Dahmah, Eli JOUR 3101W Spring 2024

Feb. 25, 2024 Two National Guardsmen died after an AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed in Prentiss County, Mississippi during a routine training flight on Friday Afternoon. The Mississippi National Guard has not released any details regarding the investigation, aside from the names of the two men, according to ABC News . Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bryan Andrew Zemek, 36, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Derek Joshua Abbott, 42, died after the helicopter crashed in northeast Mississippi. Zemek was an AH-64 Delta Apache instructor pilot in Alpha Company 1st Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, and Abbot was in Delta Company 2nd Battalion, 151st Lakota Medical Evacuation Unit, serving as a maintenance test pilot, according to CBS News . The crash is being investigated, according to a news release from the Mississippi National Guard.

 Feb. 25, 2024. A Minneapolis man convicted for his role in the murder of a woman and her 10-year-old child in 2008 has become eligible for parole after changes to federal and state laws and a recent resentencing. According to Fox News , 32-year-old Brian Flowers was 16 years old when he helped Stephon Edward Thompson murder Katricia Daniels and her 10-year-old son Robert Shepard. Flowers was given two concurrent life sentences with possibility of parole, but between 2012 and 2016, federal law was changed to give those convicted under the age of 18 to be given life sentences with the possibility of parole after 30 years. After the initial changes, Flowers would have been eligible for parole in 2038, according to CBS News . A recent change in state law has lowered that number to just 15 years, making Flowers eligible now. The new law says that juveniles convicted of two consecutive life sentences are eligible for parole after 20 years, and those convicted of one or more concurrent l...

Apartment Buildings in the North Loop area of Minneapolis on Feb. 25, 2024. (Eli Dahmah) Feb. 25, 2024. Students at the University of Minnesota said they feel their apartments leave much to be desired and are looking for lower rent prices in the future. Many students reported looking for cheaper housing elsewhere next semester because they cannot justify what they are currently paying. One student said he had to take out a loan to be able to afford his rent for the semester after running out of money he had saved from working during the previous summer. The most common theme among students was that they believe the amount they paid in monthly rent was simply too high, followed by issues with the buildings and management. Students reported paying between $785 to $1100 per month.

Feb. 25, 2024. In this episode of The Daily , host Katrin Bennhold talks with Steven Erlanger, the chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times about how Europe plans to defend itself against Russia without the financial help of the United States, if the U.S. stops funding its allies in Europe. Erlanger attended a European security conference and specifically noted the shaky mood in the air regarding the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. While this conference was going on, Alexei Navalny, Russia's loudest voice of internal dissent, died in prison. Navalny's death naturally left people concerned, according to Erlanger, who also pointed out that Russia had recently advanced on and taken over Avdiivka, an important crossroads town. Erlanger believes that between the U.S. Congress dragging its feet on sending funds to Ukraine and comments made by Donald Trump, Russia could make a strong advance on Ukraine in the war. Trump said that if NATO members did not pay, he would...

Feb. 18, 2024. In this episode of The Daily , Sabrina Tavernise talks to Sydney Ember, a business reporter for The New York Times about issues with Boeing's 737 MAX 8 plane and a recent issue on an Alaska Airlines flight on a Boeing 737 MAX 9.  Ember said that Boeing has been "under the microscope" due to plane crashes in late 2018 and early 2019 that killed nearly 350 people. People were skeptical of the safety of the planes which caused problems for Boeing, but none that were insurmountable. Fast forward to January 2024, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 takes off from Portland, Oregon, heading to Ontario, California. During the plane's ascent to cruising altitude, at about 16,000 feet, a door plug on the plane flies off and the pilots are forced to make an emergency landing. The door plug is not an actual door, but rather a way to close an opening where an additional emergency exit could be added if needed, depending on Federal Aviation Administration regulations and pas...

 Feb. 18, 2024. Two juveniles were charged on Thursday with crimes related to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chief's Super Bowl parade that left one woman dead and more than 20 others injured. The juveniles are being held in Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center on gun-related and resisting arrest charges, according to Associated Press News . Additional charges are anticipated by the Office of the Juvenile Officer as the investigation continues, according to CNN . The names of the two defendants will likely not be released because of the nature of the juvenile system in Missouri, which is more private than the adult system, according to AP. Police originally detained three juveniles but determined that one of the three was not involved in the shooting.  Police reported that the shooting appeared to have started as a dispute between several people, according to The Athletic . The woman who died in the shooting was 43-year-old Elizabeth Galvan, the host of a popular Tej...

Feb. 18, 2024. A gunman shot and killed two Burnsville Police Officers and a paramedic, and injured another officer on Sunday morning in Burnsville. Officers had gone to a home on 33rd Avenue South, where an armed man was reportedly barricaded inside with his family, including seven children under the age of 15, according to CBS News . The situation turned into a shootout after authorities tried to negotiate with the man, when the officers and paramedic were shot. The officers were identified as 27-year-old Paul Elmstrand and 27-year-old Matthew Ruge, according to a statement from the city of Burnsville. The paramedic was identified as 40-year-old Adam Finseth, who was also a firefighter. Finseth was providing aid to the officers when the gunman shot him, according to ABC News .  Burnsville Police Department Chief Tanya Schwartz talked about the loss at a press conference on Sunday Afternoon. "Today three members of our team made the ultimate sacrifice for this community. They ar...

Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times found that current President Joe Biden's struggle with economy-motivated voters can be better understood by looking back on the 1948 presidential race between Democrat Harry S. Truman and Republican Thomas Dewey. Cohn compares the 1948 postwar economy and the 2024 post-pandemic economy through the lens of inflation. Cohn also notes the economic similarities through the housing shortages in both election years.  Cohn relates Biden's struggles to the historic campaign comeback of Truman in the 1948 election by reminding the reader of Truman's "Do-Nothing Republican Congress" campaign that essentially told voters that the Republicans in congress were doing nothing to control inflation. This is the campaign message that would turn the tide of voting and give Truman the win. Cohn said he believes Biden is ahead of schedule on the Truman path as the economy is on an upturn as inflation has been steadily decli...

 Feb. 10, 2024 Scott Robertson, the 67-year-old mayor of Winnebago, and his 46-year-old son, Jacob Robertson, were arrested Thursday afternoon in Winnebago for growing more than the legal amount of marijuana. A South Central Drug Investigation Unit agent received an anonymous tip in January 2023 regarding cannabis plants growing in a greenhouse on 340th Avenue, according to Star Tribune . Witnesses saw the Robertsons moving plants out of the buildings and into a trailer after the Minnesota Department of Agriculture informed them that staff would inspect and test any plants found there, according to KSTP . In Minnesota, it is legal for adults to grow no more than eight cannabis plants in their home, with four or less being mature, according to KSTP. Court documents revealed that the SCDIU found 55 fully-grown flowering plants in a building on South Main Street in Winnebago and 185 in two greenhouses on 340th Avenue, according to Star Tribune. Robertson owns the three buildings and p...

Feb. 10, 2024 Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers is now under investigation by Baltimore County Police for an alleged domestic assault. Baltimore County Police gave a statement to the Baltimore Banner, saying the incident allegedly took place Jan. 21, in Owings Mills, Maryland, according to Yahoo Sports. Acton Police Department in Massachusetts is also involved in the investigation but has declined to release any information regarding the investigation due to state laws that keep communications between the police and victims of these types of crimes confidential, according to Yahoo Sports. Baltimore County Police have not charged Flowers with a crime, according to NBC Sports . The Ravens released a statement saying they know about the report, and declined to comment further on the matter according to  a tweet  from Fox Baltimore sports reporter Morgan Adsit. The WR had a promising rookie season for the Ravens, logging 77 receptions, for 858 yards and 5 touchdowns durin...

Feb. 4, 2024  Carl Zimmer covers life sciences for the New York Times and in this episode of The Daily , he discusses a story he recently wrote regarding a major discovery in our understanding of ancient people with host Sabrina Tavernise. Zimmer gives some context regarding the article he wrote, noting that there are two major questions scientists have wondered about for a long time: why do we get sick and where do we come from? He goes on to say that scientists have tried to answer the question of why we get sick by looking back at the lifestyles of our ancestors, specifically asking what challenges they faced, what their health was like, and what genes they carried.  According to Zimmer, researchers have recently made some very big discoveries regarding both human history and diseases simultaneously, in the form of genes that we still carry today. He notes that in the past, researchers were relegated to fossils for studying ancient life, which was difficult due to the limit...

 Feb. 4, 2024 One former and four current NHL players have been charged with sexual assault in connection to an alleged incident on June 19, 2018 in London, Ontario.  Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and former NHL player Alex Formenton were teammates on Canada's 2018 world junior team when the assault happened, according to AP News . The players reportedly left The Hockey Canada gala, an annual two-day fundraising event, after the event wrapped up around 10 p.m. on June 18 and went to a local bar called Joe Kool's, per ESPN . A group of several players then went to Jack's, a popular bar among the many college students in the area. One of the players met a young woman at Jack's and the two would return to his hotel room at the Delta London Armouries Hotel where the two "engaged in sex acts," per ESPN. The player, referred to as John Doe 1, later invited other teamma...

 Feb. 4, 2024 A Willmar Police Officer shot a man wielding a knife and threatening people on Fourth Street Southwest in Willmar, Minnesota on Sunday morning. Officers responded to a call from someone to the 300 block of Fourth Street Southwest where they found the caller outside, according to Kare 11 . While the officers were talking to the caller and gathering information, the man ran out of the house from a nearby doorway and charged at one of the officers. Officers gave the armed man multiple commands to drop the knife and his lack of cooperation led to one officer shooting him, per CBS News . He attempted to run away but the officers caught up to him nearby and provided medical care until he could be transported to Rice Memorial Hospital. The Minnesota Bureau of  Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident and authorities have not released the man's name or age at this time according to CBS News.