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…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…
INCLUDES STUTSMAN, BARNES AND SURROUNDING AREAS…
The National Weather Service in Bismarck has issued a Red Flag
Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect
from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ this afternoon to 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/
this evening.
* AFFECTED AREA…Central North Dakota.
* WINDS…Northwest 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 17 percent.
* IMPACTS…Any fires that develop may spread rapidly. Outdoor
burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now….or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds…low relative humidity…and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Forecast…
.REST OF TODAY…Decreasing clouds. Highs in the upper 70s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy with slight chance of rain showers. Lows
in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs around 70. North winds around 5 mph
shifting to the east in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows around 50.
.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 40s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 60s.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police warns Jamestown residents that a High Risk Sex Offender has changed his Jamestown address.
Sawyer John Suko now resides at 913 14th Street, Southwest, Jamestown, ND.
Suko is a 24 year old white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall weighing 150 pounds with hazel eyes, and brown hair.
His vehicle is a tan 2001 Pontiac Bonneville, (Temporary) ND registration.
He has been assigned a high risk assessment by the North Dakota high risk level committee, of the Attorney General’s Office.
Suko has been convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition, involving a 13 year old girl, when both Suko and the female were intoxicated at a campsite, when Suko was 18 years of age. The conviction date was January 6, 2012, in Stutsman County, District Court.
Disposition: One year and one day…with 285 days suspended, and under five year supervised probation…currently on probation with North Dakota Parole and Probation, and is on GPS Monitoring.
Suko 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 Suko are available at the Jamestown Police Department.
The information and photo posted at CSiNewsNow.com
More information on registered sex offenders is available at the North Dakota Attorney General’s web site: www.sexoffender.nd.gov
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called just after 8-a.m. Thursday to the Interstate Tesoro gas station on Highway 281 South.
Bags of absorbent were spread to contain about 20 gallons of the fuel.
CSiNewsNOW.com photos
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther reports the party responsible for the spill was starting the cleanup before the units arrived.
One city fire unit and four firefighters were on scene about 40 minutes with 19 fire personnel on standby at the city fire hall.
Interstate Tesoro remains open for business.
Jamestown Police was also dispatched to the scene, for traffic control.
Jamestown (CSi) The District 12 and 29 Republicans will host a luncheon on Thursday May 10th at noon at the Gladstone Inn & Suites in Jamestown.
On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Delores Rath said the Republican endorsed North Dakota Secretary of State candidate Will Gardner is the invited guest.
Reservation can be made by calling Delores Rath at 701-952-7170.
Pay the cost of $13.50 at the door.
She added that more luncheons will be held the second Thursday each month through October, featuring other Republican endorsed candidates.
Josh Boschee the minority leader in the North Dakota House of Representatives, unanimously won the Democratic endorsement for secretary of state.
Jamestown (CSi) Officials with Sanford Health in Jamestown have announced that Schmidt Chiropractic in Jamestown and Sanford have completed the final steps to merge.
Sanford Clinic Director, Jon Lillejord says, the new partnership is beneficial to both organization, as Sanford Health does not currently provide chiropractic services, and the Schmidt team will have new opportunities to expand their services.
The expansion will include offering patients integrated care from a team of primary care providers, physical therapists and other specialists.
Schmidt Chiropractic has been providing services in Jamestown since 1980.
Drs. Dwight Schmidt, Nick Schmidt, Jerrod Hann and staff are dedicated to patients health and well-being, and will continue to serve Jamestown and area residents from the new location.
Schmidt Chiropractic will continue to serve patients at the current location until Thursday May 17th.
Effective Monday May 21, chiropractic services will be located at Sanford Health Jamestown Clinic, at 904 5th Avenue, Northeast, near the University of Jamestown.
Hours will be the Same:
Monday and Thursday, 8-a.m. to 6-p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 8-a.m., to 5-p.m.
Patients have the option to obtain a copy of medical records, if they so choose, by calling Schmidt Chiropractic at 701-251-1550, before May 21. After May 21 call Sanford Health at 701-234-2366, to request your records.
To schedule and appointment at the new Sanford location, use the current phone number, 701-251-1550.
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown’s Teen Emergency Response Team (CERT) disaster drill and graduation was held Thurs May 3 at the Jamestown High School Gymnasium.
Stutsman County Assistant Emergency Manager, Kim Franklin says, this spring, 107 JHS freshmen students participated in the Teen CERT program. These students have been learning how to respond and take care of themselves, their family and their neighbors in the event of a disaster. The hands-on course has taught students about emergency preparedness, fire safety, medical triage, disaster medical, search and rescue, disaster psychology, and terrorism by professional emergency responders.
As the eighth year of JHS Teen CERT comes to a close, these freshmen participated in a disaster exercise where they were acting as the responders during a simulated bleacher collapse scenario.
The JHS Drama students, performing as the injured victims in the scenario.
Photos from this year’s drill posted on line at CSiNewsNow.com
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center, welcomes back The Steve K Band on Thursday May 10th, at the Arts Center Gallery.
A Jamestown’s favorite! Steve Kuykendall (lead guitar and vocals), Nancy Kuykendall (bass guitar and backup vocals) and Teresa Freitas (percussion) will provide an entertaining night focused on the best hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
Enjoy a musical journey from fun pop and R&B to the blues. In this intimate and captivating 90 minutes journey, prepare to be carried away with the beauty of simplicity and exciting technical intensity created as Steve blends well-loved melodies and the excitement of the unexpected.
Tickets available at the door $15 / $10 for members.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Authorities in North Dakota say four people found dead in a Grand Forks home were a mother and her three children and their deaths were apparent homicides and a suicide.
Police found the bodies Thursday morning after one of the children’s schools asked them to do a welfare check. They say all four had gunshot wounds.
The police news release Thursday night said a handgun was found at the scene and no suspects were being sought.
Police identified the dead as 35-year-old Astra Volk and her children, 14-year-old Tyler Talmage, 10-year-old Aidan Talmage and 6-year-old Arianna Talmage.
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Gallatin County search and rescue teams have recovered the remains of a Bismarck, North Dakota physician who went missing in Montana nearly three years ago.
Sheriff Brian Gootkin says last Saturday 26 searchers and eight dogs again searched a field south of the town of Willow Creek, where Dr. Patrick Fitzpatrick’s abandoned vehicle was found on July 4, 2015.
A bloodhound located Fitzpatrick’s remains on a rolling hillside about a mile from where his vehicle was found. Gootkin says searchers had looked in the area for four days in July 2015 and attempted another search in March 2017. Late last month they tried again.
Fitzpatrick, who was 74, was last seen on July 2, 2015 at a Bozeman bank.
Gootkin said Thursday that there is no indication of foul play.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Environmental study of the Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to continue into the summer as federal officials meet with American Indian tribes who’ve raised concerns about being left out of the process.
Federal Judge James Boasberg last summer ordered the additional study due to lingering concerns about the pipeline’s impact on tribal interests. Four tribes are suing to shut down the pipeline.
Since then, tribal officials have bemoaned a lack of involvement, and the Army Corps of Engineers has said it’s had trouble getting needed information from the tribes.
The Corps now says it’ll meet with all tribes by June 1.
Boasberg has given the Corps until June 8 to set a date for completion of the work that initially was expected to wrap up in early April.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The University of Mary says that for the first time in the school’s history there will be a waiting list for freshmen applicants this fall.
The university is expecting 20 percent more freshmen in 2018 compared to last year. The school says the incoming freshman class of 500 will be a record.
Undergraduate admissions director Richard Hinton says there are just a few spots remaining in the freshman class that will be filled in the coming weeks. Hinton says all applications filed after June 1 will go on a waiting list.
Hinton says there are more students coming from outside North Dakota, including from Montana and Minnesota.
The Catholic, Benedictine university was founded in 1959 by the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An emergency shelter that opened as a short-term housing solution in Bismarck will stay open indefinitely.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Missouri Slope Areawide United Way opened the facility in March.
The United Way had secured space in downtown Bismarck’s Sunrise Apartments building until July, while city officials worked toward creating a permanent shelter.
The agency has been filling the emergency housing gap since Ruth Meier’s Hospitality House closed the area’s lone emergency men’s shelter in October.
People seeking shelter can stay for free up to 30 days as long as they work on goals leading to self-sufficiency. Shelter residents also must help with chores and cannot consume drugs or alcohol. Residents must pay $25 a week or 30 percent of their income after the free 30 days.
In sports…
High School Girl’s Soccer….
Minot 5 Jamestown 0
High School Baseball…
Fargo South 3 Valley City 2
Jamestown (uj.edu) — The 15th-ranked Jimmie softball team begins the NSAA conference tournament as the top seed and will face No. 8 seed Mayville State (N.D.) at 10:00 a.m. Friday in Aberdeen, S.D.
Jamestown is the top seed in the Blue Bracket, which in addition to the No. 8 seed Comets, includes No. 4 Bellevue (Neb.) and No. 5 Dakota State (S.D.). The Bruins and Trojans will play at 12:00 p.m. Friday.
Valley City State (N.D.) is the top seed in the Navy Bracket, which also includes No. 7 Presentation (S.D.), No. 3 Dickinson State (N.D.), and No. 6 Waldorf (Iowa). VCSU and Presentation play at 10:30 a.m. Friday, while Dickinson State and Waldorf meet at 12:30 p.m.
The winners of the opening game in each bracket advance to Saturday, while the losers meet in a loser-out game. One team from each bracket will be eliminated on Friday.
UJ is 4-0 against the Comets this season, sweeping a pair of doubleheaders on April 22 and 23.
Live stats for the entire tournament are available at http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Tournament/TournamentPage.aspx?association=10&sg=WBA&tour=2486
Grand Forks (UND Sports.com) A majority of UND students voted for Fighting Hawks mascot design option “Z”, and UND President Mark Kennedy is ready to honor their pick.
Kennedy says, “Our students have seized the opportunity to further define the Fighting Hawks identity, which will be a source of pride for UND fans for generations to come. The initiative has been a student-led effort from the beginning, so it’s only fitting that they ultimately defined its outcome through this vote.”
Online polls closed Wednesday evening after staying open for two days. More than 2,300 students voted for what they found to be the best look. It’s an important milestone in a months-long process to bring UND’s new logo and branding to life.
UND student body president Erik Hanson says, “From the original committee to help narrow the scope, to the final vote being comprised of students, the University is showing that students’ opinions matter, and that this is truly a student-led initiative. The high amount of participation in a process like this at such a busy time of the year for students is something that we’re very excited about.”
NICKNAME CHANGE
ESTELLINE, S.D. (AP) — The Estelline School District in eastern South Dakota is shedding its controversial Native American imagery by choosing a new team name and mascot.
The Watertown Public Opinion reports the six options to replace the “Redmen” nickname are Eagles, Express, Pioneers, Raptors, Red Hawks or Red Hornets.
Students, alumni and patrons are currently voting, and the winning name will be announced during a school ceremony on May 16.
School board officials say the name change discussion has been occurring for a couple of decades. It picked up momentum last fall when the state High School Activities Association recommended schools phase out Native American imagery.
Board member LeAnne Johnson says the district will continue to honor Estelline’s athletic history under the Redmen name, including leaving state title banners with the name.
Game 3 is Saturday in Philadelphia.
NBA NEWS
UNDATED (AP) — David Fizdale will become the New York Knicks’ 11th head coach since Jeff Van Gundy stepped down during the 2001-02 season.
A person with knowledge of the details says the Knicks have agreed to hire Fizdale to replace Jeff Hornacek (HOHR’-nah-sehk), who was fired last month after two seasons.
Fizdale led the Grizzlies to the playoffs in his first season before being fired early this season following a clash with star center Marc Gasol (gah-SAHL’). He was 43-39 last season and was let go last December following a 7-12 start.
NHL-STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS…
UNDATED (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to shut down Alex Ovechkin and square their Stanley Cup second-round series at two games apiece.
Jake Guentzel (GEHNT’-sul) scored twice and Evgeni Malkin provided the game-winner as the Pens downed the Capitals, 3-1 in Pittsburgh. Malkin snapped a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal late in the second period, about 4 ½ minutes after T.J. Oshie (OH’-shee) tied it for the Capitals.
Guentzel added an empty-netter with 58 seconds left, 13 seconds after the Caps were called for too many men on the ice. He leads all playoff scorers with 10 goals.
Matt Murray stopped 20 shots for the Pens, who travel back to Washington for Game 5 on Saturday.
Washington played without winger Tom Wilson, who began serving a three-game suspension for his vicious hit on Zach Aston-Reese in Game 3. The hit left Aston Reese with a broken jaw and a concussion.
The Nashville Predators also knotted their series at two games apiece.
Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh REE’-nay) stopped 32 shots and P.K. Subban supplied the eventual game-winner as the Predators topped the Jets, 2-1 at Winnipeg. Rinne blanked the Jets until Patrik Laine (LY’-nay) scored a power-play goal with 51 seconds to play.
Subban’s power-play tally put Nashville ahead 2-0 with 5:24 left in the second period. Ryan Hartman provided the opening goal late in the first.
Game 5 is Saturday in Nashville.
NHL-TORREY-OBIT…
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Hockey Hall of Fame general manager Bill Torrey has died at his home in South Florida at age 83.
Torrey was the original GM of the New York Islanders and built a dynasty that won four straight Stanley Cups and reached the final in five consecutive seasons from 1980-84.
He eventually became the first president of the Florida Panthers and watched the franchise reach the Cup final in its third season.
Torrey also was a vice president of the Oakland Seals under owner Charles. O. Finley.
MLB…
— The White Sox pulled out a 6-5 win over Minnesota on Trayce Thompson’s walk-off homer off Addison Reed with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Sanchez and Palka drove in two runs apiece for Chicago, which trailed 5-1 heading into the bottom of the fourth.
— The New York Yankees beat the Astros in Houston for the third straight day by rallying for three runs in the ninth after blowing a 3-0 lead.
The Astros were up 5-3 until Gleyber Torres hit a two-run single and Aaron Hicks scored the go-ahead run on a fielder’s choice. Torres had three RBIs in the Yankees’ 12th victory in 13 games.
Aroldis Chapman put the potential winning run on base in the ninth before fanning AL MVP Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) on three straight 101-mph fastballs to end it.
New York took three of four in a rematch of last year’s ALCS.
Meanwhile, the Blue Jays opened their doubleheader at Cleveland with a wild 13-11, 11-inning victory over the Indians.
Toronto blew leads of 5-0 and 9-7 before Yangervis Solarte (yahn-HEHR’-vihs soh-LAHR’-tay) belted a grand slam in the top of the 11th. Solarte was 5-for-6 with six RBIs, while Josh Donaldson supplied a two-run homer and an RBI double in his first game since missing about three weeks with a shoulder injury.
Francisco Lindor (lihn-DOHR’) homered twice and drove in four runs for Cleveland.
The Indians returned the favor in Game 2 as Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer and Erik Gonzalez collected four RBIs in a 13-4 pounding of Toronto. Adam Plutko worked 7 1/3 to win his first major league start and help Terry Francona become the 24th manager with 1,500 victories.
In other MLB games:
— Albert Pujols needs one more hit for 3,000 after poking a two-run double in the Angels’ 12-3 dismantling of the Orioles. Pujols failed to get a hit in his last three plate appearances, preventing him from reaching the milestone before the Angels begin a five-game road trip. Andrelton Simmons and Luis Valbuena drove in three runs apiece as Los Angeles completed a three-game sweep that follows four straight losses.
— Boston’s Mookie Betts slammed his major league-leading 12th home run, but Nomar Mazara went deep for the third straight game and drove in five as the Rangers thumped the Red Sox, 11-5. Mazara laced a two-run double and later added a three-run blast right after loser David Price was pulled from the game. Price was tahhed for nine runs – seven earned – in his third consecutive loss.
— Nelson Cruz banged out a two-run homer and Robinson Cano (kuh-NOH’) delivered a pair of RBI singles while the Mariners were building a 4-0 lead in a 4-1 victory over the Athletics. Seattle’s runs came against Sean Manaea, who saw his ERA rise to 1.63.
— Lucas Duda (DOO’-duh) had three hits and four RBIs while the Royals pounded three home runs in a 10-6 victory over the Tigers. Salvador Perez, Jorge Soler (HOHR’-hay soh-LEHR’) and Alex Gordon each went deep in Kansas City’s fourth win in six games since a five-game skid.
— Arizona reliever Jorge De La Rosa threw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches during an eighth-inning rally that sent the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Diamondbacks 5-2. The Dodgers scored four times in the eighth and ended the Diamondbacks’ string of nine straight series wins by earning a split of the four-game set.
— Julio Teheran took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, 20-year-old Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his second big league home run as the Braves torched the Mets, 11-0 to complete a three-game sweep. Atlanta outscored the Mets 21-2 in the series and took a 1 ½-game lead over New York atop the NL East.
— The Nationals managed just four hits but used sixth-inning homers by Trea Turner and Ryan Zimmerman to beat the Pirates, 3-1 and complete a four-game sweep. Jeremy Hellickson and four relievers combined on a five-hitter in Washington’s season-high fifth straight win.
MLB NEWS…
UNDATED (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki has been released by the Mariners and is shifting into a front office role with the team, although he is not completely shutting the door on playing again.
The Mariners announced that Suzuki was becoming a special assistant to the chairman effective immediately. The team said Suzuki will have an active presence with the team and assist with outfield play, base running and hitting.
The 10-time All-Star has a .311 average and 3,089 hits, not including the 1,278 hits he amassed in nine seasons in Japan.
In other MLB news:
— Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu will be sidelined until after the All-Star break with a severe left groin strain suffered in the second inning of last night’s win at Arizona. Ryu was 3-0 with a 2.14 ERA, his best start to a season since 2014.
— Mets ace right-hander Jacob deGrom is on track to take his next turn in the rotation Monday at Cincinnati. A scan and examination determined no major injury occurred when he hyperextended his pitching elbow while at the plate during Wednesday’s game against the Braves. He is 3-0 has thrown 18 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 1.87
— A person familiar with the planning says Major League Baseball intends to announce next week that the Yankees and Red Sox will play two games at London’s Olympic Stadium in June next year.
— Yawkey Way has become Jersey Street along Boston’s Fenway Park once again. City officials formally dropped the name of a former Red Sox owner over allegations that he was a racist who resisted signing black players. The street had been known as Yawkey Way since 1977, honoring former owner Tom Yawkey. Under his ownership, the Red Sox were the last team in Major League Baseball to field a black player.
NFL-COWBOYS-WITTEN
UNDATED (AP) — Tight end Jason Witten has formally announced his retirement after 15 years with the Dallas Cowboys, choosing the TV booth just as friend and longtime teammate Tony Romo did a year ago.
Witten says the “time has come to pass the torch.”
Just days from turning 36, Witten walks away as the leader in games, catches and yards receiving for a franchise with five Super Bowl wins, but none since the 1995 season. He and Tony Gonzalez are the only tight ends in NFL history with at least 1,000 catches and 10,000 yards.
In other NFL News:
— Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan has become the league’s highest-paid player by agreeing to a five-year contract extension that could be worth as much as $150 million. A person familiar with the deal confirmed that Ryan is assured of receiving at least $100 million, topping the three-year, $84 million package signed by Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. He has only missed two starts over the first decade of his career, passing for 41,796 yards with 260 touchdowns while begin voted to the Pro Bowl four times.
— The Jets have waived quarterback Bryce Petty, parting ways with their 2015 fourth-round draft pick. Petty started seven of his 10 games with the Jets and threw for 1,353 yards, four touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
— Defensive tackle Akeem Spence has been acquired by the Dolphins from the Lions for an undisclosed 2019 draft pick. Spence has 41 starts in a five-year NFL career. He was with Tampa Bay in 2013-16, and started 11 games for the Lions last year.
PGA-WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tiger Woods finds himself six strokes back through one round of the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte.
John Peterson tops the leaderboard following a 6-under 65 that included eagles on back-to-back holes. He’s two strokes ahead of five players, including Quail Hollow member Johnson Wagner to PGA Tour rookie Keith Mitchell.
Two-time winner Rory McIlroy was in the group at 68.
TENNIS-MADRID OPEN-WILLIAMS…
MADRID (AP) — Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week’s Madrid Open, saying she wasn’t ready to compete.
The 23-time Grand Slam champion, returned to the tour in Indian Wells this year after a 14-month absence because of the birth of her daughter.
She won in Madrid in 2012 and 2013.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL…
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has extended basketball coach Pat Chambers’ contract through the 2021-22 season.
Chambers led the Nittany Lions to 26 wins, the second-highest total in program history. Penn State also won 11 road and neutral-court games and beat nationally ranked Ohio State three times before capturing the NIT title.
Chambers has been with Penn State for seven seasons without an NCAA Tournament appearance.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL…
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — After leading Georgia to the national championship game, football coach Kirby Smart has been rewarded with a seven-year contract worth $49 million.
Georgia’s athletic association approved the contract extension and new compensation package Thursday.
Smart initially signed a six-year deal that paid him about $3.75 million per season when he took over as the Bulldogs coach before the 2016 season.
In World and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his $130,000 reimbursement of a hush payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels wasn’t tied in any way to his campaign. His lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said this week that Trump repaid the money given to Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with the president. Legal experts say it raises questions, including whether the money was for paying back an undisclosed loan or was reimbursement for a campaign expenditure. Either could be legally problematic.
HONOLULU (AP) — Nearly 1,500 residents were ordered to evacuate from their volcano-side homes after Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupted Thursday, sending molten lava chewing its way through forest land and bubbling up on paved streets. Officials couldn’t predict how long the eruption may last, prompting Hawaii’s governor to activate the National Guard to help with evacuations and provide security to about 770 structures left empty when residents sought shelter. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to give a speech to the National Rifle Association as debate over gun control escalates following February’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Last year, Trump told the group that attacks on the Second Amendment were over. After the shooting in Parkland, he accused lawmakers of being afraid of the powerful gun lobby. But after temporarily straying from the NRA’s staunch opposition to tougher gun controls, he quickly backpedaled on that tough talk.
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is being questioned about whether she intentionally misled the American people about why the administration didn’t disclose that President Donald Trump had repaid a hush money payment given to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s revealed this week that Trump had repaid the money paid to Daniels, who alleges she had an affair with Trump. Sanders said Thursday that she provided “the best information” she had at the time.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roman Polanski’s expulsion from the film academy ends a run of more than 40 years that the director had remained in the body since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in 1977. His status in film’s most prestigious organization became untenable when the film academy expelled Harvey Weinstein from its ranks in October. Polanski’s attorney says the director was blindsided by the move, and will contest his expulsion.
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