News Alert From All Over The Wold : May 2020

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Hurricane season is expected to be worse than normal

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Hurricane season is expected to be worse than normal

Hurricane season is still weeks away but experts are already anticipating that this year could be more active than normal - a forecast that emergency officials may find troubling as much of the country remains in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic.

The season officially begins June 1, but some meteorologists who have been tracking ocean and atmospheric dynamics over the past few months say conditions are ripe for storms.

"I'm sure nobody wants to hear this with everything else going on, but it's looking like it will be a relatively active season," said Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric scientist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Klotzbach and his colleagues at Colorado State released a forecast in early April that predicts 16 named storms with winds of 39 miles per hour or higher. Of those, the researchers ’models suggest eight could become hurricanes, including four" major "hurricanes that reach Category 3 or higher.

An average season has 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is expected to release its official hurricane season outlook later this month.

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A suspect in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was involved in a previous investigation of him, recused prosecutor says

A suspect in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was involved in a

previous investigation of him, recused prosecutor says

One of the men accused in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery was involved in a previous prosecution of Arbery, according to a letter written by a prosecutor who has since recused himself from the case.

In an April 7 letter, Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill wrote that his son and the suspect, Gregory McMichael, helped with an earlier prosecution of Arbery when they both worked for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office.

Gregory McMichael, 64, and his 34-year-old son, Travis McMichael, were arrested Thursday evening and face charges or murder and aggravated assault in Arbery's killing on February 23, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

Barnhill was the second prosecutor to oversee the case after the Brunswick DA recused herself due to her office's previous connection to McMichael. Barnhill said in the letter he believed it best to recuse his office from the case given the connections between his son, McMichael and Arbery.

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'Penis fish' wash up on a beach in California

The pulsating creatures are fat innkeeper worms, or Urechis caupo.

Although they are a type of worm, they are widely referred to as the "penis fish".

The worms bury themselves deep beneath the sand, but recent storms have uprooted them and Drakes Beach, about 50 miles north of San Francisco, has been covered in the creatures.

"Yes, the physical design of the fat innkeeper worm has some explaining to do. But the fat innkeeper is perfectly shaped for a life spent underground," wrote biologist Ivan Parr.

There is fossil evidence of the creatures dating back 300 million years and some live for up to 25 years, I added.

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The Sopranos Is the Hottest Show of 2020

In the middle of a global pandemic, viewership for an HBO hit that ended 13 years ago shot through the roof. Andrew Unterberger unpacks why Tony and the gang have found new fans more than a decade later.

In the last month, ESPN’s documentary series The Last Dance, about Michael Jordan and the 1998 Chicago Bulls, has set viewership records and dominated the cultural conversation (it surely helps to have no other sports to talk about right now). But it's not the only show starring an ornery, megalomaniacal and larger-than-life figure and his colorful turn-of-the-millennium supporting cast that you probably can't seem to get away from if you're spending any (all) of your time on social media during social distancing.

The Sopranos, the James Gandolfini-starring crime family drama that took HBO to new heights of relevance and jump-started the Prestige TV era upon its 1999 debut, is “back,” and being binged by seemingly everyone. We're talking older fans on their sixth rewatch, as well as millennial and Gen Z fans immersing themselves in it for the first time — 27-year-old pop star Charli XCX mentioned in a recent interview that she was briefly pausing work on her new album to burn through three episodes — and just about everyone in between.

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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Potentially historic May snowstorm headed for Northeast and New England

A May snowstorm is in the making for this weekend, and it could bring historic snow totals to parts of the interior Northeast and New England.

On Friday, a storm system moving into the Northeast will clash with bitter cold Arctic air courtesy of the polar vortex, bringing the potential for heavy, wet snow across the interior Northeast and New England. Heavy rain is possible along the I-95 corridor.

Widespread snowfall totals will range from a dusting to 6-8 inches in some spots, while isolated areas in extreme northern New England could see up to a foot. If this happens, it will shatter May snowfall records. Some cities that could see snow include Syracuse, Rochester, Binghamton, Albany in New York; Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Burlington, Vermont.

In addition to the rain and snow, it will be very windy with gusts over 40 mph across the entire Northeast region and Eastern Seaboard. Snow, rain showers and gusty winds will continue for the Northeast and New England through Saturday.

About 45 million people are already under freeze watches and warnings from the Upper Midwest to Appalachians. These will likely expand in coverage and population.

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Sidewalk Labs pulling out of Quayside project

Sidewalk Labs is packing up and leaving Toronto after a long, fraught and ultimately failed attempt to build a sensor-laden high-tech neighborhood on the east downtown waterfront.

The Manhattan-based sister company of tech giant Google informed Toronto Mayor John Tory on Thursday morning.

Sidewalk Labs chief executive Dan Doctoroff made the stunning news public in a blog post. I have blamed economic upheaval and uncertainty over Toronto’s real estate market.

“In October 2017, Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto set out to plan a shared vision for Quayside, a fundamentally more sustainable and affordable community resulting from innovations in technology and urban design,” Doctoroff wrote, adding he's met thousands of Torontonians excited about making urban life better.

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WATCH: Massive amount of bees swarm Iona family’s yard

A swarm of bees clump together in an Iona man’s backyard Tuesday afternoon. See how it all played out in the video above. | Photos and video courtesy Arik Durfee

IONA - Attack of the bees!

A swarm of bees descended in an Iona homeowner’s yard Tuesday afternoon. Arik Durfee tells EastIdahoNews.com they clumped together in an aspen tree in his backyard around 2:30 p.m.

“Our kids had been out playing with the dog. They came in to give the dog a drink. Then we looked out and in a matter of one minute, there was this cloud of - it had to be millions of bees, ”Durfee says.

I thought the bees were building a hive at first, but quickly realized it was just bees.

It didn't take long for the swarm to clump together.

"Within half an hour, they had all settled into the tree and weren't buzzing around anymore. They were completely centered around that one tree, ”says Durfee.

Durfee’s daughter and her friend came out to get a closer look and got stung in the process. Both of them are fine.

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Washington man accused of hiding for a month in bedroom of 12-year-old Oregon girl, sexually abusing her

A 21-year-old man who met a 12-year-old girl on social media is accused of sexually assaulting her for a month after moving into her bedroom and hiding beneath her bed and in the closet to elude her grandfather.

Zacharias Adrian Cavasos traveled from Washington to Oregon and clandestinely got into the girl’s bedroom, hiding in a cavity under the bed after removing slats that hold the mattress, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Martin said. He also sometimes hid in her bedroom closet, the prosecutor said.

He's now charged with sexual abuse of a minor in U.S. District Court in Portland.

The charge is filed in federal court because the alleged offense occurred on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, according to prosecutors.

On Wednesday, Cavasos ’defense lawyer, Thomas Price, convinced a judge to release his client from custody to a clean-and-sober house in Aloha under GPS monitoring and a curfew. The house is called “Free on the Outside.’ ’

U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You said she was disturbed by the allegations and described her decision as a very close call.

Cavasos was arrested March 11 in the girl’s bedroom.

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns New Jersey 'Bridgegate' scandal convictions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aides to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who were at the center of the “Bridgegate” scandal engaged in corruption and abuse of power but not criminal acts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday as it unanimously threw out their convictions and placed new limits on political corruption prosecutions.

The justices sided with Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni, both of whom were convicted for their roles in a scheme to engineer traffic chaos in September 2013 on the world’s busiest bridge to punish a local mayor who refused to endorse Christie’s gubernatorial re-election bid.

“The evidence the jury heard no doubt shows wrongdoing - deception, corruption, abuse of power. But the federal fraud statutes at issue do not criminalize all such conduct, ”liberal Justice Elena Kagan wrote on behalf of the court in the 9-0 ruling.

Kelly, a former Christie deputy chief of staff, and Baroni, a former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, were convicted in 2016 of wire fraud and misusing Port Authority resources. The Supreme Court ruled that their actions did not fit within the definition of fraud under federal law.

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New York City firefighter's union president says Mayor de Blasio is threatening jobs and using first responders as pawns

When it comes to those federal stimulus checks, the IRS wants some of that money returned.

At least that’s what the tax agency essentially said in its latest guidance issued on Wednesday.

The U.S. government has been sending out millions of stimulus checks for up to $1,200 per individual based on their tax returns for either 2018 or 2019.

Some of those individuals have died since filing those returns. However, that hasn’t stopped the government from sending them checks. For families receiving that money on behalf of deceased loved ones, it prompts the question: Should we keep it or send it back?

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Stimulus checks have been sent to dead people. Now the IRS has released instructions for how to return the money

When it comes to those federal stimulus checks, the IRS wants some of that money returned.

At least that’s what the tax agency essentially said in its latest guidance issued on Wednesday.

The U.S. government has been sending out millions of stimulus checks for up to $ 1,200 per individual based on their tax returns for either 2018 or 2019.

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Eastern Cape gang attacks homestead with AK-47 and shotguns, steals one chicken

There is no question people are desperate for food, but attacking a Qumbu homestead with an AK-47 assault rifle for the sake of a lone chicken seems a bit excessive.

The siege, allegedly by four armed men on the Qotira homestead in the early hours of Sunday, has landed them behind bars, reports DispatchLIVE.

Eastern Cape police spokesperson, Capt Dineo Koena said the AK-47 and two shotguns were seized during an operation conducted by Qumbu police at Kalankomo on Wednesday morning.

“On May 3 there was a shooting at the homestead about 5.45am. A chicken was stolen and no-one was injured, ”Koena said.

“In the early hours of Wednesday, three 17-year-old boys were arrested for possession of two shotguns. A 23-year-man was arrested after he was found with an AK-47. ”

The four will appear in connection with the chicken heist in the Qumbu magistrate's court on Friday.

They are charged with attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms. The firearms will be sent for ballistic testing.

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For the first time in its history, New York City deliberately shut down its entire subway system this morning

For the first time in its history, New York City deliberately

shut down its entire subway system this morning

For the first time in its 115-year history, New York City deliberately shut down its entire subway system Wednesday morning.

The reason: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) deep-cleaned to prevent spread of the coronavirus.

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures," MTA Chairman Patrick Foye said late Tuesday.

The New York City subway has been shut down because of weather: Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012. During the blizzard of 2015, the system canceled passenger service, but equipment trains kept running.

But this is the first planned shutdown.

The cleanings will be done on a nightly basis, from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. When the cleaning is done, every single subway car will be disinfected.

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Indianapolis police fatally shoot man after a chase possibly broadcast on Facebook Live

An Indianapolis police officer fatally shot a young man on the north side around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday following a pursuit initiated by two members of the command staff that was captured, in part, on Facebook Live as thousands tuned in.

Several community activists and neighborhood organizers expressed outrage at what the the video showed. More than 100 people soon gathered at the scene after the shooting, with many chanting, "No justice, no peace."

The shooting happened in the area of West 62nd Street and Michigan Road. Investigators say they found a gun near the suspect, who police have not yet identified.

However, a family member at the scene identified the man as Sean Reed.

Tiona Reed, 37, who said she is Sean Reed’s aunt, said through tears that the family has not received any information about what happened.

"Maybe if they weren't here, we could get some more information," she said, referring to a large crowd of more than 100 people on Michigan Road south of the shooting.

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Police seize 19,000 stolen artefacts in international art trafficking crackdown

Two huge international police operations targeting the trade in stolen artworks and archaeological artefacts have led to the arrest of 101 people and the recovery of more than 19,000 items, including a pre-Colombian gold mask, a carved Roman lion and thousands of ancient coins.

The joint initiatives - which involved officers from Interpol, Europol, the World Customs Organization and many national police forces - focused on the criminal networks that steal from museums, plunder archaeological sites and take advantage of the chaos in war-afflicted countries to loot their cultural treasures.

Details of the two concurrent investigations carried out last autumn are emerging only now for operational reasons.

Police officers in Spain recovered several rare pre-Colombian objects at Madrid’s Barajas airport, including a unique Tumaco gold mask, gold figurines and pieces of ancient jewelery. All had been illegally acquired by looting in Colombia.

Three traffickers were arrested in Spain, while Colombian police carried out a series of searches in Bogotá, resulting in the confiscation of a further 242 pre-Colombian objects - the largest such seizure in the country’s history.

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Protests not allowed during pandemic, say NYC mayor and police commissioner

NEW YORK - After a news conference by LGBTQ activists critical of Mount Sinai Hospital's relationship with a religious organization during the coronavirus pandemic, the city's police commissioner and the mayor said "protests" would not be tolerated.

About a dozen activists with the Reclaim Pride organization took to First Avenue in Manhattan outside the hospital to hold a news conference Sunday slamming Samaritan's Purse for being allowed to set up a field hospital.

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AP Exclusive: US shelves detailed guide to reopening country

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation's top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak .

The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team, titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework,” was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state and local officials as they begin to reopen.

It was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day,” according to a CDC official. The official was not authorized to talk to reporters and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

The AP obtained a copy from a second federal official who was not authorized to release it. The guidance was described in AP stories last week, prior to the White House decision to shelve it.

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Judge upholds life sentence for man who murdered jogger as a teen

MIDLAND COUNTY (WJRT) (5/6/2020) - A Midland County man who killed a woman when he was 17 will remain behind bars for the rest of his life.

Brian Granger was convicted of killing the 32-year-old woman who was jogging in 1983. He was sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole.

Recent court decisions allowed for the review of those sentences for people who were under 18 years old when they committed their offense.

Midland County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Carras reviewed the case and ruled the original sentence of mandatory life in prison with no chance of parole for Granger will stand.

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Reopened restaurant told workers: Don't wear face masks - or don't work

Texas restaurants that reopened at partial capacity last week have a choice to make: Whether or not their employees should wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

One restaurant company landed on a decision that has some employees weighing their safety versus their jobs.

No face masks or face coverings of any kind.

That's what a back-of-the-house employee at a Hillstone Restaurant Group establishment in Dallas was told last week, as restaurants prepared to reopen at 25% capacity, according to CBS Dallas.

That employee, who did not want to be identified publicly, expressed discomfort and was told to think about it - and then was removed from the schedule, the employee told CBS Dallas' Brooke Rogers.

Another employee said some agreed to work because they were offered a 40-hour work week, but were told if they declined, they wouldn't be eligible for rehire.

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US weekly jobless claims total 3,169 million, bringing seven-week tally to 33.5 million

Unemployment rolls continued to swell in the U.S. last week, though jobless claims hit their lowest level since the economy went into lockdown made to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.17 million last week, bringing the total to 33.5 million over the past seven weeks, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The total was slightly higher than the 3.05 million expected by economists surveyed by Dow Jones and below the previous week’s 3,846 million, which was revised up by 7,000.

Though the numbers remain stark, it was the lowest total since the second week of March, shortly after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus strain a pandemic.

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What are we doing this for? ': Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs

At the end of another long shift treating coronavirus patients, Dr. Hadi Halazun opened his Facebook page to find a man insisting to him that "no one's dying" and that the coronavirus is "fake news" drummed up by the news media.

Hadi tried to engage and explain his firsthand experience with the virus. In reply, another user insinuated that he wasn't a real doctor, saying pictures from his profile showing him at concerts and music festivals proved it.

"I told them: 'I am a real doctor. There are 200 people in my hospital's ICU,'" said Halazun, a cardiologist in New York. "And they said, 'Give me your credentials.' I engaged with them, and they kicked me off their wall. "

"I left work and I felt so deflated. I let it get to me."

Halazun, like many other health care professionals, is dealing with a bombardment of misinformation and harassment from conspiracy theorists, some of whom have moved beyond posting online to pressing doctors for proof of the severity of the pandemic.

And it's taking a toll. Halazun said dealing with conspiracy theorists is the "second most painful thing I've had to deal with, other than separation of families from their loved one."

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Venezuela TV shows 'US citizens confessing over failed coup'

Luke Denman is one of 13 people arrested over the weekend. Venezuela says they are "mercenaries" whose armed incursion was foiled.

Mr Maduro has often accused US President Donald Trump of trying to invade the country and overthrow him.

Mr Trump earlier this week denied any US involvement.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US government will use "every tool" to secure the return of the Americans.

What did Venezuelan TV broadcast?

In Wednesday's video, Mr Denman, 34, appeared to explain that he was hired to train Venezuelans in Colombia before returning to Caracas and taking control of an airport to allow Mr Maduro to be taken out of the country.

"I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country," Mr Denman, a former special operations forces member, is seen as saying.

Mr Denman said he and Airan Berry, 41, were contracted by Jordan Goudreau, an American military veteran who leads a Florida-based Silvercorp USA firm, to carry out the operation.

Venezuela said it would seek extradition of Mr Goudreau, who has admitted he was involved in the operation.

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Supreme Court's Ginsburg discharged from hospital

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at 87 the U.S. Supreme Court’s oldest member, was discharged on Wednesday from hospital where she was treated for a benign gall bladder condition and took part remotely in arguments in two cases.

In a statement released on Wednesday evening, court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Ginsburg is “doing well and glad to be home” after being discharged from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Earlier in the day, her participation in two arguments, conducted by teleconference amid the coronavirus pandemic, marked the latest instance in which the liberal justice withstood a health scare and returned swiftly to her duties on the court, where she has served since 1993. Ginsburg asked a number of questions and her voice sounded hesitant at times but largely remained firm.

Ginsburg will return to the Baltimore hospital for outpatient visits in the following weeks, and a gallstone that caused the infection will be removed without the need for a surgical procedure, Arberg added. Ginsburg was treated for pancreatic cancer last year.

The first case involved an Obamacare requirement regarding health insurance coverage for women’s birth control. The second involved a federal law cracking down on so-called robocalls.

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Nearly 20,000 teens in Georgia have received their driver's licenses without a road test

The sweaty palms on the steering wheel. The repeated exclamations of "Sorry!" The nervous glances from the examiner.

They're all part of the dreaded road test, which, for decades, has been a rite of passage for every American teenager to obtain their driver's license.

Well, until now.

"I had been nervous about the driving test - with the parallel parking and all that," said 17-year-old Willa Pevey from Tucker, Georgia.

"So I was happy that I didn't have to do it."

Neither did thousands and thousands of other teens in Georgia. All of them got their licenses without taking an official road test. It's Georgia's way of handling the backlog of the thousands of road test requests that have been put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday, the state's Department of Driver Services released just how many teens had their permits upgraded since the road test waiver was announced last month: 19,483 teens.

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Brett Favre to Repay $1.1 Million for Speeches He Didn’t Make, Auditor Says

The Hall of Fame quarterback was the unknowing recipient of money intended to help needy families in his home state, Mississippi, officials said.

The Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre will repay the state of Mississippi $ 1.1 million in speaking fees for appearances that he has never made, money that should have gone to needy families but was misspent by public officials, the state auditor said on Wednesday.

The auditor, Shad White, said that his office had received a $ 500,000 payment from Mr. Favre on Wednesday and that Mr. Favre, who is from Mississippi, had agreed to pay the balance in installments in the next few months.

He said that Mr. Favre, 50, had no knowledge that the payments that I received in December 2017 and June 2018 from the nonprofit Mississippi Community Education Center had been funded with federal welfare grants.

The nonprofit has been implicated in an extensive fraud scheme involving welfare aid that Mr. White’s office uncovered in a year-end audit. The scheme resulted in criminal charges against six people, including the former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency and three officials from the center. Mr. Favre is not facing charges.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Happy birthday Archie! Harry and Meghan's baby turns 1 in LA, far from birthplace, royal family

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Happy birthday Archie! Harry and Meghan's baby

turns 1 in LA, far from birthplace, royal family

Royal expatriates Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and parents Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan of Sussex celebrate his first birthday Wednesday in their Los Angeles quarantine home, thousands of miles from his birthplace and his royal relatives in Britain.

Fans (and even critics) hope the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will release a new picture of Archie, unseen seen in public since his parents' tour of southern Africa in September when the couple introduced the squirming cutie to the world while meeting retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town, South Africa.

After that, the couple posted on Instagram a picture of the prince holding Archie on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where they were living from Thanksgiving to March. It was Dec. 31 and cold in Canada, so both were bundled up - Archie was wearing a knit cap with pom poms on the sides.

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Chris Hemsworth deals: 'The uncertainty is intimidating': Chris Hemsworth deals with coronavirus fears, home schooling

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Chris Hemsworth deals: 'The uncertainty is intimidating':

Chris Hemsworth deals with coronavirus fears, home schooling

The coronavirus lockdown even gets to "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth, who is quarantining with his family in Australia.

Hemsworth tells Australian GQ that he feels blessed and "fortunate" during the downtime of the global shutdown, which is also an opportunity to spend precious time with his twin sons, Sasha and Tristan, 6, and daughter, India Rose, 8 - whom he shares with actress wife Elsa Pataky.

But Hemsworth, 36, starring in the Netflix film "Extraction," admits the uncertain time is daunting.

“It’s probably the first time in about 10 years that I don’t know what I’m doing for the next six months,” says Hemsworth. "I don't have it all mapped out. To some degree, it's nice not to have a schedule, but the unknown and the uncertainty is intimidating. ”

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Vanessa Bryant finds 'one more letter' from Kobe Bryant, opens on her birthday

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Vanessa Bryant finds 'one more letter' from Kobe Bryant, opens on her birthday

Vanessa Bryant said on Instagram Tuesday that she had discovered another letter from her late husband, Kobe Bryant, the previous day.

Bryant wrote that she waited until Tuesday, her 38th birthday, to open the letter, and included a picture of the envelope.

In the post, she wrote that the letter was addressed to "The Love of my Life. From, Tu Papi." She said the cover had been drawn by an artist and depicted an angel holding her up. She said she was grateful to wake up to her three girls but was wishing "we were all together."

She said she was missing her daughter Gianna, who died with her father and seven others in a Jan. 26 helicopter crash. She had previously posted on Gianna's 14th birthday on May 1, "you are my soul forever."

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Michigan man in now-famous Capitol protest photo: 'I didn't scream in anybody's face'

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Michigan man in now-famous Capitol protest photo:

'I didn't scream in anybody's face'

DETROIT - As photographs of gun-carrying protesters in Michigan's Capitol building made the rounds nationally, one has emerged as a defining image of last week's demonstration over the governor's orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.

An unmasked man, mid-scream, yelling within inches of two police officers.

There have been memes and chatter on social media about the screaming protester, even misidentifications of him as a Los Angeles activist.

But he isn't from California. He is from New Hudson, Michigan. And his name is Brian Cash.

"Yes, that's me," the 52-year-old flooring installer told the Free Press on Monday when asked to confirm whether he is the man in the photo, taken by Jeff Kowalsky, a photographer working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) .

Cash, who said he has now been to four protests in Lansing in the past month, said he was demonstrating against the inequities of the governor's executive orders, which I have called "just ridiculous."

Cash said he wasn't yelling at the state troopers seen in the photo - "I didn't scream in anybody's face" - but at an officer positioned behind them who he said he saw assault a woman the day before. Three women were removed from the public gallery for the state House of Representatives on April 29. The incident was caught on video, showing a woman being forcibly removed. The incident prompted an announcement by the Michigan State Police that it was investigating the confrontation between individuals and House police.

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Dallas salon owner who reopened in defiance of Texas' coronavirus restrictions sentenced to 7 days in jail

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Dallas salon owner who reopened in defiance of Texas'

coronavirus restrictions sentenced to 7 days in jail

Minutes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced salons and barbershops in Texas could reopen Friday, a Dallas salon owner was sentenced to seven days in jail Tuesday for violating state and county orders to close her salon amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Shelley Luther, owner of Salon a la Mode, was fined to $ 7,000 for ignoring a restraining order from state District Judge Eric Moyé, according to the Dallas Morning News. She also received a cease-and-desist letter from County Judge Clay Jenkins on Friday. She ripped up the letter the next day at a rally.

"Come and get it, Judge Clay Jenkins. Come and get it," she said at the time, the Morning News reported. "You have rights to feed your children and make income. And anyone that wants to take away those rights is wrong."

Open? Closed? Here's how the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico are easing social distancing restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak

Luther reopened her salon on April 24 after Dallas County ordered all nonessential businesses to close in March. Since then, Luther said she hadn't earned income and didn't receive a federal loan aimed at supporting small businesses until Sunday.

Luther said she reopened the salon while following social distancing guidelines, but the city attorney argued that it didn't matter because Luther defied the judge's temporary restraining order.

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