FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM to 8AM  FRIDAY

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 degrees possible.

* WHERE…Portions of south central, southeast, and southwest North
Dakota. Portions of central, north central, northwest and west
central Minnesota and northeast and southeast North Dakota.

* WHEN…From late tonight through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Take steps today to protect tender plants from the cold tonight into
Friday morning.

Forecast…

.REST OF TODAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers in the Jamestown area,  50 percent chance of rain showers  in the Valley City area.

Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph.

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Areas of frost after midnight. Lows in

the mid 30s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south

after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the

lower 60s. South winds 10 to 20 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy

with a 30 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in

the lower 40s. South winds around 15 mph with gusts to around

30 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Rain showers likely in the morning,

then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid

60s. South winds around 15 mph. Chance of showers 60 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.

.MEMORIAL DAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers

and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 80.

Fire Danger Rating  is in the low category

 

 

Newell,  SD  (SDHP)  The South Dakota Highway Patrol reports,  a 37-year-old Jamestown man has been identified as the man who died in a two vehicle crash near Newell in far northwest South Dakota, about 26 miles north of Sturgis.

Th report says, Dustin Vaughn died last Thursday morning , May 20, when his 2010 GMC Acadia that was westbound on U.S. Highway 212 rear-ended a trailer being pulled by a westbound semi.

His passenger, 24 year old Brandi Glaser, of Jamestown, suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash and was airlifted to a Rapid City hospital. Both weren’t wearing seat belts.

The driver of the semi 47 year old Michael Peterson, of Ridgeview, S.D. was not injured.

 

Jamestown  (Stutsman S.O.) –  The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office reports that  on Tuesday, May 25, it seized a large amount of suspected fentanyl pills and more in a routine traffic stop.

Photo: Stutsman Co. Sheriff’s Office.

Lt. Jonathan Hirchert reports approximately 200 suspected fentanyl pills, 20 grams of methamphetamine, $1,400 in US Currency and a loaded firearm during the stop.

He says, “These narcotics have an estimated street value of approximately $8,000.”

The occupant of the vehicle, Colton Dade, was arrested and charged with possession with Intent to deliver Fentanyl, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and carrying a concealed weapon. His bond was set at $50,000.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Stutsman County Narcotics Task Force and the Jamestown Police Department.

Lt Hirchert says,“Law enforcement would like to remind the community of the dangers of these pillls. The pills are designed to represent 30 milligram Oxycodone but contain an unknown amount of fentanyl.”

 

NDDoH

COVID-19 Stats  11:00 a.m

Wed. May 26, 2021

Barnes

New Positives  1

Total Positives 1416

Active: 3

Recovered: 1382

 

Stutsman

New Positives 1

Total Positives 3533

Active 10

Recovered 3440

ND Cases Reported on Wednesday

NEW CASES: 69

TOTAL ACTIVE CASES: 533

TOTAL CASES: 109,780

TOTAL RECOVERED: 107,738

DAILY TEST POSITIVITY RATE: 2.7%

Hospitalizations: 38

New Deaths:  2

Total Deaths:  1509

 

Vaccinations:

First Doses:  290,820 47 percent

Firs and second Doses: 269,714, $5.1 percent.

 

Valley City  (VCPS)  Thursday, May 27 is the Last Day of School at Valley City Public Schools. “We will be dismissing students early this Thursday, the last day of school. Please make sure that you are paying attention for dismissal times shared from Cschools and/or teachers (hint: we will follow our early dismissal schedule, busing included).

 

 

Bismarck    Correctional facilities statewide in North Dakota will be moving to Phase II Visitation on June 1st.

This is part of the plans to help combat COVID-19 spread among staff and inmates. Facilities restricted visitation for most of 2020 and 2021. The new plan will offer more options for visitation at correctional centers.

The James River Correctional Center (JRCC) is encouraging visitation by family, friends, and community groups to maintain the morale of the population and to continue pro-social relationships. As part of the institution’s continued mitigation efforts during the global pandemic, the following phase 2 visitation regulations will be implemented and maintained until phase 3 implementation or phase 2 being rescinded. Transition of phases is established by DOCR protocol.

The following protocols will be implemented at the JRCC for Phase II:

  • All approved visits will be pre-scheduled by the JRCC visitation officer.
  • All visitors will be required to call and pre-schedule their visit 48 hours in
    advance.
  • All visitors, including minors 6 years and older, will be subject to a BinaxNOW test. Verbal consent to test a minor is required by the legal guardian. The legal guardian will be responsible to conduct the nasal swabbing on the minor.
  • Only 1 approved adult visitor and a maximum of 3 approved minors will be
    authorized during phase 2.
  • Only 32 visitors and 8 residents will be authorized in the visitation room at a
    time.
  • All visits will be scheduled for 1 hour.
  • To ensure visitation equity among the population, each resident will be
    allowed 1 hour of visitation per week.
  • Visitors will be escorted into the visitation room as a group. Visitors should arrive ½ hour before the scheduled visit to ensure time for processing.
  • One brief embrace per visitor will be authorized at the beginning and end of the visitation period.
  • Kissing is not authorized.
  • Hand sanitizer will be provided in the visitation room.
  • Neither resident nor visitor will be authorized to move any piece of furniture.
  • Residents will be required to wear masks and goggles at all times.
  • Minor visitors 6 years and older are required to wear masks at all times.
  • Upon completion of the 1-hour visitation, the visiting room will be cleared and sanitized.

The James River Correctional Center was opened in 1998 on the grounds of the State Hospital in Jamestown, and is designed to hold medium-security men. Those with questions can contact the JRCC at 701-253-3660 or visit docr.nd.gov.

 

Bismarck  (APUC)  Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for five projects.

The awards totaling $194,875 were approved at the APUC quarterly meeting May 20 in Minot.

APUC is a program of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture that administers grant programs for research and development of new and expanded uses for North Dakota agricultural products. The grants can be used for basic and applied research, marketing and utilization, farm diversification, nature-based agritourism, prototype and technology and technical assistance.

The following received approval:

Butchers Edge was awarded $61,500 to start a meat processing facility in Edgeley, ND. Contact Jay Mathern at 701-658-9763.

Dyna-Flo Pump Co. was awarded $46,375 to establish a dealer network for the Dyna-Flo pump line. Contact Dana Rosendahl at 701-742-3223.

North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperative Foundation was awarded $30,000 to study the feasibility of a multi-species processing facility in southeast North Dakota. Contact Lori Capouch at 701-667-6444.

NHS Investments, LLC was awarded $42,000 for marketing and promotion. Contact Sarah Horak at 701-870-4050.

InvisionIT, LLC was awarded $15,000 to cover legal fees, patenting and licensing of a camera system for automatic tarp systems on semi-trailers. Contact Clint Welch at 580-399-8258.

APUC will hold its next grant application hearing on July 28-29, 2021, in Medora. Applications for the July meeting must be received by July 1, 2021. Prototype and technical assistance applications must be received by Sept. 1 for the Nov. 17-18, 2021, meeting.

For additional information, please visit https://www.nd.gov/ndda/apuc.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of people packed into a large church in Fargo to honor and remember a West Fargo police officer who died of a massive heart attack while at work. Police Lt. Adam Gustafson, a 10-year-veteran of department, died last week at age 40. KFGO radio reports that the turnout at his memorial service Wednesday included strong support from law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders. West Fargo Police Chief Denis Otterness remembered Gustafson as someone who brought a positive attitude to the job. Gustafson was known as a jokester, tossing a football around the police station and doing cartwheels in the hallway.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Two Republican state legislators are asking North Dakota health officials to stop calling residents to offer information on the coronavirus vaccine. Sens. Jessica Bell and Nicole Poolman sent a letter to State Health Officer Dr. Nizar Wehbi expressing concern about the role of state government in “personal health choices” and patient privacy. Both lawmakers said they had heard from constituents who were called and given vaccine information. Poolman said the people she talked to wanted to know how state government knew that they hadn’t been vaccinated. Wehbi says the calls are a well-established, effective tool to increase immunization coverage.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Labor unions and veterans groups are urging North Dakotans who may have been exposed to asbestos to get screened before a new law takes effect that they say will make it more difficult to sue. Backers of the Republican-backed law, which will take effect Aug. 1 and will bar people from suing over asbestos exposure unless they’ve already been sickened by it, say it’s largely meant to guard against fraudulent claims. Critics, though, say the law is an industry bailout that will strip workers of rights and make it much harder for them to file suit over exposure. Nearly 740 North Dakotans have died from asbestos exposure since 1999, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database.

 

In sports…

Wednesday

State B Baseball

Region 3 Tournament

At Tolna

Kidder County 7 Lamoure/Litchville/Marion 6

Second Championship Game

LaMoure/Litchville/Marion 11 Kidder County 2

LLM advances to the State Class B High School Baseball tournament to be held Thursday-Saturday, June 3-5, at Jack Brown Stadium. Seedings and pairings TBA

 

NBA..

The Knicks have knotted their first-round series at a game apiece by rallying for a 101-92 victory over the Hawks.

Derrick Rose scored 26 points for New York, which trailed by 13 at halftime before Julius Randle got hot. Randle shot 0-for-6 in the opening half but scored 11 of his 15 points.

Reggie Bullock made four 3-pointers in the second half and also had 15 points as the Knicks guaranteed there will be at least one more home game in their surprising season.

Trae Young scored 30 points for Atlanta, which hosts Game 3 on Friday.

 

Donovan Mitchell gave the Jazz a boost with 25 points in a 141-129 victory against the Grizzlies. Mitchell did it in just 26 minutes after missing Utah’s previous 17 games with a sprained ankle. He scored 12 points with three 3s in his first eight minutes.

Mike Conley had 20 points and a career-best 15 assists, and Bojan (BOY’-ahn) Bogdanovic added 18 points.

Ja (jah) Morant set a Memphis postseason record with 47 points. Morant became the first player to score as many as 71 points in his first two career playoff games since the NBL merged with the BAA to create the NBA before the 1949-50 season.

Game 3 is Saturday in Memphis.

 

UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers had little trouble with the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.

The 76ers are up 2-0 in their opening-round series after clobbering the Wizards, 120-95.

Ben Simmons had 22 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, one game after becoming the sixth player in league history to record 15 boards and 15 assists. Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) also had 22 points, and Tobias Harris added 19.

Wizards guard Russell Westbrook left the game in the fourth quarter with a leg injury after colliding with Furkan Korkmaz (FUR’-kahn KOHRK’-mahs). Westbrook finished with 10 points and 11 assists.

Bradley Beal had a game-high 33 points for Washington, which hosts Game 3 on Saturday.

 

 

NHL..

Cam Talbot had his second shutout of the series and the Wild staved off elimination for the second straight game with a 3-0 victory over Vegas. Kevin Fiala (fee-AH’-lah) had a goal and an assist in the third period to break open a scoreless game.

Ryan Hartman scored first and Nick Bjugstad (BYOOG’-stad) tacked on the last goal in support of Talbot, who made 23 stops.

The series moves back to Las Vegas for the decisive Game 7 on Friday, with the winner taking on the Avalanche.

The Islanders earned a 5-3 win over the Penguins in Game 6, their first series-clinching victory at Nassau Coliseum since 1993.

Brock Nelson had two goals and an assist for the Isles, who took the last three games after falling behind 2-1 in the series. Nelson and Ryan Pulock scored 13 seconds apart to put the Islanders ahead, 4-3 in the second period.

Ilya Sorokin (sah-ROH’-kihn) turned back 34 shots in his fourth win of the series.

Anthony Beauvillier (boh-VIH’-lee-ay) added a goal and two assists for the Islanders.

Next up for New York is the Boston Bruins.

Andrei Vasilevskiy (va-sih-LEHV’-skee wrapped up a series with a Game 6 shutout for the second straight time, stopping 29 shots in the Lightning’s 4-0 victory over the Panthers. Vasilevskiy also shut out the Dallas Stars last year to win the Stanley Cup.

Steven Stamkos, Pat Maroon and Brayden Point scored against rookie Spencer Knight before Alex Killorn (kih-LOHRN’) added an empty-netter with 1:42 left.

Knight finished with 20 saves for Florida, which hasn’t won a playoff series since the 1996 Eastern Conference finals.

NHL-OILERS-RACIST COMMENTS

Oilers GM disgusted by racist comments to Bear

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland said any racist comments directed to First Nation defenseman Ethan Bear are “totally unacceptable” and “disgusting.”

Bear’s girlfriend posted on social media that the defenseman “received numerous racist messages and comments” in the aftermath of the Oilers’ four-game series loss to Winnipeg in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

MLB…

— The Twins earned their fourth straight win as Miguel Sanó (sah-NOH’) smacked a three-run homer in the sixth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit and give Minnesota a 3-2 win over the Orioles. Michael Pineda (pih-NAY’-dah) allowed one run and three hits over six innings in his first start since May 13 following a stint on the injured list caused by a thigh abscess.

— Homers by Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay), Carlos Correa and Aledmys (ah-LEHD’-mees) Díaz powered the Astros past the Dodgers, 5-2. Luis Garcia struck out seven in six innings as Houston stopped a four-game skid and ended the Dodgers’ eight-game winning streak.

 

UNDATED (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals were able to avoid a three-game sweep this afternoon.

Tommy Edman homered twice to give the Redbirds a 2-0 lead in a 4-0 shutout of the White Sox in Chicago. Edmundo Sosa added a two-run single in the ninth to help the Cards win for just the second time in their last six games.

Winning pitcher John Gant dodged bases-loaded jams in the first and third innings before pitching into the sixth.

Edman’s first home run was the only hit allowed by Carlos Rodón, who worked six innings.

In other major league games:

— Trevor Williams pitched six innings and singled twice against his former team to help the Cubs win for the fifth time in six games, 4-1 at Pittsburgh. David Bote (BOH’-tee) hit a two-run homer for Chicago, and Kris Bryant had three hits and two RBIs.

— The Padres won for the 11th time in 12 games as Victor Caratini delivered an RBI single in the 10th inning of a 2-1 verdict over the Brewers. San Diego’s Chris Paddack worked six innings and gave up just two hits, including a home run by Milwaukee pitcher Eric Lauer.

 

— Jason Vosler snapped an eighth-inning tie with his first major league home run as the Giants handed the Diamondbacks their 10th loss in a row, 5-4. San Francisco pinch-hitter Austin Slater connected for a two-run shot that tied it 4-all earlier in the eighth.

— Jon Berti (BUR’-tee) hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a three-run eighth that propelled the Marlins past the Phillies, 4-2. The Marlins rallied after Aaron Nola held them to a run and a pair of singles over six innings.

— James Kaprielian (kah-PREE’-lee-an) tossed seven shutout innings and the Athletics avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Mariners, 6-3. Kaprielian surrendered just two hits and two walks in his third career start, helping the A’s end a three-game skid.

— Taylor Ward slammed a three-run homer in the first inning and had a career-high five RBIs in leading the Angels to a 9-8 win over the Rangers. Ward hit a drive to right-center in a five-run first and drove in a pair with a bloop single that gave Los Angeles a 9-1 lead.

 

— Niko Goodrum doubled and scored on Robbie Grossman’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to send the Tigers past the Indians, 1-0. Detroit’s Jose Urena (yoo-RAY’-nah) gave up three hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings before exiting with a forearm injury.

— Rafael Devers (DEH’-vurz) homered and drove in three runs in guiding the Red Sox to a 9-5 win versus the Braves. Hunter Renfroe also connected for Boston, and Christian Vázquez had three RBIs to help Nick Pivetta improve to 6-0.

— The Rays pulled out a 2-1 win over the Royals on Manuel Margot’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th. Tyler Glasnow had to settle for a no-decision after limiting Kansas City to three hits while fanning 11 over eight shutout innings.

— The Reds-Nationals game was suspended in the middle of the fourth inning following a rain delay that lasted for more than three hours. Play will resume Thursday afternoon with Washington holding a 3-0 lead. The second game has been trimmed to seven innings.

— The Yankees and Blue Jays were postponed by rain in the Bronx. The game is now part of a Thursday doubleheader.

— The rain in New York also caused the Mets and Rockies to be postponed. The rainout has created a Thursday twinbill.

MLB-NEWS

Callaway banned through 2022

UNDATED (AP) — Mickey Callaway won’t be in a major league dugout until 2023 at the earliest.

The longtime pitching coach and former Mets manager has been placed on the ineligible list by Commissioner Rob Manfred following an investigation of sexual harassment allegations. The Athletic reported in February that Callaway “aggressively pursued” several women who work in sports media and sent three of them inappropriate photos.

The 46-year-old Callaway was the Indians’ pitching coach for five years before managing the Mets from 2018-19. He was placed on leave by the Angels after serving as their pitching coach last season. The Angels dismissed him following Wednesday’s ruling.

Callaway can apply for reinstatement after the 2022 season.

Also around the majors:

— Indians right-hander Zach Plesac (PLEE’-sak) will not need surgery and is expected to begin a throwing regimen in three weeks. Plesac broke the thumb on his pitching hand while yanking off his undershirt following a rough outing.

— The Cubs have placed infielder Nico Hoerner on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring and selected outfielder Rafael Ortega from Triple-A Iowa. Hoerner was injured while trying to beat out a bunt in the sixth inning of Tuesday night’s 4-3 victory over the Pirates.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NBA DRAFT

Timme, Dickinson announce decisions

UNDATED (AP) — Drew Timme (TIH’-mee) is staying. Hunter Dickinson could be leaving.

Timme has announced he is returning for his junior season at Gonzaga, where he will mentor the nation’s No. 2 recruiting class. He led the West Coast Conference in scoring at 19 points a game, and in field goal percentage at 65.5.

The Bulldogs won their first 31 games last season before losing to Baylor in the national championship game.

Dickinson has entered the NBA draft while giving himself the option of staying at Michigan. The 7-foot-1, 255-pound Dickinson averaged team highs of 14.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks during the pandemic-shortened season.

Dickinson helped the Wolverines reach as high as No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 and finish No. 4 after a 19-3 regular season.

NFL-NEWS

Tagavailoa says he’s feeling much better

UNDATED (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa TOO’-ah tuhng-ah-vy-LOH’-ah) says his surgically repaired hip feels 10 times better than last year.

He’s optimistic he’ll be much improved in Year 2, However, now 18 months removed from surgery for the hip injury that ended his Alabama career, Tagovailoa said he feels much better physically, and also has an improved grasp of the Dolphins’ playbook.

In other NFL news:

— Veteran NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri has told former teammate and SiriusXM radio host Pat McAfee that he plans to retire. The 48-year-old former Indianapolis Colt and New England Patriot is the NFL’s all-time leader with 2,673 points and 599 field goals. Vinatieri hasn’t played since missing three of four field goals in a 31-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Dec. 1, 2019.

— Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) says the league expects full stadiums this season and players and staff are being encouraged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Thirty of of 32 teams have approval to safely open at 100% capacity before the preseason schedule begins. The Colts and Broncos do not but are on a path to get approval before August.

— The league approved a rule change for player safety, expanding the prohibition for blocks below the waist. Rosters for training camp were set for a maximum of 90 players. The NFL and the Players Association also agreed to a salary cap ceiling of $208.2 million for 2022.

— 49ers running back Jeff Wilson Jr. will miss the start of the 2021 season after undergoing surgery on his injured knee. General manager John Lynch says Wilson injured his knee last week following practice and a weightlifting session.

— Former Saints head coach J.D. Roberts has died at age 88. Roberts became interim coach in November 1970 and served as head coach the next two years. He was Archie Manning’s first NFL coach and sent out Tom Dempsey to kick a then-NFL record 63-yard field goal as time expired in his first game.

LPGA-MATCH PLAY

Kang, Park star in Match Play

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) — Nevada residents Danielle Kang and Inbee Park made themselves right at home at Shadow Creek in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play at Las Vegas.

Kang routed Albane Valenzuela 7 and 6 in the most-lopsided match to start group play. Park got up-and-down for birdie to win the par-5 18th to tie Jennifer Chang.

The second-ranked Park rallied to avoid an opening loss in the final event before the U.S. Women’s Open next week at Olympic in San Francisco.

In world and national news…

BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that was first detected in China in late 2019. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says President Joe Biden’s order shows that the U.S. “does not care about facts and truth, nor is it interested in serious scientific origin tracing.” Biden told U.S. intelligence officials to redouble their efforts to investigate the origins of the pandemic, including any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory, joining worldwide pressure on China to be more open about the outbreak.

 

PARIS (AP) — Pharma firms Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline say they will begin production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 within weeks. They announced the launch Thursday of a large trial of their vaccine candidate. They said 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America are being enrolled for the study. It will test vaccine candidate formulas against the original virus that spread from Wuhan, China, and against the variant first seen in South Africa. The firms said that if the trial is successful, regulators could approve the vaccine for use in the final three months of the year. They said manufacturing will begin “in the coming weeks.”

 

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s two top officials have expressed support for holding the Tokyo Olympics despite growing opposition to the event in Japan because of the coronavirus pandemic. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel discussed the games with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga during a virtual EU-Japan summit. The leaders say they support the holding of the rescheduled Olympics “in a safe and secure manner this summer as a symbol of global unity in defeating COVID-19.”

 

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union nations are sketching out plans for new sanctions against Belarus that will target economic sectors close to its authoritarian president, as they seek to strike back at him for the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. EU foreign ministers meeting in Lisbon on Thursday vowed to continue to ramp up the pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The latest plans for sanctions, which could target the country’s lucrative potassium industry among others, comes after Belarusian flight controllers instructed a Ryanair jetliner’s crew to land in the capital of Minsk on Sunday, citing a bomb threat. No bomb was found, but journalist Raman Pratasevich was detained. EU leaders have denounced the move as a state-sponsored hijacking.

 

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mixed as investors await U.S. economic data expected later in the day. Shares rose in France, but fell in Germany, while they were little changed in Britain in early Thursday trading. Shares were mixed in Asia. Technology shares were under pressure, though Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi rose 3.2% after it confirmed that the U.S. had removed it from a blacklist for Chinese tech companies. The Japanese government was expected to decide to extend its “state of emergency” in some areas, including Tokyo, past May 31, in an effort to curb COVID-19 cases. Markets have been bumpy in recent days as investors move past a stellar corporate earnings season.