Complex:
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: FPD welcomes Brookstone to Macon
The FPD Vikings hosted the Brookstone Cougars Friday night at George S. Johnson Memorial Stadium.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The FPD Vikings hosted the Brookstone Cougars Friday night at George S. Johnson Memorial Stadium.
This was the Vikings’ first game of the season. The Cougars came into the game 1-0.
Check out the highlights below:
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Northeast hosts Fitzgerald
The Northeast Raiders hosted the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes at Henderson Stadium Friday night.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Northeast Raiders hosted the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes at Henderson Stadium Friday night.
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Northside faces Warner Robins in our Game of the Week
The Demons come into the game 0-1 after losing to Lee County in Week 1. The Eagles were looking to make it two wins in a row after beating Peach County 35-7 last week.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – In one of the biggest rivalries in the state, the Warner Robins Demons took on the Northside Eagles Friday night.
The Demons come into the game 0-1 after losing to Lee County in Week 1. The Eagles were looking to make it two wins in a row after beating Peach County 35-7 last week.
Shaaz Peerani has the highlights from The MAC:
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Perry travels to Jones County
The Greyhounds (2-0) were looking to stay unbeaten on the season. The Panthers (0-1) were trying to get their first win of the season after losing 57-56 to Houston County.
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Jones County Greyhounds hosted the Perry Panthers at Greyhound Field on Friday night.
The Greyhounds (2-0) were looking to stay unbeaten on the season. The Panthers (0-1) were trying to get their first win of the season after losing 57-56 to Houston County.
Bill Shanks has the highlights:
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THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Westside hosts Morrow
The Seminoles and Mustangs both came into the game unbeaten at 2-0 this season.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Westside Seminoles welcomed the Morrow Mustangs from south metro Atlanta on Friday night.
The Seminoles and Mustangs both came into the game unbeaten at 2-0 this season.
Bill Shanks has the highlights from the Ed Defore Sports Complex:
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THE END ZONE SCOREBOARD: Scores from Week 3 of high school football
Here are Middle Georgia's high school football scores from Week 3.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Here are Middle Georgia’s high school football scores from Week 3:
Games featured on The End Zone:
Warner Robins 17, Northside 10 – Final/Overtime
Perry 42, Jones County 14 – Final
Wilkinson County 53, Crawford County 13 – Final
Fitzgerald 28, Northeast 27 – Final
Westside 40, Morrow 14 – Final
Brookstone 34, FPD 28 – Final/Overtime
***For highlights of the games featured on The End Zone, click here.***
Other scores:
Brentwood 27, GMC 16 – Final
Trinity Christian 31, Mary Persons 20 – Final
Houston County 58, West Laurens 0 – Final
Ware County 41, Baldwin 3 – Final
Dodge County 44, Washington County 21 – Final
ACE 63, Pataula Charter 22 – Final
Pike County 49, Southwest 20 – Final
Macon County , Dooly County – No score reported
Claxton 19, Hawkinsville 6 – Final
Early County 19, Schley County 17 – Final
Lamar County 21, Dublin 20 – Final
Jenkins 35, East Laurens 7 – Final (Thurs.)
Tattnall Square 64, Athens Christian 37 – Final
Greene County 27, Hancock County 18 – Final
Atkinson County 34, Telfair County 14 – Final
Windsor 24, Westminster Schools of August 19 – Final
Montgomery County 14, Taylor County 8 – Final
Stratford 42, Riverside Military Academy 20 – Final (Thurs.)
Long County 60, Treutlen 13 – Final (Thurs.)
Johnson County 47, Warren County 6 – Final (Thurs.)
David Emmanuel Academy 22, John Hancock Academy 3 – Final (Thurs.)
Edmund Burke 35, Trinity Christian – Dublin 25 – Final
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BOSTON (AP) — Hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses and account numbers of home mortgage holders at KeyBank, the bank reports, in the breach of a third-party vendor that serves multiple corporate clients.
The hackers obtained the information on July 5 after breaking into computers at the insurance services provider Overby-Seawell Company, according to a letter that Cleveland-based KeyBank sent to affected residential mortgage customers.
KeyBank, which operates in 15 states and has close to $200 billion in assets, would not say how many of its customers were affected or answer any other questions about the breach. In a statement, it said it was notified of the data theft on Aug. 4 and KeyBank systems and operations were unaffected.
Overby-Seawell did not respond to phone messages and emails sent to executives seeking comment. In the statement sent Friday to The Associated Press, KeyBank said Kennesaw, Georgia-based Overby-Seawell “suffered a cybersecurity incident that compromised data of its corporate clients.” It did not elaborate.
According to its website, Overby-Seawell’s customers include banks, credit unions, mortgage servicers, finance companies and property investors. Its products include a tracking system for real-time insurance monitoring that can be integrated with other financial industry software platforms.
It is a subsidiary of the Breckenridge Group, also of Kennesaw.
In an Aug. 26 letter shared with the AP by an affected mortgage-holder, KeyBank said the information acquired in the Overby-Seawell breach related to their mortgage includes their name, address, mortgage account number and the first eight digits of their nine-digit Social Security number.
That’s plenty of information for identity thieves to commit serious fraud.
“We take this matter very seriously and have notified all affected individuals,” KeyBank said in the letter.
KeyBank said Overby-Seawell had notified law enforcement and was investigating the breach with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. It encouraged the mortgage holder to sign up for free fraud monitoring.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upped his rhetoric against Greece on Saturday, threatening to “come down suddenly one night.”
Erdogan has previously used that phrase to hint at looming military operations into Syria and Iraq against Kurdish militants that Turkey deems existential threats. He made good on that threat several times.
Speaking at an aerial technology festival in Samsun where Turkey showcased the prototype of an unmanned fighter jet, Erdogan lashed out at neighboring Greece amid political and military tensions.
Turkey has accused Greece of using Russian-made S-300 missile systems in Crete to lock onto Turkish jets in August. Ankara has also said Greek F-16s harassed Turkish jets by putting them under a radar lock during a NATO mission over the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey is submitting complaints with NATO. Athens has also accused Turkey of violating its airspace.
Although both NATO members, Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and disagreements over the airspace there. The friction has brought them to the brink of war three times in the last half-century.
Turkey claims Greece is violating international agreements by militarizing islands in the Aegean Sea.
“You occupying the islands doesn’t bind us,” Erdogan said Saturday. “When the time comes, we’ll do what’s necessary. As we say, we may come down suddenly one night.”
He added: “Look at history, if you go further, the price will be heavy.”
“We have one sentence to Greece: Don’t forget Izmir,” Erdogan said, in a reference to a crushing defeat of occupying Greek forces in the western city by the Turkish military in 1922.
Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held rare talks over lunch in Istanbul in March but that positive trend diminished soon after. In May, Erdogan said he would no longer speak with Mitsotakis after the Greek premier visited Washington where he pushed to acquire F-35 stealth fighter jets while lobbying against Turkey’s attempts to upgrade its F-16 fleet.
Erdogan said in July that Turkey didn’t have interest in war with Greece, but said the country should stop violating Turkish airspace.
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