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This Day In History, Oct. 1, 1928 – Ground breaking for new Jamestown Hospital building. (1928) *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History ***
Jamestown (NDDOT) – The NDDOT informs residents that construction will begin on Monday, October 5, at 5th Street Northwest in Jamestown, with traffic changes in the Road Diet project.
Construction will start at US/52 5th St NW to from 7th Ave NW to 1st Ave N just east of the James River Bridge; and from 1st Ave N from 5th St W to 8th Street S.
The project will include pavement markings and sign installation. During the project, crews will remove existing pavement markings and then replace them. The new markings will help shift traffic flow through downtown Jamestown from four lanes to two lanes with an addition of a center turning lane.
During Construction
- Pavement marking will be installed
- The project starts on US/52 5th St NW just east of the James River Bridge and Ends at the intersection of 1st Ave S and 8th St S
- Short traffic delays should be expected during construction
- Traffic will shift from four lanes to two driving lanes and a center turn lane
This portion of the project is expected to be complete by the end of the week.
The North Dakota Department of Transportation would like to remind motorists to slow down and use caution throughout the work zone.
For more information about construction projects and road conditions throughout North Dakota, call 511 or visit the ND Roads map at http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/.
Jamestown (INFORUM) A Stutsman County District Court judge dismissed gross sexual imposition charges against Michael Hunt-Walters, Wednesday, Sept. 30.
WDAY-TV reports that according to court documents, the officer testified there was no physical evidence of sexual contact and the alleged victim did not indicate Hunt-Walters had any sexual contact with her.
Documents said the victim said Michael hurt her.
The sexual assault exam noted significant bruising and was inconclusive.
According to the Jamestown Police Department, Michael Hunt-Walters was taking care of the 7-year-old with autism at a facility operated by the Anne Carlsen Center the day the alleged sexual contact took place.
Stutsman County State’s Attorney reported the judge said there wasn’t probable cause to approve the charge.
Previously at CSiNewsNow.com…
Jamestown (KVLY) – A 22-year-old man who worked at a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities is facing a charge of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl with autism.
Michael Patrick Hunt-Walters of Jamestown was arrested on Monday for gross sexual imposition, according to Stutsman County District Court records.
Hunt-Walters is accused of sexually assaulting the child on November 15 of 2019.
Investigators said Hunt-Walters worked for the Anne Carlsen Center in Jamestown. He apparently watched the victim for about two hours and fifteen minutes after school.
The victim came home with blood on her underwear and bruises on her inner thighs, according to court documents. She was surrounded by several para educators throughout her school day who didn’t notice any injuries.
Investigators said her grandparents noticed a change in her once Hunt-Walters dropped the victim off at their home. The 7 year old ran from his car to the house and wouldn’t sit down for supper.
The grandmother took the child to the Jamestown Regional Medical Center and that’s when a Jamestown police detective was notified.
The next day the girl was taken to Fargo for a sexual assault exam, and that’s where examiners found evidence of abuse, according to court records.
Hunt-Walters denied to investigators that he hurt or assaulted the victim.
Several follow up interviews were done with investigators and a clinical psychologist where the girl said that Hunt-Walters “hurt her.”
Valley News Live, reports, Anne Carlsen Center Chief Executive Officer Tim Essinger said on Monday in a statement, “Our hearts hurt for the child and family involved in this terrible situation. From the first moment we were made aware of the allegation, we pledged our full and complete cooperation to investigators.”
NDDoH
COVID-19 Stats
Wed. Sept.30, 2020
Posted 11-a.m.
Barnes
New Positives 5
Total Positives 242
Active Cases 36
Recovered 206
Stutsman
New Positives 13
Total Positives 527
Active Cases 48
Recovered 476
Updated to add the death of a woman in her 90s from Mercer County with underlying health conditions. This changes the daily total to 8 deaths and the total number to 247.
COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.
BY THE NUMBERS
5,340 – Total Tests from Yesterday*
636,374 – Total tests completed since the pandemic began
447 – Positive Individuals from Yesterday*****
21,846 – Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
8.72% – Daily Positivity Rate**
3,662 Total Active Cases
+11 Individuals from yesterday
427 – Individuals Recovered from Yesterday (265 with a recovery date of yesterday****)
17,938 – Total recovered since the pandemic began
89 – Currently Hospitalized
-16 – Individuals from yesterday
8 – New Deaths*** (247 total deaths since the pandemic began)
INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19
- Man in his 80s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
- Woman in her 70s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
- Man in his 90s from Burleigh County with underlying health conditions.
- Man in his 80s from Emmons County with underlying health conditions.
- Woman in her 90s from McLean County with underlying health conditions.
- Woman in her 90s from Mercer County with underlying health conditions.
- Man in his 60s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.
- Woman in her 90s from Morton County with underlying health conditions.
COUNTIES WITH NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED TODAY
- Barnes County – 5
- Benson County – 2
- Bottineau County – 5
- Bowman County – 1
- Burleigh County – 84
- Cass County – 82
- Dickey County – 2
- Dunn County – 5
- Eddy County – 3
- Emmons County – 3
- Foster County – 1
- Grand Forks County – 33
- Grant County – 4
- Hettinger County – 1
- Kidder County – 3
- LaMoure County – 2
- Logan County – 5
- McHenry County -1
- McIntosh County – 6
- McKenzie County – 8
- McLean County – 12
- Mercer County – 10
- Morton County – 41
- Mountrail County – 2
- Nelson County – 4
- Oliver County – 2
- Pembina County – 4
- Pierce County – 1
- Ramsey County – 3
- Ransom County – 1
- Renville County – 1
- Rolette County – 9
- Sheridan County – 2
- Sioux County – 3
- Stark County – 6
- Steele County – 1
- Stutsman County – 13
- Traill County – 2
- Walsh County – 9
- Ward County – 25
- Williams County – 40
* Note that this does not include individuals from out of state and has been updated to reflect the most recent information discovered after cases were investigated.
**Individuals who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters).
*** Number of individuals who tested positive and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19.
**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.
******Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.
For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.
For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.
Valley City (CSi) City County Health in Valley City announces a change in the days, and location of COVID-19 testing.
Administrator, Terresa Will says testings will move to Monday’s Starting October 5, 2020, at the North Dakota Winter Show Event Center, Exhibit Hall, from 4-p.m. to 5-p.m.
Pre-register on line at testreg.nd.gov
For updates related to COVID-19 in North Dakota visit the North Dakota Department of Health website. Or follow the City County Health District FaceBook page for Barnes County updates.
Jamestown (City of Jamestown) Friday, October 2nd, 2020, there will be road closures in the northeast part of town on 11th St NE, (between 4th Ave NE and 5th Ave NE). The closure will take place at approximately 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Construction signing will be put into place by the contractor.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020, there will be alley closures in the northeast part of town on the alley west of 5th Ave NE, (between 9th St NE and 11th St NE). There will also be road closures on 10th St NE and 11th St NE, (between 4th Ave NE and 5th Ave NE).
The closures will take place at approximately at 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Construction signing will be put into place by the contractor.
Construction work will continue in the NE areas through October 17th, 2020, with intermittent lane closures and restrictions for the process.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Council met in Special Session on Tuesday at City Hall, at 5-p.m. All members were present. Council Member Buchanan joined by phone.
The City Council approved and authorized the issuance of improvement warrants and exchange them for Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2020, Series AD (Project 19-41), and awarded the sale of Refunding Improvement Bonds.
The representative from Collier’s said, the Public Sale was held Tuesday and the low bidder of three bids, was Northland Securities at $2,050,000, for the Special Assessment bond over seven years. The transaction will be effective October, 15, 2020.
The City Council approved the request from Knights of Columbus for a site authorization to conduct gaming at Jonny B’s Brickhouse for the period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.
Considered was a Change Order No. 3, to Scherbenske Inc., for the 2020 Water Main Improvement District 20-61.
Ben Aaseth from Interstate Engineering said, the original plan was to line the pipe, located behind Haut Funeral Home. However it was decided to “pipe burst,” the line instead due to changes necessitated in the project’s procedure.
The discount was eventually reduced to $37,500 in costs, from the original 50 percent additional project cost.
The completion date of October 18, 2020 is still doable.
Mayor Heinrich said, despite the increase in cost, if the work is not completed this fall, there is a risk of the pipeline bursting this winter.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Moorhead, Minnesota man has been charged in federal court in North Dakota in connection with a May demonstration that turned violent in downtown Fargo. U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley says Jonathan Montanez has been indicted on one count of civil unrest. Montanez is accused of damaging a Fargo police vehicle while agitating a crowd May 30. What started out as a peaceful march through Fargo to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis turned ugly when protesters damaged buildings and vehicles in the city’s downtown after a two-hour, face-to-face showdown with police.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The long-lost U.S. Army identification tag of a North Dakota soldier has been returned to his widow after it resurfaced in Russia. Gov. Doug Burgum gave Ronald Hepper’s military tag to his widow, Ruth Hepper of Bismarck, on Wednesday. According to Burgum’s office, Ronald Hepper had kept a set of his dog tags in his boots, and had been in Vietnam just a few months when a blast from a hand grenade blew his boots off his body in June 1969. Hepper woke up in the hospital with no boots and no dog tags. The military ID was found by an American citizen traveling in Russia, and returned to North Dakota.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sanford Health is adding a unit at its Bismarck hospital with 14 more beds. Sanford says it’s not exclusively for coronavirus patients, but it could be used to treat them if the need arises. Six of the 14 beds in the new unit opening Wednesday are designated for intensive care patients. The expansion at Sanford Bismarck gives the hospital 242 beds. The new unit is on the main floor, where the adult physical, occupational and speech therapies were located. Sanford Health and CHI St. Alexius employees listed concerns about hospital capacity at the Burleigh-Morton COVID-19 Task Force meeting last week.
In sports…
NDAPSSA(First-place votes in parenthesis)
Class A
Team Rec. Pts.
1. Langdon/EM (19) 6-0 103
3. Velva 5-0 70
4. Dickinson Trinity 5-1 19
5. Oakes 3-1 19
Others Receiving Votes: Thompson (4-1), Grafton (5-1), Killdeer (5-1), Bishop Ryan (4-2), Shiloh Christian (4-2).
Team Rec. Pts.
1. Kidder Co. (17) 5-0 99
2T. LaMoure/LM (3) 6-0 68
2T. Cavalier (1) 6-0 68
4. Linton/HMB 2-1 33
5. St. John 6-0 30
Others Receiving Votes: Mayport-CG (5-0), Surrey (6-0).
Jamestown High School announces that volleyball versus Bismarck will be played Thursday October 1, 2020 beginning at 7 p.m. at Jerry Meyer Arena.
The game had been scheduled for October, 13.
The October 1 Junior varsity games are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday College Volleyball
W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse
Jamestown DEF VCSU 25-12,25-18,25-16
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (UJ) — The University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team hit a season-best .441 Wednesday night in a sweep of Valley City State University in non-conference action. Set scores were 25-12, 25-18, and 25-16.
Jamestown, now 4-0 this season, returns to Great Plains Athletic Conference action on Saturday, hosting Briar Cliff (Iowa) University at 12:30 p.m. The Jimmies will also play an exhibition match Saturday at 6 p.m. against University of Northwestern-St. Paul.
UJ made just one attack error while hitting .500 on 30 attempts in the first set, building leads of 17-7 and 24-10 for a 1-0 match advantage.
The Jimmies trailed 10-8 in the second set before a pair of kills by Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) and single kills from Taylor Sabinash (JR/Kensal, N.D.) and Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) put the Orange and Black ahead 13-11. After the Vikings scored the next two points, UJ went on a 9-0 run for a 22-13 lead and a huge momentum shift.
Set three saw Jamestown hit .519 with no errors on 27 attempts as the Jimmies raced out to leads of 9-3 and 19-6, and did not allow VCSU to get within seven points the rest of the set.
Hegerle hit .500 for the match on 11 kills in 20 attempts. Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) added nine kills while hitting .643, and Sabinash hit a team-best .700 with seven kills. Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) added seven kills, followed by Nicole Schmitz (FR/Oakes, N.D.) with six, and Huff with five.
Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) passed out 27 assists and had a pair of service aces. Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) finished with 11 assists and also had two aces.
Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) had a season-high 19 digs. Ritter had three total blocks.
UJ had the advantage in kills (47-25), assists (42-22), digs (51-36), and aces (6-4).
MLB PLAYOFFS
(AP) The Twins were ousted as they extended their major league-record postseason losing streak to 18 games.
Carlos Correa slammed a two-out, tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning of the Astros’ 3-1 victory at Minnesota. Kyle Tucker hit a pair of RBI singles for Houston and made a key throw from left field for the inning-ending out in the fifth. Rookie Cristian Javier worked three hitless innings in relief for the victory in his postseason debut
The Twins’ last playoff win was Game 1 of their 2004 Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
UNDATED (AP) — The Atlanta Braves opened Wednesday’s MLB schedule with the longest 1-0 game in postseason history before the Minnesota Twins were the first team to be eliminated.
Freddie Freeman delivered a walk-off single in the 13th inning to complete Atlanta’s victory over Cincinnati in the opener of the NL Wild Card Series. It was the first time a playoff game had been scoreless through 11 innings.
Braves starter Max Fried (freed) scattered six hits over seven innings. Reds hurler Trevor Bauer was even better, striking out 12 and holding Atlanta to two hits over 7 2/3 innings.
A.J. Minter escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the top of the 13th for the win.
The two teams combined to strike out 37 times, 21 by the Braves.
— Gio Urshela (ur-SHEH’-luh) crushed a grand slam and scored the winning run on DJ LeMahieu’s single in the ninth inning as the Yankees closed out their series with the Indians, 10-9. Gary Sanchez hit a two-run homer and had three RBIs, while Giancarlo Stanton went deep for the second straight day. Cesar Hernandez provided an RBI single in the eighth to put Cleveland ahead to stay, but Sanchez tied it with a sacrifice fly in the ninth. The 4-hour, 50-minute game was the longest regular season or postseason nine-inning game in major league history.
— Hunter Renfroe belted a grand slam and the Rays won a postseason series for the first time in 12 years by completing a two-game sweep, 8-2 against Toronto. Renfroe’s homer was part of a six-run second inning that was capped by Mike Zunino’s two-run blast against Blue Jays ace Hyun Jin Ryu. The top-seeded Rays also got a strong pitching performance from Tyler Glasnow, who allowed two runs and six hits over six innings.
— The Marlins were winners in their first postseason game in 17 years as Corey Dickerson hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off a fading Kyle Hendricks in the seventh inning of a 5-1 victory over the Cubs in Game 1. Miami trailed 1-0 and was 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position until Dickerson’ slammed his first postseason home run. Jesús Aguilar added a two-run blast and Sandy Alcantara (al-KAN’-tah-rah) pitched three-hit ball into the seventh. Aguilar’s home run gave the Marlins their first five-run inning in a postseason since the Steve Bartman game at Wrigley Field 17 years ago.
— Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run home run while the Cardinals scored four times in the first inning of a 7-4 victory at San Diego. Yadier (YAH’-dee-ehr) Molina had three hits and scored twice, while rookie Tyler Carlson went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored. The St. Louis bullpen held strong after starter Kwang Hyun Kim was reached for three runs over 3 2/3 innings. Right-hander Chris Paddack failed to give the Padres the boost they desperately needed after Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet (dee-NEHL’-suhn luh-MET’) were left off the wild-card roster due to injuries suffered in their final regular-season starts. Paddack surrendered six runs in just 2 1/3 innings.
— Chris Bassitt took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Athletics forced a deciding Game 3 by downing the White Sox, 5-3. Bassitt was reached for one run and six hits over seven-plus innings, leaving with a runner on base before Yasmani Grandal (yahs-MAH’-nee grahn-DAHL’) homered for the second straight day. Second baseman Nick Madrigal’s throwing error brought in the game’s first two runs before Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered. Liam Hendricks loaded the bases with two out in the ninth and Jake Diekman walked Grandal to make it 5-3 before retiring Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) on a sharp grounder to second.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts had two hits and an RBI, Corey Seager homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in the opener of their NL playoff. The eight-time NL West champion Dodgers capitalized early in a bullpen game for the Brewers and can wrap up the best-of-three series on Thursday. Milwaukee — a playoff entrant despite a losing record — limped into the postseason as the No. 8 seed without its best starter and reliever, who are hurt. The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead on a leadoff double by Betts and four walks by left-hander Brent Suter in the first inning.
MLB-POSTSEASON TICKETS
NLCS, World Series tickets to be sold
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has announced that fans will be able to purchase a limited number of tickets to the National League Championship Series and World Series at Arlington, Texas.
MLB will make approximately 11,500 tickets available for each game with 10,550 fans spread throughout the ballpark and 950 in suites. Tickets will be sold in pods of four, with each pod at least six feet apart. Fans will be required to wear masks unless they are eating, and no ticket holder will be within 20 feet of the field, the dugouts and the bullpens.
NBA FINALS
Lakers crush Heat in Game 1
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Heat had another fourth-quarter comeback in them during Game 1 of the NBA Finals, but it came after the Los Angeles Lakers emptied their bench.
The Lakers have the edge in the series after dominating the second and third periods of a 116-98 win over the Heat. Los Angeles outscored Miami 62-39 in those two periods to take a 28-point lead into the fourth.
Lakers forward Anthony Davis led all scorers with 34 points while grabbing nine rebounds. LeBron James fell one assist shy of a triple-double, delivering 25 points and 13 boards.
The Heat lost point guard Goran Dragic (DRAH’-gihch) at halftime to a left foot injury. Miami also saw All-Star center Bam Adebayo (ad-eh-BY’-oh) leave in the third quarter with a strained left shoulder.
Jimmy Butler had a team-high 23 points for the Heat, who will try to bounce back in Game 2 on Friday. Butler turned his left ankle on a drive to the basket just before halftime.
NFL NEWS
Steelers-Titans date TBA
UNDATED (AP) — The NFL says the Pittsburgh-Tennessee game originally scheduled for Sunday will be played either Monday or Tuesday, giving the Titans at least one more day to see if the team’s coronavirus outbreak is under control.
One new positive test result came back Wednesday, a day after the Titans had three players and five team personnel test positive for COVID-19.
Coach Mike Vrabel says the Titans are preparing to play as early as Monday. He’s confident the NFL will allow some time to practice before the game. The Titans hope to be allowed back inside their facility Saturday.
In other NFL news:
— Raiders coach Jon Gruden said several of his players made a mistake when they didn’t wear masks or practice social distancing during a charity event that violated league and local COVID-19 rules. About 10 players attended the fundraising event held Monday night by teammate Darren Waller’s foundation to raise money intended to help young people overcome drug and alcohol addiction. Players were seen on video without masks during the indoor event while talking and mingling with guests, who also weren’t wearing masks.
— The league is threatening teams with possible suspensions for sideline personnel, including coaches, who don’t properly wear face coverings during the pandemic. Forfeiting draft picks also could be among disciplinary measures for failing to comply with league/players’ union protocols.
— The NFL Players Association is asking that the 32 league teams change all field surfaces to natural grass because of injury concerns. Union president JC Tretter said in a statement on Wednesday that artificial turf is significantly harder on the body than grass. He cited the NFL’s injury data from 2012-18 that the contact injury rate for lower extremities was higher during practices and games held on turf.
TENNIS-FRENCH OPEN
Williams pulls out, Azarenka loses, Nadal and Korda win
PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams’ bid for a record 24th Grand Slam title will spill into next year as she approaches a milestone birthday.
The 39-year-old Williams has pulled out of the French Open because of an Achilles injury that cropped up during the U.S. Open semifinals. She doesn’t expect to play again this year.
U.S. Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka is also out after two rounds. The 10th-seeded Azarenka lost to 161st-ranked Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in straight sets.
Coco Gauff’s French Open debut has ended in the second round thanks in part to her 19 double-faults.
Women’s top seed Simona Halep (HA’-lehp) dropped just seven games in her second-round match.
Those advancing from the women’s side include third seed Elina Svitolina (svih-tah-LEE’-lah), fifth seed Kiki Bertens and Elise Mertens.
Meanwhile, men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal reached the third round by beating American player Mackenzie McDonald 6-1, 6-0, 6-3. Nadal is joined in Round 3 by third seed Dominic Thiem (teem) and No. 6 Alexander Zverev (ZVEHR’-ehv), who needed five sets to advance.
Taylor Fritz won its second-round match, but fellow American John Isner lost to qualifier Sebastian Korda in an all-US matchup.
NHL-NEWS
Rangers buy out Lundqvist’s contract
NEW YORK (AP) — The “King” of Madison Square Garden has been deposed.
The New York Rangers have bought out star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist with one year remaining on his contract. Lundqvist joined the Rangers during the 2005-06 and emerged as one of the finest netminders in franchise history.
The five-time All-Star won one Vezina (VEH’-zih-nuh) Trophy and led the Rangers to the 2014 Stanley Cup final. The 38-year-old Lundqvist played in 887 games, posting a 459-310-96 record with a 2.43 goals-against average.
In world and national news…
(AP) American Airlines and United Airlines say they will furlough 32,000 workers between them because negotiations in Washington have failed to produce more federal aid for the industry. Airlines have lost billions of dollars because of a steep slump in travel during the pandemic. The airlines and their labor unions are lobbying for another $25 billion in taxpayer money to pay workers for six more months, through next March. They have already received $25 billion in payroll help, but that money — and a related ban on furloughs — ends Thursday. Congressional Democrats and the White House are still far apart on a larger relief bill that could include airline aid.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden kept up their debate-stage clash from the road and the rails as they competed for working-class voters in the Midwest. Meanwhile, elected officials in both parties — and even the debate commission — dealt with the most chaotic presidential faceoff in memory. The Tuesday night affair raised fresh questions about Trump’s continued reluctance to condemn white supremacy, his efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the election and his unwillingness to respect debate ground rules his campaign had agreed to. The Commission on Presidential Debates promised “additional structure” for future debates “to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.”
TOKYO (AP) — Trading has been suspended on the Tokyo Stock Exchange because of a problem in the system for relaying market information. Most other Asian markets were closed Thursday for national holidays. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said trading will not resume for the rest of the day and it wasn’t clear when the problem would be fixed. The benchmark in Australia rose by midday. Other details on the Tokyo trading problem were not immediately available. Stocks rallied on Wall Street. Prospects for additional support from Congress for the economy helped drive the day’s trading.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Thursday. Trump signed the bill, which was approved by sweeping bipartisan agreement Wednesday, into law early Thursday morning shortly after returning from campaigning in Minnesota. The temporary extension will set the stage for a lame-duck session of Congress later this year, where the agenda will be largely determined by the outcome of the presidential election. The measure passed by a 84-10 vote. The House passed the bill last week.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Unemployment rose for the fifth straight month in Europe amid concern that extensive government support programs won’t be able keep many businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions afloat forever. The jobless rate rose to 8.1% in the 19 countries that use the euro currency in August, up from 7.9% in July. Some 13.2 million people were unemployed in August and the number of those out of work rose by 251,000. Economists expect a further rise as support programs expire, while an increase in infections in many countries has raised fears that some restrictions on business interaction may have to be re-imposed.
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Stock Exchange has announced it plans to resume normal trading Friday after it halted trading for the entire day due to what officials said was a computer hardware and systems malfunction. Tokyo Stock Exchange President Koichiro Miyahara told reporters a device within the bourse’s huge trading system failed early Thursday. Backups did not kick in following the hardware failure. There was no indication that the outage resulted from hacking or other cybersecurity breaches. The exchange said that restarting the system during the trading day would have caused confusion. But the outage left traders with quote-less screens and brokerages fielding a flood of calls from frustrated investors.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s nations came together 25 years ago to chart a new course for half the world’s population to gain the rights, power and status of the other half. But top U.N. officials say the hopes of achieving equality for women remain a distant goal in today’s more divided, conservative and still very male-dominated world. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called gender inequality “the overwhelming injustice of our age.” He warned in his address at last week’s virtual meeting of world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit women and girls the hardest, and “unless we act now, gender equality could be set back by decades.”
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