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…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY…INCLUDES THE VALLEY CITY AREA…
REST OF TODAY…Cloudy. A 50 percent chance of snow in the afternoon. Highs 5 to 10 above. North winds around 15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the evening. Snow.
Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Lows near zero. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TUESDAY…Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow in the
morning, a 50 percent chance in the Valley City area, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs around 10.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chills around 20 below
in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 5 below. West winds
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Sunny. Highs around 15. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 15 to 20.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 20s.
Snowfall Monday afternoon evening and overnight from southwest to northeast with accumulations ranging from 2 to 5 inches with the most intense snowfall occurring in the midnight to 6am time frame.
Tue night through Wed, overnight temps dipping toward 10 below, zero
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police warns the public about a High Risk sex offender who has again, changed his Jamestown address.
22 year old Taylor Nare Tabcum,now resides at 1530 6th Avenue, Southwest, Starlight Motel No. 17 Jamestown, ND.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota risk level committee, Office of the Attorney General.
He presently does not have a vehicle.
Tabcum is a white male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 260 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Tabcum was convicted of sexual contact – no consent in 2013 in Douglas County District Court in Colorado and in 2009 for sexual assault on a child/indecent exposure in Adams County District Court in Colorado.
Tabcum is on probation with North Dakota Probation and Parole.
Tabcum is not wanted by law enforcement and has served the sentences imposed by the courts.
Printed handouts with his demographics are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
Bismarck (Jamestown Chamber) – Mayor, Katie Anderson; Tammy Dillman, Central Valley Health; Corry Shevlin, Jamestown-Stutsman Development Corporation; Dr. Polly Peterson and Tena Lawrence from the University of Jamestown; Kendra Krueger, American Heart Association; David Klein and Cassie DuBray from Great Plains Housing, and Becky Thatcher-Keller, Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce were some of the Jamestown participants who attended the 2018 Main Street ND Summit on Feb. 12-13 at the Bismarck Event Center.
The Main Street ND Summit was a gathering of local and national community development experts and advocates to share best practices and engage community leaders, entrepreneurs, students and interested citizens in envisioning North Dakota’s future.
Chamber Executive, Becky Thatcher-Keller says, “It was a very informative conference, with some outstanding speakers from around the country. It gives me hope that Jamestown is on the right track with what we are doing, but we do have a long way to go before we can embrace the quality of life I would like to see for our residents, new employees and visitors. We currently have some great anchor tenants on our main street, but we need to work on filling in the gaps to bring a good diversity of business to the community. It is important to provide a “walkable” community as well, and with some of the projects that are happening or will happen soon, I believe our walkable score will improve.”
The Main Street ND Summit served as a forum for information on the community planning principles behind the three pillars of Burgum’s Main Street Initiative: a skilled workforce; smart, efficient infrastructure; and healthy, vibrant communities to help North Dakota compete in a 21st century economy in which rapid technological advancement is changing every job, industry and organization. Additional information is available at www.MainStreetND.com.
Governor Doug Burgum says, “The Summit provided us an opportunity to work in concert with leaders to shape the future of North Dakota, by facilitating resources and providing the tools to help businesses grow and communities thrive. Reinvigorated communities are the key to a strong future in North Dakota.”
The Main Street ND Summit was hosted by Gov. Burgum and the North Dakota Department of Commerce.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation is urging the community to participate in Governor Doug Burgum’s Main Street Initiative.
JSDC/CEO, Connie Ova says, community leaders have chosen to participate in Governor Burgum’s Main Street initiative. Every community has unique opportunities and challenges, and a survey is available and is one tool being used to help identify strategies for the community.
This survey asks questions about livability, why you live in your community and what amenities would make it better.
She says, by joining the process it will help shape the future of the community. The insight gathered will help leaders and a cross-agency state team, develop collaborative strategies to create vibrant cities poised to attract and retain a 21st century workforce.
She pointed out that the better the response rate, the more on-target future goals will be.
She asks that the survey be completed ASAP and preferably before 2/23/18. Take the survey now at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J8CLQ53
Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown will host a Retirement Celebration for President Robert Badal on Monday Feburary 19th from 5-p.m., to 7-p.m., at UJ’s Harold Newman Arena lobby.
The program starts at 5:30-p.m.
Refreshments will be served.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say officers arrested a man who was firing a gun inside a house in Grand Forks.
No one was injured in the shooting Sunday night. The 26-year-old man was arrested on possible charges of terrorizing, reckless endangerment and ingestion of a controlled substance.
KFGO reports a gun was recovered from the home.
WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say firefighters have put out a fuel oil tank fire at a West Fargo tank farm.
KFGO radio reports that the blaze at the Magellan Partners facility on Main Avenue in West Fargo was reported at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. West Fargo Fire Chief Dan Fuller says a passerby noticed flames at the base of one of the large tanks.
Fuller says it was a non-pressurized tank and there were no concerns about an explosion.
West Fargo and Fargo fire crews responded to the fire along with a hazardous materials team. Special firefighting crews from Grand Forks Air Force Base and Hector International Airport were also called to assist. A drone was also used to allow officials to get a view of the fire from above the tank.
FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — The former director of an elder abuse prevention program on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation is accused of embezzling more than $100,000.
Federal prosecutors in North Dakota have charged Kenneth Red Bear with embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization and theft in Indian Country.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandi Russell tells KFGO radio that the money was stolen from the tribe’s federally funded Elderly Protection Team, which is responsible for investigating reports of elder abuse.
Russell says the thefts allegedly occurred between June, 2009 and February, 2017. She says additional charges are possible.
Court documents do not list an attorney for Red Bear.
The Standing Rock Reservation straddles the North Dakota and South Dakota border.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Trump administration is once again calling for the complete elimination of low-income heating assistance. And once again, program supporters are vowing to fight it.
The administration is using the same arguments from a year ago when it tried to abolish the program, saying it’s rife with fraud and that no one would be left freezing if the program goes away.
Those claims were widely discredited a year ago.
The National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association called President Donald Trump’s arguments “very misleading and wrong.”
Trump ultimately funded the program this winter after his original proposal a year ago encountered resistance from Congress.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Minot residents whose homes were damaged by the 2011 Souris River flooding or are being bought out for flood protection might be eligible to up to $60,000 for help purchasing another home.
The flood damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 buildings in Minot, displacing more than 11,000 people and causing about $700 million in damage.
The Minot Daily News reports that a new Resilient Homebuyer program is available to any Minot residents whose homes are being acquired for flood control or flood mitigation. It’s also offered to interested buyers whose homes or apartments were significantly damaged in 2011.
The amount of incentive offered to applicants will be decided by the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency or its participating lenders. All home purchases must be located within the city’s limits.
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A veterans official says the remains of a sailor killed during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor are being sent to Illinois for burial.
That comes after tests have identified remains of Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Howard Backman, who was a 22-year-old serving aboard the USS Oklahoma when it hit by torpedoes during the attack. He was among 429 crewmen killed.
Veterans Assistance Commission of Kane County superintendent Jacob Zimmerman tells The Beacon-News that Backman’s remains will be buried during the spring near a memorial stone already in place for him at River Hills Memorial Park in Batavia. Backman was born in 1919 in Wilton, North Dakota, to a farming family who moved to the Chicago-area city of Aurora shortly after his 1938 enlistment in the Navy.
In sports…
Boy’s Hockey…
SAT…
Jamestown 4 Bottineau-Rugby 2
The Blue Jays will be seeded No.4 in the state tournament Thursday in Grand Forks, their first state tournament appearance since 2013 to take on Fargo Davies.
Announced on Saturday by the WDA Hockey coaches…
Blue Jays Boy’s Hockey senior Goaltender Matthew Schneider was named West Region Senior Athlete of The Year.
Blue Jays Head Coach Matt Stockert was named Coach of the Year.
| West Regional Tournament |
|---|
| State Qualifier |
Dickinson 6, Minot 1
Jamestown 4, Bottineau 2
| Championship |
|---|
Bismarck Century 4, Bismarck High 2
EDC…
Grafton-Park River 4, Fargo North 2
Grand Forks Red River 4, Devils Lake-Cando 0
| Championship |
|---|
Grand Forks Central 1, Fargo Davies 0
Region 3 Girl’s Basketball Tournament Jametown Civic Center Feb 19, 20, 22
Monday…
3pm: Carrington vs. Napoleon/GS
4:30pm: Edgeley-Kulm/Montpeiler vs. Kidder County
6pm: Medina/PB vs. Oakes
7:30pm: LaMoure/LM vs. Linton/HMB
Jimmie Basketball…
Women
ABERDEEN, S.D. (uj.edu) — The eighth-ranked Jimmie women’s basketball team outscored Presentation (S.D.) 20-3 in the second quarter, turning a slim three-point first quarter lead into a 20-point halftime cushion on the way to an 81-57 win Saturday afternoon.
The win gave Jamestown (27-3 overall, 16-0 North Star Athletic Association) its second undefeated conference season in the last three years. UJ was 12-0 in 2015-16, before the NSAA went to balanced scheduling.
Perhaps more impressive than the three second quarter points allowed by the Jimmie defense was the fact that of Presentation’s 14 field goals in the game, 11 of them were three-pointers. The Saints shot just 3-of-25 on two-point shots and were just 14-of-55 (25.5 percent) for the game.
The Jimmies will host Waldorf (Iowa) Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the opening round of the NSAA postseason tournament. Presentation, the sixth seed in the conference tournament, travels to No. 3 seed Bellevue (Neb.) on Wednesday.
Men
ABERDEEN, S.D.– Leighton Sampson (SR/Worthington, Minn.) posted a double-double of 24 points and 13 rebound to help lead the 23rd-ranked Jimmie men’s basketball team to a 76-71 win over Presentation (S.D.) Saturday evening.
Jamestown (20-9 overall, 9-7 North Star Athletic Association) will enter the postseason conference tournament as the number two seed by way of tiebreaker, and will host seventh seed Viterbo (Wis.) on Thursday.
Jon Purintun (JR/Linton, N.D.) added 13 points and 4 assists off the bench, while Sam Johnson (SR/Mora, Minn.) and Kevin Oberweiser (JR/Drummond, Mont.) finished in double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
More weekend local, regional scores at CSiNewsNow.com
Mens’ NSAA playoff Bracket…
Madison, SD (PlayNorthStar.com) – Bellevue will be the No. 1 seed when the 2018 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Postseason Tournament kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 22. The Bruins finished their regular-season with an overall record of 20-10 and earned the regular-season conference title outright with an 11-5 record in league play.
Jamestown (20-9 overall record) and Dickinson State (13-12 overall record) finished in a two-way tie for second-place in the North Star conference standings with 9-7 record. The Jimmies own the tiebreaker over the Blue Hawks to secure the No. 2 seed (Blue Hawks will be the No. 3 seed in the conference postseason play).
Waldorf (13-15 overall record) and Mayville State (15-10 overall record) both ended up in a two-way tie for fourth-place in the league standings. The Warriors earned the tiebreaker over the Comets for the No. 4 seed (MSU will be the No. 5 seed).
The top four seeds all host the first round games on Thursday.
Dakota State (14-16 overall record), Viterbo (15-13 overall record) and Valley City State (14-15 overall record) finished in a three-way tie for sixth-place in the North Star conference. After the tiebreaker protocol, the Trojans will be the No. 6 seed followed by the V-Hawks at No. 7 seed and the Vikings at No. 8 seed.
Women’s NSAA Playoff Brackets…
Madison, SD (PlayNorthStar.com)- Jamestown will be the top seed when the 2018 North Star Athletic Association Women’s Postseason Tournament begins on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The Jimmies finished the 2017-18 regular-season schedule with an overall record of 27-3 and won the NSAA conference title outright with an undefeated 16-0 record.
Number two seed goes to Valley City State with an overall record of 22-4 and 13-3 NSAA conference record. Bellevue is the No. 3 seed (18-12 overall record, 11-5 NSAA record). The number four seed belongs to Mayville State with an overall record of 19-8 and 10-6 record in league play.
The top four seeds all host the first round games.
Dakota State (12-18 overall record) and Presentation(12-14 overall record) finished in a two-way tie for fifth place in the North Star conference standings with an 8-8 record. Both DaSU and PC split their meeting, as well as a win over Bellevue. A coin toss was conducted to break the tie and was won by Dakota State, securing the No. 5 seed. Presentation is the No. 6 seed.
Viterbo (6-22 overall record) and Waldorf (6-20 overall record) were also tied for seventh-place in the North Star standings with a 3-13 record. Both V-Hawks and Warriors split their meetings and earned a pair of victories over Dickinson State , therefore another coin toss was conducted to break the tie. VU won the coin toss to earn the No. 7 seed, while WU will be the No. 8 seed.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Freshman Destiny Pitts scored 20 points, hitting 6 of 11 from 3-point territory, and sophomore Gadiva Hubbard had 22 points as Minnesota went deep, beating No. 10 Maryland 93-74. Kenisha Bell had 21 points as the Gophers shot 14 of 24 on 3s and earned their second straight victory at home against a Top 25 opponent. Maryland has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.
The Americans will play the winner of the other semifinal between Canada and the Russians. That game is Monday night.
Also at the Olympics:
— U.S. men’s hockey player James Wisniewski says his father has contracted norovirus while attending the Winter Games. The former NHL defenseman says Jim Wisniewski is now in quarantine after beginning to show symptoms on Saturday and needing to be taken by ambulance to the hospital. Officials have told players to fist-bump one another rather than shaking hands to prevent transmission of norovirus, which is highly contagious.
— The Russian delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics has announced that one of its athletes has failed a drug test. A spokesman for the “Olympic Athletes from Russia says a “B” sample taken from the athlete will be analyzed in 24 hours. The spokesman did not name the athlete of the sports involved.
NHL-SCHEDULE
UNDATED (AP) — There’s a new leader in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division following the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 14th victory in their last 18 games.
The Pens moved one point ahead of Washington with a 5-2 win at Columbus. Riley Sheahan furnished the first and last goals while Pittsburgh was scoring three times in the first 11 ½ minutes.
Zach Aston-Reese made it 4-1 midway through the second period with his fourth goal in three games.
Jake Guentzel (GEHNT’-sul) also scored and Tristan Jarry stopped 35 shots as the Penguins kept the Blue Jackets one point out of an Eastern Conference playoff berth.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Kyle Connor scored twice and Blake Wheeler set up three goals as the Jets clobbered the Panthers, 7-2 to move two points ahead of Nashville for the Central Division lead. Mark Scheifele (SHY’-flee) broke a 2-2 deadlock late in the second period before Winnipeg tacked on four goals in the third. The Jets are 6-2-1 with one game remaining in their 10-game homestand.
— Toronto’s 3-2 win over Detroit leaves the Maple Leafs within four points of the Atlantic Division-leading Lightning. Auston Matthews’ goal with 31 seconds left sent the Leafs to their sixth consecutive victory and 10th in their last 11 games. James van Riemsdyk (REEMZ’-dyk) and Mitch Marner scored 18 seconds apart in the first period for Toronto.
— Travis Konecny (kah-NEHK’-nee) snapped a 4-4 tie in the second period and also had two assists as the Flyers rolled to their fifth consecutive road win, 7-4 against the Rangers. Alex Lyon picked up his first NHL victory by stopping 25 of 26 shots in relief of Michal Neuvirth (NOY’-vurth), who left the game after the first period with a lower-body injury. The matchup marked the 50th anniversary of the first game the Rangers played at the current Madison Square Garden, a 3-1 win over the Flyers.
— Taylor Hall ran his point streak to 11 games by scoring at 4:38 of overtime to send the Devils to a 3-2 win at Carolina. Nico Hischier (HEE’-shur) and Pavel Zacha also scored and Keith Kincaid stopped 40 shots as New Jersey stayed in a third-place tie with Philadelphia in the Metropolitan Division, four points behind Pittsburgh. Jeff Skinner tied the game with 1:18 left in regulation, allowing the Hurricanes to move into a tie with the Islanders for the final Eastern Conference playoff berth.
— San Jose cruised to a 5-2 win over Dallas as Mikkel Boedker (BAHD’-kur) scored twice in the Sharks’ four-goal first period. Joe Pavelski, Melker Karlsson and Justin Braun also scored and Martin Jones made 26 saves as the Sharks won for the fourth time in five games. The outcome leaves San Jose three points ahead of Anaheim for second in the Pacific Division and puts the Stars seven points off the Central Division lead.
— The Oilers ended a six-game losing streak by riding Connor McDavid’s third hat trick of the season to a 4-2 verdict over the Avalanche. McDavid has provided two hat tricks and 11 goals in his last nine games. Colorado ended a 10-game home winning streak despite the return of Nathan McKinnon from a left shoulder injury that cost him eight games.
NHL-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — Devante Smith-Pelly says it wasn’t anything he hadn’t heard before, but the Capitals forward called it “disgusting.”
Smith-Pelly was referring to racial taunts directed toward him while in the penalty box during Saturday’s loss to the Blackhawks in Chicago. Four fans were quickly ejected by United Center security after they taunted Smith-Pelly with chants of “basketball, basketball, basketball”
One of the few blacks in the NHL, Smith-Pelly said, “You’d think there would be some sort of change or progression, but we’re still working toward it, I guess, and we’re going to keep working toward it.”
In other NHL news:
— Devils forward Miles Wood has received a two-game suspension from the NHL for a blindside hit on Tampa Bay forward Vladislav Namestnikov in Saturday’s game. Wood was near the middle of the ice in the Tampa Bay zone and hardly broke stride in ramming Namestnikov face-first into the boards an instant after the Lighting player chipped the puck out of the zone.
MLB-NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the deal says the San Diego Padres and free agent first baseman Eric Hosmer have reached preliminary agreement on an eight-year contract reportedly worth $144 million, pending a physical.
The 28-year-old, two-time Gold Glove winner spent his first seven major league seasons with Kansas City, hitting .284 with 127 home runs and 566 RBIs. Hosmer batted a career-high .318 last year, tied his career best with 25 home runs and drove in 94 runs.
In other baseball news:
— The Boston Red Sox have re-signed infielder Eduardo Nunez to a one-year contract with a player option for 2019, giving them another proven second baseman to fill in while Dustin Pedroia (peh-DROY’-uh) recovers from knee surgery.
— Indians manager Terry Francona has rejoined the team at spring training after the death of his father, former Cleveland player Tito Francona.
— The Angels have signed veteran slugger Chris Carter to a minor league contract and gave longtime outfielder Chris Young a one-year package.
PGA-GENESIS OPEN
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bubba Watson has ended a two-year victory drought by earning his third triumph at Riviera.
He closed with a 2-under 69 for a two-stroke win against Kevin Na and Tony Finau. Watson seized control with two par putts and a bunker shot he holed for birdie on the par-3 14th hole.
It was Watson’s first victory since Riviera in 2016 and puts him into the top 50, making him eligible for the World Golf Championship next weekend in Mexico. He also reached double digits in PGA titles.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Joe Durant closed with a 5-under 67 to take the PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb Classic at Naples, Fla.
Durant’s 19-under total was good for a four-stroke victory over Lee Janzen, Billy Mayfair, Steve Stricker, David Toms and Tim Petrovic.
The 53-year-old Durant closed with a 15-foot birdie on TwinEagles’ Talon course. He earned $240,000 for his third victory on the 50-and-over tour after winning four PGA Tour titles.
John Daly was six strokes back.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Miguel Sano’s presence looms larger than anyone else around the Minnesota Twins. He’s got a body built for football and a swing-for-the-fences mentality. This spring, the questions around Sano are lingering loudly, too. He’s the focus of a Major League Baseball investigation for an alleged assault of a freelance photographer in 2015. He’s also recovering from offseason surgery on his shin, with an urgent need to enhance his conditioning for the long haul.
In world and national news…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students who escaped the deadly school shooting in Florida are focusing their anger at President Donald Trump, contending that his response to the attack has been needlessly divisive. David Hogg, a 17-year-old student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, said: ‘You’re the president. You’re supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us.’
After more than a day of criticism from the students, the White House says the president would hold a “listening session” with unspecified students on Wednesday and meet with state and local security officials Thursday.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump spent much of the holiday weekend at his Florida estate, watching cable television news, grousing to club members and advisers and fuming over the Russia investigation.
Trump vented on Twitter about the investigation, raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter an attack at a nearby high school. He made little mention of the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police say a masked shooter opened fire on a group of people outside a restaurant in San Antonio, wounding a 6-year-old boy and three adults.
Police Chief William McManus says two of the adults’ injuries are life-threatening. He says the boy was shot in the leg and is expected to survive.
Police say the shooting occurred 8:40 p.m. Sunday as the group waited outside a Texas Roadhouse restaurant near Ingram Park Mall.
McManus says investigators don’t believe the shooting was random.
BEIRUT (AP) — The Turkish foreign minister says his country is ready to battle Syrian government troops if they enter an enclave in northern Syria to protect Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke on Monday in Jordan’s capital, Amman, as Syrian state media reported that pro-Syrian government forces will begin entering the Afrin enclave “within hours,” after reaching an agreement with the Kurdish militia in control of the region.
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Un wants to turn his country into an international sports power — think East Germany in the 1970s and 80s.
The North Korean leader is pouring resources into training and infrastructure, athletes are getting more recognition than ever and the country now even has an all-sports television channel, though it’s not clear how many citizens are able to actually watch it.
But while Kim’s decision to send a team to Pyeongchang made a political splash, North Korea’s athletes have battled for dead last in most of their competitions. It appears Kim’s country has a lot of work to do.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Press TV is reporting that search and rescue teams have reached the site of the plane crash that authorities say killed all 65 people on board.
The Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down on Sunday in foggy weather, crashing into Mount Dena in southern Iran.
The TV says search teams reached the crash site before dawn on Monday. The station said the weather had improved and broadcast footage of a helicopter joining the search.
Aseman Airlines said all on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including six crew members.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What would happen if you go to vote in Minnesota and you’re wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat or a tea party T-shirt or a MoveOn.org button?
Remove it or cover it up, a poll worker is likely to say.
Minnesota, like a number of states, bars voters from wearing political items to the polls. Its law is meant to reduce the potential for confrontations or voter intimidation.
The Supreme Court later this month will consider a challenge to the state’s law, in a case that could affect other states.
The group behind the challenge says the case is about free speech rights for all Americans.
Minnesota says the law is a “reasonable restriction” that preserves “order and decorum in the polling place” and prevents “voter confusion and intimidation.”
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