New York state, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., now has more cases of the virus than any other country in the world.

As of Friday morning, the Empire State had almost 162,000 confirmed cases of the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University. Spain, the country with the most confirmed cases other than the U.S., has just over 157,000 cases.

Of the over 16,600 deaths in the U.S. from the disease, more than 7,000 have come from New York.

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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington has predicted the highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 sometime this weekend and that 60,415 will die from the virus by August 4.

This is down from the White House coronavirus task force’s initial death toll range of 100,000 to 240,000 deaths.

On Thursday night, Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), also signaled that the U.S. is closing in on the peak of the outbreak.

“I think we’re coming to the peak … we can see the other side of the curve,” the doctor said in an appearance on CNN. Redfield credited the country’s “aggressive social distancing” techniques for lowering the expected mortality rate.

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JPMorgan’s economists signaled an even more significant economic ramifications from the COVID-19 pandemic than previously believed, predicting a 40 percent drop in the U.S.’s gross domestic product (GDP) and the country’s unemployment rate rising to 20 percent.

“With these data in hand we think the April jobs report could indicate about 25 million jobs lost since the March survey week, and an unemployment rate around 20 percent,” they wrote, CNBC reported. “Given the expected hit to hours worked this quarter we now look for -40.0 percent annualized real GDP growth in 2Q, down from -25.0 percent previously.”

Despite the grim outlook for the second quarter, the economists also predicted a rebound in the latter half of the year, assuming the country’s economy has restarted and gained some normalcy by June.

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According to the network, the group expects 23 percent growth in the third quarter and 13 percent in the fourth quarter.

They also note that experts have had difficulty measuring and predicting the economic impact of the pandemic.

“Over the last few weeks forecasters have been operating in a fog. Economic models that have been trained on post-war data face obvious limitations. In their place we have reverted to differing ways to address the outlook,” they wrote.

In the past three weeks, almost 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment, spiking the country’s unemployment rate to around 10 percent.

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A group of Democratic senators and bipartisan secretaries of state from across the nation piled on the pressure Thursday for Congress to include funding to help states grapple with holding elections in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a phone call with the press, Democratic Sens. Amy KlobucharAmy KlobucharHillicon Valley: State officials push for more election funds | Coronavirus surveillance concerns ramp up pressure for privacy bill | Senators warned not to use Zoom | Agencies ask FCC to revoke China Telecom’s license Senators, bipartisan state officials press Congress for more election funds The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden faces tough task of uniting Democrats MORE (Minn.), Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenOvernight Health Care: Trump officials lay groundwork for May reopening | Democrats ramp up talks with Mnuchin on next relief deal | Fauci says death toll could be around 60,000 Hillicon Valley: State officials push for more election funds | Coronavirus surveillance concerns ramp up pressure for privacy bill | Senators warned not to use Zoom | Agencies ask FCC to revoke China Telecom’s license Senators, bipartisan state officials press Congress for more election funds MORE (Ore.), and Chris CoonsChristopher (Chris) Andrew CoonsHillicon Valley: State officials push for more election funds | Coronavirus surveillance concerns ramp up pressure for privacy bill | Senators warned not to use Zoom | Agencies ask FCC to revoke China Telecom’s license Senators, bipartisan state officials press Congress for more election funds Bipartisan senators call on China to close all wet markets MORE (Del.) stressed the need to send states at least $2 billion to implement increased mail-in voting, expand early voting and hire and train younger poll workers less vulnerable to the virus.

They argued this was particularly important following the Wisconsin primary this week, during which voters were forced to vote in-person following a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court that the state would not be allowed to count absentee ballots mailed in after Election Day. The decision led to long lines and confusion at some polling places in the state. 

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“Our goal today is to finally generate real, bipartisan support in the Congress for safe voting so our country does not see another grotesque spectacle like we did this week in Wisconsin,” Wyden said. 

The $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package signed into law by President TrumpDonald John TrumpSanders says he wouldn’t ‘drop dead’ if Trump decided on universal healthcare Overnight Health Care: Trump officials lay groundwork for May reopening | Democrats ramp up talks with Mnuchin on next relief deal | Fauci says death toll could be around 60,000 Hillicon Valley: State officials push for more election funds | Coronavirus surveillance concerns ramp up pressure for privacy bill | Senators warned not to use Zoom | Agencies ask FCC to revoke China Telecom’s license MORE already gave states $400 million for elections, which also included a requirement for states to match the funds by 20 percent. 

But in the face of mounting concerns around elections, state officials said they needed more, and pushed for the 20 percent match to be removed due to lower state revenues. They urged Congress to includes these efforts in the next coronavirus spending bill. 

“The $400 million appropriated for election administration in the last relief package … it’s simply not enough,” California Secretary of State Alex Padilla (D) told reporters. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has created an urgent need for federal funding, it also reminds us that we should not wait for a crisis to adequately invest in our election infrastructure and systems.”

The secretaries of state of almost 10 other states, including Republicans, joined Padilla in calling for more funds, though they disagreed on whether the funds should be sent to states along with mail-in voting requirements. 

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Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman (R), whose state votes entirely by mail already, argued that elections officials needed to “put aside partisanship” and come up with a way to work together so elections could move forward. 

West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner (R) told reporters that while the $400 million in funding was “appreciated,” he cautioned against moving towards “sweeping changes” to voting on a permanent basis.

“We don’t need outside federal guidelines right now to tell us how to run the election, our concern over vote by mail is concern over election fraud,” Warner said. “We don’t want to expand opportunities for misuse of the election process.”

Warner’s comments have been echoed in recent weeks by President Trump and other Republicans leaders, who have resisted moving towards vote-by-mail due to concerns around voter fraud. Trump tweeted Wednesday that he thought voting this way could hurt Republican chances in the election.

“Republicans should fight very hard when it comes to state wide mail-in voting,” the president said. “Democrats are clamoring for it. Tremendous potential for voter fraud, and for whatever reason,  doesn’t work out well for Republicans.”

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyKevin Owen McCarthySenators, bipartisan state officials press Congress for more election funds Pelosi defends push for mail-in voting: GOP ‘afraid’ to let people vote McCarthy slams Democrats on funding for mail-in balloting MORE (R-Calif.) separately slammed Democrats on Thursday for their efforts to include funding for elections in the next coronavirus relief package, saying they were “concerned about the wrong thing.”

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But Klobuchar, who along with Wyden introduced separate legislation last month to increase mail-in and absentee voting, said that changes to elections in the face of the coronavirus pandemic were part of preserving the right to vote. 

“We have to prepare so people don’t lose their right to vote in November,” Klobuchar said Thursday. “We don’t see voting as a partisan issue, it’s the right of every American.”

She noted that the effort to get more funds, if not requirements on how to use them, had the backing of Senate Rules Committee Chairman Roy BluntRoy Dean BluntSenators, bipartisan state officials press Congress for more election funds Democrats ramp up talks with Mnuchin on next COVID-19 relief deal Voting rights group pushes steps to protect voters during coronavirus pandemic MORE (R-Mo), a key figure on election issues. 

“We are actually very hopeful about the work we can do to get the funding, and we are also hopeful to get reforms at the federal level,” Klobuchar said. “Let us go forward and get this done.”

Yelp will lay off 1,000 workers and furlough more than 1,000 other employees, the company announced Thursday.

Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said in a letter to employees that the stay-at-home orders and required social distancing “have dealt a devastating blow to the local businesses that are core to our mission.” He said the businesses “understandably” have not been able to afford Yelp’s services.

“Today we will let 1,000 of our colleagues go and furlough approximately 1,100 more, while reducing hours for others,” Stoppelman said in a statement. 

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 “We came to this decision as a last resort only after cutting non-employee expenses where possible,” he continued. “We have reduced server costs, deprioritized dozens of projects, and redone our budget based on ensuring company survival (instead of growth).”

Stoppelman said all executives have experienced a 20 to 30 percent pay cut, and he has vowed not to take salary or vest any of his 2020 stock awards this year.

Employees who will be laid off will receive severance pay and reimbursement for up to three months of health insurance coverage.  Furloughed workers will be on unpaid leave, will retain “the bulk of their benefits” and will receive two weeks of additional pay.

Those whose hours are reduced will also keep their benefits

In the release, the CEO said interest in restaurants has dropped 64 percent, interest in nightlife fell 81 percent, interest in gyms decreased 73 percent and salons and beauty businesses plummeted by 83 percent since March 10.

“I do not take lightly the additional difficulties each one of those affected and their families will face in the coming months, and I’m truly sorry,” he said in the release.

“To those who are furloughed, we will be laser focused on getting the company to a point where we can all return to work,” he added.

The death toll in the U.S. from the novel coronavirus hit more than 15,000 on Thursday, a new high-water mark as the pandemic continues to ravage the country.

The grave milestone comes as over 450,000 confirmed cases are reported across the U.S., according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has the most cases of any country by far, but still trails Italy and Spain in confirmed deaths.

China, where the outbreak began, has reported nearly 83,000 cases and just over 3,300 deaths. However, international observers have speculated that Beijing is not accurately reporting the full scope of the virus in the country.

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The total number of cases and fatalities in the U.S. is expected to rise as the trajectory continues upward. President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenators demand more details from Trump on intel watchdog firing Overnight Health Care: Trump steps up attack on WHO | Fauci says deaths could be lower than first projected | House panel warns federal stockpile of medical supplies depleted | Mnuchin, Schumer in talks over relief deal Trump says he’ll look into small business loan program restricting casinos MORE warned over the weekend of a “rough two weeks” ahead.

“This will be probably the toughest week,” he told reporters Saturday.

“There will be a lot of death, unfortunately, but a lot less death than if this wasn’t done,” he added, pointing to the administration’s efforts to combat the virus. 

Outbreaks in New York and New Jersey have largely driven the spike in deaths in the country, though Louisiana, Michigan and other states have also seen a sharp increase in cases. 

Governors and health officials in several states across the U.S. have grappled with containing the outbreak, warning that they lack the necessary equipment to curb the highly infectious virus’s spread.

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The flood of cases has thrust the federal government’s response to COVID-19 into the spotlight, particularly after new memos were surfaced showing that a top trade advisor warned in January that a potential pandemic could be especially fatal in the country and have major economic consequences.

“I don’t think it would’ve changed it, because I basically did what the memo said,” Trump said this week, referring to his decision to restrict travel from China at the end of January. 

Officials have also expressed optimism in recent days that the total death toll in the U.S. from the coronavirus will be smaller than the original projection of 100,000 to 200,000. 

“Although one of the original models projected 100- to 200,000 deaths, as we’re getting more data and seeing the positive effect of mitigation, those numbers are going to be downgraded,” Anthony FauciAnthony FauciOvernight Health Care: Trump steps up attack on WHO | Fauci says deaths could be lower than first projected | House panel warns federal stockpile of medical supplies depleted | Mnuchin, Schumer in talks over relief deal Fauci: I don’t think we should shake hands ‘ever again’ 16 things to know for today about coronavirus MORE, the government’s top infectious disease expert, said Wednesday. “I don’t know exactly what the numbers are going to be, but right now it looks like it’s going to be less than the original projection.”

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THE TOPLINE: A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had tested positive for the coronavirus has been sent to an intensive care unit, officials said Thursday.

“Sadly this morning we had our first hospitalization of the one sailor,” Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a press briefing. “We’re hoping that that sailor recovers. We’re praying for him and his family and his shipmates.”

Hyten added that “deep down” he hoped no sailors from the Roosevelt would be hospitalized, but that’s “just not going to be the case with coronavirus … even in our demographic.”

About the sailor: The sailor had tested positive for the virus March 30 and was in a 14-day isolation period on Naval Base Guam before his hospitalization, the Navy said in a statement Thursday.

The sailor is now at the intensive care unit at U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, the Navy said, adding that “more details will be released when they become available.”

A political firestorm: The coronavirus outbreak aboard the Roosevelt turned into a political firestorm after the ship’s former commander, Capt. Brett Crozier, wrote a letter pleading for help that leaked in the media.

Crozier was subsequently fired by then-acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly. Modly himself resigned Tuesday after fanning the flames of the controversy by traveling to Guam, where the Roosevelt is docked, and berating Crozier as “naive” or “stupid” in a speech over the ship’s PA system.

The numbers now: As of Thursday, 416 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the coronavirus, Hyten said. Results from about 1,000 tests are pending, he added.

Teams of medics are checking twice a day on the 2,700 sailors who have now been taken off the ship, Hyten said.

And cases on another carrier: Asked about the situation aboard a different carrier, the USS Nimitz, Hyten said there has been “very small number of breakouts” there and that sailors on the ship have been physically separated. The Navy later clarified that one sailor who was on leave and never stepped onto the ship tested positive. Another sailor on the ship exhibited symptoms, but the test results were inconclusive, Navy spokesman Cmdr. Clay Doss said.

The Nimitz is docked in Washington state right now, but preparing to go out to sea later this month.

“There are no sailors on board who tested positive. Two sailors had coronavirus symptoms, were tested and quarantined immediately – both are recovering now,” Doss said in an email.

The show must go on: Hyten said the military must plan to continue operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It’s not a good idea to think that the Teddy Roosevelt is a one-of-a-kind issue,” he said. “We have too many ships at sea, we have too many deployed capabilities, there’s 5,000 sailors on a nuclear powered aircraft [carrier], to think that it will never happen again is not a good way to plan.”

 

In other coronavirus news…

 

Pentagon expects coronavirus to hit more Navy ships: The Pentagon is expecting the novel coronavirus to hit more Navy ships after the outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Hyten said Thursday.

Hyten said the Navy anticipates that coronavirus will strike more ships like the Roosevelt, where 416 crew members became infected and 1,164 tests are pending.

Adm. Mike Gilday, the Navy’s top officer, said the branch is struggling to test enough people quickly, including sailors on the USS Nimitz — the next aircraft carrier scheduled to depart the U.S., The Associated Press reported. 

 

Senate Armed Services shelves ‘paper hearing’ plans: The Senate Armed Services Committee has put its plan to hold “paper hearings” during the coronavirus crisis on ice after one hearing.

“When the committee first laid out the concept of ‘paper hearings,’ we understood that, being in uncharted territory, we would remain flexible and re-assess the process as conditions changed,” panel spokeswoman Marta Hernandez said in a statement Thursday

“Recognizing the additional burden on the Department of Defense at this critical time, Chairman [James] Inhofe and Ranking Member [Jack] Reed have agreed to postpone future paper hearings until the committee has more clarity on the COVID-19 situation,” she added.

The issue: Hernandez also alluded to the difficulty of holding confirmation hearings, something that has taken on new prominence after this week’s resignation of Thomas Modly as acting Navy secretary.

“As you would expect, the timing or format for upcoming nomination hearings are being discussed in the context of guidance from the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], Office of the Attending Physician, the Majority Leader and local government,” she said.

A shaky first try: Last month, the panel said it would hold what it was calling paper hearings in an effort to keep the annual defense policy bill on track despite lawmakers staying out of Washington during the coronavirus pandemic.

Under the format laid out last month, opening statements from Inhofe (R-Okla.), Reed (D-R.I.) and the witnesses were to be posted online at the time the hearing was scheduled to start. Written questions from committee members and witnesses’ written answers were then to be posted a week later.

The committee held one such hearing for the Army secretary and chief of staff. The opening statements were posted on time, but a week later, when the questions and answers were supposed to be released, the committee said the Army asked for more time since it was dealing with the coronavirus crisis.

 

ROCKETS STRIKE US BASE IN AFGHANISTAN: A worldwide pandemic has apparently not put an end to attacks on U.S. forces, with a U.S. air base in Afghanistan struck by several rockets early Thursday in what seemed to be an ISIS attack, defense officials confirmed.

The NATO-led mission announced on Twitter that five rockets struck Bagram Airfield, though no casualties or injuries were reported.

Several unknowns: The extent of any physical damage to the base was unclear.

“Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning. There were no casualties or injuries,” Operation Resolute Support tweeted.

“Our #ANDSF partners are investigating the incident,” it added.

The attack comes as the Trump administration has struck a deal with the Taliban for a reduction of fighting in the country and a partial withdrawal of U.S. forces. The agreement, however, did not involve the ISIS forces that have been active in the country for several years.

Taliban representatives denied involvement in the attack, according to Reuters.

ISIS forces arrived in Afghanistan, the site of America’s longest-running war, following the fall of the self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

 

MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE OF ALASKA…..: U.S. Air Force fighter jets intercepted two Russian patrol aircraft near Alaska on Wednesday, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced.

The U.S. F-22 Raptors “intercepted two Russian IL-38 aircraft entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone,” NORAD said over multiple posts to Twitter on Thursday.

The intercept: NORAD said the Russian maritime reconnaissance aircraft — which are used to hunt for submarines — were intercepted in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian Islands, and did not enter United States or Canadian sovereign airspace.

“COVID-19 or not, NORAD continues actively watching for threats and defending the homelands 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year,” NORAD Commander Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy said in the posts.

Russia’s testing US defenses?: O’Shaughnessy later on Thursday on “Fox & Friends” said the Russian aircraft flew within 50 miles of the Alaskan coast, adding that Moscow “wanted to see if we are able to react.”

Russia repeatedly flies its reconnaissance aircraft as well as bomber plane patrols near Alaska — with 48 such patrols in 2019 — which the United States sometimes intercepts.

The most recent such instance was in early March, when U.S. and Royal Canadian air force fighter jets intercepted two Russian Tu-142 aircraft.

  

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— The Hill: Trip that led to acting Navy secretary’s resignation cost $243K: reports

— The Hill: Navy ‘moving forward’ after ‘difficult’ week, top officer says

— The Hill: Some coronavirus testing sites delayed due to lack of personal protective equipment

— The Hill: Senators demand more details from Trump on intel watchdog firing

— The Hill: Opinion: Why the US must quit negotiating with Iran

— Military Times: What you need to know about travel, stop-loss, masks and more, from senior Pentagon leadership

— Stars and Stripes: VA spent $200,000 on controversial anti-malaria drug touted as coronavirus ‘game-changer’

JEFFERSON, NJ — A Newark police officer accused of killing his estranged wife and seriously injuring her boyfriend told investigators that he “blacked out” upon realizing the two were inside a bedroom together in the estranged couple’s Jefferson Township home.

Lt. John Formisano, a 24-year veteran of the Newark Police Department, said he did remember shooting Christine Formisano, 37, who was using the name Christie Solaro at the time of her death. He also remembered shooting her boyfriend, identified as 40-year-old T.S. in documents, but that he was in a “blacked out state,” according to the affidavit of probable cause, which Patch obtained.

Formisano told investigators that he’d gone over to the couple’s 1 Mirror Place home in the Oak Ridge section of Jefferson Township late Sunday night to drop off a pair of glasses for one of the couples’ children. When he began to suspect that Solaro had a man in the bedroom he began to “black out,” Formisano told police, but that he remembered firing his gun multiple times.

T.S. told police that Formisano and Solaro spoke on the phone shortly before her death; just after the call, Solaro said she saw a flashlight outside the home and warned T.S. that Formisano was on the property.

Solaro and T.S. were in the bedroom when Solaro spotted Formisano outside the home. After noticing the flashlight, Solaro left the bedroom and locked it behind her, the affidavit says.

It was then that Solaro called out, “he’s got a gun,” and, “call 911,” T.S. told investigators. Just after her cries, shots rang out.

After shooting Solaro, Formisano broke down the bedroom door, T.S. told police, and shot T.S. several times.

Solaro tried to flee the home, running to 3 and 5 Mirror Place to try and get inside a neighbor’s house, the affidavit says. A witness told police that she saw Formisano shoot Solaro outside of 5 Mirror Place, where her body was eventually found by police. She was pronounced dead at the scene, with gunshot wounds to her torso, arm, leg, hand, and head, police said.

T.S. was conscious but bleeding when the Morris County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team found him. He was taken to the Morristown Medical Center trauma unit with injuries to his thigh, hand, arms, and abdomen. His current status is unclear.

Formisano was arrested in a parking lot in Livingston around 2 a.m. Monday morning. Police say they found a handgun inside his car trunk, but that Formisano threw his cell phone away.

Formisano agreed to speak to investigators, and police say he exhibited suicidal behavior or threatened self-injury at that point. According to NJ.com, Formisano is being held at a psychiatric unit at St. Clare’s Hospital in Boonton.

T.S. told investigators he was aware that the Formisanos were in the process of a divorce when he began dating Christine Formisano. John Formisano purchased the 1 Mirror Way home by himself in 2007 according to property records; Christie Solaro is listed on mortgage documents from 2012.

The couples’ two children, who are both under 10 years old and were not named in the affidavit, were home at the time of the shooting, the complaint alleges, and were “located nearby” at the time of the slaying. Formisano faces two counts of second degree endangering the welfare of a child.

The children were taken from the home by Morris County Sheriff’s officers. They are currently staying with an uncle, a family friend wrote on a fundraiser set up for them.

“Last night we were able to get access to the house and stuffed as many black bags with the children’s clothing, toys, medication and kitchen utensils we could. They are with family and are surrounded by the most important thing they can have, love,” Mike Velez, a partner on the force with Formisano, wrote on a GoFundMe. Any funds raised will be put into a bank account dedicated to offsetting the costs of raising the children.

Members of the law enforcement community also extended their thoughts for the children.

“I pray for Christine Formisano who tragically lost her life during this incident as well as the recovery of the survivors, and healing for their families who have suffered a terrible loss,” Sheriff James Gannon said in a statement. “I am very proud of the work of all the Morris County law enforcement agencies in their response, rescue, treatment of the survivors, and ultimate criminal investigation of this very tragic event.”

Formisano has been suspended from the Newark Police Department without pay. In addition to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, he has been charged with murder, attempted murder, and two counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
“The Newark Public Safety Department is deeply saddened by the family tragedy involving Newark Police Lt. John Formisano, Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a statement. “Our foremost concern, of course, is for the couple’s two children who have lost their mother and for the family of the victim.

“Lt. Formisano’s colleagues in our police division were shocked by the news of the shooting and we recognize it this is a tragedy beyond comprehension for all involved.”

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Editor’s note: If you or someone you know is struggling with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233 or TTY 1−800−787−3224.

DENVER, CO — The mother of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found encased in cement has pleaded guilty to child abuse. Elisha Pankey, 43, entered the plea in Denver court Thursday morning.

Pankey’s son, 7-year-old Caden McWilliams, was found dead in a Denver storage unit in the 5000 block of East Evans Avenue in December.

Investigators removed the remains of the child, which were encased inside a dog carrier. The boy was severely emaciated and had sustained many injuries, authorities said. The child also had methamphetamine in his system.

The investigation revealed the boy died in May, according to the Denver Police Department.

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“Thanks to the tenacious work by both the Aurora and Denver Police Departments, we now know that young Caden was not only missing for several months, he was no longer alive. This is a terrible tragedy for the community,” said Denver District Attorney Beth McCann in a statement after Pankey was charged with child abuse. “While this case will take time to resolve, it will take even longer for our community to learn and heal.”

Pankey faces a prison sentence of between 16 and 32 years. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 3.

The boy’s father, Leland Pankey, has been charged with murder. He’s scheduled to appear in court Sept. 13.

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Si le réveil matinal est, pour vous, synonyme de torture, vous pouvez blâmer vos gènes, selon une étude publiée mardi dans la revue , qui en dénombre plus de 350 impliqués dans notre horloge biologique.

“Notre étude confirme que le fait d’être du matin ou du soir, est, au moins en partie, déterminé par des facteurs génétiques“, explique à l’AFP Michael Weedon de l’Université d’Exeter, co-auteur de l’étude.Outre qu’elle déculpabilise les lève-tard, cette étude permet d’en savoir plus sur “les mécanismes qui régulent l’horloge biologique des gens”, ajoute le chercheur.Cette horloge régule les fonctions primordiales du corps, du sommeil au système immunitaire en passant par la température du corps ou la faim. Et de nombreux travaux ont établi le lien entre son dérèglement et certaines maladies, à commencer par les maladies du coeur, le diabète ou Alzheimer.Pour cette étude, Michael Weedon et son équipe ont analysé les données ADN de près de 700.000 personnes provenant de banques de données (UK Biobank et 23andMe) comparant les gènes des personnes qui se déclaraient “du matin” à ceux de celles qui se disaient “du soir”.Ils ont ensuite examiné les données de plus de 85.000 participants à la banque britannique (UK Biobank) dont les habitudes de sommeil avaient été enregistrées à l’aide de traceurs d’activité portés au poignet.

Résultats : les chercheurs ont mis en évidence 327 nouveaux emplacements de gènes (locus) influençant le chronotype (le fait d’être plutôt “couche-tôt” ou “couche-tard”). Alors que l’on n’en connaissait que 24.Si ces gènes influenceraient bien l’heure de réveil naturel, ils n’auraient par contre aucun effet sur la qualité ou la durée du sommeil.Les chercheurs indiquent également avoir constaté une corrélation entre le fait d’être génétiquement un “lève tard” et un risque plus élevé de schizophrénie ou de dépression, tout en insistant sur la nécessité d’approfondir les recherches.Etre matinal pourrait également être synonyme de bien-être. Mais est-ce génétique ou simplement parce que nos modes de vie sont plus adaptés aux lève-tôt? L’étude ne résout pas ce mystère.Et bien sûr, les gènes ne sont pas les seuls responsables des réveils difficiles, l’alimentation, l’exposition à la lumière artificielle, nos emplois et nos activités ne sont pas sans effet.Click Here: Kangaroos Rugby League Jersey