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Police in the Bahamas have released a Michigan man who said his wife disappeared after falling overboard from a small boat in waters off the island nation, authorities said Monday. Brian Hooker, of Onsted in southern Michigan, had been in police custody since April 8 after being questioned by authorities. Law enforcement freed him after consulting with prosecutors who recommended against filing charges at this time, with investigations underway. Brian Hooker told police that Lynette Hooker, 55, fell overboard the night of April 4 as they were traveling in an 8-foot (2.4-meter) motorboat from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, a group of small islands on the eastern end of the Bahamas. He said Lynette had the boat’s keys, causing its engine shut off and forcing him to paddle ashore. “Strong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,” police said in a statement. After reaching shore, Brian Hooker alerted someone about his wife’s disappearance early the following day, according to authorities. Hooker has denied any wrongdoing, according to his attorney, Terrel Butler. The U.S. Coast Guard has opened an investigation separate from the one being conducted by authorities in the Bahamas. The couple has been married for more than 20 years and chronicled their adventures sailing around the Caribbean on their “Sailing Hookers” Facebook page. They posted videos in 2023 of buying a sailboat they named Soul Mate in the coastal town of Rockport, Texas, and then embarking on a cruise through the Gulf of Mexico from the port town of Kemah, Texas. The couple’s home in Onsted is about 70 miles (120 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. Lynette Hooker’s daughter, Karli Aylesworth, told NBC News that it is unlikely her mother would “just fall” off the boat, saying she was an experienced sailor. She noted the couple had been sailing for years on their voyages. The couple has had a history of contention, with Brian and Lynette Hooker accusing each other in 2015 of assault, according to a Kentwood, Michigan, police report obtained by NBC. Brian Hooker, who was intoxicated and bleeding from the nose, told police his wife had struck him multiple times in the face, the report said. He told officers Lynette also was drunk. She was arrested and spent the night in jail. A warrant was denied because it wasn’t clear “who started the assault.” ____ Associated Press writer Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed to this report. Source

McLaren has named Kemal Curic as their new Chief Design Officer. He brings decades of experience working for Ford and Lincoln. Curic previously worked on the 2015 Mustang and 2017 Continental. McLaren is about to enter a new era and they’re doubling down on that by hiring a new Chief Design Officer. They’ve tapped Kemal Curic for the role and he brings decades of experience to Woking. Born in Sarajevo, Curic received a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and a Master’s degree in Transportation Design. He started his career at Ford of Europe in 2003 and worked on models such as the Fiesta, Mondeo, and Kuga. More: McLaren Dealers Just Got A Glimpse Of Its New SUV And It’s Bigger Thank You Think He eventually left Europe to work at Ford’s global headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. The move saw him involved in a number of high-profile projects including the 2015 Mustang. He was also the Exterior Design Manager for the Lincoln Continental as well as Chief Designer for the Aviator and Corsair. In 2019, Curic was appointed head of design at Lincoln. This saw him oversee the Chinese Zephyr sedan and Nautilus crossover as well as the iconic Navigator. More recently, he’s been serving as Ford’s Global Design Director of Performance Vehicles. The long tenure at Ford is now over as Curic “will be responsible for shaping the design vision and creative direction of the McLaren Automotive portfolio.” As a result, he’ll oversee exterior and interior design as well as colors, materials, and finishes. The automaker went on to say the noted designer will work “closely with engineering and product strategy teams to ensure McLaren continues to define the highest standards in lightweight, high-performance, and emotionally engaging luxury cars.” In a statement, Curic said “McLaren is one of the most respected and aspirational brands in the world. I’m excited to be part of their journey to help shape the design vision of a company so deeply rooted in engineering excellence and racing heritage. I look forward to working with the talented teams at McLaren to create the next generation of breathtaking, purpose‑driven cars.”

In the latest episode of Shadow Lord, Maul delivers a tricky lightsaber-Force combo kill that echoes Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

One of the few things worth recalling from Citizens Bank Park on Sunday afternoon: Gritty is currently twerking and flashing Zac Gallen while he’s warming up in the outfield. pic.twitter.com/CmAqGsmvXa— Luke Arcaini (@ArcainiLuke) April 12, 2026 The Phillies lost 4-3 after giving up two runs in the 8th. They are 7-8 on the season. The post The Phillies Lost, But Here’s Video of Gritty Twerking at Zac Gallen appeared first on Crossing Broad.

House lawmakers had been scheduled to hear testimony next week from the head of military operations in the Middle East, but the Republican majority postponed the hearing until late May.

Faribault residents Matthew, left, and Sarah said they wanted to protestlocal ICE activity. (Photo by Betsy Froiland,The Daily Yonder) Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, cost of living increases and the U.S. war in Iran have moved some rural Minnesotans to speak out for change. "Minnesotans in small towns across the state joined the third wave of nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests Saturday, March 28," reports Betsy Froiland of The Daily Yonder. Although some rural residents protested the Trump administration's immigration policies in October, many didn't feel called to action until ICE conducted aggressive raids and searches in smaller Minnesota towns, such as Faribault, Windom and St. James in early 2026. Protesters from all three towns "reported escalated ICE activity in their communities in recent months," Froiland explains. "Many told stories of neighbors arrested, local businesses shuttered, and fear spreading in their schools and workplaces."While the number of protesters who lined the streets of their respective towns was small, their growing numbers and repeated presence mark a change in areas that voted for President Donald Trump in 2024. "Some protesters wondered what happened to due process, like Travis McColley, a lifelong Republican who joined the protest in Faribault," Froiland reports. McColley told the Yonder, “People who have been in the community for years who are going through an asylum process are getting grabbed." Beyond ICE activities, rural Minnesotans also protested against the war in Iran, cost of living increases and overall frustration with Washington. Froiland writes, "Faribault protester Norm Kokes, a ‘No Kings’ protester and a U.S. military veteran, worried about how the war would impact the world economy." A St. James protester told Froiland, “I’m dissatisfied that billionaires are trying to run our country, and they’re not going to do anything for the common people."In some places, protesters were met by counter-protesters driving by or standing across the street. Froiland adds, [Some] "revved their engines and gave middle fingers." Despite the difference in opinions, the protests remained non-violent.

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Provided by Philomusica Quartet On Monday, April 13, the Philomusica String Quartet brings its season to a close at the Wisconsin Lutheran College campus with British Connections — a program of three chamber works with echoes of English musical life. The quartet — violinists Jeanyi Kim and Alexander Mandl, and violist Nathan Hackett — will be joined by guest cellist Lynn Kabat of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Mandl described her adaptation to the ensemble as seamless: “She’s a wonderful chamber musician.” The concert also features guest clarinetist Todd Levy, the MSO’s principal clarinet. The Connections program pairs two early works by composers who studied together at London’s Royal College of Music at the close of the 19th century — John Ireland‘s String Quartet in D minor and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor‘s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in F-sharp minor — with Milwaukee composer Brian Packham‘s The Shaper’s Song, a quartet inspired by a foundational text of the English literary tradition. Both Ireland and Coleridge-Taylor entered the Royal College as teenagers of exceptional ability, and both works on this program were produced in the mid-1890s, before either composer had found his mature voice. They were both influenced by Royal College composition professor Charles Villiers Stanford, whose students also included Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. Ireland’s D minor Quartet was written with the express purpose of impressing Stanford sufficiently to be accepted as a composition pupil. It was then largely unheard for 60 years, not performed publicly again until after Ireland’s death in 1963, and published only in the early 1970s. The quartet moves through four movements with confidence and lyrical instinct — a robust opening sonata-form movement, a quicksilver scherzo of growing intensity, a slow movement of notable hymnic warmth, and an energetic finale. Mandl hears in the slow movement something distinctly, if quietly, English: “There is an underlying restraint that exists in English music. There is always a certain restraint underneath it. It’s like — we’re not going to go beyond pheasant under glass. The music can be highly expressive, but still: we are being respectful, we will not break that glass.” Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet arose from an equally dramatic origin story. After a performance of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, Stanford challenged his students to write one that did not fall under Brahms’ shadow — a feat he declared impossible. Coleridge-Taylor, then 17, accepted the challenge and completed his quintet in roughly two months, sidestepping Brahms by routing his energies through Dvořák. The work received glowing reviews at its London premiere in 1895 and was then largely forgotten for the better part of a century until a well-received recording in 2007. A defining feature of the quintet is the way Coleridge-Taylor integrates the clarinet into the texture rather than spotlighting it. “The clarinet is quite integrated with the entire ensemble,” Mandl noted. “He places a lot of the melodic material in the low register of the clarinet, which in a way sandwiches the clarinet within the strings.” The result is a work that is, in Mandl’s words, “a lovely quintet — a little more sedate, less flashy” than the Brahms model it was designed to evade. Clarinetist Todd Levy, whose range of chamber collaborations — with the Guarneri, Juilliard, Fine Arts, Miró and Ying quartets, among others — is an ideal partner for this kind of deeply integrated ensemble writing. The concert’s centerpiece is the world premiere of Packham’s The Shaper’s Song for string quartet. Packham, a Milwaukee-based composer and pianist, has had his music performed by the Baltimore Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Present Music, and many others. This is among his first works for string quartet, and its premiere has been long in coming — an earlier performance by another ensemble fell through years ago when the intended dedicatee died. The piece draws not on the Old English epic Beowulf directly, but on John Gardner‘s 1971 novel Grendel, which retells the poem from the monster’s point of view, turning the creature into an existential, philosophically reflective antihero who narrates his life to his death at Beowulf’s hands. Gardner’s novel centers on questions of meaning, isolation, and the seductive power of storytelling. These psychological dimensions are at the core of Packham’s music. The work is quiet, spare, and deliberately ambiguous, its thin texture conveying the emptiness of Grendel’s world. Central to the piece is the figure of the Shaper — the blind bard in Hrothgar’s hall whose songs transform violent, chaotic history into heroic legend. Recurring motifs pass between the instruments in a kind of ongoing conversation. Mandl describes the collaboration with Packham as invaluable — not merely for resolving notational questions, but for understanding the spirit the music asks for. “It is a performer’s dream,” he said. “We have found that many of the gestures actually allow a great deal more freedom than one might assume. Having him there has been crucial.” Packham will be present at the concert. The Philomusica String Quartet’s British Connections concert takes place Monday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. at Schwan Concert Hall, Center for Arts and Performance, Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Tickets are available online or at the door.

A sign for Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Maria Lazar at one of her campaign events Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Germantown, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Staggered by a 20-point loss in the April Supreme Court election, Wisconsin conservatives are arguing about who’s to blame. And behind the scenes, members of the state Republican Party are split on whether Chair Brian Schimming should be fired. The social media comments from conservatives came fast and furious after the Wisconsin Supreme Court race was called within 40 minutes of polls closing. Despite liberals winning the last three Supreme Court races by double-digits, seeing Justice-elect Chris Taylor defeat conservative Judge Maria Lazar by the biggest margin in decades hit differently. Some conservatives immediately called for Schimming to resign or be fired, while others blamed Lazar. There was even debate on whether the Republican Party as a whole made a mistake by trading reliable, suburban, college-educated voters for more rural voters who are strongly behind President Donald Trump but much less likely to vote when he’s not on the ballot. Thompson: Wisconsin is now a ‘blue state’ In an interview with WPR, Wisconsin’s longest serving governor, Republican Tommy Thompson, said the biggest problem right now are the massive margins Democrats have been able to stack up against GOP candidates in Dane and Milwaukee counties. Unofficial results show Taylor got around 234,000 more votes than Lazar there on Tuesday. Thompson said chipping away at those margins by campaigning hard in the liberal strongholds is how he was able to flip the governor’s mansion red and win reelection three times. “It’s obvious that the state is turning back to where it was. It’s a blue state, and the only way Republicans can win in Wisconsin is to organize, get good candidates and cut into the tremendous, tremendous amount of votes out of Dane County and Milwaukee County.” Liberals have also made continued gains in Milwaukee’s suburbs, an area once dominated by Republicans. Taylor won a majority of the vote in Ozaukee County, part of the “WOW” counties along with Waukesha and Washington. “Any time a statewide race is won by 20 percentage points over the Republican, and they (Democrats) carry Ozaukee County, you better damn well believe that portends not to be good for the Republicans in the fall,” said Thompson. Schimming in the hot seat once again Money talks in elections, and an analysis by WisPolitics found Taylor and the Democrats supporting her campaign had around eight times as much to say. While Lazar and a couple political action committees spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on campaign ads, Taylor and allied outside groups spent millions. The day after the election, influential conservative WISN-AM radio host Dan O’Donnell echoed the social media fundraising frustrations. He said he likes Schimming, but “he is not the right man for the job” of leading the state GOP. “The job is not pumping up the base,” said O’Donnell. “Candidates do that. The job is 100 percent raising money. And thus far in his tenure, Schimming has shown, and … everybody at the top levels of the Republican Party of Wisconsin have shown, that they are unable to do the single most critical thing that they need to do, and that is raise gobs and gobs of money.” Unless Schimming resigns as chair, he’d have to be fired by the Republican Party of Wisconsin’s Executive Committee, which meets this week. In a brief phone call on Friday, RPW Vice Chair Bill Feehan told WPR the results from last week’s rout show the party is “broken” with regard to fundraising and running a “professional organization.” He said discussions about needed changes are happening but no decisions have happened. But executive committee member Bob Spindell, who also serves on the Wisconsin Elections Commission, told WPR he doesn’t think it’s fair to blame Schimming for Lazar’s lackluster fundraising in a race conservative donors knew wouldn’t flip the Supreme Court’s liberal majority. Spindell also said he sees the chair’s role, which the party changed a from voluntary to paid position in 2022, as being just as much about traveling the state to meet with county chapters and strategize with campaigns that accept the help. “There are a number of people that say, ‘Hey, you know, we don’t care about us going around, and that his only job is to stay on the phone and raise money,’” said Spindell. “Well, I just don’t believe that. And I think we have the resources out there. When we need the money, the money will come. And I think the money will come for the 2026 elections.” For his part, Thompson said it would be “stupid at this point” to try to get a new GOP chair up to speed before the November midterm elections. In a statement sent to WPR, Schimming said all Republicans in Wisconsin are “angry, disappointed, and upset about the results of the recent Supreme Court race.” “There are things we can always improve in politics, and I remain dedicated to continue improving as we head into November,” Schimming wrote. “What we must all remember is that the results on Tuesday do not and will not decide the November election. With Democrats in disarray, our candidates are in a good position. We must come together and turn our anger towards the Democrats as we work to defeat them.” Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming speaks ahead of Vice President JD Vance’s remarks Thursday Feb. 26, 2026, at Pointe Precision in Plover, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Lazar’s fundraising figures were just a fraction of the Republican money poured into former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel’s 2025 campaign against liberal Justice Susan Crawford. Despite getting millions from conservatives, Schimel lost his race by around 10 percentage points. Schimming faced calls to resign from within the Republican Party following that loss as well. Overall, around $115 million was poured into the 2025 court election thanks to campaign finance changes passed by Republicans in 2015, which allow state parties to raise and transfer unlimited amounts of money to candidates. After initially complaining, Democrats have been able to harness the law and consistently outraise Republicans in high-profile, statewide races. In an interview on WISN-TV’s “Upfront,” Schimel said while he used it during his Supreme Court race last year, he called the 2015 change “a terrible law” and said he hopes lawmakers repeal it. Some conservatives point finger at Lazar Conservative criticisms of Lazar were prefaced by compliments about her niceness as a person and competence as a judge. But several Republican commentators claim she didn’t help her prospects by focusing on the “rule of law” during her campaign. The morning after Lazar’s drubbing at the ballot box, conservative WISN-AM radio host Vicki McKenna complained on social media that Lazar “refused to be a PARTISAN” in what is ostensibly a nonpartisan race. “Elections demand partisanship,” McKenna said. “She needed to make the case bluntly that she was the conservative antidote to the leftist disease on the court. She never did.” Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Maria Lazar speaks to attendees at a campaign event Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Germantown, Wis. Angela Major/WPR During her campaign, Lazar said she hoped her run would encourage voters to reject the growing partisanship in Supreme Court races. After conceding, she told supporters on election night that she still believes her campaign moved the needle and future candidates with the same message can bring the focus of court races back to experience and integrity rather than politics. McKenna also called the state’s Republican infrastructure a “mess” due to infighting among the GOP, said “absentee balloting is killing us” and suggested moving the Supreme Court election to the fall, which would require a constitutional amendment. The problem is, or isn’t, Trump While conservatives tend to agree Trump was a major factor in motivating Democrats to vote for Taylor on Tuesday, they are split on whether his takeover of the Republican Party and the electoral shifts it’s brought to Wisconsin played a role in Lazar’s defeat. In a social media post April 8, Rick Esenberg, who founded the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, argued that since Trump took office in 2017, “the GOP or conservative candidate in statewide races for Senator, Governor, AG or Supreme Court has lost 11 of 13 races.” “Populism never lasts and is clearly turning off potential GOP/conservative voters,” said Esenberg. “You should learn from populist frustration, but it’s time to move on.” Esenberg also pushed back on claims that conservative judicial candidates should abandon their focus on the rule of law during campaigns, questioning how it would “be possible to continue to call these candidates ‘conservative’ since all of this is essential to the American Tradition.” Sawyer County Republican Party Chair John Righeimer concurred in his social media post the same day, stating that if conservatives want to win statewide, “our brand needs to look more ‘Reagan’ like.” “Going forward MAGA is done,” said Righeimer. “How many more statewide losses do you need to incur to see we’re on the wrong path?” Former President Donald Trump smiles after giving a speech at the RNC on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. Angela Major/WPR But during his broadcast that day, O’Donnell rejected the claim from the “never-Trump movement in Wisconsin.” “Trump has the support of 90 percent of Republicans,” O’Donnell said. “It is not Trump. This election had absolutely nothing to do with Trump, except Trump is a massive motivating factor for lefties.” O’Donnell did acknowledge a decline in the number of high-propensity voters who reliably supported Republicans during former GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s era. Rather than blame the president for turning off suburban residents to the GOP, O’Donnell

Many of the research facilities slated for closure conductedwildfire research. (Photo via Rocky Mountain Research Station)As part of its ongoing restructuring plan, the U.S. Forest Service announced it's "closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states," reports Eric Niiler of The New York Times. Critics say the shake-up threatens wildfire and climate research on forests, just as wildfires are becoming more common and more severe in several parts of the United States.USFS leadership said the consolidation will streamline research facilities into a main hub in Fort Collins, Colorado, and relocate staff to nearby states. Niiler writes, "But employees said they feared the move would lead many scientists to leave instead." The USDA already announced plans in late March to relocate USFS headquarters and 260 agency employees from Washington to Salt Lake City. The closures include "six research and development facilities in California, five in Mississippi, four in Michigan and three in Utah," Niiler reports. The agency will also shutter all nine of its regional offices, which "currently manage 154 national forests," Niiler explains. "Some states will have their own offices, and others will be consolidated."USFS oversees a massive amount of land -- some 193 million acres -- that includes several laboratories and "experimental forests where scientists can monitor the effects of environmental changes over long periods of time," Niiler writes. They also investigate wildfire risks, prevention and how forests recover after a severe wildfire.Thomas M. Schultz, Jr., the Forest Service chief, told the Times, "Forest Service R&D has produced world-class science for over a century, and that will continue. The consolidation is about organizing the research enterprise more efficiently, not diminishing it."

Milwaukee Police Administration Building. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. A surge in gun violence in Milwaukee appears to be waning, though homicide totals aren’t following the same decline. Nonfatal shootings declined by 41% in 2025 from a modern record high of 877 in 2022. The decline has continued through the first quarter of 2026, with a 27% year-over-year reduction. Homicides, as part of a violent crime uptick that started in 2020, peaked at 215 in 2022 but haven’t followed the same linear reduction as nonfatal shootings. According to Milwaukee Police Department figures, homicides increased year-over-year from 2024 to 2025, ticking up from 132 to 142. The city experienced a year-over-year decline in homicides in the first quarter of 2026, when the total fell from 25 to 23. But 23 is the same total from the first quarter of 2024, a period in which the number of nonfatal shootings was 63% higher. “Overall, the numbers continue to show some really positive trends taking place here in the city of Milwaukee,” said Mayor Cavalier Johnson in a quarterly crime stats briefing Monday morning at MPD. “We’re seeing double-digit percentage drops in robberies, auto thefts, arsons, assaults, carjackings and nonfatal shootings compared to this time last year.” Johnson said his administration continues to closely monitor homicide numbers. “Overall, particularly in violent crime, we should be proud of progress,” said Police Chief Jeffrey Norman. But when asked about the divergence between shootings and homicides, Norman said challenges remain. The police chief cited an elevated level of domestic violence as a driver of homicides. He also said individuals experiencing “mental health challenges” and juveniles with access to firearms were contributing to homicides. “We try to be as proactive as possible focusing on those individuals who will have the potential of doing the most harm,” said Norman. “But the challenge sometimes is that, again, you have individuals who have no record and unfortunately engage in some sort of the most heinous act, which is homicide.” Norman, a former homicide detective, said MPD’s homicide division is the “best in the nation” and now has a clearance rate near 90%. “We would rather be in the role of prevention,” he said. District Attorney Kent Lovern said his office continues to focus on prosecuting nonfatal shootings. “Five hundred [non-fatal shootings] is a number that none of us are happy with, but it’s 400 fewer than three years before that, and I think that’s significant to note,” he said. “I think we’ve had a very sharp focus in this community around the non-fatal shootings in an effort to bring down the overall crime rate.” Lovern said his office has dedicated personnel to the specific issue. “We have six prosecutors in our office who do nothing but prosecute nonfatal shootings,” said the district attorney. “That’s their full-time job, and that’s because we know that if someone is willing to pull the trigger after pointing a gun at somebody, they’re willing to do it once, they’re most likely willing to do it again, and they have to be removed from the community.” But when it comes to homicides, Milwaukee is increasingly bucking a national trend. Stats suggest other causes Across the country, homicides have declined sharply in recent years, even as some cities — including Milwaukee — have seen a more uneven trajectory. Data compiled by the Council on Criminal Justice shows homicides fell by roughly 20% in a sample of major U.S. cities from 2024 to 2025, continuing a rapid drop from pandemic-era highs. Analysts have attributed the decline to a mix of factors, including improved police clearance rates, expanded violence prevention programs and a broader return to pre-pandemic social patterns. Researchers caution, however, that the decline has not been uniform. “There isn’t a single explanation,” said Shani Buggs, who has pointed to a combination of community-based intervention efforts, more focused law enforcement strategies and increased investment in anti-violence programs as contributing factors nationally. Even in cities where gun violence has dropped, experts say the types of homicides that remain can differ from those that drove the earlier surge. In places like Philadelphia, where killings have fallen dramatically from recent highs, officials have reported that a growing share of homicides stem from domestic violence, personal disputes and drug-related conflicts rather than retaliatory street shootings. Those types of incidents are often harder to predict and prevent, and less likely to be impacted by strategies focused on repeat violent offenders. Researchers have also examined whether shootings have become more lethal. A separate analysis from the Council on Criminal Justice found that a greater share of gun assaults in recent years have resulted in death, meaning that even as total shootings decline, homicides may not fall at the same pace. That dynamic — fewer shootings overall, but a higher likelihood that a shooting results in death — could help explain why some cities are seeing nonfatal shootings drop more quickly than homicides. Experts also emphasize that local conditions still matter. “We’re seeing a broad national decline, but it doesn’t play out the same way in every city,” said Thaddeus Johnson, who noted that factors such as local policing strategies, community dynamics and access to firearms can all shape how violence trends evolve. Other facts and figures A theme in all of the prepared remarks was the need for collaboration between law enforcement agencies, the district attorney’s office, other government agencies and nonprofit organizations to reduce violence. “There is only so much that each of us can do as individuals or organizations, but so much more we can do when we’re combined,” said Johnson. “This is a collaboration and everybody has to be a part of it.” Department of Community Wellness and Safety Interim Director Karin Tyler also emphasized the need for collaboration. She said her department was guided by the belief that “violence is preventable” and that much of the violence seen in Milwaukee is the result of deeper instability. Sheriff Denita Ball said the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a “downward trend” in violent crime at the locations and facilities it is tasked with covering, including county parks, the freeway system, county facilities and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. Norman expressed an upbeat analysis of the crime statistics, but he warned of what could come. “As everyone knows, the summer is right around the corner here. This is our busy season,” said Norman. “Hot temperatures, hot tempers, youth with nothing but time on their hands and, unfortunately, access to firearms.” MPD crime stats presented on April 13. Image from MPD report.

President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.

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Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted, written and narrated by Suleika JaouadIn her early twenties, a recent college graduate pursuing a career overseas, Jaouad was diagnosed with leukemia. The first half of this memoir is about the years spent as a cancer patient - her illness and treatment, the romantic relationship started shortly before her diagnosis, her family's unwavering support, the people she met along the way, and the newspaper column she chronicled her experience through. The second half is about learning how to live again - figuring out who she is outside of cancer, making hard decisions, seeking the input of specific people who have made an impact on her, and taking a long road trip. Recommended by a friend, I enjoyed this book. A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, written by Steve PembertonI always love stories about an underdog beating the odds, which is exactly what this book is. The author spent most of his childhood as a foster child living in horrific circumstances, wondering where he came from and who he belonged to. Those questions were eventually answered, but as is often the case, the information that satisfied curiosity was not without complications. His is a story of so many kinds of pain, but also of hope, growth, and a fierce determination to create a different life than the one he'd been handed. I learned about this book when I saw it at Powell's last summer and really enjoyed it.p. 27, Books for me were what the ocean is to the fearless explorer - deep and mysterious, boundless and soothing. I loved the smell of books, the feel of their weight in my hands, the rustle of the pages as I turned them, the magnificent illustrations on the covers that promised hidden treasures within.p. 203, Although part of me would always long for what had been lost, I needed to end this fruitless task of trying to reclaim my history as if it were an antique capable of restoration. The Correspondent, written by Virginia EvansI love stories about friendship of all sorts, family relationships, messy lives, grief, and personal growth. I love epistolary novels. I love books where the characters love books. And I love an ending that's perfect for the story. So, basically, I thought this book was wonderful. Spanning about ten years, it's comprised entirely of letters sent between the main character, a woman in her seventies, and several people from different parts of her life. It's about regret, anger, guilt, fear, and unforgiveness, but also about kindness, love, trust, healing, and redemption. I'd wanted to listen to the audio, as it has a full cast of narrators, but the print version had a much shorter wait list. I'm not a re-reader, but I'm going to put myself back on the hold list for the audio. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery, written by Henry MarshBroken down into chapters named after various brain problems he's treated, this book weaves together the author's journey to becoming a neurosurgeon and the decades spent working in the field with stories of specific patients and their surgeries. I found the medical aspect fascinating and appreciated the transparency about his confidence, fear, success, and failure. The behind-the-scenes look at the business part of medical care in London, where he lives, Kiev, where he's traveled extensively, and even America, as students are sent overseas to work with him, was also interesting. I discovered this book from Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread, written by Michiko Kakutani, a book I didn't finish. p. 139, I left them in the little room, their knees squeezed together as the four of them sat on the small sofa and wondered, yet again, as I walked away down the dark hospital corridor, at the way we cling so tightly to life and how there would be so much less suffering if we did not. Life without hope is hopelessly difficult but at the end hop can so easily make fools of us all. p. 180, Doctors need to be held accountable, since power corrupts. There must be complaints procedures and litigation, commissions of enquiry, punishment and compensation. At the same time if you do not hide or deny any mistakes when things go wrong, and if your patients and their families know that you are distressed by whatever happened, you might, if you are lucky, receive the precious gift of forgiveness.A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck, written by Sophie Elmhirst and narrated by Marisa CalinAn English couple decided to live at sea in the early 1970s, a dream come to a fruition. But things took a drastic turn for the worse when their boat was hit by a whale and promptly sunk. This book is about the four months that they fought for their lives in the middle of the ocean, but it's also about the time leading up to their trip, their rescue, and the aftermath. It's about survival and marriage, mental health and fame, codependency and adventure. I enjoyed the story, which I learned about from Modern Mrs. Darcy's 12/22/25 post, 15 crowd-pleasing books I find myself recommending all the time. The Midnight Children, written by Dan Gemeinhart and narrated by Andre SantanaSeven kids who show up to a vacant house in the middle of the night. The lonely boy who sees their arrival. A creepy man who's hunting for the kids. Community members of various ages who come in and out of the story. This middle grade novel, which I found as a "skip the line" option on Libby, is about friendship, chosen family, secrets, loyalty, and learning to do the right thing, even when you're scared. 3:00:29, Sometimes, when a soul is very sad, it doesn't really want to not be sad; it just wants to not be sad alone. Short, written by Holly Goldberg Sloan and narrated by Tara SandsI've been intentional about listening to middle grade novels lately and looked for one from this author because I've enjoyed three of her others. This one is about a short girl who ends up cast as a munchkin for a summer production of The Wizard of Oz, a play she's not particularly interested in being part of. Of course, by the end of the book she's stretched her comfort zone, learned a lot, and grown in self-confidence, thanks to the friendship, leadership, and mentorship of various adults in her life - an adult with dwarfism who's in the play, an elderly neighbor with loads of creativity and artistic ability, and a director who sees what she needs before she does. Bonus points for the subtle nods to a Eugene setting. 6:15:38, "Young people need models, not critics." I smile. He adds, "A basketball coach said that. I forget his name." (The internet tells me the quote is from John Wooden.)6:33:04, I grew this summer. Not on the outside, but on the inside. And that's the only place where growing really matters. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, written by C. S. Lewis and narrated by Ralph CoshamI needed an audiobook and this came up as a "skip the line" option on Libby. Given that I enjoyed watching The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis and reading Once Upon a Wardrobe, written by Patti Callahan last year, I thought I might like it. Although I did listen to the whole thing, I didn't particularly enjoy it. The parts that intrigued me were about his life, most of which I was familiar with because of last year's book and movie. The parts about philosophy and the shifts in his beliefs over the years - which, admittedly, are the whole point of the book - bored me. Of course, those are the exact parts that would make other readers enjoy the book. Each to their own.2:57:46, Where oppression does not completely and permanently break the spirit, has it not a natural tendency to produce retaliatory pride and contempt?5:44:44, From seeing this, one passes to the realization that our own age is also a period and certainly has, like all periods, its own characteristic illusions. They are likeliest to lurk in those widespread assumptions which are so ingrained in the age that no dares to attack or feels it necessary to defend them. This Book Made Me Think of You, written by Libby PageI love a book about books, so this novel piqued my interest when I saw it on Salem Public Library's 2/10/26 post. The main character had been widowed for six months when she received a gift from her dead husband. Knowing of both his impending death and her love of reading, he'd collaborated with a local bookstore owner to give her a full year of books from him, one per month. Each book includes a letter from him explaining why he chose it. I love that the novel includes a list of titles at the start of each chapter, along with the books mentioned in each chapter. This tender story is about grief and growth, the helpful and hurtful ways the grieving and those who love them handle the process, and the way books can change our lives. p. 92, Getting back into reading feels like stepping inside the house of a beloved friend she hasn't seen for a long time. It feels like coming home. p. 402, The real magic of books is when turning the final page doesn't mean an ending but a beginning - a beginning that only you can write. When a book sends you to a place you've never been or encourages you to do something new or simply to live with a little more empathy or curiosity because of the characters you have met. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 3, written by Beth Brower and narrated by Genevieve GauntThis series continues to provide me with lighthearted entertainment as the main character, a young woman with what I'd call pluck, lives in London's high society during the 1800s. With a mixture of expected deference and witty independence, she's figuring out how to balance the life she has to live and the one she wants to. I enjoy the cast of characters, even more so with their distinct voices in the audio version of the books.2:35:04, "It's messier than we ever imagined it to be as children," he said. "What?""Life." 3:04:30, "I learned a long time ago that my happiness has to be separate from the things beyond my control."3:45:48, How wonderful a thing to find one's friends.The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 4, written by Beth Brower and narrated by Genevieve GauntMore shenanigans and serious moments from 1880s London. This series feels a little different than most books I read, but I continue to find it entertaining. It's a good palate cleanser among more serious books. 3:02:39, Is it immoral to marry a man solely to gain a library? And if that man happens to be tremendously good looking, is it more or less of a sin?

Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Kaftrio, ivacaftor,tezacaftor,elexacaftor, Date of authorisation: 21/08/2020, Revision: 32, Status: Authorised

NEW YORK (AP) — The party isn’t over for UCLA’s national champions. The Bruins had another big celebration at the WNBA draft. Lauren Betts, Gabriela Jaquez and Kiki Rice were taken with picks Nos. 4-6 on Monday night, barely a week after helping the Bruins win their first NCAA championship. UCLA became the first team to have five first-round selections, and the first with six players selected in one draft. In a whirlwind stretch where the Bruins were feted from coast to coast, the good times hit their peak at the draft, where the best team this season took its place among the best of all time. “It’s really hard to sum up because there’s so much,” Jaquez said. “I think that we’re just on a high right now. We just won the national championship. A lot of us have also graduated college, which is a huge step and something to be super proud of, especially at UCLA. And then we got to go to Jimmy Kimmel, a Laker game, Clipper game, dance, have the celebration at Pauley Pavilion. We went on ‘Good Morning America’ this morning. Obviously, a lot of us are here at the draft tonight being drafted. It’s just been a special moment.” The 6-foot-7 Betts was selected by the Washington Mystics, with Jaquez then taken by the Chicago Sky. The expansion Toronto Tempo made Rice their first draft pick with the No. 6 selection. With coach Cori Close sitting up front near her players, the Bruins kept having reasons to stand up and cheer. They were going so quickly that after Angela Dugalic was taken at No. 9 to join Betts in Washington, she worried she’d miss witnessing more big moments for her teammates. Betts said she wasn’t surprised, having watched how hard her teammates worked. “These are like my sisters, and getting to watch your family do something like that is amazing,” Betts said. “But I mean, this team is just so special. We knew the type of players that we had on the team, and to really just have this night really showcase all of the things that we’ve worked on all season is just amazing.” UCLA went 37-1, routing South Carolina on April 5 in the title game — with their seniors scoring all of their points in the Final Four — and then made WNBA history when Gianna Kneepkens was drafted by Connecticut with the 15th and final pick of the first round. Close has said she doesn’t care about records, but that changed Monday. “Well, I mean, I sort of do care about this one actually, because No. 1, it helps us in recruiting. I think we’ve really taken a developmental approach to this and to see it come to fruition the way it has is obviously really gratifying,” she said. “Just to be a part of an historic night and for them to be so excited for each other, that’s sort of representative of how they’ve been all year long. But it’s a pretty cool record to be a part of.” UConn had the previous record of four first-round selections — all in the first six picks — in 2002. Sue Bird was No. 1, Swin Cash No. 2, Asjha Jones No. 4 and Tamika Williams No. 6 from a team that went 39-0. Tennessee, in 1999 and again in 2008, had five players selected in the draft, as did Notre Dame in 2019 and South Carolina in 2023. But those players weren’t all taken in the first round. “I think it definitely demonstrates that being a selfless team, that maybe giving up individual stats for team success, that you can win with that formula. You can still be successful. You can win at a high level as a team but you can also achieve individual goals,” Rice said. “We knew we all wanted to go to the WNBA. We all wanted to be pros, but that wasn’t the only focus during the season. It was winning, it was giving to each other, it was how can we be the best team possible. In the process of doing that, we still got the results that we wanted to at the end of the day, and that’s something that is really special.” Charlisse Leger-Walker was taken by the Sun in the second round, set to remain teammates with Kneepkens. The Bruins went to dinner together while in New York and were going to spend more time together after the draft. But Kneepkens said they wouldn’t be saying their goodbyes yet. “Yeah, those girls mean the most to me, and good thing we live in this day and age and we have phones,” she said. “So hopefully we’ll keep in touch, and obviously we’ll see each other around.” ___ AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg contributed to this report. ___ AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketball Source