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> Some of the worst flooding from Helene was in western North Carolina. The full scope of damage in this mountainous area was still difficult to assess on Saturday, as Interstate 40 as well as countless smaller roads were either shut down or washed out, and many residents lacked power and/or cell service. The French Broad River at Asheville crested on Friday afternoon at 24.67 feet, and the Swannanoa River at nearby Biltmore crested at 26.10 feet; both crests topped the respective records of 23.1 and 20.7 feet produced by the destructive Gulf Coast Hurricane of July 1916. > > The colossal storm surge and catastrophic rains produced by Helene – as well as Helene’s jaw-dropping rapid intensification prior to landfall – reveal some likely fingerprints of human-caused climate change, as discussed in a Sept. 27 post by Dr. Jeff Masters. Among the records set by Helene: > - Highest storm surge ever measured at three of the six long-term tide gauges along Florida’s west coast. Cedar Key, Clearwater Beach, and St. Petersburg all recorded high-water marks near midnight Thursday night that were roughly 2 to 2.5 feet above all prior marks in data extending back 50 to 110 years. > - Heaviest multiday rainfall on record in Asheville, with 9.89 inches for the period Sept. 26-27 (pre-Helene record 7.94” on Oct. 24-25, 1918) and 13.98” for the period Sept. 25-27 (pre-Helene record 8.49” on Oct. 24-26, 1918). Atlanta had its second wettest three-day span on record, with 11.12” on Sept. 25-27 just behind 11.75” on Dec. 7-9, 1919.
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Explaining the rave scene and the appeal thereof has always been an uphill battle.
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[archive.is link](https://archive.ph/WLis1) > The area, which includes popular spots like Pismo Beach and the Gaviota Coast, is home to humpback whales, sea otters, leatherback sea turtles, kelp forests, rocky reefs and more than 200 shipwrecks. Under the proposal, it would cover 4,543 square miles — an area nearly four times the size of Yosemite National Park — and extend out to 60 miles offshore. > The Chumash sanctuary will be the first national marine sanctuary in the nation proposed by a Native American tribe. The Northern Chumash Tribe, based in Los Osos, near Morro Bay, began advocating for the idea in 2015.
A federal judge has partially sided with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a now-imprisoned white Kansas City, Missouri, police detective, ruling that the officer should not have entered the man’s backyard. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips ruled Wednesday that Eric DeValkenaere violated 26-year-old Cameron Lamb’s Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure by entering his property in 2019 without a warrant or other legal reason to be there. However, Phillips declined to issue a summary judgment on the family’s claim that the ensuing shooting amounted to excessive force, and made no immediate decision on any damages in the wrongful death case filed against the Kansas City police board and DeValkenaere.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A sight previously thought to be science fiction is very real at a southeast Kansas City shopping center. Instead of a police officer, a security robot has been patrolling sidewalks and shoppers are taking notice. Since Marshall the robot has been on the job, shoppers say the experiences have completely changed when they come to these stores. The robot can spend 23 hours a day monitoring the parking lot from all angles which gives people a new sense of protection and ease they don’t always have when out. Marshall took over security at Brywood Centre in April. Before that, Karen White noticed a lot of trouble outside the shopping center. “Sometimes it’d be concerning for your car like someone could take it or something,” White said. Knowing now that Marshall is always watching, the risk of crime does not worry her or others as much. “It made it very better, like you can’t be in the parking lot without seeing the robot,” White continued. “So, I think it scared them off.”
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DENVER -- A teenager scouting out a spot near a Colorado lake to take picturesque homecoming photos this weekend was shot in the face when the boyfriend of the property owner fired his weapon and yelled, “Oh sh__, my gun went off,” court records show. The 17-year-old boy survived the shooting and told investigators he didn't believe the man intentionally shot him. But the man who shot him, Brent Metz, a councilman in a tiny town in the Denver metro area, was arrested on suspicion of charges that include first degree assault.
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020, is being released from prison after a judge reduced his sentence to four years of probation Friday. Judge Mark Warner said during his ruling that Peter Cichuniec had to make quick decision the night of the arrest as the highest-ranking paramedic at the scene, the Denver Post reported. He also noted a background of no previous criminal history and good character for Cichuniec, who had an 18-year-career as a firefighter and paramedic before he was convicted. Warner held that the case had “unusual and extenuating circumstances,” in reference to a part of Colorado’s mandatory sentencing law, which allows a court to modify a sentence after a defendant has served least 119 days in prison if the judge finds such circumstances. McClain was walking down the street in a Denver suburb in 2019 when police responding to a suspicious person report forcibly restrained him and put him in a neck hold. His final words — “I can’t breathe” — foreshadowed those of George Floyd a year later in Minneapolis. Cichuniec and a fellow paramedic were convicted in December of criminally negligent homicide for injecting McClain with ketamine, a powerful sedative blamed for killing the 23-year-old massage therapist. Cichuniec also was convicted on a more serious charge of second-degree assault for giving a drug without consent or a legitimate medical purpose. The other paramedic avoided prison time, sentenced instead to 14 months in jail with work release and probation.
Springfield, Ohio became suddenly famous nationally when Trump claimed that an influx of Haitian migrants were devouring residents' pets. I went looking to see what the town is experiencing from the perspective of local news, and it looks surprising nuanced. It appears that the town saw a rapid influx of migrants fleeing violence in Haiti. The town has since experienced a strain in its ability to function in notable ways because of the population shock. The issues include a sudden reduction in the housing supply and an increase in traffic and inexperienced drivers. One particularly bad traffic accident killed a child during a school bus crash. The city government has seemed to largely avoid blaming new arrivals themselves. However they've expressed a sense of betrayal towards Biden and the federal government for granting thousands of people entry into the country without appearing to recognize any responsibility for helping them resettle or aiding their destination cities in accommodating them. Additionally, they've begun investigating local businesses which they suspect used the expansion of visas for Haitians seeking asylum as an opportunity to seek out low-cost workers while concealing their role in creating a population shock for which the city was unprepared. I must say that I think the city government makes a reasonable point: those of use who want to offer foreign visitors safety and dignity in American must also demand that our government takes responsibility for helping them relocate to a town in which is expecting their arrival and has been aided in making that arrival successful.
> The incident occurred approximately one block from the stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., as traffic started to build ahead of a 1 p.m. start to the game. > "How things escalated into the situation that they were in handcuffs and being held on the ground with police is mind boggling to me," Rosenhaus told ESPN. See also: - https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/nfl/dolphins-tyreek-hill-arrested-detained-police-will-play-week-1/3411748/ - https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/tyreek-hills-agent-reacts-to-dolphins-star-being-detained-near-hard-rock-stadium-ahead-of-week-1-game/3411787/
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> Emily Gedeon, a spokesperson for Denver's climate office, said there's no foul play at work here — just enormous demand. About 17,000 people tried to get a voucher on Tuesday, she told us, more than 77 times the amount available [220 vouchers]
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> The shooter who opened fire inside Apalachee High school is believed to be a 14-year-old boy, a law enforcement source tells CNN. > > The source said it is not yet known whether the teen attended that school. > We cannot continue to accept this as normal,” the president said in a statement. > At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, although it’s unclear how many of the injuries are from gunshot wounds, according to law enforcement sources. > Apalachee High School is located in the city of Winder, Georgia, which is a community about an hour outside of Atlanta.
> Kroger Co. hiked prices on milk and eggs more than needed to account for inflation, the company's top pricing executive testified during a court hearing on the US government's bid to block the grocery chain's purchase of rival Albertsons Cos. > > In a March email to his bosses, Andy Groff, Kroger's senior director for pricing, acknowledged that the company had raised its prices more than required to adjust for higher costs. > > "On milk and eggs, retail inflation has been significantly higher than cost inflation," Groff wrote.
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Reporting on court proceedings is not politics. Please restrict comments to the news aspects of this story in this community; we're all aware he's primarily running to stay out of prison, but that is not this story. /soapbox
[archive.is link](https://archive.ph/iQOii) > [...]last spring, pro-Palestinian activists, running under the Shut It Down party, won control over the student government. They immediately moved to withhold funding for all activities, until the university committed to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s war in Gaza. > > University regents, though, have consistently said that divestment is off the table. And as students returned to school, the campus seemed to be at a virtual standstill. --- > When campaigning for student government, the Shut It Down party did not keep its intentions a secret. Its platform “ran with one single point: to halt the operations of the University of Michigan Central Student Government,” Alifa Chowdhury, the president of the party, wrote in a statement to The Times. Other members of the group declined to comment. > > In the March election, in which less than 20 percent of students turned out to vote, Shut It Down won the presidency and vice presidency, and secured 22 of 45 seats in the assembly. > > After the election, the new leaders of the student government passed a resolution, calling for the university’s regents to divest. In May, Ms. Chowdhury issued a statement condemning the university’s decision to call in police to break up the protest encampments. see also this [Detroit News](https://archive.ph/I2mEm) article, which notes: > The new 2024-25 president of UM Central Student Government has since vetoed the summer budget, shutting down funding to student groups. She is expected to take the same action next month when a fall budget is considered. Students are expected to become more aware of this development as classes begin Monday on the Ann Arbor campus and most student organizations restart their activities.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18999354 > **_GOP lawmakers have made the state hostile for trans youth. These teens and their parents vow to ‘assert themselves’_** > > Some parents have stockpiled medications in hidden locations. Some have stopped socializing with neighbors. Some have made plans to flee the state. > > In Missouri, transgender youth and their families are grappling with an [onslaught of attacks](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/19/missouri-anti-trans-legislation-this-year) on their rights. Last year, Republican lawmakers [outlawed](https://apnews.com/article/transgender-care-minors-missouri-b65a81c842c6add70529acec231858cd) critical [healthcare treatments for trans youth](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/trans-children-healthcare-ban-gender-affirming) and [banned](https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/21/enforcement-unclear-as-missouri-approaches-transgender-athlete-restrictions/) many trans athletes from school sports. Local school districts worked to [censor](https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2023/09/21/missouri-bans-330-books-during-2022-23-school-year) LGBTQ+ [books](https://www.stlpr.org/education/2024-06-20/francis-howell-school-board-to-consider-banning-books-and-discussion-on-gender-identity) and prohibit trans children from [using bathrooms](https://www.firstalert4.com/2024/08/15/nearly-10-months-after-introduction-francis-howell-schools-board-poised-vote-new-bathroom-policy/)that match their [gender identity](https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/01/aclu-sues-missouri-school-district-for-transgender-bathroom-policy/). > > And the state’s attorney general has [become](https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-leads-seven-states-challenging-health-care-protections-for-transgender-americans/) a national leader in anti-trans policy, seeking to gain [access](https://www.ky3.com/2024/07/09/missouri-judge-says-attorney-general-cant-access-trans-kids-medical-records/) to trans kids’ [medical records](https://missouriindependent.com/2024/06/18/planned-parenthood-vows-to-fight-missouri-ag-push-for-transgender-youth-medical-records/), [fighting](https://apnews.com/article/transgender-gender-affirming-care-restrictions-missouri-4def2189dac9979a00d298efb3baf12a) to restrict trans [adults’ healthcare](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/missouri-attorney-general-andrew-bailey-transgender-health-care-rcna80437) and [attacking](https://apnews.com/article/bathroom-transgender-missouri-gym-ed3a6050ff8313144e6815e4a07e4af9) trans adults who use public locker rooms.
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> Federal prosecutors investigating Mayor Eric Adams of New York and his 2021 campaign have served a new round of grand jury subpoenas in their long-running corruption inquiry, issuing them to Mr. Adams himself, to City Hall and to his election committee, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. > > The three subpoenas were served in July and seek an extensive range of materials, including text messages, other communications and documents, two of the people said. > > The subpoenas contain similar language and seek information in a number of areas, including travel by the mayor, his aides and others, as well as fund-raising. They appear likely to sweep in information related to some aides to the mayor and people who worked both in City Hall and on Mr. Adams's 2021 campaign, the people said. > > The new subpoenas came nearly nine months after the corruption investigation first entered public view, meaningfully altering the city's political landscape. Since then, the mayor has become a political target, with sagging approval ratings and at least three challengers in the 2025 Democratic primary.
> The discounts, agreed to after months of negotiations with drug manufacturers, range between 38% and 79% on the medication’s list price, which is the cost of medication before discounts or rebates are applied — not the price people actually pay for prescriptions. > > Medicare spent $50 billion covering the drugs last year and taxpayers are expected to save $6 billion on the new prices, which do not go into effect until 2026. Older adults could save as much as $1.5 billion in total on their medications in out-of-pocket costs. Administration officials released few details about how they arrived at those calculations. > The newly negotiated prices will impact the price of drugs used by millions of older Americans to help manage diabetes, blood cancers and prevent heart failure or blood clots. The drugs include the blood thinners Xarelto and Eliquis and diabetes drugs Jardiance and Januvia.
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