CSi Weather…

. REST OF TODAY…Rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.  Chance of rain 100 percent.

.TONIGHT…Rain showers. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds around 20 mph. Chance of rain 100 percent.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds

10 to 15 mph shifting to the west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. South winds

5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds

around 10 mph shifting to the northeast in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.

.MONDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in

the morning. Highs in the lower 60s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain showers.

Highs in the lower 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 60.

 

Rain amounts in excess of a half inch across most of North Dakota

with a significant area of over an inch or more across south

central into east central ND.

 

Saturday,  will bring small chances of rain

showers across the north with cooler conditions – highs Saturday

in the 60s for southern ND.

 

Off and on chances of showers to most of North Dakota Sunday through Wednesday. Highs mainly in the 50s to lower 60s this with lows mainly 35 to 45.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to the Jonny B’s  Brickhouse restaurant location on First Avenue South on Wednesday at 10:44 a.m., to a carbon dioxide leak stemming from a malfunctioning tank in the basement.

Jamestown Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, the nine firefighters at the scene set up a command post in the alley behind the building, which was blocked to traffic, and four entered the basement to monitor the carbon dioxide level, compared to the oxygen level.

He says carbon dioxide depletes the air of oxygen, and the fire department treated the call as a HazMat incident.

He says an employee in the basement was overcome by the fumes, but was assisted upstairs by the owner, and taken out of the building. The fire department was then called.   He refused medical treatment.

The firefighters shut off the valve of the tank, from which a line had come off, causing the toxic fumes to escape.

The tank had been refilled earlier in the morning, and the technician came back to fix the tank, after firefighters vented the toxic fumes.

Chief Reuther says the adjacent businesses at the Maple Mall, and an accounting firm were evacuated for about an hour and a half, and then allowed to return, with the occupants giving their full cooperation to the fire department.

CO2 is injected to give the “fizz” to carbonated drinks.

The restaurant opened for business as usual on Wednesday.

Chief Reuther says, there are no lingering ill effects to the building, once the toxic fumes are vented and the oxygen levels return to normal.

With the nine city fire fighters on scene, their were 11 at the northside and southside fire halls, on standby, however they were not needed on scene.

 

 

Update…

Jamestown (CSi)  Otter Tail Power Company says, about 1100 customers in Southeast Jamestown were affected by Tuesday evening’s power outage in Southeast Jamestown.

Otter Tail Public relations spokesperson Rebecca Michael in Fergus Falls says, the cause was a underground line  problems which led to a weak overhead line, that cause the outages.

She says sections of Southeast Jamestown experienced the outages at various times and lengths, as the Otter Tail crews re-routed the power in segments until the full power was restored.

She says basically, the entire Southeast section of Jamestown was affected, at various times between about 6-p.m., and 9-p.m.

One area between the river and 10th Street Southeast was down between  7:25-p.m., and 7:40-p.m.

Residents report the power was out in the Oxbow and Elmwood areas between 6:20-p.m., and 10:15 p.m.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man accused of helping to kill a pregnant woman tightened a rope around her neck after his girlfriend sliced the baby from the victim’s womb, a prosecutor said Wednesday, later suggesting the girlfriend couldn’t have restrained the mom-to-be alone.William Hoehn is charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the death of 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed in August 2017.Brooke Crews, who then lived with Hoehn, pleaded guilty last year in the killing and is serving life in prison without parole . Hoehn has said all along that he didn’t know Crews had planned to kill Greywind.Hoehn initially told police he arrived home Aug. 19 to find Crews cleaning up blood in their bathroom. Hoehn said Crews presented him with an infant girl and said: “This is our baby. This is our family.”Hoehn said he took garbage bags containing bloody shoes and his bloody towels and disposed of them away from the apartment complex.Defense attorney Daniel Borgen said in his 10-minute opening statement Wednesday that Greywind was already dead when Hoehn entered the bathroom. Hoehn then helped cover up the crime, Borgen said, noting that his client has confessed to that.”He helped her. He shouldn’t have,” Borgen said. “He should have immediately called police.”But prosecutor Ryan Younggren said Crews couldn’t have subdued Greywind without Hoehn’s help. When Hoehn entered the bathroom, Crews told him that she wasn’t sure if Greywind was dead.”He goes and gets a rope, puts it around her neck, pulls it tight and says, ‘If she’s not dead, she is now,'” Younggren said in a 50-minute presentation Wednesday.Kayakers found Greywind’s body in late August, wrapped in plastic and dumped in a river. It is still unclear how she ended up there. A medical examiner determined Greywind had bled to death.Crews and Greywind had been friends, and Greywind had texted her mother shortly before she disappeared to say she was going to Crews’ apartment. After Greywind was reported missing, police searched Hoehn and Crews’ apartment three times in six days but found no trace of blood.Crews originally told police that Greywind had given her the child. Crews later told police they had argued, saying she pushed Greywind down and knocked her out before cutting her open.Crews is on a list of potential witnesses, but prosecutors have not said whether she will be called. The state called five people Wednesday, including Greywind’s parents, Norberta and Joe.Greywind’s death prompted North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp to introduce Savanna’s Act, which aims to improve tribal access to federal crime information databases and create standardized protocols for responding to cases of missing and murdered Native American women . A similar bill has been introduced in the U.S. House.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A late-night fire caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to a potato processing plant in Grand Forks.Fire officials say the blaze at the Simplot plant prompted the evacuation of the facility about 11 p.m. Wednesday. No injuries were reported.The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately determined. 
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a Grand Forks man who died in a crash in Ramsey County on Tuesday afternoon.The Highway Patrol says 50-year-old James Thiery was driving a sport utility vehicle that struck a trailer being hauled by a truck on U.S. Highway 2. The truck had slowed to turn off the highway and the SUV rear-ended the trailer.Thiery died at the scene about 6 miles east of Devils Lake. The Devils Lake man driving the truck wasn’t hurt.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — U.S. House candidates Kelly Armstrong and Mac Schneider of North Dakota said during a debate Wednesday that neither of them would vote in favor of the recreational marijuana measure on the state’s November ballot.

The two lawyers added that the key question is how Congress addresses the issue.

Armstrong, a Republican from Dickinson, said during the event on KFGO radio in Fargo that he views the state proposal as bad legislation, although he believes “there’s a real chance that it passes.” He said he would like to see clarification at the federal level — where marijuana is still considered on the same level as drugs like heroin and methamphetamine — and believes states should have the authority to make their own decision on it.

Schneider, a Democrat from Grand Forks, said he’s not a supporter of legalizing pot for recreational use.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Cleanup of more than 840,000 gallons (699,450 imperial gallons) of oil is complete nearly five years after a pipeline leak in a farmer’s field in North Dakota.

A Tioga farmer discovered the spill by Tesoro, now known as Andeavor, in September 2013. It has been called one of the largest onshore spills in U.S. history.

The San Antonio-based company and the state of North Dakota announced completion of the cleanup on Wednesday.

The company has blamed a lightning strike for the pipeline break.

A state regulator says about 1.4 million tons (1.3 million metric tons) of dirt was excavated from the site and treated. Crews had been working round-the-clock to clean up the site after the spill was discovered.

The company has estimated the cost of the cleanup at $93 million. The state fined the company $454,000 for the spill.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Harvesting of corn is getting underway in North Dakota.

The federal Agriculture Department in its weekly crop report says 1 percent of the corn crop is in the bin, and the soybean harvest has reached 10 percent complete. The sugar beet harvest is at 9 percent and the potato harvest at 15 percent.

The small grains harvest is wrapping up, with durum wheat at 94 percent and spring wheat at 97 percent done.

A third of the state’s winter wheat crop has been seeded.

About half of topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies remain rated adequate to surplus.

Stockwater supplies are rated 60 percent adequate to surplus, and pastures are rated 30 percent in good to excellent condition. Both percentages are down slightly over the week.

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The University of North Dakota will use a $3 million donation to help transform the original president’s home on campus into a center for graduate and international students.

The Grand Forks school says the gift is from Hal and Kathy Gershman. Hal Gershman is an alumnus, successful businessman and former City Council president. Kathy Gershman is a former UND professor and department chairwoman.

The Oxford House was built in 1903 and was home to UND’s fourth president, Webster Merrifield. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

The Gershmans’ gift qualifies for a state matching grant, so $4.5 million is available for the renovation project that will begin this fall.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Students around North Dakota will be getting a taste of food from their own state.Thursday is Pride of Dakota School Lunch Day for more than 44,000 students in 185 schools. They’ll dine on food grown by North Dakota farmers and ranchers and processed by local businesses.The Agriculture Department says the goal is to teach students how food is raised and produced, and about the importance of agriculture to North Dakota.More than 500 companies are members of the Agriculture Department’s Pride of Dakota branding program.

 

In sports….

Jamestown  (uj.edu)  – Trailing 6-1 after three innings Wednesday night at Jack Brown Stadium, the University of Jamestown baseball team rallied for six straight runs, including the winning run in the bottom of the ninth, to defeat Valley City State (N.D.) University 7-6.

Tanner Roundy (SR/Henderson, NV) singled to lead off the bottom of the ninth and later advanced to second base on a wild pitch. Jared Bentley (JR/Washougal, WA) was hit by a pitch to put runners at first and second. Zach Zurbrugg (SR/Bremerton, WA) laid down a sacrifice bunt towards Viking third baseman Marcus Niemann, but Niemann’s throw was off line and wide of the bag at first. Roundy came home from second to complete the comeback.

VCSU scored three times in the top of the first against UJ starter Kensaku Akiya (JR/Kawasaki, Japan), then added three more on Kody Lane’s homer to right field in the top of the third.

Lincoln Trujillo (JR/Cheyenne, WY) drove in Jamestown’s first run in the bottom of the first with a single to left.

After Roundy singled to lead off the Jimmie fourth, Jared Bentley followed with a two-run home run to cut VCSU’s lead to 6-3.

Kaleb Binstock (SR/Grand Forks, ND)’s solo home run in the bottom of the fifth made the score 6-4. Jamestown got within one run an inning later as Grant Okawa (JR/Mississauga, ON) came home on a throwing error by VCSU catcher Aiden Brook.

Trujillo launched a one-out solo home run to tie the score at six in the bottom of the seventh.

Akiya left after three innings, giving up six runs (four earned) on six hits. He walked two and struck out one. Dru Fitz (JR/Gresham, OR) came on in relief and pitched 4 1/3 strong innings, scattering four hits while striking out eight. Binstock (1-0) earned the win, pitching the final 1 2/3 innings with five strikeouts.

Bentley and Jaden Yackley (SR/Lynnwood, Wash.) each had three hits for Jamestown. Trujillo and Roundy also recorded mult-hit games for UJ.

Next up for the Jimmies (1-1) is a home game September 24 against Mayville State (N.D.). First pitch is set for 6:00 p.m.

 

Women’s Soccer….

 

Orange City IA.  (uj.edu) – Three first-half goals sparked the University of Jamestown women’s soccer team to a 4-1 victory over Northwestern (Iowa) in the Great Plains Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

Jamestown returns home to host Hastings (Neb.) Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

 

Men’s Soccer…

Orange City IA  (uj.edu)  – The University of Jamestown men’s soccer team was held scoreless Wednesday in a 4-0 loss to Northwestern (Iowa) in the Jimmies’ first-ever Great Plains Athletic Conference match.

Next up for the Jimmies is a home match against No. 6 Hastings (Neb.) Saturday. Start time is set for 3:30 p.m.

 

Madison SD (PlayNorthStar.com)-The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) announced its third edition of the Men’s and Women’s Golfers-of-the-Week, announced by the conference office Wednesday.  Jared Lentz of Valley City State (N.D.) was chosen as the Men’s Golfer-of-the-Week honor.  Kim Moore of Bellevue (Neb.) was selected as the Women’s Golfer-of-the-Week award.

NSAA Men’s Golfer of the Week
Jared Lentz – Valley City State (N.D.) – Senior – Valley City, N.D. – Valley City State’s (N.D.) Lentz won his second tournament of the season, shooting 2-over total of 146 strokes to win the 36-hole Jamestown (N.D.) Invitational played at Jamestown Country Club (6,598-yards, par-72).  He fired a 2-under in a windy condition in the first round, which was the best individual round of the tournament by two shots.  Lentz held on to the victory with a 76 in the cold conditions in the second round.

 

MLB…
UNDATED (AP) — Stephen Gonsalves threw six shutout innings of one-hit relief and Willians Astudillo (WIHL’-yahnz ahs-too-DEE’-oh) drove in three runs as the Twins whipped the Tigers, 8-2. Tyler Austin and Ehire (AY’-ray) Adrianza poked RBI singles in a four-run second that put Minnesota in control.

— The Dodgers’ 5-2 win over the Rockies gives Los Angeles a three-game sweep and a 2 ½-game lead over Colorado in the NL West. Yasiel Puig untied the game with his sixth home run in five games, a three-run blast in the bottom of the seventh. Matt Kemp also homered and Walker Buehler struck out 12 over six innings of a no-decision.

 

— David Price had another rough night in the Bronx as the Red Sox failed for the second straight game to clinch the AL East.The Yankees staved off elimination by crushing the first-place Red Sox, 10-1. Luke Voit homered twice off Price and was 4-for-4 with three RBIs and four runs scored. Rookie Miguel Andujar (an-DOO’-hahr) slammed his 25th home run and Aaron Hicks had three RBIs, including a two-run triple.Price was rocked for six runs – four earned – and five hits over 5 1/3 innings. He is 15-14 with a 4.90 ERA in 42 games lifetime against the Yankees.Luis Severino limited Boston to a run and six hits over seven innings to improve to 18-8.The Red Sox will take another crack at clinching in the Bronx when they play the Yankees on Thursday.
Elsewhere in the majors:— Homers by Kyle Seager, Mitch Haniger and Guillermo Heredia powered the Mariners to a 9-0 romp over the Astros in Houston. Robinson Cano (kah-NOH’) doubled twice and had three RBIs to back winning pitcher Casey Lawrence, who worked three innings of one-hit relief. The Astros have split their last six games as they try to wrap up the AL West title.
— Oakland’s 10-0 thrashing of the Angels puts the Athletics four games behind the AL West-leading Astros. Stephen Piscotty blasted a three-run homer and had five RBIs to help the A’s remain 2 ½ games behind the Yankees for the first AL wild card. Winning pitcher Brett Anderson breezed through 6 2/3 innings, holding Los Angeles to three hits and no walks.—
Freddie Freeman was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and three RBIs as the Braves salvaged the finale of their three-game set with St. Louis, 7-3. Touki Toussaint limited the Cardinals to two runs and five hits while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings. The outcome gives the Braves a magic number of six for winning the NL East.
— Gio Gonzalez and three relievers combined for a two-hitter as the Brewers rolled to a 7-0 shutout of the Reds. Gonzalez allowed the two hits over six innings and won on his 33rd birthday. Jesus Aguilar and Manny Pina crushed three-run homers for Milwaukee, which closed to within 2 ½ games of the NL Central-leading Cubs.
— The Diamondbacks torched the Cubbies as Robbie Ray combined with three relievers on a one-hitter in a 9-0 shutout of Chicago. Christian Walker smacked a three-run homer and Chris Owings added a two-run blast off Cole Hamels, who was tagged for seven runs over six innings. Jeff Mathis also went deep to help Arizona win for just the third time in 12 games.— Zach Eflin pitched three-hit ball while fanning nine over five innings as the Phillies blanked the Mets, 4-0. Rhys Hoskins and Odubel (oh-DOO’-bul) Herrera homered off Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd), who is 12-4 after yielding three runs over four innings. Philadelphia took two of three from the Mets and remain 5 ½ games behind the NL East-leading Braves with 11 to play.— The Indians pulled out a 4-1 victory over the White Sox on a grand slam by Jason Kipnis in the bottom of the ninth. Cleveland managed just three hits over the first eight innings before winning its second straight. Chicago starter Dylan Covey was reached for just two hits over six innings.— Adam Frazier slammed a tiebreaking solo homer in the fifth inning of the Pirates’ 2-1 victory over the Royals. Chris Archer scattered six hits and had eight strikeouts over seven innings of Pittsburgh’s fifth consecutive win. Adalberto Mondesi (ad-ahl-BEHR’-toh MAHN’-deh-see) homered in Kansas City’s 100th loss.

— Tommy Pham homered twice and extended his on-base streak to 21 games in the Rays’ 14th win in their last 17 games, 9-3 at Texas. Ryan Yarbrough improved to 15-5 by allowing three runs over four innings of relief after replacing starter Diego Castillo in the second. Tampa Bay is 19 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2013 season.

 

— DJ Stewart smacked a solo homer and the Orioles avoided their major league-leading 109th loss by nipping the Blue Jays, 2-1. Stewart had two hits and scored on Cedric Mullins’ RBI single that put Baltimore ahead 2-0 in the seventh.

— The Padres dumped the Giants, 8-4 as Freddy Galvis belted a three-run homer and had four RBIs. Wil Meyers also went deep and Robbie Erlin gave up three runs over five innings to get the victory.

 

MLB-NEWS

Bauer slated to return Friday

UNDATED (AP) — Indians All-Star pitcher Trevor Bauer is scheduled to start Friday against Boston, his first appearance since breaking his right leg last month. Indians manager Terry Francona said Bauer will pitch a “couple of innings” versus the Red Sox and hopes he’ll make two additional starts before the postseason. Bauer is 12-6 with a 2.22 ERA in 25 starts this year.

In other injury news:

— Yankees closer Aroldis (ah-ROHL’-dihs) Chapman has been activated from the disabled list after sitting out nearly a month with left knee tendinitis. Chapman has 31 saves and a 2.11 ERA in 50 appearances this season.

— Outfielder Mookie Betts was back in Boston’s lineup Wednesday as the designated hitter, going 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts. Betts was lifted form Sunday’s win over the Mets with a left side injury and was held out of Tuesday’s loss in the Bronx following a rainstorm that caused the game to be pushed back six hours.

— Rockies shortstop Trevor Story is receiving treatment for right elbow inflammation and may participate in some baseball activities at the team’s spring training facility in Phoenix on Thursday. Story this year became the first shortstop in major league history with at least 40 doubles, 30 home runs and 25 steals in a season.

— The Mets have shut down Zack Wheeler for the rest of the season after the right-hander logged nearly 100 more innings than in 2017. Wheeler went 12-7 with a 3.31 ERA in 29 starts this season, but he was 9-1 with a 1.68 ERA over his final 11 starts. Wheeler missed two full seasons after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2015 and was 3-7 with a 5.21 last year.

— Rangers hard-throwing reliever Matt Bush has had surgery to repair a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament that will keep him out the first half of the 2019 season. Assistant general manager Mike Daly says Bush did not have Tommy John surgery. Instead, he had a procedure to repair and reinforce the ligament in his right elbow.

— White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech (KOH’-pehk) had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Tuesday and will miss the 2019 season. The 22-year-old Kopech was 1-1 with a 5.02 ERA in four starts this season.

 

MLB-RED SOX-BANNER

Fans find Red Sox division title banner in the street

SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — The Red Sox have not clinched this year’s American League East division championship, but a banner marking the accomplishment has already been accidentally unveiled.

Friends Louie Iacuzzi, James Amaral and Randy Baldasarri tell WFXT-TV they were out for coffee in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Monday morning when they spotted something in the road.

As they peeled off the brown paper wrapping, they thought it was jerseys. The men, all Red Sox fans, were stunned to find out it was the American League East division title banner.

A Red Sox spokesman tells the station the banner apparently fell off a vendor’s delivery truck.

 

NBA-MAVERICKS-WORKPLACE CONDUCT

Mavs owner donates $10 million after workplace probe

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to women’s causes and domestic violence awareness as part of the NBA’s investigation into workplace conditions with his franchise.

The league also announced Wednesday that it would require staffing, reporting and policy changes for the Mavericks.

The moves come seven months after a Sports Illustrated report detailed years of examples of a hostile workplace for women on the business side of the operation.

 

NFL-NEWS

Broncos QB skips practice with sore knee

UNDATED (AP) — Denver Broncos quarterback Case Keenum missed Wednesday’s practice with a sore knee.

The Broncos characterized the injury as minor and said he’ll return to practice Thursday.

Keenum signed a two-year, $36 million deal with Denver after leading the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC championship last season.

Although he’s thrown four interceptions to go with three touchdowns, Keenum has led the 2-0 Broncos to fourth-quarter comebacks against Seattle and Oakland.

In other NFL developments:

— The Eagles have signed wide receiver Jordan Matthews and placed Mike Wallace on injured reserve. Matthews played his first three seasons with the Eagles before he was traded to Buffalo in August 2017. He signed with the Patriots in April but was released during training camp.

— The Lions signed cornerback DeShawn Shead, a possible indication they’re not certain cornerback Darius Slay will be cleared to play New England. Slay left Sunday’s loss at San Francisco with a concussion.

 

TENNIS-NADAL

Nadal to skip tournaments in Asia because of bad knee

MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal (nah-DAHL’) says he will not play in upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai because of an injured right knee.

The top-ranked Spaniard retired in the semifinals of the U.S. Open this month because of the knee problem. He had dropped the opening two sets against Juan Martin del Potro when he retired.

 

In world and national news…

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Four women killed in Texas _ allegedly by a Border Patrol agent _ were bound by difficulties in life. One imagined a day when the street wasn’t home and drugs not her preoccupation. They met an eerily similar death. They were shot in the head and left on rural Texas roadsides. Their relatives are now grieving for them and say they were more than the troubles they endured.

 

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been re-elected as head of his party in a landslide, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation’s leader and a push to revise the nation’s pacifist constitution. He has several other policy challenges, including dealing with Japan’s aging and declining population, a royal succession in the spring, and a consumption tax hike to 10 percent he has already delayed twice.

 

OXFORD, Pa. (AP) — Scientists are noticing fewer and fewer moths, ladybugs, fireflies and butterflies. They can’t quite quantify what’s happening to flying insect because they never measured how many bugs there used to be. But they say you can see it on a summer drive. Windshields and car grilles are less bug-splattered. A variety of reasons are suspected but they all lead back to what humans are doing do the environment.

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A museum celebrating all things cannabis with displays that include a glass bong taller than a giraffe and huggable faux marijuana buds is the newest tourist attraction in Las Vegas. Nobody will be allowed to light up at Cannabition when it opens Thursday because of a Nevada ban on public consumption of marijuana. But visitors can learn more about the drug and take endless selfies at this made-for-social-media facility.

 

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s president says the country needs to amend its constitution to make NATO membership its long-term goal. President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday that Ukrainians are finally convinced of the benefits of the alliance with NATO and said the Ukrainian army will meet the criteria for NATO membership by 2020. Following Poroshenko’s speech, the Ukrainian parliament voted to appeal to the Constitutional Court to review the amendments.