Dahmah, Eli JOUR 3101W Spring 2024

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.