- The following divorces granted were recorded May 12-18 in the Benton and Washington County clerks' offices.
- Katharine Honeycutt
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Literary pick of the week: Mac McKenzie’s back in ‘Something Wicked’
- Her grandmother Tess Redding died in a locked bedroom and Jenness thinks one of her three aunts or two uncles killed their mother so they could sell Redding Castle to a developer and walk away with more than $1 million each.
- In “Something Wicked,” Nina has to ask McKenzie to come out of retirement once more, when her former employee Jenness Crawford asks for help.
Gregory Sisk: When they talk about abortion, they’re talking about me
- Some 60 years ago, I was born to a teenage girl who had left her home and high school without telling others that she was pregnant.
- After conception, a unique and singular human life has come into existence.
Fort Smith Northside duo named district teacher, state secondary principal of the year
- Brinkley said she didn't know what made her stand out as a teacher of the year candidate, as she was just working hard and going about her business.
- Two Northside High School staff members -- the principal and a teacher -- recently earned prestigious awards in the same week.
Leonard Pitts: The Republican Party stands for the Republican Party
- The red line is this: Don’t embarrass the GOP.
- Not to minimize how stupid it was for Cawthorn to make such an incendiary claim with zero evidence to back it up, but it says something about GOP priorities that this is what it took to get them to make a stand, as opposed to, you know, issues with actual impact on people’s lives.
‘SNL’ celebrates veteran comedians Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney as they say goodbye
In the final episode of the season last night, Saturday Night Live bid farewell to four key cast members, marking the end of an era for the storied late-night sketch comedy show. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Fort Smith’s Farmers Market prepares for busy summer season
- Every Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon, over 60 merchants gather on North Second Street and Garrison Avenue to sell a variety of fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, canned jams and preserves, organic eggs, grass-fed beef and crafts.
- Michael Farquhar said he and his wife just got involved in the farmers market last year, selling flowers, fruit and vegetable plants and starts through their business Pleasant Acres Garden.
Religious Offerings: Sylvania St. Joseph kicks off parish festival season
Sylvania St. Joseph is kicking off the parish festival season this weekend. Festirama began on Friday, and continues between 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘Long covid’ is going to be a long haul
Much about the phenomenon of “long covid” is still unclear, but evidence is accumulating that populations will be struggling for years to come. […]Read more >Similar articles >
David Schultz: If you think abortion rights are safe in Minnesota, think again
- Roe v Wade is the 1973 Supreme Court opinion declaring that a constitutional right to privacy protects a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy.
- Some here believe that if Roe is overturned, in Minnesota abortion rights are independently protected by law and thus would remain.
Literary calendar for the week of May 22
- Also next spring, Lerner Publishing Group and Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of business information services, are partnering to raise the voices of diverse authors in children’s books.
- The new publishing program will launch with one young adult nonfiction book and will continue for a year, with at least four additional young adult nonfiction books written by debut and emerging authors, artists, and creators of color.
Do Biden policy moves on Cuba, Venezuela doom Democrats’ chances in Florida?
- Writing on Twitter shortly after the Venezuela policy news broke this week — which was less than 24 hours after the Biden administration outlined its Cuba policy changes — Fernand Amandi was unsparing of his assessment of the one-two punch: “In case you had any doubts that Florida is no longer a priority state for Democrats.”
- “Short term, certainly this upcoming midterm election, the announcements will probably push more people, more Cuban-Americans, to vote against the Democratic Party, and anything having to do with Biden,” Duany said.
Fate of 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant stirs concern
POKROVSK, Ukraine — With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. […]Read more >Similar articles >
3-Minute Civics: Defining the duties of an American citizen
- As moderator, there were dozens of times when a voter would walk up to me with a partially completed ballot (often just the presidential race) and ask, “Is it ok if I leave the rest of this blank?”
- At the 2018 mid-term election, turnout across the nation was 49 percent, which was a record, and cause for much comment.
Column: The futures of Tony La Russa and Willson Contreras could lie in White Sox and Cubs’ seasons of the past
- Despite an abundance of talent, the Sox started 8-10 in April 1983 and followed with a 12-15 record in May. La Russa’s team is 19-20 heading into Sunday’s doubleheader against the New York Yankees.
- And here we are again with the Sox in New York playing an important series against the league’s best team with a chance to prove people wrong .
Letter: How can we live well together?
- Yet again, we are horrified (but perhaps not as shocked as we once were) by the latest mass shooting in Buffalo targeting African Americans, taking 10 lives and injuring three others.
- It is time to create a better society.
How a Poet Writes a Novel
- It took several novels before Kawakami’s work reached global acclaim in 2020 with the release in English of Breasts and Eggs, co-translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd .
- After the tremendous success of Breasts and Eggs, Kawakami’s English-language publisher, Europa Editions, released a second co-translation from Bett and Boyd of Heaven, about two bullied children, first published in Japan in 2009, and named a finalist this year for the International Booker Prize.
SNL: Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney Say Goodbye
- give us time to make banners to wave at home or restock our tissue supply — some SNL news broke Friday, the eve of the show’s season 47 finale: Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney would all be leaving the cast after one final show.
- (Though their colleague, Weekend Update co-anchor Michael Che, has been talking lately about making a similar move, it had not been confirmed as of this writing whether the finale would end his SNL run, too.) No cast member may ever get a sendoff as elaborate as Kristen Wiig ’s, ten seasons ago, but the farewells did kick off early.
Churchill: The election mess Democrats deserve
- Noting that New York voters placed explicit rejections on gerrymandering in the state constitution, judges threw out the biased maps.
- Here in New York, those maps were supposed to be hammered out by an independent commission consisting of Republicans and Democrats.
For Pa. GOP, no turning back in bid vs. Josh Shapiro as party leaders back Doug Mastriano for governor
A handful of party stalwarts — including some who backed his opponents — said they would support Mastriano’s candidacy if it means beating Josh Shapiro in the fall and prying the governor’s mansion from Democratic hands. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Opinion: Race can only be defined as a human being
- The reality is that in today’s America being “white” is an ideological conviction where people like Steve King, Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and others dwell, sustain their prejudices convinced that they’re superior human beings by virtue of bearing resemblance to an 18th-century prostitute who died of venereal disease.
- In the mid-18th century, during the “Age of Enlightenment,” German scientist Johann Blumenbach was in Göttingen, Germany classifying humanity by “race,” while in Philadelphia colonists were striving to embed aspirational values into a Declaration of Independence while at the same time protecting the privileges of white Anglo-Saxons.
Third candidate joins Jacksonville mayor’s race
- Jeff Elmore -- who narrowly lost two City Council elections in the past four years -- filed Friday for mayor.
- The filing period for municipal elections in the cities of Jacksonville and Sherwood ends at noon Monday.
Free Press’ Detroit Tigers beat writer Evan Petzold wins 2021 Young Journalist of the Year
The Detroit Free Press takes home dozens of awards in annual journalist contest put on by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Detroit chapter. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Op-Ed: California’s economy may seem healthy. But just wait for the next recession
- The California economy may seem healthy on the surface, with home prices soaring, Silicon Valley booming and the state government posting big multi-year state budget surpluses thanks to a massive surge in capital gains tax revenues and income tax revenues from tech stocks.
- In fact, California’s heavy dependency on tax payments from the rich and on the continued strength of the tech economy makes the state highly vulnerable in the event of a significant slowdown — or, worse yet, a full-bore global recession .
LITTLE ROCK NOTEBOOK: Visitors bureau promotes officials | Group endorses library millage reduction | Arkansas Tech student awarded library fellowship
- The advocacy group Arkansas Community Organizations has endorsed the Central Arkansas Library System's request that voters reduce a local capital-improvement millage and refinance debt in a Tuesday special election in Little Rock.
- The Little Rock Board of Directors during a meeting Tuesday approved a resolution to appoint Sybil Jordan Hampton to the Central Arkansas Library System's board of directors.
Detroit’s dastardly political duo is back — but heading in different directions
Monica Conyers and Sam Riddle were partners in politics and crime. Twelve years after pleading guilty to public corruption, they’re running for office. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Petitioners plan to make push at Arkansas polling places to get signatures for proposed constitutional amendments
- Arkansas voters who hit the polls on election day will likely see petitioners canvassing in support of proposed constitutional amendments legalizing recreational marijuana and removing Pope County as a casino location, along with a "decline to sign" campaign to keep the latter off the ballot.
- The group has raised $1.82 million and spent about $629,000 toward the effort, according to a report the group filed in April with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.
Op-Ed: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed
- When California voters passed Proposition 64 in 2016 to legalize recreational or “adult-use” cannabis, they also approved a complex state-run system for licensing, regulating and taxing it.
- Our best estimate is that roughly three-quarters of the weed currently sold to consumers in California is illegal (meaning it is not licensed by the state), and only one-quarter is legal.
Op-Ed: Want to shape your bicultural child’s sense of self before society does? Lead them to books
- Books and story — even very culturally specific ones — can bring kids to knowing themselves and others better.
- If that seems unbelievable in a country where more than 62 million people identify as Hispanic or Latinx, consider that in 2021, only about 9% of children’s books were written by Latinx people.
Burglaries
- • 6500 Stagecoach Road, residential, 4 p.m. May 16, property value unknown.
- The following burglaries are from reports collected from the Little Rock and North Little Rock police departments.
New DOE superintendent Keith Hayashi to be tested by pandemic recovery, building unity
- In fact, in a brief interview Friday to discuss his immediate next steps, Hayashi said one of his top priorities — and challenges — will be to pull Hawaii’s disparate community together to gain input and build support as he and the state Board of Education launch almost immediately into devising a new strategic plan for the public schools and accelerate work to help students recover from pandemic learning loss and social- emotional “trauma.”
- Just 15 hours after his new appointment as permanent state superintendent of Hawaii’s mammoth public school system late Thursday night, Keith Hayashi was rushing to board a plane Friday morning.
North Little Rock notebook
- The North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce will host a "business after hours" event June 16 at Argenta Plaza from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- The city of North Little Rock opened a new pavilion on the Arkansas River Trail on Wednesday.
Kids’ Learning Losses Are Worse Than Educators Are Acknowledging
- For years, districts have regularly been using NWEA tests to measure how students’ performance in reading and math changes during a school year; in a typical week of in-person instruction before the pandemic, the average student improved 0.3 points in math (on the NWEA’s scale) and 0.2 points in reading.
- Growth in student achievement slowed to the point that, even in low-poverty schools, students in fall 2021 had fallen well behind what pre-pandemic patterns would have predicted; in effect, students at low-poverty schools that stayed remote had lost the equivalent of 13 weeks of in-person instruction.
15 Finnish delegates just took a bus trip around Michigan — and felt very much at home
A delegation of Finnish academics and business leaders talk bio-economics and barbecue on the Detroit riverfront. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Why Trump is struggling to take down Georgia’s Brian Kemp
- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hopes to become the next prominent Republican to show that GOP candidates don’t necessarily need former President Donald Trump’s help to win their primaries.
- “I think the governor, as far as Republican voters go, has a very solid track record,” said Fred Hicks, a Georgia-based political consultant for both parties.
OPINION|PAPER TRAILS Pine Bluff, Little Rock online news sites looking to offer expanded coverage
- States Newsroom started online news sites in states where coverage of state government had dwindled, says Albarado, who retired from the Democrat-Gazette in January, 2020.
- The Black-owned Informer will cover local government, education, agriculture and other topics, McCray says.
Arkansas attorney general hopefuls Griffin, Gibson say they would cut office’s ‘excessive’ ad spending
- Tim Griffin, who faces Leon Jones Jr. in the Republican primary, and Democratic candidate Jesse Gibson say spending by the attorney general's office has been excessive under current Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.
- Two candidates running for the attorney general's office say they will examine radio and TV spending by the office if elected.
Get used to state legislative races costing $200,000 or more, figures show
- Both Richard Bearden, a long-time Republican campaign adviser, and Michael Cook, the same for Democrats, gave the identical reason for why a state legislative race in the most populous cities in Benton and Washington counties now costs $200,000 or more: They're now major metropolitan centers by Arkansas standards.
- Sen. Bob Ballinger faces four rivals in his reelection bid in the Senate District 28 Republican primary: former state Sen. Bryan King of Green Forest; Rep. Keith Slape of Compton; Bob Largent, Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce president; and Theodore Walker of Huntsville, a U.S. Army veteran.
ASK IRA: Has P.J. Tucker become quintessentially Heat?
- A: First, let’s not gloss over the regular season and Tyler Herro being named NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
- A: I’m not sure there have been many over the years with the Heat who have been more old school than P.J. Tucker when it comes to pushing through pain and discomfort.
Detroit Public Schools Community District welcomes home Alumni with a Taste of Livernois
Detroit Public Schools Community District’s alumni gathered along the Livernois Fashion avenue for food and fun for the "Come Home" alumni weekend. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Accusations, distrust plague Bridgeport city attorney relationship with council
- “Good riddance,” said freshman Councilman Aikeem Boyd, one of several members of that legislative body who, particularly during their recent budget season battle with fellow Democrat Ganim, complained about Meyer.
- Council President Aidee Nieves, who has battled Meyer over the limits of her powers and the council’s, said the mayor should consult with members on whom it will be “as a good faith effort, considering the contentiousness that has been exhibited.”
These Hawaii organizers help people get their homes in order
- Part of that concept is the importance of having a “dumping zone” near the entry of a home, Simon said, a place to unload items from your day at work, as well as things like groceries that you might have picked up on the way home.
- You need help organizing things and turning your home into a place where you can do your work neatly and live your life with joy, especially now since so many of us are working from home.
22 Arkansans earn $2,500 scholarships
- The National Merit $2,500 scholarship winners listed by their home town, and including their high school and their probable career field are:
- The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the nation's graduating high school seniors.
Other days
- Following the dinner, bank executives will review the growth and progress of the institution since it was founded in 1905 by the late Judge W.
- Bumpers said that in 1971, Arkansas was third in the nation in per capita growth rate.
Abcarian: Patriarchy strikes again: California can’t force companies to put women on boards
- In 2018, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law making it a requirement that all publicly held California corporations put women on their boards of directors.
- (A related law requiring boards of public corporations to increase the number of directors from “underrepresented” racial and ethnic groups by the end of this year was tossed by a different Los Angeles judge last month .)
Sunday Reading: Legendary First Encounters
- In a Talk of the Town piece from 1947, Janet Flanner writes about a young Simone de Beauvoir’s visit to New York City and her intention to write “a very serious book about women.”
- Lillian Ross talks with the playwright Lorraine Hansberry shortly after her stunning début, “A Raisin in the Sun,” premièred on Broadway, and John Brooks visits with Samuel Beckett, who came to New York from Paris to oversee the production of his first screenplay.
TIME FLIES FOR GRADS
- "Four years ago, we were just ninth-graders coming onto the large campus of Pine Bluff High School trying to find our way," Starks said.
- In all, 157 students received diplomas, 18 of them (including Starks and Colen) honor graduates.
Three being considered for Crawford County emergency management head
- Gilstrap said the ideal candidate for the emergency management director position is someone who is willing to serve and understands the job is for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with it being absolutely necessary to work when "something's going wrong." They would work to prepare Crawford County as far as training and the lining up of resources is concerned, be very knowledgeable about procuring grants and have certain certifications.
- Crawford County Judge Dennis Gilstrap said the county has received three applications in its search to find someone to fill the county emergency management director position following the resignation of Brad Thomas.
Northwest Arkansas, River Valley election officials say early voting is steady, smooth
- Price said early voting in primary elections in Washington County have typically seen a lower turnout than early voting for general elections.
- "Our numbers have been back and forth this week, but we've already cast more ballots than we did in 2018," Jennifer Price, executive director for the Washington County Election Commission, said Friday.
Public database of bridge conditions should be made available across the state, Pa. lawmaker pushes
After a Post-Gazette investigation, Sen. James Brewster is pushing for legislation that would alert people to the condition of thousands of spans. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Drive carefully, buckle up: Kansas law enforcement agencies focus on traffic enforcement
Kansas drivers should expect increased police presence starting Sunday, as state and local law enforcement agencies focus on enforcing seat belt and child restraint laws. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office […]Read more >Similar articles >
Some #MeToo Cases Are Clear-Cut. What Do We Do When They’re Not?
It’s unclear what the actor Frank Langella did on his Netflix show. But firings like his can raise complicated questions. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Free Press Flashback: ‘Detroit 9000’ movie embarrassed city officials, local celebrities
Times were tense in Detroit when "Detroit 9000" premiered in August 1973. The city that year registered 672 homicides — its third worst annual record. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Little Rock dentist appointed to Ethics Commission
- Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed dentist John Pitts of Little Rock to the five-member Arkansas Ethics Commission.
- In June of 2020, Rutledge appointed Fletcher to the commission to succeed Sybil Jordan Hampton of Little Rock, whose term ended Dec. 31, 2018.
GOP primary seen as decisive for state
- Meanwhile, Democratic candidates running in Arkansas congressional races have yet to come close in matching the financial power held by Republican incumbents seeking reeleection, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
- The state's Republican primary on Tuesday will all but decide the next congressional delegation from Arkansas given the unlikelihood of Democratic upsets in November, according to political observers and strategists.
Arkansas’ early voting numbers ahead of expectations
- Though early voting has been higher than expected in parts of the state, the Arkansas secretary of state's office is sticking with its forecast that about 20% of the state's 1.7 million registered voters will cast a ballot in Tuesday's primary election, with a U.S. Senate seat and the governor's office at the top of the ticket.
- Kevin Niehaus, a spokesman for Secretary of State John Thurston, said Friday that voter turnout has been steady throughout the early voting period and officials in the secretary of state's office expect that roughly 155,000 Arkansans will have cast their ballot by the end of the day Saturday.
Most power outages fixed after thunderstorms hit Austin
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Less than 300 Austin Energy customers are without power Sunday morning after thunderstorms moved through the Austin area overnight. The number of outages was about 4,000 earlier Sunday morning. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for Travis, Hays and most eastern counties in the KXAN viewing area until 4 a.m. The primary concerns for those within the watch are large hail that can be up to two inches in size and damaging 60 mph winds. FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 4 a.m. Sunday With those winds and frequent lightning come concerns for impact to power lines, according to an Austin energy […]Read more >Similar articles >
Benton County JPs mull adding jail beds as some pitch alternatives
- Benton County's Quorum Court must decide whether to seek voter approval to almost triple the number of beds at the county jail, while some want justices of the peace to embrace alternatives to fixing the jail's crowding problem.
- Holloway said he favors a mental health court, alternative sentencing and diversion programs, but the expansion is necessary for public safety reasons.
Second Opinion: Tired of memorizing so many passwords? Too bad: The alternatives aren’t better yet
- Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometrics program uses FIDO authentication technology to let users log onto devices with a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition.
- In 2019, a breach of biometrics maintained by a security company exposed the data of 1 million people whose companies used fingerprints and facial recognition to provide access to offices and other facilities.
A Whole Age of Warfare Sank With the Moskva
- Berger’s strategic vision is also first-of-its-kind; in the event of a war with China, it imagines a 21st-century island-hopping campaign in which bands of 60 to 70 highly trained, lethally equipped Marines would infiltrate onto islands in the South Pacific to target the Chinese navy with advanced missile systems and other long-range weapons.
- As divest to invest has become the new Marine Corps catchphrase, a bevy of retired generals have spoken out publicly against Berger, in an unprecedented display of disunity among senior commanders.
Pulaski County circuit judge race pits former prosecutor against public defender
- Stallings said her 25-year legal career translates into more than 20,000 cases worked in all areas of the justice system, including family law, probate, civil and criminal law, even all the way to traffic court.
- Stallings, a 12-year adjunct professor at Little Rock's Bowen law school, said as a public defender, she's limited in who she can help because her clients are appointed.
Arkansas’ eviction rate in 2022 is highest in 5 years, data show
- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said last month that about $86 million in federal funding to support housing stability programs wasn't needed in the state's current economy, but data shows evictions are higher throughout the state than they've been in the past five years.
- Kendall Lewellen, Center for Arkansas Legal Services manager of the housing program, said a majority of evictions filed are for nonpayment of rent.
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Philly residents deluge Ukrainian refugee family with goods, services, and money. And a giant ham.
- It’s a shock, mother and children said, to discover that Americans will help a family they never met, and a miracle that they found safety in Philadelphia at a moment when millions are trapped in Ukraine or fleeing for their lives.
- Since the story of her family’s frantic escape from Ukraine appeared in The Inquirer on May 6 — she and her three young children landing in the home of strangers, a Mount Airy couple eager to help refugees — they’ve been showered with gifts, services, goods, and money.
Rogers New Technology seniors graduate
- A student speaks Wednesday during the Rogers New Technology High School graduation at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville.
- Rogers New Tech High School celebrated 135 graduates Wednesday at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark.
Faced with astronomical expectations, Adley Rutschman and the Orioles try to minimize pressure: ‘He’s just a human’
- He wanted Rutschman to pretend this was nothing more than a high school game — that is, to ignore the chants and cheers and commotion that would follow him around Oriole Park at Camden Yards all night.
- In the conversation Brandon Hyde had with Adley Rutschman before Saturday’s game, the Orioles manager didn’t believe his own advice to baseball’s top prospect.
Populist outsider shakes up Colombia’s presidential election
Polls suggest businessman Rodolfo Hernández would pose threat to leftist favourite Gustavo Petro in a run-off […]Read more >Similar articles >
China’s Markets Are Tested by Foreign Outflows and a Falling Currency
A withdrawal of foreign capital from China and a weaker yuan recall 2015, when Beijing faced a vicious cycle of outflows and currency depreciation. But the comparisons may be overdone. […]Read more >Similar articles >
No one wants to hear it, but another COVID wave is here in Maryland
- Ali Mokdad, a professor in the institute, said so many people have been vaccinated or infected that they are not getting severely ill, though with waning immunity over time, they still can catch the virus if they are exposed.
- Baltimore City and a dozen counties in Maryland, including Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford and Howard, have moderate levels of community spread of the coronavirus, and public health experts say people should consider wearing masks here, too, given the upswing and the highly contagious nature of the omicron subvariants that are circulating.
Mexico’s Pacific coast flavor can be found at Micheladas Culiacan in KCK
Micheladas Culiacan in Kansas City, Kansas, isn't really a bar or a restaurant, it's kind of both, but neither. Fans of the place love the drinks and dishes made in a style that can be found along the Pacific coast in Mexico. […]Read more >Similar articles >
GG’s Barbacoa Birria Cafe brings Tabasco, Mexico-style dishes to Kansas City
Gabriel Gonzalez, owner of GG's Barbacoa in Kansas City, Kansas, talks about the Tabasco, Mexico-style dishes served there. […]Read more >Similar articles >
What the staff at BookBar suggests for your next great read
- From the publisher : Like his bestselling novel, “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires,” Grady Hendrix’s latest is a fast-paced, frightening, and wickedly humorous thriller.
- Defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur.
Top Gun
- Then the air traffic controller told the passenger, “Maintain wings level and just try to follow the coast, either north or southbound.”
- There are so many things I couldn’t have done I don’t even know where to begin.
‘America could be truly free’: John Legend on his fight to overhaul the criminal justice system
- Legend, who has spoken openly about the impact of his mother’s stints in jail while struggling with addiction, is advocating at a time when progressive prosecutors are facing intense backlash ; an uptick in gun violence during the pandemic has led conservatives, some Democrats and media pundits to push for a return to harsh punishments and “tough on crime” policies.
- And we need progressive prosecutors who are thinking holistically about the community and making sure we’re not overusing jails and prisons as a solution to everything.
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
- VA MEDICAL BUILDINGS: The House has passed the Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act (H.R. 7500), sponsored by Rep. Colin Z.
- WORKER TRAINING: The House has passed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (H.R. 7309), sponsored by Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., to authorize, through fiscal 2028, about $80 billion of spending on a variety of worker training programs, and create a Labor Department program for career training for ex-convicts.
Nonfiction by Julie Myerson review – fact into incandescent fiction
- In 2009 she published The Lost Child, a work of nonfiction that twinned the story of Mary Yelloly, a 19th-century watercolourist who died from tuberculosis at 21, with an account of Myerson’s eldest son Jake’s increasingly heavy use of skunk marijuana, and the decision she and her husband took to kick him out of the family home when he was 17.
- “I know it’s a novel, but it didn’t feel like one,” the young woman emails.
Maradyth Georgia McKenzie
- The outgoing Junior League of Little Rock (JLLR) president, a real estate agent for The Property Group after years in the nonprofit world, laughs easily and often.
- Through her years working with nonprofits and small businesses, starting her family, restoring old houses and finding her dream career in real estate, she has been constantly building.
As energy prices rise, thousands of Mainers at risk of losing power
- Both Central Maine Power and Versant Power, the state’s two largest electric utilities, are reporting fewer disconnections and overdue bills through early May compared with the same period a year ago.
- Tens of thousands of Mainers have struggled to pay their electric bills over the past two years, resulting in thousands of service disconnections, hundreds of thousands of past-due notices issued and tens of millions of dollars in utility revenue lost.
SunLit Excerpt: In “Alpha,” moments of calm before the Navy SEALs’ world changes
- Eddie had joined the Navy at age nineteen in 1999, two years before the World Trade Center came down, and had been fighting the war on terror ever since under various official names: Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve.
- The clinic was called the Intrepid Spirit Center, and it was made for guys just like Eddie.
SunLit Interview: “Alpha” author David Philipps faced barriers of silence and suspicion
- The excerpt is the prologue of “Alpha” – 10 minutes of calm where the reader has a chance to meet a heroic, decorated Navy SEAL chief named Eddie Gallagher right before the moment that his life, and the lives of his men, are shattered.
- In the course of reporting the story, I realized the story of ALPHA platoon was a gripping saga that said a lot about what it is like to be a professional war fighter in the endless Forever Wars that followed 2001, but also a timeless parable about loyalty and betrayal, and how right and wrong can get so tumbled together that it is hard to know which way is up.
Society Notebook: Maine law firm’s founders go down in history
- Maine Historical Society had its largest and most profitable Maine History Maker Award celebration to date as the nonprofit honored Severin Beliveau, 84, and Harold Pachios, 85, co-founders of the law firm Preti Flaherty, May 6 at the University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall.
- “Our work focuses on the profound ways that history shapes Maine today,” said Executive Director Steve Bromage, introducing a program that highlighted the immigration stories of both honorees’ families and raised $100,000 for the nonprofit.
‘A deep thinker,’ Mariah ran – even from the help she needed
- In an extensive interview, Kathy described how she and her husband spent years trying to get Mariah help, to meet her needs and provide her with a safe, nurturing home as her mental health crisis and behavioral problems spiraled.
- “(Mental health professionals) need to be educated in the difference between a child of Mariah’s age that needs serious help versus someone who needs to have family communication and parenting skills addressed, and they blur the lines between the two,” Kathy said.
Compton lauded for assisting Alzheimer’s Arkansas helpers
- There are more resources and services available for Alzheimer's patients and their families in Central Arkansas than there are in rural parts of the state, he points out, like in Stone County where the Comptons lived before moving to Little Rock several years ago.
- Compton says his family had resources to help with his mother's care, but he knows that isn't the case for everyone who has a loved one affected by Alzheimer's disease.
Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools
The DOE proposals would make it more onerous for schools to receive federal startup grants hurt existing charters, which serve mostly Black and Latino families. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Furor followed Malloy from Connecticut to Maine
- “There has been deep erosion of all of the colleges in terms of their basic functionality,” said Stephen Adaire, a sociology professor at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, who served as chair of the faculty advisory committee to the board of regents around the time these changes began.
- Colena Sesanker, a philosophy professor at Gateway Community College in New Haven and a faculty adviser to the board of regents, said she feels the state is treating the system of public higher education like a business instead of a public service – sacrificing quality for cost savings.
Savoring the sweet spot before the summer tourist season
- For her part, Neville said, she will find a way to get downtown during tourist season if it means making a stop at Portland Lobster Company on Commercial Street.
- She said come summer, locals tend to frequent the other Holy Donut locations on Park Avenue in Portland or even Route 1 in Scarborough.
Albanese elected Australia’s leader in complex poll result
Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader whose ascension to the nation’s top job from being raised in social housing by a single mother on a disability pension was said to reflect the changed fabric of the country today. […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘SNL’ highlights Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson in stars’ last episode
- Aidy Bryant and Mikey Day played NSA agents who interviewed Rafferty and her also-abducted pals Cecily Strong and host Natasha Lyonne about their extraterrestrial encounters.
- Later on, departing cast member Pete Davidson dropped by “Weekend Update” to talk about his eight-year tenure.
Forget the baby apps. These are the apps every new parent should have
- I’m part of a writing group with other parents, and several moms mentioned using their notes app and swipe-to-text to write articles one-handed while the baby napped or fed.
- While I may not be able to hand you a pack of burp cloths through a screen, as a third-time mom, I can offer something that’ll help make new parenthood a little less hectic: app recommendations.
Calling out the GOP’s dangerous emboldening of white supremacy
After another racist massacre, Democrats should stop being polite and start getting real about naming Republicans who incite far-right extremism. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Jewish students feel ostracized — and unsupported — over Israel views
When they have reported this to administrators, they have often encountered a refusal to acknowledge and provide redress for their experiences of discrimination. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Boris Johnson Is Undermining Britain’s One Superpower
The Tory government has diminishedthe country’s soft-power appeal with pointless cultural attacks, most recently on European-inspired human-rights legislation.
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Jubilee/UK prices: veggie bangers replace liver as inflation marches on
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Home protests may be only way to get a powerful person’s attention
We citizens may have the power of the ballot box (though not in any meaningful sense with judges), but that opportunity to vote can be years away, while the harm we believe the powerful person is doing may be immediate. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Zero by Jeremy Hunt review – this is going to hurt
- Even today, six years after the dispute limped to an ignominious end (Hunt duly imposed his despised new contract), my casual mention in the doctors’ mess that he has written a book about, of all things, patient safety triggered a volley of anatomically robust invective.
- Its ambition cannot be faulted: “ Zero is a book about how the NHS can reduce the number of avoidable deaths to zero and in the process save money, reduce backlogs and improve working conditions,” Hunt writes.
Biden Urges Hyundai, Samsung to Embrace Union Workers
President Joe Biden encouraged Hyundai Motor Co. to partner with unionized US workers following a meeting with the company’s chief executive. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Letters
- His family requested that memorials to Steve be made to the national or state Democratic Party.
- Steve was a widely admired lawyer and Democratic Party loyalist.
#MeToo is over if we don’t listen to ‘imperfect victims’ like Amber Heard | Martha Gill
- “ If somebody can be brought down by accusations like this,” a White House lawyer said shortly after Christine Blasey Ford ’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were made public, “then you, me, every man certainly should be worried.”
- The public reaction to the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial is what a #MeToo backlash looks like.
Governments Should Stop Trying to Make Gasoline Cheaper
Fuel prices will keep rising unless demand comes down. Policy makers are prolonging the pain by pushing people toward the pump.
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Climate Won Australia’s Election. Wielding Power Will Be Harder
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Political notebook: Abortion bill aftershocks reverberate
- Under the dome: Without much fanfare, Gov. Stitt signed legislation on Thursday establishing Service Oklahoma, a revamped department for issuing driver’s licenses, state identification cards and vehicle registrations.
- A group of House Republicans asked state Attorney General John O’Connor to look into “stopping shipments of baby formula to the Southern Border.”
Household art: Tulsa artist creates tiny portraits of local homes
- “I like to capture details, so if bricks are involved, it takes more time,” Witt said, as she sorts through a few subdivisions’ worth of houses that are spread out and stacked up on the work table in her apartment.
- Over the past couple of years, Witt has been — to use her description — meandering through Tulsa neighborhoods with a sheaf of watercolor papers, each about the size of a folded greeting card, and a portable palette of watercolor paints, creating miniature portraits of houses that catch her eye.
Michael Overall: How the Skyride helped Tulsa remain the Oil Capital of the World a little while longer
- Calling them together in 1954, Gifford Parker shocked his three grown children by telling them he was selling the family business, one of the world’s largest drilling companies, which he had started in Tulsa 20 years earlier.
- By 1960, he had negotiated a new lease to let the Tulsa State Fair and the International Petroleum Expo share the same facilities.
Race Massacre exhibit to reopen at library
- A temporary exhibit assembled from the library’s own resources and collections, “TCCL Remembers: Commemorating Tulsa’s Race Massacre with Education, Empathy and Healing” will be available to visitors at Rudisill Regional Library starting Tuesday, May 24.
- The exhibit can also be explored online at tulsalibrary.org/tccl-remembers .
D.C. Digest: Hern calls Homeland Security secretary ‘the worst kind of liar’
- Harsh words: First District Congressman Kevin Hern called Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a liar on Fox radio last week.
- “My elderly constituents end up calling my staff after many failed attempts to call the office at the Social Security Administration,” Hern said during a committee hearing.
Mother Road connects Oklahoma Route 66 Association president to late father
- Rhys Martin, president of the Oklahoma Route 66 Association, provided six tips for Mother Road travelers:
- “On a beautiful summer day in June of 2013, I purposefully traveled Route 66 for the first time, up to Miami (Oklahoma) to see the Coleman Theater.
Editorial: Welcome, Americans
On Thursday, 20 new members joined an exclusive club. They became American citizens during a ceremony at the Toledo Civic Center Mall. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Can I ask an employer to pay for my move?
- If you’re relocating, be transparent with your employer that you’re moving (yes, even when the job you’re pursuing is remote).
- A: You can certainly ask your employer to pay for your move either by a reimbursement or flat relocation allowance, but I’d keep your expectations in place.
Classic fairy tale takes flight with Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’
- As Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart readies his musicians for a season that celebrates the 90th birthday of Williams, Santora is working with the Boston Ballet Orchestra on what some consider to be Tchaikovsky’s true triumph — Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen’s “Swan Lake” runs May 26 – June 5 at the Citizens Bank Opera House.
- “John Williams is one of the people that borrowed very heavily from Tchaikovsky’s orchestration techniques,” Boston Ballet music director Mischa Santora told the Herald.
This Week In Nebraska History
- 1912:Dissatisfied with results of their fight against the Omaha, Lincoln and Beatrice interurban street railway, 30 residents of south Bethany organized to build a streetcar line to connect their suburb with the State Farm (later University of Nebraska East Campus) line of the Lincoln Traction Co.
- 1952:Lincoln's new $316,279 51st Street pumping station was scheduled for operation by the first week in June.
I want more control over when we get engaged
Getting engaged is something that I think about and want daily. It feels silly to be this committed, this in love, and live together just to be boyfriend/girlfriend. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Changing how you view menopause
Menopause is a term used to mark the end of a woman’s menstrual cycles. It’s a completelynatural process, but taboo and confusion around the topic can make the experience harderfor women. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Letters to the editor
- It must always be remembered that at the appointed school committee meeting which ushered in the zip code quota plan Chair Alexandra Oliver-Davila texted voting member Lorna Rivera, ”I hate WR (West Roxbury).
- The zip code exam school acceptance policy came to Boston this week.
Ellen DeGeneres signs off from daytime TV
- With that being said, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has been a considerable force in daytime programming.
- Well before some staff members went public with workplace complaints, she had been thinking about stepping away from “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” for some time, as she indicated to this writer in a 2018 interview for her Netflix special “Relatable.”
Keep the lines of communication open
- Children need clarification where this new baby fits in and ongoing reassurance that their parents still love them and see them as special.
- It’s not uncommon for parents of children from previous relationships to be concerned their children will be overlooked because a new baby was added at the other home.
Mira Nair celebrates re-release of romantic drama ‘Mississippi Masala’
- The Harvard-educated Nair’s second feature after a series of award-winning documentaries is, as its title suggests a “mix of spices,” in this case Black, white and brown characters interacting in the melting pot of the American South.
- “They were very similar in that in Uganda, Asian Indian Africans had never known India.
EDITORIAL: Theory meets reality at the school district
- Last week, the Review-Journal’s Lorraine Longhi reported that, as of March, 39 percent of local public school students were categorized as chronic absentees this academic year, meaning they haven’t shown up to class at least 10 percent of the time.
- Teachers report that the number of kids ignoring homework assignments has increased, and that more middling students don’t bother studying for tests they can take again and again.
This is the end for ‘This Is Us’
- “I know there’s expectation, but beyond that, reading what we’ve already held in our hands, it’s going to deliver.
- We’re truly a family, so in that sense, there’s such an ease to just being able to look at each of them and tell them the truth of what these words really are.”
The last metro? Crossrail and the uncertain future of urban transit
With passenger numbers falling and working patterns in flux, large-scale investment in metro rail could become a thing of the past […]Read more >Similar articles >
RICHARD A. EPSTEIN: Biden and the ghost of Milton Friedman
- Friedman knew that an uncertainty in the value of money, as measured by the rate of inflation, creates massive levels of uncertainty, which in turn, makes it far more difficult for private parties to make long-term contract: Now the dollar no longer functions like a ruler, but as an obstacle.
- But progressives such as Biden propose the exact opposite: Raise taxes so that the wealthiest corporations pay their “fair share,” which will only raise inflation by taking money out of the hands of those who can invest it wisely and putting it into yet another transfer program.
Britney Spears back on the Strip for a quick trip
- Britney Spears has been on the Strip this weekend, staying at Resorts World Las Vegas.
- She’s been joined by her fiance, Sam Asghari ; her agent, Cade Hudson ; and longtime friend Jeff Beacher .
Pregnant women should nix litterbox duty
- We do have two cats and my mother informed me to make sure that my wife does not handle the cleaning of the litter boxes throughout her pregnancy due to the risk of a possible parasite that can be dangerous to the unborn child.
- Cleaning the box daily can also be helpful since, if the cats were to be infected, it takes a few days before the parasite is infectious if shed in the feces.
Creative Khamari, 14, makes his own music
- Legally freed for adoption, Khamari would benefit being part of an energetic and loving family of any constellation, with or without older children in the home.
- The process to adopt a child from foster care includes training, interviews and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you.
Schoen: It’s still Donald Trump’s Republican party
- Taken together with J.D. Vance’s upset win in the Ohio Republican primary for U.S. Senate earlier this month — due in large part to Trump’s endorsement — the outcomes of Tuesday’s primary contests indicate that Donald Trump will remain a dominant figure in Republican politics through at least 2024, and could very well become the GOP presidential nominee.
- In the North Carolina Republican primary for U.S. Senate, all candidates jockeyed for the former president’s support at the outset of the campaign — understandably so, as Trump’s backing of Congressman Ted Budd propelled Budd to a landslide victory.
Editorial: City of music for all
Toledo contains a vibrant musical culture. If you’re looking to enjoy live music on the weekend, you can pick out your choice of upcoming musical performances highlighted each week in The Blade. There’s something for every taste from classical to jazz, opera to local rock bands. Many of the performances are free and others are affordable for a night out. […]Read more >Similar articles >
LETTER: Clark County School District kids don’t show up for class
- In this case, the reported causes are sick grandparents and siblings and too many white teachers.
- One teacher explains that because of cuts to child care services “many students often have to stay home to take care of a sick grandparent or younger sibling.”
Don’t let ex push one-sided plan
- He also said we will share our teenage kids equally and since we earn the same there will be no child support.
- He will have to pay support even if you have equal parenting time.
Texas woman attacked by dog with 800-1000 bites greeted by hundreds of supports at fundraiser
The 22-year-old was left disfigured after she was attacked by two dogs that she was hired to care for while the owners were out of town. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Austin-Travis County EMS staging area designated as part of ‘Safer 6th Street’ initiative
Kevin Parker, the ATCEMS commander for special events, said it’s still in the works but this will help with faster response times if an emergency occurs. […]Read more >Similar articles >
RJ Cyler’s career revs up with Amazon’s comedy-drama ‘Emergency’
- Cyler, who at 27 has been acting for a decade (“The Harder They Fall”), is Sean, the best friend of Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins), who’s Princeton bound.
- “When it comes to the people who are perceived to be the people that we actually are, Sean is definitely very loving and very caring, very loyal.
STEVE SEBELIUS: Racism has a body count
- The shootings at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, in which 10 people died, and at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, where one person was killed and four others critically wounded, were each motivated by racial animus, authorities said.
- In Buffalo, the shooter was apparently a believer in the theory that immigrants are seeking to replace white people in the United States.
Aching for answers: From rheumatoid to gout, arthritis comes with aging
Arthritis, according to the two most recent studies, affects fewer Lucas County residents than the national averages. […]Read more >Similar articles >
CLARENCE PAGE: Let’s talk about abortion racial disparities
- If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already limits access to abortions, you are far more likely than a white person to have one.
- When Roe was decided, polls showed Blacks were less likely than whites to support abortion.
NEVADA VIEWS: Biden’s mirage: The billionaire tax
- While legislators have attempted to propose taxing unrealized capital gains before — including a wealth tax by Sens.
- From a distance, the “billionaires’ minimum income tax” in President Joe Biden’s $5.8 trillion budget blueprint appears as a palpable pay-for, raising $360 billion in new revenue over 10 years, helping to reduce the deficit and claiming to help level the wealth gap between the rich and poor.
To the editor: A high stakes gamble
Nice job explaining the story regarding the Toledo Museum of Art’s deaccessioning. I’ve been following it since it was originally announced and have mixed feelings about it. As a long time member of the museum I want to see nothing but the best for this rare institute. In this particular instance I believe we’re all looking at a high stakes roll of the dice. On one hand we’re deaccessioning master works which would no doubt continue to, at minimum, hold their value and, best case, would continue to grow in stature and value. On the other hand, whatever is acquired to satisfy the commitment to diversification serves up a “wait and see” proposition and with the projected millions of dollars at hand for investment in such work(s), it is high stakes gambling indeed. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Winderman’s view: Bam Adebayo does it, with more needed, plus other Heat-Celtics thoughts
- – With their starts, Butler and Lowry both tied Terry Porter for 79th on the all-time NBA playoff list, moving them past Moses Malone and Dennis Rodman for 80th.
- – Butler’s first point moved him past Rick Barry for 79th on the all-time NBA playoff list.
Wings use dominant third quarter to blow by Lynx
- Minnesota fell to Dallas 94-78 when the Lynx turned a halftime lead into a 15-point deficit after the third quarter.
- Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve didn’t hold back on what she thinks of her team’s 1-6 record to start the season after another loss on Saturday.
When I’m not working, I’m helping out family. How do I reclaim some personal time for myself?
- You’ll start finding room to live your own life when you begin asking directly for the things you need and drawing hard lines that keep others out of your personal time and space.
- I feel like I’m drowning but it’s all things other people need.
Mental health advocate raising awareness in her community
- Through her passion project "Mental Health Matters," she works to help people find the resources they need, including social workers, medicine and psychiatric care.
- In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, she hosted an event inviting the community to learn more.
Don Bacon, Tony Vargas turn attention to fall showdown for Nebraska’s 2nd District
- Richard Witmer, a Creighton University political science professor, said the 2nd District race is likely to be the most competitive of all the races on Nebraska's general election ballot.
- Vargas seeks to become the first Democrat to capture the 2nd District seat since the late Brad Ashford, who was elected in 2014 before being ousted by Bacon in 2016.
Heat survive loss of both Jimmy Butler and huge lead, hold off Celtics 109-103 for 2-1 series lead
- On the rare night when the Heat started whole, with point guard Kyle Lowry back from his hamstring strain and power forward back P.J. Tucker from a knee issue, the Heat soon had to find a way to finish in the absence of their scoring leader.
- So Adebayo became their scoring leader, closing with 31 points and 10 rebounds, after scoring a combined 16 in the series’ first two games, including a key late jumper.
Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs
POKROVSK, Ukraine — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia's brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Fans flood Brooklyn subway stations for Notorious B.I.G. MetroCards on what would’ve been his 50th birthday
- Fans of Biggie Smalls packed subway stations across Brooklyn Saturday to score commemorative MetroCards honoring the late hip-hop rapper’s 50th birthday .
- About 50,000 cards were packed in MetroCard machines at four stations in Brooklyn, which was home to Biggie, aka “Notorious B.I.G.”
Peering into the center of it all
- In 2019, the same team unveiled a similar bright doughnut of matter swirling around a much bigger but more distant supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy called M87.
- The fact that black holes play tricks with time was what captured the imagination of Lia Medeiros, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, and part of the team that used an array of eight telescopes to create the first image of matter swirling around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
‘Stuck’: Elgin neighbors face roadblocks two months after tornado
- They and their neighbor, Susan Carlson, say it's hard to find workers for projects and supplies for fixes and builds.
- When she went back to visit on Saturday, Cielenckis were still waiting on parts so their cars can be fixed.
State removes breakthrough case data from COVID reports
- About a month ago the state Department of Health quietly removed from its weekly epidemiology reports data that compared the most recent four weeks of cases, hospitalizations and deaths among unvaccinated, vaccinated and vaccinated and boosted people.
- The data in that report showed that during the previous four weeks, there were more cases, hospitalizations and deaths among those who had a booster than people who had only received their primary vaccine series.
Even in 6-1 loss to Rays, Adley Rutschman’s Orioles debut brings different feel to Camden Yards
- A pair of Randy Arozarena home runs off Bradish and another from Kevin Kiermaier off Mike Baumann spoiled a night in which Rutschman not only debuted, but also caught two of Baltimore’s top four pitching prospects.
- But little else in Baltimore’s 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in their top prospect’s first major league game was normal.
Chris Bassitt and Mets agree to one-year, $8.8 million deal: ‘I love it here’
- Bassitt said earlier in spring training, when the Mets settled deals with all 13 arbitration-eligible players except for the starting pitcher, that he “doesn’t give a s–-t about his contact” and “that’s why I pay my agent.”
- The 33-year-old right-hander has thoroughly enjoyed his time so far in New York and said he is certainly open to a possible long-term extension with the Mets.
Readers Write: Politics and substance, policing and complaints, arbitration, mining, race and recognition mixups
- If Jensen receives the Republican nomination in the August primary, which appears likely, he and incumbent DFL Gov. Tim Walz will differ sharply on the most significant policy issues facing Minnesota, ranging from abortion to taxation to election administration to public health.
- This year, Minnesotans may be able to cut through the sound and fury surrounding the midterm elections to discover a surprisingly substantive campaign for the state's highest office now that the Minnesota GOP has endorsed Scott Jensen for governor (front page, May 15).
Clackamas County has counted 28% of the ballots so far
- Numbers provided by Clackamas County election officials early Saturday evening showed 72% of the returned voters ballots have still not been counted.
- Even before the election, Clackamas County officials said the vote tally would be slow and delayed because of the smudged bar codes issue that was discovered weeks before the primary.
Dollars for Doses works to get more vaccinated against COVID
CLEVELAND (WJW)— A health clinic held on Saturday on Cleveland’s west side used the lure of cash to try and reach communities that have been reluctant for various reasons to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Counties with highest COVID infection rates in Ohio The “Dollars for Doses” program ispart of a campaign by the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and the Young Latino Network to meet people where “they are.” Saturday’sDollars for Doses event was held at the Young Latino Network’s Community Health Clinic on Fulton Road. The program offers participants $100 for the first dose of the COVID vaccine, $50 for the second dose, $25 for a booster […]Read more >Similar articles >
The ‘primary’ cause of our political fevers
- By the 1830s, the political nominating convention emerged to select each party's candidates, who would then compete to win the appeal of voters in a fairly open democracy — at least for white men.
- Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, for example, promoted the adoption of primary elections as a political tool to catapult himself to the governorship, then the Senate and finally to a leading presidential candidacy.
Scoring Minnesota on COVID management
- While those hewing to Minnesota exceptionalism are likely disappointed the state did not top all measures, its overall COVID health metrics are solid nationally and impressive regionally.
- Regionally, Iowa had the lowest case rate, with Minnesota having the second-lowest among the four bordering states.
Judge checks up on services for homeless near Mary’s Kitchen after city takes over
- Carter, center, speaks with Gloria Suess, Mary’s Kitchen, CEO, as Carter checks out the homeless services offered by city of Orange that would replace the ones offered by Mary’s Kitchen on West Struck Avenue on Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Orange.
- As Orange Mayor Mark Murphy, back left, and Gloria Suess, back right, Mary’s Kitchen, CEO, look on, United States District Judge David O.
Temporary position led to lifelong passion for Omaha restaurateur Greg Cutchall
- “I don’t think there will ever be anyone quite like him,” said Cutchall’s son, Cory.
- “We’ve been tailgating outside of Memorial Stadium since the late ‘80s,” Cory said.
U.S. sees risk of coronavirus supply rationing without more funds
WASHINGTON — The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting coronavirus. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Jif peanut butter recalled for salmonella contamination
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The makers of the popular peanut butter brand Jif issued a recall for the product due to potential salmonella contamination. The company said the peanut butter was sold in stores across the U.S. and includes many types and sizes, including creamy, crunchy, natural, and reduced fat. Park outside: Ford recalls SUVs because engines can catch fire The Food and Drug Administration said the recalled peanut butter includes the products with lot codes 1274425 – 2140425. Lot codes are included alongside the "best-if-used-by" date. The FDA defines salmonellaas "an organism which can cause serious and sometimes […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘We never wanted to forget her.’ Markers dedicated for family of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Ann Scott was a former slave who family history says bore scars on her back that looked like the branches of a tree. She was an aunt to internationally acclaimed […]Read more >Similar articles >
SPCO review: Pekka Kuusisto’s many talents soar in ‘The Lark Ascending’ and world premiere of ‘Dreaming a world’s edge’
- In the second piece, Pekka Kuusisto performs the solo violin part in “The Lark Ascending,” by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, originally composed in 1914 for violin and piano, later to be arranged for solo violin and orchestra after World War I.
- Like in his playing of Vaughan Williams’ piece written a century before, Kuusisto’s performance of Kahane’s short solo piece for violin utilizes the instrument’s hollowness, rather than fullness.
DJ LeMahieu’s grand slam leads Yankees to 7-5 over White Sox at the Stadium
- The game was marred by allegations from White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson that Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson made a racist comment to him by calling him “Jackie,” in reference to Jackie Robinson.
- It was LeMahieu’s third home run of the season and the first grand slam by a Yankee this season.
Over 90 cultures intersect at Salt Lake City’s Living Traditions Festival
- Sara Manandhar, who is a part of the Nepalese Association of Utah, served customers Nepalese cuisine — including dishes like chana masala and chicken momos.
- She said she was proud to represent Ukrainian culture, and that she was happy to display her country’s customs at the event.
Trans activist urges Md. higher-schoolers to demand what they deserve
Gavin Grimm, who sued his Va. school district over bathroom access, spoke at Montgomery County Public Schools' Pride Town Hall. […]Read more >Similar articles >
‘Historic’ changes possible at the Minnesota Legislature — if they can finish in time
- They struck a deal on tax breaks Saturday, but sticking points remained on spending plans for key areas like crime and education.
- Minnesota lawmakers could pass some historic legislation Sunday, including eliminating taxes on Social Security, easing the cost to schools for special education, and raising the pay of caregivers in the struggling long-term care industry.
Agape Movement aims to change hearts in south Minneapolis
- The lessons he learned from that trip stick with him today as he works with a new organization, the Agape Movement, that arose from the ashes of George Floyd's murder.
- Steve Floyd, who'd come to Minneapolis in the 1980s and found his calling as a street outreach worker, helped start a new organization to defuse street tensions.
Following draft combine, what comes next for Orlando Magic with the No. 1 pick?
- “You hate to be too cliché and say, ‘We’re going to go with the best player on the board,’ but I really believe that when you get to this level of the draft, you live by that,” Hammond said.
- Hammond reiterated that Orlando will choose the player the Magic believe will be the best in the long run, not just who fits next year’s team better.
Minnesota lawmakers say they have a deal on what would be largest tax cut in state history
- The plan would eliminate a state tax on Social Security benefits, which has been a priority for the Republican-led Senate.
- On Saturday, House and Senate leaders announced a final tax bill, a major plank in their so-called “4-4-4” deal to spend $4 billion of their historic surplus over the next three years on tax cuts, $4 billion on new spending and leave $4 billion remaining in reserves.
Opinion | Republicans serving up hate on Tuesday’s ballot
- Trump lost that election, and Blanchard and every other thinking Republican knows that.
- Now, she hates transgender kids as much as all the other Republican candidates running for office in Alabama.
USS Minneapolis-St. Paul commissioned in Duluth port amid ceremony and naval tradition
- Sailors ran aboard the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul at the peak of the ceremony to “bring the ship to life.”
- He wore a cap honoring the first vessel to be named after the Twin Cities, the submarine USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul — decommissioned in 2007.
Memorial bench remembering suicide victims and their loved ones dedicated at Rigby park
- A similar bench memorializing the lives of suicide victims at Community Park in Idaho Falls.
- “(It) gives them a place to ponder and sit and feel like they are wrapped in angel wings,” Community Suicide Prevention board member Bonny Jennings tells EastIdahoNews.com.
The summer Minnesota’s wells dried up
- During last summer's drought — one of the worst in recent memory — private well owners across the Land of 10,000 Lakes filed a record number of complaints with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources about lost access to wells, which provide drinking water for humans and cattle, water for baths and gardens, and hydration for horses.
- DNR official Carmelita Nelson says 99% of the conflicts are resolved between farmers and private well-owners without state involvement because these neighbors generally don't want to damage the relationship or cause financial strain.
Stormy Weekend for Us
- SATURDAY NIGHT: As showers and storms begin to die off into the evening, mostly cloudy skies will prevail for the night.
- While temperatures will stay lower than we’ve seen, rain chances will remain relatively high throughout the week.
Inside the swinging ’60s home where Dennis Hopper’s marriage unraveled
- The house, known as just “1712,” was owned by actress Brooke Hayward and her enfant terrible husband Hopper during eight tumultuous years of marriage, and filled to the brim with her found objects and his collection of contemporary art that, as Joan Didion remarked, “seems the result of some marvelous scavenger hunt.”
- To celebrate Warhol’s arrival on the West Coast, Hopper and Hayward threw a party with members of the art world and actors like Natalie Wood and Peter Fonda.
Relatives of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar dedicate memorial markers at African Cemetery #2
Marcia L. Wilson and Alesia Adams Dell 'Orto, relatives of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, dedicate memorial markers to family in African Cemetery #2 on Saturday […]Read more >Similar articles >
Memorial service held for Beaverton teen Milana Li
- Milana had 2 siblings, including a 5-year-old sister who doesn't understand where Milana went, Lydia said.
- Lydia said she never saw Milana angry.
Dodgers’ Justin Turner could see more time at DH
- “Everyone just thinks, ‘Oh, you’re hitting.’ But you’re really learning a new position because you have to figure out what to do between your at-bats.
- “I think the hardest part about DHing is the amount of time in between at-bats,” Turner said.
Chicago expected to reach ‘high’ COVID-19 level as soon as next week
At the high community level, state and federal health officials recommend wearing masks in indoor public places, including schools, regardless of vaccination status. […]Read more >Similar articles >
As Adley Rutschman joins a young Orioles lineup, the future looks more like the present
- The Orioles’ No. 1 prospect since they took him first overall in the 2019 draft, Rutschman, 24, was batting sixth and catching in manager Brandon Hyde’s lineup for Saturday’s second game of a series with the Tampa Bay Rays.
- “I was like, ‘Oh, you guys are that excited I’m off the IL?’” Mountcastle quipped later in the Orioles’ clubhouse, knowing full well that their presence was only the first sign of the fan base’s excitement about Adley Rutschman — baseball’s top prospect — finally joining the major league roster.
Willem Dafoe haunts UW-Milwaukee campus for the first time in more than 40 years, on the eve of receiving an honorary doctorate
- Visiting one of his old haunts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the first time in more than 40 years, Willem Dafoe started off by telling a ghost story.
- Dafoe, the four-time Oscar nominee from Appleton who spent two years as a theater student at UW-Milwaukee in the 1970s, was on campus Saturday before his starring role on Sunday as the featured speaker at the university's 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. commencement ceremonies at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in downtown Milwaukee.
UCF scientists talk space, sci-fi in live MegaCon podcast
The marriage between science fiction and its fans, scientists and others alike, could be seen throughout this year’s MegaCon at the Orange County Convention Center on Saturday. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Turnout in counties with all-mail elections far exceeds statewide average
- Knox County, in northeast Nebraska, moved to vote-by mail in several precincts in 2018 after road construction and a difficulty finding poll workers, Election Commissioner Joann Fischer said.
- Eleven of Nebraska's 93 counties mailed a ballot to every registered voter this year, the Nebraska Secretary of State's office said, up from just four counties that elected to use the method four years ago.
What Donald Trump didn’t count on in Georgia
- THOMASTON, Ga.— Brian Kemp, Georgia’s incumbent governor and a prominent fixture on former President Donald Trump’s enemies list, was clip-clopping around in a pair of cowboy boots in Thomaston on a recent morning, glad-handing his way through an adoring Republican throng at a place called Greatest Generation Memorial Park.
- A recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of likely Republican voters shows U.S. Senate candidate and former University of Georgia running back Herschel Walker with a big lead in his primary race, likely aided by Trump’s endorsement and Walker’s status as a football legend.
Wisconsin Republicans refuse to endorse any of the party’s 4 candidates for governor, a first for the state convention
- Wisconsin Republicans refused to endorse any of the four candidates for governor at their annual state convention for the first time — a symbolic rejection of the political apparatus that has been blamed by its own members for failing to deliver statewide victories in recent years.
- Forty-five percent of votes cast by about 1,500 delegates who gathered in Middleton Saturday for the Republican Party of Wisconsin annual convention voted to abandon the long-established election-year exercise used to signal to voters which candidates are competitive.
Battenfeld: A big win for Donald Trump in Massachusetts Republican convention fight
- The conservative Diehl got 71% of the endorsement vote, bashing his opponent Chris Doughty, who won just 29% — enough to at least win a place on the September primary ballot.
- Massachusetts Republican delegates left little doubt about where they want the party going, giving a resounding win to Donald Trump-backed Geoff Diehl in the gubernatorial convention battle.
Mental Health Youth Forum addresses students’ needs
- With everything from the COVID pandemic to a rise in hate crimes and escalating gun violence, behavioral health providers say it's more important than ever that the younger population has an outlet to not only share what they're experiencing but also to get help if they need it.
- The first youth mental health forum was held in 2020 just before COVID.
Josh Donaldson’s comment to Tim Anderson leads to the benches clearing in the Chicago White Sox’s loss to the New York Yankees
- That’s when Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said Donaldson “made a disrespectful comment.”
- 2019, he came out with an interview that he said he was the new Jackie Robinson of baseball, he’s going to bring back fun for the game, right?
New app aims to transform the foster care system by helping parents and caseworkers
The FosterShare app streamlines the paperwork process for families and caseworkers, increasing efficiency in the foster care system. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Father was trying to reclaim custody of boy found slain in trunk in Mound
- Family members blamed Dakota County social workers for not protecting the child, who was placed in foster care for nearly a year after the boy's mother failed to properly care for him, interviews and court records show.
- The mother of a slain six-year-old boy is under arrest on suspicion of murdering him after police found his body in the trunk of her car, according to court records and interviews with family members.
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The Oz and McCormick campaigns are already fighting over undated Pa. mail ballots as Senate primary recount looms
- As the final votes are tallied — counties are required to submit unofficial, as-close-to-final-as-possible results to the Pennsylvania Department of State by 5 p.m. Tuesday — county elections officials will be making decisions as to which ballots to count or reject.
- As the vote count continued, Contres said, it would fight the McCormick campaign’s attempt to get undated mail ballots counted.
Del Valle ISD hosts Austin’s first bilingual Entrepreneurship Conference
Studies show students who learn or know another language show heightened executive functions, attention control, cognitive inhibition and working memory. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Cuba Nostalgia 2022 opens its doors in Miami
Cuba Nostalgia 2022 Festival opened its doors at the Fair Expo Center in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Attendees can enjoy 14 themed pavilions with emblematic buildings from the streets of Havana, art exhibitions, memorabilia, and food. […]Read more >Similar articles >
UT-San Antonio reaches Texas Tier One status, allowing access to state funds for research
- The University of Texas at San Antonio is the latest public university to achieve the distinctive statewide Tier One status, which qualifies the school for access to $6 million in state funding annually to help attract prominent scholars and improve university research initiatives.
- In Texas, universities reach Tier One status under Texas’ National Research University Fund when they spend more than $45 million on restricted research over two years and meet four of six requirements two years in a row, including awarding more than 200 doctorate degrees every year and enrolling a “freshman class with high academic achievement.”
3 Air Force cadets who refused vaccine won’t be commissioned
As of Saturday, the Air Force is the only military academy, so far, where cadets are not being commissioned due to vaccine refusal. […]Read more >Similar articles >
3 Air Force cadets who refused vaccine won’t be commissioned
- Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor’s degrees, the academy said Saturday.
- Academy spokesman Dean Miller said that a fourth cadet who had refused the vaccine until about a week ago, decided to be vaccinated and will graduate and become an Air Force officer.
Northwest Las Vegas teen gets horse through Make-A-Wish
- Bailey King, of northwest Las Vegas, asked the foundation for a horse three years ago when her family moved to the valley, giving them the space to care for the animal.
- Scott Rosenzweig, president and CEO of the Las Vegas-based nonprofit, said King was the 62nd recipient of a wish in the valley this year.
Rodrigo sells out the Cosmopolitan in Strip headlining debut
- Olivia Rodrigo began a song introduction Friday night with, “Years ago, when I was 16 years old …”
- Actually, the crowd knew every word to every song Rodrigo performed.
Austin Pets Alive! in need of assistance after flooding at its Parvo Puppy ICU
APA! said the ward is flooded with sewage water and it needs people to pick up parvo-negative dogs before 6 p.m. Saturday. […]Read more >Similar articles >
The heat across much of the country isn’t normal for this time of year
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APA! asks for public’s help after sewer clog causes flooding in parvo ward
AUSTIN(KXAN) — Saturday afternoon Austin Pets Alive! took to Twitter to ask for the public’s help after a clog caused the parvo ward in the shelter to flood. In the tweet, it said people were needed to help pick up and foster parvo negative dogs. According to APA, there were 45 dogs in the parvo unit, so far it has gotten four out of the shelter with 22 still needing a temporary home. The dogs currently being treated for parvo were moved to another ward within parvo. In a statement, APS asked people to keep the dogs for up to two weeks. To provide help, fill out this form. […]Read more >Similar articles >
Father was trying to reclaim custody of slain boy found in trunk in Mound
- Family members blamed Dakota County social workers for not protecting the child, who was placed in foster care for nearly a year after the boy's mother failed to properly care for him, interviews and court records show.
- The mother of a slain six-year-old boy is under arrest on suspicion of murdering him after police found his body in the trunk of her car, according to court records and interviews with family members.
Mitt Romney: The West must prepare for Putin’s worst weapons
- Even the CIA director, William Burns, has warned of the possibility that Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon, even if there is no “practical evidence” right now to suggest it is imminent.
- Some will conclude that to avoid provoking Russia — and thus avoid the prospect of a possible Russian nuclear strike — we should pre-emptively restrain Ukraine from routing the Russian military.
$100,000 awarded to Tohono O’odham basket weaver in support of career growth
- Terrol Dew Johnson, a Tohono O'odham basket weaver whose work is displayed in permanent collections in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, was awarded $100,000 from the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation for his emerging art among craftspeople and artists across the country.
- In addition to basket weaving, Johnson is a community activist who helped revive farming of traditional foods on the Tohono O'odham Nation in hope of reducing the number of diabetics, which is at epidemic proportions.