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Source: ABC News
Bill Walton, the legendary basketball player and sportscaster, died Monday at 71, according to the NBA.
The two-time NBA champion -- first for the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977, and then for the Boston Celtics in 1986 -- died of cancer and was surrounded by family, the NBA said. He is survived by his wife and four sons.
Standing at 6 feet, 11 inches tall, topped off with a mop of red hair and an encyclopedic knowledge of 60s counterculture, few athletes have ever stood out as much as Walton -- and that was before he stepped on the basketball court.
Walton, the successor to Lew Alcindors legacy at UCLA under head coach John Wooden, was one of the winningest players in NCAA history -- possibly even outpacing the man who would become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/basketball-legend-bill-walton-dead-71/story?id=110588257
'More like therapists': adult virgins turn to Nevada brothels for sex - and healing
At Bellas Hacienda Ranch, a brothel on the outskirts of the rural Nevada truckstop town of Wells, a half-priced special for adult male virgins this May has gone off with a bang.
What may seem like a publicity stunt has compassion behind it. May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the US, and the brothels 74-year-old namesake owner and operator, Madam Bella Cummins, wants to raise awareness of what she describes as a virginity epidemic. She blames digital platforms supplanting young peoples in-person, IRL experiences, leading to stunted social development. Brothels, she argues, offer a safe space to work through resulting feelings of anxiety, shame and isolation.
Most of the courtesans clients, to use the industry parlance, live in the region, yet increasingly men travel from around the country and the world, seeking out her business for help, as they often word it. To receive the discount, men must provide a letter from a mental health professional acknowledging their claim, which Cummins hopes encourages some adult virgins to seek therapy when they otherwise wouldnt.
So far, the promotion has proved a hit. In a typical week, at least three adult virgins walk through the door, but according to Cummins, reservations from virgin clientele have increased this month by tenfold.
Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/19/nevada-legal-brothels-adult-virgins
In Chance for Trump, Youth at Rally See Him as Answer to Economic Woes
Thin with a boyish face and earrings in both ears, 23-year-old Isayah Turner does not look like a stereotypical Trump supporter, who tend to be middle aged or older.
Nevertheless, Turner drove two hours from his home outside Milwaukee on a recent Tuesday to see Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, one of a contingent of young voters there that some opinion polls suggest could be a growing and important demographic for Trump.
For Democratic incumbent Joe Biden, who overwhelmingly won the youth vote in 2020, an erosion of his support among young voters could potentially dampen his hopes of a second term.
Turner, who runs a dog breeding business with his mother, voted for Trump in 2020. He supports Trump's pro-oil drilling stance, his opposition to gun control - Turner owns several firearms - and his pledge to crack down on illegal immigration
Read more at https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-04-21/in-chance-for-trump-youth-at-rally-see-him-as-answer-to-economic-woes
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Haiti violence: Haiti gangs demand PM resign after mass jailbreak
Source: BBC News
Haiti's government declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak.
Gang leaders are demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose whereabouts are unknown since he travelled to Kenya.
Gangs control around 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Gang violence has plagued Haiti for years.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68462851
The Age of Aircraft Carrier is Over
The age of aircraft carriers was extended for many decades beyond WWII. Today, the average cost for building a nuclear-powered, aircraft carrier-a supercarrier, such as America's new Gerald R. Ford-class is upwards of $13.3 billion.
Much as the battleship was the byproduct of a bygone era when World War II erupted in the Pacific, the modern aircraft carrier is symb
ol of a long-gone age.
China has become a master at building their antiship capability to such a degree that many naval warfare specialists fear that the aircraft carrier would be render combat ineffective, if-and when-a Sino-American war erupted over Taiwan.
Like HBO's hit television series, The Sopranos, the age of the aircraft carrier is over.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/age-aircraft-carrier-over-209780#:~:text=Much%20as%20the%20battleship%20was,of%20a%20long%2Dgone%20age.
Federal Judge Reverses Himself, Rules That California's Ban on Billy Clubs Is Unconstitutional
Source: Associated Press
A federal judge struck down a California law banning possession of club-like weapons, reversing his previous ruling from three years ago that upheld the prohibition on billy clubs, batons and similar blunt objects.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez ruled last week that the prohibition unconstitutionally infringes the Second Amendment rights of American citizens and enjoined the state from enforcing the law, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
Weapons such as billy clubs have been outlawed in some form or other in California since at least 1917, with exceptions for law enforcement officers and some state-licensed security guards, the Times said.
Benitez declared in Sept. 2021 that Californias ban on such weapons qualified as longstanding and therefore did not violate the Second Amendment. But while that ruling was under appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen that altered the legal analysis for Second Amendment regulations.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-02-26/federal-judge-reverses-himself-rules-that-californias-ban-on-billy-clubs-is-unconstitutional
Tennessee House Advances Bill to Ban Reappointing Lawmakers Booted for Behavior
Source: Associated Press
Republicans in the Tennessee House voted Monday to advance a bill that would prevent local governments from reappointing state lawmakers who were expelled due to behavior.
The proposal is one of several restrictions being considered after the GOP's high-profile expulsion proceedings last April against Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. It would bar what happened after: Jones and Pearson were reappointed and quickly went back to work.
One of the Legislature's staff attorneys expressed concerns about the bill last week, telling House lawmakers during a committee hearing that it raises constitutional questions and suggesting proposing the change to voters in a constitutional amendment instead.
Rep. Johnny Garrett, a Goodlettsville Republican who sponsored the bill, argued that the Tennessee Constitution would allow the change.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-02-26/tennessee-house-advances-bill-to-ban-reappointing-lawmakers-booted-for-behavior
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