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Valley City (CSi) A missing man reported last evening in West Fargo was found safe later in the evening in Valley City, by law enforcement.
A Silver Alert issued shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, for Dennis Mitchell Drummond a 76-year-old white male.
More information at CSiNewsNow.com
Bismarck (CSi) NDHP On Thursday, November 4th, 2021, the North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) conducted an awards ceremony at the NDDOT-Valley City District. Five separate awards were presented during
the ceremony:
• Trooper Jonathan Skalicky, NDHP, was awarded the NDHP Legion of Honor Medal
• Officer Jason Runge, Valley City Police Department, received the NDHP Colonel’s Award of Excellence
• Bryan Bridgeford, West Fargo, ND, received the NDHP Colonel’s Award of Excellence
• Trooper Gabriel Irvis, NDHP, received the ND Peace Officers Association Life Saving Award
• Trooper Joshua Page, NDHP, received the ND Peace Officers Association Exceptional Performance Award
An additional award was presented, but the individual was unable to attend. His award was mailed to him. The additional award was for Roy Del Ozo, Lawton, OK. He received the NDHP Colonel’s Award of Excellence.
More details at CSiNewsNow.com
The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.
Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.COVID- 19 stats:
COVID-19 Stats
Thurs. Nov. 4, 2021
10:30 -a.m.
Barnes
NEW DEATH, 1
TOTAL DEATHS, 35
New Positives: 14
Total Positives: 1910
Active: 55
Recovered: 1813
Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 245
Stutsman
NEW DEATH: 1
TOTAL DEATHS: 88
New Positives: 21
Total Positives: 4509
Active: 92
Recovered: 4319
Breakthrough Incidence Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 271
Valley City (CCHD) City County Health in Valley City announces their COVID-19 testing days and site location in Valley City.
Testing is at the REC Center at 140 4th Street Southwest.
Testing will be 12:30-2:30 Mon, Weds, and Fridays.
There are opportunities for vaccinations, both for annual influenza and for the COVID vaccine. Call 845-8518 to make an appointment.
Central Valley Health District Regularly Scheduled Vaccination Clinics And Locations
The Schedule subject to changes depending if the listed vaccination clinic is full. Contact CVHD at 252-8130.
Friday, November 5, 2021
Vaccine Available: Influenza, COVID – PFIZER, MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00 – 11:30am
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Drive up clinics at the Buffalo mall are being held on Sundays and Mondays. The event takes place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8th Ave SW in Jamestown. The clinics are open to anyone 12 years of age and older no appointment is needed you can preregister at https://www.ndvax.org.
For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.
More information on Buffalo Mall Vaccination Clinics. and S&R Truck Plaza
Jamestown (JPD) Jamestown Police is warning the community of a convicted high risk sex offender who has relocated in Jamestown.
He now resides at 1610 Business Loop East, Apt. A, Jamestown, ND
His vehicle is a 1997 Ford Taurus , ND License Plate, 345ABK.
William James Gehlhoff is a 35 year old white male, five feet nine inches tall, weighing 225 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota Risk Level Committee of the office of the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office.
Offense: Possession of Material concerning sexual conduct by a minor. with 421 images of child pornography found on his phone.
Conviction Date: April 2015, in Barnes County, ND District Court.
Disposition: Five years, one year suspended, 59 days served, five years supervised probation.
Offense: Possession of Material, sexual conduct by a minor. His computer showed seven images of child pornography, including pre-teen girls, performing acts with adult males. A second search found 1,500 pages of chat logs.
Comviction Date: December 2011 in Stutsman County, ND District Court.
Disposition: Two years, 54 days credit, three years supervised probation.
Offense: Promoting Minor, Obscene Sexual Performance, and exchanging child pornography and chatting on the internet with a 16 year old female.
Conviction Date: December, 2011, in Stutsman County, ND District Court.
Disposition: Two years, 54 days credit, three years supervised probation,concurrent.
Gehlhoff is on GPS Monitoring.
He is not wanted by police at this time and has served the sentence imposed by the court.
This notification is meant for public safety and not to increase fear in the community, nor should this information be used to threaten, assault, or intimidate the offender.
Any attempts to harass, intimidate or threaten these offenders, their families, landlords, or employers will be turned over for prosecution.
Printed handouts of the demographics of Gehlhoff are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Valley City (CSi) The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce reminds the community that the 2021 Ladies Day is a two day event Friday November 5, and Saturday November 6, 2021.
The community (Men TOO) is welcome to shop Downtown Valley City those two days and get in on specials, giveaways, craft projects and much more.
Businesses interested in submitting Ladies Day Specials can E-Mail the Chamber at chamber@valleycitychamber.com or call 701=845-1891.
The Chamber wants to include participating businesses in their advertising for this kick-off to Christmas in the Valley, 2021.
Jamestown (JRMC) — One farmer and rancher says he’s ready to get back to work after completing his cancer care journey.
Steven Moos say, “I went in for my yearly physical and regular colonoscopy. That’s when they found something.” The CAT scan confirmed cancer.
The American Cancer Society recommends most individuals over the age of 50 have a colonoscopy every ten years. People at higher risk may need the screening more often.
Sanford Health General Surgeon Dr. Robert McMillan removed Moos’ cancer in an operating room at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Moos then completed four chemotherapy treatments, each three weeks apart, at the JRMC Cancer Center.
Moos says, “It is amazing to have all of our services here. We live in Gackle, and to have an extra 100 miles each way would be difficult. Post-surgery, Steven spent three days in the hospital. His wife Patty was by his side his whole journey. She teared up, talking about how glad she was that she could stay with him.
She says, “Yes, traveling for care is a financial burden but also emotionally draining, I’m glad I could be by his side because we are close.”
When asked if anyone specific had made a difference in care, Steven said, “Everyone.”
The JRMC Cancer Center opened in 2019 in partnership with Sanford Health. Since then, it has saved families like the Mooses more than 500,000 miles of travel. Each month, the cancer center team offers more than 200 chemotherapy infusions in six naturally lit, private infusion bays.
The Moos family says they couldn’t have asked for better. Steven celebrated his JRMC Cancer Center graduation on Oct. 15.
To learn more about care at JRMC or to schedule an appointment, visit www.jrmcnd.com/cancer-center.
About the JRMC Cancer Center
Jamestown Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Sanford Health, opened the JRMC Cancer Center in 2019. The JRMC Cancer Center serves 100 people from Sanford and other healthcare organizations in the Jamestown area each month, saving 250,000 miles of travel each year.
Jamestown (CSi) November 6th is National Bison Day, celebrating the United States National Mammal. The National Buffalo Museum, in Jamestown will be offering free admission to all guests on Saturday, November 6th.
Visitors will have the final opportunity to view I AM BISON, an installation art show by Virginia based fiber artist and sculptor, Patty Swygert. The show, traces the history of bison on this continent, debuted at the National Buffalo Museum last November.
The National Buffalo Museum’s mission is to advocate for the restoration of the North American Bison through education and outreach.
For more information, contact Rachel Johnson at 701-252-8648 or collections@buffalomuseum.com.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three North Dakota men are accused of committing financial crimes while working at banks in Beulah and Glen Ullin. All three defendants are from Beulah. Brady Torgerson is charged with committing bank fraud, misapplication of bank funds, making false entries in bank records and committing aggravated identity theft. The indictment alleges that the 34-year-old Torgerson issued bank funds to individuals not entitled to these funds, failed to register banking transactions, created fraudulent loan obligations and made moves to conceal his activities. Torgerson’s father, 60-year-old Brent Torgerson, and 32-year-old Kelly Huffman are each charged with one count of misapplication of bank funds.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bills to prevent vaccine mandates and the teaching of certain concepts of race and racism will get hearings _ and almost certain approval _ when the Republican-controlled Legislature returns to the Capitol next week for a special session. The original intent of the special session was to approve a new map of legislative districts and the spending federal coronavirus relief aid. But the hot-button conservative issues could overshadow those measures. The special session called by Gov. Doug Burgum last week has no time restriction and may last indefinitely, though legislative leaders said they hoped it would only last five days.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s drought is easing with recent precipitation, but some areas of the state are still dealing with poor conditions. This week’s U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that no areas of the state are in exceptional drought, the worst category, and less than 10% of North Dakota is in extreme drought, the second worst category. By comparison, all of the state was in some form of drought, with nearly two-thirds in extreme or exceptional drought, three months ago. Much of western and central North Dakota remains in severe or moderate drought. And most of eastern North Dakota is rated “abnormally dry” or not in any category.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have given temporary approval to a natural gas pipeline in McKenzie County that has been operating for years without a state permit. North Dakota Public Service Commission Chairwoman Julie Fedorchak says she’s not sure why the 2.6-mile Caliber Midstream pipeline has been operating since 2014 without proper permitting. The pipeline connects a natural gas processing plant with the nearby Northern Border Pipeline which is a major export pipeline taking gas produced in the Bakken and Canada to markets in the middle of the United States. Caliber is planning changes to the Midstream pipeline and wants to allow gas to flow either direction, including from Northern Border to a trucking facility next to its Hay Butte processing plant.
In sports…
Thursday
UJ Women’s Soccer
GPAC Quarter Finals
At Jimmie Turf Field
Jamestown 2 Dordt University 2
(UJ)
Eve Hoppe (SO/Temecula, Calif.)’s 81st-minute strike broke a 2-2 tie and the 22nd-ranked University of Jamestown women’s soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the GPAC postseason tournament with a 3-2 win over Dordt (Iowa) University Thursday night.
Top-seeded Jamestown (17-0-1) will host fifth-seed Morningside (Iowa) University, which upset fourth-seed Midland (Neb.) 3-0, in the semifinals. That match is Tuesday at 6 p.m. from the Jimmie Turf Field. The other semifinal matchup has third-seed Hastings (Neb.) at second-seed Briar Cliff (Iowa) Tuesday at 2 p.m.
The Jimmies scored the first goal of the match as Miarosa Gyllenswan (FR/Menifee, Calif.) received a Kamryn Fiscus (JR/Yakima, Wash.) pass inside the 18-yard box, and despite being on the outer side of the goalpost, fired off a left-footed shot that got over the outstretched arms of Dordt keeper Jenna Wright and found the top left corner of the goal.
After allowing six shots on target and another to hit the crossbar inside the first 24 minutes, the Defenders started to gain some offensive momentum just after 30 minutes in. A shot by Sydney Hooyer went wide, and another shot by Hannah Glynn was high, but the third time was the charm, as Sarah Miller stepped in front of a Jimmie pass from the backline and unleashed a right-footed strike from 30 yards out. The ball rocketed into the left corner of the net as Jimmie keeper Alex Nowka (JR/Anchorage, Alaska) had no chance.
It appeared as if the match would head to the break tied at one, but inside of ten seconds Jamestown escaped with possession from a scrum 15 yards from goal. Chole Andrews tapped the ball over to Briana Perry (SR/Las Vegas, Nev.). Perry’s shot had just enough lift and carry to sail beyond Wright into the the back of the net wtih three seconds left in the half.
Dordt only needed nine minutes and nine seconds to get the equalizer in the second half. Katherine Kooiman delivered a sublime through ball to Claire Jansen on the left side of goal. Jansen had the angle on Nowka and delivered a shot to the opposite side of the keeper that hit nothing but net.
Nowka made one more save on Jansen in the 59th minute, then the Jimmie offense took charge. A pair of shots went high over the crossbar, then Gyllenswan had an attempt denied by Wright.
In the 81st minute, Hoppe stepped in front of a Dordt pass forty yards from goal, then dribbled between two Defenders to get 15 yards from goal. Her shot had plenty of height to get above a diving Wright and put the Jimmies in front.
UJ won a pair of corner kicks and had another shot on goal in the final five minutes. Shots ended 19-7 in favor of Jamestown, as did shots on goal (11-4).
NFL—COLTS/JETS
Colts blast Jets behind Wentz, Taylor
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts were winners in their first prime-time home game since December 2017.
Carson Wentz threw three touchdown passes and Jonathan Taylor rushed for 172 yards and two scores to carry the Colts past the Jets, 45-30. Wentz opened the second-half scoring with a 2-yard scoring pass to offensive lineman Danny Pinter, and Taylor sealed the win with a 78-yard sprint to make it 42-10.
Jets backup QB Josh Johnson threw for a career-high 317 yards and had a career-best three touchdown passes in the final 18 minutes. Johnson entered the game after Mike White injured his right forearm in the first quarter, four days after throwing for 405 yards and three TDs in his first NFL start.
NFL-NEWS
Browns excuse Beckham for 2nd straight day
UNDATED (AP) — The Cleveland Browns appear ready to hold the door for Odell Beckham Jr.
The polarizing wide receiver was excused from practice for the second straight day as the Browns figure out their next move with him.
Beckham has likely played his last game in Cleveland, his exit hastened by his father sharing a video on social media criticizing quarterback Baker Mayfield for not throwing the ball to the three-time Pro Bowler.
The oft-injured Beckham has been a major disappointment after being acquired from the Giants in 2019. He dropped several balls in last weekend’s loss to the Steelers and has just 17 receptions for 232 yards and no touchdowns this season.
The three-time Pro Bowler is making $15.75 million this season, and the Browns would have to pay him at least half of that if he is waived and not claimed by another team.
In other NFL news on Thursday:
— Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray didn’t practice for a second straight day because of an injured ankle, casting doubt on his status for Monday’s game against the 49ers on Sunday. Murray hurt his left ankle on the final drive of Arizona’s 24-21 loss to the Packers last Thursday, which was the team’s first loss of the season.
— Quarterback Tyrod Taylor will start for the Texans when they visit the Dolphins on Sunday. Houston went 0-6 with rookie Davis Mills under center while Taylor recovered from a hamstring injury suffered in Week 2. Taylor has led Houston to its only victory of the season.
— The Giants limited access to their facility after the laboratory handling their COVID-19 testing had an unusually high number of false positive tests. The Giants canceled in-facility meetings for players in the morning and closed their office to non-football staff. Coach Joe Judge said some players and coaches were sent home and later brought back to the building for an afternoon walkthrough and practice when a second test was negative.
NBA..
UNDATED (AP) — The Utah Jazz were able to cruise to an 18-point win in Atlanta despite the absence of Donovan Mitchell due to a sprained right ankle.
Jordan Clarkson bounced back from his worst game of the season by scoring 30 points in the Jazz’s 116-98 decision over the Hawks. Clarkson picked up the slack off the bench to give the Jazz their eighth victory in nine games this season. He shot 0 for 11 from 3-point range and 1 of 13 overall to finish with just two points in Tuesday’s victory against the Kings.
Trae Young scored 21 points for the Hawks, who shot just 7 of 28 on 3-pointers in their first loss in four home games.
Checking out Thursday’s other NBA action:
— Seth Curry scored 23 points and Tyrese Maxey added 20 in the 76ers’ fifth win in a row, 109-98 over the Pistons. Maxey had nine points in the third quarter as the 76ers took a 86-82 lead. Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) had 19 points and nine rebounds for Philadelphia.
— The Thunder rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat the Lakers for the second time this season, 107-104. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 11 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles forward Anthony Davis had 29 points and 18 rebounds despite spraining his right thumb near halftime.
— Devin Booker dropped in 27 points and Landry Shamet added 19 off the bench for the Suns in a 123-111 verdict over the Rockets. Shamet and JaVale McGee led a strong effort from the Suns’ bench, which combined for 52 points. Phoenix has won three straight games and pushed above .500 for the first time this season at 4-3.
— The Celtics played airtight defense for a second consecutive night on the way to a 95-78 stifling of the Heat. Jaylen Brown scored 17 points to lead six Boston players in double figures. Miami shot 35% overall, 9-for-41 from 3-point range and managed a total of 55 points in the final three quarters.
NBA-SUNS INVESTIGATION
Suns to be investigated
PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA has asked a law firm to investigate the Phoenix Suns.
The decision follows an ESPN report on Thursday detailing allegations that owner Robert Sarver has a history of racist, misogynistic and hostile incidents during his 17-year tenure in charge of the franchise.
ESPN said it talked to dozens of current and former team employees for the story, including some who detailed inappropriate behavior by Sarver. Most of the allegations are from anonymous sources, but a few are on the record.
In ESPN’s report, Sarver denied or disputed most of the allegations through his legal team.
T25 FOOTBALL-LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE/GEORGIA STATE
Ragin’ Cajuns pull out win
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette has locked up the conference West Division title for the fourth straight season and won its eighth straight game after a season-opening loss at Texas.
The Ragin’ Cajuns had to rally as Montrell Johnson had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs and Louisiana-Lafayette scored all its points on its final three possessions to rally for a 21-17 victory over Georgia State. Johnson ran for 98 yards, with scoring runs of 3 and 13 yards.
Georgia State took a 17-14 lead with 5:25 left on Tucker Gregg’s 1-yard run.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-CFP EXPANSION
CFP to reopen expansion talks
DALLAS (AP) — The administrators in charge of the College Football Playoff plan to meet again on Dec. 1 to continue expansion talks.
The most crucial detail facing the 10-person management committee is the size of expansion from the current four-team setup.
Executive Director Bill Hancock released a statement Thursday saying the support for expansion is evident, but there are several crucial details that remain under discussion. Hancock also described the just-completed two days of meetings with the CFP management committee as productive.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-TENNESSEE
Vols won’t self-impose bowl ban
UNDATED (AP) — Tennessee will not self-impose a postseason bowl ban after wrapping up its investigation into the recruiting issues.
Tennessee started the internal investigation after receiving a tip on Nov. 13, 2020, about alleged recruiting violations that led to the firing of head coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine others in January.
Chancellor Donde Plowman said in January that the potential NCAA issues involved Level I and II violations with a number of people and incidents.
NHL..
UNDATED (AP) — The Florida Panthers had never collected more than 17 points through the first 10 games of a season. They now have 19 points after improving to 9-0-1 with a 5-4 overtime win against the Capitals.
Eetu Luostarinen (EE’-too loos-tah-ry-nehn) scored 1:55 into overtime against the Caps, who have suffered four of their five losses in OT or a shootout.
Florida’s Aleksander Barkov tallied. That raises his career total to 188, tying Olli Jokinen (OH’-lee YOH’-kih-nehn) for the most in franchise history.
Aaron Ekblad had a goal and assist, and Brandon Montour also scored for Florida.
Alex Ovechkin (oh-VEHCH’-kihn) netted his 10th goal of the season and had two assists for Washington.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Maple Leafs came away with a 2-1 win over the Lightning on William Nylander’s (NEE’-lan-durz) power-play goal 3:43 into overtime. John Tavares tied it for Toronto with 41.1 seconds left in regulation and goalie Jack Campbell off for an extra attacker. Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner each had two assists in Toronto’s fourth consecutive win and Tampa Bay’s first loss in four games.
— Kris Letang (leh-TANG’) stuffed a wraparound by Carter Hart 1:57 into overtime to give the Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Flyers. Letang’s first goal of the season helped the Penguins end a three-game losing streak on a night they played without star center Sidney Crosby and head coach Mike Sullivan due to COVID-19 protocols. Tristan Jarry stopped 36 shots for Pittsburgh, weathering a heavy barrage early and making a couple of quality stops in the extra period.
— The Bruins stormed to a 5-1 win over the Red Wings as Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES BEHR’-zhuh-rahn) scored his first four goals of the season. Brad Marchand assisted on all four of Bergeron’s goals, Mike Reilly scored his first of the season and Charlie McAvoy had a pair of assists for Boston. Jeremy Swayman finished with 14 saves for the Bruins, who remained unbeaten at home.
— Brock Nelson scored four times and the Islanders improved to 4-0-2 in their last six games by trouncing the Canadiens, 6-2. Oliver Wahlstrom and Jean-Gabriel Pageau (pa-ZHOH’) also scored to help the Islanders improve to 4-2-2 on the first eight games of a season-opening, 13-game road trip. Anthony Beauvilier (boh-VIH’-lee-ay) had three assists and Ilya Sorokin (sah-ROH’-kihn) stopped 36 shots.
— The Blues used a three-goal second period to beat the Sharks, 5-3. Brandon Saad (sahd) scored a short-handed goal in the first period and tied the game in the second as he looked back up to speed after missing four games following a positive test for COVID-19. Joel Hofer won his NHL debut with 23 saves.
— The Golden Knights also cruised to a 5-1 victory as Jonathan Marchessault (MAHR’-sheh-soh) tallied twice against the Senators. Mattias Janmark, Brett Howden and Alex Pietrangelo (peh-TRAN’-jeh-loh) also scored for Vegas, and Robin Lehner (LEH’-nur) made 38 saves against his former team. Brady Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK’) had Ottawa’s lone goal.
— The Kraken knocked off the Sabres, 5-2 as Jordan Eberle (EH’-bur-lee) had the first hat trick in Seattle history. He scored three times in less than 10 minutes of the second and third periods. Jaden Schwartz had two assists and added an empty net goal in the closing moments.
— Jamie Benn scored at 2:59 of overtime to give the Stars a 4-3 triumph over the Flames. Denis Gurianov (gur-ee-AH’-nahv), Blake Comeau and Tyler Seguin (SAY’-gehn) also scored, Miro Heiskanen (HAY’-skah-nehn) had three assists, and Anton Khudobin (koo-DOH’-bihn) made 30 saves to help Dallas snap a four-game skid. Milan Lucic (LOO’-cheech), Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK’) and Nikita Zadorov scored for the Flames, who are 6-0-3 since a season-opening regulation loss.
NHL-NEWS
Sabres trade Eichel to Vegas
UNDATED (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres have ended their association with former second overall draft pick Jack Eichel (EYE’-kul) by dealing him to the Vegas Golden Knights.
The trade ends a bitter feud between Eichel and Buffalo over how to repair his herniated disk, which has sidelined him since March. The dispute revolved around the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement giving teams the final say over the treatment of injuries.
The Golden Knights have granted Eichel permission to have the artificial disk replacement surgery he preferred, though the recovery timetable means he’ll likely miss most if not all of the remainder of the season.
Buffalo acquired forward Alex Tuch (tuhk), rookie center Peyton Krebs and two draft picks.
In other NHL news:
— The Penguins played tonight without head coach Mike Sullivan after he was placed in COVID-19 protocols, leaving the team in the hands of assistant Todd Reirden. Eight Penguins players have entered the protocol since mid-September, including captain Sidney Crosby. The Pens say Crosby tested positive and is symptomatic.
MLB-REDS-CASTELLANOS
Reds’ Castellanos opts out of contract, becomes free agent
UNDATED (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds say star outfield Nick Castellanos has exercised the opt-out clause in his contract and is now a free agent.
The Reds right fielder opted out of the final two years and $34 million remaining on his deal after having the best season of his nine-year career.
The 29-year-old Castellanos was a first-time All-Star in 2021. He batted .309 with 34 home runs and led the Reds with 100 RBIs.
Castellanos enters a crowded free agent pool that includes former MVPs Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant.
In other major league news:
— Giants catcher Buster Posey has formally announced his retirement. As he batted .304 with 18 homers and 56 RBIs this season, he showed his surgically repaired right hip had finally healed three years after surgery.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% among patients with mild-to-moderate infections. The company announced Friday it will soon ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international regulators to authorize its pill, which is taken twice a day for five days. A similar pill from competitor Merck is currently under FDA review and was cleared Thursday by U.K. regulators. Drugmakers around the world have been racing to develop an easy-to-use pill to blunt the effects of COVID-19. All therapies now authorized in the U.S. require an IV or injection.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has canceled a multimillion dollar deal with Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland- based vaccine manufacturer with facilities in Baltimore that were found to have produced millions of contaminated vaccine doses this spring. The Washington Post reported that the company disclosed the development on Thursday in a conference call discussing its latest financial results. The problems with the vaccines earlier this year caused a monthslong delay in production. Emergent BioSolutions played a role in the Trump administration’s effort to speed up vaccine development and distribution. But after winning a contract from the previous administration, Emergent quickly ran into production problems.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has recorded its second consecutive daily record for new coronavirus cases as infections pick up across Europe. Its disease control center says unvaccinated people now face a “very high” risk of infection. The center said Friday that the country saw 37,120 reported new infections over the past 24 hours. That compared with Thursday’s figure of 33,949 — which in turn topped the previous record of 33,777 set on Dec. 18 last year. While it’s possible that the figures were pushed up by delayed testing and reporting following a regional holiday Monday in some of the worst-affected areas, they underlined a steady rise in infections over recent weeks.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, COVID-19-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next year. Australia’s largest state by land mass has the nation’s lowest vaccination rates, and is the only Australian state or territory that does not intend to reopen this year. Vaccinated Australians have been free to travel the world through east coast airports in coronavirus-affected Sydney and Melbourne since Monday when a 20-month-old international travel ban was lifted. Western Australia’s leaders have set a vaccination target of 90% of the population aged 12 and older for the border restrictions to be relaxed. That’s expected in late January or early February.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Witnesses at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial say the first man shot on the streets of Kenosha was “hyperaggressive,” threatened to kill Rittenhouse and another man who were patrolling with guns and later lunged for Rittenhouse’s gun in an attempt to take it away. Ryan Balch is a former Army infantryman who carried an an AR-style semi-automatic rifle and walked around with Rittenhouse. He testified that Joseph Rosenbaum was upset at one point and threatened to kill him or Rittenhouse if he caught either alone. Another witness testified earlier that Rosenbaum lunged for Rittenhouse’s gun just before he was shot.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s atomic agency said Friday that its stockpile of 20% enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463 pounds), the latest defiant move ahead of upcoming nuclear talks with the West. In a report carried by semi-official news outlets, the agency said it had produced well beyond a 120 kilogram target for 20% enriched uranium set by parliament. Under the historic 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the World Powers, Iran was not meant to enrich uranium above 3.67 percent. Enriched uranium above 90 percent can be used for nuclear weapons. After months of delays, the European Union, Iran and the U.S. announced Wednesday that indirect talks to resuscitate the deal would resume on Nov. 29 in Vienna.
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