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Briefs cont’d from pg 8
13-year-old choirboy and indecently dealing with the
boy and the boy’s 13-year-old friend in the late 1990s,
months after Pell became archbishop of Melbourne.
A court order had suppressed media reporting the
news until last month.
The 77-year-old denies the allegations and will ap-
peal his convictions in the Victoria Court of Appeal
on June 5. It was not immediately clear if he will also
appeal the sentence.
Russia Mocks US Collusion Probe
Ahead of Mueller’s Report
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. special counsel Robert Muel-
ler has yet to release his report about Russian med-
dling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but the
Kremlin has been rehearsing its response for months.
The narrative, shared by President Vladimir Putin,
his top lieutenants and state television, is strikingly
similar to U.S. President Donald Trump’s description
of the investigation as a “witch hunt:” They say the
whole process is about the Democrats’ stubborn re-
fusal to admit that they lost the election.
“They don’t want to acknowledge his victory and do
everything to delegitimize the president,” Putin said
at his annual news conference in December.
Mueller has been looking into whether the Trump
campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the
president obstructed the investigation.
Trump has been widely criticized for failing to
publicly denounce Russia’s interference in the 2016
U.S. election and appearing to accept Putin’s denials
of such activity. Trump’s relationship with Putin has
long been the source of intrigue, both at home and in
world capitals. He has repeatedly praised his author-
itarian peer while straining ties with many of Wash-
ington’s closest allies.
California
Governor
Places
Moratorium on
Executions
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
(AP) — The 737 inmates
on California’s larg-
est-in-the-nation death
row are getting a re-
prieve from Gov. Gavin
Newsom, who plans to
sign an executive order
Wednesday placing a
moratorium on execu-
tions.
Newsom also is with-
drawing the lethal
injection regulations
that death penalty op-
ponents already have
tied up in courts and
shuttering the new ex-
ecution chamber at San
Quentin State Prison
that has never been
used.
“The intentional kill-
ing of another person
is wrong and as gover-
Birding
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the name of this game.
Remember to show re-
spect, you are a visitor
of the bird’s home. You
are an observer not
a disturber. Set your
sites on a tree or area
where you notice avi-
an movement and then
slowly focus your eyes
on a particular bird of
interest. Watch, listen,
be present. What do
you hear? What col-
ors are visible in their
feathers? How many
birds can you count in
one tree? Have fun with
your time. There is no
right or wrong way to
bird watch as long as
you are being respect-
ful and appreciative.
On our visit, we saw
hundreds of migrating
Canadian Geese, a num-
nor, I will not oversee the execution of any individu-
al,” he said in prepared remarks.
Newsom called the death penalty “a failure” that
“has discriminated against defendants who are men-
tally ill, black and brown, or can’t afford expensive
legal representation.” He also said innocent people
have been wrongly convicted and sometimes put to
death.
California hasn’t executed anyone since 2006, when
Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor. And though
voters in 2016 narrowly approved a ballot measure
to speed up the punishment, no condemned inmate
faced imminent execution.
NEW YORK (AP) — Le’Veon Bell sat out a full season
while considering where he’d make his next playmak-
ing moves.
Well-rested, motivated and armed with a new con-
tract, the star running back is joining Sam Darnold
and the New York Jets.
Bell agreed to a deal early Wednesday morning, a
person with direct knowledge of the negotiations told
The Associated Press. The decision ended months of
speculation about where he’d resume his playing ca-
reer after six years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of ano-
nymity because teams can’t officially announce sign-
ings until the start of the new league year Wednesday
afternoon.
ESPN first reported the signing, and said the deal
is for four years and
$52.5 million — includ-
ing $35 million guaran-
teed.
Crash
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ber of House Finches, a
Kestrel and an Ameri-
can Robin. The sky was
beautiful and the air
fresh and crisp. It was
a very awakening expe-
rience. I encourage you
to explore the beauti-
ful land that the Pacific
Northwest offers us
and discover the avian
residents who reside
here. To learn more
about conserving and
preserving our wildlife
in Portland, visit www.
audubonportland.org
or visit the Audubon
Society nature sanctu-
ary, nestled in the heart
of Forest Park. Happy
Birding!
Dr. Jasmine Streeter
is a licensed Veterinar-
ian. In addition to pets,
she writes about lifestyle
and nature. Email her at
drjasmine@theskanner.
com
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In making the deci-
sion to ground the Max
8s in Canada, Transport
Minister Marc Garneau
said a comparison of
vertical
fluctuations
found a “similar pro-
file” between the Ethi-
opian Airlines crash
and the Lion Air crash.
Garneau, a former as-
tronaut who flew in
the space shuttle, em-
phasized that the data
is not conclusive but
crossed a threshold that
prompted Canada to
bar the Max 8.
“This is not the proof
that is the same root
problem,” he said. “It
could be something
else.”
Lebanon and Kosovo
also barred the Boeing
737 Max 8 from their
airspace Wednesday.
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