The
 Federal Trade Commission is sending nearly $30 million in refunds to 
people tricked by agents working on behalf of Career Education 
Corporation (currently operating as Perdoceo Education Corporation), the
 operator of several post-secondary schools.

<a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/federal.trade.commission#!/vizhome/Refunds_15797958402020/RefundsbyCase"></a>
 CEC’s lead generators tricked consumers into providing their 
information and enrolling at CEC schools using a variety of deceptive 
methods, including pretending to be U.S. military recruiters, or 
affiliated with the military, and falsely promising to provide 
assistance with job placement and various public benefits, according to 
the FTC’s complaint.

<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/08/operator-colorado-technical-university-american-intercontinental">In 2019, CEC and its subsidiaries</a>,
 American InterContinental University, Inc., AIU Online, LLC, Marlin 
Acquisition Corporation, Colorado Technical University, Inc., and 
Colorado Tech., Inc., settled FTC charges that they used lead generators
 to engage in illegal conduct to market their schools. The FTC also 
charged that both CEC and its lead generators illegally called people 
registered on the National Do Not Call Registry.

The FTC is mailing approximately $30 million to more than 8,000 
recipients today.&nbsp; The average refund is more than $3,700 per person, 
the largest per person average in the agency’s history.

People who receive checks should deposit or cash their checks within 
90 days, as indicated on the check. Recipients who have questions about 
their checks can call the refund administrator, JND Legal 
Administration, at 1-833-916-3603. The FTC never requires people to pay 
money or provide account information to cash a refund check.

The FTC’s <a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/federal.trade.commission#!/vizhome/Refunds_15797958402020/RefundsbyCase">interactive dashboards for refund data (link is external)</a>
 provide a state-by-state breakdown of FTC refunds. In 2020, FTC actions
 led to more than $483 million in refunds to consumers across the 
country, but recently the United States Supreme Court ruled the FTC 
lacks authority under Section 13(b) to seek monetary relief in federal 
court going forward. The <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/04/ftc-asks-congress-pass-legislation-reviving-agencys-authority">Commission has urged Congress</a>&nbsp;to restore the FTC’s ability to get money back for consumers.

The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition and to <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection">protect and educate consumers</a>. You can <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/">learn more about consumer topics</a> and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at <a href="https://reportfraud.ftc.gov">ReportFraud.ftc.gov</a>. Like the FTC on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/federaltradecommission">Facebook(link is external)</a>, follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/FTC">Twitter(link is external)</a>, get <a href="http://ftc.gov/subscribe">consumer alerts</a>, read our <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs">blogs</a>, and <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/stay-connected">subscribe to press releases</a> for the latest FTC news and resources.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/4/1619632629588.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>FTCThe
 Federal Trade Commission is sending nearly $30 million in refunds to 
people tricked by agents working on behalf of Career Education 
Corporation (currently operating as Perdoceo Education Corporation), the
 operator of several post-secondary schools.<a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/federal.trade.commission#!/vizhome/Refunds_15797958402020/RefundsbyCase"></a>
 CEC’s lead generators tricked consumers into providing their 
information and enrolling at CEC schools using a variety of deceptive 
methods, including pretending to be U.S. military recruiters, or 
affiliated with the military, and falsely promising to provide 
assistance with job placement and various public benefits, according to 
the FTC’s complaint.<a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/08/operator-colorado-technical-university-american-intercontinental">In 2019, CEC and its subsidiaries</a>,
 American InterContinental University, Inc., AIU Online, LLC, Marlin 
Acquisition Corporation, Colorado Technical University, Inc., and 
Colorado Tech., Inc., settled FTC charges that they used lead generators
 to engage in illegal conduct to market their schools. The FTC also 
charged that both CEC and its lead generators illegally called people 
registered on the National Do Not Call Registry.The FTC is mailing approximately $30 million to more than 8,000 
recipients today.&nbsp; The average refund is more than $3,700 per person, 
the largest per person average in the agency’s history.People who receive checks should deposit or cash their checks within 
90 days, as indicated on the check. Recipients who have questions about 
their checks can call the refund administrator, JND Legal 
Administration, at 1-833-916-3603. The FTC never requires people to pay 
money or provide account information to cash a refund check.The FTC’s <a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/federal.trade.commission#!/vizhome/Refunds_15797958402020/RefundsbyCase">interactive dashboards for refund data (link is external)</a>
 provide a state-by-state breakdown of FTC refunds. In 2020, FTC actions
 led to more than $483 million in refunds to consumers across the 
country, but recently the United States Supreme Court ruled the FTC 
lacks authority under Section 13(b) to seek monetary relief in federal 
court going forward. The <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/04/ftc-asks-congress-pass-legislation-reviving-agencys-authority">Commission has urged Congress</a>&nbsp;to restore the FTC’s ability to get money back for consumers.The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition and to <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection">protect and educate consumers</a>. You can <a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/">learn more about consumer topics</a> and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at <a href="https://reportfraud.ftc.gov">ReportFraud.ftc.gov</a>. Like the FTC on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/federaltradecommission">Facebook(link is external)</a>, follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/FTC">Twitter(link is external)</a>, get <a href="http://ftc.gov/subscribe">consumer alerts</a>, read our <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs">blogs</a>, and <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/stay-connected">subscribe to press releases</a> for the latest FTC news and resources.

FTC sends $30M to people tricked into enrolling in college

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police said a shooting has left a 14-year-old boy dead. 

Police said the shooting happened just after 7 p.m. Tuesday near 18th and Binney streets in north Omaha. 

Officers who arrived on the scene found 14-year-old Desmond Harrison with a gunshot wound and took measures to try to save his life. The child was rushed to an Omaha hospital, where he later died. 

Police said they do not yet have any suspects and are asking the public for any information. 

Desmond's death was the latest in a spate of shootings in Omaha in recent days.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police said a shooting has left a 14-year-old boy dead. Police said the shooting happened just after 7 p.m. Tuesday near 18th and Binney streets in north Omaha. Officers who arrived on the scene found 14-year-old Desmond Harrison with a gunshot wound and took measures to try to save his life. The child was rushed to an Omaha hospital, where he later died. Police said they do not yet have any suspects and are asking the public for any information. Desmond's death was the latest in a spate of shootings in Omaha in recent days.

Police identify 14-year-old boy killed in Omaha shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to meet his target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.

The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest, but it is increasingly resigned to missing the president’s vaccination target. The administration insists that even if the goal isn’t reached, it will have little effect on the overall U.S. recovery, which is already ahead of where Biden said it would be months ago.

About 15.5 million unvaccinated adults need to receive at least one dose in the next four weeks for Biden to meet his goal. But the pace of new vaccinations in the U.S. has dropped below 400,000 people per day — down from a high of nearly 2 million per day two months ago.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday that he still hopes the goal will be met “and if we don’t, we’re going to continue to keep pushing.”

So far 14 states have reached 70% coverage among adults, with about a dozen more on pace to reach the milestone by July 4. But the state-to-state variation is stark.

Fauci said the administration is “pleading” with states, particularly those with low vaccination rates, to step up their efforts in the coming months, though some of the states trailing behind are hardly sharing the urgency.

On a conference call Tuesday, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients delivered an impassioned call for governors to join the administration in “pulling out all the stops” on vaccinations this month. “We need your leadership on the ground – which is where it matters the most – more than ever,” he said.

In Mississippi, which trails the nation with only about 34% of its population vaccinated, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has called Biden’s goal “arbitrary, to say the least.”

The vaccination rate in the state has dropped off so sharply that it would take the better part of a year for the state to reach the 70% target.

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Reeves said he encouraged residents to get vaccinated, but that the more important marker was the decline in cases in the state.

That sentiment makes winning over people like University of Mississippi student Mary Crane all the more important to Biden meeting his goal. She hasn’t felt much urgency to get the COVID-19 vaccine because she’s already had the virus, and the family she’s living with during the summer break has been vaccinated.

“Initially, it was to wait on everyone else to get it and not take a vaccine,” she said, explaining why she hasn’t been vaccinated. “But now that it’s available, there’s really not a reason I haven’t gotten it, other than I just haven’t gotten it.”

Crane, 20, said she’s seen classmates who were eager to get the vaccine right away — there was a trend when the vaccine first came out of posting vaccination cards on social media sites like Instagram. But now that the vaccine has been available for a few months, Crane said she sees fewer young people talking about it.

“Everything’s pretty much back to normal now,” she said.

Fauci on Tuesday emphasized that increased vaccination was essential to stamping out potentially dangerous variants, including the so-called “Delta variant” first identified in India that is now the dominant strain in the United Kingdom and is growing in the U.S. Vaccines have proven less effective against that variant when people are not fully immunized, and evidence points to it being more transmissible and more deadly.

In an attempt to drive up the vaccination rate, the White House has worked to encourage an array of incentives for people to get shots — from paid time off to the chance to win a million dollars. It’s partnered with community groups, businesses and health providers to make it easier than ever to get a shot. Those efforts have helped sustain some of the interest, but the trends point to Biden missing the target by several percentage points.

In Ohio, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine created a lottery offering $1 million prizes for vaccinated adults and full-ride college scholarships for children. Ohio’s lottery kicked off a wave of similar incentive lotteries nationally.

DeWine’s May 12 announcement of the state’s Vax-a-Million program had the desired effect, leading to a 43% boost in state vaccination numbers over the previous week. But the impact was short-lived, with vaccinations falling again the following week.

For some, the chance of winning $1 million isn’t enough to overcome skepticism about the need for the vaccine.

Joanna Lawrence of Bethel in southwestern Ohio says the COVID-19 survivability rate is so high, and the experiences of people she knows who took the vaccine are so bad, that she sees no need to risk a shot for herself. She made it through her own bout of the coronavirus in August.

“My life is not worth money,” said Lawrence, 51, who farms and works in commercial real estate. “I can always get more money if I need to. I cannot get another life.”

White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to make a prediction on whether the goal would be met but said the administration was using “ every tool at our disposal to get there,.”

“Regardless of where we are on July 4th, we’re not shutting down shop,” she said. “On July 5th, we’re going to continue to press to vaccinate more people across the country.”

Husband and wife Keila Moore 41, and Willie Moore, 42, of Pearl, Mississippi, have disagreed on whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Willie said he knew he wanted to get it because he has high blood pressure and other preexisting conditions and is a frontline worker.

“As soon as I had the chance to get it, I took it,” said Willie, who was vaccinated in February.

But Keila, who doesn’t have preexisting conditions and works from home, has so far chosen not to be vaccinated.

After her husband was vaccinated, she tested positive for the virus. She said it was a mild case, but that it was still a scary experience. She said she’s feeling more open to getting the vaccine, and is considering getting it this fall, if reports of side effects continue to be minimal.

“I’m just still weighing the options and the time frame,” she said. “I’m a little bit more confident in it now as the time is going by because the time is going by and I’m not really seeing any side effects that are too worrisome.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/5/1620167937175.png" alt="“You do need to get vaccinated,” Biden said from the White House last month. “Even if your chance of getting seriously ill is low, why take the risk? It could save your life or the lives of somebody you love.”-photo courtesy White House" />
 <figcaption>“You do need to get vaccinated,” Biden said from the White House last month. “Even if your chance of getting seriously ill is low, why take the risk? It could save your life or the lives of somebody you love.”-photo courtesy White House</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Joe Biden has laid out goal after goal for taming the coronavirus pandemic and then exceeded his own benchmarks. Now, though, the U.S. is unlikely to meet his target to have 70% of Americans at least partially vaccinated by July 4.The White House has launched a month-long blitz to combat vaccine hesitancy and a lack of urgency to get shots, particularly in the South and Midwest, but it is increasingly resigned to missing the president’s vaccination target. The administration insists that even if the goal isn’t reached, it will have little effect on the overall U.S. recovery, which is already ahead of where Biden said it would be months ago.About 15.5 million unvaccinated adults need to receive at least one dose in the next four weeks for Biden to meet his goal. But the pace of new vaccinations in the U.S. has dropped below 400,000 people per day — down from a high of nearly 2 million per day two months ago.Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday that he still hopes the goal will be met “and if we don’t, we’re going to continue to keep pushing.”So far 14 states have reached 70% coverage among adults, with about a dozen more on pace to reach the milestone by July 4. But the state-to-state variation is stark.Fauci said the administration is “pleading” with states, particularly those with low vaccination rates, to step up their efforts in the coming months, though some of the states trailing behind are hardly sharing the urgency.On a conference call Tuesday, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients delivered an impassioned call for governors to join the administration in “pulling out all the stops” on vaccinations this month. “We need your leadership on the ground – which is where it matters the most – more than ever,” he said.In Mississippi, which trails the nation with only about 34% of its population vaccinated, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has called Biden’s goal “arbitrary, to say the least.”The vaccination rate in the state has dropped off so sharply that it would take the better part of a year for the state to reach the 70% target.Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Reeves said he encouraged residents to get vaccinated, but that the more important marker was the decline in cases in the state.That sentiment makes winning over people like University of Mississippi student Mary Crane all the more important to Biden meeting his goal. She hasn’t felt much urgency to get the COVID-19 vaccine because she’s already had the virus, and the family she’s living with during the summer break has been vaccinated.“Initially, it was to wait on everyone else to get it and not take a vaccine,” she said, explaining why she hasn’t been vaccinated. “But now that it’s available, there’s really not a reason I haven’t gotten it, other than I just haven’t gotten it.”Crane, 20, said she’s seen classmates who were eager to get the vaccine right away — there was a trend when the vaccine first came out of posting vaccination cards on social media sites like Instagram. But now that the vaccine has been available for a few months, Crane said she sees fewer young people talking about it.“Everything’s pretty much back to normal now,” she said.Fauci on Tuesday emphasized that increased vaccination was essential to stamping out potentially dangerous variants, including the so-called “Delta variant” first identified in India that is now the dominant strain in the United Kingdom and is growing in the U.S. Vaccines have proven less effective against that variant when people are not fully immunized, and evidence points to it being more transmissible and more deadly.In an attempt to drive up the vaccination rate, the White House has worked to encourage an array of incentives for people to get shots — from paid time off to the chance to win a million dollars. It’s partnered with community groups, businesses and health providers to make it easier than ever to get a shot. Those efforts have helped sustain some of the interest, but the trends point to Biden missing the target by several percentage points.In Ohio, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine created a lottery offering $1 million prizes for vaccinated adults and full-ride college scholarships for children. Ohio’s lottery kicked off a wave of similar incentive lotteries nationally.DeWine’s May 12 announcement of the state’s Vax-a-Million program had the desired effect, leading to a 43% boost in state vaccination numbers over the previous week. But the impact was short-lived, with vaccinations falling again the following week.For some, the chance of winning $1 million isn’t enough to overcome skepticism about the need for the vaccine.Joanna Lawrence of Bethel in southwestern Ohio says the COVID-19 survivability rate is so high, and the experiences of people she knows who took the vaccine are so bad, that she sees no need to risk a shot for herself. She made it through her own bout of the coronavirus in August.“My life is not worth money,” said Lawrence, 51, who farms and works in commercial real estate. “I can always get more money if I need to. I cannot get another life.”White House press secretary Jen Psaki declined to make a prediction on whether the goal would be met but said the administration was using “ every tool at our disposal to get there,.”“Regardless of where we are on July 4th, we’re not shutting down shop,” she said. “On July 5th, we’re going to continue to press to vaccinate more people across the country.”Husband and wife Keila Moore 41, and Willie Moore, 42, of Pearl, Mississippi, have disagreed on whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Willie said he knew he wanted to get it because he has high blood pressure and other preexisting conditions and is a frontline worker.“As soon as I had the chance to get it, I took it,” said Willie, who was vaccinated in February.But Keila, who doesn’t have preexisting conditions and works from home, has so far chosen not to be vaccinated.After her husband was vaccinated, she tested positive for the virus. She said it was a mild case, but that it was still a scary experience. She said she’s feeling more open to getting the vaccine, and is considering getting it this fall, if reports of side effects continue to be minimal.“I’m just still weighing the options and the time frame,” she said. “I’m a little bit more confident in it now as the time is going by because the time is going by and I’m not really seeing any side effects that are too worrisome.”___

US unlikely to meet Biden's July 4 vaccination goal

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A youth director at a Florida Panhandle church has been accused of hiding a camera in a church bathroom. 

Deputies arrested 37-year-old David Nims on Monday on a charge of video voyeurism. 

A 14-year-old boy noticed a camera under a bathroom sink at Calvary Baptist Church in Pensacola on Sunday and told a church leader. Detectives reviewed videos on the camera that showed the boy was recorded. Now they're going through his electronic devices after executing a search warrant of his home. 

Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons tells the Pensacola News Journal that Nims could face additional charges. 

It's unclear whether Nims has a lawyer to speak for him.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A youth director at a Florida Panhandle church has been accused of hiding a camera in a church bathroom. Deputies arrested 37-year-old David Nims on Monday on a charge of video voyeurism. A 14-year-old boy noticed a camera under a bathroom sink at Calvary Baptist Church in Pensacola on Sunday and told a church leader. Detectives reviewed videos on the camera that showed the boy was recorded. Now they're going through his electronic devices after executing a search warrant of his home. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons tells the Pensacola News Journal that Nims could face additional charges. It's unclear whether Nims has a lawyer to speak for him.

Youth director accused of hiding camera in church bathroom

DICKINSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect who ran from a traffic stop and asking the public for help to locate him.

Just after 12:30a.m. Wednesday, On June 9, 2021 a Dickinson County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a black 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 on Interstate 70 near the Fair Road exit, according to Undersheriff Brian Hornaday.

The driver&nbsp; later identified as Scott L. Leister, 46, of Abilene refused to stop, accelerated and the deputy initiated a vehicle pursuit that ended near the K43 Enterprise exit when the vehicle exited the Interstate, drove through a field and crashed into a tree.&nbsp; 

The driver fled on foot. Deputies pursued, but did not apprehend him.&nbsp; In addition to local charges as a result of the vehicle pursuit, Leister is also wanted in Geary County for unrelated offenses, according to Hornaday.

` you see Scott Leister or know of his location, please contact the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 263-4041 or your local law enforcement agency.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/6/1623238221152.png" alt="Leister -photo Dickinson Co." />
 <figcaption>Leister -photo Dickinson Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>DICKINSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect who ran from a traffic stop and asking the public for help to locate him.Just after 12:30a.m. Wednesday, On June 9, 2021 a Dickinson County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a black 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 on Interstate 70 near the Fair Road exit, according to Undersheriff Brian Hornaday.The driver&nbsp; later identified as Scott L. Leister, 46, of Abilene refused to stop, accelerated and the deputy initiated a vehicle pursuit that ended near the K43 Enterprise exit when the vehicle exited the Interstate, drove through a field and crashed into a tree.&nbsp; The driver fled on foot. Deputies pursued, but did not apprehend him.&nbsp; In addition to local charges as a result of the vehicle pursuit, Leister is also wanted in Geary County for unrelated offenses, according to Hornaday.` you see Scott Leister or know of his location, please contact the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office at (785) 263-4041 or your local law enforcement agency.

Sheriff: Wanted Kan. man fled traffic stop after pickup crash

BARRY COUNTY—A Missouri man died in a farm accident just before 2 p.m. Tuesday in Barry County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported an Allis-Chalmers Farm tractor driven by Burl Baum, 69, Crane, was westbound on Farm Road 2012 five miles south of Aurora.

The tractor started to roll backward. The driver fell off and the tractor ran over him. Baum was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Petersons Funeral Home in Auruoa.

BARRY COUNTY—A Missouri man died in a farm accident just before 2 p.m. Tuesday in Barry County.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported an Allis-Chalmers Farm tractor driven by Burl Baum, 69, Crane, was westbound on Farm Road 2012 five miles south of Aurora.The tractor started to roll backward. The driver fell off and the tractor ran over him. Baum was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Petersons Funeral Home in Auruoa.

Missouri man dies after tractor accident

FINNEY COUNTY —A child died in a&nbsp; 3-vehicle accident just after 3p.m. Tuesday in Finney County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford Edge driven by Marcial A.Medina-Garcia, 21, Pierceville, Kansas, was eastbound on U.S. 50 ten miles east of the U.S. 83 Junction.

The Ford traveled left of center and side swiped a 2009 Chevy Traverse driven by&nbsp; Juliana&nbsp;Furaha, 25, Garden City.

The impact pushed the Chevy went into the westbound ditch. 

The Ford bounced off Chevy and struck a 2011 Toyota Tacoma&nbsp; driven by April A. Mullinix, 56,Colorado Springs, driver side to driver side. Both vehicles came to a rest on the westbound shoulder.

A passenger in the Chevy Plliana&nbsp;Mupenzi, 5, Garden City, was pronounced dead at the scene.

EMS transported Medina-Garcia, Furaha, Mullinix, and passengers in the Chevy identified as Matthew&nbsp;Bimeni, 29, and 7-month-old Byrlan L. Bimeni, both of Garden City, to St. Catherines Hospital.&nbsp; All six were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

FINNEY COUNTY —A child died in a&nbsp; 3-vehicle accident just after 3p.m. Tuesday in Finney County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford Edge driven by Marcial A.Medina-Garcia, 21, Pierceville, Kansas, was eastbound on U.S. 50 ten miles east of the U.S. 83 Junction.The Ford traveled left of center and side swiped a 2009 Chevy Traverse driven by&nbsp; Juliana&nbsp;Furaha, 25, Garden City.The impact pushed the Chevy went into the westbound ditch. The Ford bounced off Chevy and struck a 2011 Toyota Tacoma&nbsp; driven by April A. Mullinix, 56,Colorado Springs, driver side to driver side. Both vehicles came to a rest on the westbound shoulder.A passenger in the Chevy Plliana&nbsp;Mupenzi, 5, Garden City, was pronounced dead at the scene.EMS transported Medina-Garcia, Furaha, Mullinix, and passengers in the Chevy identified as Matthew&nbsp;Bimeni, 29, and 7-month-old Byrlan L. Bimeni, both of Garden City, to St. Catherines Hospital.&nbsp; All six were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

5-year-old Kan. girl dies after 3-vehicle crash

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man accused of fatally shooting a woman in May is now charged with manslaughter. 

Authorities on Tuesday announced the upgraded charge against 22-year-old Devon Engel. He was originally charged with first-degree domestic violence assault and two counts of child abuse. 

The child abuse counts remain. Shaleigh Sovey was shot on May 16 and died two days later at a hospital. She was 22. 

Police say she had been shot in the head.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/6/1623190856132.png" alt="Engel" />
 <figcaption>Engel</figcaption>
 </figure>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man accused of fatally shooting a woman in May is now charged with manslaughter. Authorities on Tuesday announced the upgraded charge against 22-year-old Devon Engel. He was originally charged with first-degree domestic violence assault and two counts of child abuse. The child abuse counts remain. Shaleigh Sovey was shot on May 16 and died two days later at a hospital. She was 22. Police say she had been shot in the head.

Charges upgraded in May shooting death of woman in Omaha

News Release Nebraska State Patrol

The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident that left one person deceased in Cass County Monday evening.

At approximately 9:30 p.m., deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve multiple arrest warrants at a residence at 9901 Adams Street in rural Cass County. As deputies were attempting to make contact with the subject, they heard an apparent gunshot come from inside the residence. Deputies then heard a person call for help.

Deputies entered the residence and located a female with an apparent gunshot wound. Deputies attempted life-saving measures, but the woman passed away at the scene. There were two people in the residence at the time of the incident.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has requested that the Nebraska State Patrol conduct the investigation, which will be conducted as an in-custody death investigation. Preliminary investigation has determined that no deputies discharged a weapon at any point during the incident.

The identity of the deceased person is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation remains ongoing.

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 </figure>News Release Nebraska State PatrolThe Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident that left one person deceased in Cass County Monday evening.At approximately 9:30 p.m., deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve multiple arrest warrants at a residence at 9901 Adams Street in rural Cass County. As deputies were attempting to make contact with the subject, they heard an apparent gunshot come from inside the residence. Deputies then heard a person call for help.Deputies entered the residence and located a female with an apparent gunshot wound. Deputies attempted life-saving measures, but the woman passed away at the scene. There were two people in the residence at the time of the incident.The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has requested that the Nebraska State Patrol conduct the investigation, which will be conducted as an in-custody death investigation. Preliminary investigation has determined that no deputies discharged a weapon at any point during the incident.The identity of the deceased person is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The investigation remains ongoing.

NSP investigating shooting death in Cass County

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating several reports of people being shot with paintballs. 

The Omaha World Herald reports that more than a dozen people have reported being hit by paintballs since Saturday night. Most of the incidents were in northeast and southeast Omaha, but a couple were from west Omaha. 

A 14-year-old boy was the first to report, saying he was struck three times. Someone else was hit Sunday night when paintballs were fired from a Jeep. 

Another person filed a report Monday saying a white car sped away after that person was struck. 

The victims reported circular welts on their bodies.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/6/1623190020947.jpg" alt="Image courtesy of Pixabay" />
 <figcaption>Image courtesy of Pixabay</figcaption>
 </figure>OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating several reports of people being shot with paintballs. The Omaha World Herald reports that more than a dozen people have reported being hit by paintballs since Saturday night. Most of the incidents were in northeast and southeast Omaha, but a couple were from west Omaha. A 14-year-old boy was the first to report, saying he was struck three times. Someone else was hit Sunday night when paintballs were fired from a Jeep. Another person filed a report Monday saying a white car sped away after that person was struck. The victims reported circular welts on their bodies.

Several people in Omaha being hit by paintballs

PLAINVIEW, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Nebraska say a man who was walking along a rural road was killed by a hit-and-run driver. 

The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday in Pierce County just west of Plainview. 

The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says the 57-year-old man's body was found near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and 535th Avenue. Investigators believe the man was walking on the north shoulder of the highway when he was hit. 

Officials did not immediately release the man's name and did not announce any suspects in the case.

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 </figure>PLAINVIEW, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Nebraska say a man who was walking along a rural road was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday in Pierce County just west of Plainview. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says the 57-year-old man's body was found near the intersection of U.S. Highway 20 and 535th Avenue. Investigators believe the man was walking on the north shoulder of the highway when he was hit. Officials did not immediately release the man's name and did not announce any suspects in the case.

Man walking along Nebraska road killed by hit-and-run driver

KANSAS CITY, Kan. —Law enforcement authorities report a teen injured in a shooting near a Kansas elementary school has died.

Just before noon Tuesday, police responded&nbsp; to the shooing in the 6600 Block of Cleveland near Hazel Grove Elementary School, according to a media release. Upon arrival, officers found the boy in his mid teens on the sidewalk, the victim of an apparent shooting. EMS transported him to an area hospital where he died.

The suspect fled in a vehicle just before police arrived.

Students participating in a public school summer program were in the building at the time of the shooting. School officials working with KCPD immediately placed the school on lockdown as a precaution until the area was secure. KCKPS officers were also at the school during dismissal.

Police have not released the name of the victim.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A teenager is hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting near an elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas.

The shooting happened Tuesday near Hazel Grove Elementary School. Police responding to calls about shots fired found a male teenager on the sidewalk near the school. Police say his injuries are potentially life-threatening.

The school, which is hosting summer school, went into lockdown after the shooting, but children were later released to go home.

In a letter to families, the school said no children were in danger but some students witnessed the incident.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY, Kan. —Law enforcement authorities report a teen injured in a shooting near a Kansas elementary school has died.Just before noon Tuesday, police responded&nbsp; to the shooing in the 6600 Block of Cleveland near Hazel Grove Elementary School, according to a media release. Upon arrival, officers found the boy in his mid teens on the sidewalk, the victim of an apparent shooting. EMS transported him to an area hospital where he died.The suspect fled in a vehicle just before police arrived.Students participating in a public school summer program were in the building at the time of the shooting. School officials working with KCPD immediately placed the school on lockdown as a precaution until the area was secure. KCKPS officers were also at the school during dismissal.Police have not released the name of the victim.------------KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A teenager is hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting near an elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas.The shooting happened Tuesday near Hazel Grove Elementary School. Police responding to calls about shots fired found a male teenager on the sidewalk near the school. Police say his injuries are potentially life-threatening.No arrests have been made.The school, which is hosting summer school, went into lockdown after the shooting, but children were later released to go home.In a letter to families, the school said no children were in danger but some students witnessed the incident.

Teen injured in shooting near Kan. elementary school has died

NEW YORK (AP)— Pfizer says it is expanding testing of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than 12.

After a first-step study in a small number of young children to test different doses, Pfizer is ready to enroll about 4,500 young volunteers at more than 90 sites in the U.S., Finland, Poland and Spain.

The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is authorized for emergency use in anyone 12 and older in the U.S. and European Union.

Enrollment of 5- to 11-year-olds began this week. Those youngsters will receive two vaccine doses of 10 micrograms each -- a third of the teen and adult dose -- or dummy shots. Enrollment of children as young as 6 months will start in a few weeks using an even lower dose, 3 micrograms per shot.

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 </figure>NEW YORK (AP)— Pfizer says it is expanding testing of its COVID-19 vaccine in children younger than 12.After a first-step study in a small number of young children to test different doses, Pfizer is ready to enroll about 4,500 young volunteers at more than 90 sites in the U.S., Finland, Poland and Spain.The vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech already is authorized for emergency use in anyone 12 and older in the U.S. and European Union.Enrollment of 5- to 11-year-olds began this week. Those youngsters will receive two vaccine doses of 10 micrograms each -- a third of the teen and adult dose -- or dummy shots. Enrollment of children as young as 6 months will start in a few weeks using an even lower dose, 3 micrograms per shot.

Pfizer expands COVID vaccine tests in kids under 12

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate investigation of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-capitol-lockdown-2f56a611445df15fb9640893bb9f7a93">the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol</a>&nbsp;found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent attack.

There were clear warnings and tips that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/dc-wire-michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-6434e5ba1e5d762be91dc971706dd0b9">supporters of former President Donald Trump</a>, including&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-insurrection-charges-roil-far-right-groups-1e0560dbd5572944e3435e225f8be616">right-wing extremist groups</a>, were planning to “storm the Capitol” with weapons and possibly infiltrate the tunnel system underneath the building. But that intelligence never made it up to top leadership.

The result was chaos. A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20801778-report-examining-the-jan-6-us-capitol-attack" target="_blank">Senate report</a>&nbsp;released Tuesday details how&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/docs-expose-depth-january-6-capitol-siege-chaos-fd3204574c11e453be8fb4e3c81258c3">officers on the front lines</a>&nbsp;suffered chemical burns, brain injuries and broken bones, among other injuries, after fighting the attackers, who quickly overwhelmed them and broke into the building. Officers told the Senate investigators they were left with no leadership or direction when command systems broke down.

The Senate report is the first — and could be the last — bipartisan review of how hundreds of Trump supporters were able to push violently past security lines and break into the Capitol that day, interrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. It recommends immediate changes to give the Capitol Police chief more authority, to provide better planning and equipment for law enforcement and to streamline intelligence gathering among federal agencies.

As a bipartisan effort, the report does not delve into the root causes of the attack, including Trump’s role as he called for his supporters to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-229927c6b3c8c6ccd4561d37f6dfdd3a">“fight like hell”</a>&nbsp;to overturn his election defeat that day. It does not call the attack an insurrection,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0ea">even though it was</a>. And it comes two weeks after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-4798a8617bacf27bbb576a4b805b85d9">Republicans blocked</a>&nbsp;a bipartisan, independent commission that would investigate the insurrection more broadly.

“This report is important in the fact that it allows us to make some immediate improvements to the security situation here in the Capitol,” said Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which conducted the probe along with the Senate Rules Committee. “But it does not answer some of the bigger questions that we need to face, quite frankly, as a country and as a democracy.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday the findings show even greater need for a bipartisan commission to investigate the root causes of the attack, referring to Trump’s unfounded claims about the 2020 election.

“As the ‘big lie’ continues to spread, as faith in our elections continues to decline, it is crucial — crucial — that we establish a trusted, independent record of what transpired,” Schumer said.

But Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who led the blockade against such a commission, said he’s confident the ongoing reviews by lawmakers and law enforcement will be sufficient.

The House in May passed legislation to create a commission that would be modeled after a panel that investigated the Sept. 11 terrorist attack two decades ago.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told colleagues in a letter Tuesday that if the Senate fails to approve the commission, her chamber will launch its own investigations.

The top Republican on the rules panel, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, has opposed the commission, arguing that investigation would take too long. He said the recommendations made in the Senate can be implemented faster, such as legislation that he and Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the rules committee chair, intend to introduce soon that would give the chief of Capitol Police more authority to request assistance from the National Guard.

The Senate report recounts how the Guard was delayed for hours Jan. 6 as officials in multiple agencies took bureaucratic steps to release the troops. It details hours of calls between officials in the Capitol and the Pentagon and as the then-chief of the Capitol Police, Steven Sund, desperately begged for help.

It finds that the Pentagon spent hours “mission planning” and seeking multiple layers of approvals as Capitol Police were being overwhelmed and brutally beaten by the attackers. It also says the Defense Department’s hesitant response was influenced by criticism of its heavy-handed response to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nv-state-wire-az-state-wire-co-state-wire-fl-state-wire-virus-outbreak-baf3b29612527b8e9a841cb34f6f5789">protests in the summer of 2020</a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">the death of George Floyd</a>&nbsp;in police custody.

The senators are heavily critical of the Capitol Police Board, a three-member panel made up of the heads of security for the House and Senate and the Architect of the Capitol. The board now is required to approve requests by the police chief, even in urgent situations. The report recommends that its members “regularly review the policies and procedures” after senators found that the three board members on Jan. 6 did not understand their own authority and could not detail the statutory requirements for requesting National Guard assistance.

Two of the three board members, the House and Senate sergeants at arms, were pushed out in the days after the attack. Sund, the Capitol Police chief, resigned under pressure.

The report recommends a consolidated intelligence unit within the Capitol Police after widespread failures from multiple agencies that did not predict the attack even though insurrectionists were planning it openly on the internet.

The police intelligence unit “knew about social media posts calling for violence at the Capitol on January 6, including a plot to breach the Capitol, the online sharing of maps of the Capitol Complex’s tunnel systems, and other specific threats of violence,“ the report says, but agents did not properly inform leaders of everything they had found.

On Dec. 28, for example, the report notes that someone emailed a public Capitol Police account and warned about “countless tweets from Trump supporters saying they will be armed on January 6th” and “tweets from people organizing to ‘storm the Capitol.’” There were also internal warnings of an uptick in posts on various sites that showed maps of the Capitol, including its underground tunnels. But those specifics were never disseminated widely.

In a response to the report, the Capitol Police acknowledged the need for improvements and said some are already being made. “Law enforcement agencies across the country rely on intelligence, and the quality of that intelligence can mean the difference between life and death,” the statement said.

During the attack, the report says, Capitol Police were compromised by bad intelligence, poor planning, faulty equipment and a lack of leadership. The force’s incident command system “broke down during the attack,” leaving officers on the front lines without orders. There were no functional incident commanders, and some senior officers were fighting instead of giving orders. Capitol Police “leadership never took control of the radio system to communicate orders to front-line officers,” the investigation found.

“I was horrified that NO deputy chief or above was on the radio or helping us,” one officer told the committee in an anonymous statement. “For hours the screams on the radio were horrific(,) the sights were unimaginable and there was a complete loss of control. ... For hours NO Chief or above took command and control. Officers were begging and pleading for help for medical triage.”

The acting chief,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-race-and-ethnicity-police-ef7977f9db3ca673c20ef35277dededf">Yogananda Pittman</a>, who replaced Sund after his resignation, told the committees that the lack of communication resulted from “incident commanders being overwhelmed and engaging with rioters, rather than issuing orders over the radio.”

The committee’s interviews with police officers detail “absolutely brutal” abuse from Trump’s supporters as they ran over them and broke into the building. The officers described hearing racial slurs and seeing Nazi salutes. One officer trying to evacuate the Senate said he had stopped several men in full tactical gear, one of whom said “You better get out of our way, boy, or we’ll go through you to get (the senators).’”

The insurrectionists told police officers they would kill them, then members of Congress.

At the same time, the senators acknowledge the officers’ bravery, noting that one officer told them, “The officers inside all behaved admirably and heroically and, even outnumbered, went on the offensive and took the Capitol back.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate investigation of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-capitol-lockdown-2f56a611445df15fb9640893bb9f7a93">the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol</a>&nbsp;found a broad intelligence breakdown across multiple agencies, along with widespread law enforcement and military failures that led to the violent attack.There were clear warnings and tips that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/dc-wire-michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-6434e5ba1e5d762be91dc971706dd0b9">supporters of former President Donald Trump</a>, including&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-insurrection-charges-roil-far-right-groups-1e0560dbd5572944e3435e225f8be616">right-wing extremist groups</a>, were planning to “storm the Capitol” with weapons and possibly infiltrate the tunnel system underneath the building. But that intelligence never made it up to top leadership.The result was chaos. A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20801778-report-examining-the-jan-6-us-capitol-attack" target="_blank">Senate report</a>&nbsp;released Tuesday details how&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/docs-expose-depth-january-6-capitol-siege-chaos-fd3204574c11e453be8fb4e3c81258c3">officers on the front lines</a>&nbsp;suffered chemical burns, brain injuries and broken bones, among other injuries, after fighting the attackers, who quickly overwhelmed them and broke into the building. Officers told the Senate investigators they were left with no leadership or direction when command systems broke down.The Senate report is the first — and could be the last — bipartisan review of how hundreds of Trump supporters were able to push violently past security lines and break into the Capitol that day, interrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. It recommends immediate changes to give the Capitol Police chief more authority, to provide better planning and equipment for law enforcement and to streamline intelligence gathering among federal agencies.As a bipartisan effort, the report does not delve into the root causes of the attack, including Trump’s role as he called for his supporters to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-impeachments-trump-impeachment-229927c6b3c8c6ccd4561d37f6dfdd3a">“fight like hell”</a>&nbsp;to overturn his election defeat that day. It does not call the attack an insurrection,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-fact-check-donald-trump-capitol-siege-violence-elections-507f4febbadecb84e1637e55999ac0ea">even though it was</a>. And it comes two weeks after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/michael-pence-donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-4798a8617bacf27bbb576a4b805b85d9">Republicans blocked</a>&nbsp;a bipartisan, independent commission that would investigate the insurrection more broadly.“This report is important in the fact that it allows us to make some immediate improvements to the security situation here in the Capitol,” said Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which conducted the probe along with the Senate Rules Committee. “But it does not answer some of the bigger questions that we need to face, quite frankly, as a country and as a democracy.”Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday the findings show even greater need for a bipartisan commission to investigate the root causes of the attack, referring to Trump’s unfounded claims about the 2020 election.“As the ‘big lie’ continues to spread, as faith in our elections continues to decline, it is crucial — crucial — that we establish a trusted, independent record of what transpired,” Schumer said.But Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who led the blockade against such a commission, said he’s confident the ongoing reviews by lawmakers and law enforcement will be sufficient.The House in May passed legislation to create a commission that would be modeled after a panel that investigated the Sept. 11 terrorist attack two decades ago.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told colleagues in a letter Tuesday that if the Senate fails to approve the commission, her chamber will launch its own investigations.The top Republican on the rules panel, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, has opposed the commission, arguing that investigation would take too long. He said the recommendations made in the Senate can be implemented faster, such as legislation that he and Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the rules committee chair, intend to introduce soon that would give the chief of Capitol Police more authority to request assistance from the National Guard.The Senate report recounts how the Guard was delayed for hours Jan. 6 as officials in multiple agencies took bureaucratic steps to release the troops. It details hours of calls between officials in the Capitol and the Pentagon and as the then-chief of the Capitol Police, Steven Sund, desperately begged for help.It finds that the Pentagon spent hours “mission planning” and seeking multiple layers of approvals as Capitol Police were being overwhelmed and brutally beaten by the attackers. It also says the Defense Department’s hesitant response was influenced by criticism of its heavy-handed response to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nv-state-wire-az-state-wire-co-state-wire-fl-state-wire-virus-outbreak-baf3b29612527b8e9a841cb34f6f5789">protests in the summer of 2020</a>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd">the death of George Floyd</a>&nbsp;in police custody.The senators are heavily critical of the Capitol Police Board, a three-member panel made up of the heads of security for the House and Senate and the Architect of the Capitol. The board now is required to approve requests by the police chief, even in urgent situations. The report recommends that its members “regularly review the policies and procedures” after senators found that the three board members on Jan. 6 did not understand their own authority and could not detail the statutory requirements for requesting National Guard assistance.Two of the three board members, the House and Senate sergeants at arms, were pushed out in the days after the attack. Sund, the Capitol Police chief, resigned under pressure.The report recommends a consolidated intelligence unit within the Capitol Police after widespread failures from multiple agencies that did not predict the attack even though insurrectionists were planning it openly on the internet.The police intelligence unit “knew about social media posts calling for violence at the Capitol on January 6, including a plot to breach the Capitol, the online sharing of maps of the Capitol Complex’s tunnel systems, and other specific threats of violence,“ the report says, but agents did not properly inform leaders of everything they had found.On Dec. 28, for example, the report notes that someone emailed a public Capitol Police account and warned about “countless tweets from Trump supporters saying they will be armed on January 6th” and “tweets from people organizing to ‘storm the Capitol.’” There were also internal warnings of an uptick in posts on various sites that showed maps of the Capitol, including its underground tunnels. But those specifics were never disseminated widely.In a response to the report, the Capitol Police acknowledged the need for improvements and said some are already being made. “Law enforcement agencies across the country rely on intelligence, and the quality of that intelligence can mean the difference between life and death,” the statement said.During the attack, the report says, Capitol Police were compromised by bad intelligence, poor planning, faulty equipment and a lack of leadership. The force’s incident command system “broke down during the attack,” leaving officers on the front lines without orders. There were no functional incident commanders, and some senior officers were fighting instead of giving orders. Capitol Police “leadership never took control of the radio system to communicate orders to front-line officers,” the investigation found.“I was horrified that NO deputy chief or above was on the radio or helping us,” one officer told the committee in an anonymous statement. “For hours the screams on the radio were horrific(,) the sights were unimaginable and there was a complete loss of control. ... For hours NO Chief or above took command and control. Officers were begging and pleading for help for medical triage.”The acting chief,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-race-and-ethnicity-police-ef7977f9db3ca673c20ef35277dededf">Yogananda Pittman</a>, who replaced Sund after his resignation, told the committees that the lack of communication resulted from “incident commanders being overwhelmed and engaging with rioters, rather than issuing orders over the radio.”The committee’s interviews with police officers detail “absolutely brutal” abuse from Trump’s supporters as they ran over them and broke into the building. The officers described hearing racial slurs and seeing Nazi salutes. One officer trying to evacuate the Senate said he had stopped several men in full tactical gear, one of whom said “You better get out of our way, boy, or we’ll go through you to get (the senators).’”The insurrectionists told police officers they would kill them, then members of Congress.At the same time, the senators acknowledge the officers’ bravery, noting that one officer told them, “The officers inside all behaved admirably and heroically and, even outnumbered, went on the offensive and took the Capitol back.”___

Senate report on Capitol riot identifies broad failures 

Criminal organizations that rely on hardened, stripped-down devices to send encrypted messages may learn this week they have been using a platform operated by the very investigators they are trying to thwart.

In an innovative effort, the FBI, with the help of the Australian Federal Police, launched their own encrypted communications platform and supplied more than 12,000 devices to hundreds of criminal organizations that operate around the globe.

The FBI, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Australian Federal Police, Europol, and law enforcement partners in more than a dozen countries, are announcing the results of that covert effort, known as Operation Trojan Shield. In recent days and weeks, authorities have carried out hundreds of arrests in Australia and across Europe as a result of intelligence gathered during the operation. Law enforcement has also been able to mitigate direct threat-to-life situations.

The FBI’s San Diego Field Office was the hub for the more than 100 agents and analysts and 80 linguists who were pooled together for the operation that began with the takedown of the encrypted phone provider&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/phantom-secure-takedown-031618">Phantom Secure</a>. In 2018, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California pursued charges against the company’s executives for facilitating the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics by providing encrypted devices to criminals.

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 </figure>News Release FBICriminal organizations that rely on hardened, stripped-down devices to send encrypted messages may learn this week they have been using a platform operated by the very investigators they are trying to thwart.In an innovative effort, the FBI, with the help of the Australian Federal Police, launched their own encrypted communications platform and supplied more than 12,000 devices to hundreds of criminal organizations that operate around the globe.The FBI, along with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Australian Federal Police, Europol, and law enforcement partners in more than a dozen countries, are announcing the results of that covert effort, known as Operation Trojan Shield. In recent days and weeks, authorities have carried out hundreds of arrests in Australia and across Europe as a result of intelligence gathered during the operation. Law enforcement has also been able to mitigate direct threat-to-life situations.The FBI’s San Diego Field Office was the hub for the more than 100 agents and analysts and 80 linguists who were pooled together for the operation that began with the takedown of the encrypted phone provider&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/phantom-secure-takedown-031618">Phantom Secure</a>. In 2018, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California pursued charges against the company’s executives for facilitating the transnational importation and distribution of narcotics by providing encrypted devices to criminals.

FBI, global partners announce results of Operation Trojan Shield

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Wyoming man to life in prison without parole on first-degree murder charges in the death of a 5-year-old boy in his care. 

The Rocket-Miner reported that Sweetwater County Third District Court Judge Suzannah Robinson sentenced 27-year-old Christopher James Nielsen last week. 

Court documents say Nielsen was arrested Nov. 14, 2019, and was originally charged with aggravated child abuse after the boy was taken to hospital where he died on Nov. 28, 2019, from excessive brain trauma.

 The aggravated child abuse charge was elevated after the boy died.

 Nielsen apologized for his actions and said that he prays for forgiveness even though he doesn’t deserve it.

GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Wyoming man to life in prison without parole on first-degree murder charges in the death of a 5-year-old boy in his care. The Rocket-Miner reported that Sweetwater County Third District Court Judge Suzannah Robinson sentenced 27-year-old Christopher James Nielsen last week. Court documents say Nielsen was arrested Nov. 14, 2019, and was originally charged with aggravated child abuse after the boy was taken to hospital where he died on Nov. 28, 2019, from excessive brain trauma. The aggravated child abuse charge was elevated after the boy died. Nielsen apologized for his actions and said that he prays for forgiveness even though he doesn’t deserve it.

Wyoming man gets life in prison in death of Green River boy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease. 

The decision Monday came after the agency’s independent advisers said the treatment hadn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease. 

The Food and Drug Administration is not required to follow the panel's advice and approved the infused drug from Biogen. It's the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in nearly 20 years and the only one that FDA has backed to treat the underlying disease, rather than manage symptoms. 

One physician who voted against the drug says he is surprised and disappointed by the approval. 

Biogen said the drug would cost approximately $56,000 for a typical year’s worth of treatment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials have approved the first drug that they say may help slow Alzheimer’s disease. The decision Monday came after the agency’s independent advisers said the treatment hadn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease. The Food and Drug Administration is not required to follow the panel's advice and approved the infused drug from Biogen. It's the first new Alzheimer’s treatment in nearly 20 years and the only one that FDA has backed to treat the underlying disease, rather than manage symptoms. One physician who voted against the drug says he is surprised and disappointed by the approval. Biogen said the drug would cost approximately $56,000 for a typical year’s worth of treatment.

FDA approves much-debated Alzheimer’s drug panned by experts

NEW YORK (AP) — Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices. 

The presentation highlighted features such as more privacy options for paid iCloud accounts and a “Find My” service that helps find errant AirPods, but included no major product announcements. 

The latest renovations in Apple’s $2 trillion empire come at a pivotal time for the Cupertino, California, company. &nbsp;

Apple is facing legal and regulatory threats to its control over its App Store, a so-called “walled garden” that produces substantial profits for the company.

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 </figure>NEW YORK (AP) — Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices. The presentation highlighted features such as more privacy options for paid iCloud accounts and a “Find My” service that helps find errant AirPods, but included no major product announcements. The latest renovations in Apple’s $2 trillion empire come at a pivotal time for the Cupertino, California, company. &nbsp;Apple is facing legal and regulatory threats to its control over its App Store, a so-called “walled garden” that produces substantial profits for the company.

Apple previews new software for iPhone, other gadgets

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Summer weather has arrived, and New England tourists who are hungry for a lobster roll or a whole cooked lobster are going to have to pay up. 

Lobster is more expensive than usual this season due to a limited supply, high demand and the reopening of the economy as the nation moves past the coronavirus pandemic. 

Some Maine retailers charged about $17 or $18 per pound for live lobster in May, which was about twice the price a year ago. Prices are lingering around $13 or $14 this month.

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 </figure>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Summer weather has arrived, and New England tourists who are hungry for a lobster roll or a whole cooked lobster are going to have to pay up. Lobster is more expensive than usual this season due to a limited supply, high demand and the reopening of the economy as the nation moves past the coronavirus pandemic. Some Maine retailers charged about $17 or $18 per pound for live lobster in May, which was about twice the price a year ago. Prices are lingering around $13 or $14 this month.

Lobster lovers feeling the pinch as summer nears

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who pay <a href="https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes">estimated taxes</a> that they have until June 15 to pay their estimated tax payment for the second quarter of tax year 2021 without penalty.

Estimated tax is the method used to pay tax on income that isn't 
subject to withholding. This includes income from self-employment, 
interest, dividends, rent, gains from the sale of assets,

prizes and awards. You may also have to pay estimated tax if the amount of income tax being

withheld from your salary, pension or other income isn't enough.

Individuals, including sole proprietors, partners, and S corporation 
shareholders, generally have to make estimated tax payments if they 
expect to owe tax of $1,000 or more when they file their return.

Individual taxpayers can use the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/am-i-required-to-make-estimated-tax-payments">IRS Interactive Tax Assistant</a> online to see if they are required to pay estimated taxes. They can also see the worksheet in <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals</a> for more details on who must pay estimated tax.

Corporations generally have to make estimated tax payments if they 
expect to owe tax of $500 or more when they file their return. 
Corporations can see <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1120-w">Form 1120-W, Estimated Tax for Corporations</a> for more information.

Special rules apply to some groups of taxpayers, such as farmers, 
fishermen, certain higher income taxpayers, casualty and disaster 
victims, those who recently became disabled, recent retirees and those 
who receive income unevenly during the year.

<a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-505">Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax</a>,
 has additional details, including worksheets and examples, that can be 
especially helpful to those who have dividend or capital gain income, 
owe alternative minimum tax or self-employment tax, or have other 
special situations.

This means taxpayers need to pay most of their taxes owed during the year as income is received. There are two ways to do that:

Taxpayers can avoid an <a href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc306">underpayment penalty</a>
 by owing less than $1,000 at tax time or by paying most of their taxes 
during the year. Generally, for 2021 that means making payments of at 
least 90% of the tax expected on their 2021 return. Most taxpayers who 
pay at least 100 percent of the tax shown on their return for tax year 
2020 may also avoid the penalty. There are special rules for farmers and
 fishermen, certain household employers and certain higher income 
taxpayers. For more information, refer to <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals</a>.

Generally, taxpayers should make estimated tax payments in four equal
 amounts to avoid a penalty. However, if they receive income unevenly 
during the year, they may be able to vary the amounts of the payments to
 avoid or lower the penalty by using the annualized installment method. 
Taxpayers can use <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2210">Form 2210, Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts</a> to see if they owe a penalty for underpaying their estimated tax.

Third quarter payments are due September 15 and the final estimated tax payment for tax year 2021 is due on January 17, 2022.

If a taxpayer receives salaries and wages, they can avoid having to 
pay estimated tax by asking their employer to withhold more tax from 
their earnings. To do this, they would submit a new <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-4">Form W-4</a> to their employer.

If a taxpayer receives a paycheck, the Tax Withholding Estimator can 
help them make sure they have the right amount of tax withheld from 
their pay.

The Tax Withholding Estimator offers workers, as well as retirees, 
self-employed individuals and other taxpayers a clear, step-by-step 
method for effectively checking their withholding to protect against 
having too little tax withheld and facing an unexpected tax bill or 
penalty at tax time next year.

<a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES</a>&nbsp;includes instructions to help taxpayers figure their estimated taxes.

The fastest and easiest ways for individuals to make an estimated tax payment is electronically by using IRS <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay">Direct Pay</a> from their checking or savings account or <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-by-debit-or-credit-card">pay using a debit or credit card</a>.
 Taxpayers should note that the payment processor, not the IRS, charges a
 fee for debit and credit card payments. Both Direct Pay and the pay by 
debit or credit card options are available online at IRS.gov and through
 the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs2goapp">IRS2Go app</a>.

Taxpayers can also use the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/eftps-the-electronic-federal-tax-payment-system">Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)</a>&nbsp;to make an estimated tax payment.

<a href="https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1120w">Corporations</a>
 must use electronic funds transfer to make all federal tax deposits 
(such as deposits of employment, excise, and corporate income tax). This
 includes installment payments of estimated tax. Generally, electronic 
funds transfer is made using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System 
(EFTPS). However, if the corporation does not want to use EFTPS, it can 
arrange for its tax professional, financial institution, payroll 
service, or other trusted third party to make electronic deposits on its
 behalf.

If taxpayers opt to <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-by-check-or-money-order">mail a check or money order,</a> they should make them payable to the "United States Treasury."

For information on all payment options, visit <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments">IRS.gov/payments</a>.

Tax help is available 24/7 on IRS.gov. The IRS website offers a 
variety of online tools to help taxpayers answer common tax questions. 
For example, taxpayers can search the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/help/ita">Interactive Tax Assistant</a>, <a href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics">Tax Topics</a> and <a href="https://www.irs.gov/faqs">Frequently Asked Questions</a> to get answers to common questions.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/9/1599869632873.png" alt="" />
 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>IRSWASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who pay <a href="https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes">estimated taxes</a> that they have until June 15 to pay their estimated tax payment for the second quarter of tax year 2021 without penalty.Estimated tax is the method used to pay tax on income that isn't 
subject to withholding. This includes income from self-employment, 
interest, dividends, rent, gains from the sale of assets,prizes and awards. You may also have to pay estimated tax if the amount of income tax beingwithheld from your salary, pension or other income isn't enough.<h2>Who must pay estimated tax?</h2>Individuals, including sole proprietors, partners, and S corporation 
shareholders, generally have to make estimated tax payments if they 
expect to owe tax of $1,000 or more when they file their return.Individual taxpayers can use the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/help/ita/am-i-required-to-make-estimated-tax-payments">IRS Interactive Tax Assistant</a> online to see if they are required to pay estimated taxes. They can also see the worksheet in <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals</a> for more details on who must pay estimated tax.Corporations generally have to make estimated tax payments if they 
expect to owe tax of $500 or more when they file their return. 
Corporations can see <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1120-w">Form 1120-W, Estimated Tax for Corporations</a> for more information.Special rules apply to some groups of taxpayers, such as farmers, 
fishermen, certain higher income taxpayers, casualty and disaster 
victims, those who recently became disabled, recent retirees and those 
who receive income unevenly during the year.<a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-publication-505">Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax</a>,
 has additional details, including worksheets and examples, that can be 
especially helpful to those who have dividend or capital gain income, 
owe alternative minimum tax or self-employment tax, or have other 
special situations.<h2>Taxes are pay-as-you-go</h2>This means taxpayers need to pay most of their taxes owed during the year as income is received. There are two ways to do that:<ul>
 <li>Withholding from pay, pension or certain government payments such as Social Security</li><li>Making quarterly estimated tax payments during the year.</li>
 </ul>Taxpayers can avoid an <a href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc306">underpayment penalty</a>
 by owing less than $1,000 at tax time or by paying most of their taxes 
during the year. Generally, for 2021 that means making payments of at 
least 90% of the tax expected on their 2021 return. Most taxpayers who 
pay at least 100 percent of the tax shown on their return for tax year 
2020 may also avoid the penalty. There are special rules for farmers and
 fishermen, certain household employers and certain higher income 
taxpayers. For more information, refer to <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals</a>.Generally, taxpayers should make estimated tax payments in four equal
 amounts to avoid a penalty. However, if they receive income unevenly 
during the year, they may be able to vary the amounts of the payments to
 avoid or lower the penalty by using the annualized installment method. 
Taxpayers can use <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2210">Form 2210, Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individuals, Estates, and Trusts</a> to see if they owe a penalty for underpaying their estimated tax.Third quarter payments are due September 15 and the final estimated tax payment for tax year 2021 is due on January 17, 2022.<h2>Tax Withholding Estimator</h2>If a taxpayer receives salaries and wages, they can avoid having to 
pay estimated tax by asking their employer to withhold more tax from 
their earnings. To do this, they would submit a new <a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-4">Form W-4</a> to their employer.If a taxpayer receives a paycheck, the Tax Withholding Estimator can 
help them make sure they have the right amount of tax withheld from 
their pay.The Tax Withholding Estimator offers workers, as well as retirees, 
self-employed individuals and other taxpayers a clear, step-by-step 
method for effectively checking their withholding to protect against 
having too little tax withheld and facing an unexpected tax bill or 
penalty at tax time next year.<h2>How to pay estimated taxes</h2><a href="https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-es">Form 1040-ES</a>&nbsp;includes instructions to help taxpayers figure their estimated taxes.The fastest and easiest ways for individuals to make an estimated tax payment is electronically by using IRS <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/direct-pay">Direct Pay</a> from their checking or savings account or <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-your-taxes-by-debit-or-credit-card">pay using a debit or credit card</a>.
 Taxpayers should note that the payment processor, not the IRS, charges a
 fee for debit and credit card payments. Both Direct Pay and the pay by 
debit or credit card options are available online at IRS.gov and through
 the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs2goapp">IRS2Go app</a>.Taxpayers can also use the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/eftps-the-electronic-federal-tax-payment-system">Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)</a>&nbsp;to make an estimated tax payment.<a href="https://www.irs.gov/instructions/i1120w">Corporations</a>
 must use electronic funds transfer to make all federal tax deposits 
(such as deposits of employment, excise, and corporate income tax). This
 includes installment payments of estimated tax. Generally, electronic 
funds transfer is made using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System 
(EFTPS). However, if the corporation does not want to use EFTPS, it can 
arrange for its tax professional, financial institution, payroll 
service, or other trusted third party to make electronic deposits on its
 behalf.If taxpayers opt to <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments/pay-by-check-or-money-order">mail a check or money order,</a> they should make them payable to the "United States Treasury."For information on all payment options, visit <a href="https://www.irs.gov/payments">IRS.gov/payments</a>.<h2>IRS.gov assistance 24/7</h2>Tax help is available 24/7 on IRS.gov. The IRS website offers a 
variety of online tools to help taxpayers answer common tax questions. 
For example, taxpayers can search the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/help/ita">Interactive Tax Assistant</a>, <a href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics">Tax Topics</a> and <a href="https://www.irs.gov/faqs">Frequently Asked Questions</a> to get answers to common questions.The IRS is continuing to expand ways to communicate to taxpayers who 
prefer to get information in other languages. The IRS has posted 
translated tax resources in 20 other languages on IRS.gov. For more 
information, see <a href="https://www.irs.gov/help/languages">We Speak Your Language</a>.