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Shares of Donald Trump's media and technology firm fell as much as 12% on M=
onday, extending a selloff that has now reduced the value of his stake in t=
he operator of Truth Social to $2.9 billion.After its strong debut in late =
March, investors have soured on Trump Media & Technology Group after the co=
mpany disclosed millions of dollars in losses earlier this month and said i=
t would struggle to meet its financial liabilities.The company's stock clos=
ed 8.4% lower at $37.17 on Monday, a far cry from the record high of $79 it=
 had notched during its debut on March 26. It is down about 40% so far in A=
pril.The declines are reducing a potential windfall for Trump who could sel=
l his shares to raise money for his 2024 presidential campaign and legal ex=
penses, although lock-up restrictions for six months could prevent him from=
 selling or borrowing against his shareholding.Former U.S. President Trump =
- who owns about 78.75 million shares in the company - has seen a sharp sli=
de in the valuation of his stake from around $6 billion last month.The mark=
et value of whole of Trump Media & Technology Group is now below that figur=
e, at about $5.55 billion.But the declines are welcome news for short-selle=
rs who have suffered hefty losses on the stock so far this year.Trump Media=
 & Technology Group has a short interest of about 4.75 million shares, or 1=
2% of its free float, according to analytics firm S3 Partners.Monday's decl=
ine meant those betting against the stock made about $16 million in market-=
to-market profits, though those shorting the stock are still down 69% for t=
he year."DJT's recent price weakness has offset the huuuuge financing costs=
 short sellers are incurring and keeping many of them in the trade," said I=
hor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3 Partners.Po=
liticians and news outlets in Colorado expressed anger over the expulsion f=
rom a Republican gathering this weekend of an experienced politics reporter=
 who was told that the state party chairman "believes current reporting to =
be very unfair."Journalists and prominent politicians, including the former=
 chair of the Colorado Republican Party, came to the defense of Colorado Su=
n reporter Sandra Fish and against current state GOP Chairman Dave Williams=
, who said he had =E2=80=9Cno apologies=E2=80=9D for ejecting Fish.The cont=
roversy follows the contours of attacks on the press nationally, partly bro=
ught on by former President Donald Trump with the popularization of the ter=
m =E2=80=9Cfake news." The ejection also appears to have influenced an endo=
rsement Monday in the Republican primary race.The state Republican Party an=
nounced on the social media platform X that it was endorsing U.S. Rep. Laur=
en Boebert over one of her primary opponents, Deborah Flora, in the state's=
 4th Congressional District race, partly because =E2=80=9CDeb Flora lied ab=
out participating in the CD4 Assembly process, & now she=E2=80=99s boot lic=
king fake journalists who only help Democrats."The post was a direct reply =
to Flora's post on X defending Fish, in which Flora said the expulsion was =
=E2=80=9Cwrong and a violation of the First Amendment.=E2=80=9DThe chairman=
, who introduces himself on the state GOP website as =E2=80=9CDave =
=E2=80=98Let=E2=80=99s Go Brandon' Williams,=E2=80=9D is seeking the nomina=
tion to run for the 5th District seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Lam=
born, who is retiring from Congress.In a text, the MAGA-aligned Williams sa=
id he had no apologies for kicking Fish out of the assembly in Pueblo on Sa=
turday and accused her of being a =E2=80=9Cfake journalist=E2=80=9D and The=
 Colorado Sun of being biased. When asked by text for examples, Williams di=
d not respond. The Colorado Sun is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisa=
n news outlet that covers Colorado.=E2=80=9CI invite anyone to share any ex=
ample of The Colorado Sun or Sandra Fish being unfair or inaccurate. So far=
 I have heard nothing,=E2=80=9D said Larry Ryckman, editor of the news outl=
et. =E2=80=9CThe Founding Fathers weren=E2=80=99t any big fans of newspaper=
s back in the day. But they understood that a healthy democracy demands fre=
e, unfettered press.=E2=80=9DThe assembly about two hours south of Denver w=
as partly to select representatives to the Republican National Committee an=
d to work on a party platform for the election.=E2=80=9CThere are 900,000 R=
epublicans in the state of Colorado and a lot of unaffiliated voters who ar=
e interested in what happens at this assembly. And how they find out is via=
 reporters like me being there to cover it," Fish told The Associated Press=
 by phone Monday.=E2=80=9CI am, as one person on Twitter noted, a little ol=
d lady and I=E2=80=99ve been in this business for a long time, and I just d=
on=E2=80=99t think it=E2=80=99s right to eject a reporter from a meeting li=
ke this," said Fish, who has covered politics since 1982.Fish said she hear=
d rumors prior to the event that she'd be barred from attending, and she as=
ked event organizer, Eric Grossman, who texted her Thursday that he'd get b=
ack to her.=E2=80=9CThanks. I've been covering these assemblies for at leas=
t seven cycles and have never had issues before,=E2=80=9D Fish texted back.=
 Ryckman attempted to reach Williams on Thursday night to discuss, but said=
 Williams never responded.Before dawn on Saturday, Grossman texted Fish say=
ing she wouldn't be included on the press list and that =E2=80=9Cthe state =
chairman believes current reporting to be very unfair.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=9CI w=
ent anyway because, come on, this should be an open event,=E2=80=9D said Fi=
sh, who was checked in and given press credentials that she wore around her=
 neck along with a Colorado Sun nametag.About an hour later, security asked=
 her to leave. Fish showed her press credentials, then Grossman arrived and=
 soon a sheriff's deputy was called. Fish left with the deputy.=E2=80=9CWe =
make no apologies for kicking out a fake journalist, who actually snuck int=
o our event,=E2=80=9D Williams said in a text. =E2=80=9CHer publication is =
just an extension of the Democrat Party's PR efforts, and the only backlash=
 we see is from the fake news media, radical Democrats, and establishment R=
INOs who hate our conservative base.=E2=80=9DGrossman, in a text, said Fish=
's actions were "a selfish political stunt."Republican state Sen. Barbara K=
irkmeyer defended the reporter, writing in a post on X: =E2=80=9CSandra Fis=
h is a fair; honest and respected reporter, as a Republican I=E2=80=99m emb=
arrassed by the GOP chair."Former Colorado Republican Party chair Kristi Bu=
rton Brown also chimed in on X, describing Fish as =E2=80=9Chard-hitting bu=
t fair. ... This is a dangerous take by the current (Colorado GOP). ... Tra=
nsparency is necessary for our nation.=E2=80=9DAmong other stories, Fish ha=
s reported on how the Colorado Republican Party under Williams=E2=80=99 lea=
dership paid for mailers that subtly attacked one of Williams=E2=80=99 prim=
ary opponents, and that fundraising slowed under his chairmanship.Security =
video captured most of an ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three corre=
ctions officers with gunshot wounds and allowed a white supremacist prison =
gang member to escape, a police detective testified Monday.The testimony fr=
om Matthew Canfield, a violent crimes detective with the Boise Police Depar=
tment, came during a preliminary hearing for Skylar Meade, the inmate charg=
ed with escaping from a hospital last month when an accomplice opened fire =
on guards who had been transporting him back to prison.Nicholas Umphenour, =
who police say did the shooting, and Tia Garcia, who is accused of having p=
rovided the car the pair used to escape, had their preliminary hearings set=
 for April 29.Prosecutors did not play the surveillance video in court but =
submitted it as an exhibit. Magistrate Judge Abraham Wingrove found that th=
ere was enough evidence to send the case against Meade to district court. H=
is arraignment was set for April 17.Video clips show three Department of Co=
rrection officers escorting Meade to the prison transport van from the emer=
gency department when they "are approached by another individual who appear=
s to point an object at them and shoot and fire rounds at them,=E2=80=9D Ca=
nfield said.The video also shows Meade and the shooter running to a parked =
vehicle, which they used to flee, Canfield said.Part of the encounter is bl=
ocked by the prison transport van itself, Canfield said.Investigators have =
also obtained video from a private ambulance that was parked in the emergen=
cy bay during the escape.The attack on the corrections officers came just a=
fter 2 a.m. on March 20 in the ambulance bay of Saint Alphonsus Regional Me=
dical Center. Meade was brought to the hospital earlier in the night becaus=
e he injured himself, officials said, but he refused treatment upon arrival=
.Two corrections officers were wounded in the attack and a third was shot b=
y responding police officers who mistook him for the gunman. All are expect=
ed to recover.Meade and Umphenour are each being held on $2 million bail. A=
uthorities said they are also suspected of killing two men during their 36 =
hours on the run =E2=80=94 one in Clearwater County and one in Nez Perce Co=
unty, both about a seven-hour drive north of where they were arrested in Tw=
in Falls, Idaho. No charges have been filed in the deaths.The victims have =
been identified as James L. Mauney, 83, of Juliaetta, Idaho, who was report=
ed missing when he failed to return from walking his dogs, and Gerald Don H=
enderson, 72, who was found dead outside his remote cabin near Orofino, Ida=
ho.Henderson had taken in Umphenour for about a month when he was in his la=
te teens, according to authorities. Police said Umphenour and Meade stole M=
auney=E2=80=99s minivan and used it to get to the Twin Falls area.Idaho Dep=
artment of Correction officials have said Meade and Umphenour are members o=
f the Aryan Knights white supremacist prison gang, which federal prosecutor=
s have described as a =E2=80=9Cscourge=E2=80=9D in the state=E2=80=99s peni=
tentiary system.Meade, 31, was serving 20 years at the Idaho Maximum Securi=
ty Institution in Kuna, south of Boise, for shooting at a sheriff=E2=80=
=99s sergeant during a chase. Umphenour was released from the same lockup i=
n January after serving time for theft and gun convictions.The two were at =
times housed together and had mutual friends in and out of prison, official=
s said. Meade recently had been held in solitary confinement because offici=
als deemed him a security risk.One other person has been charged in connect=
ion with the escape: Tonia Huber, who was driving the truck Meade was in wh=
en he was arrested, according to investigators. Huber has been charged with=
 harboring a fugitive, eluding police and drug possession.The man charged w=
ith setting a fire outside the Vermont office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders h=
ad been staying at an area hotel for nearly two months and was spotted outs=
ide Sanders=E2=80=99 office the day before and the day of the fire, accordi=
ng to court paperwork filed by a federal agent.Shant Michael Soghomonian, 3=
5, who was previously from Northridge, California, entered the building on =
Friday and went to Sanders=E2=80=99 third-floor office where security video=
 showed him dumping a liquid on the bottom of the door and setting it afire=
 with a lighter, according to the special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,=
 Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.The building=E2=80=99s interior suffered =
some damage from the fire and sprinklers that doused the area with water, b=
ut no one was hurt. Sanders, an independent, was not in the office at the t=
ime. Seven employees working in the office at the time were unharmed and ab=
le to evacuate.The agent who investigated spotted what appeared to be the r=
emains of a canister of lighter fluid and a red cap on the floor near the o=
ffice door.Soghomonian was arrested Sunday on a charge of using fire to dam=
age a building used in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. attorney =
for Vermont. He had been staying at the Inn at Burlington in South Burlingt=
on for several weeks, an employee told authorities, according to the affida=
vit.When police knocked on the hotel room door, they heard a male saying he=
 was getting dressed, according to an application to search the hotel room =
and a vehicle with New York plates. Officers then heard what sounded like t=
he man dragging heavy items near the door. Officers got a key and attempted=
 to open the door but it was blocked, according to the court document. They=
 forced the door open and arrested Soghomonian without incident, they said.=
Sanders said in a statement that he is =E2=80=9Cdeeply grateful to the swif=
t, professional, coordinated efforts of local, state, and federal law enfor=
cement in response to the fire=E2=80=9D and thankful that none of the peopl=
e in the office were hurt.The motive remained unclear. It was not immediate=
ly known if Soghomonian had a lawyer, and an initial court appearance had n=
ot been set, officials said. A phone message left with the Chittenden Count=
y public defenders' office was not immediately returned. Soghomonian was be=
ing held at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.The cri=
me carries a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $=
250,000.The case was investigated by police departments in Burlington, Shel=
burne and Williston; Vermont State Police; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, =
Firearms and Explosives; and U.S. Capitol Police, officials said.CAIRO (Reu=
ters) - Hamas said early on Tuesday Israel's proposal that it received from=
 Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestini=
an factions.However, the group added in a statement it would study the prop=
osal, which it described as =E2=80=9Cintransigent=E2=80=9D, and deliver its=
 response to the mediators.A Hamas official told Reuters on Monday that the=
 group has rejected the Israeli ceasefire proposal made at talks in Cairo, =
and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set for an in=
vasion of Rafah, Gaza's last refuge for displaced Palestinians.Israel and H=
amas sent teams to Egypt on Sunday for talks that included Qatari and Egypt=
ian mediators as well as CIA Director William Burns.Burn's presence underli=
ned rising pressure from Israel's main ally the U.S. for a deal that would =
free Israeli hostages held in Gaza and get aid to Palestinian civilians lef=
t destitute by six months of conflict.But senior Hamas official Ali Baraka =
told Reuters: "We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian sid=
e informed us of. The politburo met today and decided this."Another Hamas o=
fficial had earlier told Reuters that no progress had been made in the nego=
tiations."There is no change in the position of the occupation (Israel) and=
 therefore, there is nothing new in the Cairo talks," the Hamas official, w=
ho asked not to be identified, told Reuters. "There is no progress yet."Isr=
ael said it was keen to reach a prisoners-for-hostages deal, by which it wo=
uld free a number of Palestinians jailed in its prisons in return for the h=
ostages in Gaza, but it wasn't ready to end the military offensive before i=
t invaded Rafah.Hamas wants any agreement to secure an end to Israeli milit=
ary offensive, get Israeli forces out of Gaza and allow the displaced to re=
turn to their homes across the enclave.Rafah is the last refuge for Palesti=
nian civilians displaced by relentless Israeli bombardments that have flatt=
ened their home neighbourhoods. It is also the last significant redoubt of =
Hamas combat units, Israel says.More than one million people are crammed in=
to the southern city in desperate conditions, short of food, water and shel=
ter, and foreign governments and organisations have urged Israel against st=
orming Rafah for fears of a bloodbath."We are constantly working to achieve=
 our goals, first and foremost the release of all our hostages and achievin=
g a complete victory over Hamas," Netanyahu said."This victory requires ent=
ry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. It wil=
l happen - there is a date." He did not specify the date.Of the 253 people =
Hamas seized on Oct. 7, 133 hostages remain captive. Negotiators have spoke=
n of around 40 going free in the first stage of a prospective deal.As a dea=
dly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartli=
dge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close=
.Cartlidge huddled with her husband and three sons on the living room floor=
 of their Rolling Fork mobile home, its thin walls all that separated the f=
amily from 200 mph (320 kph) winds.=E2=80=9CI was holding my baby so tight.=
 I said =E2=80=98Baby, I=E2=80=99m probably hurting you right now, but I ju=
st can=E2=80=99t let you go,=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D she recalled.Then the tornad=
o hit, and the home was gone. The twister launched Cartlidge into the air a=
nd pulled Nolan from her arms. She remembers seeing him floating above her,=
 as though both were suspended in the air.She landed with a thud. Miraculou=
sly, Nolan fell on her chest. He was the only family member to escape the s=
torm unscathed.The tornado that destroyed Cartlidge's home last March kille=
d 14 of Rolling Fork=E2=80=99s roughly 1,700 residents and reduced the town=
 to rubble as it charted a merciless path across one of the country=
=E2=80=99s poorest regions. For the people there, a complicated story of st=
ruggle and resilience has emerged in the year since the storm changed every=
thing and exposed vulnerabilities many survivors had been dealing with long=
 before March 2023.The Cartlidge family spent the next year in a cramped mo=
tel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced n=
eighbors.=E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s still a lot of suffering,=E2=80=9D Sen. J=
oseph Thomas, who represents Rolling Fork in the state Legislature, said in=
 a recent interview. =E2=80=9CAnd you=E2=80=99re looking at an area that wa=
s already depressed.=E2=80=9DRolling Fork is in Sharkey County, where the p=
overty rate hovers around 35% =E2=80=94 nearly double Mississippi=E2=80=
=99s roughly 19% rate and triple the nation=E2=80=99s nearly 12% rate, acco=
rding to the U.S. Census Bureau.Before the storm, Cartlidge, 33, and her hu=
sband, Charles Jones, 59, had forged a quiet life in a long, narrow three-b=
edroom, two-bath mobile home with their sons: Jakavien, 13, Amarii, 12, and=
 Nolan. She worked in customer service for an appliance company and Jones w=
as a mechanic for a local auto parts shop.Cartlidge suffered a crushed pelv=
is and broken shoulder in the tornado. Jakavien punctured a lung and shatte=
red bones in his spine and shoulder blade. Amarri had deep lacerations on h=
is back and ankles. Jones injured his ribs and spine.The mobile home park w=
here they lived was also home to most of the 14 people who died in the torn=
ado. Large families crowded into one- or two-bedroom units, which helped of=
fset the financial strain endemic to a region where stable jobs are scarce.=
Sharkey County lost nearly 400 jobs after the tornado, according to Rolling=
 Fork Mayor Eldridge Walker. The tornado laid waste to about 300 structures=
, including numerous homes and businesses, which meant lost tax revenue for=
 the city, he said. In February 2024, Walker wrote to Thomas pleading for a=
dditional state funds.The city=E2=80=99s infrastructure suffered millions o=
f dollars in damage. Public buildings, streets and the city=E2=80=99s sewer=
 and drainage systems either sustained severe damage or were destroyed. One=
 year after the tornado, buildings throughout town remain boarded up, and t=
he remnants of destroyed properties dot the landscape.The local high school=
 remains closed because of lingering damage, leaving students to ride buses=
 to nearby towns. Destroyed vehicles still hinder residents' ability to nav=
igate their daily lives.=E2=80=9CPeople were displaced from their transport=
ation networks," said William Keith, who worked on disaster response for th=
e American Red Cross. =E2=80=9CA lot of people went to the grocery store wi=
th their neighbor next door, or they had a buddy a couple blocks away, and =
then went to work with them.=E2=80=9DAfter everyone was discharged from the=
 hospital, the Cartlidge family moved into a two-bed motel room only minute=
s down the highway from where their mobile home used to be. The Rolling For=
k Motel is a one-story brick building with green doors and a bright yellow =
sign that looms over Route 61, known as the =E2=80=9CBlues Highway.=
=E2=80=9DMusic is integral to Rolling Fork's history. Blues legend Muddy Wa=
ters is a native son. The highway running through town symbolizes the genre=
=E2=80=99s popular theme of packing up and leaving one=E2=80=99s troubles b=
ehind, according to the Mississippi Blues Commission.Convincing locals to s=
tay is a harder proposition these days.More than 70% of Rolling Fork reside=
nts displaced by the tornado were renters. Housing assistance programs run =
by nonprofits stepped in after the tornado, but most are geared toward home=
owners rather than renters or people who lived with family members, Thomas =
said.Queen=E2=80=99terica Jones, 23, lived with her mother, Erica =E2=80=
=9CNikki=E2=80=9D Moore, and three children in a mobile home just down the =
street from the Cartlidge place. On the evening of the tornado, she found h=
er mother=E2=80=99s lifeless body facedown amid the rubble.Jones had no leg=
al rights to her mother=E2=80=99s property and didn=E2=80=99t have the docu=
ments required by many programs that financed new mobile homes for displace=
d residents. Objects that had previously seemed ordinary =E2=80=94 housing =
documents, family heirlooms, tax returns =E2=80=94 suddenly took on life-al=
tering significance for her.=E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s a hard period. From losin=
g your mom to having to start all over again,=E2=80=9D Jones said. =
=E2=80=9CJesus, that=E2=80=99s a whole lot.=E2=80=9DWithout stable work and=
 housing, Jones has moved between the homes of friends and family members s=
ince the storm. It's a common story in Rolling Fork, where public services =
and steady work that had always been elusive grew even more scarce in the s=
torm's aftermath.=E2=80=9CTowns such as Rolling Fork generally have a small=
er tax base with fewer economic resources to respond and recover from such =
disasters,=E2=80=9D said Ryan Thomson, a professor of rural sociology at Au=
burn University. =E2=80=9CFederal and state aid oftentimes lag behind local=
 needs.=E2=80=9DNonprofits, the state and the federal government rallied to=
 help. But if the assistance doesn=E2=80=99t address some of the town's lin=
gering needs, officials fear an exodus is likely.=E2=80=9CWe are striving f=
or a better Rolling Fork,=E2=80=9D Walker wrote in his letter to Thomas. =
=E2=80=9CAnd the chance to keep our people in this town.=E2=80=9DThe Red Cr=
oss paid for extended stays at the Rolling Fork Motel for displaced residen=
ts, and for months, volunteers clad in red vests doled out groceries and su=
pplies to weary residents. They stacked whatever the storm hadn=E2=80=99t c=
arried off in corners and made room for donated packages of Cup Noodles and=
 Capri Sun.For nearly a full year in that cramped motel room, the Cartlidge=
 family lived with only basic necessities. But they had owned their destroy=
ed mobile home, making them eligible for a new one through a nonprofit call=
ed Samaritan=E2=80=99s Purse.In February, they moved into a renovated trail=
er near downtown, with a "Home Sweet Home" mat greeting them at the door. T=
hey cried in each other's arms upon seeing the property.That night, Ida ser=
ved the children popcorn and soda on a platter and they all watched horror =
films =E2=80=94 none as scary as the nightmare they=E2=80=99d lived through=
 together a year earlier.Then they went to bed, each in their own room.The =
Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave =
violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanas=
ia as practices that it said reject God=E2=80=99s plan for human life.The V=
atican=E2=80=99s doctrine office issued =E2=80=9CInfinite Dignity,=E2=80=
=9D a 20-page declaration that has been in the works for five years. After =
substantial revision in recent months, it was approved March 25 by Pope Fra=
ncis, who ordered its publication.From a pope who has made outreach to the =
LGBTQ+ community a hallmark of his papacy, the document was received as a s=
etback, albeit predictable, by trans Catholics. But its message was also co=
nsistent with the Argentine Jesuit's long-standing belief that while trans =
people should be welcomed in the church, so-called =E2=80=9Cgender ideologi=
es=E2=80=9D should not.In its most eagerly anticipated section, the Vatican=
 repeated its rejection of =E2=80=9Cgender theory,=E2=80=9D or the idea tha=
t one=E2=80=99s biological sex can change. It said God created man and woma=
n as biologically different, separate beings, and said people must not tink=
er with that or try to "make oneself God.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=9CIt follows that =
any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignit=
y the person has received from the moment of conception,=E2=80=9D the docum=
ent said.It distinguished between gender-affirming surgeries, which it reje=
cted, and =E2=80=9Cgenital abnormalities=E2=80=9D that are present at birth=
 or that develop later. Those abnormalities can be =E2=80=9Cresolved=
=E2=80=9D with the help of health care professionals, it said.Advocates for=
 LGBTQ+ Catholics immediately criticized the document as outdated, harmful =
and contrary to the stated goal of recognizing the =E2=80=9Cinfinite dignit=
y=E2=80=9D of all of God's children. They warned it could have real-world e=
ffects on trans people, fueling anti-trans violence and discrimination.=
=E2=80=9CWhile it lays out a wonderful rationale for why each human being, =
regardless of condition in life, must be respected, honored, and loved, it =
does not apply this principle to gender-diverse people,=E2=80=9D said Franc=
is DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for LGBTQ+ Catholics.Ni=
colete Burbach, lead expert in social and environmental justice at the Lond=
on Jesuit Centre, said the document showed the Vatican continues to fail to=
 engage with queer and feminist approaches to the body =E2=80=9Cwhich it si=
mply dismisses as supposedly subjecting both the body and human dignity its=
elf to human whims.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=9CI think the main difficulty faced by t=
he document is that it attempts to affirm the church=E2=80=99s authentic co=
mmitment to human dignity in the face of a troubling history on the part of=
 the church itself around attacks on that dignity,=E2=80=9D said Burbach, a=
 trans Catholic theologian who researches transness and the Catholic Church=
.The document=E2=80=99s existence, rumored since 2019, was confirmed in rec=
ent weeks by the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith=
, Argentine Cardinal V=C3=ADctor Manuel Fern=C3=A1ndez, a close Francis con=
fidant.Fern=C3=A1ndez had cast the document as something of a nod to conser=
vatives after he authored a more explosive document approving blessings for=
 same-sex couples that sparked criticism from conservative bishops around t=
he world, especially in Africa.And yet, in an apparent attempt at balance, =
the document takes pointed aim at countries =E2=80=94 including many in Afr=
ica =E2=80=94 that criminalize homosexuality. It echoed Francis' assertion =
in a 2023 interview with The Associated Press that =E2=80=9Cbeing homosexua=
l is not a crime."The new document denounces =E2=80=9Cas contrary to human =
dignity the fact that, in some places, not a few people are imprisoned, tor=
tured, and even deprived of the good of life solely because of their sexual=
 orientation.=E2=80=9DThe White House said President Joe Biden, a devout Ca=
tholic, was =E2=80=9Cpleased=E2=80=9D to see that the declaration =E2=80=
=9Cfurthers the Vatican=E2=80=99s call to ensure that LGBTQ+ (individuals) =
are protected from violence and imprisonment around the world,=E2=80=9D pre=
ss secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.On the specifics involving gender theo=
ry, Jean-Pierre stressed that it was not Biden=E2=80=99s role to =E2=80=
=9Clitigate internal church policy.=E2=80=9DAsked how its negative take on =
trans people squared with Francis=E2=80=99 message of welcome, Fern=C3=
=A1ndez said the welcome remained but that the pope fervently believed that=
 the idea that gender was fluid =E2=80=9Crather than helping to recognize d=
ignity, impoverishes the vision=E2=80=9D of a man and woman coming together=
 to create new life.The document is something of a repackaging of previousl=
y articulated Vatican positions, read now through the prism of human dignit=
y. It restates well-known Catholic doctrine opposing abortion and euthanasi=
a, and adds to the list some of Francis=E2=80=99 main concerns as pope: the=
 threats to human dignity posed by poverty, war, human trafficking, the dea=
th penalty and forced migration.In a newly articulated position, it says su=
rrogacy violates both the dignity of the surrogate mother and the child.Whi=
le much attention about surrogacy has focused on possible exploitation of p=
oor women as surrogates, the Vatican asserts that the child "has the right =
to have a fully human (and not artificially induced) origin and to receive =
the gift of a life that manifests both the dignity of the giver and that of=
 the receiver.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=9CConsidering this, the legitimate desire to =
have a child cannot be transformed into a =E2=80=98right to a child=
=E2=80=99 that fails to respect the dignity of that child as the recipient =
of the gift of life,=E2=80=9D it said.The Vatican had previously published =
its most articulated position on gender in 2019, when the Congregation for =
Catholic Education rejected the idea that people can choose or change their=
 genders and insisted on the complementarity of biologically male and femal=
e sex organs to create new life.The new document from the more authoritativ=
e Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith quotes from that 2019 education d=
ocument, but tempers the tone. Significantly, it doesn=E2=80=99t repeat Vat=
ican doctrine that homosexual people deserve to be treated with dignity and=
 respect but that homosexual actions are =E2=80=9Cintrinsically disordered.=
=E2=80=9DIn a news conference to introduce the document, Fern=C3=A1ndez ack=
nowledged that the =E2=80=9Cintrinsically disordered=E2=80=9D language was =
very strong. He suggested there might be a better way, "with other words," =
to express the church's vision of sex between husband and wife to create ne=
w life.Francis has ministered to trans Catholics, including trans sex worke=
rs, and insisted that the Catholic Church must welcome all children of God.=
But he has also denounced =E2=80=9Cgender theory=E2=80=9D as the =E2=80=
=9Cworst danger=E2=80=9D facing humanity today, an =E2=80=9Cugly ideology=
=E2=80=9D that threatens to cancel out God-given differences between man an=
d woman. He has blasted in particular what he calls the =E2=80=9Cideologica=
l colonization=E2=80=9D of the West in the developing world, where developm=
ent aid is sometimes conditioned on adopting Western ideas about gender.Tra=
nsgender activists immediately called the document =E2=80=9Churtful=
=E2=80=9D and devoid of the voices and experiences of real trans people, es=
pecially in the distinction it makes between gender-affirming surgeries and=
 surgeries on intersex people.=E2=80=9CThe suggestion that gender-affirming=
 health care =E2=80=94 which has saved the lives of so many wonderful trans=
 people and enabled them to live in harmony with their bodies, their commun=
ities and (God) =E2=80=94 might risk or diminish trans people's dignity is =
not only hurtful but dangerously ignorant,=E2=80=9D said Mara Klein, a nonb=
inary, transgender activist who has participated in Germany=E2=80=99s churc=
h reform project.Klein said the Vatican =E2=80=9Chypocrisy=E2=80=9D was fur=
thered by the document's approval of surgery on intersex people, =E2=80=
=9Cwhich if performed without consent especially on minors often cause imme=
nse physical and psychological harm.=E2=80=9DThe document comes at a time o=
f some backlash against transgender people, including in the United States =
where Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bill=
s restricting medical care for transgender youths =E2=80=94 and in some cas=
es, adults.=E2=80=9COn top of the rising hostility towards our communities,=
 we are faced with a church that does not listen and refuses to see the bea=
uty of creation that can be found in our biographies,=E2=80=9D Klein said i=
n an email.Poland's local and regional elections over the weekend failed to=
 give Prime Minister Donald Tusk the sweeping victory he had hoped for in h=
is efforts to reverse eight years of rule by a populist party that was accu=
sed by the European Union of eroding democratic norms.Exit polls released a=
fter voting closed Sunday show that Tusk=E2=80=99s centrist Civic Coalition=
 did well in big cities, where it is popular with social liberals. However,=
 the opposition Law and Justice party won more votes in elections for the c=
ountry=E2=80=99s 16 regional assemblies, maintaining its dominance in conse=
rvative rural areas in eastern Poland.The elections were a test for Tusk fo=
ur months after he returned to power as prime minister, a job he held previ=
ously from 2007-2014.He won on promises to restore judicial independence an=
d democratic guardrails after changes to the judiciary led the EU to cut bi=
llions of euros in funding to Poland.Funding is being restored but Tusk sti=
ll faces a difficult path. New laws must be passed to reverse many of the j=
udicial changes. Meanwhile his vow to liberalize the country's strict abort=
ion law is being hampered by conservatives within his governing coalition.T=
he results from Sunday's vote show that Poland remains deeply divided and t=
hat Tusk continues to face a formidable opponent in the conservative Law an=
d Justice party and in its 74-year-old leader Jaros=C5=82aw Kaczy=C5=84ski.=
Some had dismissed Law and Justice after they lost power at the national le=
vel last year. But on Monday it was clear that the party, which ruled from =
2015-2023, remains a force even though it's lost some of the advantages it =
had when in power. That includes control over public media, a tool it used =
for years to push party propaganda. Tusk's government stripped his opponent=
s' political control over taxpayer-funded media in one of its earliest move=
s.According to an exit poll by Ipsos, Law and Justice won 33.7% and Tusk's =
Civic Coalition 31.9%. The state electoral committee was still counting vot=
es on Monday.Tusk also has reasons to be pleased following the election.His=
 allies won key mayoral roles, including in the capital. Warsaw Mayor Rafa=
=C5=82 Trzaskowski celebrated a sweeping reelection victory, with nearly 60=
% of the votes won on Sunday. That puts him in a strong position ahead of a=
n expected run for the presidency next year, when President Andrzej Duda wi=
ll finish his second and final term. Trzaskowski, now 52, barely lost to Du=
da in the 2020 presidential race.Tusk's party, the Civic Coalition, was als=
o projected to increase its control over the regional assemblies. The parti=
es in his national governing coalition =E2=80=94 which includes the Third W=
ay and the Left =E2=80=94 together won about 52%.The Third Way was projecte=
d to get 13.5%, a solid result for a new electoral group that includes an a=
grarian party and is conservative on social issues. But it was a poor showi=
ng for the Left, which was projected to win just 6.8%.Tusk, in a post on so=
cial platform X early Monday, said he was happy about his party's =E2=80=
=9Crecord victory in cities=E2=80=9D and the new advantage it had gained in=
 the regional assemblies. But he expressed worries about =E2=80=9Cdemobiliz=
ation, especially among young people, failure in the east and in the countr=
yside.A ransomware attack that has affecting New Mexico Highlands Universit=
y for nearly a week so far has caused officials to cancel classes through T=
uesday.It's the latest in a string of cyberattacks targeting state entities=
.New Mexico Highland's Information Technology Services department identifie=
d a technology issue on April 3, verifying a few days later that the networ=
k issue stemmed from a ransomware attack.The hack caused the Las Vegas, New=
 Mexico, university to cancel all classes from Wednesday afternoon, through=
 Tuesday, as of Monday afternoon.The attack was identified on the server th=
at operates the college's internal portal for staff, students and faculty, =
university spokesperson David Lepre said, which is necessary in order to co=
nduct classes.Lepre said a majority of the campus also accesses payroll thr=
ough the college's network, so New Mexico Highlands set up a help center fo=
r people to log their time via phone instead. The university is working to =
make sure employees and student employees get paid on time, according to an=
 online page with updates on the cyberattack.New Mexico Highlands is still =
investigating the ransomware attack and then can start mitigation work once=
 officials know the full extent of the hack, Lepre said.He said the univers=
ity has been working with the state's Department of Information Technology =
and the Higher Education Department to resolve the issue."We're just workin=
g as fast as we can to restore service as soon as possible to the campus co=
mmunity," he said.There should be another update from the university on the=
 status of the attack Tuesday afternoon, Lepre said.He said that according =
to New Mexico Highlands University's vendors, which specialize in cybersecu=
rity and mitigation, the school isn't the first state entity to be attacked=
 by this specific group. He said he personally didn't have the name of the =
entity and it wouldn't be in the public interest to publicize it anyway.Las=
t week, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order focused on en=
hancing cybersecurity protection among state agencies. She wrote in the ord=
er that "a surge in cybersecurity breaches and hacks poses a severe threat =
to the integrity of sensitive information held by state agencies."The order=
 directs the state's IT department to conduct IT and security assessments o=
n state agencies. By Nov. 1, state agencies have to comply with specific se=
curity protocols from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.In=
 the order, Lujan Grisham encouraged public bodies that weren't required to=
 follow the cybersecurity rules to do so anyway."Cybersecurity is not just =
a technological issue; it's a matter of public safety and national security=
," Lujan Grisham said in a statement. "That's why I've taken decisive actio=
n to fortify the resilience of our state agencies against potential cyber i=
ntrusions."A cybersecurity measure was one of the few bills that got throug=
h lawmakers in the most recent Legislature but not the governor. It was one=
 of two pocket-vetoed bills.Sen. Michael Padilla, D-Albuquerque, previously=
 told the Journal if he's reelected, he plans to introduce a larger, more c=
omprehensive IT package next year that would include the 2024 session bill,=
 which he believed needed more work.A woman was arrested after performing m=
ultiple doughnuts inside a Hobby Lobby parking lot and then leading police =
on a car chase in Northeast Albuquerque.Kathryn Edmiston, 21, of Albuquerqu=
e is being charged with two counts of aggravated fleeing law enforcement an=
d reckless driving, Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Rebecca Atkin=
s said.She is being held in the Metropolitan Detention Center. It is unknow=
n if she has an attorney.Edmiston's arrest was part of APD's citywide illeg=
al street racing operation, which resulted in officers breaking up three se=
parate events over the weekend and issuing 38 citations in the Valley, Nort=
heast and Northwest Area Commands, Atkins said.According to police, one of =
the events involved Edmiston in Northeast Albuquerque.A criminal complaint =
filed at Metropolitan Court states that on March 30, an APD officer saw a d=
river in a white Dodge Charger =E2=80=94 later identified as Edmiston =
=E2=80=94 do doughnuts inside the Hobby Lobby parking lot, near Montgomery =
and Eubank.The complaint states the officer then put their lights and siren=
s on to "affect a stop" for reckless driving, but instead, Edmiston did "on=
e or two more" doughnuts before fleeing onto Eubank at a "high rate of spee=
d."According to police, she accelerated south on Eubank and turned off her =
lights. The vehicle was later found traveling southbound on Interstate 25, =
where the driver got onto Interstate 40 and before getting off at the Louis=
iana exit.The complaint states she again turned off her vehicle lights and =
sped southbound on Louisiana before turning into a residential area. Other =
officers saw the vehicle near Eubank and Montgomery and identified her as t=
he driver through a photo provided by the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division=
.On Friday, Edmiston was arrested inside a Maverick gas station in the 5000=
 block of Jefferson after officers noticed her parked vehicle, according to=
 police.The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush money cas=
e in New York has approved a questionnaire for jury selection and instructi=
ons for prospective jurors in the trial, which is set to begin next week.In=
 a letter Monday, state Judge Juan Merchan provided attorneys in the case w=
ith a jury questionnaire that consists of 42 numbered questions on a range =
of topics. The form does not ask about party affiliation, political contrib=
utions or voting history.Merchan pushed back against a contention by Trump'=
s attorneys that potential jurors=E2=80=99 political affiliations and wheth=
er they like Trump is important to jury selection, saying that =E2=80=9Ccon=
trary to defense counsel=E2=80=99s arguments, the purpose of jury selection=
 is not to determine whether a prospective juror likes or does not like one=
 of the parties.=E2=80=9D"Such questions are irrelevant because they do not=
 go to the issue of the prospective juror=E2=80=99s qualifications," Mercha=
n wrote. "The ultimate issue is whether the prospective juror can ensure us=
 that they will set aside any personal feelings or biases and render a deci=
sion that is based on the evidence and the law."The form asks prospective j=
urors numerous questions, including:Their neighborhoods, professions, emplo=
yers (present and past), marital status, hobbies and interests, and relatio=
nships with others who have been victims of crimes or, alternatively, have =
worked in places like the FBI or prosecutors=E2=80=99 offices or in crimina=
l lawWhether because =E2=80=9Cpolitical, moral, intellectual, or religious =
beliefs or opinions=E2=80=9D they would be unable to follow the judge=
=E2=80=99s instructions or render a verdictWhether they've read any of eith=
er Mark Pomerantz=E2=80=99s or Michael Cohen=E2=80=99s books about the alle=
ged crimes and/or the investigation that led to the hush money case and whe=
ther what they have read or heard via audiobook =E2=80=9Caffects your abili=
ty to be a fair or impartial juror in this case=E2=80=9DAbout their persona=
l, familial or close friends=E2=80=99 ties to Trump or the Trump Organizati=
on before it addresses whether they have engaged in certain activities that=
 would reflect political support for Trump or =E2=80=9Cany anti-Trump group=
 or organization=E2=80=9D and/or extremist movementsWhether they practice =
=E2=80=9Ca religion that would prevent you from sitting as a juror on any p=
articular weekday or weeknight=E2=80=9D; Merchan noted in his letter that i=
f any observant Jews are selected as jurors, the court will not convene dur=
ing PassoverWhat they read, watch and listen to in terms of media consumpti=
on, followed by a list of options to check, including The New York Times, t=
he New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, as well as CNN, Fox News, MSN=
BC and Newsmax and social media platforms like Facebook, X, TikTok and Trut=
h Social.Merchan suggested in his letter that the question of political aff=
iliation =E2=80=9Cmay easily be gleaned from the responses to other questio=
ns=E2=80=9D but warned the attorneys in the case =E2=80=9Cnot to seek to ex=
pand the degree of intrusion beyond what is relevant and has already been a=
pproved.=E2=80=9DAttorneys for Trump and the Manhattan district attorney=
=E2=80=99s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monda=
y evening.The dispute over political preferences has also been raised in Tr=
ump's classified documents case in Florida, with his lawyers and prosecutor=
s battling over disclosures about political affiliation in a questionnaire =
for prospective jurors there.Trump pleaded not guilty in Manhattan last yea=
r after he was indicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records =
in connection with hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels during=
 the 2016 presidential campaign.In addition to detailing the jury questions=
, Merchan also said Monday that prospective jurors will be informed before =
they enter the courtroom that they will be identified by the numbers printe=
d on their jury summonses =E2=80=9Cas a necessary measure to ensure anonymi=
ty.=E2=80=9DMerchan ruled last month that he will use an anonymous jury, ef=
fectively shielding jurors=E2=80=99 names from the media and the public, ci=
ting =E2=80=9Ca likelihood of bribery, jury tampering, or of physical injur=
y or harassment of juror(s).=E2=80=9DIn Monday's letter, Merchan said the c=
ourt won't conduct individual interviews with prospective jurors who say th=
ey=E2=80=99re unable to serve, saying the step is =E2=80=9Cunnecessary, tim=
e consuming, and of no benefit=E2=80=9D to the case.The jury questionnaire =
and instructions come the same day a state appeals court judge rejected Tru=
mp's effort to delay the trial, which is set to begin April 15 with jury se=
lection.Fifty animals were removed from a home in Butler County after two d=
ogs were found dead in garbage bags.The gruesome discovery was made on Frid=
ay afternoon when a deputy stopped to let his K-9 out.The criminal complain=
t said a Butler County Sheriff=E2=80=99s deputy stopped at the Vagabonds ev=
ent center off Whitestown Road in Butler Township to let his K-9 out. That =
K-9 immediately sniffed out two garbage bags.Each garbage had a dead German=
 Shepherd inside. Both were severely underweight, and a veterinarian determ=
ined they were starved to death.Police said the dogs had collars that were =
traced back to Paul Frederick.Audrey Clark grew up on the street where Fred=
erick lives and is familiar with the family.=E2=80=9CI think that=E2=80=
=99s absolutely disgusting. That=E2=80=99s foul,=E2=80=9D Clark said. =
=E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s nothing that you can really say to justify that. T=
here is a million other things that they could=E2=80=99ve done if they didn=
=E2=80=99t want the animals except for starving them. "Neighbors told Chann=
el 11 the Fredericks are pet breeders and occasionally cater out of the Vag=
abonds venue, about five miles away from their home in Connoquenessing Town=
ship.The criminal complaint said when police questioned Frederick, he claim=
ed he didn=E2=80=99t know how the dogs died.Channel 11 tried to talk to Fre=
derick=E2=80=99s wife at their home but she was too emotional and told us, =
=E2=80=9CNo comment.=E2=80=9DOn Saturday, April 6, the day after the horrif=
ic discovery, police got a search warrant and seized 50 animals from the ho=
me, including dogs, cats, pigs, goats and ducks.Norman Herald lives next do=
or to the Fredericks.=E2=80=9CThey=E2=80=99re good people,=E2=80=9D Herald =
said. =E2=80=9CI was shocked. I was really shocked because they don=
=E2=80=99t bother nobody and as far as I know they take good care of their =
animals.=E2=80=9DHerald said he doesn=E2=80=99t think Frederick would kill =
his dogs.=E2=80=9CNo, I don=E2=80=99t believe that,=E2=80=9D he said. =
=E2=80=9CDefinitely, I don=E2=80=99t believe that.=E2=80=9DOther neighbors =
believe he should be held accountable.=E2=80=9CHe should definitely be char=
ged, and those charges should stick,=E2=80=9D said Clark. =E2=80=9CPersonal=
ly, I think you should be in jail.=E2=80=9DAll the animals taken out of the=
 home were brought to Anna Shelter in Erie.Paul Frederick is charged with c=
ruelty to animals and resisting arrest.A 45-year-old driver was held withou=
t bail after being accused of striking and killing a pedestrian over the we=
ekend and then hitting the victim with a brick in the head more than 20 tim=
es.Vasco Semedo of Brockton wore handcuffs as he faced a judge during his a=
rraignment on Monday, and listened through an interpreter as a prosecutor d=
etailed a bloody and brutal attack on pedestrian Stuart Smith, 50, who died=
 of injuries he suffered after Saturday=E2=80=99s incident.Semedo was behin=
d the wheel of a blue Toyota RAV 4 and hit Smith twice with his SUV on Nort=
h Main Street on Saturday morning before getting out of the vehicle and att=
acking Smith with a brick, Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague sai=
d in court.Both the pedestrian crash and the brick attack were captured on =
surveillance video, Sprague said. She added that Semedo accelerated his SUV=
, and appeared to have hit Smith with the vehicle intentionally. Some debri=
s fell onto the SUV after it struck a building nearby.That=E2=80=99s when, =
according to Sprague, Semedo unleashed a violent assault on the victim as h=
e lay injured on the ground until bystanders intervened.=E2=80=9CHe got out=
 of the car. He took a brick off the hood of the car. He went over to where=
 the victim was laying on the ground, and struck him in the head with that =
brick over 20 times,=E2=80=9D Sprague said. =E2=80=9CBystanders had to pull=
 him away. He fought back against the bystanders. Several times he tried to=
 get back into his car, but the bystanders would not let him leave the scen=
e.Around 8:52 a.m. Saturday, police responded to the area of 65 North Main =
St. after receiving a 911 call reporting a vehicle striking a pedestrian, S=
prague said.When officers arrived, witnesses told police that the driver of=
 a blue Toyota RAV4, later identified as Semedo, had struck the victim, Smi=
th, with his vehicle twice, =E2=80=9Cand then he got out of his car and str=
uck the victim in the head with a brick,=E2=80=9D Sprague said.Semedo was a=
rrested at the scene and brought to the police station for booking. There, =
he told officers he had been out with friends at a bar drinking the night b=
efore, and had arrived home at approximately 3 a.m. Saturday, Sprague said.=
Hours later, at 7 a.m., he told police he left his home to go to work. He t=
old police that he tried to park his car in front of the homeless shelter a=
t 54 North Main St., and then he gave several different versions of the ped=
estrian crash to police, Sprague said.First, Semedo told police that =
=E2=80=9Che accidentally hit the gas on his vehicle and struck either a per=
son or a dog,=E2=80=9D Sprague said. =E2=80=9CThen he changed that and said=
 it was a woman that he struck, and then changed that to say it was a doll =
he had struck.=E2=80=9DSemedo then told investigators that =E2=80=9Che didn=
=E2=80=99t know person he had hit but he had seen the person a few times in=
 the past,=E2=80=9D Sprague said. In yet another account, Semedo told polic=
e he accidentally hit the gas and hit a blue metal pole.During his intervie=
w with police, Semedo had =E2=80=9Cblood on his clothing and his hands,=
=E2=80=9D Sprague said.When officers asked him about the blood, =E2=80=
=9CHe froze initially, then he said =E2=80=98Made a mistake,=E2=80=99 and t=
hen he said that the blood was from the person that he hit with his car,=
=E2=80=9D the prosecutor said.Police found Smith unresponsive on the paveme=
nt in front of the RAV4. Neighbors said Smith lived nearby in a boarding ho=
use.Surveillance video obtained by investigators show Smith, the victim, wa=
lking along the sidewalk before he suffered fatal injuries. According to Sp=
rague, the video shows Semedo=E2=80=99s car turn left on North Main Street =
and then stop. The vehicle initially appears to let Smith pass by.=E2=80=
=9CAs the victim is about to clear the car, Semedo accelerates, and appears=
 to purposely hit the victim,=E2=80=9D Sprague said. =E2=80=9CThe victim la=
nds in the parking lot, and the car then goes and strikes a metal pole to t=
he right.=E2=80=9DThen, Semedo opened the driver=E2=80=99s side door, close=
d the door and then put the SUV in reverse. Smith, who had gotten up, began=
 walking and stumbling towards a building, =E2=80=9Cappearing injured or da=
zed,=E2=80=9D Sprague said.Semedo then =E2=80=9Cdrove his vehicle directly =
at the victim as (Smith) ran away from the car, striking him for a second t=
ime,=E2=80=9D Sprague said, adding that Semedo then allegedly got out of th=
e SUV and began attacking Smith with a brick.A blue Toyota RAV4 with front-=
end damage was seen at the crash scene on Saturday, parked in a parking lot=
 in an area surrounded by yellow police tape. A building nearby was also da=
maged and a utility pole was knocked over.Prosecutors said Semedo does not =
appear to have a prior criminal record. A native of Cape Verde, he has been=
 in the United States lawfully for about two years, Sprague said.The pedest=
rian death in Brockton is the latest fatal crash involving a pedestrian and=
 apparent road rage in Massachusetts.Over the weekend, 26-year-old Destini =
Decoff died of her injuries after authorities said a driver struck her duri=
ng an apparent road rage incident near a pub in Hopkinton last week. Ryan S=
weatt, 36, of Milford is accused of striking Decoff with his car near Corne=
ll=E2=80=99s Irish Pub on Hayden Rowe Street in Hopkinton around 6:30 p.m. =
Thursday.

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