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CBS News
16-07-2025
- CBS News
Chicago man charged with robbing two women, shooting one in Lakeview
A Chicago man has been charged with robbing two women at gunpoint and shooting one of them earlier this week in the Lakeview neighborhood. He's also been charged in another robbery last month and in connection with two stolen cars. Michael Jenkins, 19, has been charged with one count of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery, two counts of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, one count of unlawful possession of a weapon, and one count of identity theft. Police said Jenkins was among a group of three people who robbed two 24-year-old women on Sunday in the 400 block of West Wellington Avenue, and shot one of the victims in a struggle over her personal belongings. The woman who was shot was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition. Jenkins was arrested Monday in the Armour Square neighborhood, after he was identified as one of the robbers, police said. He also has been charged in the armed robbery of a 21-year-old woman on June 9 in the 700 block of West Roscoe Street, and with the possession of two stolen vehicles on June 9 and July 12 in Lakeview. Jenkins also has been charged with one count of identity theft after he allegedly used one of the Lakeview robbery victims' credit cards at a BP gas station in Fuller Park and a McDonald's in Austin. Jenkins was due to make his first court appearance on Wednesday.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- New York Times
‘They Beat Me Like a Slave': Signs of Violence in Sheriff's Office Dated Back Years
For nearly two years, the embattled sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., has tried to distance himself from brutality in his department, saying he was unaware of assaults like those carried out by deputies who called themselves the Goon Squad. But department records and interviews with a former F.B.I. agent reveal that the sheriff, Bryan Bailey, had evidence of his deputies' violent acts going back to his earliest days in office. In 2012, the year Mr. Bailey became sheriff, the department and the F.B.I. had reviewed video footage of a deputy ramming his car into a teenager fleeing arrest and threatening to kill him. Eight years later, a man sued the department claiming that deputies hit him with a metal rod and shoved a gun in his mouth while he was handcuffed. Then, in 2022, a deputy was caught on video using his Taser to shock a handcuffed man in the back of a patrol car. The Rankin County Sheriff's Department confirmed that it had investigated all three cases, and so had the F.B.I. One of the deputies involved was suspended and another was reassigned, but none of them were fired, and none faced prosecution. Several were later tied to violent raids by the Goon Squad or were convicted for their roles in torturing two men, Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins, in 2023. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Calgary Herald
02-06-2025
- General
- Calgary Herald
Edmonton braces for pest that has decimated ash tree populations to east and west
Traps are expected to go up around Edmonton this week to capture the emerald ash borer. Article content Article content The shining and dangerous pest is poised to wreak havoc on Edmonton's $400-million population of ash trees, and the city has two staffers working full time to detect any advance here as the invasive bug closes in from the west or east into Alberta. Article content 'We have the largest percentage of our urban forest canopy in green ash of almost any city in North America,' said Michael Jenkins, senior scientist with the City of Edmonton. Article content Article content Ranging from 8.5 mm to 14 mm long and 3.1 mm to 3.4 mm wide, the beetle is difficult to spot. Article content Article content 'A single piece of firewood can destroy millions of trees,' warns a poster depicting a stack of ash firewood as dynamite sticks with an emerald ash borer at the tip of the fuse. Article content Ash has been an ideal boulevard tree in cities like Edmonton and Calgary, where urban planners have a very short list of trees that can do well with northern winters. Article content Most of Edmonton's neighborhoods built in the Baby Boom 1960s and 1970s were entirely ash, and one-quarter of our urban forest canopy — 180,000 (40 per cent) of the boulevard trees — are green ash, Jenkins said, noting that in period neighbourhoods like Westmount, Inglewood and Prince Charles, nearly 100 per cent of the boulevard trees are green ash, playing their role in storm water management. Article content Article content Overland flooding has been observed in areas where the urban forest is decimated by pests. Article content Article content Deadly origin Article content The emerald ash borer was likely inadvertently imported to Detroit in infected wooden packing materials from China in the 1990s. Article content At its epicentre, Ontario, it blew past a feverishly cut fire break-style buffer zone swath of 30 kilometres, working its way to the Atlantic provinces. Article content In its destructive path, emerald ash borer devastated millions of trees — and the baseball bat industry — and impacted the manufacture of everything from electric guitars and coffee tables to hockey sticks. Article content The emerald ash borer was found in 2018 in Winnipeg. By 2023, it had leapfrogged on infested wood products to British Columbia's Lower Mainland.
West Australian
19-05-2025
- West Australian
Urgent call to end gender-based violence in schools
Anti-violence advocates are calling for greater investment in respectful relationships education to address serious gender-based violence in schools. Our Watch, a leading organisation in the prevention of violence against women, has released a blueprint to prevent gender-based violence through education systems. Based on more than a decade of research, the blueprint found 40 per cent of 16 to 17-year-olds had experienced sexual harassment in a place of study. Almost one in four young women aged 18 to 24 had experienced image-based abuse, and girls were twice as likely as boys to feel pressured or blackmailed into sexting. Our Watch is calling on federal and state governments to urgently prioritise and fund a "whole-of-school" approach to respectful relationships education instead of one-off programs or a few classroom lessons. Yarrunga Primary School in Wangaratta, Victoria, implemented respectful relationships education in 2019 and started tracking behavioural issues. This included swearing, teasing, physical aggression and sexualised or inappropriate comments. "Over a year with the same set of students, we saw a nearly 50 per cent decrease in these anti-social behaviours - from 114 incidents to 61," acting principal Michael Jenkins said. "I think one of the really powerful things respectful relationships education does is that it builds emotional literacy and emotional intelligence in young people. "The reality is that we are teaching young people how to be good young people in the world, and respectful relationships education is a key part of that." The Our Watch blueprint had arrived at a crucial moment for Australian students and teachers facing alarming rates of gendered violence, CEO Patty Kinnersly said. "It is deeply concerning that nearly every week there is a new incident in the school environment, whether that be young men sharing deep fake porn of young women they know, or female teachers leaving the industry because they fear for their safety," she said. "Young people are increasingly exposed to harmful messaging about sex and relationships and report wanting more information and support." Our Watch launched The Line to help young people find answers to questions about consent, dating, sex and relationships. Ending violence against women would take a whole of community approach and needed to include young people, Ms Kinnersly said. "We need to offer young people clear guidance on healthy relationships, consent and the limitations of gender stereotypes," she said. "It is a big piece of work and it requires the whole-of-school approach that takes long-term commitment, leadership and ongoing funding." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491
Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Perth Now
Urgent call to end gender-based violence in schools
Anti-violence advocates are calling for greater investment in respectful relationships education to address serious gender-based violence in schools. Our Watch, a leading organisation in the prevention of violence against women, has released a blueprint to prevent gender-based violence through education systems. Based on more than a decade of research, the blueprint found 40 per cent of 16 to 17-year-olds had experienced sexual harassment in a place of study. Almost one in four young women aged 18 to 24 had experienced image-based abuse, and girls were twice as likely as boys to feel pressured or blackmailed into sexting. Our Watch is calling on federal and state governments to urgently prioritise and fund a "whole-of-school" approach to respectful relationships education instead of one-off programs or a few classroom lessons. Yarrunga Primary School in Wangaratta, Victoria, implemented respectful relationships education in 2019 and started tracking behavioural issues. This included swearing, teasing, physical aggression and sexualised or inappropriate comments. "Over a year with the same set of students, we saw a nearly 50 per cent decrease in these anti-social behaviours - from 114 incidents to 61," acting principal Michael Jenkins said. "I think one of the really powerful things respectful relationships education does is that it builds emotional literacy and emotional intelligence in young people. "The reality is that we are teaching young people how to be good young people in the world, and respectful relationships education is a key part of that." The Our Watch blueprint had arrived at a crucial moment for Australian students and teachers facing alarming rates of gendered violence, CEO Patty Kinnersly said. "It is deeply concerning that nearly every week there is a new incident in the school environment, whether that be young men sharing deep fake porn of young women they know, or female teachers leaving the industry because they fear for their safety," she said. "Young people are increasingly exposed to harmful messaging about sex and relationships and report wanting more information and support." Our Watch launched The Line to help young people find answers to questions about consent, dating, sex and relationships. Ending violence against women would take a whole of community approach and needed to include young people, Ms Kinnersly said. "We need to offer young people clear guidance on healthy relationships, consent and the limitations of gender stereotypes," she said. "It is a big piece of work and it requires the whole-of-school approach that takes long-term commitment, leadership and ongoing funding." 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) Lifeline 13 11 14 Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491
