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SCI-A woman who delivered a prescription drug to a Dallas police officer was charged

Nanticoke — Wilkes-Barre state police charged a Nanticoke woman last year for delivering controlled drugs to a fallen correctional officer while working at a state correctional facility in Dallas, Jackson Township.

On July 24, 2020, Nicole Megan Hagenbach, 33, on East Noble Street, delivered Percoset and Adderall tablets to Robert Bus at the front gate of SCI Dallas, according to court records.

According to court records, Bath collapsed while working in prison about an hour after meeting Hagenbach.

The bus was found dead in his home on July 27, 2020, and evidence of substance use was found near his body.

State police held talks between Hagenbach and Bath, including bank documents showing that Mr. Bath had sent more than $ 20,790 to Hagenbach between January 1 and July 26, 2020. It claims to have been recorded by a surveillance camera.

Investigators also found a text message between Hagenbach and Bath referring to the delivery of prescription drugs.

According to criminal charges

Hagenbach and her little daughter were witnessed meeting Bath at the front gate of the prison around 5:30 pm on July 24, 2020. Bath was employed as a prison sergeant.

Approximately 70 minutes after Hagenbach left, the bar collapsed at work and was taken to the Gaisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, where he was prescribed NARCAN. When Bath regained consciousness, he refused further treatment and had a colleague drive home.

From July 25th to 27th, Bath did not go to work. On July 27, a prison lieutenant and deputy guard went to Bath’s mansion and found Bath dead.

Investigators said that when the bath was found, a mirror of white powdery material, a red straw, a bag of white residue, a drug pipe, and two oxycontin pills were found in the same room. Two mobile…

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Mohegan

The Latest: Blues get players back after COVID test errors

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Several St. Louis Blues players who returned positive COVID-19 tests have been cleared to play in Game 2 on Wednesday night against Colorado after the results from a lab were investigated with follow-up tests coming back negative.

The Blues players involved were put into isolation as a precaution before being cleared. There were also positive tests involving Vegas Golden Knights players, who also were cleared.

The league said the reported results emanated from the same laboratory, and an investigation was initiated into the possibility that the initial test results reported might have been in error. All affected players were immediately isolated and further testing was done. Those tests returned uniformly negative results, which confirmed that the initial reported test results were wrong.

Blues wingers Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz and goaltender Jordan Binnington were not on the ice with the rest of the team for the pregame skate early Wednesday. The Blues currently have leading scorer David Perron and two other players on the COVID protocol list.

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South Carolina is opening to full capacity at Williams-Brice Stadium next football season.

The school’s athletic department says it plans for 100% capacity in the fall, including traditional tailgating in areas around the 77,559-seat facility. Masks will not be required for entrance going forward.

The school limited attendance last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic to about 20,000 fans per game. Masks and social distancing were required for entrance. But athletic director Ray Tanner says those attending football games next season can “enjoy all of the game day traditions as in previous years.”

South Carolina opens the season Sept. 4 against Eastern Illinois.

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Algonquian

Joe Biden’s approval rating with the public is steady. If he can get some GOP buy-in, his numbers will go up.

By Bob Beatty  |  Special to Gannett Kansas

As President Joe Biden approaches enters his fourth month in office, his average job approval rating sits at 54%.

From 1945 to 1981, new presidents enjoyed much better approval ratings in their first few months. Here’s their approval at the same point in their presidencies as Biden is right now: Truman, 87%; Eisenhower, 74%; Kennedy, 79%; Johnson, 80%; Nixon, 62%; Ford, 45% (though he was at 71% before he pardoned Nixon); Carter, 66%; and Reagan, 66%.

Heady numbers indeed.

Compared to those presidents, Biden’s approval doesn’t look very good. However, in the modern American political era, they’re actually pretty decent. Coinciding with the advent of talk radio (Rush Limbaugh began his syndicated political talk radio program in 1988) and cable TV attack shows, such as CNN’s “Crossfire,” American politics became more and more tribal, more and more polarized, and yes, more and more rude and nasty.

George H.W. Bush’s approval ratings at this point in 1989 were 56% and Bill Clinton’s only 48%. George W. Bush sat exactly where Biden is, at 54%. Barack Obama broke the trend a wee bit, sitting at 61% approval.

Donald Trump? Terrible. His 41% average approval after four months in office is the lowest of the 14 presidents since 1945. Trump approval ratings were also the steadiest of all the previous presidents. He never got above 46% approval and on his last day in office his average was 39%.

What does the public like about Biden? On many issues, he is a little above 50% approval, such as the economy, racial injustice, foreign policy, taxes and the environment.

But on the pandemic, Biden averages 64% approval, hitting over 70% in some individual polls. His constant pandemic focus and vaccination benchmarking, along with the popularity of the American Recovery Act, seems to have hit the mark…

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Lenape defeats Vineland, 4-1, in opening round of softball playoffs

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UN calls for ‘unidentified’ militias to be held accountable for killing, torture of Iraqi protesters

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has published a report on violations against Iraqi activists at the hands of “unidentified groups” over the past two years throughout the country that include assassinations, kidnappings, and torture.

The report, entitled “Accountability for Human Rights Violations and Abuses by Unidentified Armed Elements,” includes testimonies of victims’ families, a wide range of information surrounding large numbers of violent acts against those organizing and participating in a popular protest movement decrying institutional corruption, poor services, and a low standard of living.

Between Oct. 2019 and May 15, 2021, read the report, “UNAMI documented 48 incidents of attempted or completed targeted killings of protestors and critics” as part of incidents largely blamed on Iranian-backed militias of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) that wield considerable military and political power in Iraq. 

The report, in its own words, “focuses on the steps taken by the Iraqi authorities to ensure accountability for human rights violations and abuses linked to these demonstrations, in particular those attributed to ‘unidentified armed elements’ frequently referred to by victims and witnesses as ‘militia.'”

UNAMI “defines ‘unidentified armed elements’ as armed actors not clearly identifiable as regular state security forces,” though “may have various links to the state and/or political parties. The term ‘militia,’ it says, is “terminology commonly used in Iraq to describe armed groups operating outside state control.”

Taken together, these are clear and unambiguous references to PMF militias.

“Allow me to be frank with you,” said the father of one of the fallen victims to UN researchers. “We all know who the killers are, but do you think the authorities dare to mention their names? The Government knows exactly who the killers are, and they are affiliated to the political parties and the ‘militia.’…

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Funeral notices

ABBOTT, Nicole V. — Taylor. Blessing services, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge. Friends, 5 p.m. to service time.

ADRYAN, Carol A. — Formerly of Wilkes-Barre. Service, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St., Taylor. St. George’s Orthodox Cemetery. Friends, 10 a.m. to service time.

ANDROSKI, David J. — Mountain Top. Funeral, 7 p.m. Wednesday, McCune Funeral Home, Mountain Top. Friends, 5 p.m. to service time.

ARCHACAVAGE, Benjamin J. — Ceasetown. Mass, 8:30 a.m. Friday, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth.

CAPOZUCCA, Albert — Mass, 10 a.m. Tuesday, St. Joseph Marello Parish, 237 William St., Pittston. Friends, 9 a.m. to service time.

CORBETT, Joanne M. — Wilkes-Barre. Mass, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Ss. Peter and Paul Church, 13 Hudson Road, Plains Twp. St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp. Friends, 9:30 a.m. to service time.

DOROSKEWICZ, Alexandra — Funeral, noon Wednesday, Metcalfe Shaver Kopcza Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carverton. Friends, 11 a.m. to service time.

DRAKE, Anastasia E. — Mass, 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Leo/Holy Rosary Parish, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Cemetery, Route 115, Bear Creek Twp. Friends, 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, John V. Morris Family Funeral Home Inc., 625 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre.

ELLIS, Helen — Kingston. Service, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church, 668 Main St., Edwardsville. Friends, 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. to service time Wednesday.

EVANS, Gordon J.— Service, 11 a.m. Saturday, Firwood United Methodist Church, 399 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre. Friends, 10 a.m. to service time.

HILLARD, James Oliver — Graveside service, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hanover Green Cemetery, 689 Main Road, Wilkes-Barre.

KUS, Frank J. — Dallas. Friends, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas.

LONG, Josephine — Mass, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and…

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Mohicans feel strong bond to their Capital Region homeland

EAST GREENBUSH – The 156-acre Papscanee Island Nature Preserve on the Hudson River’s eastern shore is the most apparent sign that the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of the Mohican Indians is back in its homeland.

Acquiring the riverfront site river is part of the Mohicans ongoing effort to establish their presence in the heart of what they have always considered part of the homelands that cover parts of six Northeastern states.

Archaeological digs getting underway in Stockbridge, Mass., regaining ownership of historical artifacts, protecting sites, using the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to repatriate remains and cultural items, renaming offensive modern place names or fighting to get murals installed on Northway Exit 3’s overpass to reflect Native American heritage are among other ways the Mohicans have promoted and fought to get governments, organizations and area residents to understand the importance of the area to them.

“Just because we’re not there anymore doesn’t make it any less a part of our history. It makes it more of a part of our history,” said Heather Bruegl, cultural affairs director for the Mohican nation, about the original Mohican lands.

“And we need to work to make sure that people understand that just because we might not be there anymore doesn’t make that area less of a home for us,” Bruegl said.  “Our long-term goal is to have a cultural center or a library in our homeland.”

The Capital Region’s four core counties have an estimated 6,758 Native Americans, according to the 2019 American Community Survey five-year estimates. The numbers include 3,318 in Albany County, 1,504 in Rensselaer County, 1,318 in Saratoga County and 1,598 in Schenectady County.  The ACS, a demographic survey prepared by the U.S. Census, doesn’t breakout the Mohicans.

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The Latest: Blues get players back after COVID test errors

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Several St. Louis Blues players who returned positive COVID-19 tests have been cleared to play in Game 2 on Wednesday night against Colorado after the results from a lab were investigated with follow-up tests coming back negative.

The Blues players involved were put into isolation as a precaution before being cleared. There were also positive tests involving Vegas Golden Knights players, who also were cleared.

The league said the reported results emanated from the same laboratory, and an investigation was initiated into the possibility that the initial test results reported might have been in error. All affected players were immediately isolated and further testing was done. Those tests returned uniformly negative results, which confirmed that the initial reported test results were wrong.

Blues wingers Vladimir Tarasenko and Jaden Schwartz and goaltender Jordan Binnington were not on the ice with the rest of the team for the pregame skate early Wednesday. The Blues currently have leading scorer David Perron and two other players on the COVID protocol list.

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South Carolina is opening to full capacity at Williams-Brice Stadium next football season.

The school’s athletic department says it plans for 100% capacity in the fall, including traditional tailgating in areas around the 77,559-seat facility. Masks will not be required for entrance going forward.

The school limited attendance last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic to about 20,000 fans per game. Masks and social distancing were required for entrance. But athletic director Ray Tanner says those attending football games next season can “enjoy all of the game day traditions as in previous years.”

South Carolina opens the season Sept. 4 against Eastern Illinois.

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The St. Louis Cardinals plan to expand to full capacity at Busch Stadium for the remainder of 2021 season beginning June 14…

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Senators call on Biden administration to demand Saudi end blockade tactics on a starving Yemen

A Saudi failure to meet those demands should result in consequences, the senators wrote in a Wednesday letter to Biden that CNN has seen, “to include pending weapons sales, military cooperation, the provision of maintenance for war planes and spare parts, as well as U.S.-Saudi ties more broadly.”

“Immediate and decisive action must be taken to end the ongoing blockade of fuel imports that is exacerbating the growing humanitarian crisis,” sixteen Democratic senators wrote in a letter led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. “The United States has diplomatic and economic leverage to compel Saudi Arabia to end its callous blockade of Yemen and we must use it before more lives are needlessly lost.”

A CNN investigation in March found that Saudi warships were preventing oil tankers from docking at the key rebel controlled Hudaydah port, including 14 vessels that had gained approval from a United Nations clearance mechanism to berth.A handful of those tankers were given permission to dock at the port by Yemen’s internationally recognized government — which is backed by Saudi Arabia and its military — in a move that was praised by the US State Department. However, humanitarian agencies in Yemen told CNN last month that the fuel was nowhere near enough to deliver aid to millions of people in the country’s north.

‘Cruel and senseless’

The senators wrote that the block on the “importation of commercial fuel into northern Yemen needed by nearly two-thirds of the Yemeni population … has negatively impacted food transporters and processors, hospitals, schools, and businesses.”

A State Department spokesperson told CNN last month that “there is no blockade” of Hudaydah, saying that it “remains open and commercial imports of food and other commodities are moving through the port at normal or above average rates, along with goods imported…

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‘New Amsterdam’ Writer on Max’s Effort to Right Hospital’s Wrongs Against Native Americans

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Tuesday’s “New Amsterdam.”)

“New Amsterdam” gave Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) yet another impossible problem to solve with this week’s episode of the NBC medical drama, which saw Max and the staff grapple with the historic name of the New York City hospital and the brutal past that the New Amsterdam moniker conjures up for a Native American patient of Lenape descent.

TheWrap spoke with “New Amsterdam” staff writer Shanthi Sekaran about what she and showrunner David Schulner were trying to explore with the episode, which features Tantoo Cardinal (“Stumptown,” “Dances With Wolves”) playing professor Jane Munsee, a Native American woman who has a large blood clot in her leg but refuses treatment at New Amsterdam because of what its name represents to her as a Native woman whose people lost their land to the Dutch colonizers who renamed it New Amsterdam.

See our Q&A with Sekaran below about Max’s efforts to right the wrongs made against Jane’s people by trying to change New Amsterdam’s name — and that special moment he shared with Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman) at the end of the episode.

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Where did the idea for this story about a Native American professor who refuses medical treatment at New Amsterdam because of its name come from?

We knew, [showrunner] David Schulner and I, we knew that we wanted to explore something having to do with Native American health, and our first thought was to go with something we’d been reading about, the Diné tribe, out west, also known as the Navajo tribe. But that didn’t make sense for a New York setting, because there is no reasonable reason that Diné people would come from out west to…

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