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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Child care providers across Minnesota are upset that they're not eligible for the state's COVID-19 “hero pay” program.
Gov. Tim Walz signed the program into law in April. It enables people who were employed for at least 120 hours in at least one front-line sector job outside their homes between March 15, 2020, and June 30, 2021 to apply for state-funded bonuses. State officials have estimated about 667,000 workers will receive about $750 each.
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MEXICO CITY — Raymundo Garduño Cruz was an actor, director, producer and baseball fanatic who often placed bets on games between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Two Towson University dormitories that were once named for signers of the Declaration of Independence who enslaved hundreds are being renamed for the school’s first Black graduates. The Baltimore Sun reports that the University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted Friday in support of university President Kim Schatzel’s request to rename the dormitories for Marvis Barnes and Myra Harris. They were the university’s first Black students and graduated in 1959 after segregation was outlawed. The buildings were previously named for William Paca and Charles Carroll, elected officials and Declaration of Independence signers who enslaved hundreds of people. Their names were removed last year after years of pressure from students and the board of regents’ approval to rename buildings.
Emirati officials have revealed plans for the Expo 2020 site in Dubai that received millions of visitors between October and March. At a press conference Monday at the site’s exhibition center, officials announced the property would be transformed into Expo City Dubai, an environment-friendly city housing businesses and other tenants. The pandemic-delayed world’s fair in the United Arab Emirates closed after eight years of anticipation, over $7 billion in investment, 240 million hours of labor and six months of festivities. The new city will be accessible only by pedestrians, buggies and bicycles, said Ahmed Al-Khatib, chief development and delivery officer.
Mets utility player Jeff McNeil has left the game against the Miami Marlins with an apparent injury. McNeil walked off uneasily after taking home on a wild pitch in the fourth inning. It was not clear where he was injured. He was replaced at second base the next inning by Luis Guillorme. The utility player reached in the fourth with a double that raised his batting average to a team-leading .327.
Netflix and British producer RedRum halted production on its comics-based TV series "The Chosen One" after two actors were killed and six other members of the cast and crew were injured, according to a person with knowledge of the production who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The Mali government says that 132 civilians have been killed in recent attacks by jihadi rebels in the country's center.
Italy’s Thomas Ceccon has set a world record in the men’s 100 backstroke at the swimming world championships in Budapest. Ceccon has clocked 51.60 seconds to shave 0.15 seconds off the previous best mark set by American Ryan Murphy at the 2016 Olympics. Ceccon is the second Italian man to set a world record in long course swimming after Giorgio Lambert. Lambert held the record in men’s 200 freestyle from 1989-99.
A new report from the University of Hawaii provides a comprehensive look at how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Hawaii residents. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser says the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization report is based on survey responses from more than 2,000 adults in the state. Nearly a quarter of those responding said they depleted their savings during the pandemic and 9% lost their jobs. About a third reported some symptoms of depression, and 4.2% of the respondents said they had contemplated suicide in the last year. The survey found the highest percentage of those unvaccinated, at 41%, did not have a high school diploma.
The leaders of a southeast Alaska borough plan to hear a proposal that would cut library funding over the library’s story time event hosted by a drag queen. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly plans to consider whether to place on the fall municipal ballot the proposal, which was offered by former Assembly member John Harrington. Harrington says the goal of the proposal is to stop library programs aimed at children ages 3 to 9 that are related to sexuality, sexual orientation or gender identity. The Ketchikan City Council last week rejected a motion to cancel a drag story time event at the public library.
Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated.
The captain of a sailing vessel participating in the 52nd Newport Bermuda Race fell overboard and died. Race organizers say Colin Golder, of New Providence, New Jersey, was steering the 42-foot yacht Morgan of Marietta on Sunday in strong winds, roughly 325 miles from Bermuda when he fell overboard. The vessel's crew recovered the body and headed for the mainland. His family has been informed. Nearly 200 vessels started the 635-mile biennial race from Newport, Rhode Island on Friday. The 2020 race was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NEW YORK — A detainee died on Rikers Island early Monday — the seventh person to die in custody at the jail complex this year.
As Republicans nationwide gear up to attack Democrats with tough-on-crime platforms this fall, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is making guns a central focus of her race for governor. Abrams is trying to turn crime into a liability for incumbent Republican Brian Kemp’s reelection bid. Abrams made tightening Georgia’s gun laws a big part of a public safety plan she released Thursday. She wants to reverse multiple laws that Georgia Republicans have enacted since 2014 loosening restrictions on guns. Republicans say Abrams is out of touch on crime. They say people need to be able to carry guns to protect themselves.
East Africa’s leaders have responded to the threat of war between Rwanda and Congo by instructing a new regional force to deploy in eastern Congo and ordering an immediate cease-fire. A statement after the meeting in Kenya’s capital does not give details on the date of deployment of the force or its composition. Congo had welcomed the force’s presence but not neighboring Rwanda’s participation. The presidents of both countries attended Monday. The tensions with Congo are playing out while Rwanda hosts the Commonwealth summit this week.
Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year with countless women having benefited from the enactment and execution of the law. They then followed up by translating those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. Here's a look at some of the women who played college sports thanks to Title IX and used the competitive skills learned in gyms and courts to become chief executive officers, commissioners and found their own companies.
LOS ANGELES — Police shot and killed an armed man in Pacoima on Sunday night after he tried to force someone out of a car at gunpoint, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Eric Greitens, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, has posted a campaign video ad on Twitter that shows him brandishing a long gun and declaring that he’s hunting RINOs, or Republicans In Name Only. In the video, Greitens is flanked by a tactical unit that breaks through a door and throws flash-bang grenades. Greitens, a former governor who resigned in disgrace in 2018, says, “Get a RINO hunting permit. There’s no bagging limit, no tagging limit and it doesn’t expire until we save our country.” The video comes at a time of renewed focus on gun violence and violence in politics following fatal mass shootings and threats to government officials.
Ukraine is planning to tour an exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles across Europe, as it strives to maintain public attention on the conflict.
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, will disband next week after efforts to stabilize the governing coalition failed, according to a spokesperson for the prime minister.
Israeli PM Bennett says he is dissolving parliament, plunging country into 5th election in 3 years.
WNBA co-owner Ginny Gilder says fighting for equal treatment as a rower at Yale 46 years ago radicalized her. Gilder says what she has learned from that experience of being discriminated against for the first time in her life has helped her succeed in the business world. As Title IX marks its 50th anniversary this year, Gilder is one of countless women who benefited from the enactment and execution of the law, translating those opportunities into becoming leaders in their professional careers. Any success the WNBA has had Gilder says is because of the law, pointing out that “we wouldn’t exist as a league without Title IX."
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says he's tested positive for COVID-19 but is continuing to do work from home while experiencing mild symptoms. Cooper’s office released a statement Monday saying that he has begun taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid to treat the virus. The statement said that he has been vaccinated and has had two booster shots. The governor said that he believes that the shots helped ensure he’s only having mild symptoms. The governor plans to work from home and follow the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for isolating.
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The New York Mets have promoted first baseman/outfielder Dominic Smith from Triple-A Syracuse, ending the popular 26-year-old’s three-week stint in the minor leagues. New York called up Smith and put right-hander Seth Lugo on the paternity list Monday prior to a game against the Miami Marlins. The move comes as Major League Baseball began enforcing a rule limiting teams to 13 pitchers that has been delayed several times. Smith was optioned to Syracuse on May 31 after hitting .186 without a home run in 101 plate appearances this season. He hit .316 during a breakout season in 2020, but he hasn’t been the same player in the majors since.
The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19. Shots began Monday at a few locations, though they were expected to ramp up after the Juneteenth federal holiday. The Food and Drug Administration cleared vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer last week and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the final signoff over the weekend. Roughly 18 million youngsters under 5 are eligible. For the little kids, Pfizer’s vaccine is three shots and Moderna’s is two shots. Getting some parents on board may be a challenge given disappointing vaccination rates in school-age kids.
Wildfires in northern Arizona are crossing land rich with signs of human existence through centuries. The vast landscape marked by rugged mountains, high desert and towering ponderosa pines is dense with archaeological sites and artifacts. As efforts to fight wildfires advance, crews are doing more to avoid or minimize damage from bulldozers and other modern-day firefighting tools. Archaeologists say those efforts ensure ancient tools and dwellings unique to the arid U.S. Southwest are protected for future generations. Navajo archaeologist Jason Nez says the work also helps educate those on the fire line about the continued presence of Indigenous peoples.
LOS ANGELES — On a Thursday morning in Long Beach last month, the crew of the Amazon Studios series "Expats" crowded onto a yacht. They were filming a party scene that had shots of a child pushing his way through a forest of adults, followed by star Nicole Kidman's character, Margaret.
Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex marriage license in 1975, has died. She was 78. The Daily Camera reports that Rorex died Sunday of complications from recent surgery at a hospice care facility. Rorex was a newly elected Boulder County clerk when a gay couple denied a marriage license elsewhere sought her help in March 1975. The then-31-year-old agreed and went on to issue six licenses to gay couples before Colorado’s attorney general ordered her to stop. Colorado legalized gay marriage in 2014. A 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision recognized the fundamental right nationwide.
The European Union’s top diplomat insisted Monday it’s not the bloc’s sanctions that are responsible for the looming global food crisis, and pledged to work out solutions to ensure exports of food and fertilizers could reach Africa. As part of its economic sanctions, the EU has imposed several packages of sanctions but has not banned exports of food or fertilizers to non-EU nations. The chairman of the African Union, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, has told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the fighting in Ukraine and Western sanctions had worsened food shortages. The war led by Russia against Ukraine has been preventing some 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain from getting to the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Asia.
Seattle is facing a projected $117 million gap between revenues and expected expenditures in 2023, and the city’s budget chief says there’s no easy way to bridge the gap. The Seattle Times reports that in 2019, though the city was in its fifth consecutive year of significant revenue growth then-Budget Director Ben Noble began to caution against increasing spending, forecasting a $116 million shortfall in 2023, based on historical patterns. Seattle’s 2022 general fund budget is approximately $1.6 billion. To bridge the projected gap in 2023, the city either needs to make significant cuts, find new money to cover planned expenditures or a combination of the two.
Katie Ledecky has led an American one-two and won her fourth 1,500-meter freestyle title at the world swimming championships. Ledecky never looked threatened and clocked 15:30.15 to finish 14.74 seconds ahead of Katie Grimes. The 16-year-old Grimes is the second youngest medalist in the 1,500 at a worlds since Ledecky won it for the first time in 2013. Ledecky also won in 2015 and 2017 and has at least four world titles in the 1,500, 800 and 400 freestyle. Monday’s gold was her record-extending 17th world title. More races were scheduled later.
NBA Summer League will start with a little Midnight Madness feel, at least in some of the country. And if the Orlando Magic keep the No. 1 draft pick, then that player won’t wait long for his summer debut. The league released the 75-game summer league schedule on Monday, with the first game in Las Vegas set to pit Orlando against Houston on July 7 at 10 p.m. Eastern. That game will be followed by a midnight Eastern tip-off between Portland and Detroit. Those two matchups are the only ones on the Day 1 schedule. All teams play five games in Vegas. The championship is July 17.
The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned amid political pressure from top lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro. José Mauro Coelho held the job for less than two months. A filing of the oil giant to Brazil’s security authority said that Coelho chose to resign Monday morning, as lawmakers in capital Brasilia openly discuss setting a congressional inquiry on Petrobras and Bolsonaro blames the state-run company for rising gas prices. Bolsonaro had already announced on May 25 he would fire Coelho, but until Monday the Petrobras executive refused to leave before stockholders voted on his successor.
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