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Hallaron en Colombia a un chileno desaparecido hace 36 años – BBC – BBC Mundo
Hallaron en Colombia a un chileno desaparecido hace 36 años – BBC – BBC Mundo

Pedro Gonzalo Larrondo Saavedra, de 76 años, había ingresado a Colombia en 2011, desde Brasil.

Su familia en Chile pensaba que estaba muerto; hacía 36 años que había desaparecido.

Hace poco menos de dos meses, un llamado hizo que todo cambiara para Pedro Gonzalo Larrondo Saavedra, de 76 años, y su familia.


Pedro Gonzalo Larrondo Saavedra se encontraba desnutrido cuando fue visitado por los funcionarios de migraciones.

Según Migración Colombia, que difundió el caso, Larrondo Saavedra había entrado al país en 2011, proveniente de Brasil.

En ese país se encontraba, de acuerdo con la entidad, en situación de abandono.

Un amigo, aparentemente, le recomendó cruzar la frontera.

Pasaron de un país a otro juntos, pero luego el amigo desapareció y el hombre fue a dar a un asilo de ancianos en la ciudad de Leticia, departamento de Amazonas (sur).

Desnutrición

Fue justamente desde esa casa, el Centro de Bienestar del Anciano “San José”, que llamaron a Migración Colombia para informar que había allí un ciudadano chileno abandonado.


Pedro Gonzalo Larrondo Saavedra voló este jueves a Chile a reunirse con su familia.

Los funcionarios de migraciones fueron a verlo. El hombre tenía una mala condición de salud, estaba con un grado alto de desnutrición, le informó Migración Colombia a BBC Mundo.

Al tiempo que recibía atención médica en el centro “San José”, se tramitaron sus papeles (por el tiempo que había permanecido en Colombia estaba en situación irregular).

El consulado de Chile en Colombia ayudó para conseguir un vuelo de regreso a su país.

Partió este jueves hacia Chile, a reencontrarse con sus hijos y conocer a sus nietos.

Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/07/150717_colombia_chile_anciano_desaparecido_nc

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Noticias Telemundo Presents ‘Muriendo Por Cruzar’ This Sunday August 3 at 6PM – TVbytheNumbers
Noticias Telemundo Presents ‘Muriendo Por Cruzar’ This Sunday August 3 at 6PM – TVbytheNumbers

via press release:

NOTICIAS  TELEMUNDO  PRESENTS:

“MURIENDO POR CRUZAR,” AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT DEATHS ALONG THE BORDER, THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 AT 6 P.M./5 C

Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval present the Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production

Miami – July 31, 2014 – Telemundo presents “Muriendo por Cruzar”, a documentary that investigates why increasing numbers of immigrants are dying while trying to cross the US-Mexican border near the city of Falfurrias, Texas, this Sunday, August 3 at 6PM/5 C.  The Telemundo and The Weather Channel co-production, presented by Noticias Telemundo journalists Carmen Dominicci and Neida Sandoval, reveals the obstacles immigrants face once they cross into US territory, including extreme weather conditions, as they try to evade the border patrol.  “Muriendo por Cruzar” is part of Noticias Telemundo’s special coverage of the crisis on the border and immigration reform.

 

“‘Muriendo por Cruzar’” dares to ask questions that reveal the actual conditions undocumented immigrants face as they try to start a new life in the United States,” said Alina Falcón, Telemundo’s Executive Vice President for News and Alternative Programming.  “Our collaboration with The Weather Channel was very productive. They have a unique expertise in covering the impact of weather on people’s lives, as we do in covering immigration reform and the border crisis. The result is a compelling documentary that exposes a harrowing reality.”

“Muriendo por Cruzar” is the first co-production by Telemundo and The Weather Channel.  Both networks are part of NBCUniversal.

Source Article from http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/07/31/noticias-telemundo-presents-muriendo-por-cruzar-this-sunday-august-3-at-6pm/289119/

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Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses – CNN
Illinois governor pardons more than 11,000 people for low-level pot offenses – CNN

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Source Article from https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/31/us/illinois-governor-marijuana-conviction-pardons/index.html

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More ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Bans Advancing in South, Midwest – Snopes.com
More ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Bans Advancing in South, Midwest – Snopes.com

If a new Mississippi law survives a court challenge, it will be nearly impossible for most pregnant women to get an abortion there.

Or, potentially, in neighboring Louisiana. Or Alabama. Or Georgia.

The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law — like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia — that will ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant. Alabama is on the cusp of approving an even more restrictive bill.

State governments are on a course to virtually eliminate abortion access in large chunks of the Deep South and Midwest. Ohio and Kentucky also have passed heartbeat laws; Missouri’s Republican-controlled legislature is considering one.

Their hope is that a more conservative U.S. Supreme Court will approve, spelling the end of the constitutional right to abortion.

“For pro-life folks, these are huge victories,” said Sue Liebel, state director for the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion advocacy group. “And I think they’re indicative of the momentum and excitement and the hope that’s happening with changes in the Supreme Court and having such a pro-life president.”

For abortion rights supporters, meanwhile, the trend is ominous. Said Diane Derzis, owner of Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “I think it’s certainly more dire than it ever has been. They smell blood and that’s why they’re doing this.”

Already, Mississippi mandates a 24-hour wait between an in-person consultation. That means women must make at least two trips to her clinic, often traveling long distances.

Other states have passed similar, incremental laws restricting abortion in recent years, and aside from Mississippi, five states have just one clinic — Kentucky, Missouri, North and South Dakota, and West Virginia. But the latest efforts to bar the procedure represent the largest assault on abortion rights in decades.

Lawmakers sponsoring the bans have made it clear their goal is to spark court challenges in hopes of ultimately overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Those challenges have begun. Derzis’ attorneys are scheduled to go before a judge on May 21, seeking to prevent Mississippi’s heartbeat law from taking effect July 1.

A judge in Kentucky blocked enforcement of that state’s heartbeat ban after the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of the clinic in Louisville.

Similar legal action is expected before bans can take effect in Ohio and Georgia, where Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the latest heartbeat bill into law Tuesday. Kemp said he welcomed the fight, vowing: “We will not back down.”

Georgia’s ban doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1. But the impact was immediate.

An abortion clinic operated by The Women’s Centers in Atlanta began receiving anxious calls from patients soon after Kemp signed the law. Many callers had plans to travel from outside the state for abortions. Georgia’s heartbeat ban would have a wider impact because the state has 17 abortion clinics — more than the combined total in the other four Southern states that have passed or are considering bans.

“On a typical day we will see people from North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina — all over the region,” said Dr. Lisa Haddad, the Atlanta clinic’s medical director. “And my thought is we’re not going to see those people coming here because they assume it’s already illegal in Georgia.”

Dr. Ernest Marshall, co-founder of Kentucky’s last remaining abortion clinic in Louisville, said in an email that banning abortions before most women know they’re pregnant would “have a disproportionate impact on poor women and communities of color throughout the South.”

Advocates for abortion rights expect judges to halt enforcement of any new bans while lawsuits work their way through the courts. That could take years.

“These laws are blatantly unconstitutional,” said Elisabeth Smith, chief counsel for state policy and advocacy for the Center for Reproductive Rights, which also has filed suit over Mississippi’s ban. “But if they were allowed to go into force, they would have devastating consequences for the residents of all of these states.”

If heartbeat bans are upheld, many women who are poor and have limited means to travel would have few options other than to try to terminate their own pregnancies, Haddad said, possibly using abortion drugs purchased online.

Others would have to drive or fly across multiple states, said Elizabeth Nash, a state policy analyst for the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.

“People would go to Florida, people would continue to go to Memphis,” Nash said. “How many states do you have to cross before you can access abortion services? It exacerbates all the issues we’ve already seen around taking time off from work and having the money to travel.”

Proposed heartbeat bans failed to pass this year in several Republican-led states, including Texas. There, GOP lawmakers lost ground to Democrats in the 2018 elections, and some abortion foes were wary after courts struck down prior abortion restrictions in the state. Such efforts also fell short in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

Alabama lawmakers postponed until next week a vote on a proposal that would make performing nearly all abortions a felony. The measure has passed the state House, and the Senate suspended debate Thursday amid a heated dispute over whether exemptions for rape and incest should be stripped from the bill.

“You can’t put a price on unborn life,” Eric Johnston, president of the Alabama Pro-Life Coalition, said Wednesday, as a legislative committee heard testimony on the state’s proposed ban. “What you have to do is protect the people that live in this state and that includes unborn children.”

But Jenna King-Shepherd told Alabama lawmakers she believed the abortion she had at age 17 allowed her to finish college. She said her father, a part-time Baptist preacher furious about her pregnancy, drove her to the abortion clinic because he trusted her to make the right choice.

“I’m not asking you to support access to abortion,” King-Shepherd said. “I’m only asking you to let women, their families, their physicians and their God make this decision on how they want to start their families in private and trust them to do that.”

Source Article from https://www.snopes.com/ap/2019/05/12/more-heartbeat-abortion-bans-advancing-in-south-midwest/

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White House: Biden not considering sharing Covid vaccine with Mexico – POLITICO
White House: Biden not considering sharing Covid vaccine with Mexico – POLITICO

“No. The president has made clear that he is focused on ensuring that vaccines are accessible to every American. That is our focus,” Psaki told reporters at a White House press briefing.

“The next step is economic recovery. And that is ensuring that our neighbors, Mexico and Canada, have similarly managed the pandemic, so that we can open our borders and build back better,” she added.

For the time being, however, “the administration’s focus is on ensuring that every American is vaccinated,” Psaki said. “And once we accomplish that objective, we’re happy to discus further steps beyond that.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will join Biden for his meeting with López Obrador. The leaders will discuss “a new phase of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship,” Psaki said, with a specific emphasis on “migration, recovery from Covid-19, climate change and security.”

On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine — the third shot to be cleared for use in the U.S., after those from Pfizer and Moderna.

Weekly vaccine shipments to states have ramped up to 14.5 million over the past month, and drugmakers testified last week that the U.S. is on track to have 3 million doses per day available by April.

Source Article from https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/01/biden-mexico-covid-vaccine-sharing-471939

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16 Ivy League and elite universities sued for alleged financial aid conspiracy – NBC News
16 Ivy League and elite universities sued for alleged financial aid conspiracy – NBC News
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Noticias Telemundo’s IMMIGRATION, TRUMP AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY Ranks # 1 IN Spanish-Language TV … – Broadway World
Noticias Telemundo’s IMMIGRATION, TRUMP AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY Ranks # 1 IN Spanish-Language TV … – Broadway World

Noticias Telemundo’s “Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” (Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community) Town Hall broadcast on Sunday, February 12 at 7PM/6 C, ranked # 1 in Spanish-language TV in primetime across all key demographics, averaging 1.57 million total viewers, 708,000 adults 18 to 49 and 325,000 adults 18 to 34, according to Nielsen. The news special moderated by Noticias Telemundo News Anchor José Díaz-Balart also positioned Telemundo as the #1 Spanish-language network during the entire primetime on Sunday, across all key demos.

“Noticias Telemundo is empowering millions of Latinos with reliable and TRANSPARENT information at a time of change,” said José Díaz-Balart. “Viewers trust us because they know our only commitment is to present the facts the way they are, with professionalism and a total commitment to our community.”

“Immigration, Trump and the Hispanic Community” also reached 1.6 million viewers on Facebook, generating 23,000 global actions on the social network.

The Town Hall answered viewers’ questions about the impact of President Trump’s immigration policy on the Hispanic community. The news special featured a panel of experts, including immigration lawyer and Telemundo contributor Alma Rosa Nieto; Telemundo conservative political analyst Ana Navarro; the Deputy Vice President of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), Clarissa Martínez, and CHIRLA’s Executive Director, Angélica Salas. In addition, “El Poder en Ti”, Telemundo’s robust community initiative, launched an Internet site for Hispanics looking for information, tools and resources on immigration in parallel to the Town Hall.

“Inmigración, Trump y los Hispanos” is part of a series of Noticias Telemundo specials, including “Trump en la Casa Blanca,” produced the day after the elections, and “Trump y los Latinos,” which aired on Inauguration Day. All of these programs share an emphasis on allowing audiences to express their views and empower them by giving them access to trustworthy, rigorous and relevant information presented under Noticias Telemundo’s banner “Telling It Like It Is” (“Las Cosas Como Son” in Spanish).

Noticias Telemundo is the information unit of Telemundo Network and a leader provider in news serving the US Hispanics across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its award-winning television news broadcasts include the daily newscast “Noticias Telemundo,” the Sunday current affairs show “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart” and the daily news and entertainment magazine “Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste.” The rapidly-growing “Noticias Telemundo Digital Team” provides continuous content to US Hispanics wherever they are, whenever they want it. Noticias Telemundo also produces award winning news specials, documentaries and news event such as political debates, forums and town halls.

Source: Nielsen L+SD IMP, 2/12/17. TEL #1 SLTV (vs UNI, UMA, AZA, ETV). Shareablee, 2/6/17-2/12/17.

Image courtesy of Telemundo.

Source Article from http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Noticias-Telemundos-IMMIGRATION-TRUMP-AND-THE-HISPANIC-COMMUNITY-Ranks-1-IN-Spanish-Language-TV-Sunday-212-20170214

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Attorney General Barr, Only Weeks Into Job, Makes A Mark Under The Spotlight – NPR
Attorney General Barr, Only Weeks Into Job, Makes A Mark Under The Spotlight – NPR

Attorney General William Barr hasn’t served in the administration for very long but he already has made a mark on the Justice Department.

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Attorney General William Barr hasn’t served in the administration for very long but he already has made a mark on the Justice Department.

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Attorney General William Barr has been on the job for just 10 weeks but in the short time he’s led the Justice Department, he’s already managed to put his stamp on the place.

In the long run, Barr’s tenure may be judged by his handling of the special counsel report on Russian election interference — a performance that a book reviewer at The New York Times recently likened to a “velvet fog.”

The attorney general picked up the leitmotif used by President Trump all along in the Russia investigation: “No collusion.”

Democrats in Congress were blunt: They’re accusing Barr of misleading people about special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusions and acting as a defense attorney for President Trump, not the top legal officer of the United States.

But when Barr testifies Wednesday before the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee, Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is likely to try to help the attorney general turn the page on that story.

Graham has signaled he wants Justice Department leaders to investigate the origins of the Russia probe, which Barr recently said involved “spying” on the Trump campaign.

Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will likely give Barr a much frostier welcome when the attorney general appears before that panel on Thursday — if negotiators can agree upon the terms under which Barr would testify.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota who’s running for president, told NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that she thought the attorney general has a great deal of ground to cover with Congress.

“This isn’t just about the Mueller report and what’s happening with Russia,” Klobuchar said.

“This is about what’s going on with immigration, this is about what’s happening with the Affordable Care Act, where millions and millions of Americans — over 50 percent of them — are afraid they’re going to lose their coverage because of preexisting conditions. [Barr] has to come before the Congress and explain what in the world this administration is doing when it comes to peoples’ everyday lives.”

An examination of Barr’s record so far demonstrates where he wants to take the department on some of those other priorities.

Immigration

Central American migrants ride a freight train on their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on April 23.

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Central American migrants ride a freight train on their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on April 23.

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Earlier this month, Barr issued an order that could keep thousands of asylum seekers in detention while they wait for their cases to be heard in immigration courts.

Barr exercised his prerogative as attorney general to overturn a 2005 policy that applies to people who argue they face a “credible fear of torture or persecution” if they’re returned to their country of origin.

The move follows other hard-line measures the Trump administration has adopted to try to deter undocumented immigrants from entering the U.S.

The Barr Justice Department also recently issued a report on the “number of aliens in federal, state and local custody” following a 2017 executive order signed by President Trump.

The report said nearly half of the undocumented immigrants in Bureau of Prisons custody committed drug trafficking or drug-related crimes. About 4% committed weapons offenses and 3% were convicted of racketeering or “continuing criminal enterprise offenses,” which include murders-for-hire.

Opioids

Health officials this month warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.

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Health officials this month warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.

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In recent weeks, federal prosecutors have announced a number of new cases against medical professionals and corporate executives who allegedly fueled the opioid crisis.

First came a sweep that ensnared nearly 60 doctors, pharmacists and others who operated in hard-hit areas in Appalachia. Those cases involve more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and more than 32 million pills — the equivalent of a dose of opioids for “every man, woman and child,” across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and West Virginia.

Next, the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York charged a drug distribution company and its former chief executive with conspiracy to distribute controlled narcotics for invalid medical reasons and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

The former CEO, Laurence Doud III, is fighting the charges.

Health care

In a rare note of dissension with the White House, Attorney General Barr disagreed with the president’s decision to abandon defending part of the Affordable Care Act, the signature domestic policy of the Obama administration.

But even though Barr and White House lawyers privately expressed skepticism about whether the Trump approach would win in court, the attorney general did not publicly contradict the Trump view or threaten to resign in opposition.

Health care policy expert Julie Rovner told NPR’s Weekend Edition last month that the DOJ approach “does certainly raise the prospect of a court decision that would say there could be no more protections for people with preexisting conditions. That’s one of the most popular parts of the health law.”

Style

Attorney General Barr speaks to President Trump before the first veto of his presidency in the Oval Office of the White House on March 15.

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Attorney General Barr speaks to President Trump before the first veto of his presidency in the Oval Office of the White House on March 15.

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Like the president he serves, the attorney general has seemed comfortable with rhetoric that borders on the confrontational — and he doesn’t like to back down.

For example, after Barr said there was “spying” on the Trump campaign at a congressional hearing this year, Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii offered him the opportunity to rephrase his remarks. But Barr shrugged it off.

And after criticism built over his four-page letter to lawmakers that contained the “principal conclusions” of the special counsel, Barr largely deflected by turning attention on the questions themselves.

“I’m not sure what your basis is for saying I’m being generous to the president,” Barr told a reporter.

Source Article from https://www.npr.org/2019/04/30/718318413/attorney-general-barr-only-weeks-into-job-makes-a-mark-under-the-spotlight

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Trump Raises Idea of Arresting House Chairman for Treason – The New York Times
Trump Raises Idea of Arresting House Chairman for Treason – The New York Times

“The United States has been very very good to Ukraine,” Mr. Trump told Mr. Zelensky. “I wouldn’t say that it’s reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine.”

And later, the president said, “I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.”

On Sunday, Mr. Trump said of Mr. Schiff in a Twitter post, “His lies were made in perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great Chamber.” Mr. Trump continued, “He wrote down and read terrible things, then said it was from the mouth of the President of the United States.”

Mr. Schiff on Monday did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A former prosecutor with experience impeaching federal judges, Mr. Schiff has taken the lead in the impeachment inquiry regarding the president’s phone call with Ukraine. On Sunday he said the anonymous whistle-blower would testify before the House Intelligence Committee “very soon.”

As for Mr. Trump’s accusations of lying to Congress, Mr. Schiff said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” “Let’s not pretend that this is really what the president is upset with me about.”

Mr. Schiff said Mr. Trump was “furious with me” because as soon as Mr. Schiff learned a whistle-blower complaint had been filed, he publicly called for its release to Congress.

“The president believes that it is his God-given right to shake down foreign leaders for help in his re-election, and he should not be encumbered by the public finding out about it,” Mr. Schiff said Sunday. “That’s what has incensed the president. And I am willing to take the brunt of that.”

Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/us/politics/trump-schiff-treason.html

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Más Que Noticias con Pamela Vértiz – Tuteve.Tv
Más Que Noticias con Pamela Vértiz – Tuteve.Tv

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Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Congress new coronavirus cases could reach 100,000 a day without changes – USA TODAY
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Congress new coronavirus cases could reach 100,000 a day without changes – USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – New coronavirus infections could increase to 100,000 a day if the nation doesn’t get the ongoing surge under control, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress Tuesday.

“We’ve really got to do something about that and we need to deal with it quickly,” he testified. “It could get very bad.”

Fauci, the top infectious disease expert at the National Institutes of Health, said the surge has been caused both by some areas reopening too quickly and by people not following guidelines.

“We’ve got to get that message out that we are all in this together,” Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “And if we are going to contain this, we’ve got to contain it together.”

Testifying weeks after he’d previously warned of needless “suffering and death” if appropriate steps weren’t taken, Fauci, said he’s “quite concerned” about what’s happening in many states. New cases have been increasing by about 40,000 a day, Fauci said. 

Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/30/coronavirus-dr-anthony-fauci-update-senate-state-pandemic/3279369001/

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Ohio to give $1M away to 5 vaccinated adults, 5 full-ride college scholarships – The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio to give $1M away to 5 vaccinated adults, 5 full-ride college scholarships – The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio will give away $1 million prizes to five adults, plus another five full-ride public college scholarships to teens who get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Wednesday during a statewide televised address.

Calling it “Ohio Vax-a-Million,” DeWine said drawings will be held for five consecutive Wednesdays, starting May 26, to pick the $1 million winners. The winners will be pulled from the Ohio Secretary of State’s voter registration database.

Ohio Vax-a-Million:Gov. DeWine ‘thinking outside of the box.’ Ohioans react to Ohio Vax-a-Million lottery

The Ohio Lottery will conduct the drawings but the money will come from existing federal coronavirus relief funds.

To be eligible, you must be 18 or older, an Ohio resident and vaccinated before the drawing.

DeWine said 12- to 17-year-olds can sign up for the scholarship drawing via an electronic portal that will open May 18. Drawings will be held for five straight Wednesdays to select one student to receive the scholarship, which will cover tuition, room-and-board and books.

Source Article from https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/12/ohio-vax-million-covid-19-vaccinations-cash-college-scholarships/5059433001/

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ONU: Medida de Trump contra inmigrantes es ilegal y mezquina – Diario El País
ONU: Medida de Trump contra inmigrantes es ilegal y mezquina – Diario El País

El Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, el jordano Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, condenó este lunes el decreto antiinmigración firmado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, que calificó de ilegal y “mezquino”.

“La discriminación por el único motivo de la nacionalidad está prohibida por la ley de derechos humanos”, afirmó Zied en un tuit, considerando que “el veto estadounidense es también mezquino y malgasta recursos necesarios para luchar debidamente contra el terrorismo”.

El polémico decreto prohíbe la entrada a Estados Unidos a todos los refugiados, independientemente de su origen, durante 120 días (y de forma indefinida para los refugiados sirios). También prohíbe durante 90 días a los ciudadanos de siete países de mayoría musulmana considerados viveros terroristas por Washington: Irán, Irak, Libia, Somalia, Sudán, Siria y Yemen.

Esta decisión provocó manifestaciones y condenas internacionales pero también situaciones confusas en los aeropuertos estadounidenses y extranjeros con personas bloqueadas o rechazadas.

En una declaración conjunta, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR), recordaron el sábado que “el programa estadounidense de reinserción es uno de los más importantes del mundo”.

“Las plazas de reinserción ofrecidas por cada país son vitales. La OIM y ACNUR esperan que Estados Unidos siga desempeñando su papel importante de líder y continúe su larga tradición de protección de quienes huyen de los conflictos y persecuciones”, agregaron las dos agencias de la ONU en su declaración.

Trump defendió el decreto

El mandatario aseguró este lunes que los problemas en los aeropuertos durante el fin de semana, cuando comenzó a regir el decreto antiinmigración, se debieron a la empresa Delta Airlines y a los manifestantes.

“Solo 109 de 325.000 personas fueron detenidas y sometidas a un cuestionario. Los grandes problemas en los aeropuertos fueron causados por un apagón informático en Delta … los manifestantes y las lágrimas del senador (demócrata, Chuck) Schumer. El secretario (de Seguridad Interior) Kelly dijo que todo va bien con muy pocos problemas. ¡HAGAMOS ESTADOS UNIDOS SEGURO OTRA VEZ!”, afirmó Trump en Twitter

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Más adelante, explicó que “si la prohibición hubiera sido anunciada con una semana de anticipación, los “malos” se hubieran apurado a ingresar a nuestro país durante esa semana. Hay un montón de ‘tipos’ malos ahí afuera”.

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La medida recibió críticas de aliados, generó confusión sobre su implementación y galvanizó a la oposición demócrata, que busca formas de derrotarlo. También había una creciente inquietud dentro del Partido Republicano.

Cuatro jueces federales emitieron fallos para detener las deportaciones, en tanto unas 300 personas fueron detenidas o se vieron impedidas de viajar en el mundo.

Mientras, abogados de organizaciones defensoras de los derechos civiles advertían que la batalla legal podía llegar a la Suprema Corte de Justicia.

Miles de manifestantes protestaron el domingo en los principales aeropuertos del país por segundo día consecutivo en apoyo a los inmigrantes y refugiados.

“Solo espero que podamos superar este período difícil manteniendo nuestros valores como país”, dijo Saif Rahman, un ciudadano estadounidense de 38 años nacido en Irak, quien debió atravesar controles adicionales tras llegar al aeropuerto de Dulles en Washington.

El decreto, que entró en vigor el viernes, prohíbe el ingreso de refugiados durante 120 días, sea cual sea su origen, y durante 90 días a ciudadanos de siete países musulmanes: Irak, Irán, Libia, Somalia, Sudán, Siria y Yemen.

Al menos 109 personas fueron detenidas desde el viernes a su llegada a Estados Unidos, aunque tuvieran una visa válida. No estaba claro cuántos de ellos permanecía retenidos el domingo.

Asesores de Trump minimizaron la cifra a “un par de docenas”, mientras Canadá ofreció residencia temporal a aquellos que no pudieron viajar a Estados Unidos y quedaron varados en el país.

Conmoción

Bajo fuego en todos los frentes, Trump emitió una nota oficial en la que niega que el decreto sea contra los musulmanes y fustiga a la prensa.

“Para ser claro, no se trata de una prohibición que apunte a los musulmanes, como los medios informan falsamente”, expresó Trump. “Esto no tiene nada que ver con la religión, se trata de terrorismo y de la seguridad de nuestro país”.

Pero la decisión de Trump ha provocado la mayor conmoción desde su investidura.

El presidente luego recurrió a Twitter para fustigar a los senadores republicanos John McCain y Lindsey Graham, quienes criticaron el decreto. Dijo que estaban “equivocados”, que eran “débiles” en materia de inmigración y que “buscaban desatar la Tercera Guerra Mundial”.

Las detenciones en los aeropuertos estadounidenses dejaron a familias divididas: un padre no pudo asistir al casamiento de su hijo, una abuela no pudo reunirse con sus nietos.

Irán, que calificó la medida de “regalo para los extremistas”, es hasta ahora uno de los países más afectados por la cantidad de iraníes que tienen visas de trabajo o de estudios de Estados Unidos. En respuesta, Teherán instauró medidas similares contra los estadounidenses.

Protestas

“¡Los refugiados son bienvenidos!” vociferaron el domingo unas 10.000 personas en un parque neoyorquino con vista a la Estatua de la Libertad, símbolo de la llegada de inmigrantes al país desde 1886.

Miles protestaron frente a la Casa Blanca. “Tomar una porción entera del mundo y decirle que no son bienvenidos, que son nuestros enemigos, invita a la violencia. No somos así en Estados Unidos”, dijo Tal Zlotnitsky, quien tiene doble nacionalidad israelo-estadounidense.

Las protestas se sucedieron en la terminal Dulles de Washington y en aeropuertos de Los Ángeles, Orlando y Sacramento. Centenares manifestaron en Boston, mientras se organizaban marchas en Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City y Seattle.

Mientras Trump evocaba los atentados del 11 de septiembre de 2001 para explicar las restricciones, ninguno de los países de los que eran oriundos los atacantes -Egipto, Líbano. Arabia Saudita, Emiratos Arabes Unidos- fue incluido en el decreto. Todos esos países son aliados de Washington.

La incertidumbre reinaba sobre la implementación del decreto. Algunos poseedores de la tarjeta verde de residencia permanente en Estados Unidos afirmaron que se les impidió viajar o que fueron devueltos.

Pero el gobierno de Trump aclaró oficialmente el domingo que los residentes permanentes estaban exceptuados de la prohibición, que afecta a quienes tiene doble nacionalidad.

Justicia

Los fiscales generales de 16 estados de la Unión, todos demócratas, tacharon el domingo de “inconstitucional” al decreto y prometieron recurrir a “todas las herramientas” a su alcance “para luchar contra esta orden inconstitucional, preservar la seguridad nacional y los valores fundamentales de nuestra nación”.

En última instancia, los tribunales derribarán el decreto, señalaron. Será en efecto la justicia la que decida la suerte del decreto. “Esto acabará probablemente ante el la Corte Suprema”, dijo Anthony Romero, director de la poderosa Unión estadounidense de Libertades Civiles (ACLU), en la cadena CNN.

El gobierno tendrá que defenderse también de una acusación de discriminación religiosa. Tras el periodo de 120 días, el decreto afirma que dará prioridad a los refugiados perseguidos a causa de su religión, una frase que apunta implícitamente a proteger a los cristianos de Siria y de Irak.

Trump no ha dejado ninguna duda respecto a esta preferencia. “Los cristianos de Oriente Medio han sido ejecutados en masa. ¡No podemos permitir que ese horror se perpetúe!”, tuiteó.

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Austria’s Vice Chancellor Quits In The Wake Of A Video Scandal – NPR
Austria’s Vice Chancellor Quits In The Wake Of A Video Scandal – NPR

Austria’s Vice Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, announces his resignation at a press conference in Vienna on Saturday, following a video scandal.

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Austria’s Vice Chancellor and chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, announces his resignation at a press conference in Vienna on Saturday, following a video scandal.

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Austria’s vice chancellor has resigned after German media published a video that purportedly showed him offering government contracts to a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch, in exchange for media coverage and political funding.

The scandal drove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to call for snap elections instead of trying to revive his weakened coalition government. “Enough is enough,” he told reporters on Saturday in Vienna.

Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache announced he would step down earlier in the day at a press conference in the capital. Crowds stood outside the chancellor’s office waiting for news.

Strache, who leads Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, described the incident as a “targeted political assassination.”

It comes less than a week before European Parliament elections.

On Friday, German news magazine Der Spiegel and daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published the calamitous video. It shows Strache sitting on a couch in a T-shirt, discussing potential deals with a Russian investor.

She proposes to buy a 50% stake in Austria’s Kronen-Zeitung newspaper and Strache promises her construction contracts if she helps his political party. The group also discusses how to disguise a donation to the party through an association. Their meeting was said to have lasted six hours.

It’s unclear who orchestrated the recording. The publications did not reveal their source but said a forensic video expert had verified the footage.

The video was reportedly filmed in a villa with hidden cameras on the Spanish island of Ibiza in July 2017 — just months before Austria’s national election in October. Strache’s party received 26% of the vote and 51 seats.

Strache told the German publications that he had done nothing illegal; that he said to the woman that Austrian laws must be followed. He said he never gave her government contracts or received donations from her.

In November 2018, Austrian retail and real estate company SIGNA bought 49% of a German media company that holds Kronen-Zeitung — marking its first investment in media.

Strache chalked the exchange up to “alcohol-induced macho talk” that was “probably trying to impress the attractive hostess,” according to Deutsche Welle.

Austria’s 32-year-old chancellor faced mounting calls by the opposition to hold new elections. His conservative Austrian People’s Party governs the country in coalition with the Freedom Party.

In the wake of the video, Kurz said the abuse of power, taxes and interference in media affairs were among his concerns.

In the past, he has distanced himself from the Freedom Party following reports of anti-Semitism and racism. The Freedom Party was founded and first led in the 1950s by Anton Reinthaller, a former Nazi.

In recent years, the Freedom Party has built a relationship with Russia. According to the New York Times:

“Mr. Strache first met Mr. Putin in May 2007. In 2014, at least two Freedom Party members took part as election observers during the Russian referendum after the annexation of Crimea. Then in 2016, just seven months before the meeting in Ibiza took place, Mr. Strache traveled to Moscow to sign a formal cooperation agreement between the Freedom Party and Mr. Putin’s United Russia party.”

Johann Gudenus, another prominent Freedom Party member, was secretly filmed in the Ibiza villa meeting with Strache. That prompted calls for his resignation.

Strache said he would step down from his party leadership position, with Transport Minister Norbert Hofer to replace him.

He also vowed to take legal steps to address the video.

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Revelan posibles causas de accidente aéreo de Tame en Cuenca – El Universo
Revelan posibles causas de accidente aéreo de Tame en Cuenca – El Universo

Esta mañana se revelaron las posibles causas del accidente de la aerolínea Tame ocurrido el 28 de abril de 2016 en el aeropuerto Mariscal La Mar, en Cuenca.

En el informe de la Junta de Investigación de Accidentes se determinó que la pista estuvo contaminada con lluvia, además que se realizó un aterrizaje con aproximación no estabilizada y no se aplicaron los procedimientos recomendados por el fabricante de la aerolínea.

El alcalde de Cuenca, Marcelo Cabrera, declaró que tras realizar trabajos de mantenimiento a la pista sigue un proceso de certificación que podría durar hasta el 2018. (I)

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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden’s COVID bill aloud – USA TODAY
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden’s COVID bill aloud – USA TODAY

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Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Harris’ VP pick. And, a new Hamas leader – NPR
Who is Tim Walz? What to know about Harris’ VP pick. And, a new Hamas leader – NPR
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Most Americans don’t think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds – NBC News
Most Americans don’t think Trump is in the clear yet on Russia, new poll finds – NBC News

WASHINGTON — Even as the White House claims vindication from the summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings in the Russia probe, the American public does not see a clear verdict about whether President Donald Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing.

According to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll, 29 percent of Americans say they believe Trump has been cleared of wrongdoing, based on what they have heard about Mueller’s findings, while 40 percent say they do not believe he has been cleared.

But a third of Americans — 31 percent — say they’re not sure if Trump has been cleared. That includes nearly half of independents (45 percent) and about a quarter of both Democrats (27 percent) and Republicans (25 percent.)

Respondents were asked about their views of the special counsel’s work on March 25-27, beginning the day after Attorney General William Barr released his summary of Mueller’s report that stated the probe “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”

Barr also reported that Mueller declined to make a determination on whether Trump obstructed justice. The attorney general informed Congress Friday that more of Mueller’s report will be released by mid-April.

“The public is still in a wait-and-see view of this investigation and what it means for Trump,” said Jeff Horwitt of the Democratic firm Hart Research, which conducted the poll along with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.

Much of that ambiguity may be because less than half of the public says they have been deeply engaged with reporting about Barr’s summary of Mueller’s findings.

While a large majority of Americans — 78 percent — say they have heard about Mueller submitting his final report, only 39 percent say they have heard “a lot” about the story. That’s a smaller share of the population than those who said they had heard a lot about other significant stories in Trump’s political history, including his decision to fire James Comey (56 percent) or the release of the Access Hollywood videotape (66 percent).

“However substantial this event was in the Washington, D.C., community and maybe our political culture, it was not an event that captured the American public,” said McInturff.

The narrative about the Mueller probe has also not significantly affected the president’s approval rating, which stands at 43 percent. Fifty-three percent of Americans disapprove of his job performance.

In February, Trump’s approval rating stood at 46 percent, but this month’s shift is within the poll’s margin of error.

Since last month, fewer Americans now say that the Mueller probe has given them more doubts about Trump’s presidency. In the NBC/WSJ February poll, 48 percent of Americans said the investigation gave them more doubts, while 47 percent disagreed. Now, 36 percent said they have more doubts about Trump as a result of the probe, compared with 57 percent who disagree.

But nearly all of that shift came among Democrats. In February, 82 percent of Democrats expressed more doubts as a result of the investigation, compared with just 61 percent now. But the same period of time saw no increase in Trump’s overall approval rating among Democrats.

Warning signs for Trump for 2020 — and some Democratic presidential candidates, too

While the poll did not find a significant shift in the president’s approval rating, it showed some continued weak spots as he prepares to run for re-election.

Overall, half of registered voters say they are “very uncomfortable” with his candidacy while an additional 9 percent say they have “some reservations.”

Among those saying they’re “very uncomfortable” are at least half of several traditional swing voter groups, such as independents (50 percent saying they are “very uncomfortable”), suburban women (56 percent) and moderates (57 percent).

In contrast, just 26 percent of voters overall say they’re “enthusiastic” about Trump’s 2020 bid, with another 14 percent saying they are “comfortable.”

But some Democratic candidates also face significant discomfort from the voting public, too.

A combined 58 percent of voters are either uncomfortable (37 percent) or have reservations about (21 percent) Bernie Sanders’ 2020 bid. For Elizabeth Warren, it’s a combined 53 percent. And for Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke, it’s 41 percent of voters expressing either reservations or discomfort.

For Joe Biden, who has yet to formally announce a presidential bid, a combined 47 percent are either enthusiastic (17 percent) or comfortable (30 percent) with him as a candidate, compared with 48 percent who say they’re either uncomfortable or have reservations.

Democrats name Biden as most acceptable of well-known candidates

Among just Democratic primary voters, Biden appears to be the most palatable presidential candidate at the moment.

A combined 73 percent of Democrats say they’re either enthusiastic (33 percent) or comfortable (40 percent) with Biden as a candidate, while just 25 percent either have reservations (19 percent) or are uncomfortable (6 percent).

Democratic discomfort is higher for the two well-known candidates who have been most outspoken on progressive policy proposals: Sanders and Warren.

For Sanders, 27 percent of primary voters say they have reservations while 9 percent are very uncomfortable.

For Warren, 23 percent of Democratic primary have reservations, and 10 percent are very uncomfortable.

More than a quarter of Democrats also express some hesitation about Beto O’Rourke (22 percent with reservations, 7 percent uncomfortable) and Kamala Harris (21 percent with reservations, 6 percent uncomfortable). But a significant chunk of Democratic voters — about one in five — don’t know enough about those candidates to express an opinion.

Most Americans have heard of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Since her surprise win in her New York congressional district primary last year, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become one of the more recognizable political figures in the country, the poll finds.

More than seven-in-ten Americans (72 percent) say they know enough about Ocasio-Cortez to form an opinion of her — a swift rise in name ID for a relatively new figure on the national scene.

Among all Americans, 23 percent have a positive opinion of her, while 34 percent have a negative one.

The intensity of feelings toward the New York congresswoman is stronger on the political right than on the left. Forty-six percent of Democrats have a positive opinion of her, while 64 percent of Republicans have a negative one.

Among those who regularly watch Fox News, 55 percent say they have a negative opinion of Ocasio-Cortez. That’s more than twice the share of those who regularly watch broadcast news to stay informed.

The full NBC/WSJ live-caller survey was conducted March 23-27, 2019. Questions related to the release of a summary of the Mueller report were asked March 25-27. The margin of error for 1,000 adults surveyed is +/- 3.1 percent. The margin of error for registered voters is +/- 3.45 percent. The margin of error for Democratic primary voters is +/- 5.82 percent.

Carrie Dann is a political editor for NBC News. 

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Houston power outage map: Where has winter storm caused outages? – KHOU.com
Houston power outage map: Where has winter storm caused outages? – KHOU.com

Early Monday, ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas), the agency that oversees the state’s electric grid, declared the state of Texas at the highest energy emergency level because of lower power supply and high demand due to extremely low temperatures during the winter storm.

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Impactante video de un niño siendo entrenado por ISIS – Univisión
Impactante video de un niño siendo entrenado por ISIS – Univisión

El Papa participó en un Google Hangout

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Flooding will last until next week in storm-ravaged Midwest – AOL
Flooding will last until next week in storm-ravaged Midwest – AOL

March 20 (Reuters) – The flooding that devastated the U.S. Midwest is likely to last into next week, as rain and melted snow flow into Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said. Floods driven by melting snow in the Dakotas will persist even as Nebraska and Iowa dig out from storms that have killed four people, left one missing and caused more than a billion dollars in damage to crops, livestock and roads.

“It’s already not looking good downstream for the middle and lower Mississippi and Missouri (rivers) into Kansas, Mississippi and Missouri,” Bob Oravec, a meteorologist with the NWS’s Weather Prediction Center, said early Wednesday.

The floodwaters have inundated a swath of Iowa and Nebraska along the Missouri River, North America’s longest river. Half of Iowa’s 99 counties have declared states of emergency.

“That snow pack is still there and it’s going to keep melting, and that’s bad news,” Oravec said.

About an inch of rain is predicted for Saturday in the region, Oravec said. “It’s not a lot, but any precipitation is bad right now.”

Vice President Mike Pence toured some of Nebraska Tuesday and promised to help expedite federal help to the region.

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, back right, travels by air boat with Glenn Wyles, top left, Mitch Snyder, bottom right, and Juan Jacobo, bottom left, as they survey damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, right, talks to Glenn Wyles, second right, as they survey by air boat flood damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Gabe Schmidt, owner of Liquid Trucking, top right, travels by air boat with Glenn Wyles, top left, Mitch Snyder, bottom left, and Juan Jacobo, bottom right, as they survey damage from the flood waters of the Platte River, in Plattsmouth, Neb., Sunday, March 17, 2019. Hundreds of people remained out of their homes in Nebraska, but rivers there were starting to recede. The National Weather Service said the Elkhorn River remained at major flood stage but was dropping. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Vice President Mike Pence and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, second right point to flooded areas, with Neb. Gov. Pete Ricketts, left, during a helicopter flight over areas affected by the flooding of the Missouri and Elkhorn Rivers, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Nebraska. Pence flew to Omaha, Neb., Tuesday to view damage and to offer support to first responders, volunteers and those displaced by the floods. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT SURNAME – Tom Wilke, center, his son Chad, right, and Nick Kenny, load a boat out of the swollen waters of the North Fork of the Elkhorn River after checking on the Witke’s flooded property, in Norfolk, Neb., Friday, March 15, 2019. Heavy rain falling atop deeply frozen ground has prompted evacuations along swollen rivers in Wisconsin, Nebraska and other Midwestern states. Thousands of people have been urged to evacuate along eastern Nebraska rivers as a massive late-winter storm has pushed streams and rivers out of their banks throughout the Midwest. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)




Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin and Mississippi all declared states of emergency after the floods, which stemmed from a powerful winter hurricane last week. The flooding killed livestock, destroyed grains and soybeans in storage and cut off access to farms because of road and rail damage.

Authorities said they had rescued nearly 300 people in Nebraska alone, with some rivers continuing to rise. Rescuers could be seen in boats pulling pets from flooded homes. Some roadways crumbled to rubble and sections of others were submerged. In Hamburg, Iowa, floodwaters covered buildings.

$1 BILLION IN DAMAGE

Nebraska officials estimated flood damage for the state’s agriculture at more than $1 billion so far, according to Craig Head, vice president of issue management at the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Head said that was likely to grow as floodwaters recede.

“It’s really too early to know for sure how bad this is going to get. But one thing we do know: It’s catastrophic for farmers,” said Matt Perdue, government relations director for the National Farmers Union. “We’re hoping it’s only $1 billion, but that’s only a hope.”

Nebraska officials estimate the floods have also caused $553 million in damage to public infrastructure and other assets, and $89 million to privately owned assets, according to the state’s Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday.

The water covered about a third of Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, home to the U.S. Strategic Command, whose responsibilities include defending against and responding to nuclear attacks.

The Army Corps of Engineers is distributing 400,000 sandbags to operators of 12 levees along the Missouri River in Missouri and Kansas that are threatened by flooding, the Army Corps said in a news release on Tuesday.

Roads leading to the Nebraska Public Power District’s Cooper nuclear plant near Brownville were engulfed by floodwaters from the Missouri, but the facility was still operating safely at full power on Tuesday.

The plant operator was flying staff members and supplies to the plant by helicopter, power district spokesman Mark Becker said.

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