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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy fog early in the morning.
Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows around 10. South winds around
5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 30. Southwest winds
around 5 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s. West winds around
5 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 10.
.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
morning. Highs in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow in the morning,
then slight chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Highs in
the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow after
midnight. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow.
Lows 15 to 20.
.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Highs
in the mid 20s.
Periods of snow through the weekend and into next week with the higher amounts across the north.
Daytime temperatures should be in the 30s making for a wetter
variety of snow, and maybe a risk of some of it falling as rain.
Jamestown (CSi) a 31 year old man led authorities on a pursuit through portions of Jamestown early Saturday morning.
Jamestown Police Lt. Justine Blinksy reports, the pursuit began shortly after 1-a.m., when a pickup without headlights on, in the area of 12th Avenue and 3rd Street Southeast, was seen operating erratically and going through traffic control signage.
When police stopped the pickup to issue a traffic citation, the vehicle left, at a high rate of speed,leading police, joined by a Stutsman County Sheriff’s unit, through a portion of Southeast and Northeast Jamestown.
The driver then fled on foot and was found behind a residence in the 300 block of 4th Avenue Southeast and arrested without incident.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol assisted in setting up a containment area.
31 year old Jake Walter Newick was charged with reckless endangerment along with possession of drug paraphernalia, plus unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
He had his initial appearance before Southeast District Court Judge Cherie Clark on Monday, and is remanded to the Stutsman County Correctional Center.
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce announces the annual Chili Cook-off and Community Olympics will be held on Monday March 5th and the North Dakota Winter Show, Main Arena.
Olympic contests will include…Egg Toss, Smooth Race, Dizzy Cowboy, Outhouse Horseshoes, Fly Flicker, and the Modified Chuckwagon Race. 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
The chili cook-off is $10 per team, the Community Olympics $20 per team, or both events for $25.
CHILI COOK-OFF: Participants are required to prepare at least 2 roasters of chili. Setup will start at 4:00 p.m. in the ND Winter Show Event Center Main Arena. The west doors will open promptly at 4:00 p.m. to let vehicles in for setup. All vehicles must leave the arena at 4:45 p.m. All vehicles must enter and exit at the same time due to a new heating system in the building. Teams must be ready to serve for judging at 5:00 p.m.
PARTICIPATION FEES: Fees are $10 per team for the Chili Cook-off and $20 for the Community Olympics. If your business or organization participates in both, the fee is $25. Please include payment with your registration form.
More information will be sent upon receipt of your registration.
Pre-Register by February 26th.
General Admission for the Chili Cook-off is $2, the Community Olympics is free.
Sign up forms available at the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce or on line at www.valleycitychamber.com
Jamestown (CSi) The 7th Annual Father, daughter, Grandfather Dance and Social Event is set for Friday April 6th from 6-p.m., to 9-p.m. at Jamestown High School.
There will be punch, cupcakes, and corsages will be provided.
Music by Pit Stop Karaoke, with D.J. Pam Syverson.
All proceeds benefit Relay for Life, and the event is sponsored by St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
The donation to participate is $20 per couple in advance, $25 per couple at the door.
Tickets available at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church at 1000 5th Avenue, Northeast, Monday Though Friday 9-a.m., to 4-p.m., and Neighborhood Grocery at 1014 17th Street Southwest, in Jamestown.
For more information contact:
Carlla at 701-252-6718
Linda at 701-252-1398
Mayda at 701-252-4633
Marci at 701-368-9131
Judy at 701-269-1029
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Staff members at North Dakota’s first syringe exchange program say it’s going to take time to build trust with the people they hope to serve.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Custer Health in Mandan has enrolled four people during the first month of the Good Neighbor Project, which aims to reduce rates of HIV and Hepatitis C by providing access to sterile syringes and education.
Custer Health nursing director Jodie Fetsch says about 10 people have stopped by the program but left after spending a few minutes in the waiting room. Fetsch says many of them are worried about a police presence.
Custer Health is the first North Dakota program to offer syringe exchange since state lawmakers endorsed the program in 2017. Fargo city leaders recently approved a similar program.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — One of four men charged with poaching deer during the Dakota Access pipeline protests has reached a deal with prosecutors to dismiss his case.
Danny LeClaire of Pocatello, Idaho, was charged last year with a misdemeanor count of unlawful taking of a big game animal. The Bismarck Tribune reports that a judge last week approved a pretrial diversion agreement.
Under the deal, Morton County State’s Attorney Al Koppy will dismiss the case after six months if LeClaire commits no other crimes in North Dakota and pays $350 to the state’s Report All Poachers program. LeClaire will also forfeit his $150 bond to help pay $710 in court fees.
Three other men have been charged in poaching cases related to the pipeline protests.
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — An Oklahoma independent oil and gas company has moved out of northwest New Mexico.
The Daily Times of Farmington reports the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy Inc. recently announced the sale of the last of its Four Corners assets to the tune of $700 million.
The company says WPX sold its holdings in the Gallup oil play to an undisclosed third party in a transaction that is expected to close by the end of March.
WPX spokesman Kelly Swan says the sale involves some 150 oil wells on about 100,000 acres.
Swan says WPX has been shifting its focus and funneling its resources to its operations in the Permian Basin of southeast New Mexico and west Texas and in the Williston Basin of North Dakota over the past few years.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Attorney General’s Office has extended an agreement with Dakota Access LLC, which still owns about 7,000 acres of ranchland along the Dakota Access Pipeline.
One year after most protesters left the Morton County area, the office says it will continue to review whether the company’s ranch ownership complies with North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law. Corporations and limited liability companies are banned from owning or leasing farmland and ranchland, with some exceptions.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that Dakota Access LLC purchased land in the Cannonball Ranch north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation when demonstrations were ongoing in 2016 to provide safety to workers. The company planned to transfer ownership after the pipeline’s construction completed.
The pipeline from the Bakken to Illinois has been in service since June.
In sports…
District 5 Boy’s Basketball Tournament
At Jamestown Civic Center, Mon.
Ellendale 74 Oakes 63 (R3 qualifier)
Lamoure/LM 63 Barnes Ct. North 39 (R3 qualifier)
Championship
Carrington 78 Edgeley-Kulm- Montpeiler 68
Class B District 6=
Championship=
Strasburg-Zeeland 56, Napoleon 53
Class B District 6=
Region Qualifier=
Kidder County 67, South Border 33
Linton-HMB 62, Medina-Pingree-Buchanan 41
Class B District 7=
Championship=
Four Winds/Minnewauken 58, New Rockford-Sheyenne 49
Class B District 7=
Region Qualifier=
Benson County 68, Lakota 51
Dakota Prairie 86, Harvey-Wells County 51
Class B District 8=
Championship=
Dunseith 71, St. John 69
Class B District 8=
Region Qualifier=
Langdon 71, Rolette-Wolford 55
Rolla 84, North Star 47
Class B District 9=
Championship=
Shiloh Christian 69, Standing Rock 61
Class B District 9=
Region Qualifier=
Flasher 42, Solen 41
New Salem-Almont 53, Grant County 32
Class B District 10=
Championship=
Wilton-Wing 61, Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky 55
Class B District 10=
Region Qualifier=
Underwood 64, Max 32
Washburn 62, Garrison 50
Class B District 11=
Championship=
Rugby 73, Velva 59
Class B District 11=
Region Qualifier=
Bottineau 89, Westhope-Newburg 68
Towner-Granville-Upham 82, Nedrose 76
Class B District 12=
Championship=
Minot Bishop Ryan 62, Des Lacs-Burlington 58
Class B District 12=
Region Qualifier=
Minot Our Redeemer’s 79, Glenburn 46
Surrey 53, Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood 50
Class B District 15=
Championship=
New Town 70, Mandaree 61
Class B District 15=
Region Qualifier=
North Shore – Plaza 84, Watford City 72
White Shield 66, Parshall 47
Class B District 16=
Championship=
Stanley 52, Powers Lake 50
Class B District 16=
Region Qualifier=
Burke Central 67, Divide County 23
Kenmare 84, Ray 64
Bellevue NE (VCSUVikings.com) – Valley City State senior Jayden Ferguson has been named All Conference for the third straight season, the North Star Athletic Association announced Saturday night.
A senior forward from Williston, N.D., Ferguson was named 1st Team All Conference at the NSAA Men’s Basketball Honors Banquet held Saturday night in Bellevue, Neb. VCSU senior guard Rashad Satahoo was named Honorable Mention All Conference. Senior guard Alex Quist was named the NSAA Champion of Character for VCSU.
Ferguson led the Vikings in scoring this season at 16.4 points per game. He shot 51 percent from the field and 51 percent from 3-point range this season. Ferguson finishes his career with 2,128 points, ranking 2nd all time in VCSU history. It is Ferguson’s third straight All Conference award.
Satahoo, a senior guard from North Lauderdale, Fla., averaged 13.9 points per game this season and made a team-high 73 3-pointers, shooting 44 percent from 3-point range. He shot 86 percent on free throws this season and ended his career with 1,220 points, ranking 12th all time in Viking history.
VCSU’s season came to an end with a 14-16 overall record as they lost at top seed Bellevue University in the NSAA quarterfinals.
Five players were named 1st Team All Conference, five players were named 2nd Team All Conference, and five more players earned Honorable Mention. The All Conference honors are voted on by the NSAA head coaches. Complete NSAA All Conference teams are listed below.
2017-18 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards
First Team All-Conference
| Name | School | Class | Ht. | Pos. | Hometown |
| B.J. Shelton # | Bellevue (Neb.) | Senior | 6-4 | Guard | Bakersfield, Calif. |
| Marcus White # | Dickinson State (N.D.) | Senior | 6-6 | Guard | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Leighton Sampson | Jamestown (N.D.) | Senior | 6-6 | Forward | Worthington, Minn. |
| Jayden Ferguson #$ | Valley City State (N.D.) | Senior | 6-5 | Forward | Williston, N.D. |
| Julius Jackson | Presentation (S.D.) | Junior | 6-0 | Guard | Indianapolis, Ind. |
Second Team All-Conference
| Name | School | Class | Ht. | Pos. | Hometown |
| Justin Folkers | Dakota State (S.D.) | Junior | 6-9 | Forward | Mission, S.D. |
| Ethan Haberman % | Viterbo (Wis.) | Senior | 6-5 | Forward | La Crosse, Wis. |
| Kaden Verdin ! | Waldorf (Iowa) | Senior | 6-9 | Center | Atwater, Calif. |
| Kevin Oberweiser | Jamestown (N.D.) | Junior | 6-0 | Guard | Drummond, Mont. |
| Jon Purintun | Jamestown (N.D.) | Junior | 6-2 | Guard | Linton, N.D. |
# – 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball All-Conference First Team Selection
% – 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball All-Conference Second Team Selection
! – 2016-17 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball All-Conference Honorable Mention Selection
$ – 2015-16 North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball All-Conference First Team Selection
Postseason Awards
Most Valuable Player: B.J. Shelton – Bellevue (Neb.)
Defensive Player of the Year: Cade Anderson – Viterbo (Wis.)
Newcomer Player of the Year: Leighton Sampson – Jamestown (N.D.)
Coach of the Year: Shane Paben – Bellevue (Neb.)
NSAA Men’s Basketball Honorable Mention
Kevin Daniels – Dakota State (S.D.)
Rashad Satahoo – Valley City State (N.D.)
Gorg Alhag – Mayville State (N.D.)
Daniel Lindgren – Mayville State (N.D.)
Falmata Tula – Waldorf (Iowa)
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota Game & Fish reminds Anglers they have until midnight, March 15 to remove permanent fish houses from North Dakota waters, and from any state wildlife management area or federal refuge land.
Fish houses may be used after March 15 if they are removed daily.
Anglers are advised to use caution while accessing area lakes because mild weather conditions can quickly result in unstable ice conditions that can make removing a fish house with a vehicle difficult or dangerous.
Even on lakes where ice remains solid away from shore, anglers should watch the weather and adjust activities accordingly. Ice conditions can vary from region to region, between lakes in the same region, and even on the same lake.
MLB…
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — J.D. Martinez is finally a member of the Boston Red Sox.
The five-year, $110 million contract that Martinez agreed to with the club a week ago was finalized on Monday, when he was introduced at a news conference at JetBlue Park. After hitting 45 home runs in 119 combined games last season for the Detroit Tigers and Arizona Diamondbacks, Martinez became the most prominent position player on the free agent market.
The Red Sox took extra time with the medical evaluation, with particular attention paid to a right foot injury that Martinez suffered last year. That led to some language changes to protect the Red Sox over the life of the deal, but the 30-year-old Martinez was deemed fully healthy for 2018.
— Baseball free agents will play two exhibition games this week against a Japanese amateur team. The Major League Baseball Players Association says the games against JR East will take place at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The games will be open to media and scouts but not the public.
— Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has reported to a week of spring training with the New York Yankees. A 2014 Super Bowl champion, the 29-year-old worked out at second base in early drills Monday with shortstop Didi Gregorius. He spent parts of 2010 and ’11 playing second base in Class A ball for the Colorado Rockies organization. The Yankees, his favorite baseball team, acquired him from Texas on Feb. 7.
— Free agent reliever Seung-Hwan Oh and the Toronto Blue Jays have finalized a $2 million, one-year contract. The deal includes a $2.5 million team option for 2019 that could become guaranteed based on appearances. A 35-year-old right-hander, Oh was 1-6 with a 4.10 ERA and 20 saves in 24 chances last year for the St. Louis Cardinals.
NBA…
BOSTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 25 points in three quarters of work and the Boston Celtics held off the Memphis Grizzlies 109-98 on Monday night.Boston has won all three of its games coming out of the All-Star break. Jaylen Brown and Terry Rozier each added 13 points.
— Klay Thompson scored 26 points and Stephen Curry had 14 of his 21 in the third quarter, when the Golden State Warriors ran another opponent off the floor on their way to a 125-111 victory over the New York Knicks. Kevin Durant added 22 points and nine rebounds for Golden State, which trailed by one at halftime before outscoring New York 39-18 in the third to end things early.
— Paul George scored 26 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Orlando Magic 112-105. George made 9 of 20 shots against the Magic. Evan Fournier and Johnathon Simmons each scored 19 points and Aaron Gordon added 18 for Orlando.
— James Harden had 26 points and Luc Mbah a Moute (look BAH’-ah MOO’-tay) scored 15 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Houston Rockets to their 13th straight win with a 96-85 victory over the Utah Jazz. Playing the second side of a back-to-back set at high altitude, nothing seemed to come easy for the Rockets but the Jazz committed 22 turnovers, many of them unforced, to ease the pressure.
— Anthony Davis scored a season-high 53 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and blocked five shots, and the New Orleans Pelicans extended their winning streak to six with a 125-116 victory over the hapless Phoenix Suns. Jrue Holiday scored 20 points for the Pelicans, whose season-best unbeaten run has pulled them into a tie with Portland for fifth place in the Western Conference. Devin Booker had 40 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix, which lost its 10th straight and still has not won this month.
— DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry each scored 20 points, Serge Ibaka had 19 and the Toronto Raptors routed the Detroit Pistons 123-94 for their seventh win in eight games. Pascal Siakam added 11 points as the Raptors improved to 25-5 at home, the best record in the NBA.
—Alan Crabbe scored 21 points and the Brooklyn Nets snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 104-87 win over the Chicago Bulls. Jarrett Allen and DeMarre Carroll each had 18 points for the Nets, and Joe Harris added 15. Kris Dunn led Chicago with 23 points and Lauri Markkanen had 19.
— Harrison Barnes scored 21 points, J.J. Barea added 19 and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Indiana Pacers 109-103. The Mavericks ended a four-game losing streak and stopped Indiana’s four-game winning streak.
— Brandon Ingram had 21 points and 10 rebounds, leading nine Los Angeles scorers in double figures, and the Lakers beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-104 for their third straight win. Julius Randle added another double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who overcame 23 turnovers to keep their lead in double figures through the second half.
— Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 17 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 118-100. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, Jeff Teague added 20 points, four rebounds and seven assists and Taj Gibson had 15 points and five boards to help the Timberwolves sweep the three-game season series between the two teams.
In other NBA news:
— The Golden State Warriors will be in Washington on Tuesday, but are not heading to the White House. The traditional champions’ invitation was never granted from President Donald Trump — and it appeared the Warriors might have declined it, anyway. So they plan to spend their day in the city with local children Tuesday.
— The courtship of LeBron James has taken an Oscar-worthy turn — toward Philadelphia.
Three billboards urging James to leave the Cavaliers and sign with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer as a free agent have been installed along Interstate-480 south of Cleveland. The signs are inspired by the movie “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” an Academy Award nominee for best picture. The 33-year-old James can opt out of his contract this summer with the Cavaliers.
— The Dallas Mavericks have hired former AT&T executive Cynthia Marshall as interim CEO a week after allegations of sexual misconduct against former team president Terdema Ussery in a report that also painted a picture of a wider culture of a hostile workplace for women in the franchise.
— Sports Illustrated reported Ussery made sexually suggestive remarks to several women. The SI report said team website reporter Earl Sneed was twice involved in domestic assault cases while working for the Mavericks, including a guilty plea in a case that was dismissed when he met the conditions of the agreement.
NHL…
MONTREAL (AP) — Sean Couturier scored in the sixth round of the shootout, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 on Monday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.
Petr Mrazek, making his third straight start for Philadelphia, stopped 28 shots in his fourth shutout this season. Mrazek is 3-0-0 since being acquired from the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 19.
— Seth Jones had a goal and two assists and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Washington Capitals 5-1. Sergei Bobrovsky had 25 saves for the Blue Jackets, who beat the Capitals for the first time in four tries this season. Artemi Panarin, Sonny Milano and Mark Letestu also scored for Columbus. Alex Ovechkin had the only goal for the Capitals.
— Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist, Mikko Rantanen added a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1. Semyon Varlamov made 31 saves and came within 1:16 of his third shutout this season.
— Brayden Point scored the deciding goal in a shootout for the second consecutive game, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Tyler Johnson, Chris Kunitz and Adam Erne scored in regulation for the NHL-leading Lightning, who played most of the game without Nikita Kucherov after the league’s top scorer was injured.
— Anze Kopitar tied the game with 10.8 seconds left in the third period and Dustin Brown scored a power-play goal 3:14 into overtime, rallying the Los Angeles Kings past the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2.
— The New York Rangers traded captain Ryan McDonagh and forward J.T. Miller to Tampa Bay Lightning for Vladimir Namestnikov, two prospects and two draft picks just before the trade deadline.
— The Vegas Golden Knights have acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Detroit Red Wings for three draft picks. The Red Wings will receive Vegas’ 2018 first-round pick, a 2019 second-round pick that originally belonged to the New York Islanders and Vegas’ 2021 third-round pick. The move adds offensive firepower for the surprising Knights, who are at the top of the Western Conference in their first season. Tatar, 27, has 16 goals and 12 assists this season and is under contract through the 2020-21 season.
— The Nashville Predators continued to bolster their forward depth as they acquired Ryan Hartman from the Chicago Blackhawks. The Predators acquired Hartman and a fifth-round pick from Chicago for forward Victor Ejdsell, a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick.
— The Columbus Blue Jackets got goal-scoring help from Thomas Vanek, who was acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks. The 34-year-old Vanek is on his fourth team in the past three seasons. He was traded to Canucks for forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tyler Motte.
— The aggressive timeline for the renovation of Seattle’s KeyArena remains on schedule with the hope of breaking ground on construction by the end of the year. Steve Mattson, director of operations for Oak View Group, said that the goal remains to have approval to take control of the arena at Seattle Center by late fall and begin the construction process before the end of 2018.
T25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Chris Clarke tipped in a missed shot with 4 seconds remaining, and Virginia Tech stunned No. 5 Duke 64-63. The Hokies had trailed almost the entire game before Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s jumper sailed over the rim and Clarke grabbed it and laid it in. The win significantly boosts Virginia Tech’s NCAA Tournament chances.
— Svi Mykhailiuk had 17 points, Devonte Graham added 10 and 11 assists and No. 6 Kansas beat Texas 80-70. The Jayhawks (24-6, 13-4 Big 12) used a strong night from seniors Mykhailiuk and Graham in what was the pair and walk-on Clay Young’s senior night and final game in Allen Fieldhouse.
— Jevon Carter scored 21 points and Daxter Miles Jr. added 18 in their final home game, and No. 20 West Virginia rode a hot start to an 84-74 victory over No. 12 Texas Tech. West Virginia broke a second-place tie with the Red Raiders and moved closer to earning the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament with one game left. West Virginia scored the game’s first 16 points. Texas Tech played without injured starters Justin Gray, Keenan Evans and Zach Smith.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says political leaders sometimes need to buck the National Rifle Association.
Republicans controlling Congress are less sure of that approach, keeping largely quiet amid public calls for stricter gun laws.
In the Senate, a bipartisan bill seeks to strengthen the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Trump’s ideas to arm many teachers, lift the minimum age for purchasing assault rifles to 21 and impose stricter background checks have fallen flat so far. The White House is inviting lawmakers from both parties for meetings this week.
The Senate’s No. 2 Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, questions Trump’s proposal to raise the age limit for assault weapons, calling it an arbitrary age increase.
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Senate Rules Committee has voted 9-4 for a bill that would raise the age to purchase rifles from 18 to 21 and create a three-day waiting period to buy the weapons. Those rules are already in place for handguns. The bill also would make it easier to block gun sales or confiscate weapons from people who show violent tendencies or signs of mental illness.
The bill approved Monday also would let Florida counties authorize teachers to carry concealed weapons in school if they undergo law enforcement training and are deputized by the local sheriff’s office.
DENVER (AP) — Two survivors of the Columbine High School shooting nearly 20 years ago are lauding the cry for action by students who survived the mass shooting at a Florida high school.
Thirteen people died when two student gunmen attacked the suburban Denver school in 1999.
The horror changed the lives of Patrick Neville and Samantha Haviland in different ways. It also inspired both to take action and serve others.
It’s a calling they sadly share with survivors of the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where students are demanding the nation take action on school violence.
Both concede that solution is far from reach.
BEIRUT (AP) — A Russia-ordered “humanitarian pause” has gone into effect to allow civilians to leave a rebel-held enclave near Damascus but there were no immediate signs of any corridors set up for people to use.
Rami Aburrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that no violence was reported on Tuesday in the enclave, known as eastern Ghouta — a collection of suburbs just east of the Syrian capital.
Aburrahman says only a few artillery shells hit Douma, one of the suburbs.
Civilians caught in the violence have mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order of a five-hour open corridor.
Ingy Sedky with the international Red Cross says that for a humanitarian corridor to work, it needs to be well planned and implemented with the consent of all parties in the conflict.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new study examining the nation 50 years after the release of the landmark 1968 Kerner Report says barriers to equality are posing threats to democracy in the U.S. as the country remains segregated along racial lines and child poverty worsens.
The report released Tuesday blames U.S. policymakers and elected officials. It says they’re not doing enough to heed the warning on deepening poverty and inequality as highlighted by the Kerner Commission a half-century ago.
The new report says the percentage of people living in deep poverty — less than half of the federal poverty level — has increased since 1975. The report says the homeownership gap has widened for African-Americans and gains to end school segregation were reversed because of a lack of court oversight and housing discrimination.
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