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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR OVERLAND AND SMALL STREAMS… IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON…
Burleigh-Kidder-Stutsman-Emmons-Logan-La Moure-McIntosh-Dickey-
Including the cities of Bismarck, Steele, Tappen, Jamestown,
Linton, Strasburg, Napoleon, Gackle, Lamoure, Edgeley, Kulm,
Wishek, Ashley, Oakes, and Ellendale
.Warmer temperatures will increase runoff from snowmelt over the
coming days. Overland flooding and high water along small streams
should increasingly be expected with each passing day. Eventually
this runoff will collect in streams such as, Apple Creek in
Burleigh County, and Beaver Creek in Emmons County. Farther east
including Stutsman, LaMoure, and Dickey Counties, tributaries of
the James and Maple Rivers are also expected to see increased
flow and overland flooding.
* Be prepared for the potential of overland flooding and over-
topping of township and county roads.
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Forecast…
.REST OF TODAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 20. North winds around
5 mph shifting to the southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. West winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows
15 to 20. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds around
10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 20s.
.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain and snow in
the morning. Highs in the mid 40s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow after
midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
possibly mixed with rain. Highs in the upper 30s.
For precipitation chances, best chance will be Sunday night-Monday.
Too early for details.
For the latest river level and rain fall and other weather information go to CSiNewsNow.com
BISMARCK, N.D. (March 27, 2019) – Gov. Doug Burgum Wednesday declared a statewide flood emergency in preparation for the threat of significant spring flooding across North Dakota, as state agencies gathered to begin coordinating their response and resources. The governor also toured flood-affected areas in western McKenzie County, hearing heartbreaking stories from residents displaced by the flooding Yellowstone River.
In an executive order declaring the emergency, Burgum cited flood outlooks from the National Weather Service indicating the potential for significant river, tributary and overland flooding in the Red River and Devils Lake basins, and high water in the southern James River basin. The combination of deep frost depth and above-normal moisture from snow and fall rains have increased the risk of flooding because saturated and frozen soils won’t be able to absorb snowmelt, compounding the risk of runoff, the order states.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown University of Jamestown Marketing students, in cooperation with the Friends of the James River Valley Library, have established an eight question survey.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Bill Kennedy of Kennedy Consulting, ND said the survey seeks information about community perceptions toward the role of the library in the future.
He pointed out that even in today’s world of internet and other “E” access a number of individuals still enjoy reading books, pointing out that students reading the printed word in documents, are better able to retain the information.
He said three UJ Marketing students, and instructor put together the survey and arranged with the library to make the survey available on line, available until April 1.
Click on the link below and take a few minutes to share your thoughts.
By completing this survey, you will have a random chance to win one of three $25 Amazon gift cards.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Schools invites the public to a special exhibit, “Hidden in Plain Sight,” in order to show parents how to spot “red flags,” concerning possible signs of their child’s involvement in substance abuse.
The exhibit will be on March 28, from 6:30-p.m., to 8-p.m., at the Valley City High School theater.
Valley City Public School’s, Resource Officer Sean Hagen points out that the exhibit is a walk through mock bedroom that shows parents how they can spot “red flags” that recognize signs of substance use.
Following the program, there will be a question and answer session moderated by Hagen, along with Valley City Police Chief Phil Hatcher, plus Valley City Public School District Administrators.
Valley City (VCSU) Valley City State University will host a Regional Science Olympiad for teams of high school and middle school students on campus today. About 450 students on 17 high school teams and 14 middle school teams will compete at VCSU.
The students will compete in 34 events—including Battery Buggy, Heredity, Roller Coaster, Water Quality, Herpetology, Mousetrap Vehicle, Disease Detectives, Circuit Lab, Crime Busters, Chemistry Lab, and Thermodynamics, among others.
The events are supervised by 25 VCSU faculty, staff, high school teachers, and volunteers from KLJ Engineering. In addition, 60 VCSU science students have volunteered to help at the competition. Teather Sundstrom, Ph.D., VCSU associate professor of chemistry, serves as coordinator for the Valley City Regional Science Olympiad.
Valley City (CSi) Valley City Public Schools has submitted to North Dakota Governor, Doug Burgum’s Office, and the State Department of Public Instruction, a school closure waiver application for when school was not in session for two days, due to snow storms, this school year.
Superintendent Josh Johnson says the school was not in session for that reason, on February 7 and March 14, 2019. If the waiver is granted, Valley City Public Schools, will not be required to make up the days, before the end of this school year.
If the waiver is NOT granted for one or both days, Valley City Public Schools has come up with a plan, to schedule make up days:
Monday, April 22, a full school day.
May 6-17 extending the school day to equal one full school day.
In other school news, the school district will have the third and final Early Dismissal Professional Development Day this school year on Wednesday, April 3. Teachers, administrators, and support staff will receive required training that day for the use of CPR and AED’s.
Teachers and principals will also participate in a Technology Ed Camp for the remaining portion of the day.
The school district reports that it is continuing to implement the BridgED Technology Plan at and Professional Development for teachers and administrators in the use of technology that is important for a continued successful implementation.
Over the past two years, Valley City Public Schools, has submitted and has been approved for an instructional waiver with the Department of Public Instruction to implement three early dismissal Professional Development days into the district calendar. These approved hours (nine total) of professional development can not be substituted for storm make-up.
Without the use of the earlier dismissal days, the school district would not be able to meet its professional development and training requirements.
Any questions can be directed to Valley City Public Schools.
Jamestown (UJ) Will Bernhagen is walking from his home in Sheridan, Wyo., to the University of Jamestown.
His purpose is to raise funds for the final available Outdoor Shield at the Harold Newman Arena on the University of Jamestown campus. Will’s goal is to raise $125,000.
Originally from Ellendale, ND, Will is a dedicated University of Jamestown alumnus who was a four-year letter winner in football at UJ. He currently serves on the UJ Board of Trustees, and his name is on the Will Bernhagen Football Locker Room at UJ. Will is the President of Cen-Dak Leasing of MT, Inc.; Managing Partner at Wyoming Sawmills Industrial Park, LLC; Partner, Belizian real estate developments; and organizer and former Board member of Beartooth Bank.
The public is encouraged to follow Will, support him, cheer him on, and join him on his walk. Will began walking on March 23, 2019. His progress can be tracked via map at uj.edu/WalkWithWill. His route is as follows:
- Sheridan, WY
· to Decker, MT
· to Busby, MT
· to Lame Deer, MT
· to Colstrip, MT
· Then 30 miles North to I-94
· I-94 to Jamestown
Those interested in supporting Will by making an online donation can do so at uj.edu/WalkWithWill.
Those interested in walking with Will should contact Brett Moser, UJ Director of Alumni Relations, at 701-252-3467 or Brett.Moser@uj.edu for more information. Selfies and group photos can be posted using #WalkWithWill on social media.
Wahpeton (KFGO) – No injuries were reported following an explosion at a manufacturing facility in Wahpeton.
KFGO reports, Richland County Emergency Manager Brett Lambrecht says the explosion happened at Masonite Primeboard at 2441 15th Street North. Fire Chief Dale Rubish says the explosion blew a portion of the roof off the building.
The call came in at around 2:20 p.m. Wednesday. The cause of the blast will be investigated.
Masonite Primeboard manufactures products made from particle boards.
(NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that on Tuesday, March 26th, at approximately 6:30 am 6 miles south of Rutland ND, a 2002 Honda Odyssey Van driven by 54 year old Sharilyn Summers of Britton SD was traveling north on Sargent County Road 10 from Britton to Gwinner ND. The Honda van came upon a parked Sargent County Road Department GMC pickup that was facing south in the northbound lane.
It was not immediately apparent to Summers that the GMC pickup was parked in her lane and Summers made an evasive maneuver to avoid striking the GMC, turning right toward the east ditch. Members of the Sargent County Road Department crew were placing warning signs on the shoulder of the road and were not in the pickup.
The Honda van struck the front driver side tire of the GMC pickup and continued to travel into the east ditch. The Honda van then struck 60 year old Virgil Nogowski of Gwinner, a Sargent County employee who was working on the shoulder of the road. Nogowski was in transport to the Lisbon Medical Center when he died from his injuries. Summers was not injured in the crash.
This crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Police say they’ve made an arrest in a fatal stabbing in Wahpeton.
A 37-year-old man was found dead in an apartment late Monday night. Police say the man’s girlfriend was also found in the apartment. Investigators say the suspect, who knew the victim, fled the scene.
The victim has not been identified.
The Richland County sheriff’s Office deputies and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigations assisted the Wahpeton Police Department in the case. The suspect was arrested Tuesday afternoon.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Conservation groups are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were meant to protect a struggling Western bird species.
Attorneys for Western Watersheds Project, Prairie Hills Audubon Society and two other groups made the request Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boise, Idaho.
At issue are federal land use plans for greater sage grouse first enacted in 2015 under President Barack Obama.
The Interior Department revised those plans this month as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to promote oil and gas drilling and other activities.
The ground-dwelling sage grouse’s territory includes portions of 11 Western states.
The same groups behind Wednesday’s court filing had sued in 2016 over the Obama-era plans, claiming they did not do enough.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An environmental group is taking its battle against an oil refinery being developed near Theodore Roosevelt National Park to the North Dakota Supreme Court.
The National Parks Conservation Association argues an air quality permit issued by the state Health Department for the $800 million Davis Refinery violates the federal Clean Air Act.
A state judge in January ruled that the state had effectively supported its position that the refinery will not be a major source of pollution. The NPCA wants the Supreme Court to overrule him.
North Dakota Air Quality Director Terry O’Clair says the state is “confident in the permit.”
Meridian Energy Group began site work for the refinery last summer and plans to resume construction this spring with a goal of having the facility fully operational by mid-2021.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Senate doesn’t want to hold a contest for a replacement state logo.
The Senate killed the bill 40-7 on Wednesday.
The bill sailed through the House last month after lawmakers learned a new “Be Legendary” logo was awarded to a Minnesota firm.
The business was awarded the $9,500 job without competition because it came in below the $10,000 threshold required for additional bids.
The winner of the new competition would have been paid $9,500.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota auditor says the state Indian Affairs Commission misspent nearly $8,000 on gift cards for Native American youth attending leadership conferences in 2016 and 2017.
State Auditor Joshua Gallion released the findings on Wednesday. He says the audit also reveals the Indian Affairs Commission had not conducted an annual inventory of assets including computers, cell phones, and cameras.
North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Executive Director Scott Davis says his agency believed the gift cards were given legally. He says it won’t happen in the future.
Davis also says the agency is up to date on its required annual inventory.
Davis is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and serves in Gov. Doug Burgum’s cabinet. He also served under former governors John Hoeven and Jack Dalrymple.
In sports…
Jamestown (uj.edu) – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) and Hauff Mid-America Sports announced that Kylee Voigt (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) of the University of Jamestown has been named Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week.
Voigt picked up three second-place finishes at the Wayne State Classic in Wayne, Neb., last Saturday. She ran an outdoor career-best 58.55 seconds in the 400 meter dash, and 26.35 seconds in the 200 meters. Voigt also ran a leg on the 4 x 100 meter relay that finished in 51.18 seconds.
The Jimmies will compete at the Buena Vista Outdoor Invite in Storm Lake, Iowa, this Saturday.
— David Pastrnak scored three goals and set up one that helped Jake DeBrusk set a career high with five points, sending the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
The Philadelphia Flyers have kept their slim playoff hopes alive. Sean Couturier scored in regulation and provided the only goal in a shootout as the Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 Wednesday night.
Radko Gudas, Travis Konecny and Ryan Hartman also scored for Philadelphia, which remained mathematically alive for a playoff berth. The Flyers moved within eight points of idle Montreal for the final playoff spot with five regular-season games remaining.
Auston Matthews, Connor Brown, Nazem Kadri and William Nylander scored for Toronto.
— Alexander Radulov and Miro Heiskanen scored to lead Dallas to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday, in a game in which Stars goaltender Ben Bishop left with an apparent injury. TJ Brodie scored for Calgary.
MLB OPENING DAY
It’s a new era
UNDATED (AP) — Beyond all the shifts, analytics and social media outreach, here’s the best way to tell Major League Baseball has zoomed into a new era: There’s not a single active player left from the 20th century.
Not one.
The Elias Sports Bureau said Adrian Beltre and Bartolo Colon were the last. And with all 30 teams set to play Thursday — from Bryce Harper’s home debut at Citizens Bank Park to Mookie Betts and the champion Boston Red Sox visiting Seattle — this year MLB becomes the first of the four major sports without someone still around who played in the 1900s.
And there’s evidence of change in the game itself. The complete game is nearly completely gone from baseball. Shutouts are vanishing, too.
The numbers are striking.
Go back to 1978, and there were more than 1,000 complete games in the majors. Move to 2003, and the total was about 200. In 2018, though, there were only 42 — the lowest total in the sport’s history, according to Baseball-Reference .com — and just 19 of those were shutouts, the fewest since the 1870s.
Or to put it a different way: Roughly every other game featured a starter who went the distance 40 years ago, whereas about one in every 55 games did last season.
Last year, no one threw more than two complete games. No one delivered more than one shutout.
MLB-INDIANS-LINDOR
Setback for Indians star Lindor, with sprained ankle
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cleveland Indians star Francisco Lindor’s recovery from a strained right calf muscle has been set back by another injury: a sprained left ankle.
Manager Terry Francona said Wednesday in Minnesota, where the Indians will start the season, that Lindor was hurt running the bases in an intrasquad game.
The three-time All-Star shortstop was previously ruled out for the opener because of the injury he suffered in early February, but the original timetable had him in the lineup by mid-April at the latest. Now Lindor could need more time than that. Francona said it was too soon to tell how long he’ll be out.
Rookie Eric Stamets will take Lindor’s place in the middle of the infield.
NFL-NEWS
QB Blaine Gabbert signs with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
UNDATED (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have added depth at quarterback, signing former first-round draft pick Blaine Gabbert.
Gabbert entered the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011 and has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans.
Gabbert has appeared in 56 games, including 48 starts. He’s completed 842 of 1,498 passes for 9,063 yards, 48 touchdowns and 47 interceptions.
The Bucs announced the signing Wednesday. Gabbert joins Ryan Griffin as a backup to Jameis Winston.
In other NFL news:
— The Dallas Cowboys have signed safety George Iloka, adding experience at a position that was a high priority going into the offseason. The addition of Iloka on a one-year contract came after the Cowboys decided against being serious bidders for Earl Thomas. A three-time All-Pro during nine seasons in Seattle, Thomas signed a four-year deal with Baltimore. The Texas native made overtures to the Cowboys when he was still playing for the Seahawks. Iloka started 76 of 83 games in his first six seasons, all with Cincinnati.
— Former Denver Broncos and Houston Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas has pleaded guilty to careless driving in a February crash in downtown Denver. As part of a plea deal announced Wednesday, Thomas’ attorneys say prosecutors dismissed a felony vehicular assault charge. Thomas was fined $300, must complete 50 hours of community service and was placed on supervised probation for one year. Police said Thomas was driving more than twice the speed limit on Feb. 16 when his SUV went off the road and flipped end-over-end after hitting a median. One of his passengers suffered serious injuries, while Thomas and another passenger had minor injuries.
— A court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by the man convicted of killing former Saints football star Will Smith during a traffic altercation, rejecting claims that Cardell Hayes acted in self-defense. Hayes is serving a 25-year sentence for manslaughter in the shooting death of Smith and attempted manslaughter in the wounding of Smith’s wife.
VIRGINIA TECH-OUTLAW-MARIJUANA
Virginia Tech’s Ty Outlaw charged with marijuana possession
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech’s Ty Outlaw has been charged with possession of marijuana, potentially jeopardizing his status for the remainder of the NCAA Tournament.
The sixth-year senior was charged March 21, the day after he and the Hokies arrived in San Jose, California for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, according to records on the Virginia Courts Case Information web site. His hearing is set for April 11. Outlaw started and scored seven points March 23 as the fourth-seeded Hokies beat Saint Louis 66-52 in the first round of the tournament.
Virginia Tech plays Friday night against top-seeded Duke in Washington, D.C.
Virginia Tech officials did not immediately respond Wednesday to questions about Outlaw’s status going forward.
Outlaw, who lost one season of eligibility to a heart condition and another to a torn ACL, is among the top 3-point shooters in the nation, having made 78 of 171, or 45.6 percent. He is fifth in scoring at 8.7 points per game for the Hokies, but a streaky shooter capable of big games. His career high is 24 points for a game in which he made a then-school record eight 3-pointers against Miami on Feb. 27, 2017.
Outlaw also started the Hokies’ second-round game against Liberty, finishing with 11 points and a career-best 11 rebounds in a 67-58 victory.
SOCHI-MEDALS REALLOCATED
Holcomb’s team upgraded to Sochi silver medalists
MIAMI (AP) — The late Steven Holcomb and three of his U.S. bobsled teammates have been upgraded to silver medalists in the two- and four-man events from the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has reallocated the medals from the Sochi Games in bobsledding after vacating the golds that Russian pilot Alexander Zubkov won in both the two- and four-man events. Zubkov was stripped of the medals as part of the fallout from the sanctions levied against Russia after a probe into state-sponsored doping at the Sochi Olympics.
That means Holcomb, who crossed the line third in both of those races, now is a two-time silver winner in addition to the four-man gold he won at Vancouver in 2010.
Latvia now wins the gold in four-man, followed by Holcomb and the U.S. team of Steve Langton, Curt Tomasevicz and Chris Fogt. The bronze is now awarded to Britain. In two-man, Switzerland will receive the gold, followed by Holcomb and Langton for the U.S., with Latvia claiming bronze.
Holcomb died nearly two years ago.
INDYCAR-NEW BOSS
Steinbrenner IV veers left away from baseball into IndyCar
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Instead of trying to be “the next George Steinbrenner,” George Steinbrenner IV is trying to be “the next Roger Penske.”
He’s part of baseball royalty, the grandson of late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, and a slam-dunk applicant for a cushy job in one of the most storied franchises in all of sports. His path instead took a left turn to Indianapolis in pursuit of a career in racing.
In an interview with The Associated Press he said, “I love baseball, I love racing, and if I wasn’t doing one I would be doing the other.”
Steinbrenner IV, just 22 years old, is the youngest owner of an IndyCar team and on Sunday became the newest member of the winner’s club. Colton Herta, who turns 19 later this week, snatched victory at Circuit of The America’s in Austin, Texas, to become the youngest winner in IndyCar Series history.
The duo will celebrate the win with the COTA trophy Thursday on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium.
RAYS-BLUE LIGHTS
Rays considering blue lights to tint roof in domed stadium
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays are exploring the possibility of using blue lights to tint the roof of Tropicana Field in hopes of giving the domed stadium a different look as well as making it easier for players to track flyballs.
The lights are part of a new LED lighting system installed throughout the team’s home park. Plans to use them this year are pending approval by Major League Baseball, which is not expected to make a decision before the Rays open the season Thursday against the Houston Astros.
The club began testing the blue lights after breaking spring training camp in Port Charlotte this week, with players offering mixed reviews about how effective they might be in helping them follow flyballs.
Testing will continue with no definitive timetable for deciding to move forward with the plan to use them during games.
The Rays played an exhibition game at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The blue lights were turned on during the national anthem, but not for the game.
TYLER TRENT-PURDUE
Gate at Purdue’s stadium to honor superfan Tyler Trent
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A memorial gate leading to the student section entrance of Purdue University’s football stadium will be built to honor Tyler Trent, the school’s superfan and cancer activist who died in January.
University President Mitch Daniels announced plans Wednesday for the permanent memorial at Ross-Ade Stadium for Trent, who died on Jan. 1 at age 20 following a battle with bone cancer. The Tyler Trent Memorial Gate will be erected before the start of the fall football season.
Trent became a social media star with his positive attitude and determination to live every day to the fullest.
Daniels also announced the first recipient of the Tyler Trent Courage and Resilience Award, a memorial scholarship in Trent’s name. The scholarship goes to Sean P. English, a freshman from Northville, Michigan.
In world and national news…
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Italy’s interior minister has praised Maltese armed forces for intercepting a ship that had been hijacked by migrants to avoid being returned to Libya.
Matteo Salvini on Thursday said that “immigration is managed by criminals and should be blocked by any legal means necessary.”
Salvini had called the incident “the first act of piracy on the high seas with migrants,” adding they would not be allowed to land in Italy even as the tanker head north toward Malta and Italy.
Humanitarian groups cautioned against the characterization, saying the migrants were acting in self-defense to avoid being returned to lawless Libya.
Maltese armed forces returned control of the tanker to the captain who then sailed to Malta under military escort. Four migrants were taken off the tanker in handcuffs.
NEW YORK (AP) — The end of the special counsel’s investigation is sparking fresh speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon some of those charged in the probe.
It’s also spawning a don’t-go-there chorus from some of Trump’s closest advisers and GOP allies. They’re warning that pardons could ignite a political firestorm that overshadows what Trump sees as a moment of triumph.
Trump mused about granting pardons at times during special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation.
And some conservatives are pushing for him to grant clemency to help advisers who have pleaded guilty or been convicted, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
But Trump’s lawyers say the president has not been in active talks about using his pardon powers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats say they want “all of the underlying evidence” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But what is all of that evidence?
Mueller’s team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants and interviewed more than 500 witnesses. That means the special counsel likely compiled thousands, if not millions, of documents and pieces of evidence.
Material collected ranges from a $15,000 ostrich jacket worn by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman to emails and encrypted text messages to hard drives and laptops.
It could even include tax returns, if Mueller sought them.
Democrats say what they really want is documentation of everything — and an idea of how that evidence guided Mueller’s thinking as he made his final conclusions.
LONDON (AP) — A survey of German companies’ subsidiaries in Britain and British firms’ subsidiaries in Germany has found that nearly half the companies aren’t prepared for Brexit.
The survey of 101 firms, conducted in December and January and released Thursday, showed that 47 percent hadn’t carried out a Brexit risk assessment. It was conducted by auditor KPMG and the British Chamber of Commerce in Germany.
It showed a wide variety of expectations for the outcome of the Brexit impasse. KPMG’s Andreas Glunz said that “when all scenarios are possible, a company can’t prepare for all scenarios simultaneously.”
Thirteen percent of respondents said that, if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, they would move some or all of their business from the U.K. to Germany, and a further 10 percent planned to move business from Britain to another EU country. None planned to move business to Britain.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire has broken out in an office building in Bangladesh’s capital, and some people are feared trapped inside.
An official in the Fire Department control room, Ershad Hossain, says the FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani area caught fire Thursday afternoon.
There was no immediate confirmation of casualties, although some reports said several people fell from the building trying to escape the fire.
Witness Sajib Hasan said people were seen shouting for help from windows on the upper floors of the building.
Military helicopters joined the rescue operation.
Actor Jussie Smollett’s journey from hate-crime victim to defendant reverberated well beyond Chicago by shaking the public trust and exposing the country’s deep racial wounds.
The saga also damaged Smollett’s acting career and his advocacy for African-Americans and LGBT issues. Left behind are hurt and blame and many questions that will likely go unanswered.
Police and many in the black community initially rallied to his defense before condemning his account as a hoax.
Michael Eric Dyson is a Georgetown University sociologist. He says the outcome doesn’t help the police or black activism or Smollett.
On Tuesday, prosecutors dropped the criminal case that had loomed over Smollett for weeks. In return, they said, Smollett forfeited $10,000 in bail and did community service. He thanked fans and maintained his version of events.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A single ticket sold in Wisconsin matched all six numbers in the Powerball drawing to win the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
A statement on the Powerball website says that due to strong ticket sales, the jackpot climbed to an estimated $768.4 million at the time of the drawing with a cash option of $477 million. It was originally estimated to be the 4th largest jackpot.
The numbers announced Wednesday are 16, 20, 37, 44, 62 and the Powerball number is 12.
Seven tickets matched all five white balls, but missed matching the red Powerball to win a $1 million prize.
Powerball is played in 44 states, plus Washington, D.C., the U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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